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Monday, November 11, 2002, Chandigarh, India
M A I L B A G
Lessons for good governance from the Badal raj
There is no doubt that the Shiromani Akali Dal headed by Mr Parkash Singh Badal is facing testing times. An increasing number of corruption cases against his former ministers have caught everyone unaware. Though a Chief Minister for the third time, Mr Badal failed to learn from the past. Indeed if he is serious about continuing in politics, he must ponder on some of the points given below:
1. Never play gamble with both the natural and non-natural assets of the state just for petty considerations. Maharaja Ranjit Singh used to charge even chullah-tax and you went on giving free power, free water, no octroi etc. Revenue is the core of good governance and the very lifeline of a state’s health. It is unprecedented that government properties are sold for a song.
2. Kautialya has given some rules of governance for a king which are very much applicable even today. The most golden saying goes that a good king must be aware and cautious of sycophants. Those forming the inner circle of the king must be honest, sincere and hard working, not always ready to praise the king and his style of functioning. Unfortunately, Mr Badal’s men fall in the second category and look, he had to pay a price for it. Bibi Jagir Kaur, Langah, Tota, Kohar, Pherurai, etc., along with their kith and kin have brought a bad name to Mr Badal simply because they are persons with no integrity and are full of greed and lust for money. Mr Badal should disown these persons and let them face the law for their dirty deeds.
3. Appoint people of integrity to all posts, especially those dealing with the public. A bad choice for the post of Vice-Chancellor means not only playing gamble with the destiny of thousands of students, but also hundreds of employees.
4. Common citizens are emotionally related to the availability of some basic services like drinking water, reliable electricity supply etc. A Chief Minister must give special attention to these sectors to earn the public’s goodwill.
5. When one is in public life, morality should always be the prime objective. Be a role model for all others and having an army of over 1,000 policemen for personal security will never make you that.
6. Make it a point that our ministers may have to wait for a while to meet you, but not a common man and never take lightly either a complaint or a suggestion made by the public. Periodically review the performance and efficiency of your team, and never hesitate to take action in case of those guilty. No one is God, so never shy to admit any mistake either on your part or on the part of your team.
7. Finally, don’t mess with religion. It is the purest thing belonging to one’s heart. Penetrating dirty politics into religion can be a heinous crime in the eyes of a common believer. Never in the history of the S.G.P.C., things like liquor, money, lucrative offers etc had any role to play (at least during Jathedar Tohra’s term), and now politicians have degraded the things to such a worst possible that Sikhs feel ashamed.
There can be many lessons for Mr Badal to learn from his five-year rule. He must throw away his too-generous attitude towards his party colleagues and be bold enough, when it comes to the very basic principles. People are not fools, as the politicians use to take them earlier. They may not be vocal but the power of silence can even throw the mightiest.
Dr AMAR INDER SINGH, Patiala
The missionary zeal
This refers to the news item “Justice Pathak lauds Tribune’s objectivity” (October 18), reminding the readers of high standards of ethical and social values which the founder of the paper, Sardar Dayal Singh Majithia, had cherished. True and good words have been spoken by the Chairman of The Tribune Trust, the General Manager and the President of the Tribune Employees Union. In spite of the missionary zeal the paper is holding on to the best traditions it has maintained since its inception 122 years ago. The people of the region, particularly Punjab, seem immune to the clarion calls through its writings. There is hardly any impact of such valuable writings on the minds of the people of Punjab.
I candidly hold that there is something wrong somewhere. I have been a regular reader of The Tribune for the last 50 years and have offered comments that rarely got published. Some of the editorials and articles are without solutions to problems confronting the organs of democracy in this country. Suggestions for reforms are wanting.
At the same time I suggest that some ways of boosting the readership by nominal sops should be explored. This will not only increase the readership but also improve the English language, which is fast deteriorating. The General Manager has rightly pointed out in his speech the reduction of revenue on account of advertisements in the print media.
RIKHI DAS THAKUR, Palbhu (Hamirpur)
Taxing the tax-payers
If accepted, the Kelkar Committee’s report on direct taxes is likely to create a topsy-turvy in the manner in which we manage our personal finances. In the name of transparency and simplification of taxes, the tax-payers will be taxed heavily.
Apparently, rationalisation of the income-tax slabs is welcome, but there is a lot between the lines. Divesting the masses of an opportunity to save the tax the legal way will not lead to any increase in the disposable income. Rather, it will lead to a marked reduction in the money in their pockets. Most people have made long-term commitments for saving such as investing in insurance etc. With the sudden scrapping of Section 88, they will be at a major loss as they cannot stop saving nor will they get tax exemption.
Similarly, the proposed withdrawal of the incentive on housing loans will be disastrous for consumers as well as bankers. Probably, housing finance is the only growing area and banks will find no viable and safe lending opportunities. In the scenario of limited finances and lesser off-take of money from banks, demand will not increase and the economy will go even more sluggish, may be doomed.
Dr TEJINDER SHARMA, Kurukshetra
Tax maze: a way out
The recommendations of the Kelkar Task Force are quite remarkable and show a clear path amidst the maze and haze of the present taxation/exemptions leading virtually to no gain, on loss from the existing position.
However, there is a scope for further simplification to reduce the workload of the over-burdened IT Deptt like (a) the salaried class and pensioners can be exempted from filing returns and taxes deducted by the employers should suffice.
(b) There should be a 1/6 scheme to take one out of the tax net, say on attaining the ripe old age of 70 years, pensioners aged 65 years, widows, handicapped personnel, those having physically/mentally challenged dependents, persons suffering from diseases like cancer etc.
(c) There should be no tax on bank interests, dividends etc — if inescapable, the taxes can be deducted at source only.
There is need to control the parallel black economy by vigilance at the sources where such money is generated. The agricultural income of big farmers needs to be ploughed back into the economy. All perks be quantified and taxed, if within the tax slabs
Last but not the least, since such recommendations may come only after another decade or two — perhaps the slabs may need upward revision at this stage such as — (a) gross income up to, say 1.5 or 2 lakh — nil tax (b) 2 to 5 lakh — 20% (c) beyond 5 lakh — 30%
RAGHUBIR SINGH, Pune
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Carla Fendi: committed to quality
Image credit: Getty Images
21st Jun 2017
The Honorary Life President of the Italian luxury goods label was integral to the family matriarchy and instilled her values on the company to the end.
Carla Fendi, who has died in Rome at age 79, was not the sole matriarch of the brand that bore her name. But among the extended family of five sisters, she held a particular position.
Alda, Anna, Carla, Franca, and Paola all joined the company after the war, and took on the small Roman store of furs and bags founded by their parents Adele and Edoardo. Their joint act of genius was to reach out in 1966 to a young designer – the then-unknown, Paris-based Karl Lagerfeld – who took over the aesthetics of the family company and now works with Silvia Venturini Fendi, Anna’s daughter.
Creative Director for Fur and Womens Ready to Wear, Karl Lagerfeld, surrounded by the Fendi sisters heads of the Fendi Italian luxury fashion house. From left to right, Franca, Paola, Carla, Alda, Anna. Image credit: Getty Images
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Candido Speroni and Carla Fendi. Image credit: Suzy Menkes Vogue
Carla and her sister Anna had previously conquered America by instilling the importance of quality products in their stores.
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Letter to Suzy Menkes from Carla Fendi, February 16, 2017. Image credit: Suzy Menkes Vogue
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An IT researcher shows on a giant screen a computer infected by a ransomware in Rennes, France on Nov. 3, 2016. (Damien Meyer/AFP/Getty Images)
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Frances Robles, national and foreign correspondent for The New York Times based in Miami. (@FrancesRobles)
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Home > WCSB > The Station > Topic
Never Fear the Fish is hear
Posted by Anonymous User
July 23, 2007 11:17PM Moderator
Some of you may have noticed that there is a Canadian x-tian radio station infiltrating our beautiful virgin signal... there is nothing we can do about it but let it be known...we is doing unto them as they are onto us... talk about following the word of our savior Jesus Christ!
coolchicana
Re: Never Fear the Fish is hear
July 24, 2007 08:08AM Registered: 12 years ago
Amen. Salame,salame,bologni.
Anyways... Basically this is how it is. On April, a new "Fish" station opened up in Canadia with the same frequency as us. There is something about the weather right now... that is making fm radio signals travel a lot farther than they are suppose to...(at least that is how I understood it.) Once it cools down a bit we will be back to normal. There are other radio stations in Cleveland that are also suffering.... WGAR (the fake country station) 88.7 fm WJCU KSU and many more... If you think we got it BAD many other stations in Michigan are having worse.
So hang in tight... or get INternet access in your car.
GiraffesOnFire
They are having the same conversation in that "transmitter?" post.
CultJam
July 25, 2007 09:25PM Registered: 12 years ago
Yeah, it sucks. On Monday it was a battle between a pretty cheeseball religious song set and Black Sabbath on WCSB. So, you're saying that WCSB's Black Sabbath set was also bleeding into the 'Canadians for Christ' station's broadcast too?
That could possibly cause an international crisis:
Canadian Headline:
"...The United States of America aka THE DEVIL BELOW has launched a subversive plan to confound and confuse church-going Canadians. This supposedly Christian-led superpower, using advanced weather control military tactics undoubtedly introduced and developed by the alien-friendly Illuminati (this would explain all the UFO sightings throughout modern history being categorized as "weather balloon sightings" by certain govt. officials), has infiltrated Canadian-Christian radiowaves with evil messages of Boot-Wearing Faeries and Loving the Sweet Leaf..."
weather anomalies, eh?
2012: It's closer than you think!
This is for the person who wanted to know what this problem is called... Mark said it was called "Tropospheric ducting, due to summer-time temperature inversion." Its a good thing its mostly fucking cold in Cleveland 300 out of 365 days in the year.
The Smoking Loon
Years ago, I worked on Richmond and Miles Roads, 3rd shift. On a clear night, you could get 89x from Windsor over JCU, though I'm sure with their power upgrade last year that this is no more. I always hated, when I lived inE. lansing, that the signal for WRIF 101.1 was lost about 10 minutes from my city!! This is/ ws the only decent corporate rock station.
Rockstar Mode
Late Sat./ early Sun.
2-7 am EDT
Maybe we should play more "Hughes-tunes"?
scruggscorp
August 02, 2007 08:05PM Registered: 12 years ago
Damn the Fish!!! They have blocked our signal compleatly in Cleveland Hts and
University Hts. from 4-8 PM (i didn't try listening earlier). That's just 5-8 miles from our transmitter! WCSB isn't even comming through intermitently. Mark stated at our meeting to at least 8 miles, is there anything we can do?
If we can't do anything then what happens during radiothon when whole sections of the city can't hear us that week or have given up on us due to prior frustration.
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letsdanceon
keith, i know! i was really frustrated at work while trying to listen to max payola when the station suddenly went out completely around 4:15. THIS IS NO GOOD.
Stand Clear
August 02, 2007 09:56PM Admin
They have God on their side. They even took out WRUW and some street lights today as well.
Bastards.
here's your explanation:
There was a campus-wide power outage just before 4pm, probably due to the big storm that blew through then. That is why the station suddenly went off the air. Hail the size of mothballs.
I could totally make up another story about how the weather is being controlled by the secret society, and how they've advanced to the point of becoming GODS OF THUNDER, able not only to interfere with the broadcasts through means of mystical other-dimensional atmospheric manipulation, but now also by directly affecting the immediate weather around media transmitters, and with a stroke of lightening disrupting broadcasting altogether so their subversive psuedo-Christian mind control speeches from Cincinatti could trump regular programming completely...
That would just be crazy talk.
man. this is nuts. when the radio WAS working i kept hearing people talking about the bad storm, etc. i was at work in middleburg heights, where it was sunny and sticky-hot. i felt like i missed out.
August 03, 2007 12:26PM Moderator
The 8 mile protection that Mark was talking about would be an issue if this Canadian station was interfering with us intentionally. However, since this is a natural phenomenon the Federal government has yet figured out away to sue God or Mother nature. I give it another decade to make this possible... and when we are able to sue divine creatures I'll make sure we get the best of the best... Johny Cochran's dammed soulless corpse.
you don't think that the fact that their christian station might be hearing totally inappropriate things might force them to shut down or figure something out? i can't imagine what would happen if i was reading back a setlist of mine and i said "that song was 'get the fuck outta here' by fashion! fashion! and the image boys!" and it just so happened to break thru...
is this even plausible?
or would it be the complete opposite, and they would try to get US in trouble/shut down?
boogiepop
The station didn't come back on the air until 11 last night. What the hell took so long?
shakesomeaction
herb's show was awesome today--funky soul music in the background while 2 very religious children read from their grandmother's childhood diary
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August 04, 2007 10:28AM Moderator
See response to this question on that speacial place.
nomoneymark
There's only one way to defeat these interfering fundies--with the almighty power of Bob! Subgeniuses, get ready to deploy your Slackmaster (TM) laser cannons!
"This is No Money Mark. Why are you listening to WCSB Cleveland?"
I was thinking about playing "heresy" by Nine Inch Nails or "Dear God" by XTC on my next show, but I don't think I'll do that.
I've mellowed in respects to being confrontational about religion. I used to criticize religion (especially Christianity) on the air all the time. Part of it is that it's very indiepop and twee to be accepting and/or tolerant of people who don't share your religious beliefs (or lack thereof). And then part of it is just that it's so futile...
There's a passage from the new Harry Potter book that I found really amusing, which (perhaps unintentionally, but I'm not sure) can serve as a good metaphor for arguments about whether religious beliefs are valid:
"All right," said Hermione, disconcerted. "Say the Cloak existed . . . what about the stone, Mr. Lovegood? The thing you call the Ressurection Stone?"
"What of it?"
"Well, how can that be real?"
"Prove that it is not," said Xenophilius.
Hermione looked outraged.
"But that's--I'm sorry, but that's completely ridiculous! How can I possibly prove it doesn't exist? Do you expect me to get hold of--of all the pebbles in the world and test them? I mean, you could claim that anything's real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody's proved it doesn't exist!"
"Yes, you could," said Xenophilius. "I am glad to see that you are opening your mind a little.
And not only that, if you try to logically pick apart the Bible by pointing out contradictions or other general ridiculousness, the apologists will always find some way to gloss over it. It's like a geeky fan of a sci-fi television series or something who can always figure out a way to explain a continuity error.
I don't know if I can reach anybody. So, I don't bother anymore.
August 06, 2007 11:27AM Registered: 12 years ago
what about that song "christianity is stupid"?
Yes! Christianity is stupid, communism is good!
Actually, I don't know if communism is that good. Socialism is better than communism. Socialism is definitely better than Christianity.
Cheese is better than christianity
SpudBoy
WCSB should take up the challenge of explaining to its listening audience the physical atmospheric phenomenon which is causing the interference. Eric Boogiepop referenced it in his show today; some sort of tropospheric matter. WCSB, as a college radio station, should educate and inspire its listeners, not just in the humanities and social sciences, but in the physical sciences as well. WCSB does have a weekly technology report, after all.
baronightwolf
September 10, 2007 12:38PM Registered: 12 years ago
I was wondering why my usually clear reception of WCSB has become so problematical in the past several months. It's bad enough that the FCC and their AOL.TIMEWARNER and ClearChannel masters are trying to close down 'CSB's live data-stream, but to have this old-fashioned bit of audio-sabotage threatening our transmissions again is just too, too underhanded. But you know the excuse: "IF SOMEONE AS INCOMPETENT AND EVIL AS GEORGE BUSH CAN GET AWAY WITH ALL THAT CRAP, I DEMAND THE SAME ENTITLEMENT!" Like, gag me with a spoon -- totally!"
You say it's just a fluke of FM-broadcasting conditions, and that it will soon end? I wouldn't necessarily count on it.
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Actually, Eric/Sergio/Boogiepop, that really needs to be updated to something much more contemporary, like:
Sexuality is STUPID, hatred is GOOD.
That's how too many people are oriented nowadays.
And for anyone interested, 'Christianity Is Stupid' was by Negativland.
Ahhhhhhh -- YES! Dear friends ...
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Jobs: "There is no Antennagate"
So, after days of rumor and speculation, there was no recall, no offer to paint on lacquer onto the antenna, and no hand out of gift certificates to iPhone 4 owners.
By Adrian Kingsley-Hughes for Hardware 2.0 | July 16, 2010 -- 12:06 GMT (05:06 PDT) | Topic: iPhone
According to Steve Jobs: "There is no Antennagate."
That's right. Bottom line, according to Apple, the whole issue with the iPhone 4 antenna has been "blown so far out of proportion."
Watch the press conference here.
So, what's the upshot?
Apple suggests all users install the new iOS 4.0.1 update, that is supposed to fix the signal strength bars.
Free bumpers and cases. Apple can't make enough bumpers, so will give iPhone 4 owners the chance to pick a third-party case.
Refunds to all who bought bumpers.
A reminder that users have 30 days to return the iPhone if they are unhappy with it.
Note: Refunds and cases will be available on the Apple website early next week.
And that's it.
Well, Steve Jobs did go on (and on, and on) pressing how this issue is not an iPhone issue, but one that affects all smartphones:
"We did our own testing. Let me show you an example of some other smartphones. First, Blackberry Bold 9700, perhaps the most popular business smartphone ... [video shows it being held a certain way] ... Pretty much identical to the videos on the web about the iPhone 4."
There was more demos, but the upshot was simple:
"This is life in the smartphone world. Phones aren’t perfect."
Jobs also threw around a lot of data:
Complaint rate on Applecare for antenna or reception issues: 0.55%
iPhone 4 has 1/3rd of the return rate of the iPhone 3GS
The revelation that while the iPhone 4 drops more calls the 3GS, this is less than 1 in 100 more.
He also went to great lengths to say how much he loved customers:
"We love our users. We try very hard to surprise and delight them. We work our asses off, and it’s great, and we have a blast doing it, and we make some pretty interesting products for them. Macs, iPhones, iPads, iPods, the Apple TV ... we make some pretty great products."
The love just keeps on coming:
"We love our users so much we’ve built 300 Apple retail stores for them, the best buying experience in the world,"
Jobs was also keen to dispel the "style over function" argument, with more love:
"We’re an engineering company. We think like engineers, and we think it’s the right way to solve real, hard problems. I don’t think the fact that we love our customers is going to change at all. I don’t think we could run any faster. We’ve had cots in the labs, cars in the parking lots all night. We’ve been living here."
But it's clear that this episode has left Apple feeling unloved. Jobs again:
"I guess it’s just human nature, when you see someone get successful you just want to tear it down. I see it happening with Google. Google is a great company. Look at everything they’ve created. Would you prefer if we were Korean companies? Do you not like the fact that we’re an American company leading the world right here? Of course we’re human, of course we’ll make mistakes. But sometimes I feel that in search of eyeballs for these web sites, people don’t care about what they leave in their wake."
It also seems that, more than anything, it was the coverage in Consumer Reports that had the most effect:
"One thing is how much we love our customers and how we are going to take care of them. We were stunned and upset and embarrassed by the Consumer Reports stuff, and the reason we didn’t say more is because we didn’t know enough. If we’d have done this event a week and a half ago, we wouldn’t have had half the data we have today."
So is this enough to put out the fire? I'm not sure. Bottom line though, there are two issues here:
Will consumers be happy with what's on the table (free case, refund)?
How badly has this damaged Apple reputation?
I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens ...
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New Mexico’s 2017 Cannabis Conundrum
January 18, 2017, 9:49 am Jason Barker Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana
The New Mexico state Legislature has convened for a 60-day session with Democrats back in control of both chambers. The nation’s only unsalaried Legislature gathered Tuesday in Santa Fe to consider a wide range of policy initiatives and address a state budget crisis brought on by a downturn in the energy sector. Filling a budget hole and finding enough money to maintain state government services next year are top priorities for the legislative session. Cannabis policy with be a getting a lot of discussion, with three different bills filed in each of the House and Senate chambers. New Mexico has taken the first steps needed towards legalizing, taxing and regulating cannabis.
Democrats won back majority control of the House of Representatives in November 2016 elections, and further consolidated their hold on the Senate. Republican Gov. Susana Martinez is vowing to oppose any tax increases as the lawmakers grapple with a budget shortfall and depleted state reserves. Cannabis policy that will be debated by lawmakers ranges from; Industrial hemp, Taxing Cannabis, 2 different Legalization bills, DUI penalties, and changes to the state’s 10 year old Medical Cannabis Program. There are currently 38 Democrats, and 32 Republicans in the House of Representatives. There are currently 26 Democrats, and 16 Republicans in the Senate. Here’s a look at each one of the pieces of legislation:
New Mexico House of Representatives Cannabis Legislation
A retired police officer, William “Bill” Rehm has two bills filed that are clearly aimed at bringing harm to the current medical cannabis program participants and the future of cannabis use. Rep. Rehm filled HB-22, DUI For Certain Drugs & Interlocks, and a tax bill, HB-102 – Marijuana Tax Act.
HB-22, DUI For Certain Drugs & Interlock, is an arbitrary proposal with the use of metabolite concentration to determine DUI for cannabis (THC, dissolves in fat, whereas alcohol dissolves in water). The proposed law states a person would get a DUI, “for the active compound in marijuana, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, five nanograms per milliliter of blood”. For patients in the state’s medical cannabis program, they would potentially be in jeopardy of DUI even without medicating prior to driving due to residual levels of cannabis in a person’s system. When you drink, alcohol spreads through your saliva and breath. It evenly saturates your lungs and blood. Measuring the volume of alcohol in one part of your body can predictably tell you how much is in any other part of your body. Because THC is fat soluble, it moves readily from water environments, like blood, to fatty environments. Fatty tissues, like the brain, act like sponges for the THC.
Marilyn Huestis, who headed the chemistry and drug metabolism section at the National Institute on Drug Abuse, conducted a study finding that when a smoker’s blood THC level peaks at 13 nanograms per milliliter, that could be just as a dangerous as driving drunk. The marijuana advocacy group NORML emphasizes that driving high can be dangerous, and advises people to drive sober.
HB-102 – Marijuana Tax Act is another bill filed by Rep. Rehm that calls for a tax on all cannabis sold in the state with tax funds to go into the state’s medicaid program. The Marijuana Tax Act calls for “an excise tax at the rate of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per ounce of marijuana distributed” that would be applied to the medical cannabis program. The sad irony here is that the bulk of the medical cannabis program participants are in the medicaid program, so they will be taxed to raise money for a program the are part of and depend on.
For the legalization of cannabis, Representatives Bill McCamley and Javier Martinez are sponsoring the Cannabis Revenue & Freedom Act as HB-89 in the House Chamber. The Cannabis Revenue and Freedom Act, in short will transition the current medical cannabis program into this law. This legislation would establish what is called a Cannabis Control Board that is administratively attached to the Regulation and Licensing Department. The duties of this Cannabis Control Board, that will be made up of 11 members, is to regulate and provide oversight of the medical cannabis program and the social use of marijuana established in the Cannabis Revenue and Freedom Act. The legislation does keep the Department of Health and Medical Cannabis Advisory Board in limited roles. The Cannabis Revenue and Freedom Act allows for the following :
the possession of usable marijuana by a person who is twenty-one years of age or older, if the total of usable marijuana does not exceed: two ounces at the person’s household; or one ounce outside the person’s household
the possession of up to seven grams of marijuana extract by a person who is twenty-one years of age or older
the production, processing, keeping or storing of homegrown marijuana at a household by one or more persons who are twenty-one years of age or older, if the total of homegrown marijuana at the household does not exceed at any given time: six marijuana plants per person; provided, however that no more than twelve marijuana plants may be present in one household; six immature marijuana plants; and eight ounces of usable marijuana;
regulate industrial hemp production and possession and regulate commerce in industrial hemp commodities and products in this state
plant count increase structured to: 1000 plants by July 1st 2017 then 2000 by July 1st 2018
local Gov’t Authority ( county / city municipality can decide on licenses for both )
Taxes: 15% with possible 5% more Municipality tax and another possible 5% county tax
New Mexico State Senate Cannabis Legislation Pending for 2017
State Sen. Cisco McSorley pre-filled the measure for the upcoming legislative session in 2017, Senate Bill 6, Industrial Research Rules, to provide for the establishment of the New Mexico industrial hemp research and development fund. The legislation would have the state’s Department of Agriculture create and establish rules for hemp and New Mexico State University shall establish a “New Mexico industrial hemp research and development fund”. Hemp proponents have continued to promote hemp for economic development, citing its potential for thousands of industrial applications, along with the state’s favorable climate for growing the hardy plant and its water-conservation benefits.
The Navajo Tribe signed a resolution to grow industrial hemp on tribal lands, another step undermining federal prohibition in effect. According to a report published in Forbes, the Navajo will work with CannaNative to develop industrial hemp farming. The organization assists tribes in developing hemp and cannabis-based economies on Native American lands throughout the United States. The Navajo Tribal lands cover parts of New Mexico, Utah and Arizona. The farm where they plan to begin industrial hemp production is in New Mexico. Legalization of industrial hemp in New Mexico would help facilitate tribal plans. They can proceed with or without state legalization, but eliminating a layer of state laws would certainly make the path toward developing a hemp economy smoother. With most state legislatures having taken action to promote industrial hemp as an agricultural commodity in recent years, it’s time for New Mexico to join those ranks.
Senate Bill 8, Medical Marijuana Changes, is another piece of legislation filed by McSorley. Senate Bill 8 will make changes to the current medical cannabis law, the Lynn and Erin Compassionate Use Act, passed in 2007 and was lead in the state legislature by Senator Cisco McSorley. McSorley told NM Political Report he wants to add opioid addiction to the list of medical conditions that qualify patients to buy medical cannabis. The New Mexico Department of Health is also considering adding this as a qualifying condition. He also said he wants to allow all veterans to use cannabis medicinally if they wish to enter the program.
The Medical Marijuana Changes bill would nearly double the amount of cannabis a patient can possess, changing limits from the current eight ounces every 90 days to five ounces every 30 days. Producers in the state’s medical program would see their plant limits increased as well, more than doubling from the current 450 plant limit to a 1,000 plant limit. It is disappointing to see home cultivation limits, would not be changed. But this legislation is still evolving with patient’s advocating for more changes to it for strengthen the medical cannabis program further. If SB 8 becomes law, patients who suffer from chronic conditions would only have to renew their ID cards every three years in the medical cannabis program. This is another area of this measure patients in the state would like to see be applied to the over 20 different qualifying health conditions in the program. Finally, the bill prevents the Department of Health from imposing THC caps. “The department shall not limit the amount of THC concentration in a cannabis-derived product that a qualified patient or a primary caregiver possesses,” the bill states.
New Mexico Sen. Jerry Ortiz y Pino, has proposed a constitutional amendment for 2017, due to opposition by Gov. Susana Martinez. If a majority of members of both legislative houses in New Mexico vote in favor of the proposed amendment, the proposal will automatically be placed on a statewide election ballot, bypassing the Governor’s desk and any veto. Ortiz y Pino noted that all states that have legalized cannabis for adult use, have done so through a general election vote.
Last year’s concise two page, Senate Joint Resolution 5, sponsored by Sen. Gerald Ortiz y Pino asked voters to amend the state’s constitution to allow possession and personal use of cannabis by people 21 years or older. It would also have regulated production and sale of cannabis, and allowed collection of a tax on the sale of the drug for, “taxation or other regulation of marijuana and hemp to be used to fund the state’s medicaid program or drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs”. And, it would have legalized industrial production of the cannabis plant for hemp products. The official measure for 2017 is not out yet and is not expected to be much different from last years measure.
Recognition of nonresident medical cards is one overlooked area by New Mexico’s lawmakers that could also provide some of the financial benefits that state desire with legalization. And the increase in these kind of laws make it easier for patients to travel and be tourists knowing they can safely access cannabis. This also helps reduce the hard choice some patients face in considering to travel with cannabis or risk not having medicine at all. Six states currently allow for recognition of nonresident medical cards. The states with reciprocity are: Arizona, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, Nevada, and Rhode Island.
As New Mexico works to define a model for cannabis legalization that protects and improves the state’s medical cannabis program and puts patients first, lawmakers have a lot of history to contend with. New Mexico’s medical cannabis history started in 1978 (After public hearings the legislature enacted H.B. 329, the nation’s first law recognizing the medical value of cannabis). In an Albuquerque Journal poll conducted in October 2016, 61 percent of likely voters said they would support a measure to legalize recreational cannabis for adults age 21 and older.
“New Mexico won’t see people coming across the border like we see with Colorado,” said Richard Anklam, Executive Director of the New Mexico Tax Research Institute. “The sooner we do it (legalization), the more likely we would have an initial positive effect.”
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January 2, 2017, 2:49 pm Jason Barker Marijuana Legalization
What States Could See Marijuana Legalized In 2017? Voters in eight states passed marijuana legalization laws following the 2016 presidential election, giving the legalization movement the required momentum for more states across the country to carry out discussions on the decriminalization of cannabis in 2017. Here are seven states to [read more]
New Mexico Governor Signs Laws Expanding Legal Protections For Cannabis Patients
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Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a pair of bills into law last week amending the state’s medical cannabis program to expand patients’ access to the plant and to provide additional legal protections. Senate Bill 406 expands the pool of patients eligible for cannabis therapy to include those diagnosed with post-traumatic [read more]
New Mexico Lawmakers Can Increase Safe Access In The State’s Medical Cannabis Program
January 23, 2017, 7:55 am Jason Barker Medical Marijuana
Cannabis policy will be a getting a lot of discussion in the state of New Mexico during the current legislative session. Now with seven different bills filed in the state’s House of Representatives and three additional bills in the Senate Chamber that could affect cannabis policy. New Mexico has taken [read more]
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Watch the Jimny vs AMG G63 in a Tug of War of Truck Wheels!
By Ryan Konko
David vs Goliath.
There’s a lot to like with the Suzuki Jimny. While it might not be available here in the Untied States, it’s a cult-favorite for off-road enthusiasts. It’s simple, straightforward, inexpensive, and all four of its truck wheels are ready to dig into the dirt.
Then there’s the Mercedes-AMG G63. This boxy tank-like SUV has been around for decades and has quite the off-road capability in its history. It costs a pretty penny, has all the bells and whistles that you could need while off-roading, and its truck wheels are more than capable of doing some serious damage on the pavement or dirt.
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You can bet which one will win.
And surely enough, the Mercedes-AMG G63 pulled the Jimny without any trouble. So, they decided to try two Jimnys. The Mercedes-AMG G63 was able to dig its truck wheels into the mud and pull both of those as well. But when three Jimnys were hooked up, it was too much to handle for the AMG and team Jimny finally won the battle.
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Lesson 12: First Weeks in Prison
As the previous lesson showed, when an individual surrenders to a minimum-security camp, the administrators conduct a rather perfunctory intake procedure. The intake procedure requires the individual to:
• Respond to questions on a series of forms that provide administrators with the individual’s self-assessment on matters that include:
o Medical needs
o Educational background
o Religious orientation
o Emergency contact information
• Stand for a mug shot and fingerprints
• Interview with various staff members
• Surrender clothing and personal belongings
• Submit to a full strip search
• Receive initial clothing allowance and bed roll
• Obtain a housing assignment
That intake procedure consumes the entire first day. When an individual surrenders to the camp in mid morning, at 9:00 am, guards will lock him in a holding tank for several hours. As depicted in the narrative of the previous lesson, throughout the day other staff members will come by to conduct their intake responsibilities for all new arrivals. Once complete, a guard drives the inmate from the intake area of the main prison to the adjacent camp. The new prisoner will introduce himself to the guard, or “Officer in Charge (OIC),” and he will receive his bunk assignment. He will meet a variety of other people serving time, some nice, some not so nice.
As an aside, at White Collar Advice, we’ve been referring to the staff members as guards and we’ve been referring to the individuals who serve time as prisoners. From this point forward in our lessons, we will use the vernacular of the prison. Individuals who work for the Federal Bureau of Prisons do not like the term prison guard. They consider the training they receive as giving them a higher status than a prison guard. Those who work for the prison system consider the term “guard” a pejorative term. Staff members of the BOP prefer the more sanitized “correctional officer.” Further, BOP staff members refer to the people who serve time as “inmates,” not prisoners.
At White Collar Advice, our experts who mastered the system did not see any emphasis on “corrections” within the system. We also know that some clients will consider the term “inmate” as a patronizing term. Nevertheless, in an effort to prepare individuals for the challenges of confinement, we would like them to know and understand the environment in which they’re going to live.
Rather than continuing a fictional narrative of Greg Samsa, through which we taught the last lesson, we will teach from a clinical perspective on this lesson to provide an overview of what a newly arriving inmate can expect to encounter during his first weeks in a Bureau of Prisons facility.
Adjusting:
After completing the intake process, and officers assign the inmate to his bunk, the inmate will interact with others. He may or may not continue those relationships, but initial interactions may provide a sense of stability—as if he is finding a toehold from which he can begin his climb out from the abyss and into better days. The first night may be difficult. A new inmate may not have an opportunity to talk with his family and he will still feel somewhat unsettled by the initial discomfort of confinement. As the new inmate lies on his rack for the first time, staring at the ceiling above, a series of conflicting thoughts will likely run through his mind:
• What am I doing here?
• How did this happen?
• How am I going to get through this?
Those are normal questions. At White Collar Advice, we advise our clients to anticipate that first day. But they should also anticipate a response. Unfortunately, most of the people who proceed through a prison sentence fail to prepare. As a consequence, their time inside becomes a meandering journey. They lack purpose or a clear definition of the intended outcome. The collected wisdom that a new inmate will hear from others in the prison is that the best approach to serving time is to forget about the world outside and to focus on the time inside. Others will say that since a person is in prison, he cannot control what is going on outside and too much thought about the outside world will only aggravate him.
Our experts at White Collar Advice have a different perspective. We advise on a more data-driven approach. Statistics show that individuals who proceed through prison without a plan:
• Do not have a deliberate strategy to ensure that they return to society stronger.
• Respond to inevitable complications or frustrations that surface in the heat of the moment, without clarity on the implications of their decisions.
• Suffer through unanticipated and unnecessary disciplinary problems.
• Serve more time inside than necessary, and in harsher conditions than necessary.
• Return to society without an actionable, methodical plan to triumph over the inevitable complications that follow confinement.
To the extent that an individual begins with a clear idea of the best possible outcome, the individual can reverse engineer a plan to succeed. At White Collar Advice, our experts work closely with clients to establish that path to success. Those who choose to design their own path may consider working through the following questions useful in their preparation:
• Why do I find myself in this predicament?
• What is my plan for making it through?
• How can I pursue a deliberate course of action to ensure that when I move into the next phase of my life, I’ll advance the possibility for a full and meaningful, relevant life?
• How am I defining success at each stage of the journey ahead?
An individual who works through those questions may find that first night in prison to be much more restful. Rather than dwelling on all that he has lost, the individual will know that he is not an “inmate,” as the system defines him. He is not waiting for calendar pages to turn, or for life to happen to him. Instead, the individual knows that he is a man. He is moving through this challenge in a deliberate, disciplined way, knowing that the success he experiences in the weeks, months, and years to come will follow the decisions that he makes along the way.
First Morning Inside:
The first night may have been restless. Intermittent census counts throughout the night may take some time getting used to experiencing. A new inmate may adjust to the noise level of living in a room the size of an airplane hanger that he shares with hundreds of others. Yet when officers walk through the unit several times during the night, shining flashlights in people’s faces as they sleep, the inmate may have a hard time resting. It’s simply part of the journey. An individual must develop confidence that he will power through in a disciplined, deliberate manner that corresponds with the plan he put in place.
The prison camp will come to life after the 5:00 am census clears. Early morning risers will get up and begin using the bathroom at that hour. Experienced prisoners know that the bathroom becomes increasingly more crowded as the minutes pass between 5:00 am and 7:30 am. Beating the rush makes a lot of sense. New inmates will benefit from an understanding of what to expect from living conditions in prison, especially the bathrooms.
Housing Units and Bathrooms:
At White Collar Advice, our experts have experience of serving time in several different minimum-security camps, low-security prisons, medium-security prisons, and high-security prisons. Prisoners in both medium- and high-security prisons serve their time in cells that are equipped with toilets and sinks. Showers are in a common area, available to the men who live in an individual housing unit.
In minimum- and low-security prisons, the institutions make use of an open living area. Rather than individual cells, the architecture makes use of open dormitories. Some camps divide the area into cubicles. Other camps line the metal bunk beds in a grid of columns and rows. Some institutions limit a housing unit, pod, or wing, to as few as 30 inmates; others confine several hundred people in one giant room.
Regardless of architecture or interior layout design, all prisons will share a lack of privacy in common. Inmates prepare well when they condition themselves to anticipate a total lack of privacy for the duration of their sentence. Whether they live in cells, rooms, cubicles, or open dorms, either officers or other inmates will continuously be around. It doesn’t matter where an inmate is within the institution, he will always be vulnerable to prying eyes, listening ears, and body searches.
The bathrooms are open also. The inmate may expect stalls around the toilet, like toilets in a restaurant bathroom. Most institutions will build stalls around showers, though some institutions have a locker-room design, with open showers.
There is a bathroom protocol that all new inmates should understand. With the total absence of privacy for people in prison, inmates will find that their peers accept them more easily if they make a commitment to adhere to the following basic unwritten rules of living in prison:
• Wait your return before showering.
• Do not look at other men when showering.
• If a custom exists for prisoners not to use some showers in order to offer an illusion of privacy in other showers, respect that custom.
• Do not engage in conversations with others in the bathroom.
• Clean area after using shower, bathroom, or sink.
Those instructions may seem very basic. Yet many new inmates find themselves tangled in unwanted complications because they breached “bathroom etiquette in prison.”
Starting the Day:
After taking care of personal hygiene, the inmate should clean the area around his bed. Staff members will be finicky about tidiness in the housing unit. Each inmate has a responsibility for keeping the bed made during the day and keeping all personal belongings inside of the locker. Before leaving the housing unit, the inmate should look around his assigned area. If the inmate makes his bed without wrinkles, keeps personal property inside the locker, and sweeps the area, he can proceed through the day without worries that staff members will reprimand him for untidiness, or worse yet, issue some type of sanction.
Call-Out Sheet:
As the inmate walks toward the outside of the unit, he will see a “call-out sheet.” Inmates may think of the call-out sheet as an appointment book. Staff members will schedule inmates to participate in specific activities every day. In the first days and weeks, the inmate will see his name on the call-out sheet frequently, as staff members will fill his day with appointments. He may have to see personnel from the health-services department, from education, from psychology, and from other areas. Each inmate must train himself to check the call-out sheet on a daily basis. If a staff member uses the call-out sheet to schedule an inmate for an appointment, the inmate has a responsibility to attend. Inmates who fail to show up for the call-out appointment expose themselves to disciplinary infractions for being “out of bounds.” Punishments for such a disciplinary infraction may include:
• Loss of telephone privileges
• Loss of commissary privileges
• Loss of visiting privileges
• Extra work duties
After an inmate checks the call-out in the morning, he may leave the housing unit for the chow hall. Food in prison is basic. Those who’ve experienced the military will recognize the institutional food; those who’ve not served in the military may have a better understanding of food in white collar if they recall meals that were served in a typical American high school. The Federal Bureau of Prisons serves meals in the following approximate rotations:
• Monday-Friday:
o Breakfast (6:00 to 7:00 am)
o Lunch (after morning count, usually 11:00 to noon)
o Dinner (after 4:00 pm count, usually 4:30 to 5:30)
• Saturdays, Sunday, holidays
o Brunch (after morning count, usually 11:00 to noon)
The bland meals will be strikingly similar in all institutions. Inmates may expect a rotation of the following meals depending on the day each week:
• Breakfasts: eggs, potatoes, cereal, pastries, fruit, pancakes
• Lunch: hamburgers, spaghetti, rice and beans, chicken patty, chicken, pizza
• Dinner: roast beef, potatoes, rice, beans, macaroni and cheese, chili, fish, casserole dishes
Inmates should expect to wait in long lines for each meal, as most people in the camp eat in the chow hall. Those who have financial resources may choose to avoid the indignity of the chow hall by purchasing food from the commissary and preparing their own meals.
