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Error code: DatasetGenerationError
Exception: ArrowInvalid
Message: JSON parse error: Missing a closing quotation mark in string. in row 141
Traceback: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 153, in _generate_tables
df = pd.read_json(f, dtype_backend="pyarrow")
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 815, in read_json
return json_reader.read()
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1025, in read
obj = self._get_object_parser(self.data)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1051, in _get_object_parser
obj = FrameParser(json, **kwargs).parse()
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1187, in parse
self._parse()
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1403, in _parse
ujson_loads(json, precise_float=self.precise_float), dtype=None
ValueError: Trailing data
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1997, in _prepare_split_single
for _, table in generator:
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 156, in _generate_tables
raise e
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 130, in _generate_tables
pa_table = paj.read_json(
File "pyarrow/_json.pyx", line 308, in pyarrow._json.read_json
File "pyarrow/error.pxi", line 154, in pyarrow.lib.pyarrow_internal_check_status
File "pyarrow/error.pxi", line 91, in pyarrow.lib.check_status
pyarrow.lib.ArrowInvalid: JSON parse error: Missing a closing quotation mark in string. in row 141
The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1529, in compute_config_parquet_and_info_response
parquet_operations = convert_to_parquet(builder)
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1154, in convert_to_parquet
builder.download_and_prepare(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1029, in download_and_prepare
self._download_and_prepare(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1124, in _download_and_prepare
self._prepare_split(split_generator, **prepare_split_kwargs)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1884, in _prepare_split
for job_id, done, content in self._prepare_split_single(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 2040, in _prepare_split_single
raise DatasetGenerationError("An error occurred while generating the dataset") from e
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Love and Obstacles
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Reviews of Love and Obstacles
"You make feel nearly giddy with pleasure at how beautifully written, funny, and entertaining [these stories] are, and at the depths of tenderness and seriousness swirling beneath their wry, deceptively offhand surface . . . . Each of these marvelous tales reminds us of how rough and rocky the road to maturity and wisdom can be, and how much joy and damage lie in wait to ambush us along the way."
--Francine Prose, O: The Oprah Magazine
"Hemon shows us the nobility and the absurdity of immigrant life, the cruelty and the openness of American character. He knows both because he is both; and if this in-betweenness makes Hemon a 'nowhere man,' his excellent work also suggests that in between may be the best place for a writer to live.
--Adam Kirsch, Slate
"[Aleksandar Hemon's] sardonic voice propels his fiction, including the eight stories in his new collection, Love and Obstacles. The new stories are characterized by an invigorating approach to the English language, and an observant, knowing, and a sharp-tongued narrator, who, like Hemon, was born in Bosnia, lives in the U.S., and belongs nowhere."
--Jane Ciabattari, The Daily Beast
"The siege of Sarajevo is the dark cloud that seems ever to drift through the atmosphere of Hemon's fiction, sometimes in the historical periphery, sometimes in the story's present on American television, sometimes in the adjustments of emigre life, casting its shadow on tales that might otherwise read as family comedy out to trace human foibles and -- what shall we call it? -- the existential oddity of being. He writes books of laughter and non-forgetting."
--Art Winslow, Chicago Tribune
"Often compared to Vladimir Nabokov . . . [Hemon] has written four critically praised books . . . [Love and Obstacles] deal[s] mostly with themes of cultural identity, conflict and displacement, often featuring characters of Eastern European origin who have been set adrift and are struggling, in ways both poignant and bitterly humorous, to assimilate America as it assimilates them."
--David Gates, The New York Times Book Review
"The pattern of leaving and returning, and gaining melancholy wisdom in the process, holds Hemon's linked coming-of-age stories together with drifting beauty. The narrator will be instantly familiar to readers of Hemon: a young exile from Sarajevo ends up in Chicago, becomes a writer and explores what he calls, with tongue in cheek, his "complicated identifications." But the power of the collection is the way Hemon qualifies and recasts liberation as a kind of depletion: "I felt the intense pleasure of giving up," his narrator confesses, "the expansive freedom of utter defeat." Later, he describes "the freedom inherent in erasure.""
--Todd Shy, San Francisco Chronicle
"What's most appealing about the collection is its discordance. The stories illustrate the tug between assimilation and resistance, between discovering who you are and who you aren't. . . . Hemon has been compared to Vladimir Nabokov, which is understandable. Both climbed inside the English language and used it in a fresh, masterful way. Joseph Conrad did the same, writing in English rather than in his native Polish. But I also sense James Joyce's ghost drifting through Hemon's stories, steeped, as they are, in male ego, sexuality and soul-stirring. What does it mean to be a Bosnian living in America and writing in English? Where is home? Like Joyce, Hemon may have left his homeland, but he cannot stop bringing it to life on the page."
--Maggie Galehouse, Houston Chronicle
"Rather than seize upon this terrifying loss of voice and identity, Love and Obstacles follows the intensive efforts of a would-be writer to find them. The collection could have narrowed and collapsed into writerly self-involvement with this premise - especially because the premise isn't wholly balanced by the larger concerns of recent European history and the American immigrant experience, which figure less significantly in this book than in its predecessors - but the collection instead expands and evolves, its major stories moving from the writer's adolescence to his flawed personal and professional life as an adult, before it concludes with striking experiements in voice appropriation and parallel storytelling."
--Randy Boyagoda, Harper's Magazine
“Bosnian-born Hemon again beautifully twists the language in this collection of eight powerful and disquieting stories.... Writing with steely control and an antic eye, Hemon has assembled another extraordinary work.”
“Possessed of a phenomenal gift for translating feelings into concrete imagery in masterfully structured tales that end in stunning crescendos, Hemon infuses everything, from a freezer to bees in a hive, with barbed insights into our instinct for aggression, longing for connection, and unquenchable need to tell our stories, whether in poems, letters, drunken orations, or confessions to strangers. Hemon is a world-class writer of seismic depth, riptide humor, wine-dark language, and unflinching candor.”
“A master of modern literary gamesmanship returns with a short-story collection that just might be a novel... Though each is self-contained, the stories benefit from echoes and resonances, recurring themes and characters.”
—Kirkus (starred review)
“In this book of eight short stories by Bosnian American writer Hemon, the bold, humorous, and unpredictable writing makes readers forget that love has been coupled with other nouns in book titles so frequently that it's become cliché. .... Readers who've enjoyed Hemon's earlier fiction won't be disappointed; readers who are new to Hemon will be grateful that they've discovered a refreshingly uncorrupted voice.”
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did geelong win last night
I mean I think the biggest thing for us and we talked about that straight after the game, we did review that game really, really closely, and not just as coaches, as players we went through it pretty clearly but that was one overriding thing we thought came out and that was our energy to compete. Q2: 7 mins remaining: Geelong 7-6 (48) vs Collingwood 1-0 (6) Dangerfield is (not literally) on fire. A: He banged his knee in our practice game that we played last weekend. Under WA's phase four restrictions, 30,000 fans can attend the games at Perth Stadium — half the venue's capacity. It has its moments but parenting has that anyway. We just tried to put one foot in front of the other. I thought you were the most consistent Port player all night. Yes, she has been amazing. Teams have to defend different options with us at times. Tonight they weren't. You need the week off, you just said! He had an experience tonight that money can't buy. We believe in us. They have been behind us all year, particularly our staff. Was given a different role this year. I think he is a guy who is just going to keep growing. They are hard to play against. How big a performance was that? They have been behind us all year, particularly our staff. They have been along for the journey the whole time. We had strong believe as a club at the start of the year right through. He will be all that much better for it. The Ebert goal on half time was big for them. It helps if you play finals one year and miss the next three. Quite simply a breathtaking half of footy from Geelong. Q: We don't see this every day. The WA Government said the decision to allow fans to attend the football was based on advice from the state's Chief Health Officer that it was safe. No. There is no doubt it has been a quirk of the season that West Coast and Port and Brisbane have had a different set-up to a lot of Melbourne clubs. You've seen tough times at this place. I think you've looked after me, giving me that one! Ryan Lester played on Dangerfield. Geelong led Richmond by 21 points in last year’s preliminary final without Tom Hawkins or Mitch Duncan, and the Cats have premiership Tiger Shaun Grigg in … Unfortunately tonight he got hurt with the landing, the force of the landing but he's pretty good, talking to him in the rooms. It is rare. Dangerfield = man possessed. Geelong champion Gary Ablett spoke to Channel Seven after the game... Q: You said before the game you would move to Geelong to play in a grand final.A: How good is that. We generally need everyone doing that. We often do it when we are at a slightly different venue or it takes on a more important answer. But they have developed a system and a group of players that know what to do in every minute of the game and it won't always work but at least they are on the same page. Can't remember another game that Richmond played here. Q: What was wrong with him Chris? Q: What was your message at half-time. We generally need everyone doing that. Deserved a goal. He was able to run at about 85 per cent speed but he couldn't get that extra 15 per cent that you need. And all credit to them. Been on the wing at times. A: Yes, I'm not sure of how Lightning premiership under 12 works. Absurdly easy, is this. And hopefully it is a bit of a two-way discussion with the players around. You had a fantastic season. So it is a process you have to go through unfortunately. It was a contest all night. We just want people that can do their job whenever it's their turn and that was Hammer's moments tonight where he stood up in the third quarter. These are junk-time goals but in a way Collingwood will take them. Another TAB customer is celebrating Geelong’s victory after they wagered $4000 at $3.25 on August 19 that the Cats would play in this season’s premiership decider. Did they play Sydney in a wet one? I think the last time we played 'em, we weren't able to do it in round 12, they just transitioned from their back half to their front half too quick and we couldn't catch up. So we couldn't pick him on that basis. I think they’re just looking after him. So I think their bodies were just stronger to break through in the clinches and clear the ball from the congestion. And it was classic Hawkins. Q: Has it ever come up in preparing for this finals series?A: Not really. I haven't had that many set shots throughout my career. So when they are under pressure and they needed to take the game on a little bit more you don't want the ball in his hands. So we are starting to become a really reliable team. This is our fifth game here this year, next week will be our sixth. The Cats were $12 at the start of this season to win this year’s flag and $15 was still on offer before Round 10 and one TAB punter is hoping their patience pays off after they placed a $5000 wager at $15 on June 11 for a potential $75,000 collect. I just found it really refreshing. Follow our social accounts to get exclusive content and all the latest sporting news! I thought our backs were strong too. We will firmly be focused on that. I think we look dangerous sometimes and we look dangerous in different ways. Wrong for a little time. Last rites now for Collingwood. Gone forward. That's Steve. I thought Ryan Lester played a really good game tonight. A 28-year-old man who ran onto the field during Collingwood's win over Geelong at Perth Stadium last night is facing a far heftier penalty than would normally apply for a streaking offence. They certainly favoured Metricon and played their semi-final there. AFL finals as it happened: Port Adelaide vs Geelong Cats at Adelaide Oval. Sort of one of those accidental things. I thought that was a brilliant performance by Geelong. Another six-pointer for the Cats, this time for Menegola. Probably missed a few but we have some young exciting guys at the club. 104 days you have been living amongst your teammates. A 28-year-old man who ran onto the field during last night's AFL match at Perth Stadium faces a $50,000 fine for breaching a quarantine zone. Q: You seem to have a clear head. It has been a challenge but I have enjoyed it. He's pretty good with those snap shots. There were some little moments that maybe we could have made them a little bit more nervous than we did but overall they deserved their victory. Stoppages are all theirs. We love our footy. But still, the best way to do that is to try to find a way to play your best football. This is a slightly bigger stage. It has probably been harder on [partner] Em who has done an unbelievable job. Played a good brand. I hate to individualise but Jack Henry tonight, some of his intercepting was spectacular. So we couldn't pick him on that basis. You have more scoring options or more ways to score through different players? That is something you fix over the summer in the gym and in your technique around contested ball. That's a really experienced football side. I’m serious. I haven't done the analysis. We are so grateful. We certainly don't need to let the frustration of some of those missed opportunities get to us. Geelong’s solitary goal is the second-lowest half-time score of 2020 and (according to Fox Footy) the lowest half-time score in a VFL/AFL final for 60-odd years. Q: Darcy Gardiner a late out. They know. Just final reminders, what do we prioritise, what is important. What did Kenny say to the group at half-time? Real resolve about what is ahead of us. You are faced with disappointments sometimes. He was able to run at about 85 per cent speed but he couldn't get that extra 15 per cent that you need. Great ball user, terrific player but that would help us. Round 17 taught us they will be hard to beat, they are going to be hard to beat, they are going to be hard to score against. Q: Also Brandan Parfitt tonight really good.A: Yes, he is improving week on week. Obviously it can kind of become a bit mundane to do the same thing week in and out every week. It's interesting. We have so much confidence in each other at the moment. It actually seems like there is only one team out there. We know we're good enough. But they seemed to find another way to get another goal and answer us. I don't even know if I touched it in the first quarter. But when I looked up Guthrie had the ball, set shot right on 50. Q4: 7 mins remaining: Geelong 13-9 (87) vs Collingwood 4-1 (25) Goal! Centre clearance for Grundy. Q3: 11 mins remaining: Geelong 9-7 (61) vs Collingwood 1-0 (6) Pendlebury started off (as he did in the second quarter) but now runs onto the ground. He didn’t have front running but he made it his own as the Pies defenders sat back and watched. Not for the whole game though. That is something you fix over the summer in the gym and in your technique around contested ball. It has been the focus of my career, not for the whole career, but the older you get the more intense you kind of want these moments so it is exciting. A few times! Our defence was really strong all night. A: It is pretty difficult. The answer to that is pretty hard - Dangerfield goes orbital and tries to bring down a huge hanger.
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The Lottery: A Dialogue Between Mr. Thomas Trueman and Mr. Humphrey Dupe - 8
1 2016-08-19T12:59:40-07:00 Will Fenton 82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a 7200 1 The lottery. : A dialogue between Mr. Thomas Trueman and Mr. Humphrey Dupe. 2016-08-19T12:59:40-07:00 Dove, David James, 1696?-1769. HSP in LCP Am 1758 Dov Ap758 D743 [Germantown, Pa. : Printed by Christopher Sower, 1758] Attributed to David James Dove in the Dictionary of American biography. Includes also two mock ballads: "The academy garland" and "The lottery. An excellent old ballad." Imprint supplied from Hildeburn 16 p. ; 18 cm Evans, C. American bibliography, 8114; English short title catalogue (ESTC), W21214; Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 1579; Wegelin, O. Early American poetry, 123 15 8 Will Fenton 82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a
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1 2016-08-19T12:59:40-07:00 The Lottery: A Dialogue Between Mr. Thomas Trueman and Mr. Humphrey Dupe - Title Page 1 The lottery. : A dialogue between Mr. Thomas Trueman and Mr. Humphrey Dupe. 2016-08-19T12:59:40-07:00 Dove, David James, 1696?-1769. HSP in LCP Am 1758 Dov Ap758 D743 [Germantown, Pa. : Printed by Christopher Sower, 1758] Attributed to David James Dove in the Dictionary of American biography. Includes also two mock ballads: "The academy garland" and "The lottery. An excellent old ballad." Imprint supplied from Hildeburn 16 p. ; 18 cm Evans, C. American bibliography, 8114; English short title catalogue (ESTC), W21214; Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 1579; Wegelin, O. Early American poetry, 123 15 Title Page
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7 injured after train derailment in Kentucky caused by tornado
Seven Amtrak passengers are being treated for injuries after a train derailed in the Kentucky town of Florence Monday evening due to an apparent tornado, myFOXky.com reported.
A second train that was headed to New Orleans instead carrying passengers from Louisville, also to New Orleans, was grounded temporarily in Charleston.
Florence Police Chief Steve Bell said the train derailed after being hit by a possible tornado around 6:15 p.m. ET, which witnesses described as severe.
