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__label__wiki	0.563094	0.563094	325 N. Washington Ave. Cause: Blunt force Roberta Shuey, 39 Jan. 3, 2007, 12:20 a.m. Roberta Shuey, a 39-year-old white female, died Wednesday, Jan. 3, after sustaining blunt force trauma in Glendora, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records. Do you have information to share about the life of Roberta Shuey ? The Homicide Report needs your help. Please fill out this form or e-mail us at homicidereport@latimes.com. Jan. 3, 2007 Fermin Pagaling, 56 Jan. 2, 2007 Jamal Alexander, 28 Share a memory or thought about Roberta Shuey This is the story about Roberta Reynolds, murdered by her husband at her Glendora home. She was known as Ms Reynolds to many Temple City High School students who loved her. — TC Guy Dec. 19, 2011 at 2:27 p.m.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3385
__label__wiki	0.77083	0.77083	Home › eBooks › Stephen Crane Authored by: Harold Bloom, Editor; Joyce Caldwell Smith, Volume Editor From the Series: Bloom's Classic Critical Views Stephen Crane is widely recognized as a master and innovator of literary naturalism. Among his more popular works are the novels Maggie: A Girl of the Street and The Red Badge of Courage and the short stories "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky," "The Blue Hotel," and "The Open Boat." The critical selections and commentary gathered in this volume offer a wealth of critical information and analyses that examine Crane's work and speak to his relevance and far-ranging influences. Additional features, such as a chronology, index, and introduction from editor Harold Bloom, will aid students of literature who are studying Crane and his work. Alfred, Lord Tennyson George Gordon, Lord Byron John Donne and the Metaphysical Poets Percy Shelley The Brontes	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3390
__label__cc	0.733217	0.266783	Software // Information Management Expert Perspective: What We Need to Get to Operational BI Current technologies aren't suitable for embedding business intelligence within applications and Web interfaces. What's needed is a developer-friendly split between query and data access that will lead to more pervasive use of BI. Vendors in the business intelligence and enterprise applications market have been talking a lot about operational BI, making BI pervasive and active/dynamic data warehousing. They’re responding to the need businesses have for up-to-date information at the point of use so decisions can be made more quickly or tasks can be done more effectively. Operational BI is a compelling vision, but the problem is that the BI tools of today aren’t really suitable for the task. The capabilities developers need to unlock are tied up in SQL query and stand-alone UIs, and the platforms themselves aren't as flexible and develop-friendly as they need to be. What's needed is a split into query generation and data services on one side and end-user access on the other. This article presents a roadmap — or at least a rough compass course — toward pervasive BI embedded in the applications and Web interfaces in which most business users make decisions. What Developers Want Making operational BI a reality will require two things: front-end tools that address the specific interface needs at the point of usage, and a metadata-driven query layer that isn’t tied to a specific UI. Some BI vendors offer a half-way solution in that they offer access to the query engine via APIs. For example, Business Objects talks about “query as a service.” This is exactly what’s needed from an application programmatic perspective, but it’s not the full solution. The developer embedding BI into an application shouldn’t need to know SQL just as BI end-users shouldn't need to know SQL. Developers don’t need all the fancy BI tool features either. They need a simple interface that lets them specify attributes, metrics and selection criteria, and that gives them the data in a usable form. This is not possible today. BI tools don’t offer a stripped-down report definition interfaces, catalogs of available reports or queries, or the ability to make these available in on-demand fashion in different formats via different APIs. For example, web developers will want a web API, a SOAP API, a Java API binding and a Ruby binding so they can reuse that back-end data as a service from several different applications. They'll also want the option of receiving a result set in CSV or fixed-text formats, as an XML file, as an Atom feed, and as JSON (Java Script Object Notation). No BI tool can do this today, and it's doubtful whether there are any vendors thinking this far ahead. How Vendors Must Change BI vendors need to split their tools into two separate components, in much the same way the OLAP tool market split the front-end from the back-end server. A monolithic BI tool (as we have today with all the BI vendors) is not well-suited to adding BI services to an application. A tool divided into query generation and data services, on one side, and end-user access, on the other side, is the only way to address conflicting end-user and developer requirements. One problem BI vendors face in addressing operational approaches is that they are largely driven by the economics of per-seat pricing, plus the big server engine charge. Apart from the technical challenge of rearchitecting tools again (vendors just converted their tools from client-server to Web 1.0), this will require a big shift in mindset, both within the development organization and within sales. Assuming you have a data service layer for the data warehouse that enables multiple API calls and multiple return formats, you then need to deal with the user interface and embedding requirements. Most BI tools are very poor as embedded tools within an application framework. When Web-deployed they generally require a login and want to own the entire browser session. While this might work in a portlet encapsulation, it’s not likely to work anywhere else. Now that packaged application vendors like SAP and Oracle have their own BI tools, we can expect this situation to improve. However, it will take time and will probably not be a general solution. They are more likely to create tight integration in their own platform and not work well embedded in other vendors’ packages or with your custom applications. Special Report: The Changing Face of Threat Intelligence	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3391
__label__wiki	0.549972	0.549972	Explorers News · Sep 13 Ryan Sarkisian – Athlete of the Week Congratulations to senior Ryan Sarkisian, as he has been selected as Athlete of the Week thanks to his performance during the week of September 3. Ryan, a senior forward on the soccer team and kicker on the football team, has amassed 4 goals and 2 assists on the young season. Ryan serves as captain of the soccer team and hopes to continue his playing career next year at the University of Mount Union or IUPUI. Ryan maintains a 3.8 GPA and loves the team aspect of sports that brings people together. When he’s not scoring goals or kicking off for the football team, he enjoys spending time with his friends. Congratulations, Ryan! By Mike Chuppa on Sep 13, 2018 Girls Junior Varsity Basketball vs. Nordonia High School Girls Varsity Basketball vs. Nordonia High School Varsity Ice Hockey at Olentangy Hockey Classic Varsity Gymnastics Powderpuff @ LEGS Boys Varsity Swimming & Diving North Royalton / Nordonia	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3393
__label__cc	0.620169	0.379831	Last edited by Mall 2 edition of Some technical aids for cave exploration. found in the catalog. Some technical aids for cave exploration. South Wales Caving Club. Published 1962 by Cave Research Group of Great Britain . Contributions Cave Research Group of Great Britain. Pagination 126p.,ill.,25cm To maintain differentiation, the latest technical aids are used to improve comfort and fit with marketing to retain customer loyalty, which helps maintain the price point. In private label high street stores, selling between $10 and $40, where innovation is limited by price, attention to fit is maintained with fabrics in cotton, nylon Author: M. Starbuck. Journal of Australasian Cave Research ISSN: Helictite was founded by Edward A. Lane and Aola M. Richards in It is intended to be wide ranging in scope from the scientific study of caves and their contents. to the history of caves and cave areas and the technical aspects of cave study and exploration. 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Poromerics in the shoe industry. Inner space/outer space Greening urban transport Some technical aids for cave exploration. by South Wales Caving Club. Download PDF EPUB FB2 The book is only partially about cave exploration; a lot of the it focuses on the personalities that lead or organise the teams that explore caves and the problems that they must book splits into two pieces; one piece is about an American expedition leader and the other is about a Ukranian leader/5(). A companion to The Longest Cave, this book provides an intimate glimpse into the personal thoughts of the seven cavers who made the connection of the Flint Ridge Cave System to Mammoth Cave. Since that first book, Cave Books has gone on to become the largest publisher of cave and karst books in the world. active cave, dead cave, dormant cave, fault cave, fissure cave, glacial cave, grot-hole, ice cave, lava cave, limestone cave and live cave. CAVE CORAL n. Also called "coralloids". This type of speleothem has branching stems and nodular tips; often resembling marine coral. When cut in section, concentric growth rings can be seen. Subterranean Climbers is the first book that came to mind for the pure joy of reading. Cave Geology by Art Palmer is the must read book for any caver. I have found many answers to questions about caves I have visited. Seems I missed a lot of important details because I did not know what I was looking at. Download FREE ebooks directly from authors and publishers and learn more about their future works. All these books are free to sideload into your ereader. We'll help you do it. You will develop most of these skills by actively participating in cave trips with more experienced cavers and watching how they move. Of course, you will also learn what not to do by making mistakes and suffering a few bumps and bruises along the way. The book Cave Exploring provides some step-by-step advice for moving past obstacles. Along the way, we'll learn about the geologic forces that created so many caves, we'll see some of the animals that call the caves home, and we'll learn the interest-ing human history of cave exploration in Sequoia, all from the cavers who know the caves best. D8: Caving Areas: by Steven Bumgardner. Professional: minutes. The book provides a broad perspective on everything cave related: science, history, caving techniques, and cavers. And it's comforting to read first aid advice written by an actual doctor. For instance I have never seen a more insightful explanation of hypothermia and its stages.5/5(1). Cave exploring (also known as caving or spelunking) is the art of safely moving through a natural cave to a destination and Some technical aids for cave exploration. book to the surface without hurting yourself or the cave. There is no way to learn how to explore caves without getting out of the house and getting underground, but you can learn where to go, who to contact, and what. It is a hobby that, in some cases, can provide astonishing backdrops, including the world’s longest cave system, the km long Mammoth Cave in Kentucky. Some caves are up to 2, metres deep Author: Francesco Sauro. caving the sport of climbing in and exploring caves Caving (in mining), natural or artificially induced disruption of the stability of a rock mass. In underground mining, caving takes place as the collapse of blocks and pieces of rock into mine workings, detachment of sections of the roof rock, or shifting of an entire undermined rock stratum. Natural. Basics of Caving and Cave Exploration A beginner’s guide to caving. but you will need to invest some time in learning about your new sport. Build It Yourself E-Book Add to cart. An In. Caving Adventures. Home (,)» Cave Exploration (11) Cave Exploration Bowling Green, Kentucky. The tour is a two part tour, the first 15 minutes or so you will be with your guide as you walk along the river approaching the cave entrance. Some caves have bat populations of 20 million, making caves a vital area for this beneficial but misunderstood mammal. Most of them live near the entrance. Food and energy become more limited as they go farther into the cave. Define Cave exploration. Cave exploration synonyms, Cave exploration pronunciation, Cave exploration translation, English dictionary definition of Cave exploration. Systematic cave exploration and documentation pro-vide an essential foundation for cave research. In turn, the results of cave research also serve the cave explorer in her/ his efforts in finding more cave. Two case studies are presented to illustrate how cave exploration affects the course of cave science and vice versa. Systematic explora-File Size: 1MB. some sand from the moat. “I’m Cai,” I told him as I looked around for Tucker. A little farther down the beach, a dark-haired girl was reading a book. She said her name was Maria. TheThingin theCave T 6 7 {Cave Adventures. Cave, also called cavern, natural opening in the earth large enough for human a cavity is formed in many types of rock and by many processes. The largest and most common caves are those formed by chemical reaction between circulating groundwater and bedrock composed of limestone or caves, called solution caves, typically constitute a. Caving In: AI). Archaeology of Historical Cave Exploration and Exploitation Stephen Damm and Allison Young Abstract: While the archaeological investigation of caves with these dark zones has been developingfor some time, this work has almost exclusively focused on prehistoric activities. This paper demonstrates. Cave Diver program is designed to train divers in safe cave diving and if doing Technical cave the technical utilization of EANx for cave exploration, and the use of EANx and oxygen for decompression. 16 training dives is required to reach this point, it is not unusual for students to have made many more practice dives on their own before full. A Booklist Top 10 Science Book ofa New York Times Book Review Notable Book, and a Daily Beast "Top 11 Book of " A masterpiece of science reporting that tracks the animal origins of emerging human diseases. The emergence of strange new diseases is a frightening problem that seems to be getting worse/5(8). I know a few cavers who organize trips to China or other parts of the world to cave and get to cave that way, but it doesn't earn them a living. Careers that might involve some cave exploration, if you find the right job: 1. National Park Service hires cave specialists and they work at parks where there are caves in the park. Full text of "The work and problems of the Victoria Cave exploration" See other formats ^^-f^^ ic^^ THE ^YURK AND I'ROJJLEMS UF THE VICTORIA CAVE EXl'LURATIua. BY E. IWLES. il.A., F.G.H., OF H.3I. GEOLOGICAL SUltVEt OF ENGLAND AND WALESx; 6'. THE WORK AND PROBLEMS 01' TIIK VICTORIA CAVE EXPLORATION. Cave Exploring An Epic Cave Exploring Adventure. Descend into darkness, climb, crawl, and splash your way through the underground stream. Continue upstream on kayak. Experience 4 hours of underground challenge in Indiana’s longest cave system. Older scouts and organized youth groups can now experience Deep Darkness. South African Cave Yields Strange Bones Of Early Human-Like Species: Shots - Health News Deep inside a rocky chamber, reached by a narrow crevice, researchers found more than 1, fossilized. Pole Creek Cave is located in Ashley National Forest in the Uintah Mountains about 30 miles north of Roosevelt, UT. The access to the cave requires a 4x4 vehicle or a truck with good road clearance. The GPS coordinates for the cave entrance are 40°36´" N, °5´" W. The ´ dry portion of the cave is frequently visited by locals. (This book was my constant companion for a month; I feel, writing it up, like I'm delivering a eulogy.) In The River, Edward Hooper builds a case for HIV's sudden appearance in the 's springing from unsafe practices surrounding the development and production of (live) oral polio vaccines in the late '50's/5. Some scholars have suggested that acoustic “hot spots” in caves were used to make noises that replicate hoofbeats, for instance; some 90 percent of cave drawings involve hoofed animals. These drawings could represent stories or the accumulation of knowledge, or they could have been part of rituals. This is a wonderful narrative non-fiction book for anyone who loves science journalism. Wilcox's writing does more than just describe venomous animals, she paints a picture of the environment, people, and animals that transports you to an underwater cave or or a beach in Hawaii. She provides a nice balance of scientific facts and storytelling/5. Abseil — (pronounced AB-sail) To make a controlled descent on a fixed rope. The term is typically used in Europe and Australia. Accessory cord —Nylon, Kevlar® or Spectra® cord sold in a range of diameters, typically smaller than those of climbing ropes. Used for a variety of things including slings, anchors, prusiks, and emergency : REI Staff. What has cave exploration added to scientific knowledge. Out of some very deep caves are coming life-forms called extremophiles. We are beginning to create new families of antibiotics from these things, which in turn are proving effective against multiply drug-resistant bacteria. Things like strep A, some forms of pneumococcus. Exploration for a cave by magnetic and electrical resistivity surveys: Ayvacik Sinkhole example, Bozdag, Izmir (western Turkey) Article (PDF Available) in Geophysics 77(3):BB. Phantom Springs Cave was going deep and going deep in a hurry. Brett and Andy stopped their upstream exploration at a maximum depth of ft (72m) after adding another ft (m) of explored upstream passage to the cave’s survey. Although the ADM Exploration Team is no stranger to deep cave diving, we lacked one critical ingredient – helium. monitoring (and, in some cases, sampling) of cave dwelling fauna (mainly troglobites). Equipment testing is also a common task during space missions. To increase safety of. Caving equipment is equipment used by cavers and speleologists to aid and protect them while exploring term may also be used to refer to equipment used to document caves, such as photographic and surveying equipment. Originally, cave diving equipment was quite limited, but the increasing popularity of caving during the 20th century led to the creation of specialist. A COMPLEX TECHNICAL RESCUE IN A DEEP CAVE Presenters: Allen Padgett and Buddy Lane Ellison’s Cave is located in Walker County which lies in the Northwest corner of Georgia. The cave extends through Pigeon Mountain with entrances on each side of the mountain. TheFile Size: KB. A group of 10 cavers from all over the United States recently made some exciting discoveries while on an expedition inside Lechuguilla Cave in New Mexico’s Carlsbad Caverns National Park. The eight-day expedition in early May resulted in the discovery of a new section of cave passages with large rooms, deep pits, and many new leads and saw the greatest amount of distance. "We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time." T. Eliot - Little Gidding The Bahamas Caves Research Foundation (BCRF) is dedicated to scientific investigations, exploration and conservation of blue holes, underwater caves and dry caves found. work, electronic prototypes, Book-on-demand publishing, technical writing, and innovative software design. His avocations include firefighting, cave exploration, bicycling, and, of course, tinaja questing. Don maintains a no-charge voice helpline at () He does welcome your calls and letters. In archaeology, excavation is the exposure, processing and recording of archaeological remains. An excavation site or "dig" is a site being studied. Such a site excavation concerns itself with a specific archaeological site or a connected series of sites, and may be conducted over as little as several weeks to over a number of years. Journal of Australasian Cave Research ISSN: Helictite was founded by Edward A. Lane and Aola M. Richards in It is intended to wide ranging in from the scientific study of caves and their contents, to the history of caves and cave areas and the technical aspects of cave study and exploration.The history of public health is a story of the search for effective means of securing health and preventing disease in the population. Epidemic and endemic infectious dis-ease stimulated thought and innovation in disease preven-tion on a pragmatic basis, often before the causation was established scientifically. The prevention of disease inFile Size: 1MB.COASTEERING. Explore the rugged Cornish coastline on an action-packed guided coasteering session, swimming into rocky coves and through exhilarating whitewater features, adventuring into hidden corners, and of course, leaping from our favourite jump spots. menards.club - Some technical aids for cave exploration. book © 2020	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3396
__label__wiki	0.521226	0.521226	Home > News > ICONIC IMAGES GALLERY UPDATE ICONIC IMAGES GALLERY UPDATE From the 15th June, the Iconic Images Gallery will re-open to the public adhering to the latest guidance regarding social distancing. Monday 15th to Sunday 21st June - 11am to 7pm New opening hours from 22nd June 2020 Monday - By appointment only Tuesday - By appointment only Wednesday - 11am to 7pm Iconic Images Gallery, 13a Park Walk, London, SW10 0AJ - More info at www.iconicimagesgallery.net What's On - BOND by Terry O'Neill Looking back on his adventures in the Bond world, O’Neill recalled: ‘I photographed the first Bond film, but I’ve lost all the pictures. When we started, we all thought it was going to be a one or two film thing. We never dared to think it was going to turn into this huge franchise. What’s great about it, and I think it’s the real secret to why it’s been so successful for so many years, is that with each decade, each James Bond, they have really kept up with the times. Sean Connery in the 1960s was cool and classic; he really fits that decade. Roger Moore in the 1970s added more humour; very Cary Grant. In the 1990s, Pierce Brosnan came aboard and added a real style. Then Daniel Craig ―he’s the perfect modern Bond.” View the exhibition online	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3402
__label__wiki	0.591896	0.591896	04 - Atti di convegno (PROCEEDINGS) 04.1 - Contributo in Atti di convegno (Paper in Proceedings) "Exploring the Boomerang Effect: The Role of Core Technologies and Uncertainty in Explaining the Use of the Grant-Back Clause in Technology" Licensing is one of the most commonly observed inter-firm contractual agreements. Drawing on the resource-based view of the firm and contract economics, we argue that the inclusion of a grant-back clause in licensing agreements emerges as a consequence of licensor and licensee firms’ requirements to balance the needs to protect their technological resources and to learn through internal and external processes. We argue that licensing agreements are increasingly likely to contain a grant-back clause; (i) the closer to the core the licensed technology is to the licensor’s patent portfolio; and (ii) the more uncertain is the licensed technology. In contrast, we conjecture a decreasing likelihood of a grant-back clause, the closer to the core the licensed technology is to the licensee’s patent portfolio. Technological uncertainty is conjectured to positively moderate the results both when the licensed technology is core to the licensee and to the licensor. We test the proposed hypotheses using a sample of 404 licensed technologies over the period 1984-2004. We employ a hierarchical nested decision model to account for the inclusion of the grant-back clause in a licensing contract being nested in the decision regarding which technologies to out-license. We find broad support for our theoretical arguments. Titolo: "Exploring the Boomerang Effect: The Role of Core Technologies and Uncertainty in Explaining the Use of the Grant-Back Clause in Technology" K. LAURSEN Leone, Maria Isabella S. MOREIRA T. REICHSTEIN Abstract: Licensing is one of the most commonly observed inter-firm contractual agreements. Drawing on the resource-based view of the firm and contract economics, we argue that the inclusion of a grant-back clause in licensing agreements emerges as a consequence of licensor and licensee firms’ requirements to balance the needs to protect their technological resources and to learn through internal and external processes. We argue that licensing agreements are increasingly likely to contain a grant-back clause; (i) the closer to the core the licensed technology is to the licensor’s patent portfolio; and (ii) the more uncertain is the licensed technology. In contrast, we conjecture a decreasing likelihood of a grant-back clause, the closer to the core the licensed technology is to the licensee’s patent portfolio. Technological uncertainty is conjectured to positively moderate the results both when the licensed technology is core to the licensee and to the licensor. We test the proposed hypotheses using a sample of 404 licensed technologies over the period 1984-2004. We employ a hierarchical nested decision model to account for the inclusion of the grant-back clause in a licensing contract being nested in the decision regarding which technologies to out-license. We find broad support for our theoretical arguments. Appare nelle tipologie: 04.1 - Contributo in Atti di convegno (Paper in Proceedings)	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3405
__label__cc	0.667112	0.332888	SEM2012-Friday, November 2-AM Sessions From Stephen Stuempfle on January 24th, 2017 8:30 – 11:30 am Prison Music: Ethnography between the Bars Gage Averill (University of British Columbia), Chair and Discussant Maria Mendonca (Kenyon College), “Music Interventions, Structural Violence, and Self-Harming in Women’s Prisons in Britain” Benjamin Harbert (Georgetown University), “Politics and Privacy of Talent: Music at the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women” John Runowicz (Independent Scholar), “The Missing String Incident: Social Tension and Release in an Upstate New York Prison Music Room” SEM President’s Roundtable: Music and Power – Ethnomusicological Contributions to the Study of Politics and Culture Harris Berger (Texas A&M University), Chair Jayson Beaster-Jones (Texas A&M University) Jocelyne Guilbault (University of California, Berkeley) Maureen Mahon (New York University) Henry Spiller (University of California, Davis) Deborah Wong (University of California, Riverside)	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3408
__label__wiki	0.629189	0.629189	About the Twitter Experiments Program Thank you for taking the time to participate in and provide us feedback through the Twitter Experiments Program. Before you get started, please read the full agreement below. By participating in this program, you’ll get access to experimental versions of Twitter applications for mobile devices, such as the Twitter for Android or Twitter for iOS app. We may show you confidential, yet to be released products or features and you must be willing to keep those secret. You'll be volunteering to help out Twitter and will not be paid. You can stop participating in the program at any time and Twitter may stop operating the program or cancel your participation in the program at any time. Twitter, Inc. 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__label__wiki	0.605389	0.605389	14551 Bessemer St. (Photo by Andrew B. Hurvitz) Map 14551 Bessemer On the NE corner of Bessemer and Vesper, here in Van Nuys, there is a steel walled storage warehouse with three pitched roofs. Unmarked with any signs, it seems to have been there many years, and is characteristic of structures that once stood alongside rail lines to receive and to send out produce, grains, and manufactured products to faraway markets. I dug up information from the city and found that “14551 Bessemer St.” was built in 1922, at a cost of $4,000, for the Fernando Feed and Fuel Co. It stood alongside the freight lines and was serviced by a dedicated Southern Pacific rail spur that went right into the property. 6/22/1922: 14551 Bessemer St. Van Nuys, CA Dept of Buildings Application 6/18/1922: LA Times, Warehouse at Van Nuys Being Erected Van Nuys Feed and Fuel Co. 1925, View SW By 1925, chicken ranches were a big business in the San Fernando Valley, with an estimated 1,000,000 laying hens in the valley producing some 12 million eggs at a gross return of $5 million dollars. (In 2019 dollars, about $72 million.) A 1925 LA Times article said that the Fernando Feed and Fuel Company started in 1916 as a feed store, but grew, in nine years, to 1,500 customers, large and small. Several other facilities for warehouse storage were located in Owensmouth and Van Nuys with a crew of 45 men and 15 trucks delivering feed and other orders to customers. 8/20/1925: Million Laying Hens in Valley Fernando Valley Feed and Fuel Co. 1/16/1925: Fernando Valley Feed and Fuel Ad 1/16/25: Fernando Valley Feed and Fuel Chicken ranches, on one, two or five acres were a type of housing development that sprung up all around Southern California. They allowed families to feed themselves and also make a living selling chickens and eggs. At that time, other orchards grew oranges, walnuts, lemons, avocados, asparagus, and strawberries. A 1916 LA Times article praised “rose lined Sherman Way” (later renamed VNB) and the white feathered leghorns that dotted recently established (1911) Van Nuys. “White Feathered Leghorn” Chicken. (source unknown) Scientific work to bolster the agriculture industry and promote poultry farming was often shown. In 1920, a four-day poultry institute was given at Van Nuys High School, by Prof. Dougherty, head of the poultry division, college of agriculture at U of CA, under the auspices of the LA County Farm Bureau and the Van Nuys Poultry Association. A vaccination to fight chicken-pox was demonstrated there. San Fernando Valley Chicken Ranch, early 1900s, (LAPL) 6/20/1920: Vaccination for Chicken-pox is Demonstrated (LAT) Early SFV Chicken Ranch (KCET) Van Nuys Feed and Fuel 1925, view NW Entrepreneurs and peripatetic innovators flocked to Van Nuys to raise chickens in advanced ways. At a five-acre ranch on Woodman Avenue, in 1925, a recently transplanted Englishman, JCF Knapp, who had run plantations in Sumatra and India, had finally realized his lifelong dream to become a poultry farmer in Van Nuys. His operation had the capacity for 4000 chicks, and Mr. Knapp confidently asserted that he had not only a successful business model but a new kind of assembly line efficiency [for producing Grade A chickens on the scale of Model A’s.] Also in 1925, WW Todd Realty Co. reported that a new set of chicken farms, totaling five acres, were to be built on Ranchito Av. near Tulare St. in Van Nuys. Some 100,000 laying Leghorn hens were expected to arrive in the valley within six months. [Ranchito Av., for the geographically ignorant, runs parallel to Woodman and Hazeltine, halfway between both. I found no modern maps with a Tulare St. however] 7/5/1925: Comes From India to Raise Chickens in the SFV 3/1/1925: Plan Group of Chicken Farms in Valley Town A 1920s aerial photograph of downtown Van Nuys shows the Fernando Feed and Fuel storage warehouse and the combination of commercial buildings along “Sherman Way” (renamed in 1926 Van Nuys Bl.) and orchards that were planted right inside the middle of town. VNHS is in the upper center/right of the photo. (below) The chicken farms of the 1920s, which boosters never stopped boosting, gradually died out when the Great Depression hit after 1930 and sank agricultural prices. By the late 1930s, suburban development came to the San Fernando Valley, and during the war (1941-45), industrial and defense plants, soldiers, military hospitals and the urgencies of war supplanted the rural way of life raising chickens. After 1945, the San Fernando Valley was the fastest growing place in the world, and every acre of land was transformed by housing developments, shopping centers, and car centered designs. The chicken farm, with its odors and mosquitos was now a menace, and housewives in Reseda were scared to let their children play outside. 10/4/1958: Valley Growers, Ranchers in Last Ditch Battle Against Urbanization 3/23/1951: Chicken Farm Blamed For Reseda Fly Swarms. Lost in the stories about the chicken farms is an old America that valued challenges and thought itself capable of surmounting them. Poor, barely educated and hard-working people came here and somehow transformed Los Angeles into an advanced city that also grew its own food and sold off the surplus to an amazed and grateful nation. Van Nuys, once a proud and admired center of advanced agricultural innovations, committed civic suicide. It destroyed its downtown by ripping up diagonal parking, widening the road to freeway widths, removing the streetcar, tearing down old buildings and replacing them with empty plazas and zombie moonscapes of trash and concrete. It embarked upon decades of laying down asphalt and laying out the red carpet for criminals, malcontents and derelicts. Porn, marijuana, prostitution, bail bonds and slumlords were the largest industries by year 2000. Hopelessness replaced optimism and dystopia seized this district like an incurable disease. And politicians were thought worthy, not for their works, but only if their last names ended in the letters S or Z. At least we have the Internet to thank for a glimmer of what it once was. Posted in Van Nuys and the ValleyTagged "Van Nuys High School", 1922, Agriculture, Chicken Farms, Chicken Pox, Chickens, Depression, Eggs, Hens, history, San Fernando Valley, Valley Feed and Fuel, Valley Relics, Van Nuys and the Valley, WWIIBy Here in Van Nuys6 Comments 6 thoughts on “Valley Feed and Fuel” Alma Lopez says: Even in the ’50’s and ’60’s there were still parts of the Valley that had many ranches, and the classifieds in newspapers like the Van Nuys News had a significant number of ads regarding the buying/selling of poultry, cows, and rabbits, and necessities the average farmer needed. When my dad came to Van Nuys in 1961 from Blythe, CA, he remembers seeing large areas in the Valley that were still rural. In fact, when I was born-in 1964-at West Park Hospital(now gone)in Canoga Park, which was located on Roscoe Blvd, my dad says across the boulevard down a little ways there were still fruit groves that took up a significant piece of land. Orca says: The xtra lanes on VN Blvd was pretty much unavoidable. Tearing down those handsome old buildings was a tragedy, for sure. As was laying out the red carpet for vagrants. Then again, the population changed. The people who lived in Van Nuys THEN wouldn’t have put up with it, I can assure you. Both almost cute and sad are the almost comically simple building permit forms. Some decent carpentry and construction skills, a working knowledge of basic geometry, and away you go. I put up a couple patio covers to provide shade with 4x4s, 4x6s and 1x2s about 15 years ago, and I think the documentation and plans the City of Irvine required for a permit were more detailed. I think the simple forms with proper proportions never grow old. Thank you as always for your astute comments! Orca, The simplicity of the building permit was exactly what I noticed most in this post. Heavy sigh. David Kreiselman says: “and politicians were thought worthy, not for their works, but only if their last names ended in an s or a z”. There are folks who might take umbrage with that remark. I am not one of those people. As far as I’m concerned, that’s calling like it is…. Thank you for your remark. Andrew B HurvitZ ← Van Nuys: City of Parking Lots Some Upcoming Ballot Initiatives →	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3412
__label__cc	0.582478	0.417522	Does Jesus make an allusion to Exodus 4:10 in Luke 6:46? Jesus used the phrase "Lord Lord" 5 times. Two are used in parables and two, which deal with final judgment at the close of the Sermon on the Mount and this use in Luke: “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you? (Luke 6:46) [ESV] τί δέ με καλεῖτε κύριε κύριε καὶ οὐ ποιεῖτε ἃ λέγω [mGNT] Since the word means "master" someone who calls a person "lord" should do what the master says. It seems odd to say a person would say "Lord Lord," and not do what they are told. When Moses was told to go back to Egypt, he balked: But Moses said to the LORD, “Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and of tongue.” (Exodus 4:10) Which in the LXX has a type of repetition of Lord: And Moses said to the Lord, I pray, Lord, I have not been sufficient in former times, neither from the time that thou hast begun to speak to thy servant: I am weak in speech, and slow-tongued. (LXX) εἶπεν δὲ Μωυσῆς πρὸς κύριον δέομαι κύριε οὐχ ἱκανός εἰμι πρὸ τῆς ἐχθὲς οὐδὲ πρὸ τῆς τρίτης ἡμέρας οὐδὲ ἀφ᾽ οὗ ἤρξω λαλεῗν τῷ θεράποντί σου ἰσχνόφωνος καὶ βραδύγλωσσος ἐγώ εἰμι Does Jesus use the phrase "Lord Lord" in Luke as an allusion to Moses' reluctance to do what he was told? luke exodus Revelation LadRevelation Lad "Said to the Lord" is not repetition, since it belongs to the narration, but "O Lord" to Moses' personal words. – Sola Gratia Dec 31 '19 at 19:28 @SolaGratia Does something need to be exact to be an allusion? I realize said to the Lord introduces what was said and in that case Lord would be said once. The preposition πρὸς shows to a direction. So the allusion would be "Moses said in the direction (of the burning bush), 'Lord I beg Lord...'" – Revelation Lad Dec 31 '19 at 19:47 pros doesn't mean in the direction here, it means "said unto" – Sola Gratia Dec 31 '19 at 20:51 It can be, although here it isn't directional when paired with "said" just as in English, "to" doesn't mean "to" as in the "on the way to" sense when used with "said." Besides, the direction Moses spoke in isn't in view here, as the conversation was already in progress and the place of the Lord known already. – Sola Gratia Dec 31 '19 at 21:31 I don’t believe that’s a good example. There are better examples in the OT and the Maccabees. The LXX is Lord Lord but the original in Hebrew is Lord God, or Lord (and) Creator. Deu 3:24 is an example, Amos 7:5 – Nihil Sine Deo Dec 31 '19 at 21:41 Personally I don't see any connection of Luke 6:46 to Exodus 4:10. The Apostle Luke seems to like using a double vocative. Luke 8:24, "Master, Master." Luke 10:41, "Martha, Martha," Luke 13:34, "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem," Luke 22:31, "Simon, Simon." and Luke 23:21, "Crucify, crucify Him!" You also said the following: " It seems odd to say a person would say "Lord Lord," and not do what they are told." Why would you think that is unusual? Look what Jesus said at Matthew 7:22-23. "Many will say to Me on that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?" Verse 23, "And then I will declare to them, "I never knew you." To me these are the most "lethal" words in the Bible. And as a side note if you read the verses that follow Exodus 4:10-17 you will see the Lord is a little "ticked" off with Moses. I think Moses had an "anxiety" attack and was worried about something he not only did not want to do but did not completely trust in the Lord. At Matthew 7:22-23 the end result of hypocritical disobedience leads to eternal consequences. edited Jan 1 '20 at 0:09 Mr. BondMr. Bond While there are double vocatives I highly doubt that’s what Jesus is alluding to here. The LXX translates the Hebrew phrases “Lord God” as “Lord Lord” in the Greek. If anything Jesus was alluding to His divinity and it wasn’t Luke being wasteful with ink and parchment throwing in double vocatives. There’s very good reason to believe Jesus spoke Greek given the Greek city Sephorris – Nihil Sine Deo Jan 1 '20 at 4:19 Look, I merely observed that Luke seemed to like using "double vocatives" and I even backed it up with references. And no, he was not wasting ink?. Why the "snide" remark? After all that is said and done according to the complete context of Luke 6 is the following. Many hear Jesus' sayings and think of them as noble truths and uplifting not taking them to heart. The "rock" Jesus was referring to is the practice of "doing" His commands by obeying Him. The storms are not just storms of nature, but sin, temptation, sorrow and the cares of life. If you don't build on the rock there will be loss. – Mr. Bond Jan 1 '20 at 17:17 Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged luke exodus or ask your own question. Why does the genealogy in Luke come after Jesus' baptism? In Exodus 32:20, why did Moses make the Israelites drink the ground calf & water mixture? Why did the reply in Luke 4:24 make the people furious? Is there an allusion to Genesis 3:7 in Luke 24:31? Could Isaiah 6:1-2 be an allusion to Exodus 33:20? Is Luke 18:18 alluding to Exodus 2:2? How does the author of Acts say Moses was a man of power in words and deeds in Acts 7:22? Is Luke 19:44 an allusion to Psalm 137:9? Is Luke 21:24 an allusion to Daniel 7:25? Why did Moses claim he was not eloquent when the Lord called him?	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3413
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__label__cc	0.5984	0.4016	CORONA, Calif. , Jan. 6, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Monster Beverage Corporation (Nasdaq:MNST) announced today that its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Rodney Sacks , and Vice Chairman and President, Hilton Schlosberg , will host an investor meeting on January 13, 2015 to provide an update on -- Third Quarter Net Sales Rise 7.7% to $636.0 Million; Net Income Increases 31.9% to $121.6 Million -- Monster Beverage Corporation to Host Special Investor Call Schedules Investor Conference Call for 9:00 a.m. ET, August 15, 2014 The Coca-Cola Company and Monster Beverage Corporation Enter into Long-Term Strategic Partnership The Coca-Cola Company to Purchase 16.7% Equity Stake in Monster The Coca-Cola Company to Contribute its Energy Portfolio to Monster, and Monster its Non-Energy Portfolio to The Coca-Cola Company Monster to Become The Coca-Cola Company's Exclusive Energy Play Focuses Monster as a Pure Play Global Second Quarter Net Sales Rise 8.9% to $687.2 Million; Net Income Increases 31.9% to $141.0 Million Monster Beverage Statement on Jason Hamric Suit CORONA, Calif. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Monster Beverage Corporation (NASDAQ:MNST) ("Monster") issued the following statement in response to media and other inquiries relating to the pending lawsuit against it by Angela Wheat , guardian of Jason Hamric : "There is no credible evidence that Jason Monster Beverage Statement on Beastie Boys Trial CORONA, Calif. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Monster Beverage Corporation (NASDAQ:MNST) ("Monster") issued the following statement in response to media and other inquiries relating to the lawsuit against Monster Energy Company ("Monster") by the Beastie Boys. Monster has no intention of litigating this CORONA, Calif. , May 23, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Monster Beverage Corporation (Nasdaq:MNST) announced today that the Company will provide a live audio webcast of the business discussion and question and answer portion of its annual stockholders' meeting on Monday, June 2 , 2014. The webcast will -- First Quarter Net Sales Rise 10.7% to $536.1 Million ; Net Income Increases 50.0% to $95.3 Million -- CORONA, Calif. , May 8, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Monster Beverage Corporation (Nasdaq:MNST) today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014 . Monster Beverage Corporation Issues Statement in Connection With Insurer-Funded Settlement of Longstanding Class Action Lawsuit CORONA, Calif. , April 21, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On April 16, 2014 , Monster Beverage Corporation (Nasdaq:MNST) entered into a settlement agreement that, if approved by the court, will resolve a putative securities class action lawsuit against the Company and two of its officers in federal -- Fourth Quarter Net Sales Rise 14.7% to $540.8 million -- -- Full Year Net Sales Rise 9.0% to $2.2 billion -- CORONA, Calif. , Feb. 27, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Monster Beverage Corporation (Nasdaq:MNST) today reported financial results for the three- and twelve-months ended December 31, 2013 . Monster Beverage Announces Webcast Details for Investor Meeting/Business Update January 7, 2014 CORONA, Calif. , Dec. 23, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Monster Beverage Corporation (Nasdaq:MNST) announced today that its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Rodney Sacks , and Vice Chairman and President, Hilton Schlosberg , will host an investor meeting on January 7, 2014 to provide an update on Monster Beverage Corporation Responds In San Francisco Case CORONA, Calif. , Dec. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Monster Beverage Corporation (NASDAQ:MNST) ("Monster") issued the following statement in response to a press release issued by San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera : "In dismissing the action brought by Monster Beverage Corporation , Judge Monster Beverage Corporation Responds To Paper On Energy Drinks And Heart Function CORONA, Calif. , Dec. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Monster Beverage Corporation (Nasdaq:MNST) today released the following statement in response to a paper presented at the Radiological Society of North America's annual meeting entitled "Caffeine and Taurine Containing Energy Drink Improves Systolic -- Third Quarter Net Sales Rise 8.9% to $590.4 million ; Third Quarter Net Income Increases 7.0% to $92.2 million ; Third Quarter Diluted Net Income per Share Increases 13.1% to $0.53 -- CORONA, Calif. , Nov. 7, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Monster Beverage Corporation (Nasdaq:MNST) today reported	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3426
__label__cc	0.682372	0.317628	Book Review of ‘Your Extraordinary Self’ by Tammie A. Kip Book Review of ‘Dragonborn (Between Gods and Mortals Book 1) by Whitney Rines Silverback ~ Chapter Three ‘Prodigy’ Evolution is coming! Author’s Note: This is Chapter 3 of my new Y.A. Sci-Fi Fantasy, Silverback. BACK COVER BOOK BLURB FOR SILVERBACK – Molly’s twin sister’s death four years ago hasn’t been the only hardship her family has endured. It’s been one hard knock after another. Chapter 3 ~ Prodigy Doing what’s right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what’s right. Molly and Andre jogged through the park. “You told your parents?” Andre said as they came to a halt just outside the gorilla viewing area. Molly bent over, hands on her knees, as she caught her breath. “Yes, I had a moment of insanity.” Andre ran one hand through his hair. “Yeah, you did. You’re lucky they didn’t cut your vacation short to take you back to that shrink.” Molly groaned. “Right?” She flashed him a wan smile. After Madeline died, Molly’s school counselor recommended counseling for the entire family. Unfortunately, Molly’s mother interpreted this to mean Molly must have done something wrong at school, and she was forced to see a child psychologist, Dr. S. Fountain. Molly closed her eyes, recalling her initial visit to the cheerful, old man sporting a white beard. She thought he should be in a red suit, entertaining children at holidays, and told him so when he asked her opinion of their first session. Dr. Fountain laughed so hard, his face turned bright red, and tears streamed down his face. For a moment, she worried she’d have to employ the C.P.R. skills they’d just learned at school. When he’d finally regained his composure, he’d smiled and shooed her out of his office, telling her to return in two weeks. The sessions lasted a month. The good doctor informed her parents Molly was remarkably well adjusted for a teenage girl who’d just lost her twin sister. After the third visit, Dr. Fountain warned them against putting Madeline, who’d been a straight-A student, on a pedestal of unrealistic memories. Molly cringed as she remembered her mother’s angry retorts on the way home. “You’ve humiliated our family. He doesn’t know how wonderful Madeline was. He’ll think we’re crazy, thanks to you.” The final straw had come when Molly came down later that night to get a snack. She heard her mother praying, asking God why he’d taken the wrong daughter. She’d never been brought back to see Dr. Fountain again. Andre touched Molly’s shoulder. “Hey, look. The keepers are feeding them.” Molly peered through the glass doors leading into the viewing area. “Come on. You’re not going to believe this.” They stood in front of the thick glass in silence. A group of elementary school children walked in behind them, flooding the small room with chatter and bright yellow teeshirts boasting their school logo. Several flustered teachers did their best to keep the noise level down, but it was like trying to tell the ocean to keep the waves at a dull roar. Molly lifted a hand to cover her eyes as she peered through the glass. “There he is. At the back of the pen. He hasn’t seen me yet.” Andre stood at her shoulder and waited. A child skipped across the room, and trying to get past the two teenagers, stumbled over Andre’s sneaker. “Whoa there, buddy,” Andre exclaimed, catching the child around the waist before he could fall. “Here, let me help you tie your shoelace. I think that’s why you tripped.” The little boy stared up at Andre with saucer-like eyes.”Why is your skin that color? Did something happen to you?” Andre chuckled as he tied the lace. “No, that’s my skin color. I’m naturally dark.” Nodding his head, the little boy smiled at him. “So you’re like chocolate?” He thrust out his bare arm. “The teacher says I’m white. I think I’m kind of peach colored.” Biting his lip to hide his smile, Andre nodded. “You know, you’re right. I like it. It’s a nice color.” “My teacher needs glasses. Bye,” the boy said. “Thanks for tying my shoe.” One of the teachers hurried over, taking the boy by the hand. With a polite smile at Andre and Molly, she said, “Come on, Timmy. We’re leaving now.” Once they’d walked away, Molly shook her head. “You’re really good with kids.” Andre shrugged. “Comes from having little brothers and sisters.” Molly snorted. “Yeah, right. Didn’t work for me. I’m like Cruella DeVille to my little brothers. Just ask my mom.” “Don’t be so hard on yourself, Molly,” Andre began to say. He broke off and pointed. “Hey, one of the gorillas is coming over. That’s him, isn’t it? I think he’s seen you. What is he holding?” Molly spun around. The Silverback, Ben, approached and, cradled in the crook of his arm, was a small baby gorilla. He moved slowly, scanning the viewing area. “What’s he looking for?” Andre whispered. “I don’t know,” Molly said. “Maybe he wants to be sure his keeper isn’t around.” Andre glanced over his shoulder. “We’re the only ones in here.” He rubbed his chin. “They’re excellent fathers, you know.” Molly smiled. “He loves his baby. You can tell by the way he’s looking down at him, and stroking his head so gently.” Andre stared through the glass. “I don’t believe it. Molly, you were right. Look!” Mouths open, they both stood in shock as the father and son gorillas conducted an entire conversation in sign language. With a furtive glance to make sure they were still alone, Andre hissed, “What are they saying to each other?” Molly turned to meet Andre’s eyes. “Ben just told him that we’re friends and he needs to trust us.” She wiped a glistening tear. “Damn it, Andre. What do you think he’s afraid of?” Andre shrugged. “Not a clue.” Ben scooped up the infant gorilla and approached the glass. Ben set the infant down on the grass right in front of the window. The baby gazed up at the teenagers for a moment, then noticing a rope toy, grabbed it and stuck it in his mouth. You came back, Ben signed to Molly. I knew you were different from the others. Molly’s brow furrowed. Yes, I promised I would come back to see you. Is your son okay? Ben gazed down at the baby, his deep brown eyes full of love. He touched the infant’s head, then looked directly at Molly. His hands began to move. Molly spoke the words as he signed them. “He will be okay if you help him. I’m so afraid for him.” She and Andre exchanged a puzzled glance, then looked at Ben. Are you worried someone might find out he can sign? Ben shook his head. No, I’m terrified someone will figure out he can talk. “What?” Andre and Molly said in unison. Molly looked at Andre. “You understood what he signed?” Andre shook his head. “No, I’m asking you what he said when he signed?” Before Molly could answer, a man in a white uniform entered the room, giving the children a polite smile. Moving closer, he stared at the infant gorilla sitting in front of Ben and snatched his radio from his pocket. “We need backup stat. The Silverback has the baby. I repeat. He has the baby gorilla. Get someone over here with a tranquilizer gun asap.” “But he won’t hurt him,” Molly exclaimed. “He’s taking care of him. Didn’t Ben come from Rwanda? Gorilla’s from those regions take care of the babies, even babies that aren’t their own.” The keeper shook his head and gave her a wan smile. “Not this bad boy. He killed the twins his mate delivered last year. I don’t know how this baby even got in here. We had them separated.” Andre swallowed past the lump in his throat. “I can’t believe that. They’re social animals, like humans. They need each other.” The keeper’s face betrayed his personal recollection of the incident. “Yeah, well, son, some humans murder their families too. You don’t know what goes on in their heads.” With a grim look, the man stepped to the side of the room when his radio crackled with a static-filled voice. He spoke in a low tone this time, and neither Molly or Andre could hear the conversation. Molly spun around and faced Ben, who was staring at the man. She signed an explanation of what the keeper had said about the baby being in danger, omitting the story he’d given them about Ben’s alleged past deeds. With a loud hooting sound, Ben stood, slamming one palm against the glass. Don’t get angry. It won’t help, Molly signed. We will figure out how to help you. Ben seemed to relax. Stretching, he winked at Molly, and wandered away from the glass, leaving his son still playing with the rope toy. “Kids, you better leave. The keepers are coming to rescue that baby, and it might not be a pleasant sight. We’re going to have to close this exhibit.” Molly crossed her arms and glared at the man. “Listen here, Pet-er,” she said, making a point of reading the man’s name badge. “We’re not ‘kids’, for one thing, and-“ Andre looped his hand through Molly’s and whispered, “Take your own advice.” Then raising his voice and leading her to the door, “Come on, let’s go.” “What are you doing?” she hissed. “Relax,” Andre said. “I know how to get around to the back of the enclosure. I saw the keepers coming and going that way the last time I were here.” They stepped outside to see several men in white uniforms approached at a jog. One of them held a tranquilizer gun. The attendant who’d called for them walked outside. “False alarm. The baby just walked right back up to the gate and they were able to get him switched back to the other area.” The two men shrugged and walked away. One of them began whistling along to the music now filling the air. An announcer called out, “Ladies and gentlemen, children and fairy-tale creatures. The eleven o’clock parade will be begin shortly.” Ignoring the announcement . Molly’s heart pounded. “Do you think Ben will be okay?” “Yeah, I do. Coming?” As they slipped through the nearly invisible entrance between two hedges planted in such a way as to strategically hide the walkway, Molly stopped. “What?” Andre said. “Andre, I have to get that baby gorilla out of there.” “Have you lost it, girl? That’s a crime. You can’t steal a baby gorilla.” Molly’s lips tightened into a thin line. “Watch me.” Baby Gorilla Young Adult Sci-Fi Fantasy Fiction Book Review of ‘Your Extraordinary Self’ by Tammie A. Kip Previous Book Review of ‘Dragonborn (Between Gods and Mortals Book 1) by Whitney Rines Next	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3430
__label__cc	0.577954	0.422046	Beaulieu Spring Autojumble in May February 27, 2016 Staff Auctions & Sales, Events, Highlights, Restoration & Repair Comments Off on Beaulieu Spring Autojumble in May Beaulieu’s eagerly anticipated Spring Autojumble will return for its 23rd year on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22ndMay in the grounds of the National Motor Museum. With over 1,000 stands, this highlight of the classic events calendar is the place to buy, sell and swap anything and everything automotive. Enthusiasts can browse countless spare parts and tools, as well as automobilia, motoring literature, model cars and even full-size classic car projects. From finding an elusive part for a restoration project to spotting a bargain, it offers an enjoyable weekend of motoring miscellany. New for 2016, the Retro Caravan Club will celebrate the joys of camping and the adventure of the open road, with a display of its members’ period-perfect classic caravans, complete with matching tow cars of the era. The Classic Hearse Register will also be showcasing a selection of its members’ hearses. These dignified, high-quality classics represent an often overlooked sector of motoring history and this club stand will certainly turn a few heads. Spring Autojumble regulars, the Wessex Car Club, will also have a stand, featuring an eclectic range of cars belonging to its members. Practical Classics magazine, the media sponsor of the Spring Autojumble, will put its mechanical know-how to the test with an ambitious car rebuild challenge. A team will breathe new life into a decrepit Ford Model T, sourcing replacement parts from the stands at the show. The rebuild will start at the event with an aim to complete the project at Beaulieu’s International Autojumble in September, to demonstrate the staggering variety of spare parts on offer. Up to 100 classic vehicles of all shapes and sizes will be offered for sale in the Automart, ranging from immaculate examples to restoration projects, while in the Dealermart, traders will display a wide range of high-quality classics to buy. Sunday will sell everything and anything Land Rover related in the Beaulieu Land Rover Rummage. A section of the show will be devoted to the nation’s favourite 4×4 with a popular feature and spares-sourcing opportunity for Land Rover owners. Another Sunday highlight, Trunk Traders, will once again give amateur jumblers the chance to sell their excess motoring items from their car boots. For an end-of-show bargain, don’t miss the Walkabout Auction on Sunday afternoon, with guest auctioneer, Practical Classics Editor Danny Hopkins. Returning for its fifth year, this favourite gives exhibitors the opportunity to find homes for unsold stock, with no auction fees to pay. Just £1 buys a box for exhibitors to fill up (larger items can go alongside) to be auctioned off before the close of the show. Visitors to the event can also enjoy all of the features of the Beaulieu attraction, included in their admission ticket. Don’t miss the National Motor Museum’s new Driving Change display, which explores motoring innovations, technology and safety throughout history and makes motoring predictions for the future. Visit On Screen Cars and World of Top Gear, take a stroll around the Montagu family home, Palace House, and explore the historic ruins of the 13th Beaulieu Abbey. The on-the-day admission price, which includes access to all of the Beaulieu attractions, is £10.00 adult and £7.70 child, while tickets are even less if purchased online in advance at www.beaulieu.co.uk/events or through the ticket hotline, 01590 612888. Two-day tickets, giving admission to the show and the attraction for both days, are also available. For would-be exhibitors, there is still time to book Autojumble stand spaces, with prices starting at just £67.50. Automart spaces are £35, while the cost of a Sunday Trunk Trader standard plot is just £20. For all stand bookings, please contact the Events Department on 01590 614614 or email [email protected]. For more information, visit www.beaulieu.co.uk/events or join the conversation with @Beaulieu_Hants on Twitter, with #autojumble. Self-Driving Cars – End of the Road for Classics? Supposing MG Sportscar via on Opel GM SAIC Partnership Land Rovers Heading To Beaulieu July 14, 2015 Staff Classic Cars, Events, Highlights, Land Rover Comments Off on Land Rovers Heading To Beaulieu Land Rovers of all ages and varieties will be heading to Beaulieu on Sunday 9th August, for Simply Land Rover. Now in its third year this event, taking place in the grounds of the National Motor Museum, puts on an impressive display that is sure to appeal to fans of Britain’s best-loved off-roader. From the classic Series I, II and III, to the rugged County and Defender, iconic Range Rover and capable Discovery, all Land Rover models and derivatives are welcome to take part. No matter if your pride-and-joy is a battle-scarred workhorse, a pristine show-winner or anything in between, Simply Land Rover is the show for you. Land Rover owners can drive into the Beaulieu parkland to join the display, meet like-minded enthusiasts, admire the array of vehicles and enjoy all of the features of one of the south’s […] Beaulieu Adds Aston Martin and Jaguar Simply Rallies January 7, 2016 Staff Aston Martin, Classic Cars, Events, Highlights, Jaguar Comments Off on Beaulieu Adds Aston Martin and Jaguar Simply Rallies Beaulieu is proud to welcome two new rallies, Simply Aston Martin and Simply Jaguar, to its busy 2016 calendar of Simply rallies. Celebrating two of Britain’s best-loved sports car marques within the successful Simply rally format, these new rallies will join the six already well-established Simplys that will be returning for 2016. Simply Aston Martin will get the show season off to a racing start on 10th April, as owners of all Aston Martins, classic and modern, are invited to display their cars in the grounds of the National Motor Museum. A number of owners’ clubs are expected to attend the new Simply Jaguar, taking place on 8th May, which will gather together a wide variety of sports cars and saloons adorned with the famous leaping cat mascot, with all cars built by the historic manufacturer welcome. Staff Simply Jaguar at Beaulieu – Show Report July 11, 2017 Staff Jaguar, Events, Highlights Comments Off on Simply Jaguar at Beaulieu – Show Report An impressive 282 Jaguars of every shape and size purred into Beaulieu for the second Simply Jaguar rally which attracted as many as 634 participants. The graceful ‘big cats’ gathered in the grounds of the National Motor Museum to join the display which ranged from post-war classics to the latest models of the legendary British motoring marque. Staff	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3432
__label__cc	0.718084	0.281916	Country & Town Style & Wellness Sign up for the Country Magazine Email Finding One’s Core by Tricia Despres • June 1, 2019 • Leave a Comment Pilates Studio 6 Owner Chris Girard leads her clients in a physical and mental journey. PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROBIN SUBAR As a wife and mother of three whose job often had her spending much of her time in uncomfortable hotel beds and compact airplane seats, Inverness resident Sheila Foley knew what stress felt like from a mental point of view. But ten years ago, she also began to feel the physical affects of that stress, as the tension of her everyday life would often travel to her neck and back, leaving her in pain. So she decided to try Pilates. And yes, her whole world changed. “There is no doubt that I feel better now than I did ten years ago,” explains Foley, who currently attends Pilates lessons at Pilates Studio 6 in South Barrington. “For me, Pilates gives me more strength and flexibility. Mentally, it gives me a chance to get in touch with my core and let go and release those muscles in which I hold my tension.” Indeed, the early 20th century form of body training and maintenance has changed the lives of countless men and women—the same men and women that are increasingly craving a way these days to become more in tune with their bodies, both physically and mentally. “So many people don’t know what Pilates truly is,” explains Chris Girard, owner of Pilates Studio 6. “I feel like the whole world is walking around and unaware of their body and how it works.” Girard herself was once one of those people. That is, until she took her first Pilates class in 2002. “It was so different than what I had imagined,” recalls Girard, who opened Pilates Studio 6 thirteen years ago. “I had been athletic all of my life, but I became so intrigued with Pilates’ emphasis on using the smallest of muscles, rather than the commonly used larger muscles. I took six lessons and I knew I wanted to become a teacher.” Working alongside an accomplished team of professionals that have all been certified through Romana Kryzanowska’s gold standard training program, Girard says that it is a common goal of her entire team at Pilates Studio 6 to show people of all ages and genders that a Pilates regimen will change their body in more ways than they can even imagine. “Pilates allows you to stabilize your body as it bends, twists and reaches in every day activities,” says Girard, who resides with her family in Barrington. “It works all of the muscles evenly and efficiently, to achieve a balance of and stretch, strength, and control needed to be supple.” And yes, often, these changes begin to get noticed quite quickly. “Shortly after starting Pilates, people commented that I looked taller, and that there was a lightness, a spring in my step” she recalls. And while the physical benefits of Pilates are many, the mental benefits are perhaps even more powerful. “I know it sounds crazy, but concentrating deeply puts you very in tune with your body when doing Pilates,” says Girard. “The mind body connection allows you to feel every ounce of yourself in a whole new way.” That feeling carries with you even after leaving the studio. “When you turn on your core to either hit that tennis ball, empty the dishwasher, or gallop on your horse, for example, it’s going to feel different,” she says. “As we get older, the fact is that gravity is fighting us. Pilates allows us to strengthen the foundation within your body to help carry you through life’s up’s and down’s.” And make no mistake—every body is different. “We really focus on private and semi private classes at Pilates Studio 6. Everyone has different issues and imbalances when it comes to their body,” Girard explains. Teaching each individual body what it needs will get the best results. And once you feel the magic of Pilates, chances are you will be hooked. “People stay here forever,” chuckles Girard. “We are like a little family. We all speak the same language in this place and there is no place I would rather be. Pilates completes me.” Pilates Studio 6 is located at 6 Pembury Way in Barrington, 847-602-8001, pilatesstudio6.com. Country Magazine encourages comments, but we have specific guidelines that you can find here. A general principle is: Do not state anything in a comment that you would not say in public and do not state anything about another person that you would not say to his or her face. Notice: It seems you have Javascript disabled in your Browser. 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__label__cc	0.583156	0.416844	JAMA Guide to Statistics and Methods Odds Ratios—Current Best Practice and Use Edward C. Norton, PhD1,2; Bryan E. Dowd, PhD3; Matthew L. Maciejewski, PhD4,5,6 1Department of Health Management and Policy, Department of Economics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts 3Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 4Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 5Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina 6Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina JAMA. 2018;320(1):84-85. doi:10.1001/jama.2018.6971 Types and Distribution of Payments From Industry to Physicians in 2015 Kathryn R. Tringale, BS; Deborah Marshall, MAS, MD; Tim K. Mackey, PhD; Michael Connor, BS; James D. Murphy, MD; Jona A. Hattangadi-Gluth, MD Odds Ratios vs Risk Ratios Jeffrey Sonis, MD, MPH Odds Ratios vs Risk Ratios—Reply Edward C. Norton, PhD; Bryan E. Dowd, PhD; Matthew L. Maciejewski, PhD Mediation Analysis Hopin Lee, PhD; Robert D. Herbert, PhD; James H. McAuley, PhD Using Number Needed to Treat (NNT) to Convey the Likelihood of a Therapeutic Effect Jeffrey L. Saver, MD; Roger J. Lewis, MD, PhD Audio (13:42) Odds ratios frequently are used to present strength of association between risk factors and outcomes in the clinical literature. Odds and odds ratios are related to the probability of a binary outcome (an outcome that is either present or absent, such as mortality). The odds are the ratio of the probability that an outcome occurs to the probability that the outcome does not occur. For example, suppose that the probability of mortality is 0.3 in a group of patients. This can be expressed as the odds of dying: 0.3/(1 − 0.3) = 0.43. When the probability is small, odds are virtually identical to the probability. For example, for a probability of 0.05, the odds are 0.05/(1 − 0.05) = 0.052. This similarity does not exist when the value of a probability is large. Guide to Statistics and Medicine Research, Methods, Statistics Norton EC, Dowd BE, Maciejewski ML. Odds Ratios—Current Best Practice and Use. JAMA. 2018;320(1):84–85. doi:10.1001/jama.2018.6971	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3437
__label__wiki	0.940996	0.940996	PIRON AND MORGAN Date Posted: 2006-03-17 ARMAND PIRON AND SAM MORGAN- TWO SIDES OF NEW ORLEANS IN THE 20`S By Paige VanVorst (Ed note: One of our new releases this time is a tribute to Armand Piron and Sam Morgan by the Barry Martyn Band. As has become common, we have combined two LPs into one CD and we now have the opportunity to hear the Martyn Band pay tribute to two of first New Orleans-based bands to appear on record.) Armand Piron and Sam Morgan surround the New Orleans jazz scene of the 1920s like bookends- they represent the extremes of the genre- the genteel, sophisticated Piron sound on one end contrasting sharply with the visceral, stomping Morgan band on the other. Armand J Piron was a violinist, a product of New Orleans largely-Creole Seventh Ward. He was from a musical family- his father was a music teacher and taught all three of his sons- brother Milford, a cornetist, led the orchestra of the Autocrat Club, a long-lasting Creole organization. Another brother, Albert was also a violinist. Piron was born in 1888. He suffered a serious injury to his hip when he was about nine and thereafter walked with the aid of a crutch. His injury may have aided his musical development as he was unable to participate in sports and had more time to practice. He began his musical career about 1904. He was a member of the Bloom Philharmonic, a 22-piece semi-classical unit as well as the Silver Leaf Band and the Peerless Orchestra. By the mid-teens he`d become a prominent musician around New Orleans. He took over the Olympia Orchestra when Freddie Keppard left to join the Original Creole Band on the road, replacing Keppard with Joe Oliver. Other members of the Olympia at different times included Bunk Johnson, Big Eye Louis Nelson Delisle and Clarence Williams. Piron and Williams went into business about 1915, operating a music publishing company at 1315 Tulane Avenue. One of the firm`s first big hits was I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate, though New Orleans lore generally credits composition of the number to Louis Armstrong, who reportedly sold the tune for a pittance to the firm. Piron began leading a band at Tranchina`s, a popular restaurant at the Spanish Fort, an amusement park on Lake Pontchartrain. This was a fine restaurant and one of the plum musical jobs in New Orleans. Piron gradually assembled his group though there was some movement into and out of the band as his musicians seem to have been attractive to Fate Marable because of their reading ability and several of them left from time to time to take jobs on the steamers. The Piron band generally included Peter Bocage on trumpet, though he doubled on almost everything else, including violin, trombone, banjo and xylophone. Bocage came from a large family of musicians from Algiers LA and two of his clan were also with Piron, cousin Henry on string bass and brother Charlie on banjo. Bocage had a long musical career in New Orleans, including a long stint with the Eureka Brass Band and work at Preservation Hall in its early days. Lorenzo Tio Jr played clarinet with the band- his father emigated from Mexico in the late 1900s and became active with various groups of the pre-jazz era. Lorenzo Tio Jr was one of the most celebrated New Orleans reedmen of all time, and his students included virtually every great New Orleans clarinetist, including Jimmie Noone, Johnny Dodds, Albert Nicholas, Barney Bigard, Omer Simeon, Louis Cottrell Jr, Emile Barnes, Albert Burbank and Harold Dejan. He wrote a tune, "Dreamy Blues," which was reportedly used a theme by the Piron Orchestra in the 1920s- later it surfaced as "Mood Indigo," with composer credit to Barney Bigard and Duke Ellington. John Lindsay was the trombonist for most of the band`s early existence. He is better known as one of the very finest string bassists in jazz history, gracing both Jelly Roll Morton`s Red Hot Peppers and Louis Armstrong`s first big band. Louis Cottrell Sr was Piron`s drummer. He was one of the finest drummers in New Orleans at the time, capable of reading complex arrangements for theatrical shows in addition to driving a jazz band. Steve Lewis was Piron`s pianist. He was a Storyville veteran, and one of the madams of the time said he was better than Jelly Roll Morton and Tony Jackson, both of whom she`d also employed. He was the prime influence on Luis Russell, who led one of Harlem`s best bands. Lewis was also a consummate cabaret entertainer and worked as a piano bar musician after he left Piron. He was quite unstable in his later years- Willie Humphrey remembered how he came to the job one night wearing a dozen tie clips, one every inch along his tie and told the band this was the latest style; he drove a car in the late 1930`s with a polka-dot paint job. Dr Edmond Souchon tried hard to rehabilitate Lewis beginning in the mid-1930`s but he died in 1939. The Piron band developed enough of a following in New Orleans that they were lured to New York in 1923 with an offer from the Cotton Club. The resident Sam Lanin unit stayed around in case the band didn`t make it, but they did fine, amazing New York musicians of the era with their easy swing - this band was considerably smaller than most of the NY bands of the time, who had not as yet been subjected to the revolutionary music of Louis Armstrong and generally featured staccato brass and leaden rhythm. The band returned to New Orleans and Tranchina`s briefly and then went back to NY for an engagement at Roseland. While on their second NY visit they recorded for both Victor and Okeh both by themselves and as accompanists to blues singers, probably through the offices of Clarence Williams, Piron`s old partner. Publicity photos of the era have the band billed as Williams Ten Jazz Kings. The band ultimately got homesick and took a vote, the result of which was the band`s return to New Orleans and Tranchina`s. The band were recorded in New Orleans by field recording units of both Okeh (1924) and Victor (1925). The band continued to work throughout the 1920`s, though Piron decided the group was old-fashioned about 1928 and he and the band split. Piron took over an existing band, George Augustin`s Moonlight Serenaders, and took a job on the S S Pelican. Most of the old band regrouped as the Creole Serenaders under Peter Bocage`s leadership and worked successfully for many years. Armand Piron died in 1943 at New Orleans` Charity Hospital. The Piron band was a light, swinging group featuring fine musicianship. As such they were able to work in the finest hotels and restaurants in New Orleans, and they seldom lacked for work. Armand Piron wrote most of the band`s numbers, and they are fine multi-themed compositions. The best known today is probably Mama`s Gone, Goodbye, though many groups over the years have tackled Bouncing Around and West Indies Blues. Sam Morgan, on the other hand, was described (unfairly, to be sure) by Martin Williams as "crude." The band was as robust as Piron`s outfit was polite, producing a pulsating sound driven by a powerful rhythm section and a five-man front line. Ken Mills, always a master of hyperbole, said "In New Orleans in the 1920`s, Sam Morgan`s band was as anonymous as Denmark`s Touberg Beer sign, which on a clear day can be seen in Sweden." Sam Morgan was born in Bertrandville LA in 1887- he was the oldest of four musical brothers. Younger brother Isaiah was also a trumpeter, while Andrew Morgan played clarinet and tenor and baby brother Al Morgan played the string bass- He`s the bass player in the Cab Calloway "Reefer Man" sequence in W C Fields` "International House." Sam Morgan first came to the attention of New Orleans music fans in the early 1920s with his Magnolia Band. The band was good enough to inspire Big Jim Robinson out of his postwar slump- he gave up music for a year about 1920 but took it up again so he could join the Magnolia. Sam Morgan suffered a stroke in 1925, disbanded his group and took a year off from music. When the effects of the stroke had worn off, Sam Morgan returned to music as a member of the Young Morgan Band, led by his younger brother Isaiah. Sam Morgan`s name still carried a lot of weight around New Orleans and the group was soon known as the Sam Morgan band. The band recorded twice in 1927, when Columbia Records set up its mobile recording unit at the Werlein Music Store. The record companies generally never recorded bands that worked in the black dancehalls, but they`d apparently been told about the band by members of Papa Celestin Band, whom they`d recorded earlier. The band recorded eight sides, which were largely sold around New Orleans. The records were obscure collectibles and largely unknown outside New Orleans. They weren`t even listed in Delaunay`s New Hot Discography. The band`s repertoire was tremendous. Morgan had an ability to convert almost anything into a jazz tune and on their session one of the highlights, "Mobile Stomp" is a stomping rendition of "The Waltz You Saved for Me," featuring a brilliant, unprecedented (at the time) two-instrument stop-time chorus featuring reedmen Earl Fouche and Andrew Morgan. "Bogalusa Strut," another Morgan standard, is drawn from the "Rose Leaf Rag." The Morgan band recorded three spirituals, apparently a request from the recording engineer. They`d never played the numbers before and never played them again, but they were tremendous, and the first time a jazz band ever recorded religious material. "Over in the Gloryland," "Sing On," and "Down By the Riverside" stayed in the New Orleans repertoire. During the time of their recordings, the Morgan band generally worked weekends in New Orleans and toured all over the Gulf Coast during the week, traveling on occasional all the way into the Florida Panhandle. Once their records came out they carried them along on jobs much like bands do today, and Sam Morgan even used to stand on the street in front of records stores hawking his records. The band had a relatively stable personnel, helped in part by having three brothers in the band. The trumpets were Sam and Isaiah Morgan, Jim Robinson played trombone, and the reeds were handled by Earl Fouche and Andrew Morgan. The string bass was brilliantly handled by Sidney "Jim Little" Brown. The banjo chores were handled by Johnny Dave. The rest of the rhythm section varied a little- Tink Baptiste and Nolan Williams played piano and drums on the first session, while they were replaced for the latter sides by Walter Decou and Roy Evans. The Morgan band was well known for its time. This was true of the earlier Magnolia band and most certainly the band that recorded for Columbia. Morgan used to drill the rhythm section with a slapstick. Jim Robinson said "Sam would set a tempo and that rhythm would hold you. Oh, Sam was on the time because Sam had one of them slapstick...You couldn`t move them fellows." The band would find a beat the dancers liked and hold it all night except for specialty numbers. The Morgan band went north once, on an L&N railroad excursion in 1929. They played several concerts at Warwick Hall on 47th St and played a birthday party for Kid Ory at Palm Beach IN. They got to get together with all their friends from New Orleans that were working in Chicago. The band continued to work through the early 1930`s, though they found they had to stay on the road more in order to find work. Sam had a second stroke in 1932 while they were playing a date in Bay St Louis MS. He lay helpless on the stage until the gig was over and then the band sent him home on the train. He stayed with the band for a while taking tickets, helping out where he could. The band broke up in 1933. Morgan joined the WPA music program during the Depression and when he failed to pass a music examination he was dropped from the program and he gave up playing. He caught pneumonia while watching the parades the night before Carnival in 1936 and he died the next day. He had one of the largest funerals with music New Orleans had seen. Sam Morgan`s music died with him and it remained dormant until the early 1960s. When Riverside brought their mobile recording unit to New Orleans in 1961, Jim Robinson mentioned how much he enjoyed playing Morgan`s songs and the producers had Richard Allen of the Tulane Jazz Archive play a couple Morgan records for the band. One by one, the men fell into the old songs, roaring chorus after chorus on songs that hadn`t been played in twenty-five years. Later that same year, Ken Mills recreated the Morgan sound using a band under the leadership of Kid Howard, also featuring Jim Robinson and Andrew Morgan of the original band, along with a brilliant outing from Captain John Handy. The group succeeded in capturing the spirit of the original band on several of their numbers, with Handy and Andrew Morgan duetting brilliantly in the footsteps of Fouche and Morgan. The record at hand was done not to long afterward, when Handy and Kid Sheik Cola were touring England with Barry Martyn`s band. 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__label__cc	0.557263	0.442737	Jewish Nigeria Love Under The Chuppah: Gershon & Gilla Joined Together In A Classic Jewish/Igbo Wedding Ceremony Date: September 11, 2019Author: Jewish Nigeria 20 Comments By Avraham ben Avraham Certainly there are only few arguments concerning love not being the most beautiful thing possessed by humans. When it is eventually found and nurtured, it becomes a treasure and natural binding force that helps two get along. Just like a gift, it usually ignites the mindset to feel secured with the beautiful possession in one’s grasp. Understanding how this works and getting into the position of utilizing the potential energy that comes with it- then it becomes good blessing finding a superb match. The story of Gershon and his beautiful bride is fascinating when told across Jewish Nigeria. Going through the love corridor for quite a lengthy time, and then experiencing the expected happy ending is one of the sweetest stories one can imagine. Moreover, something about the Jewish women is tendency of being modest and priceless. Her worth is far above the value of rubies, according to the Eishet Chayil. The heart of her husband trusts in her and nothing shall he lack. She is robed in strength and dignity and cheerfully faces whatever may come… No wonder the popular saying- our Jewish mothers are truly the best! This post covers the wedding ceremony, which was a classic Jewish Chuppah combined with a touch of Igbo traditional-style of celebration. The event, which took place in Anambra State witnessed guests in attendance from three different continents in the world. Brief Profile of Gershon- the Groom Name: Gershon ben Daniel State: Anambra State Synagogue: Igbo Jewish Community Synagogue Occupation/Profession: Entrepreneur/Commercial Sculpture Education: Graduate of Fine & Applied Arts from Auchi Polytechnic Taking A Wife Jewishly The customs of Judaism have successfully passed from one generation to the other. Simply by observing to do as commanded according to the Torah, and teaching these ways to our children- the promise of perpetual covenant has been fulfilled ultimately. Hence, the reason for the great importance of the family institution in terms of sustaining and expansion of Judaism globally. Young Jewish Girls from Gihon Synagogue Abuja He who finds a wife has found a good thing. Now when a Jewish woman is involved, not only has he found the path of strength and luck- but by so doing created an active spot in the genealogical tree. However, everything must go down through the right way, under the Chuppah (the Jewish wedding canopy). Just as every other people are known with a particular marriage concept, Jews do not get married without the canopy and breaking of glasses. This in the actual sense is the beauty of the model of getting wedded Jewishly. Welcome To The Leophine Residency Hotel! On the 25th of August, everything was set for the occasion that has been announced a couple of months beforehand. Although, it looked like a perfect timing- as the event coincided with the ending of the National Jewish Youth Seminar (2019) – giving many of them the opportunity to witness the ceremony. So the venue of the seminar was the take-off point for most of the younger guests at the wedding. Surely, it’s one of those memorable days for them to attend the matrimonial union of two wonderful youths joined together as man and wife. Leophine Residency Hotel, Ogidi Shortly before the start of the event, the color-studded hall was filled to the last seat. To get the record straight- this Chuppah has the most number of people coming from different locations across the globe. So with several smiling faces seated inside the beautifully decorated hall, the expectations were high, as well as the whole excitement that comes from such gathering. Let’s Meet The Bride- Gilla Here are some noteworthy profiles of the beautiful bride of the day: Name: Gilla marat Gershon Occupation/Profession: Fashion Designer Education: Graduate of Imo State University Friends From Israel: Hannah, Simha, Hallel, Gershon, Gilla, Natali, Ayellet & Gadi. Make Way For The Queen As She Appears In The Crowd! Her entrance into the great hall was an eye-catching moment for many who eagerly wanted to see how she looked on that special day. Dressed in a sparkling white robe, her charming smiles brightened up the entire place as she moved in the midst of the crowd. Flanked on both sides by pretty looking bridesmaids and friends from Israel, they made their way to the front passing through the sideways. Just Outside the Wedding Hall However, prior to entering the building, the bridal train had put up a little outdoor show. This preliminary activity saw the whole bridal group surrounding the queen of the day. They chorused a few wedding songs meant to cheer up the bride and remind her about the uniqueness of the day. The songs were led by the young Jewish women from Israel who were thrilled to have played an active role in the wedding during their short visit to Jewish Nigeria. The melodies resumed again right in front of the audience inside the big hall. Their voices sounded so beautiful as they entertained the people with sweet Hebrew songs. And as the bride finally sat down, she was circled around by other women and younger Jewish girls. Veiling The Bride Before The March To The Chuppah Jewish girls, of course, just like many others, don’t get married without a veil on their faces. But the striking difference is that the veiling is usually done by the husband, before the march to the Chuppah takes place. The Chuppah (which means wedding canopy in Hebrew) symbolizes that the man and the wife ought to live together under the same roof and be happy for the union together. After the Veiling of the Bride Walking across the hall in short strides, Gershon moved towards his bride who was seated in front of the hall. As this was happening, there was a rousing standing ovation given to the couple, with sweet Jewish melodies in the background. After staring and beholding her beauty, he gently covers her face with the veil and quietly moved towards the canopy. Officially, this signaled the start of the Jewish wedding ceremony. Jewish Weddings- and The Seven Circles! Customs generally have unique ways of defining the set of people associated with it. By the repetition of certain processes from time to time, and whenever its demand arises- eventually a culture is thus established. Among some of the noteworthy traditions of Jewish wedding, the concept of the seven circles is quite interesting. It is customary for the bride to go round the groom seven times under the Chuppah. Basically, there’re different reasons for this ancient practice; one of which according to the sages- the ritual of going around the man represents a protection exercise against any form of evil spirit. But anyway, when people don’t look at it from the spiritual dimension- then it simply seems like the bride going round the groom could just be a way of admiring him closely, one more last time before accepting the marriage ring! However, for any of the above reasons- Gilla completed the task cheerfully, and a great shout of joy went up from the crowd. Kiddushin- Sanctification of Bride and Groom Dani Limor (from Israel), the officiating minister for the occasion, took some brief moment to explain some of the features of a typical Jewish wedding. This was important as the audience was a mix of both Jews and non-Jews. Carrying every person along was absolutely very professional, and a way of promoting the rich cultural heritage of the Hebrew people. The sanctification of the bride and groom is that part of the event, during which the bride is betrothed to the groom as he places a ring upon her finger. But prior to this point, the officiating minister would first raise a cup of wine and recite the following prayers: Blessed are you, HASHEM, our God, King of the universe, Who creates the fruit of the wine. Blessed are You, HASHEM, our God, King of the Universe, Who has sanctified us with His commandments, and has command us regarding forbidden unions; Who forbade betrothed woman to us, and permitted women who are married to us through canopy and consecration. Blessed are you, HASHEM, Who sanctifies His people Israel through canopy and consecration. At the end of the prayers, the bride and groom each shares from the cup of wine. The next step after the wine is the Betrothal, which is giving the ring to the bride. At this moment, the audience was watching with greet delight, keen interest and full of admiration for the young couple. Before reaching out for the ring, Gershon brought out a piece of paper from his pocket and recited a prayer in Hebrew which says: Behold, you are consecrated to me by means of this ring in accordance with the Law of Moses and Israel. The Ketubah & The Sheva Brachot (Seven Blessings) The Ketubah (marriage contract) usually contains details of the marital obligations between the man and wife. Following the traditions, the contract certificate is first handed over to the bride, who in turn hands it over to the husband. Then by signing the contract he has accepted the agreement. After which he would present it to the bride, who is also required to counter-sign, and then keep this important document in a safe place. Dani Limor Displaying the Ketubah…PhotoCredit: ArtLife The next stage of the Jewish wedding is the pronunciation of the Sheva Brachot, which is the seven blessings. Hardly do Jews come together in any gathering without saying different prayers of blessings. There are various reasons to thank the Almighty Father in Heaven according to a particular place and time. Gadi Bentley reciting the blessings Blessings are powerful declarations meant to affirm G-d’s supremacy, and designed to help man change the course of things to his/her favor. The seven blessings recited during Jewish weddings are meant to help launch the new couple on the path of progress, happiness and meaningful success in every aspects of their life. The recitation of these blessings, according to the tradition, is usually shared among a selected number of people. To this effect, the following people were called up by the officiating minister: Nathan ben Levi reciting some of the blessings Gadi Bentley Yitzhak ben Peneil and Nathan ben Levi The highlights of the Seven blessings can be summarized under the following headlines, giving absolute respect to HASHEM and acknowledging Him as: The Creator of the entire Universe He who fashioned the man He who fashioned man in His image and Likeness The giver of Children He Who gladdens the groom and bride The Creator of joy and gladness, groom and bride, mirth, glad song, pleasure, delight, love, brotherhood, peace and companion. He Who created the fruit of the vine. The Jewish Tradition of Stomping on a Glass Stomping on a glass is one of the most popular features of Jewish weddings. This tradition dates back to a couple of centuries ago and still widely practiced today across the globe. Usually, the glass is carefully wrapped to avoid direct contact with the body, before it is smashed by the groom in front of everybody. The question remains- why do Jews break glasses at weddings? There are several reasons for doing this according some authorities, which are listed below: As a reminder of the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem The noise from the shattering of the glass frightens and scares the demons around The smashing of the glass is like a form of incantation: that affirms “As the glass shatters, so may the marriage never break.” Covenants in Judaism (just like breaking the tablet at Sinai) are made by breaking or cutting something. After Escorting the Couple Standing right before the over 250 guests, Gershon smashed the glass with the heel of his shoes. Shouts of Mazal Tov erupted from all corners, with a standing ovation. Shortly after this moment of happiness, then it was time to escort the couples out of the venue, to allow them have some private time. This act is known as the Yichud, which ends the first part of the ceremony and officially completes the forging of the marriage bond between Gershon and Gilla. The Rich Cultural Heritage Of The Igbo People A lot has been said about the ancestral linkage between the Igbo tribe of Eastern Nigeria and the Israelite. This fact has been proven beyond many reasonable doubt citing references on the similarities of some traditions, religious customs, and certain behavioral patterns shared between both regions. Nevertheless, how interesting seeing this relationship sustained in this modern day as an important team from Israel (consisting of 4 females and 5 males) were on ground to witness the occasion. In fact, they were the main officiating group for the Jewish wedding. In the second section of the ceremony, Gershon and Gilla entered the venue in a grand style, accompanied by an Igbo traditional musical group. Both of them, appearing no different from a handsome young chief and his African lolo (wife). As they closed in on the front of the hall, passing through the narrow sideways and advancing forward through the center, the audience were thrilled to the display of the sound of the traditional music. Certainly, this was one of the most memorable moments of the entire day. Professor William Miles with the new couple & inlaw The remaining part of the occasion was anchored by another master of ceremony who added more amusement to the event. The cutting of the wedding cake, eating the festive meal and drinking followed in line accordingly, until the final dance party began! The Seudat Mitzvah Dance Party Most Jewish weddings end with the Seudat Mitzvah, thereby bringing the whole event to a happy and memorable end. Such an unforgettable ending is often viewed by many as the peak of the ceremony. Because, the moment everyone has been waiting for- is to join the new Jewish couples in the dancing stage. Usually, the couple would be made to entertain the crowd by engaging in special reception style of dance common at Jewish weddings. In one of these dances, known as the Hoarch- the couples are seated in two separate seats and hoisted into the air. But that evening, the remaining audience (mostly Jews) were overwhelmed with joy and decided to do additional things for fun. They decided to give some of the foreign guests an unforgettable experience in their visit to Nigeria. At the point when the dancing space was crowded, both Dani Limor and Professor William Miles were hoisted into the air at different point by excited-Jewish youths. There was also a moment when the DJ played an Ethiopian song in honor of two of the Ethiopian/Israeli Jews among the visiting guests. The dance party continued and lasted until it was dark outside, making it one of the most talked about Jewish weddings in Jewish Nigeria. Appreciation: We’re Grateful – From Gershon & Gilla The families of the bride and groom are immensely grateful to everyone who was part of the wedding celebration. Both the officiating team and the organizing management committee were exceptional in carrying out their functions effectively. And our profound thanks to these brothers (Harim, Yoseph, Shmuel) for making us a lovely and holy canopy at the wedding! Also, not forgetting all the heads of Synagogues across Jewish Nigeria and other representatives who graced the occasion, and the youths who made it down to Ogidi after the one week National Youth Jewish Seminar. We truly thank you all for coming around to be with us. As you all made out time to join us in making our occasion worthwhile, our prayers is for the Almighty Father also make a way for you all, taking you from your current position to where you want to be! Amen. Mazal Tov! Many Happy Returns In The Years Ahead.. Gershon & Gilla.. PhotoCredit: ArtLife Occasions like this that could happen once in a lifetime are true definition of making history for both the couple and everyone around on that special day. Taking this action(s) means getting into a position- with good expectations of an improvement and a better tomorrow. However, as it may be, whoever HASEHM stands with, then who can go against them? But yet, for the coming months and years ahead to be favorable- then it’s important to remain focused and study to become a better Jew. By understanding to seek knowledge and wisdom, one could blossom and thrive like the cedar in Labanon. Wishing Gershon and Gilla many happy returns in the months ahead. Mazal Tov! Avraham ben Avraham About the Writer: Avraham ben Avraham is a Nigerian Writer, Business Consultant, International Tour Guide and a Jewish Travel Blogger. He is the founder of the Jewish Nigeria Blog (his 2nd blog after the Jewish Standards). His upcoming project is the Jewish Nigeria Online Forum and Parnasa Network (Nigeria). He is a member of the Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce (New Jersey). Additional Photo Gallery: Some additional photo collections from the wedding! 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Mazal tov the our newly wedded couple. Jewish Nigeria says: Aww, quite unfortunate that you were not able to make it on time to the wedding. However, todah raba for your good wishes to the new couple, and for your support all this while to the Jewish Nigeria Blog in terms of your Photo Journalism skills, and your contribution to the comment section! Do extend our regards as well to the members of Aaron Hakodesh Knesset ion Port Harcourt. Nkemchor Duru says: This is a beautiful write-up. Reading this created a clear image in my mind and it was almost like I could see the events unfolding before me .Well done Hi Nkemchor! We’re absolutely delighted to hear from you. Your comment is highly appreciated, and we feel so satisfied that you found the content so well streamlined in presenting the occasion of that special day! Ebi N Ebi, Esq says: Wow! Indeed, suvh a clolourful and classic Jewish Wedding. I love the mix of the event with the traditional model of the Igbo people. Wishing both Gershon and Gilla a happy married life. May Elokim grant both of you a successful and fruitful union together as husband and wife.Shalom! Greetings to you, barrister Ebi. Todah raba for stopping by to make a comment on the blog. We are grateful for your consistency in the comment section of the blog! Also, we appreciate your lovely message to the newly wedded Jewish couple. Jewish Standards says: Another beautifully written historic wedding that would not be forgotton in a hurry across Jewish Nigeria. Mazal Tov to the newly wedded couple. Wishing Gershon and his wife growth, success, and happiness is all their life endeavors. May this union be blessed with wondeful children that would continue to propel Judaism just like their parents! Shalom All! As usual, we’re more than happy for you unending support and contribution to the course of propelling and projecting the Judaism Network in Nigeria and abroad! Eliada Chukwuma Ozoemena (Israel) says: Mazal Tov to the couple! Todah raba, Elder Eliada Chukwuman for your comment. We appreciate your support in our comment session. Toviah David Derekyahu says: First and foremost I really appreciate and respect the Jewish writer (Avraham ben Avraham) for have the opportunity to be in accordance, and Narrate the Jewish wedding. I really enjoyed it because I experienced the ceremony. It was fabulously organized and fastidious. Aww, many thanks, Tovia, for your kind words. We’re glad that you did make it to the wedding, which is supposedly your first in Jewish Nigeria! Do extend our regards as well to the rest of the members in Har Shalom Synagogue, Aba, Abia State. Lucy Steinitz says: Siman -tov and Mazel-tov Best wishes to the happy couple and the whole community Hello Lucy! How exciting to see your comment on the blog. We are truly grateful for your wishes to the new couple and the communities across Jewish Nigeria, at a special time like this. Our prayers is for you to continue to progress in all your endeavors in life. Extend our regards to your Jewish community back there in the United States. Shlomo Ben Yaakov. Gihon synagogue Abuja. says: mazal tov to the couple, may Hashem Yitbarack give them the strength, courage and ability to raise up children towards Torah and marriage canopy. keep on with the good work Avraham ben Avrahram, I celebrate you achi. more grease to your elbows. Todah rabah, Shlomo, for your consistent contribution on the comment section of our blog. This, we greatly appreciate! Do extend our regards to the rest of your members in Gihon Hebrew Synagogue Abuja. Onwe Abiyah says: Thumbs up to the writer for a well seasoned summary. I actually watched the wedding unfold and not just reading it. Mazal tov to the couple Hi there, Onwe Abiyah! How exciting to see your comment on the blog about the wedding of Gershon and Gilla. Also, many thanks for the wonderful remark about the write-up. We are indeed grateful! Shavua Tov! Mazal tov to the couple, I really enjoyed the write up and also been part of it. It was really organized in a very classic and fabulous way. Shalom!! Hi there, Shalom! We appreciate your first ever comment on our blog. How exciting to hear that you actually witnessed the Jewish wedding as it happened in Ogidi. Looking forward to seeing more of your future comments. © 2021 Jewish Nigeria	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3446
__label__cc	0.736387	0.263613	Lothario Guinea Pig Infiltrates Female Enclosure, Sires Around 400 Isha Aran Hatton Country Word animal park in Warwickshire, England is about to face something of a population boom, after a male guinea pig escaped the male-only enclosure, found his way to the female pen, and made The Rounds. Staff is unsure exactly how the little horndog, aptly nicknamed Randy, actually infiltrated the female-only enclosure. While some think he managed to escape himself, it could be as simple as a child placing him in the wrong pen after holding him. They are also unsure how long Randy had been in with the females, though they suspect several weeks—enough for him to knock up the entire female population. Via ITV, Manager Richard Craddock estimates: "We believe that the newly-named Randy could have impregnated up to 100 female guinea pigs, which have litters of about four, so if you do the maths we could be expecting quite a baby boom. Way to throw off the genetic pool there, RANDY. JEEZ. Hatton Country World is now working to expand the guinea pig pen to make way for the (potentially) 400 mini-Randys that are about to be running around. And this is why we can't have nice things, kids. Image via Getty. Ari Schwartz: Dark Lord of the Snark Good thing they're in England. The OB/Gyn bills would be insane in the US.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3447
__label__wiki	0.760578	0.760578	You are looking at 51 - 60 of 2,223 items for : COVID-19 and Youth Sports: Psychological, Developmental, and Economic Impacts Jimmy Sanderson and Katie Brown COVID-19 has dramatically altered and disrupted sport in unprecedented ways, and youth sports is one sector that has been profoundly impacted. In the United States, the youth sports industry generates $19 billion dollars annually, while youth sport tourism is estimated at $9 billion annually. With youth sports at a standstill, the effect on the youth sports infrastructure is significant. The purpose of this scholarly commentary was to discuss the psychological, developmental, and economic fallout from the stoppage of youth sports that has touched millions of participants, their families, and a substantial youth sports structural system. This work also addresses the potential restructuring of youth sport megacomplexes, cascading effects of canceled seasons, likely sponsorship losses, and potential growing socioeconomic divide in participation that could result from the pandemic. Thus, there is still much uncertainty about the future of youth sport participation and subsequent adjustments that may impact established participation and consumption norms. In International Journal of Sport Communication Volume 13 (2020): Issue 3 (Sep 2020): Special Issue: Sport and the Coronavirus Crisis Critiquing Anthropocentric Media Coverage of the COVID-19 Sport “Hiatus” Samuel M. Clevenger, Oliver Rick and Jacob Bustad This commentary highlights a recent trend of anthropocentrism (a focus on human-centered interests and activities) in the media coverage in the United States and Europe on the disruption of the contemporary sports industry caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors argued that the coverage promotes anthropocentric narratives by framing the pandemic as an external force causing a temporary and unforeseen “hiatus” in the sports industry. As a result, media consumers learn about human interest stories associated with consumer demand and industry adaptation: stories that renormalize, rather than question, the sports industry in its current and hegemonic form. Such media discourses bypass an opportunity to consider the longstanding entanglements of human and nonhuman actors in sporting contexts, rethink sport through environmental and nonhuman perspectives, and, ultimately, advance more progressive, democratic politics. The commentary employs a posthumanist lens to critique the recent anthropocentric media coverage, highlighting the ways in which it reproduces the dualist logic of neoliberal capitalism and deflects attention to the human and nonhuman relations that have always existed in contexts of sport and human physicality. Do We Really Want Sports Public Relations to Return to Normal? Christie M. Kleinmann Sports public relations has long been used to promote the big game and highlight key players. Then, the coronavirus crisis halted sports, and the constant stream of public relations content fell silent. There was no game to hype, no sports moment to celebrate. This essay is about the public relations lessons learned during the pandemic. It discusses how sports public relations prior to COVID-19 often valued relational breadth over depth. As a result, sports public relations operated at a superficial level of momentary engagements sustained by creative content rather than the deeper relational connections that public relations purport. The essay then illustrates how COVID-19 cultivated opportunities for relational breadth and depth to grow between players and fans. Finally, the essay questions if we really want sports public relations to return to normal or if sports public relations professionals should incorporate these lessons into sustainable, postpandemic public relations practice. The Elephant in the Room: How COVID-19’s Financial Impact Further Threatens Title IX Compliance Karen L. Hartman This scholarly commentary addresses COVID-19’s financial impact by examining how current and proposed National Collegiate Athletic Association bylaw waivers could negatively affect women’s collegiate athletics and Title IX compliance. These potential bylaw changes come after years of misinformation, a lack of education, and minimal understanding of the law. In the chaos of COVID-19’s impact on American society and athletic programs, Title IX has become the elephant in the room. The essay concludes with three recommendations that could help athletic departments alleviate Title IX compliance issues when enacting the bylaw waivers. Exploring Narratives of Scarcity, Uncertainty, and Opportunity in Women’s Sports Coverage During the COVID-19 Pandemic Ellen J. Staurowsky, Benjamin Koch, Grace Dury and Cooper Hayes In this essay, the authors explored Pinsker’s conception of two pandemics, as reflected in the concerns expressed about the future of women’s sport, prospects for female athletes, and the security of women leaders in sport as they emerged in articles published in national news sources. The purpose of this essay was to capture, in a limited way, how women’s sport concerns surfaced in the media in the aftermath of a forced industry shutdown; to gauge reactions, assess real and perceived threats; and to examine how and whether this crisis inspired positive thoughts about women’s sport opportunities for the future. Our work is based on the tracking of articles published in major news outlets about the impact of the pandemic on women’s sport from March 10, 2020, to May 25, 2020. Readings of the collected articles revealed several themes that fit within the two pandemics framework: reactions to the loss of momentum in women’s sport; fears regarding a reversal in gains made by women’s sport in the marketplace as competition for limited resources escalates; concerns about women’s sport participation decreasing due to cuts and delays in programs; and a focused commitment to gender equity and maintaining momentum, even in the face of significant headwinds. Fake News Travels Fast: Exploring Misinformation Circulated Around Wu Lei’s Coronavirus Case Bo Li and Olan Scott This commentary analyzes how misinformation related to a coronavirus case of a star soccer player (i.e., Wu Lei) was spread widely on Chinese digital media and accepted by sports fans as the truth. The paper first examines the mechanisms by exploring how misinformation emerged and was disseminated. Then, the paper explores how social media and the fast-growing self-media in China exacerbate tendencies toward misinformation during the news production process, which poses a new threat to legacy media and journalists’ profession. The paper concludes by discussing new challenges faced by Chinese sports journalists in the new digital era after COVID-19. Fan Engagement in 15 Seconds: Athletes’ Relationship Marketing During a Pandemic via TikTok Yiran Su, Bradley J. Baker, Jason P. Doyle and Meimei Yan As COVID-19 lockdowns force most sport leagues into hiatus, engaging fans has emerged as a key challenge confronting the sport industry. While navigating social distancing protocols, athletes are experimenting with new ways to connect with their fans. Alongside established social media platforms (e.g., Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram), TikTok, a short-form video-sharing platform, has gained prominence in terms of registered users and shared content. Yet, little is known about the utility of TikTok as an athlete branding tool. This study uses a netnographic approach to explore the use of TikTok among athletes (N = 10) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings reveal that athlete-generated TikTok videos are characterized as playful and authentic. While athletes are recent adopters of TikTok, this emerging social media platform can be profitably integrated into their online branding strategies. Communicating via TikTok presents opportunities for athletes to foster existing fan relationships, promote branded content, and appeal to new fan segments. Overall, athletes and sport practitioners can leverage these findings to create content for an audience that is attracted to novelty and the activities of athletes extending beyond game highlights or interviews. Football Without Football: Creativity in German Football Coverage by TV Broadcasters and Clubs During the Coronavirus Crisis Christiana Schallhorn and Jessica Kunert During the COVID-19 pandemic, TV broadcasters and clubs were challenged to provide alternative formats and content for fans of Germany’s favorite sport, football [soccer]. Thus, they emulated matchdays and created a Bundesliga feeling in new ways. The authors focus on this alternative creative sports coverage during the Coronavirus crisis and consider the effect on the audience. TV broadcasters, for instance, recreated Bundesliga matchdays through broadcasting historical matches, sticking with the original fixtures from before the crisis, while offering renewed commentary. Clubs conducted the Bundesliga Home Challenge, that is, FIFA20 videogame matches with their professional and eSport players, covering these matches on Twitter and their website. The authors argue that these efforts of keeping up the beloved structure of daily sports events satisfy social and entertaining belongings that are normally continually recreated through watching and talking about live sports events. Moreover, they discuss the possible sustainability of these innovative ways of sport communication. The Fractured Messaging of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and Its Members in Response to COVID-19 Timothy Mirabito, Robin Hardin and Joshua R. Pate The sports world’s near universal moratorium in response to the COVID-19 pandemic was abrupt and unprecedented. From professional leagues to youth sports, doors were closed to competitions and events to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. The hiatus began at one of the busiest times on the calendar for sport, with the National Basketball Association and National Hockey League seasons concluding; the Women's National Basketball Association and National Football League drafts taking place; Major League Baseball's spring training nearing its conclusion; the Professional Golf Association and Ladies Professional Golf Association Tours starting their seasons; and the National Collegiate Athletic Association's marquee events, the Division-I men’s and women’s basketball tournaments, set to begin. The suddenness of the interruption was met with a need by the various sport entities to engage their public with information about their respective responses. The statements that emerged on or after March 12—“the day the sports world stopped”—were not all the same. Many of the statements, in fact, were quite different. That was especially the case with the National Collegiate Athletic Association, whose governance structure and messaging practices hindered their ability to have a uniform response. The purpose of this essay was to examine the public messaging of sport leagues and organizations and to discuss the effectiveness (or ineffectiveness) of those public statements. From ESPN to Instagram LIVE: The Evolution of Fan–Athlete Interaction Amid the Coronavirus Lillian Feder With sporting events canceled and Safer at Home orders in place, both athletes and sports fans have a void to fill. Consequently, social media use by both parties has increased. Athletes have become more active and interactive online, which may serve to strengthen parasocial relationships between them and their fans. These connections could develop to the extent that the line between parasocial relationship and friendship is blurred. Will stronger ties between athletes and fans be a by-product of COVID-19? In this editorial, the author builds an argument for the plausibility of this result by linking published studies regarding sports fandom and parasocial relationships to current trends in athletes’ use of social media. The author then raises questions regarding the future of sports fandom, which can be assessed once athletics resume. To conclude, the author offers practical recommendations to sports organizations coming out of COVID-19-related suspensions.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3468
__label__wiki	0.508859	0.508859	Home/From history/История деревни Кутузово/About fire in church of the Kutuzov village in 1907 and about one family legend. About fire in church of the Kutuzov village in 1907 and about one family legend. Parish Old Stories as stated with comments of old man Perfill, the local historian and the county dear The Eighth Story. Whilst studying vast library of the Central Historical Archive of the City of Moscow, in one of catalogues I have found a case file as of 1907 which seemed to me to be rather strange: “About building the preaching house in the Kutuzovo village”[1]. Orthodox Christians usually call their house of preaching the church or the shrine, and preaching house is something more typical for Protestants, Baptists, or, save me the Lord, the Seventh-Day Adventists. And that’s in our locality, at all times Orthodox, Kutuzovo!? Having the case file “on hands” I found that it there is nothing in it about any sect members, but it is dedicated to the fire that took place on 15 December 1907 in the Christmas Church of the Kutuzovo village and about construction of preaching house at place of the church burned down. 1. Request of the priest, Alexiy Lebedev and the church warden, Tiazholov. TO HIS EXELENCE, HIS GRACE, THE BISHOP DMITROVSKIY, THE VICAR OF MOSCOW AND THE COMPANION From the Christmas Church of the Kutuzovo village priest and church warden On 15th day of this December month at 6 p.m. in our village of Kutuzovo the church burned out to the base. It is a set in of Great, and in our case the Church feast day of “Christmas”. Having lost the church we cannot find a home to celebrate that great feast day. To help us, the landlord of ours, Stepan Vasilievich Pridorogin, stepped in who gives us his house in the Kutuzovo village to be used as a preaching house. Your Excellence please allow us to accept such a gift and to utilize it as a preaching house where we, the congregation deprived of the church of ours could have offer prayers to Our Lord. The year of 1907, December the 17th Day. Of the Christmas Church of the Kutuzovo village, the Priest, Alexiy Lebedev, and the Church Warden, Tiazholov Resolution to the case file No. 4542 To order to the Archpriest to investigate this request and provide his comments. Wooden church on fire. Modern photo Of course, “brevity is the soul of wit”, but the church that stood in Kutuzovo since 1785 burned down. How did it happen? Under what circumstances? The Request says nothing thereabout. So the resolution on Request is rather appropriate and justified. To the Archpriest of the 4-th district of Bronnitskiy County, Shubinskiy priest, Mikhail Soloviev, on 10 January 1908 the respective order was sent. 2. The Report of the Archpriest Preceding the report of the Archpriest of the 4-th district in the case file there is a reference about burned down in the Kutuzovo village Christmas Church. It is of interest to us: According to clerical bulletin for 1906 the following was stated about the Christmas Church of the Bronnitskiy County: Built in 1785 due to care of landlord Sergey Ivanovich Kazarinov with parish people. Plan and facade for the one were prepared by the county architect, Borisov, in 1902 and were kept in sacristy. The building was made of wood on foundation made of stone with the wooden bell tower, roof made of iron, fence made of stone with grid-iron. There was two altars. The cold cell in the name of Christmas, and the warm aisle in the name of the Holy Martyr Paraskeva. There was enough holy vessels. There was ninety yards prescribed to that church, and males - 294, females - 291. So now, let us turn directly to the wording of the Archpriest report: To the Moscow Ecclesial Consistory FROM THE ARCHPRIEST OF THE 4-TH DISTRICT OF THE BRONNITSKIY COUNTY, SHUBIN VILLAGE, PRIEST, MIKHAIL SOLOVIOV In pursuance of the Order of the Moscow Ecclesial Consistory as of 10 January of this year under No. 320 herewith I am honored to report to the said Consistory that in the Kutuzovo village on 15 December 1907 the church burned down to base, about what on 17 December 1907 there was report under No. 315-m sent to His Eminence Metropolitan, Vladimir. All documents, income and loss books, confessional books, metric books, books with documents certifying that the bride and bridegroom are not related and prayer books burned down. Taken out by priest, Lebedev were the sacred Antimensions, sacred Vessels, sacred Gospels, sacred Vestments, Holy Shroud and icons from lower row of iconostasis. The fire began from overheated oven, that, likely was faulty. The fire was noted by one female peasant who was on her way from psalmist home and saw the church roof already on fire, it was about 5 p.m. and she started to knock the priest’s window who immediately came to church and by ringing the alarm bell gathered the people, who in turn began to save all things possible. Measures taken to distinguish fire were found to be useless as pipes did not work properly, there was no water and heave flame did not let people to come closer. Police carried investigated the case promptly. (Hundreds of years pass alternately but situation in Russia does not change since times of Great Fire in Moscow in 1812, the fire fighting systems are often either absent or not in operation, there is no water at all or not sufficient, fire alarms do not trigger, etc. It is enough to remember recent fire in Kemerovo with tragic consequences. Truly, believe of ours in Russian “perhaps” is undying. For the sake of just it should be noted that before fire in Moscow in 1812 the Moscow Commander in Chief, the count, F.V. Rastopchin himself ordered to take out fire fighting pipes from the city prior to our capital being invaded by Napoleon’s troops. – F.d.) Such distress that came upon the congregation of the Kutuzovo village, was taken by the heart of local landlord, Mr. Pridorogin. Mr. Pridorogin upon request of local priest and church warden was at first ready to give his wooden house as preaching house but changed his mind. It was very indecent for him to give living house to be used as the House of Lord. And so he already brought new wood for preaching house and other necessary materials for his own expense. All poor parishioners also took part in delivery of materials. Seeing such warmest diligence in such a case of both the landlord, and parishioners, it would be not good not to sympathize them, and in my turn I would believe it required to immediately issue an order on part of Diocesan Administration allowing for building the preaching house in the Kutuzovo village and thus to give spiritual relief to the Orthodox Christians in the upcoming Lenten Season and not to cool down the benevolent contributor. The Priest, Lebedev has a plan of the house to present. The Archpriest, the Shubin Village Priest, Mikhail Soloviov. 19th Day of January of the Year of 1908 3. So what was built? On 17 December 1907 Kutuzovo Priest, Alexiy Lebedev and Warden, Tuazholov asked Diocesan Administration about building in village of the preaching house instead of church burnt down on 15 December 1907. On 16 March 1908, the Archpriest, the Priest, Mikhail Soloviov sanctified the preaching “house-church”: FROM THE ARCHPRIEST OF THE 4-TH DISTRICT OF THE BRONNITSKIY COUNTY, SHUBIN VILLAGE, PRIEST, MIKHAIL SOLOVIOV In pursuance of resolution of His Eminence, Vladimir, the Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomenskoe, dated 13 February of this 1908 Year under No. 623 in response to request of the Kutuzovo Village priest, Lebedev about sanctification of the preaching house – “It ordered to me, the 4-th archpriest to sanctify the said house and report to the Consistory thereabout” - thus I am honored to report that said preaching house-church according to regulations of church was sanctified on 9 March 1908. 16th Day of March of the Year 1908 In clerical bulletin of the Christmas Church of the Kutuzovo Village of Bronnitskiy county for the year of 1909 it is stated: Instead of burnt down on 15 December 1907 and with permission of diocesan administration under No. 2876 on 4th of March of the Year 1908 there was built temporary church for the expense of donors. The building is of wood, on stone foundation with wooden bell tower and iron roof. There is one altar in the name of the Christmas, and enough holy vessels” [2]. The said temporary church, the “preaching house” and the “preaching house-church” was likely built robust and well. It stood in the Kutuzovo Village until its closure in mid 30-ies of XX century. And it could have stood longer if not for the known historical circumstances. One cannot withhold admiration, as we say nowadays, from the rate of construction of new Kutuzovo church. It took only three months from the day of fire that completely destroyed old building until sanctification of new church! It likely, that church was built and decorated by all together. The Easter Feast Day parishioners celebrated in their new church. The Day of Easter in 1908 came to 13 April. 4. New plans. After less than two years, elated by success of joint congregation construction, the priest Alexiy Lebedev, the psalmist, Ilya Tsvetkov and the church warden, Tiazholov applied to the Archbishop Trifon with request to permit to build in the Kutuzovo Village the church of stone in the name of Christmas [2]. From the Christmas Church of the Kutuzovo village priest an4d church warden THE MOST HUMBLE REQUEST In 1907 in our village of Kutuzovo the church burnt down to base; with permission from Diocesan Administration the temporary church was built. We humbly request, Your Excellence, to permit to build church of stone in the name of Christmas. To built the church according to cost estimate prepared by the Architect, Mr. Pavlov seventeen thousand three hundred forty nine /17349/ Rubles 84 Kopecks is needed. Currently we have only three /3/ thousand Rubles. The missing amount we hope to cover with best-willing contributions. Attached hereto is the project of church and layout of locality in two copies and cost estimate for erection of church. 