Admissions and Orientation (A&O):
The A&O session will be the start of each new inmate’s initial adjustment. Institutions will vary with regard to scheduling new inmates for A&O, depending on population levels. Inmates should expect to attend A&O during the first days or weeks of their arrival. During A&O, all new inmates will sit in a conference-like setting. They will listen as a parade of staff members visit to describe the purpose of their departments. Each staff member will speak for between 10 and 30 minutes. Some will open the floor for questions. Some will show videos during their presentation. Newly arriving inmates should keep the following in mind:
• An inmate should not say anything during the A&O meeting that he would not want spread around the institution.
• Although a new inmate may appreciate an opportunity to listen to staff members and learn how the institution operates, most of the people in the room will want to end the meeting as quickly as possible. They will not appreciate unnecessary questions.
• After the A&O meeting, counselors will begin assigning job assignments to all new inmates. Inmates should locate the work assignment that suits them best prior to A&O and do everything possible to secure the job that suits him best.
Some inmates enter prison with a perspective that they should become resources for the administration. They believe it important to show the staff that they’re different from the ordinary criminals who are in custody, and they want such recognition. Such an adjustment will bring scorn, ridicule, and possible danger from others who are serving time in the same prison. One of our experts from White Collar Advice tells the story of a white-collar offender who repeatedly asked staff members during A&O how he could help. Other inmates who participated in the A&O session spread news about the question throughout the inmate population. As a consequence, the inmate who “wanted to help” had a very difficult adjustment in the minimum-security camp.
In white collar, counselors will assign a job to all inmates who are capable of working. Inmates provide a significant portion of the labor that maintains the institution. A job that will appeal to one inmate may not interest another. Below we provide a listing of some job assignments that inmates will find available in any prison:
• Food Service: Inmates prepare all the meals. As such a large number of inmates work on the kitchen detail. People assigned to the kitchen detail may work as cooks, wash dishes, maintain cleanliness, or work to store the food.
• Orderlies: Most all departments in the prison will employ inmate orderlies who bear responsibility for keeping an area clean.
• Maintenance: Inmates may work as electricians, plumbers, or on jobs that require skilled labor.
• Landscaping: Inmates may work to keep the grounds clean.
• Factory: Many prisons operate industrial factories under the UNICOR brand, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Federal Bureau of Prisons. UNICOR factories manufacture mattresses, beds, furniture, military clothing, and other products that other government agencies want to purchase. Inmates who work in UNICOR may earn a higher wage than inmates who work in other prison jobs.
• Commissary: A few inmates will be assigned to work in the commissary. Those positions require inmates to maintain the store and perform stocking services.
• Education: Inmates who are assigned to work as tutors will teach others who prepare for a high school equivalency exam.
• Clerical: Most all departments that do not involve sensitive information will employ inmates as clerks. Those who have typing and clerical skills may appreciate the solitude of such jobs.
At White Collar Advice, we teach clients to understand that two factors have a significant influence on prison adjustments:
• Bunk assignment, and
• Job assignment.
Initially, the inmate’s influence over those decisions may seem minimal. After surrendering to the camp, an officer will assign him a bunk in accordance with what is available. Over the weeks to come, people will be released, opening new bunk assignments. In time, the inmate should be able to maneuver his way into a bunk assignment that is more appropriate for his peace of mind.
With regard to job assignments, an inmate may succeed in maneuvering his way into the right job from the start. Since at least a few days will pass before the A&O procedure begins, the inmate will have some time to make inquiries about the different job options in the institution. They will differ in various prisons, but inmates will talk. Within a few days of surrendering, an inmate who asks the right questions will find out everything he needs to know about the different jobs available. Since staff will not assign an inmate to a job detail until after he completes A&O, each inmate will have time to perform his due diligence and learn which job would work best for him. Once he locates the right job he can coordinate steps to secure the position. It’s not always possible to secure the best job at first, but an inmate should try. An inmate who doesn’t find his own job will see that a counselor will assign him to a job that might not be a good fit. Once a counselor assigns a job, the counselor may decline to make a job change for between four and six months.
The pay scale will not be an issue. All inmate jobs begin with an average pay of $15 per month or less. In time, earnings on a limited number of jobs will reach a maximum of about $150 per month. Obtaining answers to the following questions concerning jobs will be more important than pay scale:
• What hours does the job require?
• What are the requirements of the job?
• Describe the supervisor on the job.
• Tell me about the inmates with whom I’d have to interact on the job.
• Does the job offer any opportunities to work on my own projects of interest?
• Does the job present any vulnerability for disciplinary infractions?
• Do I have to wear steel-toe boots on the job?
• How busy will the job keep me?
• What kind of dirty work does the job require?
• What would you say are the worst parts of the job?
• Will the supervisor object if I read or write when I’ve completed my assigned duties on the job?
Different jobs will appeal to different inmates. Job preferences may also change as an individual advances through the journey of confinement. In the beginning, many inmates prefer jobs that will keep them busy. The activity may take the individual’s mind off the pains of confinement. On the other hand, inmates who have set clear goals and pathways to achieve those goals may want to lobby for a job that offers as much free time as possible. Others will search for a job that offers peace and a semblance of solitude, in an office, perhaps. Once the individual finds the job that suits him, he may ask for an introduction to the supervisor. If the supervisor signs the inmate’s “cop-out” requesting employment, the inmate can hand the signed cop-out to the counselor before the end of A&O. If the new inmate follows that process, he stands a good chance of securing the job he wants. At White Collar Advice, our experts have other ideas that new inmates may consider to enhance the prospects of their being hired in the job that will suit their particular needs best.
Commissary:
White Collars make it possible for inmates to purchase food, clothing, hygiene, and recreation supplies. An inmate must minimize expectations of what he will find in the commissary, as the selection is very, very small. A simple search through Google of “White Collar Commissary” will yield many current examples, or clients may click on the following link to see the types of products available in a typical commissary. Inmates will have access to shop in the commissary, ordinarily, one time each week. Administrators authorize inmates to spend a predetermined amount in accordance with the most recent Program Statement concerning commissary. Although that amount is subject to change, the spending limit is currently less than $350 per month. Expenditures for telephone usage, email, stamps, and some medical products are excluded from that limitation, and administrators ordinarily boost the spending limit during the month of December. The spending limit will reset at zero on a given date each month; balances will not roll over.
An inmate with financial resources should expect to spend several hundred dollars to ease his first months in the prison. Those expenditures are not necessary, but they will help ease frustrations. As an example, we asked White Collar Advice experts to use the commissary list that we link to above as a guide. They filled out what they would purchase upon their entry into an institution.
Items Price Qty Total
Photo ticket 1 3 3
Copy Card 6.5 1 6.5
Stamps 9.8 1 9.8
Radio 50.65 1 50.65
Headphones 34.45 1 34.45
Ironman Watch 35.75 1 35.75
Book light 12.95 1 12.95
Shower Shoes 6.5 1 6.5
Tuna 1.55 5 7.8
Salmon 2.8 5 14
Turkey Breast 3.85 2 7.6
Brown rice 1.25 10 12.5
Chili 1.5 4 6
Tasters Choice 1 4.2 4.2
Saltine Cracker 1.85 1 1.85
Cereal 3.15 3 9.45
Granola 3.35 4 13.4
Multivitamin 1.90 1 1.90
Ivory 1.95 2 3.9
Ibuprofen 2.5 1 2.5
Colgate 3 1 3
Tooth bush .9 1 .9
Dental floss 1.6 1 1.6
Mach 3 Razor 12.35 1 12.35
Mach 3 Blades 18.5 1 18.5
Shave Cream 3.9 1 3.9
Jergens lotion 5.25 1 5.25
Deodorant 2.8 1 2.8
Shampoo 6.05 1 6.05
Conditioner 6.05 1 6.05
T shirt 10.95 2 21.9
Boxers 7.45 2 14.9
Sweat Shirt 14.2 2 28.4
Sweat Pants 14.2 2 28.4
Gain detergent 5.85 1 5.85
Plastic bowl 5.5 1 5.5
Mug 6.45 1 6.45
Since the total amounts to $416.50, an inmate would have to break those purchases up over two separate months, because the spending limit would not allow him to purchase all of the items during one month. Also, notice that the list does not include expenditures for shoes; an inmate would have to order shoes through the recreation department or the counselor. Those costs may add an additional $200 to the list. Accordingly, with telephone and email expenses, inmates should budget about $800 to settle into a journey through white collar. The commissary list shows how an individual easily could require another $500 per month to live “well” in prison. Of course, an individual could survive in prison without spending any money at all.
Unit Team:
Within the first month of confinement, the inmate will meet with his unit team. The Unit Team consists of the following staff members:
• Unit Manager: The person in this position is a department head. Unit Managers report to the Associate Warden of Programs. A Unit Manager is responsible for overseeing the programs of all inmates confined to the housing unit. But Unit Managers will defer to subordinates, who have more direct interactions with each inmate.
• Case Manager: The Case Manager is responsible for keeping track of inmate matters that concern:
o Custody and classification,
o Release date,
o Release to a halfway house,
o Transfers,
o Progress Reports.
o Court matters,
o Detainers,
o Probation
o Outside agencies,
o Unit Disciplinary Committee.
• Counselor: The Counselor will oversee the following:
o Job assignments and job changes,
o Visiting lists,
o Bunk changes after initial assignment by Officer in Charge,
Once the inmate arrives in an institution, the Unit Team members will meet with the inmate for the Initial Classification. Prior to that initial classification meeting, the case manager will have reviewed the inmate’s PSI and the Judgment order. Based on those documents, the Case Manager will launch an automated plan to monitor the inmate through the progress of his sentence. She will set dates for interim team meetings, depending on the length of time an individual has to serve. If an inmate is scheduled for release within a year, he will meet with the Unit Team every three months. If an inmate’s release date is within two years, he will meet with the Unit Team every six months. If an inmate’s release date is beyond two years, he will meet with the team at least once each year for a custody review.
The Counselor will review the inmate’s new job assignment. He also will advise the inmate on whether he has received any visiting forms from friends or family members who are petitioning for visiting approval.
If the inmate has an outstanding financial obligation, the Counselor will present the inmate with a Financial Responsibility Plan. The Counselor will tally the amount of deposits the inmate has received in his commissary account and determine an appropriate payment plan. For inmates who lack financial resources, the payment plan will amount to $25 per quarter, which will nearly consume all earnings from the inmate job for most inmates. If family and friends deposit substantial amounts of financial resources into the inmate’s commissary account, the Unit Team may require the inmate to forfeit 50 cents of every dollar received.
In an effort to eliminate those burdensome payments during the time of incarceration, an inmate may request his sentencing judge to fix his monthly payments during the time of incarceration.
In addition to sentencing inmates to prison, and imposing financial sanctions like fines or restitution, some judges impose the Cost of Incarceration Fee (COIF). Inmates who must pay the Cost of Incarceration Fee will have to comply with Program Statement 5380.06. That Program Statement requires that inmates pay the fee to cover the average cost of incarceration; in 2011, that fee amounted to $28,893.40 per year, according to the Federal Register. The Unit Team will require the inmate to keep sufficient funds in his account to pay such costs, in equal installments, over the course of a year.
Theoretically, the Financial Responsibility Program (FRP) is voluntary, meaning that inmate can choose not to participate. Yet inmates who refuse to “volunteer” for the program endure harsher consequences inside. Inmates who are in “FRP Refuse” status may expect the Unit Team to respond by:
• Changing inmate’s bunk assignment to less desirable location in housing unit.
• Limit the inmate’s commissary privileges.
• Change the inmate’s job assignment.
• Restrict visiting, telephone, or email access.
The Unit Team will respond to any questions the inmate may have, but Team meetings are very impersonal. From the inmate’s perspective, they may not offer much of value other than providing assurance of the scheduled release date. The Case Manager will tell the inmate about conditions for his release, and explain that she will begin considering appropriate halfway house time as the inmate advances to within two years of his scheduled release date. The Case Manager will offer some basic advice, such as:
• Your unit team recommends that you save at least $10 per month to prepare for your release.
• Your Unit Team recommends that you participate in the following programs: Anger Management and Family Planning.
• Your Unit Team recommends that you keep your living quarters clean and refrain from activities that will lead to disciplinary infractions.
• Your Unit Team recommends that you stay current with your Financial Responsibility Plan.
Residential Drug Awareness Program (RDAP):
Inmates who position themselves well for RDAP will want to know when they can enroll in the program. For most inmates, statements made during the Presentence Investigation will be the deciding factor on whether an individual qualifies for RDAP. Once in prison, the inmate will meet with a representative from the Psychology Department for an initial screening. That meeting will not take place until the inmate is within a specific number of months to release. In a minimum-security camp, interview meetings concerning RDAP will take place when the inmate is about 33 months to release. In a low-security prison, those interview meetings will take place at about 46 months. In high-security prisons, the RDAP interview meetings will take place when the inmate advances to within 60 months of release. Inmates enter the RDAP program in accordance with the scheduled release dates. The highly sought-after program requires administrators to give priority enrollment to inmates with the nearest release dates. While waiting for RDAP, staff member may require the inmates to participate in less formal drug-awareness and counseling programs.
Transfers:
Depending on sentence length, program participation, or other factors, inmates who begin serving their sentences in one prison may transfer to other prisons before the expiration of their sentence. When inmates choose to request a transfer, the reason ordinarily stems from a desire to move closer to a prison that is closer to home. Other reasons may include an inmate’s desire to transfer to a prison where a specific educational or vocational training opportunity is available. Staff members will initiate transfers of inmates for a variety of reasons that will include:
• Transferring an inmate who wants to participate in an RDAP program that is not available in the current institution.
• Transferring an inmate who has received a disciplinary infraction.
• Transferring an inmate who cannot serve time on the same compound as a codefendant or other individual where a “separate” order exists.
• Transferring an inmate who has received a change in custody or security scoring.
• Transferring an inmate who requires medical care that is not available in the local institution.
• Transferring an inmate to populate a new prison.
When staff members initiate transfers, they may occur without any prior notification. When an inmate wants to initiate a transfer request, the inmate must wait for a regularly scheduled Unit Team Meeting. The inmate will submit the written request on a cop-out form to the Case Manager. In most minimum-security camps, staff members will authorize inmates to transfer from one camp to another camp via a furlough transfer.
• When contemplating a prison job, what would be the ideal characteristics for you?
• In what ways could your bunk mate’s decisions influence your adjustment inside?
• How would you expect your unit Counselor to influence your adjustment through prison?
• What questions would you anticipate asking during the A&O session?
• What goals do you expect to achieve during your first month of incarceration?
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Shell Sells Upstream Interests in Ireland for $1.3bln
Laxman Pai December 2, 2018
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Shell Overseas Holdings, an affiliate of Royal Dutch Shell plc (RYDAF), has completed the sale of its shares in Shell E&P Ireland Limited (SEPIL), which holds a 45% interest in the Corrib gas venture, for up to $1.30 billion, to Nephin Energy Holdings Limited (NEHL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB).
A press release said that completion follows receipt of all necessary partner and regulatory consents and the transaction’s effective date is 1 January 2017.
The transaction includes an initial consideration of $958 million (€840 million), interest of $54 million (€47 million), and additional payments of up to $285 million (€250 million) between 2018-2025, subject to gas price and production. Completion of the deal represents Shell’s exit from the upstream sector in Ireland.
The sale will contribute to Shell’s $30 billion divestment target for 2016-2018.
Shell Energy Europe Limited (SEEL) has signed an offtake agreement to purchase Corrib gas following completion.
Shell retains a presence in Ireland through its aviation joint venture, Shell and Topaz Aviation Ireland Limited.
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/ftc-turns-up-scrutiny-on-reynolds-lorillard-deal-with-questions-on-imperial-1426277285
FTC Turns Up Scrutiny on Reynolds-Lorillard Deal With Questions on Imperial
Move underscores extra care government is taking after rocky rental-car merger
Imperial would be taking over four cigarette brands—Winston, Salem, Kool and Maverick. Photo: Zuma Press
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Updated March 13, 2015 7:18 pm ET
Antitrust enforcers are asking detailed questions about business plans and leadership of a third company scheduled to play a key role in Reynolds American Inc.’s proposed $25 billion acquisition of rival Lorillard Inc., underscoring the agency’s wariness after a rocky experience with a rental-car merger.
Reynolds and Lorillard have sought to head off government antitrust concerns by selling $7.1 billion in cigarette brands and other assets to Imperial Tobacco Group PLC, a U.K.-based global tobacco company that operates in more than 20 markets, including Germany, Australia, Cambodia, and Turkey. The idea behind the divestiture, disclosed in tandem with the merger in July, was to give Imperial a significant U.S. presence that could replace market competition previously provided by Lorillard.
People familiar with the Federal Trade Commission’s review of the merger said the commission has been taking a close look at Imperial to evaluate whether the firm can become a significant player in the U.S. market if the merger is approved. The FTC is in the late stages of its review.
Reynolds American’s CEO on Merging, Managing and Smoking (Feb. 22)
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Imperial would be taking over four cigarette brands—Winston, Salem, Kool and Maverick—that have been losing share in a U.S. market where Imperial also has struggled. The British tobacco company spent $1.9 billion to acquire the company Commonwealth Brands in 2007 only to have sales of Commonwealth’s top-selling brand, USA Gold, fall by a third over a six-year period, according to Euromonitor, a market research firm.
Imperial in December said recent financial performance of the brands it is acquiring has declined slightly since the deal was announced.
The FTC’s questions have continued since Imperial said on Feb. 26 that it was parting ways with tobacco executive Martin Orlowsky, whom it had tapped to be executive chairman of its expanded U.S. operations, according to people familiar with the review.
An Imperial spokesman said the departure of Mr. Orlowsky, a former Lorillard chief executive with two decades of experience in the tobacco industry, “was a clash of working styles. There was always complete agreement on the working plans” for the U.S. business, he said.
Imperial expects regulatory approval of the deal this spring, the spokesman said.
Imperial has named David Taylor, Lorillard’s chief financial officer, to lead its new U.S. subsidiary if and when the Reynolds-Lorillard merger receives government clearance. Mr. Taylor joined Lorillard in 2008 after serving as interim finance chief at Eddie Bauer Holdings Inc.
Reynolds, Lorillard and the FTC declined to comment.
Antitrust lawyers say the FTC is more carefully evaluating proposed divestitures in light of a 2012 settlement in a rental-car merger that went sour.
In that case, the FTC allowed Hertz Global Holdings to acquire rival Dollar Thrifty under an agreement that required Hertz to sell off its Advantage Rent A Car brand. Advantage was supposed to emerge as a strong independent competitor, but it suffered early setbacks and sought bankruptcy protection months after the government settlement was completed.
A Canadian private-equity firm bought much of the Advantage assets in a bankruptcy auction and the company remains in operation, but Hertz was able to buy back 10 Advantage locations. The episode was considered an unfortunate lesson for the FTC, showing divestitures in antitrust cases can easily stumble.
“Once bitten, twice shy definitely applies,” said Jonathan Kanter, an antitrust lawyer with Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP who isn’t involved in the tobacco deal. “The FTC is always going to do its due diligence to make sure a buyer is viable. But the agency tends to be more careful when the memory of getting burned is fresh,” he said.
A similar phenomenon happened during the mid-1990s when the FTC was stung by a settlement involving divested supermarkets in St. Louis, Mr. Kanter said. “The response from the agency was to clamp down on proposals in future deals.”
The Reynolds-Lorillard deal would combine the No. 2 and No. 3 U.S. cigarette companies. The merged companies would remain No. 2, behind Altria Group Inc. FTC staffers investigating the merger are expected to make a recommendation soon on whether the commission should allow it, seek additional concessions or challenge the deal.
A decision from the FTC’s five commissioners could come within weeks, people familiar with the matter said.
Staff recommendations haven’t always been persuasive on tobacco deals. The commission in 2004 granted antitrust clearance to Reynolds purchase of rival Brown & Williamson, despite objections from FTC staff.
Tobacco deals also can be tricky as a matter of public policy, because keeping cigarette prices down isn’t necessarily a desirable public-health goal with other parts of the government working to reduce smoking rates. The FTC’s review, however, isn’t supposed to consider policy issues that aren’t related to competition.
Write to Brent Kendall at brent.kendall@wsj.com and Tripp Mickle at Tripp.Mickle@wsj.com
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Science or Snake Oil: will horseradish and garlic really ease a cold?
Horseradish hasn’t been studied, and studies on garlic found it probably does nothing. from http://www.shutterstock.com
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Some of us may have heard that horseradish and garlic supplements help ease cold and flu. Blooms High Strength Horseradish and Garlic Complex claims it has
a soothing antimicrobial action that helps fight off the bugs that can cause colds and flu and provides symptomatic relief from upper respiratory tract infections.
Others, such as those promoted by Swisse and Blackmores, claim to be “traditionally used in Western Herbal Medicine to provide symptomatic relief of sinusitis, hay fever and upper respiratory tract infections”. And the Swisse and Blackmores products (and many others) add additional ingredients, commonly vitamin C, which is claimed to be beneficial for “immune health”.
There are two categories of “evidence” allowed by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to validate indications or claims made for complementary medicines: scientific or traditional.
Scientific evidence is based on the scientific literature, such as trials in humans. Traditional evidence is based on theories outside modern conventional medicine, such as Western herbal medicine, traditional Chinese medicine and homeopathy.
Read more – Science or Snake Oil: can turmeric really shrink tumours, reduce pain and kill bacteria?
So, what does the research say?
A search of the medical journal database PubMed failed to find any clinical trials on the combination of horseradish (Armoracia rusticana) and garlic (Allium sativum), with or without vitamin C. Nor were any clinical trials found on horseradish alone.
The authors of a 2014 Cochrane review concluded there was insufficient clinical trial evidence supporting garlic in preventing or treating the common cold. A single 2001 trial (from the Garlic Centre in the UK) suggested garlic may prevent the common cold, but more studies were needed to validate this finding. Claims of effectiveness appear to rely largely on poor-quality evidence.
A 2013 Cochrane systematic review explored whether taking vitamin C (0.2g a day or more) reduced the incidence, duration or severity of the common cold. The 29 trial comparisons involving 11,306 participants found taking vitamin C regularly failed to reduce the incidence of colds in the general population.
Supplements can claim they’re a traditional medicine, meaning they don’t have to prove they’re effective. Screenshot, Author provided
Regular supplementation had a modest effect in reducing the duration of common cold symptoms by a few hours. The practical relevance of this finding is uncertain. The authors felt this level of benefit did not justify long-term supplementation. Finally, taking vitamin C at the onset of cold symptoms was not effective.
Vitamin C deficiency can impair immune function, but this is uncommon in Australia and best prevented by eating fruit and vegetables.
Read more – Monday’s medical myth: vitamin C prevents colds
The TGA accepts a traditional indication if that use has been recorded in internationally recognised traditional sources for a period of use that exceeds three generations (75 years). Traditional indications or claims don’t mean a product actually works – that requires scientific evidence.
What’s the verdict?
Products such as Blooms High Strength Horseradish & Garlic Complex claim they fight off bugs, but those claims that lack scientific validation. This breaches many provisions of the Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code 2015.
Products such as Swisse Ultiboost High Strength Horseradish + Garlic + Vitamin C, claiming horseradish and garlic have been “traditionally used in Western Herbal Medicine”, have correctly invoked the TGA’s “traditional paradigm”. But it’s important to remember this doesn’t mean these products work.
What’s the implication?
Recently, more and more purveyors of complementary medicine have been making “traditional” claims for their products.
If consumers are to make an informed choice about medicines claiming traditional use, a mandatory statement is required on the label and on all promotion explaining what this means. It should be explained to consumers the “tradition” is not in accordance with modern medical knowledge, and there is no scientific evidence the product works.
Without such a disclaimer, consumers will be misled and the TGA will be seen to be endorsing pseudoscience. But to date, industry, the TGA and government have refused to take on-board such proposals.
Read more: Which supplements work? New labels may help separate the wheat from the chaff
Ken Harvey, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
This article was originally published on The Conversation. (Reblogged by permission). Read the original article.
Tagged as clinical trials, garlic, horseradish, Ken Harvey, pseudoscience, Supplements, TGA, tradition, vitamin C
Why do irrational beliefs mimic science?
Footnotes to Plato
Earlier this year I co-published a paper, together with my collaborators Stefaan Blancke and Maarten Boudry, entitled “Why Do Irrational Beliefs Mimic Science? The Cultural Evolution of Pseudoscience,” that I think readers of this blog will find interesting.
Tagged as irrational beliefs, pseudoscience, Science
A Skeptic’s Guide to Astrology
This is an edited repost of an article which first appeared here in August 2010. You can also download a similar classroom discussion pamphlet (and a lot more) from our USEFUL INFO page.
The basic proposition of Western Astrology is that your personality and fate are influenced by the apparent positions and motions of heavenly bodies.
Tagged as astrology, pseudoscience, skepticism, skeptics
Should scientists engage with pseudo-science or anti-science?
Rod Lamberts, Australian National University and Will J Grant, Australian National University
The ABC’s flagship science journalism TV programme, Catalyst, has riled the scientific community once again. And, in a similar vein to Catalyst’s controversial 2013 report on the link between statins, cholesterol and heart disease, it has now turned its quasi-scientific attention to a supposed new peril.
Its “Wi-Fried?” segment last week raised concerns about the ever-increasing “electronic air pollution” that surrounds us in our daily lives, exploiting a number of age-old, fear-inspiring tropes.
There are already plenty of robust critiques of the arguments and evidence, so exploring where they got the science wrong is not our goal.
Instead, we’re interested in using the segment as inspiration to revisit an ongoing question about scientists’ engagement with the public: how should the scientific community respond to issues like this?
Should scientists dive in and engage head-on, appearing face-to-face with those they believe do science a disservice? Should they shun such engagement and redress bad science after the fact in other forums? Or should they disengage entirely and let the story run its course?
There are many of examples of what scientists could do, but to keep it simple we focus here just on the responses to “Wi-Fried” by two eminent Professors, Simon Chapman and Bernard Stewart, both of whom declined to be a part of the ABC segment, and use this case to consider what scientists should do.
In an interview about their decision to not participate, Chapman and Stewart independently expressed concerns about the evidence, tone and balance in the “Wi-Fried” segment. According to Chapman it “contained many ‘simply wrong’ claims that would make viewers unnecessarily afraid”.
Stewart labelled the episode “scientifically bankrupt” and “without scientific merit”. He added:
I think the tone of the reporting was wrong, I think that the reporter did not fairly draw on both sides, and I use the word “sides” here reluctantly.
Indeed, in situations like this, many suggest that by appearing in the media alongside people who represent fringe thinkers and bad science, respected experts lend them unwarranted credibility and legitimacy.
Continuing with this logic, association with such a topic would mean implicitly endorsing poor science and bad reasoning, and contribute to an un-evidenced escalation of public fears.
But is it really that straightforward?
The concerns Chapman and Stewart expressed about the show could equally be used to argue that experts in their position should have agreed to be interviewed, if only to present a scientifically sound position to counter questionable claims.
In this line, you could easily argue it’s better for experts to appear whenever and wherever spurious claims are raised, the better to immediately refute and dismiss them.
On the other hand, if scientific experts refuse to engage with “scientifically bankrupt” arguments, this could send a more potent message: that the fringe claims are irrelevant, not even worth wasting the time to refute. So this would mean they shouldn’t engage with this kind of popular science story.
On the third hand, their refusal to engage could be re-framed to characterise the experts as remote, arrogant or even afraid, casting doubt on the veracity of the scientific position. So to avoid this impression, experts should engage.
Participation in these kinds of popular science shows could also tarnish the reputation of the expert. But not appearing means missing the opportunity to thwart the potential harm caused by fringe, false or non-scientific claims.
And what about an expert’s obligation to defend their science, to set the record straight, and to help ensure people are not mislead by poor evidence and shonky reasoning? Is this best done by engaging directly with dubious media offerings like “Wi-Fried”, or should relevant experts find other venues?
Should scientists engage anti-science?
Well, this depends on what they think they might achieve. And if one thing stands out in all the to-ing and fro-ing over what scientists should do in such cases, it’s this: the majority of proponents both for and against getting involved seem convinced that popular representations of science will change people’s behaviour.
But there is rarely any hard evidence presented in the myriad “scientists should” arguments out there. Sticking with the Catalyst example, there is really only one, far-from-convincing, study from 2013 suggesting the show has such influence.
If you really want to make a robust, evidence-based decision about what experts should do in these situations, don’t start with the science being discussed. In the case of Catalyst, you’d start with research on the show’s relationship with its audience(s).
What kinds of people watch Catalyst?
Why do they watch it?
To what extent are their attitudes influenced by the show?
If their attitudes are actually influenced, how long does this influence last?
If this influence does last, does it lead people to change their behaviours accordingly?
Of course, we applaud the motives of people who are driven to set the scientific record straight, and especially by those who are genuinely concerned about public welfare.
But to simply assume, without solid evidence, that programmes like Catalyst push people into harmful behaviour changes is misguided at best. At worst, it’s actually bad science.
Rod Lamberts, Deputy Director, Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University and Will J Grant, Researcher / Lecturer, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
Tagged as anti-science, Catalyst, pseudoscience, quackery, Rod Lamberts, Wi-Fried, Will J Grant
January 19, 2016 · 11:39 am
Is the Chiropractic Board of Australia doing enough to protect consumers from pseudoscience?
Michael Vagg, Barwon Health
In this column two and a half years ago, I took the Chiropractic Board of Australia (CBA) to task for abdicating its responsibility to keep the public safe by waving through questionable activities that some chiropractors have taken part in. It drew this response from the Board, which I thought was a bit lukewarm at the time.
I resolved to wait and see whether they lived up to their public commitment. Maybe they would surprise me with their rigorous approach to protecting the public from the so-called “fringe” elements of the profession. I say “so-called” because some of the views that cause concern emanate from positions of considerable influence with chiropractic ranks.
I have not been the only one with these frustrations. An article by A/Prof Ken Harvey in the MJA Insight publication last year highlights some more direct action he has undertaken in an effort to drag chiropractors kicking and squealing into line with the same professional standards that seem so routine to other groups.
When followed up some months later it is clear little effective action has taken place. More than half of the misleading claims were still present in the complained-of websites. Only one of the ten clinic websites reported to CBA had removed the claims. The misleading and unprofessional claims that the CBA is tasked with regulating are still there, five years after it was first highlighted to them, and seven months after the CBA announced its intention to start getting serious.
The CBA Communique from its June 2015 meeting says:
The Board holds ongoing concerns about advertising by the profession that may be seen as misleading and deceptive. In particular, there have been a number of concerns raised about chiropractors’ advertising that indicates that there may be a lack of understanding of evidence and evidence-based practice.
Worryingly, the CBA’s credibility problem goes beyond advertising regulations. By continuing to lend its gravitas to some of the continuing professional development (CPD) activities that attract approved hours, I would suggest the CBA itself may end up looking like it has problems understanding the concept of evidence-based practice.
Here is an example of an activity approved by the CBA via their delegated authority to the Chiropractors Association of Australia (CAA). It specifically says on the website offering these online modules:
The Paediatric CPD Program is approved in Australia (by the CAA on behalf of AHPRA).
One of the modules on offer in this program is on Craniosacral Therapy. Craniosacral Therapy is an entirely made up and ineffective pseudo-therapy based on what “evidence” exists in the literature. It is implausible and has no credible reason for being promoted as a treatment for anything. To allow practitioners to offer it is entirely inconsistent with a commitment to evidence-based practice.
Here is another howler CBA might rather forget. Obtained by the medical media website 6minutes.com.au, it shows the CAA National approving CPD hours on behalf of CBA for chiropractor Tim O’Shea’s visit to Australia a couple of years ago. Note that CAA specifically pointed out that they were happy for him to use the Board’s imprimatur in his marketing.
CBA subsequently overturned the approval for claimable CPD hours after an investigation prompted by outrage from the more science-based chiropractic community and negative media coverage.
The CBA’s previous inability to professionally manage an investigation of an injured child has not been forgotten either. The failings of that case, including inappropriate public discussion of the highly confidential AHPRA report I have detailed previously.
Just have a look at the slap-downs being handed out by the other AHPRA Boards. Bear in mind also that the chiropractors disciplined by the Board so far have only been disciplined for advertising code breaches. The inappropriate treatment that they actually may be providing, if their advertising is anything to go by, has received little attention.
These ongoing frustrations within the profession have resulted in the formation of a new professional organisation based on professionally progressive ideals. The early signs are positive that this organisation may provide leadership and representation that is more in alignment with what the rest of the scientific health-care community expects from their colleagues in the 21st century. Whether Chiropractic Australia can influence the Board to take a similarly progressive stance against pseudoscience in their profession remains to be seen. It is a daunting and perhaps forlorn task but I wish them well in their efforts.
So after five years of hollow threats and effete regulatory action, the Chiropractic Board of Australia has “written to every chiropractor registered in Australia via the newsletter to remind them what is legal, and what the Board expects” according to the current Chair in a media release. They have also set out at length in their newsletter the standard to which they wish to hold their profession.
I guess it’s just too bad for the public if average chiros treat this latest “campaign” by their supine regulator with the same unresponsiveness they have shown for the last five years. Reform-minded chiropractors might prefer to see a few outrageously unprofessional colleagues temporarily put out of practice pour encourager les autres.
I think when one looks at the efforts of the CBA over the last couple of years, it’s hard to be confident that the public’s interests are being adequately protected. The reluctance of the fractured chiropractic profession to go along with even the most basic self-regulation standards seems intractable with a light touch. The strongest enforcements by the CBA have been brought about by public shaming from the media or within their own profession. As it stands they are the Caspar Milquetoast of regulators.
They could at least have a go.
Michael Vagg, Clinical Senior Lecturer at Deakin University School of Medicine & Pain Specialist, Barwon Health
Tagged as AHPRA, chiropractic, Chiropractic Board of Australia, chiropractor, Michael Vagg, pseudoscience, quackery
What’s in your herbal medicines?
by Ian Musgrave and Michael Bunce
Many people take herbal medicines, including traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) thinking they are doing something positive for their health. Ironically, in many cases they may be doing just the opposite.
Have you ever wondered what is actually in the herbal medicine products you buy? Has the herb on the label been replaced with another herb? Have pharmaceuticals been snuck in?
Making sure that a tablet claiming to have 500 milligrams of paracetamol really does contain 500 milligrams of paracetamol is relatively easy, there are established assays to measure paracetamol routinely. But how do you test for herbs?
Most herbal medicines are pills or powders that have removed all trace of structure we would normally use to identify plants, and many plants have no chemical signature that is able to definitively identify them. And what about all the other possible contaminants and adulterants that could hide in the complex brew of chemicals from herbal medicines?
Our research, which has just been published in the journal Nature Scientific Reports, goes a long way to answering that.
For the first time, our group of researchers from Curtin University, Murdoch University and the University of Adelaide have combined some of the most cutting-edge and sensitive analytical techniques to screen a set of traditional Chinese medicines available in Australia.
We used a three-pronged approach, combining DNA sequencing, toxicology and heavy metal testing to elucidate the true composition of 26 TCMs purchased at random from the Adelaide Markets; most were either for colds and flu’s or for general wellness.
What did we find?
Summary of the contaminants in traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs) tested in this study that contained toxic metals, undeclared or illegal contents as determined by DNA, toxicological, and heavy metal screening methods. Each TCM tested is represented in the diagram as a tablet; blue shading on tablets indicate AUST L listed medicines, red shading are not-listed with the TGA regulatory body. TCMs deemed non-compliant
for DNA (green), toxicology (pink) and heavy metals (yellow) or a combination thereof, are represented within the Venn diagram. Coglan et al.,Sci Reports 2015
Nearly nine in ten of these medicines had some form of undeclared substance in them as either adulteration or contamination. Sixteen of TCM’s had more than one contaminant or adulterant.
While around half of these medicines were not listed with the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), and should not have been available for purchase, contaminants were found in both TGA-listed and non-listed medicines. These adulterants/contaminants included pharmaceuticals and toxic heavy metals.
Plant and/or animal DNA from species not listed on the labels were also found. The most concerning finding was snow leopard DNA (snow leopards are an endangered species), which was detected in one medicine. DNA from pit viper, frog, rat, cat and dog was also detected in several medicines.
Among the pharmaceuticals found were paracetamol, antihistamines, anti-inflammatories and antibiotics, and stimulants such as pseudoephedrine. Of particular concern were drugs such as warfarin, which have significant potential for harm if not taken under medical supervision, and ephedrine, which is banned in Australia.
Significant levels of toxic heavy metals such as arsenic, cadmium and lead were found in over half the medicines. In at least four of these medicines following the directions on the label would expose you to over ten times the TGA’s regulatory limit for heavy metals in medicines.
Herbal Medicines. Megan Coglan
Are the levels of undeclared materials in these products adulteration or contamination? In adulteration, the material is added deliberately. In contamination, the material is added inadvertently, for example, through unclean workplaces or herbs grown on contaminated soil.
Whether a compound is a result of deliberate adulteration or contamination has different regulatory implications. It can mean the difference between banning a substance or cleaning up the workplace.
It can be tricky to decide which is which. In TCM materials, for instance, heavy metals or toad venom may be added as part of the treatment. However, by looking at the patterns of materials we found, we can get some hints.
One TCM claiming to enhance weight gain with appetite stimulation contained pharmaceutically relevant levels of the drug cyproheptadine, a known appetite enhancer.
In another, ephedrine was found without any evidence of DNA from plants of the Ephedra genus, suggesting that in both cases the drug was deliberately added.
Intriguingly, high levels of arsenic were often found with similar levels of lead. Lead arsenate has been used as a pesticide, and the high levels may come from persistently contaminated soils.
What this means is that you should be very careful about choosing and purchasing TCMs. Definitely avoid any medicine that does not have an ARTG listing (it should have a number like AUST L 123456 on the front of the bottle). But even medicines with these AUST L labels are no guarantee of safety.
This also highlights the importance of informing your health practitioner if you are taking TCMs as adulterants might interact with conventional medication to cause adverse effects.
What are the regulatory implications?
Unlike countries such as the United States, where many herbal medicines are regulated as dietary supplements, in Australia, herbal medicines are regulated through the TGA as medicines.
TGA-regulated medicines can be approved as either “registered” or “listed”. Most herbal medicines are classified as “listed”. Unlike registered medicines such as paracetamol and warfarin, the evidence required for approval is much less stringent.
In many ways it is an honour system, where the herbal medicines sponsor says there’s no evidence of harm, and they hold documentation that shows this. Mostly, the evidence is historical, claiming that people have been using it for generations without evidence of harm. As well, if the compounds are on the TGA’s list of “generally recognised are safe” materials extensive safety testing is not required.
The TGA uses post marketing follow-up to check for compliance with the “listed” medicine regulations. This follow-up consists of random surveys as well as targeted surveys from concerns raised by consumers.
In Australia, nearly 2,000 new herbal medicines are registered each year.
In a TGA survey in 2012-2013, 145 complementary medicines were tested. Around 83% of complimentary medicines surveyed were deemed to be non-compliant, with 6% failing due to product composition, formulation or manufacturing.