“It was a tornado down right now,” an announcer on WLKY-TV said. “Florence Fire Department is helping with the cleanup there.”
“Some people had a hand to the floor,” a passenger told WLKY-TV. “A lady had a hand up in the air trying to get away.”
The reports of injuries included broken bones and head injuries. The injuries may have stemmed from tree branches breaking from the storm.
Florence Mayor Mike Nielsen told The Associated Press some would be treated and released from the area hospital. He estimated about 70 passengers were on the Amtrak train that went off the tracks.
“I just hope they’re OK. I just hope they’re all right. It’s always kind of concerning,” Nielsen said.
Amtrak said in a statement, “Our first priority is the safety of our passengers and crew and we are in close contact with local authorities. We have buses on standby to take our passengers to their destinations as quickly as possible.”
The train was headed to St. Louis from Louisville, Ky., when the derailment occurred, according to WLKY-TV.
Click for more from MyFoxKY.com.
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Home of Gold Investors
Welcome to Gold Investor Saturday, January 28 2023 @ 09:02 AM EST
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Can silver be a viable insulator for clothing?
Wednesday, January 14 2015 @ 10:37 AM EST
Silver has many industrial uses and recent research from several departments within the Engineering faculty at Stanford University may have added one more - insulation. The researchers showed that combining silver with nanotechnology could help us conserve energy by retaining more of the body's own heat. Clothing with embedded metallic silver nanowire was shown to reflect back nearly nearly 90% wearer’s body heat thus creating a very efficient form of insulated clothing. Optionally, the silver nanowire can also help generate heat by converting energy (electricity) from a battery. The nanowire is able to bring these benefits by only using one gram of silver per clothing, an amount that adds minimal cost and isn't likely to have a material impact on the overall price of silver. From the study's abstract;
"The metallic nanowires form a conductive network that not only is highly thermal insulating because it reflects human body infrared radiation but also allows Joule heating to complement the passive insulation. The breathability and durability of the original cloth is not sacrificed because of the nanowires’ porous structure. This nanowire cloth can efficiently warm human bodies and save hundreds of watts per person as compared to traditional indoor heaters."
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The wait is almost over for 2015 Silver Eagle bullion coins
Tuesday, December 09 2014 @ 10:45 AM EST
Anyone who has been trying to buy (2014) Silver Eagle coins over the last month or two knows that they have been hard to come by as many coin dealers have sold out their inventory. It's not that there is a real run on these silver coins, but just that at some point the US Mint stops production before moving to minting coins for the following year. So it is with bated breath that silver coin buyers have been waiting for the Mint to finish up their dealer allocations for remaining 2014 stock and also start putting out the 2015 coins so that they can be purchased.
The US Mint has announced that it will begin sales of its 2015 dated American Silver Eagle bullion coins to authorized purchasers on January 12, 2015. Some of these dealers are already taking pre-orders with delivery dates usually in the third or fourth week of January 2015.
How to test for fake gold and silver bullion
Friday, September 12 2014 @ 07:00 AM EDT
Not all gold and silver bullion/coins are created equal. Literally. We have long known that there was a robust fake coin manufacturing industry in China and even high value gold bars have found to be filled with tungsten. So gold and silver investors and collectors need to aware that there are many fake coins and bars floating around. Many of these fake coins are being sold as "souvenirs" but the price increase over the last 10-15 years has made this a very profitable criminal enterprise. Silver.com has put together an informative video and infographic to teach us how to detect and avoid these counterfeit gold and silver bullion products.
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Silver lies, and the liars
Tuesday, May 13 2014 @ 01:36 PM EDT
An interview with David Morgan of Silver-Investor.com and Rory Hall of TheDailyCoin.org delving into the realities of silver supply, (industrial/investment) demand and price of paper vs physical silver, especially Canadian silver Maple Leafs and American silver Eagle coins.
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Silver faraday cage, for your crotch
Wednesday, April 30 2014 @ 02:23 PM EDT
Rates of male fertility have been declining over the last few decades with lifestyle, diet/nutrition and chemical exposure being the most common reasons cited by the experts. More recently, with the huge growth in both cellular and wireless device use, studies have also shown that the electromagnetic (EM) radiation from mobile phones and Wi-Fi devices can also negatively affect male reproductive health. Several studies seem have been done, with many showing a relationship. A British entrepreneur is pitching an Indiegogo campaign to sell special underwear, which uses silver threads woven into the cotton fabric to create a faraday cage, thus preventing male reproductive damage in our EM rich environment. Enter:
Wireless Armour: Men's Underwear Protecting Your Health
Premium men's underwear that protects your health from Electromagnetic radiation. Designed for men who live in the modern world.
Royal mint strikes coins from WW2 sunken silver
Friday, April 04 2014 @ 02:12 PM EDT
The Royal Mint will be releasing special commemorative silver coins made from 2,800 bars of silver that were recovered by the American marine exploration company Odyssey Inc, off the coast of Ireland. The silver bars were on board the British merchant ship SS Gairsoppa and which was sunk by a German U-Boat in 1941. As part of the war effort, the silver was being transported from Calcutta, India to Liverpool when the ship was lost with its precious cargo. The wreck was first discovered in September 2011 at a depth of 3 miles on the ocean floor. The salvage effort was quite monumental in being able to recover 3.2 million troy ounces of silver from the this great depth.
Silver Stackers: Measure your Stash like a Miner
Tuesday, February 18 2014 @ 04:28 PM EST
When attempting to quantify the amount and quality of a possible mineralized deposit on their property, exploration companies and producers generally follow a process which seeks to state, in reasonably accurate and concise terms, just what they have…or might have. Following the Bre-X fiasco, wherein ‘highly inaccurate’ reserves of a supposed deposit in Borneo were publicized and acted upon by a tidal wave of investors, sophisticated and neophyte alike, a new set of reporting rules was enacted. Canadian National Instrument 43-101, is a rule developed by the Canadian Securities Administrators governing the process of disclosing to the public, scientific and technical information about mining projects. The NI 43-101 report is presented (usually within the context of a company News Release) by a “Qualified Person” – by a (presumably) competent licensed geoscientist, who often works for the company in question and is assumed to be skilled in analyzing the mineralization under review.
Some real "silver bullets"
Thursday, January 16 2014 @ 08:59 AM EST
They're not meant for killing vampires in some future apocalypse nor are we referring to (light) beer. These silver bullets are made by the Northwest Territorial Mint and range from 1/4 oz (.22 LR) to 25 oz (22 mm). These are definitely not for every stacker - as you do pay a bit more of a premium - nor are they for real numismatic collectors because they are a private mint, this is bullion and we don't know about the size of their runs, etc. But you gotta give it to these guys - after its all said and done, these are the types of precious metal collectibles that would make collecting bullion fun. Here is a video for those wondering how they manage to make these various caliber/weight silver bullets.
Silver coin premiums will continue to rise
Tuesday, January 14 2014 @ 01:17 PM EST
The premium paid by buyers of silver coins (price of coin in excess of the price of the silver bullion in the coin) is expected to rise even further as demand for coins continues to rise. This is in the face of many dire predictions that the price of silver futures contracts will continue to decline. is not n the United States and the U.S. Mint eases supply. Bloomberg reports that;
"The premium charged by wholesale dealers for American Eagle coins from the U.S. Mint may rise to 17 percent from 14 percent yesterday, said Frank McGhee, the head dealer at Integrated Brokerage Services LLC in Chicago. The mint has said that weekly allocations will ease."
Does a silver Canada goose tickle your fancy?
The pesky geese, which during this frigid North American winter are often associated with high priced (Canada Goose) jackets, also adorn the Royal Canadian Mint's first 2014 release of its "$20 for $20" silver coins. As implied by the name of the series, this coin has a face value of $20 and retails from the mint for that same price.
The coin features Canadian wildlife and nature artist Trevor Tennant's rendering of the Canadian goose on the reverse and the standard Susanna Blunt portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse. Like the previous ten coins in this series, this one is made from 99.99% silver and weighs 7.96 grams. RCM will mint 225,000 of these silver coins.
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Wednesday, September 21. 2022
MSNBC, CNN Guest Roasted After Calling Evangelical Prayer-Hands 'Nazi Salute'
The RC Church over the Abyss
Don Lemon Suggested Royal Family Should Pay Reparations. What Happened Next Is the Stuff of Legends.
The Ivy League Is Dying—and That’s a Good Thing
Kling: Score Settling on COVID - We are far from closure on the pandemic
Denver: Giving Cash To Homeless Will Fix Everything
$240 million food aid stolen, 44 indicted in Minnesota
Ken Burns Holocaust PBS Doc Ends With Calling Republicans Nazis
Why Republican governors sent those immigrant buses. They’re a political stunt, but they’re also much more than that
Genius political ad promotes DeSantis' contributions to diversity in Martha's Vineyard
Is DeSantis being given the Trump treatment?
Five Myths About China
Re: The Ivy League is dying.,,
It most certainly is not. The function of the Ivy League is to network the children of the Ruling Caste so that they form friendships and alliances and marriages that will serve them when they accede to power.
The old royals courts did the same thing by fostering the sons and daughters of the nobles of the realm. All Ruling Castes require an institution like the Ivies or royal court to stabilize their rule.
#1 bob sykes on 2022-09-21 08:41 (Reply)
'The RC Church over the Abyss'
The RC Church has always been IN the Abyss, so the things that the article speaks of should come as no surprise. It's the Church of Laodecia in Revelation.
#2 Maniac on 2022-09-21 09:10 (Reply)
Church leadership is important, but I see no lack of failure in all churches' leadership. There is far too much lukewarm in all the congregations. There is a doctrine to follow and it is our choice as individuals to follow or not. In the end it is Gods judgement of us and not our judgement of God.
#2.1 indyjonesouthere on 2022-09-21 15:12 (Reply)
Re: MSNBC, CNN Guest Roasted After Calling Evangelical Prayer-Hands 'Nazi Salute'
You realize this only happened on Twitter, not in the real world, right? Twitter may have millions of users, but there are hundreds of millions of non-users. The word has gone out that Mastriano is a confirmed Nazi and most people aren't going to know that's a vicious lie.
#3 Jerryskids on 2022-09-21 09:37 (Reply)
re $240 million food aid stolen, 44 indicted in Minnesota
Makes the perpetrators of The Great Train Robbery [url]https://en.wikipedia.or/wiki/Great_Train_Robbery_(1963)[/url] look like pikers by comparisom.
One wonders if Ellison, the Minnesota AG will prosecute these people and if found guilty, will they be required to pay restitution?
The cynic in me says they will walk and keep their ill-gotten gains.
Only a few years earlier the same ethnic group perpetrated a multimillion dollar rip off using childcare as the vehicle of theft. It has not dawned on Minnesotans that multiculturalism is a problem and not an enlightenment. Pair that with the democratic party's absurd fashion of clinging to any program that buys votes and, like magic, the taxpayer dollars disappear along with the Mpls star and tribune reporters.
Re: Don Lemon and reparations
Wonderful schooling by Lemon’s Brit guest, but I would have asked why he’s not demanding reparations from the Demonrat party since they were the party that defended slavery, supported the KKK, implemented poll taxes, literacy tests, segregation and Jim Crow, and now considers blacks to be too stupid or lazy to get an ID to vote. In an age when George Washington and Thomas Jefferson have to be “defended” for owning slaves, their is no defense needed for the Demonrat party.
#5 mudbug on 2022-09-21 10:13 (Reply)
It wasn't a bad answer by the British commentator, but it certainly wasn't a 'devastating' one. Like the climate arguments, it all depends on how one sets up the reference frame around the argument.
For reparations, it's all about who has the deepest pockets and is also the biggest fool. That's the US, right now. Slavery was a big problem in the 1800s, but the records show that the US was far from the most egregious offender. But before the avenging angel starts bickering, I would ask anybody that is after reparations because they're outraged about slavery 160 years ago: What're you doing to stop the slavery that is ongoing right now? Or are you really just in it for you and your own pocket?
#6 Aggie on 2022-09-21 10:33 (Reply)
Why is the federal government giving $240 million of our money for food aid? It should not be the business of the federal government to feed kids at home, probably not to feed them in schools either. To just airdrop that kind of money is criminal and ouer politicians should go to jail for gross mismanagement. The federal government starting with congress needs to be reined in.
#7 OneGuy on 2022-09-21 10:42 (Reply)
Big Tech is waging financial war on dissenters
https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/09/21/big-tech-is-waging-financial-war-on-dissenters/#.Yysuegb729c.twitter
Donald Trump sued for fraud over family business
I doubt there is any basis for this.
As she promised to do, the New York AG is following through and suing Trump over anything she can think of.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62986812
After Burns tripped through the tulips in his Viet Nam doc, I pretty much stay clear of PBS and Burns.
#10 indyjonesouthere on 2022-09-21 13:53 (Reply)
In reply to [ Top level ]#1: bob sykes on 2022-09-21 08:41 #2: Maniac on 2022-09-21 09:10 #2.1: indyjonesouthere on 2022-09-21 15:12 #3: Jerryskids on 2022-09-21 09:37 #4: feeblemind on 2022-09-21 09:45 #4.1: indyjonesouthere on 2022-09-21 12:53 #5: mudbug on 2022-09-21 10:13 #6: Aggie on 2022-09-21 10:33 #7: OneGuy on 2022-09-21 10:42 #8: feeblemind on 2022-09-21 13:11 #9: feeblemind on 2022-09-21 13:15 #10: indyjonesouthere on 2022-09-21 13:53
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Topic: "Operation Pawn Storm" - Cyberespionage of the employees of embassies etc.
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"Operation Pawn Storm" - Cyberespionage of the employees of embassies etc.
A cyberespionage group has been using advanced spear-phishing techniques to steal email log-in credentials from the employees of military agencies, embassies, defense contractors and international media outlets that use Office 365’s Outlook Web App.
The group behind the attack campaign has been operating since at least 2007 according to researchers from Trend Micro, who published a research paper on Wednesday about the attacks they dubbed Operation Pawn Storm: http://www.trendmicro.com/cloud-content/us/pdfs/security-intelligence/white-papers/wp-operation-pawn-storm.pdf
The Pawn Storm attackers have used a variety of techniques over the years to compromise their targets, including spear-phishing emails with malicious Microsoft Office attachments that installed a backdoor-type malware program called SEDNIT or Sofacy, or selective exploits injected into compromised legitimate websites.
The group used one particularly interesting technique in email phishing attacks against organizations that use the Outlook Web App (OWA), which is part of Microsoft’s Office 365 service.
For each phishing attack, the group created two fake domains: one very similar to that of a third-party website known to the victims—like that of an upcoming industry conference for example—and one similar to the domain used by the targeted organization’s Outlook Web App deployment.
The attackers then crafted phishing emails with a link to the fake third-party site where they hosted non-malicious JavaScript code whose purpose was twofold: to open the actual legitimate site in a new tab and to redirect the already opened Outlook Web App browser tab to a phishing page.
“The JavaScript made it appear that the victims’ OWA sessions ended while at the same time, tricked them into reentering their credentials,” the Trend Micro researchers wrote in their paper. “To do this, the attackers redirected victims to fake OWA log-in pages by setting their browsers’ open windows property.”
This technique does not exploit any vulnerabilities and works in any popular browser, including Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Apple’s Safari, the researchers said. However, two conditions need to be met: the victims need to use OWA and they need to click on the embedded links from OWA’s preview pane, they said.
This can be a powerful attack, because the victims know they had a legitimate OWA session opened in that browser tab and might not check if the URL has changed before re-entering their credentials.
In addition to using domain names that were very similar to those used by the targeted organizations for their real OWA log-in pages, in some cases the attackers even purchased legitimate SSL certificates so that the victims’ browsers display the HTTPS secure connection indicators for the phishing sites, the Trend Micro researchers said.