31st Day of December of the Year 1909 the Priest Alexiy Lebedev, the Psalmist Ilya Tsvetkov, Endorsement of the Archpriest on request: It is true, the church burnt down on 15 December 1907. The church has said amount of 3000 Rubles. – The Archpriest of 4th district of Bronnichinny County of the Shubin Village, the priest, Mikhail Soloviov (signed) 2nd Day of January of the Year 1910 On 14 January 1910 the Moscow Ecclesial Consistory forwards the project of new church of stone, layout of locality and the cost estimate of expense to the Construction Department of Moscow County Administration. After long process of getting approvals (Construction Department made multiple remarks to construction part, layout of locality and, particularly, to the cost estimate of works, assessing them at nearly 30 000 Rubles), The Moscow Ecclesial Consistory by its determination as of 10 September 1910 No. 2067 permitted “to build new church of stone according to approved project at the same place where the burnt down church stood for the funds mentioned in the request”. Nowadays, more than hundred years after the events described we can do nothing but regret that beautiful church in Russian style with elements of modern according to project of young architect N.P. Pavlov was not yet build in Kutuzovo. In 1926 only unfinished by construction brick walls of said church were first seized by new authorities, and then transferred together with wooden church for use by Christians of Kutuzovo village, as it was custom at that time [3]. Reasons for new church having been not built are not known till now. It was four years to go before World War, and seven years before great revolution distress. Probably, not rich parish simply overestimated its financial capabilities. As of 13 August 1912 the average annual income of church of Kutuzovo Village for preceding 10 years amounted to 62 Rubles only. [4]. By its income the church was one of the poorest in church district and eparchy. However, we can understand our ancestors. Insufficient funds cannot be reason not to make an attempt to make true a dream about new church. May be, if they had more time... 5. Brief information about persons mentioned in this story and one family legend. His Grace Trifon (Turkestanov) and the Priest Alexiy Nikolaevich Lebedev – for more details please refer to previous seventh “Parish Old Stories”. Landlord, S.V. Pridorogin – represents new class of after reform landowners without noble roots. It is known [5], that Kozlov’s (from the town of Kozlov o.m. P.) commoner of Tambov County, Ekaterina Nikiforovna Pridorogina owned 35 tithes allotment gardens and 20 tithes of birch wood in Kutuzovo. In total, her property at Kutuzovo village and wasteland of Sotnikovo amounted to 137 tithes. Inclusive, she owned in the earlier XX century the ancient park with area of 4 tithes, that survived till present time in deteriorated state. In 1913-1916, E.N. Pridorogina applied to the board of “the SPb - Tula lands bank” asking for loan of 25 000 Rubles under pledge of her property in Kutuzovo village. The Archpriest of 4-th Church district of Bronnitsky county, the Priest, Mikhail Soloviov. Investigating the fact of fire in church in Kutuzovo the archpriest, the Priest, Mikhail Soloviov was ordained to the Uspensky church in Shubino village in 1876. In the village he founded the church-parish school. For his work in field of peoples education he was awarded with merits. In 1893 he was appointed the archpriest of 4-th church district of Bronnitsky county. He served in Uspensky church of Shubin village for about 35 years. In 1910, the archpriest Mikhail Soloviov was appointed to the Moscow church of “40 Martyrs of Sebaste”, where he had a rank of prior till his death in 1931. Father of Domodedovo Holy Martyr, Sergiy Soloviov executed by shooting at Butovo firing range in 1938 [6]. The Psalmist, Ilya Alexandrovich Tsvetkov. The son of psalmist. Graduated from Alexander-Marfino abode. On 18 June 1909 appointed psalmist of the church of Kutuzovo Village from Cosmo-Damian Church of Andreevskoe village of Kolomenskoe county. On 18 December 1909 cognizant of sticharion [7]. On 8 October 1912 transferred from Kutuzovo to position of psalmist in Probrazhenskaya church of Krenev village [8]. The Architect, Nikolay Pavlovich Pavlov. Had residence in the City of Mocow, the common part of 3-rd section of Second Meschanskaya street in house No. 91. In 1906 he graduated from the School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, one of leading arts educational institutions of pre-revolution Russia. By note dated 24 September 1910 he informed the Construction Department of Moscow County Administration that he assumes responsibility for robustness and correctness of building and commences construction of church in the Kutuzovo village of Bronnitsky county of Moscow area [2]. The Church Warden, Tiazholov (Modern rules of Russian grammar require to write this surname as Tiazhelov, but we will follow the documents of that times and leave the wording to its owner, the warder Tiazholov himself). When I have first seen in above documents this signature, honestly speaking I was sometimes surprised. No, of course I knew that the only old house in Kutuzovo with first floor made of stone in the center of village, locals called “tiazholov’s house”, and that the name of one of comfortable for swimming water holes of local river, was “tiazholikha”. But that names were not associated with real person, Tiazholov. “So, this is true!” - was the first thought on my mind when I saw signature scribbled by solid handwriting: “the Warden, Tiazholov”. The thing is that in my childhood I heard from my many relatives in Kutuzovo one old story. It’s subject is as follows. My grand-grandfather Pavel Matveevich Produnov, the Kutuzovo peasant “termless dismissed cannoneer”, how he named himself in some documents, not long before revolution of 1917 received inheritance from deceased brother who owned small wall paper factory. The Kutuzovo’s peasant, Pavel Matveevich Produnov. Retouched photo of early XX century. The factory was sold, and funds received from its sale were divided between heirs. The share of Pavel Matveevich was a certain can with golden ten ruble coins of Czar’s minting. Golden coins of Czar’s minting. The size of that can in stories of my relatives grew continuously. By age of manhood they reached the volume of 3 liters milk churn! In 1918 – 1919 Pavel Matveevich decided to build new house for the expense of funds received. For convenience of payment for materials to be used for construction of house and services of carpenters he invented nothing better but to exchange his golden ten rubles coins to “kerenkis” the paper money circulating in Soviet Russia till 1922 so called in the name of the Chairman of Temporary Government, A.F. Kerenskiy. He did it with help of his wealthy co-villager Tiazholov. “Kerenki”: uncut sheet of 40-ruble notes and 20 ruble note. However, “kerenki” began to lose value abruptly, so entire rolls and large sheets of uncut notes were used for payment. Having understood his mistake fast, Pavel Matveevich turned to Tiazholov with request to return him his gold in exchange of “kerenki”. But, Tizaholov obviously refused to do so. Soon, to Kutozovo from Moscow came the son of Pavel Matveevich, Niklay who worked at that time on Lubyanka under Dzerzhinskiy. Nikolay came not alone, but “with comrades” and had a “long negotiations” with Tizaholov demanding from him to return the gold. But he refused completely: “invested the gold, but failed in business”. Nikolay returned to Moscow having achieved nothing from Tiazholov directly and indirectly. So Pavel Matveevich failed to build new house. His wife, my grand-grandmother as I was told pasted “kerenki” over all her chests and wardrobes from inside failing to find better use of them. To conclude I would like to ask treasure hunters not to be active near “tizaholov’s” house. If Nikolay with colleagues from Lubyanka failed to find something, I am afraid you will not be lucky enough after hundred years. And it was just a family legend. Although… Yours Old Man Perfill List of used archive and literature sources: CIAM, f. 203, inv. 478, c. 11. CIAM, f. 203, inv. 480, c. 632. CIAM, f. 1215, inv. 4, c. 50 MCV-36-7-1912-of., page 23 CGAM, f. 277, inv. 6, c. 467. Churches and monasteries of Domodedovo Land. Domodedovo, 2011, pp. 394-395. CIAM, f. 1371, inv. 1, c. 95, SF, pp. 139-143. MCV – 43-1912-of; pp. 356-357. © Old Man Perfill Parish Old Stories 2018 If reprinted reference to the church website is mandatory.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3469
__label__wiki	0.774625	0.774625	Last edited by Banos Wednesday, July 29, 2020 \| History 2 edition of Capacity building for surveillance and control of zoonotic diseases found in the catalog. Capacity building for surveillance and control of zoonotic diseases FAO/WHO/OIE Expert and Technical Consultation on Capacity Building for Surveillance and Control of Zoonotic Diseases (2005 Rome, Italy) FAO/WHO/OIE Expert and Technical Consultation, Rome, 14-16 June 2005. by FAO/WHO/OIE Expert and Technical Consultation on Capacity Building for Surveillance and Control of Zoonotic Diseases (2005 Rome, Italy) Published 2006 by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome . Zoonoses -- Control., Public health surveillance. Series FAO animal production and health proceedings -- 7. LC Classifications RA639 .F36 2005, RA639 .F36 2005 Pagination viii, 112 p. : To guide One Health capacity building efforts in the Republic of Guinea in the wake of the – Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak, we sought to identify and assess the existing systems and structures for zoonotic disease detection and : Claire J. Standley, Ellen P. Carlin, Erin M. Sorrell, Alpha M. Barry, Ebi Bile, Aboubacar S. Diakite. A prominent element of the GHSA Zoonotic Diseases Prevention and Control Program is a pilot rabies prevention and control program in selected zones in 3 regions and the capital city, Addis Ababa. The rabies program, designed using an umbrella approach, has the . Zoonotic disease prevention and control, one health, and the role of the World Bank (English) Abstract. Animal diseases pose a profound challenge to global public health. Every year, billion people in developing countries are infected by diseases with origins in animals (zoonotic. public health is necessary in the control of such diseases. A review of different operational phases of zoonoses control is presented, including surveillance, control in animals, control of vectors and vehicles, prevention in man and strategy selection. A practical scheme for zoonoses control is proposed along with its different. surveillance and control. • To produce guidelines for implementing surveillance, prevention 7. Research and capacity building 8. Diagnostics and surveillance “The control of neglected zoonotic diseases: a route to. The Infectious Disease Detection and Surveillance (IDDS) project supports countries in detecting priority diseases and antimicrobial resistance through building national and subnational capacities to improve diagnostic networks and surveillance systems. 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Love N Kisses Good practice in the diagnosis and treatment of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus Capacity building for surveillance and control of zoonotic diseases by FAO/WHO/OIE Expert and Technical Consultation on Capacity Building for Surveillance and Control of Zoonotic Diseases (2005 Rome, Italy) Download PDF EPUB FB2 Capacity building for surveillance and control of zoonotic disease under emergency conditions Paolo Pasquali [9], [10], Umberto Agrimi [11], Renata Borroni [12], Luca Busani [13], [14], Caterina Graziani [15], Marco Leonardi [16], Giovanni Poglayen [17], Agostino Macrì [18], [19] Adriano Mantovani [20]. In Junethe Institute of Medicine's and National Research Council's Committee on Achieving Sustainable Global Capacity for Surveillance and Response to Emerging Diseases of Zoonotic Origin convened a workshop. Capacity building for surveillance and control of bovine spongiform encephalopathy and other zoonotic diseases. Capacity building for surveillance and control of tuberculosis. Capacity building for surveillance and control of bovine and caprine brucellosis. Capacity building for surveillance and control of zoonotic disease under emergency conditions. Get this from a library. Capacity building for surveillance and control of zoonotic diseases: FAO/WHO/OIE Expert and Technical Consultation, Rome, June -- This publication is intended to assist veterinary public health services in developing countries and countries in transition in the implementation of capacity-building programs on surveillance and. International network for capacity building for the control of emerging viral vector-borne zoonotic diseases: ARBO-ZOONET J Ahmed 1, M Bouloy 2, O Ergonul 3, A. Fooks 4,5, J Paweska 6, V Chevalier 7, C Drosten 8, R Moormann 9, N To Z Vatanse P Calis A Estrada-Peña 13, A Miraz H Un H U Seitzer 1Cited by: Zoonoses on these lists were classified as % (range %–%) bacterial, % (range %–%) viral, % (range %–%) parasitic, 2% (range 0%–%) fungal, and % (range 0%–4%) prion in nature. All lists included endemic and emerging zoonotic diseases relevant to the country or region. Surveillance for Zoonotic Diseases. in the capacity to control EIDs are genomics-associated advances in microbial detection and treatment, improved disease surveillance, and greater awareness. to control of endemic zoonoses. While gaps in surveillance capacity are of great im-portance in both cases, we argue that it will be more e ective to focus resources on strengthening surveillance of endemic zoonoses. This will achieve multiple bene ts, not only increasing the likelihood of detecting new and emerging zoonotic disease events,File Size: 1MB. This essential, authoritative handbook provides clear, accurate coverage of zoonoses — diseases that can spread from animals to humans. The consistent format helps you quickly locate key information, such as how each disease affects the host, how it is spread. Sincemultiple CDC Kenya programs have supported the development of diagnostic expertise and laboratory capacity in Kenya. InCDC’s Global Disease Detection (GDD) program within the Division of Global Health Protection in Kenya (DGHP-Kenya) initiated close collaboration with Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) and developed a laboratory partnership Cited by: 1. elements of an effective zoonotic disease surveillance system; executing an effective zoonotic disease surveillance system; review of existing disease surveillance systems for zoonotic diseases; capacity-building programs to create a multidisciplinary, integrated workforce; gaps and challenges; conclusion; referencesAuthor: Gerald T. Keusch, Marguerite Pappaioanou, Mila C. Gonzalez, Kimberly A. Scott, Peggy Tsai. In the public health sector, capacity building generally refers to improvement of a system’s (e.g. country’s) ability to increase the capability to conduct surveillance and monitoring of public health, perform medical research, improve health programs, and establish disease prevention/control Cited by: 6. Centers for Disease Control National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases (ELC) CDC-RFA-CK Application Due Date: 05/17/File Size: KB. CBH’s centre-piece was the establishment of an inter-governmental disease-control mechanism named Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Consortium (MBDS) in time to play an important trust building role in the control of the SARS outbreak in and the avian influenza (H5N1) outbreak in. Asia Pacific Strategy for Emerging Diseases (APSED) zoonoses work plan: • surveillance and information sharing • coordinated response • risk reduction • collaborative research. Once strong collaboration has been established in these areas, it may also be applied to specific zoonoses control programmes. Background. Zoonotic disease research and capacity building in Canada Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol V ol 15 No 6 November/December 12/11/ PM Page ELC-supported staff investigate more than 70% of all infectious disease outbreaks nationwide (not including HIV, STD, and hepatitis outbreaks). This crucial investment is one of CDC’s key, nationwide funded programs that supports capacity building for the detection, prevention, and control of infectious diseases. Suggested Citation:"5 Laboratory and Epidemiological Capacity."Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. Achieving Sustainable Global Capacity for Surveillance and Response to Emerging Diseases of Zoonotic Origin: Workshop Summary. Building a global atlas of zoonotic viruses Central to the ethos of the Global Virome Project is the commitment to building scientific and response capacity in the areas that need it most. Johnson CK, Mazet JA, et al. Targeting transmission pathways for emerging zoonotic disease surveillance and control. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. Such disease threats may involve diseases such as multi-resistant TB or potential new diseases such as RVF, Chikungunya and brucellosis. (viii) To apply modern science and biotechnology to discover, develop, and improve tools and strategies for diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control of human diseases. In our efforts to improve surveillance for zoonotic agents, we can learn much by analyzing current programs, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Emerging Infections Program and its Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity Program.Surveillance for Zoonotic Diseases. Mira J. Leslie. Search for more papers by this author. National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases Centers for Disease, Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Examples of Zoonotic Disease Surveillance. Discussion. Acknowledgments. References. Infectious Disease by: 2.A One Health Hub is established recently to prevent and control the zoonotic diseases of national and international concern by strengthening event based surveillance with well-coordinated reponse by human, animal and environmental departments which will enhance capacity for surveillance & field investigation for zoonotic diseases and response. io-holding.com - Capacity building for surveillance and control of zoonotic diseases book © 2020	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3483
__label__cc	0.643515	0.356485	Lightwave Research Labratory Rockport Networks Inc. provides software solutions for enterprise data center networks in Canada and the United States. They are working on an autonomous networking model that reduces data center power consumption and improves network performance by employing optical switches. Rockport Networks Inc. sponsored a research project with LRL to investigate: 1. Novel photonic switch architecture designs for low-radix switch circuits using physical layer simulation tools. 2) Evaluation of integrated silicon switch fabrics. 3) Enhancement of simulation infrastructure to evaluate the scalability of data center networks and data center traffic patterns. Cross-layer techniques for dynamic optical networking Engineering Research Center (ERC): Center for Integrated Access Networks (CIAN) Ever-growing demand for speed and bandwidth and increasing energy consumption in today's networks are driving the need for intelligent next-generation networking architectures that can overcome fundamental spectral and energy limitations. CIAN, an NSF-funded engineering research center is a multi-university consortium that aims to overcome the bottle-necks the existing static, tiered aggregation network by transforming it into a dynamic, on-demand service-aware network. Our role, as the CIAN networking thrust lead, is to develop this envisioned intelligent access/aggregation network that will seamlessly interface with the edge/core and dynamically deliver most demanding high-bandwidth applications at low-cost and extreme energy efficiency. One of the key building blocks of our intelligent access/aggregation network is a hybrid electronic and optical switching node that we have designated as the cross-layer enabled optical network element (CLONE). The CLONE provides real-time introspective access to the optical layer in conjunction with awareness of higher layer network constraints (e.g., application, quality of service requirements, and energy consumption) to make more informed routing, regeneration, modulation, and power control decisions. This intelligent interaction between the network layers will result in improved network performance and enable scalable aggregation of heterogeneous service traffic. Another major effort is the network emulation test-bed which is used to replicate the transmission impairments and dynamics for networks of variable size and topology. This test-bed allows us to stringently study any system of interest under real network conditions, enabling us to evaluate and validate the performance of the evolving CIAN box and other novel photonic technologies. Dynamic Optical Networking Dynamic optical networking, where bandwidth is allocated on-demand in the physical layer in response to changing traffic demands and network conditions, is a promising solution to address the energy and capacity challenges in the current network. However, rapidly reconfiguring light-path connections causes unpredictable transmission impairments and result in network instability. Physical Layer Techniques To achieve dynamic networking capabilities, it is first necessary to fully understand the additional network instability and uncertainty that will be caused by dynamic operation so that compensatory methods can be developed. We use the network emulation test-bed to study and characterize the transmission impairments and dynamics that affect WDM circuit switching and all optical aggregation networks. Since the impairments under dynamic operating conditions are unpredictable, the optical layer has to be monitored real-time so that the appropriate compensatory techniques can be rapidly executed. Ubiquitous deployment of monitoring devices is thus key to achieving a dynamic optical network. However, this will be a feasible solution only if the monitoring devices and cost-effective, energy efficient and supports multiple data formats. We are focused on developing fast monitoring solutions for advanced data formats and enabling these devices to function autonomously. We are also investigating methods of re-configuring light-paths such that accompanying dynamics do not cause data loss. Our collaborator, Dr. Gil Zussman, has developed cross-layer network control algorithms to stabilize optical signals in rapid light-path reconfiguration scenarios. These algorithms builds on the capabilities of new devices and will allow efficient use of optical resources through dynamic network configuration, and physical layer power, bandwidth, and modulation control. The algorithms are used in the network emulation test-bed along with new monitoring devices to investigate the time to converge to a stable operating point in dynamic networks of various size, topology and complexity. Software Defined Optics in Datacom and Telecom Optical Accelerators for Data Center Networks Optical accelerators are passive and active optical modules or sub-systems that provide fast and efficient data transmission for certain applications. The main challenges in implementing the end-to-end system containing optical modules are the integration with current Ethernet-based networks and the control and configuration of them. Software Defined Networking (SDN) along with cross-layer designs can overcome these challenges and provide optical accelerators seamlessly to the higher layers. We have presented multicast traffic acceleration for intra data center networks using passive optical splitters. Our design is compatible with hybrid networks and its implementation requires only commodity optical components. Optical accelerators reduce switching energy consumption and latency comparing to transmission over electrical packet switching network. Converged Inter/Intra Data Center Network The rapid growth in cloud-based services and video streaming is changing the traffic size and pattern in the optical transport networks. According to the studies, by 2017, the metro traffic increases by 560% and 75% of the overall traffic will be terminated within the metro network. Regional data centers are the significant contributors to this traffic. Companies employ mid-size data centers in the metro distances that actively communicate for the services such as virtual machine (VM) migration, backup, video streaming, load balancing or fault/disaster recovery. This growth and shift in the metro traffic characteristics necessitates flexible designs with fast reconfiguration and seamless communication within network layers. We have designed a novel converged inter/intra data center architecture in metro-scale distances using commodity optical space switches (OSS). We employ OSS to route both east-west and north-south traffic by aggregating racks inside the data center and also providing uplink for inter data center connectivity. The network management in the metro region is through a unified SDN control plane. A 3-layered architecture is designed to receive and schedule service requests from the application layer, and configure optical nodes in the physical layer. We have experimentally demonstrated live migration of VMs among 3 data centers over 50 km. Our design provides seamless connectivity between the application and physical layers and faster network reconfiguration in metro regions. FPGA-Enabled Optical Interconnects for Utility Computing and System Validation Due to the accelerated growth in performance of microprocessors and the recent emergence of chip multiprocessors (CMP), the critical performance bottleneck of high-performance computing systems has shifted from the processors to the communications infrastructure. By uniquely exploiting the parallelism and capacity of wavelength division multiplexing (WDM), optical interconnects offer a high-bandwidth, low-latency solution that can address the bandwidth scalability challenges of future computing systems. High-Performance Computing and Memory Interconnects Using Silicon Photonics The limitations of main memory accesses have become a bottleneck for the scaling of high-performance computing systems. Memory systems must balance requirements for large memory capacity, low access latency, high bandwidth, and low power. As such, the electronic interconnect between a processor and memory is a key consideration in overall system design. The current trend in memory system design is to access many memory devices in parallel and transmit data over a high-speed, path-length-matched, wide electronic bus. Overall, the increasing number of memory devices, higher bus data rates, and wiring constraints are pushing the limits of electronic interconnects and threatening the performance gains of future computing systems. Optically-connected memory systems can enable continued performance scaling through high-bandwidth capacity, energy-efficient bit-rate transparency, and time-of-flight latency. Memory device parallelism and total capacity can scale to match future high-performance computing requirements without sacrificing data-movement efficiency. Our optically-connected memory system provides an all-optical link between processing cores and main memory across an optical interconnection network, such as the interconnect fabric system test-bed. By implementing the processing cores on FPGAs we can explore novel memory architectures and model various applications. We have the ability to perform in-depth architectural exploration and validation, and we are working to close the growing performance gap between processors and memory. Only a portion of the processor-to-memory performance gap can be answered by simply inserting conventional telecommunications-grade optical components in current computing hierarchies. The silicon photonics platform promises to bring low-cost, low-energy, and small footprint optical interconnects to the forefront, resulting in tight integration between computational components and optical interconnects. Effective silicon photonic modulators, filters, and switches have been demonstrated at the device level for high-bandwidth and dynamic functionality; however, such devices lack unified and well-developed integration. By integrating control plane logic with device-level functionalities such as wavelength division multiplexing (WDM), wavelength routing, and broadband spatial switching, we can provide a set of optical network primitives and a new paradigm for delivering computational data and processor-to-memory transactions. We are further investigating FPGA-enabled silicon photonic interconnects for computational and processor-to-memory interconnects, expanding on our work with OCM architectures. We have developed an FPGA-based optical network interface that can execute primitives compatible with OCM data transactions. In investigating such functionalities, we can demonstrate network transaction paradigms of OCM interconnections, paving the way for new silicon photonics enabled computing systems. Photonic Networks for Hardware Accelerators in Utility Computing All the the industry's biggest tech players are chasing the cloud-computing market these days, and for good reason, cloud computing is poised to a huge rewards field in the next few years. In other words, the paradigm shift from buying a single CPU computer to renting them has begun. This repackaging of computing services, known as utility computing, has become the foundation for the shift to "on demand" computing, sofware and gaming as a service and cloud computing models that continue propogating the idea of computing, applications, and network as a service. Heterogeous computing within these systems - the use of different hardware acclerators (x86 CPUs, FPGAs, GPUs) to coorperate on one computing task- is quickly on the rise. Current architectures however only allow for localized hardware accleration. High-bandwidth connectivity provided by Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) optical interconnects is an important enabler for delocalized hardware accelerators in heterogeneous utility computing. In this work, we build a testbed for optically connected hardware accelerator emulatiors on an FPGA-based system. We have the ability to perform in-depth architectural exploration and validation of the functionality and advantages of an optically connected heterogeous utility computing system. Optical Network Interface and Protocol Development While small-scale integrated silicon photonic devices have been demonstrated in recent years with high-bandwidth and energy-efficient performances, the benefits at the system level are yet to be realized. A systems-level implementation that aims to extract performance gains on real applications requires a completely programmable interconnection network. Maximal optical network utilization can be achieved by intelligently arbitrating wavelength routing and spatial circuit switching, which are key functionalities of silicon photonic architectures. A programmable interface must therefore implement all the required network protocols in such a way that they are compatible with protocols specific to operating silicon photonic devices. With programming methodologies available for silicon photonics devices that adhere to optimal network behaviors, these emerging devices can be architected to function and deliver their aforementioned performance benefits at the system level in a fashion that is fully integrated with system software. Such tightly integrated hardware-software design is facilitated by our FPGA-based optical network interface (ONIC) logic. Historically, the "C" in ONIC stands for "card", but in recent work is deprecated as the ONIC has been expanded to operate on many different custom and commercial-off-the-shelf FPGA mainboards. Our ONIC employs logic to control wavelength stabilization and routing (with available digital-to-analog and analog-to-digital circuitry and closed-loop control), patterned data validation (PRBS and BERT) for established optical links via standard SerDes/electrical transceivers, and data delivery mechanisms coupled to JTAG- and Ethernet-connected software coprocessors. Our silicon photonic interconnection network testing and validation platform employs multiple FPGAs and ONICs for validation and verification of control-, network-, and application-dependent protocols. Application execution on our FPGA-enabled ONIC propagates from hardware-software co-implemented instruction-set architectures to an out-of-band control message passing interface that establishes different configurations among many interconnected FPGA-controlled silicon photonic devices in a best-effort, semi-simultaneous way. Such a system allows for system-level validation and implementation of custom applications that can take advantage of optics-enabled network primitives. In this regard, application kernels cannot necessarily execute in an optimal way on an arbitrary optical interconnection network, so new methodologies must be developed to include optical network behaviors at the kernel and perhaps even instruction level. Silicon Photonics For High Speed Optical Interconnection Networks Silicon photonics (SiP) is emerging as a leading candidate for addressing the power and bandwidth challenges of next generation on- and off-chip interconnects due to its compatibility with complementary-metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) process, ultra-small device footprint, low power consumption and high bandwidth. Small footprint allows fitting hundreds to thousands of these devices on a single chip, thus allowing true scalability of the i/o bandwidth. As the power consumption is proportional to the device volume (through the amount of electrical carriers that need be injected), the power consumption of such devices, at 10 fJ/bit, is also orders of magnitudes smaller than other structures. Hypothetically, this in turn enables < 1 pJ/bit link power efficiencies. Silicon Photonic Devices for High Throughput Transmission Links A significant part of our research is devoted to investigating the characteristics of various nano-photonic devices for application in telecom and datacom systems. All components necessary for a transmission link have been demonstrated and characterized including transceivers, modulators, filters and receivers. Ongoing research efforts are directed towards realizing dense WDM, various modulation formats for increased laser power utilization and further improving and optimizing device characteristics in collaboration with device design groups. Thermal stabilization and initialization of microring devices Microring devices have the advantage of small-footprint, energy efficient operation, and intrinsic WDM compatibility. They are especially promising for use in the CMOS-compatible silicon photonics platform to replace electrical interconnects in next generation datacenters and supercomputers. One challenge facing commercial usage of microrings is their thermal sensitivity. Because of the high thermal optic coefficient of silicon the resonance location of microrings shift around 0.8 nm/K. Our group has pioneered active thermal feedback systems based on dithering, where a small periodic signal applied to the heater is used to derive the location of the microring resonance. The dither technique overcomes the symmetry of the microring resonance and allows simple feedback circuitry to be used. This technique has been applied to thermally stabilize multiple microrings at the same time for WDM operation. Fast thermal initialization of microring devices is also possible by leveraging the dithering method. Due to fabrication variation, the initial resonance location of a microring will be slightly different from the intended operating laser wavelength in the system. Thus an initialization sequence is necessary to lock the microrings to the lasers. We demonstrated that the initialization process can be accomplished within an order of magnitude of the thermal time constant of the microring system. Silicon Photonic Switches High-port-count optical space switches, long of interest in long-haul systems, have found renewed interest in data centers to provide high bandwidth connections on demand. We have demonstrated the applicability of SiP Mach-Zehnder and microring based device for optical switching and we continue to study their scalability. In our endeavor to investigate practical microring resonator-based dynamic switching functionalities within this silicon platform, we have characterized a multi-wavelength 1×2 switch, capable of switching optical signals with data rates approaching terabits-per-second. Subsequently, we examined a 2×2 switch, which also enables dynamic message routing of wavelength-parallel broadband photonic signals. Combining the demonstrated 1×2 and 2×2 switching functionalities, we then investigated a thermally active 4×4 switch, which enables non-blocking switching functionality within complex network architectures. In addition to the design and implementation of these components, we have characterized their predominant signal-degrading impairments in an effort to further improve the performance of interconnection networks derived from future versions of these devices. Narrowband filtering of high-speed data signals is an important consideration when passing data through high-quality-factor microring resonators, as is done in the aforementioned multi-wavelength switches. We have experimentally and numerically characterized the power penalty induced by this effect, and applied the numerical simulator to a wide variety of other higher order transfer functions realizable with these devices. Advances in multicore architectures have produced increased parallelism in computation, and as a result data movement rather than raw computation has come to determine system performance in data centers and high performance computational systems. The fundamental limitation in increased data movement is energy consumption: for electronic links, power dissipation scales with data throughput. Optical data transfer over silicon photonics offers a promising alternative as wave division multiplexing allows for high bandwidths and the bit-rate transparency of photonic systems means power consumption does not scale with data throughput. While point-to-point optical data transfer is a fairly mature area, data-dependent traffic exhibits several aspects of dynamic path dependence in computational systems. Frequently path changes may occur, which requires a switching fabric to respond to these demands in real-time with reasonable network utilization. For a photonic switching fabric to be of practical use, it must be energy efficient, have short reconfiguration times, maintain optical signal quality, and be scalable to larger switching sizes. We are working towards developing and testing programmable switching fabrics composed of Mach Zehnder Interferometers (MZIs) and microring resonators. Single devices can act as 2x2 switching elements, whose switching behavior can be tuned with an applied voltage. Since volume devices are subject to manufacturing tolerances, device characterizations are necessary to accurately determine the applied voltages necessary for the appropriate behavior. By intelligently connecting multiple MZIs or microrings, larger switching fabrics can be constructed. We are using FPGAs as a central logic controller-dubbed the arbiter-connected to analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog electronics used to quickly actuate physical configurations of many photonic devices. Our arbitration system includes a higher control layer that is compatible with software and provides a control message passing interface. Design and Modeling of Photonic-enabled Multi-processor Architectures and Networks A nanophotonic interconnection system, although equivalent to an electrical one on the principle (carriage and switching of information - while showing drastically improved performances), has its own peculiarities and design constraints. To create a new generation of photonic-enabled interconnection networks, the research effort must employ a co-design strategy that concurrently investigates computer and photonic-enabled network architecture designs. This re-assessment of the distributed computing architecture (i.e. from single Chip-Multiprocessor based systems to large scale, supercomputer typed systems) impacts in turn the application programming, which should be included in the co-design. Using our custom, in house designed simulations suite PhoenixSim 2.0, we, along with our collaborators model numerous multiprocessor architectures and networks. Integrated Modeling Environment A central component in our research effort is the development of an integrated modeling and design environment spanning multiple levels of abstraction from the physical level through the circuit and micro-architectural level up to the system level. Our targeted methodology has been presented in this paper . Our environment is called Phoenix Sim 2.0 and consists of three modules. The hardware level tool translates the characteristics of nanophotonic elements located along each link into insertion losses, power penalties and crosstalk metrics. This tool is based on models proposed in the literature but also on in-house developed ones. In particular, we recently we reported progresses on the modeling of integrated Silicon Photonics switch. Starting from an initial architecture (bus, network), this tool is able to automatically assemble different designs, typically varying the scale, the nominal-per-wavelength datarate, and the number of wavelengths. Specific algorithms are used to identify the worst-case signal impairments under dynamic traffic. Each architecture is then analyzed and optimized to maximize throughput while maintaining signal integrity in any traffic condition. Architectures developed and optimized with the physical layer can then be tested under dynamic traffic conditions using LightweightSim discrete-event simulator. A LightweightSim simulation can involve different type of traffic injectors. Using statistical traffic generators, the impact of the networking protocol and the associated contention resolution mechanisms present in the network can be statistically measured, which gives a rough estimate of the global system performance. In this case, LWSim translate the action taken at the micro-scale by the protocols and the devices into macro-scale statistical latency and bandwidth measurements. Check in particular this paper where we analyze different reservation protocols for an all-optical switch, and this study on the consequences in terms of energy of various reservation schemes. LWSim also supports application dependent traffic. Specific injectors and receivers are created in the network simulation structure. In parallel, threads are created and associated with portions of code. Messages generated in that code are passed to the injectors, emitted in the network, received by the receivers and passed back to the threads. In this way, cross-influences between the executed code and the network can be analyzed. The PhoenixSim 2.0 suite takes advantage of Javanco , a scientific computing toolbox. Javanco includes in particular versatile graph handling and visualization functionalities. Network layout displayed in above have been generated and displayed with it. Furthermore, LWSim simulations can be visualized live and network elements characteristics can also be modified through the graphical interface while the simulation is running. These features can be exploited to graphically check that a simulation model is correctly implemented, and that changes in the configuration change the performance as predicted. Javanco also integrates a graphical interface permitting an eased creation of simulation batches, which is extremely useful for design exploration. This semi-automated batch creation system is coupled with a result collection systems with integrated chart drawing functionalities. Optically Interconnected Distributed Computing Systems This effort aims to address the detrimental communications constraints imposed by bandwidth density limitations and vastly growing power consumption of current electronically interconnected systems. We aim to develop optical interconnection network architectures for rack to warehouse scale distributed computing systems. We leverage our modeling and simulation environment (PhoenixSim) to obtain energy-performance data movement analysis and optimize the systems for diverse workloads types. Check out our recent Hot Interconnect paper which compares various Chip-to-Chip silicon photonics based interconnection architectures in terms of realized bandwidth and energy-efficiency. According to our predictions, the critical metric of 1pJ/bit can be approached, in particular if inter-chip traffic is sustained at Tb/s rates. This effort includes the analysis of the workload distribution over multiple node on the traffic intensities. We also analyze how interconnection networks with distinct capabilities affect distributed tasks. In this context, we proposed at the IA^3 workshop (part of SuperComputing'13 conference) a synthetic task model to ease such analyses. Interaction with other simulation platforms Acknowledging the major role played by data-movement in future systems performance, computing system simulators, as the Structural Simulation Toolkit (SST) effort of Sandia National Laboratories/DOE, are modeling interconnection networks with increasing fidelity. We are collaborating toward a seamless integration of optical-based data-movement capabilities in such simulators (along the lines of this position paper). This work is realized in the context of two Sandia/DOE funded research projects, Data-Movement Dominates and Co-Design and Optimization of Silicon Photonic Enabled Communication Architecture for High Performance Combustion Simulations. Leveraging SST's full application simulation capabilities, we have been able to analyze the negative impact of the connection-oriented nature of optical communications on classical scientific application performance, and envisage network management policies able to mitigate this negative impact. Another ongoing research effort consists in identifying the optical interconnection network design leading to a minimized energy dissipation when executing a scientific workload. If scarcely dimensioned optical networks are less consuming, they also cause application slow-down which extends the whole system on-time. In contrast, ultra-wide networks show an important energy dissipation but lead to expedited application execution. Toward Exascale computing thanks to photonic interconnection systems An important effort of the modeling and simulation team consists in investigating how emerging technologies like silicon based nanophotonics may enable efficient Exascale computing, i.e. allow a super-computer to attain 10^18 operations per second. The extreme requirement of Exascale computing make optical transmission technologies potentially the sole enabling technology. This offer a unique chance for photonics to definitively penetrate in the computer architecture. This research effort led to an estimation of the switch radix required to realize an Exascale computer. We also recently compiled an extensive review of major challenges associated with introducing Silicon Photonics in Exascale systems. Scalable Photonic Integrated Network (SPINet) The miniaturization of switching elements and large-scale integration of nanophotonics gives rise to a critical challenge to the internal processing of the optical data packets while maintaining a memory-free switching fabric. We have developed a new routing approach specifically designed to accommodate the unique nano-scale integrated optical interconnection network, called SPINet (Scalable Photonic Integrated Network). SPINet is a novel optical packet switching architecture that does not employ optical buffering of any kind within its switching nodes; consequently, messages are dropped upon contention. A novel physical layer acknowledgement protocol allows for a dropped-message detection mechanism in which an optical acknowledgement (ack) pulse is sent from the receiving port upon successful transmission. SPINet leverages broadband WDM to offer high transmission bandwidths through a wavelength-striped packet format. A 4×4 experimental network test-bed has been implemented with complex programmable logic devices (CPLDs) and discrete components, demonstrating critical network concepts such as address encoding and decoding, correct routing and switching, and error-free transmission of high bandwidth messages in the presence of ack pulses. The SPINet network test-bed is comprised of 2×2 SOA-based photonic switching nodes, offering wideband transmission, data transparency, and packet-rate granularity. An experimental prototype switching node verifies its performance, demonstrating an average bandwidth exceeding 40 Gb/s per port and error-free routing of 160 Gb/s peak bandwidth. Within the scope of the SPINet network simulations and test-bed, we have introduced the concept of path diversity as a means of increasing the utilization of optical packet switched networks. The network test-bed also demonstrates a high level of flexibility and programmability, straightforwardly supporting both synchronous and asynchronous traffic as well as priority-encoded optical packets. The interoperability between the optical network test-bed and an interface buffer has demonstrated dynamic queue management and cross-layer signal communication. The SPINet OPS network test-bed has also been adapted to support a programmable high bandwidth multicasting operation with mixed data rate packets [Lai OFC 2009]. Parametric Optical Processes and Systems (POPS) The silicon material system endows novel optical devices with exceptional performance for diverse applications ranging from short-haul optical communication links to on-chip interconnection networks. Its complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS)-process compatibility enables low-cost, high-yield fabrication of monolithically integrated circuits that can combine the best of optical and electrical functionalities. The large index contrast in silicon photonic devices enables waveguides with low bending losses and engineered dispersions, empowering a broad and flexible design space complemented with immense dispersion tunability. Leveraging this tuning capability, silicon waveguides have recently become a promising platform for ultrafast all-optical parametric processing based on four-wave mixing (FWM), supporting future transparent optical networks with data rates approaching 1 Tb/s per wavelength channel. We have demonstrated ultra-broadband wavelength conversion in these silicon photonic waveguides at the data rates of 10 and 40 Gb/s. Using critical quantitative system-level performance metrics, we quantitatively characterized these devices. In order to further demonstrate data rate transparency and scalability of this method, we have subsequently demonstrated all-optical wavelength conversion approaching hundreds of gigabits-per-second. Broadcasting and multicasting of optical messages, critical network processes associated with the selective dispersing of information across many nodes, have traditionally been performed in the electronic domain using power-hungry optical-electronic-optical (O-E-O) conversion�as the data rate increases, the energy consumed by the serializers and deserializers alone quickly becomes the energy dissipation bottleneck in these systems. We have presented for the first time the use of FWM for all-optical wavelength multicasting on-chip in the silicon platform using the same dispersion-engineered silicon photonic waveguides. The all-optical processes using this inherently optically-transparent method are scalable both in multicast number and data rate. Data Vortex Optical Packet-Switching Fabric Design, Demonstration and Evaluation of an All Optical Processor Memory-Interconnection Network for Petaflop Supercomputing Keren Bergman, Columbia University David Keezer, Scott Wills, Georgia Institute of Technology Please click here and here to download the videos embedded in the presentation. ONIC: Optical Network Interface for Multi-Wavelength Interconnects in Ubiquitous CMP Computing Systems Gary Carter, University of Maryland Baltimore County This project aims to develop a scalable architecture for an optical packet-switching (OPS) fabric for use in massively parallel high-performance computing systems. The goal is to provide large-bandwidth, low-latency connectivity between each of the users (e.g. processing nodes and memory banks) in such a system. The data vortex is a distributed deflection-routing interconnection network architecture designed to fully exploit the properties of fiber-optic technology in order to achieve ultrahigh bandwidth, low latency, and a high degree of port-count scalability. Utilizing photonic switching elements which facilitate transparent, broadband, self-routed optical packets, we have constructed a complete 36-node 12×12 optical switch with terabit-per-second scale routing capacity (see images below). This is the first complete implementation of a truly OPS network where no central arbitration is required. The system is capable of routing packets with immense bandwidths—160 Gb/s (10 Gb/s per channel × 16 wavelength channels) has been demonstrated but much higher rates are possible—from any one of the 12 input ports to any one of the 12 output ports, providing a median (and average) latency of 110 ns. A number of experimental investigations of the system behavior have been performed, demonstrating for instance the flexibility of the system to power and timing variations. Additionally, injecting packets with varying duration and varying numbers of wavelength channels into the network simultaneously has verified the system’s robustness to variable message sizes. Although the implemented switch fabric accommodates 12 ports, the intended application requires extensive scalability to harbor multi-thousands of users. The precise photonic implementation of the physical layer in such scaled systems may limit the physical size and usable bandwidth. Because SOAs are employed as the key switching element, understanding their performance characteristics is important to optimizing the system. A recirculating testbed environment has been implemented to experimentally study the physical limitations of OPS networks induced by the individual switching elements. This testbed has enabled unique physical layer analysis in the context of system scalability investigations, the effects of different modulation formats, and the first investigation of polarization dependent gain in OPS networks. Modeling and simulation of the physical-layer behavior are used in conjunction with the experiments to optimize the information carrying capacity and efficiency in future OPS network implementations. For a full overview of our body of work related to the data vortex OPS interconnection network systems and subsystems, as well as many improvements that we have made to the original fabric, see our recent invited paper in the Journal of Lightwave Technology. Scalable Optical Packet Buffers To address the need for a practical solution for buffering optical packets, we have developed a novel optical packet buffer architecture. The transparent buffering design is comprised of identical SOA-based building-block modules, yielding straightforward scalability and extensibility. In a time-slotted manner, the buffer supports independent read and write processes without packet rejection or misordering. Both first-in first-out (FIFO or queue) and last-in first-out (LIFO or stack) prioritization schemes have been experimentally realized. Further, active queue management (AQM) can be implemented on the buffer architecture to allow for network congestion control. Simulations have verified the improved buffer performance with latency, and experiments have demonstrated the functional verification of the optical packet buffer modeling AQM. The basic optical packet buffer architecture has also been adapted to realize network interface packet injection control for an optical packet-switched network, accepting backpressure and controlling the traffic injected into the network. Global Environment for Network Innovations (GENI): Embedded Real-Time Measurements (ERM) Global Environment for Network Innovations (GENI) is a NSF research agenda for clean-slate Internet design, experimentation, and collaboration to support experimental research in network science and engineering. The scope of our GENI project Embedded Real-Time Measurements (ERM) specifically ensures that the future GENI network infrastructure includes the appropriate technology to support cross-layer communications. By collaborating with other control frameworks, we endeavor to realize the ability within GENI to incorporate a diverse set of real-time measurements in networking protocols. The project addresses the GENI challenge of architectural experimentations across diverse heterogeneous technologies by supporting real-time cross-layer communications and measurements. Our objective is to develop networking capabilities within the future GENI infrastructure that enable deeper exposure of cross-layer information and user access to real-time measurements. Within this project, we have developed a set of GENI requirements for real-time measurements and defined specifications for GENI networking protocols, recommending the use of an integrated, unified measurement framework. In addition, our project involves performing discrete-event simulations of cross-layer based networks in ns-2 and OPNET. Current work involves the experimental verification of these concepts. OMNET++ Modeling of Nanophotonic Optical Broadband Switches (NOBS) This work continues along similar lines of the previous sections covering SPINet and POPS with the focus of using integrated optical systems to provide connectivity between many users. Here, though, the users envisioned are board-level elements that would be found in a typical computer system, such as processors, memory banks, or I/O devices. The goal of the project is to develop an integrated photonic switching system that delivers high-bandwidths to a large number of these users, and can be switched at sufficiently high speeds (nanosecond-scale) to facilitate message exchange in a very dynamic system where communication patterns are constantly changing. Utilizing the functionality of many of the silicon photonic components explored through other research by our group, a wide variety of complex switching systems can be envisioned, which can each be integrated on a single chip providing connectivity to the local computational elements. Due to the large design space for such a system, it is important to compare both network and physical layer performances among the many alternatives. Therefore, we have developed a simulation environment which can monitor network performance (e.g. latency and throughput) for varying traffic patterns and user configurations, while also aggregating the physical-layer metrics (e.g. insertion loss, crosstalk, and power consumption) of the system in order to obtain the full view of how the system behaves. Such a simulation environment provides (1) a pre-fabrication performance comparison between competing designs, (2) perspective on how physical device improvements enhance system performance or similarly what device performance is required in order to achieve the desired level of system performance, and (3) an abstraction (similar to electronic CAD tools) of rigorous physical-layer modeling algorithms, which enables the investigations of more complex systems. The image above represents a snapshot of the video to the left. In the image, a number of the 1×2 switches, 2×2 switches, waveguide crossings, and bends are arranged in the simulator to form the 4×4 non-blocking photonic router. The video depicts a brief demonstration of the simulator, which was implemented on the OMNeT++ platform. We develop the photonic device models in a hierarchical manner that allows us to describe in high detail several basic building blocks, and from these to construct larger functional components and even entire large-scale topologies. The animation begins by demonstrating the message transmission protocol on a photonic torus network. The left window shows the photonic plane and the right window shows the electronic control plane. We first see a message being transmitted along an electronic path which constitutes a path-setup, and subsequently data transmission occurs on the photonic plane. Near 45 seconds into the animation, the multi-level design methodology that our simulator leverages is illustrated when a user opens a single tile in the photonic network. Next, one of the 4×4 switches found within the tile is opened, and finally the viewer gets to peer into one of the basic building blocks that is explicitly programmed within the simulation. It is at this level that the physical device parameters may be altered. On- and Off-Chip Photonic Communications for Multi-Processor Systems The Future of Microprocessors Recent developments in the microprocessor industry have indicated the end of the uniprocessor design and the emergence of multi-processor architectures. Chip designers have reached the limit of instruction-level parallelism that can be exploited with better pipeline design, as well as the improvements from clock scaling due to packaging and technology constraints. However, the emerging class of multi-processor systems raises a new problem in the interconnection network, the medium that allows all the processors, memory, and IO devices to communicate. Typical modern day on-chip interconnection networks are implemented as electronic packet switched topologies. In some multi-core architectures, the network accounts for over 50% of the total power consumption of the chip. This proportion will be exacerbated as workload demand on these on-chip networks increases. Also, off-chip bandwidth is limited to the number of metal wires that can be traced off the limited peripheral area, which results in a large mismatch in on- and off-chip bandwidth. In order to alleviate these issues of power and bandwidth, one proposed solution that we and the research community are actively pursuing is the use of a photonic interconnection network. Bringing photonics to the chip-level can potentially bring increased bandwidth, reduced latency, and improved power efficiency. The main advantage of on-chip nanophotonics lies in the decoupling of distance with power consumption. For chip-scale distances, signals can be modulated once and carried completely to their destination regardless of how far away it is. Conversely, electronics requires buffering every few millimeters, which consumes more power as data travels further. In addition to this key advantage for on-chip communications, photonics brings the added advantage that this concept also applies for chip IO, while maintaining the same bandwidth delivered on-chip! Speed of light in silicon end-to-end propagation can also yield significant improvements in latency. Because optics is not constrained to the common electrical restrictions that prevent high signaling rates across interfaces, it effectively solves the bandwidth mismatch. Comprehensive Photonic Network Simulator We are currently developing Photonic and Electronic Network Integration and Execution Simulator (PhoenixSim), a cycle accurate photonic interconnection network simulator suite on top of the OMNeT++ environment. The package is primarily composed of four simulation planes: the photonic plane, the electronic plane, the processing plane, and the IO plane. The photonic plane is a hierarchical structure with very detailed physical models of a number of photonic building blocks which can be used to create more complicated photonic structures, such as a switch or a network. The electronic plane acts as both a way to control the photonic network as well as an independent conventional electronic network, which typically shadows the photonic layout. The processing plane contains the modules that generate traffic, whether it be random, trace-based, or from cycle accurate instruction execution. The IO plane contains DRAM and other storage modeling, as well as bridges to other systems. This simulation environment is being developed in an extremely dynamic and customizable way to enable it to be used in a variety of ways. The suite can analyze photonic networks at both the physical level, looking at parameters such as insertion loss and crosstalk, as well as at the system level in order to examine network and application performance. This functional diversity is enabled by the variety of other powerful open-source modeling packages we incorporate to increase accuracy. This includes, among others, the cycle accurate micro-architectural simulator SESC, the electronic router power model package ORION, and the DRAM functional and power model DRAMsim. Photonics for Board-Level Communications Currently we are investigating ways to bring photonics to both the microprocessor chip and the motherboard. Current computing systems suffer from a bandwidth bottleneck between the processor and memory. Typically processor designs use caching to help hide the latency, but as the number of cores on chip grows, as will the network complexity, careful deliberation of the communication architecture will be extremely important. Nanophotonic CAD Environment We are also developing Visual Automated Nanophotonic Design And Layout (VANDAL), a CAD environment for nanophotonic interconnects. Silicon Photonic Devices for Networks-on-Chip (NoCs) Recent advances in silicon photonic micro-fabrication techniques—the same highly-developed techniques used in the commercial development of the ubiquitous complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) platform—have led to the expansion of a photonic toolbox consisting of key elements which enable the realization of chip-scale photonic interconnection networks in the context of networks-on-chip (NoCs) interconnecting chip multi-processors. Collaborating with leading research groups in this area, we have developed a network-driven design approach for implementing and characterizing these building blocks. Our vision includes a three-dimensional integrated (3DI) monolithically-integrated silicon stack, comprising traditional CMOS and dynamic random access memory (DRAM) technology as well as optoelectronic and other photonic integrated circuit (PIC) devices. Among the components that we have investigated to support our vision is an electro-optic form-factor translator, which converts space-parallel data from an electronic bus into wavelength-parallel photonic data coinciding on a single waveguide link. We then investigated the ultra-broadband, low-loss photonic link capable of carrying terabits-per-second of information encoded in this wavelength-parallel manner from one node to another. Optical Network Interface Card (ONIC) Providing a seamless gateway from the compute nodes to the photonic network represents a key enabler for the realization of an end-to-end optical interconnection fabric. Format and data rate mismatches at the electronic/photonic edge necessitate the development of a unique network interface to address these critical bottlenecks. The design and development of an Optical Network Interface Card (ONIC) that will address these challenges to latency and bandwidth scalability is currently underway. The ONIC manages the encoding, packetization, and multiplexing/demultiplexing of serial electronic data to a wavelength-parallel optical format in a low-latency manner that is transparent to the interconnected compute nodes. By abstracting away the interconnection network, the attached compute nodes can exploit the capacity of WDM – supporting high-bandwidth multi-wavelength striped message exchange – while being completely agnostic to the details of the underlying photonic interconnect. The advancement of various standard protocols, such as PCI Express and InfiniBand, has enabled interconnectivity among diverse communicating modules and processors. By leveraging field programmable gate array (FPGA) technology, we have flexibility in the definition of the data exchange protocol, optical message structure, timing, and synchronization. This flexibility thus allows for the architectural exploration, experimental testing, and design validation of a variety of computing systems supporting different communications protocols. PCI Express (PCIe) has emerged as the preeminent protocol standard for high-bandwidth chip-to-chip communication in current and future generation computing systems. PCIe is based on packetized serial point-to-point links and, in its current iteration, can support up to 16 data lanes per link signaling at 8 Gb/s per lane. We have developed an all-optical photonic interface capable of transparently formatting serial data streams, such as PCIe, into high-bandwidth wavelength parallel photonic packets. Employing the aforementioned photonic interface, we have also demonstrated the end-to-end generation of a PCIe link originating from a remote endpoint across the interface to a host computer. The remote endpoint is implemented on a customized FPGA-based device. PCIe traffic originating from the endpoint and logically routed through the established PCIe link is demonstrated via direct memory accesses (DMA) initiated by an application running on an x86-based PC. Successful transmission of PCIe data at 2.5 Gb/s and maintenance of the logical PCIe link was experimentally confirmed across eight wavelengths. InifiniBand InfiniBand is a switched-fabric interconnection network prevalent in today's high-performance computing systems. Infiniband routes variable-sized packets from source to destination at high data rates and low latencies. And like 10 Gigabit Ethernet, the individual copper cables linking the network together have been replaced with WDM fiber optics. However, the Infiniband switches are still electronic, necessitating an optic to electronic conversion at every switch in the network. Our research aim in this arena is to transparently send Infiniband packets over our optical packet-switched networks. To achieve this goal, we are adapting an off-the-shelf FPGA board to decode the Infiniband packet from a standard Infiniband HCA (essentially a network interface card) and transport it out over our optical network. The picture at left shows some of our test equipment, notably the FPGA board and physical adapters. We are working to expand our test setup to create a point-to-point link between two Infiniband HCAs using our optical packet format. Interconnect Fabric System Test-Bed In order to evaluate critical architectural design considerations a macro-scale test-bed environment consisting of high-performance blade-level CMP compute nodes interfaced to an optical interconnection network via the aforementioned ONIC is currently under development. This interdisciplinary effort will leverage ongoing research in optical interconnection networks, low-latency photonic network interfaces, and communication intensive applications to create a coherent end-to-end prototyping environment. The implemented test-bed will facilitate the experimental validation of end-to-end optical message exchange in various hardware platforms and topological configurations, enabling realistic investigation of critical architectural concepts and real-world performance characterizations. Specifically, the test-bed will provide a platform for investigation of optical address encoding/decoding methods, demonstration of photonic end-to-end payload routing and transmission, and evaluation of interface/routing latencies and throughput scaling in a practical environment. Furthermore, by executing realistic application driven traffic on high-bandwidth inter-node optical communications platforms, this demonstrator will provide a means for evaluating high-performance WDM infrastructures as full network solutions for CMP-based advanced computing systems. It is our vision that the successful implementation this interconnect fabric system test-bed will help bridge the gap toward practical use of optical interconnects in future high-performance computing systems. In an effort to bridge the gap between academic research and real-world application, we are collaborating closely with the engineers at Intel Research towards a path for viable commercialization of optical interconnects supporting multi-wavelength striped message exchange for high performance cluster computing. The focus of our collaboration includes the design and development of a unified experimental platform consisting of the ONIC and the interconnect fabric system test-bed. Investigations on various real-world performance metrics and design considerations will be conducted with continual interactions with Intel engineers to enable a cohesive partnership exploiting the resources and expertise of each group. Cross-Layer Optimized Optical Substrate It is becoming increasingly clear that a clean-slate architectural design of the network protocol stack is an essential target for next-generation IP networks and network routing applications. A major challenge in realizing the required enhanced capabilities in next-generation networks lies in overcoming the current limitations due to the rigid notion of network layering. To address the research agenda of future networking infrastructures, our goal is to achieve a cross-layer communication infrastructure to provide bidirectional information exchange between layers. Enabling programmable interaction with the optical substrate will allow the higher layers dynamic access to the full optical bandwidth. Our goal is to create an intelligent, dynamic, programmable, network and application layer aware optical substrate, where data introspection and optical performance monitoring measurement data can be leveraged for cross-layer communications to impact network routing and performance. 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__label__wiki	0.526627	0.526627	Home New Books Mettler explores threats to US democracy in new book in New Books Audrey Truschke’s new book to analyse Sanskrit texts of Indo-Muslim history New book explores the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X – Redlands Daily Facts Tensions between political sides had been rising for years. The president signed laws to keep out immigrants from so-called “hostile” nations and to prosecute those who criticized his administration. Party divisions spilled into everyday life, leading to fights and violence. The reference is not, as a reader in today’s America might think, to the present day. It was 1798, and President John Adams had just signed the Alien and Sedition Acts. The young nation faced the possibility that states would secede, aristocrats would take power, and the democracy, operating under a Constitution not yet a decade old, would collapse. “Watching the growing chaos and division, Americans of all stripes worried that their experiment in self-government might not survive the decade,” writes Suzanne Mettler, the John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions in the Department of Government, College of Arts and Sciences, and co-author Robert C. Lieberman, a professor in the Department of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University, in their new book, “Four Threats: The Recurring Crises of American Democracy.” In “Four Threats,” Mettler and Lieberman not only assert that history repeats itself – they also identify the underlying causes of democracy destabilization. American democracy has often been fragile, they argue, and today it faces an unprecedented crisis. Four threats weaken democracy: political polarization; conflict over who belongs in the political community; high and growing economic inequality; and excessive executive power. Each of these threats by itself can damage democracy, “Four Threats” asserts via several examples: In the 1790s, political polarization emerged quickly and led to escalating conflict as epitomized by the Whiskey Rebellion, Alien and Sedition Acts, and fear of violence surrounding the deadlocked election of 1800. In the 1850s, divisions over slavery and questions of who belongs in the political community torethe country apart, leading to the Civil War in the next decade. In the 1890s, economic inequality combined with polarization and conflict over who belongs in the democracy led to the disenfranchisement of millions of African American men, followed by the establishment of formal segregation. In the 1930s, during the Great Depression, executive power expanded. In the 1970s, President Richard Nixon’s abuse of executive power led to his resignation and a crisis of confidence in the presidency. Now, Mettler and Lieberman argue in the book, America faces all four threats at the same time. Today’s deep political polarization, race- and gender-based tensions, soaring economic inequality and expanded executive capacity have given rise to political leaders willing to circumvent established norms to gain, wield and keep power. As a result, the authors write, American democracy is in crisis. “It is this unprecedented confluence of all four threats – more than the rise to power of any particular leader – that lies behind the contemporary crisis of American democracy,” they write. “The threats have grown deeply entrenched, and they will likely persist and wreak havoc for some time to come.” Amid widespread pessimism, the authors suggest a way forward. First, we can learn from history. “Four Threats” details past crises not only to illustrate how democracy goes wrong, but also to identify factors that help democracy to thrive. From the same episodes of the past, we can learn that democracy works well in a society that is less polarized, more inclusive and where people in power are held accountable. Second, we can filter candidates and policies by how well they will support democracy, making that the top priority, more important than their ideological alignment, material considerations and party affiliations. And third, we should remember that democracy is a work in progress and can change course. During one of the lowest points of American democracy – the Civil War – President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address called democracy an “unfinished work.” Mettler and Lieberman call on Americans to continue this work in progress. “With the spirit of magnanimity and shared citizenship invoked by Lincoln,” they write, “let us carry on the work to strengthen and revitalize democracy.” Kate Blackwood is a writer for the College of Arts and Sciences. 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__label__wiki	0.555644	0.555644	Home Antitrust Law Nebraska Frontier County Frontier County Antitrust Lawyers Find Frontier County Antitrust Attorneys by City Stockville Michael Mullin Douglas County, NE Antitrust Law Attorney (402) 346-6000 The Omaha Building Omaha, NE 68102 Antitrust, Appeals, Bankruptcy and IP Mr. Mullin has been a mediator of complex civil disputes for 20 years, and has been a full-time mediator for over a decade. Mr. Mullin has completed over 3,600 mediations across the country, and typically mediates more than 300 disputes per year. He has been honored with inductions into the International Academy of Mediators, the American College of Civil Trial Mediators, and the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals. More information and his calendar of availability can be found at www.kutakrock.com/mediation/mullin. Ryan P. Ratigan, J.D., M.B.A Douglas County, NE Antitrust Law Lawyer (402) 614-1034 1603 Farnam Street Antitrust, Agricultural, Business and Consumer Antitrust Attorneys in Nearby Cities Cozad The Oyez Lawyer Directory contains lawyers who have claimed their profiles and are actively seeking clients. Find more Frontier County Antitrust Lawyers in the Justia Legal Services and Lawyers Directory which includes profiles of more than one million lawyers licensed to practice in the United States, in addition to profiles of legal aid, pro bono and legal service organizations.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3501
__label__cc	0.612703	0.387297	Home Consumer Law Louisiana Terrytown Terrytown Consumer Lawyers Samuel John Ford New Orleans, LA Consumer Law Attorney with 6 years of experience (504) 684-5200 909 Poydras New Orleans, LA 70112 Samuel Ford is a dedicated consumer attorney, protecting the rights of consumers in Louisiana, the gulf coast, and throughout the nation. Samuel's practice is focused on providing individuals relief from relentless debt collectors who use abusive and illegal tactics to squeeze money out of hard-working Americans. Prior to joining Varadi, Hair & Checki, Samuel was a defense attorney for creditors and debt collectors, witnessing first-hand the injurious methods utilized by these corporations and learning the best ways to fight back against them. If you are receiving calls or letters from a debt collector, have been sued on a debt, or... Benjamin Z. Wise New Orleans, LA Consumer Law Attorney with 21 years of experience (888) 929-9473 3014 Dauphine Street Free ConsultationConsumer and Personal Injury Benjamin Wise brings practical and legal expertise to bear as your legal representative. Ben is an experienced professional working for the past thirty years in both the maritime industry and legal sector. His career includes sailing internationally on merchant vessels as a licensed navigator officer, as well as experience with diverse legal matters. This diverse life experience helps him offer innovative, “people first” solutions to even the most complex dilemmas. I understand that your priorities are my priorities; I succeed only if you do. Ben holds a JD from Mississippi College in Jackson, Missisisppi and a BS in Marine... Bill Cherbonnier Gretna, LA Consumer Law Attorney with 47 years of experience (504) 309-3304 2550 Belle Chasse Highway Gretna, LA 70053 Free ConsultationConsumer, Bankruptcy and Elder Federal and state trial court practice with emphasis on lawsuit avoidance if possible and aggressive consumer representation and defense when settlement efforts fail; arbitration proceedings; consumer debt reorganization under Chapter 13 and consumer bankruptcy under Chapter 7, but only as a last resort. Kenneth L. Tolar (504) 571-5317 1055 St Charles Ave #208A Free ConsultationConsumer, Business, Patents and Products Liability Kenneth L. Tolar focuses primarily on general intellectual property matters including patent, trademark and copyright prosecution, intellectual property litigation and licensing on behalf of both corporations and independent inventors nationwide, patentability and trademark availability opinions, inter partes practice before both the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board; during his career, he has secured over 350 patents on behalf of independent and corporate inventors. Mr. Tolar also engages in general commercial litigation, insurance defense, labor disputes arising under The Fair Labor Standards Act, personal injury and first-party insurance claims. Christopher Todd Caplinger New Orleans, LA Consumer Law Lawyer (504) 568-1990 601 Poydras St. Consumer, Bankruptcy, Business and Collections Mr. Caplinger concentrates his practice on representation of debtors, creditors, and creditor committees in Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization cases, creditors in Chapter 7, 11, and 13 cases, and creditor defendants in all aspects of prosecution and defense of claims and actions before bankruptcy courts and in related litigation before federal district courts. He also represents clients in other commercial litigation matters. Mr. Caplinger was admitted to practice before all State and Federal Courts in the State of Louisiana in 1998 and has been admitted pro hac vice and has appeared before the Northern District of Oklahoma, the Bankruptcy Courts... Joshua Burke Johnson Gretna, LA Consumer Law Attorney (504) 309-3304 2550 Belle Chasse Hwy #215, Consumer, Collections, Family and Personal Injury Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Mr. Joshua Johnson is a local Gulf Coast resident from Pensacola, FL. moving to New Orleans in 2012 to attend Loyola University. He then continued his education Loyola Univesity, School of Law in 2016, completing his education 2020. While in law school Joshua participated in student government, clinic, and other organizations. As the class representative, he organized and advocated for the wishes of Loyola Law students. During Clinics, he focused on family law working closely his team representing eight different clients during this time. The Clinic cases dealt predominantly with custody and estate planning. Throughout this process, Joshua supported and... Susan W. Culpepper (504) 430-7999 830 Union St., Ste. 300 Free ConsultationConsumer, Bankruptcy, Collections and Family Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge Susan became interested in guiding families through the legal process when she witnessed the suffering caused by uncaring attorneys and a misunderstanding of the legal process by the average person who simply want results and to move forward with their lives. Susan is especially interested in helping fathers fight for custody and/or time with their children, because fathers often seem to get the least respect from the courts. Susan offers reasonable flat rate fees for Louisiana or Mississippi family law clients once she determines how she might best assist them. She recently partnered with attorney William... Scott Reeves Simmons New Orleans, LA Consumer Law Lawyer with 26 years of experience Consumer, Personal Injury, Products Liability and Real Estate Scott R. Simmons earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1990 from Louisiana State University and his juris doctor in 1993 from Loyola University in New Orleans School of Law. Mr. Simmons was admitted to the Louisiana Bar in 1994 and subsequently to the bars of the United States District Court for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana. He has practiced in the areas of commercial litigation, residential and commercial real estate, title examination and title insurance, real estate development and financing, class actions, personal injury and consumer representation. Mr. Simmons is a Louisiana Notary... Eric Reed Nowak (504) 522-7885 650 Poydras St Consumer, Agricultural, Animal and Products Liability Marx David Sterbcow (877) 854-2182 824 Elmwood Park Blvd Consumer, Antitrust, Business and Personal Injury The John Marshall Law School and Gonzaga University School of Law Mr. Sterbcow’s practice focuses on consumer financial services and real estate regulatory compliance and litigation including: Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), Truth In Lending Act (TILA), Fair Housing Act, Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act (FACTA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Dodd-Frank Act, Sherman Anti-Trust Act, Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act involving federal and state mortgage lending and consumer credit compliance issues, title insurance compliance, real estate brokerage programs and operational compliance, affiliated business arrangement compliance, financial services marketing and promotional programs, state and federal licensing compliance, multiple listing service compliance, Best Practices compliance, and consumer fair financing practices.... Jonathan R DeTrinis New Orleans, LA Consumer Law Lawyer with 9 years of experience (504) 722-9711 4000 Bienville, Suite C-1 Consumer, Bankruptcy and Personal Injury I founded DeT Law Firm, LLC, in New Orleans, to assist good, local individuals and businesses struggling with tough times. Through my years of practice, I have taken great pride in helping individuals facing odds that have been stacked against them. Whether its going after large corporations or insurance companies, I have never been afraid to step into the ring and fight for what our clients deserve. Over the years, we have assisted clients in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to: Chapter 7/Chapter 13 bankruptcies; personal injury, automobile accidents, and "bad-faith" insurance coverage denials; managing/consulting... Jenny Abshier Metairie, LA Consumer Law Attorney with 10 years of experience (504) 454-1414 3939 Veterans Mem. Blvd. Metairie, LA 70002 Free ConsultationConsumer, Bankruptcy and Foreclosure Defense Jenny graduated from the Loyola University College of Law, and earned her undergraduate degree from Our Lady of Holy Cross College. Jenny began her bankruptcy practice in 2011 as the Law Office of Jenny Abshier. Jenny's office took great pride in providing options to reduce the upfront costs required for filing bankruptcy, as well as providing access to pro bono services when available. As Jenny's reputation grew, so did her practice. Jenny has partnered with two similar minded attorneys to form the Big Easy Law Group in order to further spread her beliefs in compassion and accessibility... Cameron N. Ehsani Landry New Orleans, LA Consumer Law Attorney (504) 861-7488 1100 Poydras Consumer, Animal, Appeals and Products Liability James R. Chastain Jr. Baton Rouge, LA Consumer Law Lawyer with 32 years of experience (225) 389-3706 400 Convention Street, Suite 700 P.O. Box 3513 (70821-3513) Baton Rouge, LA 70802 Consumer, Antitrust, Bankruptcy and Business Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University and Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University Clifford R. Tucker Baton Rouge, LA Consumer Law Lawyer with 7 years of experience (225) 776-1234 6715 Perkins Rd Consumer, Civil Rights and Personal Injury Clifford Tucker represents people and their families who have been hurt or experienced a death by carelessness, negligence, and wrongdoing. Clifford Tucker also represents consumers who were cheated out of their hard-earned money by misleading and deceptive business practices. Since earning his licenses to practice law in New York and New Jersey, Clifford Tucker has represented plaintiffs in the areas of: automobile negligence, premises liability, malicious prosecution, false arrest, construction accidents, firefighter injuries, electrocution injuries, consumer class actions, and 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund Claimants. Scott D. Huffstetler Baton Rouge, LA Consumer Law Attorney with 18 years of experience Consumer, Employment and Probate Noah M. Wexler (225) 412-6348 835 Louisiana Avenue Consumer, Business, Maritime and Personal Injury South Texas College of Law Attorney Noah Wexler is a highly experienced trial lawyer who has handled tens of thousands of cases in the past decade. Due to his commitment to his clients, keen skills in preparing for trials, attention to detail, and his ability to identify strategies that force insurers and negligent companies to pay maximum compensation, Noah has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars. While he is highly skilled in various areas of personal injury law, he focuses the majority of his work handling catastrophic truck accident cases, pharmaceutical cases, complex product liability cases, wrongful death cases, and catastrophic offshore injury cases throughout... Brad Cranmer (225) 612-0800 2133 Silverside Dr. Consumer, DUI & DWI, Family and Personal Injury Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University Mitchell D. Dickson (225) 369-9922 18405 E. Petroleum Dr. Philip Bohrer (225) 925-5297 8712 Jefferson Hwy Consumer, Employment, Environmental and Maritime "Philip Bohrer is the founder of Bohrer Brady LLC and holds an AV rating from Martindale-Hubble*. He received his J.D. from Louisiana State University in 1984. Mr. Bohrer practices in the fields of maritime personal injury, plaintiff personal injury and insurance litigation, class actions and consumer claims. Mr. Bohrer is licensed to practice in the states of Louisiana and Texas. He has also served as a member of the Board of Governors of the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Bohrer has lectured in the field of maritime personal injury to various trial lawyer organizations and is a member of the Million... Peter A. Ryan Denham Springs, LA Consumer Law Lawyer (225) 308-2006 1234 Del Este Ave Suite 302 Denham Springs, LA 70726 Consumer, Bankruptcy and Estate Planning Thomas Thomassie Lafayette, LA Consumer Law Attorney with 13 years of experience (888) 692-5291 350 Doucet Rd. Lafayette, LA 70503 Consumer, Business, Construction and Personal Injury With offices in Lafayette and Opelousas, I have a statewide civil litigation practice and am admitted in all state and federal courts of Louisiana. I am proud to represent my clients, from Louisiana citizens to Fortune 1000 companies. Fred Pharis Alexandria, LA Consumer Law Attorney with 38 years of experience (318) 445-8266 831 Desoto St Alexandria, LA 71301 Consumer and Personal Injury Fred A. Pharis' legal career began in 1983 when he joined the law firm of Pharis & Pharis to practice with his father, Jean, and his uncle, James. Since then, he has successfully represented dozens of consumers in litigation in Federal, State, and City courts and has advised 100's more. He also maintains an active practice in the areas of personal injury law and products liability law. Successful suits have been brought against such major manufacturers as General Motors, Ford Motor Company, Chrysler, Mercedes Benz of North America, Nissan, Winnebago, American Honda, Toyota, Polaris, Caterpillar, Kenworth, Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc.,... Donald Carl Hodge Jr Lake Charles, LA Consumer Law Lawyer (337) 436-1892 2258 Belfield Rd Lake Charles, LA 70611 Patrick Richmond Jackson Bossier City, LA Consumer Law Attorney with 23 years of experience (318) 752-3335 1463 Airline Dr Bossier City, LA 71112 Consumer, Bankruptcy, Military and Personal Injury Consumer Attorneys in Nearby Parishes Orleans Parish Saint Bernard Parish Jefferson Parish The Oyez Lawyer Directory contains lawyers who have claimed their profiles and are actively seeking clients. Find more Terrytown Consumer Lawyers in the Justia Legal Services and Lawyers Directory which includes profiles of more than one million lawyers licensed to practice in the United States, in addition to profiles of legal aid, pro bono and legal service organizations.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3502
__label__cc	0.665911	0.334089	Home Environmental Law Maryland Midlothian Midlothian Environmental Lawyers Jon W. Brassel Annapolis, MD Environmental Law Lawyer with 46 years of experience (443) 837-9800 888 Bestgate Rd Environmental, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability I graduated from University of Baltimore School of Law in 1975. In law school i was an editor of the Law Review. I am admitted to practice law in the State of Maryland, United States District Court for the Districts of Maryland and District of Columbia. My practice concentrates on products and professional liability, medical malpractice and environmental litigation. I am also National Counsel for several clients involved in multi-jurisdictional asbestos litigation. Our firm has recovered millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements primarily in the area of medical malpractice, professional liability and products liability. Howard G. Goldberg Pikesville, MD Environmental Law Lawyer Pikesville, MD 21208 Environmental, Arbitration & Mediation, Construction and IP Baltimore, MD Environmental Law Attorney Free ConsultationEnvironmental, Personal Injury, Products Liability and White Collar Crime James Dirk Schwenk Annapolis, MD Environmental Law Attorney with 23 years of experience (410) 775-6805 769 Rolling View Drive Free ConsultationEnvironmental, Maritime and Real Estate University of Maryland - Baltimore and University of Maryland - Baltimore Dirk Schwenk is a Maryland real estate attorney focusing on waterfront issues including riparian rights, piers, variances and permits, boundary disputes as well as maritime and marine contracting issues. He also assists with boat purchase, sale and tax issues. He is an honors graduate of the University of Maryland School of Law and has been in private practice in Annapolis since 2000. Robin G. Banks Pikesville, MD Environmental Law Attorney Nolan Weltchek Lutherville, MD Environmental Law Lawyer with 13 years of experience (410) 825-5287 2330 West Joppa Rd. Lutherville, MD 21093 Free ConsultationEnvironmental, Energy, Insurance Claims and Medical Malpractice Mr. Weltchek earned his Bachelors of Arts Degree magna cum laude from Middlebury College and earned his Juris Doctorate Degree from the University of Maryland, where he was awarded the Order of Barrister for excellence in trial advocacy. While in law school he was also a member of the national champion Trial Team. Free ConsultationEnvironmental, Agricultural, Appeals and Energy Phillip J. Closius Baltimore, MD Environmental Law Lawyer with 45 years of experience Free ConsultationEnvironmental, Appeals, Products Liability and Real Estate James Rathvon Bethesda, MD Environmental Law Attorney with 39 years of experience Environmental, Appeals and Business Jim Rathvon, chair of the firm’s Regulatory Law & Litigation practice group, maintains a broad environmental, chemical, food and drug and consumer product regulatory and litigation practice. He focuses on the regulation of pesticides and other chemical products under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) and other complex federal regulatory programs. His environmental law work ranges from counseling and advocating on regulatory and licensing issues to defending clients in government enforcement proceedings to representing them in federal arbitrations... Nancy Slepicka, Esquire Greenbelt, MD Environmental Law Attorney with 41 years of experience (301) 934-5600 7850 Walker Dr Environmental, Business and Real Estate Phillip E Chalker 500 West Baltimore St. Office No. 248 Free ConsultationEnvironmental, Consumer, Landlord Tenant and Social Security Disability Lloyd J. Snow Pikesville, MD Environmental Law Lawyer with 37 years of experience Environmental, Arbitration & Mediation and Construction Nathan Hopkins Lutherville, MD Environmental Law Attorney with 10 years of experience (410) 825-5287 2330 West Joppa Road Free ConsultationEnvironmental, Energy, Insurance Claims and Legal Malpractice Nathan Hopkins earned his Bachelors of Science Degree cum laude from New York University and his Juris Doctorate Degree from the University of Maryland. Mr. Hopkins is admitted to the Bar in Maryland and is a member of Maryland State Bar Association. Robert Weltchek Lutherville, MD Environmental Law Attorney Robert J. Weltchek will soon be entering his fourth decade of practice as one of the most esteemed and respected trial attorneys in the country. Mr Weltchek is a creative and tenacious advocate for his client’s interests, evidenced by his impeccable record of recovering landmark verdicts. His success has not gone unnoticed. Best Lawyers in America has recognized Weltchek as one of the top personal injury lawyers in the country. Daniel Joseph Miller (410) 529-3476 26 South St Free ConsultationEnvironmental, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Products Liability Principal of The Law Offices of Daniel J. Miller, LLC - - A "boutique" law firm, with a small firm atmosphere and large firm results. The firm handles all our cases with compassion, creativity, and aggressiveness when it's time to put on the gloves. We leave no stone unturned and strive forward as hard as we can to get the best possible result for our clients. We set the standard for thorough and zealous representation of our clients. In our Personal Injury division we handle all cases from Auto, Motorcycle, Trucking, Boating, and Aviation accidents, to Catastrophic Medical Malpractice, including Cerebral... Cristen Rose Bethesda, MD Environmental Law Attorney Environmental and Business Cristen Rose’s practice encompasses a wide variety of commercial & business litigation, with significant experience in mass torts, class actions, product liability defense, environmental litigation, contractual disputes and regulatory compliance. As a member of the firm’s Regulatory Law & Litigation practice group, she devotes a significant portion of her practice to the regulation of pesticides and other chemical products under the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Cristen also has extensive experience representing companies that are subjects of investigations by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the... Ryan Dowell Showalter Easton, MD Environmental Law Attorney with 19 years of experience (410) 820-0259 101 Bay St Easton, MD 21601 Environmental, Business, Construction and Real Estate Stephanie Morris Edgewater, MD Environmental Law Lawyer with 20 years of experience Edgewater, MD 21037 Environmental, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Divorce Josh Whitaker Greenbelt, MD Environmental Law Lawyer (301) 513-5080 7474 Greenway Center Drive Environmental, Arbitration & Mediation, Civil Rights and Products Liability Environmental Attorneys in Nearby Cities Environmental Attorneys in Nearby Counties The Oyez Lawyer Directory contains lawyers who have claimed their profiles and are actively seeking clients. 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__label__cc	0.579936	0.420064	Home Personal Injury Missouri Reeds Spring Reeds Spring Personal Injury Lawyers Brandi L. Ward Branson, MO Personal Injury Attorney with 14 years of experience (417) 544-0315 500 W. Main St., Ste. 203 Branson, MO 65616 Personal Injury, Divorce, Family and Traffic Tickets Brandi is a down to earth, easy to talk to attorney who deeply loves her community and helping the people who live there. She's also a mom who understands first hand the difficulties parents can have navigating parenting after divorce. She's an experienced trial attorney and has tried personal injury, car wreck, and trucking cases, as well as many family law cases. She's got a passion for her work and is a zealous advocate for her clients giving them each the personal attention they deserve. Hollister, MO Personal Injury Attorney with 7 years of experience (417) 334-6316 1405 S. Business 65 Hollister, MO 65672 Joshua Garrett is a graduate of the Washburn University School of Law and is licensed to practice in Missouri. At Washburn, Joshua graduated with a Juris Doctorate in only two years and was the winner of the Max Rowinsky Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy and the Irvine E. Ungerman Award for Excellence in Clinical Practice. Prior to law school, Joshua was born in Springfield, Missouri and spent the past ten years working as a political consultant on various campaigns throughout the country. After several years of working at Smith Law Firm, he now owns his own firm and... Randy Anglen (417) 335-2685 1015 W. Hwy. 248 Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Criminal Defense and Family Practicing law in SW Missouri and NW Arkansas since 1991. I have a general litigation practice - family law, criminal law, auto accidents, civil litigation. I have tried hundreds of bench trials and several jury trials. I provide experience, aggressive legal representation. I served as Hollister, Mo. municipal judge for 21 years, through November, 2014. Call for a free initial consultation - 417-335-2685 David Mathew Mayer Springfield, MO Personal Injury Lawyer with 29 years of experience (816) 361-5550 1021 E. Walnut St. Springfield, MO 65806 Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Construction, Nursing Home and Products Liability University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law As a partner at Monsees & Mayer P.C., David M. Mayer has provided personal injury and neglect victims in the Kansas City area with the legal representation they need to fight for the compensation they deserve. With over 20 years of distinguished experience, the Kansas City native has received more than seven multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements, earning him an exclusive spot on the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. His community involvement and dedication to each case has also earned him recognition as one of the Top 10 Lawyers in Missouri for Client Satisfaction by the American Institute of Personal Injury... Jason Michael Krebs Springfield, MO Personal Injury Attorney with 24 years of experience (417) 883-5886 2838 S. Ingram Mill Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Social Security Disability and Workers' Comp University of Tulsa College of Law Jason Krebs founded The Krebs Law Firm LLC after prior experience in large law firms as an insurance defense attorney and a position of General Counsel for a successful publicly traded company. While defending insurance companies he learned how these companies approached a personal injury, wrongful death or product liability case; what they looked for in awarding settlements to those injured on the job or in an accident; and when they decided to actually go to court. This experience is now applied to the other side of a case - your side. Jason Krebs was personally asked to take on Social Security... Ashleigh MacPherson Nixa, MO Personal Injury Attorney with 14 years of experience (417) 725-3355 912 W. Mt. Vernon Nixa, MO 65714 Free ConsultationPersonal Injury and Insurance Claims University of Missouri - Kansas City Attorney Ashleigh MacPherson is a native of Nixa, Missouri who obtained her undergraduate degree with honors from Drury University and law degree from University of Missouri-Kansas City in 2006. Ashleigh founded MacPherson Law in January 2014 after establishing a satelitte office of the Mountain Grove based firm, MacPherson Law Center, in Nixa five years earlier. Ashleigh was recently recognized as one of four "Rising Stars" among the profession by Missouri Lawyers Weekly and one of Nixa's 2014 Dozen Under 40. Ashleigh is a member of Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association and the National Organization of Social Security Claimants'... Eric G Jensen (888) 902-6245 3432 S. Culpepper Court Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Nursing Home and Products Liability I have been practicing in Missouri and Kansas since 1994. I manage our Springfield Missouri office and work with our lawyers and staff in Houston, Texas and Kansas City on cases nationwide. I handle products liability, semi-truck accident, wrongful death and serious personal injury cases. We are a firm that will take on any Defendant no matter how large or powerful. We have been appointed to lead positions in Multi District Litigation in federal and state courts, and have tried cases all over the country. Let our experienced team of lawyers to help you.... Mr Anthony C Johnson 909 East Republic Road Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Asbestos, Environmental and Insurance Claims University of Arkansas - Little Rock Education B.S. Computer Engineering, Cum Laude (2005) Juris Doctorate University of Arkansas at Little Rock, High Honors (2010) Licensed to Practice Arkansas U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western District of Arkansas Practice Area Emphasis Small & Large Business Law Real Estate Law Corporate Law Civil Litigation & Personal Injury Law Business & Real Estate Transactions Professional Affiliations Arkansas Bar Association Pulaski County Bar Association Jason Fallen (417) 942-1800 2906 S. Campbell Ave Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Traffic Tickets Jason practiced in the Kansas City metro area from 2008 to 2015, then moved back to Springfield, MO. He has extensive experience with traffic law. Michael William Lutke Ozark, MO Personal Injury Lawyer with 18 years of experience (417) 582-2690 107 N. 2nd St Ozark, MO 65712 Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Insurance Claims, Medical Malpractice and Workers' Comp Mike Lutke is originally from the City of St. Louis but has lived in Southwest Missouri since 2003. He graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law in 2002. While attending law school he was a Rule 13 practitioner at both the Boone County Prosecutor’s Office and at a private law firm. After passing the Bar in September of 2002, he practiced in St. Louis but now has his office in Springfield, Missouri and practices all over the state. Mike Lutke is a former Public Defender for the State of Missouri and over the course of his career he... Timothy Monsees Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Legal Malpractice and Products Liability Timothy Monsees, a Kansas City native and founding partner of Monsees & Mayer P.C., represents personal injury clients from the firm's two convenient office locations in Kansas City and Springfield, MO. In over 25 years of practice, he has worked for law firms specializing in defense of insurance companies and product manufacturers. He now uses this experience to better know his opponents while restricting his practice to representation of victims of wrongdoing. His recognition by his peers in the legal community along with a Martindale-Hubbell rating of "A/V', sets him at the top of his profession... Antwaun Smith (417) 344-0820 405 N. Jefferson Ave. Personal Injury, Products Liability and Workers' Comp Antwaun Smith spent five years at Shook, Hardy, & Bacon, a large firm in Kansas City, before joining his sister Kesia at the Smith Law Office. He now represents people who have been hurt in accidents or on the job get the compensation they need in personal injury cases. A Rhodes Scholar and Mizzou graduate, Antwaun has degrees in both law and business. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Missouri State Employees Retirement System, where he oversees and protects workers’ retirement benefits. Roger Alan Johnson (417) 319-2113 811 N. Boonville Avenue Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice University of Kansas School of Law and University of Kansas Roger is known as a fierce trial attorney who is passionate about practicing personal injury law. During his career, he has recovered millions of dollars for his clients. But what he values is more than accomplishing a case. It’s the satisfaction he gets when he wins a settlement for a badly injured client. This motivates him to continue in his mission of advocacy and quest for justice. Roger is a leading advocate in the field of personal injury litigation, earning recognitions from Super Lawyers®, an AV Rating® by Martindale-Hubbell®, and more. Tom Kapstrom Springfield, MO Personal Injury Attorney with 7 years of experience (417) 877-0697 1354 E. Kingsley St., Suite A Free ConsultationPersonal Injury Tom A. Kapstrom is an experienced personal injury lawyer in Springfield, Missouri. He is dedicated to fighting for those who have been injured through no fault of their own. He founded Springfield Injury Law, PC after working for years at an insurance defense firm and witnessing first hand how insurance companies mistreat those who have been injured, including their own insureds. Having graduated law school in 2003, and with a long history of community involvement, Tom understands the needs of his clients as well as the intricacies of the laws and complex procedural issues associated with trial practice. Tom was born... (417) 882-7100 1736 E. Sunshine Street, Suite 209 Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Communications, Consumer and Products Liability Noah K. Wood is a founding partner of the Wood Law Firm. A trial lawyer focused on the areas of class actions and technology law, Mr. Wood has been appointed lead counsel in consumer and telecommunications class actions. He has recovered millions of dollars for clients injured by dangerous products and negligence. Additionally during time away from the practice of law he co-founded one of the largest nationwide Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) technology companies. Mr. Wood has lectured and authored articles on class actions, telecommunications regulation, and consumer protection. He is also a licensed airplane and helicopter pilot. Ryan E. Murphy (417) 888-0000 4905 S National, Ste A128 Free ConsultationPersonal Injury and Workers' Comp Terry A. Tolbert (417) 887-3010 3010 East Battlefield Rd. University of Arkansas - Fayetteville In his 25 years of experience, Terry Tolbert has devoted his career to helping those in need. His mission of supporting others is personified in his personal injury, accident and workers’ compensation practice in Missouri, where he strives to represent people against large corporations and insurance companies that would otherwise overwhelm them. He grew up on his family’s Century Farm in Southwest Missouri. Terry Tolbert received his Bachelor of Science in Business from Missouri State University, then continued on to graduate in the top of his class at the University of Arkansas Law School at Fayetteville. During his years of practice,... (417) 886-6500 1531 E. Bradford Parkway Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Bankruptcy and Family Jim James, JD Jim was born in St. Louis, Missouri and obtained his Law degree from St. Louis University School of Law in 1987. In law school Jim was a member of the school's regional trial competition team coached by former Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice, the Honorable Michael Wolff. Jim has tried countless civil jury trials in State and Federal Courts in many counties in Missouri. He has prepared and argued appeals before all three Missouri Courts of Appeal and the Missouri Supreme Court. In 1998 Jim, with his wife and three children, moved to Springfield where... Randy Alberhasky (417) 865-4444 419 Boonville Avenue Randy Alberhasky is a trial lawyer who specializes in workers’ compensation and personal injury cases. He has litigated hundreds of cases and has successfully argued cases before the Missouri Court of Appeals. During his legal career, he has personally tried over 200 workers’ compensation hearings and jury trials in courts throughout the State of Missouri. Randy Alberhasky has fought cases in Kansas City, Joplin, Springfield, Jefferson City, Camdenton, West Plains, and St. Louis. HELPING OUR VETERANS If you have been injured at work and are now totally disabled while still suffering from a prior disability related to your service in the armed forces,... Douglas L Healy (417) 864-8800 939 Boonville Personal Injury, Appeals, Energy and Insurance Claims Douglas L. Healy is a 2000 graduate of the University of Arkansas law school. After completing law school, he practiced law in his hometown before moving to Springfield to serve as a Greene County Prosecutor, where he was a Senior Trial Attorney. In 2004, Douglas L. Healy moved to Jefferson City, where he served as Chief of Staff to the Chairman of the Missouri Public Service Commission. In 2007, Doug and Dave formed the law firm of Healy & Healy, now Healy Law Offices, with the goal to provide clients high quality legal services with a... Aaron Sachs (417) 889-1400 3271 E Battlefield Rd #350 Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Products Liability and Workers' Comp University of Missouri School of Law Aaron W. Sachs, a personal injury attorney in Springfield, is the founder of the firm Aaron Sachs & Associates. Since 1988, he has been practicing as an attorney in the state of Missouri. He participates in numerous professional associations including the Association of Trial Attorneys of America, Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum®, Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association and Missouri Bar Association. Attorney Sachs is graduate of the Missouri State University and the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law. Learn more by contacting his firm. David A. Payne Aurora, MO Personal Injury Attorney with 21 years of experience (417) 678-5161 1402 S. Elliott Ave. Aurora, MO 65625 Free ConsultationPersonal Injury and Estate Planning I grew up in Southwest Missouri and went to college at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg. From there, I went to the University of Missouri in Columbia for law school. I then returned home to southwest Missouri in 1999 to establish my legal career and haven't left since. Throughout my career, I have worked in a wide variety of cases for a wide variety of clients. I have over 20 years of experience advising clients all over the Missouri Ozarks. My experiences have ultimately given me a genuinely unique perspective on how to best guide my clients when developing... Ann R. Littell Mills (417) 869-9888 725 West Battlefield Suite A Personal Injury, Divorce and Family Timothy Ryan Brown (417) 720-1098 1309 E. Montclair Matthew W. Sims Springfield, MO Personal Injury Lawyer (417) 883-4848 1041 East Walnut Street Matthew rejoined The Sims Law Firm in March of 2013. As a former insurance defense attorney, Matthew understands what insurance companies are looking for. Matthew's practice includes: Personal Injury; Car Accidents; Motorcycle Accidents; Trucking Accidents; Work Place Accidents; Slip and Falls; Amputations; Brain Injuries; Catastrophic Accidents; Burn Injuries; Insurance Claims; and, Bad Faith Claims. Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Business and Medical Malpractice From an early age, Scott has made it his mission to help others during their time of need. He has a passion for the Constitution and for seeking justice. Choosing a career as a trial lawyer was easy for Scott, because it allows him to carry out his passion of helping others during their period of personal tragedies. Scott has dedicated his entire career to becoming an advocate for personal injury victims. He truly believes that the courtroom is where many meaningful battles can be won, including standing up to unscrupulous corporations and insurance companies. Randell Keith Wood (417) 882-7100 1736 E. Sunshine, Suite 517 Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Insurance Claims Randy J. Reichard (417) 866-7777 901 E St Louis St #20 Personal Injury and Workers' Comp Randy J. Reichard has been practicing law since 1995 and focuses his practice on representing victims and families of personal injury and wrongful death cases arising from automobile accidents, slip and falls, and workers’ compensation claims. Randy also has extensive experience handling insurance coverage disputes, insurance bad faith claims, and real estate litigation. A skilled trial attorney, he successfully has tried cases throughout southwest Missouri and has appeared before the Missouri Court of Appeals and the Missouri Supreme Court. Randy joined Lowther Johnson as an associate in 1995 and became a member of the firm in 2000. Christopher J. Swatosh Ozark, MO Personal Injury Attorney with 23 years of experience (417) 582-5297 100 N 2nd Ave. The Law Office of Christopher J. Swatosh, LLC has two locations, in Ava, Missouri and in Ozark, Missouri. We represent clients in personal injury cases, victims in car wrecks and semi-truck accidents, criminal defense, workers compensation, bankruptcy and employment discrimination. We also have an office in Ozark, Missouri. Chris Swatosh has a wealth of civil and criminal trial experience and is a former Prosecutor. Chris is a Missouri native and graduated from college with his Bachelor’s Degree from Central Missouri State University before attending and graduating the University of Missouri School of Law. After law school he became... Bruce H Galloway (417) 582-2690 107 N. 2nd St. Personal Injury, Appeals, Divorce and Domestic Violence David A. Fielder Personal Injury and Divorce David A. Fielder possesses more than 20 years of legal experience and currently handles a diverse array of civil litigation matters, including commercial litigation, personal injury, real estate, family law, and estate planning. Claimed Lawyer ProfileBlawg Search Robert D. Curran (417) 823-7500 3516 South National Avenue Personal Injury, Insurance Claims, Products Liability and Workers' Comp Brad Bradshaw MD, JD Springfield, MO Personal Injury Attorney (417) 890-8888 1736 E Sunshine, Ste 600 William Robb (888) 326-5475 2847 S. Ingram Mill Rd. John Morgan Henderson Jr. 313 S. Glenstone Ave Andrew S. T. Buchanan Joplin, MO Personal Injury Attorney with 19 years of experience (800) 371-8220 1105 E 32nd St Joplin, MO 64804 Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Medical Malpractice and Workers' Comp Andrew specializes in helping people who have been injured. He focuses on medical malpractice, automobile and truck accidents, product liability, premise liability, wrongful death, and work accidents, and also has extensive experience representing clients in stockbroker liability claims and wrongful discharge/discrimination claims. Andrew is the managing partner in BWO's St. Louis office. Andrew (along with the other attorneys and staff at BWO) focuses on personal service for his clients. Clients have Andrew’s personal cell phone and can call him anytime with questions or concerns. Andrew started his law career with Lewis Rice & Fingersh, LC, which is one... Ken Gallon (417) 765-0486 1530 S Main St Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Bankruptcy, Criminal Defense and DUI & DWI With decades of experience and a long list of satisfied clients throughout both Miami, OK and Joplin, MO, Attorney J. Ken Gallon has built a reputation for dependable criminal defense when it counts. Whether you face charges for DUI, theft, or a violent crime, his team at J. Ken Gallon, Attorney at Law can provide you with a free consultation to plan an effective defense. With decades of experience working in blue-collar jobs, Mr. Gallon understands the unique needs of clients within his community. He can help you plan an effective defense to better protect your future and avoid the... Joplin, MO Personal Injury Lawyer with 46 years of experience (800) 371-8220 1105 E 32nd St #5 Personal Injury, Divorce, Estate Planning and Family William Phalen (800) 235-1807 2nd Floor Patrick Michael Martucci (417) 782-3790 421 S Virginia Ave What drew Patrick to the practice of law was the opportunity to help those who have experienced real tragedies. For over 20 years, Patrick has fought for the injured, for victims of serious negligence. From trucking accidents to catastrophic injuries, he has dedicated his entire career to protecting those facing an uphill battle against negligent large companies who hide behind their insurance companies and defense attorneys. When you need a skilled trial attorney to advocate for you, one who will not back down to powerful corporations, turn to Patrick. The Oyez Lawyer Directory contains lawyers who have claimed their profiles and are actively seeking clients. Find more Reeds Spring Personal Injury Lawyers in the Justia Legal Services and Lawyers Directory which includes profiles of more than one million lawyers licensed to practice in the United States, in addition to profiles of legal aid, pro bono and legal service organizations.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3504
__label__cc	0.55399	0.44601	Sounds: The Houses Where We Grew Up // Dying There’s something in the water in Kamloops, BC. If I’m being honest, six months ago, I didn’t even know it existed. Now, thanks to two incredible bands, I’m ready to buy a ticket and fly out to catch a show and a drink. The first band is Left Bank staple At Mission Dolores (we even reviewed their latest single here). The other? The House Where We Grew Up, the “second best band you’ve never heard of.” The duo, comprised of Sean Schneider on drums, keys, and vocals and Rob Wikstrom on vocals and guitar, got their start in 2015, and after almost four years, have released their debut album, Dying. I don’t always get records that are this good from top to bottom – especially debuts – but Dying checks every box. High energy? Yup. Powerful vocals and driving instrumentation? Double yup. Lyricism? Check, check, check. Dying starts off with a bang with “Y.S.A.,” then takes listeners on a roller coaster ride through the bitter end. For me, it encapsulates living in – and leaving – a small town: nostalgic, welcoming, and familiar, with a tinge of loss, like the memory of car rides on back roads in the heat of summer with your old best friend. Our favorite track? “15,” the eighth of fourteen tracks. It’s acoustic-driven and laidback, perfect for your spring playlist. Stream “Dying” here and love it as much as we do: british columbiadyingindie rockkamloopsmusic Luci Turner Born on the Okefenokee Swamp and raised on rock 'n roll, Luci Turner is a full-time musician and writer whose passion for music led her to Atlanta. She's most often found packing a suitcase, digging through a pile of records, or looking for a time machine to the 70s. FeaturedHOMESuper Features 2020 NYE (Virtual) Bash Sounds x Interview: Maka // CTRL+M	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3508
__label__cc	0.713178	0.286822	Left Coast Law Navigating the Legal Hazards of California Law Why Another Legal Blog? About Schmidt You are here:Home Labor & Employment Recognizing Risks Arising from Invasion of Privacy Claims in the Workplace Kent Schmidt February 13, 2013 Recognizing Risks Arising from Invasion of Privacy Claims in the Workplace Kent Schmidt and Jessica Linehan One of the most significant liabilities that a company in California faces relates to claims that it has invaded an individual’s privacy rights. While many claims are brought by consumers, a significant number of claims are filed every day by employees. It is prudent to consider employee privacy concerns. As with many privacy analyses, it is helpful to consider the basic framework of the California’s rights to privacy. “Legally recognized privacy interests are generally of two classes: (1) interests in precluding the dissemination or misuse of sensitive and confidential information (‘informational privacy’); and (2) interests in making intimate personal decisions or conducting personal activities without observation, intrusion, or interference (‘autonomy privacy’).” Hill v. National Collegiate Athletic Assn., 7 Cal.4th 1, 35 (1994). Applied to the employee-employer context, those distinct protections and corresponding risks can be understood as follows: (1) Informational Privacy: Employer’s failure to safeguard confidential information about an employee through allowing files or data to be accessed; and (2) Autonomy Privacy: Employer’s interference with the private life and activities of an employee through invasive conduct or policies. Claims by employees are most often brought in one of the following five categories. Risk Number 1: Medical Examinations and Information The general rule is that, during employment, an employer cannot subject an employee to a medical examination or demand information regarding an employee’s physical condition. There are exceptions to this which may justify a medical exam under unusual circumstances, where the inquiry is job-related and consistent with business necessity. For example, certain higher risk jobs which may jeopardize employee or public safety may justify medical examinations. If a company is contemplating requiring a medical examination, it should be prepared to provide a justification along those lines. Once the medical examination is done, the employer should be aware that it now has triggered new liabilities simply by virtue of being a custodian of this information. The Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (Civ. Code §§ 56.20 and 56.35) obligates the employer (and others) to safeguard certain health related information. The CMIA is best understood as the California version of HIPPA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) but, like many California statutes, the CMIA requirements are broader than the federal law. These risks can be mitigated by ensuring that the employer does not obtain possession of the health information. For example, a third-party provider can simply confirm that the employee passed a physical and is ready to go to work. Risk Number 2: Drug Tests In a similar vein, drug testing during employment may be permitted depending on justification (health and safety) and manner of administration—balancing of drug test’s intrusion versus employer’s interest. There are various factors that would need to be considered to determine whether a drug testing requirement violates an employee’s right to privacy. In particular situations where there are reasonable suspicion of drug use, requiring an employee to undergo testing may be permitted. Similarly, employers may require testing in heavily regulated industries, or in certain narrow job classifications. There is of course a difference between requiring all new employees to undergo testing rather than existing employees. Whether drug testing is permitted is only the first part of the analysis. Equally important are questions concerning the mannerin which a test is administered. Drug testing is an inherently invasive act and sensitivities should be observed while adhering to basic standards of professionalism. In most cases, it is advisable to retain an outside testing service rather than having the resident Dwight Schrute from The Office take matters into his own hands. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE3Kp0NqjC4 Risk Number 3: Computer Use The general rule in California is that an employee has no reasonable expectation of privacy when using a company computer and whatever expectation may exist can be further reduced with well written policies. TBG Ins. Services Corp. v. Zieminski, 96 Cal.App.4th 443 (2002). There are some exceptions to this rule. For example, if an employee is communicating with his or her attorney and the company knows that the communications are likely privileged, it should not seek to access or read those communications. Second, if the employee is keeping files or e-mails marked “private” on a computer, an argument exists that, even if the employer Finally, as reported here, under recently enacted legislation in California, an employer is not permitted to require an employee to turn over a password to social media. Although it is an unanswered question, it may arguably follow that if the employer’s computer is set up for automatic login (such that a password is not required), an employee’s privacy rights may be violated if the employer uses the computer to read private communications on a social media site. Risk Number 4: Off Duty Conduct Including Romantic Relationships California law reflects a public policy that prohibits employers from making adverse employment actions based on an employee’s off-duty activities. Cal. Lab. Code Sec. 96(k). To state the obvious, an employer cannot invade an employee’s privacy by insisting that he or she refrain from legal activities or communications on their own time. There are a few exceptions to this rule. An employer may of course prohibit an employee from running a competing business. An employer may prohibit employee from dating subordinate (Barbee v. Household Automotive Finance Corporation, 113 Cal. App. 4th 525 (2003)). An employer arguably has an interest in discouraging illegal activity. Perhaps the school district does not invade Walter White’s right to privacy by raising concerns about the meth lab he is building with a former student, Jesse Pinkman, on his own time (Breaking Bad reference). Other off duty conduct which is not illegal or directly detrimental to the employer is generally protected. Risk Number 5: Internal Investigations Employers must also tread carefully when engaging in internal investigation. Some of these concepts are borrowed from general notions of police protocols that have become the expected norm in dealing with suspects or detainees. In general, the scope and extent of an employer’s internal investigation of employee misconduct must be reasonable and not invade employee’s privacy interests. Use of overzealous investigators who use fraudulent means to obtain information, even if prompted by a reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing by the employee, may expose the employer to liability. A WORD TO THE WISE . . . This list is by no means exhaustive and the illustrations provided do not reflect hard and fast rules. Every case is different and likely rises or falls on unique facts with the hallmark of privacy considerations—reasonableness of intrusion versus interest sought to be achieved—at the center. At various junctures and in a variety of contexts, employers should consider whether the information they are seeking or obtaining regarding their employees may create liabilities that might be avoided. Jessica Linehan’s practice focuses on all aspects of employment law, including the defense of both individual and class action wage and hour claims, discrimination, harassment and wrongful termination actions. She advises clients on a wide variety of matters including employment agreements, non-competition issues, wage and hour compliance, reasonable accommodation under state law and the ADA, and employee discipline and termination. Filed Under: Labor & Employment, Privacy Kent Schmidt schmidt.kent@dorsey.com Partner in the Trial Department since 2008 (Associate 2000-2007). Member of the Electronic Discovery Practice Group (2008-present). 