Using a combination of new molecular approaches, our survey found a much higher level of adulteration and contamination in TCMs than found in the TGA’s surveys. Adding DNA ingredient screening to the TGA’s armoury of analytical methods would help ensure that undeclared ingredients are not included in the herbal medicines we consume.
And Finally:
The herbal medicine industry is a billion dollar international industry, with products travelling all over the world.
Globally, we need a better auditing “toolkit” to ensure consumers of herbal medicines, as well as people testing their efficacy, are not being misled.
This research, we think, provides a roadmap to more effective regulation of the herbal medicine sector.
* The results of our screening have been passed on to the TGA, which is following this up.
Ian Musgrave, Senior lecturer in Pharmacology
Tagged as herbal remedies, Ian Musgrave, medicine, pseudoscience, quackery, TCM, TGA
November 24, 2015 · 12:37 pm
Why is Einstein’s general relativity such a popular target for cranks?
Michael J. I. Brown, Monash University
Scientists maybe celebrating the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity, but there was also a death in 1915. It was one of the many deaths of simple and intuitive physics that has happened over the past four centuries.
Today the concepts and mathematics of physics are often removed from everyday experience. Consequently, cutting edge physics is largely the domain of professional physicists, with years of university education.
But there are people who hanker for a simpler physics, toiling away on their own cosmologies. Rightly or wrongly, these people are often labelled cranks, but their endeavours tell us much misconceptions about science, its history and what it should be.
I regularly browse open access website arxiv.org to look for the latest astrophysics research. Real astrophysics, that is. But if I want to take a look at what pseudoscientists are up to, I can browse vixra.org. That’s right, “arxiv” backwards. The vixra.org website was founded by “scientists who find they are unable to submit their articles to arXiv.org” because that website’s owners filter material they “consider inappropriate”.
There are more than 1,800 articles on vixra.org discussing relativity and cosmology, and many don’t like relativity at all. Perhaps one reason why cranks particularly dislike relativity is because it is so unlike our everyday experiences.
Einstein predicted that the passage of time is not absolute, and can slow for speeding objects and near very massive bodies such as planets, stars and black holes. Over the past century, this bizarre predication has been measured with planes, satellites, and speeding muons.
But the varying passage of time is nothing like our everyday experience, which isn’t surprising as we don’t swing by black holes on our way to the shops. Everyday experience is often central to cranky ideas, with the most extreme example being flat earthers.
Thus many crank theories postulate that time is absolute, because that matches everyday experience. Of course, these crank theories are overlooking experimental data, or at least most of it.
History and linearity
One of the most curious aspects of pseudoscience is an oddly linear approach to science. To be fair, this can result from an overly literal approach to popular histories of science, which emphasise pioneering work over replication.
A pivotal moment in relativity’s history is Albert Michelson and Edward Morley’s demonstration that the speed of light didn’t depend on its direction of travel nor the motion of the Earth.
Of course, since 1887 the Michelson-Morley experiment has been confirmed many times. Modern measurements have a precision orders of magnitude better than the original 1887 Michelson-Morley experiment, but these don’t feature prominently in popular histories of science.
Interestingly many pseudoscientists are fixated on the original Michelson-Morley experiment, and how it could be in error. This fixation assumes science is so linear that the downfall a 19th century experiment will rewrite 21st century physics. This overlooks how key theories are tested (and retested) with a myriad of experiments with greater precision and different methodologies.
Another consequence of the pseudoscientific approach to history is that debunked results from decades past are often used by buttress pseudoscientific ideas. For example, many pseudoscientists claim Dayton Miller detected “aether drift” in the 1930s. But Miller probably underestimated his errors, as far more precise studies in subsequent decades did not confirm his findings.
Unfortunately this linear and selective approach to science isn’t limited to relativity. It turns up in cranky theories ranging from evolution to climate.
Climate scientist Michael E Mann is still dealing with cranky accusations about his seminal 1998 paper on the Earth’s temperature history, despite the fact it has been superseded by more recent studies that achieve comparable results. Indeed, it devoured so much of Mann’s time he has literally written a book about his experience.
What about the maths?
During the birth of physics, one could gain insights with relatively simple (and beautiful) mathematics. My favourite example is Johannes Kepler’s charting of the orbit of Mars via triangulation.
In the 17th century, Johannes Kepler used elegantly simple mathematics to chart the motion of Mars. Johannes Kepler / University of Sydney
Over subsequent centuries, the mathematics required for new physical insights has become more complex, as illustrated by Newton’s use of calculus and Einstein’s use of tensors. This level of mathematics is rarely in the domain of the enthusiastic but untrained amateur? So what do they do?
One option is to hark back to an earlier era. For example, trying to disprove general relativity by using the assumptions of special relativity or even Newtonian physics (again, despite the experiments to the contrary). Occasionally even numerology makes an appearance.
Another option is arguments by analogy. Analogies are useful when explaining science to a broad audience, but they aren’t the be-all and end-all of science.
In pseudoscience, the analogy is taken to the point of absurdity, with sprawling articles (or blog posts) weighed down with laboured analogies rather than meaningful analyses.
Desiring simplicity but getting complexity
Perhaps the most fascinating aspect of pseudoscientific theories is they hark for simplicity, but really just displace complexity.
A desire for naively simple science can produce bizarrely complex conclusions, like the moon landing hoax conspiracy theories. NASA/flickr
Ardents of the most simplistic pseudoscientific theories often project complexity onto the motives of professional scientists. How else can one explain scientists ignoring their brilliant theories? Claims of hoaxes and scams are commonplace. Although, to be honest, even I laughed out loud the first time I saw someone describe dark matter was a “modelling scam”.
Again, this isn’t limited to those who don’t believe in relativity. Simple misunderstandings about photography, lighting and perspective are the launch pad for moon landing conspiracy theories. Naively simple approaches to science can lead to complex conspiracy theories.
Changing intuition
Some have suggested that pseudoscience is becoming more popular and the internet certainly aids the transmission of nonsense. But when I look at history I wonder if pseudoscience will decay.
In the 19th century, Samuel Rowbotham promoted Flat Earthism to large audiences via lectures that combined wit and fierce debating skills. Perhaps in the 19th century a spherical world orbiting a sun millions of kilometres away didn’t seem intuitive.
But today we can fly around the globe, navigate with GPS and Skype friends in different timezones. Today, a spherical Earth is far more intuitive than it once was, and Flat Earthism is the exemplar of absurd beliefs.
Could history repeat with relativity? Already GPS utilises general relativity to achieve its amazing precision. A key plot device in the movie Interstellar was relativistic time dilation.
Perhaps with time, a greater exposure to general relativity will make it more intuitive. And if this happens, a key motivation of crank theories will be diminished.
Will general relativity become more widely understood via popular media, such as the movie Interstellar?
Michael will be on hand for an Author Q&A between 4 and 5pm AEDT on Tuesday, November 24, 2015. Post your questions in the comments section below.
Michael J. I. Brown, Associate professor, Monash University
Tagged as astrophysics, cranks, Einstein, Kepler, Michael J. I. Brown, physics, pseudoscience, relativity, space, time
October 8, 2015 · 8:50 am
What makes weird beliefs thrive? The epidemiology of pseudoscience
Maarten Boudry, Stefaan Blancke and yours truly have published a paper on what we call the “epidemiology of pseudoscience.” Here is the abstract, to give you an idea:
What makes beliefs thrive? We model the dissemination of bona fide science versus pseudoscience, making use of Dan Sperber’s epidemiological model of representations. Drawing on cognitive research on the roots of irrational beliefs and the institutional arrangement of science, we explain the dissemination of beliefs in terms of their salience to human cognition and their ability to adapt to specific cultural ecologies.
Tagged as epidemiology, pseudoscience
Mind Body Spin-it Festival 2015
by Mal Vickers
I love the Mind Body Spirit Festival – I really do. But I don’t love having to part with the (grrrr…..) twenty dollars just to get in. My partner tried her hand at The Secret or the power of positive thinking and attempted to get in for nothing, but the security guard shattered her confidence.
Clear Thinking
Luckily an essential oil called Confidence was readily available from the nearby Pro-Oils stand. This place made it all worthwhile. I happened to find a bottle of Clear Thinking – perfect for a Skeptic like me. I took one long, deep sniff, right to the bottom of my lungs. Somehow my world appeared better, sharper, colours were more vivid, my mind cleared, my thoughts were more focused, yes… I just inhaled a bunch of liquid herbs. You too can buy a 12ml bottle of Clear Thinking on Show special for…
Tagged as anti-science, body, Essential oils, festival, gullibility, Mal Vickers, mind, pseudoscience, Psychic, quackery, skepticism, spirit
Does Osteopathy Work? Is it Scientific?
I was recently asked, “Does osteopathy work? Is it scientific?” The short answer is: osteopathy is unlikely to be effective for most health conditions. It’s a form of alternative medicine. I wouldn’t put it in the category of a science–based medicine. Read on if you’re interested in why I would think such a thing.
It’s difficult to definitively answer questions like this for three reasons.
One – Science is all about probability.
Two – it’s hard to prove a negative.
Three – it’s not a very clear question.
If the idea is to sort the wheat from the chaff in medical treatments, there are better/tougher questions to ask.
Let’s try to explore it.
Whole health disciplines might contain just a handful of useful treatments for some ailments,
Tagged as alternative medicine, Mal Vickers, Osteopathy, pseudoscience, quackery
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They were collectively known as "The Rock." For one year, in 2007-2008, Sebastian Junger accompanied 30 men--a single platoon--from the storied 2nd battalion of the U.S. Army as they fought their way through a remote valley in eastern Afghanistan.Over the course of five trips, Junger was in more firefights than he could count, as men he knew were killed or wounded and he himself was almost killed. His relationship with these soldiers grew so close that they considered him part of the platoon, and he enjoyed an access and a candidness that few, if any, journalists ever attain.nbsp;
nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;War is a narrative about combat: the fear of dying, the trauma of killing and the love between platoon-mates who would rather perish than let each other down. Gripping, honest and intense, War explores the neurological, psychological and social elements of combat, as well as the incredible bonds that form between these small groups of men. This is not a book about Afghanistan or the "War on Terror"; it is a book about all men, in all wars. Junger set out to answer what he thought of as the "hand-grenade question": why would a man throw himself on a hand grenade to save other men he has known for probably only a few months? The answer is elusive but profound, going to the heart of what it means not just to be a soldier, but to be human.
Publisher: Toronto : HarperCollins Canada, 2009, c2010
Edition: 1st Canadian ed
Branch Call Number: 306.27 JUN
Characteristics: xii, 287 p. : maps ; 24 cm
Read more reviews of War at iDreamBooks.com
Madreley Mar 01, 2019
Excellent book on what the combat foot soldier in Afghanistan goes through. After reading the book I can understand why so many of the soldiers have a hard time fitting back into any kind of what we may consider a normal type of life. Recommended reading for any one thinking about joining the military.
johnbacich Feb 23, 2019
There are three classic books about war. " WW2 " by James Jones. " Dispatches " by Michael Herr. And this one. Drop everything and get this book now!
bpatenaude1930 Aug 06, 2017
Gripping, thoughtful, detailed, provocative, and interesting are just some of the words that describe this book. The men in our military are amazing
gendeg Jun 15, 2015
I'm as far removed from the experience of a combat infantry soldier as you can get, and I found this extremely moving and riveting. Sebastian Junger doesn't romanticize the battles and firefights in the Korengal, or the men of Battle Company leading that fight, the special group dubbed the tip of the spear for the front in Afghanistan, and yet I couldn't help but see nobility in all of it. Most of this is because of the strong sense of purpose and loyalty among the soldiers he documents. It made my civilian life, by comparison, feel petty and shallow. Out there, in a frontline firefight, there is no patriotism or politics or religion. None of that matters. What makes you keep going everyday, even as you sit on the razor edge of existence, is a love so strong for your fellow soldier you are willing to do anything to protect him and overcome any terror of death. Dying is the least of your concerns. Letting a member of your team die is the end of the world.
I don't want to do what these guys do; I can't do what these guys do. And I would prefer to live in a world where we didn't have to deploy these young men to these treacherous places and experience such violence. And yet I have so much respect for what these guys do and what they let us do to them as a society by deploying them to these places. Respect.
Junger's writing in War is steely-eyed and rich with accurate detail. Objective where it counts but never sterile. An eye-opening read for all us civvies.
Chapel_Hill_KenMc Dec 20, 2014
Top-rate journalism from an observer who spends a considerable amount of time with men in the most dangerous part of Afghanistan. Junger hasn't tried to write about the politics of the situation. He simply describes, to great effect, what these soldiers are enduring, what motivates them, and what they feel. It's rather shock to learn that the larger objectives of winning/losing, whatever that means in this context, has little interest for these guys.
christinakol Nov 19, 2013
Great book, easy read because it's written so well. This is as close as a civilian can get to modern day combat. Read this before watching Restrepo and that film will mean a whole lot more. I agree completely with emkeller's comment. Really made me think about returning soldiers in our community and the antiquated system trying to "support" them. Also agree that this should be required reading.
emkeller Jun 08, 2013
When you consider how few of us are asked to bear the burden of war today, this should probably be required reading. We have such a civil-military split that eventually exacerbates the difficulty of soldiers returning to civilian life. If we better understood these experiences, the adrenaline, the crushing boredom, the comraderie, the sacrifice, we might set aside some of our more reactive political platitudes and instead, listen to our soldiers.
horizontal8 Jan 04, 2013
When I think of war I think of the history books of the World Wars and D-day and tiny men with tiny moustaches and endless dates and numbers and statistics and two bombs, one little, one fat.
I think of Vietnam and the protests and the vets of that era I have known and do know, and the ones I see from my car window on street corners of PTSD and addiction and limited resources.
I think of the Gulf War as some sort of passing mini-series or dysfunctional infomercial on TV during middle school and the horrible way the word ‘Scud’ made me feel.
For a long time I tried to not think about war.
Then one day, out of the blue, I realized how many friends and coworkers I had that had been a part of the war we’ve been in for over a decade now.
While I was protesting they were voluntarily enlisting. It was this thought that spurred a fascination with what it meant to be a soldier and how it felt to be a soldier in combat.
Junger's book is an excellent resource for getting a glimpse into this reality that many of us will never have to endure. It focuses not on battles or dates, but on the soldiers and their experiences, their brotherhood, and their lifestyle while away. The book is broken into three equal sections of Fear, Killing, and Love; a strange yet oddly fitting trio.
debwalker Dec 09, 2010
Junger offers an intense account of his time embedded with the men of the Second Platoon of Battle Company in Afghanistan. For those who haven't experienced combat and never will, there's little to do but marvel at the courage of the men he describes and the unflinching glimpse he offers us into their lives.
Yankeeone Nov 16, 2010
Sebastian Junger's "War" is based on his experiences following a single American Infantry platoon in Eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border for Vanity Fair magazine, done in 5 trips to Afghanistan over a period of 15 months. Junger's book is an observation and a contemplation, in which he describes a group of young men who find themselves at the outward edges of a war, becoming more cohesive with every firefight, but inevitably slipping away from any semblance of what society considers "normal". It is also an often fascinating social and psychological study of group dynamics, in which all purpose for being in the end boils down to the protection and preservation of the collective. Evoking both Michael Herr's writings on the Vietnam war and maybe just a bit of Sgt.Rock, "War" is a fascinating and thoughtful work that had me stopping to ponder and nodding in agreement.
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1. Police-reported violent crimes against young women and girls in Canada's Provincial North and Territories, 2017
This Juristat article examines police-reported violent crimes against young women and girls in Northern Canada. Rates are provided at the national and provincial levels, as well as for urban, rural and census metropolitan areas. The nature and extent of violence against young women and girls in the North is compared with the South throughout.
2. Juristat
This publication provides in-depth analysis and detailed statistics on a variety of topics and issues related to justice and public safety. Topics include crime, victimization, homicide, civil, family and criminal courts, and correctional services. Issues related to community safety, and perceptions of safety are also covered. The publication is intended for those with an interest in Canada's justice and public safety systems as well as those who plan, establish, administer and evaluate programs and projects related to justice and public safety.
3. Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation: Dataset
Table: 45-20-00012019001
The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation dataset includes tables in an Excel and Comma-separated values (CSV) format for the national-level index (excluding the territories), as well as three provincial and two regional indexes: the Atlantic region (Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick), Quebec, Ontario, the Prairie region (Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta), and British Columbia.
4. Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation: User Guide
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 45-20-00012019002
The User Guide for the Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (CIMD) outlines uses for the index, as well as it provides a brief description of the methodology behind the development of the index. This User Guide also provides instructions on how to use the index, and lists considerations when using the CIMD data.
5. Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation: Dataset and User Guide
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 45-20-0001
The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (CIMD) is an area-based index which used 2016 Census of Population microdata to measure four key dimensions of deprivation at the dissemination area (DA)-level: residential instability, economic dependency, situational vulnerability and ethno-cultural composition.
The CIMD allows for an understanding of inequalities in various measures of health and social well-being. While it is a geographically-based index of deprivation and marginalization, it can also be used as a proxy for an individual. The CIMD has the potential to be widely used by researchers on a variety of topics related to socio-economic research. Other uses for the index may include: policy planning and evaluation, or resource allocation.
6. Survey on Sexual Misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces Primary Reserve 2018: Key trends since 2016
Stats in brief: 11-627-M2019037
This infographic presents results from the 2018 Survey of Sexual Misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces. Findings on the prevalence and nature of inappropriate sexual behaviour and sexual assault within the Reserve Force are presented.
7. Survey on Sexual Misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force 2018: Key trends since 2016
This infographic presents results from the 2018 Survey of Sexual Misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces. Findings on the prevalence and nature of inappropriate sexual behaviour and sexual assault within the Regular Force are presented.
8. Sexual misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces Primary Reserve, 2018
This article presents results from the Survey of Sexual Misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces. Namely, the prevalence of general sexualized behaviour in the workplace; discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity; personal experiences of discrimination or sexualized behaviour; the prevalence of sexual assault; and knowledge of policies on sexual misconduct and perceptions of responses to sexual misconduct are examined. Where possible, results are analyzed by gender, environmental command, type of service, age, and rank.
9. Sexual misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force, 2018
10. Sexual Misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces
This article presents results from the first Survey of Sexual Misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces. Namely, the prevalence of general sexualized behaviour in the workplace; discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity; personal experiences of discrimination or sexualized behaviour; the prevalence of sexual assault; and knowledge of policies on sexual misconduct and perceptions of responses to sexual misconduct are examined. Where possible, results are analyzed by sex, environmental command, type of service, age, rank, and number of years of service.
41. One day snapshot of women and accompanying children (number, percent) in residential facilities for victims of abuse compared to private households, by selected characteristics
Frequency: Every 2 years
One day snapshot of women and accompanying children (number, percent) in residential facilities for victims of abuse compared to private households, by selected characteristics, Canada, Province or territory, of the reference year 2017/2018.
42. One day snapshot of women and accompanying children (number, percent, rate per 100,000) in residential facilities for victims of abuse, by age group
One day snapshot of women and accompanying children (number, percent, rate per 100,000) in residential facilities for victims of abuse, by age group, Canada, region, of the reference year 2017/2018.
43. One day snapshot of types of abuse (percent) experienced by women residing in residential facilities for victims of abuse
One day snapshot of types of abuse (percent) experienced by women residing in residential facilities for victims of abuse, Canada, Province or territory, of the reference year 2017/2018.
44. One day snapshot of the relationship of abuser to women (number, percent) in residential facilities for victims of abuse
One day snapshot of the relationship of abuser to women (number, percent) in residential facilities for victims of abuse, Canada, Province or territory, of the reference period 2017/2018.
45. Percent of residential facilities for victims of abuse offering selected services
Percent of residential facilities for victims of abuse offering selected services, Canada, region, for the reference year 2017/2018.
46. Homeless shelter capacity, bed and shelter counts for emergency shelters, transitional housing and violence against women shelters for Canada and provinces, Employment and Social Development Canada annual (number)
Geography: Canada, Province or territory, Census subdivision
This table contains 11100 series, with data for years 2016 - 2016 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (370 items: Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Carbonear, Newfoundland and Labrador; Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador; ...); Type of shelter (3 items: Emergency; Transitional Housing; Violence Against Women); Clientele (5 items: General - both genders; General - males; General - females; Youth; ...); Statistics (2 items: Number of shelters; Number of beds).
47. Civil court cases, by level of court and type of case, Canada and selected provinces and territories
Description: Civil court cases by level of court, type of case and case unit, Canada and selected provinces and territories, five years of data.
48. Active family cases by issue(s) identified over length of case and number of fiscal years since case initiation, Canada and selected provinces and territories
Description: Active family cases by issue(s) identified over length of case and number of fiscal years since case initiation, Canada and selected provinces and territories, five years of data.
49. General civil court cases, by type of action, Canada and selected provinces and territories
Description: General civil court cases by level of court, case unit and type of action, Canada and selected provinces and territories, five years of data.
50. Number of events in active civil court cases, by type of event, Canada and selected provinces and territories
Description: Active civil court cases by level of court, type of case and type of event, Canada and selected provinces and territories, five years of data.
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531. Justice spending in Canada [1994/95] Archived
Articles and reports: 85-002-X19970038227
This juristat answers questions about the relative cost of justice services within the context of total government spending, and examines changes in spending patterns over time. In addition, financial profiles are provided for six major justice services: policing, courts, adult corrections, youth corrections, legal aid, and prosecutions. Some of the initiatives underway to give taxpayers more efficient and effective services are also discussed.
532. Street prostitution in Canada, 1977-1995 Archived
This Juristat deals with prostitution-related crime in Canada, that is, communicating, procuring and bawdy-house offences (see Prostitution in the Criminal Code). Incidents reported during the 1977-1995 period are examined, with a focus on recent years. A wide variety of data and other information sources dealing with street prostitution have been consulted to provide a multi-faceted look at these activities.
533. Sentencing in adult provincial courts Archived
Geography: Province or territory
The purpose of this document is to provide a picture of the most recent sentencing trends in Canadian adult provincial courts. Several issues can be explored using the aggregate statistics found in this data base. First, what percentage of all convictions result in a sentence of imprisonment? Many commissions of inquiry as well as the federal government have noted the need to develop more alternatives to imprisonment, in order to reduce Canada's reliance on incarceration as a sanction. Second, what kinds of sanctions are associated with various offences? Third, are sentences proportional in their severity to the seriousness of the crimes for which they are imposed? The principle of proportionality in the use of punishment lies at the heart of the sentencing system in Canada. The recently enacted sentencing reform Bill, declared that "A sentence must be proportionate to the gravity of the offence and the degree of responsibility of the offender". Fourth, what kinds of offences attract non-custodial sanctions such as probation and fines?
534. Criminal harassment, 1995 Archived
The intent of this Juristat is to present police and court data on criminal harassment that are currently available from Statistics Canada's Revised Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey and Adult Criminal Court Survey (ACCS). As the legislation is relatively new, this report is a first attempt at producing a detailed analysis of criminal harassment data. The statistics in this report provide only a partial picture of criminal harassment in Canada and are not nationally representative. As such, the analysis will focus on the nature of incidents rather than the extent. Please refer to the Methodology section for more details on the data sources.
535. Homicide in Canada, 1995 Archived
Geography: Province or territory, Census metropolitan area
Police-reported violent crime in Canada increased steadily from the early 1970s through to the early 1990s. Homicides, in particular, tend to be widely covered in the media, especially those of a brutal nature or those targeting the more vulnerable members of society. The 1993 General Social Survey indicated a growing concern among Canadians about threats of attack or violence. Yet the homicide rate has gradually been declining since the mid 1970s.
536. Transition homes Archived
In every province and territory, abused women and their children can find refuge in a variety of facilities that provide residential services. In 1994-95, transition homes and similar institutions recorded more than 85,000 admissions. Most of the women admitted were escaping physical abuse by a current or previous spouse or common-law partner.
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3. Collecting Data on Aboriginal People in the Criminal Justice System: Methods and Challenges Archived
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 85-564-X
This objective of this report is to present the status of national data on Aboriginal people who come into contact with the criminal justice system as offenders and victims. The report examines the current and potential collection of an individual's Aboriginal identity through various justice-related surveys at Statistics Canada, the challenges within these surveys to collect these data and provides some insight into the quality of these data. The data and sources are examined within the context of information needs for the justice and social policy sectors, and in relation to the preferred method of measuring Aboriginal Identity at Statistics Canada. Data sources examined include the Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, the Homicide Survey, the Integrated Criminal Courts Survey, the Adult Corrections Survey, the Youth Custody and Community Services Survey, the Youth Alternative Measures Survey, the Transition Home Survey, the Victim Services Survey and the General Social Survey on Victimization. Finally, the report briefly describes efforts by other countries to improve justice-related information on their indigenous populations.
4. Maintenance Enforcement Programs in Canada: Description of Operations Archived
This report presents a description of the organization and operation of provincial and territorial maintenance enforcement programs. It describes the relevant provincial legislation, highlights latest developments, provides a general description of each program, describes how each manages cases, intake/withdrawal procedures, tracing, monitoring, payment processing and enforcement practices. As such, the reader will be able to identify the variations and similarities between the various programs. All of the maintenance enforcement programs rely upon several federal acts to collect, trace and enforce support payments. Therefore, a review of the relevant federal legislation is presented first, followed by a description of each provincial and territorial maintenance enforcement program.
5. Legal Aid in Canada, Description of Operations Archived
This publication describes the structure and administration of provincial/territorial legal aid services in Canada. It also includes information on legislation, organization, coverage, eligibility, duty counsel and tariffs.
6. National Directory of Courts in Canada Archived
This publication includes a list of federal and provincial courts across the country. The purpose of this directory is to identify all courts (permanent and most frequently visited circuit points) in Canada by type, level, and location.
7. Directory of Justice Information and Statistics Personnel Archived
Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 85F0021X
The Directory of justice information and statistics personnel is a directory of personnel contacts in the Canadian justice system. This directory has been prepared to facilitate communication among members of the justice community, and to promote a general up-to-date awareness of the personnel fulfilling key functions within the justice system.
8. Provincial Expenditures on Education in Reform and Correctional Institutions
Description: The purpose of this survey is to collect education related financial data on all reform and correctional institutions in Canada. These data are used to supplement data collected from the Provincial Public Accounts on provincial expenditures on education.
9. Police Administration Survey
Description: The purpose of the Police Administration Survey (PAS) is to collect statistics on public policing personnel and expenditures from municipal, provincial and federal police services in Canada. The information collected is used by federal and provincial policy makers, individual police services as well as officials responsible for police budgets. The data are also used by the media for the purpose of providing information to the general public.
10. Uniform Crime Reporting Survey
Description: The Uniform Crime Reporting Survey was designed to measure the incidence of crime in Canadian society and its characteristics. The information is used by federal and provincial policy makers as well as public and private researchers.
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Glycohemoglobin (L10_B)
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Note: See Analytic Notes section for analysis of Hemoglobin A1c (Glycohemoglobin) data for 1999-2010.
Diabetes mellitus will be assessed by measures of blood glycohemoglobin, plasma glucose, serum insulin, and serum c-peptide in participants aged 12 years and over.
Glycohemoglobin measures are available for a full sample. Measures of blood glycohemoglobin, plasma glucose, serum insulin, and serum c-peptide in the morning examination session only can be found in the Lab10AM data file.
Diabetes is a leading cause of disease and death in the United States. Eight million Americans are known to have diabetes, and an equal number have undiagnosed diabetes. In 1993, nearly 18 percent of all deaths for persons over the age of 25 were among people with diabetes. The prevalence of diabetes and overweight (one of the major risk factors for diabetes) continue to increase. Substantial new efforts to prevent or control diabetes have begun, including the Diabetes Prevention Trial and the National Diabetes Education Program.
Information on the prevalence of diabetes disease, especially in its early stages, and associated risk factors will be used to help develop early intervention and prevention programs for the disabling consequences of this condition. Specifically, the diabetes disease examination will provide population data to:
determine a national estimate of diabetes disease prevalence (diagnosed and undiagnosed), including those at high risk for the late complications of the disease (i.e., ulceration and amputation);
identify the risk factors of diabetes disease;
permit a national cohort to be established for follow-up studies of this condition; and
provide critical information to clinicians and public health officials for the development of preventive care and community-based interventions.
Participants aged 12 years and older were tested.
Glycohemoglobin
Glycated proteins differ from non-glycated proteins by the attachment of a sugar moiety(s) at various binding sites by means of a ketoamine bond. Glycohemoglobin (GHb) thus contains 1,2-cis-diol groups not found in non-glycated proteins. These diol groups provide the basis for separation of glycated and non-glycated components by boronate affinity chromatography (Fluckiger et al., 1984; Gould et al., 1984; Mallia et al., 1981). In this analytical technique, a boronate such as phenylboronic acid is bonded to the surface of the column support. When a solution of proteins (e.g. hemolysate) is passed through the column, the glycated component is retained by the complexing of its diol groups with the boronate. After the unretained non-glycated component elutes from the column, the glycated component is eluted from the column with a reagent that displaces it from the boronate.
The Primus instrument is a fully automated glycohemoglobin analyzer, which utilizes the principle of boronate affinity high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) (Primus Corporation). The analytical column contains aminophenylboronic acid bonded to a porous polymer support (gel). The low- and high-pressure pumps transfer reagents through the analytical column, with reagent selection executed by a switching valve. Hemolyzed samples are automatically injected onto the column during the flow of A-Elution Reagent #1. The glycated component binds to the boronate, while the non-glycated component passes through the column to the spectrophotometric detector, where it is detected at wavelength of 413-±2 nm. After the elution of non-glycated component, the Primus instrument pumps B-Elution Reagent #2, which displaces the glycated component from the column. The glycated component then passes through the detector. In the final stage of each sample cycle, the column is re-equilibrated with Elution A-Reagent #1. All reagent selection occurs in a timed sequence designed to allow complete elution of non-glycated and glycated components.
Microprocessors (Model CLC330) or the PC computer (Model CLC385) control all functions in the liquid chromatograph and computing integrator. The signal from the spectrophotometric detector is processed and the concentration of glycohemoglobin is calculated as a percentage of the total detected. Integration is by peak area in millivolt-seconds. The chromatogram is plotted first as the signal is received by the detector. The raw % glycohemoglobin is calculated when glycated hemoglobin peak area is divided by the total hemoglobin peak area. Primus HPLC uses two point calibrators with HbA1c assigned values to obtain a final standardized glycohemoglobin. The Schiff base does not interfere with boronate affinity method. The report is then printed with the sample information, raw Glycohemoglobin and standardized Glycohemoglobin results.
Blood specimens were processed, stored and shipped to University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri for analysis. Detailed specimen collection and processing instructions are discussed in the NHANES Laboratory/Medical Technologists Procedures Manual (LPM). Read the LABDOC file for detailed data processing and editing protocols. The analytical methods are described in the Description of the Laboratory Methodology section.
The NHANES quality control and quality assurance protocols (QA/QC) meet the 1988 Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act mandates. Detailed quality control and quality assurance instructions are discussed in the NHANES Laboratory/Medical Technologists Procedures Manual (LPM). Read the LABDOC file for detailed QA/QC protocols.
Analytic note for analysis of Hemoglobin A1c (Glycohemoglobin) data for 1999-2010:
Removal of cross-over regression to compare Hemoglobin A1c data from 2005-2006 to 2003-2004:
The recommendation to use the Hemoglobin A1c (Glycohemoglobin) cross-over study regression equation to compare 2005-2006 (GHB_D) data to 2003-2004 (GHB_C) data has been withdrawn. Analyses of Hemoglobin A1c, including trend analysis, should use the original data without the use of the cross-over regression. A correction to the documentation for 2005-2006 (GHB_D) removing this cross-over regression equation was posted on the NHANES web site in November 2011.
Re-Release of 2007-2010 Hemoglobin A1c data:
Hemoglobin A1c results for 2007-2008 (GHB_E) and 2009-2010 (GHB_F) were temporarily withdrawn in November 2011 to evaluate a shift to the right (increased values) in the distribution of Hemoglobin A1c in 2007-2010 compared to 1999-2006. After careful evaluation of participant data, laboratory quality control data and non-NHANES A1c studies, a cause for this shift in the distribution of Hemoglobin A1c could not be identified. Therefore, the Hemoglobin A1c data for 2007-2008 (GHB_E) and 2009-2010 (GHB_F) were re-released in March 2012 without changes to the data. The user will need to carefully consider the information presented in this analytic note when analyzing Hemoglobin A1c data from 1999-2010.
Hemoglobin A1c (glycohemoglobin), a diabetes test that reflects plasma glucose for the previous 120 days, has been used to monitor diabetes for many years. In recent years, new clinical recommendations included applying hemoglobin A1c to the diagnoses of diabetes (6.5% or greater) and pre-diabetes (5.7%-6.4%) [Summary of revisions for the 2010 clinical practice recommendations. Diabetes Care 2010;33 Suppl 1:S3. PubMed PMID: 20042773; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2797388].
In October 2011, an increase in the proportion of Hemoglobin A1c between 5.7-6.4% was noted in NHANES 2007-2010 compared to 1999-2006. Any minimal increase in Hemoglobin A1c would result in a notable increase in the proportion of Hemoglobin A1c between 5.7-6.4% since the lower cut-point (5.7%) is close to the middle of the Hemoglobin A1c distribution for NHANES participants. This increase in Hemoglobin A1c between 5.7-6.4% and the shift to the right (increased values) in the distribution of A1c for 2007-2010 led to a re-evaluation of the previously released NHANES A1c data. The evaluation of trends in NHANES A1c data included the assessment of laboratory instrument changes using cross-over studies, a review of participant Hemoglobin A1c data trends which occurred during NHANES 1999-2010, assessment of internal laboratory quality controls, and examination of external laboratory quality controls such as data from the National Glycohemoglobin Standardization Program (NGSP).
During 1999-2010, there were three Hemoglobin A1c laboratory instruments and two laboratories used in NHANES. Hemoglobin A1c was performed in the first laboratory on the Primus CLC330 (from 1999-2004) and then in the second laboratory on the Tosoh A1C 2.2 Plus (from 2005-2006). From 2007-2010, Hemoglobin A1c was performed in the second laboratory on the Tosoh A1C G7. Laboratory method cross-over studies were conducted at the time of each of the laboratory instrument changes. Both laboratories analyzing NHANES Hemoglobin A1c data from 1999-2010 were standardized by participating in the NGSP.
It was determined that the Hemoglobin A1c cross-over study regression equation to compare NHANES 2005-2006 data to 2003-2004 data resulted in an over-correction of the data and should not be used. The reason for withdrawing this cross-over regression was that the laboratories performing the Hemoglobin A1c were standardized (harmonized) using the NGSP and the laboratories demonstrated acceptable analytical performance using NGSP criteria for bias and imprecision. A correction to the documentation for 2005-2006 (GHB_D) was posted on the NHANES web site in November 2011. If this 2003-2006 cross-over study regression equation correction was used for A1c analyses, a review of any previous analyses should be performed without this cross-over regression equation to assess if there are any significant changes to the findings.
The distributional changes to Hemoglobin A1c between 1999-2006 and 2007-2010 persisted when the cross-over regression between 2003-2004 and 2005-2006 was not used. This change in A1c distributions resulted in higher estimates of the proportion of A1c greater than or equal to 5.7%. From 2005-2006 to 2007-2008, the age-adjusted weighted proportion of A1c between 5.7-6.4% in participants 18 years and older increased from 15.3 to 21.7%. Also, the proportion of A1c greater than or equal to 6.5% increased from 5.8 to 7.3% from 2005-2006 to 2007-2008.
The age-adjusted weighted Hemoglobin A1c (%) distribution for participants 18 years and older was the following:
1999-2000 4711 5.38 4.6 5 5.2 5.5 6.8
2001-2002 5297 5.47 4.8 5.1 5.3 5.5 6.7
On 11/04/2011, Hemoglobin A1c data for NHANES 2007-2008 (GHB_E) and 2009-2010 (GHB_F) were temporarily withdrawn from the public data release in order to further evaluate the possible reason for the increased Hemoglobin A1c.
Participant data for Hemoglobin A1c from 1999-2010 were then reviewed to determine if survey design changes were the reason for the increase of A1c in 2007-2010. Unweighted and weighted analyses of Hemoglobin A1c by specific age groups, gender, race/ethnic and body mass index (BMI) categories showed shifts to the right (increased values) between 1999-2006 compared with 2007-2010 in the Hemoglobin A1c distribution, and increases in the proportion of A1c between 5.7-6.4%. This change in the A1c distribution was seen in most subgroups which suggested a possible laboratory method etiology and not a survey design issue. The change in the A1c distribution from 2005-2006 to 2007-2008 included subgroups such as participants with normal BMI and younger participants, where increases in Hemoglobin A1c values would not be expected over a relatively short time. In addition, the participant trends in fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and 2-hour oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) data were examined to see if they correlated with increased trends in Hemoglobin A1c. The NHANES FPG (2005-2010) and OGTT (2005-2010) were relatively stable and did not show the same magnitude of increase in 2007-2010 as Hemoglobin A1c, and would possibly suggest that the increase in Hemoglobin A1c was a laboratory method issue.
Internal and external laboratory quality controls were evaluated to determine if laboratory method changes were the reason for the increased Hemoglobin A1c. These included evaluation of the internal “bench” quality controls for imprecision. For 2007-2010, the internal quality control coefficients of variation ranged from 1.2-1.5% for Hemoglobin A1c concentration range of 5.3-5.4%. The laboratories performing NHANES Hemoglobin A1c from 1999-2010 participated in the NGSP, an external standardization program that certifies the laboratories for bias and precision for Hemoglobin A1c. The NGSP sends to each laboratory monthly a set of 10 whole blood specimens (Hemoglobin A1c range from 4-10%) and the specimens are analyzed in singlet for 2 days. The NSGP laboratories are compared to a central primary reference lab and to other similarly certified laboratories. The NGSP criteria for acceptable A1c bias is +/- 0.35% and the acceptable precision is not to exceed a standard deviation of 0.229, based on the difference of sample replicates. From 1999-2010, both NHANES laboratories did not exceed the NGSP Hemoglobin A1c criteria for bias or precision in any month. For 2007-2010, the NHANES laboratory had an average yearly A1c bias ranging from -0.10 to +0.02% from the NGSP central primary reference laboratory (yearly mean A1c ranged from 7.5 to 8.1% for the central primary reference laboratory). It would be expected that the NGSP bias would be more positive based on the increased Hemoglobin A1c seen in the NHANES participant data from 2007-2010. In addition, for 2005-2010, the NHANES laboratory’s bias compared well to other similarly certified NGSP (secondary reference) laboratories that used other types of Hemoglobin A1c methods. Another external comparison performed by the NHANES laboratory used in 2005-2010 was the analysis of specimens obtained biannually from the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry (IFCC). The IFCC laboratory is used to confirm the “master” equation that relates Hemoglobin A1c values in the United States to the rest of the world. The NHANES laboratory and the NGSP central reference laboratory correlated well to the IFCC A1c values. In conclusion, the NHANES laboratory used from 2005-2010 had acceptable analytical performance for bias and precision.