Among those targeted with this technique were employees of the U.S. private military company ACADEMI, formerly known as Blackwater; the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE); the U.S. Department of State; U.S. government contractor SAIC; a multinational company based in Germany; the Vatican Embassy in Iraq; broadcasting companies in several countries; the defense ministries of France and Hungary, Pakistani military officials; Polish government employees, and military attachés from various countries.
The phishing baits used by the attackers included well-known events and conferences that their victims were interested in.
“Apart from effective phishing tactics, the threat actors used a combination of proven targeted attack staples to compromise systems and get in to target networks—exploits and data-stealing malware,” the Trend Micro researchers said. “SEDNIT variants particularly proved useful, as these allowed the threat actors to steal all manners of sensitive information from the victims’ computers while effectively evading detection.”
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1 Планируемое название
2 Авторы
5 Контакты
6 The definition of the topic
7 The reason for publication (why this book is needed)
8 Proposed list of contents
9 Books relate to or are similar to this project, the differences
10 The audiences the book is aimed
11 Professional societies, companies, or other groups which might be interested in the book
12 Key journals in the area
13 Полезные ссылки
Планируемое название
Э.М. Галимов
А.М. Кривцов
Конец марта 2012 г.
The definition of the topic
At present, hypothesis of the formation of the Moon from material of the Earth-mantle is a paradigm. It suggests collision of the Earth with a large (Mars-size) body during the first 30-50 million years of the Earth history. This hypothesis, known as the giant impact hypothesis, was coined in the middle of the 1970s and gained acceptance because it provided a simple solution for a number of dynamic and geochemical problems. However, during the course of time some inconsistencies of the impact hypothesis have surfaced. It is not the purpose of this book to make a critical review of the giant impact hypothesis. Instead, we would like to show another mechanism of the formation of the Moon, different from the collision model, which considers the geochemical constraints and results of the dynamic simulation.
The reason for publication (why this book is needed)
The giant impact hypothesis of the Moon formation is very well known, but other possible scenarios are left in a shadow. However, the giant impact hypothesis is incapable of explaining some geochemical aspects of the situation. The book is aimed to explain the competing scenarios and show the alternative possibilities for the Earth-Moon formation. Such a monograph, written in a fair and balanced manner, could be a truly valuable acquisition to the planetology community.
Proposed list of contents
I The Moon
History of study.
The Moon as a celestial body.
Structure, chemical composition and mineralogy.
Lunar geology.
Data on the age of the Moon.
II Solar system
Beginning of the Solar system.
Extrosolar planetary systems.
Possible scenarios of accumulation of planets.
III Hypotheses of the Moon’s origin
The giant impact model.
Other models.
IV The model of formation of the Earth-Moon system via fragmentation of the initial gas-dust concentration
Enrichment of the Moon in refractory elements and depletion in volatiles.
Volatility of iron.
Evaporation of particles during contraction of the initial cloud is a crucial factor for both: dynamic of its fragmentation and depletion of the Moon in iron.
Geochemical consequences following from the model and how they are reconciled with the observations.
V Isotope constraints for evolution of the gas-dust cloud initial for Earth and Moon and again of their formation
182Hf-182W
87Rb-87Sr
129I-129Xe, 244Pu-136Xe
236U-208Pb, 235U-207Pb
146Sm-142Nd
VI Dynamics of the Earth-Moon formation
Existing models for simulation of the dynamics of the Earth-Moon formation.
Modelling of the Earth-Moon system formation using particles.
Sequential stages of Earth-Moon system formation.
Formation of the gas-dust cloud.
Rotational collapse.
Accumulation growth of the Earth and Moon embryos.
Results of the dynamics simulation and analysis of their dependence on the model parameters and conditions of the computations.
Analysis of the composition of Earth and Moon obtained from the dynamical model.
Books relate to or are similar to this project, the differences
Origin of the Earth and Moon (Space Science). Editors : Robin M. Canup, Kevin Righter. University of Arizona Press. $60.00
This book is compilation of papers of different authors (not a monograph). The book is mainly aimed to support the megaimpact hypothesis, leaving in a shadow other non-ipact possibilities of the Moon origin.
Dana Mackenzie. The Big Splat, or How Our Moon Came to Be, 2003, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 0-471-15057-6. $33.95
Neil F. Comins. What If the Moon Didn't Exist?: Voyages to Earths That Might Have Been. 1995. $119.22
These books are of popular kind, which is not satisfactory for the specialists in the area.
The audiences the book is aimed
Advanced students, PhD students and researchers in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics and also any non-specialists interested in the problem of Solar system formation wishing to gain an overview in the origin of Earth and Moon.
Professional societies, companies, or other groups which might be interested in the book
Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers
Astronomical League
Astronomical Society of India
Astronomische Gesellschaft
Federation of Astronomical Societies
Eurasian Astronomical Society
European Association for Astronomy Education
European Astronomical Society
Europlanet
International Astronomical Union
Planetary Society
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Royal Astronomical Society in London
Royal Society of London
And many other societies, companies, groups related to astrophysics and planetary science.
Key journals in the area
AIAA Journal
Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Astronomical Journal
Astronomical Review
The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review
Astronomy & Geophysics
Astronomy Education Review
Astronomy Letters
Astronomy Now
Astronomy Reports
The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Astrofisika
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India
Earth, Moon, and Planets
Geochemistry International
Journal of Astrophysics & Astronomy
Journal of the British Interplanetary Society
Journal of Earth System Science
Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Series A. Mathematical, Physical & Engineering Sciences
Pis’ma v Astronomicheskii Zhurnal
Planetary Report
Planetary and Space Science
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
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Texture and Colour: Abstract Art by Gary Jenkins
Untitled, acrylic on wood panel
Our featured artist today is Gary Jenkins. Gary was born in Flint, Michigan and now lives and works in Kumagaya, Saitama, Japan. This artist’s practice revolves around abstract paintings that explore texture and color through repeating patterns of bulbous, smooth marks.
Ginza No.39
The Black Ice series in Gary's portfolio
Gary’s most recent works in his portfolio are a series of acrylic paintings that explore variations on the artist’s familiar methods of working. In one group of paintings, the artist sticks to a two or three-tone colour scheme, painting overlapping blobs of colour that are separated by incongruously hard black lines. In other paintings, Gary channels Jackson Pollock on wood panels that are packed to bursting with tiny, brightly coloured marks and long, crossing lines.
I like the way that Gary uses negative space to emphasize the marks in his paintings. A great example of this is his Black Ice series, in which Gary worked almost exclusively in black, white and a neutral, earthy tan colour. The white marks have sharp, hard edges that jut out into the other shapes, piercing them. While the paintings are layered, it’s a puzzle for the eye to try to figure out which marks were made first.
Crosscurrents No.21, acrylic and acrylic gouache on fabric on canvas
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Another Conspiracy Theory Becomes Fact: The Entire Oil Collapse Is All About Crushing Russian Control Over Syria
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Published: 06 February 2015 | Written by Tyler Durden | Print | Email
While the markets are still debating whether the price of oil is more impacted by the excess pumping of crude here, or the lack of demand there, or if it is all just a mechanical squeeze by momentum-chasing HFT algos who also know to buy in the milliseconds before 2:30pm, we bring readers' attention back to what several months ago was debunked as a deep conspiracy theory.
Back then we wrote about a certain visit by John Kerry to Saudi Arabia, on September 11 of all days, to negotiate a secret deal with the now late King Abdullah so as to get a "green light" in order "to launch its airstrikes against ISIS, or rather, parts of Iraq and Syria. And, not surprising, it is once again Assad whose fate was the bargaining chip to get the Saudis on the US' side, because in order to launch the incursion into Syrian sovereign territory, it "took months of behind-the-scenes work by the U.S. and Arab leaders, who agreed on the need to cooperate against Islamic State, but not how or when. The process gave the Saudis leverage to extract a fresh U.S. commitment to beef up training for rebels fighting Mr. Assad, whose demise the Saudis still see as a top priority."
We concluded:
Said otherwise, the pound of flesh demanded by Saudi Arabia to "bless" US airstrikes and make them appear as an act of some coalition, is the removal of the Assad regime. Why? So that, as we also explained last year, the holdings of the great Qatar natural gas fields can finally make their way onward to Europe, which incidentally is also America's desire - what better way to punish Putin for his recent actions than by crushing the main leverage the Kremlin has over Europe?
Because at the end of the day it is all about energy. We made as much very clear one month later when in mid-October we said "If The Oil Plunge Continues, "Now May Be A Time To Panic" For US Shale Companies." The panic time has long since come, but only after we laid out the problem clearly enough for all to grasp:
... while we understand if Saudi Arabia is employing a dumping strategy to punish the Kremlin as per the "deal" with Obama's White House, very soon there will be a very vocal, very insolvent and very domestic shale community demanding answers from the Obama administration, as once again the "costs" meant to punish Russia end up crippling the only truly viable industry under the current presidency.
As a reminder, the last time Obama threatened Russia with "costs", he sent Europe into a triple-dip recession.
It would truly be the crowning achievement of Obama's career if, amazingly, he manages to bankrupt the US shale "miracle" next.
Of course, all of the above was purely in the realm of the conspiratorial, because the last thing the administration would admit is that the tradeoff to its bargain with Saudi Arabia to implement a (largely failed) foreign policy regarding ISIS (which has grown in size since the coalition campaign) was to put at risk the entire US shale miracle, a miracle which is evaporating in front of everyone's eyes. And all thanks to that "closest" of US allies in the middle east: Saudi Arabia.
It was conspiratorial, that is, until today, when thanks to the far less "tinfoil" NYT one more conspiracy theory becomes conspiracy fact, following a report that "Saudi Arabia has been trying to pressure President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to abandon his support for President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, using its dominance of the global oil markets at a time when the Russian government is reeling from the effects of plummeting oil prices."
Saudi Arabia and Russia have had numerous discussions over the past several months that have yet to produce a significant breakthrough, according to American and Saudi officials. It is unclear how explicitly Saudi officials have linked oil to the issue of Syria during the talks, but Saudi officials say — and they have told the United States — that they think they have some leverage over Mr. Putin because of their ability to reduce the supply of oil and possibly drive up prices."
As we predicted, correctly, in September: it was all about Syria:
“If oil can serve to bring peace in Syria, I don’t see how Saudi Arabia would back away from trying to reach a deal,” a Saudi diplomat said. An array of diplomatic, intelligence and political officials from the United States and Middle East spoke on the condition of anonymity to adhere to protocols of diplomacy.
So what would it take for the price of oil to finally jump? Not much: Putin's announcement that Syria's leader Bashar is no longer a strategic ally of Russia.
Any weakening of Russian support for Mr. Assad could be one of the first signs that the recent tumult in the oil market is having an impact on global statecraft. Saudi officials have said publicly that the price of oil reflects only global supply and demand, and they have insisted that Saudi Arabia will not let geopolitics drive its economic agenda. But they believe that there could be ancillary diplomatic benefits to the country’s current strategy of allowing oil prices to stay low — including a chance to negotiate an exit for Mr. Assad.
"Russia has been one of the Syrian president’s most steadfast supporters, selling military equipment to the government for years to bolster Mr. Assad’s forces in their battle against rebel groups, including the Islamic State, and supplying everything from spare parts and specialty fuels to sniper training and helicopter maintenance."
Will Putin relent?
"Mr. Putin, however, has frequently demonstrated that he would rather accept economic hardship than buckle to outside pressures to change his policies. Sanctions imposed by the United States and European countries have not prompted Moscow to end its military involvement in Ukraine, and Mr. Putin has remained steadfast in his support for Mr. Assad, whom he sees as a bulwark in a region made increasingly volatile by Islamic extremism."
Actually that's not it: Syria, as we have been explaining for nearly two years is the critical transit zone of a proposed natural gas pipeline, originating in Qatar, and one which would terminate somewhere in central Europe. The same Qatar which was the "mystery sponsor of weapons and money to Syrian mercenary rebels" who eventually became ISIS. The same Qatar which is now directly funding ISIS. Of course, if Putin were to handover Syria to the Saudi princes (and to Qatar), he would effectively shoot himself in the foot by ending any leverage Gazprom has over Europe.
This too is very well known to Putin. For now he has shown that he has no intention of abdicating Syria, and losing critical leverage when it comes to being the provider of last resort of European gas:
The Saudis have offered economic enticements to Russian leaders in return for concessions on regional issues like Syria before, but never with oil prices so low. It is unclear what effect, if any, the discussions are having. While the United States would support initiatives to end Russian backing for Mr. Assad, any success by the Saudis to cut production and raise global oil prices could hurt many parts of the American economy.
After the meeting in Moscow in November between Prince Saud al-Faisal, the Saudi foreign minister, and Sergey V. Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, Mr. Lavrov rejected the idea that international politics should play a role in setting oil prices.
“We see eye to eye with our Saudi colleagues in that we believe the oil market should be based on the balance of supply and demand,” Mr. Lavrov said, “and that it should be free of any attempts to influence it for political or geopolitical purposes.”
Which, in retrospect puts the Ukraine conflict, and the western isolation of Russia in a very simple spotlight - the whole point is to inflict as much pain as possible, so Putin has no choice but to hand over Syria.
Russia is feeling financial pain and diplomatic isolation because of international sanctions stemming from its incursion into Crimea and eastern Ukraine, American officials said. But Mr. Putin still wants to be viewed as a pivotal player in the Middle East. The Russians hosted a conference last week in Moscow between the Assad government and some of Syria’s opposition groups, though few analysts believe the talks will amount to much, especially since many of the opposition groups boycotted them. Some Russia experts expressed skepticism that Mr. Putin would be amenable to any deal that involved removing support for Mr. Assad.
Saudi Arabia’s leverage depends on how seriously Moscow views its declining oil revenues. “If they are hurting so bad that they need the oil deal right away, the Saudis are in a good position to make them pay a geopolitical price as well,” said F. Gregory Gause III, a Middle East specialist at Texas A&M’s Bush School of Government and Public Service.
As for Assad, the Syrian president "has shown no inclination to step aside. He said in a recent interview with Foreign Affairs magazine that the true threat in Syria comes from the Islamic State and Qaeda-affiliated groups that, in his words, make up the “majority” of rebellion. American and Arab officials said that even if Russia were to abandon Mr. Assad, the Syrian president would still have his most generous benefactor, Iran. Iranian aid to the Syrian government has been one of the principal reasons that Mr. Assad has been able to hold power as other autocrats in the Middle East have been deposed.
And as a major oil producer, Iran would benefit if Saudi Arabia helped push up oil prices as part of a bargain with Russia.
“You are going to strengthen your enemy whether you like it or not, and the Iranians are not showing any flexibility here,” said Mustafa Alani, an analyst at the Gulf Research Center who is close to the Saudi royal family.
But the military aid that Russia provides to Syria is different enough from what Damascus receives from Iran, its other major supplier, that if “Russia withdrew all military support, I don’t think the Syrian Army could function,” a senior Obama administration official said.
A number of Arab nations have been pushing for the Saudis and Russians — polar extremes in their positions toward Mr. Assad — to find common ground on the matter as a step toward ending the carnage of Syria’s civil war, now almost four years old. But, as one Arab diplomat put it, “This decision is ultimately in Putin’s hands.”
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what the great oil collapse of 2014/2015 is all about. For those who want to know when to buy oil, the answer is simple: just after (or ideally before) Putin announces he will no longer support the Assad regime. If, that is, he ever does because that act will effectively destroy all leverage Putin may ever have over Europe, and in the process, also end - quite prematurely - his career.