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__label__wiki	0.581497	0.581497	Screen » Film Halfway There Checking in on 2018 Best in Show Alison Rosa Joaquin Phoenix and Natalie Portman make everything better. Now that we're a little over halfway done with the year, it's nice to look back and see the highlights, lowlights and skid marks so far. It hasn't been a classic year for film yet, but there are still plenty of upcoming releases that could make 2018 something really special in the realm of cinema. Here are a few of the standouts. Best Documentary: Won't You Be My Neighbor: Structurally, this documentary looking at the life of Mister Rogers is a fairly standard biopic, but the timing of it is perfect. There's something genuinely cathartic about seeing a good man decide to take care of our nation's children in a way that teaches them empathy, kindness and love. Best Joke: Game Night: This surprisingly hilarious comedy/thriller follows a group of friends as they get sucked into a game night that ends up being just as dangerous as it is fun. When Jason Bateman gets shot, his wife starts deeply cutting open his arm to find the bullet without noticing there's already an exit wound. True cringe comedy at its finest. Most Disturbing: Hereditary: I still talk to people every day who can't quit thinking about this nightmarish tour through the mind of the world's most dysfunctional family. Anyone with a dislike for ants or creepy little girls should avoid this one at all costs. Worst Movie: Super Troopers 2: I wanted to like this movie so much, but there's nothing in it to like. The jokes are terrible, the characters aren't the ones we remember and the blind nationalism is simultaneously insulting and poorly timed. How do you screw up something this badly that should have been an easy home run? Most Underrated: Rampage: Maybe I'm a simple man, but watching The Rock team up with a giant Albino gorilla to take on a flying wolf and a massively evil mutated crocodile is exactly what I look for in dumb summer fun. And that's what it was: a fun and exciting adventure. Best Look at Disaffected Youth: Thoroughbreds: It's hard to know whether to laugh or cry at this disturbing dramedy that echoes "American Psycho," as seen through the lens of bored and sociopathic teenage girls. It's hard to shake this one. Best in Show: You Were Never Really Here: From the blistering performance of Joaquin Phoenix to the flawless direction of Lynne Ramsay, "You Were Never Really Here" is a profound character study disguised as a crime/thriller. There's not a wasted second in this film, which will eventually be seen as this generation's answer to "Taxi Driver." Most Ignored: Annihilation: This is the movie that people decades from now will be shocked didn't create more of a buzz. With a career-best performance from Natalie Portman and some of the most dreamlike imagery ever put on film, "Annihilation" is a modern classic just waiting to be discovered. Top 10 Movies (and Other Stuff) of 2018 Two Hand Touching Blockbuster Mania	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3512
__label__wiki	0.772085	0.772085	Outside » Outside Features "Hummingbird Highways" at The Belfry by Jim Anderson For those who haven't heard the good news, the first 2016 OSU/Sisters Science Pub lecture will take place at The Belfry in Sisters on March 15. Oregon State University Ornithologist and Associate Professor Matt Betts will be sharing his research on one of the favorite birds of the Sisters Country: hummingbirds. Please pass the news along, and hurry and register. The illustrated lecture is free, but it's necessary to RSVP, as soon as possible. (Sisters Science Club lectures fill up very quickly.) The title of Betts' lecture will be: "Hummingbird Highways: Conserving Pollination in Tropical Forest Landscapes." As tropical forests become increasingly broken up by roads, logging, farm fields, pastures and other developments, corridors of trees providing vital pathways for pollinators — including hummingbirds — are vanishing rapidly. The same can be said for forest habitats and hummingbirds throughout North America. Come and follow Betts' journey tracing the movement of tropical hummingbird species through patches of trees and the pollination of plants within the tree patches. The Belfry will open at 6 p.m. for refreshments and attendance to the lecture, then the lecture will begin at 7 p.m. Rima Givot, science teacher at Sisters High School, worked with Betts as part of her master's degree program. Betts runs the Landscape Ecology Lab, Givot says. "He studies birds and has done lots of research on hummingbirds. He started the Hummingbird Citizen Science Project, which aims to look at why local hummingbird populations (specifically rufous) have been steadily declining," says Givot. "Undergraduate students at OSU help run the project, and different partner schools in the Willamette Valley and Sisters help by collecting data following a specific protocol. The biology classes at Sisters High School have been contributing to this study for the past two years and this will be our third year to participate," Givot added. The students take home feeders to monitor how much nectar is consumed and observe the hummingbirds in the area. Then the data is reported to Betts' lab. In addition to Betts' research in North America, "He's done quite a bit of work on hummingbirds in southern Costa Rica. I'm excited he's coming to Sisters," Givot says. Call Christine Coffin, Director of Communications and Outreach at Oregon State University - Cascades. www.osucascades.edu Winter Gravel Cycling: Routes for Even the Darkest of Days Winter Insider 2020 Outside Guide: On Sanctuary More by Jim Anderson Birds in Binoculars It used to be called "bird watching." Now, it's just "birding." The Cleanup Crew Carrion beetles perform a much-needed service in the natural world Oh! Rats Reflections on the deadliest pandemic recorded in human history Latest in Outside Features Learn to Cross- Country Ski and Help the Meissner Nordic Ski Club Steep and Cheap	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3513
__label__wiki	0.528756	0.528756	PSA: Facebook is Down Facebook turns to Twitter to report widespread outage by Keely Damara If you're reading this article, you didn't get here through Facebook. Facebook is reportedly experiencing some technical difficulties with their apps, including Instagram, and desktop version of the popular social media platform. Search the hashtag #facebookdown on Twitter and you'll find some funny, some frantic and some just plain angry tweets regarding the outage. Facebook took to Twitter to report the outage around 10am Pacific Time. Facebook tweeted a follow-up stating that they "can confirm that the issue i not related to a DDoS attack," and that they are "working to resolve the issue as soon as possible." The company has yet to reveal why the popular social site is down, but in the meantime we can all enjoy the tweet storm. If you're looking for something to fill that gaping hole that Facebook has left you with in your day, follow #facebookdown on Twitter for a good laugh. Keely Damara Reporter \| The Source Weekly The Good, The Bad, The Ugly Food Trends in 2020 Censored 2020: Through the Looking Glass More by Keely Damara Best Place to Catch a Free Show Floating the Deschutes Best Smoothie/Juice Bar Mother's Juice Cafe & Kitchens Best Cold Brew Coffee Riff Cold Brewed – Craft Food & Beverage Taproom	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3514
__label__wiki	0.901404	0.901404	MAFS fans were shocked by Mishel’s ‘low’ comment to Steve. MAFS hits new low with ‘ghastly’ comment by Andrew Bucklow 5th Mar 2020 10:00 AM Married At First Sight viewers have blasted one of the contestants for stooping to "a horrible new low" in last night's episode. In a season that's so far seen a toothbrush in the toilet incident and a cheating scandal, it was a comment from Mishel to her husband Steve about his testicle that appears to have outraged fans the most. If you missed last night's episode, Mishel was livid with Steve after he revealed that he wasn't physically attracted to her. On the way to last night's dinner party, Mishel said to Steve (who battled testicular cancer eight years ago): "I am seriously so done with you, you are top-level piece of sht! Don't even come near me tonight, seriously, you will lose your other f*ing ball!" Mishel tore Steve a new one at the dinner party. RELATED: Read all of James Weir's MAFS recaps here The comment disgusted viewers who took to social media to vent about the "low blow". "Mishel and her 'you'll lose your other ball' comment tonight, once again stooped to a horrible low," a person wrote on the MAFS Australian Fans Facebook group. "Mishel making light of Steve losing a testicle to cancer is pretty despicable and says a lot about her as a person," wrote another person. "That's as bad as making fun of a woman who has lost a breast/s to cancer in my eyes." Other comments included: • "That was a pathetic thing to say to a man recovering from testicular cancer." • "That's some cold sht." • "Thought she could have handled this 100 times better and the cancer blow was just undignified and ghastly." • "The bit about losing his one remaining ball was totally disgusting. The guy had cancer. I get she's hurting, but that was just plain nasty." • "She's hurt - but my god, the cancer sht? That's a really shiy thing to say to someone who battled that. Really shows she has the emotional intelligence of a sand crab." • "Who in their right mind would throw that kind of comment around, hurt or not?" Mishel is being deliberately nasty and horrible. Yes, I get why she would be offended but he was trying to be honest and he’s still remained respectful even AFTER she made a joke about his cancer?? Absolutely disgusting #MAFSAU — “luCY HIIIII” (@starbeamswift) March 4, 2020 Steve is a bit of a douche, but Mishel saying the thing about his other ball was so wrong! Go home lady... #mafs #MAFSAU pic.twitter.com/xH6RhIcoVc — Nadi G (@NadiaGentilcore) March 4, 2020 WOW, so Mishel threw Steve’s cancer back at him in a threat just bc he doesn’t find her attractive. What. A. Catch. #MAFSAU #MAFS #MAFSAustralia — RaraAvis78 (@RaraAvis78) March 4, 2020 Steve previously opened up about his cancer diagnosis in an interview with 9Entertainment. "It was about eight years ago, and I felt a lot of pain in that particular area, and after examining myself, I just thought, 'Oh, maybe it's just an infection or whatever', and I left it alone for about a week or so," he said. "But I remember going to work, and I got to work and decided to go into the doctor's office - I remember it like it was yesterday - and I got a bacon and egg roll and a coffee, and when I called, the receptionist told me they didn't have any spots available, so I rescheduled. "But 10 or so minutes later she called back and told me that they could squeeze me in quickly right away. Steve and Mishel were married on MAFS. "I went to the ultrasound, and within 20 or so minutes of that I was told that it was testicular cancer. I fell in a heap and cried my absolute eyes out like a baby, I swear to God," he said. "So then I've gone from having a bacon and an egg sandwich to being told that I have testicular cancer, to then being told that I have to have a full body scan to see if it had spread anywhere." Steve beat the cancer and has been in remission for more than eight years now. "My life from that moment changed forever," he said about the diagnosis. "Because I think about it every day. If I get a lump, a bump, an ache, a pain, or anything I think straightaway it's cancer, and it scares the absolute sht out of me." Married At First Sight continues on Sunday at 7pm on Channel 9 Man executed despite Kardashian West plea Premium Content Another MAFS bride in leaked topless photo scandal ‘Disgusting’: Fury over MAFS sex grilling Another MAFS star, another racy photo channel 9 mafs 2020 married at first sight reality tv	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3515
__label__wiki	0.986086	0.986086	Potential devastating danger of Tesla ute by Toby Hagon THE world's most radical pick-up truck may be a CO2-friendly boon to the environment but could pose dangers to other road users, according to the head of the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP), the leading crash test authority in Australia. ANCAP chief executive James Goodwin says the angular shape and stainless steel construction of the all-electric Cybertruck would likely pose risks to pedestrians and cyclists, which are among the most vulnerable road users and account for almost one in five fatalities. "Thinking about other road users there, it's got a fairly harsh front and not a whole lot of areas that would provide some give if there was a strike with a pedestrian," said Goodwin of the Cybertruck. The Tesla’s angular edges could prove dangerous during a collision with a pedestrian. "We do both head form and leg form impacts … the (frontal) rake would look like it's not very forgiving in terms of legs." Goodwin said Tesla had a history of prioritising occupant protection ahead of other areas of ANCAP testing, including pedestrians and cyclists. He pointed to the most recent Tesla Model 3 ANCAP rating. While it scored five stars, the vulnerable road user score was the lowest of the four categories evaluated, at just 74 per cent. "We've got a concern that Tesla is very interested in the occupants of the vehicle, but it can't ignore the other road users as well," said Goodwin. "ANCAP's protocols are well known and what we would expect is that a vehicle should be able to protect the occupants of the vehicle as well as those other road users … including pedestrians and cyclists." Elon Musk unveils the futuristic Tesla Cybertruck ute. Goodwin also questioned the thick steel "exoskeleton", which Elon Musk says makes it tough and resistant to dents, something demonstrated by attacking the concept car with a sledge hammer, something that left no marks. "We would expect that a vehicle should be able to absorb some (crash) energy because if it doesn't absorb some energy … it will be the people inside the vehicle who bear the brunt." Goodwin also queried whether the Cybertruck would be approved for sale in Australia in its current guise, citing fundamental design issues that have led others to speculate significant changes would be required to make it road legal. The thick steel “exoskeleton” could make it more dangerous for passengers. While the Cybertruck is clearly a concept - there are no indicators, airbags or windscreen wipers - the chunky tyres protrude from the wheel arches, something that would need to be corrected for production versions. Such changes could lead to substantial tweaks to the radical Blade Runner-inspired styling, which Tesla CEO Elon Musk says has prompted more than 200,000 people to pop down a US$100 ($150) refundable deposit for a place in the queue ahead of planned production in 2021. Shock response to ‘bizarre’ Tesla ute Huge demand for Tesla’s new Cybertruck Watch Musk’s ‘bulletproof’ truck crack Tesla unveils first electric pick-up truck Child dies in horrific multi-vehicle crash Premium Content BREAKING: Paramedics at scene after woman struck by car Musk wins ‘pedo guy’ court battle Tesla boss takes off in new ute cars cybertruck elon musk motoring tesla	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3516
__label__wiki	0.92599	0.92599	FEMA grants last-minute extension for displaced Puerto Rican families in Florida by Xander Peters Monivette Cordeiro FEMA granted an extension for around 600 Puerto Rican families displaced by Hurricane Maria today, after some had begun moving out of their temporary housing following an announcement earlier this week that their aid would expire April 20. The Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration announced shortly after noon on Friday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency will continue to provide transitional housing assistance, or TSA, to all Puerto Rican families currently enrolled in the program in Florida. The deadline will now extend through at least May 14, according to the announcement. .@FEMA has agreed to unconditionally extend #TSA until May 14. @FEMA informs they will not be carrying out evictions today. @SenBillNelson @RepStephMurphy @marcorubio @RepDarrenSoto — PRFAA (@PRFAA) April 20, 2018 On Monday, evacuees receiving assistance were told that their aid would expire Friday, April 20, due to new stricter eligibility requirements that followed recommendations from Puerto Rican Gov. Ricardo Rosselló. On Wednesday, Rosselló sent a letter to FEMA seeking an unconditional 46-day extension to TSA until June 30. But as of early Friday morning, Orlando Weekly started receiving word via texts from leaders of the organization Vamos4PR that a number of families had already begun the moving-out process as the deadline neared. "Some families were required to check out at 11 a.m., according to the paperwork they got from FEMA," Father Jose Rodriguez of Jesús de Nazaret Episcopal Church in Orlando, which is a member of the Vamos4PR coalition, tells OW. "We have some families that made it to emotional breaking points – you know, people who face a lot of hurdles. This morning, they were realizing that they would have to leave before a decision was made." Rodriguez adds: "This is putting us back where we were on Sunday, before Monday morning came. ... We're still in a situation where families are in hotels. They can't afford to get into housing. The government isn't helping them transition out. The kids are still going to be booted out before the end of the school year. And families still can't get apartments." Rodriguez says that because of the announcement of an earlier deadline on Monday, some families were forced into making poor decisions, such as one woman who rushed into a lease she couldn't afford in a beat-up apartment with roaches and other less-than-ideal amenities. He says some individuals were forced to take off work for three days in an effort to find affordable housing. "FEMA put these families' lives in turmoil and it caused a lot of unnecessary suffering," Rodriguez says. "At the end of the day, all we did was put them back where they were. They leave May 14 without any form of transition, and without any acknowledgement of the pain they were caused, and without any acknowledgement of what's happening today is going to happen in three weeks. ... This exposed something scary." Florida has the largest number of displaced Puerto Rican families in the country, according to data provided by FEMA. On a national scale, the deadline would have affected 1,651 families in 28 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. Bloggytown Puerto Rican diaspora Hurricane Maria Florida Puerto Ricans Photo Via Shutterstock Orlando's housing market is complete horseshit right now by Colin Wolf \| May 8, 2018 FEMA grants extension of housing program for Puerto Rican evacuees until June 30 by Monivette Cordeiro \| May 3, 2018 Photo Via Rick Scott/facebook Gov. Rick Scott wants Puerto Rico to become the nation's 51st state by Xander Peters \| May 2, 2018 Photo Via Ricardo Rosselló/twitter Puerto Rican governor announces launch of new political organization in Orlando by Xander Peters \| Apr 24, 2018 Hundreds of Puerto Rican evacuees could be evicted from Central Florida hotels this week by Monivette Cordeiro \| Apr 17, 2018 Photo Via Ricardo Rosselló/facebook Bill Nelson, Marco Rubio seek answers to ongoing power outages in Puerto Rico by News Service of Florida \| Apr 5, 2018	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3518
__label__wiki	0.666498	0.666498	News & Features » News by Al Pergande William Inge's 1955 play-turned-1956 movie (starring Marilyn Monroe) begins on a dark and stormy night. Suddenly, a bus pulls into Gracie's diner, disgorging a handful of helpless travelers stranded by a blizzard. The snow is deep, the phone lines down, and somewhere in the mathematically flat space between Kansas City and Topeka, the hours-old coffee and sawdust eggs aren't the only warmth to be found. Dance-hall floozy Cherie (Erin Beute) enters first, on the run from horny cowboy Bo Decker (David Knoell) and his dreams of wedded bliss on a remote Montana ranch. He doesn't get out much and lives by the-caveman-and-big-stick model of romance. Cherie collects boyfriends and works the Blue Dragon (next to the stockyards, behind the offal processing plant). She doesn't allow table service when she's onstage, so while Bo's an option, she needs time to think. Close behind Cherie, we find bus driver Carl (Don Fowler), who is sweet on Grace (Robin Olson). Carl's marital status is ambiguous, but his hands are big, and that's enough for Grace to come down with a migraine, which counts as foreplay in Kansas. It might be true love, but a cold night counts as last call and both seem to enjoy the time. Lastly we see elegant dipsomaniac Dr. Gerald Lyman (Alan Sincic) enter, a failed English professor and successful child molester. He nearly takes off with the naive Elma (Katelyn Parsons), until he blacks out and thinks the better of it. It seems demon rum has a soft side, after all. Grace's Diner looks like it hasn't been repainted in decades, and the dirt is so realistic the cockroaches won't even eat there. You'll want to wash your hands after each act and then return to see Knoell's Bo, a rambunctious cowboy ready to fight the devil himself, or at least kindly sheriff Will Masters (Joe Candelora). His sidekick, Virgil Blessing (Chris Gibson), tries to calm him down but reason and soothing words are insufficient. Soft-spoken Virgil ultimately plays his trump card, revealing that Bo is still a virgin. For some reason, this lets the wind out of Bo's sails, allowing him to convince the peroxide-blond Cherie to spend life in the Bitterroots. Fowler's suave Carl finds gentle Grace an easy mark, but he's been working this route for ages. It's only a small tryst, but the town is just as small and word will spread fast, not from intrinsic meanness but from a general need to have some gossip for after Sunday service. The oddest relation appears between young and impressionable Elma and the impressive Lyman, whom Sincic portrays with a professional grasp of alcoholism onstage. They seem made for each other – he the abusive romantic and she the eager-to-experience-life nymph. I could easily see her in Topeka – bruised, pregnant and alone. Director Alan Bruun gently interprets Inge's hard look at the manifestations of love, using the physical expressions to highlight the emotional angle. The blunt trauma evolves in the triode of obvious relations, but there's more. Virgil and Bo were raised together, and now that Bo discovers a more adult relationship, Virgil can tell it's time to head elsewhere. Grace cares for Elma as a daughter, and even though Elma must make her own decisions, good advice is forthcoming. Even gruff old Will cares about his citizens and passers-through; just because he hands out free ass-whuppings, it doesn't mean he dislikes them. Sheriff Will even takes the time to shake hands and make up with Bo before setting him on his way, certain in the future Bo will take a path through Omaha. Snow AND love are in the air, and time spent in any diner will reveal it a soap opera all on its own. Bus Stop is worth the fare, fully up to the standards Mad Cow has led us to expect. Through Dec. 11 Mad Cow Theatre arts@orlandoweekly.com News Culture Feature	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3519
__label__wiki	0.850996	0.850996	Lonely no more: Kaavan the elephant makes new friend Suy SE Kaavan will spend time adjusting in a smaller enclosure, before being released into the larger sanctuary It was his first contact with another elephant in eight years. Reaching out with his trunk, Kaavan tentatively greeted a fellow inhabitant of the Cambodian sanctuary where he is beginning his new life after being rescued from grim conditions in a Pakistani zoo. The 36-year-old bull elephant -- dubbed the "world's loneliest" -- was the sole Asian elephant at Islamabad's dilapidated zoo. Animal rights groups launched a campaign to save him from the substandard conditions there, boosted by spirited social media support from US actress and musician Cher. He arrived in Cambodia on Monday to much fanfare -- including a welcome from Cher herself, who not only travelled to see him off from Pakistan, but also arrived ahead of him at Siem Reap airport. Tuesday saw Kaavan settling into his enclosure at Kulen Prom Tep Wildlife Sanctuary, where he was seen touching trunks with another elephant, captured in images provided by the sanctuary. "First contact with an elephant in eight years -- this is a huge moment for Kaavan," said Martin Bauer, a spokesman with the Austria-based group that worked for months to get him ready for the flight. "Kaavan will finally have the chance to live a species-appropriate and peaceful life," Bauer said, adding that the entire team was extremely moved to witness the interaction. "He has a very bright future ahead of him." So far, Kaavan has been exploring his new surroundings, sniffing curiously and playing with sand, mud and water. "He likes it here... The stereotypical behaviours that he's known for –- rocking or just standing, leaning his head against a wall –- is non-existent," Darrick Thomson, who oversees animal care at the sanctuary, told AFP. "One girl came and met him this morning. There was a brief curiosity and then she ran away," Thomson added, referring to Kaavan's earlier encounter. Once Kaavan has adjusted to a "controlled setting", he will be released into the wider sanctuary, where there are three female elephants, an environment ministry official said on Monday. The plan is to breed Kaavan with local elephants to "conserve the genetic fold". Transporting an adult elephant by plane is no small task, and has only been undertaken a handful of times. Helpers packed his trunk with 200 kilograms (450 pounds) of food to snack on during the seven-hour flight aboard a jumbo Russian cargo plane. A tube system was installed in his transport crate to handle up to 200 litres (58 gallons) of urine. Activists have accused the zoo in Islamabad of chaining Kaavan up, and of not properly sheltering him during the searing summers there. Conditions were so bad that in May, a judge ruled that all the zoo's animals should be relocated. bur-dhc/rma Placed under RMCO by Putrajaya, Sarawak sends all divisions except Sibu back under CMCO Muhyiddin announces formation of Emergency management technical committee UN troops recapture C.African city from rebels UN peacekeeping troops said they have retaken control of a city in the Central African Republic captured two weeks ago by armed groups waging an offensive against the government of President Faustin Archange Touadera.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3523
__label__cc	0.511592	0.488408	Last edited by Kagor Wednesday, May 6, 2020 \| History 6 edition of The Reformation to Industrial Revolution found in the catalog. The Reformation to Industrial Revolution Christopher Hill 1530-1780; Volume 2 (Economic Hist of Britain) by Christopher Hill Published January 30, 1970 by Penguin (Non-Classics) . British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700, Economic history, c 1500 to c 1600, Business & Economics, History / General, Business / Economics / Finance, Scientific Revolution, drastic change in scientific thought that took place during the 16th and 17th centuries.A new view of nature emerged during the Scientific Revolution, replacing the Greek view that had dominated science for almost 2, years. Science became an autonomous discipline, distinct from both philosophy and technology, and it came to be regarded as having utilitarian goals. The Industrial Revolution, which took place from the 18th to 19th centuries, was a period during which predominantly agrarian, rural societies in Europe and America became industrial and urban. The Industrial Revolution was introduced by Europeans into Asia, and the last years of the 19th and the early years of the 20th cent. saw the development of industries in India, China, and Japan. However, Japan is the only country of E Asia that may be said to have had a real Industrial Revolution. I’d say the relationship is indirect, at best. The main argument to be made is that the Reformation broke the hold the Roman Catholic Church had on intellectual life in Western Europe. The Renaissance Church dominated academia (it ran all the univ. The Reformation; The Scientific Revolution; The Age of Enlightenment; The Age of Revolution; The Industrial Revolution; Aligned to Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Download the free sample chapter located in "Additional Info." © High school. 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Go to Google Play Now» Reformation to Industrial Revolution: Christopher Hill. Penguin Books, - History - pages. 0 Reviews. From inside the book. What people are saying - Write a review. We haven't found any reviews in. 1: Introduction --Argument --pt. 2: From reformation to revolution --National unification --The People --Agriculture and agrarian relations --Trade, colonies and foreign relations --Industry and government economic policy --Finance --Religion and intellectual life --From peasant's revolts to revolution --pt. 3: The Revolution. The period witnessed the making of modern English society. Under the Tudors, England was a society of subsistence agriculture, in which it was taken for granted that a fully human existence was possible only for the landed ruling class. ByEngland was a national market on the threshold of industrial revolution, and the ideology of. The Paperback of the Reformation to Industrial Revolution: by Christopher Hill at Barnes & Noble. FREE Shipping on $35 or more. Due to COVID, orders may be : Verso Books. Reformation is a related term of revolution. As a proper noun reformation is the reformation. As a noun revolution is revolution. The periods during the Reformation, Industrial Revolution, and the World at War all experienced religious and church conflicts. During the Renaissance and Reformation ( – ), the fundamental practices of the church came under fire. The church at. Reformation to Industrial Revolution: a social and economic history of Britain,Volume 1; Volumes Christopher Hill Weidenfeld and Nicolson, - Great Britain - pages. This book deals with the intervening years, and explains how England acquired this unique position in history. Esteemed historian Christopher Hill recounts a story that begins with the break with Europe before hitting a tumultuous period of war and revolution, combined with a cultural and scientific flowering that made up the early modern. Reformation or Revolution from Peter Hammond Fight for Faith and Freedom Dr. Martin Luther declared: “If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the truth of God, except precisely that point which the world and the devil are at that moment attacking, then I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be. What did John Clavin, Martin Luther, and King Henry VIII argue for/want/their purpose in the protestant reformation The y argued for a religious and political redistribution of power Historians usually date the beginning of the Protestant Reformation to the.This division of reform movements follows the historian Norman Ware's categorization. For more, see his book, “The Industrial Worker", Chapters *Fourier’s views inspired the founding of American utopian communities in Ohio, Texas, New Jersey and New York.Thus in vol. 3 book 9 chap. 4, the Committee had been stopped by this expression: “It is the Episcopal authority itself that Luther calls to the bar of judgment in the person of the German primate.” The Committee consequently altered this phrase, and wrote: “It is the authority of Rome itself that LutherFile Size: 5MB. cinemavog-legrauduroi.com - The Reformation to Industrial Revolution book © 2020	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3530
__label__wiki	0.850276	0.850276	BY Maggie Sciortino From the March 2019 issue Rediscovering U Helps Women Weather the Storm of Divorce Rediscovering U gives women a fresh outlook after divorce. Rachel Nadeau When Barb Greenberg got divorced after 33 years of marriage, she was left feeling confused about what she was supposed to do next. She turned back to her English major roots and leaned on writing. She wrote books and joined a group for women writers. Greenberg found the calling she was looking for through her writer’s group. After ignoring her friends’ suggestions to host her own workshops for women going through divorce, Greenberg finally followed their advice and began hosting monthly dinners at a Biaggi’s Ristorante Italiano in Eden Prairie (now closed). After no one wanted to leave the first session, even after the restaurant had closed for the night, Greenberg thought, “This is important. [The women] had a community all of the sudden.” Greenberg went through a rebranding. Her idea eventually molded into what is now Rediscovering U, a community for women to find themselves again before, during or after their divorces. Although women from all over Minnesota have shown support for the group, Maple Grove women have joined, either within the group or as sponsors, who are in the fields of family law, financial planning and mortgage banking, Greenberg notes. Rediscovering U acts as “a place where your story is honored,” according to Greenberg. Women who want to share their stories are welcome to do so but are never forced. “It’s so amazing to watch a person come in who’s really rattled and scared, and the person sitting across from her going, ‘You’re going to be okay,’” Greenberg says. She wants Rediscovering U to help as many women as it can reach as they navigate a painful transition in their lives and rediscover themselves. Maree is one of the many women who benefitted from joining Rediscovering U. Maree met Greenberg at a networking event and thought Greenberg could be a good reference to give to some of her clients, who were getting divorced. But when Maree began to feel unhappy in her own marriage, she thought to herself that “[Rediscovering U] is where I’m going to go once the dust has settled.” “[Greenberg] has really fantastic speakers that come in,” Maree says. As an avid reader of self-help books, Maree appreciates that each weekly meeting gives her a chance to reach a higher “level of clarity,” not only about her life post-divorce, but herself. While many of Rediscovering U’s speakers have opened her mind, Maree says one of her favorite speakers was a woman who came in to talk about one’s inner-voice. Rather than continuing to think negative thoughts about herself, Maree realized how important thinking positively was for having a more positive outlook on life in general. Greenberg serves as a facilitator to the women at Rediscovering U, according to Maree. Greenberg has been in their shoes and understands the difficulty of going through divorce, but she also knows that each of the women in her group can come out strong in the end. “[They] are very courageous,” Greenberg says, “They really want to find a way through this where they can grow and learn. They’re looking for hope and value coming out of this really hard situation … They physically look different from when they leave than when they came in … [I’m] very, very grateful that my experience led me to this.” “[Rediscovering U] is not anti-men,” Maree explains. Rather, it’s a group for women to empower themselves. “It’s a marvelous way to weather the storm of divorce,” she says. She appreciates that the group doesn’t only focus on divorce. Rediscovering U builds up all aspects of life and strives to give everyone a strong sense of community. Maree looks forward to designating, “Tuesday nights are Rediscovering U nights,” because she knows she’ll be around people who have dealt with similar circumstances as she has, as well. Because of the hard work Greenberg has put into Rediscovering U and the effort that members like Maree put forth in each session, the positivity is contagious. The group provides knowledge, a positive mindset and friendship, according to Maree. It also encourages the women to achieve a sense of resiliency. This lesson left Maree with a very different outlook on her own divorce. She no longer sees it as a major setback in her life; “Okay, I got knocked down, but I got back up again,” she says. If she has any advice for women interested in Rediscovering U, it’s this: “Start going early in the process, even if you end up not getting divorced … It’s reassuring to know that the resource is there,” she says. For Rediscovering U veterans and newcomers interested in hearing what the group is all about, Rediscovering U hosts its first ever conference in May—Rediscover19, which will be held at Medina Event Center. The format will be similar to a typical session, but it will be held all day, giving attendees the option of attending some or all of the programming. Greenberg recommends attending the Ask an Expert session, during which attendees move from table to table to talk with an attorney, financial planner or wellness expert. Each of these experts will have helpful hints or just give attendees general guidance. At the end of the day, all Rediscover19 attendees have the opportunity to do yoga and meditation with Jennifer Grubba from MN Yoga and Life Magazine. Greenberg says that it’s a perfect way to end a day full of a lot of information, so the women aren’t left feeling overwhelmed. Rediscovering U Facebook: Divorce Education and Support Twitter: @rediscovering_u Rediscover19 from 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. May 19, Medina Event Center, 500 Hwy 55, Medina. Early bird registration $85. Register at rediscoveringu.com. [Community] Announcing the 2021 Best of Maple Grove Survey New Indoor Recreation Space Now Open at Shoppes at Arbor Lakes 2020 Focus on Maple Grove Photo Contest Winners Soup’s On! January/February 2021 Digital Edition Expecting the Unexpected	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3538
__label__cc	0.521755	0.478245	Family physeteridae meanings in Urdu Family physeteridae meanings in Urdu is خاندان Physeteridae Family physeteridae in Urdu. More meanings of family physeteridae, it's definitions, example sentences, related words, idioms and quotations. خاندان Physeteridae Family physeteridae Definitions Please find 1 English and definitions related to the word Family physeteridae. (noun) : sperm whales Next to Family physeteridae Family physidae Previous to Family physeteridae Family phylloxeridae What are the meanings of Family physeteridae in Urdu? Meanings of the word Family physeteridae in Urdu are . To understand how would you translate the word Family physeteridae in Urdu, you can take help from words closely related to Family physeteridae or it’s Urdu translations. Some of these words can also be considered Family physeteridae synonyms. In case you want even more details, you can also consider checking out all of the definitions of the word Family physeteridae. If there is a match we also include idioms & quotations that either use this word or its translations in them or use any of the related words in English or Urdu translations. These idioms or quotations can also be taken as a literary example of how to use Family physeteridae in a sentence. If you have trouble reading in Urdu we have also provided these meanings in Roman Urdu. We have tried our level best to provide you as much detail on how to say Family physeteridae in Urdu as possible so you could understand its correct English to Urdu translation. We encourage everyone to contribute in adding more meanings to MeaningIn Dictionary by adding English to Urdu translations, Urdu to Roman Urdu transliterations and Urdu to English Translations. This will improve our English to Urdu Dictionary, Urdu to English dictionary, English to Urdu Idioms translation and Urdu to English Idioms translations. Although we have added all of the meanings of Family physeteridae with utmost care but there could be human errors in the translation. So if you encounter any problem in our translation service please feel free to correct it at the spot. All you have to do is to click here and submit your correction. What do you mean by family physeteridae? Whats the definition of family physeteridae? Definition of the family physeteridae are sperm whales	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3545
__label__wiki	0.929723	0.929723	‘Name That Tune’: Did Nicole get robbed despite guessing the correct song? Internet says ‘this is bogus’ Despite being better than Ciara at the game, Nicole failed to reach the Golden Medly round, all thanks to the format of the show By Ashish Singh Published on : 21:02 PST, Jan 13, 2021 Tags :American Idol Nicole on ‘Name That Tune’ (FOX) The reboot of the very famous music reality show ‘Name That Tune', as we well know, now airs on FOX and in the latest episode, we saw contestants Ciara from New York and Nicole from New Jersey locking horns with their sharp guessing skills in order to win a whopping $100,000 grand prize. Nicole showed some exceptional guessing skills from the very beginning and also won the first round they called ‘Remix’d’ where both the contestants had to guess the tracks being played as they were remixed into different genres. Despite being better than Ciara at the game, Nicole failed to reach the Golden Medly round, all thanks to the format of the show. ‘Name That Tune’ (Fox) Did Nicole get robbed on the show? In the very first round, Nicole easily took over Ciara with her confidence and quick reactions when it came to guessing the songs. The former won ‘Remix’d’ round as both moved to one of the most exciting rounds on ‘Name That Tune’ called ‘Bid-A-Note'. In this round, one has to guess a song in maximum 10 notes. Two contestants can bid the lowest and if they fail to guess the track, the opponent then gets to guess the track in 10 notes. Ciara and Nicole on 'Name That Tune' (FOX) Nicole started off well while pocketing $10,000 after correctly guessing the song in the first go. For $15,000, Nicole then bid for seven notes while Ciara went for six. However, Nicole got it all wrong and the steal went to Ciara and she pocketed $15,000. The next guess was for the amount of $20,000. With an intention to win, Nicole decided to go only for five notes. She guessed the track ‘I Will Always Love You’ correctly. Now, the last guess of the round was for $25,000, where Nicole guessed the track as ‘Play that Funky Music White Boy’ whereas, the correct answer, according to the show’s format was ‘Play that Funky Music’ which then Ciara got it right after she again got the steal with 10 notes. With a lot of bidding and too much drama, Ciara, in the end, pocketed $49,000 and also moved to the Golden Medley. Nicole, unfortunately, had to exit from the show after she failed to answer the last one correctly. Later in the show, another contestant Melissa guessed the TV theme as ‘90210’ whereas, the correct answer was ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ and it was accepted. A lot of viewers on Twitter slammed the show for their format saying that Nicole clearly gave the correct answer and it should have been her going to the Golden Medley round and not Ciara. Speaking on the same lines, one viewer said, “#NameThatTune should have given it to Nicole she was on point. This is bogus.” Another expressed, “@namethattune the last song ‘ name that funky music’....’white boy’ should have been accepted. The contestant got this song correct. Your non-acceptance of the answer because she added ‘white boy’ which is part of this song’ was prejudice.” Ciara on 'Name That Tune' (FOX) One shared, “That was a technicality for Nicole on the white boy answer .....Shes so sweet ....I think yall should have her back on another episode so she can try again.....#NAME THAT TUNE” Another added, “You see right there: The show was "Beverly Hills 90210" and credit was given credit for "90210." That's fine by me. But Nicole credit for "Funky Music White Boy." #NameThatTune” One user posted, “How is that Melissa could say “Theme from 90210” instead of “Beverly Hills 90210” and it’s acceptable but Nicole says “Name that funky music white boy” instead of “Name that funky music” and it’s incorrect? Nicole was cheated @namethattune.” One individual said, “Nicole was robbed!” #NameThatTune should have given it to Nicole she was on point. This is bogus. — Ana Gloria Pineiro (@ArtistAGP) January 14, 2021 @namethattune the last song ‘ name that funky music’....’white boy’ should have been accepted. The contestant got this song correct. Your non-acceptance of the answer because she added ‘white boy’ which is part of this song’ was prejudice. — Kelly Bevan (@KellyOhBevan) January 14, 2021 That was a technicality for Nicole on the white boy answer .....Shes so sweet ....I think yall should have her back on another episode so she can try again.....#NAME THAT TUNE — Jennifer Henson (@Jennife16972735) January 14, 2021 You see right there: The show was "Beverly Hills 90210" and credit was given credit for "90210." That's fine by me. But Nicole credit for "Funky Music White Boy." #NameThatTune — David K. Li (@davidkli) January 14, 2021 How is that Melissa could say “Theme from 90210” instead of “Beverly Hills 90210” and it’s acceptable but Nicole says “Name that funky music white boy” instead of “Name that funky music” and it’s incorrect? Nicole was cheated @namethattune — That guy with the voices (@ziganomotrics) January 14, 2021 Nicole was robbed! — GiLi Nails (@GiLiNails) January 14, 2021 FOX network’s reboot of the vintage musical game show 'Name That Tune' premiered on January 6, 2021. The original version was presented by NBC in 1952 and was created and produced by orchestra conductor Harry Salter and his wife Roberta Semple Salter. Cut to 2021, reboot reality show 'Name That Tune' is being hosted by Tony Award winner Jane Krakowski and Grammy Award-winning producer Randy Jackson, whom we all know as the longest-serving judge on the reality show ‘American Idol'.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3546
__label__cc	0.642716	0.357284	Scientists engineer toxin-secreting stem cells to treat brain tumors by Harvard University Encapsulated toxin-producing stem cells (in blue) help kill brain tumor cells in the tumor resection cavity (in green). Credit: Khalid Shah, MS, PhD Harvard Stem Cell Institute scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital have devised a new way to use stem cells in the fight against brain cancer. A team led by neuroscientist Khalid Shah, MS, PhD, who recently demonstrated the value of stem cells loaded with cancer-killing herpes viruses, now has a way to genetically engineer stem cells so that they can produce and secrete tumor-killing toxins. In the AlphaMed Press journal Stem Cells, Shah's team shows how the toxin-secreting stem cells can be used to eradicate cancer cells remaining in mouse brains after their main tumor has been removed. The stem cells are placed at the site encapsulated in a biodegradable gel. This method solves the delivery issue that probably led to the failure of recent clinical trials aimed at delivering purified cancer-killing toxins into patients' brains. Shah and his team are currently pursuing FDA approval to bring this and other stem cell approaches developed by them to clinical trials. "Cancer-killing toxins have been used with great success in a variety of blood cancers, but they don't work as well in solid tumors because the cancers aren't as accessible and the toxins have a short half-life," said Shah, who directs the Molecular Neurotherapy and Imaging Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. "A few years ago we recognized that stem cells could be used to continuously deliver these therapeutic toxins to tumors in the brain, but first we needed to genetically engineer stem cells that could resist being killed themselves by the toxins," he said. "Now, we have toxin-resistant stem cells that can make and release cancer-killing drugs." Cytotoxins are deadly to all cells, but since the late 1990s, researchers have been able to tag toxins in such a way that they only enter cancer cells with specific surface molecules; making it possible to get a toxin into a cancer cell without posing a risk to normal cells. Once inside of a cell, the toxin disrupts the cell's ability to make proteins and, within days, the cell starts to die. Shah's stem cells escape this fate because they are made with a mutation that doesn't allow the toxin to act inside the cell. The toxin-resistant stem cells also have an extra bit of genetic code that allows them to make and secrete the toxins. Any cancer cells that these toxins encounter do not have this natural defense and therefore die. Shah and his team induced toxin resistance in human neural stem cells and subsequently engineered them to produce targeted toxins. "We tested these stem cells in a clinically relevant mouse model of brain cancer, where you resect the tumors and then implant the stem cells encapsulated in a gel into the resection cavity," Shah said. "After doing all of the molecular analysis and imaging to track the inhibition of protein synthesis within brain tumors, we do see the toxins kill the cancer cells and eventually prolonging the survival in animal models of resected brain tumors." Shah next plans to rationally combine the toxin-secreting stem cells with a number of different therapeutic stem cells developed by his team to further enhance their positive results in mouse models of glioblastoma, the most common brain tumor in human adults. Shah predicts that he will bring these therapies into clinical trials within the next five years. Herpes-loaded stem cells used to kill brain tumors More information: Stuckey, D. W. et al. Engineering toxin-resistant therapeutic stem cells to treat brain tumors. Stem Cells. October 24, 2014. Journal information: Stem Cells Provided by Harvard University Citation: Scientists engineer toxin-secreting stem cells to treat brain tumors (2014, October 24) retrieved 17 January 2021 from https://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-10-scientists-toxin-secreting-stem-cells-brain.html Cancer stem cell vaccine in development shows antitumor effect Team discovers stem cells in the esophagus Tonsil stem cells could someday help repair liver damage without surgery A non-toxic strategy to treat leukemia Research team pursues techniques to improve elusive stem cell therapy An unexpected, and novel, target for prostate cancer—our biological clock New computational method detects disrupted pathways in cancer Artificial intelligence tool for reading MRI scans could transform prostate cancer surgery and treatment Scientists develop approach for exploiting cancer's dietary demands Study demonstrates efficacy of new treatment for neurofibromatosis type 1-related tumors	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3547
__label__wiki	0.546891	0.546891	Andhra government scraps plan for Vizag Metro challenge, to begin afresh Nirmala Sitharaman press meet highlights: FM meets state-owned banks Railways would possibly lower freight and passenger charges to spice up slumped financial system Steep upward thrust in China call for is helping arrest decline in marine exports A desert locust outbreak in the Horn of Africa along with the Indo-Pakistan border stays”severe and threatening,” that the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization said. “Breeding will last along either side of the Red Sea, which might be supplemented with the coming of a couple of tiny swarms around the Eritrean coast from Ethiopia, inducing a further increase in locust numbers,” the FAO said in a bulletin. Control operations in October handled 7,000 hectares in Ethiopia and Sudan. India and Pakistan treated 82,944 hectares and 22,650 hectares respectively. An increased Variety of swarms formed throughout October in India and Pakistan, the FAO said. The pests are moving west to Iran”where recent rains need to let them survive until the spring” An adult locust can eat about its own weight of approximately 2 g each day, and swarms can pay around 150 km (93 kilometers ) per day. A little swarm eats up to every day as approximately 35,000 individuals, according to the FAO. Gujarat Asserts locust attack in Check, Guarantees Reimbursement to farmers Analysis Forecast Growth Prospects Budget 2020: Centre kicks off Resistance Strategy to Repay income tax disputes The government has introduced an immunity scheme — Vivaad se Vishwas — for five months (until June 30) for taxpayers to settle disputes on earnings taxation, supplying relief from an”vexatious litigation procedure”, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Under the proposed strategy, one must cover just the amount of the contested tax — on doing this, you get full waiver of penalty and interest, provided the payment is by March 31. To get a contested penalty, where fee and interest aren’t connected with the contested tax, one must cover just 25 percent of the total for settling the dispute. If paying following March 31, an individual shall be asked to cover 110 percent of the contested tax (the surplus 10 percent shall be restricted to the sum of related penalty and interest, if any) and 30 percent of penalty, interest and commission. This strategy is a replica of this Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Legislation ) Scheme, 2019 (SVLDRS) for indirect taxation lawsuit. The expectation is that this could unlock earnings blocked in long-drawn lawsuit at different forums. Sources in the department state the entire value at stake in these types of disputes could be Rs 5-6 trillion. “Our government has taken many steps to decrease tax lawsuit. In the previous budget, the Sabka Vishwas Scheme led to settling ,89,000 instances…This season, I suggest to deliver a scheme much like this for decreasing lawsuit even in direct taxation,” the minister stated. Adding there are 483,000 direct taxation instance disputes pending in different appellate forums — commissioner (appeals), income-tax appellate tribunal (ITAT), high courts and Supreme Court. “This really is a really interesting provision. The step to collect taxes before March 31 without penalty or interest on people who pay taxes all pending disputes could be appealing for most,” sensed Dinesh Kanabar, chief executive in Dhruva Advisors LLP. The minister also suggested”faceless” appeals, along with faceless evaluation tests. The intention is to remove human interface and also ensure greater transparency, compliance and adoption of international best practices. The conscience, say experts, is that this may also result in doubt, as it might do any private hearing. In any case, that the Budget has proposed a charter for taxpayers and using it enshrined in the Income Tax Act. “Any tax strategy requires trust between the government. This is possible only when taxpayer rights have been clearly enumerated,” the minister stated. “Using a legal framework to stop tax-related harassment is really welcome. It’ll go a long way in developing investor confidence and trust,” said S T Patnaik, spouse, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas. To ease the process of allotting the PAN (income tax) amount, it’s been determined that PAN will be allocated on line immediately on the grounds of Aadhaar, with no one needing to meet with out a thorough application form. Further, the Budget rationalises the practice of enrollment in the event of non-profit, which makes this completely digital. Under this, a exceptional registration number will be issued to all existing and new charity associations. Further, a new charity association that’s yet to begin its actions might acquire provisional registration for 3 decades. Improving tax administration Additional removal of individual interface via faceless allure No dispute but hope strategy, a step to reduce direct taxation litigations Legal framework shortly for preventing tax-related # & harassment 13; TCS on remittance under RBI’s LRS strategy in trade over Rs 7 lakh Dispute Resolution Panel may even cope with non-residents assessees’ evaluations Raises the limitation of taxation audit to a 5 crore turnover from Rs 1 crore Indian citizen responsible to pay tax That Are not resident of any nation Assessing abuse high on schedule To confirm the abuse of this Reserve Bank of India’s Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS), the Centre has suggested tax collection at source on remittances exceeding Rs 700,000 at a year and available of overseas excursion packages. Additionally, the taxation on the selling of products in excess of Rs 5 million yearly by a vendor whose annual turnover exceeds Rs 10 crore. This is after stunt bureaus had emphasized several cases of manipulations. Richard's love for gadgets was probably triggered by an electric shock at the age of five while poking his finger into power sockets for no reason. He managed to destroy a few more desktops and phones until he was sent to England for school. Somehow he ended up in London, where he had the golden opportunity to buy a then senior editor a pint of lager, and here we are. The Union Budget 2021 might have put a grin on the faces of several taxpayers by introducing a new tax plan. However, for non-resident Indians (NRIs), the Budget comes bearing bad news. “An Indian citizen who isn’t liable to taxation in almost any other country or land will be regarded as a resident in India,” states Chartered Accountant Suresh Surana, creator — RSM India. This means if a Indian citizen isn’t a resident of any nation, they are now deemed an Indian citizen and their earnings will be taxed here. Nand Kishore, spouse, DSK Legal, states”Section 6 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, that defines the house of a citizen in India for the purpose of taxation was amended to incorporate an overriding provision. It states that when an individual, being a citizen of India, isn’t liable to taxation in any other state or territory due to their domicile or home or some other standards of comparable character, then the stated person will be deemed to be a resident of India.” As an example, if you’re an NRI staying in the united kingdom, you aren’t domiciled there and therefore exempted from taxation in that nation. And, in case you split your time between India and the UK, staying in India for just a limited time period, you weren’t taxed here . Now, this can alter. Why this movement Chartered Accountant Ashok Shah, founding partner, NA Shah Associates, states”now, if someone who’s a Citizen of India or a Person of Indian Origin, handled his live in India he stayed a non-resident in perpetuity, he wasn’t responsible to pay tax upon his international income in India. It was entirely possible for high net-worth individuals to organize his affairs in such a manner he wouldn’t be liable to taxation in any other nation and not in India.” So going ahead, all of the earnings of the stated person, both national and worldwide income will be taxed in India. Shah states”this will negatively affect High Networth Individuals utilizing the domicile mechanism to prevent tax worldwide.” What is the effect Surana states”this would impact such persons that were travelling round the world for company motives and keeping up their non-resident status in most of the countries where they travel. From today onwards, they’d be deemed to a resident of India and could be subject to taxation in their international income in India.” “For people of the UAE and other zero-tax nations, this might not have a direct impact but lawsuit in terms of’accountable to taxation’ and’not paying tax’ will once more crop up. A acceptable clarification in the authorities will prevent undue hardships.” Shah states”NRIs, who are citizens of India currently should decide on a nation with beneficial/minimum tax charges for being evaluated to taxation, in order to avoid bringing the aforementioned deeming provision” Taxing Times You have to spend at least 240 days from India to be considered a NRI from 182 sooner Despite all the NRI status, you still have to pay tax in India in case you are not taxed in a foreign nation This change will take effect from April 1, 2020, (Assessment Year 2021-22) Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget: Nod to Global bullion Trade at IFSC Market Research Publicist Inc. 114 5th Ave New York, NY 10011, United States Copyright © 2019. Market Research Publicist Inc.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3548
__label__wiki	0.753106	0.753106	Lingvist, Primo, Thinglink, Learnlight, Touch Surgery and Youscian Announced as Winners of 2017 EdTechXGlobal All Stars Awards Jun. 29, 2017, 06:36 AM LONDON, June 29, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- EdTechXEurope, the largest education technology summit in Europe, announced the winners of its EdTechXGlobal start-up awards at the fifth edition of its event on the 21st June at Kings Place in London. Winners of the EdTechXGlobal All Stars Rise Awards are Lingvist, Primo and Thinglink and winners of the EdTechXGlobal All Stars Growth Awards are Learnlight, Touch Surgery and Youscian. EdTechXGlobal All Stars Rise Awards The EdTechXGlobal All Stars Rise Awards featured companies who demonstrated the most significant innovation in the past year. The three winners are: Lingvist - Based in Estonia, innovative language learning program using AI technology designed to help users learn quickly and effectively by tailoring training to their needs Primo - UK-based, award-winning educational toy company designed to teach children how to code using a tangible programming language that doesn't use screens or literacy Thinglink - From Finland, a dynamic platform enabling image augmentation and mobile 360 storytelling to online publishers and 2.5 million teachers and students in 190 countries EdTechXGlobal All Stars Growth Awards The EdTechXGlobal All Stars Growth Awards included those education and training companies who have shown the most revenue growth momentum over the last three years. The winners of this category include: Touch Surgery - Started in the UK, Touch Surgery is a surgical simulation training platform for surgeons and healthcare professionals that uses cognitive mapping techniques, cutting-edge AI and 3D rendering technology to help rehearse steps of the operation on-the-go. Youscian - Finland-based interactive music service to learn, play and create music that serves 60+ million music learners from around the globe Learnlight - Based in Barcelona, Spain, a fast-growing international EdTech company focused on the global language and skills training sectors These six distinguished winners are also part of the 20 finalists across both EdTechXGlobal Growth and Rise Awards categories - honouring a selection of the most innovative, fastest growing start-ups. The 20 EdTechXGlobal Awards finalists include: Blinklearning.com (Spain), BridgeU (UK), Busuu (UK), Cialfo Pte. Ltd. (Singapore), Coursedot (Bulgaria), Examus (Russia), Fullstack Academy (USA), Goodwall Org (Switzerland), Growth Tribe (Netherlands), Learnlight (Spain), Lingvist (Estonia), Open Classroom (France), Peergrade.io (Denmark), Primo (UK), Snapask.co (Hong Kong), Thinglink (Finland), Toppr (India), Touch Surgery (UK), Wonde (UK), Youscian (Finland). "Participation for this year's awards has been higher than ever with 179 applications from 32 countries showcasing the best and brightest companies in EdTech. The six winners were selected for market impact, production innovation and growth trajectory of their EdTech start-up. All the entries from the EdTechXGlobal All Stars Awards highlighted the impressive work being done by EdTech players at a global scale," shared Benjamin Vedrenne-Cloquet, Co-founder of EdTechXGlobal. The EdTechXGlobal All Stars Awards is determined by a global panel of judges, evaluating various factors including revenue growth, scale, innovation and market impact. For each category, the awards showcase the top three start-ups across segmentation, geography and industry trends. The six winners received prizes to enable the continued growth of their companies from the partners of the EdTechXGlobal All Stars awards, including boutique technology-focused law firm Kemp Little; global leader in skills development City & Guilds Group; IE Business school powered programme designed to reinvent higher education in partnership with start-ups IE Rockets and specialist investment and corporate advisory group IBIS Capital. The awards took place during the annual EdTechXEurope summit, where 850+ thought leaders from 50+ countries joined more than 125 speakers to debate and discuss the 'Now & Next of EdTech' worldwide. Finalists have also been awarded the opportunity to join the EdTechXEurope team at worldwide partner events including Slush, SXSWedu, WISE and GETT. For full details of the EdTechXGlobal All Stars Awards competition and the event visit: http://edtechxeurope.com/. About EdTechXGlobal: EdTechXGlobal connects the global EdTech community through insight, investment and annual thought leadership event series, EdTechXEurope in London and EdTechXAsia in Singapore. The EdTechXGlobal summits bring together executive level investors, innovators, and industry influencers from worldwide education technology companies. Through extensive networking opportunities, the conferences in London and Singapore also aim to connect leading foundations, higher-education institutions, policy makers, and thought leaders from the industry. Now in its fifth year, EdTechXEurope 2017 was held at Kings Place in London, UK on 20 and 21 June, hosting 850+ global attendees and over 125 global speakers. EdTechXEurope was also part of London EdTech Week, which brought together 6000+ attendees to London from 19 - 23 June for 30+ connected, collaborative events celebrating the Now & Next of EdTech. The EdTechXAsia summit and expo will invite 1200+ global thought leaders from the Asia region and the international EdTech industry for a two-day event on 31st October and 1st November, 2017 focused on 21st Century Skills & Education in Asia and worldwide. Liberty Communications on behalf of EdTechXGlobal edtech@libertycomms.com +44-(0)207-751-4444 SOURCE EdTechXGlobal READ NOW: A critical test of NASA's moon rocket ended abruptly due to an engine problem, possibly ending hopes of launching in 2021 »	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3549
__label__wiki	0.631293	0.631293	T. Moore Sports Maven Sports Just get rid of Julio Jones Terence Moore Memo to the Atlanta Falcons: Water is wet, the cow didn't jump over the moon, and Julio Jones really is upset with the franchise. OK, Falcons officials know all of that. They just prefer to do what the majority of their peers like to do in these situations, and that is, they wish to become The Three Monkeys. You know, see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil, especially when it's their best player. Not only has Jones failed to attend off-season workouts this month in Flowery Branch, Ga, with the rest of his teammates, well, perhaps you've heard: He has deleted all pictures involving the Falcons from his Tweets by juliojones_11">Twitter and Instagram accounts, and he has unfriended everybody on the roster. He's gone, or he wants to be. That said, it's always hilarious to see how NFL team officials respond during these situations when one of their star players throws everybody in the franchise under the bus in public, shifts that bad boy into reverse and slams on the accelerator. We're back to Jones, sitting at the wheel of that bus as we speak. Not that Falcons officials believe what I just typed. According to ESPN, they say this is temporary for Jones, and they say he purged Falcons stuff from his twitter and Instagram accounts to get a "fresh start" on social media. As for the truth . . . This could be a contract thing (The Falcons are preparing to give quarterback Matt Ryan enough money to purchase several planets). This could be Julio channeling Randy Moss when that Pro Football Hall of Famer protested the catered food after a Minnesota Vikings practice ("Who ordered this crap? I wouldn't feed this to my dog"). This could be his eternal seething over the Falcons blowing that 28-3 lead two Super Bowls to the New England Patriots despite his spectacular catch near the end. The Falcons blew a world championship, and for that reason or for one of the others, Julio wants to bolt with his resume featuring five trips to the Pro Bowl. Such a departure works for the Falcons. Given all of Jones' aches and pains in recent years, he's an old 28, and for a Falcons team that led the NFL last season in dropped passes, guess who had the most? Yep, and there is this: If the Falcons trade Jones, maybe they could get back those five draft picks they wasted on him during the 2011 NFL Draft after they moved up to the No. 6 pick. I know, I know. I remain in the minority, because I said at the time, and I continue to think so now that the Falcons would have been better in the long run by using those picks to help a frequently shaky defense. I go by the Dan Reeves philosophy. You always can find a wide receiver. Quick: Name all of the wide receivers who were THE key to a team winning the Super Bowl? It's mostly the quarterback. You needn't look farther than Boston, where the Patriots unloaded another set of starting wide receivers in the offseason. New England boss Bill Belichick hasn't ousted Tom Brady, though, which means the Two B's have more than a little chance next season to snatch their sixth Super Bowl trophy. Which means, if this really is the end for Jones with the Falcons, they better hope Matt Ryan is as dandy of a quarterback as their big bucks say he is. Not only should New York Giants oust Eli Manning, but here's his replacement Even though Peyton's little brother had a nice run in the Meadowlands, it's time to realize he isn't effective anymore If you need an NFL QB, then fret over Kyler Murray's height at your own peril The way this guy performed last season at Oklahoma was splendid enough to negate everything else. With Super Bowl LIII nearby, this is EXACTLY what we don't need around here Somewhere, NFL officials are holding their breaths over Atlanta's weather, and for good reason When it comes to black head coaches, NFL isn't fulfilling Dr. King's 'dream" What's with the Rooney Rule? At this rate, the NFL just has the thing around for show, because it isn't effective. Michael Vick fans keep embarrassing themselves, and I'm a Michael Vick fan Sorry, but Matt Ryan is the best quarterback ever for the Atlanta Falcons, and here's why. Wake up, Falcons fans. It’s not happening! The Atlanta Falcons would love to play the New England Patriots again this season. That only could happen in the Super B Terence's Take: Episode 29 "Sean McVay, John McVay and the LA Rams" John McVay, the most under-appreciated person in NFL history, is the grandfather of Sean McVay, the brilliant young LA… Terence's Take: Episode 28 "You won't believe THIS about the 1998 Atlanta Falcons!" WOW! Twenty years after the Dirty Birds took Atlanta to its first Super Bowl, Terance Mathis reveals some amazing things… Terence's Take: Episode 27 "OK, stop trying to fatten Notre Dame football for the kill" Pitt? Navy? Syracuse? Don't be fooled. Notre Dame's football schedule is still brutal! Here comes Falcons-Steelers Sunday, so expect something like another 'shoe' game Every week, check out Freelance Friday, featuring a rising journalist who is (ahem) a few decades younger than me. See…	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3554
__label__wiki	0.722372	0.722372	Eli Wallach (7) Enzo Petito (1) Eric Stoltz (10) Embeth Davidtz (10) E.G. Marshall (10) Edward Binns (3) Ed Begley (2) Eddie Byrne (2) Emerson Gomes (1) Edson Oliveira (1) Edward Norton (15) Eugenie Bondurant (1) Ezra Buzzington (4) Erich von Stroheim (1) Eva Marie Saint (4) Edward Platt (3) Erskine Sanford (1) Everett Sloane (1) Endre Hules (1) Ellen Greene (6) Elizabeth Regen (2) Edward Furlong (9) Ethan Suplee (11) Elliott Gould (9) Date of Birth: 27 March 1970 Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations Download the full filmography actor Elizabeth Mitchell What We Found (2020) Crime \| Thriller \| Mystery Elizabeth Mitchell, James Ransone, Allie McCulloch, Kyle Paul A trio of friends are starting high school when their friend vanishes. With the police unable, or unwilling to find her, they take it upon themselves to find out what happened, undertaking a harrowing journey that will change them all. Are you sure, you want to add What We Found to your wish list? The Purge: Election Year (2016) Thriller \| Action \| Sci-Fi \| Horror Mykelti Williamson, Elizabeth Mitchell, Raymond J. Barry, Christopher Baker It's been two years since Leo Barnes (Frank Grillo) stopped himself from a regrettable act of revenge on Purge Night. Now serving as head of security for Senator Charlie Roan (Elizabeth Mitchell), his mission is to protect her in a run for president and survive the annual ritual that targets the poor and innocent. But when a betrayal forces them onto the streets of D.C. on the one night when no help is available, they must stay alive until dawn...or both be sacrificed for their sins against the state. Are you sure, you want to add The Purge: Election Year to your wish list? Kristin's Christmas Past (2013) Comedy \| Family Elizabeth Mitchell, Hannah Marks, Michael-James Olsen, Shiri Appleby A smart, sassy, 34-year-old woman who is estranged from her family goes to sleep alone on Christmas Eve and wakes up Christmas morning seventeen years into her past to relive the worst Christmas of her life. But this time she is able to go back and change not only her imperfect past, but her also her less than perfect future. Are you sure, you want to add Kristin's Christmas Past to your wish list? Nurse Betty (2000) Crime \| Thriller \| Romance \| Comedy Morgan Freeman, Aaron Eckhart, Harriet Sansom Harris, Allison Janney A Kansas City waitress with dreams of becoming a nurse becomes delusional after seeing her no-good car salesman husband murdered. Becoming delusional from shock, she becomes convinced that she is the former fiancée of her soap opera idol. What she also believes is that the soap opera is real and goes to LA to find the hospital where he works as a cardiologist. Meanwhile, her husband's murderers are searching for the drugs stolen by her husband and, as luck would have it, they are stored in the trunk of the car she drove off in. Freeman, an aging hit man planning his retirement after this job, also becomes delusional about the woman he is tracking. Are you sure, you want to add Nurse Betty to your wish list? The Santa Clause 2 (2002) Fantasy \| Comedy \| Family Tim Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell, David Krumholtz, Eric Lloyd Scott Calvin has been Santa Claus for the past eight years, and his loyal elves consider him the best Santa ever. But Santa's got problems (he's even mysteriously losing weight) and things quickly go south when he finds out that his son, Charlie, has landed on this year's "naughty" list. Desperate to help his son, Scott heads back home, leaving a substitute Claus to watch over things at the Pole. But when the substitute institutes some strange redefinitions of naughty and nice, putting Christmas at risk, it's up to Scott to return with a new bag of magic to try to save Christmas. Are you sure, you want to add The Santa Clause 2 to your wish list? Frequency (2000) Crime \| Drama \| Thriller \| Action \| Mystery \| Sci-Fi Dennis Quaid, James Caviezel, Shawn Doyle, Elizabeth Mitchell A rare atmospheric phenomenon allows a New York City firefighter to communicate with his son 30 years in the future via HAM radio. The son uses this opportunity to warn the father of his impending death in a warehouse fire, and manages to save his life. However, what he does not realize is that changing history has triggered a new set of tragic events, including the murder of his mother. The two men must now work together, 30 years apart, to find the murderer before he strikes so that they can change history--again. Are you sure, you want to add Frequency to your wish list? Running Scared (2006) Crime \| Drama \| Thriller \| Action Paul Walker, Cameron Bright, Vera Farmiga, Chazz Palminteri After a drug-op gone bad, Joey Gazelle is put in charge of disposing the gun that shot a dirty cop. But things goes wrong for Joey after the neighbor kid stole the gun and used it to shoot his abusive father. Now Joey has to find the kid and the gun before the police and the mob find them first. Are you sure, you want to add Running Scared to your wish list? The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006) Adventure \| Fantasy \| Comedy \| Family Tim Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Lloyd, Judge Reinhold Now that Santa/Scott Calvin and Mrs. Claus/Carol Calvin have the North Pole running smoothly, the Counsel of Legendary Figures has called an emergency meeting on Christmas Eve! The evil Jack Frost has been making trouble, looking to take over the holiday! So he launches a plan to sabotage the toy factory and compel Scott to invoke the little-known Escape Clause and wish he'd never become Santa! Are you sure, you want to add The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause to your wish list? Drama \| Action \| Adventure \| Sci-Fi Giancarlo Esposito, Colm Feore, Elizabeth Mitchell, Billy Burke Are you sure, you want to order Revolution ? Our entire way of life depends on electricity. So what would happen if it just stopped working? Well, one day, like a switch turned off, the world is suddenly thrust back into the dark ages. Planes fall from the sky, hospitals shut down, and communication is impossible. And without any modern technology, who can tell us why? Now, 15 years later, life is back to what it once was long before the industrial revolution: families living in quiet cul-de-sacs, and when the sun goes down lanterns and candles are lit. Life is slower and sweeter. Or is it? On the fringes of small farming communities, danger lurks. And a young woman's life is dramatically changed when a local militia arrives and kills her father, who mysteriously - and unbeknownst to her - had something to do with the blackout. This brutal encounter sets her and two unlikely companions off on a daring coming-of-age journey to find answers about the past in the hopes of reclaiming the future. Gia (1998) Drama \| Biography \| Romance Faye Dunaway, Angelina Jolie, Edmund Genest, Elizabeth Mitchell Are you sure, you want to order Gia ? Fact-based story of top fashion model Gia Marie Carangi follows her life from a rebel working in her father's diner at age 17 to her death in 1986 at age 26 from AIDS, one of the first women in America whose death was attributed to the disease. In between, she followed a downward spiral of drug abuse and failed relationships. Island (2011) Natalie Press, Colin Morgan, Duncan Duff , Denise Orita Are you sure, you want to order Island ? Based on 'Jane Rogers' acclaimed novel, "Island" is a tale of yearning and retribution. Abandoned at birth, Nikki Black has spent most of her life in care sustained only by fairy-stories. Incapable of love, fearful and desperate for revenge, she decides to find her birth mother, confront her, and bitter enough to consider murder. She travels incognito to a remote Hebridean island where Phyllis now lives as a recluse with Calum, her son.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3557
__label__wiki	0.975213	0.975213	Films, 2010s films, Horror films, High school films Supernatural horror films 2013 horror films 2010s high school films 2010s psychological horror films 2010s psychological thriller films 2010s supernatural films 2010s teen horror films American high school films American supernatural horror films American teen horror films Films about bullying Films about child abuse Films about mass murder Films about proms Films about rape American films about revenge Films about telekinesis Films based on American horror novels Films based on works by Stephen King Films directed by Kimberly Peirce Films scored by Marco Beltrami Films set in 1995 Films set in Maine Films shot in Toronto Horror film remakes Matricide in fiction Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Religious horror films Screen Gems films Self-harm in films Carrie is a supernatural horror film directed by Kimberly Peirce. It is a remake of the 1976 film of the same name. It is the third adaptation of Stephen King's original 1974 novel Carrie and will closely follow the book rather than the original movie. The film is currently scheduled to be released on October 18, 2013. 5.1 Teaser Trailer The plot of Carrie will be similar to the original 1976 film: a young girl with a religious mother and old-fashioned way of life is tormented by bullies at school. Gym teacher Miss Desjardin tries in vain to protect Carrie from the mean girls, who are led by the popular and haughty Chris Hargensen, but only Chris' friend, Sue Snell, regrets her actions. In an effort to make amends, Sue asks her boyfriend, high school heartthrob Tommy Ross, to take Carrie to the prom. After a cruel prank by her peers at the prom, Carrie is pushed to the limit and unleashes telekinetic havoc upon her classmates and the entire town. Chloë Grace Moretz as Carrie White Julianne Moore as Margaret White Gabriella Wilde as Sue Snell Judy Greer as Miss Desjardin Ansel Elgort as Tommy Ross Portia Doubleday as Chris Hargensen Alex Russell as Billy Nolan Zoe Belkin as Tina Max Topplin as Jackie Cynthia Preston as Eleanor Snell Skyler Wexler as Young Carrie White Michelle Nolden as Estelle Parsons Connor Price as The Beak Samantha Weinstein as Heather Kim Roberts as Ms. Arlene Walsh Mouna Traore as Erika William MacDonald as Sheriff Otis Doyle Christopher Britton as Dr. Dean McDuffy Philip Nozuka as Ernie Kyle Mac as Kenny Karissa Strain as Nikki Katie Strain as Lizzi Kimberly Peirce, the director of Stop-Loss and Boys Don't Cry, is slated to direct the MGM/Screen Gems film with a script written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa of Glee, Big Love, and Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark fame.15 year old actress Chloë Moretz, who has played the child assassin Hit Girl in Kick-Ass and the vampire Abby in Let Me In, has been cast as the title role, Carrie White. And Julianne Moore will play Carrie's fanatically religious mother. Portia Doubleday (Youth In Revolt) has also been cast as the girl who started it all Chris Hargenson. Gabriella Wilde has also been chosen to play the role of Sue Snell. About the new film, Chloë Moretz says, "… We’re kind of going off the book. It’s darker and much more psychological. More ‘Black Swan.’ You’re really looking into her mind and it really looks into the relationship of Margaret and Carrie. It’s set in modern time, so it’s a lot different… It’s something that’s very different from me. It’s an out of body thing. I’m becoming a totally different person for it. I’m letting go of all of my self-esteem issues and just kind of going into it. You have to." Sony Pictures held a "First Look" event at the New York Comic Con on October 13, 2012. It was followed by a panel session with several members of the cast and crew. The first teaser trailer for the film was released on October 15, 2012. Images[edit \| edit source] Moretz as Carrie Fan-made poster Fan-made poster #2 Moretz on set dressed as Carrie Teaser Trailer[edit \| edit source] Interviews[edit \| edit source] Carrie Panel at NY Comic Con 2012 Chloë Moretz Interview at NY Comic Con 2012 Links[edit \| edit source] Carrie page on the Horror Wiki. Carrie page on the Stephen King Wiki. Kimberly Peirce on IMDb Chloë Moretz on IMDb Retrieved from "https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/Carrie_(2013)?oldid=242081"	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3558
__label__wiki	0.939736	0.939736	Film articles without a specified rating, Films, 2021 films, 2020s animated films Films postponed due to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic Films with grumpy fathers Films where ladies take a shower Films with naked ladies Films where ladies cry Films starring James Corden Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment Films postponed until 2021 Will Gluck Zack Nalbandian Patrick Burleigh Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (shortened as Peter Rabbit 2 in other territories) is an upcoming live action/computer animated adventure/comedy film directed by Will Gluck and written by Patrick Burleigh and Gluck. The film is a sequel to 2018's Peter Rabbit, and is based on the stories of Peter Rabbit created by Beatrix Potter. The film stars the voice of James Corden as the title character, alongside Rose Byrne, Domhnall Gleeson and David Oyelowo in live action roles, and the voices of Elizabeth Debicki, Margot Robbie and Daisy Ridley. Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on April 2, 2021 by Sony Pictures Releasing under its Columbia Pictures label. 2.1 Live-action actors 2.2 Voice cast Despite his efforts, Peter can't seem to shake his reputation for mischief among the other rabbits. Once he adventures out of the garden Peter finds himself in a world where mischief is appreciated, but soon his family come to bring him home. Live-action actors[edit \| edit source] Domhnall Gleeson as Thomas McGregor, A fed-up young farmer Rose Byrne as Bea, Thomas's girlfriend Channing Tatum as Sawyer, Bea's grumpy father David Oyelowo as Nigel Basil-Jones, Thomas's foster father James Corden as Peter Rabbit, A jolly male bunny rabbit and the main protagonist of the film Margot Robbie as Flopsy Rabbit Elizabeth Debicki as Mopsy Rabbit Daisy Ridley as Cottontail Rabbit PETER RABBIT 2 THE RUNAWAY - Official Trailer (HD) Retrieved from "https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/Peter_Rabbit_2:_The_Runaway?oldid=291724" Film articles without a specified rating	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3560
__label__cc	0.749027	0.250973	Partnership program rewards Launch Web Trader PAMM: Money Manager PAMM: Investor Copy Trade: Introducing Broker Copy Trade: Investor Our Brand Book Financial Seminars News & Analytics Education FAQ 2020-04-23 \| Denis Sergienko Technical Analysis: USD/JPY funneling down to the short-term triangle breakout USD/JPY nears the break of the symmetrical triangle on a key day comprising US Jobless Claims, PMIs and House voting on a $484 billion aid package. Considering the normal conditions of RSI as well as likely upbeat performance by the data/events, the quote is expected to cross the 107.95 resistance, which in turn will trigger the run-up towards 108.60. However, the pair's further upside will be challenged by 109.25/30, if not then the return of 111.60 can't be ruled out. On the downside, a clear break below 107.30 could favor the sellers targeting the monthly low near 106.90. If at all the bears dominate past-106.90, 61.8% of Fibonacci retracement close to 105.20 should become their aim. However, intermediate stops to 106.00 and 105.70 should be expected during the fall. Join us on FB and Twitter to stay updated on the latest market events Contract Specs Payments Systems MTrading is a member of The Financial Commission, an international organization engaged in the resolution of disputes within the financial services industry in the Forex market. Address: First Floor, First Saint Vincent Bank Ltd. Building, James Street, Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. MTrading (ServiceComsvg Ltd.) incorporated under registered number 24275 IBC 2017 by the Registrar of International Business Companies, registered by the Financial Services Authority of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Legal: This website is administrated by General Brent LP Risk warning: Trading foreign exchange or contracts for differences on margin carries a high level of risk, and may not be suitable for all investors. There is a possibility that you may sustain a loss equal to or greater than your entire investment. Therefore, you should not invest or risk money that you cannot afford to lose. You should ensure you understand all of the risks. Before using ServiceComSvg Ltd services please acknowledge the risks associated with trading. The content of this Website must not be construed as personal advice. ServiceComSvg Ltd. recommends you seek advice from an independent financial advisor. Regional Restrictions: ServiceComsvg ltd. does not provide services to residents of certain jurisdictions, such as: Japan, the United States of America, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, and some other regions. For more information please refer to our FAQ section. Privacy Policy Terms and Conditions Terms of Business AML Policies Risk Disclosure	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3563
__label__wiki	0.722293	0.722293	Survivor jacob teel and 33 year old cancer For the first time, rosters were not divided by AFC and NFC players but were selected via a draft in which the best players regardless of conference. In addition to its alliance with Johnson, Under Armour works with numerous military and veterans programs, including Wounded Warriors and the USO. Bullock will miss time with a back injury, but Ellington brings some much-needed shooting to the roster. Wade has a player option for the 17 season worth $23 million. Lionel Messi 3. Los Angeles Lakers The Arena, Orlando TNT 9 PM July 31 • Orlando Magic vs. Dallas Mavericks The Arena, Orlando ESPN 9 PM Aug. It is the narrative of whoever won the World Series, Los Angeles Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said Tuesday. Crosby is now in his 11th season as an all-star center with the Pittsburgh Penguins; center MacKinnon is in his third season with the Colorado Avalanche. Odell joins retired Pittsburgh Steeler Troy Polamalu as brand spokesmen, A multi-media campaign is led by a TV spot, Shoulders of Greatness, that shows how Beckham Jr.’s abilities on the field and his personality off of it are impacting teammates, fans, his agent, family and friends. Over the last two years, the Bills have made moves in both directions in round one. A second call for proposals, to deal with custom basketball uniforms myotendinous injuries , is scheduled for June. Under terms of the deal, Lenovo can use NFL-owned trademarks in marketing and advertising activities. Consumers are embracing the possibilities that games now offer, to view, create and play on every screen. Oberto also has an alliance with Tough Mudder obstacle course series and NHRA’s Jim Dunn Racing. Opposing executive on trying to custom football jerseys for Bradley Beal: They were upfront and honest from the start and told us that it would take an enormous haul. Toronto Raptors The Arena, Orlando ESPN 8 PM Aug. I could talk to you for hours about how Lowe’s is not just about home improvement, it’s about live improvement. Kylian Mbappe 9. 29, the National Lacrosse League has signed another key deal, custom football jerseys time renewing its partnership with Team 22, the exclusive manufacturer of Under Armour Lacrosse. So why should you!? Portland Trail Blazers The Arena, Orlando NBA TV 4 PM • Phoenix Suns vs. The video game company said that cover voting has moved to the semifinal round, with the original field of 64 participants – 32 current NFL stars and 32 former legends – coming down to the last four. Boston Celtics The Arena, Orlando ABC 3 PM • San Antonio Spurs vs. Dennis Robertson: We Have Championship Opportunity, We’re Not Thinking About Kawhi’s Free Agency May 27 9 AM Kawhi Leonard has reached the NBA Finals in his first season with the Toronto Raptors following his trade from the San Antonio Spurs. ← Field definitely do a better job pelicans protecting orleans fan Athletes giving you bullcrap 2019 male →	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3569
__label__cc	0.629641	0.370359	SavilleKushner Commonwealth and Cuba: keep it in the family savillekushner@hotmail.co.uk April 22, 2018 Uncategorized The Castro family ruled Cuba for more than 60 years – then handed over to a close family friend. The British Commonwealth has had the same ruler for more than 70 years and is just handing over to that woman’s son. No hint of a vote. Public acclamation is all that is needed. In other walks of life the term used to describe these arrangements is nepotism. Each case lacks outcry – much less the Commonwealth case – but there is plenty of delicious speculation in its place. Will the Castro family still play a behind-the-scenes role? Is Prince Charles being given a consolation prize for being denied the throne? But where should our emotional energies be directed – and why are we not more angry about these things? To be fair, the Castro family earned their throne and put their lives on the line to win it. In doing so they liberated the downtrodden of Cuba from a ruthless, greedy dictator (Fulgencio Batista) who partied with Mafia bosses and used their methods to accumulate fabulous wealth. Having done so the Castros set up a Socialist system that so angered the West that they have lived in enforced blockade and poverty ever since. Notwithstanding that, every Cuban is guaranteed a home, subsistence food, free healthcare and free education including all forms of higher education. The Castros had an argument. Whether it still stands today is a debated question – not least in Cuba. But, for sure, the Castros represented their own people, spoke their language, lived alongside them, were part of their culture. On this side of the world, Queen Elizabeth – and now her son, Charles – are aged, white, English, Anglican, wealthy and landed. Their rule is over a largely black and Asian people, mostly poor, mostly religions other than Anglican, mostly under 30 years of age and of diverse cultures. Their rule was gifted to them along with fabulous wealth that was inherited rather than earned. Of course, Prince Charles does not ‘rule’ over Commonwealth countries – there are 52 independent – mostly elected – governments that do that. Even so, in 1975 Elizabeth removed a Labour Prime Minister from office in Australia ad installed a Conservative (Liberal) Prime Minister in his place. (There were unusual circumstances, here – she was constitutionally ‘Queen of Australia’ and had extraordinary powers. But such powers exist elsewhere in this post-imperial arrangement.) So this is not a game of Post Office or Monopoly and the Commonwealth is a system of political values and a powerful ‘club’, if you will. The fact that Charles shares little by way of culture, language, gender, lifestyle, beliefs or much of anything else with the 2 billion or so people of the Commonwealth is still extraordinary in itself and significant. Both Cuba and Commonwealth deserve a vote. Previous Anti-semitism in the context of other hate crimes Next The Domestic Product is too ‘Gross’ Published by savillekushner@hotmail.co.uk View all posts by savillekushner@hotmail.co.uk	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3574
__label__wiki	0.808907	0.808907	my finance tale myfintale.com Home » Politics » Loeffler’s Attacks Show Little Outreach to Georgia Moderates Loeffler’s Attacks Show Little Outreach to Georgia Moderates 12/17/2020 Politics Senator Kelly Loeffler’s campaign was designed to broaden the Republican Party’s appeal to voters in Georgia’s increasingly Democratic suburbs — instead the race has turned into a contest in which each side is hardening its core supporters and few undecideds remain. One of the main reasons Georgia Governor Brian Kemp tapped Loeffler to fill Senator Johnny Isakson’s seat last year was that she might appeal to White suburban women who have been pivotal in recent elections and have been trending toward Democrats. From the start, Loeffler described herself as a “lifelong conservative, pro-Second Amendment, pro-Trump, pro-military and pro-wall.” And ever since, amid President Donald Trump’s baseless insistence that he lost Georgia to President-elect Joe Biden only because of widespread election fraud — charges that have divided the state GOP — Loeffler has only hardened her positions to ensure that loyal Republicans show up for a January runoff. Trump already held one rally in Georgia, and Vice President Mike Pence is expected to make an appearance Thursday on behalf of Loeffler and another Republican incumbent, Senator David Perdue, who faces a Jan. 5 runoff election against Jon Ossoff. Biden campaigned for the Democrats on Tuesday. Some strategists have said Loeffler’s tactics could alienate the moderate and suburban voters she needs to win. And the stakes are high: The two runoffs will decide control of the Senate when the new Congress convenes in January. Democrats need to win both to gain control of the chamber. A victory by either Loeffler or Perdue would leave Republicans in charge and able to hobble Biden’s agenda. Loeffler has attacked Raphael Warnock, a Black pastor who leads the church once headed by Martin Luther King Jr., as a socialist and Marxist, and accused him of defending the “hatred” of controversial African American pastor Jeremiah Wright. Loeffler’s campaign declined to comment. On Wednesday, Loeffler’s campaign issued a lengthy statement on what it called Warnock’s “refusal to answer basic questions,” and chided the media for not asking them, a tactic straight out of Trump’s playbook. The statement hews to the campaign’s theme that Warnock won’t “renounce” Marxism. It suggested he was anti-Semitic by citing some criticisms of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians and because he once praised Wright, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan and similar figures. The statement links to material that doesn’t quite track with the claims. Regarding Wright, it links to aspeech Warnock gave at Yale Divinity School last month in which he encouraged people to view Wright’s entire sermon on race in America, not just the fiery clip that went viral in 2008 in which Wright says, “God damn America.” And another links to a Fox News report citing a comment Warnock made in 2013 in which he acknowledges a need for the Nation of Islam’s perspective but doesn’t mention Farrakhan. “There isn’t much room for persuasion in this contest,” says Charles Bullock, a political scientist at the University of Georgia. “But if there are certain things that may turn off some small segment of voters — then that can be decisive.” Although runoffs in Georgia historically favor Republicans, the small number of independent opinion polls so far have Loeffler running behind Warnock, according to polling aggregator fivethirtyeight.com. “I assume the calculus is based on who is going to vote in a runoff — a smaller universe dominated by base party turnout — and believing that your average middle-of-the road voter is not going to turn out on January 5 — so she has to give Trump voters a reason to come back,” says Dan McLagan, who worked for rival primary candidate Representative Doug Collins. “I think she lost the suburban mom a long time ago — they probably turned out and voted against Trump, anyhow, that’s part of their calculus,” McLagan said. Veteran political consultant Rick Dent said any hope of capturing White suburban women “went out the door” as soon as Loeffler was challenged by Collins, a conservative Republican, “and she turned hard right to win.” She has not returned to the middle, he says, because “the middle simply has no place in this election” owing to the quick turnaround time from Nov. 3 to Jan. 5. “Therefore, moving from the hard right to the middle in just a few short weeks in this runoff was not only impossible but may have exposed her as a total fraud had she even tried,” said Dent. Loeffler and Perdue are worried about incurring Trump’s wrath and have supported his attacks on Kemp and Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. The state officials defended the election process in Georgia, which voted for a Democrat for president for the first time in 28 years. The upshot is that it’s probably Warnock “who’d be the one in the best position to appeal to a middle,” Bullock said. Democrats are focusing their attacks on Loeffler’s and Perdue’s stock trades, a tactic that might appeal more to moderate and suburban voters. Loeffler has been criticized about her sales and purchases of stocks following government briefings to Congress on the virus. Those drive home that “these people are far wealthier than you are, if you’ve been laid off or had your hours cut because of Covid,” Bullock said. Warnock has countered her accusations that he is a radical extremist by saying in a debate that he believed in the “free enterprise system” and he notes that his father was a small business owner, answers that would appeal to moderates. Andra Gillespie, a political scientist at Emory University, says Loeffler is using a “type of racially charged” language, and that her attacks on Warnock will inspire White Southern evangelical Christians who turned out to vote for Trump to turn out again. “We’ve seen both Democrats and Republicans nationally, and even in this state, recognize the middle is vanishing. And so when Loeffler ran to the right she wasn’t just running to the right to beat Doug Collins, she stayed to the right because she needed Donald’s Trump’s base to turn out the vote,” Gillespie said. “Even with the shrinking middle, there’s somebody who is the middle voter.” The question is, “which of the two candidates is likely to appeal to them?” she added. “If she’s miscalculated, and that median voter actually could be more Democratic leaning in the state, then Raphael Warnock wins.” Warnock and Ossoff both need to win on Jan. 5 for Democrats to have a tie with Republicans in the U.S. Senate that could be broken in a party-line vote by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. 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__label__wiki	0.798226	0.798226	Naaju Viral Breaking News, International News, National News, Live Updates, Latest Headlines, Viral News, Top Stories, Trending Topics, Videos Home/Business/Tesla changes gears, again, and some fans lose patience Tesla changes gears, again, and some fans lose patience Brian O'Roak considers himself a fan of Tesla. Three years ago, the Oregon-based genetic researcher lined up with a six-week-old baby in his arms to file a deposit for Model 3. So when CEO, Elon Musk, announced By the end of February the automaker was finally going to start delivering its Most Affordable Standard and Standard Plus Options, Model 3, O & # 39; Roak has first ordered a Standard Plus, paying $ 3,000 more for the function. semi-automatic autopilot of the electric manufacturer. Just before delivery, Tesla representatives convinced him to upgrade and spend an additional $ 1,000 for a mid-range discount. Tesla delivered the car last month. So, when Tesla announced Thursday night that it would again change its pricing and packaging schemes and remove the $ 35,000 "affordable" form from Tesla's online order forms, O'Roak was upset. "Hearing the announcement, I guess I was quite frustrated and upset," he says. "I have the impression that we were lied to at the end of February. It looks like there is no standard model. He estimates he saved between $ 2,000 and $ 4,000 by ordering now and receiving the feature package he wanted. Her family loves Model 3 until now: the delivery has gone well, the local service center has been remarkably receptive and the kids, in particular, love the farting mode. But changing prices and feature packages have eroded O'Roak's confidence in Tesla. "We have not even paid for a car yet," he says. A Tesla spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment regarding the price changes. But in response to a complaint from a client on Twitter, Musk wrote"Other automakers are changing their prices consistently and significantly by varying discounts and rebates based on the bargaining strength of the buyer. Tesla is transparent and consistent. " For years, the electric car manufacturer's flexibility has been a boon and a source of pride – a demonstration of how an innovative, data-driven, direct-selling approach can change the game of auto manufacturing. "Tesla is very agile and can, based on its feedback, modify its pricing plans to meet the needs of its customers," says Karl Brauer, executive editor of the Kelley Blue Book Automotive Research Publication. "If they find an increased demand for a vehicle or configuration, they can change the price of packages. It's good. " But even for such dedicated customers as OW Roak – those who believe in the mission of the auto to slow climate change, save the world and have a good time doing it – the constant changes, which will are accelerated since the introduction of Model S, can be a little expensive. Kelley Blue Book, according to Brauer, suspects some buyers "of being hesitant because they find this inconsistency with the price and pattern approach. It seems that every week there is a new plan. " Namely: Tesla abandoned mid-range model 3 just two days before O'Roak's delivery. The price of the Standard Range Plus 3 model, introduced at the end of February, increased by $ 500 in less than a month later, and then again by $ 2,000 in less than a month. (However, the fixed price is accompanied by a few additional features: the autopilot, which once cost $ 3,000, is now standard.) In the meantime, the very promising model 3 of the Standard range, launched in 2016 under the Tesla's name, makes his entry into the mass. market, is now available only if customers call or go to an exhibition hall. And these showrooms? Musk announced at the end of February that Tesla would close almost all of its physical stores and lay off sales staff to place orders online. Less than two weeks later, the automaker reversed the trend by increasing vehicle prices by 3% to avoid closing half of the events. That's enough to make you want to pull out a spreadsheet. In fact, some Tesla online observers have. These price and strategy changes are not the norm for the automotive industry, says Michael Ramsey, an automotive analyst with research firm Gartner. "All the other automakers in the world do not sell cars to you and me," he says. "They sell cars to dealers, who change prices moment by moment. But the manufacturer does not set the price, it is the dealer who sets the price. That's why Tesla's price changes are "really unusual and irritating to customers who have already bought their most expensive car." Dedicated Tesla fans, a legion of enthusiastic, tech-savvy, and highly online buyers, who fill Reddit discussions and blog commentary sections while monitoring Musk and Co.'s progress in soap operas, do not do not always worry about changes. However, analysts believe that continued changes could hamper Tesla's growth beyond its technology-centric and customer-centric customer base in California. "There is no doubt in my mind that a segment of the population buying cars is skeptical of Tesla," says Brauer. This skepticism may be due to mistrust of electric vehicles, lack of local charging infrastructure, or the lack of a nearby Tesla service center. The car is a serious, long-term investment – the average American is almost 12 years old. It makes sense that buyers are looking for stability. On the one hand, limiting the market to price confusion is not a big thing for Tesla, whose latest production and delivery figures suggest that demand for its model 3 may be down. On the other hand, Tesla is still a niche company. Last year, it delivered 245,000 vehicles, versus 2.9 million sold by car giant General Motors. The Musc company may not need to convince everyone, not yet. And it should be noted that the electric car manufacturer continues to innovate with its approach to sales and service. More than a decade after the launch of the Roadster, Tesla is still the only player in the industry to embrace live updates and give customers access to new features (and the possibility of a new version of the Roadster). buy those that they initially decided to give up). some faucets. Other manufacturers have only started experimenting with this model a year ago. "Even though Tesla is a bag of cats and is constantly managed in a crisis, it's still very cool," says Ramsey. 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Read on below and watch interviews recorded live on our Instagram Story here. Read part one and two of this series at the links. We cheers and slide into one of the bar’s well-worn booths to reflected on what we’d learnt over the last two parts of this series. The drink is a fitting end to three weeks spent traipsing through the South Australian economy. We started out on this journey up in Kuitpo at the plantation forest planted in the late 1800s to look at the economy we grow here. The second part of the journey took us to a quarry in the middle of the suburbs, near Seacliff, where we discovered the value of rocks and took a look at the economy we mine here in South Australia. Our day today was spent strolling through the University of Adelaide’s North Terrace campus. Each department we walk past has a connection to the world outside and the economy we’ve wrapped ourselves up in – engineering, architecture, law, accounting, finance… economics. Our companion on the journey, Professor Noel Lindsay – Dean of the University of Adelaide’s Business School – guides us towards one of the uni’s most dynamic areas, ThincLab Adelaide. It is one of Australia’s first university-based start-up incubators, and part of a network of ThincLabs across the world. Universities have always been places of ideas, but increasingly they’re becoming places of innovation. At the University of Adelaide, Noel has long been leading the push to turn today’s smart ideas into tomorrow’s smart businesses. In 2006, he was a driving force behind the establishment of ThincLab. As we sit in the space, our conversations build on those from the first part of this series, about the economy of wine. We’re introduced to the ThincLab team and meet the Business School’s Professor of Wine Business, Armando Corsi. Wine is sold through what Noel describes as a basic economic process: “People make things and trade things through a medium of exchange, in this case currency”. Armando also teaches us that wine’s impact reaches well beyond the maker and the buyer. Go on campus with your hosts and watch the interview with Armando here. “The importance of wine in the economy for many regional areas is that wine is the pinnacle around which many other things can revolve,” says Armando. “Wine can support, for example, the gin industry, the food industry, it can make sure that people are not abandoning regional areas to all move into the urban areas. “If you take wine out of the equation many other things would also not be present.” L-R: Armando Corsi, Noel Lindsay, Zrinka Tokic, Ralf Zurbruegg, Julia Miller at ThincLab This expansive impact assessment can be applied to almost all the goods and services within the South Australian economy. The education of international students supports the rental market. The presence of forestry in the state’s South East creates jobs at the nearby paper mill. Conversely, the shuttering of car factories results in many small businesses that supplied parts to those car factories also closing. This interconnectedness is what makes the economy seem scary, and sometimes feel out of control. Our series is meant to be a bit of an antidote to the uneasy feeling that’s become mainstream since the novel coronavirus threw an earth-sized spanner in our works. We wanted to highlight the fact that South Australia can feed itself and others. We even make our own toilet paper here. As a paycheque allows us to have a glass of wine at the end of the week, the health of South Australia’s finances – its economy, and that of the nation – allows us as a community to have things like functional roads and high-quality education. Understanding how “The Economy” became weaponised against the very people who constitute it (that’s you and everyone you know), is not a simple 101 course at the University of Adelaide (or three-part docu-feature on CityMag). But we do see that the complexity of the economy has been used by politicians and the media to hide some of the more simple truths about this universal measure of success. “Everything with the economy seems to come down to a belief in the future,” Josh half states, half asks the group Noel has gathered together for one final go at demystifying the economy. “Like that plantation forest we visited when we started this series – that was a move based on hope, really, that in three or four decades time, those trees would grow and people would want to buy that wood and build things with it.” Noel wants a few more ingredients in the economy than merely a ‘belief in the future’. He says it’s about the present, too. “If I’m going to buy something from you, I’m going to give you some sort of monetary exchange,” he says. “But for that to work, there must be trust in money’s consistent value.” Trust seems like a precarious building block on which to base the fate of the global population, but Professor of Finance at the university’s School of Accounting and Finance, Ralf Zurbruegg, is quick to point out that, at least when it comes to currency, trust isn’t all left to chance. “You can ensure there is value in the currency by requiring that taxes are paid in the local currency,” he says. “By doing that, you’re creating demand for the currency and enforcing trust in it.” And Noel says there’s lots of mechanisms for making trust in the future less of a gamble, too. One of those mechanisms is the university that we’re walking through. “Developing an entrepreneurial mindset is core to what we do here,” says Noel. L-R: Julia Miller and Zrinka Tokic Zrinka Tokic has worked alongside Noel since 2006 and now, as Director of ThincLab, she is continuing to shore up the future by populating it with well-prepared entrepreneurs. “We have done years of trial and error to see what works best at ThincLab,” says Zrinka. “Each year we change, we add, we adapt. We are always in start-up phase, we practice what we preach. “Once people bring their ideas into ThincLab they receive mentoring, we do development days, we do quarterly planning, we open our networks, we introduce them to investment capital – it’s a whole other world they are exposed to.” Zrinka’s colleague, Julia Miller, lists Bygen, a company that turns waste products into activated charcoal that can be used in cosmetics and water purification, among recent ThincLab success stories. It’s the kind of company that paints a picture of a green, smart, and trustworthy future for South Australia. This may not look like much, but to a plumber it may well have changed your whole project flow. ThinkLab do rapid prototyping with innovators from every industry Back at Clever Little Tailor – where SA’s economic history can be seen in the bluestone walls hewn from the hills above Seacliff and in the family-made beverages served – hope for the future is also present. While the bar might not have the high-tech credentials of Bygen, it is innovative in its own right. “When we started, there wasn’t really bars like us yet in Adelaide,” says co-owner Dana Whyte. “We’re not a wine bar, we’re not a cocktail bar, we’re not a craft beer bar – we’re a bar for everyone. It’s a place where you can come for a special occasion and it feels right, and a place where it also feels right to drop in for a drink after work.” Dana and his co-founders trusted that Adelaide would support their idea, and seven years later they’ve been proven right. And their choice to trust has impact – it resulted in a cascade of events that have pushed SA’s hospitality scene forward. When Clever Little Tailor first opened its doors here, they were the only venue on Peel Street. Now, the laneway is full of bars, restaurants and cafés – a community of traders who sprung up in the wake of one good decision by entrepreneurial “can-do” thinkers of the sort Noel fosters at the University of Adelaide’s School of Business. Whether it’s a new high-tech business or a proliferation of venues, there’s plenty of positive examples that show the power of the economy to make change in SA. All it takes is a little trust in each other, a little trust in the future, a few good ideas, and some time. https://citymag.indaily.com.au/partnership/the-economic-effect-how-money-makes-waves/ Find review Author name * Author email * Headline * Rating Summary * More to share? (Optional) ..% Add a photo or file Congresswoman-elect Lauren Boebert to object to certifying B... 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__label__cc	0.738811	0.261189	Sweden: Nordic Resistance Movement Shows Us Outreach Is Fulfilling and Fun Charged With “Hate”: The Trial of Arthur Topham in British Columbia In Praise of James Petras Canadian Orchestra Drops Ukraine-born Pianist Valentina Lisitsa over anti-Kiev Posts The Most Incredible Story Never Told: LBJ’s Order to Destroy the USS Liberty The Shame of Reconstruction, part 2: The Whites Fight Back 1955: Historic Letter by the NRP’s James Madole The FreeTommy Rallies are Orchestrated and Funded by Jews Diversity & Evolution Bradford Hanson (Editor) · 16 June, 2015 by Michael Woodbridge MANY Racial Loyalists have come to the conclusion that racial diversity is not such a bad thing; if only it really meant diversity, or “Separate Development”! The purpose of this brief essay is to point out the short comings of such a concept. The Apartheid system of racial segregation in South Africa was founded on the notion of “Separate but Equal”. Before the oppressive days of “Political Correctness” even the one time Archbishop of Canterbury said that Apartheid could be morally justified if it meant a complete separation of the races. Of course, despite such idealistic hopes, what destroyed South Africa eventually was when the Whiteman came to rely ever more heavily on Negro labour for his economic survival. Negro labour therefore became a crutch upon which the Whiteman had to rely. Once the crutch was taken away of course it was found that the muscles had atrophied and the whole system broke down into the murder and chaos we have today. So the question remains, could a system be sustained whereby the different races of the world live in mutual respect and cooperation, whilst retaining their separate identities? Unfortunately, despite its obvious attractions, the idea of a perfect racially harmonious world overlooks the fundamental condition of mankind which is one of struggle. The ideal of universal racial peace is reminiscent of the cover pictures we see on the front of Jehovah Witness publications like ‘Watchtower’ or ‘Awake’. It suggests that all we have to do in life is to be accommodating and love one another unconditionally and we’ll be rewarded with a glorious picnic in the sky. However, just as cheap Negro labour became a crutch and eventually a weakness for the Apartheid system, so does a pie in the sky belief in the possibility of universal harmony, between self-identifying races, pose a threat to our own position. Although such a conclusion may seem bleak it actually provides the only framework upon which true love can exist. Life is constantly changing, no two experiences, no two feelings, no two moments are ever the same. It is our God defying theft from the ‘Tree of Knowledge’, the impulse to peer round the next corner which gives our lives significance. This Faustian, Promethean hunger is fundamental to White/Aryan man. It is the pinnacle of our blind evolutionary purpose. It defies the liberal notion of inclusivity and seeks exclusivity. It is through our evolutionary quest for the ever elusive perfection that we discover, bond and love one another. When Rudyard Kipling wrote ‘The Stranger’ he was describing what our struggle is about. It’s about our constant need to eliminate that which is alien, poison, toxic to our blood and racial being. Thus we free our essence for the next evolutionary step. ‘The Stranger’ The Stranger within my gate, He may be true or kind, But he does not talk my talk.. I cannot feel his mind. I see the face and the eyes and the mouth, But not the soul behind. The men of my own stock, They may do ill or well, But they tell the lies I am wanted to, They are used to the lies I tell; And we do not need interpreters When we go to buy or sell. The stranger within my gates, He may be evil or good, But I cannot tell what powers control.. What reasons sway his mood; Nor when the gods of his far off land Shall repossess his blood. Bitter bad they may be, But, at least, they hear the things I hear, And see the things I see; And whatever I think of them and their likes, They think the likes of me. This was my father’s belief And this is also mine: Let the corn be all of one sheaf.. And the grapes all of one vine, Ere our children’s teeth are set on edge By bitter bread and wine. [Poem by Rudyard Kipling] Source: Western Spring Wikileaks: Washington Pushing Estonians to Accept "Diversity” and Multiculturalism Who's Really the Extremist? - On the Insanity of Today's Overton Window Chinese Racialism is a Massive Force Multiplier Scott Walker Dodges Question on Whether He Believes in Evolution Separation or Annihilation Nature's Iron Law Proves Multiculturalism Will Fail Where a Negro Can Be a Negro Generation Zyklon Showing Resistance to Jewish Propaganda Tags:ApartheidDiversityEvolutionRacial DiversityRudyard Kipling CO₂ Level Rise Near-Vertical Now; Warming Impossible to Prevent The Rachel Dolezal Phenomenon God Is Making Us White 16 June, 2015 10:22 pm Diversity is the word of our enemies. In North America, the proper word is ‘amalgamation—forced amalgamation’. 17 June, 2015 4:01 am When people try to defend the Black race by saying, “But what about [Fill in the Blank] Black who’s highly intelligent?”, does anyone know which logical fallacy that defense would fall under? Franklin Ryckaert 17 June, 2015 3:15 pm @ Michael R That is called : * Fallacy of Hasty Generalization (Faulty Induction) * Occurs when an isolated or exceptional case is used as the basis for a general conclusion which is unwarranted. * I had a bad relationship with the first person I ever dated. I’m sure all relationships are bad. * The government’s bailout of Penn Central was a fiasco. Therefore, the government should never provide bailouts. From : Logical Fallacies in Argument : http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/dunnweb/logicfall.html When you compare groups, you compare the averages of those groups. Exceptional cases don’t disprove those averages. Our planet is a “diverse” planet, i.e. it is a planet inhabited by various racial and ethnic groups. These groups are often so different both in character and in level of development, that the idea of creating a coherent society by mixing all these groups together must be sheer insanity. Diverse societies are never stable or peaceful. Life in such societies is a constant fight for resources between the various groups. The best solution therefore is territorial separation. There is no “racial conflict” between Nigerians and Japanese, simply because these two peoples live in their own countries, and so should all different groups that live now in “diverse” societies. The Whites of South Africa never lived “apart” from the Blacks. They lived together in the same society in a master-servant… Read more » An Actual Jehovah's Witness 8 May, 2020 3:57 pm Jehovah’s Witnesses follow the Bible, which has a Euro-centric view. Advertising and recruiting other races is not supporting multiculturalism. According to the Bible, all humans were once Caucasians who landed in Mount Ararat, and the different races came about due to post-flood conditions. Look at how Jehovah’s Witnesses portray many early ancient civilizations, they are all Caucasian looking. We do not look at the world as a struggle between races that can be overcome with love. You will not find a more anti-liberal religion in existence than that of Jehovah’s Witnesses, which I am proud to admit.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3596
__label__cc	0.614131	0.385869	Graffiti & Censorship II Are chalk drawings illegal under local laws? Moreland Council city infrastructure director, Nerina Di Lorenzo said that chalk drawings were illegal under Moreland Council laws. (Tessa Hoffman, “A message for all” Moreland Leader 27/9/10 p.1) I have tried but have been unable to get a comment from Nerina Di Lorenzo but it does appear that Moreland Council has made it illegal for a child to draw a hopscotch pattern on a Coburg sidewalk. The Moreland Council is highly unlikely to prosecute a child drawing in chalk on the sidewalk. The legal threats were the council’s response to the political demands of the chalk marks as that were part of the campaign for a high school in Coburg. Letters to the Moreland Leader the following week were all in favour of the chalkboard hoarding. The campaign for high school in Coburg doesn’t care they have also been using a sticker campaign to get their message out. One un-stated reason for the state to enact draconian anti-graffiti legislation has been to censor and control the public space. And anti-graffiti legislation goes further in providing an excuse to censor computer games, films and magazines about graffiti because they promote illegal activity. For example, in 2007 70K, a local film about graffitists, including Renks who was a member of the 70K graffiti crew, has been censored by the OFLC (Office of Film and Literature Classification) and cannot be shown in MUFF (Melbourne Underground Film Festival). “The Classification Board also refused classification for the film, 70K, because it deals with crime (the defacement of public property) in such a way that it offends against the standards of propriety generally acceptable to reasonable adults. The film features documentary footage of people, with masks, disguises or their faces blurred out, vandalizing passenger trains and applying graffiti to walls in Australian cities, including Brisbane and Melbourne. The film is edited to rock music and does not feature commentary, interpretation, justification or explanation. In the Board’s majority view, the film glamorises and attempts to legitimise what are criminal acts committed in Australia and which have a negative impact on Australia and the Australian people.” (OFLC Report p.57) The filmmaker’s obvious mistake, as far as the OFLC is concerned, was not to have a pompous pedantic narrator and a soundtrack by Hildegard Von Bingen. For more about graffiti and censorship see my blog entry from 2009: Graffiti & censorship. Trying to control and censoring the messages on the street is a reason for enacting anti-graffiti legislation. Anti-graffiti legislation is about censoring the young and poor. People passionately quote Heinrich Hein about burning books but anywhere that they destroy and censor they will also destroy people. About Mark Holsworth Writer, independent researcher and artist, Mark Holsworth is the author of the book Sculptures of Melbourne. View all posts by Mark Holsworth This entry was posted on Thursday, January 13th, 2011 at 3:34 PM and tagged with 70K, censor, Censorship, Coburg, Moreland City Council, Office of Film and Literature Classification and posted in Censorship, Street Art. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. « Reader’s Poll Artist Market » One response to “Graffiti & Censorship II” skull front virtual graffiti is where it’s at. http://www.zazzle.com/jared_lee_loughner_sticker-217873334321675603 Copyright © 2018 Mark S. Holsworth All rights reserved.