A laboratory group from the NGSP system was consulted by NCHS in February 2012 to review the NHANES laboratory and participant Hemoglobin A1c data. The NGSP group concluded that both NHANES laboratories met NGSP criteria for bias and precision from 1999-2010. In addition, the EDIC (Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications) study, a longitudinal study of type 1 diabetic persons that had Hemoglobin A1c performed in the same NHANES laboratory during 2005-2010, was evaluated to see if similar increases in Hemoglobin A1c occurred. For the EDIC participants in the lower 10th percentile (similar Hemoglobin A1c values to NHANES), the A1c values were relatively stable, but the sample size was small (less than 200 participants). Other laboratory factors including pre-analytical issues (sample collection and anticoagulants) and commutablility (caused by differences in sample matrix between participants and laboratory controls) were considered but determined not likely to contribute to the increase in Hemoglobin A1c seen in 2007-2010. The NGSP laboratory group felt that the NGSP system currently had insufficient precision at the lower pre-diabetes cut-point of 5.7% to detect the Hemoglobin A1c changes seen in NHANES 2005-2010.
In conclusion, the increase in Hemoglobin A1c in 2007-2010 seen in NHANES participants by age, gender, race/ethnicity and BMI and not seen to the same magnitude in participant fasting plasma glucose and oral glucose tolerance test values suggested a possible laboratory method etiology. However, the laboratory’s internal quality control, external NGSP data, and Hemoglobin A1c data performed for non-NHANES studies during 2007-2010 suggested no laboratory method issues related to the shift to the right (increased values) of the Hemoglobin A1c distribution and the proportion of A1c between 5.7-6.4%. In summary, despite intensive studies to determine the etiology of the A1c trend increase, it was not possible to determine if laboratory method, survey design effect or population changes caused the increase in the Hemoglobin A1c. Therefore, after careful evaluation of participant data and data from the laboratory performing the Hemoglobin A1c, the Hemoglobin A1c data for 2007-2008 (GHB_E) and 2009-2010 (GHB_F) were re-released in March 2012 without changes to the data. The user will need to carefully consider the information presented in this analytic note when analyzing Hemoglobin A1c data from 1999-2010.
The analysis of NHANES 2001-2002 laboratory data must be conducted with the key survey design and basic demographic variables. The NHANES 2001-2002 Household Questionnaire Data Files contain demographic data, health indicators, and other related information collected during household interviews. They also contain all survey design variables and sample weights for these age groups. The phlebotomy file includes auxiliary information such as the conditions precluding venipuncture. The household questionnaire and phlebotomy files may be linked to the laboratory data file using the unique survey participant identifier SEQN.
LBXGH: Glycohemoglobin
Glycohemoglobin measurements for NHANES 2001-2002 were performed by the Diabetes Diagnostic Laboratory at the University of Missouri-Columbia using Primus CLC330 and Primus CLC 385 (Primus Corporation, Kansas City, MO). The Boronate Affinity High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) system determines total glycohemoglobin by measuring 1,2-cis diol group found in glycated hemoglobin. The system has been standardized to the reference method used for the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT). The affinity chromatographic method has demonstrated excellent, long-term precision (interassay CV's <3.0%) and is not affected by the presence of hemoglobin variants S, C, D and elevated HbF. The method is also less sensitive to hemoglobin degradation due to improper sample handling.
Fluckiger R, et al. Quantitation of glycohemoglobin by boronate affinity chromatography. Diabetes 1984;33:73-6.
Gould BJ, et al. A sensitive method for the measurement of glycosylated plasma proteins using affinity chromatography. Ann Clin Biochem 1984;21:16-21.
Mallia AK, et al. Preparation and use of a boronic acid affinity support for separation and quantitation of glycosylated hemoglobins. Anal Lett 1981;14:649-61.
Primus Corporation Glycated Hemoglobin and Plasma Protein Analyzer Operator's Manual for the Diabetes Care Test Package of the CLC330TM and CLC385TM (Primus Corporation, Kansas City, MO 64110).
Codebook and Frequencies
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SEQN
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English Text:
Respondent sequence number.
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The startup accelerator programs that have become ubiquitous in big tech hubs around the country are beginning to spread to small cities.
The latest example in Wisconsin is a newly announced program in La Crosse, a city of about 51,000 people that is located on the state’s western border. Organizers say the business accelerator, which is being managed by La Crosse-area nonprofit Couleecap and partially backed by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. (WEDC), is the first of its kind in the area.
“We think that there are plenty of people who have that innovative spirit and are super smart, that would be a perfect fit for this” locally, Couleecap business and income developer Andrew Londre says. “But to this point, this resource has been pretty much exclusive to places like Madison and Milwaukee and some of the larger metro areas.”
That’s starting to change, however. Racine, WI, a city of 78,000 people located just south of Milwaukee, created a startup accelerator last year as it tries to encourage entrepreneurship and diversify its largely manufacturing-based economy. And Co.Starters—the business development program that licensed its curriculum to Couleecap for the La Crosse accelerator—has more than 20 locations across the country, in mostly small- and medium-sized cities like Chattanooga, TN; Grand Rapids, MI; Fort Wayne, IN; Columbus, OH; and Birmingham, AL.
The La Crosse accelerator joins a growing list of nonprofit startup accelerators in Wisconsin, which are awarding grants to participating companies instead of the angel investments typical of their for-profit counterparts. Similar programs exist in larger cities like Milwaukee and Madison, as well as smaller places like Racine. Some, like the ones in La Crosse and Racine, are industry-agnostic, while others target specific sectors such as water technology and healthcare.
Couleecap will run a nine-week pilot accelerator program starting in February. It’s open to startups in software, medical devices, life sciences, energy, advanced manufacturing, and other “high-growth industries,” as well as those from more traditional mom and pop businesses, like restaurants or shoe shops, Londre says. Couleecap is seeking four high-tech startups for the first session, plus a small group of traditional small businesses.
The accelerator will teach the popular lean startup techniques that force entrepreneurs to fine-tune their business ideas based on feedback from customers and business mentors, Londre says. At the end of the program, the companies will participate in a pitch contest.
The accelerator is backed by $69,000 from the WEDC, and Couleecap must secure matching funds. WEDC has earmarked $50,000 of its money for seed grants to be split among the high-tech startups. The other small businesses will each be charged a fee of $300 to participate in the program, unless they qualify for a reduced rate of $150 that is based on the entrepreneur’s income level, Londre says. (Couleecap is primarily an anti-poverty and economic development nonprofit that serves La Crosse, Crawford, Monroe, and Vernon counties, part of what is dubbed the Coulee region.)
“Obviously we want to offer this program to people who could use the help and watch their businesses get started,” Londre says. “But more than that, we want to help foster a stronger startup community and a stronger startup culture in the Coulee region. In many ways we already have that, but if we want to take things to the next level, we have to push even harder.”
WEDC officials think the accelerator is a good start. The region “is collaborating extremely well and recognizing the importance of investing into the entrepreneurial community,” says Lisa Johnson, WEDC vice president of entrepreneurship and innovation.
Londre thinks there’s enough demand for a business accelerator in the La Crosse area. He cites the talent coming out of local universities and companies like Authenticom and Logistics Health Inc. And don’t forget about aspiring entrepreneurs living in rural areas, Londre says, pointing to the example of Westby, WI-based Dairyland Shrimp, which opened last year as the state’s first indoor shrimp farm.
“I’m excited to see what ideas come out of rural parts of our community as well,” Londre says. “There are just people that come out of the woodwork.”
Jeff Bauter Engel is Deputy Editor, Tech at Xconomy. Email: jengel@xconomy.com Follow @JeffEngelXcon
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Massive earthquake hits Manipur, northeast: As it happened on January 4, 2016
At least seven persons were killed and more than 100 others injured in Manipur in a high intensity earthquake that hit the north-east early Monday morning. Here are the latest updates:-
By Prashant V Singh | Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 - 01:20
Imphal: At least seven persons were killed and more than 100 others injured in Manipur in a high intensity earthquake that hit the north-east early Monday morning. Here are the latest updates:-
4 January 2016, 17:56 PM
The Centre is providing all necessary assistance to the Manipur government to mitigate the quake crisis, says Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
Kamal Kishore, Member, NDMA, has said that two NDRF teams have are on the spot in Imphal for earthquake rescue and relief work
Centre government will send two teams of engineers from Power Grid Corportaion to Manipur to assist in restoring the power supply after an earthquake hit northeast India early Monday, an official statement said.
Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Jitendra Singh on Monday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is personally overseeing the relief and rescue operations in earthquake-hit Manipur and other parts of northeast.
At least 12 people were injured in West Bengal due to earthquake in Manipur and other north-eastern states. Reports of people suffering injuries came in from north Bengal's Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling districts as the strong temblor hit the country's north-eastern states and adjoining Myanmar, Bangladesh and Bhutan early on Monday morning.
Power supply to Imphal city has been disrupted and some power installations have suffered damage, an official statement said after Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha held a meeting of the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) on Monday morning.
NDRF team headed by MS Pandey has arrived in Imphal with a team of 65 personnel for relief and rescue work in earthquake-hit areas.
PM Modi has spoken to Manipur CM Shri Okram Ibobi Singh to discussed the quake situation
Manipur CM Shri Okram Ibobi Singh and I had a telephone conversation. We discussed the post-earthquake situation in Manipur & Northeast.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 4, 2016
Congress President Sonia Gandhi has expressed "deep distress" over the loss of lives and the destruction due to earthquake. Also, she has asked its Chief Ministers in the region to ensure immediate relief and rescue operations.
On directions given by PM Narendra Modi, Union Minister Jitendra Singh to leave for Manipur shortly to assess the earthquake situation in the state
According to National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) officials, at least 30 buildings have developed cracks.
My thoughts and prayers are with the people of Manipur and other north eastern states affected by the earthquake: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi
My thoughts & prayers are with the people of Manipur and other north eastern states affected by the earthquake this morning
— Office of RG (@OfficeOfRG) January 4, 2016
National Crisis Management Committee meeting underway to review rescue and relief operations in Manipur earthquake.
Centre to send 2 teams of National Disaster Response Force to Manipur by air for relief work
PMO is closely monitoring the earthquake affected areas; Centre is in touch with affected state governments: Jitendra Singh, Minister of State(MoS) (Independent Charge) for the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
Manipur CM Okram Ibobi Singh and I had a telephone conversation; we discussed post-earthquake situation in Manipur and Northeast: PM Narendra Modi
Manipur Chief Minister to visit Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Imphal where injured persons are being treated.
Ministry of Home Affairs has said that there is continuous communication with the state government; NDMA is monitoring and coordinating all relief activities in the quake-hit area.
Top officials of National Crisis Management Committee are conducting a meeting to assess the situation after earthquake in Manipur.
According to India Meteorological Department, fresh earthquake of magnitude 3.6 felt at 9:27 AM in Manipur.
A girl was killed in a building collapse at Tamenglong distrtict, while another person died at Taobungkhok village in Imphal West district.
Electricity connection was cut off in Manipur soon after the quake and was yet to be restored.
Many buildings collapsed in Tamenglong while several others in Imphal, including the market complex, developed cracks, sources said.
Death toll has risen to 6 and nearly 100 have been injured till reports last came in. India's northeast is considered the sixth major earthquake-prone belt in the world.
The earthquake was felt in parts of Manipur, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram and Tripura.
The epicentre has been located at Long 24.8 Deg North and Lat 93.5 Deg East.
The quake occurred at 4.35 AM at a depth of 17 km below the ground. The epicentre is located at somewhere in Tamenglong district of Manipur.
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How to rent a car in Paris
Do not rent a car in Paris.
Picture source: LACantDrive.com. Why LACantDrive? I don’t know, but the picture is most definitely from Paris.
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Ha, ha! A harrowing experience indeed, for both the French and the tourist!
I’m not sure you’ve been clear here. Something about a car. Paris. Right. I’ll rush right out and rent one. Thanks.
Come on man, don’t play your American ! Paris is still a place where some aspects of civilisation survive, if you know how they work – and when they’re out of tune . If you can catch the theme you’re fine – and you can even have remnants of fun .
Honestly, you are a traveler . What would you say about renting a car in India, or even in Cairo ?! And probably some other places I never saw . Have you witnessed traffic in Russia ? Ha ha this is what I call sport, an adventure, Russian roulette for real . What are you telling about Paris, you Midwest tractor driver ?
Dude, I don’t even rent a car in my natal village anymore…
You guys. Just book a spot at the next open mic night, right?
I can lend you Franck … he’s a SEAT Ibiza, only 11 years old, only 182k (miles) on the clock, bright yellow, not scared of Paris, docile – really so much better 😉
Franck is not a suitable name for an Andalousian .
He’s an adopted Frenchman… Cantalien in fact 😉
Moreover everybody know Seat Ibizas are females .
No car is female when I drive it 🙂
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“Project 42ude” (pronounced forty-tude) is the expedition title for an unprecedented, coast-to-coast, on-foot crossing of New Zealand´s South Island, following the 42nd parallel. This parallel was selected for its continuously mountainous nature and associated physical challenge. The number 42 is also heralded as the answer to “the meaning of life the universe and everything” (ref: Douglas Adams Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy) and so the project may have a significance that is yet to be realised…
Our expedition was predominantly off-trail, covering almost 300 km of terrain with approximately 19 km of vertical ascent. Project 42ude showcases some of the most spectacular coastal, forest and alpine scenery that NZ has to offer, traversing Paparoa National Park, Victoria Forest Park, Nelson Lakes National Park, and the Inward and Seaward Kaikoura Ranges, almost entirely within designated wilderness areas and high-country station land. Our line involved sections of moderate scrambling, numerous pass and peak ascents (including Mt Tapuae-o-Uenuku at 2885 m) and miles of world-class bushwhacking. We used a latitude tolerance of +/- 4 minutes from the 42nd parallel to link valleys, ridgelines, prominent peaks and trail sections to create an enjoyable and exciting route that we hope will inspire future latitude-focused adventures.
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New Order - ∑(No,12k,Lg,17Mif) New Order + Liam Gillick: So it go...
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17. Heart & Soul (Live at MIF) (04:12)
18. Behind Closed Doors (Live at MIF) (05:14)
In June 2017, New Order returned to the stage at Manchester’s Old Granada Studios where Joy Division made their television debut on Tony Wilson’s So It Goes program in 1978. For the celebrated show Σ(No,12k,Lg,17Mif) New Order + Liam Gillick: So it goes ..., New Order deconstructed, rethought and rebuilt a wealthof material from throughout their career: familiar and obscure, old and new. Featuring tracks not played live for 30 years, like Joy Division’s “Disorder” from Unknown Pleasures, as well as new fan favorites like “Plastic” from their critically acclaimed release in 2015, Music Complete - this is the perfect document of those five magical nights. The album will be released on triple color transparent vinyl (red, light green, and blue), double CD (both formats featuring a deluxe booklet) and digitally on July 12th, 2019 - almost 2 years to the date of its recording on July 13th 2017. It includes the full monumental show, including the encore and 3 additional tracks recorded over the residency to give listeners a full representation of the staggering breadth of material performed. Featuring a setlist long time fans will drool over - these once in a lifetime shows can now be experienced by everyone. This special series of intimate shows took over Stage 1 of Manchester’s iconic Old Granada Studios for five nights in July 2017. Created in collaboration with visual artist Liam Gillick, who has previously presented solo exhibitions at venues such as Tate Britain and MoMA in New York; and orchestrated by composer-arranger Joe Duddell, a fellow son of Manchester and a frequent collaborator with the band, the live show was performed by the band with a 12-strong synthesiser ensemble from the Royal Northern College of Music.
New Order - ∑(No,12k,Lg,17Mif) New Order + Liam Gillick So it goes.. (2019)
01 Times Change (Live at MIF).mp3 (12.8 MB)
02 Who's Joe (Live at MIF).mp3 (12.2 MB)
03 Dream Attack (Live at MIF).mp3 (11.6 MB)
04 Disorder (Live at MIF).mp3 (8.5 MB)
05 Ultraviolence (Live at MIF).mp3 (9.2 MB)
06 In A Lonely Place (Live at MIF).mp3 (9.5 MB)
07 All Day Long (Live at MIF).mp3 (10.3 MB)
08 Shellshock (Live at MIF).mp3 (13.3 MB)
09 Guilt Is A Useless Emotion (Live at MIF).mp3 (12.3 MB)
10 Sub-Culture (Live at MIF).mp3 (15.5 MB)
11 Bizarre Love Triangle (Live at MIF).mp3 (13.2 MB)
12 Vanishing Point (Live at MIF).mp3 (13.1 MB)
13 Plastic (Live at MIF).mp3 (18.3 MB)
14 Your Silent Face (Live at MIF).mp3 (14.7 MB)
15 Decades (Live at MIF).mp3 (15.7 MB)
16 Elegia (Live at MIF).mp3 (8.4 MB)
17 Heart & Soul (Live at MIF).mp3 (9.7 MB)
18 Behind Closed Doors (Live at MIF).mp3 (12.0 MB)
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Culture Shock?
What Is Culture Shock?
What is culture shock? Everybody who has lived abroad has heard about it and probably experienced it themselves. But could you define this phenomenon? InterNations helps you to adjust to your new home by teaching you to recognize the various stages of culture shock and how to deal with its symptoms.
The Early Culture Shock Stages
The Final Stages of Culture Shock
So, what is culture shock? It is a phenomenon that all types of expatriates experience, no matter if they work abroad for the first time or if they are veterans in the field of expat assignments. Often, it is the deeper cultural differences in mindset, customs and interpersonal interaction that trigger this phenomenon and turn cultural transition into a struggle.
An Emotional Rollercoaster
Whereas every expat will experience some form of culture shock, not everyone goes through all the well-known stages. While some skip stages or rush through them, others may experience certain stages of cultural transition more than once and in a different order. Culture shock is a rather nerve-wrecking phenomenon, a sense of anxiety, nervousness and alienation caused by being exposed to an alien environment and culture. However, it’s an essential part of the transition process: A willingness to work through it is the first step towards integration.
Those who can’t answer the question “what is culture shock?” and refuse to face it often fail to overcome it. This may result in great disillusionment. For some, the only logical solution is then going back home before the end of their assignment. Such expatriate failures occur particularly often in cases where the cultures of home and host country differ drastically.
The first step towards overcoming this inevitable phenomenon is to ask yourself “what is culture shock?” and try to understand it. Most experts define it as a curve-like process while many people who have experienced it first-hand say that it manifests itself in a series of waves. Positive and negative feelings often take turns and make expats feel like they are on an emotional rollercoaster ride.
Minimizing the Effects
Culture shock is not a myth, but a predictable phenomenon. Anybody who spends more than just a vacation abroad has to go through it. The intensity with which people experience it, however, depends on a lot of factors. Those who receive the least support on a professional and personal basis are usually hit the hardest. Expat spouses in particular often feel isolated and resentful when they experience life in a new cultural environment.
In order to avoid failed expat assignments and early repatriation, HR departments should support expats and expat spouses from the very beginning, e.g. in the form of intercultural competence training. Expatriates who organize their move abroad entirely on their own can also take measures to minimize the negative emotional effects caused by their relocation and try to soften the blow. If expats learn about the culture and people of their host country in advance, they will be less shocked by obvious differences in social customs, religion, language or food.
You may also find our articles on intercultural communication, intercultural competence, cultural awareness and cultural intelligence helpful in this context.
A Step towards Adjustment
At the end of the day, while unpleasant, it is a necessary step towards integration. The key to a successful expat assignment is to expect it, to plan for it and then to roll up one’s sleeves and get through it.
So after attempting a short definition of this phenomenon, we will now identify its various stages. We shall thus answer the question “what is culture shock” by looking at the ways it manifests.
Culture Shock Mainly Affects Relocating Spouses
The Expat Insider Business Edition found that culture shock contributes to the unhappiness of foreign assignees, international hires, and their spouses. Of these expat types, relocating spouses struggle the most with culture shock throughout the expat life cycle.
Has your foreign assignment come to an end or are you about to terminate for some reason? Did you know that reverse culture shock happens to nearly all expats returning back home? You will probably not be exempt from such re-adjustment issues — but InterNations tells you how to soften the blow!
Emotional Repatriation Problems
Culture Shock - A Personal Story
When I first arrived in Australia at the age of 16 to go to High School for one year and live with a host family I was completely over the moon with everything — and I mean everything! When the plane finally touched down in Sydney I was so excited and exhilarated that I was finally in Australia, something we had been planning for many months.
Expat Life, Bilingualism and your Cultural Identity
Every expat guide, including our own, will tell you that adapting to the culture of your home abroad is important. But how does one do so without losing their cultural identity at the same time. InterNations member Mathew has some thoughts on that aspect of the expat experience.
Investing in a New Culture of Money
When InterNations member Kelsey moved to Tanzania and later to South Africa, she expected a lot of things to be the cause of culture shock. Yet, she was surprised when she realized that money management was the aspect she ended up struggling with the most.
Three Ways to Handle Expat Loneliness
Being an expat can bring a certain kind of loneliness. When you leave your home country, you tend to go away from your family, friends, and colleagues, and step into a new world where you are exposed to all kinds of challenges and difficulties. Let me offer three ways to get over that expat loneliness.
Ben F. Bagley
"The mututal support between InterNations members is really impressive. Glad to be part of it!"
Rikke Johansen
"A friend recommended InterNations for my relocation to Mali. Glad I joined -- settling in Bamako was much easier with the help of fellow expats."
Moving to Argentina
Your Assignment Abroad: Its Career Impact
Starting an International Life: What’s Next?
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Meet Me at the Beach by VK Sykes - Release Week Blitz - Excerpt and GIVEAWAY!
About MEET ME AT THE BEACH
When Lily Doyle spots her high school crush Aiden Flynn on the inbound ferry, she knows trouble is about to dock in Seashell Bay. And not just because he's more handsome than ever. If Aiden's in town, the rumors must be true about his family's plan to sell their coastal land to the highest bidder. But Lily will do whatever it takes to convince the hottest guy on the beach to protect their idyllic island home.
Gorgeous Lily Doyle was the only thing Aiden missed after he escaped from his hometown to play pro baseball. Now all Aiden wants is to wrap up the business deal and get back to his life, not relive a past that still haunts him. But as memories rush in about the night of passion he and Lily shared long ago, everything else washes right out to sea-everything except the desire that still burns between them.
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About VK Sykes
V. K. Sykes is a wife/husband writing team-Vanessa Kelly and Randall Sykes-who write romantic suspense and single title contemporary romance. One of the great things they appreciate about being writers is that they can work anywhere so Vanessa and Randy split their time between Ontario, Canada, in the summer and Florida in the winter. Both locations have shores just as beautiful as the imaginary Seashell Bay.
“You know this isn’t your fault, Aiden. Don’t you? None of this is your fault.”
He gave an absent nod, almost as if he wasn’t really listening. “A big part of me just wants to sell my land and head back home. That way Bram will get the money he needs, and I’ll never have to lay eyes on the old man again.”
She tugged on his hand, exerting just enough pressure to let him know she wanted him to turn and face her. Some instinct whispered that he wasn’t yet ready to give up on Seashell Bay and that he needed her to help him work it through.
“But what about the other part of you?” she asked softly.
Though Aiden didn’t say anything, he did turn to look at her.
Lily rested her other hand on his chest, just for a moment, before dropping it to her side. “I hope you don’t go. I really, really hope you don’t.”
There, I’ve said it.
Aiden’s gaze roamed over her face. Even though it was so dark, her vision had adjusted, and she thought she saw yearning in his expression and a hunger that hadn’t diminished over the years.
Then he gently released her hand. “But you know I have to,” he said in a low voice.
That short, brutal exchange summed up everything. Impulsively, she’d taken the risk and put her feelings out there, but his answer hadn’t changed.
Clearly she was an idiot because instead of stepping away from him, instead of taking her cue from the gentle rejection, she moved closer and slipped her arms around his waist. It was the dumbest thing she could imagine doing, but she did it anyway.
Because it was Aiden, and it was a beautiful, summer night in Seashell Bay. It was their past and their present all coming together in a tangled web of starlight, pushing her to claim the moment they’d been too afraid to grasp that long-ago night.
“Stay for a little while anyway,” she whispered.
For several agonizing seconds, it seemed that fate held them in the balance. Then Aiden let out a huge breath and folded his arms around her, holding her tight. “For a while,” he murmured, brushing his lips across her temple. His masculine stubble softly chafed her skin, making her shiver.
Torn between heartache and relief, Lily turned her face up. Aiden captured her lips in a kiss that went from tentative and sweet to hot and passionate in the space of a few heartbeats, as she’d known it would. The feel of his mouth on hers, his tongue sliding inside to claim her with a fierce, almost desperate possession, transported her back to that night when they’d finally said yes to each other. It felt wild and new and yet so familiar in the best possible way. The years between them dropped away, almost as if he’d never left.
Just like riding a bike.
Labels: Contemporary Romance, Forever Romance, Meet Me At The Beach, small town romance, V.K. Sykes
Vanessa Kelly February 26, 2015 at 9:14 AM
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You're welcome! Happy to join in!
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Project Earth Doc Challenge Finalists Announced
In Contests
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The top twelve finalists of Project Earth Doc Challenge have been announced! The challenge, which is hosted by AudAwards in partnership with Fusion, centered on creating a short documentary tied to an assigned environmental theme and specific topic. Filmmakers from around the world were invited to register and participate.
The top 12 finalists will screen on the FUSION TV network and its online/mobile distribution channels, which reaches 40 million households in the U.S. They will also premiere at and the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital (DCEFF), in March 2017, and DOC NYC, America’s largest documentary festival (Nov. 10-17, 2016), where the Jury Award winners will be announced, selected by the industry jury and FUSION management. Finalists will also be recognized during the festival for Doc Challenge Honorable Mention, Best Directing, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Use of Genre and Best Score. There will be additional screenings of the top 12 finalist films including The International Audience Awards Film Festival at the Laemmlee Theater in North Hollywood, April 1 – 3, 2017 and at The International Wildlife Film Festival in Missoula, Montana, Spring 2017.
JURY AWARDS
Doc Challenge Award: $2500
FUSION Award: $3,000 + $3,000 donation to a green non profit + a Filmstro soundtrack license for movie up to $1M budget worth $1999
1st Place Audience Award: $1000 + a Filmstro soundtrack license for movie up to $1M budget worth $1999
2nd Place Audience Award: $700
3rd Place Audience Award: $300
FilmStro offers the world’s first soundtrack creation studio. Score your film and make a masterpiece! In addition to the prize money, the first place audience award and jury selection each won a FilmStro soundtrack license, worth $1,999, for movies with a $1M budget or less.
And without further ado, here is the top 12 finalists of Project Earth Doc Challenge!
Film Name
Director Name
Team BLTT Novelty of Climate Change Tommy Tang
PNW Salmon Squad Pacific Salmon Charles Johnson, Ben Jensen and Anthony Whitfield
Twisted Hat Creations Riverland Michael Paradise
Kaandid Films The Larger Net David Orr and Kate Webber
Kodama Productions FILTER FEEDERS Rory Moon and Amy Zhang
Sandcastle Films The Big Oyster Colleen Cassingham and Roberto Drilea
just. Studios Buzzkill Ian Frank and Justin Simpkins
A&A Sink or Swim Antony Alvarez and Andy Flores
Vision Group Southwest Perspectives- Water Nathan Hill
Chase a cloud The Bulgarian Solution Stani Milev
Heart of a Grizzly Heart of a Grizzly Deny Staggs
Diving Solo Stonefly Alexander Finden
The industry jury panelists are:
Maryanne Culpepper is the former president of National Geographic and now works as Executive Director of the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital. She is an award winning documentary and nonfiction series writer and filmmaker.
John Bredar is WGBH’s Vice President from National Programming. Bredar spent 26 years as senior executive Producer at National Geographic Specials and has produced 25 documentary films.
Dennis Aig has produced/directed documentary and dramatic productions for the Walt Disney Company, National Geographic Television, PBS, Lifetime Television, the Outside Channel, the History, Channel, and the Independent Television Service. Aig is the current Interim Director of the School of Film and Photography at Montana State University.
Audience Awards is an innovative, filmmaker platform, with a rapidly growing community that is 150,000-members strong. AudAwards features live events, audience voting, branded film challenges, video contests and film news. Audience Awards provides an organic opportunity to cross-promote brands, projects, products, services, causes and the work of emerging filmmakers on a broad scale.
Dennis Aig, DOC NYC, environmental film festival in the nation's capital, Fusion TV Network, International Audience Awards Film Festival, international wildlife film festival, John Bredar, Maryanne Culpepper, Project Earth Doc Challenge
Connecting filmmakers, brands and viewers with opportunity. www.theaudienceawards.com
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jason terrek October 7, 2016
Excited for this. Been waiting. I’ve seen a film by Nathan Hill who is a finalist. Very interesting perspectives and very talented. As well as Tang…Looking forward for this!
Jeremy Horne, Ph.D. October 19, 2016
Nathan was one of my logic and critical thinking students about 10 years ago – aced the course in this rather technical and difficult subject. I personally know of his meticulous attention to detail and unsurpassed expertise in creating films, not only from a technical perspective, but from the content point of view.
I will say this, “he eats books” (intellectually, of course), but it seems that anything of worthy of content, he comes into contact with, he not only reads but is able to remember the contents months afterwords, and do a keen analysis (reflective of his critical thinking displayed in my class).
As a President Emeritus of the Southwest Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and having lived in Arizona for some 20 years in various locations, I can vouch for the he content of his “Southwest Perspectives- Water”.
Particularly impressive, and true to Nathan’s uncanny ability to winnow out the chaff and focus on the substance of an issue is his filming the statement by Sailesh (trailer on the Audience Awards website) about the viability of environmental systems affected by water use, availability, and quality. I knew he was a good student, but I didn’t realize that he took away THAT much, as evidenced by his obvious deep understanding of systems analysis and the critical importance of context.
Nathan not only serves to come in as “Top Gun” in ALL these festivals, but as I scientist, I think his message should be mandatory viewing by everyone.
Go for it, Nathan, grab that golden handle, and pull with every bit of might you can call upon.
Jeremy Horne, Ph.D.
Upcoming ProConvos
ProConvo: Meet L.A. VICE Producer Sam Winter
ProConvo with Christopher Racster Outfest Director
ProConvos: July Summer Series includes YouTube Stars, VICE Producer, and OutFest Director
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The Crying Machine
February 28, 2010 August 18, 2011 RoshanLeave a comment
The Crying Machine by Steve Vai from the new DVD “Live In Minneapolis – Where The Wild Things Are“. The show was recorded and filmed at the State Theatre in Minneapolis, MN before a sold-out audience as part of Vais successful Sound Theories world tour.
Categories: Music, Video Clip
Arsenal 3 Stoke City 1
February 28, 2010 Roshan1 Comment
Arsenal defeated Stoke City away but the match was marred by the horrific injury to young Welsh talent Aaron Ramsey. The Gunners midfielder’s ankle buckled under a challenge by Ryan Shawcross, who was sent off and departed in tears. Shawcross took a heavy touch and caught Ramsey just above the ankle as he stretched for the ball. The Welshman collapsed on contact and he was left writhing on the floor, with his right foot appearing to hang at an unnatural angle. Shawcross, who was later called up to the England squad, was shown a straight red card and while Ramsey received lengthy treatment, several Arsenal players looked visibly shaken.
Stoke had taken the lead when Danny Pugh headed in from Rory Delap’s long throw-in but Nicklas Bendtner levelled with a fine header back across goal. Cesc Fabregas scored a penalty before Thomas Vermaelen tapped in, as Arsenal moved to only three points off Chelsea, who lost 2-4 to Manchester City and have 61 points. Manchester United have 60 points.
Categories: Arsenal, Football
320 GB External HDD From Transcend
February 28, 2010 Roshan3 Comments
I had begun to run out of space on my hard drive and on my 120 GB Western Digital external drive. The WD had less than 90 MB space remaining and my hard disk had about 120 MB perhaps left. So last evening I headed over to to the computer peripherals store in Bay Pride Mall, where I had bought my 120 GB drive. I was hoping to get a 500 GB drive or check out to see if the prices of a 1TB had dropped. However, all the drives that they had were on the wrong side of the price ranges that I had expected. I didn’t want to spend that much money on it and so settled for a 320 GB drive from Transcend.
As you can see here is a beautiful packaged and the casing is so smooth. It’s not too big – heck it’s just a little bigger than a BlackBerry Bold handset! I’ve moved all of my movies there and most of my tv series episodes as well. I plan on using my WD 120 GB only for Star Trek movies and Star Trek : Voyager (as I watch them a lot) and ofcourse my MP3s.
Categories: Tech Stuff
Noir Espresso
February 28, 2010 August 18, 2011 Roshan2 Comments
Noir Espresso originally uploaded in Flickr by espressoDOM
Categories: Coffee, Photos
Impromptu Lunch Out With The Team
February 27, 2010 February 28, 2010 Roshan1 Comment
I had made arrangements to go to the client’s office and collect some materials that was to be included for an activity to be conducted at our offices from the 2nd of March. So off I went to their offices and then headed off to work. Today was a very dull day at the office work wise but it started with a shitty remark by one asshole. He is an imbecile and a jerk with a big stick up his ass and I don’t want to waste anymore blog space on moron de fuck!
By 12 pm people in the support functions wanted some cake and we decided to cut the cake that we had bought for Rekha’s (a member from my team) birthday yesterday but couldn’t get around to it till today due to a big meeting with our VPs that took most of last evening. Since we have a fridge in the office, the cake went into it till today. So we gathered in the pantry area and sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to her while she cut the cake.
As you can see here my team members are quite with in the team bonding thing. Anusha on the left is feeding a big piece of cake to another trainer Roopa. However people would soon get some cake and paste it over Rekha’s face and then on Anusha’s face as well. The reason for pasting it to Anusha – it was exactly three years ago when Anusha joined this company. We must celebrate that somehow!
Once the two girls got all cleaned up and faces were scrubbed, I told them that we would go out for lunch – my treat. I thought that since it had been over a month since we went out as a team it was due to visit that. And as you know, I love feeding my team . So by 1:30 pm 6 of us piled up in Manoj’s car and Riju & Wasim came on the latter’s bike. Unfortunately two people were missing – Rajeesh’s wife is expecting their first child in the next day or two and so he was on leave & stationed by her side. Firdous was also on leave for a personal reason.
We reached the hotel Sea Park which is a usual haunt and quite near the office. We settled at our table and once the waiters brought us the menus, we began ordering food. Fried rice, chicken biriyanis, chicken 65, mutton massala, porottas, fish fry & chiclly chicken – that was the food that we wrote down and handed over to the waiter – that’s our style; we don’t bother the waiters by reading it out and making them write it down! We write it down for them make it easier for them to make it snappy and bring the god damn food to our table that much faster!
After an indescribable amount of time had passed (on hungry & empty bellies it seemed like an eternity) the waiters started bringing the first plates to us. I had the Hyderabadi biriyani and a ‘karimeen’ fish fry. The monster was big and oh so delicious. A big mother staring at me, just daring me to start picking apart it’s flesh and dig into the tasty goodness. One thing that I have to say about this hotel – their food is very good and I think it’s aptly priced. And best of all, it’s not too oily. In fact, after we had finished our lunch, not one of us has sticky hands that we usually get in most hotels.
That was the fish that I ate. Look at him – isn’t he a monster? I almost named him as “Chewie” after Chewbacca from Star Wars and because all I wanted to do was to chew on his succulent flesh!
Categories: Food, Personal
All Well in Aero-Land?
February 27, 2010 RoshanLeave a comment
Ok, I didn’t expect that things would get sorted out so soon. But maybe it’s just that Steven Tyler finally came to his senses.
After turmoil that included public squabbling, threats of a lineup change and a rehab stint, Aerosmith is back and ready to rock. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famers have announced their “Cocked, Locked and Ready to Rock” European summer tour – with Steven Tyler. The band made the announcement Thursday. It also posted a video on its website in which Tyler, sitting with the rest of the band, jokes: “I just auditioned and I got the gig.”
“We’re coming your way and rocking your world! Look out because here we come,” he says as he looks at guitarist Joe Perry and the group breaks out in laughter. Aerosmith had been in limbo since Tyler fell off a stage during an August concert in South Dakota, injuring himself and forcing the band to cancel the rest of their summer tour. After that, Perry expressed anger that the group had been sidelined and said Tyler needed to get his act together. For his part, Tyler was quoted as saying he was interested in going solo, and soon the band was talking about replacing Tyler with another singer.
2 bedroom, 2 bath w/solarium
Categories: Apartments / Houses, Video Clip
Changes @ The Top
Lots of changes going on at the corporate level for the company that I work for. A few resignations, some comings and goings and much organizational structure changes. Not sure if this is an adjustment or if things are looking very bleak.
We’ve had 2 GMs, our Ops VP & the senior VP visiting our center during the last couple of days. Luckily and thankfully, there was no long winded speeches or reviews of the sort, where usually much time is wasted and nothing is achieved. This was more of a sitdown, meet & greet session with a new GM that lasted for 2 hours yesterday evening. And today we spent a lot of time with the VP with the senior VP chatting with us & telling us about the changes to the Org structure.
At the end of the day I was quite confused and puzzled and not sure as to how much of this is going to affect me, my team and our work. I hope things don’t turn sour or anything and remains as rosy as the meeting with the VP. Time will tell.
Categories: Personal
RIP Andrew Koenig
Actor Andrew Koenig, 41, who played the character ‘Boner’ in the popular sitcom Growing Pains was found dead in Vancouver’s Stanley Park by friends who were looking for him.
Andrew is the son of Star Trek actor Walter Koenig (Pavel Chekov) and has been missing since Feb. 14. He was last seen near a bakery in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on February 14, and missed a scheduled flight back to the U.S. on February 16. According to his parents, Koenig left evidence that he was depressed prior to his disappearance. The Venice, Calif. native had been visiting friends in West Vancouver before he disappeared. Andrew was expected back in Los Angeles Feb. 16, but he never arrived.
Among his few roles on television is the brief appearance in Sanctuary, an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Categories: Star Trek, Television
My Ultimate music festival
For the harmonies & the melodies
For the love of grunge & the best rock band that ever lived
For the greatest guitarist ever
For the Latin Romeo in us all
For the most beautiful vocals ever
Jann Arden
For the voice that can make me cry
For the greatest gift that the UK has bestowed upon the world other than the English Premier League
For the love of Cowgirl songs
For keeping on rocking in the free world
For the thinking man’s band that rocks for all ages
Jesse Cook
For the coolness that is Rumba Flamenco
Isabel Boulay
For me to fall in love with while she is on stage
For the riff rock gods
For the eclectic to the somber songs
Steven Page – Back In The Limelight
February 25, 2010 July 2, 2013 RoshanLeave a comment
Canadian singer-guitarist-songwriter, Steven Page is the first to admit that between his divorce, his split with the Barenaked Ladies and his infamous cocaine bust, he’s had a rough couple of years. But what didn’t kill him has made him stronger. The 39-year-old Juno winner now says he’s turned a corner and is back on track, professionally and personally.
This week, Page released his first post-BNL album A Singer Must Die, on which he covers tunes by the likes of Leonard Cohen, Radiohead and Elvis Costello with the backing of Toronto pianist Andrew Burashko and his avant-garde jazz and classical group The Art of Time Ensemble. His next move is a string of Ontario tour dates over the next three weeks with the AOTE, which begins Wednesday.
Post that Page wants to focus on getting his solo record out, which he says is basically done, and once that is out he wants to go on a coast to coast North American tour. Recorded with pop producer John Fields, the disc of new songs deals with Page’s recent problems — but he says that it still has a lot of upbeat songs.
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When That Old Trumpet Sounds
February 24, 2010 September 27, 2010 RoshanLeave a comment
Where Will I Be by Daniel Lanois on the radio show Q.
The 300 Lady – Meleah
I don’t have many frequent readers, just a handful of loyal people who read & comment. Some people, like a few cousins & friends read them but don’t discuss the topics at all. I’ve seen colleagues who read them as well and tell me about it at work the next day. I appreciate all readers but it’s time for me to give a shout out to one really special lady, a New Jersey woman named Meleah Rebeccah Hawthorne.