Until then, every single HFT-induced spike in oil is one to be ultimately faded, because as the past few months have shown, it is the Saudis who set the price, and they will not take no for an answer, even if it means crippling the entire US shale, and energy, industry in the process.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-02-03/another-conspiracy-theory-becomes-fact-entire-oil-collapse-all-about-crushing-russia
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Queen High
(2022) C. J. Carey, Quercus, �.99, trdpbk, iv + 414pp, ISBN 978-1-529-41204-8
This is the second novel by Carey set in an alternate British history. Like the first novel, Widowland, this is set in a Britain where in 1940 the British government entered an Alliance which led to the invasion of Britain by Germany, the removal of King George VI and Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret and the creation of a Protectorate.
In the place of the deposed royals was placed Edward Windsor and his American wife Wallis Simpson, figureheads of royalty and yet powerless puppets of the Protectorate.
Now it is 1955. This Britain is a place of segregation in a 揹ivide and rule� scenario. All women are in thrall to the men of the Protectorate, in a caste system based on that of India. As such there are six classes for women. The highest were popularly called Gelis, after the woman most loved by the Leader, his niece Geli. Klaras � after the leader抯 mother � were fertile women who had produced, ideally, four or more children; Lenis were professional women, such as office workers and actresses, after Leni Riefenstahl, the regime抯 chief film director. Paulas, named after the Leader抯 sister, were in the caring professions, teachers and nurses, whereas燤agdas were lowly shop and factory employees and Gretls did the grunt work as kitchen and domestic staff. There were a range of other designations � for nuns, disabled mothers and midwives � but right at the bottom of the hierarchy came Friedas. It was a diminutive of the nickname Friedhofefrauen � cemetery women. These were widows and spinsters over fifty who had no children, no reproductive purpose and who did not serve a man. There was nothing lower than the Friedas, who have been placed in a ghetto area known as Widowland.
It is now 1955, two years since the killing of the Leader, assassinated in the Oxford Bodleian. As before, the story is focused upon Rose Ransom, a Geli who was involved in the assassination of the Leader in the first book. Rose is lucky to be alive as she was involved in the Leader抯 death, but has been miraculously overlooked. She still works at the Culture Ministry where her work now focuses on editing Poetry, a form of writing that is felt to transmit subversive meanings, emotions and signals that cannot be controlled. Therefore, all Poetry is banned and Rose is appointed a Poet Hunter, someone who takes traditional poetry and rewrites it into matter more conducive to the new regime.
In Queen High, the rule of the Protectorate has continued to be reinforced. Now, more than ever, the Protectorate is a place of surveillance and isolation � a land of spies. A government propaganda drive to promote positive images of women has just been announced as for the first time in their rule a visit of the American President Eisenhower has been announced and the Alliance wishes to show England in a good light.
With Edward having died in 1954, Queen Wallis has a symbolic position as the last Queen of England. It is Wallis who will be spearheading the campaign, and Rose has been tasked by the Alliance Security Office with visiting her to explain the plan. When Rose arrives at the palace, rather than find an irrational and confused person, Rose finds Wallis surprisingly lucid, candid and desperate to return to America and enjoy the liberty of her homeland. She claims she has a secret document so explosive that it will blow the Protectorate apart, so will she be able to give the Americans her evidence before her secret is discovered and pull the trigger on the Alliance?
�I>A Queen High is one solitary queen in a lousy hand.
A lonely queen all on her own.
Some people call that hand a Nothing. Or a No Pair.
Seems kind of appropriate now.�/P>
There抯 a lot in Queen High to like, especially if you抳e read the previous novel. What works best for me here is the wonderful little details that create a realistic scenario within which for the characters to move. Whether it be the Rudolf Hess Airport on the outskirts of London, the amended inscription on the Cenotaph, or the designs by Albert Speer of a new London renamed (unsurprisingly) Londinium, this setting feels real. Seeing both London and Berlin, now Germania, in this new world was fascinating.
We are, of course, seeing the ruling party strengthen its hold on the occupied Anglo-Saxon Territories. Fifteen years on after the occupation, most music and books are banned, unless produced or sanctioned by Content Providers. The Aesthetic Hygiene Squad has been created to sanitise public work, which seems to still involve book-burning. There are Purity Drives, arresting fallen women who are trialled in public People抯 Courts. Food is still rationed, unless you are one of the upper classes. Foreign communication is pretty much banned, with magazines and news from other non-German territories highly restricted. Rules are revised often on a weekly basis � at one point the Protector bans women from having their hair braided, as such a style can be used to send secret messages to others. All of this seems plausible in this Orwellian-style state, although there were times when I felt that some points are made a little too forcefully. I found the redefining of the BBC抯 motto of �I>Inform, Educate, Entertain� to �I>Inform, Educate, Eradicate� something reminiscent of the Daleks.
What is also less credible are the inconsistent plot points that happen within this. It did rather dent my suspension of disbelief that Rose manages, despite being one of the few survivors of the assassination in 1953, to not only hold down a super-secret job in this novel, but be given one which is perhaps more important than it was before. Even the author admits, through Rose, that she is amazed by the unlikeliness of this happening, but attempts to explain this in an unconvincing plot twist and an unlikely coincidence.
And this is not the only one. I was further surprised at how quick Rose manages to go from being office lackey to confidant of the Queen, flying with her in her private plane to Berlin. To cap it all, there is also one ginormous plot-twist at the end, which I won抰 reveal here but of which its convenience may make or break the book for some readers.
And yet despite all this, I enjoyed the story a great deal. There抯 some nice literary references throughout, and the expositions on the importance of poetry, like the discourses on the importance of literature in the last book, may ring true with many readers. There is (of course!) an ending which leaves it all open for another novel which, despite these issues, I will be interested to read.
All in all then, Queen High is a book with an unusual setting that may entertain very much, provided you don抰 think about the plot too carefully. It is undoubtedly an entertaining read, and the pages turn easily, even though at no point did I really feel that Rose was in great peril. Lots of marks for effort, even if it is not quite the success I had hoped it was going to be.
Mark Yon
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FloralMarketResearch.com - - The site for Floral Marketing Research
Feature Article in the Dec. 4, 2004 Issue of Flower News
Florists Invest in Designing and Delivery
to Thwart Market Competition
Drs. Tom & Tim Prince, Prince & Prince, Inc., Columbus, Ohio U.S.A.
FloralMarketResearch.com
NOTE: Updated retail florist market information is available in the Prince & Prince U.S. Retail Florist Tracking Survey, now available as a one-day, on-site, comprehensive seminar, with Q&A session, or as a "Seminar on Flash". Click on "SEMINARS" from the P&P Home Page.
Florists are facing increasing competition from a variety of floral outlets, and are actively taking actions to thwart this competition. Since 1998, Prince & Prince has been periodically tracking the product offerings, marketing practices, and operational aspects of florist shops throughout the United States through its market surveys, and will do so again in 2005 (see About the 2005 Research Update). In this article, we excerpt key statistics from our 2003 florist tracking research that reveal the changing composition of florist shop competition in the United States. Furthermore, we highlight two key florist services, designing and delivery, and show that florist investments in these service offerings have exhibited some rather large changes over the past few years. Our interpretation of the findings suggests that florists are expanding their core competencies in floral designing and delivery services to thwart, not match, the increasing mass-market competition in floral products.
Florist Competition
In our surveys, we measure florists’ perceived level of competition across ten classes of floral competitors. These classes of floral market competition include other retail florists, supermarkets, super-discount stores, discount stores, home/hardware centers, wholesale stores/clubs, street vendors, event/party planners, farmers’ markets, and hobby/craft stores. For each outlet class, florists rate whether the level of floral competition in their primary market area is non-existent, low, moderate, high, or very high (5-point scale). Table 1 shows the average competition scores in rank order across the ten outlet classes for our 2003 study.
Table 1. Florists' Rating of Market Competition, 1998 & 2003.
(Rating Scale: 1 = None, thru 5 = Very High)
Other Retail Florists
Super-Discount Stores
Wholesale Stores/Clubs
Home/Hardware Centers
Hobby/Craft Stores
Event/Party Planners
Street Vendors
Survey of 1,012 and 1,007 randomly-selected US florist shops in 2003 & 1998, respectively.
Overall, florists in 2003 perceived the top three sources of floral competition from other florist shops, supermarkets, and super-discount stores. Party/event planners and street vendors showed the relatively lowest level of market competition for florists, on average. While these statistics provide a frame of reference for florist market competition, of greater interest is how these outlet competition scores have changed over time, for that potentially signals the direction of florist competition for the future. Table 1 also shows the outlet competition scores for our 1998 study compared with scores from our 2003 study, and the percentage change in competition for each outlet class.
Table 1 shows that while other florists and supermarkets are the top two rated classes of competition, the level of competition from these two outlet classes has not increased since 1998. However, florists have perceived increasing floral competition from super-discount stores, wholesale stores/clubs, and home/hardware centers since 1998, with percentage increases ranging from 8% to 13%. Most other outlet classes showed no or little change in floral competition scores, and in some cases, declines in the level of perceived competition since 1998. Thus, super-discount stores, wholesale store/clubs, and home/hardware centers are increasing their presence as more serious floral-outlet competition for retail florists.
Florist Investment
For one aspect of the florist research, we measured the operational areas where florists have "invested most resources" over the past two years to improve their floral business. In this reporting, we highlight two of twenty areas measured in the research, Designing, and Delivery, that showed the largest change nationwide between our 1998 and 2003 studies. Figure 1 shows the percentage of florists that have invested "most resources" in Designing and Delivery for the 1998 and 2003 studies.
The survey findings indicated that the percentage of florists throughout the US investing in Designing has increased from 50% in 1998 to 59% in 2003, a statistically significant nine percentage-point increase nationwide across the five-year period. Likewise, the percentage of florists in the US that have invested in Delivery increased from 25% in 1998 to 38% in 2003, a highly significant 13 percentage-point increase nationwide over the five-year period. On a national basis, these percentage movements for Designing and Delivery are rather large and dramatic.
Design Investment by Florist Sales Groups
To show the structure underlying this florist investment in Designing, we segmented the national findings by the size of the florist business. Figure 2 shows the florist design-investment profile by five annual sales groups, ranging from $100,000 or less, to over $1 million. In the chart, an asterisk next to the sales category indicates a statistically significant change in percentage investment between 1998 and 2003. For 2003, more florists invested in designing in 4 out of 5 annual sales groups (3 out of 5 statistically significant), compared with 1998. Only florists in the $500,000 to $1 million annual sales group did not register a percentage increase in design investment for 2003. The larger percentage increases in design investment were registered among florists with annual sales of $500,000 or less, and especially among the smallest-sized florists, where 2003 design investment showed an 18 percentage-point gain over 1998.
Delivery Investment by Florist Sales Groups
Figure 3 shows the florist delivery-investment profile by five annual sales groups. For 2003, all florist sales groups showed an increase in the percentage investing in floral delivery (4 out of 5 statistically significant), compared with 1998. The largest-sized florists with annual sales over $1 million registered the largest percentage gain in delivery investment since 1998, with a gain of 17 percentage points. Thus, the number of florists investing in delivery has shown a strong increase over the past five years.
These survey research findings indicate that the US florist industry has recently witnessed increases in specific mass-market competition, and has shifted its marketing and operational emphasis back to two traditional core competencies of retail florists: Designing & Delivery. On a national scale, the documented increases in florist investment in Designing and Delivery are rather large and pervasive, being exhibited by most florist-size groups. The survey findings suggest that florists are not engaged in strategies to match mass-market floral competition. Rather, florists are investing in those core competencies that most distinguish them from mass-market competition, namely design talent and delivery services. Thus today, more retail florists are differentiating their floral products and service offerings to consumers to thwart the increases in mass-market floral competition. Prince & Prince will continue to track these developments, and the behaviors of the retail florist industry though its 2005 Research Tracking Update.
About the 2005 Research Update. Being a valuable resource for the entire floral industry, Prince & Prince will update its US Retail Florist Tracking Research in early 2005. This nationwide marketing research project tracks recent changes in the retail florist product mix and identifies florist-usage trends for 65 cut-flower species, 20 potted plant species, and over 30 floral hardgood/gift-shop items. The Prince & Prince research also tracks changes in florist marketing practices, service offerings, shop operations, and florist financial performance.
The P&P Florist Tracking Research provides suppliers, distributors, and retailers in the US floral industry a broad understanding as to where the retail florist industry has been, where it is now, and where it is likely headed. Comparisons will be made across the three study periods (1998, 2003, 2005) to identify trends in the 200+ survey measures. The tracking research obtains independent responses from more than 1,000 randomly-selected florist shops throughout the US with a sampling error of +/- 3% in overall accuracy. Results from the P&P Retail Florist Tracking Research will be available in the Summer/Fall of 2005 through its seminar offerings to floral associations, and reports and on-site seminars provided to interested parties.
About the Authors. Drs. Tom and Tim Prince, formerly of The Ohio State University, are brothers and co-founders of Prince & Prince, Inc., a leading marketing research specialist in the floral and green plant industries. Prince & Prince has completed more than 50 major marketing research reports for the floral and floral-related industries in the US, and has also conducted floral marketing research in Canada, the United Kingdom, Holland, Germany, and has recently initiated floral marketing research in Spain. They conceptualize, design, and implement market studies, competitive research, and product tests for floral and green-plant suppliers, floral importers, wholesale florists, retail florists, and floral-industry associations. For more information about their marketing research, please visit their web site at www.FloralMarketResearch.com, or contact Prince & Prince, Inc., PO Box 2465, Columbus, OH 43216-2465, phone: 614-299-4050.
Prince & Prince, Inc. PO Box 2465, Columbus, OH 43216-2465
Office: 614-299-4050; Mobile: 614-264-0939 E-mail: FloralMktResearch@att.net
Copyright © 2019 by Prince & Prince, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Democratic Debate Recap: Still Obama's Party
A few days, ago, the New York Times published a debate preview with the headline "A Likely Debate Highlight: Democrats' Distance from Obama" which argued that last night's event would demonstrate that "it's not Barack Obama's party anymore." "Democrats have developed a complicated relationship with their standard-bearer," argued the Times. "And that is especially true for those running for their party's nomination." The article recited a list of issues on which, supposedly, Democratic presidential candidates had broken with the policies of the current administration.
The actual debate played out quite differently. When Hillary Clinton—by media consensus the hands-down winner—was asked directly near the end of the event how her hypothetical presidency would differ from an Obama third term, she responded by noting that she, unlike the incumbent president, was a woman. True, but not exactly the dramatic policy distancing we were promised by the Times.
Though Clinton has attempted to distinguish herself from Obama on trade while seeking the 2016 nomination (without really saying anything that would constitute committed opposition to the TPP deal) and Bernie Sanders is positioned distinctly to the left of Obama (and, for that matter, almost every other Democrat) on certain economic issues, the debate instead confirmed the enduring popularity of Obama's politics among Democrats. Much of the policy agenda supported by the candidates running to succeed Obama—paid family leave, additional gun control measures, immigration reform, early childhood education—represent unfulfilled Obama objectives rather than a new direction for the party; were Obama constitutionally eligible to seek a third term, such initiatives would no doubt constitute much of his platform as well.
While the press likes to sniff around for hints of internal dissension, the leadership of the contemporary Democratic Party is, by historical standards, remarkably unified. The Obama presidency has played a central role in fostering this unity in two respects. On the one hand, Obama has demonstrated that a Democrat can win two national presidential elections without adopting the "triangulation" strategy favored by Bill Clinton in the 1990s, who distanced himself substantively and symbolically from traditional liberalism. On the other, the moderate wing of the Democratic Party has been electorally decimated during the Obama years within its traditional geographic constituencies in the Old South and rural Midwest and West, pulling the national party collectively to the left by attrition (and simultaneously plunging it into what may be long-term minority status in both houses of Congress).
The attempt by Sanders to engineer a further leftward shift by winning the nomination in 2016 is not likely to succeed, leaving Hillary Clinton to run a campaign that has adopted Obama's policy approach (and will attempt to reassemble Obama's electoral coalition) much more than that of her husband 20 years ago. This is still Obama's Democratic Party, even if it nominates another Clinton for president.