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3599
__label__wiki	0.748216	0.748216	Missions and expeditions Away mission A starship crew on an away mission An away mission was a mission during which an away team, such as a landing party or boarding party, performed tasks in locations outside of their starship or starbase. This included missions on planetary surfaces and other starships. Away missions ranged from exploration or first contact to combat. The majority of these missions were launched using a ship's transporter to send the crew to their destination. When use of the transporter was dangerous or impossible, shuttlecraft were used. Starfleet had several regulations and guidelines concerning away missions. While during the 23rd century, it was commonplace for a ship's captain to lead away missions, in the 24th century, this was discouraged in favor of having the first officer lead the away team. This new regulation did not prevent captains from joining all away team missions, however. For example, Captain Kathryn Janeway was part of the team that stole a transwarp coil from a Borg sphere and led the rescue mission into the heart of Borg territory, personally rescuing Seven of Nine. (VOY: "Dark Frontier") Several years later, Captain Jean-Luc Picard insisted on joining the away team which found B-4, as he was "itching to try out the Argo." (Star Trek Nemesis) Picard also joined an away mission to investigate an alien species using triolic waves, following Guinan's enigmatic warning that "If you don't go on this mission, we'll never meet." (TNG: "Time's Arrow") In the case of medical emergency missions, it was recommended to keep an open communications link with the away team. (VOY: "Macrocosm") Crew were normally not assigned to away missions if they were unable to pass certain proficiency requirements. As of 2376, Crewman Celes of the USS Voyager had never served on an away mission despite the vessel's having been stranded in the Delta Quadrant for over five years, due to being unable to pass these requirements. Two other crewmen on the ship, Mortimer Harren and William Telfer, had also never served on away missions, Harren due to never volunteering and Telfer due to being a hypochondriac and always getting an excuse note from The Doctor. This changed that year when Captain Janeway decided to mentor the group and assigned them to an away mission. (VOY: "Good Shepherd") Landing party Observation team Survey team Retrieved from "https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Away_mission?oldid=2686420"	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3600
__label__wiki	0.803543	0.803543	Miami Hurricane, February 14, 1978 Carni Gras has everything for you and your Valentine. What’s more romantic than snuggling together on top of the ferris wheel or getting lost in the Tunnel of Love? Let Cupid decide your luck as you win your Valentine a prize at a game of chance. Share the fruits of love with your Valentine, such as cotton candy, pizza and snow cones. How deep is your love? You may find out at Ihe kissing contest. All the world is a stage, and you and your Valentine can be players in the tarni Gras gong show. If your Valentine has broken your heart, seek love’s revenge by having Ihe untrue one in the Carni Gras jail. Treat your Valentine to Super-star performances. They’re free! Why don’t you and your Valentine stop off at the fun house— for a little fun? Share the moments of Carni Gras with your Valentine. See your friends and their Valentines. If you don’t have a Valentine, maybe you’ll find one at Carni Gras, where anything can happen. By JAMES FERGUSON Assistant News Editor I.ike the spring season. Valentine's Day is popular among the young for its ability to generate a spirit of love and tenderness But Zero Population Growth (ZPG) is also in on the scene. As a matter of fact, it has declared today as "Love Carefully Day." "When we suggest that teens ‘love carefully,' the words are chosen deliberately," said Deborah Morgan, an official of the ZPG group. "Loving means caring, and a loving teenager will think more than twice about the risks and disadvantages that come from early pregnancy and parenting." According to ZPG, the most effective method of birth control next to ZPG Love Carefully Day sterilization is the pill, which is most effective when taken every day at the same time. Douching, a common practice among teenagers to prevent pregnancy. has been labeled an "unsafe" method by ZPG and the National Organization of Non-Parents. A study done by ZPG reveals that the biggest problem or cause of illegitimate births is "ignorance." A survey of parents showed that only 44 per cent of the fathers know when, during their wives' menstrual cycles, they could become pregnant. Only 62 per cent of the mothers knew. "A female's 'safe time' or time when she could engage in sexual intercourse with the least chance of becoming pregnant is just around or during her menstrual period." Morgan said. "But. a female is most fer- tile during the middle of her cycle.'' Dr. Euan G. Robertson of the Jackson Medical Center considers illegitimate children a “medical and social disaster." Dr. Robertson has asked the federal government for a $2.5 million grant to study the consequences of illegitimacy upon mother and child "We know how illegitimacy happens; we'd like to learn why. and what we can do about it." Dr. Robertson said. The Center for Health Statistics reports the national average of illegitimate births as 14.1 percent. But in Dade County the average is an entire seven points above this figure. A ZPG study showed that in New York the problem is so grave that the situation has meant “substantial costs imposed on taxpayers and massive, probably lasting, damage inflicted on the children by adults both irresponsible and antisocial." In 1975. Washington. D.C. became the first American city to have more children born out of wedlock than born to married women. The figures: 4,988 illegitimate compared to 4.758 legitimate. Another problem of concern to ZPG is that of venereal disease. "Most people still think you can only get venereal disease only through completed intercourse with an infected partner. But that's false." Morgan said. “You can get venereal disease even from kissing an infected partner who has an open sore in his or her mouth." Morgan as added that one can celebrate Valentine's Day in his or her special way. but that “loving, and loving carefully, is most important to teenagers." U M carnival to be starting on Thursday By JOSHl A DANN and CINDY CUTLER Of th» Hurricane Staff Carni Gras, the nation's largest college carnival, will officially begin 7 pm. Thursday, running 7 to II p.m. It will run 5 p.m to midnight. on Friday, and noon to midnight, Saturday. One of the many attractions Carni Gras has to offer is the Magic Midway, featuring the Super Himalaya, the Toboggan, the Hurricane, the double skywheel and much more This year, there will be 120 booths at Carni Gras, more than ever before. Some organizations have food booths, boasting a long list of delights pleasing both the junk food junkie and the health food freak Other organizations sponsor booths with prizes for the skillful or the lucky. In keeping with the carnival spirit. a host of clowns will be distributing Carni Gras balloons and lolli- UMgets By JOE CLICK Lester Williams, Carol City high's All-American defensive tackle and he most sought after college foot-rail prospect in the nation, signed a ichoiarship grant, yesterday, with the University. Williams, a 6-5, 264-pounder, hose Miami over such national rowerhouses as Oklahoma. Ohio State. Michigan, Colorado and UCLA "1 enjoyed taking the other trips to interested universities)," said Williams at an afternoon press conference. "but I want to stay at home "Another reason why I decided to come here is because they are building here.and I feel I can be a big ingredient in that building." Arnie Romero, the UM's outside linebacker coach and the man who recruited Williams for nearly three vears. agreed with Williams and then cited other reasons for Lester picking the Hurricanes. "Lester has always liked it in Miami and when he traveled he saw different communities." explained Romero. "He saw how great Miami really is. You really don't know how great Dade County really is until you leave. “Coach (Lou) Saban also had a lot to do with Lester coming here." Romero added. "The original visit to Lester's home was made with coach pops Every hour on the hour, a different organization will sponsor contests from beer drinking to kissing. with a prize for every winner. Special events include the Gong show, where everyone is invited to be a star There is also the Coconut Grove Children's Theatre, which will be performing on Saturday. A wet T-shirt contest and a Superstar Stud contest also headline the bill of special events. Everyone is invited to enter all contests Carni Gras originated in 1951 as the Chi Omega Sun Festival, but in 1954 it was taken over by the University and renamed "Carni Gras." It is now the largest event held on the UM Campus, involving the entire student body in some facet or other This year there is more off-campus publicity than ever before, due to the efforts of the promotion and publicity committees Various pro- See Page 7 Lcsler W ¡Hiatus Saban. And that visit opened ihe door for things to follow." Williams, who led Carol City to the state Class AAAA state championship his senior year and to the runner-up tackles this past season. His 75 assists gave the All-Stater an unbelievable 215 total stops lie also had a hand in 19 quarterback sacks See Page 11 Helen Fagin receives Holocaust Award Dr. Helen Fagin. a survivor of the Holocaust and professor of English literature at UM. was one of two persons honored by the New York Society of Clinical Psychologists last Saturday at New York University. She will receive their Holocaust Memorial Award for her paper. "Hell Translated: A Survivor's Approach to the Holocaust." Tom Wicker, associate publisher of the New York Times, will receive the Martin Luther King !r. Award for his book on the Attica uprising. A Time to Die. Fagin's paper consists of two parts: one. a personal look backward. revealing some of her experiences during the five years she spent in the ghettos, labor and concentration camps of Poland: and two dealing with her approach in teaching the Literature of the Holocaust, a course she initiated at the UM six years ago The Holocaust is a growing topic of study and interest. When Dr. Fagin introduced the course at UM in 1973. it was the only Holocaust literature course in the country. Now. it is taught in several colleges as well as high schools in Philadelphia and New York. It is being considered for Miami high schools The decision to teach the course was one fraught with great inner turmoil because of the emotional character of the subject matter which Fagin had experienced firsthand. She saw her parents taken away to the crematorium at Treblin-ka, helped one of her two sisters escape through a hole in a ghetto wall and had many harrowing escapades herself. "Our survival took us into a series of complicated and desperate events: living on false papers in Warsaw' and in the Warsaw ghetto, working in labor camps and in German defense factories, joining a concent. What stands out in my mind while recalling all the different stages in our fight for life was the constant running, hiding and persecution. We felt always as if the ground was burning under out feet." Fagin said But she will only go so far in telling of her experiences. "They stop." she says, "at the threshold of hell.” Professor Robert Sandler, a colleague in the English department, suggested that she consider teaching a course in literature of the Holocaust. It was the writer Elie Weisel who. when he spoke at the Universi- ty's Hillel Jewish Student Center, who convinced her to take the step. “Helen, if we (the survivors) don't do it, we will have to leave it to those who can only interpret it," Weisel told her. Considering Weisel's words. Fagin realized that in another 25 years, the survivors of the Holocaust. like its victims, would be obsolete, "silenced by the oblivion of time and the biological process.” "I could use my Holocaust experiences in a way which would not only make my survival more meaningful. but would help bring a better understanding of it to a new generation." she said She teaches it only once a year, in the fall semester, because it is still painful, but she is determined "to rise above an emotional approach to concentrate on teaching a positive human lesson." Fagin said that the lesson she has to teach is morality. “I became strongly convinced that the Holocaust could serve as a constructive lesson in teaching personal morality to young men and women of this generation and to those of any generation. The young student must learn to discern the humanity and the inhumanity underlying some of these actions. We must use this insight as a guide for his own standards of behavior and in his judgement of others. He must search his soul for he may need, perhaps, to clean his own moral house and revise his own structure of personal prejudices." Fagin said Fagin promises her students no answers to their questions and finds they discover their own answers. NBC is planning to televise a four-part series on the subject. April 16. 17. 18 and 19. and 't is expected to have the same sort of impact as Roots" did The Jewish Federation of Greater Miami has asked F'agin to lead a workshop and evaluation of the program following the telecast Tentative dates are either April 20 or 24. She will also participate in a program on teaching the Literature of the Holocaust at the National Conference of Christians and Jews in New York. March 4 to 6. where the topic this year is “The Church and the Holocaust." One of the strongest motivators of individual survival for victims of the Holocaust." she says, "was to tell it to the world, so all men would know." Drost-Hansen pupil of late Mels Bohr By JEFF BRESLOW Hurricant Staff Wri»r To conduct research for a Nobel Prize winner, to attend a dinner party in which 14 Nobel Prize winners were among the guests— Chemistry Professor Walter Drost-Hansen has done both. As a student at the University of Copenhagen. Denmark. Drost-Han-stn was offered the position of junior scientific collaborator at Niels Bohr's Institute. In more contemporary terms. Drost-Hansen became a graduate student researcher for Niels Bohr, the Danish physicist. "He is most famous for developing the first quantum mechanics treatment of the hydrogen atom explaining the hydrogen spectrum." Drost-Hansen said. For his theory of quantum mechanics. Bohr was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1922. Bohr wanted a student to work at his institute to prepare uranium hexa-flouride Drost-Hansen filled the position, and today he tells stories about his experiences with Bohr and associates. Drost-Hansen has been a UM professor since 1964 His is listed in Who's Who in the Southeast. One story Drost-Hansen speaks of describes Bohr's intense concentration Bohr was known for his inability to keep his pipe lit. He was so “absorbed in things" that he constantly had to relight his pipe. “Bohr would come into my laboratory about once a week and check on how I was doing. One day while he was in my laboratory, his pipe went out He ran out of matches." Drost-Hansen said Drost-Hansen wanted to light his pipe for him. so he used a bunson burner. While lighting the pipe, the burner accidentally twisted and singed Bohr's eyebrows (Bohr had very thick eyebrows). Bohr was concentrating so heavily that he did not even stop: he kept talking without interruption. "Finally he said. 'It is okay Mr. Drost-Hansen. Don’t be upset about it. It is perfectly all right," Drost-Hansen said Another story Drost-Hansen relays deals more closely with his research at the institute while Drost-Hansen was attending a party at Bohr's 20-room house. Bohr came up to him and asked him to go for a Applications are a vailable for'Ibis editor, associate Applications are available to those wishing to run for the positions of j Ibis editor and associate editor. Filing deadline is noon. Thursday, in the Student Publications Business Office. Room S221 of the Student Union All applicants must be screened in advance by Communications Pro- ! fessor George Southworth. The editor receives tuition remission for one academic year and a sti- i pend of $200 per semester The associate editor receives a 50 percent tu ition remission and a $100 stipend per semester Applicants must be enrolled as full-time undergraduate students and have at least a 2.0 grade point average. ft ¥ Title Miami Hurricane, February 14, 1978 Full Text Carni Gras has everything for you and your Valentine. What’s more romantic than snuggling together on top of the ferris wheel or getting lost in the Tunnel of Love? Let Cupid decide your luck as you win your Valentine a prize at a game of chance. Share the fruits of love with your Valentine, such as cotton candy, pizza and snow cones. How deep is your love? You may find out at Ihe kissing contest. All the world is a stage, and you and your Valentine can be players in the tarni Gras gong show. If your Valentine has broken your heart, seek love’s revenge by having Ihe untrue one in the Carni Gras jail. Treat your Valentine to Super-star performances. They’re free! Why don’t you and your Valentine stop off at the fun house— for a little fun? Share the moments of Carni Gras with your Valentine. See your friends and their Valentines. If you don’t have a Valentine, maybe you’ll find one at Carni Gras, where anything can happen. Today is By JAMES FERGUSON Assistant News Editor I.ike the spring season. Valentine's Day is popular among the young for its ability to generate a spirit of love and tenderness But Zero Population Growth (ZPG) is also in on the scene. As a matter of fact, it has declared today as "Love Carefully Day." "When we suggest that teens ‘love carefully,' the words are chosen deliberately," said Deborah Morgan, an official of the ZPG group. "Loving means caring, and a loving teenager will think more than twice about the risks and disadvantages that come from early pregnancy and parenting." According to ZPG, the most effective method of birth control next to ZPG Love Carefully Day sterilization is the pill, which is most effective when taken every day at the same time. Douching, a common practice among teenagers to prevent pregnancy. has been labeled an "unsafe" method by ZPG and the National Organization of Non-Parents. A study done by ZPG reveals that the biggest problem or cause of illegitimate births is "ignorance." A survey of parents showed that only 44 per cent of the fathers know when, during their wives' menstrual cycles, they could become pregnant. Only 62 per cent of the mothers knew. "A female's 'safe time' or time when she could engage in sexual intercourse with the least chance of becoming pregnant is just around or during her menstrual period." Morgan said. "But. a female is most fer- tile during the middle of her cycle.'' Dr. Euan G. Robertson of the Jackson Medical Center considers illegitimate children a “medical and social disaster." Dr. Robertson has asked the federal government for a $2.5 million grant to study the consequences of illegitimacy upon mother and child "We know how illegitimacy happens; we'd like to learn why. and what we can do about it." Dr. Robertson said. The Center for Health Statistics reports the national average of illegitimate births as 14.1 percent. But in Dade County the average is an entire seven points above this figure. A ZPG study showed that in New York the problem is so grave that the situation has meant “substantial costs imposed on taxpayers and massive, probably lasting, damage inflicted on the children by adults both irresponsible and antisocial." In 1975. Washington. D.C. became the first American city to have more children born out of wedlock than born to married women. The figures: 4,988 illegitimate compared to 4.758 legitimate. Another problem of concern to ZPG is that of venereal disease. "Most people still think you can only get venereal disease only through completed intercourse with an infected partner. But that's false." Morgan said. “You can get venereal disease even from kissing an infected partner who has an open sore in his or her mouth." Morgan as added that one can celebrate Valentine's Day in his or her special way. but that “loving, and loving carefully, is most important to teenagers." U M carnival to be starting on Thursday By JOSHl A DANN and CINDY CUTLER Of th» Hurricane Staff Carni Gras, the nation's largest college carnival, will officially begin 7 pm. Thursday, running 7 to II p.m. It will run 5 p.m to midnight. on Friday, and noon to midnight, Saturday. One of the many attractions Carni Gras has to offer is the Magic Midway, featuring the Super Himalaya, the Toboggan, the Hurricane, the double skywheel and much more This year, there will be 120 booths at Carni Gras, more than ever before. Some organizations have food booths, boasting a long list of delights pleasing both the junk food junkie and the health food freak Other organizations sponsor booths with prizes for the skillful or the lucky. In keeping with the carnival spirit. a host of clowns will be distributing Carni Gras balloons and lolli- UMgets By JOE CLICK Sports Editor Lester Williams, Carol City high's All-American defensive tackle and he most sought after college foot-rail prospect in the nation, signed a ichoiarship grant, yesterday, with the University. Williams, a 6-5, 264-pounder, hose Miami over such national rowerhouses as Oklahoma. Ohio State. Michigan, Colorado and UCLA "1 enjoyed taking the other trips to interested universities)," said Williams at an afternoon press conference. "but I want to stay at home "Another reason why I decided to come here is because they are building here.and I feel I can be a big ingredient in that building." Arnie Romero, the UM's outside linebacker coach and the man who recruited Williams for nearly three vears. agreed with Williams and then cited other reasons for Lester picking the Hurricanes. "Lester has always liked it in Miami and when he traveled he saw different communities." explained Romero. "He saw how great Miami really is. You really don't know how great Dade County really is until you leave. “Coach (Lou) Saban also had a lot to do with Lester coming here." Romero added. "The original visit to Lester's home was made with coach pops Every hour on the hour, a different organization will sponsor contests from beer drinking to kissing. with a prize for every winner. Special events include the Gong show, where everyone is invited to be a star There is also the Coconut Grove Children's Theatre, which will be performing on Saturday. A wet T-shirt contest and a Superstar Stud contest also headline the bill of special events. Everyone is invited to enter all contests Carni Gras originated in 1951 as the Chi Omega Sun Festival, but in 1954 it was taken over by the University and renamed "Carni Gras." It is now the largest event held on the UM Campus, involving the entire student body in some facet or other This year there is more off-campus publicity than ever before, due to the efforts of the promotion and publicity committees Various pro- See Page 7 Lcsler W ¡Hiatus Saban. And that visit opened ihe door for things to follow." Williams, who led Carol City to the state Class AAAA state championship his senior year and to the runner-up tackles this past season. His 75 assists gave the All-Stater an unbelievable 215 total stops lie also had a hand in 19 quarterback sacks See Page 11 Helen Fagin receives Holocaust Award Dr. Helen Fagin. a survivor of the Holocaust and professor of English literature at UM. was one of two persons honored by the New York Society of Clinical Psychologists last Saturday at New York University. She will receive their Holocaust Memorial Award for her paper. "Hell Translated: A Survivor's Approach to the Holocaust." Tom Wicker, associate publisher of the New York Times, will receive the Martin Luther King !r. Award for his book on the Attica uprising. A Time to Die. Fagin's paper consists of two parts: one. a personal look backward. revealing some of her experiences during the five years she spent in the ghettos, labor and concentration camps of Poland: and two dealing with her approach in teaching the Literature of the Holocaust, a course she initiated at the UM six years ago The Holocaust is a growing topic of study and interest. When Dr. Fagin introduced the course at UM in 1973. it was the only Holocaust literature course in the country. Now. it is taught in several colleges as well as high schools in Philadelphia and New York. It is being considered for Miami high schools The decision to teach the course was one fraught with great inner turmoil because of the emotional character of the subject matter which Fagin had experienced firsthand. She saw her parents taken away to the crematorium at Treblin-ka, helped one of her two sisters escape through a hole in a ghetto wall and had many harrowing escapades herself. "Our survival took us into a series of complicated and desperate events: living on false papers in Warsaw' and in the Warsaw ghetto, working in labor camps and in German defense factories, joining a concent. What stands out in my mind while recalling all the different stages in our fight for life was the constant running, hiding and persecution. We felt always as if the ground was burning under out feet." Fagin said But she will only go so far in telling of her experiences. "They stop." she says, "at the threshold of hell.” Professor Robert Sandler, a colleague in the English department, suggested that she consider teaching a course in literature of the Holocaust. It was the writer Elie Weisel who. when he spoke at the Universi- ty's Hillel Jewish Student Center, who convinced her to take the step. “Helen, if we (the survivors) don't do it, we will have to leave it to those who can only interpret it," Weisel told her. Considering Weisel's words. Fagin realized that in another 25 years, the survivors of the Holocaust. like its victims, would be obsolete, "silenced by the oblivion of time and the biological process.” "I could use my Holocaust experiences in a way which would not only make my survival more meaningful. but would help bring a better understanding of it to a new generation." she said She teaches it only once a year, in the fall semester, because it is still painful, but she is determined "to rise above an emotional approach to concentrate on teaching a positive human lesson." Fagin said that the lesson she has to teach is morality. “I became strongly convinced that the Holocaust could serve as a constructive lesson in teaching personal morality to young men and women of this generation and to those of any generation. The young student must learn to discern the humanity and the inhumanity underlying some of these actions. We must use this insight as a guide for his own standards of behavior and in his judgement of others. He must search his soul for he may need, perhaps, to clean his own moral house and revise his own structure of personal prejudices." Fagin said Fagin promises her students no answers to their questions and finds they discover their own answers. NBC is planning to televise a four-part series on the subject. April 16. 17. 18 and 19. and 't is expected to have the same sort of impact as Roots" did The Jewish Federation of Greater Miami has asked F'agin to lead a workshop and evaluation of the program following the telecast Tentative dates are either April 20 or 24. She will also participate in a program on teaching the Literature of the Holocaust at the National Conference of Christians and Jews in New York. March 4 to 6. where the topic this year is “The Church and the Holocaust." One of the strongest motivators of individual survival for victims of the Holocaust." she says, "was to tell it to the world, so all men would know." Drost-Hansen pupil of late Mels Bohr By JEFF BRESLOW Hurricant Staff Wri»r To conduct research for a Nobel Prize winner, to attend a dinner party in which 14 Nobel Prize winners were among the guests— Chemistry Professor Walter Drost-Hansen has done both. As a student at the University of Copenhagen. Denmark. Drost-Han-stn was offered the position of junior scientific collaborator at Niels Bohr's Institute. In more contemporary terms. Drost-Hansen became a graduate student researcher for Niels Bohr, the Danish physicist. "He is most famous for developing the first quantum mechanics treatment of the hydrogen atom explaining the hydrogen spectrum." Drost-Hansen said. For his theory of quantum mechanics. Bohr was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1922. Bohr wanted a student to work at his institute to prepare uranium hexa-flouride Drost-Hansen filled the position, and today he tells stories about his experiences with Bohr and associates. Drost-Hansen has been a UM professor since 1964 His is listed in Who's Who in the Southeast. A One story Drost-Hansen speaks of describes Bohr's intense concentration Bohr was known for his inability to keep his pipe lit. He was so “absorbed in things" that he constantly had to relight his pipe. “Bohr would come into my laboratory about once a week and check on how I was doing. One day while he was in my laboratory, his pipe went out He ran out of matches." Drost-Hansen said Drost-Hansen wanted to light his pipe for him. so he used a bunson burner. While lighting the pipe, the burner accidentally twisted and singed Bohr's eyebrows (Bohr had very thick eyebrows). Bohr was concentrating so heavily that he did not even stop: he kept talking without interruption. "Finally he said. 'It is okay Mr. Drost-Hansen. Don’t be upset about it. It is perfectly all right," Drost-Hansen said Another story Drost-Hansen relays deals more closely with his research at the institute while Drost-Hansen was attending a party at Bohr's 20-room house. Bohr came up to him and asked him to go for a See Page 2 ★ Applications are a vailable for'Ibis editor, associate Applications are available to those wishing to run for the positions of j Ibis editor and associate editor. Filing deadline is noon. Thursday, in the Student Publications Business Office. Room S221 of the Student Union All applicants must be screened in advance by Communications Pro- ! fessor George Southworth. ( The editor receives tuition remission for one academic year and a sti- i pend of $200 per semester The associate editor receives a 50 percent tu ition remission and a $100 stipend per semester Applicants must be enrolled as full-time undergraduate students and have at least a 2.0 grade point average. ft ¥ * I	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3602
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__label__wiki	0.598036	0.598036	You are at:Home»Arts and Media»Crisp Museum Hosting History Events, Guest Speaker During Cape Girardeau Heritage Days Oct. 5-6 Crisp Museum Hosting History Events, Guest Speaker During Cape Girardeau Heritage Days Oct. 5-6 By Michelle Queiser on September 23, 2019 Arts and Media, History & Anthropology, Humanities and Social Sciences, Museum, River Campus The Rosemary Berkel and Harry L. Crisp II Museum at Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus is presenting history events in conjunction with Cape Girardeau’s Heritage Days Oct. 5 and 6. The Crisp Museum will be open from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. both days. These events are free and open to the public. Visitors can learn about the Mississippian first peoples; pioneers; and German, French and Spanish cultures. They may also step back in time with memorabilia from Cape Girardeau’s history, the Civil War, riverboats, and early agriculture and industries. The Crisp Museum is also hosting a guest speaker to celebrate Cape Girardeau’s Heritage Days. Dr. Joel Rhodes On Oct. 6 at 1 p.m., Dr. Joel Rhodes, professor of history at Southeast, will present “Haunted Cape Girardeau: Where the River Turns a Thousand Chilling Tales.” Rhodes will discuss how for nearly 250 years, the mighty Mississippi has offered Cape Girardeau a legacy of prosperity while also dealing it some fearsome scars. Rhodes will visually lead visitors through a memorable journey of locations across Cape Girardeau, including buildings cut by the shrapnel of exploding steamboats, swamped in the debris of sudden floods and haunted by the restless spirits of those who washed ashore. He also will address locations beyond the riverfront where the tragedy’s indelible mark can be found in places like the back row of Rose Theatre or the ashen mists of Spook Hollow. The Crisp Museum is located at Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus at 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri. For more information, email museum@semo.edu or call (573) 651-2260. Center for Regional History, University Press Publish Missouri Native’s Childhood Short Stories ‘Sayaka Ganz: Reclaimed Creations’ Opens Dec. 4 in Crisp Museum Southeast Partnership with University of Missouri School of Law Offers New Career Pathway for Students	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3607
__label__cc	0.634422	0.365578	news.kuaidiantou.vip Bitcoin, Ripple, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, EOS, Stellar, Litecoin, Bitcoin SV, TRON, Cardano: Price Analysis, Dec. 31 The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision. Market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange. It is the last day of a very tough year for crypto traders. While 2018 started on an upbeat note, it is ending with uncertainty. Traders and analysts are divided on whether cryptocurrencies have bottomed out. This, in a way, is good, because markets are cautious and excesses have been removed. There are a number of events in 2019 that could turn crypto markets around. All eyes will be on institutional investors because their involvement is needed to propel markets to the next level. Even in the wake of a crushing bear market, crypto traders are looking to invest in virtual currencies. 40 percent of participants in a recent Chinese survey showed interest in investing in cryptocurrencies in the future. Similar surveys in the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom have all projected favorable demand for cryptocurrencies. We are bullish on digital currencies for 2019, however, we believe that it will be a gradual move higher and expectations should be muted. Trade safe so that we are around to reap the benefits when the next vertical run happens. Are there any tradeable setups at current levels? Let’s find out. Bitcoin is struggling to breakout of the 20-day EMA that has turned flat. Failure to break out will attract selling that will pick up momentum below $3,598.99. The downtrend will resume on a breakdown of the Dec. 15 low. The falling 50-day SMA confirms that the long-term trend is still down. The BTC/USD pair will show signs of a probable reversal if it breaks out of the neckline of the developing inverse head and shoulders pattern. The 50-day SMA and the horizontal resistance at $4,255 are all located close by. This makes it a critical level to watch on the upside. The breakout of the neckline has a pattern target of $5,500. Though there is a minor resistance at $4,914.11, we expect it to be crossed. Short-term traders can wait for a close above $4,255 to buy. The stops can be kept just below $3,550. Ripple is facing a stiff resistance at the 50-day SMA. If the bulls fail to scale above this resistance quickly, a drop to $0.33108 is probable. The XRP/USD pair will weaken below $0.33108 and can plunge to the next support at $0.286. If this support also breaks, a retest of $0.24508 will be in the cards. Both the moving averages are flattening out, which points to a likely consolidation in the near-term. The digital currency will turn positive in the short-term if the price sustains above $0.40. Such a move can result in a rally to the resistance line of the descending channel at about $0.48. We can expect a new uptrend if the bulls breakout and close (UTC time frame) above the channel. In such a case, the rally can extend to $0.56, $0.62 and $0.7644. The pullback in Ethereum stalled at $153 on Dec. 29 while managing to stay above $136 for the past two days. Both the moving averages are on the verge of a bullish crossover, which suggests that the short-term trend is changing. We expect the bulls to again attempt to break out of $167.32. Contrary to our expectation, if the ETH/USD pair turns down from the current levels and drops below $116.3, it can fall to $100 and below that to $83. We suggest traders wait for a new buy setup to form before buying it. Bitcoin Cash is trading inside a descending channel. Currently, the bulls are attempting to keep the price above the 20-day EMA. A quick breakout of the channel will turn it into a bullish flag, which has a pattern target of $355, with a minor resistance at $307.1. Short-term traders can benefit from this move by being on the long side of the markets. However, if the bears fail to breakout of the channel and the 50-day SMA, the BCH/USD pair can again turn down to the bottom of the channel. A break below the channel can lead to a drop to the low at $73.50. The bulls have not been able to carry EOS much above the 20-day EMA. This shows a lack of buyers at higher levels. The 20-day EMA is more or less flat and the RSI is close to 50. This increases the probability of a consolidation in the near-term. A break of the $2.3093–$2.1733 support zone will sink the EOS/USD pair to the low of $1.55. A break of the lows will resume the downtrend. On the upside, a breakout and close above the 50-day SMA will be a positive development that can result in a rally to $3.8723. Currently, we do not see any reliable buy setups, hence, we are not suggesting a trade in it. The bulls are struggling to push Stellar above the 20-day EMA. The 50-day SMA is turning down, which confirms the long-term downtrend. In the short-term, the RSI has fallen back below 50 and the 20-day SMA is flat, which suggests a probable consolidation. However, if the price slides below $0.11024826, it can retest the lows. On the upside, a break above the 20-day EMA will again face resistance at $0.13427050. The XLM/USD pair will show signs of a possible reversal on a breakout and close above $0.13427050. However, it has been an underperformer, hence, we shall wait for a new uptrend to start before suggesting a trade in it. The recovery in Litecoin is facing a stiff resistance at the 50-day SMA. The bulls have not been able to sustain above it since Nov. 6, so a breakout and close above the 50-day SMA will signal strength. The bullish inverse head and shoulders pattern will complete on a breakout of $36.428. The pattern target of a breakout of the neckline is $49.756. Therefore, traders can initiate long positions on a close (UTC time frame) above $36.428. As the long-term trend is still down, traders can maintain a position size of only about 40 percent of usual. If the LTC/USD pair turns down from current levels, it can slip back to $28.067 and if this support breaks, a retest of the lows is probable. The downtrend will resume on a break below $23.10. The bulls attempted to rebound from close to the bottom of the range on Dec. 28 but the pullback fizzled near $100. Currently, the bears are attempting to break down of the range. If successful, the BSV/USD pair can dip to $65.031 and if this support also breaks, the fall can extend to $38.528. However, if the bulls defend the bottom of the range, the digital currency might remain range bound for a few more days. We shall turn positive above $123.98 or on a strong rebound from $80.352. Until then, we suggest traders remain on the sidelines. TRX/USD TRON is finding support at $0.0183 and is facing resistance at $0.022. A breakout of $0.022 can result in a rally to $0.0246 and above it to $0.02815521. We have been positive on the TRX/USD pair for the past few days because it has bounced sharply from the lows and has sustained the higher levels. The bullish crossover of the moving averages also suggests that the bulls are in command. Our positive view will be invalidated if the support at $0.0183 breaks. Therefore, traders who went long closer to $0.02, on our recommendation, should keep a stop just below $0.018. Below $0.0183, the digital currency can slide to $0.016 and $0.014. Cardano has stayed above the 20-day EMA for the past three days. The 20-day EMA is gradually turning up and the RSI is in positive territory, which shows a marginal advantage to the bulls. The bulls are currently trying to break out of the neckline of the inverse head and shoulders pattern. If successful, the cryptocurrency can rally to the pattern target of $0.066. There is a minor resistance at $0.060105, but we expect this level to be crossed. Conversely, if the ADA/USD pair turns down from current levels and breaks below $0.036815, it can retest the lows. We expect a decisive move within the next 3–4 days. Market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange. Charts for analysis are provided by TradingView. Economist Claims Investors Should Expect Volatile Stock Market in 2019 Following the recent downturn in the US stock market, investors have now bore witness to wild market volatility, the likes of which haven’t been seen in years. Although the markets are ending 2018 on a less-than-positive note, one prominent economist now claims that massive daily price swings will become a new reality for the markets in 2019. The recent comments came from Mohammed El-Erian, the chief economic advisor at Allianz SE, during an interview with Fox News Sunday on December 30th. El-Erian importantly noted that although the markets may see increased volatility in the near-term, concerns regarding a US recession are overblown, and the economy will likely continue to grow at a strong and steady rate. Stock Market Flat on New Year’s Eve, Volatility Likely to Continue Into 2019 The benchmarks are currently trading relatively flat, but El-Erian claims that the markets will still see large price swings in the near future. At the time of writing, the Dow Jones is trading up 0.6% at its current price of $23,200. The S&P 500 is trading up 0.3% at its current price of $2,492.6. The Nasdaq is trading up 0.33% at its current price of $6,606. El-Erian importantly explained in the interview that the recent market volatility may actually turn out to be a good thing in the long-term. “Don’t be surprised if you see these 1,000-point swings in the Dow Jones. That is our new reality for a while… It reflects that we’re coming from a very good 2017. People forget that. Everything went right in 2017: Higher returns, no volatility… So I think of this as a normalization. It doesn’t feel good in the short-term, but it’s OK over the long-term,” he said. He also noted that high-frequency computer trading is one factor behind the recent volatility. “It’s no longer about buying every dip, it’s about selling every rally… So there’s a lot going on and it’s being amplified by computer trading. So it’s really important to get the focus back on what’s working, and that’s the U.S. economy,” he explained. A US Recession Not Becoming a Reality, El-Erian Says Presently, a sensationalized narrative from the media and pseudo-analysts has struck fear into many investors that the US will fall into a recession in 2019, but El-Erian dismisses this notion and believes that a recession is not “becoming a reality.” “It’s certainly not becoming a reality. You would need either a major policy mistake or a massive market accident to push us into recession. But we will slow down unless we build on the pro-growth policies,” El-Erian said, also adding the Fed needs to communicate with the public better, and to be more sensitive of the impact interest rate hikes have on the markets. El-Erian has made it explicitly clear that investors should not panic about the current trading activity in the stock market, and in the past he has shared a similar level-headed view of the cryptocurrency markets, saying in November that cryptocurrencies will survive their recent downturn and will slowly gain more widespread adoption. Bitcoin History Part 7: The First Major Hack Hacks and heists have been a threat for as long as bitcoin has been worth stealing. By 2011, as Bitcoin was easing into its second year of life and its first bubble, early cryptocurrency exchanges were bringing liquidity and price discovery to the nascent ecosystem. At the same time, they were providing an outlet for thieves to offload stolen coins, which they proceeded to do by the thousands. Also read: Bitcoin History Part 6: The First Bitcoin Exchange No One Remembers the First Major Bitcoin Hack Certain hacks have gone down in Bitcoin history on account of their magnitude and notoriety. Exchanges such as Mt. Gox and Coincheck are synonymous today with the record-breaking sums stolen from them, which ran into the hundreds of millions of dollars. Others, such as Bitstamp and Bitfinex, have suffered their own well-document heists, the memories of which still burn bright. The first major hack in Bitcoin’s history, however, occurred long before Bitfinex was a thing, and indeed long before most people had even heard of Bitcoin. On June 13, 2011, Bitcointalk forum user “allinvain” posted a frantic message titled “I just got hacked.” In it, he wrote: “I am totally devastated today. I just woke up to see a very large chunk of my bitcoin balance gone.” He went on to explain: “The theft occurred right after someone broke into my slush’s pool account. In a moment of sheer stupidity I did not think that maybe my whole system was compromised. I merely thought that someone brute forced my slush’s pool password.” 25,000 BTC Gone in an Instant Blockchain records attest to the veracity of allinvain’s claim, with the majority of the stolen coins extracted in 50 BTC increments, showing that they had been minted as coinbase rewards. The 25K BTC stolen was worth $480,000 at the time, a small fortune for a miner, even by 2011’s standards. Today, that haul of coins would be worth $94 million. Monitoring the movement of the stolen coins in the wake of the hack proved difficult because the only block explorer available at the time kept crashing. The transaction that saw 25,000 BTC stolen in June 2011. It appears that the thief sent the stolen BTC over to Mt. Gox to try and cash out. Anticipating the slippage of 25,000 BTC being dumped in 2011’s illiquid market, allinvain wrote: “It would suck if bitcoin price tanked because of me. God, that would be double worse for me and for everyone else.” Whoever allinvain’s hacker may have been, he was certainly prolific. “Same hacker got to my mtgox account, he converted the USD i had to bitcoins and transferred them to the same address,” complained another forum user. Many of the opsec suggestions that forum users submitted to allinvain still hold true today. “One thing that I would advise for anyone with a large amount of BTC … is to split it up across multiple wallets, the majority of them completely offline and stored in physically secure locations,” read one recommendation. “I’m an idiot for keeping a wallet.dat file with so much money on my day to day machine – especially one running windows,” rued allinvain. “This story is going to happen over and over. I guarantee that,” predicted one forum user. They were right. While the sophistication of bitcoin wallets has increased over the years, so has that of the hackers intent on plundering them. Techniques such as social engineering and SIM swapping, which weren’t widely used attack vectors in Bitcoin’s early days, have now become the norm. Though allinvain would have had no way of knowing it at the time, for just $2,500, he could have rebought enough BTC to recoup his half a million dollar loss today, based on current prices. Victims of modern-day hacks can take solace from knowing that a simple buy and hold strategy has been empirically shown to restore the dollar value of even the most devastating of bitcoin hacks. Bitcoin History is a multipart series from news.Bitcoin.com charting pivotal moments in the evolution of the world’s first and finest cryptocurrency. Read part six here. Need to calculate your bitcoin holdings? Check our tools section. Bitcoin Could Revolutionize Governance, Says Cypherpunk Jameson Lopp Jameson Lopp — a crypto industry figure and self-proclaimed professional cypherpunk — described Bitcoin (BTC) as the first step in a broader transition to an anarcho-capitalist society. Lopp’s comments were made in an interview on the Stephan Livera Podcast, published Dec. 29. According to Lopp, Bitcoin is an experiment that — if successful — could make the transition to an anarcho-capitalist society possible: “I believe that Bitcoin is a very interesting experiment that if is successful in the long run could not only revolutionize money, but revolutionize how we think about governance.” Lopp explains further that a “more self-sovereign, anarcho-capitalist society” could be developed if services currently provided by centralized third parties — such as governments — were provided by “software agents that can start to replace pieces of government functionality,” continuing: “The first step I think is Bitcoin, and if that’s successful enough, then we can start talking about the next step.” The recently deceased cypherpunk co-founder Timothy May described in his “Crypto Anarchist Manifesto” how the use of cryptography will allow for the creation of a system in which people will be able to interact directly, free from the influence of governments. As Cointelegraph reported earlier this month, May had criticized the contemporary crypto industry as recently as October, saying that “attempts to be ‘regulatory-friendly’ will likely kill the main uses for cryptocurrencies, which are NOT just ‘another form of PayPal or Visa.’” During this week’s interview, Lopp also declared that “one thing that people don’t seem to be investing in as much as they should is education.” He encouraged investors to “do your own research” and also argued that developers “need to bake user education into the actual software and hardware,” such as crypto wallets. Major Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase recently launched a program that aims to educate users about cryptocurrency while earning crypto, dubbed “Coinbase Earn.” At launch, the program is invite-only and focused on the Ethereum-based token 0x (ZRX). A Year in Cryptocurrency and Blockchain: Q4 2018 The final quarter of 2018 has proven to be a volatile period for the cryptocurrency and blockchain industries, with numerous new partnerships, controversies, and developments unfolding. Disappointingly, however, the cryptocurrency market dropped significantly towards the end of November. Notably, the crash took place after the market moved sideways for an almost unprecedented two month period. Bitcoin dropped nearly 40 percent to the low-$3000 territory, while ether dropped below $100 for the first time since May last year. Discussions regarding price aside, however, here are some of the most noteworthy events that took place in the final stretch of 2018. Zcash Sapling Upgrade Privacy coin Zcash underwent a massive network upgrade on October 28, 2018. Dubbed Sapling, the update introduced a new shielded address scheme for improved privacy and promised a significant increase in transactional efficiency. Apart from that, the time taken for constructing new transactions was reduced by around 90 percent, with memory utilization also dropping by a whopping 97 percent. Up until the Sapling update, most cryptocurrency exchanges and services chose to offer only unshielded ZEC addresses. The increased memory requirements and loss in performance when using shielded addresses made them economically infeasible to support. As a result, most transacting parties did not take advantage of Zcash’s key feature, privacy. Roughly two months after the Sapling upgrade, The Zcash Foundation published a blog post stating that the use of shielded addresses was on the rise. The cryptocurrency’s community manager wrote: “Services like mining pools are beginning to offer shielded address payouts to customers. Further, the number of third-party desktop wallets supporting shielded addresses is also rising. Looking ahead, shielded address light client support will promote even wider adoption. This is just the beginning for Zcash’s mission toward a shielded ecosystem.” Tether Loses its Peg Tether, a stablecoin that claims to be completely backed by fiat currency reserves, found itself amidst increasing tension in October 2018, when it lost its 1:1 peg against the U.S. dollar. Bitfinex, known to have a close relationship with Tether, had also suspended deposits in dollars, euros, sterling, and Japanese yen at the time, further fueling speculation. The token’s chief compliance officer told CNBC, “We would like to reiterate that although markets have shown temporary fluctuations in price, all USDT in circulation are sufficiently backed by U.S. dollars (USD) and that assets have always exceeded liabilities.” The uncertainty was intensified by the fact that Tether and Bitfinex were in the midst of switching banking partners. Given Tether’s lack of transparency, the two companies faced some backlash in the U.S. and Puerto Rican regions. Their former banking partner, Noble Bank, reportedly went out of business shortly after the switch and was looking to be sold at a meager $5 billion. The controversy surrounding Tether originally unfolded late last year, when the token’s market capitalization ballooned beyond $1 billion. While many in the cryptocurrency community called for an audit of the company’s financials, Tether refused to give in. The company eventually hired third-party firm Friedman LLP to conduct an audit, only to dissolve the relationship a month later. Bitcoin Cash Hard Fork Drama Bitcoin Cash underwent a contentious hard fork on November 15, 2018, which saw two organizations propose competing roadmaps for the future development of the cryptocurrency. The first group, led by the Bitcoin ABC client, pushed for the addition of new features that would allow the cryptocurrency to support scripting and implement other indirect scalability improvements in the future. Contesting this change was the controversial cryptocurrency figure Craig Wright and his company, nChain. Wright argued that the cryptocurrency’s primary use-case was that of currency and supporting non-cash related transactions did not align with that outlook. As a result, his version of the upgrade included an increased block size limit to 128MB and nothing else. While cryptocurrency mining pool and hardware manufacturer Bitmain sided with Bitcoin ABC, another large pool CoinGeek pledged support for Craig Wright’s vision. Given that Bitmain produces most blocks on the Bitcoin Cash blockchain, however, it is perhaps no surprise that the ABC implementation won out in the end. A month later, most exchanges have chosen to list Bitcoin ABC under the usual BCH ticker. Bitcoin SV, on the other hand, is also tradable on some exchanges, albeit with a significantly lower valuation and under the BCHSV ticker. That said, it is still the ninth most valuable cryptocurrency by market capitalization, only a few places behind Bitcoin ABC. Coinbase Valued at $8 Billion In spite of the cryptocurrency market’s poor performance throughout 2018, American cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase revealed that its projected revenue for the year 2018 would nearly top $1.3 billion. According to a report by Bloomberg published on October 30, the company said that it expects to earn $456 million in profit, up from last year’s $380 million figure. That is not to say that Coinbase is immune to the market’s performance though. After all, the majority of the company’s revenue comes from the trading commission and gains on held digital tokens. Coinbase also announced that it had secured a whopping $300 million investment in its Series E funding round late October. While the round was led by Tiger Global Management, investment also came from “Y Combinator Continuity, Wellington Management, Andreessen Horowitz, Polychain and others.” With a valuation of over $8 billion, Coinbase is not only one of the most valuable cryptocurrency companies, but also among the best performing technology startups of this decade. Bloomberg noted that the company’s valuation has multiplied by over five times since last year. In a blog post published October 30, Coinbase explained that its latest cash influx would go towards global expansion, increasing the number of available crypto assets for trading, discovering utility based applications for cryptocurrencies, and bringing financial institutions on board with its Custody offering. Steve Wozniak Makes Blockchain Debut Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak made his blockchain debut this quarter when he announced his involvement with blockchain venture capital fund EQUI Global. A press release published on October 15, 2018, further revealed that Wozniak would be joining as a co-founder of the year-old startup. Explaining Wozniak’s involvement, the release continued: “As co-founder of EQUI Global Steve Wozniak will head up technology investments and help find the tech stars of tomorrow. Woz will then bring them to the table and the board of serial entrepreneurs will mentor and coach them with world class expertise and guidance.” Notably, Wozniak has been a cryptocurrency investor and proponent for several years now. In a 2017 interview with CNBC, he said, “I remember getting interested in bitcoin some time ago. It was $70 for a bitcoin, man and I went online and you had to have a special bank account at a special bank and I couldn’t buy any bitcoin so I gave up. Eventually, I got some of them at the $700 stage.” While he went on to liquidate most of his holdings in early 2018, he expressed interest in using cryptocurrency as a payment method in the near future. In August 2018, Wozniak spoke at the ChainXchange blockchain conference in Las Vegas. In an interview with a reputed blockchain publication, he also hinted at collaborating with a blockchain startup in the near future. Category: Altcoins, Bitcoin, Blockchain, Cryptocyclopedia, Development Tags: altcoin news, bitcoin, blockchain technology, business, commentary, cryptocurrencies, finance Current Crypto Market Trends: ICOs Are Out, STOs Are In In this guest post, Daria Generalova, Managing Partner at ICOBox, takes a look at how 2018 saw the decline of ICOs, and how STOs might be set to replace them. Late 2017 was a time of explosive growth in blockchain, when many projects made money virtually out of thin air. In the recent months, the cryptomarket went through an expected cooling-off period and is now entering a new stage in its development. Many countries informally leading the crypto industry are getting closer and closer to regulating the sphere, and market players are revising their approaches accordingly. It is entirely natural therefore that this dance revealed the need for newer, more versatile solutions which will help companies achieve even greater success. The decline of utility tokens Until recently, Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) ruled the day. Projects issued utility tokens as a sort of internal money that offered their holders certain advantages. They may have granted access to the use of the platform’s services, or offered discounts, or were just used as an internal means of payment. Through all of 2017 and the first half of 2018 ICOs were the most popular way to gain financial backing in the crypto market, and the vast majority of companies issued utility tokens. Largely this was because from the legal standpoint this approach was mostly in the grey zone, so projects and their token holders were not subject to laws governing investments and financial instruments. But the market situation has changed, and the lack of clear, specialized regulation became a serious drawback rather than an advantage. STOs instead of ICOs For the past year tokens issued by ICO startups failed to rapidly grow in exchange value – in fact, their rates have dropped, and token holders had no leverage over projects. As a result, new ICOs were unsuccessful in their efforts to collect money, and the market started to grind to a halt. Compared to late 2017-early 2018, the market capitalization and the value of all main cryptocurrencies plunged by two thirds, with new ICOs now collecting just 25% of what was possible just a year before. In fact, the numbers demonstrate that over half of all ICOs conducted in Q2 2018 failed. All this inspired market players to look for new solutions to develop their businesses. What they found was a Security Token Offering (STO) model. The interest in this new paradigm is growing by the day. Advantages of Security Tokens Security tokens and STOs allow projects to raise funds rather than sell their services, thereby clearly dividing their buyers into their future users and those who would just like to invest capital. For serious market players, securities underlying these tokens are a familiar and well understood tool, an investment asset purchased in order to make a future profit. This asset may be issued in the form of bonds, equity shares, or any other instruments bringing passive income. Issues surrounding security token regulation Security tokens may well become a new but familiar financial tool for the market, but that would require the projects seeking investors to change their business logic pretty much overnight. The process would encompass a serious shift in business and financial planning, a new approach to transaction structuring, and learning to work with professional securities market players, among other things. Another obstacle to overcome is the inconsistencies in securities regulation in different jurisdictions. This means that projects have to be extremely careful about their choice of countries where they sell their security tokens. However, the presence of clear and definitive legal framework gives project founders a much greater space for creativity in terms of what exactly they can or cannot do. They would also be able to obtain funding from institutional investors and hedge funds, which are now getting ready to enter the crypto market. Institutional investors and the crypto market Institutional investors and hedge funds are truly interested in the crypto market. It is not inconceivable that in the days to come they will gradually replace larger individual buyers as main holders of digital assets. This speaks to the increasing maturity and professionalism of the market and demonstrates its decreased volatility, which makes it much more attractive for long-term investments. Many in the industry expect serious competition between crypto projects for the attention of institutional investors – because their support will be on an entirely different level than even that of major individual token holders. Shuttling between IPOs and the crypto market A couple of other trends need to be noted. First, it appears entirely plausible that many major companies with recent IPOs under their belt but with no previous crypto experience will soon start showing up in the marketplace. These are full-fledged projects with real offices, competent teams, financial reporting, etc. They will now be turning their sights to STOs as another way to attract funding for their innovations. The second trend is the opposite: many companies that successfully conducted ICOs, collected serious funds, created money-making businesses and did not turn out to be a scam, will be contemplating their IPOs. It is reasonable to expect that quite a few crypto companies which did their ICOs in 2017-2018 would be gearing up for IPOs in 2021-2022. The shift from utility to security tokens, the enthusiasm regarding STOs, the imminent participation of institutional investors and major companies which have never before worked in the crypto space but are now finding it potentially promising – these will be the defining trends for the development of the crypto market. Transition to more sophisticated, legally-regulated products will make it even more attractive to future investors. And this, despite the current slump, gives one plenty of cause for optimism. Crypto Markets Drop Slightly After Bitcoin Fails to Break Above $4,000 Following a quiet weekend for the crypto markets they have held relatively steady and are currently trading down slightly over a 24-hour trading period. This past Friday, the cryptocurrency markets surged to recover some of their recent losses, with Bitcoin jumping from lows of $3,600 to highs of nearly $4,000. Despite this, the markets did not have enough upwards momentum to propel Bitcoin’s price past $4,000 and have since drifted slightly downwards. Crypto Markets Could Face Further Downside in Near Future Bitcoin’s inability to break above $4,000 has led the overall cryptocurrency markets to trade relatively flat, and they could face increased downwards pressure in the coming days and weeks. The market’s unimpressive trading action may come as a disappointment to investors and analysts who promoted, or believed, price predictions that claimed the crypto markets would have regained much of their yearly losses by the end of 2018. It now appears that the 2018 bear market will spill into 2019, which could mark a rocky start to the New Year. DonAlt, a popular cryptocurrency analyst on Twitter, spoke about how he is trading Bitcoin’s current price action in a recent Tweet, saying that he expects its price to drop to its next support level around $3,400. “Short hedged around 70% of my entire portfolio around 3900, now going to enjoy new years in peace. I’ll be looking to rebuy the next support down below (~3400) or stop out once we close above ~3950,” he explained. This slightly bearish sentiment is reflected by another notable analyst, Peter Brandt, who told his 245k followers that he does not believe that Bitcoin is forming a head and shoulders (H&S) bottom – a bullish technical formation – and further adding that the bear market is likely to persist. “Many chartists view $BTC as a H&S bottom. I am NOT among them. Higher probability is that bear market is not over,” Brandt said. Most Altcoins Drop About 2% Bitcoin’s slight downwards movement has led the altcoin markets to drop. At the time of writing, XRP is trading down approximately 2% at its current price of $0.36. XRP has been able to maintain most of its recent gains and is currently trading up from its recent lows of $0.34. Ethereum has only dropped a mere 1% over a 24-hour trading period and is currently trading at $137.23. Ethereum has seen quite a bit of volatility over the past week, falling to lows of $115 on Thursday before surging to highs of nearly $150 on Saturday. After touching $150, Ethereum’s price was swiftly pushed down to its current levels. Bitcoin Cash has dropped nearly 2.5% at its current price of $160 and is trading up from its seven-day lows of $144. Bitcoin Cash is trading up significantly from its one-month lows of $75. Bakkt Completes First Round of Funding With $182.5 Million Intercontinental Exchange’s upcoming cryptocurrency trading platform, Bakkt, has raised $182.5 million from a dozen investors. The funds will help develop an institutional-grade regulated crypto exchange, clearing and warehousing services for physical delivery and storage. The company now expects to provide an updated timeline on launching bitcoin daily futures contracts in early 2019. Also Read: Israeli Exchange to Launch Crypto Payments API for Businesses Bakkt Raises $182.5 Million Bakkt, the digital assets subsidiary of the parent of the New York Stock Exchange , Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), has announced it’s completed a first round of funding. The investors include Boston Consulting Group, CMT Digital, Eagle Seven, Galaxy Digital, Goldfinch Partners, Alan Howard, Horizons Ventures, Intercontinental Exchange, Microsoft’s venture capital arm, M12, Pantera Capital, Payu, the fintech arm of Naspers, and Protocol Ventures. “I am pleased to confirm that we have completed our first round of funding of $182.5 million from 12 partners and investors who, like us, believe in the future of digital assets,” stated Bakkt CEO Kelly Loeffle. “Our work today is centered on driving institutional access for digital assets, along with merchant and consumer uses, and we’re already expanding on this vision, collaborating with great companies like Starbucks in these efforts.” Getting the Green Light in 2019 Back in October, Intercontinental Exchange announced that the Bakkt Bitcoin Daily Futures Contract would start trading on Dec. 12, 2018. This has not happened, and the date has been pushed back to Jan. 24, 2019. Today, ICE seems to have acknowledged this target date won’t be met again, as it announced it now “expects to provide an updated launch timeline in early 2019.” The Bakkt team has reportedly been working closely with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to get the needed approval. “At an industry level, regulatory approval for physically delivered and warehoused bitcoin will establish and amplify the voice of U.S. authorities as the digital asset market evolves globally. We have filed our applications and the timing for approval is now based on the regulatory review process,” explained Loeffler. “Clearing firms and customers have continued to join us as we work toward CFTC approval. We made great progress in December, and we’ll continue to onboard customers as we await the ‘green light.’” Does this news show that Wall Street is still eager to invest in crypto assets? Share your thoughts in the comments section below. Verify and track bitcoin cash transactions on our BCH Block Explorer, the best of its kind anywhere in the world. Also, keep up with your holdings, BCH and other coins, on our market charts at Satoshi’s Pulse, another original and free service from Bitcoin.com. Stellar Co-founder Brands 90% of Crypto Projects ‘B.S.’ Most financial institutions will not use Bitcoin (BTC), payment network Stellar’s co-founder and CTO Jed McCaleb stated in an interview with Yahoo Finance Dec. 31. Speaking to the online news outlet, McCaleb — who is also known as one of the founding fathers of defunct Japanese Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, as well as the co-founder of Ripple — made an argument in favor of the use of permissionless, open blockchains in finance. He told reporters bluntly: “It doesn’t need to be the bitcoin blockchain, but if it’s not a public chain, then you’re missing the point.” McCaleb also levelled criticism at cryptocurrency projects that were not Bitcoin, Ethereum or his own Stellar. “Ninety percent of these projects are B.S. I’m looking forward to that changing,” he said when asked about the outlook for the cryptocurrency industry in 2019, continuing: “Things like Tron, it’s just garbage. But people dump tons of money into it, these things that just do not technically work.” Billed as an alternative token development platform to Ethereum, TRON (TRX) has upped its publicity efforts this year, with CEO Justin Sun regularly lambasting the Ethereum network over its alleged shortcomings. Celebrations of TRON accruing its one millionth user account this month were likewise met with skepticism. For McCaleb, however, no single cryptocurrency network or associated token forms an all-encompassing solution — including Stellar and its in-house coin, Lumens (XLM). “There are some things bitcoin is good at, some things Ethereum is good at, and some things Stellar is good at,” he said, adding: “And none of them can do all the things well. That’s just not how software works.” Going forward, McCaleb was bullish, rejecting the idea that 2018 represented a bear market in crypto and instead describing it as “calming down.” Stellar partnered with cryptocurrency wallet provider Blockchain.com last month to expand the circulation and uptake of XLM with a massive $125 million airdrop to users. Tron (TRX) Price Analysis – December 31 /latest/2018/12/tron-trx-price-analysis-december-31/ tron-trx-price-analysis-december-31 Tron chart by tradingview TRX/USD Medium-term Trend: Ranging Supply zones: $0.03000, $0.04000, $0.04500 Demand zones: $0.01000, $0.00900, $0.00800 TRX remains in a range-bound market in its medium-term outlook. The formation of a spinning top at $0.01809 in the demand area on 28th December was an indication that the bulls are back after the bears pushed the cryptocurrency down to $0.01860 in the supply area. TXRUSD rose to $0.02959 in the supply area before losing momentum. The combination of a bearish doji and a bearish candle at $0.02140 confirmed the bears are in control of the market. TRXUSD initially dropped to $0.02001 and later to $0.01990 in the demand area. The price is below the two EMAs and the stochastic oscillator is in the oversold region at 11% with its signal parallel a reflection of the ranging scenario. TRXUSD is ranging and trading between $0.02200 in the upper supply area and at $0.01880 in the lower demand area of the range. Traders should be patient for a breakout at the upper supply area for buy opportunities or breakdown at the lower demand area for sell opportunities in the medium-term outlook. TRX/USD Short-term Trend: Bearish TRX continues in a bearish trend in its short-term outlook. In the short-term, the TRXUSD is in a downward channel. After a bullish 1-hour opening around the upper line of the channel at $0.02037 that pushed the cryptocurrency up to $0.02066 in the supply area, the bears returned and commenced the journey to the south of the channel. $0.01950 in the demand area was the point the bears’ pressure dropped the cryptocurrency before a bounce to the upside by the bulls. The price is below the two EMAs and the stochastic oscillator signal points down at 39% an indication of downward movement in the cryptocurrency to the lower line of the channel. 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__label__cc	0.598209	0.401791	Home » IANS » Educational certificates of Haryana Minister fake: RTI activist Educational certificates of Haryana Minister fake: RTI activist Gurugram, Dec 14 (IANS) A Right To Information (RTI) activist on Friday alleged that the school certificate and graduation degree of a Haryana Minister submitted during elections were fake and urged the Election Commission to cancel his membership of the Assembly. RTI activist Harender Dhingra alleged at a press conference that the Bachelor Of Arts (BA) degree of the cabinet Minister was fake. “The Minister is in Delhi for an important meeting and I am not aware of the facts,” an aide to the Minister told IANS. Dhingra said the facts were revealed after he sought information regarding the educational qualification of the Minister. Dhingra said he filed the RTI on May 24, 2017 but the request was rejected, saying the matter was personal and not related to public interest. “I filed a second appeal… Finally, the State Information Commission ordered I should be provided the information on February 6, 2018,” Dhingra said. “The Minister … graduated from … Hindi Sahitya Sammelan,” Dhingra said, claiming it was neither a University nor a Deemed University nor an Educational Board. “It’s a society registered under the Society Registration Act,” Dhingra added. pradeep/mr	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3609
__label__wiki	0.831096	0.831096	Home » IANS » Why Anshula Kapoor is all about acts of kindness Why Anshula Kapoor is all about acts of kindness Published on : Wed 13th November 2019, 12:44 PM By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANSlife) Anshula Kapoor, the camera-shy member of the star-studded Boney Kapoor family, might not have gone the showbiz way, but her initiative Fankind digs out a more humane side of the glam world — by raising money for causes, making fans meet their favourite celebrities, and gratifying the unseen acts of kindness admirers do for them. Anshula, 26, has an intriguing story to tell of how it all took shape. “When Arjun bhaiyya (Arjun Kapoor) became an actor back in 2012, he was not on social media. I was on Twitter and Instagram. A lot of his fans, admirers and even critics, reached out to me to pass messages onto him, and as a dutiful sister I did it, becoming a carrier pigeon. “I developed a relationship with his fans because of that. They started treating me as one of their own, even to date, for all his fans, I’m Anshula didi,” she told IANSlife in an interview. Anshula sounds nothing but grateful talking about the good wishes that flew her way. “If I put out a post saying I’m missing mom, I would get videos of their mothers sending me good wishes. This is another level of awesome — the amount of love that comes from people who are unknown to us.” Anshula and Arjun lost their mother to cancer, weeks before Arjun’s Bollywood debut ‘Ishaqzaade’ in 2012. The fans might not have met Arjun or Anshula in the real world, but what touched her deeply was their choice to be kind to them and their family, instead of trolling them. In a bid to amplify and gratify that love, Fankind took birth. Fankind, which launched in August this year, raises funds for charities, and in doing so, it curates fan ‘experiences’ and arranges fan-celeb meets. All one has to do is donate Rs 200 to a cause you and the celebrity is passionate about. So far, Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt, Prajakta Koli and Sonakshi Sinha have associated with Fankind. Sounds unique? It is. Anshula also credits her mother for putting the nurturing kindness in both of them. “The kindness and the giving-back angle comes from our mother. She firmly believed that whatever you have, you need to go back to the community you belong to. You are who you are because of your community. “Whoever has ever interacted with her, in the real or virtual world, always comes back to us saying she is one of the most kindhearted people they have met. She always went out of her way to help people with small acts of kindness.” In fact, her first fundraising act when she was in 8th standard was nudged on by her mother. “I once learnt of an animal who needed medical surgery, and they didn’t have money. So my mother encouraged us to raise the money. My first fundraising was by selling cupcakes and calendars,” she laughs. Fankind, what Anshula calls her child and her happy place, is in its fifth campaign and welcomed film director Karan Johar onboard for NGO ActionAid’s ‘Sponsor A Child’ program. As per the organisers, this experience will invite the winner to have coffee with Karan and tour the Dharma Productions office in Mumbai. The campaign is currently live on Fankind’s website. (Siddhi Jain can be contacted at [email protected]) sj/sdr	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3611
__label__wiki	0.905256	0.905256	Flu jab call to long-term health sufferers more ‘at-risk’ This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-46157379 By BBC Health news People with long-term health conditions have been warned to protect themselves from flu this year. In 2017, about half of those eligible for a free NHS flu vaccination in Wales missed out, and Public Health Wales has warned some health conditions put people at more risk. They include diabetes, heart, liver and kidney disease. Flu is spread via droplets, which are sprayed into the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Direct contact with contaminated hands or surfaces can also spread infection. Stand-up comedian Aled Richards, 47, had a heart attack three years ago and said he wouldn’t risk missing out on the vaccination which could save his life. “I was diagnosed with a heart attack and within a few days I was on the operating table being fitted with a stent. “It was quite a shock with no real warning signs but I am so grateful for the excellent treatment I received. “I made the decision to do everything I could to look after my health from then on.” Mr Richards said more than half of the people living in Wales with a long-term health condition did not get their flu jab last year. “Considering it’s free, takes minutes to do and can help protect me from a very harmful disease, I wouldn’t risk missing out,” he added. Student Gracie Macauley, 18, who has type 1 diabetes, has had a flu vaccine every year since she was diagnosed aged 12. “If you have a condition like diabetes, you have enough health problems. Why would you risk making yourself more ill by catching the flu?” she said. Chief nursing officer for Wales Jean White said: “There is protection available, and an annual flu vaccine is the best way to prevent yourself from catching flu, which can make your condition worse or can lead to other dangerous complications.” ‘I feel really bad when I hurt my mum’ Genetic link between obesity and depression uncovered, say scientists	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3613
__label__cc	0.616649	0.383351	Transcending boundaries Professor Wesley Harris looks out for his students whether their struggles are research related or personal. “Anytime I come across [Harris] in the hallway,” one student nominator writes, “I know I can always speak my mind and …get some insightful guidance and unwavering support back.” Wesley L. Harris is the C.S. Draper Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT. Harris joined the MIT faculty in 1972. He has since served as Associate Administrator for Aeronautics at NASA, as Vice President of the University of Tennessee Space Institute, and as Dean of the School of Engineering at the University of Connecticut. Harris’s research foci include fluid dynamics, unsteady aerodynamics, and aeroacoustics. His research extends beyond the field of aeronautics and astronautics to include the microcirculation and hemodynamics of sickle cell disease as well as studies of lean financial management methods and the sustainment of capital assets. Broaching tough topics In Spring of 2015 after MIT had witnessed several suicides on campus, Harris dedicated an entire lecture of his Analytical High Speed Aerodynamics course to talk about suicide with his students. Harris wanted to understand the situation more clearly so he could better help. Having such courageous conversations with students is a Mentoring Guidepost identified by the C2C program. “I was truly touched by his effort to communicate and I could tell he really cared,” one student remembers. “I had never seen a faculty member try this hard to bridge the divide [between faculty and students] until then and I have not seen another faculty member try and do the same since.” Harris looks out for his students one-on-one as well. When students are feeling low or uncertain, they reach out to Harris for much needed guidance. Often, one meeting turns into two or three and before long, students find themselves back on a productive track. “I was most impressed with his willingness to listen,” a student remarks of one such meeting. With insightful questions and encouragement, Harris was able to give the student hope in a very stressful situation. The student says that thanks to Harris they are able to approach stressful situations differently and can now face them as learning opportunities. The relationship between a faculty mentor and their graduate student is one that requires mutual respect and trust. Harris notes that especially initially, “the power balance favors the faculty member in the partnership. Hence, it is incumbent upon me to reach out to my students,” a Mentoring Guidepost. Cultivating a supportive lab environment requires active participation by all members. “Our research teams are living, learning enterprises that retain and expand knowledge by sharing experiences,” Harris says. Students in the Harris lab regularly present research updates to their lab mates. In these meetings, Harris and each attending student offer the presenter both critical and encouraging feedback. Harris affirms, “Our community is never a no-praise zone.”	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3621
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Choose a Region Choose a Region > AsiaEuropeUS & CanadaGlobalAmérica Latina (ES)América Latina (PT) Social Links Choose a Network > FacebookTwitterYouTubeLinkedIninstagram Region AllGlobalAmérica Latina (ES)América Latina (PT)AsiaEuropeUS & Canada Content Type AllIssueImage GalleryBlogNewsNewsletterPress ReleaseDocumentContent PageEvent Only Somente texto Solo América Latina: Español América Latina: Português Climate-smart Healthcare European Healthcare Climate Council European Healthcare Climate Summit Safer Pharma Healthcare Market Transformation Network Towards plastic-free healthcare in Europe SAICM 2.0 - Safer disinfectants MECAHF - Circular economy of food SHiPP - Sustainable Health in Procurement Project Low-carbon healthcare in the Mediterranean Safer Medical Devices Database Operation Zero Member placements Doctors for Greener Healthcare Blog series \| Insight I can’t believe the news today \| Safer chemicals blog Blog posted by lloyd.evans on July 5, 2017 Tags: EDCs, Endocrine I am undertaking an unusual exercise on a Tuesday morning - I am setting out to write a blog post not really knowing what it is I wish to share. Suspended between what is anticipated and the possible inflection of what could be achieved through the cracks of light emanating from the august Gallic ray of hope personified by the champion of the environment, Nicholas Hulot (Ah les lumières francaise!). I am once again writing about the contentious criteria to define Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs). The reason being that the PAFF Committee (Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed) will meet yet again to discuss, and more importantly, (at the time of writing) to potentially vote on the latest iteration of the long-awaited, controversial definition of the EDC criteria. Last week, Vytenis Andriukaitis, EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, said in a strongly-worded tweet that it would be “against people’s health” if EU member countries failed to vote in favour of a European Commission proposal on endocrine disrupting chemicals after a year of discussions; he added “No more delays possible”. Condemned by the General Court of the European Union in December 2015 for its inaction, the European Commission eventually issued its set of criteria on 15th June 2016. The European Commission was under legal obligation to come up with scientific criteria for EDCs by December 2013 - to regulate these harmful chemicals more effectively. The legal obligation came from two sources: Article 5 (3) of the Biocidal Products Regulation (528/2012), and Article 80 (7) of the Pesticides Regulation (1107/2009). Therefore the text submitted yesterday at the PAFF Committee was long overdue, indeed. One would be tempted to commend the belated zeal of Commissioner Andriukaitis - but I, and many other NGO representatives and eminent scientists, would caution against mistaking activity for achievement. Trust me, I am not indulging in a cheap rhetorical quip; I too would wish to see clear progress on the definition of EDC criteria. Progress, however, is not tantamount to jumping through required regulatory hoops so as to be seen as complying with legal requirements. I think you would all agree that what is adopted should stand up to scrutiny and comply with the precautionary principle – a fundamental principle of EU governing policies related to the environment, health and food safety is enshrined in Article 191 (ex 174 (2)). In adopting the present criteria, due to time and political pressures, one must be sure that it does not act “against people’s health”, to quote the Health Commissioner. Looking at what is on the table, leaving aside scientific and overly technical discussions for a moment, the bone of contention remains the exactingly high burden of proof that the criteria mandate. Whilst most scientists and NGOs push for a definition of these criteria that would capture presumed EDCs (erring on the side of caution - in keeping with the precautionary principle), the European Commission opted for a potentially much narrower definition, requiring that the substance must show an adverse effect. Let me quote from a recent letter sent by the Endocrine Society to the competent EU Member States ministers, where the outstanding issues are clearly and unambiguously stated. “The criteria, as currently constructed, will likely fail to identify EDCs that are currently causing human harm, and will not secure a high level of health and environment protection as required per the Treaty on the European Union (EU). Furthermore, the criteria contain arbitrary exemptions for chemicals specifically designed to disrupt target insect endocrine systems that have similarities to systems in wildlife and humans. Consequently, the criteria cannot be called science‐based, nor can they be considered as “fit for purpose” according to the better regulation strategy, as they lack coherence and will not be effective or efficient. We strenuously object to the addition of loopholes in the criteria. This creates divergent frameworks wherein certain chemicals that are designed to be EDs cannot be defined as EDs in the context of applicable laws.” The Endocrine Society represents the leading medical experts in endocrinology present in over 120 countries counting in excess of 17,000 members. I think their views should be heard and their verdict is clear: the criteria as they stand will not do. This does not mean, however, that politics should bow out, bequeathing their responsibilities to technocratic/scientific elites - far from it. Those who will vote on the criteria (yesterday) act as representatives of the EU governments, and by extension their parliaments and electorate; in this capacity they ultimately should decide and carry the responsibility. To assist them, they should indeed follow due process and therefore hear the two sides of the story. That is why when a few days ago the scientists working for Crop Life International – whose evocative and pulsating name comprises the giants in food science – undertook a thorough and rigorous critique of the underlying methodology of a series of economic papers published by the Endocrine Society in 2015 and 2016 - our decision makers should also take heed. In these papers, The Endocrine Society estimated the annual health care costs attributable to EDC exposure in the hundreds of billions of euros and dollars. This estimation is what the Crop Life International project – that goes by the dependable name of Endocrine Science Matters – took issue with. I wish to make two simple points on this; the first one is anodyne and sedate to me. To know who funded the study of Endocrine Science Matters, matters, the second point is more abstract and goes back to the precautionary principle. The issue for Endocrine Science Matters (the Crop Life International sponsored project) is that the Endocrine Society economic papers were, in their view, sloppy. Read for yourselves: “We found that the disease burden and cost estimates were as flawed and immaterial to public health decision-making as many experts first suspected. For example, the authors assumed causal relationships between putative exposures to EDCs and selected diseases, e.g. “loss of IQ” and “increased prevalence of intellectual disability,” but did not establish them via thorough evaluation of strengths and weaknesses of underlying animal toxicology and human epidemiology evidence. Consequently, the assigned disease burden costs are highly speculative and should not be considered in a weight-of-evidence approach underlying policy discussions to protect the public and regulate chemicals considered possible EDCs.” I am sure the Endocrine Society would be the first to concede that they would have hoped and wished for more funding to carry out a more thorough study. Be that as it may, the key word for me is: speculative. The first entry for speculative in the Oxford dictionary reads as follows: “engaged in, expressing, or based on conjecture rather than knowledge”. Does that not ring bell? Is there not an echo of the precautionary principle in this definition? Beyond the familiar technique of using certain firms or conflicted scientists to cast doubts on the reliability of the Endocrine Society’s outputs, there is a bizarre, objectionable expectation that findings should be conclusive beyond recall - – seemingly ignoring the very notion of the precautionary principle. Yet recall Karl Popper who said that “[i]n so far as a scientific statement speaks about reality, it must be falsifiable; and in so far as it is not falsifiable, it does not speak about reality”.1 In short: certainty is not of this world except when it comes to beliefs and ideologies. I also have more tangible concerns ahead of the meeting. As I suggested in an earlier blog post, the European Commission’s EDC criteria seem to be a foregone conclusion, preordained if you will, as if hatched under the looming, unavowed, and ominous influence of larger considerations. After EurActiv published an article, New Endocrine Disruptor Rules Address your Trade Concerns, EU tells US, Canada (12th December 2016), we know that it is at least partially the case. The article comments on the released memo (14th July 2016) saying: “The European Commission told the U.S. and Canada that draft EU pesticides laws would “address the concerns” they had over possible trade restrictions on goods exposed to endocrine disruptors. The press coverage of this worrying exchange was minimal - yet the issue was also raised by Members of the European Parliament on January 9th 2017 via an oral question. Nevertheless, at the time of writing (Tuesday morning, ahead of the meeting) I am not entirely pessimistic, recently, France elected a new president, and in his campaign he hammered on the fact that he would address the issue of EDCs; in prime time debates he stuck his neck out, he was committed. In this short clip you can see his determination in responding to Benoît Hamon’s insinuation, suspecting Macron of being conflicted. Macron was clear - he will tackle EDCs – it was even included in his programme, surely, he will not backpedal. Appointing Nicholas Hulot as Minister of Ecological and Solidary Transition also bodes well. Mr Hulot is a champion of the environment and a man of conviction. Recent news reports detailed his efforts to improve the EDC criteria in discussions with his German counterpart, so there are reasons to be hopeful. Returning from my lunch break I am now back at my desk and I cannot believe the news today - the member states voted in favour of the EDC criteria. It is nothing short of a disappointment. Before signing off, humour me one last time and allow me to share a quote with you again, this time from Raymond Chandler. I adapted the selected excerpt, substituting the word “art” with “politics”, in its noblest acceptation of course. “There are two kinds of truth: the truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The first of these is science, and the second is politics. Neither is independent of the other or more important than the other. Without politics science would be as useless as a pair of high forceps in the hands of a plumber. Without science politics would become a crude mess of folklore and emotional quackery. The truth of politics keeps science from becoming inhuman, and the truth of science keeps politics from becoming ridiculous.”2 [1] The Two Fundamental Problems of the Theory of Knowledge (2014 edition), Routledge [2] The Notebooks of Raymond Chandler; and English Summer: A Gothic Romance by Raymond Chandler, Frank MacShane (Editor), Edward Gorey Preview image: Sebastien Bertrand via Flickr cc Newsletter - Europe Promoting safer disinfectants in the healthcare sector Antimicrobial resistance in European medical schools How to green food services in Europe healthcare Quick Links Navigation > HomeAbout usProgrammesProjectsGet involvedNewsContact Us HCWH Europe HCWH Europe is financially supported by the LIFE Programme of the European Commission (EC). The content of this website does not reflect the official views of the EC. Health Care Without Harm Legal > Terms of UsePrivacy Policy	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3624
__label__wiki	0.693489	0.693489	Norden Bombsights By Moore Quality Norden Bombsight Restorations Current Restorations Purchasing a Norden Bombsight Bombsights for Sale L1954-SOLD L11171-SOLD V727-SOLD Sperry S-1 Complete System B633 Complete System–SOLD B1473 Complete System -SOLD All About The Norden Bombsight Bombsight Components Other Norden Bombsight Equipment How It All Works On A Bomb Run Bombing Run Checklist Other WWII Bombsights My name is Tim Moore and I am a practicing Cardiovascular Surgeon. My father was in the USAAF during World War II, and growing up Jimmy Doolittle was a pen-pal. I acquired my first Norden Bombsight several years ago, and eventually restored a sighthead and stabilizer as a complete system. I also developed a simulator and began making instructional videos, the most popular one of which is "Norden Bombsight Tutorial". Subsequently I began restoring systems for other collectors and museums, including the National WWII Museum in New Orleans and the National Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum in Savannah. It is my goal to preserve these Norden Bombsights as a living history and tribute to the men who designed and used them. The disappointment that I experience when I see one of these that has been neglected and parked on a shelf somewhere to rust and collect dust is far outweighed by the joy seen when one of these is running smoothly and looking great. My Bombsights To produce the highest quality bombsight, you have to start with a pretty good one to begin with, and I have acquired the largest number of these anywhere. I apply the same diligence and skill that I use everyday in heart surgery to the restoration of these incredible machines. They are thoroughly inspected, serviced, and then adjusted to perform exactly as they were intended seventy-five years ago. It has taken me years to locate replacement parts, connectors, wiring and bulbs. I guarantee that they will work as they did back in 1943. The Bombsight Doctor Tim Moore, M.D. Wistarmo@embarqmail.com Copyright © 2021 Norden Bombsights By Moore — Velux WordPress theme by GoDaddy	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3628
__label__wiki	0.68406	0.68406	Home Movies by Decade Movies - 1980s Jaws: The Revenge (1987) Movies - J Amity has not suffered a shark attack in years, but the fears of widow Ellen Brody (Lorraine Gary) resurface when her younger son is suddenly killed. Believing the entire family is somehow threatened, she flies to the Bahamas to warn her marine biologist son, Michael (Lance Guest), of the danger. Meanwhile, also heading for the warmer waters is something big, hungry and out for revenge . . . As Roger Ebert observed, what shark wouldn’t want revenge on the humans who killed it? They were still flogging a dead carcharodon carcharias as late as 1987. The big rubber shark gets to attack an aircraft, but that’s far from being the only silly thing about this preposterous fourth entry in the series. Michael Caine makes the most of the summer weather in the Bahamas and delivers a cheerfully irrelevant cameo. But Lorraine Gary, the only link – apart from the shark – with the fine original, is annoyingly neurotic, while the plot – this time with the shark getting personal – is laughably inept. Judith Barsi, who played Thea Brody, died in 1988 at the age of 10 in a murder-suicide carried out by her father. Ellen Brody Lorraine Gary Michael Brody Carla Brody Thea Brody Judith Barsi Sean Brody Young Sean Jay Mello Cedric Scott Charles Bowleg Joseph Sargent Hangar 18 (1980) John and Julie (1955) Gandahar (1987) Joe (1970) Meet The Applegates (1989) Amityville Horror: The Evil Escapes, Part IV (1989) Jules et Jim (1962) Director François Truffaut presents cinema's ultimate love triangle with Jeanne Moreau as the mercurial Catherine, the woman whom best friends and writers Jules (Oskar... Games That Lovers Play (1971) This 70s "sex comedy" stars the luscious Joanna Lumley, from The New Avengers and Absolutely Fabulous. Aged 24 at the time, and with only three bit parts behind... Van, The (1977) Bobby (Stuart Getz) is a Los Angeles teenager who blows all his college savings on buying a custom Dodge van - complete with waterbed,... 30 is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia (1968) The much-loved Dudley Moore starred as shy nightclub pianist and composer Rupert Street, who is determined to write a hit musical masterpiece and marry... Phantasm (1978) This low-budget independent horror-comedy, written and directed by Don Coscarelli, concerns shaggy-haired teenager Mike Pearson (Michael Baldwin) who lives with his older brother Jody...	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3630
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__label__wiki	0.60145	0.60145	Home » IANS » Why social distancing is necessary to fight coronavirus Why social distancing is necessary to fight coronavirus Published on : Sat 14th March 2020, 04:34 PM New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) As several states in India have started directing the closure of cinema halls, gyms, swimming pools and other recreational spots, it is important to understand that social distancing is key to fighting the spread of the coronavirus infection. This is particularly important to ensure that those who actually need the healthcare facilities are able to use them, according to experts. In the absence of measures to contain the spread of COVID-19, infections can rise rapidly, stressing the country’s healthcare infrastructure. In his discussion with health ministers of different states, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan earlier this week stressed on the need of persuading the general public to avoid crowded gatherings as well as on following basic principles of personal hygiene and prevention. According to a new report from Counterpoint Research, coronavirus infection spreads rapidly through a population, reaching a peak and then subsiding almost equally rapidly once there are no new people to infect. “By locking down areas and curtailing socializing, the pool of potential virus recipients is reduced, causing the outbreak to moderate more quickly,” said the report. “This is what happened in China. But a rapid lockdown is not what has happened in Iran, Italy and many other parts of Europe, and the United States”. The disease has likely been in the community in these countries for several weeks before being formally identified. Epidemiologists have termed the strategy of preventing a huge rise in coronavirus cases through protective measures “flattening the curve”. The “flattening the curve” graphic which has now gone viral on social media was first created by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and popularised by the Economist. It visually explains the importance of the protective measures to contain the spread of COVID-19. The Indian government has advised that people should avoid all non-essential travel abroad and refrain from travelling to countries reporting high cases and deaths as mentioned in the travel advisory issued by the government. All incoming international passengers returning to India should self-monitor their health and follow the required Do’s and Don’ts as detailed by the government. To quarantine itself India has already cancelled all existing visas – except diplomatic, official, UN/International Organizations, employment, project visas – till April 15. “What we suggest is that since this is a respiratory virus we should know cough etiquette and ensure hand hygiene. When we cough droplets fall and then if we touch surfaces which are infected it causes the virus to enter our body,” said Vikas Maurya, Director and Head of Department of Pulmonology and Sleep Disorders at Fortis Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, New Delhi. A total of 83 persons have tested positive for coronavirus across India so far. gb/bg Is Bihar entering a phase of Jungle Raj 2.0? Bollywood wishes happiness and prosperity on Makar Sankranti and Pongal Why is Naidu disappointed when farmers benefit, asks YSRCP Varun Dhawan, Natasha Dalal to tie the knot on Jan 24? Big Details Inside! Ryan Adams ‘cleared’ by FBI in probe on ‘sexting’ underage fan Chennithala demands Kerala academy chief’s resignation Give TDS relief to small sellers on e-commerce platforms: IAMAI Arabians to take on Warriors in Abu Dhabi T10 opener Chinese Covid vax found 50.4% effective in Brazil trials Israel’s peak strawberry season offers new tastes Girl going for holy dip on Makar Sankranti gang-raped in Odisha Third phase of PMKVY 3.0 to be launched on Friday Pawar says charges against Munde ‘serious’, backs Malik OPPO Find X3 with Snapdragon 888 SoC to launch in March	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3633
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__label__cc	0.744127	0.255873	New Zealand Wines 2021: Michael Cooper’s Buyer’s Guide Has Covid-19 changed how we buy and drink wine? Wine is a symbol of the good times, but we enjoy it in times of stress too. This challenging year has no doubt seen many Kiwis reaching for a glass or two of wine, but our wine-buying and wine-drinking behavior has shifted. Read more in New Zealand Wines 2021: Michael Cooper’s Buyer’s Guide. Michael Cooper, New Zealand’s most acclaimed wine writer, believes the biggest changes are in where consumers are buying their wine and the brands they are selecting. “During times of crisis, when people spend less time browsing the shelves, famous, ‘safe’ brands flourish at the expense of less familiar labels,” says Cooper, whose new book New Zealand Wines 2021: Michael Cooper’s Buyer’s Guide (Upstart Press, $39.99) hits shelves Thursday 3 December. Michael says New Zealand’s large, often overseas-controlled, wine companies are trading through the pandemic far more profitably than the majority of small, family-owned vineyards. Big producers, with extensive distribution through supermarkets, are flourishing, because more and more people have been eating at home, but smaller producers are more likely to rely on restaurants, whose wine sales have fallen significantly. Around the world, there was a swift drop in the per-bottle spend on wine in March, but there are now signs of a recovery to pre-Covid spend levels. Internet sales have surged, with many small wineries offering sharp deals online. One prominent Central Otago producer says the forced closure of its cellar door was more than compensated for by a surge in online orders. Research shows that the occasions when we reach for a glass of wine have changed too. When people are at home all day during lock-down, the traditional routine of a glass of wine only with dinner is disrupted. Internationally, at-home drinking of wine without food has increased in frequency. Summer drought was bad news for farmers, but dry weather is excellent for winegrowers and Cooper says the wine from the 2020 vintage looks excellent. Sauvignon Blanc dominated the harvest. Almost 65 per cent of the country’s entire grape crop was of a single grape variety from a single region – Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. Cooper reports the early releases from 2020 are highly aromatic, vibrant, crisp and punchy, offering excellent drinking this summer. Every year Cooper names two Best Buy picks – a red and white wine that punch above their weight and over-deliver for their price point. But for the first time, he’s also included a rosé recommendation, a reflection of the growing popularity of this style. All this insight and more is contained in New Zealand Wines 2021: Michael Cooper’s Buyer’s Guide. And while New Zealanders’ drinking preferences have been impacted by the pandemic, Cooper’s have stayed largely the same. Writing his annual guide, which is in its 29th edition, requires him to taste over 2,500 wines, meaning he must average seven wines a day to get through the tremendous workload. Best Buys of the Year Best White Wine Buy of the Year Stoneleigh Latitude Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2020 ?????, $17–$20 ‘Marlborough in a glass’, I jotted down, after tasting this great-value wine. Estate-grown in Pernod Ricard NZ’s vineyards in the ‘Golden Mile’, which lines Rapaura Road, on the north side of the Wairau Valley, it was deliberately crafted as a ‘full-on’ style with ‘big aromatics’ – and delivers the goods. Looking for a five-star Sauvignon Blanc at a three-star price? Here it is. Best Rosé Wine Buy of the Year Momo Organic Marlborough Rosé 2020 ?????, $18 Certified organic, this is a delicious, distinctive marriage of Pinot Gris, Sémillon and Pinot Noir, cool-fermented in stainless steel tanks and matured briefly on its yeast lees. A bright pink, finely poised wine, it has lively peach, strawberry and watermelon flavours, showing excellent delicacy and depth, and a dry finish. From Seresin Estate, it offers delicious drinking for the summer of 2020–21. Best Red Wine Buy of the Year Villa Maria Cellar Selection Hawke’s Bay Merlot 2019 Offering outstanding value, this Gimblett Gravels red was matured for a year in French oak barriques (15 per cent new). Deeply coloured, with a fragrant, berryish, spicy bouquet, it is mouth-filling and supple, with concentrated, ripe blackcurrant, plum and spice flavours, oak complexity, and a long, very harmonious finish. 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__label__cc	0.677041	0.322959	IGBOLAND NATION Posted on October 28, 2018 by Admin. Questions and Answers on Igbo I was going through the archives of the evergreen Nigeria Village Square and I saw an interesting post that tried as much as possible to clear some false misconception about the Igbos. Tighten your seat belt and read through. In this piece, I intend to focus on the Igbo as a people. The Igbo, their culture, civilization, and their contributions to world greatness, are, perhaps, among the most little understood, taught, publicized and recognized of all human knowledge. What is sometimes upsetting is the little the Igbo themselves, including their educated sons and daughters know about themselves. Or, more bafflingly, how the educated Igbo parrot, and hold fast, without taking a second look at the false information about the Igbo, which they heard or read from scantily informed or biased sources, foreigners and natives, and, of course, the ever busy Igbo detractors. I decided to write this article after the now familiar surprise look I get from many an educated Igbo when I begin to discuss Igbo factoids and misrepresentations. What embarrasses most of them is that certain incontrovertible, and some would say, elementary facts about the Igbo, which were always self evident, now suddenly hits them like a thunderbolt and it becomes crystal clear to them that their previous beliefs which they parroted were false. Here are a few facts in question and answers: •Question: Is Southeast and Igboland the same thing? Answer: Not at all. Southeast is only about 3/5th of Igboland. Igboland covers the whole of Southeast, parts of Rivers, Delta, Edo, Cross river, Benue, Kogi and Akwa Ibom states. Question: Why were we taught in school that Igbo people are easterners? Answer : It is both an unfortunate parroting by teachers and careless adoption by Igbo educated class. Igbo people come from Southern Nigeria and not Eastern Nigeria. It may be correct to say that the Igbo are found predominantly in eastern Nigeria. However, by saying that the Igbo are easterners, the implication is that the Igbo in western Nigeria, numbering about 2.5 million (Agbor, Ogwashi Ukwu, Ibuzo, Okpanam, Asaba, Orimili, Ndokwa, Anioma, etc) are not Igbos. The best known Igbo anthropologist Professor Mike Onwuejeogwu is from the western part of Nigeria, Chukwuma Nzeogwu, Dennis Osadebe, Okonkwo Adibe (the famous musician), Sony Odogwu, etc. are all from the western part of Nigeria. They are no less Igbo than those who live in the eastern part of Nigeria. The correct answer to your question is “the Igbo come from Southern Nigeria.” Question: Why do some Igbo refer to themselves as “core Igbo?” Answer: That is clearly arrant nonsense. Nobody is core and others peripheral. All Igbo are the same. It is both arrogant, thoughtless and insensitive for anybody to regard others as marginal. Question: Is Igboland landlocked? Answer: Not at all. Igboland stretches from Port Harcourt to Agbor. The Atlantic ocean washes the shores of Igboland at the islands Opobo and Bonny, Africa’s second largest river – River Niger, traverses Igboland with one part of Igboland in the east and another part in the west of Nigeria. Oguta Lake has the potential of accommodating large ships and could be made a navigable port. If Igboland is landlocked, then all Nigeria is landlocked. Question: Is there oil in Igboland? Answer: Yes, indeed. There is a lot of Oil & Gas in Imo, Abia and currently in Anambra states, and Igbo areas in Rivers and Delta States. Besides, Igboland has many other natural resources, including Coal, Iron ore, Limestone, Lead, Zinc, Brine, Glass etc. Question: Are the Igbo a nation or a tribe? Answer: The Igbo are a nation, and a very large one. There are many dialects or tribes in Igbo nation, just like you have many tribes within Israel. Question: Why do some Ikwerre people and other non southeastern Igbo say they are not Igbo? Answer: First, it is not up to them to say what they are and what they are not. When God created them, He did not ask them who they wanted to be. He just created them Igbo. The only way you’ll know who belongs to what ethnic group in Nigeria is the name and what language the name comes from. Anybody whose name is Amadi or Onyeri, or Eke, or Odili, Wanodi (Nwanodi) does not need to tell you who he is. He is Igbo, notwithstanding their politics. Question: But they claim that their language is Ikwerre, not Igbo. Answer: That is politics. Ikwerre is a dialect of Igbo language. Just like an Ngwa man speaks Ngwa Igbo, Arochukwu speaks Arochukwu Igbo, Ika speaks Ika Igbo, Ibani speaks Ibani Igbo etc. Question: Some people say that Igbo language is not complete, is it true? Answer: No language is complete. All languages borrow from each other. Igbo language is very rich. It has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, sayings, anecdotes, riddles, folklores, etc. Igbo language is one of the major languages of the world, being spoken by millions of people. Question: How many are the Igbo? Answer: The Igbo are very numerous. There is educated guess that if Nigeria’s census is properly enumerated, the Igbo could easily be the largest ethnic group in the country. They may number up to 40 million. Everything right now, is speculation. Nobody knows the true stratification or ethnic populations in Nigeria. The Igbo are the only ethnic group found in large numbers everywhere in Nigeria, and foreign countries more than any other ethnic group in Africa. Question: Do the Igbo have a culture of their own? Answer: Yes, indeed. Igbo culture is perhaps, one of the richest and all-encompassing cultures in this world. Igbo culture always observes the temporal and the spiritual aspects of cosmology. The study of Igbo culture reveals that it is extremely deep and original. Question: Why do the Igbo wear Yoruba Agbada and Hausa babban riga but the Yoruba and the Hausa do not ever wear Igbo national dress? Answer : Unfortunately this is the case. The Igbo have very attractive and resplendent national dresses. And they come in assortments that are extremely dignifying. The Igbo take up foreign cultures more readily than other Nigerians, and they seem not to care that nobody reciprocates their carefree attitude to life. Most ethnics promote their cultures and show off what makes them unique. Actually, it is still the same so-called educated Igbo class who behave in such disgraceful and the devil-may-care attitude. Question: Why do the Igbo call themselves Biafrans? Answer: Great question. Some people have the idea that Biafra originates from the Bight of Biafra. But that is wrong. Biafra was the National name of Igboland given to Igbo by the Portuguese, just as Nigeria was named by the English of Britain. There was the Kingdom of Biafra that ruled most of the ancient subtropical Africa about 50,000 years ago. Unfortunately, nobody talks about it, for whatever reason (maybe because Portugal lost the colony right of Biafra to Britain who buried it, in other to promote Nigeria amalgamation), “I do not know”. But, it is in the ancient maps of the world. If you wish search it in Google. Question: Were the Igbo also taken into slavery during the slave trade? Answer: Yes. The Igbo slaves themselves gave account of their travails in slavery. Olauda Ekwuano an Igbo ex-slave who bought his freedom in Britain was the first slave to write about his experience in slavery. His book has become a classic. You ought to find it and read it. Also, other Igbos who were brought to America revolted and some walked back on water and were said to have returned to Africa. Several books have been written about them. One of such books is “Ibo Landing.” It is available in bookstores like Barnes & Noble. In Haiti, the Igbo settled there and refused to be colonized by anybody. There are many places where the Igbo left their mark or their signature. Question: How did the Igbo know days and years? Answer: The Igbo invented an accurate, if not the most accurate calendar called “Iguafo Igbo (Igbo Calendar).” In Igbo calendar, there are four market days – Eke, Afor, Nkwo, Orie that make one week. Four days make one week, seven weeks make one month, and thirteen months make one year. There are 28 days for each month, with the last month having 29 days. Each month starts the same day as the previous. Igbo calendar forms the perfect astronomical alignment with the cosmos, and regulates the seasons, agriculture, navigation, astrology, geography, mathematics, travel, etc. Question: Did the Igbo have their own alphabet? Answer: Yes, indeed. It is called “Nsibidi.” Question: How about mathematics; did the Igbo know mathematics? Answer: Yes, indeed. There are such inventions as “Okwe” and “Mkpisi” which the Igbo used to resolve figures. Question: Did the Igbo know anything about banking? Answer: Yes. Igbo banking was more in the nature of Savings and Loans. The authentic Igbo savings and loans invention called “Isusu’ in which contributions are pooled each week and one person, who has the need, collects, is still in practice. Igbo slaves took this invention to the Caribbean Islands where they still practise it and call it “Sue Sue.” Question: Some people say that Igboland is too small for the Igbo, that they have no alternative than to live as Nigerians: is this true? Answer: False. Igboland is a large country. Do every Igbo need to stay and work in Igboland? No. Everywhere in the world, some will stay home while others venture abroad in search of opportunities. Igboland is large enough for the Igbo. And it is a very rich and hospitable part of the world. It has rich soil for agriculture, abundant rainfall, good sunshine, and table land in many parts. Its land space and population are more than that of over half of the present countries in the world. Question: Where did the Igbo come from? Answer: That question is still being asked. There are very intriguing theories or histories now being studied. You may have heard of the Jewish angle & the Egypt angle which are connected, and the Origin of man angle. This twenty-first century, hopefully, will resolve the mystery. Share to educate others if you love Igbo. PreviousPRESIDENT BUHARI’S WAEC CERTIFICATE SAGA – THE REAL ISSUES! NextPropaganda vs Strategic Political Realism: Lessons from History: (The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 and the Nigeria Biafra War of 67-70 – By Prof. Uzodinma Nwala	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3645