As you can see by the tally of comments on the sidebar, she’s encouraged me to continue writing 300 times. I can’t believe that someone would spend so much time to read, absorb and comment on the stuff that I dole out but she does. As do some other people but she does it more frequently. As far as my personal cheerleaders goes (with regards to this blog & writing) she is top gun, numero uno. And as you can tell – she’s one hot Mamma!
I read her blog a lot and she’s been kind of an inspiration for me and a whole lot of others. So thanks for sticking to this blog for over two years (judging from the comments, you started reading my stuff in December 2007 and guess what? It was about VODKA) and I’ve taken the liberty of adding a “300” sign from the movie onto one of my favourite pics of yours. Thanks a lot Meleah and please keep commenting.
Categories: Blogs, Friends, Women
Jericho vs Edge For WHC @ Wrestlemania 26
I read earlier today that @ WWE Elimination Chamber, Chris Jericho won the World Heavyweight Championship in an Elimination Chamber match, lastly eliminating the titleholder The Undertaker following interference from Shawn Michaels. This was on Sunday. Couple of days later, Edge decided that he would take his option to challenge Jericho at WrestleMania.
At WrestleMania 26, Jericho will defend the Championship against Edge, who won the 2010 Royal Rumble Match. As part of kayfabe, there’s a lot of history between these two wrestlers, who I vote as my top two favourites for the past few years. Title matches against each other, former tag team parters….who knows what’s gonna happen on the biggest show in wrestling.
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Get Your Hot, Free Shawarmas
I got down at the bus stop just before mine to go to buy some medicine. After I did that, I thought that since I was quite near a restaurant where they serve some really good shawarmas, the plan was to buy some for dinner.
So I bought shawarmas for my dad, mom & myself. It came to Rs.105 and I handed over the cashier a Rs.500 note and a Rs.5 coin — and he gave me back 4 Rs.100 notes…….and a Rs.500 note back! I didn’t check and didn’t pay attention, cause as I was handed back the money a hot babe in tight jeans a cute little baby passed me by and I stopped to admire it.
I only noticed a little later just as I reached my building, so basically I got it for free and he gave me Rs.400 as well! I bet these shawarmas taste really good.
I’ll go back there in a couple of days and give him back the Rs.500 note.
The Return Of The Hitman : From Wikipedia
February 23, 2010 February 23, 2010 RoshanLeave a comment
On December 28, 2009, after weeks of speculation, surrounding Bret Hart and his presence in World Wrestling Entertainment, Chairman Vince McMahon announced that Hart would host the January 4, 2010 episode of Raw. Hart made his first appearance in WWE Raw in over 12 years by hosting the program and confronting Shawn Michaels and Vince McMahon regarding the Montreal Screwjob at Survivor Series in 1997. Hart and Michaels were able to agree on a truce, shaking hands and hugging.
While many cast doubts on the sincerity of their reconciliation, Hart has confirmed that it was indeed genuine. It also appeared that he had buried the hatchet with Vince later in the night, until Vince subsequently kicked Bret in the gut area (this was in fact part of a storyline, as Bret and Vince have been on speaking terms since 2006). Hart said of the ongoing storyline with McMahon: “I hate to tell you what’s going to happen… I don’t want to ruin it for anybody.”
During different encounters the following month, Hart and McMahon would reproduce similar events that occurred in the Montreal Screwjob: McMahon spat in Hart’s face (as Hart did to McMahon), and Hart then destroyed parts of the technical equipment that goes into producing Raw (as he did to the Survivor Series equipment). On the February 15th episode of Raw, Hart said goodbye and thank you to the WWE Universe and every WWE Superstar. Moments later as part of his kayfabe, Hart was getting into his limousine, a woman backed up her car right into the door and also Hart’s leg. It was confirmed on SmackDown that Hart sustained a broken left leg, as well as ligament and tendon damage.
What’s next for the Return of The Hitman?
The Apple Store Wedding
February 22, 2010 February 22, 2010 Roshan2 Comments
A New York couple, Josh & Ting Li, who are obsessed with Apple products decided to get married inside an Apple store!
Last Sunday, on Valentines day no less, Josh and Ting Li (both from New York) got married amidst a crowd of iPods, iMacs, and MacBook Pros. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Josh said that he and his now wife actually met in an Apple Store. “We got to know each other because Ting was looking to buy an iPod,” Josh recalled, “and I managed to strike up a conversation that way.” Ah, a tale as old as time.
The priest was dressed like Steve Jobs, and read the service from a white iPhone. The rings were conveyed not on a pillow, but on a first-generation iPod. Her vows were written on a card that said “I love you more than this” with a picture of an iPhone.
Categories: Cool Stuff, Tech Stuff
Where No Boat Has Gone Before
What you see here on the left is the Plastiki, the sailing vessel which David de Rothschild will, with a six-man crew, sail across the Pacific Ocean starting in San Francisco, California in 2010, ending his journey in Sydney, Australia after a planned visit of several sites of ecological importance or which are susceptible to environmental issues caused by global warming, for instance the current sea level rise, ocean acidification and marine pollution. The Plastiki is a distinctive, one-of-a-kind 60-foot (20m) catamaran made out of 12,000 reclaimed plastic bottles and other recycled PET plastic and waste products. As of October 15th, 2009, the catamaran is under construction in Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco, California.
The catamaran has a hydroponics garden, toilets, solar panels, camera & lockers for the crew. The crew is yet to be determined, but it is to be skippered by prominent British ocean sailor Jo Royle, and will carry up to six artists, adventurers and scientists at any one stage of the journey. The date of departure is in the fro-zone.
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Wu expressed his gratitude to the NFL and the Host Committee for the invitation and said, "It is my pleasure to be named ambassador to one of the world's most recognizable sports and entertainment events."
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A South Korean appeals court on Monday set Samsung Group heir Jay Y. Lee free after nearly a year of detention, suspending his five-year jail term after he was convicted of bribing the country's former president.
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A lower court had jailed Lee for corruption in a political scandal that roiled the country and led to the ouster of President Park Geun-hye. He appealed against the verdict and sentence.
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DUBAI, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) said on Thursday that it has decided to end its non-resident ambassador mission to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the Emirati state news agency WAM reported.
Meanwhile, the UAE will also end the mission of DPRK non-resident ambassador in the country, it cited a UAE Foreign Ministry statement as saying.
The Foreign Ministry in Abu Dhabi said it has "put in place the executive mechanisms and in coordination with the relevant authorities in the country to implement the recent UN Security Council resolutions" regarding Pyongyang and its nuclear and missile programs.
"The UAE, as an active and responsible member of the international community Discount Georgia Bulldogs Jersey , will play its full role and within international legitimacy to implement the will of the international community," it said in the statement, adding that the UAE will take further measures including the suspension of new entry visas and business licenses for DPRK nationals and companies.
GENEVA, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- The annual economic growth ofSwitzerland in 2017 is expected to be below one percent afterrevision, possibly the slowest since 2009, State Secretariat forEconomic Affairs (SECO) said Saturday.
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Life and Society → Sexuality and Gender → Gay Marriage
How does gay marriage ruin the sanctity of marriage? I thought divorce and abusive relationships did that!
by Anonymous 3 hours ago
If you are so concerned about gay marriage destroying the sanctity of straight marriage, where do you stand on divorce? Shouldn’t divorce be outlawed? Don’t heterosexual divorces ruin way more sacred marriages than gay marriage ever could?
What's really undermining the sanctity of marriage? The institution of marriage—the one that survived Henry VIII, Lorena Bobbitt, Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson, is suddenly going to become extinct because of Gay people?
Should divorce AND gay marriage be illegal?
How does the issue of gay marriage affect the principle of federalism?
How does God feel about gay marriage?
Senator Bill Frist said that right now, because of LGBT, marriage is under attack in the U.S. Under attack from whom? Are gay people enticing straight men and women from their unions into homosexual relationships?
Gay marriage is now legal in Canada, How many of you are ok with the Idea of the concept of gay marriage to be considered the same as the union of a man and a woman? Will this affect you in any way? How does this make you feel?
Is making gay marriage illegal a gross violation of separation of church and state? Give me one reason that making gay marriage illegal is not based on religion.
The term "same-sex marriage" and "gay marriage" are often used synonymously. isn't more appropriate using the term "same-sex marriage" given that it includes both gay male and lesbian couples?
Will Gay marriage result in the growth of acceptance of homosexuality now underway? Will marriage equality also contribute to the abandonment of toxic religions, liberating society from the prejudice and hatred that has polluted culture for too long?
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Abu Dhabi Art
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Abu Dhabi Art presents museum quality artworks from modern, contemporary and design galleries. This year it includes a wide spectrum of installations and large-scale sculptures, as well as a new section titled Artists’ Waves that places the discovery and re-discovery of artists at the core of Abu Dhabi Art, through a curated exhibition.
Abu Dhabi Art’s platform has grown to include important milestones, reflecting the growth of Abu Dhabi’s artistic scene. A new performing arts programme titled Durub Al Tawaya features artistic interventions in Saadiyat Cultural District and expands into the city of Abu Dhabi, creating a special route connected by performances and cultural happenings. The Abu Dhabi Art Design Programme continues to support UAE designers, and will also highlight architecture through the presentation of a commissioned structure by one of the world’s leading architects, Shigeru Ban.
Abu Dhabi Art will be held at the UAE Pavilion and Manarat Al Saadiyat in the Saadiyat Cultural District, the growing cultural hub of the region, which hosts a diverse year-round cultural programme. Saadiyat Cultural District is the future home of Louvre Abu Dhabi, Zayed National Museum and Guggenheim Abu Dhabi. This work has been done during my tenure at AAB.
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Posted on March 29th, by HeatherZeller in BLOG, GEAR, INTERVIEWS.
Companies have made great strides when it comes to creating fashionable team gear for women. Flattering cuts, runway inspirations and feminine designs have all contributed to the sports fashion overhaul. Now with the help of luxury handbag company, Tracy Zych, female sports enthusiasts and style mavens can have the perfect accessory to finish off their gameday ensemble. Tracy and Ashley Zych, the sisters behind the brand, have launched a line of sports-themed handbags called the “Team Spirit” collection. The new line merges their passion for fashion with their love of sports.
The “Team Spirit” collection of handbags utilizes the same soft leathers and bold hardware from the brand’s “Classic Collection,” but vibrant new colors now correspond to popular sports teams. Cross-body bags, hobos and clutches are among the offerings, providing plenty of options depending on the event. The bags are chic, sophisticated and ideally sized whether you’re courtside, tailgating or out celebrating a big win. Carry them any day, not just on gameday.
A Glam Slam got the scoop from designers Tracy and Ashley on the inspiration behind their new “Team Spirit” handbags, their gameday style and the teams we can expect to see added to the collection. Check it out:
How did you get started in the handbag business?
The Tracy Zych handbag brand got its start when my sister and I took a trip to New York, went down to the fashion district and walked floor by floor in the buildings knocking on doors to ask where the leather houses and factories were located and everything just followed from there.
Can you tell us briefly about your company and its offerings?
Our company takes great pride in designing handbags made with exquisite soft leather, bold hardware and modern designs including oversized clutches and jet-set satchels that are the ultimate everyday handbag perfect for our customer’s lifestyles.
Why did you decide to develop a sports division and in turn the “Team Spirit collection?”
We decided to develop a sports division because my sister and I are both avid sports fans and it was while we were trying to decide on our game day outfits one evening that we became inspired to redefine our classic handbag designs into a collection of handbags made in sports team colors. The “Team Spirit” handbags were the perfect solution for us to show our team pride in a sophisticated way.
We named the new collection “Team Spirit” because the heart and soul behind this collection is that they show the spirit and passion that you have for your favorite sports team. Whether you are carrying a “Team Spirit” satchel on game day or rocking a “Team Spirit” clutch for a night on the town, you will be making a statement with these glamorous bags that represent the team you cheer on season after season.
Which teams are currently available in the “Team Spirit” collection?
Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, New York Knicks, Orlando Magic and New Jersey Nets.
We look forward to expanding our “Team Spirit” line to include football, hockey and baseball teams. Coming soon and in production are the New York Yankees, Boston Red Socks, Tampa Bay Lightning, Green bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins.
In the spirit of competition, the upcoming “Team Spirit” collections will be determined each season for the teams with the most passionate fans so we encourage everyone to email us and let us know which team is their favorite. The “Team Spirit” handbags are limited edition as we will retire and introduce new styles each season.
As both designers and passionate sports fans, can you describe your own “fan style?” What would you typically wear to a sporting event? Which “Team Spirit” bag(s) do you carry to the games?
Our fan style is casual/glam and we wear a tank top with skinny jeans (shorts if it’s hot) and glam up our game day outfit with cute shoes and a “Team Spirit” handbag.
Our favorite “Team Spirit” bags to carry to the games are the Erika satchel (it makes a bold statement) and the Whitney cross-body bag is perfect for tailgating.
Though the bags feature team colors, they are void of team logos. Was that intentional, perhaps to make them easily transition from game wear to everyday wear?
It was definitely intentional that we left the logos off. We wanted the “Team Spirit” handbag collection to be a new approach to accessorizing fan gear. What makes the “Team Spirit” handbags so special is they are constructed with luxury materials, they will never go out of style, once a fan always a fan and the “Team Spirit” handbags easily transition into everyday wear, such as the black Edie tote bag with the red bottom and the Katrina clutch in the Tri white color is perfect to glam up skinny jeans and a black top.
Our most popular selling styles are the Katrina and Silva clutches that make a great conversation piece to go with your little black dress for a night out on the town.
Your classic collection of handbags has several celebrity fans. Who would you like to see toting your “Team Spirit” bags? Any specific sports wives or girlfriends?
We currently have custom “Team Spirit” handbags in production for a handful of celebrity wives and girlfriends and defiinitely had them in mind while developing the style, as we wanted the team spirit bags to be a glamorous accessory for these style-loving ladies to carry.
Here’s a peak at some of the Tracy Zych “Team Spirit” offerings. To view the full collection, visit here.
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NARA: Rare slave petitions from DC Emancipation Act
NOTE from DearMYRTLE: The following was just received from our friends at the National Archives (US). Please address all inquiries to Public.Affairs@nara.gov. [Embedded video added.]
National Archives Shares Rarely-seen Slave Petitions from DC Emancipation Act
Emancipation documents offer rare glimpse into slaves’ lives for Act’s 150th anniversary
WASHINGTON, DC. . . In commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of the DC Emancipation Act, the National Archives today shared rarely seen original records pertaining to the Act, including petitions from slaves in Washington, DC. National Archives archivists Damani Davis and Robert Ellis, and University of Nebraska-Lincoln scholar Kenneth Winkle discuss the significance of these documents in the National Archives “Inside the Vaults” video short at http://tiny.cc/DCEmanc.
In the video, archivist Damani Davis discusses the petitions filed by owners and enslaved persons under the Act and the details they reveal about the enslaved African-American community at the time. Archivist Robert Ellis explains how the process worked. And Kenneth Winkle of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), explains how the UNL scholars have scanned, transcribed, and made these petitions available online at the UNL Civil War Washington website (www.civilwardc.org).
The film series is free to view and distribute on YouTube channel at http://tiny.cc/Vaults. These videos are in the public domain and not subject to any copyright restrictions. The National Archives encourages the free distribution of them.
“These petitions show a fuller portrait of the people who were slaves in the District. These documents reveal information about who the slaves were, how they lived and how slavery and emancipation changed their lives,” said Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero. “We are grateful to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for making these documents more accessible to the public.”
“Slaves at this time were generally anonymous,” said Kenneth Winkle, UNL’s Sorensen Professor of American History and co-director of the project. “Now, with these petitions, they have documented lives that we can interpret, study and share with scholars, students and the public. We can tell their story, which has been largely overlooked. And it is a remarkable story.”
Background on the DC Emancipation Act
More than eight months before the Emancipation Proclamation broke the bondage of slavery across the South, a much more singularly focused experiment in equality was playing out in the country’s capital. The Compensated Emancipation Act, signed in April 1862, ordered all slaves in the District of Columbia to be freed. It was the first time the U.S. government had officially liberated any group of slaves – and unlike the Emancipation Proclamation, it permitted their former masters to petition the government for compensation in exchange for their slaves’ freedom.
Though controversial, the act produced exceptionally rare documentation of the era: Namely, reimbursement petitions that showed the names, ages, histories and descriptions of an entire community of 3,200 African-Americans. These records contain personal information such as names, ages, physical descriptions, and places of residence, as well as collateral information casually provided in recorded testimonies. These records also contain difficult truths – because the forms were used to establish a slave’s value for compensation, they share physical details that often underscore the brutality of slavery.
The original act, signed by President Lincoln, is on loan to the Capitol Visitor Center through September 9, 2012.
The National Archives and Records Administration, an independent federal agency, is the nation's record keeper. Founded in 1934, its mission is unique -- to serve American democracy by safeguarding and preserving the records of our Government, ensuring that the people can discover, use, and learn from this documentary heritage. The National Archives ensures continuing access to the essential documentation of the rights of American citizens and the actions of their government. It supports democracy, promotes civic education, and facilitates historical understanding of our national experience. The National Archives meets a wide range of information needs, among them helping people to trace their families' history, making it possible for veterans to prove their entitlement to medical and other benefits, and preserving original White House records. The National Archives carries out its mission through a nationwide network of archives, records centers, and Presidential Libraries, and on the Internet at http://www.archives.gov/.
About Civil War Washington
Civil War Washington is UNL's interdisciplinary digital project examining the nation's capital during the pivotal Civil War period. Created by Susan Lawrence, Kenneth Price, and Kenneth Winkle of the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities at UNL, this project allows users to study, visualize, and theorize the complex changes in the city of Washington, DC, between 1860 and 1865 through a collection of datasets, images, texts, and maps. The site illustrates how Washington and its people responded in dramatic and distinctive ways to the four years of war.
The Compensated Emancipation Act project, part of Civil War Washington, was made possible through a three-year, $220,000 National Endowment for the Humanities grant to examine how race, slavery and emancipation affected the capital during the war. For more information, contact Steve Smith, UNL University Communications, at 402-472-4226, or ssmith13@unl.edu.
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Cheri Hopkins aka You Go Genealogy Girl #2 Thursday, April 12, 2012 11:52:00 AM
What a great site through our University of Nebraska. Be sure to click through and check out this wonderful contribution to the Civil War/Slave Era. UNL does do awesome work in our historical preservation. Thanks to Myrt for posting this!
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Road safety week: upgrading a car’s headlamp bulbs
Improve road safety and upgrade your car’s headlamp bulbs (Picture © Ford)
This year’s national Road Safety Week promotes the message that drivers should use their car less and live more. It’s a heartfelt and honest sentiment, but not necessarily entirely practical for those who rely on their car to commute, get the children to school or carry out their job. So what simple but proven things can drivers do to make them and our roads safer?
Upgrading a car’s headlamp bulbs is an ideal starting point at this time of year. For one, it’s an affordable improvement that won’t deplete the Christmas present fund. A pair of the best-performing halogen headlamp bulbs costs around £20 or less, and even the least mechanically minded motorists should be able to fit them.
It’s also effective. If your car is the average seven years old and uses standard halogen bulbs, the chances are that aftermarket bulbs will greatly improve the brightness of the headlights, in some cases by more than 100 per cent. The difference is enough to ensure drivers see a pedestrian crossing the road in sufficient time to react safely.
And lastly, at this time of year, when the sun sets at around 4pm and rises again at about 7am, millions of drivers are on the road in darkness every day. According to bulb maker Philips, 82 per cent of road accidents happen in poor light or darkness, when reduced visibility is often a contributing factor. So powerful lights are even more important in the winter.
Changing headlamp bulbs is usually a straightforward job that is explained in a car’s handbook. The majority of cars use halogen bulbs, and unless the vehicle designers made the car as complex as the Large Hadron Collider, it should be easy to remove a pair of old bulbs and replace them with more powerful items.
However, if your car uses more modern Xenon (high intensity discharge) or LED (light-emitting diodes) lights, it’s likely to be a more complicated job that is often best left to the technicians at a garage or fitters at aftermarket car spare stores.
LED and Xenon bulbs are best changed by professional technicians (Picture © Mercedes)
Finding out which are the best halogen bulbs to upgrade to is easy enough. Both Which? and Auto Express have compared aftermarket bulbs, taking to special light laboratories to uncover their performance.
Auto Express preferred to divide bulbs into two groups: those that claim to give up to 60 per cent brighter light, and those that claim to offer more than 60 per cent brighter light. In the former category, the Osram Silverstar 2.0 put in the most dazzling performance, followed by the PowerBulbs PowerPlus and then the Philips Colour Vision.
Of the bulbs offering over 60 per cent more light, the Philips X-tremeVision pulled a blinder, finishing in top spot, followed by Osram’s Night Breaker Unlimited and the Halfords Advanced Extreme Brilliance.
When Which? compared upgraded bulbs to those fitted as standard in a Vauxhall family car, its testers rated the Bosch Pure Light bulbs the best performers, followed by the Osram Night Breaker and Philips X-treme Power.
Road Safety Week may run its course for 2015, but the improved performance of uprated headlamp bulbs could keep you safe for years to come.
Read more: Changing car light bulbs: How much does it cost you?
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Town Music season ready at Town Hall
Posted by Melissa Davis
Deviant Septet will play at Town Hall Seattle on March 25, 2015.
It looks like cellist/curator Joshua Roman will be delivering some tasty new-music goods for the 2014-15 Town Music season. Roman himself performs Sept. 23 with two fellow string players and a pianist in an evening of piano quartets by Brahms, Sharlat and Andres.
NOW Ensemble, with its mix of electronica and classical influences and unusual instrumental line-up (flute, clarinet, electric guitar, double bass, piano), follows on Nov. 5.
Third Coast Percussion, based in Chicago, gets the New Year off with a bang on Jan. 12 with works by Cage and others.
On March 25, Deviant Septet will match Stravinsky’s “L’Histoire du Soldat” with conductor-composer Esa-Pekka Salonen’s response to it, “Catch and Release.” The season closes June 27 with John Adams’ magnificent “Shaker Loops” in its string-orchestra version.
Series tickets are $85 general audiences, $80 for Town Hall members. Single tickets run $10-$25, with some day-of-show $5 Teen Tix available. Go to www.townhallseattle.org for more information.
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For the second consecutive season and the third time in the past four years, Duke (31-25, 15-15 ACC) is heading to the NCAA Tournament after receiving an at-large bid to the postseason event.
The Blue Devils travel to Morgantown, W. Va., for the NCAA Morgantown Regional. Duke opens tournament play against Texas A&M (37-21-1, 16-13-1 SEC) at Monongalia County Ballpark on Friday at 4 p.m. on ESPN2. The host Mountaineers (37-20, 13-11 Big 12) face Atlantic 10 champion Fordham (38-22, 15-9 A-10) Friday evening at 8 p.m. on ESPN3.
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John Cena is no stranger to the stage or the green slime, so get ready to watch him “act a fool” and have a blast doing it while hosting the 2017 Kids’ Choice Awards. The WWE star had previously hosted the 2016 ESPYs as well as the 2016 Teen Choice …
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My Top Sixteen Films of 2018
It was a strong year of discovery for me. Like most years, many of the high points were from the past, but I also was really moved and struck by a few films that came out in 2018.
Maurice Pialat's La maison des bois
It is very possible that within one of the cinema's greatest bodies of work this little seen seven part series for television is Pialat's greatest achievement. It is certainly his most humanistic film and the work that most clearly grants him the title as Jean Renoir's closest French cinema successor. All of it is remarkable, its characters, its Frenchness, its patience, its rigor. And Pialat, time and time again, gives us moments that are so alive and so rich, and that surprisingly make us feel as if we are seeing them on film for the first time.
Zachary Treitz's Men Go To Battle
The kind of imaginative lo-fi work that makes me rethink my normal skepticism around low budget digital filmmaking. It feels like the cinematic equivalent to something Will Oldham might author. It is quiet and earthy and comfortable just being pure and unadorned. The acting is tremendous, and its restraint from using much light or music refreshing. As strong of an American micro-indy as I have seen since Blue Ruin.
Bi Gan's Kaili Blues
Gan's ability to move a camera is startling. Almost every shot is magical in the way it uses both space and time. The locations are consistently among the most interesting and cinematic I have seen in a very long time. Meanwhile, Gan's choreography of the long take immediately announces him as one of the next great filmmakers in the tradition of Hou Hsiao-hsien or the Romanians. To read that Gan was in his twenties when he made this film is beyond comprehension.
Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman
Spike is totally in his element and his passion and talent come through in ways that I haven't seen in his work in more than twenty years. I found it messy, uneven and raw, as in akin to an early draft that still needed an editor's touch. But I also thought it the closest American film I have seen in the 21st century to the spirit of the daring and uncomfortable batch of great indies that first burst on the scene in the early to mid eighties.
Kelly Reichardt's Certain Women
I have never been much a fan of her work. Having seen Old Joy, Wendy and Lucy and Meek's Cutoff, I often felt her work was admirably minimal without the heft or depth of a Bresson or Ozu. But her latest feels different to me, saying a tremendous amount without saying much at all. Reichardt uses one of cinema's greatest weapons, silence, to get underneath her themes and wonderfully rich characters and stories.
Frederick Wiseman's Boxing Gym
Perhaps my favorite of all of the Wiseman films I have seen to date. Wiseman is pure cinema, devoid of non-diegetic music and devoid of anything that feels put on, forced, unnatural or basking in cinematic artifice. Aside from feeling so human and so real, what impressed me the most about this work were its rhythms. You could close your eyes and be mesmerized for almost 120 minutes by the musical sounds of its voices, words and movements.
Luis Bunuel's The Phantom of Liberty
One of Bunuel's most free-flowing and "liberated" films is pure sexual and unpredictable fun. There are a number of all-time great moments but for me it was the unconventional dinner party and the final sequence at the zoo. Bunuel's key themes are all there - anti-establishment, anti-Catholic church, surrealistic flights of fancy - but the contemporary setting gives them a lightness and impact that I have rarely felt while watching his other work.
Alice Rohrwacher's Happy as Lazzaro
The first film I have seen from the young Italian filmmaker is impressive. The best way I can describe it is a welcome concoction of Kiarostami's feel for the land, Lynch's ability for rupturing time and early Van Sant's poetic feel for the rough and marginal. Based on this film, Rohrwacher is full of talent and tough to categorize. I am very excited to see what she does next.
Robin Campillo's BPM (Beats per Minute)
I knew going into it that it was Les Inrocks' favorite film of the year and their taste is often closely aligned with my own. What struck me most, aside from its performances, was its shape. Campillo is able like Kechiche with Blue Is the Warmest Color or Bonello with Saint Laurent to avoid classical scene shape without seeming unstructured. His modernism is not abrasive, loud or jarring. It is immersive, fluid and welcoming.
Matt Wolf's Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
One of those documentaries that immediately convince you to go out and dig into the work of the featured artist. Prior to watching the film, I had only heard one song by Russell and now I am very curious to spend more time seeing what he was all about. He strikes me as part Scott Walker, part Mark Hollis and perhaps part Nick Drake.
Hal Hartley's The Unbelievable Truth
I thought I had seen Hartley's debut, but it turns out I never had. It has to be one of the most stylistically assured debuts in the history of cinema. Hartley's films are heavily musical, rhythmic in their mood and editing, but not in the way Hollywood uses wall-to-wall music to provide most of the surface emotion. Hartley's music is his primary tool for carving out his special cinematic world. While there may be no known adjective, it is as distinctly "Hartleyian" as David's world is Lynchian. The acting, the locations, the framing, the almost Bressonian dialogue delivery combined with 80's Godard unique feel for the ellipsis immediately announce a very singular auteur. This is a startling debut.
Claire Denis' Let the Sunshine In
Perhaps most remarkable about Denis' films, aside from the fact that they are always top shelf, is that they consistently feel modern. As she advances in her career, her work never feels regressive with respect to her own filmography or retro with regards to the history of the medium in general. Denis and Binoche are a potent combination. They are two of our most daring artists, repeatedly willing to defy labels, classification or emotional signposts in their venturing. When the end credits roll, it is clear once again that Denis is writing the book on film grammar today. It is precisely the little touches like this that keep us moving forward and remind us, once again, that she is one of the greatest filmmakers at work today.
Elaine May's A New Leaf
The first May film I have seen in its entirety, and it immediately made me want to go watch her entire filmography. Her style is loose and modern while still feeling intimate and restrained (I know, some of those words seem to be in direct conflict with one another!) Perhaps it's her ability to achieve such lived-in, natural performances from her actors that makes her work vibrate so or maybe it's the fact that she never feels to be following any known framework or genre. Her output as director is limited, but if her debut film is any indication, it ranks up there with the highest shelf of American filmmaking in the seventies and that's no small statement.
FJ Ossang's Zona inquinata
About as great of a mix as I could ever imagine of Boy Meets Girl, Repo Man, and Permanent Vacation. Absolutely blew my mind with its formal beauty and uninhibited cinematic boldness.
Amy Scott's Hal
Another documentary, like the recent one I saw on Arthur Russell, that makes you immediately want to dig further into the subject's body of work. As a long time fan of Ashby, Shampoo for instance might be in my all time top ten, I have always been curious to learn more about the filmmaker. Having seen this doc, which I cannot recommend highly enough to any fan of Ashby, I now can't wait to go back and watch all seven of his films from the seventies.
Posted by Jeffrey Goodman at 9:27 PM
Lone Wolf February 17, 2019 at 9:48 AM
A new leaf was interesting for me, I saw Micky and Nicky first from her and prefer that, but A new leaf is tons of fun, as you said she has a loose style and her films well the two I have seen are never conform to a particular genre. From what I have read she is unhappy with the version of A new leaf that we know of, her vision was much darker but studio interference prevented that. I think that is why I like the film but it never seems for me to know clearly what to say unlike Micky and nicky which despite the genre shift has a clear statement.Though A new leaf is still fun to watch.
I look forward to checking out that Aurther Russel doc, Only heard a few of his songs but they have great emotional connection for me, which is quite rare for me to get that way involved with a musician, few do it for me on that level
I'll be interested to hear how the Russell doc treats you.
I'm embarrassed to say but Mikey and Nicky is the one May film I still need to see!
A Mother Should be Loved (1934)
My two most recent Spotify playlists
Passing Fancy (1933)
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Lessons on Churchill: Winston back on the curriculum as schools are told to teach history properly
So kids are going to be taught about Churchill’s paedophilia are they?
Or how he was determined to take Britain into WW2 whatever the financial and human cost may be?
And, lets not forget that he was nothing more than a corrupt Rothschild puppet?
Is that what they are going to teach our kids perhaps?
Then again, perhaps not.
Does anyone else think that he looks a bit like Nonce McAlpine?
New curriculum published next week will cover major events from the Bronze age to the present day
New syllabus says pupils need a chronological narrative of Britain’s history
Pupils will be taught about historical figures such as Henry VIII and Queen Victoria
By TIM SHIPMAN
PUBLISHED: 00:13, 6 July 2013 | UPDATED: 01:58, 6 July 2013
Winston Churchill will be restored to the national curriculum as schools are ordered to teach children about Britain’s history.
The national curriculum for history, to be published by Education Secretary Michael Gove next week, will give all children aged seven to 14 a clear narrative of the major events between the Bronze Age and the present day.
The document, seen by the Mail, will state clearly that every pupil must ‘know and understand the history of these islands as a coherent, chronological narrative, from the earliest times to the present day’.
British institutions: Figures such as Henry VIII and Winston Churchill will be reinstated onto the history syllabus, which will be published next week. British history will take a more prominent role on the curriculum
Mr Gove is insisting that pupils learn about leading historical figures such as Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Oliver Cromwell and Queen Victoria.
Pupils aged 11 to 14 will also be expected to study ‘the Second World War and the wartime leadership of Winston Churchill’, the only modern politician who is mentioned.
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He was banished from the curriculum in 1999.
The current national curriculum, last updated by Labour in 2007, leaves big gaps in pupils’ knowledge and ditched the learning of significant dates and events in favour of focusing on historical themes.
But the new curriculum makes British history the centrepiece of the curriculum, rather than, for example, the heavy emphasis on the Nazis.
It also calls for pupils to study ‘how people’s lives have shaped this nation and how Britain has influenced and been influenced by the wider world’.
That will involve study of non-European subjects such as ancient China, India and Islamic civilisation, rather than the primary focus being on European history as at present.
Earlier this year, Mr Gove said he was worried that the curriculum and exams system ‘mean that children thirsting to know more about our past leave school woefully undernourished’.
A senior Whitehall source said: ‘Children will learn a coherent chronological story of British history instead of Labour’s dumbed-down curriculum that leaves pupils with big gaps in basic knowledge.
They will learn about major global phenomena such as classical Greece, the Renaissance, and the Enlightenment, and about non-European civilisations such as China.’
The Education Secretary’s first attempt to rewrite the curriculum in February was condemned as too prescriptive by Left-wing academics.
He has compromised by leaving teachers some freedom to decide precisely what to teach. But he has stuck to his guns by ordering them to follow clear chronology.
Professor Jeremy Black, the senior history professor at Exeter University, who helped draw up the curriculum, said: ‘It is very important that we understand our national history as part of being an active citizen.
‘You can’t debate our sense of national identity and our national interest unless you understand our national history. This curriculum puts British history first as well, which I think is right.
‘It kicks out the woolly empathy in favour of giving children more of a sense of where we are at that moment between the past and the future.’
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2357169/Lessons-Churchill-Winston-curriculum-schools-told-teach-history-properly.html#ixzz2YFH4EaxF
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So happy together Talk about taking the piss.
Kev Stocks
So the ‘victors’ one again portray the psychopathic mind set (Churchill) as good history do they? Bullshit… this guy was a first class nut job of the nth degree. A PSYCHOPATH by definition. These type of sub-Human Beings have and will if not stopped bring calamity to our planet. How many fuckin’ times do we have to have the ‘Empire’ rolled out to justify another slaughter of possibility and greatness of the up and coming albeit damaged young people by this fucked up system. In summery; The guy was a tool and nothing but a tool. He was a PSYCHOPATH. He served his purpose in the game that was planned……. The rest IS history!!!
Churchill was a Zionist shill and a scumbag of the highest order. Completely pissed throughout the entirety of the war, he would hide 400ft underground when he knew the bombers were heading for London, and parade on the roof of No 10 when he secretly knew they were heading for Coventry and elsewhere. If this drunken old bastard had had his way, Northern Europe would be an anthrax-infested wasteland uninhabitable to this day. Greatest Englishman of all time? Absolutely, if you’re a Zionist psychopath with an ideological hatred of ayrans.
Mrs R
One wonders if the children will learn that out of the autopsies performed on dead concentration camp persons, not one has ever been shown to have died from gassing. Will they also learn that the Auschwitz ‘gas chambers’ and chimney to nowhere were post WWII mock-up? I won’t hold my breath waiting for that truth to be taught.
Winston Churchill was a Alcoholic and a Bigot
Winston Churchill was a Racist Anti German Warmonger
Winston Advocated in 1919 the Poison Gassing of Kurdish Tribesmen in Iraq
and in 1937 said that I do not admit for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America or the black people of Australia. I do Not Admit that a Wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger Race, a higher-grade Race, a more worldly wise Race to put it that way, has come in and taken
their place ”
Genocide Placing in Squalid Reservations and Discrimination he Condones
Winston Churchill also Condoned the East German Genocide
Kids will never get the truth in the classroom. Today, it is what you learn outside of school that counts. Incidentally if Rob shows up on this one, there are plenty of sources online where you can crosscheck something. Believing everything you find on the internet would also be a mistake, due to the amount of disinfo about. The only Churchill I ilke is the one that does the ads on tv. Rob, I know he ain’t real, but the shite we’ve been fed about our ex-PM isn’t either!
Imrah Baines
Quote from Churchill: “I do not agree that the dog in a manger has the final right to the manger even though he may have lain there for a very long time. I do not admit that right. I do not admit for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher-grade race, a more worldly wise race to put it that way, has come in and taken their place.” (To the Peel Commission 1937)
He also said: “Criminals, paupers and unemployables, prostitutes and ne’er do wells” should not be allowed to breed.”
Lovely bloke
Pissed-off-Frank
The true history of these islands will never be told. What the children will get is a carefully “whitewashed” version.
Dogman, did you know that Churchill, Stalin and Hitler are all descendants of the Rothschild family. That for sure will not be mentioned in the curriculum.
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/bloodlines/rothschild.htm
Not sure about Stalin to be honest Rob. He had doubts about who his father was, according to Simon Sebag Montefiore’s book “Titans of History” although I haven’t found anything that directly states his Rothschild bloodline, but so many of our World Leaders have been linked to bloodlines, it wouldn’t surprise me. Hadn’t realised Stalin had webbed feet for what it’s worth and wonder if that’s a Rothschild gene! I admit to not really looking for a link, but will give it a bash when I find time.
Found some stuff about Hitler’s aunt getting pregnant whilst employed by the Rothschild and that Hitler had a file stolen from a man who intended to use the info against him. Adolf chose Hitler, which was a Jewish name and he had many Jewish friends and like the culture, curiously enough!
Churchill was financed by the Rothschild and was from an elite bloodline, so maybe he is related. Check the link I’ve added.
The Anvil
Basically, we are exactly where we were when William the Conqueror and his genocidal bastard chums invaded, run by a feudal establishment where we all tug our forelocks, know our place and bend the knee or suffer paying the consequences.
July 7, 2013 @ 12:25 pm
The Anvil, you are spot on, but with the financial crisis coming our way, it will soon be obvious to even the dimmest, that they care not one iota for us serfs.
If only the school curriculum included the truth about evolution, money and religions. You would think the Georgia Guidestones would hold the kids attention, but there you go. If they reveal the truth about Churchill, will they mention the truth about the monarchy?
Found this from Greg Hallett:
The Monica Lewinsky story, she was a Polish Mossad agent, and she was there to run as a distraction and put pressure on Clinton, so that he would surrender the best weapons America had to Israel.
Jörn: Right. And he was protected – Bill Clinton – by Queen Elizabeth II, wasn’t he.
Yeah. She called up a favour, because Bill Clinton is the half brother of Queen Elizabeth II, because Queen Elizabeth is also the biological daughter of Winston Churchill by artificial insemination, and it was one of the first cases of artificial insemination, and it’s the same for Princess Margaret. And the Irish knew about it, but, you know, there is no real media in Ireland, it doesn’t get into the Mainstream media, it is side-lined because they know.
President Clinton is the
grandson of King Edward VII
King Edward VII
Is it true? You pay your money and you take your pick!
Churchill was a shithead of the first order and a drunken one at that. And of course, a despicable racist. The Dardanelles Campaign during WWI (“the campaign was plagued by ill-defined goals, poor planning, insufficient artillery, inexperienced troops, inaccurate maps and intelligence, over confidence, inadequate equipment and logistics, and tactical deficiencies at all levels” — Hart/Broadbent) should’ve been enough to remove the slob from public life forever. But this is Britain. If your incompetence is the cause of several thousand unnecessary deaths you’ll be rewarded and drenched in honours. His behaviour in later years tells us he was a bloody psychopat besides being a complete tool. Fuck him and all those that are like him!
Indeed Winston Churchill Alcoholic & Tyrant Wasted a Lot of Good British Life
Shame Winston Churchill was Not Speared at Omdurman
cldysw
The Absolute Truth is about Reality whereas The Middling Truth [TMT] promotes Relativity [TMT being the wetdream of Politicians & Propagandists because these miscreants are only effective when Truth neither has a beginning nor an ending]. The former seeks to inform whereas the latter seeks to Control, be that via The Carrot or The Stick. Humanity is of Duality/Relativity and within this realm, Control is merely the means to unleashing its latency/latterday-saint, Abandonment, Control being Abandonment suppressed with Abandonment being Control expressed.