Posted by David A. Hopkins at 2:09 PM
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Finding Sky by Joss Stirling
For Review: OUP Published 7 October 2010
From Goodreads: When Sky catches a glimpse of Zed for the first time, lounging against his motorbike at school, she is drawn to him just like every other girl in Wickenridge. But Zed sees something special in her that the other girls don't have. Zed tells her they are both Savants - people with special powers like telepathy and the ability to see into the future. Not only that, she is a Savant too, and his soulfinder - meant to be together.
When a soulfinder speaks telepathically to her partner, it's like all the lights coming on in a building. You lit me up like Vegas. But for Sky it's just not that easy - she's a mystery to herself, haunted by nightmares from her past before she was adopted, and riddled with doubt and insecurity. Just when Sky is slowly coming round to the idea of being with Zed she is kidnapped by a family of criminal Savants. In a chilling twist, Sky and Zed's relationship is put to the ultimate test and the fate of those she loves lie in Sky's hands. Will Sky have the strength to embrace her power and be brave enough to control her own destiny, or will the dark demons of her past prevent her from realising her true potential?
I really enjoyed this. With so many paranormal books competing with each other, this one felt different enough to really stand out.
The story focuses on Sky, a British girl who has recently moved to the US. Having been abandoned when she was young, Sky doesn't remember much about her past - and doesn't want to. Completely drawn to Zed when she first meets him she discovers that he is a Savant, and that she is one too.
I loved Sky and found myself really drawn into her story. She just comes across as really likeable - and very funny too! I also really liked Zed and the whole Benedict family. You gradually get to know them through the course of the book - at the same time as Sky - and this works really well. The romance between Zed and Sky develops at a slow, genuine pace and as a result is particularly sweet.
I really loved the whole Savant world - that they all have their own 'powers' as well as having a Soulfinder they need to find in order to balance themselves. It felt new and fresh, different from vampires and werewolves, and completely grabbed my attention. I also really loved the telepathic communication - how it provided a connection for Sky and Zed as well as a source of humour.
The threat felt dangerous, but not as chilling as I would have liked. Most of the conflict was provided by Sky - in facing her past and in her accepting who she is and the role Zed plays in her life. This was the best part of the story for me, and one I thoroughly enjoyed. I found it really romantic and it made the whole idea of having a soul mate something I really wanted to believe in.
I really hope this is the beginning of a series - I would love to spend more time with these characters - especially those Benedict boys!. I will be eagerly on the look-out for Joss Stirling's next book!
Labels: 4.5 Stars, Finding Sky, For Review, Joss Stirling, Reviews
I so loved this book too!!
I think we all agree of how original this book is compared to the Paranormal Genre in general!
FAB review. I haven't heard much about this one and I love the cover.
Joey and Christine said...
Hey! I'm really glad I found this blog, I'm always looking for new books to read, and hadn't seen this one yet!
Interesting. I always prefer internalised character conflict rather than external forces. But then I thought the villains weren't deep enough in this...so maybe we are not liking the same thing but using a different way to define it. Anyway, I still thought it was brill!
Jesse Owen (Reading to Life) said...
I loved this book and found it refreshingly different from other paranormal romances. Great review :)
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Utopia, from Gillian Flynn & Amazon
So many people are asked “where is Utopia” in this series. At least one of them should have said Utopia doesn’t exist. It is a false temptation that inevitably leads to totalitarianism. Seriously, “Erewhon” is nowhere spelled backwards (almost). However, in this case, Utopia is a thing and maybe something more. It is the sequel to an underground graphic novel titled Dystopia that many geeky conspiracy theorists believe holds portents of an impending apocalypse. Unfortunately, these motley nerds are more right than wrong in the eight-episode Utopia, created by Gillian “Gone Girl” Flynn (adapting Dennis Kelly’s UK series of the same name), which premieres today on Amazon Prime.
A young couple finds what looks like page proofs of a bizarrely baroque allegorical dystopian comic book. Through a little bit of internet research, they determine it is the mysterious, long-awaited sequel to Dystopia, a cult phenomenon with a rabid fanbase—so it is probably worth something. They decide to auction it off at a local comic convention. Wilson Wilson and his fellow Utopia chatroom friends will have to be there, so they can bid, pooling their resources. It will also be there first opportunity to meet in real life.
The last part will be the part for the fellow fans. There is definitely a budding romantically attraction between the sweet-tempered (but ailing) Becky and the nebbish Ian. Wilson is also duly impressed to discover Samantha’s obsessive interpretations of Dystopia rival his own in their wild paranoia. However, they have yet to discover their fifth member, Grant is actually a tough street kid.
Unfortunately, the get-together takes a dark turn when a creepy duo of killers starts snuffing out everyone at the convention who had contact with the pages of Utopia. Suddenly, the fans are on the run from a shadowy cabal, very much like the one in the pages of Dystopia/Utopia. Things really get surreal when they are forced to make an alliance with an unstable but highly lethal young woman who claims to be Jessica Hyde, the hero of the fateful comics, who has her own reasons for wanting Utopia.
Meanwhile, Bill Gates-like Big Pharma tycoon Dr. Kevin Christie is bedeviled by media speculation his new synthetic meat has caused a deadly viral outbreak among school children. Mild-mannered academic Dr. Michael Stearns suspects it might be the rare bat virus he discovered in Peru. What do these characters have in common? Surely, it is all explained in the pages of Utopia.
So, who’s in the mood for an apocalyptic viral thriller? Obviously, there are plenty parallels between the crisis facing the world in Utopia and the real-life pandemic that is still persistently hanging around. However, the real point of the show is its geeky meta-ness. The in-film reality blends and overlaps with the comic duology’s mythology in ways that are often quite clever. Flynn relentlessly raises the stakes with each episode, which she invariably ends with a wicked cliffhanger.
It is easy to get hooked by Utopia, even though you might not always enjoy watching it. This series and its characters have some serious mean streaks. Frankly, there is more stone-cold cruelty depicted in Utopia than nine out of ten randomly selected slasher horror movies. The violence can be overwhelming and counter-productive. Early in the series, a major character does something so egregious, it is hard to sympathize with them later, even though we are clearly intended to.
Of course, we can tell Christie is a bad guy, because he is played by John Cusack (getting a break from his VOD-thrillers-of-the-week). He is also obviously a Malthusian over-population wacko, who constantly asks: “what have you done to justify your place in this crowded world?” Still, Cusack plays his smarmy smugness in a decidedly sinister manner. Similarly, Christopher Denham is terrific as the child-like assassin, Arby.
On the other side, the Utopia-pack fans give the series some much needed heart, as well as geeky cred. Desmin Borges (Wilson), Dan Byrd (Ian), Ashleigh LaThrop (Becky), Jessica Rothe (Samantha), and Javon “Wanna” Walton (Grant) forge an endearing rapport together as the nerds caught up in the meta-macro-machinations. Rainn Wilson is also believably smart and dumb in very different ways, as the schlubby Dr. Stearns. However, there is something a little off about Sasha Lane’s portrayal of the borderline sociopathic Hyde. It is all fury on the outside, with no fire on the inside. (She’s no “Amazing Amy,” that’s for sure.)
There is a good deal of inventive art and design work in Utopia, starting with those Macguffin comic pages. Flynn and the design team create a unique vibe that is part paranoid conspiracy thriller and part dark fantasy. Sometimes, the nightmarishly unreal events feel weirdly too real, but it is the off-hand brutality that taxes viewer enthusiasm. Recommended with reservations for audiences self-identifying with nerd culture, Utopia starts streaming today (9/25) on Amazon Prime.
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Native POP Artists Drawing From Contemporary Issues in Their Work
July 12, 2022 Local News, Rapid City News, South Dakota News
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While cultural heritage was the main focus at the Native Pop Arts Festival in Rapid City last weekend, there were undeniable political tones to some of the pieces.
For example, Eunice Straight Ahead, a photographer who questions the lens indigenous people have historically been captured by.
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Straight Ahead’s work placed in the two-dimensional category, and said she wants people to feel “seen” through her photography.
A painter, Keith BraveHeart, said he tries to focus on local relevance in the Rapid City market.
One of BraveHeart’s entries, “Intergenerational Vacancies,” depicts a collection of bison lying beside the sign of an embattled Rapid City hotel. BraveHeart said it is up to the viewer to decide if those bison are alive or not.
BraveHeart says he carries a sense of responsibility in his work.
Another of BraveHeart’s work won the Native Pop publicity award, meaning it will be used in next years festivals promotional material.
“Waziyata”, which BraveHeart translated roughly as “north”, and depicts a man holding a bison skull, surrounded by magpies, in front of a sign that reads “welcome to North Rapid.”
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World Bank to fund 25 MW solar plant
KATHMANDU, FEB 21 – The World Bank has agreed to provide $130 million (Rs 12.92 billion) to build solar stations to supply electricity to the Kathmandu valley and reduce electricity leakage in the existing system.
Out of the total aid package, $50 million will be spent on installing solar stations in Devighat, Pharping, Trishuli and Kulekhani which will generate 25 MW of electricity. The rest of the money will be spent on activities to streamline power distribution and cut leakage. Joint secretary at the Finance Ministry Madhu Kumar Marasini and World Bank Country Manager for Nepal Takuya Kamata signed an agreement on the financial assistance at the Finance Ministry on Friday. Immediately after that, a subsidiary loan agreement was signed with the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA).
According to the ministry, the solar plant is expected to be completed this year while schemes to reduce leakage will continue until 2020. The plan aims to slash the current rate of leakage of 25 percent to 10 percent.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, Joint Secretary Marasini said the accord had been signed as the country needed power at any cost. He added that the solar plant was expected to start generating 20 MW of power from June and go into full production by September.
However, NEA Managing Director Mukesh Kafle said that it would be challenging to complete the plant before the end of the year as the tender process itself would take a lot of time. The electricity generated by the solar plant is expected to cost Rs 30 per unit.
The power produced by the plant will be fed directly into the national grid to supply it to the Kathmandu valley.
The solar stations will be built on NEA-owned land which means it will have to acquire private land to facilitate implementation of the project.
Meanwhile, leakage control measures are expected to save power amounting to more than 100 MW by 2020. Losses in distribution are one of the reasons for the prevailing lengthy long-shedding hours.
World Bank Country Manager Kamata said that the bank’s support was aimed at helping Nepal reduce its electricity deficit. Energy has been identified as a key priority area of World Bank financing in Nepal in its latest country partnership strategy.
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Mayor Tyson and Councilmember Schmidt discuss the importance of the Town Surveys
Sign-up now to take Town Surveys
The Town's first survey will launch next week. Your anonymous participation in one-minute surveys will ensure your voice is heard and guide future decisions affecting the Town. Mayor Tyson and Councilmember Schmidt discuss the importance of the Town surveys here. Sign-up here: www.flashvote.com/LosAltosHills
Legacy Giving Subcommittee Meeting
Councilmembers Tankha and Mok met for the first time on March 22 to discuss plans to create a Legacy Giving fund for future Town endeavors. The next meeting is scheduled for April.
Held Meetings and Events
March 19: Drive Thru Shred Event - 8-11 a.m. 128 households served
March 20: Art's Reception - 2-5 p.m.
March 21: Parks and Recreation Committee - 5:30 p.m.
March 22: COVID Testing - 9:30-4 pm 95 tests administered
March 22: Community Relations Committee - cancelled 7:00 p.m.
March 24: Talk and Walk with the City Manager - 10:30-Noon
March 24: Joint City Council/Planning Commission - 6:00 p.m.
Upcoming Meetings and Events
March 26: Los Altos Hills Clean Up Day - 9-3pm at Foothill College
March 28: Pathways Committee 6:30 pm
March 29: Community Relations Committee Special Meeting 7:00 pm
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Congresswoman Anna Eshoo invites individual residents wishing to submit comments on aircraft noise to do so here. Comments must be submitted by 5:00 pm on March 30th.
Chamber of Commerce State of the Cities
The Mayors of Los Altos and Los Altos Hills discussed accomplishments and City Council priorities for the coming year. Mayor Enander of Los Altos and Mayor Tyson of Los Altos Hills presented on the state of their cities on Friday, March 25, 11:30 a.m.
Mayor Tyson presenting at the State of the Cities
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On March 22, 2022, planning staff held a public hearing to review a Site Development Permit t for landscape screening and fencing for an approved new residence at 13673 La Paloma Road – File #SD21-0073 – Lands of Lee. The hearing was continued to a date uncertain as there were some outstanding issues to be resolved.
The video recording has been uploaded to the Town’s website and can be accessed here: https://www.losaltoshills.ca.gov/501/Public-Meeting-Resources under the meeting date.
On March 24, 2022, the City Council and the Planning Commission held a joint workshop to discuss progress on the Housing Element update, state requirements for sites selection and potential sites inventory for RHNA allocation of 489 housing units. Aaron Barrall and Dan Wery from the consultant team, Michael Baker International gave a presentation and answered questions from the City Council, the Planning Commission, and the community. There were approximately 40 attendees. The recording of the meeting can be accessed on ‘City Council & Planning Commission Agendas & Minutes’ webpage under the 3/24/2022 meeting.
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Took place last Saturday at Town Hall parking lot. Volunteers from the Youth Commission assist staff in collecting over 6,000lbs. of documents for onsite shredding.
Pop-Up Community Playroom - Saturday, March 26 Noon - 4 pm. This weekend marks the final Spring pop-up community playroom until the summer group starts on August 6th. Organized by Los Altos Hills resident, Olga every Saturday in March held in the Town Hall Parks and Recreation Building. The playroom will include group games, free play, and toys. Parents and/or childcare providers are required to be present. Bring your favorite toys and games to share. Learn more and sign up to attend by texting Olga at 650-680-7342.
Los Altos Hills Clean Up Day - Saturday, March 26 9-3pm at Foothill College
Limited to Los Altos Hills residents, ID required.
Hoppin' Hound Biscuit Hunt - Saturday, April 16 9-10:30 am at Byrne Preserve
Advanced Registration is required and benefits Pets in Need Animal Shelter. This on-leash hunt is held in Byrne Preserve, sign up today!
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Registration is now available for the 5K, 10K and 1 Mile Fun Run here.
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Join us for the final Spring Pop-Up Playroom for Spring Saturday, March 26 Noon-4 pm at the Town of Los Altos Hills Parks and Recreation Building
Visit the link to view the Sheriff's weekly report for March 14-20, 2022.
The Sheriff’s weekly report is always for the week prior to the City Manager’s report.
Sheriff’s Office Detective case update:
During the month of November 2021, a vehicle containing various electronics and tools was stolen from a residence in Los Altos Hills.
The stolen vehicle was recovered in Nevada several weeks later and returned to the homeowner.
Sheriff’s Office detectives were able to identify the suspect and an arrest warrant was issued for the suspect’s immediate arrest in the month of March 2022.
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A ‘pan-pot’ is a simple, functional dial that governs the left and right axis of the stereo field, useful but unremarkable; mobilee’s Pan-Pot is an entirely different proposition, a duo whose mastery of audio principles allows them to turn conventions on their heads, casting functionality aside as they plumb the deep, uncharted depths of pitch-black techno.
Since their inception in 2005, Pan-Pot have become a dominant presence in modern techno, an ascent mirrored in the rise of their home label mobilee records to the top tier of electronic music. Tagging themselves as “the dark side of the force,” Pan-Pot have melted minds, warped perceptions and reinvigorated the dancefloor with their heady, unorthodox sound; within their work, subtle pitch manipulations square off with wall-of-sound distortion, the dark stomp of 4/4 is tamed by intricate sound design, and minimalistic frameworks duel with throbbing bass lines, epic builds, and murky, off-kilter melodies.