__label__cc	0.725492	0.274508	« Once Again, I'm in Trouble with My Only Friend \| Main \| More Straight Talk » Obama should meet with Petraeus in Iraq, without preconditions by Charles Within the first weeks after receiving enough delegates to secure the nomination, Barack Obama should go to Iraq and meet with General Petraeus without preconditions. There would be a lot of preparation. The first steps would not be to pre-judge all the items on the list. More below the fold... Obama hasn't been to Iraq since January 2006, before the Golden Mosque bombing by al Qaeda. A lot has happened since then. Last Monday, John McCain invited Obama to join him on his upcoming visit to Iraq. The Obama campaign flatly rejected the offer. Bill Burton, campaign spokesman: John McCain's proposal is nothing more than a political stunt, and we don't need any more 'Mission Accomplished' banners or walks through Baghdad markets to know that Iraq's leaders have not made the political progress that was the stated purpose of the surge. The American people don't want any more false promises of progress, they deserve a real debate about a war that has overstretched our military, and cost us thousands of lives and hundreds of billions of dollars without making us safer. I'm pretty sure McCain won't pull out a 'Mission Accomplished' banner on a joint trip, and I'm also pretty sure that Obama could exclude any walks with McCain through Baghdad markets. Ed Morrissey: If they’re worried about the military giving them a dog-and-pony show, the answer isn’t to decline the trip but to counterpropose a more comprehensive trip than even McCain’s suggesting and turn it into a real fact-finding mission. Don’t spend two hours looking at charts with Petraeus. Take four or five days; go to Basra and Mosul. If they simply can’t suspend campaigning for that long, send a joint team of advisors from both sides. After all, Iraq is in the top two of top-two issues in this country. It seems reasonable to me that Obama should go there and see for himself what's taking place, and get his information directly from the source (or sources). In addition to Mosul and Basra, perhaps he could even go to Diyala province now that it's been pacified. Anyway, it's heartening to hear that Obama is at least considering going there: Senator Barack Obama said today that he is considering visiting American troops and commanders in Iraq this summer. He declined an invitation from Senator John McCain to take a joint trip to Iraq, saying, "I just don’t want to be involved in a political stunt." In a brief interview here, Mr. Obama said his campaign was considering taking a foreign trip after he secures the Democratic presidential nomination. No details have been set, he said, but added: "Iraq would obviously be at the top of the list of stops." Mr. Obama suggested today that any foreign itinerary would include a stop in Iraq. "I think that if I’m going to Iraq, then I’m there to talk to troops and talk to commanders, I’m not there to try to score political points or perform," Mr. Obama said. "The work they’re doing there is too important." Mr. McCain responded with a touch of sarcasm to the news that Mr. Obama was thinking about going to Iraq. "I certainly was just a short time ago glad to hear that Senator Obama is now, quote, considering a trip to Iraq," Mr. McCain said at a news conference late in the day in Los Angeles. "It’s long overdue, it’s been 871 days since he was there. And I’m confident that when he goes he will then change his position on the conflict in Iraq, because he will see the success that has been achieved on the ground." Again, Ed Morrissey: Just so we’re clear, a "political stunt" would be letting McCain cow him into a joint trip to Iraq. Letting McCain cow him into a solo trip? Not a stunt. It would also be interesting to see if Obama does change his 16-month cut-and-run policy after a visit to Iraq, considering that there are strong indicators that the strategy is working. I'm doubtful that he will. Why? Because his "plan" is too diametrically opposed to the current strategy, and in my view, he's too politically invested to change it because such a change would anger and inflame the very base that propelled him to the nomination. There would be hell to pay from the Hard Partisan Left. Obama's withdrawal proposal is a direct and complete rejection of the counterinsurgency strategy crafted by General Petraeus, and his opposition to the strategy has been longstanding. Here's what Obama said on January 5, 2007: Meanwhile, Obama said he told the president directly that an "escalation of troop levels in Iraq was a mistake." Obama was among more than a dozen senators of both parties who were invited to the White House to discuss his plans for Iraq. Bush plans to continue to meet with lawmakers and is expected to announce his new Iraq strategy next week in an address to the nation. "It was an open-ended discussion," Obama told reporters after the meeting. "The president asked for our opinions. I think both Republican and Democratic senators expressed grave concern about the situation in Iraq." "I personally indicated that an escalation of troop levels in Iraq was a mistake and that we need a political accommodation, rather than a military approach to the sectarian violence there," said Obama. Asked for the president's reaction, Obama said: "I think he is considering it very carefully. They've obviously run that possibility through the traps. He did not say definitively that that's the decision he had made." No specific figure was mentioned for the proposed increase in troops during the meeting, Obama said. The COIN strategy envisions a political accommodation AND a military approach. Obama rejected this, favoring the former but not the latter. On February 16, 2007, the House approved the following resolution: "Congress disapproves of the decision of President George W. Bush announced on January 10, 2007, to deploy more than 20,000 additional United States combat troops to Iraq." It passed 246-182, but the Senate version failed to clear cloture. Obama voted in favor of putting the resolution to a vote. Twelve months later, Obama's rejection of the present strategy remains in full force and effect. After foreign policy advisor Samantha Power said that Obama's proposal to withdraw all combat brigades in 16 months was a "best case scenario", the Obama campaign disowned her: Unfortunately, the best-case scenario does not usually apply in Iraq. That is why it was perfectly appropriate for British television reporters to challenge former Obama foreign policy adviser Samantha Power about how he would respond to an unraveling security situation in the country. She gave what seemed like a common-sense response: Obama will be guided by the circumstances on the ground and the advice of his military commanders, and will not be locked into a plan that he produced more than a year earlier while running for president. Power's candor was evidently too much for the Obama camp, which promptly disowned her remarks. Michael Dobbs didn't mention that the Obama campaign also disowned Power because she called Hillary Clinton a "monster" on British television to a UK newspaper. Nevertheless, the campaign directly repudiated both her "best case scenario" remarks and the "Hillary is a monster" comment. The reality may be that Obama will sign on to the Petraeus strategy if elected, but I don't see any indications of it right now. So as it stands, by dint of his "plan", he must believe that our endeavor in Iraq is irretrievably lost, so the only rationale alternative is to remove our troops with haste. Because of the numbers, the logistics, the bases and whatnot, 16 months is pretty hasty and, to me, it's likely that such a rapid departure would conflict with the latest January 2007 NIE on Iraq. Changing gears a little, last April I wrote a post on Ambassador Crocker's testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Political progress has been made, but surely not as quickly as anyone likes. The main Sunni bloc's recent suspension of talks on national reconciliation is an example of the volatility and fragility of the process. But it is a process. The national government has shown some willingness to incorporate Sunnis into the military forces, but only haltingly. Al Maliki is stronger politically, but he needs to do more. Here's another indicator that the COIN strategy is working. News coverage is way down: During the first 10 weeks of 2007, Iraq accounted for 23 percent of the newshole fornetwork TV news. In 2008, it plummeted to 3 percent during that period. On cable networks it fell from 24 percent to 1 percent, according to a study by the Project for Excellence in Journalism. The numbers also were dismal for the country's dailies. By Acuna's count, during the first three months of this year, front-page stories about Iraq in the Bee were down 70 percent from the same time last year. Articles about Iraq once topped the list for reader feedback. By mid-2007, "Their interest just dropped off; it was noticeable to me," says the public editor. It's not bleeding, so it's not leading. Posted by WarrenPeese at 12:17 PM in Politics \| Permalink I agree with you that IBC and ICCC casualties undercount, but it seems reasonable that they would undercount consistently, No, it doesn't. And it'd be clear to someone who understands the methodology. That's something you've admitted yourself, consistently. You don't understand the statistics, you don't understand the methodology--yet you rely on them to make your points. I think that's a dangerous thing to do. Posted by: gwangung \| May 31, 2008 at 01:45 PM As usual, I'm afraid that my response will leave you disappointed. That's because you're response never actually gets to the meat of the matter. You think political settlement is possible. You think we're moving forward, or capable of doing so. But never, ever, do we hear about how. I mean, we hear about the military side, from casualty counts to COIN strategies etc. But how are the Sunnis, al Sadr's militias, Kurds, etc going to be induced to join a peaceful political settlement? What I really want is someone who thinks the war should continue, but doesn't reach that conclusion by blocking out any information contradictory to a simplistic formulation that leads them to that conclusion. Maybe this is like asking for a logical defense of Intelligent Design, I dunno. When Charles says that the political progress needs more work he's a quarter of the way there, but he doesn't seem to want to go any further (of course, he's still lapped the immobile DaveC). I never hear how those things are supposed to happen. How do we go from legitimizing the Sunni militias in Anbar to having a government monopoly on force? If al Sadr has militias, how can we go from there to inclusive government- ie how do we disarm him without a military victory. Or, if we do 'defeat' his militias, how does military victory by al Maliki's faction translate into inclusive government? How are we not just aiding one side in a civil war? Abandoning the illusion that al Maliki's faction is somehow morally superior to al Sadr's (or less tied to Iran)- if military victory decides who rules, how do we get to a democracy? You quote Crocker- but let's face it, anyone who claims with a straight face that the new de-Baathification reform was a good thing has to face the fact that it was supported by the Shi'a parties and opposed by many Sunni groups. ... [a] document riddled with loopholes and caveats to the point that some Sunni and Shiite officials say it could actually exclude more former Baathists than it lets back in - particularly in the crucial security ministries that U.S. officials have called the key to their plans for eventual withdrawal from Iraq.... [some Shi'a interpretations] would ban members of even the lowest party levels from the most important ministries: justice, interior, defense, finance and foreign. That's the level of seriousness we get for discussions of politics. Head in the sand, spin everything as a positive development (again- cease-fire is good news! al Maliki attacking al Sadr is good news! They stop fighting again, it's good news!) And even Crocker doesn't talk about the road forward. He just spins past events to suggest that they are positive. He doesn't discuss how al Sadr's supporters are going to join the political process, for example- just says that that needs to happen. You make a post full of snide attacks on Obama, suggest that he let himself be sucker-punched by McCain (ie that McCain has to induce him to care enough about Iraq to visit), say that you think things might get better, but no guarantees and no plan for how that's going to happen. Posted by: Carleton Wu \| May 31, 2008 at 01:48 PM The statistics regarding media coverage of the Iraq war alone are not valid proof that there has been progress in Iraq. Shinobi, I know this is hypothetical, but if the situation in Iraq was disintegrating in the first 10 weeks of 2008, do you think the amount of coverage would be the same? Secondly, I do not recall any statement by the Obama campaign repdudiating Smantha Power's remarks about Obama's Iraq policy. Can you produce such comments? I take Michael Dobbs at his word. He's one of the better journalists I've seen, and his words stand unchanged since last March without refutation from the Obama campaign. You make a fair point that Obama wants to remove all combat brigades from Iraq because our military is strained. I think that's a secondary reason at best. He could help unstrain the military by proposing to increase the numbers of personnel. Of course he wants Obama to go to Iraq where he will be fragged Let's be clear about what getaclue is saying. Fragging Fragging is a term from the Vietnam War, used primarily by U.S. military personnel, most commonly meaning to assassinate an unpopular officer of one's own fighting unit, often by means of a fragmentation grenade (hence the term). I take this to mean that getaclue is saying that I Obama to go to Iraq so that he'll get assassinated. This is just about the worst kind of smear and insult, and a major posting rules violation to boot. I suggest that the powers-that-be skip the warning and go straight to some form of banning. Posted by: Charles Bird \| May 31, 2008 at 02:41 PM Actually, he can't do that in any practical sense. If you think he can, then you need to explain how a major increase in forces would be paid for, and why you think such a buildup of forces could possibly be performed in a reasonable amount of time. I don't think you understand this point Charles: soldiers are not widgets coming off an assembly line whose production can simply be ramped up at your whims. At best, they take a long time to develop proficiency, especially if you're talking about the mid level officers that we're short of. In any event, the public doesn't like this war. That depresses recruitment and the ever present news stories about how the government is screwing over veterans doesn't help either. The latter issue isn't just a media problem: people can see veterans getting screwed over in their communities and their families. Posted by: Turbulence \| May 31, 2008 at 02:49 PM He could help unstrain the military by proposing to increase the numbers of personnel. Because volunteers are queued around the block to join up... I was under the impression that the army was doing everything short of stapling soldiers' feet to the floor of the humvee to maintain numbers. You are right though that the strain on the military is only a second order consideration. If the war was worth fighting to this degree, certainly the military should just have to deal. I think Obama's point is that it's not, and it shouldn't. I don't think it has occurred to you that the corollary for decreased violence, should it obtain, will be growing resentment at the US presence. No one's going to thank you at the end of all this. Apart from the accidental quotidian injustices of a foreign occupation, all armies bread crime, trafficking in contraband and prostitution. Western armies are certainly much better than most others in this regard, but certainly not immune. And these problems grow steadily the longer an army is stuck in one place. They are also particularly problematic if the army is located in a very foreign culture, as is the case with the US army in Iraq. Posted by: byrningman \| May 31, 2008 at 03:00 PM CB: "You make a fair point that Obama wants to remove all combat brigades from Iraq because our military is strained. I think that's a secondary reason at best. He could help unstrain the military by proposing to increase the numbers of personnel." Increase the numbers of personnel? IOW, in military terms, "reinforce failure"? Sorry Charles, but when the basic desire of the American public - to say nothing of the Iraqi public - is oriented (except, of course, for the jingo/warmonger fringe) towards reducing and/or ending the US' increasingly counterproductive occupation of Iraq, do you really think that a call for throwing more troops into the meatgrinder is going to be anything other than political suicide? Jeez: even your idol, Hero Boy McCain hasn't gone out on that particular limb: there's a reason why he has stuck to his future-perfect fantasies in re Iraq: calling for troop increases would seal his fate. Obama's "16-month withdrawal schedule" may not be the wisest or most practicable of plans, but it at least aims at a final result WAY more in line with public sentiment. Sorry if that bothers you, CB: but it's called "democracy". Posted by: Jay C \| May 31, 2008 at 03:14 PM Oh, and BTW, Charles: if you see "unstraining the military" as Sen. Obama's "secondary" reason for avocating troop withdrawals, what do you imaging the primary reason is? Quoting Dobbs: Power's candor was evidently too much for the Obama camp, which promptly disowned her remarks. Charles:I take Michael Dobbs at his word. He's one of the better journalists I've seen, and his words stand unchanged since last March without refutation from the Obama campaign. Dobbs claimed that the Obama campaign disowned her remarks. That would mean that they made a public statement, yes? Are you seriously claiming that they made some kind of secret disavowal, but publicly they've not done so? Maybe it was a double-extra-secret disavowal, available only to journalists with impeccable credentials. That would be pretty bizarre. Isn't the point of a disavowal that it takes place public ally? If so, shouldn't there be a press release or quote someplace backing this up? Or is this another example of believing what you want to believe rather than getting all fussy about things like evidence? That's not saying that the Obama campaign didn't make such a statement, just that your reliance on Dobbs's statement is weird. I mean, if you can't bother to look for a disavowal from the Obama campaign, how could you possibly be sure that they haven't attempted a refutation? Maybe while you were performing that exhaustive check for refutations, you could've looked for the actual evidence. Is it so important to you for Bush to be defeated that you want Al Qaeda In Iraq, or Mogtada Al-Sadr to run the country? AQI is a fringe group of a 20% minority. So fringe, that most of that 20% minority has turned against it. The claim that AQI could defeat the majority of Sunnis, all the Shiites and all the Kurds in order to run Iraq is sophomoric, although that gives sophomoric a bad name. Was Basra better when religious police could kill musicians or bartenders? That was the way it was under the control of Al Sadr. Basra was never controlled by the Sadrists. It was then, and is now, controlled by Fadila. Which is a party formed as an offshoot to Sadrism. Fadila are religiously conservative as well. So is ISCI and Dawa. In fact, after a few days, the musicians and bartenders are being targeted and shut down again. As are women. You deny or ignore the fact that the Kurdish part of Iraq is any better than under Saddam Hussein. The Kurdish part of Iraq starting doing better when we imposed and enforced the no-fly zone up north in the early 90's. If not for an intra-Kurdish civil war, it would have been even better. Things have improved in Kurdistan post-invasion, but the most dramatic improvement occurred after the first Gulf War. But hey, if it makes you feel better, we've spent trillions of dollars, wasted hundreds of thousands of lives, created millions of refugees, greatly empowered Iran, greatly weakened our military, greatly tarnished our image and standing worldwide and ignored so many other pressing needs for the sake of further improving conditions in Kurdistan. Posted by: Eric Martin \| May 31, 2008 at 03:39 PM One more thing: Gary Farber pwned this thread. If this thread were a game ball, it would go to him. but no guarantees and no plan for how that's going to happen Well we know what Obama's plan is: to allow Iran to take over Iraq by its proxies, similar to Lebanon. This is what most Democrats want: The defeat of democracy in Iraq, Iranian and Hizballah ascendancy, the elimination of Israel by any means and the right of Syria to rule the former nations of Lebanon and Israel, the overthrow of Columbia by FARC and Chavez's regime, etc. Obama, his wife, his preacher, and his followers hate the middle class, and want to eliminate them, so that there will be two distinct classes, the edumacated rulers, and the rest of the people dependent on some sort of welfare. They want a "strong horse" ruler in Iraq: Hussein is not an option, but as Eric says, all America's liberals must support Al Sadr. Really now, is it so important for Bush to lose that you want Al Qaeda and Iran to win? Posted by: DaveC \| May 31, 2008 at 03:44 PM Dave, put down the Everclear and go get some fresh air. Posted by: matttbastard \| May 31, 2008 at 03:49 PM Dave: what matttbastard said. None of us want Iran to rule Iraq, by proxies or otherwise. The question is, what are willing to do to stop it, now that Bush has made a large increase in Iranian influence inevitable? And the idea that Obama wants to eliminate the middle class is just off the deep end. I'm sorry, but it is. If you're going to say something like that, at least do us the courtesy of explaining why you think so. Preferably with cites, and in detail. Posted by: hilzoy \| May 31, 2008 at 04:02 PM Yeah, I have to agree, as much as I hate to. ;) Gary took your lunch money Charles… Posted by: OCSteve \| May 31, 2008 at 04:33 PM Well we know what Obama's plan is: [paranoid nonsense clipped] How is it I ask you for a plan, and you can't even do a Chaz and pretend to have one? All you can do is recycle some CCC talking points? You're not even a good shill- the point here is that you're supposed to pretend to care enough about Iraq to pretend that there's a plan to create political unity. When all of your rants end with the domestic political situation (and you misunderstand Iraq so badly as to think that al Maliki represents some sort of nascent democratic movement), your actual concerns become clear: the absolute butt-kicking that the GOP is going to receive in November. "By the way, I have sent Gary a few Jacksons and he still hate me." Yes, I've heard how you've been announcing to people that you've sent me donations in the past. It's good of you to let people know that, so you get all the credit you feel you deserve. Looking through my records, I see that you are apparently Dave C*, with an AOL address ending in *[email protected] If that's someone else, please feel free to let me know, so I can recheck to see whom I've confused you with. I see that you made two $20 donations in late December of 2005, $50 in July of 2006, and another $20 in December of 2007. I'll gladly return your money if you feel you've not gotten your money's worth from your charity, DaveC. If you sent me money so you could announce to lots of people that you sent me money, and that that makes you a great guy, hey, mine is not to examine people's motives. But I'm happy to now make clear for the public record exactly what you did, and I'm happy to have on the public all available info from you as what it meant to you and what your expectations were. In case the thank you emails I sent you in response to your donations were insufficient, let me thank you again for your kind donations, which were most helpful, and appreciated. If, however, your expectations were that I should keep track of who donated what, so as to be especially uncritical of donors, you misunderstood. If, however, the reason you've been going around telling other people about your generous donations to me -- as you have, and as you do here -- with some kind of expectation that I should factor that into how I do or do not respond to you on blogs -- and largely I simply ignore you as the malicious and vicious lying troll that you enjoy playing on the internet -- and those expectations were unmet, then, alas, there would again appear to have been some misunderstanding involved. Let me know if you'd like me to PayPal you back the money you've donated. Otherwise, continue to announce to all and sundry how very generous you are. If you feel that that will make up for the rest of your online behavior, specifically your enthusiasm for making vicious and unfounded accusations as to what other people "want" and what they "believe," good luck with that. Otherwise I'm going back to ignoring you, troll, as you're not worth time spent on refuting your obvious malicious lies (Obama's "followers hate the middle class, and want to eliminate them," etc.). Last I looked, those kind of generalizations, particularly when made by someone who has been warned time and time and time and time and time and time and time again, month after month, year after year, were clear violations of the posting rules. But that's not my call, and to all appearances, you have some special out from being banned, no matter how many times you blatantly and intentionally and knowingly flout the rules. Regardless, good luck with your approach to online discourse, and political persuasion. May it serve you better than it appears to. Posted by: Gary Farber \| May 31, 2008 at 04:49 PM "Was Basra better when religious police could kill musicians or bartenders? That was the way it was under the control of Al Sadr." Basra has never been under the control of Al Sadr. The Al-Fadhila Party are rivals of the Mahdi Army; they shoot each other. If you were an honest interlocutor, you would want to buy a clue as to what you're talking about. "If you want Iraq to be like Iran then you are ok here; if you think that Gaza would be a paradise were it not for the existence of Israel, if you think that Hugo Chavez and FARC are the good guys, that waving a Chomsky book and ranting against the USA at the United Nations is somehow virtuous because it is against the hated President Bush, well, then that is what you are." And who here believes a single one of those things? Anyone? Unless you can point to a specific person, DaveC, you are lying. And you know you are lying, or you are so recklessly malicious, you don't care. Same difference. "You want Basra to be run by the Mahdi Army thugs again. " It never was. Maybe you should read a book about Iraq, DaveC. It really helps to have the least clue as to what you're talking about, if you want to even pretend to be sincere. "Well we know what Obama's plan is: to allow Iran to take over Iraq by its proxies, similar to Lebanon" No, that was George W. Bush's plan, and it succeeded. Go read some actual facts about Iraq and Iran, DaveC: or do you simply enjoy being beaten with clue-sticks until the clue-by-four is long past called for? Posted by: \| May 31, 2008 at 05:01 PM Look Gary, even though this is weird to have a personal discussion in public, I am willing to support people that I strongly disagree with. That may seem crazy, but I don't wish that terrible things happen to my "political enemies". I am harsh, because very often other commenters that disagree with me are also very harsh. This is not a deal where I hate you or Hilzoy, or Publius, or whomever. I am just trying to put my 2 cents in, "Mostly Say Hooray For My Side". That's pretty much the deal with me. I am often not very straightforward, and sometimes am deliberately offensive, because I am offended by the posts or some of the comments. When you put all Republicans in prison for War Crimes, have a little bit of sympathy for me. "I would agree that not enough political progress has occurred, Hil, but a blanket statement that political progress "is not happening" is in direct contradiction with what Ambassador Crocker reported to Congress last month." Charles, for god's sakes, administration public announcements are propaganda. They're always going to be positive, we see the light at the end-of-the-tunnel. Please read up on the Vietnam War, and how our government handled propaganda/PR, and how honest or dishonest officials were. Please. Read the Pentagon Papers. Read Neil Sheehan's A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam; read Stanley Karnow's Vietnam: A History (or just watch the full documentary series). Then, just for flavor, read Michael Herr's Dispatches. Any statements from any government about what they're doing is going to be positive, and sometimes a downright lie. You do know that, right? "NV, Obama's a center-rightist?" From the POV of any leftist, of course. Has Obama been calling for control of the means of production, while I wasn't looking? You know, something actually leftist, rather than what lunatic rightwingers like to call leftist? Dennis Kucinich is a mild leftist. Obama is just a centrist liberal, at most. Actual leftists usually want actual socialism, if not communism, Charles. You might want to read up on the history of the left if you're unaware of something so basic, and only aware of caricatures. "I agree that 'only issues that matter' is political settlement as a long term objective, and a proper COIN strategy is a long-term strategy." Definite "long-term" for us, please. When do we get there? What year? What six-month period? When is it a reasonable amount of time to take to get there, and when is it insanely unreasonable, and time to admit we're never getting there? Two years from today? Five years? Ten years? Twenty years? Fifty years? One hundred years? Please give us a time-span by which we can agree that It's Time To Give Up and be loser-defeatists. Or is that never? "Given the trends since last August, I think the present strategy is worth pursuing. " Of course you do. You always do. You are nothing if not consistent. The facts don't matter, because all you need is an official to tell you something positive, so you can point to that as proof that We Must Continue. And when the set of officials changes so that there are no longer Official Officials telling you something positive, you will, I expect, blame the new officials for being loser-defeatists, and you'll appoint to the Real Officials who matter to you on the right wing as possessing the True Knowledge Of Iraq and What Should Have Been Done To Save It. And you will, I expect, say that it Was Only Because Of The Loser-Defeatist Democrats that defeat was snatched from the jaws of the victory that we're On The Way To. Hey, prove me wrong, but I've never gone wrong yet betting on your consistency, Charles. "As usual, I'm afraid that my response will leave you disappointed." That seems quite likely, but I like to be optimistic. How about this? You take a shot at responding to the points I asked asked you to here, and I'll let you know if I'm disappointed or not. Deal? "This is just about the worst kind of smear and insult, and a major posting rules violation to boot." So, Charles, do you see any posting rules violations here? How about here? "Shinobi, I know this is hypothetical, but if the situation in Iraq was disintegrating in the first 10 weeks of 2008, do you think the amount of coverage would be the same?" Do you believe that if the answer is "no" -- as it is -- that that would be because: a) the liberal media is biased against reporting news they don't like; or: b) news is reporting about Bad Things, not about Good Things? "You make a fair point that Obama wants to remove all combat brigades from Iraq because our military is strained. I think that's a secondary reason at best." What do you think the primary reason is? "Look Gary, even though this is weird to have a personal discussion in public," I don't recall being the one who introduced the topic of your generous donations to me, or who initiated this conversation between us at all. "I am willing to support people that I strongly disagree with. That may seem crazy," To someone, maybe, but as it happens, I've always been friends with people I disagree with, and have always had friends from an extremely wide spectrum of political views. As it happens, and as I've always said, I'm far more interested in the quality of someone's arguments than I am with the results. I'd far rather hang out with smart people who challenge my views, and who disagree with me, than with dopey people who agree with me for stupid reasons, and who can only make poor and illogical arguments. I find people on my side who make bad arguments to be an embarrasment to my "side," insofar as I ever have one (I go issue by issue, myself, and always have). "but I don't wish that terrible things happen to my 'political enemies'." And neither do I. I wish nothing but the best for anyone who disagrees with me in any sort of remotely courteous fashion. I certainly wish all the best for Charles, Sebastian, and Von, no matter the lapses in our conversations at times. "I am harsh, because very often other commenters that disagree with me are also very harsh." Bullpuckey. You are "harsh" -- I would say that you engage in vicious and malicious lies about people -- because it makes you feel good to do so. You've admitted to this. Moreover, you've admitted that you do it in response to problems in your offline life, and because you can't reply there as you will, so you come here and "like toi stir st up." (Forgive me for not taking the time to link to the actual quote just now, and if I have it slightly wrong; I'm actually very busy today, but am squeezing out some time in between other stuff.) "This is not a deal where I hate you or Hilzoy, or Publius, or whomever." I really don't care how you feel. I'll never know, anyway, and it makes no difference to me. I only know how you act, and the way you act is to come here, and elsewhere, and tell vicious lies about us. As in all the quotes I can pull from your comments in this thread about what we "believe" and "want." They're lies, you know they are lies, you know that they are vicious slurs against our patriotism, our love of America, our support of U.S. troops, and our desire to see America do what's best, and you tell the lies anyway. Over and over and over. Because it makes you feel good. That's what makes me have no respect whatever for you DaveC: your behavior. Change your behavior to respectable behavior, and you will earn respect. Tell lots of nasty lies about people, and they will not be happy with you for it. I don't think I'm unusual in saying that that's how it works for me, and how it works for most people. Give it a try. Or don't. As always, it's in your hands. "I am just trying to put my 2 cents in, 'Mostly Say Hooray For My Side"'." By lying about what Hilzoy, and I, and Obama supporters, and people who know far more than you about any topic we engage on believe and want and think. Stop lying about us, DaveC. Stop lying. Just. Lying. It's up to you. Just stop it. "That's pretty much the deal with me. I am often not very straightforward, and sometimes am deliberately offensive, because I am offended by the posts or some of the comments." Consider that there are alternative responses, when offended, to being deliberately offended. Or continue on with that; it's worked so well for you so far. "When you put all Republicans in prison for War Crimes, have a little bit of sympathy for me." I don't want you to be punished in any way, DaveC. I want you to educate yourself about what you're passionate about, so you stop making a public spectacle of yourself, and can win arguments, and actually understand what you're trying to talk about. And I want you to stop lying about the rest of us. If you do that, maybe you'll also do other stuff that will earn you respect from me, and perhaps more respect from others than you currently receive. It's all up to you. But since I've explained this before to you countless times, I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for this time to be different. But: surprise me. I always like good surprises. Reasonable from the perspective that you would acknowledge progress at those points, not that I believe they are attainable any time soon. That's kind of the point. If the benchmarks aren't attainable, then we can't "win" (where "winning" means acheiving the benchmarks). If we can't "win", what are we staying for? if the situation in Iraq was disintegrating in the first 10 weeks of 2008, do you think the amount of coverage would be the same? Depends on what Brittany Spears and Paris Hilton were doing. Seriously. When you put all Republicans in prison for War Crimes, have a little bit of sympathy for me. Not all, just the ones who condoned torture. Which was a War Crime, last I checked. Those who condoned treason should also go to prison, especially the higher-ups, although not to the Hague. Posted by: Jeff \| May 31, 2008 at 07:03 PM "To give every Iraqi citizen a stake in the country's economy, Iraq will pass legislation to share oil revenues among all Iraqis." Did this happen, Charles? Informally yes, Gary. Ambassador Crocker:And, finally, I'd make the point on another piece of glue that holds the country together, and those are revenues -- oil revenues. While it is true that they have not yet wrestled their way through to a comprehensive hydrocarbon and revenue sharing package, revenues are distributed. And all the provinces and all the communities obviously have an interest in having that happen. And it goes through the center. "To show that it is committed to delivering a better life, the Iraqi government will spend $10 billion of its own money on reconstruction and infrastructure projects that will create new jobs." It is happening. Crocker: Iraq’s 2008 budget has allocated $13 billion for reconstruction, and a $5 billion supplemental budget this summer will invest export revenues in building the infrastructure and providing the services that Iraq so badly needs. To empower local leaders, Iraqis plan to hold provincial elections later this year." They haven't happened yet but they're scheduled. Crocker: The Provincial Powers Law also called for provincial elections by October 1, 2008, and an Electoral Law is now under discussion that will set the parameters for elections. All major parties have announced their support for these elections, which will be a major step forward in Iraq's political development and will set the stage for national elections in late 2009. "And to allow more Iraqis to re-enter their nation's political life, the government will reform de-Baathification laws," Give us some cites on the success of that, please, Charles. Okay. More Crocker: The Accountability and Justice Law (de-Ba'athification reform), passed after lengthy and often contentious debate, reflects a strengthened spirit of reconciliation, as does a far-reaching Amnesty Law. "and establish a fair process for considering amendments to Iraq's constitution." How has that gone, Charles? I haven't seen progress on that, Gary. "We will double the number of provincial reconstruction teams." How about a cite on the success of this, Charles? Petraeus, from the Q&A last month: The provincial reconstruction teams and the so-called EPRTs, the embedded provincial reconstruction, which were actually subprovincial in most cases, have been enormously helpful and valuable. They have augmented, at brigade headquarters, division headquarters, the assets of our civilian affairs -- civil affairs personnel, and brought really useful skill sets to bear in a number of different provinces and districts. Beyond that, I think we do need to take a look at the PRT composition. And that is ongoing, actually -- just a report out that that is taking place -- to detrmine, for example, do you need more agrioculture experts in Nineveh than you do in Baghdad? Do you need more oil experts in, say, Kirkuk than you need in, right now, at least, in Anbar -- although there's oil out there, too. So that is what is ongoing. And again, bottom line is, there's been a substantial civilian surge in the PRT arena and in some capacity-building areas. But there is still more neded in others. I don't have hard numbers on the numbers of PRTs and EPRTs, Gary. You could assume that the numbers of PRTs would be proportional to the reconstruction dollars allotted, but that would only be an assumption. ...the way the "Awakening" groups have been integrated into the national government... Petraeus: Senator, what we are doing, in fact, is helping achieve local bottom-up reconciliation. And, in fact, by the way, they are being integrated into the ISF. And fact is a number of the Sons of Iraq in Anbar province, others in Baghdad have been integrated into the police. Some of those fighting in Basra actually are from the 1st Iraqi Army Division, which has a substantial Sunni complement in it. I do weigh this issue all the time. What we are seeing at local level, actually, in Anbar... More Petraeus: Given the importance of the Sons of Iraq, we're working closely with the Iraqi government to transition them into the Iraqi security forces or other forms of employment. And over 21,000 have already been accepted into the police or army or other government jobs. This process has been slow but it is taking place, and we will continue to monitor it carefully. More Sunnis in the Iraqi police force: Some 800 Sunni Muslims are among 2,000 newly trained recruits in the Iraqi National Police, a force that a Pentagon report a year ago called a brutal organization infiltrated by Shiite militias and even death squads. Another 2,000 Sunnis are expected to be trained and to join the National Police in coming months, a U.S. general in Iraq said Thursday. America's top military policeman in Iraq, Army Brig. Gen. David Phillips, praised the move by Iraqi President Nouri al Maliki as creating "a whole different National Police from a year ago." Like Petraeus said, Gary, the progress is slow, but it's progress. the way most citizens of Iraq believe that the Iraqi government is generally a representative, non-sectarian, government, that is at least vaguely non-corrupt, vaguely effective, and possesses at least a vague monopoly of force, Charles. Tell us about how the militias have been eliminated, Charles, rather than just those that the U.S. government doesn't like. As for how the Iraqi people view how things are going, the Brookings Institution has poll data. The majority believes the security situation is better today than last August. Anthony Cordesman at CSIS has lots of recent poll data. Check out pages 19, 21, 22, 57, 59, 62, 63, 73, 77, etc. They're mixed, but the Iraqi people see an improved situation. Tell us about how SCII and Dawa and Maliki are subject to Iranian influence than Sadr, Charles. Yes, there's plenty of Iranian influence on SCII, Dawa and Sadrists, Gary. I'm sure you can tell us how better than me. Use your vast expertise to tell us about all these things. I for one, could be convinced, if you'd finally get around to telling us about this stuff, as you've been asked to for years, rather than posting about meaningless statistics and press releases. And you so were so civil up that point. Alas. Here is The End of the story. Think we'll see a lot of apologies from those who immediately began ranting about the traitor (former Marine Colonel) John Murtha? Yeah, me neither. (Though maybe a handful will; maybe.) I still despise Jack Murtha. And no, I am never, ever, going to apologize to that crooked politician who proclaimed that those Marines were cold blooded murderers. Oddly enough I was pretty damned critical of Charles Bird as well, for not following up the Haditha story to the very end. Haven't yet noticed any of the Bush-supporting blogs having anything to say. But I'm sure the evil MSM must have this story all wrong, and they're doubtless traitors for reporting it before the courts-martial have produced verdicts. Where was the post that explained the result of the court martial investigations? I must have missed it somewhere, I have never seen it on ObWi or Amyglada. And whatever bad things that have happened to Khalid Sheikh Muhammed and that Hamdan guy, well I think that those guys have been treated mercifully considering that KSM planned the 9/11 attacks and that Hamdan was OBL's personal assistant. I'm never apologizing for that, either. So DaveC, do you feel as strongly about all misguided prosecutions as you do about the Haditha case? Or do you think marines are entitled to special rights that mere civilians don't deserve? Because, and I hate to tell you this, I can point you to a bunch of wrongful convictions where the media and politicians went nuts. Unfortunately, most of those cases involve African American civilians. I do think it is adorable how you seem to think that Gary or the OW crew owe you posts about Haditha. I mean, you've been paying their salary for years, so of course they should be doing what you want them to do, right? Posted by: Turbulence \| June 01, 2008 at 02:07 AM Fine, Dave, don't apologize for these side issues. Just apologize for lying about Gary, and Hilzoy, and Publius, and the rest of us. And stop doing it. Stop saying we believe things we don't Stop being "deliberately offensive." It's offensive. It offends me. Deeply. It is the kind of action - and yes, words are a kind of action - no decent human being should engage in, especially not when he's been repeatedly warned about it. It's not civil. It's not decent. It gives me no reason whatsoever to explore any of the side issues you seem to think are so important. It gains nothing for your position, and if it gives you some moment of psychic release, I wish to god you'd find some other way. Have you considered bird-watching? Posted by: dr ngo \| June 01, 2008 at 02:12 AM So DaveC, do you feel as strongly about all misguided prosecutions as you do about the Haditha case? Actually somebody in my family went through a very serious, politically motivated criminal case at the same time as Haditha case and the Duke lacrosse team rape case. Famous politician. Thousands of dollars paid to defense attorneys. Eventually complete exoneration. But even after all charges were dropped there was really no follow-up, no public explanation. The facts came out in the depositions and hearings, and there was no trial, but the accusations are the only things that are well known. So, maybe it was just the timeline. But I did see all the hateful accusations on various advocacy and political web sites. and only one small town newspaper article that explained the whole deal. That article has gone down the bit bucket. The other stuff is still out there, uncorrected. The fact of the matter is that with these partisan groups the facts do not matter. As I recall. the USMC did release the facts and the timeline, there was an IED attack, and the Marines were fired upon from each of the four houses. The whole deal was messed up and innocent people were killed, but it certainly was not cold blooded murder. Why the accusers will not admit this, why the news media never explained what really happened is something that, while I don't know what the real motivations are, I suspect that leaving the accusations out there without any follow-up is almost as good a conviction. I want you to go to the nearest supermarket tomorrow, stop ten people, and ask them if they recognize the names of any of the Haditha Marines. They won't. No one has a clue who these guys are. They're free and clear, which is not as good as a conviction. A conviction implies of a life sentence of hard labor; what these guys have is...nothing. No one will ever remember anything about them. But I'm glad to know that you really really care about the rights of Marines and people related to you and...no one else. I can't imagine how much money you've donated to the innocence project. Well, if most Democrats want the elimination of Israel by any means (as DaveC claimed unambiguously) why has the US not nuked it under Clinton or sold a few nukes to those that would reliably use them against Israel? Or are the Clintons and their henchbeings some of the few that do not share that unquenchable hatred of Israel? On the other hand I could name a few influential people on the right that want to use Israel as the match to light the fire to engulf the whole world (aka the apocalypse). Posted by: Hartmut \| June 01, 2008 at 07:04 AM On the subject of misguided persecutions: please, DaveC, go back and reread katherine's writings about Gitmo inmates. I don't remember thedetails of the Haditha story: if you are right and they got put thru the wringer for nthng , then I am sorry for them. But, as you pointed out, they didn't get sentenced to any time. They are free to go about their lives.. And, truth is, most Americans don't remember a thinga bout it. So why not put some energy into defending innocent people who are currently doing indefintie time without charge or trial? Posted by: wonkie \| June 01, 2008 at 08:40 AM Typepad wouldn't let me to respond, so I'm trying it pieces. Part II. DaveC: what dr. ngo said. Especially this: "Stop being "deliberately offensive." It is the kind of action - and yes, words are a kind of action - no decent human being should engage in, especially not when he's been repeatedly warned about it. It's not civil. It's not decent." Gary brought up the question of posting rules. I've never thought about banning you, mostly because you've been around here for long enough that I have, rightly or wrongly, the sense that I know you, sort of. But he's right that you have said things that would have gotten someone else banned a long time ago. And I don't think that would have been overreaction. Some of the things you say are deeply offensive and hurtful. I don't know why you say them. Possibly you assume that since we're liberals, we can't possibly care about our country, or the troops, or whatever, and so saying that we want bin Laden to win, or that we are just using the troops as political pawns, or some of the things you have said in the past, can't possibly bother us. This isn't true. We do. It does. If you want to be outrageous, criticize someone other than the people here. If you feel outraged by a post, explain why, but without impugning the characters of half the people here. If you want to vent, there are ways of doing it that don't involve saying the sorts of things that would be worth fighting duels over. Of course you can criticize us, but please, think about what you're saying first. You are upset because people rushed to judgment about the Marines in Haditha. But rushing to judgment, and assuming the worst of people, is your stock in trade here. (As opposed to at TiO, where you are, oddly, different.) At some point -- and this is not that point -- I might get tired of being told, on the basis of no evidence, that I believe things that I find deeply offensive. (I have no problem with people telling me that with evidence.) Please don't let it get that far. I like you. I don't want to ban you. But if this goes on, I might. I'm not sure why I did this, but I thought I'd just keep score of the comments for my own education and entertainment. Call it the shorter comment thread, duplicates and my own comments excluded. The first 50: Eric: Substantive 1. Benjamin: Substantive 2. matttbastard: Insult 3. cleek: Disagreement, followed by inaccurate question. 4. tomeck: Insult 5. Turbulence: Fair questions about my hasty editing. 6. spartikus: Snarky insult 7. rea: Falsely premised disagreement 8. Hilzoy: Substantive 9. Eric: Hilzoy huzzah 10. byrningman: Disagreement 11. matthew: Disagreement, but fair point about "British television" 12. Jon H: Disagreement 13. spartikus: Snarky insult followed by a valid question (you're right, McCain shouldn't have included a picture of Petraeus in the ad or fundraiser letter) 14. getaclue: Grave insult, suggesting that I want to see Obama assassinated. 15. Hartmut: Disagreement 16. Francis: Disagreement on the strategy 17. Nombilisme Vide: Disagreement on Obama's leftishness, etc. 18. Justin: Disagreement, surge not working, even if things are better, the surge gets no credit for it. 19. Brock: Disagreeing with Hil's logic about what McCain knows about Iraq. 20. Charlie Martel: Substantive 21. ThatLeftTurninABQ: Substantive (though I'm not sure about the Nixon-visiting-Vietnam analogy). 22. Ugh: Meta question 23. KCinDC: Disagreement 24. Tim F: Disagreement about the candidates' bases of support. 25. Tony P.: Disagreement 26. Gary: Agreement about active duty military personnel at political events. 27. Shinobi: Substantive 28. charles: Condescending remark about me not figuring out that we've already lost, and strawman about this post being "some sort of vindication" for my war. I put this under the category of insult. 29. OCSteve: Substantive, neutral 30. Eric: Disagreeing with OCS. 31. Gary: Meta comment, and a fair one. 32. NV: Interesting comment re Brock's and Hil's logic. 33. Gary: Disagrees with OCS and tells him to read a book. 34. farmgirl: Agrees with Gary. 35. Teenage Jesus: Says that the Iraqis are making significant progress as a result of the surge. I wouldn't say "significant", but other than OCS, he's the first to say that political progress has happened, though I detect a hint of sarcasm. 36. NV: Acknowledged a typo with humor. 37. Hilzoy: Acknowledged logical unsoundness and proceeded with substantive commentary. 38. farmgirl: Chided Teenage Jesus for his contrarian opinion. 39. NV: More humorousness on his confrontations with Typepad. 40. Grampa Simpson Jesus: Says the exact same thing as Teenage Jesus. Hmmm. The sarcasm antennae is further alerted. 41. farmgirl: Seques into a complaint about the naming of Homeland Security. I agree with the agricultural female. 42. Phil: Disagreement with a dusting of mild insult. 43. OCS: Wonders why the surge gets no credit for anything by the ObWingers. 44. Eric: Helpfully lays out metrics for the upcoming election. 45. Morat20: Alludes that I applied a Friedman unit. Put that one under mild insult because I've already refuted his contentions in prior threads. 46. trilobite: Posits the curious theory that we named Homeland Security we're an imperialistic empire. Put it under the "seque" category. 47. Eric: Compliments trilo on his curious theory. 48. Bruce Baugh: Agrees with Phil. 49. Bruce Baugh: Agrees with trilobite. 50. Ugh: Agrees with trilo that we are an empire. Yes, Gary, we all know you have more knowledge in your left hip socket than every breathing blogger in the universe. Combined. The question is this. Crocker has been living full-time in Iraqi diplomatic circles since Petraeus came on board. Petraeus has been living in Iraqi COIN circles since February 2007. All of their statements are cautioned and qualified and hedged. From what I've seen in the last 15 months, their statements have also been credible, and Petraeus' own COIN principles are to tell it straight. I don't use statements that come from the White House because I have no confidence in this president, but Petraeus-Crocker aren't the White House. Check the tape, Gary. I didn't call Obama a leftist. I said he was solid left liberal, using [i]National Journal[/i] and ADA as frames of reference. One comment re DaveC. He is guilty of the sin of invidious overgeneralization, painting all too many liberals with all too broad a brush. The comment about giving money to Gary was unprofessional and a lapse of exercising fair judgment. So are we there yet? Historically, successful COINs have taken 5 to 10 years. In McCain's 2013 ad, it said "Middle East: Stabilized". That would be roughly Year Seven. They're always going to be positive, we see the light at the end-of-the-tunnel. Here's what Crocker and Petraeus said last month: "We haven't turned any corners. We haven't seen any lights at the end of the tunnel." --Gen. David Petraeus. "The reality is, it is hard in Iraq. And there are no light switches to throw that are going to go dark to light." --Ambassador Ryan Crocker. Yep, just one big cheerleading session. Can we call the Aussies lose-defeatists now? Posted by: Ugh \| June 01, 2008 at 10:45 AM Petraeus has been living in Iraqi COIN circles since February 2007. All of their statements are cautioned and qualified and hedged. From what I've seen in the last 15 months, their statements have also been credible. So, back before Petraeus became MNF-I commander, when he was in charge of training IA and reported that it was going great and that we were making great progress, were his statements back then also credible? Because, and not to put too fine a point on it, he was completely and totally wrong then. Petraeus' own COIN principles are to tell it straight. Really? So Petraeus' COIN principles don't include anything at all about information operations? About the need to control media impressions? About the need to create the long periods of time needed for counterinsurgencies to work by carefully controlling and manipulating media and public access to information? Charles, do you think the military leaders who lied to the public during Vietnam did so because they were immoral people? Or do you think they did so because it helped advance their goals, namely the continuation of the war and the refusal to admit failure? Charles, do you understand that both Petraeus and Crocker work for the President and take orders from him? Do you believe that Petraeus would refuse a direct order to testify in particular ways? Posted by: Turbulence \| June 01, 2008 at 12:17 PM Oh, well, I'd thought Gary's response would let me be lazy and silent, but I guess not. The claim in question was not that you said he was a leftist (though you implied it); the claim was that you said his core were of the hard left, and would be wholly intolerant of him changing his "cut-and-run" plan in Iraq, for any reason whatever. I objected to the following passage in particular: he's too politically invested to change it because such a change would anger and inflame the very base that propelled him to the nomination. There would be hell to pay from the Hard Partisan Left. ...and suggested that his base, or even the core of his base, did not represent hard leftists, or even the hard left of those who vote democratic (I fall in the former category, as well as, by virtue of strong nose-pinching fingers, the latter). The best you could credibly argue would be that his core supporters are the leftmost of Democrat true believers, which with some small contortion, I did manage to parse out of your "Hard Partisan Left" comment. But it's not the readiest parsing, nor can I believe it's meant to be (and even if it were, I don't think it correctly characterizes the reaction of staunch partisan Democrats to spin from their Golden Child du jour to change his stance on an issue due to "reasonable changes on the ground"; they're partisan for a reason). Obama's base is at best left-Democrats. They are NOT even hard-left-Democrats. Step off, that's Kucinich and co.'s turf, and last I checked the likes of Kucinich backers weren't Obama's backbone. (For an example of a "hard-leftist's" take on Obama, I frankly don't care, issue-wise, if Clinton or Obama wins. They're basically identical. Now, yes, Clinton has shown herself to be somewhat untrustworthy and self-serving (which reinforced latent prejudices arising from her husband's tenure, but I've tried not to tar her with Bill's record), so at this point if we put heavy weight on "character" I prefer Obama. But honestly, I don't support him. I'll vote for him, but nostrils will still be clenched. Kucinich, I can actually get somewhat enthusiastic for, and he's received my primary vote in the past. But Obama, as Clinton, is at best centerist, and from my PoV, better termed center right. He (and she) care not one bit for the opinion of the hard left of their party, let alone the actual left or hard left... and they return the favor, beyond perhaps the reluctant strategic sacrifice of casting a vote for them.) Posted by: Nombrilisme Vide \| June 01, 2008 at 05:03 PM Oh, and to your later argument that you meant he was a "solid left liberal", um, no, he's a solid centerist liberal. Like the Clintons. His supporters are probably a bit to the left of him, but they're, as stated above, hardly staunch left-wing liberals. They're center-left liberals. Not solid left, not hard left, but center-left. To continue to over-clarify, go back and look at the link you provided as "proof" of his extreme liberalosity. He's tied with three others (Biden, Nelson, and Clinton) for 4th-least liberal Democrat Senator. He's scoring 75%, which is 12% lower than the average for Democrat Senators. The ADA paper, if anything, undermines your case. Shorter Charles: Administration officials say that we're making progress, and that's good enough for me. Informally yes, Gary. That is to say, no. Crocker does explain (for some reason) that Iraq is in fact selling oil, and the money from that goes to the government, which then spends it on stuff. But the oil deal is not done, has been stalled for a long time, and shows no particular signs of moving forward. The rest of the points go similarly- Croker saying that he thinks progress is being made is 'proof' that it is, in fact, being made. A 'reconciliation act' which is unsupported by the community being reconciled with is 'progress'. etc. If McCain should win in November, one small solace Ill take is knowing I get to watch you perform this silly little dance for several more years into the future. Far to high a cost to pay for petty entertainment, really, but one takes pleasure where one can. Posted by: Carleton Wu \| June 01, 2008 at 07:04 PM It's worth noting that Obama's base is precisely composed of folks who did not initially support Kucinich or even Edwards. Most of us who did are in positions much like Carleton's, with varying mixes of making do and appreciation for policies and styles, but nonetheless dealing with a consolation prize. Posted by: Bruce Baugh \| June 01, 2008 at 08:16 PM What's "informal" legislation, Charles? "Did this happen, Charles? It is happening." Charles, the benchmarks had dates. In other words, no, it didn't happen by the necessary date. They haven't happened yet. So far we're four for four on "no, those benchmarks weren't fulfilled." Okay. More Crocker Charles, why should anyone care what a salesman selling his PR has to say? Give us some quotes from Iraqi authorities, please? How about, specifically, some Sunni Awakenings leaders? Thanks! The provincial reconstruction teams and the so-called EPRTs, the embedded provincial reconstruction, which were actually subprovincial in most cases, have been enormously helpful and valuable. That's nice PR. The number was to be doubled: was it? Please give us the numbers. Numbers are metrics; press releases and sales pitches are not. Thanks! "I don't have hard numbers on the numbers of PRTs and EPRTs, Gary. You could assume that the numbers of PRTs would be proportional to the reconstruction dollars allotted, but that would only be an assumption." Quite. When you have an answer, get back to us. (If you like, i can supply you with some nice links on how the PRTs haven't made those numbers, and why, but you might like to, you know, find out about this stuff for yourself.) "don't have hard numbers on the numbers of PRTs and EPRTs, Gary. You could assume that the numbers of PRTs would be proportional to the reconstruction dollars allotted, but that would only be an assumption." Charles, tell me, when President Obama announces a policy for something, is your judge for whether it's been successful or not going to be speeches by Obama appointees? Give us some quotes from Sunni Awakenings leaders, please. I repeat for the billionth time in the past several years: quit telling us what Americans have to say about Iraq -- tell us what Iraqis have to say about Iraq. It's kind, you know, more important than what administration flacks say: do you really think that they're going to announce that no, they're failing, and their boss has engaged in a failed policy? What possible point do you think you're making by assuring us that the policies must be a success, because George W. Bush's appointees assure us they are? "Like Petraeus said, Gary, the progress is slow, but it's progress." Charles, we're not talking about the ever-receding Next Friedman Unit. We're talking about the benchmarks the President said had to be met. On deadlines. So far, your account is that no deadline for any benchmark has been met. Either you acknowledge that, or you wish us to accept the word of sales people. When you can point to cites demonstrating factually that the benchmarks were met, let us know, please. Meanwhile, you're substituting PR claims for facts, and saying we should accept that. Why do you think we should? "And you so were so civil up that point. Alas." We've discussed this in email; please let me know if you think where we left it was unsatisfactory. "As for how the Iraqi people view how things are going, the Brookings Institution has poll data. The majority believes the security situation is better today than last August. Anthony Cordesman at CSIS has lots of recent poll data." Thanks for that; I've got to get to sleep, but I'll look that over tomorrow, as time allows. Thanks muchly otherwise for your reply. "I've never thought about banning you, mostly because you've been around here for long enough that I have," I have to ask why this doesn't effectively mean that ObWi has a policy that if the commenter has been around for a while, they can say anything, and never be banned? What possible grounds would you have for banning me if I spent the next two years announcing what you, or DaveC, or Charles, or anyone, thought about something, and I insisted dozens and dozens of times, in separate posts, month after month, year after year, that y'all believe a long list of extremely offensive things? So far as I can tell, you've given all us long-timers blanket immunity. If you haven't, and this is a DaveC-only policy, I'd like to know what makes him special. If it isn't, I'd like to know what objective grounds, other than my own sense of honor, decency, and civility -- which will prevent me from engaging in the above course of action, of course -- this ObWi policy gives me to not engage in such a course of action? Thanks for any clarification of this point. "You are upset because people rushed to judgment about the Marines in Haditha." That might be the case for some, but as I pointed out several times to DaveC, here, before I ceased bothering, I never, ever, ever, wrote a post with a judgment about any of the Marines in Haditha. I posted a whole lot of links to news articles, and that's it. I very carefully at no time stated any opinion as to what had happened, because I never ever had any opinion. DaveC's claims to the contrary are as hallucinatory and completely false as the rest of his malicious falsehoods. And, lastly, it seems to have escaped his attention that I've posted very little at all on my blog, relatively speaking, in the past more than a year, due to lots of trouble in my life, and that that's why I've not made blog posts about thousands of topics I have saved links about. If DaveC would like to get me blogging more, he's free to send me the additional $2500 or so I need to get an apartment of my own again, and that would be a good start, although I also first have to take care of a wide variety of health issues, and other issues I need to deal with subsequent to my move to Raleigh,and yet others pre-dating the move, and then he can really brag about how much I owe up. Failing that, it would be nice if he noted that I'm not making demands as to what he should be posting about at his blog, nor am I criticizing him for what he hasn't blogged, and neither am I speculating as to why he has or hasn't blogged anything, and then he did me the same courtesy. Failing that, I'd like to ask him to STFU about me. "I don't use statements that come from the White House because I have no confidence in this president, but Petraeus-Crocker aren't the White House." Charles, who works for who? And could you perhaps try some of the reading on the Vietnam War? Please? Isn't it stuff that would be valuable for you to know? Shorter Wu: "I think that the reports that you provide to us really require the willing suspension of disbelief." Worked like a champ for Hillary, didn't it? NV, You made fair comments about Obama and who his supporters are. I suppose we come at our observations based on where we are on political spectrum. My basis is moderate conservative, so from that perspective and from the frames of reference I provided, I see Obama as solidly liberal. Judging from the caucus and primary results, his base of support is to the left of Hillary's. So, back before Petraeus became MNF-I commander, when he was in charge of training IA and reported that it was going great and that we were making great progress, were his statements back then also credible? Turb, they were until the Golden Mosque bombing triggered a near civil war and fundamentally changed the dynamic. His results were credible when he ran the show in Mosul. Unfortunately, he was reassigned and a Stryker brigade one-fourth the size replaced his battalion, and said brigade did little to nothing in continuing the operation he set up. So Petraeus' COIN principles don't include anything at all about information operations? They do, but I don't see where effective information ops means carte blanche to be untruthful. Also, the purpose of a good IO is to counter the propaganda operations utilized by al Qaeda and similar groups. The IO storyline coming from our side needs to be factual and accurate, otherwise that hearts and minds thing won't happen. From the COIN manual: Effective IO use consistent themes based on policy, facts, and deeds—not claims or future plans, because these can be thwarted. Themes must be reinforced by actions along all LLOs. Making unsubstantiated claims can undermine the long-term credibility and legitimacy of the HN government. Counterinsurgents should never knowingly commit themselves to an action that cannot be completed. However, to reduce the negative effects of a broken promise, counterinsurgents should publicly address the reasons expectations cannot be met before insurgents can take advantage of them. The only date in your 7:54pm comment was that "the Iraqi government plans to take responsibility for security in all of Iraq's provinces by November." You didn't ask me about dates in your specific questions, and we seem to be talking past each other anyway. My original position was that political progress was being made, and I supported that contention in direct answer to your questions. Hil's contention was this: "Second, the stated purpose of the surge was to enable political progress to occur. This is not happening." She offered no timelines, and I still maintain her comments are direct contradiction to what Crocker reported last month. Your problem is that said progress is not happening according to the pre-set deadlines, i.e., not quickly enough, i.e., we're not there yet. The problem with the timeline is that it was most likely never that realistic to begin with. So the question is, do you refine and improve those goals and benchmarks, given the progress to date, or do you follow the Obama plan and remove all combat brigades in 16 months, regardless of the results of said "plan"? For me, I'll pick the former. As for for your comments about Crocker, please see my response to Wu. Charles, comment? I'm in major gout pain again just now, so I'll get back to you about your last response later. I suppose if that comment made some kind of sense, I could respond to it. It is funny how the 'shorter me' managed to elide the important bits (eg how many Sunnis don't care for the Ba'athification reforms). Almost like you're using the 'shorter' format to avoid dealing with facts head on... Of course, if Crocker's reports didn't rely on belief (ie trust), but instead used facts, then suspension of disbelief wouldn't be a factor.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3646
__label__wiki	0.573667	0.573667	Celebrate the holidays with your household only: Ottawa's top doctor Josh Pringle Digital Multi-Skilled Journalist @PringleJosh Contact Published Wednesday, November 25, 2020 11:37AM EST Last Updated Wednesday, November 25, 2020 2:16PM EST OTTAWA -- One month before Christmas, Ottawa's medical officer of health is recommending Ottawans celebrate the holidays with members of their household only due to COVID-19 and avoid trips to other cities to see family and friends. "What we're asking people to do is consider that this holiday season in 2020 will be one like none other in our lives. This is 2020 COVID pandemic and it's just going to be pretty memorable because it's going to be different," said Dr. Vera Etches. "We have to create new traditions, new approaches which are based on limiting our celebrations in person to the people we live with, unless it's a single person, grandparents who have assessed their risks and need to be connected to a family." Speaking to Council on Wednesday, Dr. Etches asked people to limit travel to areas with high rates of COVID-19 transmission. The Ontario government released guidelines for the upcoming holidays on Wednesday, recommending people avoid trips from higher COVID-19 transmission areas to areas with lower transmission and no non-essential visits with family and friends. "I know there are many people looking forward to their traditional family celebrations at this time of year, but to keep your loved ones safe, traditions will have to be adjusted," said Premier Doug Ford. "We're asking everyone to please stick to your own household when celebrating. Avoid big holiday parties or large family dinners to help us stop the spread of this deadly virus. By following this public health advice, we can all have a safe and fun holiday season." The Ontario government issued a list of safer holiday activities: Virtual holiday gatherings or events with family, friends or co-workers Outdoor holiday activities such as building a snowman or going on a sleigh ride with members of your household Attending a drive-in or drive-thru event Baking holiday treats with your immediate households Donating to your favourite holiday charity or toy drive The government's list of riskier holiday activities includes: In-person holiday gatherings or events, particularly gatherings where masks must be removed to eat or drink Indoor holiday activities such as having overnight guests or sleepovers with friends or people outside your household Visiting family and friends for non-essential reasons Individuals and families in higher transmission areas should avoid going to lower transmission areas, except for essential reasons Hosting or attending social gatherings or organized public events that do not adhere to local requirements The social gathering limits for areas in the Green-Prevent, Yellow-Protect and Orange-Restrict zone is 10 people indoors and 25 people outdoors. Speaking to City Council on Wednesday, Board of Health Chair Coun. Keith Egli said the COVID-19 pandemic will require that families consider making changes to their usual holiday traditions. "With Hanukah, Christmas and Kwanzaa just around the corner, families should be thinking about and preparing for celebrations to be different this year," he said. "Keep in person gatherings small. If getting together with extended family or friends, consider doing it virtually or perhaps plan an outdoor, physically distanced activity." Egli said this may not be what we're used to, but it's what we're required to do to limit the spread of COVID-19. "That doesn't mean it can't be fun or memorable, just different," he said. Dr. Etches told council there is a light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel, but it's still some distance away. "We can make it through to a day when we don't need to be so cautious in our daily lives but this is not here yet and not going to arrive before we get through the winter," she said. "So, our focus is … taking the measures we know will continue reduce COVID in our community—the wearing of masks, keeping two-metres distance from others—and that will allow us to have more businesses and activities open and available to us." Ottawa has seen a significant decline in COVID-19 figures the month of November. According to data from Ottawa Public Health, the number of people with active infections of COVID-19 has fallen by more than 50 per cent since Nov. 1 and the Ontario government says Ottawa's rate of COVID-19 infection per 100,000 people in the city has gone down nearly 32 per cent since Nov. 9. Dr. Etches is encouraging residents to keep their close contacts limited to their households and a small number of essential supporters this holiday season. "I know we need to continue to be creative through the holidays. It is going to be a different year. This idea of keeping to our household plus one or two essential supports has been key in decreasing COVID in our community. That is going to continue to be my recommendation until we see that things are very much under control." Dr. Etches adds that while a single person or grandparent can join a household for the holidays, people should avoid multiple gatherings and travelling to other cities. "We're saying that needs to be one or two people outside of your household, not two different people every day and moving around the province. We've got to limit our travel from places that rates are higher to places where rates are lower." A woman holding her hands on her head while wearing a Santa hat and mask in front of a tree decorated for the holidays. (Photo by Volodymyr Hryshchenko on Unsplash)	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3650
__label__wiki	0.753906	0.753906	Opportunity Magazine Bid & Subbids Escape to the suburbs: Reed's Crossing booms Joseph Gallivan The mega development on the edge of the Portland metro area is proving popular with millenials, Silicon Forest workers. The drive from Southwest Tualatin Valley Highway to the new housing development Reed's Crossing still goes through sparse land, where the perfect new asphalt roads meet untouched dirt at the curb. But a hundred yards in, a cluster of new homes has popped up since January. These buildings at this farm-to-gable South Hillsboro development are more than the usual putty-grey snout-houses of suburbia. There's a variety of colors and styles, as well as formats, from four-bedroom McMansions to two-bedroom townhomes. Reed's Crossing is a master-planned community. The developer, Newland Communities, has other, much larger, communities around the country, such as the one in Tehaleh community in Bonney Lake, Washington. Finding a parcel this large, 456 acres, near Portland, was a rare opportunity. Reed's Crossing is part of the South Hillsboro Master Plan, which includes two other housing developments, Butternut Creek and West Rosedale Park. The master plan calls for parks, three schools, and within two years, a town center with shops and businesses to give it a more neighborhood, less strip mall vibe. It's one of the peculiarities of the COVID-19 mega recession that at Reed's Crossing, judging by sales, one would hardly know this is a country of food pantries, grinding gig work and long hold times for unemployment benefits. Suburb from scratch Newland does the planning, permitting and infrastructure. Then it recruits homebuilders who buy lots and design and build new homes. Some are spec homes that they think the public will always want. Some are customized but based on basic floor plans. Newland markets the whole development, but the five homebuilders working there also have unique branding and markets aimed at their particular customer bases. Newland intentionally spreads the homebuilders out within Reed's Crossing so that there is a nice mixture of different home styles. A typical three-bedroom, two-bathroom recently sold for $528,500. Eric Peterson, vice president of operations at Newland, says sales have been volatile in 2020. January and February were record-setting, then came COVID. "We were riding high, thinking this is going to be a great summer, let's see it happen. And then COVID hit, and demand just absolutely vanished for about 60 days when we were in full lockdown." They pivoted to virtual tours and social media marketing (apparently, Instagram is a great place to find a house), and buyers started to come back in May. Even during the slump, web traffic was higher than ever, as people continued to check out Reed's Crossing online. Social justice activity "With people working from home, children learning from home, gyms being closed and people needing space for fitness within their home," says Allyse Paetsch, marketing manager at Newland. "Here in Portland, we have a lot of social justice activity happening downtown and high prices to live downtown. And since COVID, a lot of the major employers have said, 'You know, you can work from home indefinitely if the infrastructure is there, for your safety. If that works best for your family, you might as well do that.' So, the cost versus benefit of living downtown just isn't there for people anymore." Peterson said move-in time for a spec house is usually 30 days, but lately, it's been 45 days. That means someone in California could see a home on their phone and a month later be sipping pinot on the patio and taking sunset selfies within in a month. Reed's Crossing is in the first phase of 819 lots, broken into three sub-phases. He expects all of the lots, which come with the infrastructure built-in, to be sold by the end of 2020. Building a house usually takes about nine months. He expects the project to complete three or four hundred units per year and finish in eight years. "It's all driven by buyer demand," said Peterson. Since April 1, they have sold 101 homes, or 17 a month. "That's strong demand. We're surprised by that." Sales usually slow down in Fall because parents don't want to change school districts, but they have not seen that this year through September. Paetsch says Newland is on pace to reach its annual target of selling just over 200 homes at Reed's Crossing. "Builders are hungry for those lots — especially the larger builders who do a lot of production each year. We're able to provide them a pipeline of not just lots of this year, but the next eight years," she said. Dog tubes Newland tracks buyers by zip code, and Anderson said, "The exodus out of the West Coast cities is a real demand driver for us. But there's no doubt in the last six months, we've seen a lot of demand in the downtown core." Whether it's the boarding up, the burning, or just the boredom of a quiet central business district, people are fleeing downtown. He adds that many potential buyers are ready to move quickly (coming from rentals) and are Millennials. The "amenity package" makes them more attractive: the little extras of a planned community. After feedback from early residents, Newland tore out the native grasses (which looked like waist-high weeds) and replaced them with standard manicured lawn, because people said they wanted more grass to play on or sit on. During the pandemic, dog walking is a popular activity — especially with many people cooped up at home. So, they are building more dog amenities: parks for small dogs, parks for big dogs, parks with "skills areas" (tubes and ladders) for dogs. Peterson says they tell their architects and the parks can be designed and built in a couple of months. The nearby area under the electric power lines is slated to become another corridor park, and it will have small booths where people can work on their laptops, protected from the rain and direct sun. That is what residents are asking for. Wearing a mask, as she does everywhere, Darlene Tschudy was walking her little dog Dash on the grass. In January, Tschudy moved from a small condo in Orenco Station and bought a three-bedroom cottage to live with her daughter, and the daughter's significant other, who is "trapped in Arizona, unable to fly," by the COVID-19 pandemic, but is moving here soon. "The quality of the home was excellent, but I think the best thing is the open spaces, and the ability to walk, which has turned into a real blessing with COVID," Tschudy said. The pair walk a couple of miles a day, but mostly they stay inside to avoid the coronavirus. Other times she drives to Noble Woods or the area around her church and enjoys nature sitting in her car if there are other people around. COVID-19 has changed everything, for now. "You can enjoy the trees even if you can't get out," she says. If the suburbs are to rise again, it will probably be in a place like Reed's Crossing. The COVID-19 pandemic may have just given them a jump start. Homebuilding bounces back According to Ezra Hammer, VP of policy and government affairs with the Homebuilders Association of Metropolitan Portland, there are three buckets to consider when analyzing the housing market: Applications to build new homes. Building permits being "pulled" or approved. The sale of homes once they are built. Number one is going well, after a pause for COVID. "Builder optimism and consumer need for housing are still at pretty all-time highs," Hammer told the Business Tribune. "People are submitting applications at a pretty similar rate to pre-COVID." Hammer saw a dip for 60 days after a state of emergency was declared in March, but that was primarily driven by the City of Portland and Clackamas County staff adjusting to working from home. "Most smaller jurisdictions were able to move nimbly, actually because they see so few applications to begin with. They were able to put systems in place that allowed builders to submit applications pretty seamlessly, either via a remote dropbox system, or electronically via PDF and email." Because they're larger, Clackamas County and the City of Portland moved more slowly than other jurisdictions. For example, the City of Portland had recently switched over to new software, Amanda, and didn't have enough licenses or laptops for remote work. (Once they did they understandably prioritized them for put the fire department and the police departments ahead of the Bureau of Development Services.) The second, building permits being pulled, is where there have been significant dips. "For the first several months during COVID, there was a 50% or so year-over-year decline, and multi-family housing was hit hardest." Lenders were changing terms and getting skittish because of the global economic outlook, which was dire in the spring of 2020. "The Portland metropolitan region has a significant deficit of housing. One estimate from the state put that at about 40,000 units of missing housing, based on the ratio of household formation to housing units that are built." However, if the house isn't getting built, it's not there on the market when it's needed in nine months. The third factor is new home sales. Hammer says sales are off the charts because, "There's a high desire to move to the Portland metropolitan region. People are coming from another part of the country that was harder hit by COVID, and we're seeing a really dramatic transition to remote working." People in big, expensive cities, such as New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, are looking at cheaper cities with a high quality of life if they can keep their jobs and work from home. Also, potential sellers were wary of selling their homes because they didn't want strangers in their house who might spread the virus. That has made homes even scarcer since March. Hammer has heard anecdotal evidence that especially two-income households, who are both working from home, are preferring suburbs now where they can have space for two home offices and a yard for exercise. Hammer says one way to tell if this is happening at scale is to watch places further out from Portland, such as Hood River and Astoria. If new housing developments pop up for people from the bigger cities who really value access to the outdoors at an affordable price, then the work from home economy will be a reality, not just a COVID-19 blip. "Each family has its own unique housing needs. If you're not working remotely, or if you're younger and want to access amenities, the cities are going to continue to have an advantage." Reporter, The Business Tribune Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram New flags around the world This article brought to you by David Anchel-Elmer's Flag and Banner, Kites Too! - FLAG, BANNER and KITE INSIDER- Sunlan supports 2021 Metro Welcome Streets Event This article brought to you courtesy of Kay Newell, Sunlan Lighting, Inc. Portland Tribune Insider Lighting Expert. Elmer's Flag and Banner gears up for holiday giving Go fly a kite! Lights for Your HomeOffice/Classroom POW/MIA Recognition - September 20	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3658
__label__wiki	0.715362	0.715362	Characterization of psal and psaL mutants of Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002: A new model for state transitions in cyanobacteria Wendy M. Schluchter, Gaozhong Shen, Jindong Zhao, Donald Ashley Bryant The psaI and psaL genes were characterized from the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002. The gene organization was different from that reported for other cyanobacteria with psaI occurring upstream and being divergently transcribed from the psaL gene. Mutants lacking PsaI or PsaL were generated by interposon mutagenesis and characterized physiologically and biochemically. Mutant strains PR6307 (ΔpsaI), PR6308 (psaI) and PR6309 (psaL) had doubling times similar to that of the wild type under both high- and low-intensity white light, but all grew more slowly than the wild type in green light. Only monomeric photosystem I (PS I) complexes could be isolated from each mutant strain when Triton X-100 was used to solubilize thylakoid membranes; however, approximately 10% of the PSI complexes from the psaI mutants, but not the psaL mutant, could be isolated as trimers when n-dodecyl β-D-maltoside was used. Compositional analyses of the mutant PSI complexes indicate that the presence of PsaL is required for trimer formation or stabilization and that PsaI plays a role in stabilizing the binding of both PsaL and PsaM to the PSI complex. Strain PR6309 (psaL) was capable of performing a state 2 to state I transition approximately three times more rapidly than the wild type. Because the monomeric PSI complexes of this mutant should be capable of diffusing more rapidly than trimeric complexes, these data suggest that PSI complexes rather than phycobilisomes might move during state transitions. A 'mobile-PS I' model for state transitions that incorporates these ideas is discussed. Photochemistry and Photobiology Fingerprint Dive into the research topics of 'Characterization of psal and psaL mutants of Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002: A new model for state transitions in cyanobacteria'. Together they form a unique fingerprint. Cyanobacteria Chemical Compounds Synechococcus Medicine & Life Sciences Photosystem I Protein Complex Medicine & Life Sciences genes Physics & Astronomy trimers Physics & Astronomy Phycobilisomes Medicine & Life Sciences dodecyl maltoside Medicine & Life Sciences Schluchter, W. M., Shen, G., Zhao, J., & Bryant, D. A. (1996). Characterization of psal and psaL mutants of Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002: A new model for state transitions in cyanobacteria. Photochemistry and Photobiology, 64(1), 53-66. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-1097.1996.tb02421.x Schluchter, Wendy M. ; Shen, Gaozhong ; Zhao, Jindong ; Bryant, Donald Ashley. / Characterization of psal and psaL mutants of Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002 : A new model for state transitions in cyanobacteria. In: Photochemistry and Photobiology. 1996 ; Vol. 64, No. 1. pp. 53-66. @article{f623dcdd0b4d461298f0f5882aac98d2, title = "Characterization of psal and psaL mutants of Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002: A new model for state transitions in cyanobacteria", abstract = "The psaI and psaL genes were characterized from the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002. The gene organization was different from that reported for other cyanobacteria with psaI occurring upstream and being divergently transcribed from the psaL gene. Mutants lacking PsaI or PsaL were generated by interposon mutagenesis and characterized physiologically and biochemically. Mutant strains PR6307 (ΔpsaI), PR6308 (psaI) and PR6309 (psaL) had doubling times similar to that of the wild type under both high- and low-intensity white light, but all grew more slowly than the wild type in green light. Only monomeric photosystem I (PS I) complexes could be isolated from each mutant strain when Triton X-100 was used to solubilize thylakoid membranes; however, approximately 10% of the PSI complexes from the psaI mutants, but not the psaL mutant, could be isolated as trimers when n-dodecyl β-D-maltoside was used. Compositional analyses of the mutant PSI complexes indicate that the presence of PsaL is required for trimer formation or stabilization and that PsaI plays a role in stabilizing the binding of both PsaL and PsaM to the PSI complex. Strain PR6309 (psaL) was capable of performing a state 2 to state I transition approximately three times more rapidly than the wild type. Because the monomeric PSI complexes of this mutant should be capable of diffusing more rapidly than trimeric complexes, these data suggest that PSI complexes rather than phycobilisomes might move during state transitions. A 'mobile-PS I' model for state transitions that incorporates these ideas is discussed.", author = "Schluchter, {Wendy M.} and Gaozhong Shen and Jindong Zhao and Bryant, {Donald Ashley}", doi = "10.1111/j.1751-1097.1996.tb02421.x", journal = "Photochemistry and Photobiology", Schluchter, WM, Shen, G, Zhao, J & Bryant, DA 1996, 'Characterization of psal and psaL mutants of Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002: A new model for state transitions in cyanobacteria', Photochemistry and Photobiology, vol. 64, no. 1, pp. 53-66. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-1097.1996.tb02421.x Characterization of psal and psaL mutants of Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002 : A new model for state transitions in cyanobacteria. / Schluchter, Wendy M.; Shen, Gaozhong; Zhao, Jindong; Bryant, Donald Ashley. In: Photochemistry and Photobiology, Vol. 64, No. 1, 01.01.1996, p. 53-66. T1 - Characterization of psal and psaL mutants of Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002 T2 - A new model for state transitions in cyanobacteria AU - Schluchter, Wendy M. AU - Shen, Gaozhong AU - Zhao, Jindong AU - Bryant, Donald Ashley N2 - The psaI and psaL genes were characterized from the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002. The gene organization was different from that reported for other cyanobacteria with psaI occurring upstream and being divergently transcribed from the psaL gene. Mutants lacking PsaI or PsaL were generated by interposon mutagenesis and characterized physiologically and biochemically. Mutant strains PR6307 (ΔpsaI), PR6308 (psaI) and PR6309 (psaL) had doubling times similar to that of the wild type under both high- and low-intensity white light, but all grew more slowly than the wild type in green light. Only monomeric photosystem I (PS I) complexes could be isolated from each mutant strain when Triton X-100 was used to solubilize thylakoid membranes; however, approximately 10% of the PSI complexes from the psaI mutants, but not the psaL mutant, could be isolated as trimers when n-dodecyl β-D-maltoside was used. Compositional analyses of the mutant PSI complexes indicate that the presence of PsaL is required for trimer formation or stabilization and that PsaI plays a role in stabilizing the binding of both PsaL and PsaM to the PSI complex. Strain PR6309 (psaL) was capable of performing a state 2 to state I transition approximately three times more rapidly than the wild type. Because the monomeric PSI complexes of this mutant should be capable of diffusing more rapidly than trimeric complexes, these data suggest that PSI complexes rather than phycobilisomes might move during state transitions. A 'mobile-PS I' model for state transitions that incorporates these ideas is discussed. AB - The psaI and psaL genes were characterized from the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002. The gene organization was different from that reported for other cyanobacteria with psaI occurring upstream and being divergently transcribed from the psaL gene. Mutants lacking PsaI or PsaL were generated by interposon mutagenesis and characterized physiologically and biochemically. Mutant strains PR6307 (ΔpsaI), PR6308 (psaI) and PR6309 (psaL) had doubling times similar to that of the wild type under both high- and low-intensity white light, but all grew more slowly than the wild type in green light. Only monomeric photosystem I (PS I) complexes could be isolated from each mutant strain when Triton X-100 was used to solubilize thylakoid membranes; however, approximately 10% of the PSI complexes from the psaI mutants, but not the psaL mutant, could be isolated as trimers when n-dodecyl β-D-maltoside was used. Compositional analyses of the mutant PSI complexes indicate that the presence of PsaL is required for trimer formation or stabilization and that PsaI plays a role in stabilizing the binding of both PsaL and PsaM to the PSI complex. Strain PR6309 (psaL) was capable of performing a state 2 to state I transition approximately three times more rapidly than the wild type. Because the monomeric PSI complexes of this mutant should be capable of diffusing more rapidly than trimeric complexes, these data suggest that PSI complexes rather than phycobilisomes might move during state transitions. A 'mobile-PS I' model for state transitions that incorporates these ideas is discussed. U2 - 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1996.tb02421.x DO - 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1996.tb02421.x JO - Photochemistry and Photobiology JF - Photochemistry and Photobiology Schluchter WM, Shen G, Zhao J, Bryant DA. Characterization of psal and psaL mutants of Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002: A new model for state transitions in cyanobacteria. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 1996 Jan 1;64(1):53-66. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-1097.1996.tb02421.x	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3660
__label__cc	0.533995	0.466005	Sport for Development and Peace: Framing the Global Conversation Virginia S. Harrison, Jan Boehmer To explore the role of sports journalism in communicating complex social issues, we seek to understand how sport for development and peace (SDP) programs are covered by newspapers around the world. To achieve this goal, we conducted an exploratory content analysis of 284 English-language articles from 2013 to 2016 using Iyengar’s (1991) thematic and episodic frames and Semetko and Valkenburg’s (2000) five generic news frames. Results indicate that coverage of SDP is often episodically framed, attributed to wire reports rather than individuals, and emphasizes responsibility and human interest. These frames may provide limited understanding of SDP issues in the general public and show that sport journalists still need to embrace their role as sport journalists for good. Recommendations are made for journalists covering this topic globally. Communication and Sport Fingerprint Dive into the research topics of 'Sport for Development and Peace: Framing the Global Conversation'. Together they form a unique fingerprint. journalist Social Sciences journalism Social Sciences social issue Social Sciences newspaper Social Sciences content analysis Social Sciences coverage Social Sciences Harrison, V. S., & Boehmer, J. (2019). Sport for Development and Peace: Framing the Global Conversation. Communication and Sport. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167479519831317 Harrison, Virginia S. ; Boehmer, Jan. / Sport for Development and Peace : Framing the Global Conversation. In: Communication and Sport. 2019. @article{ff3f2f713a7349c4ad0b077dabd27d77, title = "Sport for Development and Peace: Framing the Global Conversation", abstract = "To explore the role of sports journalism in communicating complex social issues, we seek to understand how sport for development and peace (SDP) programs are covered by newspapers around the world. To achieve this goal, we conducted an exploratory content analysis of 284 English-language articles from 2013 to 2016 using Iyengar{\textquoteright}s (1991) thematic and episodic frames and Semetko and Valkenburg{\textquoteright}s (2000) five generic news frames. Results indicate that coverage of SDP is often episodically framed, attributed to wire reports rather than individuals, and emphasizes responsibility and human interest. These frames may provide limited understanding of SDP issues in the general public and show that sport journalists still need to embrace their role as sport journalists for good. Recommendations are made for journalists covering this topic globally.", author = "Harrison, {Virginia S.} and Jan Boehmer", journal = "Communication and Sport", Harrison, VS & Boehmer, J 2019, 'Sport for Development and Peace: Framing the Global Conversation', Communication and Sport. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167479519831317 Sport for Development and Peace : Framing the Global Conversation. / Harrison, Virginia S.; Boehmer, Jan. In: Communication and Sport, 01.01.2019. T1 - Sport for Development and Peace T2 - Framing the Global Conversation AU - Harrison, Virginia S. AU - Boehmer, Jan N2 - To explore the role of sports journalism in communicating complex social issues, we seek to understand how sport for development and peace (SDP) programs are covered by newspapers around the world. To achieve this goal, we conducted an exploratory content analysis of 284 English-language articles from 2013 to 2016 using Iyengar’s (1991) thematic and episodic frames and Semetko and Valkenburg’s (2000) five generic news frames. Results indicate that coverage of SDP is often episodically framed, attributed to wire reports rather than individuals, and emphasizes responsibility and human interest. These frames may provide limited understanding of SDP issues in the general public and show that sport journalists still need to embrace their role as sport journalists for good. Recommendations are made for journalists covering this topic globally. AB - To explore the role of sports journalism in communicating complex social issues, we seek to understand how sport for development and peace (SDP) programs are covered by newspapers around the world. To achieve this goal, we conducted an exploratory content analysis of 284 English-language articles from 2013 to 2016 using Iyengar’s (1991) thematic and episodic frames and Semetko and Valkenburg’s (2000) five generic news frames. Results indicate that coverage of SDP is often episodically framed, attributed to wire reports rather than individuals, and emphasizes responsibility and human interest. These frames may provide limited understanding of SDP issues in the general public and show that sport journalists still need to embrace their role as sport journalists for good. Recommendations are made for journalists covering this topic globally. JO - Communication and Sport JF - Communication and Sport Harrison VS, Boehmer J. Sport for Development and Peace: Framing the Global Conversation. Communication and Sport. 2019 Jan 1. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167479519831317	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3661
__label__wiki	0.920131	0.920131	Home Page Logo Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada Main Container Main Navigation-First Level Search form Mobile Main navigation-Mobile Parliamentary Secretaries Mandate Letters This website is not compatible with Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge. To improve your browsing experience and view all content properly, please use one of the following browsers: Statement by the Prime Minister on Latvia’s Independence Day Go to the translated article The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on Latvia’s Independence Day: “Today, we join Latvian communities in Canada and around the world to celebrate Latvia’s Independence Day. “Canada and Latvia enjoy a dynamic and friendly relationship, rooted in our shared values of freedom, democracy, and the rule of law. Our close people-to-people ties are made strong by the more than 30,000 Canadians of Latvian heritage. “Canada was one of the first countries to recognize the restoration of Latvia's independence in 1991 and to ratify Latvia's accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 2004. Canada is committed to NATO operations to maintain security and stability in Eastern and Central Europe. That’s why Canada leads the multinational NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Latvia, our largest sustained military presence in Europe in over a decade, and contributes approximately 540 troops to this effort until 2023 as part of Operation REASSURANCE. “Canada and Latvia are also solid economic partners. In February 2017, Latvia became the first member state of the European Union to ratify the Canadian-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement and the Strategic Partnership Agreement, which are creating good jobs and new business opportunities for people in both countries. “On behalf of the Government of Canada, I offer my best wishes to everyone celebrating Latvia’s Independence Day, here in Canada and around the world.” Twitter Sidebar Canada Live Follow @CanadianPM Twitter List by CanadianPM A Twitter List by CanadianPM Ministerial Mandate Letters Contact the Prime Minister Request Greetings Government of Canada logo	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3670
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__label__wiki	0.75551	0.75551	NATO CRIMES M. Novakovic B. Ilic Aleksandar Pavic Germán Gorraiz López Jonathan Levy Mehmet Ersoy Gabriella Lima Zak Carter Operation Storm: Croatia’s Triumph, Serbia’s Grief Posted on August 4, 2015 by Editor Leave a comment Croatia this week celebrates its defeat of Serb rebels during Operation Storm 20 years ago, but Serbia will mourn the hundreds killed and the 200,000 who became refugees. Marija Ristic, Ivana Nikolic, Sven Milekic BIRN Belgrade, Zagreb Croatian President Franjo Tudjman and general Ante Gotovina during Operation Storm. Photo: nato.hr Anka Bjelivuk was 47 when she and her husband took her daughter and a few belongings and joined a column of Serbs who were fleeing their houses in central Croatia on August 5, 1995,as Zagreb’s forces advanced with their heavy artillery. “We lived in the Vojnic municipality, [Operation] Storm was already underway…We left the house together, we were on a tractor, my daughter was just a kid back then,” Bjelivuk recalled. Since that day 20 years ago, Bjelivuk has been a refugee – and since that day, she has never seen her parents, her brother and his pregnant wife again. She only found out later from her neighbours what happened to them. “A rocket hit them, this is how they were killed, somewhere while they were in a column [of refugees], somewhere around Zirovac [a village on the highway tow Bosnia],” she explained. Their bodies have never been found. “I still don’t know even today where they are. And I don’t think I will know until the rest of my life,” she said with a trembling voice. Bjelivuk’s relatives are among the 600 Serbs who went missing during Operation Storm, when Croatian forces regained control of 18 per cent of the republic’s territory that had been held by rebel Croatian Serbs since 1991. The Serb rebels were routed and more than 200,000 people like Bjelivuk fled the country. A disputed victory Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic during a goverment session on Operation Storm. Photo: BETA. Differing perceptions of Operation Strom have long been a bitterly divisive factor in relations between Croatia and Serbia. Zagreb views Storm as a military triumph that liberated its territory from Serb aggression – the crowning victory of what Croatia calls its ‘Homeland War’ for independence from 1991-95. “It was professionally and superbly conducted,” Sinisa Kralj, a retired Croatian artillery officer who fought during Storm, told BIRN. “We were defending our country. The civilians who died – well, in every war a lot of civilians get killed,” he said. He insisted that he saw no brutal abuses of Serbs during the operation. Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic has also described the war as “just, defensive and human”. But for Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, Operation Storm was “the biggest [example of] ethnic cleansing since World War II”. While Croatia will celebrate the 20th anniversary this week, Serbia will solemnly commemorate the victims. “We just want to mourn the expelled and killed Serbs and no one can stop us from crying for them and lighting a candle,” Vucic said. These two rival viewpoints are almost impossible to reconcile, said Belgrade-based sociologist Jovo Bakic. “The problem is that there still are whole families in Serbia that were expelled from Croatia and those people cannot forget what happened to them. But for Croats, [Operation Storm] is a myth that lies at the foundation of their state,” Bakic said. Crimes go unpunished Operation Storm forced some 200,000 Serbs to flee their homes. Photo: rts.rs Croatian forces’ intensive bombardment on August 4 and 5, 1995 forced tens of thousands of civilians to flee in terror. Over the course of a day and a half, the Croatian army fired some 900 projectiles into Knin alone – the town which was seen as the Croatian Serb rebel regime’s capital. After the mass of Serb civilians fled, the Croatian military and police embarked on the large-scale destruction and plunder of Serb property, killing 677 mainly elderly Serbs who had remained behind, according to the Croatian Helsinki Committee. These crimes were extensively documented during a four-year trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague, but the evidence was not enough to convict two the top police and army commanders of Operation Storm- Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markac. Although in its initial verdict, UN-backed court sentenced Gotovina and Markac to 24 and 18 years in prison respectively for staging unlawful attacks on civilians in four main towns in Croatia’s Krajina region, this ruling was overturned in 2012. The UN-backed court’s appeals chamber ruled that the shelling of the four towns was not indiscriminate, no crime of deportation could be proved and there was no ‘joint criminal enterprise’ aimed at expelling Serbs. Gotovina and Markac’s acquittal was warmly welcomed in Croatia, but in Serbia it was seen a miscarriage of justice and an insult to the Serb victims. After they were freed, prosecutor’s offices in both Croatia and Serbia pledged that they would ensure justice for the Storm victims in their own courts, but neither has done much to fulfill those promises so far. The Croatian judiciary has so far delivered only one final judgment for war crimes committed during and after Operation Storm. Former Croatian soldier Bozo Bacelic was sentenced in 2014 to seven years in prison for killing two civilians and one prisoner of war in Prokljan near the town of Sibenik. An additional four war crime cases are ongoing before courts in Zagreb. In 2014, former soldier Rajko Krickovic was charged with shooting two Serb civilians and burning another one alive in the village of Kijani – the first case related to Operation Storm in which Serbia and Croatia worked together on the basis a war crimes cooperation protocol. Some 40 other war crimes involving 200 victims connected to Storm are being investigated by Serbian and Croatian prosecutors. Several former Croatian troops have also convicted of killings after Operation Storm, but for aggravated murder rather than war crimes. Jelena Djokic Jovic, a war crime trials monitor from the Zagreb-based NGO Documenta, said this was “a poor criminal proceedings statistic” for crimes that were undoubtedly committed. She explained this by saying that there is still a “reluctance to prosecute crimes committed by domestic [military] units”, adding that no member of Croatian forces was convicted of war crimes in the whole of 2014. No going back? Miodrag Linta, head of the Coalition of Serb Refugees. The Serbs who fled Croatia in August 1995 also face major obstacles if they want to return to their homes, says the Coalition of Serb Refugees. Although the Croatian government claims that some 145,000 Serbs have returned, a survey by the UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, showed that only 50,000 have actually done so. Croatian analyst Davor Gjenero said that until recently, Zagreb was actually trying its best to stop them. “Until 2000, the return of refugees was systematically obstructed. After 2000 that kind of obstruction disappeared, but there is no real sustainable return. In these areas people, only elderly people have returned, mostly as these areas were completely destroyed,” Gjenero told BIRN. “This is a fact Croatia still refuses to speak about,” he added. The head of the Coalition of Serb Refugees, Miodrag Linta, said that many of those who fled are still fighting for the ownership rights of the houses and land they left behind. “One of the key problems is unresolved property issues,” Linta told BIRN. “There are some 10,000 Serb homes that have been destroyed, some 800,000 agricultural plots owned by Serbs have been confiscated, and more than 40,000 tenancy rights were removed,” he alleged. Many Serbs from Croatia hoped that better days would come once the country joined the EU, but Linta said these hopes went unfulfilled. “The issue of Serbs expelled during Storm is still ignored,” he insisted. Anka Bjelivuk said meanwhile that governments and media only remember the victims on the annual memorial day, and that Serbian politicians’ promises of help over the years have come to nothing. “It is like we don’t exist. Whoever promised anything, lied,” she said. Bjelivuk fears that she will never find the remains of her relatives who were killed, and that no one will ever establish who killed them. “I would just like to find their bodies, but I doubt there is any chance that will happen. No one has tried to find their remains before, and I doubt they will do it now, after 20 years,” she said. 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__label__cc	0.651691	0.348309	Olearia avicenniifolia - (Raoul.)Hook.f. Common Name Akeake Family Asteraceae or Compositae Habitats Sub-alpine scrub to 1000 metres in South Island. Range New Zealand. Olearia avicenniifolia is an evergreen Shrub growing to 3 m (9ft) by 5 m (16ft). It is hardy to zone (UK) 8. It is in leaf all year, in flower from August to September. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Insects. Suitable for: light (sandy) and medium (loamy) soils and prefers well-drained soil. Suitable pH: acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils and can grow in very alkaline soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers moist soil. The plant can tolerate maritime exposure. It can tolerate atmospheric pollution. O. albida. Hort. non Hook.f. Hedge; Hedge Hedge Very resistant to maritime exposure and tolerant of severe pruning[11, 49, 166, 200], this plant can be used as an effective windbreak hedge in exposed maritime areas[75]. It is rather slow growing though[75]. Hedge Hedge Scented Plants Succeeds in any well-drained moderately fertile soil in full sun[182, 200]. Thrives in a chalky soil[182] but prefers a light loam or peaty soil[11]. Very tolerant of maritime exposure[11, 75]. Tolerates atmospheric pollution[200]. This species is not very hardy outside the milder western and south-western maritime areas of Britain[1], tolerating temperatures down to about -10°c[184]. Another report says that it is hardy to about -15°c[200]. Very slow growing in Britain[75], the plants generally only reach 2 - 3 metres tall in cultivation in this country. Plants can be pruned right back into old wood in order to promote fresh growth[200]. Any pruning is best done in the spring[11]. Some named forms have been developed for their ornamental value[182]. Flowers best in years following long hot summers[200]. The flowers are sweetly scented[184]. Seed - surface sow in early spring in a greenhouse. Do not allow the compost to dry out. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots when they are large enough to handle and grow them on in the greenhouse for their first winter. If growth has been sufficiently good, plant them out into their permanent positions in early summer of the following year, otherwise grow them on for another year in pots and plant them out the following early summer. Cuttings of half-ripe wood, 5 - 10cm with a heel, July/August in a frame. Pot up in late August and overwinter in a cold frame then plant out in late spring or early summer[78]. Good percentage[11]. Cuttings of moderately ripe wood of the current years growth, 5 - 10cm with a heel, November in a frame. High percentage[78]. Olearia ilicifolia Shrub 3.0 7-10 LM N M 0 0 Olearia macrodonta Shrub 6.0 7-10 M LMH N M 0 0 Olearia paniculata Shrub 6.0 8-11 LMH N M 0 0 Olearia solandri Shrub 4.0 8-11 S LMH N M 0 0 Olearia traversii Shrub 10.0 8-11 M LMH N M 0 0 Olearia virgata Shrub 3.5 6-9 F LMH N M 0 0 Olearia x haastii Shrub 2.5 7-10 LMH N M 0 0 (Raoul.)Hook.f. david nicholls Sat Dec 22 22:14:39 2001 Olearia albida tests positve for saponins in the leaves and the wood(A New Zealand Phytochemical survey Part 2 By R.Campbell, Cain & Roche NZ Journal of Science Sept 1961). I shook some leaves in a jar of water, after 12 hrs the amount of bubbles wasn't bad, have not tried using them for anything, washing, killing fish... The plant tested negative for alkaloids and all other things tested. I am impressed with my one plant, it is growing pointing into the prevailing while other plants grow sculpted with the ocassionally hurricane force wind as one would expect, (observation based on one plant only) it is rather slow as you say though, and doesnt get very big at it's best. Apr 29 2014 12:00AM We were given a small plant of this as a housewarming present 18 years ago for the garden of our new house in the Orkney Islands off the north coast of Scotland. It has grown to approximately 8 feet tall and ten feet wide and is still going strong. Over the years we have taken loads of cuttings and some (five or six) have survived. We are in the process of severely pruning it as it was beginning to block our view out over the sea so will be planting hundreds of cuttings in the hope that many will survive. This is the first time we have taken cuttings in spring so its fingers crossed and if anyone out there can guide us on the best methods of maximising survival rates we would be pleased to hear. All in all a wonderful plant which reminds us of a wonderful holiday we spent in New Zealand a few years ago. Subject : Olearia avicenniifolia	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3677
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__label__cc	0.643482	0.356518	Dave Huddleston Brotherly Love: Teens Reach Out To TeensA group of teenagers from the suburbs reach out to kids their age who live under much different circumstances. Jasmin Johnson, 16, started the program after she learned about teens in crisis. 5 Firefighters Hospitalized After Accident In LumbertonSeveral firefighters were taken to the hospital after a fire truck flipped while trying to avoid another vehicle in Lumberton, New Jersey. Brotherly Love: Home Runs Help Haddonfield FamiliesIn Camden County, it's outta here! Or maybe it's just a pop fly. But hey, it doesn't matter! Young batters are swinging for the fences for a good cause. Brotherly Love: Local Teen Uses Love Of Hockey To Raise Money For NeedyWhen it comes to hockey, Jordan Fromm is always eager for more. The 14-year-old goalie from Upper Montgomery County plays on two teams, but it's what he does off the ice that attracted our attention. Brotherly Love: Helping Hearts In Memory Of ZachDave Huddleston tells us how a New Jersey man is helping his sister, who lost her child to a congenital heart defect. Brotherly Love: Transplant Patient, 8, Gets Help & HeartA little girl who needed a new heart has a whole community by her side. The Basta family of Downingtown is spending a lot of time in a hospital at the bedside of 8-year-old daughter Josie waiting for the day she can come home. Brotherly Love: New Jersey Girl, 10, Collects Shoes For MexicoHer name is Eden Eskaros. On a recent trip to Mexico, she saw something she didn’t like and did something about it. That changed everything for hundreds of children. Brotherly Love: Blind Brothers Start FundraiserYou might expect kids with blindness to need help, but Dave Huddleston met two youngsters who are helping themselves and others. Chris May To Anchor Live From Ground Zero As CBS 3/CW Philly Bring ‘Star Spangled Summer’ To A Close With Expanded 9/11 Anniversary Coverage ‘Remembering 9/11’ Special To Air On Both StationsAnchor Chris May will anchor live from Ground Zero in New York City on the 10th anniversary of 9/11 as CBS 3 and The CW Philly conclude their Star Spangled Summer campaign this week. Brotherly Love: Fighting Alzheimer's DiseaseA West Philadelphia woman is helping others despite her own physical concerns. Brotherly Love: Inspired By Wife's MS, Cyclist Raises $264KWhen a Montgomery County man discovered his wife had a potentially fatal disease, he refused to sit still. He flew into action. Brotherly Love: Girl, 12, Stitches Heartwarming BlanketsKids in the hospital are getting help from one of their own, a girl from Atlantic County. Sara Sapello of Minotola is twelve and a half. When her grandmother taught her to sew, she used that new skill to start a life of giving. Local Expert: Don't Panic After Wild Week On Wall StreetIt is a roller coaster ride no one wants to be on. The ups and downs of the Wall Street has just about everyone, even traders on the floor saying, 'what is going on?' Brotherly Love: Forgotten New Jersey Servicemen Get Final BurialHonoring those who gave everything for our country, a New Jersey group is remembering service members whom everyone else seemed to forget. Exclusive: Philadelphia Police Unite With Community Leaders To Fight Violent 'Flash Mobs'City leaders say violent flash mobs running through the streets of Philadelphia will not be tolerated. 3:05 AMIn Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3680