There are no singularly natured humans because there is not one human who breathes for another. For the “sin” of being dual-natured, we humans have to repeat everything, from consumption to elimination and from breathing and heartbeating, whilst not forgetting those biggies, being nice and being not so nice. Unfortunate as this may seem for the “deprived” and the “sourpusses”, we cannot be nice and that’s it. We have to repeat what we are not over and over again. Until we do not need to breathe, consume or eliminate. Until we are Of Absoluteness. Until we are Singularly Natured.
Like it, agree with it, realise it, or not, being singulary natured has 2 realms, that of Benevolence, oka The Truly Living, and Malevolence, oka The Stone Dead. Unfortunately for The Tag-Alongs of The Mesmeric Tentacle of The Bookie, Religion & Religiosity [R&R], Malevolence is a myth because Its existence predicates upon whether Benevolence exists or not, much like Darkness being the state when Light is absentMalevolence being the word for when, “Benevolence is absent”.
A human becomes Of Malevolence when his R&R, oka belief-system, gifts him the imagination [be that from The Past or The Future] that he is singularly natured when he has yet to realise Benevolence. This is why Uncle Tomee and his Kabalistic Kabin Krew’s mantra of, “A Change You Can Believe In”, works much like “Conspiricists” and their, “Awaken Your Consciousness” [just like that], also works. As translated from The Ancient to The Modern by Gandhi, “A Change is when we have become and not merely demanding and expecting that the other changes”. Especially not Just Like That.
For those born blind, colours are never real because they lack the tangibility of colours which sight affords. The same goes for those who lack the Capacity & Capability for realising Absoluteness/The Singularity of Nature who is Benevolence. Being able to think after having acquired thoughts, however, a human is slightly different from those born blind in that the blind at least realise that they are the blind whereas a human who had been captured by Fame, Fortune & Immortality has yet to realise his blindness. To overcome this deficit, every human [and not merely the privileged, the special, the glitzy, the entitled, the royal and the chosen – in fact, especially not them because they are at a disadvantage from the word “Go”, being the doubly-blinded] is gifted the means to realising Absoluteness. Afterall, to become Of Absoluteness from being Of Duality/Vacillation, one must have the means to deciphering what is Real and what is Relative.
One may ask why hasn’t this been possible before. It has but only in an extremely limited format but the format now is one of En Masse Realisation of Reality. This is because The Ending was never in contention before except that in the contemporary era, The Light is getting brighter and brighter to the point that Darkness has to play Its trumpcards which is why Malevolence is not far from being malevolent outright with the kicker, “So what if you know but what can you do, eh?”. The Bookie and His Tentacles are driving their Tag-Alongs at breakneck speed but their machinations will come a-cropper. Not when those who are dual-natured believing that by “Knowledging”, oka Owning, everything will work out. It will not work out and especially not via the revolutions founded upon Fame, Fortune & Immortality. This is because a change is not only about becoming selfless from being selfish, a real change is when one is able to discern/discriminate absolutely, Absoluteness being another word for Unconditionality. Once a human is conditional-conditioned, he is still residing in Malevolence’s Den of Thoughts, usually of The Past. The ONLY way to neutralising Malevolence [for sorting out by He who can truly destroy because the destruction of Malevolence is not Humanity’s duty] is via self changing to becoming an example for others to also change and not to merely demanding, expecting and institutionalising changes that are based upon the same old business of Fame, Fortune & Immortality.
I tell my children to go to school and to listen intently to the crap that they are being spewed but that I will give them the true history lessons when they get home. They already think the queen is an Archon
Interpretation of history isn’t necessarily what happened but usually what a minority in control want you to believe. The authorities keep regurgitating the same lies about Churchill to each generation. In reality Churchill was, I believe, nothing more than an egotistical psychopath responsible for the deaths of countless thousands, perhaps millions. He was far from this countries savior.
On September 1st 1939 when Chamberlain was in power and Germany invaded Poland, this country was under no threat from Germany whatsoever. Few people realize the former Soviet Union was due to invade Poland on exactly the same day; it was part of a pact. They held back and invaded Poland two weeks later. There are photographs of German and Soviet troops meeting up in Poland and rejoicing their victory together. As Britain declared war on Germany on the September 3rd 1939 for invading Poland, why didn’t Britain declare war on the Soviet Union for doing the same two weeks later?
The reason is simple, Germany had told the international banksters to go to hell and was printing its own debt free currency and economically booming. The Soviet Union was being financed by the international banksters.
Churchill was put there by the banks to save their empire. They paid off his gambling and drinking debts provided he did what they told him. The rest is history.
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Arizona State, Arkansas, Barry Odom, Boston College, Bret Bielema, Butch Jones, David Beaty, Ed Orgeron, Florida, Jeff Long, Jim McElwain, Jim Mora, Johnny Cash, Kansas, Lincoln Riley, LSU, Mike Riley, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Steve Addazio, Stevie Nicks, Tennessee, Todd Graham, Tom Petty, UCLA
We can’t start Week 7 of the 2017 College Football Season without first recognizing the passing of the Great Tom Petty who was always teaching us how to fly in life!
Learning To Fly, Tom Petty and his 40+ year friend Stevie Nicks!
Thank You Tom for your amazing music and God Speed To You Son…Your Music Will Live Forever!
Post Week 6 Coaches Hot Seat Rankings
Give These Hot Seat Coaches Hell Johnny Cash!
Thank You Mr. Cash!
1. Bret Bielema, Arkansas – In the last decade-plus we have written a lot in this Coaches Hot Seat Blog about the importance of Athletic Directors making Damn sure they hire head football coaches that “fit” the culture and history of the school the AD words for, but this is the first time we have written about something just as important:
Coaches taking jobs where they “fit” the culture and history of the school.
A handful of Coaches Hot Seat members have stopped in at Madison, Wisconsin a few times while on business trips in the Great State of Wisconsin and even been to a couple Wisconsin Badgers football games and on one of those trips a few years ago when Bret Bielema was still the head coach of the Badgers there was a story we read about how Bielema liked to drive around in his SUV on Gameday Saturdays in Madison before the games to see what all the Wisconsin fans were up to with most of those fans not knowing it was the UW head coach in that SUV. When reading that story we just laughed at it because it was classic Bret Bielema and in our minds not knowing about any potential issues that were going on between Wisconsin AD Barry Alvarez and Bret Bielema we always thought that Bret was a good “fit” at Wisconsin and that he would be there until he got his ass fired or he retired.
As you can imagine with the above in mind everyone at Coaches Hot Seat was shocked when in early December 2012 it was announced that Bret Bielema was leaving Wisconsin for the Arkansas head coaching job which made no sense on many levels and like a lot of other people made us think that Barry Alvarez must be one Helluva asshole to work for and if the media reports are true Cheap As Hell when it comes to paying Wisconsin assistant coaches since after all…Not A Damn Dime of the money that Barry Alvarez pays Wisconsin Athletic Department employees with is Barry’s money! Whatever the issues were between Alvarez and Bielema it blew-up a pretty good arrangement for the both of them which later happened again with Alvarez and current Oregon State head coach Gary Andersen who also must be a Real American Man and doesn’t like being led around by the nose from a former football coach who doesn’t seem to know that Real Leaders hire people to do jobs and they…
Let Them Do Their Job!
Leaving Barry Alvarez aside for the moment who in our opinion is a Pompous Arrogant Ass that believes he spun up the entire universe and thus everyone should kiss Barry’s Precious Big Ass….Sorry Barry but your are not God Son and hopefully one day the Lord himself will let you know that personally….let’s get back to Bret Bielema at Arkansas which on so many levels for both Arkansas and Bielema made just no Damn sense and we write that because early on a long-time friend + Arkansas-alum called us in Bielema’s first year at Arkansas in the Fall of 2013 and said something like (paraphrasing since it was so long ago):
“It’s just not going to work with Bielema. He just doesn’t get Arkansas…the people…the culture…nor the football…but it will take a long-time for some of my friends to understand that…a really long time.”
Well, it’s now Bret Bielema’s FIFTH year as the head coach at Arkansas and in his 56 th game as the head coach of the Razorbacks his team just got their ass whipped by the score of…
….by a decent but still average South Carolina team which leaves Bielema’s records at….
Overall: 27 – 29
SEC: 10 – 24
…but most shocking of all is Bielema’s record against Power 5 Conference Schools:
Damn…that’s just Damn Awful!
To put into perspective just how bad Bret Bielema has been at Arkansas one must look at his conference winning percentage against all of the previous Arkansas coaches, throwing out the Idiocy of John L. Smith who also should have NEVER been hired even as an interim head coach at Arkansas by AD Jeff Long, and when you look at those numbers it is very Damn ugly indeed:
Arkansas Head Football Coaches Conference Winning % – 1950 – 2017
Bret Bielema – .294
Bobby Petrino – .531
Houston Nutt – .525
Danny Ford – .402
Joe Kines – .438
Jack Crowe – .375
Ken Hatfield – .783
Lou Holtz – .670
Frank Broyles – .714
Jack Mitchell – .472
Bowden Wyatt – .583
Otis Douglas – .222
That’s right…you have to go back to the years 1950 – 1952 and Arkansas head coach Otis Douglas to find a worse conference record than the one that Bret Bielema has put up over the past FIVE seasons at Arkansas and for those slow on the uptake that is…
11 Arkansas Head Coaches Ago
65 Years Ago!
Bret Bielema just hasn’t been bad at Arkansas…he more importantly has been bad relative to Arkansas football history in the Post World War II era when .500+ football in conference and against serious opponents such as the Power 5 Conference Teams today was not only expected but was achieved by the head coaches at Arkansas which makes one wonder….
Will Arkansas AD Jeff Long let Bret Bielema destroy Arkansas Football on the sword of Jeff Long’s massive ego or will Jeff Long do something we have never heard Jeff do…
Admit he was wrong?
How exactly did Bret Bielema get his current contract which pays $4+ Million Dollars a year and includes a $15+ Million Dollar Buyout you ask?
Jeff Long gave that HUGE contract and buyout to Bret Bielema after the 2014 season when Arkansas went…wait for it…
7 – 6!
That sound you hear is us Laughing Out Loud with the everyone else with an IQ over Johnny Manziel’s jersey number at Texas A&M = 2!
With the loss to South Carolina the Razorbacks are now 2 – 3 on the season and 0 – 2 in SEC play and they have left on the schedule this…
At Alabama
At LSU
Any chance Arkansas wins 4 of their last 7 games to get to .500….which is Pitiful Football in our opinion at Arkansas which Bobby Petrino proved just a few years ago?
Not A Chance in Hell…in our humble opinion and if Arkansas doesn’t get to 6 wins in Bielema’s FIFTH year on the job $15M+ buyout or not Bret Bielema and Jeff Long are going to get a call sometime in late November or early December telling them they need to come to a meeting that some very busy folks will be attending and wanting to know just what the Hell is wrong with you two Damn Morons who have gutted and destroyed Arkansas Football followed by both of them being told to get the personal stuff in their offices together because their services were no longer needed at the University of Arkansas!
2. Butch Jones, Tennessee – The best news about last week for Butch Jones was that his Vols had the week off so they couldn’t lose a football game and Jones didn’t say anything stupid which is a miracle of sorts considering all the Stupid Shit that Butch Jones has said in the last few years in Knoxville!
Much like Bret Bielema…Butch Jones has a record problem at Tennessee with the Vols records over the five seasons under Jones at…
….and in the all-important record against Power 5 Conference Schools Jones’ record is…
Those are much better records than Bret Bielema which are nothing short of a Total Damn Disaster….but come now…we are talking about University of Tennessee Football here where a .500+ records in…
SEC and against Power 5 Conference Schools
….is not only expected it better Damn be achieved and thus now you know why Butch Jones is on the Hot Seat especially when you consider all the Stupid Shit Jones has said in the last few years in Knoxville!
The word on Butch Jones that a Coaches Hot Seat member is getting from his kind-of-related family members who live in East Tennessee and are UT-alums is that Butch Jones can save his job with the Vols IF….he wins ALL his remaining games save Alabama and with that in mind let’s go to what’s left on Tennessee’s schedule:
At Kentucky
Hell….most Tennessee Football teams could easily go 6 – 1 in the 7 above remaining football games but this is the 2017 version of the Vols is NOT most Tennessee Football Teams (Hell..they QUIT against Georgia!) and we would say the chance of the Vols finishing 9 – 3 in 2017 is around the same odds that a Coaches Hot Seat member will sleep with one of Sports Illustrated swimsuit models in 2017 which has odds now set at….
ZILCHO!
Of course….we will not discount the chance that Butch Jones might have his agent Jimmy Sexton beating the bushes for another head football coaching job in college football right now and we can only imagine Sexton looking down the Coaches Hot Seat Rankings and saying something like…
“Hmmmm…I might be able to get Butch out of Tennessee and into “X” job before his ass gets fired in Knoxville!”
Maybe Jimmy…Maybe So Son!
Coach Hard against South Carolina Butch Jones….another potential employer might be watching!
3. Todd Graham, Arizona State – Arizona State had an bye in Week 6 after their loss to Stanford in Week 7 and now it’s back to football and here come the Smoking Hot Washington Huskies into Tempe to play the Sun Devils and Chris Petersen really has things rolling at UW where in the Huskies last 23 games Washington is…
21 – 2!
Damn…just when Todd Graham really needs a win to get his 2 – 3 Arizona State football team going he has to play Washington and then go to Salt Lake City in Week 7 to play Utah followed by USC in the desert!
Hell…Arizona State could be 2 – 6 in just a few weeks and Todd Graham out of a job so coach hard Todd because these next few games may be your last chance to be a head coach at a FBS school for a few years at least which is what this is really all about…it’s not about the money…it’s performing at a high enough level so that you have…
Earned the Right to be a Head Coach on the FBS level….PERIOD!
4. David Beaty, Kansas – Kansas got its ass whipped by Texas Tech on Saturday by the score of 65 – 19 and that’s becoming a common theme for the Jayhawks….
Getting Its Ass Whipped
….under head coach David Beaty who now has record at KU of…
Overall: 3 – 26
Big 12: 1 – 19
Oh…they must give thanks for Charlie Strong in Lawrence, Kansas because without that Pitiful Texas team that Charlie brought to Lawrence last year the Jayhawks would have ZERO Big 12 Conference wins under David Beaty the last THREE seasons!
Three seasons ago in 2014 Charlie Weis got fired about this time of the year and at the time when Chubby Charlie got canned by Kansas when in reality his Sorry Ass NEVER should have been hired by KU Chubby Charlie’s overall record was….
…and David Beaty’s overall record right now is…
That sound you hear is Coaches Hot Seat laughing out freaking LOUD!
Geez…what a Damn mess but the upside is that more than likely when Kansas runs David Beaty…and even KU will run David Beaty with the above records…no doubt the folks in Lawrence will make another…
Totally Damn Stupid Hire and that coach will shortly thereafter find his ass on the Hot Seat and…the Stupid Ass Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round All the Damn Time at Kansas!
5. Barry Odom, Missouri – Missouri put a good fight against Mark Stoops Kentucky team which is an amazing bunch in so many ways in that they will play as Good or Bad as they team they are facing which says a lot about Mark Stoops inability to get his team ready and focused on gameday which will leave for another day and focus on Barry Odom who in his SECOND season as the head coach at Mizzou has now posted records of…
SEC: 2 – 9
…and the 1 – 4 Tigers still have to play this season:
At UConn
At Vanderbilt
At Arkansas
Our guess Missouri wins 2…maybe 3….of its remaining 7 games which if it’s 3 more games that would be two straight years of…
…records under Odom which is Bad….Oh It’s Damn Bad….and it’s up to Barry Odom to make it Good…Damn Good Son or your ass will be run…and should be run…right out of Columbia!
6. Mike Riley, Nebraska – As they say about today’s world “things change fast” and they even change fast in Nebraska because after the Nebraska loss at home to Wisconsin on Saturday we called a few of our Husker-alum friends on Sunday and to a person they all said very close to the following:
“Unless Mike Riley beats Ohio State at home next Saturday it’s over for Mike and Scott Frost will be the next head coach at Nebraska.”
If Nebraska can get current UCF head coach Scott Frost that is who we hear is now Very Damn High on several Athletic Directors lists for a new head football coach which means that Nebraska probably has the inside lane to get Frost as their next head coach if Mike Riley is fired BUT Frost may have a choice of several plum jobs in a month or so BUT there is probably not a job that fits Frost as well or where Frost can win a lot of games in the Big Ten West Division like the Nebraska job!
As for Mike Riley if Nebraska can win the rest of their games this season against…
At Minnesota
At Penn State
…which is about as likely as a Coaches Hot Seat member sleeping with a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model in 2017 then Riley can coach the Huskers in 2018!
Coach em up Mike Riley…we will be pulling for your Huskers against Ohio State!
Just an opinion by Coaches Hot Seat on current UCF head Scott Frost. We have been watching and following Scott Frost since he first arrived on The Farm at Stanford in 1993 to play for Bill Walsh for two seasons before transferring to Nebraska to play for Tom Osborne for his last two years in college and right now…in our humble opinion…Frost is the best college head football coach not on the Power 5 Conference Level in America and it would be a GREAT move for Nebraska or any other Power 5 Conference school that can get him as their next head football coach.
7. Steve Addazio, Boston College – Can someone go ahead and end the misery of the Steve Addazio tenure at Boston College already and hire Chip Kelly to coach the Eagles so he can take the ACC by storm from a perch in Boston?
With the loss to Virginia Tech on Saturday Steve Addazio’s records at Boston College now stand at:
ACC: 11 – 24
Please…Administration at Boston College…end this Damn Madness already because we are tired of writing about Steve Freaking Addazio and if you can get Chip Kelly at $3 Million A Year he will be worth every penny!
8. Jim Mora, UCLA – The UCLA Bruins had a bye in Week 6 and get back to it in Week 7 with a game at now red-hat Arizona which may have found themselves a quarterback against Colorado last Saturday which is No Damn Good News for Jim Mora and his Bruins who now at 3 – 2 really have to win some ballgames or the 2017 season could fall to pieces in a hurry.
Jim Mora’s records at UCLA are….So-So…
Pac-12: 26 – 22
…but after a 4 – 8 record in 2016 the last thing Mora needs is another losing season in 2016 and with these games left to play…
At Washington
At Utah
…the 3 – 2 Bruins are going to have a tough time finding at least 3 more wins this season if they lose to Arizona on Saturday!
9. Lincoln Riley, Oklahoma – Our biggest worry about Lincoln Riley taking over for Bob Stoops at Oklahoma was Riley turning the Sooners into…
Texas Tech Football North
….and it seems that more games that Riley has under his belt as the head coach of the Sooners the more that OU looks like the Red Raiders which the last two games has included….
An almost loss to ZERO wins Baylor
A home loss to MASSIVE underdog Iowa State
…and up next for what looks like to us the becoming Very Damn Soft Sooners is Texas in Dallas in the Red River Rivalry and it looks like to us that Texas is playing some pretty good football under Tom Herman and if the Longhorns beat the Sooners on Saturday Lincoln Riley will find his ass not only on a Scorching Hot Seat but in a sling as well!
Hell…how many more games can Very Damn Soft Oklahoma win in 2017 with these games remaining?
Texas – Dallas
At Kansas State
At Kansas
Hell…if OU plays like they did against Iowa State they will be LUCKY to win 3 more games which would add up to a…
…record and Lincoln Riley only one more Below Average season from having his ass run right out Norman, Oklahoma!
You better start coaching your Oklahoma Sooners football team Son or your head coaching career will be OVER before it really gets going and Oh Yea…the leash is Very Damn Short…and Should Be Short….for head coaches at OU that win less than 9 games a year!
10. Ed Orgeron, LSU – Luckily for Ed Orgeron and LSU they got to play on Saturday…
One of the Worst Coached Offenses in America
….in the Florida Gators offense which would be a Helluva lot better if head coach Jim McElwain and offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier just gave the Gators offense some footballs at practice and Jim + Doug went to a local Gainesville bar!
With the win over Florida…LSU improves its record to 4 – 2 on the season with the below games still left on the schedule which we do note does not include offenses coached by Jim McElwain and Doug Nussmeier who are Totally Damn Worthless and are actually making the Florida Gators Offense WORSE every day that the two of them report to work at the University of Florida!
At Tennessee
Our guess as of October 9, 2017….LSU finishes with a record of…
…in 2017 and Ed Orgeron’s rear-end is still on one of the Hottest Seats in the country come late November!
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Thursday 7th February 2019 7.30 pm
Councillor S. Markiewicz for S. Kasumu.
Apologies for absence were received from Councillor S. Kasumu.
To confirm as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 10 January 2019 (previously circulated).
The Minutes of the meeting held on 10 January 2019 were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.
To note declarations of Members’ disclosable pecuniary interests, non-disclosable pecuniary interests and non-pecuniary interests in respect of items on this Agenda.
LOCAL PLAN - ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT PDF 111 KB
Report of the Corporate Director (Public Protection, Planning and Protection) on the Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) which covers the period from 1st April 2017 to 31st March 2018. While the AMR may also refer to development and changes since the 31st March 2018, the 2018/19 AMR will report on these in more detail.
07a - Annual Monitoring Report 17-18 Final , item 123. PDF 8 MB
Members considered the report of the Corporate Director (Public Protection, Planning and Governance) on the Local Plan – Annual Monitoring Report (AMR), which serves a number of objectives, including reporting upon the amount of development that has taken place in the Borough during the year, assessing whether this development meets targets across a number of indicators, as well as setting out expectations for future development in the Borough. In addition, it also reports on progress against the Local Development Scheme, which sets out when and how the Council would produce new planning documents and policies and includes progress on the Council’s efforts under ‘duty to cooperate’ with other public authorities.
The 2017/18 AMR covered the period from 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018. While the AMR also referred to development and changes since the 31 March 2018, the 2018/19 AMR would report on these in more detail.
The report noted that the AMR was set out over nine chapters theme by topic. The key conclusions from the AMR were summarised on pages four and five of the report.
The AMR presentation covered the following items:
· The Borough and its people
· Planning for the future
· Monitoring of Local Plan policies
· Centres, Services and Facilities
· Housing
· The Economy
· Environmental Assets
· Infrastructure and Movement
· Site-Specific Monitoring
Members raised and discussed the points below:
· Good report but concern expressed in terms of 93% of new builds having access to a hospital – did it mean that the remaining 7% would not be able to get to hospital? Officers clarified that this related to 30 minutes of walking or travelling by public transport to a hospital. Further discussion ensued on the QEII not having an accident and emergency unit.
· Loss of employment land was considered and it was noted that Panshanger airfield had been omitted from the AMR. It was agreed that reference would be made to airfield in Panshanger text. It was noted that other sites for an airfield had been identified.
· Noted that CO2 omissions were above average.
· Members expressed their concern of the current Welwyn Garden City bus station in terms of its design; the angle at which the buses parked up and access for wheelchair users. Officers advised that this would be brought to Hertfordshire County Council’s attention.
· Noted that there was no change to the deprivation statistics.
· A Member raised a question in respect of housing numbers, delivery timescales and windfall projections. Officer advised that the projected numbers against the Local Plan were lower than anticipated last year – main reason being that some sites not completed due to bad weather and others having started earlier than expected but with the demolition works without any completions. In terms of the review of the analysis of windfall completion; it was noted these were not available at present.
· Officers advised that the inspector (Local Plan) would be looking at other sites that can used within the green belt. Members will have the opportunity to consider the sites identified for development. ... view the full minutes text for item 123.
STRATEGIC PLANNING, INCLUDING A414 CORRIDOR STRATEGY PDF 917 KB
Report of the Corporate Director (Public Protection, Planning and Governance) on the new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) which contains text on the merits of local planning authorities working together to prepare strategic plans that cross administrative boundaries.
08a - Appendix A Detailed comments on A414 Strategy , item 124. PDF 41 KB
08b -181221_Hertfordshire_HIFP_Exec_Summary_LowRes (1) , item 124. PDF 774 KB
Report of the Corporate Director (Public Protection, Planning and Governance) on the Strategic Planning, including A414 Corridor Strategy. The new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) contained text on the merits of local planning authorities working together to prepare strategic plans that cross administrative boundaries.
The report identified a number of ways in which this Council is involved in strategic planning:
Hertfordshire Growth Board, Hertfordshire Infrastructure and Planning Partnership (HIPP) and a North-Central-East Hertfordshire grouping of authorities; through the preparation of strategic documents such as the Hertfordshire Infrastructure and Funding Prospectus (HIFP) and the A414 Corridor Strategy; and through engagement in strategic activities such as the London Plan and the Oxford-Milton Keynes-Cambridge corridor.
Members were advised that a copy of the Strategy had been published for consultation until 23 February 2019. The report noted that the corridor is divided into 14 segments based on current usage and predicted use in the future. Member discussed the highway network and movement of traffic along inappropriate roads leading to rat runs. Further consideration was given to public transport services, congestion during rush hour, well-being and public behaviour.
The Officer advised that the East of England Local Government Association would be representing eastern region authorities at the forthcoming London Plan Examination. The Oxford – Milton Keynes – Cambridge corridor was discussed due to its relevance to Welwyn Hatfield’s transport links and potential growth pressures extending to Hertfordshire.
Members expressed their concern in terms of the decline in the bus service, transport links and emerging groups to prepare joint plans to secure growth deals from the Government.
Members agreed that the detailed comments on the A414 Strategy, as set out in Appendix A be strengthened and the implications from the Mineral Plan proposals be included.
1. That the Panel notes the contents of the report.
2. That the Panel authorises the Head of Planning in consultation with the Corporate Director and Executive Member for Planning to respond to the A414 Corridor Strategy consultation on the basis of the response in paragraphs 3.15 to 3.35 and at Appendix A to the report.
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About the College / Council & Committees / Council / Council Members
As mandated in the Denturism Act, 1991, the College Council is composed of a least seven and no more than eight members of the profession who are elected to Council and at least five and no more than seven individuals who are not members of the College and are appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.
Elections to Council are conducted in June of each year.
The CDO Council elected the following Officers on June 14, 2019:
Hanno Weinberger - President
Dr. Ivan McFarlane - Vice President
The current composition of the Council is as follows:
Professional Members – Elected members
1. Alexia Baker-Lanoue, Denturist - District 1
2. Vacant - District 2
3. Robert C. Gaspar, Denturist - District 3
4. Christopher Reis, Denturist - District 4
5. Jack Abergel, Denturist - District 5
6. Abdelatif Azzouz, Denturist - District 6
7. Michael Vout Jr., Denturist - District 7
8. Keith Collins, Denturist - District 8
Public Members – appointed by the Lieutenant Governor
9. Anita Kiriakou - Public Appointee
10. Dr. Ivan McFarlane – Public Appointee, Past President and Vice President
11. Wangari Muriuki – Public Appointee
12. Hanno Weinberger - Public Appointee, President
13. Kristine Bailey - Public Appointee
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Walworth County Herd Ordered Killed, Tested For CWD; Owner May Appeal
Published by CWD Alliance on July 1, 2003 July 1, 2003
MADISON ― The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection has ordered a Walworth County whitetail deer and elk herd to be killed and tested for chronic wasting disease.
The herd, owned by Wayne Kuhnke of Delavan, has been quarantined since September 2002, because animal health officials believe it has been exposed to CWD.
Kuhnke has 10 days from receipt of the order to request a hearing with the department’s administrative law judge.
The herd was quarantined after a CWD-positive whitetail deer was found on a Portage County farm last September. According to records and the owner of that deer, he had bought it from Kuhnke.
In October, a deer on a farm in Eagle tested positive for CWD. When authorities killed that herd, four more deer tested positive. According to the owner and herd records, all five had come from Kuhnke’s farm.
Three whitetail deer from Kuhnke’s farm have been tested; CWD was not detected in any of them.
Kuhnke has about 15 whitetail deer and 10 elk. The order does not set a date for killing the animals, but says it would be no sooner than 10 days after he receives the order. If money is available, Kuhnke will be paid two-thirds of the value of the animals, up to $1,500 apiece. He will not be charged for any of the killing and testing costs, but will be responsible for disposal costs, including cold storage until test results are available. Any animals that test positive must be incinerated; others will be landfilled.
Kuhnke will have to burn or bury all bedding, manure, feed, wooden feeders and other wooden items that the animals touched, such as fence posts. Metal, concrete or plastic surfaces will need to be cleaned of all residue. In areas that had heavy animal traffic, he will have to remove and bury the top two inches of soil and replace it with clean gravel or soil. DATCP and U.S. Department of Agriculture employees will then disinfect the premises. Kuhnke must also maintain fences around his property high enough and strong enough to keep wild whitetails out. He cannot restock with any species that is susceptible to CWD for five years, but may have other animals.
Wisconsin law authorizes the department to order farm-raised deer and elk tested for CWD if there is reason to believe they’ve been exposed to the disease. Because there is no live test approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, they must be killed.
WI – Portage County Deer Farm Depopulated due to CWD
Release Date: May 10, 2019 Contact: Leeann Duwe, Public Information Officer, (608) 224-5005 Download PDFMADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) confirms that a Portage County deer farm that tested Read more…
WI – New CWD detection in a wild deer harvested in Marquette County during the 2018 gun deer season
Contact(s): Jeff Pritzl, DNR Northeast District wildlife supervisor, 920-662-5127 MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has confirmed that a wild deer has tested positive for chronic wasting disease in southeast Marquette County. The CWD-positive Read more…
WI – Additional CWD detections in more wild deer in Eau Claire County will be a topic of public meeting on February 27
By Central Office February 19, 2019 Contact(s): Bill Hogseth, wildlife biologist for Eau Claire and Chippewa counties, 715-839-3771 MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has confirmed that two wild deer have tested positive for chronic wasting Read more…
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Moodyville's owners after 1882 turned to English investor Arthur Pemberton Heywood-Lonsdale to provide a mortgage. Upon the Englishman's death in 1897, the owners could not repay their debts and the mill and lands became the property of the Lonsdale estate. Its administrators closed the mill in 1901 and proceeded to sell off the associated lands. The mill was stripped of equipment and stood abandoned, finally burning down in 1916. The town carried on as a settlement in decline for some time, with nearby Lonsdale Avenue, just to the west, becoming the north shore's commercial and residential hub. The new Vancouver-to-north shore ferry terminal was also located there. The post office moved to Lonsdale in 1902, and Moodyville's school closed in 1910. In bits and pieces, the townsite was gradually incorporated into the City of North Vancouver by 1925.
In this picture, the Moodyville mill looks more or less abandoned. No ships are at the dock and no log booms float in the foreground.
This view looks east up Burrard Inlet. The grouped pilings in the water had been used to tie up log booms.
This photograph was taken about 1910, nine years after the mill shut down.
The BC Mills, Timber and Trading Company took over the mill facilities in 1902. The company specialized in prefabricated wooden buildings for western Canada.
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Stout, Kay Elizabeth was born in 1955 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 12575 Snaffle Bit RD, PEYTON, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601851018.
Stout, Keegan Michael was born in 1990 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4 Sequoyah RD, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 600226669.
Stout, Kelen D was born in 1951 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1606 Vickers DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 130609.
Stout, Kelley Dae was born in 1982 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 22403 County Road 48, BURLINGTON, Kit Carson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4471349.
Stout, Kelly Ann was born in 1958 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2500 S Holly ST, DENVER, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 840699.
Stout, Kelly James was born in 1961 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 227 Park AVE, EATON, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 600144504.
Stout, Kelly Lynn was born in 1967 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5339 Spur Cross TRL, PARKER, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600369604.
Stout, Kelsey Colleen was born in 1995 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 228 E Swallow RD, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601286409.
Stout, Keoni Michael Manuo was born in 1998 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1540 Sagrimore CIR, LAFAYETTE, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 601267356.
Stout, Kerstin Nicole was born in 1985 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 9192 Copenhagen RD, PEYTON, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 231553.
Stout, Kevin Rex was born in 1958 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 102 Gold Run CIR, DILLON, Summit County, CO. His voter ID number is 600334833.
Stout, Kevin W was born in 1962 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 14941 E Ohio AVE, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 654921.
Stout, Kieylee Rae was born in 1998 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1410 101St Avenue CT, GREELEY, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601121199.
Stout, Kimberle Ann was born in 1986 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 706 62Nd AVE, GREELEY, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601529717.
Stout, Kimberly Elizabeth was born in 1960 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1947 Cedarwood PL, ERIE, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601212304.
Stout, Kira Marie was born in 1996 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 13630 Via Varra # 139, BROOMFIELD, Broomfield County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601735966.
Stout, Kitrinka Sue was born in 1954 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 750 S Alton WAY UNIT 7C, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3015740.
Stout, Kristen Renee was born in 1989 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 301 Payson ST, NATURITA, Montrose County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200204070.
Stout, Kristina Patra was born in 1985 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1125 Belle DR, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601079758.
Stout, Kyle Austin was born in 1989 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 29073/4 Sandra AVE UNIT C, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. His voter ID number is 200098885.
Stout, Kyler Edward was born in 1994 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 381 E Lilac ST, MILLIKEN, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 600726513.
Stout, Lacyndi Donley was born in 1960 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 232 Crown High CT, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 410734.
Stout, Larissa Deane was born in 1991 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 6430 Yvonne WAY # 1, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601310668.
Stout, Larry Edward was born in 1963 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 80 S 13Th AVE, BRIGHTON, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 200162577.
Stout, Larry Lee was born in 1969 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 319 Sycamore AVE, EATON, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 6327428.
Stout, Larry Wilson was born in 1952 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 70 Rising Sun TER, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 349818.
Stout, Laura Carsky was born in 1960 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 804 North Park RD, STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Routt County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6583262.
Stout, Laura Lee was born in 1964 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 16930 County Road 5, MEAD, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4086881.
Stout, Laura Lynn was born in 1966 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3302 Willownook Ranch TRL, ELIZABETH, Elbert County, CO. Her voter ID number is 585949.
Stout, Laura Perachiotti was born in 1975 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 6109 Gale DR, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200352121.
Stout, Lauren Mitcha was born in 1987 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 568 N Inca ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600563114.
Stout, Laverne Nancy was born in 1937 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 9350 E Caley AVE # 231, ENGLEWOOD, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200033100.
Stout, Leah A Zimmerman was born in 1978 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5177 Miriam LN, PARKER, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 288628.
Stout, Leanne was born in 1969 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 938 S Park AVE, MONTROSE, Montrose County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5366232.
Stout, Leanne Donelle was born in 1965 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 17923 E Iowa DR, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5771510.
Stout, Leilani Paulette was born in 1979 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1540 Sagrimore CIR, LAFAYETTE, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200180319.
Stout, Leland William Jr was born in 1949 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 6931 Gayle Lyn LN, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 116788.
Stout, Lenn Darrel was born in 1955 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1855 N Gaylord ST APT 103, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 4196609.
Stout, Leta Eilene was born in 1937 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 226 42Nd ST SE, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1581350.
Stout, Lida Kay was born in 1947 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 301 Willow AVE, EATON, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6401220.
Stout, Linda Apperley was born in 1958 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 764 Deer Meadow DR, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600332340.
Stout, Linda Darlene was born in 1951 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2878 Caboose AVE, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2368794.
Stout, Linda Jean Nestler was born in 1946 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 867 Rapid Creek RD, PALISADE, Mesa County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5349097.
Stout, Lindsay Michelle was born in 1977 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1927 Emery ST, LONGMONT, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 8330565.
Stout, Lisa Ann was born in 1964 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 110 La Vista RD, PUEBLO, Pueblo County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3026228.
Stout, Logan was born in 1998 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 404 Quartz DR, TWIN LAKES, Lake County, CO. His voter ID number is 601798257.
Stout, Lois Darlene was born in 1935 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 210 S Sunset ST, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1402161.
Stout, Loren Leslie was born in 1980 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3817 Grand Mesa DR, MONTROSE, Montrose County, CO. His voter ID number is 200385769.
Stout, Loretta E was born in 1941 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 8960 Princeton ST, WESTMINSTER, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6974321.
Stout, Lou A was born in 1963 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 11925 Wyandot CIR, WESTMINSTER, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6977679.
Stout, Louis Douglas was born in 1977 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 16363 E Fremont AVE # 721, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 601653189.
Stout, Luke Andrew was born in 1986 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5449 Alteza DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 600982568.
Stout, Lyle E was born in 1953 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2141 Monument Village CIR, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. His voter ID number is 2370332.
Stout, Lynn Anne was born in 1991 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 201 E Mississippi AVE APT 604, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200307732.
Stout, Lynn Doyle was born in 1949 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 576 Colanwood ST, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. His voter ID number is 2341310.
Stout, Mackenzie Renee was born in 1997 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 446 Harrison Hall, GREELEY, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600960863.
Stout, Madison A was born in 1998 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 809 Kohler Farms RD, KERSEY, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601071325.
Stout, Madison Janae was born in 1993 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 415 Garwood CT, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601717790.
Stout, Madison Lee was born in 1996 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2602 Lilac CIR, ERIE, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601111964.
Stout, Magdaline L was born in 1951 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1042 S University BLVD, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2507414.
Stout, Marc Aaron was born in 1975 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 8960 Princeton ST, WESTMINSTER, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 601463384.
Stout, Marcia P was born in 1954 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1971 Big Sandy PL, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1389591.
Stout, Marc K was born in 1962 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 13815 Harrison DR, THORNTON, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 6840323.
Stout, Margaret Ann was born in 1941 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1594 Lewis Ridge VW, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5852948.
Stout, Marguerite I was born in 1948 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 13926 W 65Th DR, ARVADA, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4081910.
Stout, Maria N was born in 1965 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2069 Gold Dust CT, HIGHLANDS RANCH, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5899317.
Stout, Marianne was born in 1956 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 11263 Holly ST, THORNTON, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 8366382.
Stout, Maria Rita was born in 1946 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 636 Avalon DR, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2257812.
Stout, Mark Edward was born in 1961 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3501 Pecan DR, PUEBLO, Pueblo County, CO. His voter ID number is 3091621.
Stout, Mark Edward was born in 1958 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 175 Rodeo RD, SNOWMASS VLG, Pitkin County, CO. His voter ID number is 6780939.
Stout, Mark Howard was born in 1954 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3753 E Mineral PL, CENTENNIAL, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 823696.
Stout, Mark R was born in 1962 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 312 W Main ST, NATURITA, Montrose County, CO. His voter ID number is 5354022.
Stout, Mark Thomas was born in 1958 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3830 W Latonka RD, LITTLETON, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 822766.
Stout, Marsha Jean was born in 1961 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3027 Sequel WAY, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2350918.
Stout, Marshall Edward was born in 1990 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3501 Pecan DR, PUEBLO, Pueblo County, CO. His voter ID number is 600163052.
Stout, Marshall Wayne was born in 1952 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 870 Mont Blanc VW, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 601075269.
Stout, Martha H was born in 1948 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 6524 Erie Run, EVERGREEN, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4286440.
Stout, Mary Beth was born in 1958 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 10409 Vienna ST # 108, PARKER, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601520854.
Stout, Mary J was born in 1962 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 12951 Grant CIR W UNIT A, THORNTON, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 7005364.
Stout, Mary Lou was born in 1928 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4857 Kingbird DR, FREDERICK, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601197940.
Stout, Matthew David was born in 1983 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4800 Raven RUN, BROOMFIELD, Broomfield County, CO. His voter ID number is 7066364.