Tassilo Ippenberger and Thomas Benedix met at Berlin’s SAE, and their studies in the production and manipulation of sound aided them in identifying Pan-Pot’s overarching sound aesthetic. The duo booked Anja Schneider for an ill-fated party in 2005, but the unfortunate circumstances helped forge a fortuitous connection with Schneider and her then-fledgling mobilee imprint. Within weeks, mobilee’s second ever release was Pan-Pot’s official debut, „Copy and Paste“. The steady stream of original tracks and remixes that followed on mobilee and Einmaleins, charted the duo’s unwavering commitment to precise, undulating and kinetic grooves.
The defining moment of Pan-Pot’s career came in 2007 with the release of their debut artist album, Pan-O-Rama. The aptly named long-player offered a 360-degree view of techno at its most twisted, balancing somber atmospherics with a lightness of touch, and spawning the overground hit “Charly”. More recently “Confronted” and “Captain My Captain” have demonstrated their classic, strong and timely production style, presenting them as the most consistent purveyors of techno around.
Pan-Pot are ceaselessly working and endlessly inventive. When not in the studio writing original material or remixing tracks by a myriad of artists, they can be found on the road, touring. Their DJ sets reveal a keen understanding of the dancefloor’s needs, and they are unconstrained by boundaries, traversing techno, house and everything in between.
Pan-Pot may have taken their name from an unexceptional element of studio equipment, but as with their music, they have rewritten notions of form and function through their own idiosyncratic language; once you’ve experienced Pan-Pot’s colossal, haunting soundscapes you will never forget them. Their vision, passion, and love of music continues to drive Pan-Pot — and the extended mobilee team —in all that they continue to do, and all that will come.
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Street Articles Home | News and Society | US President To Syrian President: Your Time In Office Must End Now
President Barack Obama has issued a written statement to Syrian President Bashar Assad telling him that he he needs to leave office and to immediately stop the repeated acts of brutality against protesters in that country. That statement also gave praise to the protesters who have been working for several months to end the oppressive regime. The timing of the protests coincides with the bloody crackdown issued by the government.
In addition to the statement by the White House, there has been continued pressure by the international community as well. The United Nations has confirmed that all non-essential staff have been pulled from Syria. Sanctions, including a ban on the importation of Syrian oil to the United States have also been announced. The US has frozen all Syrian assets held under its jurisdiction and has also announced that no US citizen will be allowed to have any dealings with any member of the Syrian government.
The United Nations has released a report documenting the ongoing brutality aimed at the protesters. The European Union will use that recently released report to leverage and influence Russia, one of the remaining countries resistant to any increased UN sanctions.
Human Rights groups have been decrying the actions of the Syrian government for many months now. President Assad has repeatedly claimed that any claim of violence is the work of armed gangs that are merely posing as protesters and that claims of civilian deaths are being greatly exaggerated. Syria has not allowed any journalist in the country to document the struggles.
In early August, eight premature infants died after the authorities cut the power in a local hospital in Hama. That action was directly related to the government cutdown and was another of the events that was disavowed on Syrian television. But, US Ambassador Robert Ford who has seen a number of the events first hand, warns the outside world not to believe anything reported on state run television which is directly controlled by the government.
In addition to statements and sanctions from the US, the UN and other nations, Syria has been given a written statement from Kuwait and the Cooperation Council for Arab States of the Gulf which has asked for an end to the bloodshed and violence as well as an attempt at real, serious reforms to meet the needs of the Syrian people.The Syrian response to the statement was a complete rejection, saying that the Council did not have all of the facts and that they as well as the Western world were ignoring the facts that killings and other actions were being carried out by “armed terrorist groups, posing as protesters.”
Russia continues to be reluctant to crackdown on Syria’s government and has announced that it will continue selling arms to the country. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged the Russian government to put a halt to the sales and deliveries this year to no avail.
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WARNER REVEAL MARION COTTILARD & JOSEPH GORDON LEVITT'S COVER ROLES IN [BATMAN TDKR]
Warner Bros have revealed both Joseph Gordon Levitt and Marion Cotillard's roles in Christopher Nolan's Batman: The Dark Knight Rises. "John Blake" and "Miranda Tate" While they seem pretty bland announcements and somewhat minor roles for two stars, rest assured they are covers. When Liam Neeson was cast it was announced he would play "Henry Ducard", later revealed as "Ra's Al Ghul". Cottilard's "Miranda Tate" most likely is a cover for "Talia Al Ghul" and Levitt well we will have to wait and see. Hit the jump for the press release.
"Warner Bros. Pictures announced today that Oscar® winner Marion Cotillard (“La Vie en Rose”) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt have joined the cast of “The Dark Knight Rises,” the epic conclusion to the Dark Knight legend. Cotillard will appear as Miranda Tate, a Wayne Enterprises board member eager to help a still-grieving Bruce Wayne resume his father’s philanthropic endeavors for Gotham. Gordon-Levitt will play John Blake, a Gotham City beat cop assigned to special duty under the command of Commissioner Gordon. The film reunites the actors with Christopher Nolan, who recently directed them in the award-winning blockbuster “Inception.” The director stated, "When you collaborate with people as talented as Marion and Joe, it comes as no surprise that you would want to repeat the experience. I immediately thought of them for the roles of Miranda and Blake, and I am looking forward to working with both of them again." Heading the cast of “The Dark Knight Rises,” Christian Bale stars as Bruce Wayne/Batman. The main cast also includes Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle and Tom Hardy as Bane. Nolan will direct the film from a screenplay he wrote with Jonathan Nolan, from a story by Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer. Christopher Nolan will also produce the film with his longtime producing partner, Emma Thomas, and Charles Roven."
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Chengdu plans to build a Panda International Tourism Resort and has introduced 3 tens of billions of industrial projects
An international panda super IP with content, sentiment, market and influence will soon debut. In order to promote the high-quality development of cultural tourism in Sichuan and make every effort to promote the construction of a famous tourism county in Tianfu, on the afternoon of March 10, it was revealed at the advanced seminar on the communication of giant panda culture held in Chenghua District, Chengdu, that Chengdu Panda International Tourism was planned and constructed from a high starting point in Chengdu. The resort will be unveiled soon. Among them, the core project panda base reconstruction and expansion project was completed in May this year and opened to the outside world before the Universiade. After completion, the scale of the project will be expanded three times to 3570 mu.
Expansion of the scale by 3 times, the first phase of the Panda Base Expansion Project is expected to be completed in May
The Red Star News reporter learned that Chengdu Panda International Tourism Resort is located in the northeast corner of Jincheng Park, involving three districts: Chenghua, Jinniu and Xindu. The planned total area is 35.36 square kilometers, of which the starting area is 11.02 square kilometers and the core area is 3.92 square kilometers. Kilometers. Focusing on the two core resources of the "Giant Panda Breeding Research Base" and the Beihu Ecological Park, the resort plans to build a panda IP full industrial chain system, taking "panda +, international +, tourism +" as the path to create a panda "strong nuclear IP" , Develop the "Panda+" multi-polar business format, and promote the integration and interaction of tourism and holiday product innovation and diverse consumption scenarios.
"As the core project of Chengdu Panda International Tourism Resort, one of the 66 industrial functional areas in Chengdu, the first phase of the Panda Base Expansion Project is expected to be fully completed in May this year." According to the relevant responsibility of the Chengdu Panda International Tourism Resort Management Committee According to people, the expansion project of the panda base will fully explore the value of the panda national treasure, and on the basis of scientific research and protection of pandas, integrate the development of panda IP resources, and create "panda + art", "panda + cultural and creative" and "panda + green road". "Panda + Performing Arts", "Panda + Food", "Panda + Research" and other new eco-tourism products with the theme of pan-panda culture, innovatively construct new consumption scenes with the theme of pandas.
"The project will also transform the traditional way of viewing pandas from a single way to an immersive, multi-dimensional viewing of pandas." According to reports, the new park will also add commercial facilities such as catering, cultural and creative, and cinema to build it into a world-class Giant panda protection demonstration site and a place where people and animals share a good time. The expanded panda base takes natural animals, free tourists, and free scientific researchers as its main goals to create the friendliest animal base in China.
Three tens of billions of projects have landed, Panda IP's entire industry chain system is beginning to take shape
What new surprises are there after playing the "Panda" card? The Red Star News reporter learned that through the implementation of "two lines, three areas and twelve sceneries" characteristic landscape modeling, slow green roads were built along both sides of Shulong Road and Panda Avenue, and panda cultural elements, themed symbols of the Universiade, plants and flowers were implanted. Landscape, Shulong Road and other panda landscape axes have been initially presented. At the same time, the highly anticipated "net celebrity check-in", "micro holiday park", "landscape flower sea" and other theme scenes are also being built.
"At present, the resort has introduced three tens of billions of industry projects, including the Chengdu Panda International Duty Free Resort Project of China Tourism Group, the Discovery Discovery of Chinese Culture Project, and the Legendary Park of Panda Cultural Tourism Park of Xiangyuan Holding Group." Management Committee of Chengdu Panda International Tourism Resort The relevant person in charge revealed that through in-depth cooperation with leading professional enterprises, the layout of the cultural and tourism industry in Chengdu Panda International Tourism Resort has been further optimized.
The national treasure "Panda" is undoubtedly the most distinctive theme of the resort. The reporter saw from the project plan that the leading industries in the region include three leading industries: "Panda·Science Popularization", "Panda·International Tourism", and "Panda·High-quality Cultural and Creative Industries". The project will create a world-renowned international tourism and vacation destination through four sub-formats of "science and technology exchange, education and research, themed amusement, and themed performing arts", relying on new consumption scenarios and a complete industrial chain.
In order to better serve tourists, Chengdu Panda International Tourism Resort has planned and laid out cultural and creative performing arts exhibition towns, theme hotel gathering areas, boutique plant exhibition gardens, agricultural farm landscape areas, exchange ports and other industrial spaces and other functional spaces.
According to reports, the resort will also carry out a series of eco-cultural tourism experience projects focusing on the cultural connotation of pandas to promote the efficient transformation of the urban ecological value of Chengdu parks.
Hotels, food, specialty commercial complexes... These areas release the potential of cultural tourism consumption
"In the future, we will focus on the integration of cultural, tourism and businessmen to develop urban boutique tours." According to the person in charge of the Cultural, Sports and Tourism Bureau of Chenghua District, taking catering as an example, the resort will introduce special catering with the theme of pandas. At the same time, for the leisure and holiday crowd, various types of local cuisine are arranged to meet the needs of tourists who come to taste local dishes. Focusing on the business crowd, the resort will gather domestic brand catering companies to meet the needs of their business banquet guests.
According to reports, in the future, in the building in this area, business and leisure will be developed with the theme of pandas, combined with business buildings, hotels and other resources, to attract high-end business consumers through business tourism, exhibition tourism, etc., and promote the development of compound commerce.
"All kinds of hotels in the layout will also be based on the theme of pandas." According to reports, in the future, the Beihu functional area and surrounding areas will be oriented towards tourism, business office, leisure and entertainment and other groups of high, middle and low grades, each with different characteristics, hotels and hotels. Including star hotels, resort hotels, business hotels, conference hotels, theme hotels and budget hotels.
In order to promote cultural and tourism consumption and meet the shopping needs of business people and tourists, the resort will also develop boutique shopping, focus on building a number of characteristic commercial complexes, and focus on the development of fashion buyer stores, designer stores, major department stores, and brand flagships Stores, directly-operated stores and other formats attract business travelers to consume locally.
The reporter learned that in the next step, the functional area will further attract major projects and leading companies in the six fields of "panda + science, education and research, boutique cultural and creative, high-end facilities, vacation and leisure, brand performance, and international amusement" from the world, and strive to start with content. , A sentimental, marketable and influential international panda super IP.
A world-class tourist destination that is suitable to travel, live and work can be expected in the future.
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Anuradha ShankarAnuradha Shankar|Guest Contributor|THINGS TO DO IN KOCHI Updated : Jul 13, 2017, 14.38 IST
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Agriplast launches new products in plastic film, packaging and TNT
Staying up to date with the latest technical innovations in the agricultural sector is fundamental for this very important sector's development; to that end, trade fairs have always played a key role, and as of this year, they have been resuming their ordinary activities after the pandemic-related difficulties of recent years.
Agriplast SpA, which is well acquainted with the importance of these events for exchanging views with operators in the sector and promoting its latest innovations, is preparing to start its trade fair season with its participation in EIMA, one of the fairs for technical means for agriculture, which will be held in Bologna, Italy, from 9 to 13 November 2022. Adult Diapers
On the occasion, the company will present its latest innovations and discuss the issues as well as the most urgent concerns of plastics in agriculture.
Among the main innovations that Agriplast will showcase during EIMA is the ECOAGRI branded product line, certified Plastica Seconda Vita, a major innovation in the field of sustainability. It is the first greenhouse covering sheet with a recycled and certified plastic content.
"The ECOAGRI product line includes not only film for greenhouses but also packaging products and soon other products for agriculture. Speaking of sustainability, we have, in fact, developed an interesting solution to the problems of TNT disposal in agriculture, which is Powerlux PNP, a perforated polyethylene film that, in addition to having the same advantages of a nonwoven fabric, is 100% recyclable," explained Enrico Garrasi, the company's marketing, and communications manager.
"These and many more are the technical innovations that Agriplast will be showcasing during the trade show. We will be in Hall 37, at stand A11, where our team of experts will be happy to have you over and share information and provide explanations about the products," concluded the manager.
For more information: Agriplast S.p.A. Via Filippo Bonetta 35 97109 - Vittoria (RG) - Italy +39 0932 997211 enrico.garrasi@agriplast.com https://www.agriplast.com/geoline/
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What is a Marriage License?
by Sharon Q | Dec 13, 2022 | Latest News
Where Do We Get Our Marriage License?
Known in modern terms as the “Marriage Registration Form” or “MRF”, the Marriage License is the document provided to you by a HSE Registrar once you have lodged your “Notification of Intention to Marry” and paid the €200 fee. Your MRF/Marriage License will be presented to you in a distinctive green folder.
What is the Marriage License Used For?
This green folder and your Marriage License inside it must be brought with you on your wedding day, so your Marriage Licence can be correctly signed during your marriage ceremony. Once your ceremony has concluded, your completed MRF/Marriage License must be returned to the HSE within the timeframe designated by the Marriage Act (56 days) in order to finalise the registration of your legal marriage.
Where Does the Term “Marriage License” Come From?
The term “Marriage License” is used in the USA to describe the piece of paper signed by the licensed Officiant, the couple and their witnesses during the marriage ceremony. In the USA, the Marriage License is the equivalent of the MRF, and must be returned to the government Registrar to finalise the registration of the legal marriage..
But did you know, the term “Marriage Licence” can be traced all the way back to the Irish Marriage and Registration Act 1856 ! I discovered this during some further research of the Marriage Act and its origins. So it’s no wonder the term “Marriage License” is sometimes used interchangeably when referring to the MRF or Marriage Registration Form, contained within that elusive “Green Folder”.
So there you go! Have you got your Marriage License yet?
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Kacey Musgraves Says Moving on From ‘Golden Hour’ Is a Bit Bittersweet
Carena Liptak Published: January 6, 2020
As she gears up to move on to a new chapter of her career, Kacey Musgraves admits that it's always a little sad to say goodbye to an album cycle.
"You find something that speaks to you, [and] you create everything around it. You live inside it for a long time," the singer reflects. "You create a tour from it. All of your inspiration for it comes from this tiny seed of an idea. And everything spins off from that, and it generates so much excitement, so much stimulation, so much happiness and so much fun. And also a lot of hard work."
That's especially true for Golden Hour, Musgraves' newest album. Since she released the record in late March of 2018, the project has become a formative one for Musgraves' career, earning her a slew of distinctions, massive critical acclaim and an ever-expanding fanbase both within and outside of the country genre. It's been a monumental album for the singer, so it's natural that she's a little sad to put it in the past.