__label__wiki	0.658678	0.658678	Historical Experiments in Students’ Hands: Unfragmenting Science through Action and History Elizabeth Mary Cavicchi Science & Education 17 (7):717-749 (2008) The Historical-Investigative Approach to Teaching Science.Nahum Kipnis - 1996 - Science and Education, Kluwer Academic Publishers 5 (3):277-292.details The paper describes the author's experience in using the history of science in teaching physics to science teachers. It was found that history becomes more useful to teachers when explicitly combined with 'investigative' experimentation, which, in turn. can benefit from various uses of the history of science. Studying Galileo at Secondary School: A Reconstruction of His 'Jumping-Hill'experiment and the Process of Discovery.Jürgen Teichmann - 1999 - Science & Education 8 (2):121-136.details History of Science in General Philosophy of Science Discovering Discovery: How Faraday Found the First Metallic Colloid.Ryan D. Tweney - 2006 - Perspectives on Science 14 (1):97-121.details : In 1856, Michael Faraday (1791–1867) conducted nearly a year's worth of research on the optical properties of gold, in the course of which he discovered the first metallic colloids. Following our own discovery of hundreds of the specimens prepared by Faraday for this research, the present paper describes the cognitive role of these "epistemic artifacts" in the dynamics of Faraday's research practices. Analysis of the specimens, Faraday's Diary records, and replications of selected procedures (partly to replace missing kinds of (...) specimens and partly to understand the "tacit knowledge" implicated in Faraday's research) are outlined, and a reconstruction of the events surrounding the initial discovery of metallic colloids is presented. (shrink) Faraday and Piaget: Experimenting in Relation with the World.Elizabeth Cavicchi - 2006 - Perspectives on Science 14 (1):66-96.details : The natural philosopher Michael Faraday and the psychologist Jean Piaget experimented directly with natural phenomena and children. While Faraday originated evidence for spatial fields mediating force interactions, Piaget studied children's cognitive development. This paper treats their experimental processes in parallel, taking as examples Faraday's 1831 investigations of water patterns produced under vibration and Piaget's interactions with his infants as they sought something he hid. I redid parts of Faraday's vibrating fluid activities and Piaget's hiding games. Like theirs, my experiences (...) showed that incomplete observations and confusions accompanied—and facilitated —experimental developments. While working with things in their hands, these experimenters' minds were also engaged, inferring new, more coherent understandings of the behaviors under study. Transitory ripples disclosed distinct patterns; infants devised more productive search methods. From the ripples, Faraday discerned an oscillatory condition that informed his subsequent speculations about light. From the infant search, Piaget identified experimenting as a child's means of developing self and world, later envisioning its infusion into education. Taken together, these two stories demonstrate that cognitive capacities emerge in the actual process of experimenting. This finding eclipses the historical context in its implications for education today. When learners pursue their own experiments, their minds develop. (shrink) The 'Historical-Investigative' Approach to Teaching Science.Nahum Kipnis - 1996 - Science & Education 5 (3):277-292.details The paper describes the author's experience in using the history of science in teaching physics to science teachers. lt was found that history becomes more useful to teachers when explicitly combined with 'investigative' experimentation, which, in turn. can benefit from various uses of the history of science. Rudolph Koenig’s Workshop of Sound: Instruments, Theories, and the Debate Over Combination Tones.David Pantalony - 2005 - Annals of Science 62 (1):57-82.details Rudolph Koenig's workshop was a busy meeting place for instruments, ideas, experiments, demonstrations, craft traditions, and business. Starting around 1860, it was also the place in Paris where people discovered the new science of sound emerging from the studies of Hermann von Helmholtz in Germany. Koenig built Helmholtz's ideas into apparatus, created new instruments, and spread them throughout the scientific and musical world. Through his own research, he also became Helmholtz's strongest critic. This paper looks at the activities of this (...) unique space and, in particular, how it contributed to the protracted disputes over an elusive acoustical phenomenon called the combination tone. (shrink) Scientific Practice in General Philosophy of Science The Project Physics Course, Then and Now.Gerald Holton - 2003 - Science and Education: Academic Journal of Ushynsky University 12 (8):779-786.details Getting Shocks: Teaching Electrostatics with Historical Experiments at Secondary School Level.P. Heering - 2000 - Science & Education 9:363-373.details History of Science-with Labs.Douglas Allchin, Elizabeth Anthony, Jack Bristol, Alan Dean, David Hall & Carl Lieb - 1999 - Science & Education 8 (6):619-632.details We describe here an interdisciplinary lab science course for non-majors using the history of science as a curricular guide. Our experience with diverse instructors underscores the importance of the teachers and classroom dynamics, beyond the curriculum. Moreover, the institutional political context is central: are courses for non-majors valued and is support given to instructors to innovate? Two sample projects are profiled. Education in Professional Areas Philosophy of Education in Philosophy of Social Science Teaching About Sound: A Select Historical Examination of Research.J. Randy McGinnis & J. Steve Oliver - 1998 - Science & Education 7 (4):381-401.details Using History to Teach Invention and Design: The Case of the Telephone.Michael E. Gorman & J. Kirby Robinson - 1998 - Science & Education 7 (2):173-201.details Evolutionary Biology in Philosophy of Biology Getting Shocks: Teaching Secondary School Physics Through History.Peter Heering - 2000 - Science & Education 9 (4):363-373.details History of Physics in Philosophy of Physical Science Science and Values: An Educational Perspective.D. Allchin - 1999 - Science & Education 8:1-12.details Science and Values in General Philosophy of Science Epistemological Considerations in Teaching Introductory Physics.David Hammer - 1995 - Science Education 79 (4):393-413.details	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3682
__label__cc	0.611022	0.388978	Previous Show Next Show Random Show Gap Chart Setlist Options PHISH, SATURDAY 09/22/1990 STUDENT UNION BALLROOM, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTSSTUDENT UNION BALLROOM, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS Amherst, MA SET 1: Buried Alive, My Sweet One > Divided Sky, Tela > The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Magilla > Wilson > The Landlady, I Didn't Know[1], David Bowie -> Mo' Better Blues[2] -> David Bowie[3] SET 2: The Squirming Coil > Tweezer, Destiny Unbound, Fee, Uncle Pen > Bouncing Around the Room, Stash, The Lizards, Lawn Boy > Possum ENCORE: The Asse Festival, Golgi Apparatus [1] Fish on trombone. [2] First known Phish performance. [3] Five Charlie Chan signals, an Oom Pa Pa signal, two Random Laugh signals (one from Trey and one from Mike), a How High The Moon signal, and a Tritone Down signal. Suzy Greenberg, Magilla, Possum, and Golgi all contained Chariots of Fire teases. I Didn't Know featured Fish on trombone. David Bowie featured multiple Chariots of Fire teases, both in the intro, which featured the first known Phish performance of Mo' Better Blues, and in the main song itself. Bowie also contained five Charlie Chan signals, an Oom Pa Pa signal, two Random Laugh signals (one from Trey and one from Mike), a How High The Moon signal, and a Tritone Down signal. Bowie later contained a Dave's Energy Guide tease and another brief attempt at How High The Moon from Trey. Possum also contained a Destiny Unbound tease. Overall: 4.192/5 (26 ratings) Jam Chart Versions Chariots of Fire tease in Suzy Greenberg, Chariots of Fire tease in Magilla, Chariots of Fire, Chariots of Fire, Dave's Energy Guide, and How High the Moon teases in David Bowie, Chariots of Fire and Destiny Unbound teases in Possum, Chariots of Fire tease in Golgi Apparatus Debut Years (Average: 1988) Song Distribution Lawn Boy 5 A Picture of Nectar 4 Junta 4 The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday 4 Stash 2 The White Tape 1 Sep 22, 2017: Mike Gordon - Athens, GA Sep 22, 2009: Mike Gordon - Nashville, TN Sep 22, 2000: Phish - Rosemont, IL Sep 22, 1999: Phish - Las Cruces, NM Sep 22, 1988: Phish - Binghamton, NY Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon This show was part of the "1990 Tour" Previous Show Next Show Random Show Gap Chart Setlist Options Add to Collection Attendance Submit a Correction 2010-02-12 9:53 am , attached to 1990-09-22 Review by zzyzx (Published in the second edition of The Phish Companion...) Over the years I've tried to cultivate the reputation of a fan who follows the rules. If the band says not to do something, I try not to do it. However this hasn't always been the case. In my early days I was a bit of a rebel. If you need proof of my evil ways, you only need to look at this night, the night that I snuck into a Phish show. In my defense, it wasn't completely my fault. When I was driving the 120 miles from Bard to Amherst (ah for the days where that seemed to be an incredibly long distance to drive to see a band!) I wondered about ticket availability. Even back then I was pretty paranoid about things going wrong, but I wasn't too worried. I mean, who ever heard of a Phish show selling out? I have seen many tough tickets over the years. Many of the New Years' tickets have been difficult, especially the return from Hiatus show. I nearly got shut out of a show in the Capitol Theatre. Tickets for the Halloween concerts were tough to come by. Nothing though - not even 3/6/09 - was worse than this night. I could always compare later ticket problems to earlier ones. Nothing prepared me for my first one. Moreover, this was just a student event. There weren't people who had an extras that they were hoping to trade for the next night or something. Anyone who had a friend bail just had to ask another dorm mate. So there I was, shut out of a Phish show. Admittedly, this wasn't the biggest tragedy ever. This show was held inside of some sort of student center building. The concert was just in a big room inside it. Since people were going in and out of it all night, they kept the doors open. The difference between being inside the show and outside the show was pretty technical. There was a line on the floor that marked the difference. Even though I could hear the show just fine from "outside", I wanted to actually see the band. My salvation here was twofold. While dancing around, someone inside the room got my attention and handed me a ticket stub. Believing (mistakenly) that you needed both the stub and the hand stamp to get back in, I turned to a security guard. By coincidence a friend of mine from Bard was one of the people responsible for preventing people from getting in. She took her job seriously. So seriously did she take it that she grabbed a magic marker and drew something on my left hand that vaguely resembled the stamp. During "My Sweet One" I walked around the room. I showed the stub and fake stamp to the person who was checking. While doing that I got the real stamp on my right hand. My Jedi Mind trick worked! Ironically, I spent quite a bit of the rest of the show "outside" to get some space, but it was okay then, for I was no longer shut out. So I sacrificed all of my moral standards in order to see this show. Was it any good? Actually, yes. This was probably the best Phish show I saw in the entire year. Six of the new songs for this tour were played ("Stash", "Landlady", "Asse Festival", "Destiny", "Buried Alive", and "Magilla") and they were all really good. "Stash" especially stuck in my head. This was my first time hearing it, so I named it after what I thought the repeated line at the end was, "Maybe So My Love." I was only off by two words. Two things make this show stand out over most 1990 concerts. The first is the repeated "Chariots of Fire" motif. Everyone loves the "Wipeout" and "Moby Dick" sets, right? Well this is the same idea only much earlier. The recurrence helps give the night a connected feel. The bigger highlight though is the "Bowie". This is a serious jam. Most Bowies from this period were twelve to fourteen minutes; this one clocks in at nearly twenty. From the long intro (be sure to notice the early Secret Language) to the extended jam, this is a rare case in this time period of Phish taking a song out a bit. A copy of this show (along with 9/20 and 9/21) has started to circulate on Bit Torrent. I highly recommend this show, especially if you have little from this time period. You get to hear the original slow-down ending of "Tweezer", an early version of "Stash", and get a great "David Bowie" as a bonus. How could you go wrong? 2012-05-14 7:08 pm , attached to 1990-09-22 Review by TheEmu The first set on this was fairly promising, with strong and tight versions of Divided Sky, Suzy, Wilson, Landlady, and a really nice Magilla (especially Mike's solo). The easy highlight of the show is the 19 1/2 minute Bowie with Mo' Better Blues and lots of signals, teases and tension. Strong, above average first set, especially with that long jam to cap things off. Alas, the second set is merely OK. Tweezer is alright, Possum has its moments, and Page certainly does a standout job with his solo in The Lizards. But nothing to match up to the promise of the first set. 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__label__cc	0.743548	0.256452	← Declan Waugh claims it’s “clear as day” Let’s rely on anecdotes instead! → Standing up to junk science in New Zealand Posted on November 9, 2014 \| 281 Comments Last week we saw several local victories for science over pseudoscience. And the US mid-term elections also gave electoral victories supporting community water fluoridation in 5 out of 6 communities where it was voted on.* Peter Griffin from New Zealand’s Science Media Centre reported on the New Zealand victories in his post Experts shine in fight against junk science. “It was a week when climate change denial, a “miracle” ebola cure and homeopathy grabbed headlines. But by and large it was also a week where the media laid out the evidence and featured expert commentary putting the science behind the claims in perspective.” So, the media seemed to be “on-side” this time and scientific experts were fronting up to counter the pseudoscience. “The pending arrival in New Zealand of Genesis II Church of Health and Healing leader James Humble to push his Miracle Mineral Solution (MMS) was front page news. Medsafe warned that the treatment acts like an industrial bleach and could cause serious harm to those who took it. Australia’s Nine News reported that four Victorians had been hospitalised after taking the MMS treatment. Dr Shaun Holt Natural remedies expert Dr Shaun Holt and University of Auckland microbiologist Dr. Siouxsie Wiles made numerous media appearances to explain the pseudoscience Humble has been spreading about MMS, including that it can cure Ebola, HIV and malaria.The Herald reported today that an Auckland man who attempted to attend one of the “non-religious” Church’s seminars in the Hauraki Plains, was removed when it emerged he had not paid the US$500 registration fee, a hint perhaps at the real reason behind Humble’s Australasian tour.” NZ Herald’s front page piece on MMS The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change renewed the media interest in climate change. “False balance in climate coverage Professor Tim Naish and Dr James Renwick, who have both contributed to IPCC reports put the latest update in context for New Zealand on One News and 3 News. However TVNZ undermined its own climate change coverage by featuring noted climate sceptic and energy sector consultant Bryan Leyland on the Breakfast show, including presenting a graph featuring data supplied by Leyland himself. By the end of the day the item had been pulled from TVNZ’s website after the broadcaster received numerous complaints from the public, scientists, as well as journalists.” Then there was the response to the Green Party’s natural products spokesman Steffan Browning’s folly in signing a petition calling for homeopathic treatments to be used in the fight against Ebola. This lead to his demotion within the party and removal of his spokesman role. “The embarrassing endorsement attracted attention in the UK and the condemnation of Browning’s own caucus. Writing on Sciblogs, Dr Grant Jacobs applauded Browning’s demotion, but pointed out that he retained other science-related shadow portfolios. “I’m aware of a number of people who have said they didn’t vote for the Greens because of Steffan Browning’s stance on genetic engineering and others who have said that while they voted for the Greens they don’t approve of Browning’s approach to GMOs and GE.” Peter Griffin finishes by thanking “all the scientists who stepped up to make sense of the dubious claims journalists and the public were faced with this week.” I think this also shows what can be achieved when good science journalism is actively promoted by groups like the Science Media Centre, and when scientists and other experts participate in the social communication media and make themselves available to journalists. Support for community water fluoridation in these 5 communities was pretty overwhelming: Boyne City, Michigan – 68% support for fluoridation: http://goo.gl/BUQVev Bronson, Michigan – 63% support for fluoridation: http://goo.gl/KogVkP Kalama, Washington – 73% support for fluoridation: http://goo.gl/wP6xAY Saline County, Kansas – 67% support for fluoridation: http://goo.gl/Q2IGWL Healdsburg, California – 68% support for fluoridation: http://goo.gl/KsOCgn These victories were probably because fluoridation supporters, families and dentists organised public campaigns. See Group wants fluoride vote to keep its teeth. This entry was posted in New Zealand, SciBlogs, science, Science and Society and tagged climate change, ebola, MMM, SciBlogs, Science journalism. Bookmark the permalink. 281 responses to “Standing up to junk science in New Zealand” soundhill1 \| November 9, 2014 at 2:02 pm \| Something might be evidence-based and marvellous scientific technology like fracking, but wider science is needed to decide upon its use. You may be called a Luddite if you oppose genetic modification. Then are you really dealing with science or with salespeople selling the outdated genetic modification of our food which means it contains antibiiotic resistance genes? Insertion of antibiotic resistance is outmoded by science now but a huge number of crops still contain that old technology. I find articles weak unless they cover that sort of point. greenbuzzer \| November 9, 2014 at 3:37 pm \| Jeez Ken . . . haven’t you had a gratifying week . . . but as for ‘Junk Science’ what is it about ‘evidence-based science’ that can ever be relied upon when it ignores the most basic fact about life that is the difference between a live body and a dead body? @greenbuzzer yes some of the GMO “safety” testing has done on a just a chemical. Then the gene for the chemical was put into a plant and it was assumed that the result would consequenly be safe. But a gene inserted in a living plant really has more consequences than just producing the intended chemical. This author wants more experiments to test if his work is good or junk. and his abstract Click to access Konovalov%20Abstract%20WC2012.pdf greenbuzzer \| November 9, 2014 at 10:23 pm \| Very interesting doco about Goat Island Marine Reserve on tonight 9th November, which reminded me of you and the events of the past week Ken, and how real scientists actually have humility and keep an open mind realising that ‘facts change’ and new things are revealed and ‘discovered’ every day – like the fact that the noise they thought was being made by the crayfish was actually coming from the very small fish called ‘Big eyes’. Under your regime and that of the likes of Souxsie Wiles, et al, you would keep denying this to the bitter end if this was one of your core dearly held beliefs – such as fluoride is safe, no matter what the evidence to the contrary, and homoeopathy is whacko even though very smart people, such as the Queen, claim enormous benefits from using it . . . would be sad really if it was just you and your cohorts who were left suffering in your ignorance, but unfortunately you would have the rest of us bound by your lack of knowledge as well . . . look at all the people who could have benefitted from an RDI of vitamin C well above that set to prevent scurvy and even now who’s going to stump up the cash to do the clinical trials when there’s nothing in it for them – we have long since been deserted by our ‘health officials’ to do any such research and the ‘public interest’ is now squarely at the mercy of Big Pharma, and your ‘colleagues’ livelihoods no doubt depend upon them toeing the party line . . . so do forgive me if I take a very jaundiced view of most of what you’ve written. The shame of all of you is that because your beliefs do not allow you to partake of any of the benefits of megadoses of IV vitamin C or even homoeopathy you would deny everyone else the opportunity by ensuring that any tax money spent on their health care was not of their choice but rather your narrow, ignorant and limited ‘evidence-based’ Big Pharma poisons because they have set it up that they are the only ones that can afford to buy the ‘scientists’ to jack up the studies in favour of their products and come up with any number of counter studies should anyone dare to suggest they may not only be ineffective but downright dangerous. Isn’t it something like 40% of deaths & / or hospital admissions are from iatrogenic illnesses – it would be good if Souxsie keep a running commentary of those alongside her obvious witch hunt against homoeopathy don’t you think? Don’t need to wish you Good night or anything because as they say Ignorance is Bliss – you must be very blissful . . . :} You seem upset about something, greenbuzzer? Wonder what it is. soundhill1 \| November 9, 2014 at 11:06 pm \| Ken, it is possible greenbuzzer may be referring to thngs like: http://www.nature.com/news/china-sacks-officials-over-golden-rice-controversy-1.11998 @greenbuzzer I saw that doco. I wonder how many people are aware of the EPA hearing going on about mining the Chatham Rise for phosphorite. Quite a bit of science has been discussed. One point has been the sound of the vacuum dredge. I was firstly thinking in terms of hearing damage, But watching the doco I thought of how the 24/7 dredging sound could mask sounds that creatures use as signals. I think the doco said the little crayfish hear the spiny sea urchin munching on kelp and that is a way they know where to swim back to after their initial time in the more open ocean. Evidence of how creatures have burrowed into phosphorite nodules: http://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/NZOIm77.pdf, science needs to take a wide view. What part have those creatures played in long our food chain? (And will there be enough moisture and low enough pH to make the rock phosphate of use in a sufficient portion of NZ?) greenbuzzer \| November 10, 2014 at 12:06 am \| Yes Soundhill1 – to see the crayfish return after 2 years at sea by following the sound of the sea urchins munching on kelp makes one realise just how much we don’t know about the big picture . . . and as far as China goes, they also fined Glaxo Smith Kline the $488M they spent on bribes to doctors etc to use their products . . . just the tip of a very big iceberg I suspect . . . funny Ken didn’t see fit to comment on that as well . . . :} Nor this . . . http://www.knoxnews.com/news/local-news/oliver-springs-removes-fluoride-from-water-supply_43415611 . . . :} heh \| November 10, 2014 at 6:22 am \| I don’t know, Shaun. The Red Cross seemed to have pretty good results with this “bleach” when they cured 154 cases of Malaria in Uganda 2012, documented on video by two different producers. The videos are on the frontpage of the (non-religious) Genesis II Church of Health & Healing website as we speak. Looks convincing to me. Keep in mind that Oxygen is also a bleach if you want to get scientific about it, and we have lungs to use that as much as possible — in moderate amounts, of course. Chlorine dioxide is the same principle and the oxidation potential is actually weaker than that of Oxygen, so it’s safer than Oxygen, in moderate amounts. Here are the Red Cross Cured 154 Cases of Malaria with MMS links, for safety sakes. http://mmswiki.org/index.php?title=Red_Cross LEAKED: Proof the Red Cross Cured 154 Malaria Cases with MMS Red Cross World Sensation! Malaria finally defeated! Perhaps a little humility is required. @6.22am I don’t know, Shaun. Shaun? It seems the kooks are all on a first name basis. soundhill1 \| November 10, 2014 at 9:39 am \| Ken I feel your Galileo picture may have been made quite a few years ago when Google was not so encompassing. Just because something is on Google does not mean it isn’t science. Nowadays Google is rather good at giving which scientific papers have cited another. The scientist can not usually put that in their paper because it has not happened yet at the time they published. And some “research” is actually just a review of many papers on a subject. The scientist does not have to be in a lab to do that. There is even a whole branch of physics working with mathematical models, they don’t work with equipment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theoretical_physics soundhill1 \| November 10, 2014 at 1:11 pm \| Thanks, Heh. Charity can be big business. This seems a fairly academic artice: http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/ethics_and_nonprofits It is hard to know what sort of review of articles are true as opposed to advocacy. Beware of emotive writing and writing which brings about confusion over doses and danger &c. A lot of the criticism of that chlorite work alludes to the danger of doses way beyond what is used. So far that is the only sort of criticism of the study that I have been able to find. People without much knowledge of science can thus be carried along if there is an agenda to keep up profits by avoiding a cheap treatment. Perhaps we could rank writers on this group by the amount of emotive terms they use. Scientist Changes Sides Grant Cameron, as quoted: “I’m aware of a number of people who have said they didn’t vote for the Greens because of Steffan Browning’s stance on genetic engineering and others who have said that while they voted for the Greens they don’t approve of Browning’s approach to GMOs and GE.” Here is more recounting of points I have been making, and a story of a scientist changing sides: http://earthweareone.com/former-pro-gmo-scientist-speaks-out-on-the-real-dangers-of-genetically-engineered-food/ Stuartg \| November 11, 2014 at 6:27 am \| Ken, it seems like some of your commenters believe that the definition of scientist is someone who can point a web browser towards Google. It’s the equivalent of calling yourself a mechanic because you can drive a car to a garage / service station. They certainly don’t understand that science defines a way of thinking; maybe their way of thinking precludes that understanding? soundhill1 \| November 11, 2014 at 10:47 am \| I am wondering who your target audience you think you can swing is, who will buy your aspersions here. How about taking several of the points and commenting? Science has a way of thinking, politics has a way of thinking, business has a way of thinking. Some of them try to bend the public perception of the others for their own ends. Trevor Crosbie \| November 11, 2014 at 1:52 pm \| This on GMO from a scientist – There is a growing body of scientific research – done mostly in Europe, Russia, and other countries – showing that diets containing engineered corn or soya cause serious health problems in laboratory mice and rats.I don’t know if I was passionate about it but I was knowledgeable. I defended the side of technological advance, of science and progress. I have in the last 10 years changed my position. I started paying attention to the flow of published studies coming from Europe, some from prestigious labs and published in prestigious scientific journals, that questioned the impact and safety of engineered food. I refute the claims of the biotechnology companies that their engineered crops yield more, that they require less pesticide applications, that they have no impact on the environment and of course that they are safe to eat. There are a number of scientific studies that have been done for Monsanto by universities in the U.S., Canada, and abroad. Most of these studies are concerned with the field performance of the engineered crops, and of course they find GMOs safe for the environment and therefore safe to eat. Individuals should be encouraged to make their decisions on food safety based on scientific evidence and personal choice, not on emotion or the personal opinions of others. We should all take these studies seriously and demand that government agencies replicate them rather than rely on studies paid for by the biotech companies. (end) I respectfully suggest the same applies to the scientific studies done to ‘prove’ the safety, benefits and effectiveness of fluoridation. Well, Trev, at least you a “respectful” about your “suggestion” regarding fluoridation but you provide absolutely no evidence for it. @Ken, I pointed out that the Royal Society review did not mention a paper about IQ and fluoridation that had controlled controlled for other trace elements. Indeed in your blog you claimed a possible different explanantion. When I asked you about the matter you said I should contact the authors of the RS study. So in relation to your reply to Trev, this must be evidence pending. Sorry must action it. Stuartg \| November 11, 2014 at 4:21 pm \| soundhill1: “Just because something is on Google does not mean it isn’t science.” We agree on that. The trouble is that some of the comments here (and other of Ken’s blogs) imply that the commentor equates the double negative with a positive. In other words, it seems they think that (“does not mean it isn’t” = “means it is”). There is a tiny fraction of Google that includes science. Most of Google is neither science nor scientific. The tiny minority of science available on Google means that Google is not a good place from which to perform scientific “research.” Some comments here suggest that the person has used nothing but Google for their “research.” Science starts with the basics. It slowly builds from there. Scientists check each other’s results, contribute to each other’s thinking, they suggest areas to be followed, point out relevant areas which may have been investigated before, and then they eventually reach a consensus from which further research can be done. Google is not required at any stage of this process. Someone using Google gets many thousands, even millions of hits from a query. If they have not done the scientific basics then they have no idea which of those hits, if any, may be relevant to a scientific query. The ability to point a web browser to Google does not enable a non-scientist to do scientific research. @ Trevor Crosbie This on GMO from a scientist – ….blah blah blah More unattributed and therefore utterly worthless anecdotes from Trevor Crosbie. He’s repeatedly been asked to lift his game in this respect but seems incapable of doing so. Trevor was highlighting the bit of my link whose method he wishes to be applied to fluoride, too. I think he is also pointing out that going by what people are saying they had not been reading that link. @stuartg so-called research is not always honest either. Are you trying to cast doubt on this link I gave on this thread because it was on Internet? Note it is a link to the journal Nature which has some scientific standing. Or what specific examples can you use from this thread to back up your argument? http://www.nature.com/news/china-sacks-officials-over-golden-rice-controversy-1.11998 Where did I mention honesty of research? What argument did I make? I made some observations. I will comment on generalities (scientific method, junk science…), but otherwise I’m just not able to contribute to arguments outside of my fields of expertise. I would suggest that’s a good principle for anyone to follow. soundhill1 \| November 12, 2014 at 12:15 pm \| @Stuartg \| November 11, 2014 at 6:27 am \| Ken had offered a picture saying “sometimes scientists are proven wrong but it’s always by smarter scientists and never by google researchers whose entire argument boills down to, “NUH-UH.”” and then he said, “Perhaps a little humility is required.” Well thunder is about and I’ve read that lightning can cause surges that destroy computers. Though I have not read research about it I’ll write this quickly and turn off for a bit. So Stuartg, that comment to Ken is perhaps, by saying, “seems like,” asking Ken to back it up and make it into, “is.” There needs to be a distinction between “reporting research, or researchers’ battles” and “being a scientist.” OK I am humble, not a GMO researcher. Does that stop me from pointing to scientific controversy? Stuartg, when you saw the website ref “nature.com” with that word, “nature” did you not click on it thinking it was some sort of alternative site? Did I not click on it..? Did I think it was an alternative site..? Did I not think it was an alternative site..? Please structure your sentences so that your meaning is clear. Why should I have made a comment about that website reference? It’s about people breaking laws in China. There’s nothing in it that is remotely near my fields of expertise. I agree, Stuart. Soundhillâs link did not warrant a comment. It was unexplained and therefore seemingly irrelevant. I still canât fathom his thinking on it. Is he trying to suggest via such links that there is something wrong with the scientific method, with testing ideas against reality, and therefore fluoridation is bad? Or that anti-science and pseudoscience activists should be believed because someone broke the law in China or the US? There seems no rational purpose for his promotion of the link. I take it from Richard’s ramble (11 Nov) that every bit of science conducted and peer reviewed is absolutely true and not subject to any bias or untoward influence. If that is true why are we not all smoking Chesterfield cigarettes, which were promoted by the AMA journal in the 1950s and backed by scientific research(funded by US tobacco interests) as safe and beneficial? I might not be a scientist but I can recognise manipulation and bullshit when I see and smell it! Sorry Richard – the scientist I quoted is Thierry Vrain, a former research scientist for Agriculture Canada. greenbuzzer made a serious accusation: ” buy the ‘scientists’ to jack up the studies in favour of their products”. So I gave that reference about a study on golden rice 2 and USA and Chinese scientists being severely reprimanded for false reporting. Why would scientists be doing that? What would they gain? In your article you reported Grant Cameron saying that people turned away from voting Green because of the Greens’ anti-GM policy. Golden Rice has been a platform for pro-GMOers to try to attack anti-GMOers. GR1 produced about 2001 had little carotene. GR2 came in some years later about 2008 with several different genes inserted and not tested on animals before being tried on children without consent. Even then it was not given daily to children as reported but only once. (As well as the dishonesty in the paper it arouses suspicion as to whether side effects were noticed.) Were the scientists being employed by the industry to give the GR2 a good look? 6 years later it is still not released. Trev, I can appreciate you have no trouble recognising “manipulation and bullshit.” You and your mates indulge in these all the time. You however, don’t understand the most basic concepts in science. No one ever claims that “every bit of science conducted and peer reviewed is absolutely true . . ” in fact it is easy to explain that most ideas in science are wrong. That is inevitable because we can never get an absolutely exact depiction of reality. However, it is certainly not up to you to make the declarations about what is correct or not. That involves interaction with reality – something you probably do very rarely. So sound hill you are attempting to justify junk science ( because that is what the Science Centre article was about) by randomly selecting some event around the otherwise of the world. Why not discuss the junk science that has been successfully debunked in NZ in the last week? Why get so defensive about that fact? And why not discuss the details of their claims if you really want to justify it? You Re just diverting. @Ken wrote: “Why not discuss the junk science that has been successfully debunked in NZ in the last week?” As you have pointed out Ken maybe I do not spell things out enough. One of the “junk science” things being dealt with in the article is the MMS/activated chlorite cure. Quickly looking I have not been able to find evidence that it does not work. The attack on it appears to based on risk, as I said: “A lot of the criticism of that chlorite work alludes to the danger of doses way beyond what is used. So far that is the only sort of criticism of the study that I have been able to find. People without much knowledge of science can thus be carried along if there is an agenda to keep up profits by avoiding a cheap treatment.” And the risk was based on taking doses other than the recommended doses. That may be risky for many medicines. Quoting from your article: “Medsafe warned that the treatment acts like an industrial bleach and could cause serious harm to those who took it.” A few drops in water are used. I searched for more of what Shaun was saying and found him saying: “Victoria University professor Shaun Holt said that MMS should in no way be consumed by humans. “It’s highly concentrated and I wouldn’t let one drop near my lips.” “http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/10627103/Miracle-church-on-way-here Of course a drop of it could burn your lips. He owes it to peoples’ intelligence to reaffirm whether it is the diluted or concentrated product that he would not put near his lips. Say 5 drops per 100ml. If I remember correctly 50 drops are roughly a ml. So 5 drops is 0.1ml. put that in 100 ml of water and the dilution is 1 part per 1000. The drops were some 25% chlorite so it may be 250mg per litre that you drink, or 25mg in your 100ml dose. For malaria it is one dose. But here is a study in which people who may be susceptible to the substance because they are glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase-deficient were given the substance in their water at 5mg/l for 12 weeks and did not suffer. OK it is a lesser concentration. But if they consumed 2l of water in a day they would be getting 10mg per day. If your doctor intends to prescribe penicillin to you he should ask if you are allergic to it. If it is your first time you cannot know yet. It can be life threatening. It would be nice to have a way of knowing in advance. Same with bleach if the 25mg dose puts you into shock. Note also in the video people were given a bottle of water to drink so the concentration in their stomach would be much reduced. So where are studies that debunk its effect on malaria? I don’t see where it has been successfully debunked. This has been a bit complex. I hope you ask for clarification if needed. This comment is just so typical of those who want to believe without evidence. And yet the same people attempt to discredit the evidence -based science: “Quickly looking I have not been able to find evidence that it does not work.” I had a quick look tonight and could not find any evidence that there wasn’t a unicorn at the bottom of my garden. So there you are scientists – you either don’t know what you are talking about or you are in the pay of companies who want to hide these unicorns from us. @Ken the videos appeared to demonstrate that it worked. Your people set out to debunk it with statements about its danger, not its efficacy.. I don’t see any evidence against its efficacy so far. Perhaps you could point me to it. Sound hill – you are just naive to take these videos at face value. The advantage of science is that things can be rested properly and transparently, and then results can be peer reviewed to reduce the chances of ideological motives or simple bias. Has the miracle mineral solution been tested in this way? If not, why not? One should be very sceptical when something like this is advanced as a miracle cure for problems as diverse as AIDS, Ebola and malaria – especially with no proper objective evidence and testing. Especially when it is advanced by a church and untrained people are being enlisted for $650 each to attend a seminar on it with the enticement they can make money out of it. Now about those unicorns at the end of my garden. Do you accept my assurances they exist because I have not been a able to find anything to show they don’t? Or would you be happier if I can get someone to make a video of me and my mates making this claim? Obviously I won’t subject my claim to the normal scientific evaluation because we know that scientists are biased and paid by companies who wish to hide the fact of unicorn existence from us. @ trevor crosbie. why are we not all smoking Chesterfield cigarettes, which were promoted by the AMA journal in the 1950s What the hell do you mean by “promoted by the AMA journal ” -that a paid advertisement for Chesterfield cigarettes appeared in the journal? -that the editor promoted a cigarette brand as official smokes of the journal, deliberately endorsing them over Phillip Morris and Camel? – Chesterfields were the official cigarettes of the AMA? and backed by scientific research(funded by US tobacco interests) as safe and beneficial? more confusion Are you claiming the AMA published a study funded by the tobacco lobby? Did it represented AMA’s position on the health effects of smoking? I tell you what, Trevor, how about doing something novel and provide link to the original source, it’s not that people have learned not to trust you or anything. Ken your story about unicorns has some connection to type 1 and type 2 errors which are involved in statistical analysis. Debunkers don’t always understand that procedure either, or they hope their audience won’t. This essay relates to the Seralini GMO study which was severely though falsely junked. http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Excess_cancers_and_deaths_from_GM_feed_stats_stand_up.php Ken studies may be done or not and published or not. The truth table has 4 categories. For each category commerce regards outcome, scientific quest, politics, religion, commerce regards funding, personal goals and maybe others will have varying inputs. Since there is a lot of feeling against MMS it is surprising that studies trying to disprove it have not been published. There was a doctor in attendance in the second MMS video. It didn’t look like actors to me. I have pointed to material which says teh Red Cross have been censured for collecting donations for the 9/11 event then spending them elsewhere. So I am not quite sure I can trust them. soundhill MMS contains chlorine atoms. Chlorine is a halogen, just like fluorine. According to your maths (and I will just note that drop size is not standard and depends on the dropper used), the concentration of chlorine after dilution is many times the concentration of fluorine in community water supplies. Since atoms in the same group of the periodic table tend to have similar properties and actions, where is your evidence that MMS will not cause the same problems that you have previously attributed to CWF? Have you tried Google? Or maybe looked at some science instead? I know, I know. I just thought it would be fun to throw junk science and junk scientific reasoning back at those who use it routinely. Maybe someone else reading it would get an insight into how junk science differs from science. It’s up to the people promoting MMS to prove what it can and can not do. If you say your car can drive to the moon, it’s up to you to drive your car to the moon and prove it. It’s not the job of scientists to prove your car can’t drive to the moon. It is a sad day if public good is sidelined for a promotional environment. Perhaps I am being harsh. Businesses have always done R&D. Unfortunately these days sometimes that means promoting the same old remedy in a new package for commercial purposes and not for public good. Universities and DSIR used to do more pure research and public good research but the commercial environment imposed since the 1980s means they are now have to look to business for funding, too. Science has people keen on it without pay, like people watching for comets. And the guy offering the knowledge of the MMS treatment could hardly have been into it for profit, (though some are now trying to make money from teaching about it,) I think he an amateur keen to help alleviate suffering. With the constraints operating which I have just related, it must be acknowledged it can be hard to get scientists to work on a project. But the well-meaning people have done an experiment, and offered the results they got. They have used the video format to report rather than going to the expense of journal publishing possibly also in the knowledge that many people learn faster from video. They have put their results out in the world and now it is up to people to respond. What we have seen from Shaun and Medsafe appears to be saying it is dangerous to use undiluted bleach in your mouth. That would be correct, of course, but saying pretty much nothing, and a discredit to them. At least they could have said people whose bodies do not produce a particular enzyme may be more at risk. The junkers would look more credible if they stopped focusing on the medium and got on with examining the message. 1: Anecdotal videos is not “putting the results out in the world.” It is what you do when you don’t have good results but want to sell or promote something. 2: Sure there is an attempt to get NZ business to front up with what they should see as their moral responsibility for research. But the fact is that there is still a lot of public good and public funded research in NZ. In the end, of course, if scientists want to attract corporate funding for their research the best way to do that is produce good science. Both corporate and public good funding have roles to play in research. 3: The MMS people would look more credible if they commissioned honest scientists to research their product. This of course means that they, not the public purse, have to pay for the research. But that is in fact what responsible companies do all the time. It is the snake oil salesmen and crooked companies who rely instead on propagandist videos instead of honest commissioned research. My experience has always been that honest companies do not object to commissioning research – but the small, opportunist ideologically driven and plainly dishonest companies always object to paying for research. 4: If the MSS people already have proper research results (the video reports are not proper research) then put them out there to be considered. It is understandable that extreme miracle claims like theirs do not win sympathy without evidence. And as Christopher Hitchens famously said – “that which is asserted without evidence can be rejected without evidence.” It is the responsibility of the manufacturer and promoters of this snake oil, not anyone else’s, to produce evidence – to do or commission the research. Just because it is a video does not imply it is anecdotal. “But the fact is that there is still a lot of public good and public funded research in NZ. In the end, of course, if scientists want to attract corporate funding for their research the best way to do that is produce good science.” At the time of doing pure maths research it may not have been known whether it would be publicly or commercially useful, thouight quite often is some years along. Are your saying if your pure research is good science then commerce will make up for the reduced amount of pure research funded publicly? “The MMS people would look more credible if they commissioned honest scientists to research their product. This of course means that they, not the public purse, have to pay for the research. But that is in fact what responsible companies do all the time.” There are two parts to the MMS scenario: the profit part and the public good part. Can we deal with them separately? “If the MSS people already have proper research results (the video reports are not proper research)” They may or may not be reports of proper research, but the fact that they are in video format does not make them improper. No, I am not saying commercial companies fund pure research – that would be highly unusual. In NZ we have the Marsden Fund for that. Here is a patent application for use of chlorite with 5FU to improve quality of life in advanced cancer. Anecdotes I suppose. What research method would you prescribe? I suppose they checked chlorite by itself. http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080292729.pdf In other words, you are saying that the promoters of MMS haven’t done any research. They haven’t got any proof that it works. They haven’t any proof it doesn’t work. They haven’t done any research into any side effects. They have no idea of the dose (that drop size again). They don’t know of any interactions with medications or drugs a person may be on. What they have done is make a TV advert about it, although they haven’t paid for the advert to go on TV. NZ, unfortunately, has joined the USA in allowing direct to consumer marketing of medications. All the advert has to do to be legal is mention indications, doses, warnings, contraindications, interactions, and side effects. Oh, that’s why it’s not advertised on TV – they haven’t done any of that research yet. Here was me thinking it was all about maximisation of profits by not paying for advertising! In other words, you are saying that the promoters of MMS haven’t done any research. saying and fabricating excuses for it. Stuartg, sometimes it is regarded as unethical to continue with a double blind study because the effect of the actual treatment is so much better. The way you and Ken are going on about the video is like you are trying to think up reasons to suppress the research when you can’t really argue with it. Some 500 came to the clinic. Some 150 tested positive for malaria with test strips. They were given the dose and their water. They came back and most tested negative. A few were given another dose and became negative, too. The doctor in attendance was satisfied. Now a church is travelling to charge people for more training about the process for other afflictions. They may involve more doses and more care to get it correct. Why is it legal to sell bottled water in NZ for such a price when the same thing is free out of the tap? Oh and if the test strip said positive their blood was examined under microscope for verification. What is lacking in the study? Do you say half at random should have been given only water for double blind purposes and left with the disease? It is of course unethical to continue a double blind study in some situations â but that comment is completely irrelevant. There was no double-blind study in this case. To make an intelligent comment on the poor quality of the âstudyâ does not indicate a desire to suppress it â simply to point out the problems. Whatever the misgivings of a genuine researcher, if they are commissioned to research a product they are quite capable of designing appropriate experimental procedures and producing objective results. In this case no attempt appears to have been made to commission proper research. I have been approached several times by companies wanting their product tested. In some cases I thought they were away with the birds but put appropriate costed proposals to them. The more honest companies accepted the proposals, the less hones preferred to stick with their weird ideas rather than put them to the test. the point is that research costs money. If a company wishes to validate their product they should be prepared to invest in that research. If they donât then we are entitled to treat them as charlatans. Sorry about the drop size. It seems it can vary from 18 to 40 drops per ml, although a standard dropper seems to give 18-26. So the doses may be a bit over double what I said. Note also that the patent application whose ref I posted says that for the best results with cancer the dose should be adjusted to the patient’s weight. In the malaria video babies were given less. You may not know that aspirin relates to body weight. It annoys me that the 75mg dose costs more than the 100mg low dose enteric coated aspirin for heart care. Side effects were talked of weren’t they? Most medicines, vaccines &c have varying side effects, and cost vs benefit ratios. It will be nice when tests become available and checked before vaccines &c are administered. Ken this did not appear to be the usual situation for a double blind test where you are looking for some advantage of treatment over placebo. I do not think placebo can cure malaria, verified by testing. I have been part of a controlled trial of administering potassium in heart attack care. There I was in a confused state trying to understand if I wanted to be part of the test in which I would not know if I got the treatment or not, and they were telling me to get on with deciding so as they could start the treatment. I was presuming it is normal to check and administer potassium if levels are low and here they were wanting to withhold it for a test. Drop size: equipment I have personally used has varied from 5 drops per ml to 60 drops per ml. That difference can give a 12x variation in the dose of MMS. So, what is the recommended dose of MMS? Per kg, please, just the way you say it should be done with aspirin. Aspirin in NZ is available in 75, 100, 150, 300 and 650 mg tablets. The dose depends on which of its indications it is being used for. @Stuart, in the supermarket the stomach safer 75mg tabs cost 30% more than the stomach-safer 100mg. “The indications” normally means what condition to treat, but the weight of the patient should also be taken into account. I think it should be about 1mg per kg body weight for thinning the blood. So a 75kg person taking 100mg is more unnecessarily susceptible to common or uncommon side effects: http://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-1082-3/aspirin-oral/aspirin-oral/details/list-sideeffects Medicine droppers 4a. Standards are described for medicine droppers in USP Chapter 〈1176〉 and Chapter 〈1101〉 Medicine Dropper. b. Graduated medicine droppers are described in Chapter 〈1101〉; when held vertically, they deliver drops of water each of which weighs between 45 mg and 55 mg. Chapter 〈1101〉 states that the volume error for these droppers should not exceed 15% (11). d. Notice that for both types of droppers, the calibration is given in terms of water. Other liquids have different surface tensions and viscosities, which give different drop volumes[…] https://www.inkling.com/read/contemporary-guide-pharmacy-practice-thompson-3rd/chapter-14/v–volumetric-devices The equipment I used was medical equipment manufactured and calibrated to worldwide standards. There’s still a 12x variation in drop size. Ask your supermarket why the difference in price between different doses and brands of aspirin, not bloggers or the general public. Rather than just “think” that aspirin should be 1 mg/kg, why not look up the research? Whilst you do that, look up genetic variation in cyclooxygenase and relate it to both response to aspirin and potential for side effects. You may learn something interesting. Now, you’ve done your best to dodge questions so far, but here’s some direct questions that should be answered by someone as supportive of MMS as you are. What is the dose of MMS per kg? How does the dose vary for different indications? What actually are the indications for MMS? What are its contraindications? What interactions are there with different medications? What are its side effects? Those questions have been answered for aspirin by the manufacturer and distributor, and the answers have been made public. There is no reason for the manufacturer and distributor of MMS not to do the same. …unless it doesn’t work and they’re after a quick buck, just like other snake oil sellers. Away from home with only a phone… That had to be tapped out four times before it posted! Three times it just deleted instead. May be something wrong with Openparachute. My post has disappeared, too. Don’t see anything by you in spam or awaiting moderation. In case someone saw my post before it disappeared, I feel a caution is needed about putting drops of MMS into the nasal passages as shown by Humble in his 2014 video. Would the smell sense organ be at risk? I am not expecting a reply, just giving my wonderings, as for the aspirin. Humble is still working on doses, with his ones in his 2014 video still quite heavy single dose for malaria but hourly small doses for some other things. Stuartg, medical droppers drop size do vary depending on whether it is for a very slow saline drip into a vein &c. And standard medicine droppers should be as I said, isn’t it? Humble talks of contraindications. He speaks of starting with small doses. If you are going to use DMSO to get it through your skin, test with a little DMSO first to see if your liver can cope, which it may not do for a small number of people. The earlier films posted on this thread say it is a pilot test being described. I bet it was a while before the doses/troubles with aspirin were well known. My doctors have not been able to prescribe less than 100mg enteric coated aspirin. A lot of the indications for aspirin on apparently authoritative websites do not take body weight into account. So in a way I believe aspirin is still in a sort of pilot stage. When I was started on it there was no attempt to measure that enzyme you write of. I think Humble is doing quite well with his cautions in comparison to what often happens in medical practice where a patient may be lucky to read the small print. I wish there would be tests to determine whether particular vaccines may be harmful to particular patients. A claim has been made that the pilot MMS test in Uganda was done without proper ethical permission. Note that the Golden Rice 2 experiment was likewise done. “I believe aspirin is still in a sort of pilot stage.” Aspirin is one of only four current prescription medications that were available when Queen Victoria was on the throne. It has over a century of research backing its use. More than five generations have successfully used it for various indications. Just when do you think it will be ready to leave the “pilot stage”? That’s a rhetorical question. We already know that you think MMS has left the “pilot stage”, even though the manufacturer/distributor has done no research into its indications, contraindications, dosage, interactions or side effects. All they have done is made a TV advert, which is apparently sufficient proof for you. You have obviously asked questions about aspirin, yet when I ask you the same questions about MMS you avoid answering those questions and then shift the goalposts. Aspirin has over a century of research backing it, with millions (billions?) of people using it effectively for more than a century. MMS, an industrial bleach, hasn’t even got any safety data for human ingestion, but its manufacturer/distributor has made a TV advert! If you can’t see the discrepancies between your approaches to the two, then there is no point in discussing it further, but it is a good comparison between science (aspirin) and junk science (MMS). The problem was me and my phone. I was deleting the typed (tapped?) contribution rather than posting. I think I’ve solved the problem now. Stuartg wrote: >Aspirin is one of only four current prescription medications >that were available when Queen Victoria was on the throne. > It has over a century of research backing its use. More than > five generations have successfully used it for various indications. > Just when do you think it will be ready to leave the “pilot stage”? I am not satisfied that 100mg is the only dose available on prescription for heart care. >That’s a rhetorical question. We already know that you think MMS > has left the “pilot stage”, No I said that one of the films above reported it is only a pilot experiment. > even though the manufacturer/distributor > has done no research into its indications, contraindications, >dosage, > interactions or side effects. No the 2014 film I pointed to which was showing then disappeared was a talk by Humble about his dose adjustments. >All they have done is made a TV advert, > which is apparently sufficient proof for you. It’s not a TV advert. It’s a pilot study. Jim wants to be helpful. The materials are very cheap. Some people are packaging them but he is not pushing a particular brand, “There’s a lot of bottles on Internet, but we believe on them all.” >You have obviously asked questions about aspirin, yet when I ask >you the same questions about MMS you avoid answering those >questions and then shift the goalposts. The 2014 film gives you some answers. >Aspirin has over a century of research backing it, with millions > (billions?) of people using it effectively for more than a century. It should have it’s doses related to body weight, not just the very rough difference from child to adult. >MMS, an industrial bleach, hasn’t even got any safety data for >human ingestion, Not true. It is the substance used in water treatment. >but its manufacturer/distributor has made a TV advert! Sometimes research articles are intended as publicity for a product or service. A lot of scientific journal articles have to be retracted. I would like to see a bit more detail about the pilot test. >If you can’t see the discrepancies between your approaches to >the two, Please explain. > then there is no point in discussing it further, but it is a good >comparison between science (aspirin) and junk science (MMS). I’ve asked you to tell us the indications, contraindications, doses, interactions and side effects of MMS. Please explain why you don’t. I am learning about it. I only know what is in the videos, and a few points some people have discussed in various groups. Ken’s current discussion related to fluorosis/IQ is also a pilot study. Being a pilot study not everything is known so far. As with GMOs some people may be wrongly selling it without proper testing. I agree caution there. China thinks GMOs/glyphosate are hurting their people. The companies have made it hard to get material to test, so often there is no science in the public domain. Harmful science is not necessarily junk science, either. Here we have Humble wanting to help, and doing his best. If he is harming we should start to see reports of that. I don’t think we should be any less lax on him than on normal medicine which causes huge amounts of iatrogenic disease. “Please explain” my (soundhill1s’) difference in attitude between aspirin and MMS. Very well, a single example, paraphrased. Aspirin: “I want a dose of 1mg/kg, exactly.” MMS: “I’m not going to tell you the dose in mg/kg. Use a few drops of unknown size, using a dropper that hasn’t been specified by the manufacturer/distributor, from a base solution of an unknown concentration, diluted in water. That’s close enough.” As I said, if you can’t see the discrepancies between your attitudes towards aspirin and MMS, then there is no point in debating. Others will see the discrepancies, then they will make their own informed judgments about whether they should be placing untested industrial bleach into the various orifices of the human body. The base solution of chlorite if I remember is around 25%. The drops can be seen in the 2014 video. At a rough guess they were around 20 per ml I figure by the amount they filled up the containers. Humble explained his doses, 18 drops for malaria in one dose, or 2 drops for some other afflictions every hour. It is mixed with the same volume of citric acid and agitated for some 10-20 seconds till it goes yellow then 100ml of water is put in, or ordinary fruit juice, which must not have vitamin C added. As I said for a standard medicine dropper, (not some of the other medical equipment which you won’t say what it is you talked about,) the drops should be fairly well specified. I have not tried it. I worry that it might kill some of my beneficial intestinal flora. But I have it in mind as an option. I don’t know too much about malaria. The people in the videos did not look terribly sick, except for maybe the baby. My uncle got malaria in WWII. I think he said he got cold shivers. I was very young. It seemed to get better, I don’t know how. But I believe malaria is a major killer, killing far more than AIDS, and of course ebola. With many serious diseases conventional treatments may be very disabling. Search for “iatrogenic”. Maybe this bleach will hurt a few. But that is acceptable with conventional medicines/vaccines. Quite a lot of children have died from HPV vaccination, I think. Our bodies work on oxygen. This beach supplies a bit more. Some doctors try to treat people by making them breath higher pressure oxygen. This thread is about junk science and I believe to junk this treatment there needs to be more talk than about the danger of bleach. Stuartg \| November 18, 2014 at 12:40 pm \| Wow, what a load of junk, both science and medicine. Lets see. Your dose for MMS is “around”, “a rough guess”, “mixed with”. Hardly an exact mg/kg dose, is it? Like you ask for with aspirin? There aren’t any standard medicine droppers, at least in NZ, even though you supplied a USA standard. In NZ, if a medication requires a dropper then the manufacturer supplies one for that medication alone (example: nystatin). Unless the dropper for MMS is specified by the manufacturer/distributor, then you have no idea of the drop size or the dose. I wouldn’t worry too much that bleach “might kill some of my beneficial intestinal flora.” I would worry that it would kill off my oral and oesophageal mucosa. I’ve seen it happen, and I wouldn’t wish it on anybody. Wikipedia informs us “The EPA has set a maximum contaminant level of 1 milligram of chlorite per liter (1 mg/L) in drinking water.” Now, what was the concentration of chlorite in your made up solution? You have absolutely no idea. You “believe” that malaria is a major killer. You got that right. That’s why there are well investigated, scientifically based medications that can be used to treat it. Any new medication would be have to be compared with existing medications since comparing it with an ineffectual placebo would not be ethical. The earliest antimalarial was quinine, originally from the bark of the cinchona tree. That’s where G&T originated – the gin helped disguise the bitter taste of quinine in the tonic water. If you “don’t know too much about malaria”, then why are you commenting on it? “Maybe this bleach will hurt a few.” No, it will kill a lot. Medications may have side effects, but they don’t carry warnings about poisoning on the outside of the container like sodium chlorite does. Even Wikipedia details some of the toxic effects and clinical symptoms that can be expected in someone who ingests it. ToxiNZ gives a lot more information, and also tells how to treat someone who has ingested the stuff. “Search for “iatrogenic.”” No, I won’t. Are you trying to switch the goalposts here? I deal with iatrogenic illness (aka “side effects”) every day of my working life. Is that good enough? Ebola has killed around 5,000 during this epidemic. The WHO estimates that influenza kills 250,000 to 500,000 every year. Ebola is much harder to catch than influenza, as is HIV. Both HIV and influenza are routinely dealt with by medical personnel in NZ, and the ebola training is being rolled out. Why bring it up, unless you were switching the goalposts? “Our bodies work on oxygen. This beach supplies a bit more.” Wrong. Bleach supplies chlorine, not oxygen. Chlorine is used for sterilisation of surfaces – because it kills living things. Concentrations that will kill a malarial parasite (which, in the human, usually lives inside erythrocytes and hepatocytes) will also kill the cells that it lives in. Those concentrations will result in toxic effects and clinical symptoms, maybe even death. What was that dose for MMS again? is it above or below the concentration that will kill malaria, erythrocytes and hepatocytes? “Quite a lot of children have died from HPV vaccination, I think.” No, you think wrong. The exact figure is zero. It’s one of the safest vaccines ever produced. Continuing research since its release has repeatedly shown its safety. Don’t take my word for it, try Orac: http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/?s=hpv+vaccine . “Some doctors try to treat people by making them breath (sic) higher pressure oxygen.” True… Off the top of my head, nitrogen narcosis and Cl. perfringens infection are a couple of reasons. It’s used so infrequently that there are only two places in NZ that can supply the therapy. “This thread is about junk science…” It is, and you are supplying a lot of examples. By the way, I missed something (as well as spelling mistakes). “With many serious diseases conventional treatments may be very disabling.” The word “may” does not mean “are”. It’s all about risk versus benefit. Have you ever considered how disabling the alternative of death would be, if those “serious” diseases were not treated? >Wow, what a load of junk, both >science and medicine. I’ve not got it all right, nor you. Some quick replies: >Lets see. Your dose for MMS is >“around”, “a rough guess”, >“mixed with”. Hardly an exact >mg/kg dose, is it? >Like you ask >for with aspirin? I want a better dose for aspirin. I feel there needs to be a wider understanding that a 60kg adult could do with a different dose from a 120kg adult. Such is a factor of two. There aren’t any >standard medicine droppers, at >least in NZ, even though you >supplied a USA standard. Which looks to be another NZ thing that ought to be fixed. The USA standard droppers would not give a factor of 2. In NZ. >if a medication requires a dropper >then the manufacturer supplies >one for that medication alone >(example: nystatin). Unless the >dropper for MMS is specified by >the manufacturer/distributor, then >you have no idea of the drop size >or the dose. That’s rather poor. >I wouldn’t worry too much that >bleach “might kill some of my >beneficial intestinal flora.” I >would worry that it would kill off >my oral and oesophageal mucosa. >I’ve seen it happen, and I >wouldn’t wish it on anybody. You need to give more data. I agree with Shaun not to put one drop of undiluted bleach near my lips. How many drops per 100ml are you talking about? Even if they are big or small? >Wikipedia informs us “The EPA >has set a maximum contaminant >level of 1 milligram of chlorite >per liter (1 mg/L) in drinking >water.” That is when sports people are drinking 5 litres every day the whole year. Now, what was the >concentration of chlorite in your >made up solution? You have >absolutely no idea. I got the drop a bit small in my calculations which I gave.before For malaria I see now it’s about 18 drops at .05ml each which gives about 1ml. And that is what it looked like in Humble’s 2014 video. The drops were about 25% chlorite so it’s about 0.25 ml with 100ml of water put in on top. Then you drink quite a lot of water. It’s quite strong, but you’re dealing with a serious disease. The other protocols are weaker and have several ways to find the best you can tolerate. >You “believe” that malaria is a >major killer. You got that right. >That’s why there are well >investigated, scientifically based >medications that can be used to >treat it. But often unaffordable. Any new medication >would be have to be compared >with existing medications since >comparing it with an ineffectual >placebo would not be ethical. The >earliest antimalarial was quinine, >originally from the bark of the >cinchona tree. That’s where G&T >originated – the gin helped >disguise the bitter taste of quinine >in the tonic water. If you “don’t >know too much about malaria”, >then why are you commenting on >it? I know it’s a big killer and is not being treated. Here is a treatment being offered and being called junk science without proper argument. >“Maybe this bleach will hurt a >few.” No, it will kill a lot. >Medications may have side >effects, but they don’t carry >warnings about poisoning on the >outside of the container like >sodium chlorite does. They ought to. >Wikipedia details some of the >toxic effects and clinical >symptoms that can be expected in >someone who ingests it. ToxiNZ >gives a lot more information, and >also tells how to treat someone >who has ingested the stuff. Like a kid drinking out of the neat bleach bottle? >“Search for “iatrogenic.”” No, I >won’t. Are you trying to switch >the goalposts here? I deal with >iatrogenic illness (aka “side >effects”) every day of my >working life. Is that good >enough? I don’t think the goalposts for one treatment should be different from another. >Ebola has killed around 5,000 >during this epidemic. The WHO >estimates that influenza kills >250,000 to 500,000 every year. >Ebola is much harder to catch >than influenza, as is HIV. Both >HIV and influenza are routinely >dealt with by medical personnel >in NZ, and the ebola training is >being rolled out. Why bring it up, >unless you were switching the >goalposts? Just to say that however bad we are made to feel about ebola a whole lot worse problem is not being got at by conventional medicine partly because of cost. >“Our bodies work on oxygen. >This beach supplies a bit more.” >Wrong. Bleach supplies chlorine, >not oxygen. Sorry a bit more oxidation. Not as strong an oxidising agent as chlorine. Chlorine is used for >sterilisation of surfaces – because >it kills living things. It’s not chlorine produced. http://www.thesabrecompanies.com/science/chemistry.aspx >Concentrations that will kill a >malarial parasite (which, in the >human, usually lives inside >erythrocytes and hepatocytes) >will also kill the cells that it lives >in. Those concentrations will >result in toxic effects and clinical >symptoms, maybe even death. “The mechanism of action by which chlorine dioxide inactivates microorganisms is not entirely well understood. As a general matter, however, it is known that chlorine dioxide destroys microbes by attacking their cell walls (or viral envelopes) and interfering with essential protein formation. It is also known that chlorine dioxide is more effective against viruses than either chlorine or ozone. Furthermore, chlorine dioxide is known to be effective against hearty waterborne protozoans such as Giardia Lambia and Cryptosporidium, the causative agents of giardiasis and cryptosporidiosis, respectively. Since chlorine dioxide is an oxidative biocide, microorganisms cannot build up a resistance to it.’ >What was that dose for MMS >again? is it above or below the >concentration that will kill >malaria, erythrocytes and >hepatocytes? >“Quite a lot of children have died >from HPV vaccination, I think.” >No, you think wrong. The exact >figure is zero. It’s one of the >safest vaccines ever produced. >Continuing research since its >release has repeatedly shown its >safety. Don’t take my word for it, >try Orac: >http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/?s=hpv+vaccine . Seems to be controversy language rather than science. Try this, I.m not sure if it’s the newest: http://therefusers.com/refusers-newsroom/us-vaccine-court-pays-6-million-to-gardasil-victims-most-claims-not-yet-settled/#.VGsb2ckzDEs >“Some doctors try to treat people >by making them breath (sic) >higher pressure oxygen.” True… >Off the top of my head, nitrogen >narcosis and Cl. perfringens >infection are a couple of reasons. >It’s used so infrequently that >there are only two places in NZ >that can supply the therapy. >“This thread is about junk >science…” It is, and you are >supplying a lot of examples. >By the way, I missed something >(as well as spelling mistakes). >“With many serious diseases >conventional treatments may be >very disabling.” The word “may” >does not mean “are”. It’s all >about risk versus benefit. Yes and I’m asking for genetic testing before vaccination. >Have you ever considered how >disabling the alternative of death >would be, if those “serious” >diseases were not treated? That’s what I am considering. “Because chlorine dioxide has lower oxidation strength, it is more selective in its reactions. Typically, chlorine dioxide will only react with compounds that have activated carbon bonds such as phenols, or with other active compounds like sulfides, cyanides, and reduced iron and manganese compounds. Chlorine is a more powerful oxidizer than chlorine dioxide, and will react with a wider variety of chemicals, including ammonia. This property limits its overall effectiveness as a biocide. Conversely, because chlorine dioxide has more oxidative capacity compared to ozone or chlorine, less chlorine dioxide is required to obtain an active residual concentration of the material when used as a disinfectant.” Stuartg \| November 19, 2014 at 11:12 am \| Some of these are repeated and reworded because you do not seem to have understood them previously. You “want a better dose for aspirin.” In NZ it is available in 75, 100, 150, 300 and 650 mg tablets. That’s sufficient for most people and easily accommodates that factor of two you want. If more accuracy is needed, it can be prescribed in individual doses, prepared by a compounding pharmacy. I’ve seen 40 mg capsules prescribed in the past. You can even get 71.5 mg capsules (for example) prepared, if you want, but you’d have to pay for them. (A colleague suggested that a big meal, or a big poo and wee, would change your kg. Would you then change the mg of aspirin? If not, why not? That’s science for you!) “I don’t think the goalposts for one treatment should be different from another.” Oh, but you do. You don’t look for the same science for MMS that you insist on for aspirin. The manufacturer/distributor of aspirin supplies indications, contraindications, doses, side effects and interactions. The manufacturer/distributor of MMS doesn’t do the same. Why not? Why don’t you ask for those details? You said: “I don’t think… one treatment should be different from another.” Then let’s not treat them differently and apply the same approach to both substances. Let’s get that information from the manufacturer/supplier of MMS, just like we got it from the manufacturer/supplier of aspirin. You are the one who says aspirin should be an exact mg/kg dose. So, making sure again that you don’t treat MMS differently from aspirin, what is the dose of MMS in mg/kg? “Around” and “a rough guess” is the only answer you have given me. Science says mg/kg; junk science says “around” or “a rough guess.” “How many drops per 100ml are you talking about? Even if they are big or small?” It’s not me that is talking drops per 100mL, it’s you. Drug companies in NZ supply droppers that are calibrated for the individual medication in order to reduce errors and enhance patient safety. Why doesn’t the manufacturer/distributor of MMS do the same? Relying on the purchaser to source an unspecified dropper is hardly a scientific (or safe) approach. Malaria: “I know it’s a big killer and is not being treated.” It is being treated. I mentioned it before, but maybe you didn’t read it. Some drugs are very cheap (quinine), others are more expensive. There is a cost to manufacture them all, so none of them are free. You get what you pay for. If you wish to pay for something that is dirt cheap, for which the manufacturer/distributor won’t give indications, contraindications, interactions, dosages or side effects (like MMS), and try to use it for malaria, then that’s your own lookout. It’s up to the manufacturer/distributor of any compound to use science to prove an effect on any disease, not wait for others to show it hasn’t got an effect. Why don’t you insist on seeing the science behind MMS rather than just accepting junk science? MMS (aka bleach): We need to know the concentrations at which chlorine kills living things, not necessarily how. Malaria is not a protozoan and it doesn’t have a cell wall or a viral envelope (you mentioned all three; they have no bearing on malaria). The malarial parasite is a eukaryote. That means that it dies at about the same concentration of chlorine as other eukaryotes – including humans. A high enough concentration of chlorine in the blood WILL kill intracellular malarial parasites, but unfortunately it will kill the human as well. All the manufacturer/distributor of MMS has to do, to make it a valid antimalarial treatment, is to demonstrate that the existing scientific knowledge on chlorine (chloride, chlorite, hypochloride, etc) is wrong. “Like a kid drinking out of the neat bleach bottle?” No, like adults drinking out of unmarked bottles of diluted bleach that did not have poison warnings. HPV vaccination: “Try this.” Yes, it’s a news report. No science in it. No mention of a single death after HPV vaccination, just implication. The VICP pays out for 50% and a hair; proof of a direct relationship between a vaccine and a complaint is not needed. Science requires the proof; junk science doesn’t. Your “I think” is accepting junk science without question. “Seems to be controversy language rather than science.” Controversy? No, there is no scientific controversy over HPV vaccine. Orac, or one of his “minions”, has backed up every argument with references to the peer reviewed science. All of those references are available to you by reading through and clicking on the links. You can do that easily. By dismissing the reference out of hand, you are ignoring the science. You have the opportunity to learn and correct your thinking, but you won’t do it? That’s the attitude of junk science rather than science. “Yes and I’m asking for genetic testing before vaccination.” Shifting goalposts again? And exactly what do you mean by “genetic testing”? The human Genome Project was only completed 11 years ago. It’s going to be decades before we understand how our genome contributes to infection or disease. Gene analysis is still in its infancy, and today is mainly used in testing for some specific genetic diseases. Some SCAM artists offer “genetic testing”, but their results are both meaningless and very expensive. They have no science behind their “interpretation” of results. Their “genetic testing” is a good example of junk science. I’ve answered your questions where I can, in language that tries to avoid jargon. I have asked you questions, but all you have done is regurgitate junk science and avoid answering them. It would appear that, as well as not recognising that you have different attitudes depending on the subject, you also do not understand the difference between science and junk science. >Some of these are repeated and >reworded because you do not >seem to have understood them >previously. >You “want a better dose for >aspirin.” In NZ it is available in >75, 100, 150, 300 and 650 mg >tablets. That’s sufficient for most >people and easily accommodates >that factor of two you want. It is not sufficient for people who are concerned about bleeding stomachs unless they are also available enteric coated. When has 75mg enteric coated become available on prescription. It’s a year or two since I asked the doctor. > If >more accuracy is needed, it can >be prescribed in individual doses, >prepared by a compounding >pharmacy. I’ve seen 40 mg >capsules prescribed in the past. >You can even get 71.5 mg >capsules (for example) prepared, >if you want, but you’d have to >pay for them. How much will it cost for 75mg enteric capsules on prescription? They are about $4.95 per month at the supermarket. >(A colleague suggested that a big >meal, or a big poo and wee, >would change your kg. A big wee might be 0.5kg and a poo 1.5kg. >you then change the mg of >aspirin? If not, why not? That’s >science for you!) I think your friend is being a bit deprecating. “You’ve got to find a way around these fussy patients.” I am not asking for the same accuracy with aspirin theat might be required with warfarin. Even then your 3% poo-wee accuracy is probably not necessary. And you have a funny definition of science. >“I don’t think the goalposts for >one treatment should be different >from another.” Oh, but you do. >You don’t look for the same >science for MMS that you insist >on for aspirin. >The manufacturer/distributor of >aspirin supplies indications, >contraindications, doses, Normally just chld/adult dose, not by weight >effects and interactions. The >manufacturer/distributor of MMS >doesn’t do the same. Why not? So you have looked at the bottles. I haven’t. But I have watched Humble talking about doses and effects of chlorite/citric acid. >Why don’t you ask for those >details? You said: “I don’t >think… one treatment should be >different from another.” Then >let’s not treat them differently >and apply the same approach to >both substances. Let’s get that >information from the >manufacturer/supplier of MMS, >just like we got it from the >manufacturer/supplier of aspirin. >You are the one who says aspirin >should be an exact mg/kg dose. Not exact. Just not out by 30% to 100% in mg/kg. This source gives mg/kg for children up to 11 years of age. Then no real explanation of where in the range of doses it offers to use for older people for each condition. >So, making sure again that you >don’t treat MMS differently from >aspirin, what is the dose of MMS >in mg/kg? “Around” and “a >rough guess” is the only answer >you have given me. Science says >mg/kg; Actually science knows how to specify the required accuracy. I note Ken does not bother with error bars on his graphs. junk science says >“around” or “a rough guess.” Somewhere in secondary school pupils learn how to deal with significant figures, orders of magnitude, and not spcifiying something to more significant figures than you know. That is science. >“How many drops per 100ml are >you talking about? Even if they >are big or small?” It’s not me that >is talking drops per 100mL, it’s >you. You were talking about a damaging concentration of chlorite. What concentration? >Drug companies in NZ supply >droppers that are calibrated for >the individual medication in order >to reduce errors and enhance >patient safety. That does not mean they should not have to specify the dose. Temperature may have an effect on drop size. https://www.scribd.com/doc/50062179/How-Temperature-Affects-the-Volume-of-a-Drop Also learn about specifying errors in that. Why doesn’t the >do the same? I don’t know they don’t. And I know they do better in Youtube videos than I can find for aspirin. Relying on the >purchaser to source an >unspecified dropper is hardly a >scientific (or safe) approach. People need a bit of teaching to buy a standard dropper just as they do for a standard teaspoon. >Malaria: “I know it’s a big killer >and is not being treated.” It is >being treated. If it were being treated sufficiently then the death statistics would show it. I mentioned it >before, but maybe you didn’t read >it. Some drugs are very cheap >(quinine), others are more >expensive. There is a cost to >manufacture them all, so none of >them are free. You get what you >pay for. You get what you CAN pay for. If you wish to pay for >something that is dirt cheap, for >which the >manufacturer/distributor won’t >give indications, >contraindications, interactions, >dosages or side effects (like >MMS), and try to use it for >malaria, then that’s your own >lookout. As I pointed out there is more easy-to-understand stuff about MMS than about aspirin. >It’s up to the >manufacturer/distributor of any >compound to use science to prove >an effect on any disease, not wait >for others to show it hasn’t got an >effect. The video appeared to show it. You can’t junk that just by saying it’s dangerous and not specifying the concentration you think is dangerous. Why don’t you insist on >seeing the science behind MMS >rather than just accepting junk >science? I gave a ref in which a water treatment company said it is not really known how ClO2 kills parasites. Several medical treatments have been done without proper scientific explanation, just because they are thought to work. Example ECT right up to the present though controlled studies now are showing no difference to placebo. >MMS (aka bleach): We need to >know the concentrations at which >chlorine kills living things, not >necessarily how. ClO2 does not produce chlorine. After reaction the chloride ion is left and that is naturally in blood. Malaria is not a >protozoan and it doesn’t have a >cell wall or a viral envelope (you >mentioned all three; they have no >bearing on malaria). The malarial >parasite is a eukaryote. That >means that it dies at about the >same concentration of chlorine as >other eukaryotes – including >humans. A high enough >concentration of chlorine in the >blood WILL kill intracellular >malarial parasites, but >unfortunately it will kill the >human as well. I say again which I said yesterday, also, it is not chlorine. This gives some indication of how the body is being helped to fight. http://bioredox.mysite.com/CLOXhtml/CLOXilus.htm The first thing I cam across, maybe NIH/NLM will come up with something. “MALARIA IS OXIDANT SENSITIVE From November 2006 through May of 2007 I spent hundreds of hours searching biochemical literature and medical literature pertaining to the biochemistry of Plasmodia. Four species are commonly pathogenic in humans namely: Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium ovale and Plasmodium malariae. What I found was an abundance of confirmation that, just like bacteria, Plasmodia are indeed quite sensitive to oxidants. “ >has to do, to make it a valid >antimalarial treatment, is to >demonstrate that the existing >scientific knowledge on chlorine >(chloride, chlorite, hypochloride, >etc) is wrong. >“Like a kid drinking out of the >neat bleach bottle?” No, like >adults drinking out of unmarked >bottles of diluted bleach that did >not have poison warnings. Household bleach is diluted at about 3% to 8%. Is that the dilution you mean? Some supermarket bleach is stronger than other, and needs dilution. But the concentration to treat malaria, given the drop size &c data in the ref I have just given 25 drops per ml, … gives up to 0.15% before you even drink extra water on top of it. >HPV vaccination: “Try this.” Yes, >it’s a news report. No science in >it. No mention of a single death >after HPV vaccination, just >implication. The VICP pays out >for 50% and a hair; proof of a >direct relationship between a >vaccine and a complaint is not >needed. Science requires the >proof; junk science doesn’t. So they are paying out on junk. >“I think” is accepting junk >science without question. >“Seems to be controversy >language rather than science.” >Controversy? No, there is no >scientific controversy over HPV >vaccine. Orac, or one of his >“minions”, has backed up every >argument with references to the >peer reviewed science. All of >those references are available to >you by reading through and >clicking on the links. You can do >that easily. By dismissing the >reference out of hand, you are >ignoring the science. You have >the opportunity to learn and >correct your thinking, but you >won’t do it? That’s the attitude of >junk science rather than science. I am always suspicious of stuff filled with emotive language. >“Yes and I’m asking for genetic >testing before vaccination.” >Shifting goalposts again? And >exactly what do you mean by >“genetic testing”? The human >Genome Project was only >completed 11 years ago. It’s >going to be decades before we >understand how our genome >contributes to infection or >disease. Gene analysis is still in >its nfancy, and today is mainly >used in testing for some specific >genetic diseases. Some SCAM >artists offer “genetic testing”, but >their results are both meaningless >and very expensive. They have >no science behind their >“interpretation” of results. Their >“genetic testing” is a good >example of junk science. Missing enzymes can be checked for. >I’ve answered your questions >where I can, in language that tries >to avoid jargon. I have asked you >questions, but all you have done >is regurgitate junk science and >avoid answering them. >It would appear that, as well as >not recognising that you have >different attitudes depending on >the subject, you also do not >understand the difference >between science and junk >science. I have made comments about that. Chris Banks \| November 19, 2014 at 4:32 pm \| Actually, Soundhill, you don’t necessarily get what you pay for. People are, after all, expected to pay good money for this bleach product which, by all indications, is modern-day snake oil. In this case, you pay money and you get nothing. Or perhaps you develop all new health problems to go with the ones you already had. Capitalism in action, I’m afraid. You don’t actually need to demonstrate that something works in order to make money off it, all you need to do is convince your customers that it works. Whether that’s through actual evidence or simply through advertising (perhaps on youtube videos). If you doubt this, there are plenty of homeopaths in the world who make a decent living. Also psychics. Now, I’m not particularly inclined to watch half an hour’s worth of youtube video, but I did run across a short interview with one of the church’s founders ( http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/258889/watchdogs-investigate-miracle-claims ), which was quite sufficient to convince me that the man is a charlatan. After all, he is reporting a 100% success rate in treating people with ebola, malaria, herpes, cancer firbromyalgia, multiple sclerosis and AIDS. Now, these claims are extraordinary enough that I would be highly skeptical on an individual basis. Taken together, claims of 100% cure rates (in a single day, no less) for a diverse range of completely unrelated conditions are, well, quite literally unbelievable. That is, the man is lying through his teeth. Unfortunately, many of these conditions are sufficiently scary that desperate people will fork out money in hopes of a cure that actual medical professionals are simply not able to guarantee. Oh, did I mention that autism is also on the list, albeit the claim isn’t 100% in that case? A veritable grab-bag of scary conditions which you can cure if only you will give the church your money. Yes, bleach kills stuff. Very effectively. The problem is that in order to cure people without killing them in the process, you have to target a specific set of cells, whether invading bacteria or cancer cells or whatever. Quite how bleach is supposed to cure multiple sclerosis or autism I haven’t the faintest idea. Nor, I’m sure, do the Genesis Church people. They will simply trot out their unverifiable claims of x number of people they supposedly cured of this that and the other, spout some unscientific gibberish so they sound authoritative and rely on people’s gullibility or sheer desperation to bring in the money. >Actually, Soundhill, you don’t >necessarily get what you pay for. >People are, after all, expected to >pay good money for this bleach >product I checked on ebay and it’s not expensive. which, by all indications, >is modern-day snake oil. Indications from where, and wghat indications? Are people saying it did not work for them? >case, you pay money and you get >nothing. Or perhaps you develop >all new health problems to go >with the ones you already had. Some treatments do that. TV3 Campbell Live ran a program promoting prostate cancer screening. I tried to post on their Facebook a link to a recent report by our Parliamentary Health Committee. They did not recommend universal screening. Men are quite often left incontinent and or impotent by cancer treatment when more men die with prostate cancer than from it. Why would Campbell Live not leave my link up? CTV did leave it up. I fear I have to consider medbusiness pressure. >Capitalism in action, I’m afraid. >You don’t actually need to >demonstrate that something >works in order to make money >off it, all you need to do is >convince your customers that it >works. Or force ti though legislation. Whether that’s through >actual evidence or simply through >advertising (perhaps on youtube >videos). You can “advertise” your concerns on Youtube videos. Doesn’t mean you want to make money. If you doubt this, there >are plenty of homeopaths in the >world who make a decent living. >Also psychics. And purveyors of ECT machines. >Now, I’m not particularly >inclined to watch half an hour’s >worth of youtube video, So your comment is not worth so much. but I did >run across a short interview with >one of the church’s founders >http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/258889/watchdogs-investigate-miracle-claims ), which >was quite sufficient to convince >me that the man is a charlatan. >After all, he is reporting a 100% >success rate in treating people >with ebola, malaria, herpes, >cancer firbromyalgia, multiple >sclerosis and AIDS. >Now, these claims are >extraordinary enough that I >would be highly skeptical on an >individual basis. Taken together, >claims of 100% cure rates (in a >single day, no less) for a diverse >range of completely unrelated >conditions are, well, quite >literally unbelievable. That is, the >man is lying through his teeth. That’s your feeling. I think he agreed in the interview he may be using a bit of hyperbole. He is wrong about oxygen being harmless. Permit me the indulgence of a little brain storm. When I was young I suffered from severe asthma. It was before the days of steroids. I used to fight for breath till I no longer could. I do not have asthma now. I learnt not to fight for breath. In later years I read about hyperventilation. Panic attacks sometimes do it to people. It has been recommended to breath into a paper bag to treat the problem. A theory is that the hand-tingling that goes with hyperventilation is a result of oxygen starvation of the tissues. For respiration to occur the haemoglobin must let go of oxygen to the tissues. CO2 is part of that process and hyperventilation may render the CO2 lefvel too low for that to occur. It seems very contrary to breath less to stop fingers tingling. Now I have come across this today in the link I referenced: “Low dose oxidant exposure to living red blood cells induces an increase in 2,3-diphosphoglycerate levels inside these cells. This attaches to hemoglobin (Hb) in such a way that oxyhemoglobin (HbO2) more readily releases oxygen (O2) to the tissues throughout the body.” So I need to think about that. Asthma was expensive with the doctor having to come around with his adrenalin injections to brign me back. Since I cured myself I am not contributing in that way to GDP. >Unfortunately, many of these >conditions are sufficiently scary >that desperate people will fork >out money in hopes of a cure that >actual medical professionals are >simply not able to guarantee. It seems very cheap. Medical professionals are increasing the things they can cure, rather than just treating. And I see a patent applied for which uses chlorite in combination with 5Fluoro-Uracyl to reduce suffering in cancer sufferers. >did I mention that autism is also >on the list, albeit the claim isn’t >100% in that case? There must be differing reasons for autism. Pathogens may be one. Note the high level of prescribing of anti-depressants when patients may be suffering from an infection. A veritable >grab-bag of scary conditions >which you can cure if only you >will give the church your money. They want to help. They are not allowed to cure people, as Humble said if you had watched the video, it is only a church since they cannot be stopped from offering sacraments. >Yes, bleach kills stuff. Very >effectively. The problem is that in >order to cure people without >killing them in the process, you >have to target a specific set of >cells, whether invading bacteria >or cancer cells or whatever. Our bodies have natural killer cells and know how to be rid of wrongly proliferating cells. But sometimes they may need a bit or a lot of help. >how bleach is supposed to cure >multiple sclerosis or autism I >haven’t the faintest idea. Nor, I’m >sure, do the Genesis Church >people. Closed mind. >They will simply trot out their >unverifiable claims of x number >of people they supposedly cured >of this that and the other, spout >some unscientific gibberish so >they sound authoritative and rely >on people’s gullibility or sheer >desperation to bring in the >money. Or they might be helping. Where is the database of complaints from patients? Any reported at all? It doesn’t look like genetically modified plants where you are not allowed to find out and report. You think? Plainly you didn’t listen to the interview all that well then. He said nothing about hyperbole. The message was clear and consistent: 100% success. He is wrong about pretty much everything he says. Why single out oxygen? Skepticism, Soundhill. I’m perfectly okay with not understanding the details of how a particular treatment works. I’m actually okay with nobody fully understanding how it works. But I do expect evidence that it actually works. You know, records of the trials. There is a claim of 100% success, over a period of 17 years. Why, then, is the information on these trials not available for scrutiny? I’m sorry, Soundhill, you’re confused. I wanted evidence that they were helping. I wanted some record of their successes. Where is that database? Does it exist? No? Well then, if they’re not even maintaining that database, why on Earth would it be in their interests to maintain a database of complaints? “Oh, hey, we can’t demonstrate that our product works, but here’s a list of people who it didn’t work for or who were otherwise unhappy.” “They are not allowed to cure people,” Bollocks. They’re able to sell their product, aren’t they? Then there is no impediment to them being able to cure people if it works as they say it does. Hell, the snake-oil salesman insisted repeatedly that they’d cured 100% of patients in every supposed trial. What they’re not allowed to do is lie about their ability to cure people. If they want to make that claim, they have to put forward evidence. >“That’s your feeling. I think he agreed in the interview he may be >using a bit of hyperbole.” >You think? Plainly you didn’t listen to the interview all that well >then. He said nothing about hyperbole. The message was clear >and consistent: 100% success. No he agreed there are things he cannot control. >“They are not allowed to cure people,” >Bollocks. >They’re able to sell their product, aren’t they? Then there is no >impediment to them being able to cure people if it works as they >say it does. Hell, the snake-oil salesman insisted repeatedly that >they’d cured 100% of patients in every supposed trial. >What they’re not allowed to do is lie about their ability to cure >people. If they want to make that claim, they have to put forward >evidence. But there are huge hurdles to getting certification for a product. They have decided to put their energy into using it instead. To do much in this current capitalistic medical environment without the profit motive loud and clear is heresy of the first order and to be jumped on very quickly. Well it’s not only in medicine, water and everything has to be monetised. Why aren’t you jumping on the people who are applying for a patent with chlorite in combination with 5FU? Because that is on the big profit alter. Wow, Soundhill, that is some seriously impressive selective listening you’ve got going there. Let me break it down for you: First, the snake-oil salesman claims a 100% success rate in trials to date. Second, the interviewer challenges him, asking if this means people will live forever if they use his product (because, you know, 100% effective against everything under the sun). Third, snake-oil salesman, grasping that perhaps claiming his product will confer immortality is a step too far, notes that, yes, people might still die due to factors beyond his control. Now, Step 3 does not actually contradict step 1. Stating that your product might not be 100% effective in future (against death from any cause whatsoever) does not invalidate a claim that it has been 100% effective SO FAR. Search Google for patent cancer chlorite Why? Putting a patent on something doesn’t mean the thing actually works. It just means nobody else is allowed to steal the design and profit from it. I’m sure there are all manner of ridiculous patents out there. A chlorite-based drug in phase 2/3 trials hcv hiv http://www.metaphysical.ca/IIM/cuttingedge.html Somewhat better, Soundhill. Still not actually relevant to the Genesis Church product though. After all, they’re not claiming they have a particular chlorite-based drug undergoing testing for its efficacy and safety in treating certain autoimmune disorders (eg severe persistent allergic rhinitis). They’re claiming they have a wonder-drug which has been 100% effective against all manner of unrelated conditions.And they will not produce so much as a shred of evidence to this effect. Furthermore, various medical professionals and regulatory bodies are actively warning people not to consume the product for safety reasons. This is likely because there are very important differences between chlorite-based drugs and a product which is 28% sodium chlorite by volume. Chris Banks \| November 19, 2014 at 10:15 pm \| … Okay, how the hell did I miss this? It was, after all, one of the earlier links in Ken’s post. How did you miss it, for that matter, Soundhill? You’re the one who’s been demanding to know whether the stuff’s harmed anyone. http://www.9news.com.au/health/2014/11/03/09/15/four-victorians-sick-after-drinking-miracle-potion Yes, huge hurdles. Like, for instance, demonstrating that it actually works. And is safe (or that side-effects are well understood and clearly laid out). Oh poor, naive Soundhill. Genesis Church screams profit motive. Without, unfortunately, the checks and balances on the profit motive which apply to actual medicine. It’s very much a product of capitalism. Let me lay this out for you: There are two approaches you can take to making money off a product. First, you can sell an expensive product in low volumes. Second, you can sell a cheap product in high volumes. Genesis Church’s MMS epitomises the second approach. Without any need to recoup regulatory or development costs, they can produce it at a dirt cheap price, and still make a very respectable profit margin on each unit sold (US $40 for a packet of 100 tablets, I see). Plus, they can charge people US $500 a head to attend a seminar on how to sell their products. My, what a lot of money one can make if they only discard any pretense of ethics. (Technically, there is a third approach to making money off a product – the holy grail of selling an expensive product in high volumes. See, for instance, Steve Jobs). That article if you search further reports Dr Tony Bartone saying the problems occurred when people used it undiluted to try to get greater effect. Chris Banks \| November 20, 2014 at 12:28 am \| Yes, Soundhill, that makes perfect sense. Why, it’s as if nobody explained to them that the substance was hazardous if undiluted. Bottles of bleach, as a rule, come labeled with warnings not to ingest the stuff. Alas, the available images of MMS bottles are not legible enough to tell if they contain similar warnings. Definitely should have linked to the more in-depth article: http://bit.ly/1xCu5sa Yet again, you have declined to answer my questions. Why is that? Can’t you answer them? I’m not going to go through them again, I’ve done it enough times without getting any answers from you. As to your comments, they’re as junk as ever. Let’s just say that aspirin EC 75 mg has been, and still is, available on prescription. You just have to pay extra because the manufacturer charges too much and Pharmac will not fully subsidise it. Only after a fashion, since you can’t actually measure something that’s not there. But that’s being pedantic. You were talking about “genetic testing.” Measuring enzymes has nothing to do with gene analysis, and clinical biochemistry has been measuring enzyme activity since before we knew about genes. Now, try again, what do you mean by “genetic testing?” @Chris Banks, Can read label on Ebay.com. “Don’t use full strength.” And Humble gives the instruction it won’t help to make it stronger. You wrote: “very important differences between chlorite-based drugs and a product which is 28% sodium chlorite by volume.” http://www.google.com/patents/US6086922 It seems to be sodium chlorite, maybe calcium hypochlorite, with weak acid like citric or lactic. (Note the scare tactics “acid” in your warning.) This 2009 orthopaedic surgery article refers to it as a prototype of a somewhat more complex arrangement: http://www.morthoj.org/2009v3n1/Outcome_of_Tibial_Fractures.pdf The MMS is so cheap it is unlikely that drug companies will arrange conferences to encourage doctors to prescribe it like they do for Viagra &c. Humble is doing his best to educate about its proper use: cannot use ozonated distilled water. (The Pure Dew distilled water in Countdown Supermarkets then is ruled out.) He refers to many MMS brands on the Internet and does not specify any particular one. People are pleased he is doing this education and give him donations. As a reader of the attempts by Stuart and Chris to elicit answers from soundhill and of their efforts explain to soundhill how MMS falls well short of meeting standard ethical and efficacy requirements, I conclude that this discussion is becoming futile. I’m also inclined to question whether soundhill has some undeclared association or vested interest in the product. It is unlikely, given the anonymity afforded by the internet, that we will ever know. Aspirin is one of the cheapest medications on the market. It should be, it’s been manufactured for over a century. It is still covered at medical conferences. MMS is also covered at medical conferences. It’s a useful industrial bleach that can be used to clean and sterilise work surfaces. It just doesn’t have any therapeutic effects. (By the way, where do you get the idea that drug companies arrange conferences? They are only allowed to sponsor conferences arranged by others. Or not, if that is their preference.) Treatments tailored to our genes are becoming more known. http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm372427.htm Modern technology is rapidly advancing for genetic testing. But until we are there it should still be possible to test children more widely for lack of enzymes which will endanger them if they take aspirin &c. Some sources say do not give aspirin to any children because of what it may do to some. And maybe a test for penicillin intolerance will be developed. “A Shot of Penicillin Many parents wonder why doctors don’t give as many penicillin shots as in the past. A shot of penicillin was once the treatment of choice for streptococcal pharyngitis (strep throat). Now it is rarely used, and for good reason. A course of oral penicillin, if taken properly, is as effective as a shot of the same drug. The main reason not to give a shot is the possibility of a life-threatening allergic reaction. The chances are one in 2,000 that a person will have a serious reaction after their first injection of penicillin, and one in 50,000 the reaction will be fatal. Every year there are 250-500 deaths from reactions to penicillin. There have been only eight reported fatal reactions ever reported to oral penicillin. If your child needs a penicillin shot, stay in the doctor’s office or hospital for at least 30 minutes, and preferably 60 minutes, to watch for any allergic reaction.” http://www.kiddocs.net/information-allergies.html The wait and see procedure will become obsolete. The arguments about DNA fragments in Gardasil will become more understood. Not a very good pay off at the moment when it only gives temporary immunity against 4 strains of HPV. (Cervarix only against 2 strains). For the third time, what do YOU mean by “genetic testing?” I already know what other people mean, but have no idea what you mean. I agree, but maybe some others will realise soundhill is merely parroting junk science provided by others. S/he certainly has no insight into what science actually means. By “genetic testing” I meant looking at differences between people other than what other drugs or food they are taking which might cause a reaction. In NZ, Amoxicillin is now the drug of choice for Strep throat. It has been for the past generation, since about 1990. It covers the same spectrum of organisms that penicillin does, including Streptococcus, and has less chance of anaphylaxis than the original penicillin. Your quote, on a NZ blog, is both out of date and from the USA. Why? The original penicillin preparation included clusters of imperfectly reproduced penicillin molecules. These were big enough for the human immune system to recognise as a foreign antigen. It was these clusters that triggered the majority of anaphylactic reactions to penicillin. Modification of the original penicillin molecule, as happens when amoxicillin is manufactured, removes the clusters of imperfectly reproduced penicillin molecules. Result: much less allergy and a safer treatment. That’s how science works. The “temporary” immunity against the commonest carcinogenic strains of HPV as provided by the HPV vaccine has, so far, showed almost no diminution. The immunity is now known to last for much longer than was estimated before the vaccine went into production. But you would know that if you had read the reference I gave you earlier. Just where does your meaning include genetics? Then why have my doctors not known they could prescribe 75mg enteric coated? If you have ever had a root canal done on a tooth you would know chlorite is used in your tooth, from the smell. The smell is actually not the substance itself but its effect on organic material. And from the ref I posted it seems to be known about in Indonesia. for orthopaedic surgery. From your comments you are behind the times. An 85 year old friend on mine had his doctor grumble about giving him a test for homocysteine, and then offer him Viagra. Gender, weight, muscle mass, activity levels, age (newborn, toddler, child, pubertal, adult, elderly), medication history, previous medical history, family medical history, haematology tests, biochemistry tests, biopsy results, microbiology results… All are “differences between people” that are taken into account in every part of the medical care of a person. What do you mean by “genetic testing?” “Then why have my doctors not known they could prescribe 75mg enteric coated?” I don’t know, why don’t you ask them instead of me? “An 85 year old friend on mine had his doctor grumble about giving him a test for homocysteine, and then offer him Viagra.” As my father used to say… “and what has that to do with the price of fish in China?” Soundhill, I think you need to talk with your doctor more â and even consider changing doctors if your find her unsatisfactory. My doctor has no trouble prescribing this form of aspirin and has always been extremely helpful in explaining her prescription advice. “Can read label on Ebay.com. “Don’t use full strength.” ” What, that’s it? Does the label say why you shouldn’t use it at full strength, or tell you to contact poison control if you do? I mean, this is a product people are actually intended to swallow. Shouldn’t there be some kind of warning of the consequences of improper use? “(Note the scare tactics “acid” in your warning.)” I see you’re not complaining that “produces poisonous bleach” is a scare tactic, which I would have thought was the actual problem. “Humble is doing his best to educate about its proper use:” Yes, let’s look at the “proper use,” shall we? http://www.factssheetproject.com/MMSFactsSheet.pdf Apparently, “proper use” is to gradually up the number of drops until you feel nauseous, at which point you dial back a little.This is, of course, totally safe and nobody has ever had any damage caused by the symptoms of overuse. (Note: This has been withering sarcasm). Thanks Ken, that was an obvious reply! My own doctor thinks that the EC 100 mg formulation is appropriate for me. Even though I (probably) know more about aspirin and other antiplatelet therapy than he does, he has a more objective view of what is appropriate for me than I ever could have. “Look, a patent!” Pay attention, Soundhill. Patenting a product does not indicate that the product works. What it does is ensure that nobody else is allowed to produce and make money from your design. Stuartg wrote: “In NZ, Amoxicillin is now the drug of choice for Strep throat. It has been for the past generation, since about 1990. It covers the same spectrum of organisms that penicillin does, including Streptococcus, and has less chance of anaphylaxis than the original penicillin” Medsafe does not say it is safer. “`Amoxycillin should not be used for the treatment of bacterial infections in patients with viral infections, presenting with sore throat, pharyngitis or infectious mononucleosis, as a high incidence of amoxycillin induced erythematous (morbilliform) rashes have been associated with glandular fever in patients receiving amoxicillin” What did I mean by “genetic testing”? Well though I thought I might be encompassing modern genome printouts and what may begin to be done from them, I was also meaning the older ideas: http://www.ihavelynchsyndrome.com/10-reasons-genetic-testing-important/#.VG0i0MkzDEs Maybe 10% of patents are not valid because the device does not do as claimed. “This 2009 orthopaedic surgery article…” Tetrachlorodecaoxygen =/= Sodium Chlorite. Waving medical journal articles at me about actual treatments which do not resemble MMS and are used for specific conditions or in specific circumstances (ie surgery), in no way provides evidence that MMS is anything more than snake oil. Dangerous snake oil, at that. Yes, Soundhill, well done. You have successfully demonstrated my point. You cannot tell a product works just because it has a patent. Although I am curious where you get the 10% figure from. “The MMS is so cheap it is unlikely that drug companies will arrange conferences to encourage doctors to prescribe it like they do for Viagra &c.” Let me correct that for you. “There is no evidence whatsoever that MMS works, and people have been hospitalised by it, therefore it is unlikely that drug companies will arrange conferences to encourage doctors to prescribe it like they do for Viagra &c.” Plus, of course, it would be illegal for doctors to prescribe MMS, because it is not a medicine. It has not undergone testing, and has not gained regulatory approval. “People are pleased he is doing this education and give him donations.” Hey look, a third income stream – donations. So, that’s direct sales, charging people to attend conferences and bamboozling people to the extent that they will outright give you money. Life is clearly good if you’re a successful snake-oil salesman. Yes, I am intrigued by the 10% figure too. I have at times intensively searched patents and there is certainly an immense amount of rubbish or irrelevant stuff there. One that sticks in my mind is for underpants with an attachment providing penile stimulation while walking! Seriously! Chris: I don’t have proof for here I am just suspicious. “Four Drug Makers Dominate Payments to Local Doctors The only reason Pro Publica was able to get financial records from 15 major drug companies is because those firms were charged with crimes by federal authorities. Drug and medical supply companies spend hundreds of millions per year to influence medical providers. They provide gifts to doctors, free samples, lavish meals and entertainment, speaking fees for speeches written by the drug companies, first class travel to exotic destinations, or sign up doctors as “consultants.” The reason they spend so much is because it works.” http://www.8newsnow.com/story/24001284/i-team-drug-companies-court-doctors-with-gifts-vacations The point being that if MMS is done for money that is not unusual. “Tetrachlorodecaoxygen =/= Sodium Chlorite.” They said the second (that would be after reaction with weak acid to produce ClO2 monochlorodioxygen) is the prototype of the first. Tetra means 4, deca means 10. Chris and Ken “US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) auditors believe that as many as 10% of all issued patents are invalid, a high percent of those due to the fact the invention does not work.” http://www.willitsell.com/patmyths.asp So I can’t say for sure, but it means that if it is patented there is a good chance it works. I said “Gene analysis is still in its infancy, and today is mainly used in testing for some specific genetic diseases.” That’s exactly what your reference says. Now, unless you have one of a few rare genetically inherited diseases in other members of your family, then genetic analysis cannot predict your personal reaction to medications. Your reference says that as well. So, your request for “genetic testing” is currently useless unless you have to see a geneticist for other reasons. You said “I thought I might be encompassing modern genome printouts and what may begin to be done from them”. I covered that as well: “Some SCAM artists offer “genetic testing”, but their results are both meaningless and very expensive. They have no science behind their “interpretation” of results. Their “genetic testing” is a good example of junk science.” I’ll repeat myself again. The human Genome Project was only completed 11 years ago. It’s going to be decades before we understand how our genome contributes to infection or disease. This means that medicine does not do “modern genome printouts.” Only SCAM artists do. Pay for one if you want – but be aware that the only thing that you will get out of it is a lighter wallet. And there is a 10% chance, according to you, that it doesn’t work. How, exactly, are we meant to tell which patents make up that ten percent? Certainly we can’t tell a product works just because it has a patent. We need other evidence. Hence why I am unimpressed by you waving patents at me. “Believe?” No analysis done? Some people would call that a guess. “the invention does not work?” So as well as being a guess, it’s not even talking about medications. Any relevance is decidedly small. Having been involved in one patent application I seriously question the 10% estimate. This is because many applications are made without the backup of peer reviewed science. In my own case business managers prevented scientific peer reviewed publication until after the patent process was completed and I am sure that must be a common procedure. I have found patent applications hopeless for actually getting details of procedures and formulations. Where scientific publications exist and are cited I always go to those, @Ken I am on to my third doctor since my heart attack and bypass 13 years ago, plus several locums. None have been able to prescribe 75mg coated aspirin. Last time I asked would have been March 2013. Yes, Soundhill, I know what “tetra” and “deca” mean. I don’t think you understand the chemistry involved though. You think you get ClO2 from mixing sodium chlorite and citric acid in water? Great. Well done. Here’s the thing. ClO2 =/= Cl4O10 Not even close. So. No connection whatsoever to the paper you cited. Which, I will note, does not advocate a “mix your own in water and swallow it to cure everything under the sun” approach to using tetrachlorodecaoxygen. Ken is correct. Aspirin EC 75 mg is available on prescription in NZ. I’ve seen the prescriptions done, the latest about two weeks ago. I have no idea why your doctor(s) would not prescribe it – that has to be between yourself and your doctor(s). Maybe you could ask him/her/them? In NZ, aspirin EC 100 mg is the only antiplatelet version of aspirin that is fully funded by Pharmac, specifically the Ethics brand. All others receive the same subsidy that Ethics aspirin EC 100 mg does, which means that there is an extra cost to the patient in addition to the prescription cost. (And I’ve just learned there is an enteric coated 300 mg aspirin available in NZ as well. It’s only partially subsidised, too.) @Chris “You think you get ClO2 from mixing sodium chlorite and citric acid in water? Great. Well done.” Just in case some people don’t know when you are being sarcastic perhaps you had better be clear. ” Here’s the thing. So. No connection whatsoever to the paper you cited. Which, I will note, does not advocate a “mix your own in water and swallow it to cure everything under the sun” approach to using tetrachlorodecaoxygen.” When you dilute it in water? Seems to be curative. Not quite sure how the anti-inflammatory thing works. Don’t always want to do that. 3.6. Comparison of chlorite with chlorite-based drugs in interaction with MPO The drug substance OXO-K993 (NUVO Research Inc., Mississauga, Canada), also referred as tetrachlorodecaoxygen anionic complex [i.e. (Cl4O10)n with molar mass of 301.8 for n = 1] contains 4.25% chlorite, 1.9% chloride, 1.5% chlorate, 0.7% sulfate and sodium ions as cationic species in an aqueous solution [14]. A sterile, pyrogen-free, aqueous 10% (w/v) solution of OXO-K993 is applied under the name WF10 for intravenous infusion in patients with chronic-inflammatory diseases [39–41]. Another 55-fold diluted formulation derived from OXO-K993 is Oxoferin™ that is topically applied as a wound-healing agent [42,43].Here we applied Oxoferin to test the effects of this drug solution upon interaction with MPO. The chlorite content in Oxoferin is reported to be 12.3 mM [44]. To test if the additives lead to any differences in reactivity the direct reaction of human ferric MPO with this drug was investigated. The reaction of MPO with Oxoferin showed similar kinetics and finally resulted in heme bleaching (Supplemental Fig. 3). The reaction was biphasic with calculated rate constants of 3.9 × 105 M− 1 s− 1 and 2.3 × 104 M− 1 s− 1 (pH 5.0), respectively. Thus, with respect to reactivity towards MPO in terms of heme bleaching and kinetics, Oxoferin is indistinguishable from a pure chlorite solution.” And for interest: ClO2 has a very interesting structure: Well done, Soundhill. You have produced an entirely different paper which actually has something to do with ClO2. Very preliminary, by the looks, but a possible indicator that maybe, just maybe, it might one day function as a useful medication, properly used, in specific circumstances. Nothing, I repeat nothing in that paper remotely suggests that those circumstances are as a miracle cure-all 100% effective for ebola, AIDS, autism, malaria, you name it, which people should mix and drink for themselves, using whether they feel nauseous as a guide to whether they’ve taken too much. I mean, for zog’s sake, Soundhill, did you even read how the existing drug is used? Intravenous infusion, or application to wounds. No drinking involved. “I don’t have proof for here I am just suspicious. “Four Drug Makers Dominate Payments to Local Doctors”” Which has to do with… what, exactly? I’m perfectly aware that pharmaceutical companies are not guaranteed to operate in an ethical manner. In fact, there are significant incentives for them not to. This is why we have checks and balances, imperfect as they may be. For instance, the media. Product trials, that kind of thing. But you seem incapable of applying any degree of suspicion at all to the Genesis Church people. Despite ridiculously transparent lying about their product, hospitalisation of people using the stuff, and a profit motive utterly untempered by any kinds of checks or balances. There is confusion since I have read elsewhere not to use it intravenously. This one is for chronic inflammation which may mean a person’s metabolism is functioning differently. It seemed a very heavy dose. Inflammation is associated with many conditions. Fish oil is an anti-inflammatory because of its omega 3. The counsellor on Maori TV’s Nutters’ Club was suggesting it for depression. It’s a chance that such could be the mechanism why it might help autism. Ice packs, Nurofen, aspirin, NSAIDs, steroids are ways of reducing inflammation. I have read that sometimes schizophrenic people do not get the same amount of physical illness as non-schizophrenic people. Their inflammatory response may be low. I have read also that it is used to suppress rejection for xenotransplants. So a lot of thought is necessary. But the approach on this thread has been to spank the child in case they may be naughty. Don’t worry if you cause a complex. “hospitalisation of people using the stuff,” Double standard. How many people have been hospitalised for overdosing on alcohol because they think more is better, and I don’t see scientists ganging up on it. Chris you complained about the dose titration approach. That approach is frequently used in medicine. “In NZ, aspirin EC 100 mg is the only antiplatelet version of aspirin that is fully funded by Pharmac, specifically the Ethics brand.” Which seems dumb since it would be great to get the amount which would reduce angina without causing tiredness or stroke risk. Soundhill, you are confused. I am very specifically dealing with claims made by the Genesis Church people. For instance, they claim to have cured 100% of the people they’ve treated for malaria, ebola, AIDS, whatever. This is a ludicrous claim, which you have done nothing whatsoever to support. Who are these people? Where were they treated? By whom? Why, if Genesis Church is so very determined to educate the world about the efficacy of their product, have they so thoroughly buried any evidence of these patients’ very existence? They also claim that nobody has ever complained about their product. Now, improper use or not, I think hospitalisation counts as a complaint. You do not see anybody claiming that alcohol is perfectly safe and nobody has ever complained about the product. Indeed, there are some quite specific laws in place about drink-driving. We could, incidentally, go on and on about issues with alcohol marketing. So I’m not seeing this double standard you seem to believe exists. “Chris you complained about the dose titration approach. That approach is frequently used in medicine” No, Soundhill. I have complained about the expectation that untrained consumers should mix up the solution for themselves in ridiculously vague doses, and stop adding more when they feel nauseous. This approach is never, EVER used in medicine. Spoonfuls are vague doses. We’ve spent a lot of time determining that the antiplatelet dose of aspirin on prescription is only available in 100mg enteric coated. That is a very vague amount. They do better if self medicating buying it at the supermarket where they have a choice of 75 or 100mg. Stuartg says the doctor prescribes 100mg for him. Maybe Stuartg weighs closer to 100kg than 75kg. If not I wonder about the doctors thoughts. Aspirin is quite a dangerous drug. I think when patients are given a morphine pump to activate as they need they actually use less than they get with CR and topup. You seem to have this ridiculous idea that because I have concluded that the Genesis Church people are money-grubbing charlatans, based on the utterly ludicrous claims they have made, without so much as a shred of supporting evidence, and because of their transparent profit motive, I am in some manner hostile to, well, everything you’re going on about. Rambling on about anti-inflammatories and omega-3 as a means of treating depression / autism (erm, what?) is not actually addressing the issues I have raised about Genesis Church. Indeed, you have scrupulously avoided in any way dealing with the reasons I set out right at the beginning of this conversation for why I had concluded they were charlatans. Wow, Soundhill. Way to completely ignore the “until they feel nauseous” bit. Once again, you have managed to completely ignore the substance of my complaint. Incidentally, I am not aware that anybody uses “spoonfuls” as a dose for medicine. Either a specific size of measuring spoon (eg teaspoons) will be listed, or a spoon of the appropriate size will be provided with the medication. You can also be sure that a specific number of teaspoons will be listed for a particular time period, as opposed to “keep adding drops until you feel nauseous (or if not, a maximum of three per ill-defined time period). “Prior to 2005, colchicine dose instructions included the advice to continue dosing until the pain settled or gastrointestinal adverse effects occured. The standard dose instructions have now been changed to improve safety.” ” In a case series of nine patients presenting with colchicine overdose in the Auckland region over a 15 year period, eight died.6 Four of the patients had taken an accidental overdose of colchicine (ranging from 18 – 24 mg) due to lack of knowledge about the medicine” http://www.bpac.org.nz/BPJ/2014/September/safer-prescribing.aspx Were you getting up in arms about that before 2005? I suppose it is possible that there are medicines which use “spoonfuls” as a dose. Cough syrup is a possible example. In this case, it is incumbent on the manufacturer/ prescriber to be sure that nobody is going to come to harm if their spoons are a little larger than the average. Safety margins do exist. Taking extra spoonfuls, beyond what is specified (ie +100% or 50% or whatever to the recommended dosage range) is of course another matter. Wow, Soundhill. You have successfully identified an example of an unacceptable dosage regime, of which I was previously unaware. This has since been corrected for what I would hope are obvious reasons, and should never have been administered in that manner in the first place. So, we’ll chalk that up as evidence that this is not acceptable behaviour, shall we? There is something seriously wrong with your basic reasoning skills if you think that pointing out somebody else has been caught out doing this (with actual medicine) in some way excuses the behaviour of your favoured band of quacks. My point is why are some serious things kept quiet, like you had not heard about the colchicine deaths, and things like the current chlorite made such a media issue, with words used like “acid” rather than “citric acid” and people reported as ill from the medication when it was from overdose and many medicines make you ill from overdose. If you don’t want to watch the 2014 dosing video for MMS maybe someone should transcribe bits of it for you. Soundhill, I am not some omniscient being with perfect knowledge of every specific case. I am, however, perfectly aware that things do go wrong in medicine. Given that the egregious issue you raised has, in fact, been corrected, I am unsure what the hell you are talking about in regards to cover-ups. But hey, you seem to think that because things go wrong in medicine, absolute quacks who have provided not a shred of evidence that their product does anybody any good whatsoever, should be able to market it in an untruthful manner, with unsafe directions on how to use the stuff and flowery assurances that nobody’s ever made any complaints. I will pass on the video, thank you. The fact sheet is much quicker to read, and I’m sure most consumers don’t bother to view half-hour youtube videos before using a product. But do let me know if the video somehow contradicts it; I’ll chalk that up as evidence of the Church disseminating misleading / dangerous information. Complain to Pharmac, if you want, or just suck it up and pay the difference. Or talk it over with your doctor(s). There may be a reason they don’t want to prescribe the EC 75 mg dose of aspirin for you. Here’s the thing, Soundhill. Medical misadventure is well-recognised, recorded and hopefully learned from going forward. Whilst plainly not desirable, is an unfortunate price we pay for the good modern medicine does in society. It is expected that any given procedure or treatment will have a body of evidence supporting its use, that any risks or side-effects associated with it will be well understood. If further evidence indicates this is not correct, the product or procedure’s use can be amended accordingly, or it can be withdrawn / discontinued. Naturally, if it’s a prescription medicine, the prescribing doctor should make any risks clear, and packaging should spell out correct usage. The authorities do actually come down hard on fraud or malpractice. By contrast, alternative medicine or natural health remedies are tolerated on the basis that, although there is no evidence that they actually work, nor is there any evidence they do any harm (alas, as a general rule, nobody has checked, nor are they required to), and people should have the right to decide on their own treatment. That said, if it turns out there are serious risks or harms associated with a product (above and beyond being put forward as an alternative to actual effective treatment of a condition), there are no countervailing benefits which can be used to argue against the product being banned. If, of course, the Genesis Church people want MMS to be recognised as a medicine, they are more than welcome to engage in testing of the product. I’m highly dubious it would ever pass, and it’s surely much more profitable to lie to people about its ability to cure ebola/cancer/autism/whatever than it is to figure out what, if anything it actually does and sell it to treat that. Chris you are, to use an emotional word, pontificating about the MMS program while only acknowledging a fact sheet which says: “This paragraph is only a basic description and should NOT be used as a guide for treatment.)” (above and beyond being put forward as an alternative to actual effective AND ACCESSIBLE treatment of a condition), Stuartg you are using your strongest language when it comes to the financial basis of the situation. That is as if the money flow were very much more important than the treatment/health of the patient which becomes only a service to make capital from. Give me a list of reasons they would not want to prescribe me the coated EC 75mg when I say the 100mg does not leave me feeling so well and 75mg works. Oh, so it includes instructions on how to take the stuff, but you shouldn’t actually follow those directions? Glad we’ve got that cleared up. (note: sarcasm). Any disclaimers on the video? Any material contradicting the “fact” sheet? Or is it basically the same load of dangerous rubbish? I mean seriously, Soundhill, the “basic description” of how treatment is supposed to work sounds pretty dreadful. Are you saying it’s not accurate? That it all works completely differently? If so, why would Genesis Church put out a misleading fact sheet? Note the fact sheet that you found also says: “Who is behind this MMS Facts Sheet and why? This facts sheet is produced and maintained by a group of private citizens from around the world who want the truth to come out. The intent of this facts sheet is to provide you with just enough basic information to do further research, while highlighting the brewing controversy, so as to make it easier for you to remain objective. The information provided here only scratches the surface. We encourage you to consider the possible motivations on all sides and draw your own conclusions” The Fact Sheet does not describe the mixing with citric acid and its strength, and the yellowing as ClO2 is formed, when to put the water in and how long it will last after mixing. It does not talk about taking extra water or maybe food to help or give other maybe more comfortable options to absorb the substance. &c. You know, Soundhill, I would have thought that, having finally decided to go down the “this isn’t official information” route, you might have checked to see whether the content of the fact sheet was included in the video or not, rather than finding a bunch of stuff in the video which wasn’t included on the fact sheet. Perhaps you’d like to look into that? “The intent of this facts sheet is to provide you with just enough basic information to do further research,” It’s a bit of the recipe in the 2014 video. It’s like you go into a restaurant and ask what the scones are made of. They tell you dates and yogurt and wholemeal, and maybe mention butter or what sort of fat. But they don’t tell about the various rising agents, how the baking powder in them works with moisture, and the baking soda in them works with heat to rise the scones, whether the butter was rubbed in with fingers or such and such. The chlorite requires some sort of acid to turn it to ClO2. Maybe just stomach acid would do it a bit. But they seem to want the ClO2 there before you drink it or apply it in DMSO &c. soundhill: You said: “We’ve spent a lot of time determining that the antiplatelet dose of aspirin on prescription is only available in 100mg enteric coated. That is a very vague amount.” Wrong (repeatedly wrong). This is the third time I have told you: in New Zealand, aspirin is able to be prescribed in 75, 100, 150, 300 and 650 mg tablets. All of those tablets are available in enteric coated formulation. I don’t know how to put it any more simply. Check MIMS if you don’t believe me. Not all of those tablets are fully subsidised, so if tablet without a full subsidy is prescribed then the patient has to make up the difference between the subsidy and the amount charged by the manufacturer/distributor. What is so difficult to understand about that? Re-read your quote above. Can you tell me how a dose of “100mg” is a “very vague amount”? As opposed to MMS, the dose of which you have given as exactly “around” and “a rough guess”? By the way, where do you get your dose for aspirin in mg/kg (for prophylaxis in ischaemic heart disease) from? All my resources just give a dose range, usually 75-325 mg. You are the first (and so far only) person I know of that says the prophylaxis dose is 1mg/kg. I really want to know, because if that figure has any research data to back it then it is likely to change the practice of many doctors, cardiologists in particular. Right. Not really what I was asking, Soundhill, but what you’re telling me is that the information on the fact sheet is official but incomplete, yes? Which means that the dosage instructions are to just keep adding drops until you feel nauseous, and that diarrhoea /vomiting are nothing serious. For some reason, you seem incapable of grasping that there might be something wrong with that whole system. That it might, perhaps, be dangerous. “Right. Not really what I was asking, Soundhill, but what you’re telling me is that the information on the fact sheet is official but incomplete, yes?” I am nothing to do with it. You found that Fact Sheet, which I had not seen. My concern is for the attack on this anti-malaria measure, by people who are claiming themselves to be scientific, but appear to be more concerned to discredit new possibilities very strongly rather than assist inquiry. Society gets stuck in certain paths which may not be good for individuals. I got swayed by the idea of a very low saturated fat diet, stuck to it for many years till I got a heart attack. It was suggested I use statins. I felt terrible on them, and doubly terrible as I became a heretic and refused them. The procedure for them is to take them but watch out for muscle troubles. Many medicines you are supposed to watch out for side effects, and maybe cease taking it. Like penicillin. In the case of MMS as I see it, you may not get nauseous by the time you get to the recommended dose. But if you do then cut back. How much sunlight can a person tolerate for vitamin D? Depends on skin colour. Maybe someone will design a calculator. Maybe same for MMS. Maybe same for statins. Maybe same for warfarin so you don’t have to wait till a blood level before you know. It will depend on salicylates in your diet, and other blood thinners. It would be great to be able to vary your diet like you are not allowed at the moment when you are on warfarin. With morphine you try to titrate the dose so the pain just under the surface so you don’t get side effects. “Which means that the dosage instructions are to just keep adding drops until you feel nauseous, and that diarrhoea /vomiting are nothing serious.” Can get diarrhoea from eating figs, prunes, vitamin C megadose, beetroot some people, or boiled milk. Salt water can make you vomit, or tickling your throat inside. Which is acceptable for treatments whose sellers have had the money to get them accepted. You said “You found that Fact Sheet, which I had not seen.” You are prepared to give/take/recommend MMS, at an unknown dose, without seeing any fact sheet. Yet you study the fact sheet for aspirin, statins, penicillin, warfarin and possibly vitamin C, looking for exact doses, contraindications, interactions and side effects. And you say you can’t see any contradictions between your approach to prescription medicines and and your approach to MMS. I agree with Chris. There appears to be something seriously wrong with your basic reasoning skills. Stuartg I think maybe a cardiology nurse told me about 1mg/kg. But here, according to animal studies, a very low dose may be a risk and may be the reason why attacks occur a week or so after aspirin cessation. It says 1mh/kg has moderate effect without risk of bleeds. http://www.hindawi.com/journals/thrombosis/2012/247363/ “My concern is for the attack on this anti-malaria measure,” Soundhill, let me be perfectly clear. The “anti-malaria measure” does. Not. Work. It is snake oil, peddled by charlatans, in an apparently successful effort to make insane amounts of money off of gullible people. How do I know this? Because the snake-oil salesmen selling it claim to have a 100% success rate curing malaria, cancer, ebola and a whole bunch of other things…. But refuse to produce any evidence of a single one of their supposedly innumerable experiences. These are ridiculous, ludicrous claims, made in such a manner that they are impossible to verify. If the claims were true, they would be scrambling to produce the evidence and get it out into the world of medicine. They are not. Because, obviously, the evidence does not exist. I mean, seriously. Look at who it’s being marketed to. What, exactly, do you think are the odds that the comfortably well-off people of first-world nations such as Australia, New Zealand, America, Ireland and so forth will come into contact with malaria? Or ebola for that matter? If the goal is to help prevent malaria, why the hell are they marketing it here, rather than sending their people out to give away the product to those who would supposedly benefit from it? If, on the other hand, the claims about malaria are simply lies for the purposes of marketing, everything becomes clear. “Hey, this stuff will cure malaria. Just imagine how well the miracle cure-all will work for whatever niggling little complaints afflict you.” I am perfectly willing to consider new possibilities in the fight against disease. But the thing is that any ethical person is going to get evidence that their cure works first, setting things out in a transparent manner and ensuring that others are given the opportunity to replicate their results. If they skip that pesky little step of evidence and go straight to selling their product to gullible punters as a means of raking in money, well, that really tells us all we need to know about the efficacy of the product. The medical community isn’t going to buy into it, and it will in all likelihood do a great deal of harm, if for no other reason than convincing people they don’t need to seek actual treatment for serious conditions until it’s too late. Plainly, Soundhill, you and I have very different ideas of what constitutes “inquiry.” Shockingly enough, my approach aligns with the scientific method, which has had quite a bit of success down through the centuries, and is foundational to modern medicine. By all means, people should come out with outlandish ideas and outside-the-box thinking. This can result in great leaps forward in science, and even in medicine. But their ideas should be subjected to rigorous testing, both by themselves and a community of their peers. If the evidence is against an idea, it should be discarded, reworked, or shelved, depending. People should not expect us to simply take their word for all manner of grandiose claims. If someone claimed 100% success at curing tooth ache and the treatment was removal of the teeth then you might believe them. I think it is just that you cannot imagine a mechanism for ClO2. Let’s do a bit of decent brainstorming before rubbishing. Ken pointed out about the Marsden Fund. I searched a bit and found some pure maths research they are sponsoring involving a UOC worker, Maarten McKubre-Jordens. “Paraconsistent mathematics is a type of mathematics in which contradictions may be true. In such a system it is perfectly possible for a statement A and its negation not A to both be true. How can this be, and be coherent? What does it all mean?” http://plus.maths.org/content/not-carrot It looks like the Marsden Fund hopes that Maarten’s work may be useful in working with problems in computer networks. Our world is coming towards big problems. Malaria may come to NZ with global warming. Malaria is becoming resistant to some of the current drugs. One very risky approach is a type of genetically modified mosquitoes. I feel we need to come to grips with more than a monetised approach which I feel is limiting your ability to see. Maybe you are correct, but I hope for a moment you might be able to set aside the monetary arguments, just in case anything of value becomes faintly visible. Soundhill, you have not listened to a word I have said. I have pointed out to you, repeatedly, that MMS is ridiculously monetised. That selling the stuff without having to test whether it works or obey basic standards of safety, allows them to make large profits from each unit sold. There is no motivation, whatsoever, to actually have a working product. I do not have the faintest idea where you get the idea that I am somehow fixated on monetised approaches to medicine or research. What I have said, again repeatedly, is that we need to actually be collecting evidence that any given approach works before turning it loose on the general public. Whether or not money is involved is in some ways beside the point, though we should certainly have checks and balances to overcome the monetary incentives which may tempt people to somehow game the system. Incidentally, Soundhill, your toothache example is deeply flawed. An actual parallel would be if somebody claimed pulling a person’s teeth out would 100% cure them of toothache, earache, ulcers, clogged sinuses and whatever other condition took their fancy. Very separate conditions, with very different underlying causes, but a single miracle cure which purports to treat them all. I would have no hesitation calling anybody who made such claims a quack, despite the fairly obvious causal links between teeth and toothaches. Particularly considering that pulling a person’s teeth out does actually have downsides (I sincerely doubt nobody has ever complained after such dental procedures). Well you can see a mechanism in a heart bypass fixing chest pain, making it easier to do many things after some healing, and stop having several daily anticoagulant injections. It’s not 100% and you do get the occasional death, but no more than 1% I think. Things affect other things. Sometimes it is easier to see the mechanism. If a person is not breathing you can allow many of their organs to function by helping them to breathe again. If ClO2 were enabling some process in the body like breathing maybe it could help the body to heal itself better. I’ve caught up with a current MIMS at work, rather than the older one I have at home. The 650 mg aspirin I mentioned earlier is no longer available on prescription in NZ. The range of doses of aspirin tablets able to be prescribed (current edition of MIMS) is now 75, 100, 150, 300, 320, and 500 mg. 250g of aspirin powder is also available on prescription, presumable for compounding pharmacists to make up other doses. Soundhill, I think at some point I have to take a step back. You are going on about things which are utterly irrelevant to the point which I am trying to get through your thick skull. Namely, that Genesis Church are a pack of charlatans, which we can tell on the basis of the ridiculous claims they themselves have made about the efficacy of their product, which, in the absense of so much as a shred of evidence to back them up, we must conclude are outright lies. Further, the instructions for the use of the product are outright dangerous. You have scrupulously avoided addressing these points in any way. Rather, you go off on rambling asides trying to convince me of who even knows what. So. Do you or do you not accept that these people are charlatans, preying upon gullible consumers in order to make money? Unfortunately, that paper is about experimentation in rat models with acute myocardial infarction. In an acute myocardial infarction, different doses of aspirin are used in humans compared with those used for prophylaxis (160-325 mg/day versus 75-325 mg/day). Since we are both human beings, and neither of us are suffering an acute myocardial infarction (at least I hope you aren’t), that paper has no relevance to the aspirin used in both of us for prophylaxis. I’ll continue to follow my GP’s guidelines (which are the same as cardiologists). I’d further advise you to consider who’s advice you would rather follow: “I think maybe a cardiology nurse,” or a cardiologist. The experiment was on rats to help with a hypothesis that might apply to humans. “Recently published surveys have warned against the increased risk of aspirin discontinuation, which includes acute coronary problems, stent stenosis, acute myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke, and lower limb ischemia” Since I had been promoting lower dose aspirin I thought to pass this on, as a contraindication for very low dose. They are trying to find out whether there is a rebound effect after aspirin is stopped, and the blood level tails off, or whether a very low dose itself of aspirin itself may be dangerous. OK you claim very low dose might cause heart trouble in a rat, but no trouble for a human? Chris: very emotive language. You think that will work when you cannot scientifically back up what you are claiming? You only suggest it is obvious. How about you refer me to peer reviewed articles about charlatans and science. No, really, Soundhill, this isn’t hard. Do you believe, as claimed by the Genesis Church people, that they have cured 100% of the people they have treated for… Hang on, let me check the list… Ebola, malaria, herpes, cancer, firbromyalgia, multiple sclerosis and AIDS. Probably other conditions as, not referred to in the interview, but let’s stick with those. Yes or no question. Bearing in mind that they have produced no evidence whatsoever to back up these claims. If no, then this indicates you believe they are lying. Given that these are not minor claims, and are being used to sell the product, this would further indicate they are charlatans. I’m really not seeing an abrupt transition to emotive language; I’ve been calling them liars and charlatans for a fair while now. Further evidence that you haven’t really been paying attention to what I’ve been saying? Then again, perhaps it was the “thick skull” comment. I’d apologise, but rather than actually answering the question, you’re once again trying to divert the subject. That reference was for a rat model investigating a different problem. It was a model for acute myocardial infarction, for the first few days after a heart attack. You are talking about prophylaxis in ischaemic heart disease, ie long term use with the aim of preventing heart attacks. The reference is irrelevant to your question. That means you base your 1mg/kg on something you may remember, and you aren’t even sure who it was. Great reasoning! Why not talk to your doctor(s), or even a cardiologist? I don’t make any claims about very low dose aspirin in rats. You provided the reference and you are misinterpreting it. I follow the research based guidelines and recommendations for humans. You rely on something someone once said and research into a completely different problem. Sorry if it’s against your beliefs, but I’ll rely on the scientific approach to answering questions. Earlier, in a reply to Chris, you said “A theory is that the hand-tingling that goes with hyperventilation is a result of oxygen starvation of the tissues.” Just to let you know that theory was disproven decades ago. Oxygen supply to the tissues is maintained. What happens is that changing (lowering) CO2 levels disrupts the acid/base balance across the cell membranes. Once the balance shifts enough, the nerve cells that rely on a particular acid/base balance can no longer function normally and the signals from the disfunctioning nerves are perceived as tingling. (There’s a lot more to it than that, of course, but that’s a very simplified explanation.) You asked Chris “You think that will work when you cannot scientifically back up what you are claiming?” When are you going to ask yourself the same question? So far you have not managed to scientifically back up any of your claims. We have asked questions; you have evaded, fudged, prevaricated, changed the subject, and provided irrelevant data. What you haven’t done is to back up your claims. I will ask you again: The purveyors of various snake oil treatments never bother to answer these questions. They just claim the snake oil will cure multiple diseases with no side effects. They just “spread the word” (ie advertise) and wait for the money to role in. Manufacturers/distributors of prescription medications answer all the above questions before the medications go to market; the scientific research then continues after the medication gets to market (for over a century in the case of aspirin!) Now, a further question. Read those last two paragraphs again. Which description does MMS fit – snake oil or medication? In Humble’s book he describes getting the dose right to cure malaria in Malawi. The description is a bit sketchy. Click to access MMS_Part_1.pdf In this interview in Malawi he relates of though how he could not prove he was getting HIV negativity, he was making the people well. Comments after the video dispute some of his comments about HIV testing. Here is description of immune modulation by the related functioning Tetrachlorodecaoxygen (TCDO) and WF10 which might explain improvements in apparent health. http://www.google.com/patents/WO2013109949A1?cl=en Another posting of some of the same interview with the comment after it: “Totally Critical How do people believe a word this guy says when he doesn’t even know there are AIDS tests which doesn’t rely on antibodies? Look up NAT or PCR tests.” Yes, yes, yes. We’ve seen the TV adverts before. Now, where is the scientific data? You know, like the stuff you insist on reading for your prescribed medications? Don’t worry how things might work. Worry about IF they work. We used aspirin for a century before anyone knew how it worked, but we knew it worked. No-one has shown that MMS works. They’ve just made some TV adds. Vitamin C nearly stops it from working. It’ interesting that my uncle who had had malaria said years later that vitamin C supplementation made him feel terrible. My approach is to learn what we can about this fairly recent ClO2 work. Like a new cat coming on to your garden the existing cats will fight it off. (Cats can even have transferred aggression. A cat looking out the window and seeing an intruder cat spray in the garden may turn on his accepted house mate.) To fight off this new form of immune modulation medication the plan is to say that because the educator is exaggerating claims he can be called a charlatan therefore everything 100% of what he says is discredited. Strangely that is applying the same form of exaggeration as what Humble is applying. Add a few bits like it’s a danger when it is probably less of a danger than many accepted medications and you have a better fight against it. You think, but I think people will see through you. They will want to learn and accept that many/most salespeople exaggerate. is that all? What is the SCIENCE behind your claims? @Stuartg wrote: “What is the dose of MMS per kg? Info is gradually building for these related treatments: “Example 5: Determining the Clinical dose for TCDO [0161] HIV-positive patients received one cycle of intravenous infusions of WF10- defined as 5 consecutive daily doses followed by 16 days of no treatment-at a dose of 0.5L/kg body weight/day to 50 (0.5 mL)/kg body weight/day, without apparent adverse effect. Patients were then given 4 cycles of WF10 with the daily dose ranging from 0.5 mL/kg body weight to 1.5 mL/kg body weight. The maximal tolerated dose of WF10 was determined to lie between 0.5 mL/kg body weight to 0.75 mL/kg body weight per day. Doses of 0.75 mL/kg body weight and greater were associated with phlebitis and a pattern of decreased hemoglobin. However, in this and subsequent clinical studies, administration of 4 cycles of 0.5 mL TCDO/kg body weight per day showed no clinically relevant hemolysis” Somewhere above, you said you wanted MMS to be treated the same as other substances. Very well. That means that you also have to treat it the same as prescription medications. These questions have been asked, and answered, for prescription medications by their manufacturer/distributor. Now, we expect you to treat MMS exactly the same as prescription medications – and answer the questions. What are the indications? What is the dose? What are the contraindications? I’ve asked you these multiple times but you haven’t answered. If you don’t answer them, we have to agree with Richard: “I’m also inclined to question whether soundhill has some undeclared association or vested interest in the product.” You do sound just like a snake oil salesman. Hint: try looking for the answers in the public domain, like on a manufacturers information sheet. Answer them just like the manufacturer of aspirin would. Don’t just have a stab at Google and cherry pick something that sounds appropriate. Patents are not manufacturers information sheets; it is not expected that the general public has to search among patent applications to find the dosage of aspirin, is it? To treat it the same as prescription medications, all you have to do is give us the information that would be on a manufacturers information sheet. Simple. So give me the time other medication sellers have had. And expect that if the acceptance regulation is too lenient or new knowledge comes to light then it may be withdrawn again. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_withdrawn_drugs Also acknowledge that if the acceptance regulation is too tough a useful product may be denied to sufferers. Should the used of aspirin have been denied till what is known about it today was known? Manufacturer/distributors of prescription medications have the information sheet available when the medication hits the market. MMS is already being marketed, so you’ve already had the time that prescription medications have had. Where is the information sheet? Treat MMS the same as prescription medications, or it’s just snake oil and should never enter the market. By the way, interesting list. What relevance does it have, other than if you expect MMS to make it onto the list? It won’t, because no-one has shown it has a useful therapeutic effect. You’ll find it in the list of poisons instead. If you want MMS to be treated by others the same way they treat prescription medications, then there’s a few simple questions to answer first: “It won’t, because no-one has shown it has a useful therapeutic effect. You’ll find it in the list of poisons instead.” Botox on both lists “What are the contraindications?” Take care with a person whose metabolism is struggling. Not all known yet. May be changed. Like ECT is no longer thought by many to be appropriate for schizophrenia, only depression perhaps. Some believe it is no better than placebo for that, but it is still used. “Botox on both lists” Many things are on both lists. “…and what has that to do with the price of fish in china?” You say you want MMS treated the same as prescription medicines. That means that you have to treat it the same as prescription medicines as well. Prescription medicines have to have an information sheet before they are marketed. So do we. The manufacturer/distributor has to supply both the sheet and the information. Where is it for MMS? What is put on the market without any scientific research, claims it can cure many different diseases, is claimed to have no side effects, has no information sheet, and the knowledge of it is spread only by advertising? Answer: snake oil. Oh… …and MMS. Strike out the “So do we.” I meant to say that the other commenters on the blog, and myself, want MMS treated the same way as prescription medicines. Somehow I managed to put the sentence in the wrong paragraph. Be interesting to know more about the progress of regulation of aspirin. http://www.aspirin-foundation.com/what/timeline.html Bayer’s patent ran out in the 1930s. Stomach trouble was acknowledged before that. The process of drug regulation changes. Do you think it is perfect now? I think the current fiscal considerations make it very difficult for new drugs to come to market. R&D may be just rehashing old, already consented stuff, in new packages for the market. Ken talked about the Marsden Fund. That only administers a small proportion of what the Public Good Science Fund does. PGSF is giving large amounts to people like Tony Conner who is also funded by genetic modification companies. There may be an agenda to support enterprises who are already doing well. And they won’t do well if another strong cat comes on the block. Commercial science is very tough. China has turned against genetically modified food. So the price of genetically modified corn and soy has dropped in USA. China say it will turn to Ukraine for food. Which may be why the Blackwater/Academi/Xe name changer mercenary security firm fighting in Ukraine is used by Monsanto, could be owned by Monsanto say some. Which is why I ask Chris to put a fade on the monetary mask. Traditional breeding is ahead of GMO breeding for adapting to needs. Sometimes a gene is inserted to then mark them for patenting. But is has been at great expense to the public good and great commercial benefit. Humble says he does not have great amounts of money, though others may disagree. Most patenting drug companies have lots of money. Socially motivated people do not always have much money. When companies like Gates/Monsanto donate they may do it with a financial/political agenda and do not actually being about social improvement. Dumping of unwanted soy on poor countries can suffocate local farms and people become poorer. From Humble’s words he feels compelled to spread the word that he thinks MMS can help against malaria. Other drugs against it are losing their effectiveness. If Marsden fund or PGSF won’t touch it and want to stick with para-consistent maths &c then maybe crowd funding might help with a proving or disproving research. If we get the TPPA and strict controls being put on nutritional supplements then I think we would see a reduction in the available range with more profit in fewer hands. “…and what has that to with the price of fish in China.” You are trying to avoid answering questions. Do you want MMS treated the same as prescription medications or not? Is MMS snake oil or not? Stuartg I would not want you in charge of public transport. It would all travel at about 15km/hr and anyone who wanted to get on would have to jump on it while it is still moving. Stuartg: “Don’t worry how things might work. You seem contrary to Chris who is more worried about how they can work than if they do. Chris won’t believe they work unless he or she is able to see how they can. This thread is about homeopathy, too and before we start to talk about that we ought to understand more about water. Oh, good. More evidence that Soundhill has serious reading comprehension problems. Quite some time ago, Soundhill, I made my position very clear. “I’m perfectly okay with not understanding the details of how a particular treatment works. I’m actually okay with nobody fully understanding how it works. But I do expect evidence that it actually works.” https://openparachute.wordpress.com/2014/11/09/standing-up-to-junk-science-in-new-zealand/#comment-64339 Stuart raises a very good example in penicillin, which is precisely why I hold that attitude. History is littered with things we have made use of but only discovered the theoretical basis for later. Of course, ideally we would have evidence that something works AND we would understand why. No-one particularly worries how things work. That can wait till later. They only want to know if things work. Now, about MMS: Why don’t you answer these simple questions? Incidentally, trying to change the subject to homeopathy, despite barely a mention of it in a good 200 comments now, strikes me as a means of trying to evade Stuart’s questions. Again. One school of charlatanism at a time, please. Aspirin worked for about a century, then we found out how it worked. I don’t worry how homeopathy works, because it doesn’t work. If you say homeopathy works, then prove it. Homeopathy has been around for over 200 years. Nobody has yet shown that it works. There is no point in asking how anything works until we know that it does work. If you say you can drive your car to the moon, then prove it by driving your car to the moon. If you say that homeopathy works, then prove that it works. Maybe by curing a cancer, or a gram negative sepsis, or even by re-growing an amputated leg (something that medicine can’t do – yet), by using only homeopathy and nothing else? Now, those questions about MMS: Why don’t you answer these simple questions? Are you going to answer them, or not? How many times have I asked these questions and you haven’t answered any of them? For others apart from soundhill1: About 200 years ago a German by the surname of Hahnemann invented homeopathy. This was a system where he diluted substances in water or alcohol to a level less than one molecule in a volume of water (or alcohol) greater than the known universe. He claimed that this made the substances very powerful in their effects. Since medicine mainly used bleeding at the time, medicine was very harmful to patients. By using only water (or alcohol), homeopathy didn’t do much harm to patients. Medicine, by using bleeding, caused a lot of harm to patients, especially during a cholera epidemic. Homeopathy didn’t do any additional harm over the cholera. Since then there have been absolutely no advances in homeopathy. Nobody has ever shown any healing that has occurred by use of homeopathy alone. Medicine, however, has used scientific theory, and advanced more than a little bit in its ability to treat illnesses since those days. That’s why I say homeopathy doesn’t work. Now, soundhill, shut up about homeopathy and answer my questions. @Chris Banks: “claims of 100% cure rates (in a single day, no less) for a diverse range of completely unrelated conditions are, well, quite literally unbelievable.” “I’m perfectly okay with not understanding the details of how a particular treatment works. I’m actually okay with nobody fully understanding how it works. But I do expect evidence that it actually works.” But if it treated several conditions that appeared unrelated to you? “Depression isn’t the only mental health issue that may be related to infections and autoimmune condition. Writing last year in the Harvard Health blog, Dr. Jeff Szymanski described how some children with strep throat suddenly develop obsessive-compulsive disorder. It’s one manifestation of pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome. Quick treatment with antibiotics can reverse the problem.” http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/infection-autoimmune-disease-linked-to-depression-201306176397 And I didn’t understand your words: “Rambling on about anti-inflammatories and omega-3 as a means of treating depression / autism (erm, what?)” Soundhill, Soundhill, Soundhill…. You haven’t produced any evidence that Genesis Church has cured 100% of the patients they’ve claimed to have treated with MMS for ebola, cancer, malaria, etcetera. Heck, you haven’t produced any evidence it’s cured ANYBODY of ANY of these conditions. You don’t really think “The Genesis Church people say so” counts as evidence, do you? That’s the claim, not the evidence. “And I didn’t understand your words:” I see no particular evidence you understand anything I say, Soundhill. Why should a random sentence fragment from a couple of days ago be any different? Chris wrote: “we should certainly have checks and balances to overcome the monetary incentives which may tempt people to somehow game the system” One of the rules of the free market is that it is supposed to be contestable. I maintain that it is gaming the system to put up huge barriers to becoming a competitor. In this case that is barriers to considering whether a treatment works and can enter the system, because there is no proof yet that it works. I have made suggestion about crowd funding to help getting testing done. Then I could claim there is proof that it works for whatever, or could say it works for nothing at all. It may be simpler for ClO2 than for homeopathy, which many people buy, since to be an effective homeopathy practitioner may require an understanding of water greater than the common understanding. I think homeopathy is supposed to have some sort of innoculatory effect. I don’t know if it is to do with the phagocytes. But the patent material I posted about ClO2 says that is supposed to stimulate the phagocytes. I also note: “When bacteria enter some phagocytes, the phagocytes use oxidants and nitric oxide to kill the pathogen” http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phagocyte So maybe ClO2 is being used by the phagocytes for their oxidant needs. Stuartg asked: “What interactions are there with different medications?” http://bioredox.mysite.com/CLOXhtml/CLOXprnt+refs.htm “SOME INCOMPATIBILITIES Acidified sodium chlorite could provide a powerful new opportunity to improve or to restore sensitivity to quinolines by virtue of its oxidative power. However, quinolines contain secondary or tertiary amino groups which react with chlorine dioxide in such a way that both could destroy each other. Some possible strategies to resolve this incompatibility are suggested below. Acidified sodium chlorite could be used as explained above only as a solo therapy. Quinoline administration could be withheld until after the acidified sodium chorite has completed its action. Patients already preloaded with a quinoline could stop this, wait a suitable period of time for this to wash out, then administer the acidified sodium chlorite. The quinoline could remain in use and while the less active sodium chlorite is administered without acid. This should retain plenty of oxidant effectiveness without destroying any quinoline or wasting too much oxidant. Switch from a quinoline to an endoperoxide (such as artemisinin) or to a quinone (such as atovaquone) before using acidified sodium chlorite, as these may be less sensitive toward destruction by chlorine dioxide. Similar problems apply to methylene blue and many other drugs if they have an unoxidized sulfur atom, a phenol group, a secondary amine or a tertiary amine. Such are also very reactive with the chlorine dioxide component. [58a] ” ( On The Mechanisms Of Toxicity Of Chlorine Oxides Against Malarial Parasites – An Overview By Thomas Lee Hesselink, MD Copyright September 6, 2007 The purpose of this article is to propose research. Nothing in this article is intended as medical advice. No claims, promises nor guarantees are made.) Yeah, right. “The purpose of this article is to propose research. No claims, promises nor guarantees are made.” In other words, this is what Hesselink thinks, he’s proposing that someone else does the research (he hasn’t actually done any), and no-one should believe what he says anyway. And this is the BEST information you’ve got on MMS? Actually, I asked more than one question about MMS. I’ve asked them numerous times and you still haven’t answered any of them. For any prescription medication the answers to all of these questions can be found on the information sheet that comes with the medication. These are straightforward, standard questions that are asked of any prescription medication, and answered before the medication reaches the market. Why don’t you have the answers for MMS? After all, it’s already on the market and is being advertised. The way you comment on this blog suggests the answers to those last two questions are “No” and “Yes” respectively. Stuartg, I imagine the NZ government plan for global warming/malaria/drug resistance for NZ is so far non-existent. At some stage profits of selling increasing doses of existing drugs will be a factor and hospitalisation GDP. I find it awful that our world depends on war and disaster for stimulating GDP. Christchurch has been the improving economy in NZ since the quakes. So I am up against a very strong block when I talk about types of preparedness. Hesselink’s article cites over 50 articles in connection with OVERCOMING ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE WITH OXIDATION. Which won’t only apply to malaria. Also to many diseases, (and possibly those which are the result of horizontal gene transfer from antibiotic resistance genes inserted by genetic modification in our food we import, as well as use of antibiotics as growth stimulants in animals we eat.) In total Hesselink has cited getting on for 1000 papers. It would take a long time to count them, let alone read them. Indeed Dr Hesselink is asking for assistance with research. I can see why he needs help. That has to be one of the worst efforts at sounding scientific I have ever seen. He should probably start with a remedial research methodology course, then one on science writing. He could follow that up with experimental methodology… And that might just leave him prepared to conduct the research he says he wants to do. I’m sure his good friend Jim Humble would stump up the money if he asked nicely. As to the “look, a thousand papers” bit, I refer you here: https://sites.google.com/site/mmsdebunked/home/mms-scam “They cite an absolute mountain of articles, which looks impressive, but all this amounts to is the logical fallacy called Proof by Verbosity, or argumentum verbosium. There are so many articles that to sift through them all and refute them would be a mammoth task. The fact that no one has done so is used as a “proof” that the argument is valid when all it really proves is that no one has the time or patience to wade through it all. The fact is, it doesn’t matter how high you stack cow pats, in the end all you’ll have is still a pile of dung. If you look through the cited articles, it really doesn’t take long to see that they are pretty much all about how sodium chlorite is a disinfectant, and how oxygen can kill parasites and viruses etc. Which is all true, however there is NOT one single article which links the two, not one single article actually supports the claim that sodium chlorite has some health benefit in the human body . That “miracle cure” claim is ONLY ever made by Jim Humble and Hesselink.” The mms-scam page is using enotive language and not addressing the phagocyte issue, rather saying ClO2 is only a disinfectant. Yet again, you do not answer my questions about MMS. They are the same questions asked of every prescription medication before marketing. Anyone would think that you either don’t have any answers, meaning MMS is not a medication, or that MMS is just snake oil. Yet again: The lack of answers to these simple questions is merely confirming that MMS is snake oil. And you aren’t using emotive language? Emotive language makes no difference to the conclusions that good science reaches. Good science on that page concludes that MMS is a good disinfectant but has no therapeutic effects otherwise. It’s up to you to prove that MMS is any more than a disinfectant. Oh noes! Emotive language! How dare people describe quacks as, well, quacks? Why can’t we just naively believe whatever we’re told by some random guy who pasted a thousand references into an incoherent document which, according to the disclaimer, is not actually making any claims whatsoever? Seriously, Soundhill. The issue, which you are once again attempting to sidestep, is that no evidence whatsoever has been produced in support of the efficacy of MMS. I mean, if this person, who is supposedly intent on extolling the benefits of MMS to the world, managed to paste in a thousand references without a single one of them providing any such evidence, wouldn’t you think that’s a pretty good indication the evidence doesn’t actually exist? @Chris: “no evidence whatsoever has been produced in support of the efficacy of MMS.” Hesselink’s article is about the mechanism. The idea of oxidants and malaria has been around for a while. The parasite somewhat oxidises a red blood cell it inhabits. If the cell is further oxidised and dies the parasite dies with it. So the parasitise cells will be killed by extra oxidant more readily than non-parasitised cells. As resistance increases and combinations of existing drugs become less effective possible ClO2 could get more attention. Great that Humble found it out and wants to pass it on. I read he asked Bill Gates for help but Gates does not want to develop new stuff. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jm00402a001 “Great that Humble found it out and wants to pass it on.” Not great. He hasn’t passed on any evidence that it works. The only evidence we have is that he’s selling snake oil to make a quick buck. Show us that it isn’t just snake oil. Stuartg if you were the AllBlacks coach the team would lose because no new players would be taken on, because they had not yet proved themselves in an international AllBlack match. A number of anti-malarial drugs works by destroying folic acid. If they are given early in pregnancy the neural tube defects are possible. Supplementing folic acid may stop the anti-malarial drug from working. It may be hard to balance if at all possible. So ClO2 needs to be checked if it has such a side effect. Does it destroy folic acid? “Hesselink’s article is about the mechanism.” Well then, I’ll chalk that up to problem’s with your reading comprehension. We have, after all, been very clear that we want evidence the stuff actually works. Why, given extremely clear statements to this effect, you are wasting our time with claims about the mechanism by which people claim it works (incoherent as those claims are), I haven’t the faintest idea. More efforts at diversion, I suppose. Oh wait, I ‘m sorry, The disclaimer says the document makes no claims. Therefore, it can’t possibly be about the mechanism by which MMS is supposed to work. Difficult to tell what the point of the document is, really, if it’s not making any claims. Perhaps the guy just wanted to spam readers with as many citation as he could as part of a desperate cry for help. Again. All I am asking for MMS is the information sheet that comes with every prescription medicine from the first day a prescription medication hits the market. MMS is on the market. You say it’s a medicine. So give us its information sheet. You say you want MMS treated the same as prescription medications, but your actions in not giving us that information give the lie to that. Without that information, MMS is just snake oil. Now, are you going to give us that information, or by not giving it to us acknowledge that MMS is snake oil? No claims, promises nor guarantees are made.” It’s snake oil. Stuartg: “evidence that it works” here’s some evidence of what may NOT WORK for malaria. “Antiparasitic resistance The prime example for MDR against antiparasitic drugs is malaria. Plasmodium vivax has become chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistant a few decades ago, and as of 2012 artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum has emerged in western Cambodia and western Thailand.” MDR=multidrug resistant. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_drug_resistance And it’s not only about malaria. Behold the desperation as Soundhill tries any tangent he can think of to divert attention from the fact that he can’t find any evidence that MMS works on anything at all. What are NZ’s plans to deal with MDR malaria in immigrants? http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/News/Media-office/Press-releases/2014/WTP056987.htm The basics of medicine safety: 1. Know why you are using a medicine; what therapeutic effect you are expecting. 2. Know the dose to take, how much and how often, in order to get the therapeutic effect you want. 3. Know what illnesses the medicine is likely to make worse. 4. Know what other medications, drugs, foodstuffs the medicine will interact with. 5. Know the problems that have been reported as possible side effects. You know all this. You have made comments about aspirin, warfarin, statins, and other prescription medications that show you have carefully read about all these things on the information sheets. You have even made comments that suggest that you think the information sheet doesn’t go far enough. You would not swallow something if you didn’t know what it did, how much you were taking, when the next lot was to be taken, had no idea whether it would make you worse, no idea of any side effect, or any effects on other substances you were taking. No-one has shown MMS has any therapeutic effects. No-one has given a specific dose, how much or how often. No-one has said what illnesses it must not be used in. No-one has made a list of interactions with medications, recreational drugs, or even foodstuffs. No-one has given a list of side effects. I want MMS to be treated exactly the same a prescription medications. You have said you want the same. I want the basics of medicine safety for MMS made public, just like they are made public for prescription medications. You don’t want that at all, as you have avoided answering those safety questions every single time that I have asked them. What you say is not what you do. The only possible reason I can think of for your behaviour is that you know that MMS is snake oil and that you have some financial interest in selling it. In science this is called a conflict of interest and has to be declared up front. Now, a single question that HAS to be answered if you want anyone to take you seriously: Do you have a conflict of interest over MMS? Yes or no. You said: “What are NZ’s plans to deal with MDR malaria in immigrants?” Try the MoH website. It took me nearly 10 seconds to find what you are after. No need to make any more comments or ask about it further. For the record. I have no conflict of interest. All of the patients with malaria in New Zealand that I have diagnosed, confirmed and then treated with prescription medications have been cleared of the parasite with never a mention of MMS. If you avoid answering the question of whether you have a conflict of interest over MMS, or if you decline to answer the question, then the logical assumption is that you do have a conflict of interest. Malaria UK Year Deaths Ken: “Writing on Sciblogs, Dr Grant Jacobs ” I have checked Grant on Sciblogs and offered on Saturday the following on a June 26article, and he has not approved it so far. From the Seralini study: “Because of recent reviews on GM foods indicating no specific risk of cancer [2,16], but indicating signs of hepatorenal dysfunction within 3 months [1,7], we had no reason to adopt a carcinogenesis protocol using 50 rats per group.” (16 is the Snell review.) The 50 rats per group for the carcinogenesis protocol is a much larger number than required for the toxicology protocol. But I understand that requirement for a greater number is to make sure there is no cancer even at low frequency. So the fact that tumors showed up in the smaller number of rats required for a toxicology test was newsworthy, as well as something that protocol requires to be reported even though it was not part of the experiment. A lot of criticism has been aimed at this paper based on the straw man principle, saying there were too few rats for a cancer test when it was not a cancer test.” What has that to do with me, sound hill? What has the number of deaths from malaria in the UK got to do with a conflict of interest? Or even with you answering questions about the safety of MMS? Ken your article is quoting from sources who do not appear to give space to opposing reason. Another example the Science Media Centre has reported about transgenic mosquitoes to work against malaria. They mention risks of the process but contrast that with human lives saved, but skim over the risks. “Simply considered as a genetic trick, it is ingenious. Shredding the X chromosome of the male will make all of its offspring males. That is because female mosquitoes (like female humans) have two X chromosomes, one from the male parent and the other from the female parent, so without the contribution of the X chromosome from the male parent, only male offspring will result. A completely sterile male mosquito is useless, as it just dies out without affecting the population. But a fully fertile one that breeds exclusively males and pass on the sex-distorter trait would be ideal, as it would indeed wipe out the natural population, provided the trait is stably inherited. It would have been the perfect solution to destroying the natural populations of mosquitoes that transmit malaria; except that the DNA-cutting enzyme is by not means “specific” to “ribosomal gene sequences located exclusively on the mosquito’s X-chromosome” as stated. On the contrary, it cuts at a target sequence in ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes – numerous copies of which are present in all eukaryote genomes – plus other sites as well, and the transgenic mosquitoes have been created using a jumping gene (transposon) vector that promiscuously invades all genomes. It is the female mosquitoes that bite people and transmit disease; so any transgenic female mosquitoes among the offspring would inject GM DNA containing the vector and I-PpoI transgene for horizontal transfer into people’s cells to shred their genomes. ” http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Beware_the_New_Breakthrough_Transgenic_Mosquitoes.php Again sound hill, what has this to do with me? You are blatantly trolling my article here. If you cannot get comments on ancient articles in someone else’s blog you should either accept that as logical or take it up with the blogger. If you respond to this with another blatant trolling which has nothing to do with this blog I will put you in moderation. This is not an agony aunt column. Stuartg my conflict of interest is with corporatocracy which controls media. Ken has been talking about MH17 and may understand. Stuartg you are suggesting I have a conflict of interest when I ask for investigation of MMS. That technique of accusation is very prominent in the Ukraine conflict with USA allies accusing Russia of things the USA are doing themselves. That sounds very much like you are avoiding the question and do have a conflict of interest. “Stuartg you are suggesting I have a conflict of interest when I ask for investigation of MMS.” To place a medication on the market, the manufacturer/distributor has to make public some basic safety information. If that information is not available, then the manufacturer/distributor should not place it on the market until they can supply it, ie have done the research themselves. Claiming a chemical can cure lots of things, without giving doses, dose intervals, interactions, avoidance criteria and side effects is what snake oil salesmen do. You are doing it for MMS. I have suggested that you have a conflict of interest over MMS and am really interested that you have not denied the conflict of interest and then immediately tried two major changes of subject in an attempt to avoid the question and hide that you have been asked it. Sounds very much like a snake oil salesman to me. Do you have a conflict of interest over MMS, or not? Where is the manufacturer/distributor basic safety information for MMS? No, Stuartg. It’s quite common to point out opposing sources’ possible bias, so as to warn readers against everything else they contribute, and not to give space when others try to point out your similar failings. I am OK with your comments because I know others may be reading this without seeing everything I write: some of my concerns about MMS so far have been included. That it tries to oxidise blood cells you have said and I have acknowledged. I say again those cells harbouring a parasite are already under some oxidative stress and more likely to die, so destroy the parasite. You or Chris have said that explanation was not clear. A number of medical treatments, especially cancer treatments, work by destroying the body’s cells in addition to the cancer and hope for regeneration which does however not always occur. In the MMS case it is hoped a dose will not kill healthy cells, but not certain. The body may warn with vomiting. This has been a learning process for me. “That it tries to oxidise blood cells you have said and I have acknowledged.” No, you said that. What I said was that to get concentrations of MMS in the blood that would kill the intracellular malarial parasite, you need to reach concentrations that also kill human cells. Concentrations of MMS that kill malarial parasites in the petrie dish will also kill human cells in the same petrie dish. Concentrations of MMS in blood that will kill malarial parasites within the human body will also kill cells of the human body. I don’t see the point in killing the malaria if you also kill the human as well. You even acknowledged the problem yourself: “In the MMS case it is hoped a dose will not kill healthy cells, but not certain.” “…hope for regeneration which does however not always occur.” You hope? It’s a bit too late when people start dropping dead. I keep telling you, it’s up to the manufacturer/distributor to provide basic safety information BEFORE anything is marketed. “The body may warn with vomiting.” Or may not… People may just drop dead… …or may not. Where is that basic safety information that you keep avoiding telling us about? Your professed concerns about MMS are a front for something else. If your concerns were real then you would be asking for exactly the same basic safety information that I am. You have no wish that MMS be treated like prescription medications, otherwise you would be asking exactly the same questions that I am. Both Chris and I have said that we don’t want, or even need to know how MMS works. We just need to know that it does work. So far, neither you nor anybody else has shown that MMS works. (Quick examples: that gunpowder worked was known for centuries before people knew how it worked. Not knowing how gunpowder worked didn’t stop people from using it. That boats floated may have been known for millennia before it was worked out why. Not knowing why they floated didn’t stop people from putting out to sea.) (btw, that’s not a change of topic. I could use many medications as examples, but you would only use them to continue to avoid answering questions.) You are trying to sell MMS (using the sense of advertise) without providing indications, contraindications, doses, interactions, or side effects. That is the action of a snake oil salesman. You keep avoiding the question of your own conflict of interest over MMS, just like a snake oil salesman would. Now, do you have that basic safety information or not? Do you have a conflict of interest or not? Failing to answer tells us “No” and “Yes” respectively. Stuartg: “Concentrations of MMS that kill malarial parasites in the petrie dish will also kill human cells in the same petrie dish. Concentrations of MMS in blood that will kill malarial parasites within the human body will also kill cells of the human body.” No, and yes. Yes cells, that is some cells (a fuzzy part of English where you may hope people think all cells in contact with the oxidant, when you say “cells”), of the human body will be killed but more likely the infected ones. The malarial parasites will die if they do not have the blood cell to live in. Al least at certain stages. So it is not necessary to apply enough oxidant that will kill the parasites directly. The infected cells will be killed more easily, being already under stress. And when they are dead the parasites die inside them. That is a mechanism, which you don’t want to know about, but you described a mechanism. Stuartg, I do not have a conflict of interest in the sense that I am trying to sell MMS or promote it so that others may make a financial gain from it. Now please declare that about what you are promoting. What am I promoting? Nothing. You are the one promoting MMS. All I’m doing is asking you to give us the basic safety information behind MMS. I’m asking about the science. You are providing us with junk science. Along the way of you never giving us the basic safety information, you have tried to divert down many other avenues. It’s almost as though you don’t want people to know how, or even if, they can take MMS safely. As a mild diversion, I’ve actually corrected more than a few errors in your knowledge about prescription medications and the function of the human body. Let’s do that again with another correction. Maybe more than one. “Malarial parasites will die if they do not have the blood cell to live in.” (I presume that you mean inside the human body, not inside Anopheles mosquitoes.) Wrong, again. Inside the human, they routinely live in liver cells (hepatocytes) as well. They can transfer between hepatocytes and erythrocytes. One of the worst types of malaria is cerebral malaria, where the malarial parasites are living in brain cells as well. So, malarial parasites definitely don’t die if they are outside the blood cell. “…all cells in contact with the oxidant…” By oxidant, I take it you mean the industrial bleach called MMS. Check out “volume of distribution.” All cells of the body are in contact with the circulatory system. They get their oxygen and nourishment from the blood. If you poisoned someone with MMS, then the blood stream is how it would reach every cell in the body. If cells don’t have a blood supply, they die. (Hint: look up “gangrene”) The theoretical volume of distribution of simple ions such as Cl is such that every cell in the human body would be exposed to equal concentrations on the outside. I say “theoretical” because the practical measurement of the volume of distribution of Cl would be too risky for ethics committees to allow it to happen. It would be as ethical as measuring the same for CN. If you did put MMS into the blood, intracellular malarial parasites would be exposed to a lower concentration of MMS than the erythrocytes or hepatocytes they were inside (hint: it’s called the diffusion gradient). Once the cell died and burst open (killed by MMS) the parasite would then be exposed to the full concentration of MMS in the blood, a strength that had already killed its host cell. This is obviously entirely theoretical because the manufacturer/distributor has never run the test. “Hesselink’s article is about the mechanism (of action of MMS).” And you believe it? Even Hesselink says “Nothing in this article is intended as medical advice. No claims, promises nor guarantees are made.” – or don’t you believe what Hesselink has actually written? As I said. I don’t need to know the mechanism of action of MMS. Nobody needs to know the mechanism of action of MMS. They do need to know if MMS works or not. So far, all of the data says “not.” Now, what is the basic safety information about MMS? The stuff that tells you the dose, dosage interval, contraindications, interactions and side effects? You know, it’s the simple stuff that you insist on knowing about any prescription medication before you take it. Actually, I think I do have a point of interest, although it’s not a conflict. I don’t want to see anyone die of MMS poisoning. @Stuartg wrote including partially quoting me: ““Malarial parasites will die if they do not have the blood cell to live in.” (I presume that you mean inside the human body, not inside Anopheles mosquitoes.) Wrong, again. Inside the human, they routinely live in liver cells (hepatocytes) as well. They can transfer between hepatocytes and erythrocytes. One of the worst types of malaria is cerebral malaria, where the malarial parasites are living in brain cells as well. So, malarial parasites definitely don’t die if they are outside the blood cell.” But I had added an extra sentence: “The malarial parasites will die if they do not have the blood cell to live in. Al least at certain stages.” I am still learning, but I understand those “certain stages” are fundamental. I gave this ref on my post referring to Gates, and maybe you thought it was about him and did not click on it. So I’ll type out the first bit and hope you can click on the rest. Maybe you even have access to this journal and could see the whole 1988 article. I would be interested to know more about it. “Complex adaptations are necessary for the survival of malaria parasites. Not only must plasmodia survive temporarily as as free living organisms (sporozoites or merosoites) but they also must be able to recognise an appropriate host red cell, penetrate and replicate within it. In the intraerythrocytic phase, successful replication of the parasite entails having as little adverse effect upon the red cell as possible. In the event that the host cell is damaged so that it cannot survive the necessary 49-72 h, the parasite is doomed because immature blood-form plasmodia cannot survive.” http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/jm00402a001 First, thanks for acknowledging you were wrong with “Malarial parasites will die if they do not have the blood cell to live in.” Even though you have been wrong with many other things, I think this is the first time you have acknowledged it. Your quote then confirms that the erythrocyte is not “under oxidative stress”, as you have said before, but tells us that its parasite has “as little adverse effect upon the red cell as possible”. It also confirms that the erythrocyte has to be killed before its malarial parasite becomes doomed. Both are directly contradictory to your quotes from Hesselink (who, of course, warned that nothing his article should be believed or was guaranteed.) It’s what happens when you cherry pick. “I would be interested to know more about it.” If this is true then there are many general medicine texts more recent that that 1998 article, any of which will bring you more up to date about malaria. If you are “still learning,” then I always recommend going back to learning the basics. Just trying the University of Google results in the cherry picking of papers that you don’t understand and don’t even know enough of the basics to know that you don’t understand (reference: Dunning-Kruger effect). Nice try on attempting to divert away from MMS though. Now, before someone ingests MMS, where is the basic safety information that they need to know? (Indications, contraindications, dosages, interactions, side effects)? “First, thanks for acknowledging you were wrong with “Malarial parasites will die if they do not have the blood cell to live in.” ” Ever had flesh eating bacteria? It’s very scary, advancing visibly by the hour. The fucithalmic acid treatment, if it works, does not kill the bacteria. It is a similar thing, it gets at the reproductive stage. Trying to divert again? Before someone ingests MMS, where is the basic safety information that they need to know? (Indications, contraindications, dosages, interactions, side effects)? Are you are referring to necrotising fasciitis? Why you mention antibiotic eye drops (fucithalmic acid) for deep seated fascial and skin infections is beyond me. But then I can’t understand why you would want to use MMS without it being tested for effectiveness or safety either. What is the basic safety information for MMS? Stuartg wrote: “First, thanks for acknowledging you were wrong with “Malarial parasites will die if they do not have the blood cell to live in.” ” Once again you have partially quoted me, missing “At least at certain stages.” I could have written, they will DIE OFF if their reproductive habitat is lost. That is they themselves try not to kill the red blood cells their multiplication happens in. But they do weaken those cells, which become easier to kill by oxidation of ClO2, or thereabouts. You’ve already said that you are still learning. Go back to the basics. Go to a textbook. I’ve suggested a textbook of general medicine. Read the chapter on malaria. If you can be bothered, then go and read the references, then their references. Then you will know the basics of malaria. The references you have given so far directly contradict each other. That alone demonstrates that you have not understood the basics. You are cherry picking from Google, but you don’t know enough about the basics to recognise what you don’t know and don’t understand. It’s called the Dunning-Kruger effect. I want to understand about MMS. Show me the basic safety information about MMS that would contradict all the screeds of information I have about it being poisonous industrial bleach. Show me the basics about MMS, whilst you go off and learn the basics about malaria. Stuartg wrote: “Why you mention antibiotic eye drops (fucithalmic acid) for deep seated fascial and skin infections is beyond me.” You are always just trying to get me out and not offer helpful knowledge that you ought to have if you are working in iatrogenics. Sorry I should have said fusidic acid or sodium fusidate which is the active component in Foban as it is in Fucithalmic eye drops. This is a blog. We can only read what you write. You write something. Someone corrects you. You then say “what I meant was…” Someone corrects that. What you are doing is shifting the goalposts. My goalpost has always been the basic safety information behind MMS. By that I mean the stuff that you can read about for any prescription medication by opening the information sheet. You have been kicking in all sorts of directions without coming anywhere near the goalposts. Some of the “kicks” have been pushes, throws or headers. I’ve effectively been saying “yes, nice kick, you can do a bit better – but the goalposts are not in that direction, they are over there.” Now, where is the basic safety information about MMS? Stuartg: “I want to understand about MMS. Show me the basic safety information about MMS that would contradict all the screeds of information I have about it being poisonous industrial bleach.” Do you remember our exchange: “”Botox on both lists” Many things are on both lists.”? I am learning. At the beginning of this I did not know about the sensitive stage of certain malaria parasites. The goalpost did not shift. I gained an understanding of how the toxic ClO2 could work, being dosed so as not to be strong enough to kill red blood cells unless they are already under stress such as from a replicating malaria parasite. A blog is a discussion or informational site on the WWW. A helpful blogger ought to say, “:Don’t you mean?” if they know. The problem is not what you “should” have said, but what you did say. No-one can reply to what you “should” have said unless you said it. You said “fucithalmic acid” not something else. I can only reply to “fucithalmic acid.” I can’t reply to anything else – you could have “meant” to say “State Highway 1,’ or “Betelgeuse,” or indeed anything else at all – but what you did say was “fucithalmic acid.”. Yet again, you are kicking the ball nowhere near the goalposts. You are trying to divert us away from the goalposts. I have pointed out the goalposts many times. Where is the basic safety information about MMS? Of course I do. I refrained from pointing out that MMS isn’t on both lists. It’s only on the list of poisons. Stuartg wrote: “My goalpost has always been the basic safety information behind MMS. By that I mean the stuff that you can read about for any prescription medication by opening the information sheet.” And I have tried to give various analogies, getting on a moving train, playing in an international All Blacks match when you have not yet shown yourself doing that. Information sheets evolve. Wiki says too frequent use of fusidic acid is causing bacteria to become resistant. The MSDS for ClO2 as a treatment needs to evolve. This is a blog about what is junk science, and ought to be able to encompass change. Climate change science is becoming less junked. Big names like Rockefeller are getting out of fossil investments quite recently announced. But you want a static position in which only things already regstered and thaterefore have a medical MSDS may be classed as non-junk science. Even though they vary between countries, as with fusidic acid guidelines. Fusidic acid was reintroduced as other antibiotics lost their potency in an environment of bacterial adaptation. Now it is losing its potency, though it was very good for the fast growing dark-brown-black infection of a paper-cut-like scratch on my finger. “Information sheets evolve.” I’m happy to accept ANY information sheet on MMS, as long as it covers the basic safety information. At the moment the evolution of the safety information needs to get it on to “sheet” form. The information has been evolving in countries in which literacy may not be optimum. There we have the problem that farmers may not be able to read the instructions on pesticides. (That impacts not only their health but the health of countries they export to.) The video format for MSDS and cellphone technology may be a boon in that regard. Maybe someone will write the data from the videos down on a sheet. It may or may not be able to be done satisfactorily. A heavy object dropping from a high tower does not land directly below where it was dropped from. It took science some time to explain it. So you want evidence as well as the info sheet. That is evolving, too. Humble has tried to involve Gates, but Gates only wants stuff already on the USA-literate train. ffs soundhill. You are full of total sit. Put a plug in it. “But you want a static position in which only things already regstered and thaterefore have a medical MSDS may be classed as non-junk science.(sic)” You said that, not me. I agree with the international community about a substance intended to be used as a medication: What illness(es) are we going to use it for? What illness(es) have we to avoid using it? What dose do we give? What interactions have been recorded so far? What side effects have been recorded so far? All of that is basic safety information. That basic safety information is publicly available for every prescription medication before it gets to the market. MMS is listed as a poison. It is sold in containers marked “poison.” The containers have advice about emergency measures to take when someone ingests it, and who to call to get emergency advice and treatment. All of the publicly available information for MMS says, in effect, “do not ingest this substance, it will do you a lot of harm.” MMS can, and does, kill people. You want MMS to be freely available on the market, with no restrictions about who buys it, or what they do with it. So what are you doing to make sure those people are not poisoned by MMS? “You want MMS to be freely available on the market, with no restrictions about who buys it, or what they do with it.” No. Where it has evolved, written instructions, labels may be of little use. This thread is supposed to be about science, but appears to be about conventions. Richard, give me your correction then. “Bill Gates told Jim Humble that he wouldn’t consider looking at sodium chlorite solution until it was tested and approved by the FDA.” http://g2cforum.org/index.php/list/general-discussion/1447-gates-foundation-invests-10-million-in-vaccines-developer soundhill. Final note. I agree with Richard. You don’t learn the basics, so the Dunning-Kruger effect is strong and the science of your arguments weak to non-existent. You keep using junk science to promote MMS, an industrial bleach which is also a listed poison, as a “medicine.” I have asked you tens of times for the basic safety information about MMS. The information I asked for is just the same as is freely available for every prescription medication. You have prevaricated, diverted and done many other things in order not to admit that there is no basic safety information about MMS. You are correct in that the thread has been about junk science. You have supplied a high percentage of the examples of junk science, for which I thank you. The amazing thing is that I do not believe that you have recognised what you have been doing. Now, put a plug in it. Stuartg I am not promoting MMS I am examining the limited logic by which it has been classed as junk science. Looking to the future it may have a place. I have reported examples of where it is used as an adjunct with other medications such as cancer chemotherapy. Wiki says fusidic acid should not be used by itself in some jurisdictions. So is that a problem of the fusidic acid or the jurisdictions or both? Possibly same with chlorite, maybe should not be used by itself.. Hope for a science discussion which looks to the future and not for one which seeks to perpetuate the exisitng. T A Crosbie \| November 28, 2014 at 2:04 pm \| I think I might be joining the Skeptics movement: The Government was considering guidelines to scientists on the difference between speaking about their areas of expertise, and advocacy. A total of 384 New Zealand scientists answered the Association of Scientists’ survey, half of whom work in Crown research institutes, or CRIs. Association president Nicola Gaston said of those who had not felt gagged, many said they had witnessed it happening to others. “There’s an issue around embarrassing the Government, but the funding issue is quite poor so the kinds of commercial funding that come into the CRIs, those contracts are one particular issue. “But there’s also the idea of Government funding being effected by speaking out, saying the wrong things, perhaps having a point of view which is not that of the expert reviewers on a particular funding proposal.” Dr Gaston said most scientists wanted to know what the new ethics code would be before saying whether they were for or against it. I am sure you would enjoy the NZ Skeptics Trev. I understand they have some great discussions on fluoridation. You might enjoy them. @T A Crosbie. Skeptic or not always need to be careful not to cherry pick research. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/26/opinion/the-problem-with-prostate-screening.html?_r=1	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3691
__label__cc	0.724389	0.275611	Robert Blake gets angry: "Nobody tells me I'm a liar" Coming up at 9pm on "Piers Morgan Tonight," Piers Morgan sits down for a heated and exclusive interview with Robert Blake. The former star of “Baretta” and “In Cold Blood” is out with his own memoir detailing the successes and failures of both his acting career and his personal life. Blake was arrested in 2002, almost a year after the murder of his wife Bonny Lee Bakley—a charge for which he was acquitted of in 2005. When Morgan said he wasn’t sure if the actor was telling the truth about the events surrounding her death, Blake and the host had a fiery exchange: “Well, tell me where I'm lying, because if you don't know I'm telling you the truth, then you must have a little scratch in the back of your head about where I'm lying,” Blake shouted. “Tell me where I’m lying.” “I’m not saying you’re lying,” Morgan told him, but was unable to placate the irate entertainer. “You said I might not be telling the truth. What the hell is the difference?” Blake roared back. He eventually calmed down, citing his “thin skin” as the reason for his seemingly hysterical response. “I've never allowed anybody to ask me the questions that you're asking,” Blake told him sullenly. “I allowed you to do that because I trust you. And I would have assumed that you and that guy in your ear would trust me. And if you don't, then we'd better start talking about 'The Little Rascals.'" This snippet of their long conversation is just the tip of the iceberg. For more tune into "Piers Morgan Tonight" at 9:00 p.m. "Never realised, even though I've watched the video many times. Whether it was Jimmy Tarbuck, Cliff Richards, or Susan Boyle. I wasn't until I borrowed the book "Dreams can come true' that I watched the 'Susan Boyle' video again. And there you were! I also watched the ITV profile you MS'd of Susan! I guess dreams also started for you at that time?" Schmidthead Piers was extremely inappropriate with his treatment of Robert Blake. His questioning was mean, dispassionate, unyielding, and utterly cruel to another human being. Viewers, I think, wanted to know about his life, his book, his struggles, his overcoming of a tragedy. Let us treat each other with mercy, decency and gentleness on this journey of life. The inhumaness of Piers was upsetting to me. Because of his considerable unkindness and lack of goodwill to a fellow person, I will not be watching Piers in future. I agree with some of your comments. If it was agreed the interview would be about topics in Mr. Blakes book, then Piers violated that agreement. I was irate about Piers kind of suggesting Blake was guilty of killing his wife because the cicil suit was won. The justice system for crimes he was found not guilty. A civil suit is about money. From the several times I have served on civil suit juries, it seems whoever has money should be punished. I believe Mr. Blake handeled himself well. He may be excentric but in my opinion is totally sane. He has passion and has been through a lot of emotional situations in his life. I hope he gets his wish to star in the best movie he has ever made. Piers had the perfect opportunity to showcase what Post Traumatic Stress is like when someone like Blake is exposed and destroyed by a predator that systematically stalks their prey. September 8, 2012 at 12:58 pm \| Report abuse \| I agree with you. Mr Blake bared his soul, and he does not deserve to be disrespected like that. I doubt that he ever saw it coming, he trusted Pier. What a jerk that guy is. September 16, 2012 at 11:18 am \| Report abuse \| Yeah, Pierce Morgans inhumaneness was nearly as bad as Blakes murder of his wife. I dont blame you for no longer viewing him. Maybe you can kick back with a tall boy and catch a viddy of the lil rascals...? September 30, 2012 at 7:23 am \| Report abuse \| margerry bakley Hhehehehehheehe Snort ROTFLMAO hehehehee !!! You go girl!!! I like you guts and spunk! Bottom line, Pierce is rude and one sided!! The understanding of the word "mercy" ... he must use it for himself only! It isn't for him to "judge" another. Can you imagine the skeltons in his closet? I appreciate your boldness!! Just a couple of reminders for everyone who's ACTUALLY interested in THE TRUTH ( because you won't get it from any of the Bakley's, that's for sure – too much of Blake's money on the line ) http://www.kyleesplin.com/jllsb/JLLSBDIR/pages/67page.htm http://www.bakleymurder.com/part1.html Seriously, cover up that wrinkled skin suit. Seriously, how old are you,...before you know it you'll be in a "wrinkled skin suit" ...Time doesn't stop for anyone... strange comment, since Piers' face looks like a crumpled up napkin. Oh my God..Robert Blake is a nut case...I thought he and Morgan were going to pummel each other... Watch out Piers, he already had someone else murdered. Oh, did I say that aloud? October 5, 2012 at 7:31 pm \| Report abuse \| Reply Robert Blake asked Piers the question first. "Do you think I am lying?" It was a loaded, manipulative question that suddenly put the onus on Piers. Robert Blake made a power grab and maintained it from there on. How else could Piers answer but to say, "I don't know, are you?" To me Robert Blake is a scary person. Growing up I had to be around a person like him. A master manipulator who played games with people. To my way of thinking, Blake seeded the conversation with snares to grab and maintain the power position. I would never want to talk to this man, much less be sitting in a chair across from him. Or ever have him angry at me. Unless you have been around people like that you may not notice the subtle points. He was too cold and fast to lash out in a controlled way. He was telling Piers who was in control. The look on Piers face tells it all. I hate that nasty pink shirt he's wearing. It's just awful. Wait, that's not a shirt! AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! Seems like he is suffering from some mental illness. if you are talking about Pus Morgan, i would agree. he has a grandiose complex, and lives in a delusional world where he thinks anything he says is actually relevant, while exhibiting antisocial behavior to everyone he interviews. no wonder he is the most hated man on television (bill o'reilly has softened in recent years). congrats Morgan you are worse than Oreilly now. its no wonder all the viewers are leaving cnn, and turning to msnbc instead. Piers is a fair interviewer – his accent makes him look pompous..he can't help that. Do i think he is as good as Larry King – different styles..do i think he was a good replacement for Larry no..but i still like him and think he is a good man. When robert Blake did not want to talk about a crime he was acxquitted of and wanted to talk about the positive part of his life that idiot Piers Morgan kept going there and to ask someone if they are mentally all there on national tv is just rude. he needs to stay in England. I am not saying Robert Blake is perfect but it was Piers Morgan who was the idiot in that interview. I would have been angry too if I was asked the questions he was asked in the manner they were asked. – LOVED Samm's shots of you and your hubby, Gladys. The connection and joy betewen you and Chris is almost tangible. I adore your big beautiful smile! Sharon W I won't watch the show tonight. Robert Blake has been like this since the murder of his wife. When he had his show which I can't remember the name of it. He was a dectective. Please don't show this as a re-run. Piers has questionable people on and really drills them to his own liking. But "Baretta"; Robert Blake's show acts like a criminal himself as the criminals he delt with on his show. I would give this a faling grae of a show – Blake needs some very serious mental help – to many things going on in his head; and maybe voices. He acts as though he haunted by his wife's deathl, drug, or drink or all that was mentioned. Very sad, and strange. Saw the interview If you were arrested, jailed and pronounced guilty by the police for your spouses murder, even before you were tried, and on top of all that lost everything you ever had including your career and future, you probably would have been a nut case too. He was a nut case before the murder and the police arrest suspects everyday and incarcerate and bail is decided upon the evidence and weight of charge and likelihood ,ways and means of fleeing before a trial can be had. He was suspect on lying in wait which in CA. is a death penalty charge, No bail ! They had plenty of evidence for arrest. He was not found NOT GUILTY, he was acquitted, meaning according to the jury the state did not without a benefit of doubt prove their case. He is just as whacky now as he was then, just older and more bitter. Sometimes getting away with murder eats you from the inside... IMPLOSION ! KUDOS Piers on not backing off ! Margo Lapham Ok Piers, let the guy talk about his book. If it was anyone else you wouldn't doing what your doing. You are being rude to a guest. Let him talk. Your show is getting their money's worth. Robert Blake is a nutcase. He talks to imaginary beings. He's very delusional like so many people. Adults who talk to somebody that isn't there should be admitted to a psych ward. There are no gods. All gods were man-made. In this day and age of science it amazes me that people still believe in imaginary beings. ladylinguistique How did a commentary on Robert Blake's appearance on Piers Morgan's show become a forum on the debate of spiritual being(s)? Way off target, darlin'. Methinks you need some anger management therapy. Gil Gaudia You apparently were not listening very carefully. The reason for the comment on god(s) was that Blake kept claiming that God had saved him from many of his disastrous activities–an arrogant, self-centered and logically ridiculous statement. Mike Berg Susan I have to agree with you And I dis agree with Susan. Science is learning about the physical properties of our surroundings, and their understanding changes every decade with more information reviled as time goes on. So science is fantastic but always in a state of change. Robert on the other hand is someone who has always been in need of mental health help. I can still remember him on Johnny Carson, telling him back then he was a nut case. Damaged goods. Most of us are. I still believe Christian Brando did it....... Piers....you're a fool! Christian was not in California at the time and that was proven and taken off the table. Robert was the only one who wanted her dead and tried to hire half the phone book to do it. when that failed he did it himself ! Margerry, what's the matter honey? You feel all that money slipping away from your fingers? Where were you again during Bonny's funeral? Out of state, like Mr.Brando? Or are you mad because no one's paying to listen to you talk about your dead sister anymore? You fool no one Margerry. But keep the PR game going with all your sockpuppets. Nice to know the family's keeping Bonny's business efforts alive, eh? Canuc Obviously, Pierce Morgan didn't do his homework with regards to having Robert Blake on his program. I thought I was watching the Jerry Springer Show, instead of an intelligent CNN program. I should have went to bed at 9:00pm. hifijohn either piers is very naive or knows about blakes mental problems and is just trying to get some jerry springer like cheap ratings,either way it was a very scarey interview. Cain M If you actually thought that was 'scary', then do yourself a favor and never attempt to drive on a California freeway. You'll be peeing and sobbing within seconds. BTW, are you a man? If so, you need to hand your testicles over to some other poor schmuck who needs a pair. They're obviously useless to you. So sad. Dementia is not nice to see. Piers should have stopped this and not exploited a mentally ill person. Camille Boudon I don't think Robert Blake is angry. He seems very disappointed. Its as if every dream he had is gone. Like he is looking for some form of hope.Some thing to believe in. Its very sad. I agree, i think robert blake married the woman of his child because it was the right thing for him to do. I think he is angry and has every right to be angry. He would not have bothered to marry and woman and then turn around to kill her – we are all so quick to judge – does he need to get the chip off..yes – because in many ways he is living his life in a victims state – i think if he found someone to love and loved him for who he is – he would be the best person in the world. I hope he lands another movie role. He is a fantastic actor – and brilliant – people don't judge him – he got swindled and was treated so maliciously by the news media. SHAME ON HUMAN BEINGS FOR JUDGING OTHERS. He is sensitive and thin skinnned – but it does not make him a murderer..it shows he has compassion and a conscience – is no more different than anyone else – he was trying to move on for writing the book so at least he is trying. AN INNOCENT MAN VILLIFIED BY OTHERS AND THE NEWS MEDIA. GOD BRING ROBERT ALL THE GOODNESS YOU CAN...HE IS A GOOD MAN. HE WOULD NOT HAVE MARRIED BONNIE TO KILL HER. reality_check Do you imagine Blake reading that and appreciating it? You do know he's dyslexic, right? IOW, he doesn't read any of this stuff. He can't. Get a hold of yourself woman. If he saw you in a restaurant and figured out you're not 20 years old, he'd walk right past you without a second glance. PatriciaAdis Kudo's to Pierce, great interview, never lost his cool... tisha Stoliar I met him on The Peace March in 1986 for Global Nuclear Disarmament. During that time he was smart, grounded and kind. Their are things beyond show business and being the center of attention that will calm and bring you back to happiness and a different kind of center. whatonuniverse I have never seen an interview (or trial attorney for that matter) keep his head like Piers Morgan did with that incredibly hostile interview with Robert Blake. Welcome to our shores, Mr. Morgan. We should exercise your restraint. Would you be interested in a stint as a congressional trainer? Give me a break. Morgan is working for CNN to avoid the heat of the Murdoch scandal in the UK, where TV will no longer touch him till that stuff dies down. Think about it. What was Morgan doing before this 'news' show? He was a judge on some stupid reality talent contest? Please. Not exactly Edward R. Murrow here. More like Scooby Doo. Leslie EE IRobert Blake is CRAZY!!!!! He needs to be on meds. OMG! Piers Morgan has become a rude & passive-aggressive interviewer. He scored no points in all of his nagging of Robert Blake on the issue of the death of Bonnie. Mr. Blake on the other hand did score several points when he outed Mr. Morgan for running the interview off the rails for the benefit of the show. Mr. Blake was treated worse than a convicted criminal. Shame on you Piers Morgan are your tatings low. Why would you ask a guest if they are mentally alright. The trial was over years ago he did time and was found not guilty by the Jury System. To revisit this on national tv terrible. Why not use the interview to discuss positive accomplishments. You did your best to make him look his worse. I believe he is an angry older man and you pushed every button you could Shame . They should have hired Anderson Cooper for your job at least he ihas class Piers is a ponpous Brit like his friend Simon Cowell. Ronnie Rush -Sacramento CA You just did an interview with one of the toughest guys on the planet. Like James Cagney and the actor he mention that gave him some great advice when he was young, he admires. I hope Robert Blake gets that wonderful picture he talked about and when a director contacts him, that will be another great moment in Robert's life. Good luck Robertt Blake with that movie and remember just act and let the director direct! ponatos One thing is for sure: Blake may appreciate and work harder than he ever has if he does get an acting gig. He has had a reputation for being very difficult to work with before, but it was over-looked due to his talent. My guess is the years of all these trials and tribulations have probably mellowed him enough that he wouldn't give a director too much trouble, if at all. Most people think great acting is easy. It's not. Talented people make it look easy, effortless, and natural. I think few reasonable people could deny that Mr.Blake has done that time and time again. The list of roles he's played as an actor in his life is very, very long. I hope he does find some really good stories to contribute to bringing to life. And, btw, a really good director takes skill too and they have to create an environment that is comfortable for the actors and tends towards giving them the confidence to do their scenes to their best. I honestly can't imagine, at this point, that Blake would be problematic to work with and I hope he gets every opportunity to do what he does best again: perform. Rod Rego Wow, Robert Blake is the original Charlie Sheen... You are wrong and for many reasons. Let me name a few... 1) Charlie Sheen is the spoiled brat son of a man, Martin, who worked his backside off for his success. Charlie was simply born into it and any of the connections in Hollywood made by it. Robert Blake, on the other hand, come to Hollywood a poverty stricken child in an abusive household and WORKED for what he got. 2) Charlie Sheen can't act his way out of a wet paper bag. Robert Blake has played a variety of characters, every last one of them believable. He won an Emmy in the first six seasons of Baretta ( something never done before nor since ), walked across country for Peace and nuclear disarmament whereas Charlie Sheen walks across the room for a crack pipe; Robert Blake has worked with some of Hollywood's greatest stars and Charlie Sheen lurks around on the D-list. 3) Charlie Sheen does drugs. Robert Blake does not. I don't have time to go on pointing out the many differences here. While on the surface they both seem to be problematic, the fact of the matter is one may actually have solid reasons and influences for their bad behavior and the other has no excuses at all ( Charlie boy ), given he was born into wealth and has never had to work a damn day in his entire life. Feel sorry for both of them, but for the right reasons. Even if you could argue that Blake's troubles were self-inflicted, I still have more sympathy for the product of systematic abuse such as Blake than I do someone like Sheen whose father worked so hard to give little Charlie all he could want, and Charlie stills pukes it away and embarasses his dad. Whatever. The ultimate point is this: stop drawing comparisons between people who are in no way alike simply because you don't want to take the time to write and think intelligently. Disgusted in Atlanta Shame on you, Piers Morgan. I don't write often but I have written a few times about your inability to be a good interviewer or journalist. I agree with several of the comments listed above . . . you just exploited an old man who's been battered and bruised by his life experiences and focused most of your show on the one incident that is still an opened wound. What about the rest of his colorful life? He's always been eccentric and interesting and I would have loved to hear about his acting experiences. Even with your badgering, I found him to be lucid and sane. Ugly show overall and I'm still not thrilled with your performance and still miss Larry! Wish you had more of his amiability and were truly interested in the people's live who you interview. Disgusted in Atl.....good post. Actually, that interview said more about Piers Morgan than Robert Blake. Morgan is shallow when it comes to a difficult interview and didn't do any homework on Blake and the fact that he does suffer damage so you work around that to get worthwhile dialogue. I have never been a fan of Robert Blake, but I truly feel he was blind-sighted by Piers who used a bait and switch tactic to gain higher ratings. I believe Robert Blake agreed to do an interview about his book, but did not expect to be questioned about the murder of his wife. Piers Morgan is usually masterful with his interview strategy, using his quick wit and diplomacy to get answers. Robert Blake was treated unfairly, and although he was angry and profane, he held his ground, articulated what he had to say, and looked Piers straight in the eyes, as he plead his case. To me that spoke volumes. Good for you Robert Blake, I think you slayed the dragon. I have done hundreds of interviews and not one time were the questions posed by the interviewer , the same ones that their producers briefed me on as to what the topic would be on. Mr. Blake has done more interviews than I could ever dream of, so I am sure he knows the routine by now. He likes the victim status,and of course this will help sell his book, had he not been so explosive, it would not spark such an interest. he is a very smart business man and a fantastic actor, so looking you in the eyes is a practice he has used since in his own words..." I have been an actor since I was two " and is more comfy in front of a camera than not. Tsk Tsk Tsk Margerry, doing PR for the family business of taking other people's money, again? Who's going to step up next to speak? Your brother that was in cahoots with Bonny ( or is that Lee Bonny? I guess it depends on which swinger mag one was reading – your sister sure could keep some aliases organized, huh? ) and pretended to be a woman to a rich, Taiwanese man? What did he call himself dear? And since you're so gung ho for morality and all right now, how much of the real estate that Bonny swindled out of old men's wills do you plan on donating to charity? Has Holly abandoned walking in her mother's foot steps? Have you ever considered worrying about clearing your own family's name in regards to swing the money from other people who WORKED FOR IT versus stealing or suing it away from others? BTW, which of Bonny's family members actually attended her funeral in California? Oh, that's right. None of them. I'd suggest you stop lieing, but it's hard to fight the DNA, isn't it? Your sisters is in you, but it was never on Blake. No one said Bonny was an angel,but a murderer she was not. That DNA is in Robert, Delinah, Noah and POOR ROSE has thief and MURDERER in hers. Good thing we are not judgmental and blame others for the acts of their siblings and family members. Diddley Squat is that you ? Elaine couldn't think of something witty , so she put you onto it, tsk tsk tsk go back to your den of rats and hide under your alias. Oh thank-you for the reminder about him stealing her body and having a funeral with all his cohorts without any of her family. We were invited two days before hand , but told we would have to sit next to Blake and let him speak and not say anything, sure we would love to be there so that they can all say its proof that we didn't think he was the murderer. I despise him even more for that show ! The funeral directors sold me out and took cash for Bonny's body ! She was to have been shipped via airplane and I was to accompany her remains, back to New Jersey where I had arrangements made and a crypt ready, Another swift action on Blakes attorney's list. Hurtful and hateful all of it and then to have to still hear and take abuse from strangers ten years later who think they know everything. Clean your own closet before you start on others. Robert is one very angry man, and its doing nothing but eating him up on the inside. He has never let it go what happened to him since he was a child. And even now since he has grown up. He blames everyone for his bad life, and all the things that has happened to him. He lost it all in the civil suit. And now being broke he is even more angry. And wants revenge. I remember him since his TV days and he was great. Robert believes that going back on TV will make people love him again. That is were he found it. but TV will not bring him love. he needs to find that with God, and love him self. This man hates himself. he needs some very serious counseling, fast before he hurts himself or someone else. I thought he was going to Assult Piers. But thank God Piers was very calm with him. No one blames him for his wife death, no one knows what really happened, only God and Robert. the rest of us only know what we read in a newspaper. I pray he gets some help, he needs it. He didn't lose 30 million, he only gave out approx. 10 grand per child one of which is his own. He is not broke , he just hid it and put much of it in his daughters name . even if each attorney received one million(which they did not) he would still have an exuberant amount of money. he took his bankruptcy to the supreme court and was denied again. He is not bankrupt nor broke. kirkagain He said NOTHING about wanting revenge. You just pulled that rabbit out of a hat. Good way to trick everybody. Now, which Bakley are you, exactly? Wow...what an interview with Robert Blake....I would have been tempted to throw him off the set!!!!!!! You are indeed a professional... I injoyed the interview with Robert Blake. He is/was a great actor. For 79 years old he is sharp, there is no pulling the wool over his eyes. I hope Robert Blakes gets a part in a movie, one that will make him happy and shine. Good Luck Robert. It was good to see you... disgusted in Atlanta 2 I agree with others. Piers Morgan's interview with Blake was disgusting and exploitative. Morgan may have kept his cool, but he was quite malevolent in a benevolent way, which for me equals abusive. I'm proud of Blake for standing up for himself in the face of Morgan's badgering and insensitive questions. Good for Blake! Old doesn't equal mentally ill and shame on folks for beating him down with this label. We are all aging and one day we may not be as completely lucid as we want to be. In the U.S. we are such jerks when it comes to age. I think Blake had good cause to be angry and defensive. Morgan, on the other hand, came off as a real jerk and to support Blake I won't continue to waste my time with his show again. He's been getting on my nerves anyway – a terrible interviewer and very unconscious of his own issues! If people think this Blake interview makes him seem colorful or defensive, they ought to see some of his appearances on Johnny Carson. With Charlie Potatos here, he's pretty mild actually. And Carson was all class btw. He knew Robert well and understood how seriously abused Blake had been for so many years and how hard he had to fight on his own to get his career back when the studios didn't want him anymore because he was a teenager, and not a kid. Blake EARNED every penny he ever made with hard work, to the point that work nearly broke him down too much physically. Blake knows more than anyone how much stardom cost him. He didn't go out killing people then and he didn't kill Bonny later. In fact, Blake abandoned stardom for 8 years to try to keep his head together for his kids and keep it together for himself. He marched cross country by foot, something few 'stars' today would do without an entourage wiping the sweat off their foreheads every step of the way, for peace and nuclear disarmament. Blake has never been apologetic for his integrity and never will be. The prosecution had the flimisiest of cases against him and the cops DID try to railroad him. Don't forget the lead investigator, who is responsible for putting evidence to the DA, was dragging around an author to CRIME SCENES and polluting them and ALSO telling people the writer was a cop!! That is wildly illegal. Of course Blake gets angry. Of course he gets upset. Piers is a low life and he did NOT do his research on a terribly awful time for a lot of people. He just tossed out there that maybe Blake's a liar and maybe Blake's not sane and maybe this and maybe that and then tried to rationalize it by saying,"...I've only met you for 20 minutes." Uh, duhh Charlie Potatos. You JUST met him but you were questioning him as if you had the authority of a court, the background of a lawyer, and the training of a psychiatrist. Why couldn't you also pretend to be a good host to your guest? Piers....well it was an interesting interview but for all the wrong reasons. Too bad it could have been for all the right reasons. Piers, try too stay above the rest of the media...you are better than this. Could you Invite him back and give us the interview that could be riveting for all the right reasons. J Gamaldo I did not see entire interview, but what I saw was sad. This is a person who seems to have nothing but films to define himself. I would find it very hard to deal with that huge ego (sleeveless shirt) . Very sad Of course someone will get offended if they were disrespected in the way that Robert Blake was tonight on the Peirs Morgan show. The problem with the media today is they don't have any respect for the great stars from the past. Stars used to be respected in the media, you don't even see any of the entertainers from decades ago like I used to when I was a kid. It's the media that drags American culture through the mud by exploiting and sensationalizing people's lives instead of respecting them for their talents and years of hard work! Who was disrespectful, abusive, out of control in the interview? Blake 100 to 1......He will be remembered this way,sad. Pierce was the first to be disrespectful by asking him if he was sane. If someone asked you that in an interview I guess you'll flip out, but notice that Blake kept his cool at the time. Not until he began to make it seem as if he was lying about his wife. Wow!! Pierce I think you did a GREAT job with that Nut Case. I hope someone steps up and offers him some free psychological treatment since he says he is broke. He obviously does not have the money to pay for it. Sounds like he is not far from hurting someone or himself in a fit of rage. Way to go, Pierce....your expertise showed through. That was a very, very tough interview for anyone to manage. I felt for you! he had a psychiatrist for more than twenty years, until he felt like he had been ripped off because he was still angry and stalked the guy with intentions of killing him, but backed out of it last minute. His own story. He also stalked an ex-girlfriends father with gun in hand and was about to pull the trigger , but didn't , his own story. he was younger, but the desire to kill has been in him for many years, he found the right victim and knew he'd get away with it. His own words to Bonny " I'm Robert Blake ..I'm going to kill you and I will get away with it !". Unimpressed Margerry? Is that you? Guilty is as guilty does ! Great composer Mr. Morgan. P Cash Robert Blake talked alot about God. But then he would used God's name in vain. They were bleeping out some of his language but did not bleep it when he did use God's name in vain. Well my GOD does not have a last name. HE'S JUST GOD!!! I'm not about what he or Piers said it's about the language that the network allowed. Anyone , who truly loves the Lord.... would NOT take his name in vain... not to mention the other foul language. I think he is self absorbed and just talks of the Lord, because he thinks it makes him more credible, when anyone who knows of the Lord would know that he does not know him. You'll be surprised to know that God does not think like you. That makes no sense ? No one said God thinks like me. I said anyone who loves God would not use his Holy name in vain . ROFLMAO!!!! YOU talking about 'the Lawd' Margerry just takes the cake. Funniest comment I've seen you make here yet. BAHHHH HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA A Bakley talking God. That's too rich! Oh. Wait. Not anymore. Or, is it 'not yet'? Still haven't gotten the money from that 'civili trial for justice' huh sweetie? You mean the FBI couldn't find the heart to leave a few credit cards behind for you guys to use until, you know, you found someone new to sue? Some other tabloid to buy your stories? Just not selling like they used to, are they? Oh well. There's always WORK. Try it, you may like it. STEVE, ONLY Bonny's FOUR kids were involved in a lawsuit and as for an estate... Attorney's got 95% of it. You want to pick on me, knock yourself out. I know the truth and will freely speak my mind. Despite twirps like you that accuse and berate behind an alias. Defending my sister because she did not deserve to be shot twice in the head by her husband after dinner. There is a thing called divorce court and custody hearings. Thats the right way. Would have been cheaper too. Spew your hatred all you want, it has nothing to do with me or who I am. Kenny Winston Seems like most of the people who saw this show tonight stood up for Robert.But why was the host getting on Robert's case and giving him such a hard time? Rober, same God will bless u again, go man, there is a Shakespear's saying: the one who rubs my wallet has stolen nothing, the one who steals my name has stolen everything. Robert God will help u again since you are a great name. Morgan was more interested in an extended rant than a good interview. Check out Tavis Smiley's interview on PBS, Part 1 and Part 2 (online), with Robert Blake and you will see how an interview should be conducted. Here's a thought...... Role of a life time........Robert Blake stars as ....Charles Manson. Wouldn't take much makeup for that role. Jeepers he's as nuts as Manson is. No, he's not as 'nuts' as Manson. That you don't know the difference doesn't surprise me. Your education may be that of any two bit nincompoop looking to troll. Here's a brief, but might I recommend you look up Manson on Wikipedia and educate yourself? 1) Manson was and is a convicted felon. 2) Manson led a group of wayward teenagers astray as he formed a cult with them 3) Manson tried to burn The Beach Boys ( much like many stalkers who pursue a chance to get near celebrities...ask Margerry Bakley about that one ) 4) Manson never made a living as a professional actor, writer, director and he never won awards for doing so 5) Manson, in fact, is nothing like Blake. So get over the hyperbole and inane comparisons and get back on the reality train with the rest of us or, maybe, you ought to be questioning your own sanity instead of Blakes. PCGeezer @Robert Blake....what a pathetic little angry man you are. he is innocent and Piers was bullying him. he is frustrated for what they did to him everybody abused him, took his money, but he is as great as he was. I feel that Robert Blake is completely innocent & did not murder his wife. He is another victim of LAPD & the corruption in Hollywood & the court system there. Blake's gun did not match the murder weapon & as he said he could easily have murdered her some other way. LAPD, coroner's office & the courts need a federal investigation. Where's_Larry? Indeed. In fact, why didn't Piers mention how detective Ito, the lead investigator on the case, boggled and polluted so much evidence at the crime scene and after? Why didn't he ask Blake how he felt knowing the Bakley family had a civil trial and attorney going BEFORE the decision of the criminal trial was ever made? How about how Robert feels that Ito was dragging an author who was going to write ITO a book, to crime scenes and introducing the author to witnesses as his partner ( as a cop )? And why hasn't been arressted for THAT crime, because that is certainly a crime for a police officer to appoint an author as an officer of the law. He didn't have the authority. So he was lieing about it. Why? Because he wanted a book deal, just as Blake said and just as Gerald proved in court. Ito's own testimony made him out as a foolish person who abused his legal authority as a cop. And by the way, the prosecutor going against Blake had a 100% win streak in her trials. That she lost where Blake is concerned had everything to do with the LACK of evidence against Robert Blake. That is because he was and is NOT GUILTY. Get over it Margerry. Just keep scrabbling for Blake's money vis a vis the civil trial you and your family had designed well before the verdict came in on Robert. THAT'S how much you all actually 'care' about supposed justice. Give me a break! Under the law in CA. you have only one year to file a civil suit from the time the event took place. Robert was already arrested and in jail with his bodyguard Earle. It always sounds good to say you only want money, but the lawyers are the only winners and Bonny's four kids were only one's involved in a lawsuit. One kid is Blakes the other three have a last name of Gawron..Its not a Bakley family anything. It was also not ITO who just assigned a writer, it was Chief Parker and it was not the first time the guy went along for the ride , it just so happened Blake chose to murder Bonny on at a time when the writer was assigned to that unit to write his book. And Shelley "THROW" the case for cash is no where to be found... maybe enjoying Blakes money , eh ? The original Prosecutor Judge Dohi was removed last minute ans Shelley took the dive and Dohi became a Judge. AAHHHH Hollywood justice. peace brother . he is very strong man even though lawyers took his money. he is still amazing, had an amazing life. none deserves to die like Bonny but he would be able to get divorce and give her money, rather than being ripped like this. he is a real man. he is still man enough to come and talk about it even though it was supposed to be about his life not hers. u also abused him. u don't have respect for urself, but he did still went on with interview. Piers you looked BAD tonight with Robert Blake. Sadly you don't have empathy for the man's life and times. Wrongly you kept bringing up a subject that he asked you to keep off limits. You were rude, obviously full of animosity towards the man, and kept forgetting that he was acquitted of the crime. You did not do your homework and you should have in fact did what Robert Blake said: discovered why someone would remain under arrest for four years only to be acquitted. A better question perhaps should have been, where was the compensation for holding a person who ends up innocent. You clearly DID have an agenda and there was no kindness, gentleness, mercy. I lost all respect for you and you looked pretty freaked out yourself, likely because you knew yourself you were way off base. I hope Robert finds that movie and thrills us all once again. joy winter You are so right! Pierce made a huge mistake...and Robert handled himself very well. Piers you are awesome! Keep up the outstanding interviews. Love your show and your style. You showed Blake for what he is...an angry, bitter little ol' man who feels the world and everyone in it owes him something. he was an innocent man being abused by a wrong woman. he is a book. he needs to show how a rotten friend can destroy your life. i have seen wrong friend can take u down like Robert and good friend can take you up like an elevator. Piers jounalism has some manner. u have none. I hope Piers has the courage to have Robert Blake on again! Important life lesson, if you hang out with losers, they will take you down. Tragic story of Bonnie's death, and Blake's innocence, torture by authorities and loss of his fortune. What happened to his child? Has he changed the nature of people he now spends time with? Will he do another movie? Good luck to Piers. Are you retarded ? He was banging heroin in is arm and his 1st wife all in front of his 2 kids during Baretta. He is not broke, and enjoys the company of many other old time stars. Smoke and mirrors... the feel sorry for me routine is as old as he is. He was never an innocent man. Blaming the victim is what his high profile attorneys do for a living.He waited 10 years , because people for get the facts. I'm still alive and I know the facts and I will never let anyone for get the truth, especially Mr. Blake !!!!! You are not well margerry bakley and your life must be fully wasted. I feel sorry for you. As for Robert Blake, what a HUGE character, bigger than the world. In the one-hour interview, he has openned up as a true human being, the way God created us, with all vulnerable traits but yet so strong and wise. Robert's relation with God is believable and a good way to learn from in the search of spirituality. We aall re born to undergo our own personal struggle, and Robert Blake comes as a winner to me. I only wish he has time to make a inspirational movie that leaves us his advice for life. Robert Blake, I could marry you! Thank you for reinstilling my trust in the humanity. You my girl have a death wish. Have you no idea what his last two wives went through ? You do not know me, you do not know Blake, you do not know the case... you my friend are a blind fool. But this is still America and you can choose to believe what you want. God bless you. As said, I feel sorry for your loss but I do not believe it has anything to do with Robert Blake. PS To know Him better, I will refer to His book instead, The Little Rascals, and not to what these 100+ comments are telling me. America is so screwed as a nation. Victoria, you can believe the book , but any author will spin things their own way. No one is taking away Roberts accomplishments, he has had numerous. Its what else he has done in his life, not all so wonderful. He is human , just like the rest of us and falls short of Gods Graces , just like the rest of us. Be open minded and at least watch Eric Dubin on Monday nights Piers Morgan. He can give you some of the other half of the story. Thank-you for your kindness in understanding the loss our family has suffered. We were personally involved and remember clear as a bell all the threats and promises before her death, after her death and all during both trials. Look forward to talking with you again after Monday nights show. God Bless. Margerry Not mentioned in this post is that Robert Blake was found GUILTY of intentionally causing the death of Bonny Lee Bakley by a jury in the wrongful death civil suit against him. The verdict was $30 million. As Eric Dubin, the attorney for Bakley's children, said in his closing, "Nobody is a zero, NOBODY. A mother who loves her kids priceless, and there is no dispute Bonny loved these kids and these kids loved Bonny." Well said ! KUDOS to you for seeing through it. You'd know Margerry. After all, your family had the civil trial and an attorney lined up BEFORE the criminal trial was ever over. Or maybe you were hoping everyone had forgotten that, huh? So much for wanting justice honey. If you were interested in Justice, your family would respect the outcome of the criminal justice system and all the elements that make it up and that came to the conclusion, after FOUR YEARS, that Robert Blake is NOT GUILTY. But not good enough for you guys, uh uh. You saw that money of his, just like Bonny did, long, long, long before his trial was ever over. Your family bilks people of money and you all sell interviews to the highest bidders. But no one's bidding anymore, are they? Must burn your butt huh? You're the angry one. and over people you do not know. feels good to let all that tension and anger out on folks you do not know, cheaper than a psychiatrist. keep ranting its obviously helping your low self esteem. I just seen a two pager in the Enquirer... and DELI sold her own kids out !! hahahahaha lets be completely honest we watch televio like we drink alchohol or do drugs or eat ,its become our therapy but what that means is we are indoctrinated with thing we really dont care about ,reporters are intaganist that have no talent except for gossiping robert blake was ill advised to go on this show ,what did he think would happen CNN has become a tablotic demogogal gossip collum that has no intrest in informing but seek to shape our oppinions its up to use to decide to turn it off its not about news it actually reflects us from understand and seeing what is really going on in our country and in the world if you find yourself overly intrested in this or any other interview on CNN you should look into why becayse there is truly something missing in your life . Sheila Hurteau Sad to watch. Robert Blake is a very angry individual. Piers handled himself well as always. But the question was never answered – who did kill Bonnie Blake? yes he did, his silence said it all, he wants to believe his own lies and wants everyone else to believe them too. He shot my sister in the head when no one else would do it, he asked half of the phone book ! He washed off at garden hose at neighbors house... he scoped the site out with Bonny , telling her that was where they were going to build a house. It was under construction.When she asked him why are we looking around here evreyday , he said you'll find out soon enough ! BANG, BANG... she sure did ! YouFoolNoOneMargerry First you talk God Margerry. Then you talk lies. I think we all are well aware of which your family has and always will prefer. How's your brother doing? Mail order business in prison going strong? Gary P Pierce, You and your network should be ashamed to air that last night. Why were you provoking that Madman??? Was it just for ratings. I thought you were a gentleman. Not anymore. You caved to the ratings war. SAD AWWW picking on my little brother..ouch that hurts ! grow up ! Mr.Smith Picking on your little brother? Funny, not, how you don't mention how HE picked on the bank accounts and identies of others. Or, do you not want to talk about the FBI investigation that went on? Is that 'picking on' him Margerry dear? I see. But you certainly don't mind 'picking on' Robert or bringing up his kids, do you? You're entire family's history and credibility with and for Truth is well known and easily found with some simple Google searching. Do you need your memory refreshened about all this again Margerry or are you just hoping to pick at the wounds already inflicted on Blake, the courts, and the public? Go crawl back under your rock or wherever it is you and your ilk come from. Find some new victim to live off of. Go talk to which ever brother you'd like . One is in San Diego and one is in Memphis look em up , tell em off... I don't care and apparently the FBI doesn't either because they both have lives. I am and have been happily married for eight years and do not run around spewing hatred onto people I do not know. Robert was calling me to personally threaten me 10 years a go. I have first hand knowledge. As far as that rock you'd like me to live under...It seems to already be taken, ahhh when your lease up ? You are one bitter Baretta fan..hehehehehee Lets see you can talk crap about me and mine , but lets not bring up the kidnapper who sold her story (she is 47) just to get CPS off her tail because DA DA has gone GA GA on the Piers Morgan show. They put themselves out there my dear. Get a life ! LadyTash Unfortunate interview for Mr.Blake in that Piers Morgan was badgering him, goading him, and deliberately provoking Mr. Blake. It would seem that the terms of agreement prior to the interview were to discuss anything Mr. Blake had written about in his book.Piers, consistent with his history of "yellow journalism" ( bear in mind that he was the editor of notorious British tabloids.) insisted on discussing the murder of Bonnie Lee Blakey. Not just introducing the topic, but in fact perseverating on it. Unscrupulous to persist in a line of questioning that resulted in increasing frustration, and even aggitation of Piers' guest. Mr. Blake obviously had a tragic start to life. To his credit, he became a successful actor, and a very talented one at that. Mr.Blake is a survivor. for that I admire him. Furthermore, I hope he will get many more roles in the comming years. As much for his own enjoyment as for the enjoyment of his fans. Piers, on the other hand should move to Fox News, or Extra where the work would be more consistent with his C.V. CNN seems to have been taken with his British accent, mistaking it for an indication of refinement and class. Or were they convinced by a certain Business mogul , to hire Piers for Larry King's spot ? Good luck Mr. Blake. Well done on standing up for yourself before this "journalist" bully. I so agree with you...I think Robert is very brave and quite the survivor. He's very quick thinking for a man his age, and was under a huge amount of stress during the interview. I have a great deal of empathy for him. His answers and frustrations with Pierce, made it clear that he did not kill Bonnie. I really hope he gets to act in a wonderful movie! Piece needs to learn not to be rude and to respect his guest. Of interest....some of Robert Blake's best moments were on the Johnny Carson show, as well as Richard Pryor. Carson knew how to get the best out of his guests and he never badgered them. Piers Morgan is in dire need of some serious inservice or like you said he should get a job with FoxNews or perhaps a 2d rate tabloid. I hope everyone will check out the PBS interview with Tavis Smiley,parts 1 and 2, with Robert Blake. Piers and his producers are far too busy trying to keep everybody from thinking about his ties to the Murdoch scandal in the UK, which is one of the very reasons he's here working in the states. Linda PC Piers was amazing. How he was able to remain calm and listen to Blake was unbelieveable. Piers never raised his voice. I thought Blake was going to walk off the show, but I guess he really does live to be in the spotlight. What ever happened to Robert Blake's children? Have they abandoned him? His adult daughter had custody of the child he & Bonnie Lee had together. I wanted to know what ever became of that child. Piers was right – this was an interview for the record books. Delinah adopted her and I pray to GOD that nutcase isn't allowed around her. CPS should look into it. Deli was a lot like her daddy, and was more involved with the whole thing than people know... The apple don't roll far from the tree ! She got a good chunk of daddy's money and is sitting as pretty as he is too. He is working for the father of lies not the God he proclaims and then uses his name in vain and other atrocious verbs I hope Rosie is well. We think of her often, but nothing we can do. Ann Dane The interview by Mr.Morgan with Robert Blake was not an interview. Morgan merely baited Blake, who is known to be volatile, so of course it became a senseless rant. If you want to see a real interview with Blake about old Hollywood and his interaction with other actors, watch PBS, Tavis Smiley with Robert Blake, Part 1 and 2. You won't be disappointed.It takes skill to interview people who are damaged but do have a gift of talent. Sorry,Mr.Morgan failed this one. Mr Morgan failed at this interview and several others. Hey Piers Morgan, TMZ is looking for a new journal-ass. Send them your resume. You're as good as any of the kids they have working for them. Well, almost as good. mick mack Posh Royal Pain in the Ass, Piers Morgan, ought to go back to England, Keep your sensationalist, tabloid, culture-destroying version of journalism over there. What a pitiful ending to the last week interview with Robert Blake on the last night show! Eric Dubin's rhetoric about celebrity justice left me speechless. It indorses a total distortion of the American justice System. Does it even exist? Piers' stance re Charlie Potatoes at the very last minute was pathetic and farcial; Robert Blake has indeed seen through him at the very start of the interview. Piers you are pitiful indeed. Would anyone lend me the book? I have a hard time finding it in Canada. I'll right away grasp your rss as I can not in finding your email subscription link or e-newsletter service. Do you have any? Kindly permit me understand in order that I may just subscribe. Thanks. SweetSunshine I wanted to say that I enjoyed the interview and only because I enjoyed Robert. He has this way of telling stories about his life that grabs you and makes you want to hear more. Piers unfortunately was keeping it on a negative low. The guy was acquitted now let's move on. I come from the area where I used to watch the Little Rascals and even Baretta and did not appreciated Piers testing Robert. I would be annoyed too and I tell you I actually like Robert more. I have always been a fan and when he mentioned God...I was like Thank you. Robert is truly an amazing talented actor and it's best to leave the bad behind and the focus should have been ONLY on his book and nothing else...nothing else...... Just because one invokes the name of the LORD, does not mean they actually believe or even know about him,. It means he knows that people want to hear his name and believe that he is righteous , when he was using the LORD'S name in vain there was an obvious contradiction. You like the actor Robert Blake, Not the person he really is. You just do not know the difference. Its hard to separate their characters from themselves, for you and for most actors and actresses. Believe it or not but people are not perfect. I only know that I hate to see people get abused. From what I saw, Piers tactics were uncalled for. To know God means that you understand God is love and God forgives. Lynnette Edic I am very, very sad that this interview even took place. I pray that this man can have peace. Mr. Morgan you are so very out-of-line going out of boundry with this man. This man has been through are hell and he has many great gifts and talented. I hope you formally apologize to Mr. Blake. You missed the boat Mr. Morgan. @bestcakerecipes I am very, very sad that this interview even took place. I pray that this man (Blake) can have peace with this horrible subject. The loss of life is horrible–however, this man has been through hell and he has many, many great gifts and talents. I hope you formally apologize to Mr. Blake. You missed the boat -Mr. Morgan. I mean no disrespect. Lynnette Edic is a con artist moving from scam to scam. Search the web for her mug shots, arrest record and scams. Lynnette Edic will steal everything she can. Rod S. As far as I'm concerned, Piers Morgan is total and complete ass. Good for Robert Blake! Viewed your interview with Robert Blake...How about an interview with William Shatner in the death of his wife?? Do you think the disgust for Robert Blake could have been more obvious on Piers Morgan's face? Who knows if he got away with murder or not, but he came on the show truly believing he could talk about his book and, although his behavior was angry and erratic, I felt that Piers acted badly as well. Honestly I was not watching this interview to rehash the trial of Blake's dead wife, I was watching to listen to Blake talk about his acting career and life in Hollywood. I got so sick of Piers asking about Blake's wife that I started to feel sympathy/pity for Blake. CNN, shame on you for having Blake on the show to exploit a situation. This particular episode is a prime example of the downfall of cable news shows. I think Piers Morgan was brilliant....Morgan was not being disrespectful, he was giving Robert Blake the chance to give his side of the story....since B. Walters turned him down. There is no excuse for the way Blake treated Morgan. I wanted to hear what Blake had to say about his life and the book but his behavior made it impossible to even care what he had to say. Stop hating on Piers Morgan....he did a great job keeping his cool and kept the interview going without disrepecting his guest. I wanted to turn the channel but I kept watching, not because of what Blake was saying...but because of how Morgan was handling himself! After this interview I'm more of a "MORGAN FAN" than a Blake fan. I do wish Blake...peace..love...and success...! I hope he will someday give his side of the story...not to judge him...but because fans do care about what happened to him during those 4 yrs.. I have to say that after watching the interview and if Blake does make another movie (like he wants to) I would not care to see it. Blake you blew it!!!! steve craig I just started watching your show! Now that I see that you let Robert blake get on tv and use Gods name in vain over and over unedited, however any other trashy words you bleeped out.What a show you have!! Wont be watching you any more .What a trashy Interview that was.You should be ashamed!! Is this what CNN promotes. Thank-you very much for that post ! I thought I was the only one who noticed That . Piers has no control over the editing and bleeping , thats pure CNN. He is a seperate show just run on CNN. I hate that , worst than any other swear word ! Steve Craig, Robert Blake has more connectivity with the divine than all of your neighbourhood together. Believe me, it is more felt than said. With what has been said and done to this show lately, there is enough evidence to me that Rober Blake was not a murderer. And you know this because ? A. You were a witness...B. you are his best friend forever .C. he says so. D. thats Baretta E. He was such a cute little rascal ! ..F. All of the above Mary Helen OMG! What a fruitloop! I'm sure your ratings skyrocketed with that one. How could you not stop watching even though a few times I wished I could jump into the screen and smack him. That man is seriously delusional. Wow. Good job Piers. Again Robert handled himself well considering he was being insulted and antagonized on National TV. This guy was just blatantly attacked and bullied. Piers could have gotten better results had he been kinder. Lynnette I really wish that Mr. Anthony Robbins could have interviewed Mr. Blake. We would have had a whole different light into the creative side of Mr. Blake and the many wonderful gifts and talents that he has. Pierce Morgan has done this over and over to his guests. He's a terrible interviewer, arrogant and at the same time such a TWIT and has no gravitas or class to speak of. I bet he at least peed his pants when Mr. Blake got upset, lol. He seems to think verbally attacking his interviewees is clever and 'edgy' but he is mistaking rude inconsiderate behavior for intelligent unbiased interviewing like we had with Larry King. We miss you Larry! Could you plese replace that idiotic George the monkey commercial wit any other commercial. It's annoying and it's driving me up the walls. And another thing. Do we need people with English accents in our news business? NO WE DON'T! That was a funny interview, I'm nobody I guess, Blake, you're a liar. Nobody tells me I'me a Liar! Now I bring you to today!!! Teachers strike? Nobody asked the kids, what kind of education they're willing to pay for, only what these Teachers think they some kind of Monopoly!" jimcolyer Robert Blake is an ass. Trevasouraus wrecks Blake was caught confessing indirectly that he killed his wife. I watched him answer a question that only the killer would know. He was asked; "between her death and the time you returned to the restaurant how much time went by? Blake; 5 minutes" His lawyer interrupted and told Blake to stop talking. I can't find the clip anymore and I can't remember the exact wording but it was clear that he knew her time of death and he has always claimed he found her dead. Pretty dang sure he killed her and we don't care about a stupid book. mark Still "Shouted?" You wrote that Blake shouted. You, Kristen Holmes, are not an objective journalist. Which means you are not a journalist. CNN: what the what?? October 8, 2012 at 11:18 pm \| Report abuse \| Reply Yeah, the "Little Rascal" who grew up into a "Big Rascal" and committed first degree murder. Josef Bleaux Hey Blake – YOU'RE A LYING POS. A murdering, lying POS that deserves to be executed. It's amazing how Piers uses the words "why are you being so defensive" with so many that appose his views....maybe if you would see the reality of life and situations you wouldn't have to use this phrase. I loved watching you with Robert Blake, he clearly kicked your but and called you for what you were. Listen and learn Pierce, you might gain ratings if you do! Myself, I watch to see what stupid things you will say!!! He might be an ass but watch how Pierce tightened up when looked in the eye and was confronted. I don't have that much respect for Robert Blake but I have less for Pierce. Pay attention to what he "preaches" and look beyond. He doesn't tell all that's out there. There is always two sides to every story and Pierce is definately bi-partison <sp??. Use a little bit of common sense people and draw your own conclusions!!!! tinhorn why do you go on a show to not answer questions? Anyone innocent would take their innocence, and run with it. Be happy to be free, and would stop telling everyone on the street who can listen that they are indeed innocent. It's the OJ syndrome. How many shows and books will come out with him professing his innocence? The jury is the only one you need to get nervous about questioning your guilt. Anyone famous can just step out of the limelight and be free again by shuttin their damn mouths. willardsmythe I would rather listen to old man Larry than Morgan. With all his money I believe he can fix those nasty yellow snaggly teeth. The old joke about the British having bad teeth is completely true. A lifestyle lift would be ok too. The women who are on tv have to be nipped and tucked and under 30, yet the men can get away with looking like Piers Morgan. Its hard to watch his snide self interview Robert Blake. I dont know if he killed his wife. It looks bad, but who knows? jamessavik You are not Beretta. You are a loser. You are a pathetic, one hit wonder that hasn't troubled the public consciousness for the last 30 years. I don't know how you managed to sleeze your way out of killing your wife. Frankly, I don't care either. Have some dignity, put on a damn shirt and fade away oldtimetvguy I have watched Blake since the 60's on TV in series', on talk shows, in the news and now online. He has always been volatile, combative, confrontational, fixated on being king of the hill and sporting a very short fuse. I am surprised and impressed at the way Blake reigned in his temper before he boiled over and explained himself. He never would have done that ten years ago. As for Piers, he's being a good interviewer, gunning to get the guest to reveal himself, to let himself be known. If this interview had gone as I imagine Morgan had hoped, setting up that question would have given Blake an opportunity to make his case and set the record straight. It didn't go that way and if either one of them had done their homework, they would have better known what to expect of each other and possibly adjusted their approaches. Tamara Alf I have to say that for the last few of hours i have been hooked by the impressive posts on this blog. Keep up the wonderful work. I hope you volunteer to come get the guns in my neck of the woods. Piers larry gossett i thank folks should leave the man alone he has been through enough i respect very much as a actor and a man i wish one day i could meet him but more in likely that will never be because of people he stays to his self and i understand that because this world is getting bad folks don't have the love in there heart for people anymore i remember when you could leave your unlocked and never have to worry about folks coming in your home and if some one stop by even if you didn't really know him or her you would invite if they wanted to set down for supper but it just ain't that way no more i miss the way things use to be were you never met a stranger well Mr. Robert Blake i tip my hat to you in honor i love your talent as a actor and respect you as a man and may God speed go with you and Mr. Morgen may god go with you LARRY GOSSETT you know Mr. Morgan i thank they should watch who they sell guns to have a check up on them before selling them one and far as asult weapons i agree with Willie Nelson on that . Brice Estabillo Divorce causes major issues with health insurance benefits. Many families have employer provided and/or paid for health insurance benefits that cover the entire family. It is not uncommon to see situations where the other spouse is a stay at home parent, with absolutely no access to health insurance benefits, or employed at a job with either no health insurance benefits available or those benefits available at a substantial cost. After a divorce, the spouse with the family health insurance coverage can no longer cover the other parent. They are no longer “family” members who can take advantage of one health insurance policy. How to then ensure that everyone stays insured does become an issue for negotiation and/or divorce litigation."