Stout, Matthew Joseph was born in 1987 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4818 Bittercreek DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 600895137.
Stout, Maverick Colvin Michael was born in 1991 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 27151/2 7Th AVE, GREELEY, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 600232929.
Stout, Mavis Carey was born in 1966 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3143 Silverwood DR, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601982689.
Stout, Max Lee was born in 1942 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 10269 W Fair AVE # C, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 2902436.
Stout, Megan Hake was born in 1986 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2869 S Halifax ST, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4142890.
Stout, Megan Lyn was born in 1983 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 220 Lea ST, TRINIDAD, Las Animas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6992468.
Stout, Megan Nicole was born in 1998 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5339 Spur Cross TRL, PARKER, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601396940.
Stout, Meghan Marie was born in 1982 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 802 Central AVE, DOLORES, Montezuma County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4898541.
Stout, Melanie Deanna was born in 1993 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1320 M 1/4 RD, LOMA, Mesa County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600647232.
Stout, Melanie Paige was born in 1989 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 496 S Youngfield CT # 110, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601267813.
Stout, Melanie Renee was born in 1981 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 560 E Keen AVE, BYERS, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 7115099.
Stout, Melody Anne was born in 1957 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 319 Sycamore AVE, EATON, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6327140.
Stout, Melvin Paul was born in 1940 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 611 Aspen LN, HOTCHKISS, Delta County, CO. His voter ID number is 601774192.
Stout, Melyssa Joy was born in 1982 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1330 S Monaco PKWY APT 7, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2960568.
Stout, Michael Dale was born in 1987 and registered to vote, giving the address as 2317 Patrician WAY, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Stout voter ID number is 292232.
Stout, Michael David was born in 1979 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 126 Linden CIR, CARBONDALE, Garfield County, CO. His voter ID number is 601329398.
Stout, Michael Eugene was born in 1981 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 12801 Lafayette ST UNIT A104, THORNTON, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 8366643.
Stout, Michael Jon was born in 1968 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 10037 Allison CT, WESTMINSTER, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4299304.
Stout, Michael Joseph was born in 1962 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 897 S 15Th AVE, BRIGHTON, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 6855186.
Stout, Michael Lane was born in 1956 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3027 Sequel WAY, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. His voter ID number is 2353126.
Stout, Michael P was born in 1959 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4 Sequoyah RD, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 519462.
Stout, Michael Scott was born in 1985 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3494 N Townsend AVE, MONTROSE, Montrose County, CO. His voter ID number is 600080974.
Stout, Michael Timothy was born in 1967 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 84 Davie DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 600827740.
Stout, Michelle Lynn was born in 1989 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 408 Duke LN, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600156457.
Stout, Michelle Townsend was born in 1964 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 523 Ruby DR, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1615209.
Stout, Midge Deanne was born in 1968 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5910 S Jellison ST # D, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601285662.
Stout, Miranda Ann was born in 1977 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 9100 E Florida AVE # 13-308, DENVER, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2600255.
Stout, Miriam Mcgrew was born in 1949 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 9896 Shikoba CT, SALIDA, Chaffee County, CO. Her voter ID number is 8519533.
Stout, Misty Rena was born in 1975 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5836 E Wetlands DR, FREDERICK, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200254407.
Stout, Molly Jean was born in 1968 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 8971 W Nichols DR, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4114970.
Stout, Morgan was born in 1993 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1152 E Pioneer DR, DURANGO, La Plata County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601461624.
Stout, Myrna Louise was born in 1943 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 726 Oriole DR, LAFAYETTE, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200318521.
Stout, Nadine was born in 1987 and registered to vote, giving the address as 1625 N Tamarac ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Stout voter ID number is 601342441.
Stout, Nancy Johnson was born in 1953 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 6772 Green River DR # F, HIGHLANDS RANCH, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 805898.
Stout, Nancy Warner was born in 1954 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3515 E Lake WAY, CENTENNIAL, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 776391.
Stout, Nancy Yale was born in 1959 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 973 Poplar AVE, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600320709.
Stout, Natasha Ann was born in 1988 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5689 Vine AVE, FIRESTONE, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600382568.
Stout, Nathan Michael was born in 1990 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 897 S 15Th AVE, BRIGHTON, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 200194635.
Stout, Neil Jason was born in 1980 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 8963 S Round Rock ST, HIGHLANDS RANCH, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 600230934.
Stout, Nicholas Andre was born in 1984 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4821 N Xanthia ST APT 301, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 600462702.
Stout, Nicholas Thomas was born in 1997 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 8670 S Zephyr ST, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 601162072.
Stout, Nickolas Alan was born in 1980 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5103 W County Road 72, LAPORTE, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 1557263.
Stout, Nicolas John was born in 1987 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 143 N Vrain ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 600148549.
Stout, Nicole was born in 1966 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2602 Lilac CIR, ERIE, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6420770.
Stout, Nicole Daneen was born in 1966 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1190 S Sheridan BLVD APT 7, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 7061843.
Stout, Nicole E was born in 1980 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 7967 Hwy 36, JOES, Yuma County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600992892.
Stout, Noah William was born in 1988 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3468 N Albion ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 601609331.
Stout, Oneta Ella was born in 1952 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2543 10Th Avenue CT, GREELEY, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601497919.
Stout, Oscar was born in 1997 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1000 Goeglein Gulch RD UNIT 2113, DURANGO, La Plata County, CO. His voter ID number is 601904656.
Stout, Paige Le Ann was born in 1969 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1855 N Gaylord ST APT 103, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2563373.
Stout, Pamela F R was born in 1954 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 232 Lake RD, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2271245.
Stout, Pamela Irene was born in 1952 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3 Crownbridge CT, PUEBLO, Pueblo County, CO. Her voter ID number is 795219.
Stout, Pam Marie was born in 1964 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5801 E 100Th AVE, DENVER, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600469347.
Stout, Paola V was born in 1981 and registered to vote, giving the address as 9928 Saybrook ST, HIGHLANDS RANCH, Douglas County, CO. Stout voter ID number is 601287041.
Stout, Patrice Stefany was born in 1970 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 498 Wewoka DR, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 8366651.
Stout, Patricia Ann was born in 1951 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 400 E 8Th ST, LEADVILLE, Lake County, CO. Her voter ID number is 8465766.
Stout, Patricia Jean was born in 1987 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 321 Amethyst WAY, SUPERIOR, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 8366652.
Stout, Patricia Lynn was born in 1952 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 400 Hickory ST # 27, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1409679.
Stout, Patricia Lynn was born in 1955 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 660 Quince CIR, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 8366653.
Stout, Patricia Mae was born in 1939 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 9491 E Pikes Peak WAY, PARKER, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5827934.
Stout, Patrick James was born in 1944 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 51 S Willow ST, MANCOS, Montezuma County, CO. His voter ID number is 601737141.
Stout, Patti A was born in 1957 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5103 W County Road 72, LAPORTE, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1554676.
Stout, Paul A was born in 1962 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 11925 Wyandot CIR, WESTMINSTER, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 7132574.
Stout, Paula J was born in 1950 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4857 Kingbird DR, FREDERICK, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6389122.
Stout, Paul Bruce was born in 1960 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 764 Deer Meadow DR, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 600362162.
Stout, Paul Ernst was born in 1953 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1540 Sagrimore CIR, LAFAYETTE, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 8366655.
Stout, Paul Hartley was born in 1961 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2330 Braun DR, GOLDEN, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 600811453.
Stout, Peggy Jo was born in 1949 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 21205 W Hwy 160, DEL NORTE, Rio Grande County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2283101.
Stout, Penny Lee was born in 1962 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 143 N Vrain ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2735159.
Stout, Pepique Luis Frank was born in 1982 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3212 Lake Park WAY UNIT 304, LONGMONT, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 8366656.
Stout, Peter Martin was born in 1953 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2010 Joslyn PL, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 8366657.
Stout, Phillip Duane was born in 1959 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5209 Keystone Creek CT, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 1474548.
Stout, Priscilla Marie was born in 1954 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3331 S Forest ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600235944.
Stout, Rachael Elizabeth was born in 1985 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 502 Townsend, OLNEY SPRINGS, Crowley County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601981116.
Stout, Rachael Marie was born in 1983 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1025 Wakerobin LN # G208, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600944126.
Stout, Rachel A was born in 1982 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5448 Aspen AVE, CASTLE ROCK, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600152142.
Stout, Rachel Anne was born in 1992 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1836 Boulder ST APT 620, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200311857.
Stout, Rachel Nicole was born in 1999 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2602 Lilac CIR, ERIE, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601120078.
Stout, Ralph Todd was born in 1961 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5957 S Hill ST, LITTLETON, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 815596.
Stout, Randall Neil was born in 1953 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1801 Meadowaire DR, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 1602141.
Stout, Randall Zachary was born in 1999 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1071 N Antelope DR, STRASBURG, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 601627627.
Stout, Randy L was born in 1956 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2816 Eldora CT, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. His voter ID number is 2273922.
Stout, Rayna Dale was born in 1978 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3494 N Townsend AVE, MONTROSE, Montrose County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5361972.
Stout, R E was born in 1972 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 13092 Emerson ST, THORNTON, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 7028295.
Stout, Rebecca Allyn was born in 1975 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 10503 Applebrook CIR, HIGHLANDS RANCH, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5873836.
Stout, Rebecca Baily was born in 1987 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 11288 Grove ST UNIT E, WESTMINSTER, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601795377.
Stout, Rebecca Jarvaise was born in 1980 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2502 Beacon ST, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 171782.
Stout, Rebecca Karin was born in 1993 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1000 S Broadway ST APT 322, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600968793.
Stout, Rebecca L was born in 1948 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 7095 S Gray CT, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2916224.
Stout, Rebecca Louise was born in 1986 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2670 Whispering TER, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 239324.
Stout, Rebecca Ruth was born in 1937 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2205 14Th ST, GREELEY, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600516824.
Stout, Rebekah Anne was born in 1981 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1801 Meadowaire DR, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1604341.
Stout, Rebekah Rae was born in 1994 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1240 S Birch ST APT 507, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 602015732.
Stout, Reese Andrew was born in 1966 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 29384 County Road 64, GILL, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 6330031.
Stout, Reginald Allan was born in 1952 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 22 Mountain Shadows CT, CASTLE ROCK, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 601847817.
Stout, Regina Trippe was born in 1964 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1392 M 1/4 RD, LOMA, Mesa County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2370596.
Stout, Remington Nicole was born in 1994 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2670 Whispering TER, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600509054.
Stout, Rex David was born in 1963 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 85 N Newport ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 601746642.
Stout, Rhoda Lea was born in 1963 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1685 Amador CT, MONTROSE, Montrose County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2288501.
Stout, Richard Anthony was born in 1968 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 8971 W Nichols DR, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4114291.
Stout, Richard C was born in 1943 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 726 Oriole DR, LAFAYETTE, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 8366662.
Stout, Richard Eugene was born in 1951 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 458 Pera ST, CLIFTON, Mesa County, CO. His voter ID number is 2333538.
Stout, Richard L was born in 1936 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 18316 French Creek AVE, PARKER, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 5892838.
Stout, Rikki Marie was born in 1973 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 13092 Emerson ST, THORNTON, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6864400.
Stout, Roberta Jean was born in 1950 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 15282 Quince ST, THORNTON, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601975691.
Stout, Robert Bruce was born in 1943 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 6524 Erie Run, EVERGREEN, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4286439.
Stout, Robert Casey was born in 1967 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5004 W Center DR, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 2663655.
Stout, Robert Craig was born in 1947 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 13689 Rock PT # 101, BROOMFIELD, Broomfield County, CO. His voter ID number is 7049147.
Stout, Robert Edward was born in 1976 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 130 Cheyenne AVE, EATON, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 1511063.
Stout, Robert Edward was born in 1975 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2720 Deer Creek DR, PARKER, Elbert County, CO. His voter ID number is 594766.
Stout, Robert Henry was born in 1944 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 26710 County Road 320A, BUENA VISTA, Chaffee County, CO. His voter ID number is 644210.
Stout, Robert J was born in 1989 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 6524 Erie Run, EVERGREEN, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4163810.
Stout, Robert Jo was born in 1975 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2502 Beacon ST, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 601440475.
Stout, Robert John was born in 1975 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 16161 Willowstone ST, PARKER, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 200031887.
Stout, Robert Perry was born in 1982 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 9192 Copenhagen RD, PEYTON, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 232858.
Stout, Robert Ryan was born in 1984 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2035 Walton Creek RD UNIT A104, STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Routt County, CO. His voter ID number is 601329761.
Stout, Robert Steven was born in 1999 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 523 Ruby DR, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 601219190.
Stout, Robert Wesley Jr was born in 1978 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5365 S Fulton CT, GREENWOOD VLG, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 2889093.
Stout, Rolla James was born in 1990 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 613 Andrea ST, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 200378320.
Stout, Ronald Edward was born in 1952 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3 Crownbridge CT, PUEBLO, Pueblo County, CO. His voter ID number is 795221.
Stout, Ron Jeffrey was born in 1958 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1322 Forest RD, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 200092353.
Stout, Ronnel Mark was born in 1966 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1370 Fairfield DR, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 200124842.
Stout, Rose Marie was born in 1951 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 253 Rendezvous TRL, HESPERUS, La Plata County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4904543.
Stout, Ross Cleavenger was born in 1948 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 13850 E Marina DR # 207, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 600980405.
Stout, Ryan Charles was born in 1982 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4616 Regency DR, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 600148676.
Stout, Ryan Geoffrey was born in 1990 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 7424 E Princeton AVE, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 601311114.
Stout, Sallie Elaine was born in 1960 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2816 Eldora CT, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2268483.
Stout, Samantha Kady was born in 1989 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 7198 S Patsburg WAY, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601235556.
Stout, Samuel Christopher was born in 1992 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3515 E Lake WAY, CENTENNIAL, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 600745465.
Stout, Samuel Joseph was born in 1987 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 8420 Dawson DR, DENVER, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 601228638.
Stout, Sandra D was born in 1969 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 79 S Osceola ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2423587.
Stout, Sandra Lee was born in 1984 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 20547 E Lehigh PL, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200049661.
Stout, Sara Faxon was born in 1995 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 804 North Park RD, STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Routt County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600919127.
Stout, Sarah Elizabeth was born in 1987 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1425 Blue Sky CIR # 15-303, ERIE, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1447529.
Stout, Savannah Ashley was born in 1985 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4800 Raven RUN, BROOMFIELD, Broomfield County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6977994.
Stout, S Brian was born in 1956 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2015 Kittridge AVE, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 495910.
Stout, Scott William was born in 1975 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 10186 Bountiful ST, FIRESTONE, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 4092982.
Stout, Sean Derrick was born in 1987 and registered to vote, giving the address as 3237 W Nevada PL UNIT 2, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Stout voter ID number is 601382673.
Stout, Selby was born in 1996 and registered to vote, giving the address as 3795 Moorhead AVE, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. Stout voter ID number is 601504475.
Stout, Shane Maverick was born in 1966 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3805 Mesa DR, LAPORTE, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 600000861.
Stout, Shane Michael was born in 1976 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 7967 Hwy 36, JOES, Yuma County, CO. His voter ID number is 3916039.
Stout, Sharon Ann was born in 1964 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4921 Corsica DR, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601626704.
Stout, Sharon Denise was born in 1967 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1219 Pine ST, PUEBLO, Pueblo County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601224117.
Stout, Shauna Leeanne was born in 1983 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 244 S Hoover AVE, LOUISVILLE, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601139300.
Stout, Shawn Michael was born in 1973 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 272 Severance Lodge RD, BLACK HAWK, Gilpin County, CO. His voter ID number is 600792534.
Stout, Sheila Donette was born in 1984 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1335 Lehmberg BLVD, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600338683.
Stout, Sheila L was born in 1941 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 14438 W Ellsworth PL, GOLDEN, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4044395.
Stout, Sheila Louise was born in 1947 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 26710 County Road 320A, BUENA VISTA, Chaffee County, CO. Her voter ID number is 629017.
Stout, Sherilyn was born in 1963 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 669 W 100Th AVE, NORTHGLENN, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6939315.
Stout, Sherrie Rae was born in 1966 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 815 S Pioneer DR, MILLIKEN, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601661292.
Stout, Sherry Renae was born in 1983 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 66 Harlan ST, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600358405.
Stout, Shirley A was born in 1936 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 8734 E Eastman AVE, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2425998.
Stout, Spencer Paul was born in 1994 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 11925 Wyandot CIR, WESTMINSTER, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 600640331.
Stout, Stacey Leigh was born in 1985 and registered to vote, giving the address as 2414 S Steele ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Stout voter ID number is 601487638.
Stout, Stacy A was born in 1972 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 7663 S Emerson CIR, CENTENNIAL, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 836016.
Stout, Stephanie was born in 1946 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5056 S Nelson ST # C, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4149148.
Stout, Stephanie was born in 1984 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1550 N Lafayette ST APT 25, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600977561.
Stout, Stephanie P was born in 1966 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1411 Grand AVE, WINDSOR, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6357909.
Stout, Stephen James was born in 1995 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 24 Bonnymede RD # 211, PUEBLO, Pueblo County, CO. His voter ID number is 601340554.
Stout, Stephen Oscar was born in 1984 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 12675 E Albrook DR APT 5406, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 601842280.
Stout, Stephen Paul was born in 1949 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2860 E 2Nd AVE, DURANGO, La Plata County, CO. His voter ID number is 4937233.
Stout, Steven Alan was born in 1955 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5103 W County Road 72, LAPORTE, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 1556370.
Stout, Steven Clark was born in 1948 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2532 Creekwood DR, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 1436444.
Stout, Steven Dennis was born in 1962 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 523 Ruby DR, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 1615210.
Stout, Steven Eugene was born in 1960 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 697 Locke Mountain CT, FLORENCE, Fremont County, CO. His voter ID number is 601697874.
Stout, Steven Justin was born in 1982 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 9828 S Johnson WAY, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4134713.
Stout, Steven Matthew was born in 1980 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 244 S Hoover AVE, LOUISVILLE, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 601131551.
Stout, Steven Wayne was born in 1991 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1606 Preston TRL, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 600481003.
Stout, Stewart H was born in 1950 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1606 Vickers DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 130611.
Stout, Stuart J was born in 1948 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3760 Cloverleaf DR, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 8366676.
Stout, Susan Brown was born in 1957 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4000 County Rd 4, MEEKER, Rio Blanco County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4980754.
Stout, Susan D was born in 1960 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2317 Patrician WAY, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 291644.
Stout, Susan Elaine was born in 1953 and registered to vote, giving the address as 450 Andrew DR, DACONO, Weld County, CO. Stout voter ID number is 601495953.
Stout, Tammy Jean was born in 1960 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 250 County Rd 37, MEEKER, Rio Blanco County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4930408.
Stout, Taylor Jayde was born in 1997 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 11700 W Us Highway 50, SALIDA, Chaffee County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600864295.
Stout, Taylor Quinn was born in 1998 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2069 Gold Dust CT, HIGHLANDS RANCH, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601497347.
Stout, Taylor Rose was born in 1995 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 809 Kohler Farms RD, KERSEY, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600817231.
Stout, Teresa Ann was born in 1966 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2214 Lockhaven DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 317790.
Stout, Terry Allen Jr was born in 1978 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2866 Valentino WAY, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. His voter ID number is 601605211.
Stout, Terry Allister was born in 1997 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 7330 Treasure Trail CIR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 600926142.
Stout, Terry Keith was born in 1956 and registered to vote, giving the address as 2000 County Rd 328, NEW CASTLE, Garfield County, CO. Stout voter ID number is 601497211.
Stout, Terry Lee was born in 1944 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 450 Andrew DR, DACONO, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 601495955.
Stout, Terry Lee was born in 1946 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 301 Willow AVE, EATON, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 6329984.
Stout, Terry Patrick was born in 1948 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 253 Rendezvous TRL, HESPERUS, La Plata County, CO. His voter ID number is 4937379.
Stout, Terry Stephen was born in 1944 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2630 Juniper AVE APT 6, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 8366678.
Stout, Theodore Blake was born in 1952 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2000 County Rd 328, NEW CASTLE, Garfield County, CO. His voter ID number is 600371096.
Stout, Thomas Earl was born in 1947 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 12305 Sandstone CT, BROOMFIELD, Broomfield County, CO. His voter ID number is 601534858.
Stout, Thomas Edward was born in 1965 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 17923 E Iowa DR, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 5879620.
Stout, Thomas Edward Jr was born in 1949 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 11991 S Hwy 67, CRIPPLE CREEK, Teller County, CO. His voter ID number is 87656.
Stout, Thomas Wayne was born in 1996 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 705 43Rd AVE, GREELEY, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 601420988.
Stout, Tiffani Kim was born in 1967 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4246 S Eldridge ST # 310, MORRISON, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2908159.
Stout, Tiffany Jeanean was born in 1973 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1121 W 112Th AVE UNIT B, WESTMINSTER, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600100389.
Stout, Timothy Moody was born in 1960 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 973 Poplar AVE, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 600322485.
Stout, Tina J was born in 1955 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2015 Kittridge AVE, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 495911.
Stout, Tony Ryan was born in 1976 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 9275 W Swarthmore DR, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 800395.
Stout, Tracey Harris was born in 1957 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5209 Keystone Creek CT, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1478100.
Stout, Tracy L was born in 1970 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 17399 E Warren PL # FF203, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 374886.
Stout, Travis R was born in 1982 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 900 3Rd ST, MEEKER, Rio Blanco County, CO. His voter ID number is 5542677.
Stout, Trevor Timothy was born in 1986 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 249 Beryl WAY, BROOMFIELD, Broomfield County, CO. His voter ID number is 601102082.
Stout, Trisha Suzanne was born in 1972 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1320 M 1/4 RD, LOMA, Mesa County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2321819.
Stout, Troy Lawrence was born in 1967 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 7049 Otis CT, ARVADA, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 6881385.
Stout, Tyler James was born in 1986 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 888 Santa Fe TRL, ELIZABETH, Elbert County, CO. His voter ID number is 200284203.
Stout, Tyrel Lee was born in 1986 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1005 N Redbud DR, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 4980257.
Stout, Uriko was born in 1954 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 870 Mont Blanc VW, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1446580.
Stout, Vernon Michael was born in 1968 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4022 Charleston DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 600527933.
Stout, Vicki Lynn was born in 1957 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 650 Pueblo CT, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2365040.
Stout, Victoria was born in 1990 and registered to vote, giving the address as 1777 Larimer ST APT 2207, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Stout voter ID number is 601409607.
Stout, Vincent Joseph was born in 1955 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1777 Larimer ST APT 610, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 4136287.
Stout, Walter Howard was born in 1938 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2262 Cortina CT, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. His voter ID number is 2284021.
Stout, Walter Paul was born in 1986 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1786 S Pierson ST, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 3965588.
Stout, Wanda J was born in 1934 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1920 Hollywood DR, PUEBLO, Pueblo County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3068819.
Stout, Wanda Marie was born in 1925 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 14390 E Marina DR # 202, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 703964.
Stout, Warren Craig was born in 1949 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 633 Pinewood DR, LYONS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 600015866.
Stout, Wesley Dean was born in 1951 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2878 Caboose AVE, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. His voter ID number is 2260413.
Stout, William Bert was born in 1952 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 15608 Deer Mountain CIR, BROOMFIELD, Broomfield County, CO. His voter ID number is 601665664.
Stout, William Bradley was born in 1991 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 524 Galena ST, FRISCO, Summit County, CO. His voter ID number is 601341711.
Stout, William Eugene was born in 1939 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 8734 E Eastman AVE, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 2776824.
Stout, William Eugene Jr was born in 1952 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1786 S Pierson ST, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 3967781.
Stout, William R was born in 1960 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4860 S Riviera WAY, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 742109.
Stout, William Randol was born in 1988 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1650 Wewatta ST APT 1124, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 601107469.
Stout, William Ryan was born in 1974 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1873 S Logan ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 888664.
Stout, William Trent was born in 1957 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2726 Nottingham SQ, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 1527777.
Stout, William Wesley was born in 1946 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 13926 W 65Th DR, ARVADA, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4084482.
Stout, Wilma I was born in 1930 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2310 Caddie CT, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 314095.
Stout, Yolanda Sue was born in 1954 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 9867 49 1/4 RD, MESA, Mesa County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6312183.
Stout, Zachary Alan was born in 1988 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2761 W Riverwalk CIR # E, LITTLETON, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 600147009.
Stout, Zachary Plunkett was born in 1977 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 404 Roberts RD, ALMA, Park County, CO. His voter ID number is 7215433.
Stout, Zackary Ryan was born in 1991 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1338 Sumner ST APT 3, LONGMONT, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 600494856.
Stout, Zackery Dalton was born in 1990 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1540 S Florence WAY # 516, DENVER, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 600980836.
Stoutamire, Daniel Kingston was born in 1984 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 7110 W Virginia AVE # 125A, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 601956424.
Stout-Campbell, Lisa Diane was born in 1965 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 9856 W Iowa DR, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 861635.
Stout-Doing, Breana Nyssa was born in 1983 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3793 Mallard ST, HIGHLANDS RANCH, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2721589.
Stout-Duvall, Chandler Dru was born in 1997 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1020 Wabash ST # 19-101, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 601967691.
Stoute, Kevin Sherman was born in 1994 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 18912 E Warren DR # 1420, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 601529811.
Stoute, Stephen was born in 1967 and registered to vote, giving the address as 909 N Lafayette ST UNIT 305, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Stoute voter ID number is 601816712.
Stoutemyer, Kirsten Lee Haith was born in 1968 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 632 Conifer DR, EVERGREEN, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4165282.
Stouten, Jill Victoria was born in 1985 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1646 N Franklin ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601776601.
Stoutenberg, Brett Jonathan was born in 1974 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 292 W Morrison CT, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. His voter ID number is 600857133.
Stoutenberg, Carl Christian was born in 1941 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 707 Washington CT, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. His voter ID number is 2354744.
Stoutenberg, Mark was born in 1971 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1251 Pintail CIR, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 8366956.
Stoutenberg, Stacy Gardner was born in 1963 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1251 Pintail CIR, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 8366957.
Stoutenberg, Teresa Lynn was born in 1969 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 908 Red Brooke DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601047746.
Stoutenborough, Andrea Gwen was born in 1963 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 120 Edgeview DR # 6313, BROOMFIELD, Broomfield County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601579058.
Stoutenburg, Dianne Michelle was born in 1956 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 10011 Bryant CT, FEDERAL HGTS, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6864481.
Stoutenburg, Eric Dale was born in 1979 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 502 Locust PL, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 601235160.
Stoutenburg, Haydn Robert was born in 1995 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1025 Oxford LN # 28C, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 601447488.
Stoutenburg, Jennie Gilbert was born in 1979 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 13448 Via Varra, BROOMFIELD, Broomfield County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200319974.
Stoutenburg, Marilyn A was born in 1947 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 360 S Pine # 7A, TELLURIDE, San Miguel County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4997874.
Stoutenburg, Payton Lee was born in 1993 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2308 Garmisch DR # A, VAIL, Eagle County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601613195.
Stoutenburgh, Amanda Rose was born in 1992 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 46000 E County Rd 6, BENNETT, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200361361.
Stoutenburgh, Cheryl Marie was born in 1994 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 46000 E County Rd 6, BENNETT, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600447665.
Stoutenburgh, George C was born in 1956 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 46000 E County Rd 6, BENNETT, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 910619.
Stoutenburgh, Mary J was born in 1957 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 46000 E County Rd 6, BENNETT, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 911157.
Stoutenburgh, Megan Elizabeth was born in 1994 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1055 N Sherman ST APT 301, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601555339.
Stoutenger, Alice Leota was born in 1925 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4861 Greenwich DR, HIGHLANDS RANCH, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5946911.
Stoutenger, Allie Evalyn was born in 1992 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2515 10Th AVE, GREELEY, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600509482.
Stoutenger, Donald Perry was born in 1945 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5358 Sunshade PT, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 600030856.
Stout-Gahm, Elizabeth Jean was born in 1958 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 14490 E Wesley AVE, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 933925.
Stout-Graham, Amber Lynn was born in 1991 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2245 Frontier DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200334819.
Stoutingburg, Shawn Ross was born in 1989 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 9311 Welby Rd Terrace, THORNTON, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 601567450.
Stout-Meininger, Deborah L was born in 1953 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 700 Crest DR LOT B5, FOUNTAIN, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 468180.
Stoutmyre, Freddy Lee was born in 1953 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 800 S Santa Fe AVE LOT D28, FOUNTAIN, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 480453.
Stout Nealy, Cynthia Joy was born in 1935 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 925 Parker DR, LONGMONT, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 8366953.
Stoutner, Kurt Warren was born in 1977 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4119 Martin ST, BRIGHTON, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 6443972.
Stout Oswald, Stephanie Anne was born in 1987 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 6495 E Happy Canyon RD APT 126, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601486423.
Stout Ramirez, Carolyn Anne was born in 1965 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 6555 Tuxedo Park RD, TIMNATH, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1604950.
Stoutt, Connie B was born in 1944 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1660 Ironton ST, MONTROSE, Montrose County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5359931.
Stoutt, Donald Wilson was born in 1938 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1660 Ironton ST, MONTROSE, Montrose County, CO. His voter ID number is 5364782.
Stoutt, Julien was born in 1977 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 6295 Firebrand VW, FOUNTAIN, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 321510.
Stoutt, Sierra Marie was born in 1997 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 916 W Mountain AVE, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601988360.
Stoutt, Tamarah Lynn was born in 1971 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 6295 Firebrand VW, FOUNTAIN, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 481350.
Stoval, Daniel James was born in 1979 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 903 3Rd ST, PIERCE, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 601181238.
Stoval, Gloria was born in 1974 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2323 Curtis ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601401380.
Stoval, Jason Murray was born in 1970 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2 S Denver AVE, JOHNSTOWN, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 2670390.
Stoval, Kelli Danielle was born in 1978 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 903 3Rd ST, PIERCE, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1430131.
Stoval, Scott Cooper was born in 1976 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 903 3Rd ST, PIERCE, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 600629954.
Stoval, Susan D was born in 1953 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 7257 W 75Th AVE, ARVADA, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4064987.
Stovall, Aaron Benjamin was born in 1987 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5 W Las Vegas ST, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 601597536.
Stovall, Aaron Joe Iii was born in 1981 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 0 Fort Carson, FT CARSON, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 601659502.
Stovall, Akiya Ambrosia was born in 1995 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 6401 S Boston ST # Q102, GREENWOOD VLG, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601379457.
Stovall, Alethea N was born in 1974 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4731 W 9Th Street RD, GREELEY, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 881067.
Stovall, Alicia Nicole Abusca was born in 1987 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3311 W Fontanero ST, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601340983.
Stovall, Alvin L was born in 1954 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 524 Fountain Mesa RD, FOUNTAIN, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 492898.
Stovall, Amy Lyn was born in 1974 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 891 14Th ST UNIT 2012, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 279247.
Stovall, Andre Dwayne Abusca was born in 1984 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 7137 White Buffalo RD, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 323003.
Stovall, Angela Kay was born in 1960 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 22959 E Smoky Hill RD # E202, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 955541.
Stovall, Annalise Marie was born in 1989 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 45 Langley PL, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200162275.
Stovall, Ashlie Amanda Lyn was born in 1990 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1700 W Plum ST # 58G, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601614462.
Stovall, Austin Andrew was born in 1999 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 9339 W 76Th AVE, ARVADA, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 601294875.
Stovall, Barbara J was born in 1951 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4549 S Taft WAY, MORRISON, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4273908.
Stovall, Baxter Worley was born in 1948 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 9605 Gull ST, FEDERAL HGTS, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 6958388.
Stovall, Beverly Gayl was born in 1946 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 187 King Mountain RD, DURANGO, La Plata County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4925329.
Stovall, Blanche Vivian was born in 1961 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1650 N Fillmore ST APT 502, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601800805.
Stovall, Bonnie Ruth was born in 1961 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1106 Oak AVE, CANON CITY, Fremont County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600829879.
Stovall, Brandon Nathan was born in 1994 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4453 E 122Nd CT, THORNTON, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 601195539.
Stovall, Brandon Ross was born in 1971 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 8360 Russet LN, HIGHLANDS RANCH, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 6414960.
Stovall, Brittany Shannon was born in 1993 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1106 Oak AVE, CANON CITY, Fremont County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601053045.
Stovall, Carolyn A was born in 1954 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 524 Fountain Mesa RD, FOUNTAIN, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 497451.
Stovall, Carrie Lynn was born in 1991 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2275 S Pitkin WAY # A, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600463442.
Stovall, Charles Douglas Jr was born in 1974 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 12334 Tamarac ST, THORNTON, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 6922802.
Stovall, Charles Lawrence was born in 1950 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 16947 Buffalo Valley PATH, MONUMENT, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 99447.
Stovall, Cherry Hope was born in 1980 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 8044 Countryside PARK APT 227, NIWOT, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600047201.
Stovall, Christina Elizabeth was born in 1969 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 12635 W 83Rd WAY, ARVADA, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2836509.
Stovall, Christina Lee was born in 1957 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 21 Penstemon, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4269753.
Stovall, Christopher A was born in 1958 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 8245 W Clifton AVE, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4114326.
Stovall, Curtis A was born in 1942 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 165 Central Main ST APT 205, PUEBLO, Pueblo County, CO. His voter ID number is 3086007.
Stovall, Curtis A was born in 1958 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 255 Berthoud TRL, BROOMFIELD, Broomfield County, CO. His voter ID number is 3922681.
Stovall, Curtis Ambrose Ii was born in 1976 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 24582 E Louisiana CIR, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 951927.
Stovall, Cynthia Marie was born in 1971 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 11603 W 76Th LN, ARVADA, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4089987.
Stovall, Daniel Alexander was born in 1991 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 710 N Poplar ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 600986118.
Stovall, Daniel James was born in 1996 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 148 E 8Th AVE, SPRINGFIELD, Baca County, CO. His voter ID number is 600954221.
Stovall, Daniel Ray was born in 1972 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 11930 Hodgen RD, ELBERT, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 304968.
Stovall, David Mark was born in 1967 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4400 S Quebec ST APT B-202, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 2860270.
Stovall, David O was born in 1950 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 9116 Vrain ST, WESTMINSTER, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 6973961.
Stovall, David Stuart was born in 1952 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 7615 Jeffrey LN, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 521159.
Stovall, Deborah G was born in 1960 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 255 Berthoud TRL, BROOMFIELD, Broomfield County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3922743.
Stovall, Deral Lee was born in 1959 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 229 1St ST UNIT J, WINDSOR, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 601192597.
Stovall, Diane Colleen was born in 1963 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1005 Hide A Way LN, ESTES PARK, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600054239.
Stovall, Dianne Colbert was born in 1946 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 15 Cottage DR, GYPSUM, Eagle County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600344653.
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A Brief History of Color Separations - Part 2
Karyn Pinter
It's BobRo the Answer Man!
Planetary #14: And Here's How It Really Happened
Big Two, Columns, DC Comics, The Full Run
Advance Review: Stranger Things #1 Fails to Capture the Hit Show's Magic
Dark Horse, Reviews
Comictober 2018: GYO By Junji Ito
Columns, Manga
Tom King Talks About The Eisners, Westerns, Batman, and a Whole Lot More
Classic Interview: Thom Zahler Pt. I - A Contemporary Classic
SDCC 2012: Iron Man 3 Press Conference
Dog City #4: Comics Writers Rejoice!
Indie, Reviews, Small Press
Hope Larson On The Knife's Edge
Books, First Second, Interviews
Sex, blood, postcoital cuddles, Russians, an ugly horse painting, death and a new villain are all inside the newest issue of Catwoman. Judd Winick continues his run on Catwoman by not taking a pause in the dirty sexiness he promised. Yup, it’s still there and I’ve got a good bet on it being there for as long as he’s writing it, meaning people will probably continue to gripe and groan about the themes and portrayals in the comic. Well, I’ll I have to really say is this: Batman and Catwoman sitting in a tree, F-U-C-K-I-N-G. I’m so damn mature.
And Batman knew Selina was Catwoman. Yup, the deed is done, in all its raunchy glory, but there’s more to this comic than just the sex… I think. We get a closer look into Selina, the way she acts towards her relationship with Batman, the way she interacts with her friends and how she manipulates people. Is this the same Selina/Catwoman that has always been? Or is a new one all together? She’s rawer, more like a live wire, a bit of a cocky smartass. But wasn’t she always? What has Winick done? I’m not upset over whatever it is because I love Catwoman in any form, including the over the top, hissingly snide villainess in Batman: Brave and the Bold television show. I just want to know how he did it. How did he take a character formula, change basically nothing and have a whole new version of the same character?
Every writer is different and brings something new to the table but there is something extremely, uniquely different here. I’ve noticed the same thing in the new Wonder Woman. The female characters have evolved by going backwards. Batman is still Batman, Green Lantern is still Green Lantern, those guys will always be the way they are, no personality change there, but the ladies of DC… Take away all that crap that’s been shoveled onto them for the past 50 or so years and uncover the roots, a modernized square one. Catwoman, she’s always independent and loves to steal, so how does it seems so different here that it did a few years ago and it’s not just the unconcealed sexual aspect of the character.
I know a lot of people don’t particularly like Winick’s writing and admittedly I have read better story lines, I’ve also read a lot worse — the Prison Planet comes to mind in Catwoman Vol. 2 — but I remained entertained. I’m simply drawn in by Catwoman herself, the way she acts and speaks. I have to hand it to Judd Winick, I find some of Selina’s dialog pretty funny and relatable, for instance when Selina drags back a sack full of money she immediately suggests rolling around naked in it. C’mon who hasn’t wanted to do that? I know I’ve suggested it with money/comics/video games.
The whole sex thing does seem to over shadow the actual story and since the sex thing isn’t a big deal, at least in my eyes, that means the story isn’t as strong as it should be but it has taken a dark turn. Probably one of the darker moments in Catwoman history — next to Black Mask torturing Selina’s sister and killing her brother-in-law, that was some fucked up shit right there. If any parent is worried about the adult themes in the comic, it should be the violence. There is full frontal death in the issue and some mafia shoot outs that don’t end well and it all leads right into the next issue. I can’t wait to see what happens. This is all turning out like an awesome popcorn action flick. Enough plot, and a whole lot of “hell yeah.”
Karyn Pinter has been writing for Comics Bulletin since 2008. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and was one of those kids who was raised by TV, babysat by the likes of James Bond, Mary Poppins and Darth Vader. In college she spent her days critically analyzing Dorothy’s need to befriend a lion, scarecrow and man of tin and writing papers on how truth, justice and the American way ultimately lead to Superman’s death.
Karyn gladly accepts bribes in the form of carnitas burritos and/or Catwoman paraphernalia.
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Karyn Pinter is a writer for Comics Bulletin
BATMAN: LAST KNIGHT ON EARTH is Snyder and Capullo at Their Best (Review)
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Review: Giant Size X-Statix Is X-Cellent
Singles Going Steady: Who Stands Out?
Singles Going Steady: DC Only Edition
Review: SECOND COMING #1 Offers a Critical Look at Christianity
USAGI YOJIMBO #1 is a First Issue Worth Reading
SUPERMAN: YEAR ONE #1 is Painfully Mediocre
Singles Going Steady for June 5th 2019 Releases – SPACE JUNKIES!
Review: ‘Moonbound’ Celebrates the Moon Landing
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In March 2015, the Star Tribune completed the relocation of its headquarters from a building that had been its home for 95 years to three floors in the newly renamed Star Tribune building in downtown Minneapolis. The Star Tribune is Minnesota’s largest news organization with over 250 journalists who staff the newsroom around the clock.