"Post-creation depression, I think, is a thing," Musgraves continues. "But you can always sing those songs. The chapter isn't dying. You're gonna move on to things that inspire you just as much."
On the heels of an album as resoundingly successful as Golden Hour, which won, among many other accolades, the all-genre award for Album of the Year at the 2019 Grammy Awards, it can feel daunting to return to the musical drawing board. Musgraves knows what it's like to worry that the creative well might have dried up -- but she also knows it's important to have faith in her process.
"I think that, as creators, we all get a little bit worried that the muse isn't gonna find us again," she continues. "It can be panicking. It can feel like, 'Oh my God, am I ever gonna be able to beat that?' or, 'Am I gonna find anything that's as inspiring?'
"But I think that might be the wrong way to think about it," Musgraves goes on to say. "Because the things that inspire me the most are the things living in everyday little life: tiny things, conversations and relationships -- you know, just being human."
Though Musgraves isn't exactly sure what the future will bring, she's trusting that the muse will find her again.
"It's there," she says. You just have to look for it."
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Fayetteville, Fort Bragg leaders consider PTSD alert system
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"We were in a parking garage and I was terrified," recalled Hill, who is married to retired Army Staff Sergeant, Allen Hill. "He was driving erratically and nothing he was saying was making any sense to me."
"He was talking to me as if I was one of his guys in his seat beside him, back in Iraq, instead of his wife, home in America."
Her husband's parking lot post-traumatic stress episode took place after he'd returned from a first tour of duty in Iraq. Six months later, in 2007, he re-deployed with her blessing. But this time, the call came during the Thanksgiving holiday.
"Little did I know the news we were about to receive would forever change our lives," Gina Hill said.
SSGT. Hill had been injured in an IED attack. Gina would leave their Mid-West home and stay by his side at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
The episodes became normal, but Gina feared what would happen if she called police.
"I had visions of calling 911 and having the police show up only to shoot my husband or that my husband would soon end up in the state psychiatric hospital, strapped to a bed and (they'd) look at me as the bad guy who put him there."
So Hill got help. She and her father met with police. Together they developed an approach plan should first responders ever need to answer an emergency call at the Hill home.
Silent Siren was born.
The emergency alert system allows dispatchers to flag a home where someone lives with PTSD or a traumatic brain injury. Family members, who have registered the home, also provide notes that can be passed along to police before they arrive to the house. It's a way for first responders to understand circumstances, and keep from agitating a subject.
"[They can] show up without lights blazing, without sirens blazing," said John Bigger, an administrator of mental health at the Southern Regional AHEC. "They can show up and handle things in a calm matter so it doesn't escalate and get out of control."
On Monday, Bigger's staff hosted Hill and the Karla Smith Foundation, an IL-based non-profit that supports families affected by mental illness and suicide. Its executive director Emily Smith is also the daughter of a Vietnam veteran who suffers from PTSD.
"I wonder everyday what my father might have been if he hadn't witnessed the horrors of war," Smith told the crowd.
Smith and Hill explained to Fayetteville and Fort Bragg leaders how Silent Siren can work in the community. The difference between the Cumberland County 911 system's current ability to flag a troubled home and the Silent Siren program is creating an alert prior to a home becoming a "danger zone." With Silent Siren, a family actually registers their home, and provides details first responders should know if they're not familiar with the home or situation. Silent Siren logos can also be registered to car owners so police are alerted when pulling over a driver with PTSD or TBI.
Smith and Hill helped a group of about 50 leaders organize committees to consider the costs, marketing and launch of the program.
With dispatcher training, registration sites, Silent Siren logo copyright, and a website linking the program to Fayetteville-specific resources, implementing Silent Siren could cost about $5,000 in the first year.
It's considered a good investment to first responders who have dealt with two PTSD-related shootings in recent years, including a double-murder suicide off Potters Court last fall. That's when a medically-retired Fort Bragg soldier; Allen Thomas opened fire in the neighborhood, killing a couple before turning the gun on himself. Thomas, 29, had been diagnosed with PTSD.
Fayetteville Police Chief Harold Medlock and Lt. Randy Podobinski said Monday that a silent siren-type program would have helped them approach the situation differently. Had they known what Thomas was dealing with at the time, they may have turned off the sirens and lights.
"The scenario of the situation was horrendous, for my officers and the people who lived in the neighborhood," said Medlock of the chaotic evening.
Podobinski said he's hopeful Monday's meeting will lead city leaders to implement Silent Siren in order to "help us help our soldiers in need."
Hill said the key to a successful program is awareness, and communication between families and law enforcement.
"Things can't change if the right people don't really know what's going on and they don't know what's going on if we don't tell them."
More information about the program can be found at www.silentsiren.org. Contact information to get involved in organizing the effort locally can be found at http://www.southernregionalahec.org.
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Michael Atkinson Fired
Late on April 3, 2020 US President Donald Trump did a little spring cleaning, throwing out some trash he’d been wanting to get rid of for some time. The offending object was Justice Department Inspector General of the Intelligence Community Michael Atkinson, the man whose judicious handling of the Ukraine whistleblower report eventually led to the President’s impeachment. Trump made no bones about his reason for relieving Atkinson of his position, citing the decision to pass the complaint on to Congress as the grounds for removal. With The Donald, everything is either confession or projection.
PNAs (Personal-Named Asteroids) on the day show a highlighted role for the Inspector General, and help to explain Trump’s timing, beyond the obvious choice of the backdrop of wall-to-wall coronavirus coverage to downplay this story’s importance. “Michael” is one of those maddeningly common first names for which there is no exact celestial equivalent in English. We do have three substitute candidates, however: Michel, the masculine French version of the name; Michelle, the corresponding feminine French form; and Michela, which utilizes all the correct English letters in the name, albeit a bit scrambled. Often all three will show prominently when a terrestrial candidate is in the news, and such is the case here.
Asteroid Michel at 18 Aries conjoins the 14 Aries Sun, asteroid Michela opposes from 13 Libra, and asteroid Michelle at 10 Leo is in trine, and at its station degree, having turned direct just three days prior. The solar contacts show a focus on Michaels for the day, while the station indicates a literal “turning point”, a major shift or change in direction for persons of that name. Asteroid Intel, short for the Intelligence Community which Atkinson oversaw, appears at 4 Sagittarius, also at station (it turned retrograde at that degree March 25th), indicating an “embedded” stance for the period, a focal point for energies. It is also in a broad Grand Trine with the Sun and Michelle.
Asteroid Atkinson at 14 Pisces is exactly semisextile the Sun, and bound up with Neptune and Mercury, both at 19 Pisces, as well as asteroid Achilles, at 15 Pisces. Neptune/Mercury shows the “absence” of Atkinson, his “disappearing”, if you will (both Neptune), as newsworthy (Mercury), while Achilles underscores the inherent vulnerability of his position, having made an inveterate enemy of the President of the United States by doing his job. Asteroid Koronis in the mix from 20 Pisces validates the idea of Trump using the pandemic (Koronis) to camouflage or deflect (Neptune) the Media (Mercury) from the IG’s firing (Atkinson). Further, Atkinson squares asteroid Justitia at 15 Gemini, named for the Roman goddess of justice and the name of the department for which he worked, while also trined asteroid Themis at 10 Scorpio, Justitia’s Greek counterpart, establishing his connection to that institution.
With Sun opposed asteroid Troemper and asteroid Whitehouse at station, Michael Atkinson was likely to come into conflict with Donald Trump at some point; the Sun conjoined asteroid Michel and opposed Michela for his firing sealed the timing
Atkinson is also opposed by asteroid Nemesis at 13 Virgo, that source of ruin or undoing, which still travels with asteroid Whitehouse, now at 20 Virgo. During the early months of their extended conjunction, beginning in August 2019, it was others who emerged as nemeses of the occupant of the Oval Office (the whistleblower, Pelosi, Schiff, Sondland, Taylor, Vindman, et al), but post-impeachment he has flipped the script and now acts as nemesis to them. Atkinson is merely the latest in a long line of presidential paybacks. Just to drive the point home, Nemesis is also exactly semisextile Michela at 13 Libra.
Jupiter and Pluto precisely conjoined at 24 Capricorn is another image of a purge (Pluto) at Justice (Jupiter), while Saturn and Mars connected at 0 and 2 Aquarius suggests the ire (Mars) of a Chief Executive (Saturn). Asteroid Troemper at 27 Pisces is at the focal of a Thor’s Hammer, a fated pattern similar to a Yod, with sesquiquadrates to that stationary Michelle and Themis, directly linking Trump (Troemper) with someone in Justice (Themis) named Michael (Michelle), in a predetermined (Thor’s Hammer) outcome.
If we look at Michael Atkinson’s chart (born 16 May 1964, no time available), we can see the seeds of the conflict, as well as obvious indicators of his career path. The Sun at 26 Taurus opposes asteroid Troemper at 19 Scorpio, suggesting an innately antagonistic stance, as well as one which is in some sense revelatory (points in opposition to the Sun “mirror” ourselves, as the full moon mirrors the light of the sun). Atkinson’s promulgation of the whistleblower complaint revealed an aspect of Trump’s character which would bring them into direct conflict. Troemper conjoined natal Neptune at 16 Scorpio underscores the sort of secrecy and almost “cloak and dagger” atmosphere of a whistleblower charge, as well as granting Trump the power to erode (Neptune) Atkinson’s self-image (Sun), bound up at least partly in his career identity.
The Sun is exactly squared asteroid Icarus at 26 Aquarius. Did Atkinson act rashly (Icarus) in authenticating the whistleblower complaint? Knowing the character of the President, that answer would be yes, though he could in good conscience do nothing less. With that Icarus conjoined Trump’s 29 Aquarius Descendant and opposed his 26 Leo Mars, rash, reckless (Icarus) and inimical (Mars) is certainly how Trump saw it, as a virtual act of war (Mars).
Donald Trump continued his post-impeachment retribution tour with the firing of Inspector General of the Intelligence Community Michael Atkinson on April 3, with asteroids Intel and Michelle both at station, and a transit Mercury/Neptune pairing bringing out the exact inconjunct between Atkinson’s natal Troemper and Nemesis
There is a remarkable natal grouping of Mercury with Michel, Mars, Jupiter and Justitia at 3, 6, 7, 8 and 10 Taurus, which shows Atkinson’s (Michel) strong pull toward the Justice Department (Jupiter, Justitia), even prefiguring his martial-sounding (Mars) role of Inspector (Mercury) General (Mars).
Asteroid Atkinson further endorses Justice as his career lodestar; at 7 Virgo the PNA conjoins Themis at 1 Virgo, and is bound up in the Uranus/Pluto conjunction at 5 and 11 Virgo. Atkinson/Themis propels him toward the Justice Department, but his tenure there is likely to be fraught with controversy and end abruptly (both Uranus), with possibly devastating consequences (Pluto).
When the axe fell on April 3rd, Uranus at 5 Taurus was activating that natal Taurean stellium, so to the all-seeing eye of astrology the blow should not have been entirely unexpected, though no less abrupt and disruptive. The transit Mercury/Neptune pairing was exactly trine natal Troemper and exactly squared natal Nemesis at 19 Gemini, bringing out the exact natal inconjunct between them, which identifies Trump as a potential source of Atkinson’s undoing. Natally Nemesis is grouped with asteroids Intel and Achilles at 23 and 25 Gemini, suggesting that Atkinson’s involvement with the Intelligence Community (Intel) could prove a weakness or vulnerability (Achilles), as well as a source of ruin (Nemesis). Transit Damocles at 28 Aquarius, the doom hanging unseen overhead, in squaring the natal Sun at 26 Taurus, while transit Michelle had just come to station in broad opposition to natal Damocles at 17 Aquarius, impelling that doom to fall.
The transit Sun/Michel conjunction at 14 and 18 Aries opposed Atkinson’s natal asteroid Whitehouse at 15 Libra, which is itself stationary, turning direct at that degree 12 days after his birth. This stationary status in itself denotes a disproportionately powerful role for the White House in Atkinson’s life, and the Grand Trine in which it is enmeshed, incorporating natal Nemesis and Damocles, shows the potential for that connection to be less than pleasant, possibly devastating. Emphasizing the point is transit Michelle conjoined natal Whitehouse from 13 Libra.
Michael Atkinson isn’t the first conscientious career civil servant to lose his job and livelihood to Trump’s paranoid need to lash out against perceived enemies. And he likely won’t be the last.
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Despite Mounting Pressure, Key Legislative Committee Leader Retains Position
Committee Vote Stalls Calls For Transparency
by Tierna Unruh-Enos, Publisher July 22, 2021 July 22, 2021
LESC Board Meeting July 20
Tierna Unruh-Enos, Publisher
Tierna Unruh-Enos is publisher at The Paper.
Published July 22nd, 2021 at 2:53 pm , Last Updated July 22nd, 2021 at 7:14 pm
The Legislative Education Study Committee is one of the most powerful committees in the New Mexico Legislature, and its leadership has been in hot water and the media glare for the past month. The committee has faced backlash from voting and non-voting members of one of the most powerful committees in the Legislature to terminate Rachel Gudgel, staff director of the Legislative Education Study Committee (LESC). Sen. William Soules (D-Dona Ana), who is chair of the LESC, called a closed meeting of voting-only members on July 20 to discuss personnel issues concerning allegations against Gudgel of racism, homophobia and sexism. In 2020, a private attorney was hired at the behest of a few Senate leaders in the LESC to investigate the claims. The report was never given to any other voting or nonvoting members on the board.
In addition to committee requests for transparency in the investigation and its results, Native American organizations have also come forward calling for transparency and the termination of Gudgel.
“If racism or bias has infected the LESC, then our minority youth will suffer throughout every district in the state. If the LESC director holds racist views and the leadership of the LESC fails to act, we will never be able to pull ourselves from the bottom of every educational list and solve the vast challenges of Yazzie Martinez,” said Isaac Dakota Casados, member of the Navajo Nation and Chair of the Native American Democratic Caucus. “On behalf of the nearly 72,000 registered native voters we represent and standing in solidarity with our Tribal governor, presidents and governments, the Native American Democratic Caucus (NADCNM) demands that LESC director Rachel Gudgel be removed from her position and the LESC provide transparency to the voters in relation to this case,” he said.
The request issued just minutes prior to the meeting appeared to fall on deaf ears. Sources within the closed-door meeting say that the vote to terminate Gudgel was a tie 5-5, which means that no action was taken, and Gudgel retains her position for now.
Sources also tell The Paper. that one outcome of the meeting was all voting members of the LESC would be able to individually read the private report concerning Gudgel’s alleged behavior.
Rep. Derek Lente (D-Sandia Pueblo) who is one of 10 voting members of the committee sent a statement that didn’t mince words. “I was alarmed by the allegations when they appeared in print and social media. And now, after reading the report, all I can say is that it’s worse than I imagined,” said Lente. “This has to rise to a higher level of accountability. We cannot just sweep this under the rug and hope that it fixes itself. More needs to happen including terminating Ms. Gudgel’s employment with the state.”
Rep. Christine Trujillo is also a voting member of the board. After leaving the meeting, she told The Paper. “The meeting was very emotional, and I am very disappointed in the outcome.”
The All Pueblo Council of Governors (APCG) in their meeting today expressed disappointment with the LESC’s retention of Gudgel. The 20 Pueblo governors unanimously voted in support of Lente in his call for removal of Gudgel by the LESC. APCG Chairman Wilfred Herrera Jr. stated, “We will not tolerate such despicable attitudes and behaviors by a key and very influential legislative position. We have a sacred trust to stand up and protect our children and our people. We will consider all measures politically and legally.”
The LESC will convene in Shiprock, NM next week for a three-day conference July 28-30.