* <http://www.healthmedicinelab.com margerry Shoot them in the head, blame it on someone they knew.our problem immediately goes away. ! Email Robert Blake or slasher up O.J. Simpson (you will have to write) for advice. Poof ....no worrying about health care...you just move on and everyone forgets how the child or children were protected by their father and his family.Make sure you hire your attorney in advance "Harland Braun " highly recommended. Must live in California though , sorry for you other fools ! AHahahahahah ....laughed the Court Jester Look at this hideous website: http://www.bakleymurder.com/ Only a very,very mean/sick/hateful person would attack a dead person's memory. Thank-you for the web page. I cannot believe they're still at it. Only the things money and fame can buy. This person is probably just a fan. star-struck and standing up for the man they seen in the movies by belittling his late wife. I had to deal with this stuff all day long for years right up until last year the latest. This stuff comes up when when people google my name and then I am fed to lions as most people assume that if you read it online or a man with a suit on says it , it is the truth.The part that hurts the most is that no one but myself ever brought to light the many good things Bonny did. It was much to fun to call her names and none of her so called friends and leeches would tell the truth as to all the nice things she did for them only help slander in hopes of being famous or have a star acknowledge them. Shame on the prosecutor Shelly Samuels(now a Judge) for assisting in the slander at trial and took a dive for a promotion. She was a nasty thing right from the start, I knew from the first time I spoke with her what time it was. So many ex LAPD involved in the set-up of Bonny to get murdered that the DA's office was afraid of more bad press as most of the Rampart cops are now private detectives who happened to work for Robert Blake. AHHHH the insider things that people like the starter of that page know nothing of. Well thanks for the post. At least some can look beyond the grand standing. Bonny's sister, Margerry Bakley scroobiusme Oh Margerry, still trailing against the truth of your sisters life? You may not like the facts of our, but then, you were more than a little involved yourself with it weren't you? Uh huh...attacking Blakes older daughter? Classy baby, snark! Blake had NEVER revealed all he could about the disgusting antics of your sister, but you? Even willing to attack him for NOT running your sister down. As for your discomfort with the bakley murder site, no onr is surprised any of you hate truth. It's the only thing any of you avoided like the plague. well that and a days honest work...as for your house crap about how you could see all this coming, THEN WHY IS THAT NO RECORD OF YOU GOING TO THE POLICE BEFORE SISTERS DEATH? None. Nada. Oh sure, you were oh so concerned but why stop the gravy train, right? Where were YOU auntie Margerry when she was pumping your brother and get kids? Concerned but silent? Hmmm.but you sure we're talkative AFTER her death when the media light skinned on you. Talk about apples not falling far from the tree. Your whole family is cut from the same one. I love you know it alls , that just hide behind your false name. You know so much but will not reveal who you are or where you get your knowledge. Blake is worse than anything you can say about Bonny. He is a murderer, she was a sinner but, never murdered anyone. If you'd like to discuss any other things identify yourself, otherwise you are just another slanderous troll. By the way disparaging Deli was not on the menu, just the truth and never have I hurt his family even with my knowledge of their antics of the past. Robert Blake... not only are you a liar...you are a murderer too... i'm sorry you lost your sister to murder margerry...it clearly eats at you if your numerous comments are any indication and it makes sense that losing a family member in a horrific way would...but, sometimes you sound exactly like the man you are railing against, Blake...i hope you can find peace and sorry you feel so many have let you down that knew your sister by not speaking out about how wonderful she was...maybe you should build your own website about it, use all the love you feel for your sister and the need for justice you have in a positive way instead of well...sounding almost exactly like Blake himself does when he talks about his situation...bitterness is a poison and it seems to have eaten at you and Blake equally badly...i'm sure your sister would not want you to be miserable...you mentioned the Lord in your posts...He commands, notice he doesn't 'ask' you to, but commands you to forgive...if you really believe Blake did it, you have to forgive him margerry and go on with your life apart from him best you can or risk becoming too angry, too hateful, and too bitter....i think it's horrible, the whole thing and sorry you feel the police and courts and all who knew her good deeds have let you and bonnie down...but when you attack his daughter Delinah as you have and imply the things you do in your posts, you just sound too much like he does and there's an irony in there i'm sure you don't intend but as i'm just reading some of the above posts it's all really very sad...i don't have an opinion one way or the other about what happened and don't want to join in with everyone else who feels they do, even those basing their ideas on this piers interview, which is silly imo...i do sympathize with you in that if a relative of mine were murdered i would also want the killer tried and convicted...clearly the courts could not convict blake, for whatever reason...conspiracy sounds a little far fetched imo because it implies people as judges or police are willing to risk their careers to conspire...on a high profile case that strikes me as very unlikely due to the additional public scrutiny but...i don't know...you were certainly closer to it all and maybe you should tell your story....if you build a website about it at least you can do it at your own pace when thinking clearly and in honor of your sister's memory...maybe you can talk about all the good things she did and stuff...maybe remembering all that instead of just focusing on where she and you were failed will help you somehow....the whole industry in LA strikes me as probably more seedy than not and so it doesn't interest me for that reason alone, but your sister was drawn to it, that is obvious....it should serve as a warning to more women or kids thinking about trying to get into acting or stuff like that...far, far, far too many women in our 'civilized' society are murdered by the men who supposedly 'love' them...they are raised as objects, act as objects, and then wind up getting treated like objects, and often disposable ones....it's horrible all the terrible messages that are sent to women about themselves, and i suspect your sister was just one of hundreds and thousands of women who think having a famous husband will make them beautiful, loveable, powerful, and rich too...but more often than not they are discarded like paper plates when the superficial male decides she's outlived her usefulness or if she wants to leave him, he decides that only he can decide when and where that will happen...i really hope that if it wasn't blake who killed her, that they find the real killer one day...till then, blake must, imo, be allowed to go on with his life best he can and even more so that you must too since it was you who lost your sister....i'm sure it devestated you terribly and probably still does....but you sound strong and could probably build something good in her memory if you can focus your energies on it, even the angry and erratic ones....i doubt you'lll find any peace for either yourself or margerry chasing down blake's reputation on a message board....no need to skate in the gutter when you can soar with eagles, right?....i hope you can find peace margerry, and happiness again, and spend more time remembering why margerry was special to you rather than why blake isn't....that's all... 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__label__cc	0.740931	0.259069	Robert Zimmerman Jr. to Piers Morgan: "There are people that would want to take the law into their own hands...they will always present a threat to George" On an evening which saw the jury in the George Zimmerman trial find him not guilty in the death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin, Piers Morgan welcomed Robert Zimmerman Jr. for an exclusive, face to face interview. The brother of George Zimmerman, Robert Zimmerman Jr. described his sibling's reaction to the verdict: "He is still processing the reality or notion of being a free man, of having what the judge described as no further business before the court." As much of the nation, and even the world, debated the result of a trial as polarizing and divisive as any in recent memory, Zimmerman Jr. told the "Piers Morgan Live" host that despite hearing the words 'not guilty' at roughly 10:00 p.m. Saturday night, his brother will be looking over his shoulder for the rest of his life: "There are factions, there are groups, there are people that would want to take the law into their own hands as they perceive it, or be vigilante's in some sense," he told Morgan during the live interview. "They think that justice was not served, they won't respect the verdict no matter how it was reached and they will always present a threat to George and his family." Watch the rest of the clip of Morgan's exclusive interview with George Zimmerman's brother, and for the next edition of "Piers Morgan Live," watch CNN Monday night at 9. Mister Peebles Self defense law is tough, but many legal experts – prosecutors and defense attorneys – believe Stand Your Ground and similar case law is problematic. It only benefits the party that walks away, regardless of how the altercation started or for what reason. The benefit of the doubt has cast a long shadow over the tragic death of a teenage boy. dr dean wolf wow!!!!!!!! Pierce got his ass kicked by Robert Zimmerman. I'm sure I could try and impress everyone with grammatical rhetoric but that says about all there is to say PM should be embarrassed SaintSixx Robert Zimmerman jr COMPLETELY owned PM tonight. His snarky British commentary got trodden over. Good work! Go home PM. FACED! Yes, Robert Zimmerman schooled Piers Morgan. What a blowhard Piers is. He is condescending and rude. And tonight, Robert Zimmerman outmatched and outclassed his rhetoric. Way to go Robert. Piers simply nauseates me. He's gross to watch. Please return him to England. US911X PM gots his ass kicked so badly...LOL vbadger PM is a bimbo & needs to be replace. When he interview GZ brother he would ask a question but when he did not get the answer he wanted he would turn it around into another question only "hypothical". He comes off obviously "one sided" no matter who he is interviewing. He doesn't listen to responses words....I will never watch him again. Lolalive PM needs to go to work for The Inquirer.....as well as others that call themselves journalists. None of them have the guts to speak objectively ,they are afraid...why would they not be....when the " the prosecutor in chief" who lives in the white house takes sides they all run.......I do not watch PM show....but when I heard he got his A's kicked I had to.....about time someone stood up to him, none of them have the cojones to say how blacks are racist....I am Mexican I've experienced their true colors ......the day that white man stops been afraid of the blacks that is when the racial divisions are going to stop....PM GO HOME! watch Geraldo Rivera instead.....he is the only one with the cojones to call it as it is....... oh, has anyone seen the "prosecutor in chief" come out to support his people? Good luck to the rest of us! It wasn't a debate, it was an interview. It's not Piers' job to score points and play gotcha. He was trying to elicit the feelings and opinion of Robert Zimmerman AFTER the not guilty verdict. It's not a fencing match. Piers Morgan has shown himself to be in the same class as Bill O'Rielly. They're both opiniated blowhards. Come on CNN! Hire someone with some objectivity and sensitivity. Robert Zimmerman made mincemeat of him and showed how sophisticated a thoughtful commentary can be. dr dean wolf: Thank you. I never watch PM because of this issue. I try not to even let my TV spout his bull. Last night I went fishing, when I got home he was on and I was curious about the trial outcome. Could not of picked a better time. Zimmerman's brother handed PM his A_ _ on a platter. Loved it.... It seems there are a handful of Zimmerman supporters who are bashing Piers Morgan. Piers is an excellent journalist- intelligent, compassionate, and brave enough to speak out and ask tough questions. I am sickened by by comments about PM being a "foreigner." We (Americans) were ALL foreigners a few generations ago- immigrants came here and took land from Native Americans, and that's how America began. Hateful, racist, fear- mongering people fail to realize this. I am thankful for people like Piers Morgan. America is a great country, and so is the United Kingdom...there can be more than one great country in existence on the planet. Again, ignorant, narrow- minded, fear- mongering, racist, ethnocentric people putting negative and hateful comments...they're only displaying their stupidity and hatefulness. lanya678 To those of you celebrating the way Robert Zimmerman handled himself on PM's show...at first I found myself scratching my head wondering if we watched the same interview, and then I realized you were right. Except he actually went further than that. Not only did display himself to be quite the xenophobe to the British raised talk show host (I assume that is what you infer when you claim he got he a-, kicked), but he made a stunning declaration about an unarmed teenage boy having been "responsible for his own demise" which was a giant kick in the aS,, to every minority kid that dares to walk home in the rain with a hoodie, as well as an impassioned F,,,, to the parents that allow them to do such a thing. Yes, he sure kicked a lot of collective a$$$$ last night. Glad some people out there are happy about it. I would love to get Mr. Morgan's response to this; however, I have not been able to find a direct link to send him this. The media has been ultra-responsive on race and crime; however, where is the national coverage of this http://topconservativenews.com/2013/07/cobb-county-man-slaughtered-in-random-racially-motivated-attack/ ? Piers should be ashamed to allow this smug, insensitive brother of G Zimmerman to come on national TV five minutes after the verdict and say such insulting comments about Trayvon... that he didn't know if Trayvon was seeking to grow marijuana or obtain firearms.... these comments should have never been allowed on air, and they are slander...and adding salt to an open wound for the Martin family. We live in a lawless country. We have many, many (too many) laws on paper, but not in effect. As soon as Florida gave it's residents the "stand your ground" law, it essentially handed everyone a gun with the authority to use it. Pitiful. Rest in Peace, Trayvon Martin. Any one of us could join you at any time thanks to State legislators in Florida. I am heartbroken...what a shame! MLRobertson I agree Patty. Unfortunately, it's the unwritten laws we must abolish. Anyone, even Martin, should be free to walk about thier own neighborhood without being stalked and subsequently harmed. I wonder if Zimmerman sympathizers would feel the same if it was thier child that never came home. Ignorant people are an unfortunate part of life like death, debt, and taxes. Forgive me. I pressed the abuse button by accident but I agree with you. Stand Your Ground was not used at all in this case. Stop hounding an innocent man to push a political agenda. Zimmerman waived his Stand Your Ground hearing as a defense strategy. If he failed to convince a judge that he stood his ground, it would be hard for a jury to acquit him when the state went to trial for murder. Instead, his legal team chose to pursue a self defense claim, which is an easier sell if a judge hasn't ruled whether or not Zimmerman stood his ground. The law is still asinine and should be repealed. Stand your ground is a bad idea?? Stand your ground means you have the right to protect yourself. Stand your ground means that you don't have to run away. Attackers should have more rights than those being attacked?!? Stand Your Ground is a bad idea because you can ALREADY claim self defense, which is what Zimmerman did. Stand Your Ground ups the ante on justifiable/self defense homicide. Zimmerman waived his SYG hearing because had a judge ruled against him, it would have been a tough sell to a jury that he was innocent when the state pressed murder charges. SYG is overkill if self defense claims can already serve as grounds for acquittal. In reply to John T: According to the laws of this country a person is NOT innocent until proven guilty. By law a person has the PRESUMPTION of innocence until proven guilty. There is a difference. And a person is never found INNOCENT. They can be found NOT GUILTY. Just as Casey Anthony was found not guilty. It doesn't mean she is innocent. It means the jury decided the prosecution did not prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt. Wake up Amerca Wake up America! This is a sick nation with greedy people running it. http://www.democracynow.org/2013/7/15/after_aiding_zimmermans_case_alec_backed gz was found not guilty of 2nd degree murder or manslauter, it is obvious that he shot tm. i believe the message from the jury is self defense. to post zm's address and encourage people to go forth just shows how behind this country still is. we are presumed innocent of charges until proven guilty which did not happen here. did we forget that this so called child was six feet plus and 200 plus pounds, made racial slurs, was trying to buy weapons according to evidence witheld by the prosecution from his cell phone and there was evidence in the toxicology that he was smoking pot......... this is an unfortunate incident for gz that he was caught in the crosshairs but what if the shooter had been from the same race? would cnn have even televised the case. would this have received all the media attention it got. i don't think so. we need to find out what is wrong with society not point fingers and create more animosity Two sides to a story Stop stop stop with the old addresses. GZ hasn't resided at RTL since the shooting. He was a renter and behind in his rent. His phone numbers changed then as well, when he was able to buy new phone contracts with his blood money. You're either asking for law enforcement to slide up your nose or you're trolling for GZ, trying to stir up shizazz.. And to the person who said Trayvon was 6 feet tall and 200 pounds, stop spreading false info. He was 5-11 and weighed 158 pounds at his death. Get your facts straight before you post. Facts are not subject to opinion. Piers, Why don't you ask tough questions like Why do you think Trayvon walked up and punched George in the face? Why don't you ask if Trayvon wanted to make it to the house could he have. You are a whimp when it comes to tough questions? I understand you can only ask certain things or you will be fired like Rick Sanchez it is amazing how you guys sell your self out nightly just for a paycheck.Why don't you report on all the black kids getting killed in Chicago/Or how about the white guy in Atlanta on July 3rd who was beaten the hell and tossed into traffic by 4 black thugs. Piers Morgan is a joke....used the entire interview to try and validate a repulsive Jentel idiot that only wants a free ride in life. I am sick of you liberal asses slanting the accident as something with malice...get a life...she and your network is a jokethe problem with this country CNN should hire better writers for questions that Piers can ask. Robert Zimmerman was articulate and made Piers look like an idiot. The whole "gun grabber Piers Morgan" thing is just not working. Personally I think CNN should replace him. Im sick of watching him at this point. No one is coming for your guns. Stop reciting the same old trope. I do not own a gun but Pebbles they are coming for our guns and I will continue to repeat the "same old trope" In States like NY, GZ wouldnt of had a gun because many arent allowed to have guns in a concealed way like Fla. allows. The laws Fla may be flawed – it will never be perfect but people are tired and scared of the violent crimes in this Country and want to protect themselves Bottom Line! I'm sorry, but you're reacting with fear and paranoia, forms of emotion. The NRA blames gun control advocates of being emotional and you're acting no differently. Fear = an emotion. Bottom line. Your fear of confiscation is unreasonable. Your fear of needing to fend off 10 home invaders with a semi-auto rifle is unreasonable. The probability of confiscation is remote, and so is the probability of home invasion. To be clear, my definition of home invasion is one or more people coming into your home WHILE you are there, regardless of their intent to steal or be violent. If they enter when you are NOT there, it is burglary or breaking/entering, in which case your life was not at risk. "Your fear of needing to fend off 10 home invaders with a semi-auto rifle is unreasonable." unless you're George Zimmerman to fend off the 10+ rioters that will be coming for him. That's a non sequitur. The average American is NOT George Zimmerman. There is only one George Zimmerman that has to fear any "rioters", and so far NO riots have broken out other than vandals in Oakland. That's thousands of miles from Florida where Zimmerman resides. You're also speculating as justification to shoot people, which is highly irresponsible. FIRE. THIS. CLOWN. Fred Golano You mean fire Piers Morgan? Morgan just need to go back to his tabloids in England. Yes, please. Do fire Robert Zimmerman Jr. May his name be forgotten. I agree. I'm finding Piers to be as offensive as Rush Limbaugh in his never ending efforts to push his own agenda. I'll not watch him again. He's rude and closed minded. From now on I'll be watching MSNBC If CNN is being equated to a toilet, MSNBC is what can be found in a toilet. Psss....CNN. Ratings advice: hire Robert Zimmerman, fire Piers Morgan. USA911X I totally agree with you 101%!!! He is Intelligent, Young and Handsome. Amen Matt, CNN should dump Piers Morgan and replace with Robert Zimmerman. The Robert Zimmerman interview was by far the best I've seen all year. Robert did not take any crap from Piers and kept steering Piers from the racism issue (which there was none) and stayed on track as to the verdict. The interview with Rachel Jeantel today was a joke. I was amazed at how her able to speak improved from two weeks ago. To me her appearance in court was a sham. George was innocent until proven guilty (by our judicial system), the jury found him not guilty, therefore not guilty and innocent are synonymous for those having a hard time understanding this concept. Frediano Is Piers actually working for the NRA, or is the NRA getting him to do all this for free? Yet you keep watching him? I can't comment on Piers because I don't watch him enough to know him or his style. I can say that Robert Zimmerman did not fool me with his polished looks and seemingly intelligent input about the trail. It is incredible how so many take the Zimmerman's acounts of events as the holy gospel. Robert Zimmerman was not at the scene. All he can add is a character witness for his brother. It was disturbing to see George smile and chuckle during some phases of the trail as if he was sure he had no worries. And he and his wife hid funds? No big deal? There was no drug/alcohol screen that fateful night? No big deal? The coroner did not follow prodical and perform the examination on the deceased body in reasonable time? No big deal? I could go on. Now Zimmerman ended a life and got NO PRISON time. Michael Vick took a dog's life and got TWO YEARS. I admire George Zimmerman's brother for so eloquently sticking up to Piers Morgan and his bias , bullying ways. I typically try not to watch him and after watching tonight I was reminded to never watch him again. raul regalado I think we can agree that pierce is one sided..nuff said!..gz brother rocked this foreigners ass!! I wish I could be more articulate....but Piers is an ass...Robert Zimmermon put Piers in his place, which is where he should be. Agreed Tina...Piers is a bully, not an objective reporter....even though he took larry kings spot...he is so far from him...Piers is an unfortunate. Because Piers asks tough questions? Because he challenges someone? Because he rightly has a problem with the epidemic of gun violence in this country? Get your priorities straight. A man walks free and another is 6 feet under, and you're not the least bit concerned with how this might be prevented in the future? Mister Peebles, when did you stop beating your wife? Who was the first black man you called the N word? How are those for tough questions? You like those kinds of questions, huh? They're questions that presume an answer. Those are the kinds of questions Piers asks. They're not "tough" questions. They're leading, manipulative, biased, and bullying questions. They're not designed to get at the truth. They're designed to patronize and they're designed to grovel at the feet of the liberal ignoramus class. I think the death of an unarmed teenager is a problem, especially if the guy that shot him walks. If he is innocent by legal standards, which is what I accept as part of American society, we seriously need to reexamine the law. Piers Morgan is well within his rights to ask any question he wants. There are a significant number of people in this country scratching their heads after this verdict. Your personal gripes with his style do not preclude his choice of interview style. Most intelligent people would agree this was a tough case either way, so it is worthy of debate. On how this might be prevented in the future. Good question. Let me think......ok, I have an idea; Don't sucker-punch someone in the face and try to bash their brains out on the sidewalk? What do you think? It's just crazy enough to work! notafan Robert Zimmerman Jr articulate? Seriously? Do you realize the incredible stupidity of his glib words? "There are people who would like to take the law into their own hands." Yes, his brother is one such person. Exactly. His BROTHER was a freaking vigilante. For him to state that others would target his brother extralegally is about the greatest irony possible. You are so naïve Jessica! That is all I can say... That's all you can say... because you can't explain what I mean? I'm naive about black people? Is that what you mean? Please explain if you're going to call me names. Otherwise your opinion means absolutely nothing. Jessica, obviously my opinion does mean something to you as you did, after all, reply! I do not think that ‘naïve’ is name calling but just a matter of fact! I certainly don’t think that you are naïve about black people! Perhaps you are just indifferent when it comes to white people. I am certainly not comparing black and white as I come from a Country that is united with all races namely South Africa and Nelson Mandela is my hero. ‘Nuff’ said! I apologize if I hurt your feelings. It just gets better and better. Being lectured to by a Boer who spells her name "Cyndi" about race relations and naivety/intelligence is ridiculous. You still haven't answered–I'm naive because you've had bad experiences in your native country? Or you have preconceptions because of your experiences? I am a white woman sympathetic to the plight of a 17 year old who was tracked because of his race. That is NOT naive. Zimmerman was following Travon because It was part of Zimmerman's commitment to the neighborhood watch. Should Zimmerman said, I see something unusual, I think I should go check out the other end of the neighborhood. Travon would be alive if he would have respond by saying, hey I live around here and I am glad to see you working hard to keep the neighborhood safe. Instead Travon CHOSE to break Zimmerman's nose and bashed his head against concrete. Travon is dead because of what Travon did. Zimmerman was clearly told by the authorities NOT to follow him, and he ignored them. That is the quintessence of vigilantism. Trayvon used his OWN right to defend himself: he was bothering no one, Zimmerman started it. I don't get how people like you can honor Zimmerman's right to self defense (with a gun) but not Trayvon's (with his hands). It sounds like you favor Zimmerman for some reason; I wonder what it is. Sure does get better Jessica, and once again it is of my opinion that you have ‘assumed’ that I was born in South Africa! You are so wrong! I might have lived there for a while and do after all know the difference between naivety/intelligence! You obviously do not know the meaning of a “Boer” as it simply means ‘farmer’ and I have never had that occupation.  (Boer –is the Dutch and Afrikaans word for farmer) – also you seem to have proved how naïve you actually are by the spelling of the name Cyndi which most people know is short for Cynthia. I am also White (Caucasian) – I do sympathize with the Marin family. What I was originally referring to was your quote saying- “His BROTHER was a freaking vigilante. For him to state that others would target his brother extralegal is about the greatest irony possible” Isn’t this actually taking place as we speak? (People are demonstrating and trying to take the law into their own hands this is what I would call an “extralegal situation” (where your remedies to right the wrong are not governed by law) but perhaps I am wrong. Please note that I do not want to continue this useless conversation. geoffermann Cyndi: "you have ‘assumed’ that I was born in South Africa". Maybe because that is the impression you gave. You said you "come from...South Africa". I don't know about you, but here when we say we come from someplace, that place is our native land. I have lived in Atlanta and Cleveland, but I come from Buffalo. I don't come from Atlantal or Cleveland. Nonetheless, you made the point that coming from South Africa seemed to be important to you. What difference does it make whether you were born there or not. Your logic is disjointed to say the least. Spot on. As notafan and Jessica point out, it's completely ironic that he's pointing the finger at imagined vigilantes when his brother was just that. Thank you geoffermann for pointing this out, I do understand that my grammar has caused confusion. I should have said I have ‘lived’ in South Africa. It is not that important to me as I have lived in many places. For what it is worth, English is not my mother tongue. Boer is also a common synonym for Afrikaaner, those who worst perpetuated apartheid. You know that, don't be naive! In any case, I apologize if I assumed incorrectly. The irony in his brother's words was what was at issue and it is quite obvious that there is no naivety in pointing that out. Magarietha I'm a boer in the real sense. The word Boer is simply a translation into English from the word Farmer. I have a farm and I am therefore a "boer" in Afrikaans (language of the Afrikaner). Nothing offensive about the word at all. That we ARE being killed off systematically, now THAT's a fact and it's not by old white guys and the deaths are violent in the extreme. Torture is run of the mill and unfortunately we have to live behind iron bars within and without our homes – as for ancestry, it's a muddle. Get rid of Morgnone, send him packing back to the island. Ross. South Africa. He and nancy grace should both be replaced! Both are idiots! Piers Morgan belongs with Roland Martin–in the CNN shameful anchor graveyard. Rick Sanchez too , they dumped that blow hard ...what a know it all. We're is the list now Rick? LoL Piers Morgan should be replaced by Robert Zimmerman Jr. Please don't replace Piers. As a CCW holding NRA member, IMO, he is the perfect spokesperson for the gun grabbers. Couldn't be less effective. Wow! That's calling it like it is......Isn't that just what his brother did, by killing an unarmed child for no reason. Smh That "child" was violent and nearly killed a man using his fist and concrete. I would have used my gun to defend myself. Do you recall seeing a picture of Zman's head injuries? his brain was swollen, a very dangerous thing to have. it kills people!!! I know that because I am a trauma care specialist. Edna Sinclair Lowery If Trayvon felt threaten he had every right to defend himself but didn't Zimmerman a right to take a LIFE! Moron. Killing an unarmed childs for no reason? Mo-ron Charles so Zimmerman should of just lied there and let Trayvon finish him off? I will tell you something I'm originally from the north and thankfully left there many years ago. I now see just how brain washed and trained people like you are. I also see what sitting ducks you are too. So let the criminals have the guns and the law abiding citizens be defenseless. THANK GOD I LEFT THERE. I'm not brainwashed. I initially watched Piers because I simply enjoyed his English accent. But he falls so very short.... Larry, please come back! GZ was accused of profiling. Isn't the expectation of violence by the media, or surprise there is no violence, a type of profiling as well? I'm watching Piers' rerun of the interview with Robert Zimmerman. I'm confident, Piers needs to learn objectivity, and general common sense that comes with being human, Piers only has his own agenda. He's such an ego maniac, all he cares about is his word. He in my mind is an unfortunate. What a little boy he is... I usually enjoy watching Pierce Morgan but it appears to me that Pierce failed to do this homework for this interview. Robert spoke very well and rebutted his personal questions. You can clearly see that Pierce attempted to get controversial but he repeatedly got shot down. Jose Angel Contreras OH!! your so right! Abel!! I enjoy Piers, usually and agree with much of his views, although I think he is a hypocrite cause he supports Murdoch,but on this one, Zimmerman Jr. was right on !!! I was impressed!! Piers is getting slaughtered by Zimmerman. How did this uneducated buffoon get a show? I love the reruns watching Robert Zimmermon just smoke Piers...common...gotta love it...Piers is matched...and, I think, Piers even stutters....love it... RZ was fantastic! He should consider becoming a lawyer. what is his background in terms of education or profession? Does anyone know? I found this interview discusting – Piers was so out to lunch he sould have stade home You should have stade in school Give the pour guy a brake! Teachermeister So this is what it's like to be "invited" to appear on Piers' show? How rude you were tonight Piers. You should be ashamed. What ever happened to being the unbiased host? Robert talked circles around you, was much more articulate than you were, behaved in a calm adult manner (unlike yourself), and handled himself extremely well given what he's been through, whether you agree with him or not. Either your mum didn't teach you your manners, or you just plainly didn't listen!!!!!!! I believe I will be watching Anderson and Erin and going to bed! Mainer Pierce Morgan is a ass! Zimmerman's brother put him in place....where did CNN get this guy??? Pierce was SO totally biased....what happened to objective Journalism? CNN should be embarrased! I was embarrased for you! Zimmeran's brother was so eloquent... Pierce needs to go! CNN totally disappointed be tonight... I love watching Piers lose an argument hahahah .....getting his ass handed to him in his own show. LOL Pierce Morgan is such a loser. George's brother stomped on him tonight in this interview. It was even better than the night he got stomped on by the king of conspiracy Jessy Ventura. Its great how they go to commercial break when Morgan is getting his butt kicked. Morgan is a piece of crap with a crap show on a crap news network. Piers should get a mic in his ear because he looked pretty bad in this interview. I will never watch Piers Morgan on CNN again. He made no sense, and was a disgrace to your program. Congratulations to the Zimmerman family. I am so thankful that justice had prevailed. Robert is an excellent representative of his brother, an inspiration. He didn't take one bit of this dregg interviewer's crap. Piers is a jerk as usual. He was clearly pushing his own opinion by asking loaded questions. It was lousy journalism. Robert Zimmerman held his cool and answered the tough questions very well. I miss Larry King. Anyone know where I can find the entire interview? The link I found only has the interview until 10:42pm. Marco E I dont think they will release the rest of it cus it was getting to bad for poor Piers Robert is well spoken and quick with a smart comeback – take Pierce's job! I and millions would watch and respect you! Piers Morgan is a very disrespectful host. It's becoming unbearble to watch his show. He should go back to tabloids in England. CNN watchers deserve much better! Lsum Before someone carries a gun – think about whether we are really helping society, helping a neighbor or killing them. Did anyone think Angela Corey's giant smile was out of place? Good news! Zimmerman's book should be coming out any day! He will have enough to buy lots more guns! Maybe even live in an all white neighborhood far enough away from 7-11 and anyone buying tea and skittles. Are you sure that is all he went out to buy. Hell, he talked all the time about buying weed and a gun. Oh yeah, maybe he could have been casing places in the neighborhood as well. His school did find a burglary tool and a bag of jewelry on Trayvon. Everybody is trying to portray Trayvon as some sweet little kid. Read the transcript of his text messages a week before the crime and you might get a better picture of what type of kid he was. Fact is, if Trayvon started the altercation, which it seems he did, Zimmerman had every right to shoot if he thought his life was in danger. So please, quit with the "skittles". It is getting old. susan seitz I don't watch this show at all, but I heard that Zimmerman was kicking his butt verbally and tuned in. Where can I watch it again? Susan you might try Hulu. It was a thing of beauty. Piers wasn't prepared to match wits with someone who actually had their wits about them. Zimmerman did make Piers look like a buffoon, but they won"t post the part of the interview where Morgan got schooled. lmao The interview was cut short because when it aired, Robert Zimmerman reported that evidence from Trayvon's phone was not put into discovery and was withheld by the Martin family lawyers and the prosecution, showing that Trayvon was seen on it smoking pot, growing pot, had a gun, and jewelry on his bed, and fighting. So much for Skittles. I'd be very curious to hear more about this. There were also very sordid details of GZ's past that were excluded. No one is perfect here, TM or GZ... the question is was the homicide justifiable. Oh really, what might those be? I think Trayvon glorified violence and the "thug life". He thought he should beat down Zimmerman, because he could. Zimmerman had every right to protect his neighborhood and himself. If GZ wanted to hunt down a black kid, why would he call the police first? I'm so glad you ask... http://m.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2013/05/28/george-zimmermans-relevant-past/ No one is perfect! GZ is no exception. And correct me if I'm wrong but you're saying because he was a rebellious teenage thug (like so many are) he deserved to die? Then since GZ assaulted a police officer he should die too huh? CNN FIRE PIERS MORGAN PLEASE! HE'S JUST VERY DISRESPECTFUL, DEMAGOGUE, BIGOT Am I the only one that sees the irony in this? Robert Zimmerman is afraid people will take the law into their hands, much like his own low-life brother. Dragonsheart You're not alone. I was verbalizing sentiments similar to what you posted at my TV as the words came out of his mouth. I like you, dragonsheart. You're one of the few rational people posting. The jury found that there was reasonable doubt as to whether or not George Zimmerman took "the law into his own hands". George Zimmerman contended that he did not approach Travyon Martin. He argued that Travyon bum-rushed him with a punch to the face and subsequent pummeling of his face with his fists and of his head with the concrete sidewalk. Whether or not you believe that, whether or not that version of events fits nicely into your racist fantasy world, the jury found, after hearing all of the evidence, that there was REASONABLE DOUBT as to whether or not George Zimmerman really did take the law into his own hands. The prosecution, with all of the mighty resources of the state of Florida at its disposal, could not provide enough evidence to convict him of taking the law into his own hands. So Danielle, is a person who is being beaten and whose head is being hammered into the concrete sidewalk, a "low life" because they are genuinely afraid for their own life? Is that person a "low life" because they are terrified if they don't take drastic action immediately, they may be beaten into unconsciousness and death? A "low life"? Really? Would a black man defending himself with a firearm from a white man beating him mercilessly be branded a "low life" by you for using his weapon to defend his life? Al B Agree with Matt and his observations. Unfortunate this case turned into a Race issue early on before GZ was even charged. Unfortunate so many people made up their opinion, one way or another, before the facts of the case were presented in court and to a jury, based on the race of GZ & TM. Watched the interview with PM and RZ and felt Robert Zimmerman was articulate, held his own. Last nights interview between PM and RZ was a little too much tabloid and disappointed PM kept bringing up that TM (a "child" stronger and taller then myself) was off on a lark to buy candy. Think this type of tabloid show should not be acceptable on CNN. I watch CNN for non-biaised news reporting and disappointed with CNN & PM last night. Disappointed that this case turned racial from day one and the media coverage ran with the racial issue to increase ratings. This still doesn't explain why he got out of the car. He was advised not to leave his car. He took the law into his own hands by stepping out of the car and confronting a person who was on their way home. George Zimmerman is an idiot. A low life. He makes me ashamed to be Hispanic. His reasoning defies all logic and I hope that he has his day, in this case, outside of jail. Well it would probably be a good idea if you first understood what the meaning of irony is. Pierce comes off as a bitter man, who lost a debate to man who spoke eloquently about his brother who fought for his life and his freedom. You have no shame Pierce Morgan! You need to go! SHAKAZULUS76 I see a brother trying to defend and protect his brother; unwittingly may have cause a bad situation to get worse base on his on comment. Robert Zimmerman, has just called Trayvon Martin an Assailant who Simply attack his brother for no reason and if that comment wasn’t bad enough he stated that Young Mr. Martin, Trayvon was a typical drug dealing black youth. “He was a kid trying to procure guns and growing Marijuana/Cannabis. What I see out of this comment since Robert Zimmerman says he speak for the who family: Shows me they Stereotype certain people, and that they as a family are racist. This is base on the two son response when they see black people and how they perceived them in their mind. That can only tell me how the parents raised there children and what they thought them about other race and culture. Zimmerman family seem to view certain race very negatively and to always shoot first then ask question later. Problem with that mentality is that; it will be meant with equal force or eye for and eye. GOD BLESS AMERICA AND MAY WE ALL RISE ABOVE ALL ISSUES AND COME TO REALIZE WE ARE ALL BROTHERS AND SISTERS LIVING UNDER THE SAME ROOF, WITH THE SAME PURPOSE. RUBBISH – There was evidence left out of this case that the defense could not use that might make any normal person think twice... GZ will make a lot of money from suing the State of FLA, CNN, and MSNBC for what they did... I caught the original interview and now can't find it either. CNN apparently does not want to address the real issues that Robert has brought up about Trayvon's history. I was really shocked by these statements that this was withheld on purpose. If true, and I assume it is true, it is a really sad commentary on the players involved in this case. Just speak the truth. Annette I believe that the following is the truth – Trayvon did not live in that neighborhood nor did his mother or his dad. Mr. Zimmerman was a homeowner and you can view recent property transfer records and see how property values have diminished, most likely due to the crime that Mr. Zimmerman and other homeowners were trying to eradicate. Trayvon's mother and father were divorced and Trayvon was living in Miami with his mother. He was recently suspended from school for having drugs in his possession as well as break in tools and he was kicked out of his mother's home and put on a bus 200 miles to Sanford. Trayvon's dad was remarried but he was "staying" in the home of another lady in the gated subdivision where Mr. Zimmerman owned a home so Trayvon did not live in that home and had only been a guest there for a few days so he was not walking HOME. His dad's girlfriend was aware of the crime spree in the neighborhood and should have warned him of wandering in and out at night and normally gated subdivisions are not public streets. In fact, the girlfriend and dad were out that night and he didn't even know that his son had died until a couple of days later. All of a sudden, they are grieving (millionaire) parents whose dad left him at age 5 and the mother had kicked him out the week before, according to his text messages. He had drugs in his system and in FL if you are under 18 you need a parent's consent to get a tattoo and he had 2 so which parent approved those? The judge wouldn't allow the messages but he talked about all of the fights he had been in as well as looking for a gun to buy. Where does the blame lie? Not with the non-emergency person who had no authority to order anyone to do anything but what about the 2 parents who should be arrested for neglecting this so called "child". Why weren't they with him that night instead of one being 200 miles away and the other married but being out on the town with his girlfriend? They were quick to to file suit against the homeowners ass, even though they didn't even own a home there. Shame on them!. It is not illegal to carry a licensed gun. bob de Hear,hear, Well said. You can be sure there will not be a civil trial. All of these facts and more, would then come out ,to the embarrassment of the supporters of TM. NJ Mom It appears that you believe Trayvon's personal and family history are relevant. So was George aware of Trayvon's history prior to following him? Or are you implying that George profiled him? If Trayvon had been a model student living with both parents, would that have made a difference? Would Trayvon then be justified for fighting George? How many of us would not fight to defend ourselves if we "perceived" a personal threat? Don't you believe that George had the right to shoot Trayvon because he perceived his life was in danger? Remember to perceive a threat, no act of violence (not even a scratch) is required by Florida law. Although I do NOT believe George intended to shoot anyone that night, I doubt he would have followed Trayvon if he had not been carrying a gun. For anyone to blame Trayvon for this tragedy and turn George into the "victim" (as some are doing on this forum) is absolutely obscene. Both made poor choices that night, starting and ending with George. Having said all of that, I agree that the prosecution could not prove their case. I wish no harm or ill will to George or his family. But can everyone please stop trashing Trayvon? Allowing his parents to heal without trashing their son is the decent thing to do. To NJ Mom – No I do not believe Trayvon’s personal and family history is relevant but the truth will be told whether we like it or not! The media will make sure of this. I also do not put blame on the family for any of this and believe me my intention was not to trash Trayvon’s name in any way and I agree with you that we should allow the Martin family time to heal after this tragedy. I would like to apologize if I offended you! I feel that most people are feeling the pain of the loss of Trayvon and I did not mean to place my own judgment on the Martin family whatsoever To NJ Mom – No I do not believe Trayvon’s personal and family history is relevant but the truth will be told whether we like it or not! The media will make sure of this. I also do not put blame on the family for any of this and believe me my intention was not to trash Trayvon’s name in any way and I agree with you that we should allow the Martin family time to heal after this tragedy. I would like to apologize if I offended you! I feel that most people are feeling the pain of the loss of Trayvon and I did not mean to place my own judgment on the Martin family whatsoever. To NJ Mom: WELL SAID! (standing ovation) GOOD JOB DEFENSE ! ! ! ! George Zimmerman Not Guilty. I am happy to see the justice system works. His brother represented the family very well. Wait until people that don't agree with this verdict find themselves in the same situation. I'm tired of hearing that "Not Guilty" does not mean "Innocent". Because it means that an innocent person was arrested treated like a criminal and should never have been arrested in the first place. Before the trial I believed the media but I watched all of the court testimony. I am sorry that I made a decision without knowing the facts. Now I know the facts. George is and always has been innocent! Good job on your interview with Robert Zimmerman. You asked the tough questions. The facts were there to prosecute George Zimmerman. It just depended upon who the jurors believed. Why were they inclined to believe Mr. Zimmerman when it was proven over and over again that he lied. Why did they chose to see anything good in Mr. Zimmerman when in his interview he indicated he had no remorse and that he would not do anything differently. No remorse for killing a child? That alone indicates he was deranged. The verdict sends the message that the lives of Blacks in general are not valued. You can shoot them, expel them from school, throw them in jail for no crime, take their children away and nothing adverse will happen to you. Our young Black men are not safe. We always knew it but this just perpetuates the message that business continues as normal. Unless you are Black raising a Black male in America, your comments mean nothing because you just don't get it and you never will. NO... the facts were not there to convict GZ as most legal analysts have been saying for over a week now !! Good job Georges brother..PM isnt a voice for justice he is a voice for conflict and de-viding. Most of you need to stop the BS. You simply don't like to hear reality/truth/fact. It's all good if someone is not speaking out against what you believe. Piers has his opinion just like any of you. Whenever someone speaks out about injustice, common sense, or what's clearly right or wrong, that's when you want them hushed, fired, hung, or deported. It's funny when some say justice was served in Zimmermans not guilty verdict, but don't want Piers and others to have their freedom to speak. And actually I feel Piers was holding back on him, Robert Zimmerman clearly came to the interview to be combative and to get some things off his chest. When Piers asked him what if it were his brother who had gotten killed by Treavon, all that "the jury has spoken and the justice system works" nearly went out of the window until he was able to think of a rebuttal. . Good job Piers and to any other host who is a voice to the masses for right, common sense, and justice & equality. Carlos, the problem with Piers is not his opinion or political perspective. However, as far as I know, his show is on CNN, an ostensibly neutral network. It's not on Fox or MSNBC, in which case we'd all know what we were getting ourselves into: a biased partisan operative acting as a propaganda mouthpiece for his master's political worldview. As such, I think that many of us expect Piers to offer a balanced and unprejudiced platform for interviews that should be open and seeking the truth. But that's not what we get with Piers. Instead, we get a blathering ill-informed, and highly prejudiced boor; a prattling British Rush Limbaugh, an unglued English Chris Matthews. That's the problem with Piers Morgan. I thought the guy was real idiot. Several weeks ago he was busy attempting to draw similarities between Martin and two black youths accused of murder in GA. The father and defense conceded those statements were racist. And his comments on black on black crime; comparing the government's inability to bring we would be black suspects to trial as somehow exhibiting biases merely evinced his own racial bias. The prosecution lost because it did not prosecute the case as zealously as it defended its decision to prosecute. But the racial divide was telling and disgusting. Nobody can retrieve a firearm on there backside with another seated atop them. And with the exception of the one defense witness, who admitted as much, nobody can tell the voice on the audio without having heard both zimmerman snd martin's voice. And the persistent claims that cased couldn't be brought because there was no eyewitness was bogus. If memory serves me correct there were no alleged witnesses in the OJ case, in the Drew Peterson case, etc. While we get distracted by this unfortunate incident, and fight with each other, and let our emotions run high, the major problems in the USA are being ignored, Wake up folks, there are no plans to improve education or get people jobs! We are in a downward spiral in the USA, and we have no leadership. We just have endless wars, endless wars, wasting money for 20 years now! This one case is unfortunate, but we are all fiddling around while the USA and many other countries slowly die. And the riots and civil wars of Turkey, Egypt, Syria, etc., will soon in the USA, because we have no leadership that is working to prevent this from happening. what do you mean by our country not having a leadership? Aren't there those who believe OBAMA is a god given leader? HLN has been very pathetic in there lack of bias reporting more so than CNN....Dont you agree?? Horrified ....CNN is still re broadcasting the shaming interview! Word of mouth spreads......shame on u,,,,,,done with CNN.......Pierce needs to go Patricia Castellani I thought mr. Zimmerman was cool , calm , collective Intelligent ....pierce your starting to get annoying I know you have American citizen ship, ( I think ) but you don't think American, your British.., I think...grew up with kings & queens.... You badgered mr. Zimmerman , & you looked foolish.....very disrespectful...he wasn't on trial.... The one thing that upsets with Piers is he takes a side prior to the story. What if Travon had respect for elders Would this had happened? 17 year oldstoday respect no-one and society is more fearful of them than they are of society. Can you please address this angle on American society that may have prevented a tragic situation I guess I'm not the only one who thought the interview was a disgrace. I was very impressed with the way Robert Z handled himself. They should give Morgan's job to him... This guy is sickening. I can't wait until he disappears. For the intellectual geniuses that are having a bromance with Rob Boy, here's his mug shot from his DUI a few years ago. http://mugshots.com/Current-Events/Robert-Zimmerman-Jr.54669219.html sweetiepie, Nice ad hominem attack. What does RZ's DUI have to do with price of tea in China? More specifically, does the question of whether or not RZ was guilty of DUI a few years ago impact the material facts of his brother's case? Does the fact that you were pulled over speeding at some point in your past impact whether or not it is right or wrong that you believe RZ's DUI arrest somehow changes the veracity or logical consistency of RZ's statements tonight on PM's show? How about throwing out another red herring? Maybe the next one will stick. Matt, you're attack on me for posting the facts and your self righteous nonsense leads me to believe you have a dog in this fight i.e. you are a Zimmerman. You'll fade into the nothingness you are. Soon, I hoe. Matt, your attack on me for posting the facts and your self righteous nonsense leads me to believe you have a dog in this fight i.e. you are a Zimmerman. Noneofyour Zimmerman's brother was wrong to say Trayvon only had the right to go home when it was his brother that kept him from ever getting home. I doubt people have been threatening George and his family. Noneofyour, Were you there that night? Is that what happened? Because that's not what the jury determined. The jury determined, in fact, that there was reasonable doubt as to what you claim happened actually happened the way you framed it. And, fyi, George Zimmerman has been threatened. A headline in the June 28 edition of The Washington Times exclaimed, "Twitter Explodes With George Zimmerman Death Threats". A June 8, 2012 story on the Fox News site explained, "Orlando man given George Zimmerman's old cellphone number bombarded with death threats". So, yes you can doubt whether or not George Zimmerman has been threatened but the plain truth is he HAS been threatened. Matt, the bottom line is 6 people decided the verdict. Yes that's our justice system and what makes our country great. However that does not make some of us free. Its okay though Matt because some of us loose touch with reality and common sense when it's not our child or loved one who was innocently walking to the store minding his own business expecting to go back home and live the rest of his life only to be killed by someone "profiling" him to be something he was not. If you can not see the wrong in this matter but want to stand behind "the law" which was clearly flawed in this situation, then it is people like you that I will forever have a problem with. CNN evaluator Is Piers Morgan really as stupid as he is trying to sound? Bringing up skittles and unarmed? Is he flaming us? Ha. The great Morgan out reasoned and out talked by Zimmerman's little brother. I love it. There is no doubt that RZ outspoke PM regarding the verdit of his brother, GZ. He was articulate and certainly demonstrated his intellect when responding to PM's biased questions which were designed to manipulate the public's minds. GZ is not guilty and, yes, innocent of the charges. The individuals that are not innocent are the biased, one-sided, one-minded media. It is not GZ's actions that are inciting potential riots and forcing the race card. It is the irresponsible media. Countless reporters made very preducial statements after the verdict. They are the ones not allowing the races to come together and heal. Their barrage of racial undertones only deepen the divide. Even having the President of the United States stand on a platform and state that TM would be his son, adds fuel to the fire and further divides our races and our country. If the justice department decides to weigh in on this not guilty verdict in an attempt to further GZ's demise, it will be a travesty. I'm actually waiting for our illustrious President's thoughts. Will he further fuel this racial tension, or, will he support our judicial system and the not guilty verdict? Unlike some of you, I do believe that GZ is not guilty of a crime and he IS innocent of the charges. GZ now deserves peace in his life. MidWestMafia He by all means is NOT innocent.... there will be a time when he will be in the same exact pain that trayvon martin was in but worse... but before that he will spend the next weeks months or "possibly" years having flashbacks or nightmares... he best have looked into trayvons eyes after he pulled that trigger... if not that makes him more of a coward... he doesnt need life in prison his life will be like prison... an outcast no one will want anything to do with him. It appears he is already police material. He passed the first step, killing someone and getting away with it... in the legal side of things... but just wait in the name of the father son and holy spirit let the lord strike down upon thee and damned them... unos amigos amenos. Let the countdown begin.... Very strong and bitter words, to say the least! Be careful what you wish on somebody as God is the avenger and not you! I actually feel pity for you as in my opinion I feel that most people (black and white) are feeling the pain of the loss of Trayvon but do not wish to place our own judgment on the Zimmerman family. hermanngerman Your comments should be 'reported as abuse' – It is disgraceful how you use the Lord's name to curse someone you don't even know. Are you actually a Christian? Lest you forget 'yea who is without sin let him cast the fist stone'! You could be a bit more respectful in future by at least using capitol letters when quoting the trinity. You should be ashamed of yourself. M Simon It is impossible to stand your ground if you are laying on it. And Stand Your Gound was never an issue at the trial. T Edwards Wait, so most of the people on this board are saying that GZ killed TM in self defense. Can someone please define the new definition of self defense to me please? GZ followed TM, called 911, and got out of his car to approach TM AFTER the dispatcher advised him not to pursue and stop following him...and you are saying TM had no right to defend himself?? Where were TM's rights? So are you all saying that I have no right to walk down the street at night unarmed and I deserved to be killed if I defend myself if someone has been following me??? T Edwards, one of the scariest things in the world is a person with no common sense or heart. We are Trayvon Martin, we are in danger, our kids, our loved ones. drake mallard am very sad and disappointed. I am concerned about Trayvon's family. Marissa Alexander get 20 years for warning shot scare off her husband when she felt he was threatening her and zimmerman gets off for killing shooting Trayvon martin welcome to florida. This particular case am convinced that corruption and power permeate American society. Zimmerman will fall again since the evidence that he is a criminal and has a disturbed mind and his daddy won't be able to protect him next time ... unbelievable and by that I mean believable. Who calls the police just prior to committing 2nd degree murder? Someone who is known by the police and whose father is a retired judge would be confident that there would no consequence. And if it wasn't for the outrage by the public, he wouldn't be on trial.He had a dad who could tell him how to get away with stand your ground. He lied about his finances and the existence of a second passport there is no reason to believe anything else hey say. Drake, you really need to state the facts in their entirety and not as sound bites taken out of context. The second passport was a cancelled passport. Once you replace a passport, the old one becomes invalid. When it is scanned, it will register as being invalid. A lot of good that would do for anyone attempting to use one, which is why it was a non-issue for the judge. Stop reading the press with their "ah...ha" "gotcha" sound bites. Makes you appear less than intelligent in your ability to assess everything you read or hear which is exactly what the media likes. The more ignorant you are and the more reactive you are to their captions and nonsense, the more valuable you are to them. Let them know you can think for yourself and don't need them to do your thinking for you. Twhite I understand that PM has to make the contrary argument as every good Journalist should but tonight we witnessed Robert Zimmerman,Jr out match Piers on every question. His cool professorial debating style was factual, sincere and direct in short, RZ owned the interview. This guy would make a great news anchor somewhere, he is just that entertaining. I'm not impressed by Zimmerman's interview. He wasn't at the scene of the crime. And he took it upon himself to deminish the leader of the NAACP to "self appointed". It's okay to salute heros but make no mistake, the Zimmermans are not. I wonder if you would praise them if Martin was your child. Let's be real...Zimmerman's injuries could not have been that damn bad because his ass definitely did not have x-rays taken of his "broken" nose, did not need much medical attention, and he most definitely did not have a major concussion (or a concussion at all according to records) from having his head "bashed into concrete" numerous times. Honestly if he was that badly beat up, he wouldn't have told officers that he had "work and class" the morning after the incident occured. And did you see him during the walk through with officers the next day? He looked fine physically, and his memory seemed to be in tact. On a different note, I believe that Zimmerman needs to be psychologically evaluated. If you ask me, his obsessive behavior and paranoia may reflect traits of OCPD (Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder, a lot different fro OCD (do the research)). It seemed like if anything ever seemed out of place, he would call the police. 47 times to be exact!! For example, he called because a neighbor had their garage open in the evening. On another occasion, he called because there was a car parked in the area that he didn't recognize. Damn! No one can get anything past his nosey ass!! You can't even have company over without him sending an officer out to verify anyone's recognition of a vehicle. In all the case is sad, but in all honesty, the prosecution was not effective and they couldn't tie loose ends to say the least.I wonder how much different the case would have been if Zimmerman did take the stand, and was allowed to be cross-examined. From previous interviews he did put his foot in his mouth quite a bit, so the defense was smart in advising him not to get up there. And just to clear this up once again: An acquittal or not guilty verdict does NOT indicate innocence (so Robert Z jr. Was incorrect with his statements). The jury just couldn't prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt thanks to our "lovely" system. George Zimmerman Civil Rights Case Logical Next Step To Seek Justice For Trayvon the family’s lawyer has already said that they will pursue a civil case against Zimmerman. Civil cases are weighed by the jury based on the preponderance of evidence and not beyond the shadow of the doubt — which explains why they can be more successful than criminal prosecutions. A notorious case would be O.J. Simpson who was acquitted of murder charges in criminal court but ordered to pay $33.5 million in civil court. When an armed man can hunt down an unarmed teenager while on the telephone with a 911 dispatcher, kill the teen, and then walk away free, I think it’s fair to assume that there’s a serious problem with justice in the jurisdiction where the event took place. Yea, that's true, but a lot more information can be entered into evidence about Trayvon. Be careful what you wish for. Why is no one talking about Cordell Jude? The system was 'Shagged', Knock, Knock'd Up, and a mis-carriage crawled out!!, Pierse. I used to watch CNN 4-6 hours a day and ceased watching because of the biased personal commentary from Piers and Soledad. I want facts. Who, what, where and when. Opinions from media elites doesn't mean sh-t to me. I thought CNN was a journalistic organization unlike MSNBC and FOX, but sadly they are as bad or worse now. Now I get my news from Google news where I can Siphon though the obviously biased material. When CNN removes Piers and Soledad I will return to watching. You can't get out of your vehicle to follow someone with a gun, and when they defend themselves, cry self defense. Zimmerman should have been charged with murder, and his ignorant brother bashing Trayvon on Piers was offensive. wow really robert zimmerman is such a liar he looks like he dont even know what to say hes getting all twisted up and cant even answer the damn questions what a looser Jessej Morgan got it handed to him during this interview.... Rightfully so. This gay boy, for the first time turned to the FOX network. That was not Justice that was not self defense he approaches trayvon what kid teen person do you know wont protect them self if a strange man walked up to them in the dark. Justice has not prevailed it just failed. God sees all so good luck when him getting into those heavenly gates. They say its not about race and never was then it was said trayvon was profiled. RACIAL PROFILING DUUUH!!! rediculous F U Zimmerman I hope trayvon comes back to haunt you every time you close your eyes hes a racist how can you not regret a child that you killed zimmerman???? why didnt you get on the stand?? CAUSE YOUR FAT ASS HAS SOMEHTING TO HIDE DUUUH the judge and the jurry was blind as bats. some mothers they are.. If it happens to thri kid they would be in same shoes beggin jusy to be fair big jask asses Dear Moron, he didn't need to take the stand because everything he had to say had already been recorded by the police when he volunteered the information. I doubt your dead racist degenerate Skittles thug would have done that. mlblogszupamum Robert Zimmerman Jr is a brilliant and articulate speaker who seemed to be very comfortable in telling the truth. I love that he is able to show different points of view as evidenced by when asked about the term stand your ground, he informed us that there are two more accurate and official names for it, one is a code number and one is some other words other than stand your ground! I love that he can say that it was a tragedy that TM died, but that it was justifiable, which I agree with. It's sad, but if I was in the same situation as GZ, I would have fought for my life too! Flashdude CNN need to hire Robert Zimmerman Jr to interview PM Jon Paul Here are the facts taken from this very complex case: Regretably, Travon Martin (TM) was the aggressor by virtue of the fact he was the one who beat GZ to the ground. Defence counsel was able to prove GZ was the one crying for help and not the boy with the iced tea and skittles. Stand your ground means what it says. Given the fact that TM was on top, pounding on GZ, it's clear the jury found that stand your ground was justified. If anyone disagrees with these facts than you will never understand how cases are tried. This was a fair trial in that both sets of counsel had a fair opportunity to present their case. In my view, once it was established the the one crying for help was GZ, it was all over. For those who argue that TM had a right to stand his ground by pummelling GZ to the ground as he was being stalked you should seriously consider the definition of stalking. Pursuing someone does not merit deadly force. Just call 911 and go on about your way. John Paul, This was not a stand your ground case...it was a self-defense case. The criteria within each of these is a tad different. Originally, Zimmerman and his attorneys were crying "stand your ground," but had to retrace that notion because the actions taken did not fit the standard. Zimmerman was not in his own home or car when the incident occurred. jon paul please explain how zimmerman follwed trayvon but was not the aggresor ...??? please explain how he got out of his truck but was standing his ground or defending himself.. and trayvon started the fight by walking down the block ??? .. and most importantly... HOW COME TRAYVON WASNT CONSIDERED TO BE STANDING HIS GROUND ? OR DEFENDING HIMSELF .. Because of course any black man walking in street is a criminal and in the act of a crime right ?? but of course as u say this is the case you probably think your not a racist How do you know the course of events were told truthfully. Unless you were there, you don't know Martin initiated the fight. It's incredible how so many take Zimmerman's word as the gospel. Martin didn't get to tell his side. The cop wannabe should have simply stayed in his car like the dispatcher told him to or leave Martin alone all together. Now a teen is deceased and the other party will never have peace of mind. A note to CNN. Get your act together. It's like saying Pierce Morgan, who is known to provoke others, has a guest on his show stand up and bash his face to the ground, while PM pulls a gun and kills him. Who would you be rooting for? The guest who acted like a criminal or PM who merely felt his cries for help were not provoking the assistance of your staff fast enough. Surely, you would take the position that stand your ground was justified. Wouldn't you!? Unlike others, I watch your show because I like certain aspects of it, but clearly your ratings will ultimately take a hit. PM's disdain for Americans rights to bear arms will catch up to you! So Piers, if that armed response people you hve employed should get into an altercation with a scaly looking person and should shoot him, it would be on your behalf, right? here in south africa we HAVE to rely on armed response, since the police is so corrupt and slow. They are our first port of call in times of criminal activity. But, you know, while you have armed guards protecting you and yours, you really have NO room to talk about any firearm issues. You can't see this can you? Why did the fight start in any case in the Zimmerman/Trayvon biz? In South Africa, unfortunately many of the very cruel farm murders are perpetrated by youths. You can go and have a look on the internet – there are sites which show the level of violence, but do so with trepidation – it's horrific. If you don't want to protect your own with firearms, then don't get others to do it for you. Are you one of those people who think the world is actually becoming a better place? Well as I see it, the US does not have far to go to become a South Africa. Well said! I come from South Africa and am now living in the USA – I absolutely agree with you. I would also like to add that Piers should know better as history proves that when the British colonized different Countries, they in fact were more racial than any other Country at the time – the British were the ones who introduced ‘apartheid’ in South Africa (whilst under British rule) and look at India during the time of Mahatma Gandhi how the British slaughtered the Indian people during a peaceful rally. There are many more examples than I can even remember. Wake up Piers! You're 100% right Cyndi – Americans have no room to talk, they systematically (FROM the Brits they used to be) culled off the native indians and so did they too in Australia with the aboriginees and made sure the few that were left were given a lot of alcohol and be stuck at Alice Springs or thereabouts. They all in great pretence have these strange native festives with great aplomb but in South Africa no-one was allowed to go that far thank God – and that's because the Brits played a small part initially, but apartheid is just a word for segregaton and the americans got rid of that only in the sixties – I may be wrong? But in the end the Brits always manage to have other nations look bad after they'd finished the job off. How they managed to be the heroes in South Africa beats me. But then hey, it's the press machines and that's a mighty powerful evil in the world – for both good and evil but still they swing the way the money crumbles. Cheers Exactly Magarietha! I could add so much more to this but I would like to point out that during the Mandela Trial (Rivonia) the South African Judiciary system was under British Law and the Advocates dealing with this at the time we known as the Queen’s Council and that is the reason why all records of the trial was filed in London at the time. Who should take the blame for this? Talk about segregation – was it not the British who gave the WHITE 2nd World War Veterans a farm and the BLACK Veterans received a Raleigh Bicycle… Enough said and cheers  Riann, I stand corrected. Self defence would have been a more appropriate term than stand your ground, albeit an argument could be made that GZ was within the four corners of his complex and thus his home, unlike TM. FromEurope Dear people of the United States. I respectfully have to say that you bring this misfortune on yourself by arming regular people. It is terrible that a 17 year old boy died because of this. Although it is clear that George was beaten up and it has been proven that he feared great bodily harm, therefore allowing self-defence, arming folks allows for these dramas to occur over and over again. Disarm your people and everyone will be much safer. Most people here are not armed. Just the crazy ones. You get a Gold Moron Star today. Intelligent people carry guns because of the crazies like yourself and the dead little racist Skittles thug. GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE; PEOPLE WITH THERE TWISTED POINT OF VIEW, AND MISINTERPRETATION OF ONES ACTION KILL PEOPLE. Zimmerman was on various prescription drugs with known, violent side effects while acting as the neighborhood watch captain and on the night Martin died.It does further explain why he refused medical care that night though.”” this another reason the gun laws need some changing because people who are on these medication can and will harm others. They also can be so conniving around people that they want to keep on their side, just like men who abuse their other half and vice verse. They are okay right up to the minute they have harmed the innocent partner. Just like all the mass murders we have witness, some of these people didn't show signs of any mental issues but were.” Remember, this is the same jury pool that let that baby murder Casey Anthony off ex-fiancee, Veronica Zuazo. Zimmerman attacked her while the two were driving to a counseling session Zimmerman followed a man in his car until the police arrived. Daniel Osmun, the other driver, told police that Zimmerman was tailgating and that he spit his gum out the window "out of frustration. George Zimmerman cousin’s molestation zimmerman work as security He was fired for being too aggressive with patrons. He picked up and threw a women. It was pure rage. She twisted her ankle. My heart goes out to the Martin family. And of course to the next family who suffers this kind of loss at Zimmerman's hands. And now Zimmerman gets his gun and concealed carry license back. Wonder if he'll use the same gun with at notch on it when he kills his next unarmed black kid. Maybe Zimmerman should put notches in his gun, for the lives that will not be taken by criminals.Zimmerman did not pull his gun out after having his nose broke. It was only after his head was being bashed against concrete did Zimmerman finally pull out his gun. If you get pulled over by a police officer for any reason and the police officer is walking toward your car, get out of your car and began walking toward the police officer and try to get with in reaching distance of the officer and see if the officer does not warn you to stop or get back in your car. If you continue toward the officer, see if he does not pull his gun. It was not the color of Travon's skin that was beating Zimmerman. It was Travon that was beating Zimmerman. Just because you drank the Zimmerman Kool aid doesn't mean the rest of us have to swallow. Has anyone considered that Trayvon's actions, while not an absolute excuse for death, partly contributed to his own demise? Did he have to pound Zimmerman's head into concrete? And consider this, if Zimmerman had not fired the gun, Trayvon Martin would likely be in prison right now for assault and battery. Nobody would care less. to the poster named chris... so a armed white male followed a teenage black male after being told not to ... and your black so you would know what was running through this teens mind correct ? well in case your not let me help you .. teens get kidnapped,beaten, abused,, so when george jumped out of the car .. trayvon didnt have the right to stand his ground when approached ? hmmmm so white peole can stand their ground and black people must cower ... i get it.. why is it the basic questions are not answered ... did trayvon have the right to stand his ground when approached .. did last i checked stand ya ground without looking up the actuall law means to stay and defend your postion.. if zimmerman was follwing trayvon how was zimmerman standing his ground.. when the black lady who shot in the air in florida who "got 20 years" and didnt shoot anyone.. went to car got gun and went back they said she was agressor.. soooooooo how was it that zimmerman who after being told not to pursue and did so anyway with in his mind set already biased toward the black kid "punks always getting away with this" wasnt the agressor ? explain that Chris. How convenient that you failed to mention that Zimmerman started the course of events by following a teen who was simply walking home in his OWN NIEGHBORHOOD. The dispatcher told Zimmerman to stay in his car. Hello? Gee! Concern about people taking the law into their own hands and attacking George Zimmerman! What a notion! As if people should think twice about taking the law into their own hands! If only George Zimmerman had considered that taking the law into your own hands is maybe not such a good idea! "We don't need you to follow him", and George's disappointed "OK"...well now he has had his "fifteen minutes of fame". He certainly earned them. And he deserves whatever he gets in response. Just observed this fast talking quintessential hypocrite of a brother, Robert Zimmerman. Twisting the facts again on as many airwaves that will have him without asking any real questions, such as, if you speak so eloquently (or deceptively) about the lack of racism in your family, why didn't you testify on behalf of George? Your incredibly RACIST social media post and pic which revealed your true and actual racism, would have shown the court that race really was GZ's motivation in this. His baby talking lawyer could never have lied enough to make that one appear OK. Any one giving this talker air time, please ask the questions. This behind the scenes racism is the very worst of all discrimination. The only thing that brought this dysfunctional family together was hundreds of thousands of dollars the public contributed. The (I have 3 black friends excuse) exhibited with GZ 'tutored 2 black kids,' is bogus. GZ knew nothing about black kids. He stated Trayvon said things like, yo, homie, and when mortally wounded, YOU GOT ME? This is not a black kid's "cool dude" vernacular, but it might be what some guy would think when he is dancing real fast for an alibi. Trayvon, rest peacefully with the angels. George, not a day of peace on earth or in eternity for you. Yeah yeah yeah, go put on your paper hat and get some fries cooking please. Moron. Please refer to Robert Zimmerman's racist tweets on youtube. Then put your own paper on. And FYI, you didn't have to sign off your comment as Moron. It was already obvious. Suza great Job, stated well! Charles it hurts doesen't it?? Suza guess we are both morons, let me go and cook some fries! It is terrible that a Hispanic male can be set free for murdering a poor little Afro-American boy who was minding his own business. You would have thought that this Hispanic male would have asked this poor little boy to stop breaking my noise and pushing my head into the concrete and ask him to please get off me before he took out his gun and shot this poor little kid in the heart. What a travesty of justice. Good thing we have civil right leaders that will go after this Hispanic male and seek justice in the Federal courts. It is just immoral and not right that a Hispanic can get away with shooting a poor little Afro-American boy. Clint, Clint, you twisted little not enough love from mom poor Clint. Don't try to twist this. That is just like most of you people in this country, try to make it seem like one thing, while dodging the main question? Why Did he follow Trayvon? Here is the BIG question: If he had to do it over again would he? GZ said yes he would!! But what if i ask the same question but take away the GUN, would he do it all over again? I believe he would have called the police. and stayed in his house or car until the police arrived! George, you will get yours very soon.... I will not shed an tears :0) Zimmerman got out of the car with a gun legally concealed in his waistband and chased trayvon so he would not get away. He was the aggressor Piers Morgan, On this subject concerning this poor situation. You over stepped your boundaries in your interview with his brother. Have you no respect for anyone!! Bet thing that CNN could do would be to cancel your program and send you back to England so that you could help further with the news wire tapping that you were involved with. There was a fair trial and all had there say. Let it the dust settle so that all can get on with their lives. You never once mentioned that T. Martins parents settled with a million dollar settlement with the H.O.A.? Why is that? Could it be that you're only looking for what draws ratings? Shame on CNN for that!! Donald W. Martin Ask the next host/expert that uses the word " profile " to describe exactly what the modern day description of the word as it relates to Trayvon or other young black men would be. Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, NAACP, and others should try to improve the profile of our young black men instead of protesting. Stay in Chicago where there is plenty to do in this regard. CNN always tries to sell the news ( your viewpoint ) rather than tell the news. Thanks, Charlie Potatoes The riots in the Middle East lost favor with CNN.. They need riots in Oakland to reinforce their message. Zimmermen had a legal responsibility to to identify himself as a member of the neighborhood watch and was there performing that function and as such he had the legal right to carry a concealed weapon and was indeed carrying. If a plain clothes police officer challenges you, does not identify himself as an officer and the exchange becomes heated to the point of physical violence, who carries the burden of responsibility for whatever may happen next? I am a neighborhood watch member and we have no requirement to identify ourselves to anyone, no more that a normal citizen has to. It is suggested that we contact the Sheriff if we have a person of interest, but we are to keep eyes on the subject to the point of following the subject for providing this intelligence to law enforcement. I have a CCW (carry concealed weapon) license and I carry my 9mm Glock whenever I am out. If I had a 17 year-old ADULT (not child) pounding on me I would use what ever means to stop the situation. What if George had grabbed a brick while he was being beat and clobbered Trayvon and killed him? Would that be any different? Trayvon would still be dead. Face it we have crime being caused by everyone out there and it is in your best interest to protect yourself and your loved ones. I will. Piers Morgan will be forever damned as a result of his interview with Robert Zimmerman. Morgan's bullying of an ever cerebral and calm Robert Zimmerman, in my opinion,has ruined his own career. As with any bully, he did not know when to quit, did not know when he was outclassed emotionally and intellectually. I would venture to say that Morgan incited more hatred in one hour, than during the 18 months of the trial. What a black eye for CNN. Go home, Morgan, go home. Have you wondered why this cerebral and calm brother was never called to testify for his brother? Robert Zimmerman outclasses Morgan in every exchange and his intellect leaves Piers stammering. Suza, what exactly would he have been called to testify about? He was not a witness to the incident. Suza, Zimmerman was found to be not guilty because he acted in self defense. They won their case. Sounds like they didn't need the brother. Very good canada I agree 110%. Piers' interview with TM's friend Rachel was also a joke. Although her speaking abilities were dramatically improved since the trial (how did that happen), the interview did nothing but promote racism and incite his viewer to continue rioting because of his interview style. Why can't CNN move on to another news item and drop the GZ/TM issue, it's over. Don't try to twist this. That is just like most of you people in this country, try to make it seem like one thing, while dodging the main question? Why Did he follow Trayvon? Here is the BIG question: If he had to do it over again would he? GZ said yes he would!! But what if i ask the same question but take away the GUN, would he do it all over again? I believe he would have called the police. and stayed in his house or car until the police arrived! Some of you people need to relax, Piers Morgan is a journalist. He handled himself very professional by his questions. Why are you upset by that? I'm sure if it was the right-wing, idiotic comments and questions coming from Bill O Reilly, you would love that. Sorry unlike many of you, this man has a conscience. The fact that many of you agree with GZ actions, further implement the cruel nature of many along with a mere lack of respect for human life. It further dismays me to hear many of you depict TM past to make him appear as the aggressor, when we all know GZ started the entire pursuit. This case has been about race from the beginning, and the fact that many of you would praise an animal for killing an unarmed, innocent child is sickening. If these comments are not prescreened, then why can't I post the one I want to? raceism, drugs, political and business corruption, warmonger of the world, guns everywhere, keep the poor down, deny medical insurance to 50 million people, etc., etc. What a great country and people we americans are! Or think we are!! I can't believe it that always in Florida never have been guilty of serious crimes, My son to defend his life and did not have any money for a lawyer to defend him being that only defended his life gave him 60 years to life in the state of ca There is no justice just! My question? For that followed him my opinion Showed no remorse is cold now outlived to cold killer on the streets my opinion so by the white peoples statements on here.. let me understand .. george zimmerman didnt do anything wrong by following the unarmed black teen.. then getting out of the car and approaching him.. while armed.. ok so george was standing his ground because trayvon attacked him ... RIGHT ??? well how come trayvon wasnt standing his ground when follwed and approached ? the 911 operator didnt tell george not to follow.. george didnt say out his mouth these punks always getting away with this.. well actually i am curious what was he doing.. climbing in / out a window ? mugging a old lady ? but again by you white peoples account this was quite fine for george to do every thing he did and it was trayvons fault for this... yea your not a racist,prejudice or just plain crazy... its me the black man who has to keep a camera and cell phone on speed dial for 911 if follwed by white men in a car because clearly i am doing something wrong and deserve to be shot .. i thought this was america where ppl had the right to walk freely anywhere without being impeded Nothing scares us white folk more than young black males. We identify with the frightened George Zimmerman being attacked by a scary Trayvon. That's why we don't think George Zimmerman did anything wrong. Know now that never, EVER in ANY real or alternate reality would anyone (male or female) like you legitimately speak for me as 'white folk' (caucasian) people. THIS (and countless) white person holds views totally contrary to the misguided pathetic, ignorant (not stupid; ignorant/misguided/ill-informed, there's a difference, not intended to be insulting) view honestly held by you & sadly too many. Do white folk like me a favor and assign your rhetoric to only yourself & like ilk. NEVER presume to speak for anyone other than yourself. Irrespective of any color, I'm sad for you as a human being. That said, I must give you credit for having the courage to put your true feelings out there. Until people are honest about how they truly feel, no meaningful discussion can take place. I'd much rather deal with a person whose views I oppose, who is willing to be direct about where they stand & have an intelligent debate/exchange of perspectives, than those who mask their bigotry in phoney political correctness. If someone jumps me and I have a gun and shoot it in self defense, that does not make me evil. That makes me a very scared human being. Sorry, but while crazy confused people are raging, I am going to chant too. HEre it goes! JUSTICE FOR ALL THE BLACK KIDS THAT ARE MURDERED BY OTHER BLACK PEOPLE! JUSTICE! JUSTICE! JUSTICE! I WILL WEAR MY HOODIE FOR ALL THOSE BLACK KIDS MURDERED BY AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THEIR OWN "HOODS"! JUSTICE! JUSTICE!!!!! Please. If you were not angry enough for those other murdered kids, don't be putting on a show for this one while using the "race" card. Slavery was abolished A LOOOONG time ago. isn't George Zimmerman Hispanic? OUTRAGED? now THIS is an outrage... But the media didn't want to show this. Black teens shoot and kill white baby... Any words for this Mr. Sharpton?, NAACP...ANYBODY? http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2013-03-22/story/teens-arrested-fatal-shooting-brunswick-baby @ Rose you sound moronic. Until you've walked in a black persons shoes don't make idiotic comments. @ Magarietha his mother was Peruvian and his father was white. Sorry, and the father was white? What race is Peruvian? Does she speak spanish? Peru the country in South America There is no need for me to walk in anyone's shoes. I am a Jew. My people endured plenty of prejudice and persecution back in the day and you don't see us dragging that resentment and placing it on anyone! African Americans who still can't understand that this case was not about race, should actually STOP being the moronic ones. When you see people chanting "Justice for Trayvon" it makes me wonder! Why didn't they chant "Justice!" for victims of other African Americans? That was my point and people get it. Moronic is to demand justice as an excuse to bring back "race issues" that have nothing to do with the case. I have been a teacher for 13 years and I have students from all ethnic backgrounds who still cannot understand to this day why African Americans commit genocide in their own communities and then raise hell when a white person kills one of theirs. What? Are they the only ones with such special privileges? Please... I don't need to walk in their shoes to watch the news and see what is REAL out there. This case was never about race. Get your facts straight. The irony of Robert Zimmerman Jr. worrying about people taking the law into their own hands... Just wow. I disagree with the verdict. I am not African American. Not once in the five, six or seven statements George gave to law enforcement did he ever state that he landed a few punches nor put up his hands to protect himself. Anyone in fear of losing their life would defend themselves with either punching back or blocking shots if they were in fear for their life. George did not say 'boo' about any of that. , He studied the law of stand your ground and did taunt Tray by pursuing him more than once. All George had to do was take a few punches and not protect himself and then would pull out his weapon and claim self defense by showing his bruises. George never once showed in his re-enactment the day after that he either blocked or punched back. REALLY ?I strongly believe that George knew exactly how to game the system by blurting out statements by waiving his Miranda rights, knowing well that this would enhance his credibility. Justice is not ruled by facts, but on the presentation or mis.. of technical details that lawyers manipulate. They say that Tray was unable to take the stand in his defense, because he was dead. Even if he survived the event, Lawyers would spin theories to dispel both sides. The biggest failure of any justice system, is to give the defender immunity if they so choose (and they most often 99.9 % choose it) from taking the stand. We question lawyers, ME's, Experts, Police, witnesses, second , third and fourth parties and try to catch them in lies, While the defendant sits there and is protected by LAW from testifying. Taking the fifth should be revisited. Many cases would be cleared up much faster. Then we could catch lawyers that have lied because their profession is to manipulate facts, not always presenting the truth. Well said Bernard! No one being attacked lies there willingly. GZ NEVER spoke of defending himself. And as a matter of fact, according to the testimony of the physician who examined GZ after the incident at hand, GZ's wounds were superficial and not AT ALL reflective of a person whose head was "pounded into concrete". So you're saying GZ wasn't attacked and his head wasn't pounded into the concrete. But the evidence shows otherwise so get over it. Perhaps you think that GZ wasn't yet beat bad enough? How long do you think GZ should have waited before defending himself? You may not like it but the thug got what he deserved. Oh my "Lucretius" is it?! Honestly I shouldn't entertain this absurd comment but just to prove I don't speak opinion I speak fact the medical examiner who testified is Valerie Rao. And yes that's exactly what she said, the injuries are "insignificant". GZ never mentioned he defended himself in the video ...reenactment...no GROWN man will allow someone to attack him with out defending himself. If every one shot the person they got in a fist fight with there would be alot of dead people in this world. If it were son it wouldn't matter if he was trailer park trash it's still not what he deserved. http://news.yahoo.com/zimmerman-trial-judge-tells-jury-ignore-detectives-description-163625943.html http://m.cbsnews.com/storysynopsis.rbml?pageType=general&catid=57592031&feed_id=999&videofeed=999 If everything would of been exactly the same that night. But Zimmerman was a female on neighborhood watch. Would it have been ok for her to shoot Trayvon after he broke her nose and was on top bashing her head on the sidewalk? No proof of any nosebreaking. THere's alleged nosebreaking and still no proof of how it happened. GZ actions in killing Trayvon were on trial; Trayvon was not on trial. George Zimmerman resides at 1950 RETREAT VIEW CIR SANFORD, FL 32771 (407) 878-6007, (407)435-2400 Where do you live coward? sdfsd George Zimmerman resides at 1950 RETREAT VIEW CIR SANFORD, FL 32771 (407) 878-6007, (407)435-2400 go forth in the name of justice My biggest problem with this and my curiousity grows – why did no one ask GZ why he didn't identify himself – TM stopped and looked right at him and asked "what is your problem, man?" Why didn't GZ just friggin' tell him "I'm the neighborhood watch and was wondering if you live around here?" GZ could have made a different choice but my opinion is that he was too cowardly to tell TM who he was and what his purpose was. By the way, he did answer TM by saying "I don't have a problem". Idiot. Curtis Brown If he realigns himself we will have more innocent dead teens. We don't need that. Damn right people will take the law until their own hands. IG @curtisdoesit into To all of you who said GZ is innocent watch out because you might run up on a George Zimmerman. Today in this society if you are an AA, you get 20 years for shooting a wall, 3 years for shooting a dog, and 3 year for a self-inflicted wound. You can murder an AA boy and walk with a not guilty verdict if you are white. This only happens in America. I believe the NRA, police department, jurors, judge, defense and prosecuting attorneys were all in the bed together on this case. Let's face it AAs there is a double standard in this country for whites and blacks. Take a close look at our President and the struggle he has to endure, which is a very sad case. I hope all families will not have to face their child being murdered. GZ will never be a free man. He committed a murder whether you believe in God or not and the blood of Travon will forever curse him, RZ, and their family. God will slow walk you but eventually you will pay. Mara Lee Show your child to respect others, that is the problem with your kids, they dont respect anybody... period hmp49 "Show your child to respect others, that is the problem with your kids" I take it "your kids" is a reference to black kids? Why can't they respect others, like those nice white boys, Adam Lanza, James Holmes, or any of the 14 mass shootings since Newtown? Exactly @hmp49 Truth is a personal perspective. If the jury was black looking at this incident through the eyes of a black person .... There is no doubt what the verdict would be! Resolve jury selection to get a semblence of justice! I already write you the media play dirty, you don't want the truth you want to hang Zimmerman no matter what. Now you are taking what a juror said and put it to Jeantel to make a show of it for money. Do you really think that we buy that you love this country??? Since you come here you want to change us, cus you don't like us. Period. So, make me a favor go back to you cave and leave us along, we don't need anymore people with bias than the ones we already have. ZIMMERMAN IS NOT GUILTY... AND I DONT CARE ABOUT THE LIAS OF JEANTEL... Oh I feel like vomiting.... on your show with Jeantel.... the case was about the were fight and that is.... Trayvol thought that he can beat to dead Zimmerman and nothing was going to happen to him that is the truth. Why he don't go straight to his home and play stupid??????????????? AHHHHHH @ Mara Lee, you should check out your words!! first of all, you should never ever claim to be an american patriot because the US is land of all races. You are not an american in the first place, let the red-indianas that were forcefully pushed out from their land say they are the true americans and not you.Secondly, go educate yourself first because there's no accepted scenario in the world where an armed man will shoot another unarmed person on the basis of self-defense.So go back to your cave and educate your stupid a*!! Wayne Gusman Jr. PLEASE do what I usually feel y'all do a wonderful job of. I am an American with brown skin who is ALWAYS classified as "black" & I strongly disagree wit the general (and largely the only perspective expressed) notion that the Zimmerman verdict, the jurors & Zimmerman supporters are shockingly insensitive to race, justice, and the Martin family. As a 32yr. old American man of color ("African American"), New Orleans native & 7.5 yr. veteran of the USMC, I identify with Zimmerman and strongly support the verdict! Please pull up some credible and honorable men and/or women of color who support the verdict, jury & Zimmerman to share their perspective. We need to balance the strong willed "black" men & esp. women who have expressed their disgust with all pro verdict elements. Thanks for doing what y'all do the way y'all do it! It was racial from the start,because the comment he made about the hoodie.What made him brave was the weapon he had,if he didn't have the weapon he would have waited for the police. What did he expect when he confronted Trayvon, Anywhere in any neighborhood any teenager or adult would have thought, who is this fool what is he going to do. He should have stayed in his car, in this day and age you can't trust people you don't know. Zimmerman was the aggressor has soon as he stepped out of his car. He murdered a teenager that is never going to begin his life. Why should Zimmerman enjoy his life when he took one. I am Hispanic, Zimmerman is guilty!! Zimmerman profiled him from the comment he made about the hoodie. As soon as he stepped out of his car he was the aggressor. What did he expect from Trayvon when he confronted him. I would have punched him, because he had a weapon he thought he was the law. If he didn't have the weapon he would have waited for the police. You can't trust people you don't know in this day and age.Zimmerman took a life from a teenager that is never going to start one. Zimmerman knew what he was doing, he took a life so why should he enjoy his. He is guilty!!! Could you believe that juror B-57,is,already writing a tell all book about the case with her attorney husband. Wow what a pathetic poor excuse of a person to try and capitalize off a dead child's case. This further prove that most if not all had alternative motives from the very being. Such a coward of her and husband to now hide in the dark. We should all boycott Sharlene Martin, the president of The Martin Literary Management publishing company. Angel01 – Prepare yourself for lots of indignation. B-57 will not be the only one to publish a 'tell-all'. But did you ever think that lots of people WANT to know what took place in the jury room? @dk, For those that really want to know every single detail that took place in the jury's deliberation room, should just watch the interview. She gave a good enough summary of her perspective. But to know continue by writing a tell all book is just pitiful. Again very ignorant and pathetic of anyone of the jurors to try and capitalize off of Trayvon Martin's death. She did even wait, she announced 2 days after the verdict about her book. In my opinion, her motives out ways her words. "There are factions, there are groups, there are people that would want to take the law into their own hands as they perceive it, or be vigilante's in some sense." Is Robert Zimmerman that thick that the irony of his statement escapes him? Didn't brother George take the law into his own hands? Wasn't he acting the part of vigilante the night he shot an unarmed teenager to death? Lessie Robert Zimmerman Jr. said Trayvon was "...armed with a sidewalk." When did sidewalks become weapons? Sidewalks become weapons when they're used to pummel someone's head against. Don't be daft. He's cute. Oh really? One to talk about vigilantism. Hypocrite... All of these "wonderful" comments arguments FOR GZ have me thinking... OK, mabe put YOURSELF (or your cherished loved one- maybe a teenaged daughter or son OR elderly in this situation)- Bottom Line "SIR, WE DON't NEED YOU TO DO THAT" (Which explicitly state exactly what they said and reinforce the fact that the POLICE were on their way) YET can still go out and pursue someone. Huma Nature and basic knowledge- WHO goes out and pursues someone when they are "AFRAID FO THEIR LIVES"??? Welcome to Florida- Where you can get away with EVERYTHING, especially killing children . Thanks a bunch, VIVA LA SOCIOPATH- better pray people like this don't cross paths with YOUR kids(Oh, Yeah can't happen to you since your kids are perfect angels, especially a teen- NOT)... Karmas a "you-know-what". Watch what you say, ignoramus, racists. Hmmm 🙁 Prayers and LOVE to Trayvon Martin, his family, and may this bull NEVER happen again!!! Wow...George Zimmerman took the law into his own hands...Law enforcement did not even follow procedure...they did not set up a crime scene...they assumed that the Trayvon did not belong to the area and was a criminal...Trayvon's parent sought the legal system to address the miscarriage of justice regarding their son... But Robert Zimmerman is scared that some one will take the law into their own hands? Mind boggling... cncsrfmjrx TravelSheryl Isn't taking the law into his own hands exactly what Zimmerman did? Robert Zimmerman complaining about vigilantes taking the law into their own hands. Too precious for words. You cannot make this stuff up. Apparently he lives in an irony free zone. Andrea Lowery I think that George Zimmerman's brother has done a very nice job of defending his brother. I appreciated hearing what he had to say and it helped me to understand how hard it must be for George and his family. Trayvon's supporters are many. Even though George was acquitted, it seems like he's been found guilty in the public by so many. I heard what Rachael said in your interview, and she alluded to the idea that in her mind, Trayvon gave his own form of justice to Mr. Zimmerman. After he was being followed, he made a decision to turn around and go up to Mr. Zimmerman and give him "some whoop-ass." That action had an unfortunate consequence that Trayvon didn't expect. I understand what is being said by everyone on Trayvon's side and they have a point, but they aren't talking about that one fact and that's the fact that made the jury find Zimmerman not guilty. northernneighbor The fact that the state had difficulty proving it's case does not mean that GZ did the 'right thing'. When GZ killed the only other witness who could refute his story, he minimized any chance of him being found guilty. Robert seems to feel that a not guilty verdict translates into "GZ did nothing wrong", which is evident by his statements about GZ having no regrets or feeling bad for killing a 17 yr old kid, on his way home from a candy run @ 7-11. His comments regarding "not being sorry" for something you did if it was right/legal demonstrates the lack of remorse & understanding. After all, according to Robert, black kids are 'risky'. I honestly think he cannot understand why the rest of the world hasn't evolved to the level of righteousness, superiority, intellect & morality his family has. The more he talks, the more you see just how morally bankrupt he & his family is. I'm waiting for him to get so frustrated with everyone who disagrees with, him he stands up & yells, "it was just a black kid, what's the big deal". I also thought was interesting that he wanted to highlight Trayvon's adolescent tweets, as though they spoke to his character yet, he never mentioned that his brother's ex-fiancé had to get a restraining order against him due to his anger/aggression or the My Space comments about 'Mexican's' or the time his brother was arrested for using violence to resist arrest when he got into a fight with a police officer & had to take an anger management & alcohol awareness class to get the charges dropped. George was an adult when these things occurred, Trayvon was a 17 yr old. Anyone else see the absurd double standard in Robert's comments? Very well said my neighbor!! cain garcia not guilty doesn't mean "innocent". guess many of you have forgotten the ole saying "INNOCENT until proven guilty". Get over it ! we were not jurors who heard every word of prosecution and defense. we did not take part of the jurors private conversations amongst our peers. The jury spoke, stop the race baiting, gun grabbing garbage. Anyone that has any respect for piers morgan is a complete idiot ! Robert Zimmerman is a right wing, gun rights activist. Who spends most of his days on twitter quoting Rush Limbaugh, and attacking liberals. It's all just tragic. I'm sure if the jury knew the Zimmerman family, political, background, they'd have been more cautious about cquittal If you read his twitter feed, it's quite obvious that not only do his family show no remorse for what happened, but they're actually quite proud of the events. As I said, personally, if I was on the jury and I knew George Zimmerman he was from a family of NRA activists, and (far) right politics, with a huge knowledge of state gun laws, I'd have probably questioned the events more. By the way – how stupid is he His brother took the law into his own hands. Confronting an innocent person. And when he realized he couldn't win a fight against a 130 pound schoolboy, he shot him. If George hadn't tried to be a vigilante, the police would have dealt with Martin – and just let him go, as he'd done nothing wrong. That's why the police are professionals – as they can handle 130 pound schoolboys. Not get beat up by children You know Robert, if your family are all (far) right wing, gun activists, who love Rush Limbaugh, and hate liberals, then, keep it to yourself. I can't think of a worse thing you can do to George Zimmerman, than go on twitter and promote your families right wing politics, and try and build a NRA activist, right wing, media career from the tragedy. George Zimmerman is already fight claims he's racist. This doesn't help "There are factions, there are groups, there are people that would want to take the law into their own hands as they perceive it, or be vigilante's in some sense," he told Morgan during the live interview. " The irony here is beyond belief. Yes, we know there are "people that would want to take the law into their own hands as they perceive it, or be vigilante's in some sense." It's precisely what GZ did, when he knew the police were on their way. George Zimmerman has been arrested twice since he was freed. I can't wait to see what happens to him. 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__label__wiki	0.595729	0.595729	Home » Culture » Sport » ‘Vegan Viking’ Smashes Even More Powerlifting Records Posted inCulture, Sport ‘Vegan Viking’ Smashes Even More Powerlifting Records The Icelandic athlete has been suffering from multiple health conditions, but despite the additional challenges, has qualified for World Championships in November 2019 by Great Vegan Athletes 23rd November 2018 Updated 1st October 2020 Reading Time: 2 minutes The athlete in action (Photo: Instagram) Icelandic powerlifter Hulda B Waage has broken two of her own national records during a competition in her home country. The athlete – known as the ‘Vegan Viking’ – managed the impressive feat despite dealing with sciatica and piriformis syndrome, which she said made lifting more challenging. In fact, she thought she may fail to qualify for the World Championships in November 2019, which has been her main aim this year, as a result of her health – but told Great Vegan Athletes that the recent meet went better than I imagined. Waage already held an impressive record for squat going into the competition, and in squatting 230 kg she broke her own record with her first lift – only to rebreak it again with her second lift. She benched 140 kg and then deadlifted 180 kg. The total of 550kg added over 10kg to the national record – which she already held, leaving her with a total of two new records. Vegan Viking In Iceland, a country known for its strength sports, Waage’s impact has been remarkable. The 32-year-old, who weighed in at 82.2 kg, finished the competition as the highest ranked woman, ranking third of all lifters using the Wilks system which enables comparison of competitors of different weights. Waage became interested in veganism as a teenager before committing in 2014. “I would rather starve when traveling than eating something not vegan,” she told GVA. “But when traveling I always take something with me to make it easier. “Like Black Bean Pasta, hummus or dried beans and nuts. I take protein powder with me and often dried wheatgrass and chlorella.” While veganism is still rare among powerlifters in her country, she has come across vegans in other sports. “There are vegans in football, handball and basketball, judo, running and so on. I’ve been asked by the athletes who are going vegan for advice.” Preparing for the World Championships Another achievement with her lifts was that she qualifies for the World Championships in November 2019. “So I have a whole year to prepare,” she said. “First of all, I have a team working with me to get fixed. I’m working hard to get injury-free. I’m going to get my nutrition and macro counting on point. “And of course I will be training hard a competing both nationally and internationally to be fully content when I step on that big stage.” Tagged: greatveganathletes, huldabwaage, powerlifting, sport-2	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3700
__label__cc	0.687825	0.312175	The Randall Frank Contemporary Art Collection ARTIST GRANT PROGRAM ROB NEILSON TODD MROZINSKI SARA WILLADSEN SAMANTHA HARING RAFAEL FRANCISCO SALAS WILLIAM ZUBACK Untitled Portrait (Houses) by Rafael Francisco Salas, Ripon, Wisconsin October 8, 2015 / Frank Juarez The Randall Frank Contemporary Art Collection is happy to announce its newest acquisition from artist, Rafael Francisco Salas. Rafael Francisco Salas, Untitled Portrait (Houses), oil on canvas, 22 x 42 inches, 2010 Rafael Francisco Salas is a Wisconsin based painter. He combines landscape, the legacy of Byzantine iconography, portraiture, architecture and country music into artwork that evokes a strange, rural poetry. It reflects a personal journey of mixed race identity, conflict, beauty and devotion played out on the vast landscapes of rural Wisconsin. His work has been exhibited in New York City, San Diego, Boston, as well as many venues in the Midwest including The Neville Public Museum, The Museum of Wisconsin Art, The John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Dean Jensen gallery, Circa Gallery and Frank Juarez Gallery. His work is represented by Portrait Society Gallery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Salas is also a contributing writer at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and associate professor of art at Ripon College in Ripon, WI. Contemporary Art, New Acquisition, Paintings contemporary art, oil, paintings, rafael francisco salas, randall frank contemporary art collection ← Samantha Haring – Chicago, Illinois Back Alley Steps and Trailer Alley by Sara Willadsen – Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin → Follow Randall Frank Contemporary Art Collection via Email	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3701
__label__cc	0.610699	0.389301	Help for Edmonton’s homeless Available resources for those who are without shelter January 1, 2018 Breann Gurney Leave a comment Not everyone is fortunate enough to have a home. According to a citywide survey by Homeward Trust in 2016, 1,752 people experience homelessness in Edmonton. Luckily, people in this situation have access to resources, starting with the City of Edmonton and the 24/7 Crisis Diversion Team. “[We focus] on strategies to eliminate homelessness with housing and support, rather than just managing the problem with short-term solutions,” said Adrienne Hill, communications advisor for the city. The city works closely with the housing sector and community partners to develop public education tools that provide the public and businesses with information on who to call should they see someone in distress. However, a basic rule of thumb is to call 211 if you see someone who is poorly dressed for the weather, shivering, or appears to be suffering from mental health issues or intoxication. Resources are available for those experiencing homelessness. \| Pixabay The City of Edmonton Services (311) and the Crisis Diversion Team operate citywide for assistance regarding homelessness. REACH Edmonton Council for Safe Communities heads the 24/7 Crisis Diversion Team. The team works with Edmonton Police Service, REACH Edmonton, Hope Mission, Boyle Street Community Services, 211, Edmonton Police Service (EPS), and Alberta Health Services Emergency Medical Services (EMS) to provide crisis intervention services. The team responds to over 1,000 calls monthly from citizens all over Edmonton via 211, EPS, and EMS, among others. “Homeless persons make up 72 per cent of the Crisis Diversion Team’s clients,” said Marilyn Gray, public information officer for REACH Edmonton. Team members assess the situation of the person in crisis and connect them to the supports needed. Alternate outreach services are available through organizations such as Boyle Street Community Services, Edmonton Public Library, and Crossroads Outreach team. “Most of the folks transported are intoxicated, without shelter, and extremely grateful for the ride,” said Jared Tkachuk, outreach services manager at Boyle Street Community Services. “Boyle Street on its own has programs related to housing, harm reduction, Indigenous cultural support, physical health, mental health, adult/family/youth services, crisis response, employment, financial support and banking services, ID, recreation, and in addition operates a drop-in with meal service,” said Tkachuk. Resources available in the Alberta Avenue area include St. Faith’s and St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, Crystal Kids, Bent Arrow, and Edmonton Public Library (Sprucewood branch). These organizations provide everything from community meals to access to housing to social support. For residents, the city has developed a Winter Emergency Response (WER) Strategic Planning Committee to help organize winter services. Every year, the city issues a Winter Emergency Response Guide outlining these services. In the meantime, it’s critical individuals are provided the care and supports they need to enhance their dignity, safety, health, and well-being. St. Faith’s and St. Stephen’s Anglican Church (11725 93 St, parish hall) Community meals offered Thursday-Saturday. Crystal Kids (8718 118 Ave) Mentoring, arts & culture programming, educational support, recreational programming, & nutrition. Bent Arrow (11666 95 St) Access to food, finances, & housing. Edmonton Public Library – Sprucewood branch (11555 95 St) Social support. Call 911 for someone who is in serious distress or in an emergency. Winter Emergency Response Guide & other resources: edmonton.ca/homelessness. Featured Image: As of 2016, 1,752 Edmontonians were homeless. \| Pixabay Breann Gurney Latest posts by Breann Gurney (see all) Increased stress levels affect mental health Action is imperative for post-secondary students suffering from mental illness - April 1, 2018 Local artist makes jewelry for peace of mind Susan Allebone uses her craft as a form of meditation - April 1, 2018 Local art centre helps level playing field The Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts helps people express themselves - April 1, 2018 Previous PostSaying goodbye after forty-four yearsNext PostLocal cyclists hit bike paths this winter	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3702
__label__cc	0.527676	0.472324	‘The Act’ Episode 5 Review: “Plan B” \| Hulu Original Series The power of love. Daniel Hart 0 Hulu, TV, TV Reviews The Act Episode 5, “Plan B”, gets dark and twisted as Gypsy and Nick declare their love for each other and put plans in place to be together. Previous EpisodeView allNext Episode Hulu Original Series The Act is a seasonal anthology series that details strange true crime stories. The first season follows Gypsy Blanchard, a young girl who appears to have a range of medical issues, trying to remove herself from her toxic relationship with her overprotective, abusive mother, Dee Dee Blanchard. Her persistence for independence leads to darker secrets, and ultimately, murder. This review of Episode 5, “Plan B”, contains spoilers. You can read the review of the previous episode by clicking these words. Do you know what Dee Dee Blanchard (Patricia Arquette) didn’t consider when she planned her entire life obsessively keeping Gypsy Blanchard (Joey King) under the illusion that she had a range of medical conditions? Time. Yes, folks, time has caught up to Dee Dee, with a dose of mismanaging Type 2 Diabetes. She is barely fit to look after herself, never mind actively controlling Gypsy, which Episode 5, “Plan B”, shows. Gypsy has 50% of her life under control. Episode 5 shows that Gypsy has managed to successfully maintain a relationship via Skype for years, using a variety of creative ways to sustain cybersex with Nick, who creepily never looks at the camera correctly for some strange reason, despite his demands for her to take on different roles. We get a slice of what Nick is about in “Plan B” – he’s not only creepy, and I suspect mentally ill, but also useless as well. Nick gets a small promotion at a pizza takeaway, and he cannot even manage to navigate the pizza to the oven. In an episode where the horror of the situation gathers pace, Gypsy and Nick devise a plan where they can meet each other somehow and adequately convince Dee Dee that they can have a relationship. The idea is watery and pathetic – they organize to meet at the cinema, and Nick will open the door for Gypsy for her and declare, “no princess should have to open her own door”. Of course, Nick is late, so he bumbles the words out of context while Dee Dee orders popcorn. They have sex in “Plan B” – while her mother worries in the screening for Cinderella, Gypsy sneaks off to the toilet, and they both lose their virginity. After the film ends, Nick tries to confront Dee Dee, but she accuses him of being a creep and quickly gets Gypsy into the car. By this point, Gypsy and Nick have decided they want to be with each other for the rest of their lives, and they reference plan b, which is to kill Dee Dee. Gypsy fantasizes drawing out Nick’s other evil personality, licking a sharp knife on webcam to turn him on. Gypsy spends the rest of Episode 5 being nice to her mother and spending quality time together as a token of goodbye. Deep down, she’s plotting for Nick to house himself in a motel, and get him to kill Dee Dee. “Plan B” was twisted and dark, showing the repercussions of imprisoning a young girl for so long, and this is the consequence – naivety. Gypsy and Nick genuinely believe this is the only plan, and I suppose they have no choice. As the episode ends, Nick texts Gypsy with, “I’m here”. You can read our review of the sixth episode by clicking these words. Redwood Massacre: Annihilation review – a bigger and bloodier sequel Princess Leia #1-5 Review Succession Episode 3 Review Spree review - a darkly funny distraction	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0015.json.gz/line3703

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