Lawmakers Lay Out Priorities for 60-Day Session
In "Legislature"
New Bills at the Roundhouse: Green Chile Aroma Bill Introduced
Dems Outline Concerns Ahead of Legislative Session
In "Albuquerque"
Tagged: all pueblo council of governors, Christine Trujillo, derek lente, Featured, Isaac Dakota Casados, legislature, LESC, rachel gudgel, William Soules
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This content originally appeared in the Associated Press.
Heinrich, Lujan and Other NM Lawmakers Urge Deb Haaland to Protect Chaco Canyon
Officials Urge Haaland To Prohibit Oil and Gas Development At Sacred Site
Published by Associated Press November 11, 2021 November 11, 2021
Susan Montoya Bryan
Published November 11th, 2021 at 3:03 pm
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation are putting more pressure on U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to take administrative action to prohibit oil and gas development outside the boundaries of Chaco Culture National Historical Park.
The lawmakers in a letter sent this week wrote that while there have been numerous short-term protections granted for the area over the years. An administrative withdrawal of federal mineral rights would provide long-term certainty pending legislation that calls for permanent protection.
Haaland is from Laguna Pueblo in central New Mexico and is the first Native American to be appointed to a cabinet position. Her office tells The Associated Press that a decision about the Chaco area has yet to be made.
In October, top officials with the largest Native American tribe in the United States renewed a request for congressional leaders to hold a field hearing before deciding on federal legislation that would limit oil and gas development around Chaco park.
Leaders of the Navajo Nation Council have said that individual Navajo allottees stand to lose an important source of income if a 10-mile (16-kilometer) buffer is created around the park as proposed. They’re calling for a smaller area of federal land holdings to be made off limits to development as a compromise to protect Navajo interests.
Other tribes, environmental groups and archaeologists have been pushing to stop drilling across an expansive area of northwestern New Mexico, saying sites beyond Chaco’s boundaries need protection and that the federal government’s leasing program needs an overhaul.
Haaland was among the sponsors of legislation calling for greater protections during her tenure in the U.S. House. She has referred to the area as a sacred place.
U.S. Sens. Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan and Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández called Chaco an important cultural and historical area.
“Chaco Canyon is home to ancient dwellings, artifacts and sacred sites,” the New Mexico Democrats wrote. “However, drilling and extraction have threatened the sacred ancestral homelands within the greater Chaco region, putting this treasured landscape at risk of desecration.”
A World Heritage site, Chaco park is thought to be the center of what was once a hub of Indigenous civilization. Within the park, walls of stacked stone jut up from the bottom of the canyon, some aligned with the seasonal movements of the sun and moon.
Published by Associated Press
Heinrich Leads US Senate In Historic Vote To Protect, Return Sacred Native Objects
In "Congress"
Gov Gives Tribes Advisory Role With Public Regulation Commission
In "New Mexico"
Tribal Businesses Get a Boost From Feds
In "Arts + Culture"
Tagged: Ben Ray Lujan, Chaco Canyon, Deb Haaland, Martin Heinrich, Teresa Ledger Fernandez
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Act One receives Stand For the Arts award from Mayor Kate Gallego
Published: Jun. 8, 2022 at 6:05 AM MST
Mayor Kate Gallego Presented Support My Club and Act One with $5,000 Stand for The Arts Awards Each
PHOENIX, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Ovation TV, America’s premier arts network, today announced that it has recognized Phoenix as part of its national and local Stand For The Arts initiative that encourages community support for local artists and arts organizations. With arts and culture providing millions of dollars in economic activity and employing thousands of people in Phoenix, the initiative encourages support of the arts and arts organizations essential to the economic and mental health recovery from the covid pandemic
In support of community access to the arts, Mayor Kate Gallego presented $5,000 Stand For The Arts Awards to two arts organizations: Support My Club and Act One, funded by Ovation TV, that will be used for 2022 programming. In addition, a PSA featuring Mayor Gallego will air nationally on Ovation TV: https://www.ovationtv.com/sfta/partner-initiatives/
Stand For The Arts (SFTA) is Ovation TV’s intersectional grassroots campaign comprised of arts & culture workers, unions, and institutions to advocate for support and relief to the arts & culture sector of the American economy. SFTA highlights the people and programs across America that enrich their local communities through art.
“We’re excited to have Ovation shine a spotlight on Phoenix as part of its Stand For The Arts initiative and for our own Support My Club and Act One to be celebrated nationally,” stated Mayor Gallego. “It is so important to see young people engaged in the arts, and I am grateful that, with Ovation’s support, these important programs will continue to foster a stronger and more accessible arts community.”
Added Charles Segars, CEO of Ovation TV and Founder of Stand For The Arts: “Ovation and Stand For The Arts are pleased to highlight the arts community of Phoenix. We are doubly pleased to join Mayor Gallego in congratulating Support My Club and Act One for bringing equitable and inclusive arts programming to the community.”
More information about Stand For The Arts and the Stand For The Arts Awards is available at www.standforthearts.com.
Read the official press release here
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Joseph Fasano – Fever
Joseph Fasano
after Rilke
A boy lies in a house
beneath the rafters. All
the objects in the room
have grown closer, all become far.
His sister lifts her heavy braid
to her lips, to taste the salt. She thinks
of the deer hanging in the dark
barn from the rafters, the absent hands
that dressed it
and that dressed her;
of its cleft
chest with the dark stain
in its blue fur, like whiskey
in a boy’s hair as he
sings. Alone
now, in the ruins of the new
moon, she slips out
in her nightgown and she
listens; she lifts it
in the darkness
of its harness, just
to be sure, now,
for she’s wondered. Now
she has wandered back
through winter; she has laid her brow
on the hot brow of her brother.
Death, yes, Death is heavier
than the wild silent
falling of all things.
Joseph Fasano’s most recent book is Vincent (Cider Press, 2015), a book-length poem based on the killing of Tim McLean. He is the author of two collections of poems: Fugue for Other Hands (2013), winner of the Cider Press Review Book Award and Poets’ Prize nominee; and Inheritance (2014). His poems have appeared in The Yale Review, The Southern Review, Boston Review, Tin House, FIELD, The Times Literary Supplement, Passages North, Measure, and other publications. A winner of the RATTLE Poetry Prize, he has been a recent finalist for the Missouri Review Editors’ Prize, among other honors. He teaches at Columbia University.
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Trump Endorses ‘ERIC’ in GOP Senate Primary in Missouri
By Debra Heine
On the eve of the hotly contested U.S. Senate primary election in Missouri Tuesday, Former President Donald Trump has finally announced his endorsement.
“There is a BIG Election in the Great State of Missouri, and we must send a MAGA Champion and True Warrior to the U.S. Senate, someone who will fight for Border Security, Election Integrity, our Military and Great Veterans, together with having a powerful toughness on Crime and the Border,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social Monday afternoon. “We need a person who will not back down to the Radical Left Lunatics who are destroying our Country.”
He added: “I trust the Great People of Missouri, on this one, to make up their own minds, much as they did when they gave me landslide victories in the 2016 and 2020 Elections, and I am therefore proud to announce that ERIC has my Complete and Total Endorsement!”
There are, of course, two candidates in the Missouri Senate race named Eric—scandal-plagued former Governor, Eric Greitens, and the current attorney general, Eric Schmitt.
Both Erics immediately took to social media to thank Trump for his endorsement.
“I’m grateful for President Trump’s endorsement. As the only America First candidate who has actually fought for election integrity, border security & against the Left’s indoctrination of our kids—I’ll take that fight to the Senate to SAVE AMERICA!,” tweeted Schmitt.
🚨ENDORSEMENT—PRESIDENT TRUMP🚨I’m grateful for President Trump’s endorsement. As the only America First candidate who has actually fought for election integrity, border security & against the Left’s indoctrination of our kids—I’ll take that fight to the Senate to SAVE AMERICA!
— Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) August 1, 2022
Honored to have the support of President Trump! We will MAGA! 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/NljSJqEQG5
— Eric Greitens (@EricGreitens) August 1, 2022
Schmitt was lagging behind Greitens in most of the polling over the past year, but has managed to surge ahead of the former governor by a +3 to +14 spread in the last five polls, according to RealClearPolitics.
Trump announced last month that he would not endorse the third most competitive contender U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler.
“You can forget about Vicky Hartzler for Senate from the Great State of Missouri,” Trump said on Truth Social, adding that she called him to ask for his endorsement, but he was “anything but positive in that I don’t think she has what it takes to take on the Radical Left Democrats, together with their partner in the destruction of our Country, the Fake News Media and, of course, the deceptive & foolish RINOS.”
President Trump is exactly right. We need tough & courageous conservatives who will NEVER back down in the Senate.
That is why MAGA is all in for my friend, @EricGreitens. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/rL1KAKDOIB
— Kimberly Guilfoyle (@kimguilfoyle) July 9, 2022
The field also includes U.S. Rep. Billy Long, attorney Mark McCloskey and state Senate President Pro Tem Dave Schatz, although they are all considered underdogs.
Greitens’ campaign has been clouded by several scandals stemming from his time as governor, as well as by more recent controversies, but he’s favored by Trump ally Steve Bannon.
Schmitt. meanwhile, has distinguished himself during the Biden era as a thorn in the side of the regime who is in the same mold as Governor Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.).
During a recent campaign rally in Lee’s Summit, Mo, Schmitt said: “As your attorney general, my job is really pretty simple. I get up in the morning, I go to work, I sue Joe Biden, I go home.”
Packed Rally for Mo. AG @Eric_Schmitt with @tedcruz and @KrisKobach1787 in Lee’s Summit, Mo. pic.twitter.com/HVRlPZYWNV
— Deb Heine, Dissident (@NiceDeb) July 23, 2022
Schmitt has indeed sued the Biden administration over a number of issues, including the vaccine mandate for businesses, which was blocked by the Supreme Court in January, and a lawsuit he joined last week over the regime’s threat to withhold nutritional assistance from schools that don’t comply with its radical LGBTQ guidelines.
In May, Schmitt and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry filed suit against eight high-ranking Biden Administration officials, including Joe Biden, Jen Psaki, and Dr. Anthony Fauci, for allegedly colluding with social media giants to suppress freedom of speech under the pretense of combatting “misinformation.”
On July 12, Judge Terry Doughty, of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, granted the two attorneys general’s request for discovery and documents from the top Biden officials and social media honchos.
Doughty said members of the Biden administration and Meta, Twitter and YouTube must turn over documents and answer questions within the next 30 days regarding their suppression of “disfavored speakers, viewpoints, and content on social medial platforms.”
Schmitt told American Greatness during the campaign rally in Lee’s Summit that he didn’t expect any of the Biden officials and social media companies to respond to his requests for documents until the very last minute.
About Debra Heine
Debra Heine is a conservative Catholic mom of six and longtime political pundit. She has written for several conservative news websites over the years, including Breitbart and PJ Media.
Photo: SIKESTON, MISSOURI - JULY 30: Missouri Attorney General and Republican Senate candidate Eric Schmitt speaks to supporters at Scott County GOP Headquarters on July 30, 2022 in Sikeston, Missouri. Schmitt is holding campaign events on the last weekend before the August 2nd primary elections in Missouri. He is the front runner in the primary race that includes former Missouri Governor Eric Greitens, to replace outgoing Senator Roy Blunt. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
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Editorial: Jordan area doesn't need more service balkanization
Save the Jordan School District.
· August 1, 2014 5:11 pm
It wouldn't be the first time that a messy, expensive divorce was avoided by an agreement to improve the way the partners communicate.
For the sake of the children, of course.
The South Jordan City Council the other night indicated that it might be about to give up on the idea of pulling their rapidly growing city out of overwhelmed-by-growth Jordan School District.
While a decision on moving forward with secession awaits the city council's Aug. 5 meeting, members did approve a pact with the school district that pledges more communication and consultation about how the educational needs of the burgeoning area might best be met.
Talking things out is always good, especially in this case.
The last thing the mushrooming population of southwest Salt Lake County needs is a further balkanization of the already confusing number of government entities that provide public services.
Households and businesses within the Jordan School District are already divided by mostly unseen boundaries into the cities of South Jordan, West Jordan, Herriman, Bluffdale and Riverton, as well as territory that lies within the unincorporated areas of Salt Lake County.
The citizens and elected leaders of South Jordan aren't wrong to worry that the citizens and elected leaders of the Jordan School District aren't keeping up with the demands placed on the system by the bumper crop of new homes.
But a move to break away and start up a new school district, multiplying the costs and dividing the tax base, was more of a cry for help than a serious policy proposal.
A much better solution, which now appears possible, would be for all the local officials to spend more time working together to solve their mutual problems rather than smashing the crockery and threatening to move out when things aren't going well.
And, as school district officials are called to include city officials in their planning process, those city leaders should also volunteer to step up with less condescension and more assistance. City zoning decisions, the pace at which they add housing subdivisions and the standards they hold developers to can have huge impacts on those trying to keep up with the need for schools, teachers and programs.
City leaders could also help their school counterparts find new revenue sources to meet needs without mind-boggling bond issues. A joint delegation to ask the Utah Legislature to let school districts impose impact fees on new development would be one such way to help.
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Turnbull Collection on Tanganyika 1958-1962
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469E
Collection Organization (empty)
Container Inventory (empty)
For the most part the photographs relate to Turnbull's post as Governor-General and a return visit in 1971, but there are also some historical photographs extending back in some cases to the German period (see plates 170-220). Most items in the collection were taken by official photographers in Tanganyika or by the East African Railways and Harbours. Some have official descriptions on the back; others have been carefully identified by Sir Richard and Lady Turnbull, usually with the names of those shown, though these have not in all cases been included in the following catalogue. The collection can be summarised:
1-23 Legislative Council, including first unofficial members, visitors, ceremonies, conferences etc. 1958-1961.
24-78 Visit of Iain Macleod and Constitutional Conference, March 1961.
79-81 Other events of 1961.
82 Governor-General Sir Richard Turnbull opening the Legislative Assembly 1962.
83-98 Celebrations of the 10th Anniversary of Independence December 1971.
99-129 Miscellaneous ceremonies, chiefly in the Provinces.
130-145 Opening of Mwanza South New Port 4 June 1960.
146-158 Railway activities.
159-165 Kilambero Valley Sugar Project.
170-175 Views of former German official buildings, taken after World War I and showing damage.
176-202 Interior and exterior view of Government House, pre-1958.
203-210 Interior views of Government lodges at Arusha and Lushoto.
211-220 Historical photographs from the German period.
221-235 Servants of Government House, Aden, 1965-66. Fifteen groups with identifications.
Richard Gordon Turnbull (b. 1909) was appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Tanganyika in 1958, after serving as Chief Secretary in Kenya for three years. It was a period of considerable political tension, outlined in John Iliffe’s ‘Tanganyika: a modern history’ (1979) pp. 563-576, and included the Constitutional Conference of 27 March 1961, at which Colonial Secretary, Iain Macleod agreed to Independence the following December. After independence on 9 December 1961, Sir Richard Turnbull became Governor-General, a post he held until the following year. He was High Commissioner for Aden and the Protectorate of South Arabia 1965-67 (see plates 221-235).
235 item(s) (235 images) : photograph
Generally good condition, unless otherwise stated.
Presented to the Royal Commonwealth Society by Sir Richard Turnbull in 1980.
This collection is available on microfiche: Africa, fiche numbers 116-121.
This collection level description was entered by WS using information from the original typescript catalogue.
Africa (continent)
Tanzania (nation)
Turnbull Collection on Tanganyika 1958-1962, GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469E. Cambridge University Library.
Turnbull Collection on Tanganyika 1958-1962, GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469E. Cambridge University Library. https://archivesearch.lib.cam.ac.uk/repositories/2/resources/869 Accessed January 28, 2023.
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