Read more about CastNET at Star Tribune
In May 2015, Tropicana Atlantic City unveiled its new boardwalk facade that had been renovated into a massive high-tech multimedia audio, video, and light show. The jaw-dropping show includes one gigantic center column LED screen, ten large side column LED screens, a connecting LED ribbon that weaves among the columns, a state-of-the art sound system and numerous spinning light cannons on top of the LED screens.
As amazing as the performance of the boardwalk facade is, an equally amazing technology drives the performance – a single CastNET digital signage player!
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Choosing CSULB
Admissions Procedures and Policies
Freshman Applicants
International Student Applicants
Admission as a Candidate for a Second Baccalaureate Degree
Graduate and Post-Baccalaureate Application Procedures
Application to Credential Programs
Returning and Transfer Students
Senior Citizen Education Program
Test Requirements
Programs Leading to Licensure and Credentialing
CSU Immunization Requirements
Student Selection and Denial
Estimated Expenses
Appeal of Admission Decision
CSULB's core academic mission is to graduate students with highly valued degrees. California State University, Long Beach is a nationally renowned public research university that values academic excellence, diversity and community engagement.
University Outreach and School Relations (UOSR) is the university's student recruitment and guest relations office and the primary contact point for prospective students seeking information about CSULB's admission processes, academic departments, student-support programs, and campus life.
UOSR provides application workshops for high school and transfer prospective students, adult re-entry workshops, and educational awareness programs for elementary and middle school students. UOSR also offers guided campus tours and specialized campus visits for K-12 students, parents, counselors and community groups. We encourage prospective students to explore the campus and visit our website at www.csulb.edu.
For more information, call (562) 985-5358, go to www.csulb.edu/outreach or visit the UOSR Office at Brotman Hall, Room 289.
Requirements for admission to California State University, Long Beach are in accordance with Title 5, Chapter 1, Subchapter 3, of the California Code of Regulations. Complete information is available at http://www.calstate.edu.
All CSU applications must be submitted online at www.calstate.edu/apply. An acknowledgement will be sent to the applicant when the online application has been submitted.
Importance of Filing Complete, Accurate, and Authentic Application Documents
CSU, Long Beach advises prospective students that they must supply complete and accurate information on the application for admission, residency questionnaire, and financial aid forms. Further, applicants must, when requested, submit authentic and official transcripts of all previous academic work attempted. Failure to file complete, accurate, and authentic application documents may result in denial of admission, cancellation of academic credit, suspension, or expulsion (Section 41301, Article 1.1, of Title 5, California Code of Regulations).
Undergraduate Application Procedures
Prospective students applying for part-time or full-time undergraduate programs of study must submit a completed undergraduate application. The $55 nonrefundable application fee should be paid online at the time of application via credit card, e-check, or PayPal and may not be transferred or used to apply to another term. An alternate major may be requested on the application if desired from the campus. The applications of persons denied admission to an impacted campus may be redirected to another campus at no cost, but only if the applicant is CSU eligible.
Students who break attendance by not enrolling in classes each semester, and who have not filed for educational leave, must reapply for admission. Transcripts of work completed elsewhere during the absence must also be submitted. Students who left under academic disqualification must submit a "Reinstatement Petition" with their completed application by the published deadline.
Impacted Programs
The CSU designates programs as impacted when more applications from regularly eligible applicants are received in he initial filing period (October and November for fall terms, June for winter terms, August for spring terms, February for summer terms) than can be accommodated. Some programs are impacted at every campus on which they are offered; others are impacted only at a few campuses. Candidates for admission must meet all of the campus' specified supplementary admission criteria if applying to an impacted program or campus.
The CSU will announce during the fall filing period those campuses or programs that are impacted. Detailed information on campus and program impaction will be available at http://www2.calstate.edu/attend/impaction-at-the-csu.
Campuses will communicate supplementary admission criteria for all impacted programs to high schools and community colleges in their application service area and will disseminate this information to the public through appropriate media. This information will also be published on the CSU campus website and made available at www.calstate.edu.
Applicants must file applications for admission to an impacted program during the initial filing period. Applicants who wish to be considered for impacted programs at more than one campus should file an application at each campus for which they seek admission consideration.
Supplementary Admission Criteria
Each campus with impacted programs or admission categories uses supplementary admission criteria in screening applicants. Supplementary criteria may include rank-ordering of freshman applicants based on the CSU eligibility index or rank-ordering of transfer applicants based on verification of the Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) degree, the overall transfer grade point average (GPA), completion of specified prerequisite courses and a combination of campus-developed criteria. Applicants for freshman admission to impacted campuses or programs are required to submit scores on either the SAT or the ACT, regardless of GPA. For fall admission, applicants should take tests as early as possible, but no later than November or December of the preceding year.
The supplementary admission criteria used by individual campuses to screen applicants are made available by the campuses to all applicants seeking admission to an impacted program. Details regarding the supplemental admission criteria are published at www.calstate.edu/impactioninfo.shtml.
Application Filing Periods
Terms Applications First Accepted Initial Filing Period
Fall Semester October 1 October 1 - November 30
Winter June 1 June 1 - 30
Spring Semester August 1 August 1 - 31
Summer February 1 February 1 - 28
Filing Period Duration
Each non-impacted campus accepts applications until capacities are reached. Many campuses limit undergraduate admission in an enrollment category due to overall enrollment limits. If applying after the initial filing period, consult the campus admission office for current information.
Application Acknowledgment
On-time applicants may expect to receive an acknowledgment from the campuses to which they have applied within two to four weeks of filing the application. The notice may also include a request that applicants submit additional records necessary to evaluate academic qualifications. Applicants may be assured of admission if the evaluation of relevant qualifications indicates that applicants meet CSU admission requirements, and in the case of admission impaction, supplemental criteria for admission to an impacted program. Unless specific written approval/confirmation is received, an offer of admission is not transferable to another term or to another campus.
Undergraduate Requirement Deadlines
Prior to matriculation (official registration as a CSULB admitted student), students must complete, by published deadlines, admission requirements - including subject requirements, unit minimums, grade-point averages, final transcript and testing requirements. Refer to the Enrollment Services website (www.csulb.edu/admissions) for current requirements.
Intrasystem and Intersystem Enrollment Programs
Fully matriculated students enrolled at any CSU campus have access to courses at other CSU campuses on a space available basis unless those campuses/programs are impacted. This access is offered without students being required to be formally admitted to the host campus and in most cases without paying additional fees. Students should consult their home campus academic advisors to determine how such courses may apply to their specific degree programs before enrolling at the host campus.
There are two programs for enrollment within the CSU and one for enrollment between CSU and the University of California or California Community Colleges. Additional information about these programs is available from the Office of Enrollment Services.
CSU Fully Online Courses - Matriculated students in good standing may request enrollment in one course per term, offered by a CSU host campus. Enrollment requests will be granted based on available space, as well as completion of any stated prerequisites. Credit earned at the host campus is electronically reported to the student's home campus to be included on the student's transcript at the home campus.
CSU Visitor Enrollment - matriculated students in good standing enrolled at one CSU campus may enroll on a space available basis at another CSU campus for one term. Credit earned at the host campus is reported at the student's request to the home campus to be included on the student's transcript at the home campus.
Intersystem Cross Enrollment - matriculated CSU, UC, or community college students may enroll on a "space available" basis for one course per term at another CSU, UC, or community college and request that a transcript of record be sent to the home campus.
Concurrent Enrollment Within the CSU
All CSULB students wishing to enroll concurrently at CSULB and one of the other 23 California State University campuses must request permission to do so from the Office of Enrollment Services. Concurrent enrollment within the California State University system is limited to students who have completed a minimum of 12 units at CSULB, have a minimum 2.0 grade-point average, are in good academic standing and have paid fees at CSULB for 12 units or more regardless of the total number of units earned at both campuses. No additional fees may be collected after the last day to add classes. Concurrent Enrollment is subject to space availability and registration priority policies at the host campus.
No graduate student may register concurrently at this and any other collegiate institution without advance permission. Permission may be given for concurrent enrollment at CSULB and other institutions if recommended by the department graduate advisor and approved by the Dean of the appropriate college. Forms for concurrent enrollment may be obtained from the college office. When such permission is granted, the academic load at CSULB must be reduced accordingly.
Visitor Enrollment Within the CSU
Students enrolled in any CSU campus may apply to transfer temporarily to another CSU campus in Visitor status, if they have (1) completed 12 units at the home campus, (2) have earned at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA at the home campus, (3) are in good academic standing at the home campus, and (4) are eligible to register under continuing status at the home campus. Approval for visitor enrollment is valid for one term only and is subject to the host campus policies including application deadlines, space availability, and registration priority. Details and Visitor Enrollment Applications are available at the Office of Enrollment Services. Students from other CSU campuses seeking visitor status at CSULB must also contact their home registration office for additional information.
Enrollment of Non-matriculated Students
Applicants not admissible at this time under any of the preceding categories could enroll in another institution, such as a community college, to prepare for admissibility at a future date. Non-matriculated students may be able to avail themselves of programs in the College of Continuing and Professional Education.
Open University - Through Open University, students who are NOT matriculated in CSULB may take regular university classes during spring or fall semesters for academic credit on a "space available" basis with permission of the department chair and the course instructor. Open University enrollment does NOT constitute admission to CSULB. For more information call the College of Continuing and Professional Education at (562) 985-5561.
Summer Sessions, May Intersession, and Winter Session Students
Summer, May, and Winter Session enrollment is open to all matriculated CSULB students and all non-matriculated students such as prospective students, students from other colleges and universities, and interested individuals from the community. No application or admissions process is required for summer and winter registration.
CSULB does not admit matriculated students to start in the Winter, May, or Summer Sessions. Registration in Winter, May, or Summer as a non-matriculated student does not ensure the privilege of enrolling in the fall or spring semester as a matriculated student. To register for Winter, May, or Summer Sessions courses, students should contact the College of Continuing and Professional Education at (800) 963-2250.
Freshman Requirements
Generally, applicants will qualify for consideration for first-time freshman admission if they meet the following requirements:
Have graduated from high school, have earned a Certificate of General Education Development (GED) or have passed the California High School Proficiency Examination (CHSPE);
Have a qualifiable minimum eligibility index (see "Eligibility Index"); and
Have completed, with grades of C- or better, each of the courses in the comprehensive pattern of college preparatory subject requirements also known as the "a-g" pattern (see "Subject Requirements").
Preparation and Eligibility
California State University, Long Beach continues to be the 'University of Choice' for a talented and diverse group of California's best and brightest students. CSULB continues to receive more first-time freshman applicants than can be accommodated. To maintain the academic quality of CSULB academic programs and services, supplemental admissions criteria are applied to first-time freshman applicants. First-time freshmen must:
Apply on time. Apply between October 1 and November 30.
Take the SAT 1 or ACT no later than December and request scores be sent to CSULB as soon as they are available.
Complete the CSU required 15 unit college preparatory "ag" subjects prior to graduation.
Perform well - earn the best grades possible (including the senior year).
Pursue a backup plan should they not be offered admission to CSULB.
The offer of admission is confirmed when the university verifies that applicants have a CSULB qualifiable minimum eligibility index and have completed the comprehensive pattern of college preparatory "a-g" subjects.
Eligibility Index
The eligibility index is the combination of the high school GPA and scores on either the ACT or the SAT. GPA is based on grades earned in courses taken during the final three years of high school. Included in calculation of GPA are grades earned in all college preparatory "a-g" subject requirements and bonus points for approved honors courses. Up to eight semesters of honors courses taken in the last three years of high school, including up to two approved courses taken in the tenth grade can be accepted. Each unit of A in an honors course will receive a total of 5 points; B, 4 points; and C, 3 points.
A CSU eligibility index can be calculated by multiplying a GPA by 800 and adding the total score on the SAT exam (mathematics and critical reading on the old SAT or mathematics and Evidence-Based Reading and Writing on the new SAT). For students who took the ACT, multiply the GPA by 200 and add ten 10 times the ACT composite score. Persons who are California high school graduates (or residents of California for tuition purposes) need a minimum index of 2900 using the old SAT, or 2950 using the new SAT or 694 using the ACT. The Eligibility Index Table illustrates several combinations of required test scores and averages. The university has no current plans to include the writing scores from either of the admissions tests in the computation of the CSU eligibility index.
Persons who neither graduated from a California high school nor are a resident of California for tuition purposes need a minimum index of 3502 using the old SAT, 3570 using the new SAT or 842 using the ACT. Graduates of secondary schools in foreign countries must be judged to have academic preparation and abilities equivalent to applicants eligible under this section. An applicant with a grade point average of 3.00 or above (3.61 for nonresidents) is not required to submit test scores. However, all applicants for admission are urged to take the SAT or ACT and provide the scores of such tests to each CSU campus to which they seek admission. Campuses use these test results for advising and placement purposes and may require them for admission to impacted majors or programs. Impacted CSU campuses require SAT or ACT scores of all applicants for freshman admission.
SAT ELIGIBILITY INDEX TABLE FOR NON-RESIDENTS OR NON-GRADUATES OF CALIFORNIA
(A GPA of 3.61 and above qualifies for any score in SAT)
GPA New SAT Score GPA New SAT Score GPA New SAT Score
3.60 690 3.21 1010 2.82 1320
3.24 980 2.85 1290
3.22 1000 2.83 1310
GPA below 2.47 does not qualify for admission
*For admissions purposes, the CSU uses only the new SAT scores for mathematics and evidence-based on reading and writing.
SAT ELIGIBILITY INDEX TABLE FOR CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES OR RESIDENTS OF CALIFORNIA
2.99 560 2.66 830 2.33 1090
GPA below 2.0 does not qualify for admission
ACT ELIGIBILITY INDEX TABLE FOR NON-RESIDENTS OR NON-GRADUATES OF CALIFORNIA
(A GPA of 3.61 and above qualifies for any score in ACT)
3.60 13 3.21 20 2.82 28
3.39 17 3.00 25 2.611 32
3.22 20 2.83 28
ACT ELIGIBILITY INDEX TABLE FOR CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES OR RESIDENTS OF CALIFORNIA
2.81 14 2.48 20 2.5 27
Subject Requirements
The CSU requires that first-time freshman applicants complete, with grades of C- or better, a comprehensive pattern of college preparatory study totaling 15 units. A "unit" is one year of study in high school.
2 years of social science, including 1 year of U.S. history, or U.S. history and government
4 years of English
3 years of math (algebra, geometry and intermediate algebra; four years recommended)
2 years of laboratory science (1 biological & 1 physical, both must have laboratory instruction)
2 years in the same foreign language (subject to waiver for applicants demonstrating equivalent competence)
1 year of visual and performing arts: art, dance, drama/theater or music
1 year of electives: selected from English, advanced mathematics, social science, history, laboratory science, foreign language, visual and performing arts or other courses approved and included on the UC/CSU "a-g" list
Foreign Language Waiver
The foreign language subject requirement may be satisfied by applicants who demonstrate competence in a language other than English equivalent to or higher than that expected of students who complete two years of foreign language study. Students should consult with their school counselor or any CSU campus admission or relations with schools office for further information.
Special Admission Consideration for Students with Disabilities
The Special Admission process is a means by which applicants, who may not meet the California State University Long Beach (CSULB) admission requirements due to disability, but who are "otherwise qualified," may request special consideration for admission. The Disabled Student Services (DSS) Special Admission Committee facilitates this process by consulting with Enrollment Services while providing additional information about each applicant's special circumstances. It is the committee's function to evaluate disability documentation using guidelines established by the California State University (CSU) system. All applicants are reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
For more information call (562) 985-4430 or visit www.csulb.edu/sbp.
High School Students - Young Scholars Program
High school students may be considered for enrollment in certain special programs if recommended by the principal and the appropriate campus department chair and if preparation is equivalent to that required of eligible California high school graduates. Such admission is only for a given specific program and does not constitute a right to continued enrollment. More information is available from the Office of University Outreach and School Relations at (562) 985-5358 or www.csulb.edu/outreach.
Honors Courses
Grades in up to eight semester courses designated as honors courses in approved subjects and taken in the last two years of high school, receive additional points in grade-point average calculations. Each unit of A in approved courses will receive a total of 5 points; B, 4 points; C, 3 points; D, 1 point; and none for F grades.
Provisional Admission
California State University, Long Beach may provisionally admit first-time freshman applicants based on their academic preparation through the junior year of high school and planned coursework for the senior year. The campus will monitor the final terms of study to ensure that admitted students complete their secondary school studies satisfactorily, including the required college preparatory subjects, and graduate from high school. Students are required to submit an official transcript after graduation to certify that all coursework has been satisfactorily completed. Official high school transcripts must be received prior to the deadline set by the university. In no case may documentation of high school graduation be received any later than the census date for a student's first term of CSU enrollment. A campus may rescind admission decisions, cancel financial aid awards, withdraw housing contracts and cancel any university registration for students who are found to be ineligible after the final transcript has been evaluated.
Applicants will qualify for regular (non-provisional) admission when the university verifies that they have graduated and received a high school diploma, have earned a qualifiable minimum eligibility index, have completed the comprehensive pattern of college preparatory "a-g" subjects and, if applying to an impacted program or campus, have met all supplementary criteria.
The CSU uses only the ACT composite score, the mathematics and critical reading scores on the old SAT, or the mathematics and Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores on the new SAT in its admission eligibility equation. The SAT or ACT writing scores are not currently used by CSU campuses.
The California Promise
The California Promise Program enables a specific number of CSU campuses to establish pledge programs for entering first-time students who are both interested and able to complete baccalaureate degrees in 4-years. All campuses have established programs for students with Associate Degrees for Transfer from any California Community College to complete their baccalaureate degrees in 2-years. The program is limited to students who are residents of California.
Students who commit to enter either the 4-year or 2-year pledge will be given a priority registration appointment for each state-supported enrollment period and will be provided with routine and thorough academic advisement. In order to remain in the program, students must meet with their advisors as prescribed, develop an enrollment plan and complete 30 semester units or the quarter equivalent within each academic year, including summer. Participating campuses may stipulate other requirements as well. Interested students entering the CSU should contact campus offices or visit http://www2.calstate.edu/apply/freshman/getting_into_the_csu/pages/the-california-promise-program.aspx.
Transfer Policies of CSU Campuses
Most commonly, college level credits earned from an institution of higher education accredited by a regional accrediting agency are accepted for transfer to campuses of the CSU; however, authority for decisions regarding the transfer of undergraduate credits is delegated to each CSU campus.
California Community Colleges and other authorized certifying institutions can certify up to 39 semester (58.5 quarter) units of General Education-Breadth (GE-Breadth) or 37 semester (55.5 quarter) units of the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) for transfer students to fulfill lower-division general education requirements for any CSU campus prior to transfer.
"Certification" is the official notification from a California Community College or authorized institution that a transfer student has completed courses fulfilling lower-division general education requirements. The CSU GE-Breadth and the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) certification course lists for particular community colleges can be accessed at www.assist.org.
CSU campuses may enter into course-to-course or program-to-program articulation agreements with other CSU campuses, any or all of the California community colleges and other regionally accredited institutions. Established CSU and CCC articulations may be found on www.assist.org. Students may be permitted to transfer no more than 70 semester (105 quarter) units to a CSU campus from an institution which does not offer bachelor's degrees or their equivalents, for example, community colleges. Given the university's 30-semester (45-quarter) unit residency requirement, no more than a total of 90 semester (135 quarter) units may be transferred into the university from all sources.
Transfer Requirements
Applicants who have completed fewer than 60 transferable semester college units (fewer than 90 quarter units) are considered lower-division transfer students. Applicants who have completed 60 or more transferable semester college units (90 or more quarter units) are considered upper-division transfer students. Applicants who complete college units during high school or through the summer immediately following high school graduation are considered first-time freshmen and must meet the CSU minimum eligibility requirements for first-time freshman admission. Transferable courses are those designated for baccalaureate credit by the college or University offering the courses and accepted as such by the campus to which the applicant seeks admission.
Lower Division Transfer Requirements
Due to increased enrollment demands, most CSU campuses do not admit lower-division transfer applicants.
Generally, applicants will qualify for CSU admission consideration as a lower-division transfer if they have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.0 in all transferable units attempted, are in good standing at the last college or university attended, and meet any of the following standards:
Will meet the freshman admission requirements (GPA and subject requirements) in effect for the term to which they are applying (see "Freshman Requirements"); or
Were eligible as a freshman at the time of high school graduation except for missing college preparatory subject requirements, have been in continuous attendance in an accredited college since high school graduation, and have made up the missing subject requirements with a 2.0 or better GPA.
Applicants who graduated from high school prior to 1988 should contact the admission office to inquire about alternative admission programs.
Lower-division applicants who did not complete subject requirements while in high school may make up missing subjects in any of the following ways:
Complete appropriate courses with a C or better in adult school or high school summer sessions.
Complete appropriate college courses with a C or better. One college course of at least three semester or four quarter units will be considered equivalent to one year of high school study.
Earn acceptable scores on specified examinations, e.g., SAT subject tests.
Please consult with the CSU campus admission office, to which you are applying for further information about alternative ways to satisfy the subject requirements.
Upper-Division Transfer Requirements
Generally, applicants will qualify for consideration for upper-division transfer admission if they meet all of the following requirements:
Cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 in all transferable units attempted;
In good standing at the last college or university attended; and
Completed at least sixty (60) transferable semester (90 quarter) units of college level coursework with a grade point average of 2.0 or higher and a grade of C- or better in each course used to meet the CSU general education requirements in written communication, oral communication, critical thinking, and quantitative reasoning, e.g. mathematics.
The 60 units must include at least 30 units of courses, that meet CSU general education requirements, including all of the general education requirements in communication in the English language (both oral and written) and critical thinking and the requirement in mathematics/quantitative reasoning (usually 3 semester units) OR the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) requirements in English communication and mathematical concepts and quantitative reasoning.
Associate Degrees for Transfer (ADT)
The Associate Degree for Transfer offered at the California Community Colleges (CCC) are designed to provide California Community College students a clear transfer preparation and admission pathway to those CSU degree majors deemed similar. Those students who complete these transfer degrees and who are admitted to a similar CSU major program or option for that discipline will be able to complete the Baccalaureate Degree within 60 semester or 90 quarter units providing that all remaining required courses are completed successfully without a break in attendance and providing that no supplemental courses for minors or areas of emphasis are undertaken.
California Community College students who earn an associate degree for transfer (ADT) are guaranteed admission with junior standing to the California State University but not to any particular campus or program. Because several CSU campuses are receiving more transfer applications from eligible students than can be accommodated, these campuses have declared impaction resulting in higher admission criteria. See more on impaction at www.calstate.edu/SAS/impactioninfo.shtml. However, transfer students who earn the ADT degree are given priority admission over other transfer applicants when applying to a non-impacted CSU campus or to a non-impacted program from a community college within the local admission area of the campus. These students are also given priority admission consideration when applying from a community college that is outside the local admission area of an impacted CSU campus or when applying to a similar program that is impacted at any CSU campus. A current list of CSU degree programs that have been deemed similar to the associate degrees for transfer can be found at www.calstate.edu/transfer/adt-search.
Those students who earn associate degrees for transfer and apply to a CSU campus but cannot be admitted due to impaction will be redirected to another CSU campus and offered admission for the same term. In order to qualify for the priority admission guarantee, transfer applicants must be conferred an approved Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) by a California Community College, must apply for admission to California State University campuses for an open term by the published deadline, submit all requested transcripts and documents, meet CSU admission eligibility requirements for the campus and/or program, and must comply with any other prescribed admission requirements. It is the responsibility of these transfer students to provide documentation about the completion of the degree to each CSU campus that has received an application for admission.
The International Admission component of the Center for International Education assists academically eligible international students to apply for admission to the University, and advises them of CSULB's financial, immigration and English language requirements. Throughout the students' attendance, the International Student Services staff is involved in their registration, evaluation of transfer credit, changes of majors, and graduation checks. Students are also counseled regarding their field of study requirements, which vary at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
International (Foreign) Admission Requirements
The CSU must assess the academic preparation of foreign students. For this purpose, "foreign students" include those who hold U.S. temporary visas as students, exchange visitors, or in other nonimmigrant classifications. Application requests and questions should be directed to International Admission (cie-admission@csulb.edu), located in the Center for International Education (FND-180).
The CSU uses separate requirements and application filing dates in the admission of international students. Verification of English proficiency (see the section on the English Language Requirement for undergraduate applicants) and academic performance are each important considerations for admission.
International students need to complete the International application on calstate.edu/apply. The following documents are required:
CalStateApply application form;
$55.00 application processing fee;
Affidavit of support from financial sponsor;
Bank statement/letter from financial sponsor;
Proof of acceptable English proficiency;
Official academic documents and certified English translations;
ACT or SAT (required for student-athletes and graduates of U.S. high schools);
Once all the documents are submitted to the International Admission Office, eligibility for admission will be determined based on English proficiency and academic history, as well as other considerations. Graduate applications will also be forwarded to the graduate departments for review. Once admitted, international students will receive pre‑arrival, arrival, and orientation information, and the appropriate immigration form and instructions on how to legally enter and/or remain in the U.S.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) requires that international students be aware of and follow DHS regulations to remain legally in the U.S. for the duration of their academic status. International students on "F" and "J" visas must be enrolled as full-time students. Courses taken through the College of Continuing and Professional Education at CSULB or courses taken concurrently at other colleges may only count toward full-time status when approved in advance of course registration by the Center for International Education. Questions about DHS policies may be directed to the Center for International Education.
TOEFL Requirement
All undergraduate applicants, whose native language is not English and who have not attended schools at the secondary level or above for at least three years full time where English is the principal language of instruction must present a minimum score (Paper: 500, iBT: 61) unless the applicant:
has proof of at least three years attendance at a secondary level educational institution in a country where English was the principal language of instruction.* CSULB interprets "where English was the principal language of instruction" to mean that a school is located in a country where English is the native language (the daily medium of communication of the majority of residents is English), and that the students receive academic instruction in all subjects (except foreign language courses) at all levels of education in English, or
completed at least 60 transferable units from accredited U.S. community colleges and/or universities and earned a grade of A, B, or C in English 100 or its equivalent*, or
successfully completed Level 4 of CSULB's American Language Institute's Intensive English Language Program.*
presents a minimum score of 5.5 in each sub-section on the International English Language Testing System (IELTS).
presents a minimum score of 43 on the Pearson Test of English.
presents a minimum score of Pre-1 on the EIkEN Test.
Undergraduate applicants who are U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents of the U.S. and who are subject to the above TOEFL requirement may submit results from the English Language Proficiency Test (ELPT) in lieu of TOEFL. A score of 954 on the ELPT is required of such applicants.
EXCEPTION: Applicants applying for Film and Electronic Arts, which requires a 550 TOEFL score, and Journalism, which requires a 600 TOEFL score, will not be waived from the TOEFL requirement.
*For this exemption to remain valid, once having met the exemption, the student must not have left the U.S.A. for more than two years to reside or study in a country where English is not the predominant language of business, education and day-to-day societal functions.
Insurance Requirement
Effective August 1, 1995, as a condition of receiving an I-20 or DS-2019 form, all F-1 and J-1 visa applicants must agree to obtain and maintain health insurance as a condition of registration and continued enrollment in the California State University. Such insurance must be in amounts as specified by the United States Department of State and NAFSA: Association of International Educators. The campus President or designee will determine which insurance policies meet these criteria. Further information may be obtained from the Center for International Education, FND-180, (562) 985-4106.
Special Consideration
A very limited number of applicants who do not meet regular admission requirements may be considered by the University through an alternate screening process. As part of this review, admission may be offered based on institutional interests, special talents, or special circumstances. The authority to grant special admission is delegated to the Associate Vice President for Enrollment Services based on the recommendations of the appropriate campus committees.
CSULB accepts applicants for a second B.A./B.S. in science (excluding biological sciences), math, engineering, foreign languages and nursing. Candidates for a second baccalaureate degree should apply at calstate.edu/apply.
All graduate and post-baccalaureate applicants (i.e., doctorate, joint Ph.D. applicants, master's degree applicants, those seeking educational credentials or certificates and, where permitted, holders of baccalaureate degrees interested in taking courses for personal or professional growth) must file a complete graduate application as described in the graduate and post-baccalaureate admission materials at www.calstate.edu/apply. Applicants seeking a second bachelor's degree should submit the undergraduate application for admission unless specifically requested to do otherwise. Applicants who completed undergraduate degree requirements in the preceding term are also required to complete and submit an application and the $55 nonrefundable application fee. To be assured of initial consideration by more than one campus, it is necessary to submit separate applications (including fees) to each. All CSU applications must be submitted online at www.calstate.edu/apply. An acknowledgement will be sent to the applicant when the online application has been submitted.
Graduate and Post-Baccalaureate Admission Requirements
Graduate and post-baccalaureate applicants may apply for a degree objective, a credential or certificate objective or, where approved, may have no program objective. Depending on the objective, the CSU will consider an application for admission as follows:
General Requirements - The minimum requirements for admission to graduate and postbaccalaureate studies at a CSU campus are in accordance with university regulations as well as Title 5, Chapter 1, Subchapter 3 of the California Code of Regulations.
Specifically, a student shall at the time of enrollment:
(1) have completed a four-year college course of study and hold an acceptable baccalaureate degree from an institution accredited by a regional accrediting association, or shall have completed equivalent academic preparation as determined by appropriate campus authorities; (2) be in good academic standing at the last college or university attended; (3) have earned a grade point average of at least 2.5 on the last degree completed by the candidate or have attained a grade point average of at least 2.5 (A=4.0) in the last 60 semester (90 quarter) units attempted; and (4) satisfactorily meet the professional, personal, scholastic, and other standards for graduate study, including qualifying examinations, as appropriate campus authorities may prescribe. In unusual circumstances, a campus may make exceptions to these criteria.
Students who meet the minimum requirements for graduate and post-baccalaureate studies may be considered for admission in one of the four following categories:
Graduate Classified - To pursue a graduate degree, applicants are required to fulfill all of the professional, personal, scholastic, and other standards, including qualifying examinations, prescribed by the campus; or
Graduate Conditionally Classified - Applicants may be admitted to a graduate degree program in this category if, in the opinion of appropriate campus authority, deficiencies may be remedied by additional preparation; or
Post-Baccalaureate Classified, e.g. admission to an education credential program - Persons wishing to enroll in a credential or certificate program will be required to satisfy additional professional, personal, scholastic, and other standards, including qualifying examinations, prescribed by the campus; or
Post-Baccalaureate Unclassified - To enroll in undergraduate courses as preparation for advanced degree programs or to enroll in graduate courses for professional or personal growth, applicants must be admitted as post-baccalaureate unclassified students. By meeting the general requirements, applicants are eligible for admission as post-baccalaureate unclassified students. Admission in this status does not constitute admission to, or assurance of consideration for admission to, any graduate degree or credential program (Most CSU campuses do not offer admission to unclassified post-baccalaureate students).
These and other CSU admission requirements are subject to change as policies are revised and laws are amended. The CSU website www.calstate.edu and the CSU admissions portal at www.calstate.edu/apply are good sources for the most up-to-date information.
Graduate and Post-Baccalaureate English Language Requirement
All graduate and post-baccalaureate applicants, regardless of citizenship, whose native language is not English and whose preparatory education was principally in a language other than English, must demonstrate competence in English. Those who do not possess a bachelor's degree from a postsecondary institution where English is the principal language of instruction must receive a minimum score from one of the required English demonstration tests stated on the International Admissions website unless the applicant:
Submits proof of having obtained a bachelor's degree from an accredited post-secondary institution where English was the principal language of instruction. CSULB interprets "where English is the principal language of instruction" to mean that a school is located in a country where English is the native language (the daily medium of communication of the majority of residents is English), and the applicant received academic instruction in all subjects (except foreign language courses) at all levels of education in English, or
Notification from CSULB's American Language Institute that the applicant has successfully completed level 6 of the American Language Institute Program.
NOTE: Several CSU campuses may use alternative methods for assessing fluency in English including Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic), the International English Language Testing System (IELTS), and the International Test of English Proficiency (ITEP).
Students planning to enroll in credential programs must also file an application for admission to the University.
Information on application to credential programs is available from the appropriate department or program coordinator.
Note: Some programs have established application periods each year which are separate from the University application periods and process.
Persons who have not been accepted by the University for the semester they wish to attend may request permission to audit courses through College of Continuing and Professional Education.
Students who have been accepted by the University may audit courses. See the regulation under "Grades and Administrative Symbols." The deadline to declare an "audit" grade option is the end of the third week of instruction. Follow the instructions in the Schedule of Classes for requesting a course as an "audit" grading option. At the end of the semester the instructor will assign an "audit" grade to the official grade sheet which will be forwarded to the Office of Enrollment Services for recording. Courses taken for audit may be repeated in subsequent terms for credit.
Courses successfully audited are listed on the student's academic record but carry no credit or grade points.
Returning students must reapply to the University under the same conditions and deadlines as all other applicants.
Students who have not maintained continuous attendance status shall be subject to the General Education requirements in effect at the time of their reentry to the university, with the following exceptions:
Previous CSULB students who were under earlier General Education requirements and who before breaking continuous attendance needed no more than three additional courses to complete the entire General Education requirement shall be allowed to complete the General Education requirement in effect at the time of the previous attendance. However, all students must complete at least 9 units of upper division General Education courses, of which a minimum of 6 units must be Capstone courses.
Previous CSULB students who were under the earlier General Education requirements and who before breaking continuous attendance completed one or more upper-division GE courses shall be required to complete additional Capstone courses as needed to complete the total of 9 upper-division units. At least two of the courses in the overall program must be Capstone courses.
Transfer students who enter CSULB with full GE certification from a California Community College must complete both the Human Diversity in the U.S. and the Global Issues requirements if these requirements were not met through transfer, but these students need not complete any other GE courses except the Capstone, which cannot be met through transfer from a community college. Transfer students who enter CSULB without full GE certification from a California Community College must complete the CSULB General Education requirements.
Hardship Petitions
The campus has established procedures for consideration of qualified applicants who would be faced with extreme hardship if not admitted. Petitioners should write the campus Office of Enrollment Services regarding specific policies governing hardship admission. (See Admissions Procedures and Policies at the beginning of this section.)
The Early Start Program serves CSU admitted freshmen who have not demonstrated proficiency in written communication and/or mathematics/quantitative reasoning as determined by systemwide placement standards. Participation in the Early Start Program is required for students needing skills development in these areas; students will be expected to enroll in a written communication course or a mathematics/quantitative reasoning course (but not both) during the summer period prior to the start of the fall term. Students required to participate in the Early Start Program may choose to enroll at any CSU campus; the earned baccalaureate credit will be transferred seamlessly to the student's destination campus.
The goals of the Early Start Program are to:
Better prepare students in written communication and mathematics/quantitative reasoning before the start of the fall semester of the freshman year;
Add an important and timely assessment tool in preparing students for college; and
Improve the opportunity for students to successfully complete their college degrees.
As an alternative to regular admission criteria, an applicant who is 25 years of age or older may be considered for admission as an adult student if he or she meets all of the following conditions:
Possesses a high school diploma (or has established equivalence through either the General Educational Development or California High School Proficiency Examinations)
Has not been enrolled in college as a full-time student for more than one term during the past five years
If there has been any college attendance in the last five years, has earned a 2.00 GPA average or better in all college work attempted
Consideration will be based upon a judgment as to whether the applicant is as likely to succeed as a regularly admitted freshman or transfer student and will include an assessment of basic skills in the English language and mathematical computation.
The Senior Citizen Education Program enables eligible California residents 60 years of age or older to enroll as regular students at a cost of $3.00 per semester. The program, which was founded at CSULB, has been in operation since 1975. Individuals are attending courses in a variety of subject areas and class levels from freshman through graduate standing.
Note: Regular admission standards apply. Requests to waive the application filing fee must accompany the application. Once admitted to the University, students will be sent registration information advising them of the procedures for fee payment and the dates that they may register. Courses are available to program participants approximately three weeks before the beginning of each semester on a "space available" basis. Due to high enrollment and impacted programs some courses may not be available for participation by Senior Citizens.
Participants in the Senior Citizen Education Program are required to maintain good academic standing and are subject to all university policies, procedures, late fee payments and deadlines.
The office of Testing, Evaluation and Assessment administers local, state and national tests for placement and certification. Test programs currently offered include the SAT, ACT, WPE, and Chemistry 111A.
Freshman and transfer applicants who have fewer than 60 semester or 90 quarter units of transferable college credit are strongly encouraged to submit scores, unless exempt (see "Eligibility Index"), from either the ACT or the SAT of the College Board. Persons who apply to an impacted program may be required to submit test scores and should take the test no later than November or December. Test scores also are used for advising and placement purposes. Registration forms and dates for the SAT or ACT are available from school or college counselors or from a CSU campus testing office.
For information about the CSULB Testing, Evaluation and Assessment Department, please see: http://www.csulb.edu/divisions/students/testing/.
Students also may contact:
The College Board (SAT) ACT Registration Unit
Registration Unit, Box 6200 P.O. Box 414
Princeton, NJ 08541-6200 Iowa City, Iowa 52240
www.collegeboard.org www.act.org
The office of Testing, Evaluation and Assessment at CSULB is located in Brotman Hall 216. For information, phone (562) 985-4007, FAX (562) 985-2415, or visit the Testing Office website at www.csulb.edu/testing.
All undergraduate applicants whose native language is not English and who have not attended schools at the secondary level or above for at least three years full time where English is the principal language of instruction must present a score of 61 (iBt) or above on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Some majors and colleges may require a score higher than 61. A few colleges may also use alternative methods of assessing English fluency: Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic), and the International English Language Testing System (IELTS).
Each campus will post the tests it accepts on its website and will notify applicants about the tests it accepts and when to submit scores.
The CSU minimum TOEFL standards are:
Undergraduate 61 - Internet 500 - Paper
Graduate 80 - Internet 550 - Paper
ASSESSMENT OF ACADEMIC PREPARATION AND PLACEMENT
The CSU requires that all entering freshmen students be evaluated in terms of their preparation to complete first-year courses in written communication and mathematics/quantitative reasoning. This evaluation will utilize the broadest set of multiple measures including high school grades as well as performance scores on standardized exams such as the ACT or SAT. This evaluation of academic readiness is not a condition for admission to the CSU, but it is an important step for determining the best course placement for entering students.
Successful completion of general education (GE) written communication and mathematics/quantitative reasoning courses in the first year of CSU enrollment establishes a foundation for continuous learning. Unless the requirements have been completed, freshmen shall enroll in GE written communication and mathematics/quantitative reasoning courses appropriate to each student's major and skill level, as demonstrated by applicable systemwide standards utilized in the review of academic preparation.
Students whose skill assessments indicate academic support will be needed for successful completion of GE in written communication or mathematics/quantitative courses shall enroll in appropriate college-level, baccalaureate credit-bearing courses that strengthen skills development to facilitate achieving the appropriate general education student learning outcomes. Supportive course models may include, among others, co-requisite approaches, supplemental instruction or "stretch" formats that extend a course beyond one academic term. In these approaches, instructional content considered pre-baccalaureate may carry a maximum of one unit and shall be offered concurrently with a college-level, baccalaureate credit-bearing course.
General Education Written Communication Placement: Multiple Measures Assessment
Based on the systemwide assessment standards for GE written communication below, freshmen shall enroll in appropriate GE written communication courses during their first academic year unless the requirement has been fulfilled.
Students who have met the following requirements have fulfilled the GE Written Communication requirement in preparation for advanced courses:
A score of 3 or above on either the Language and Composition examination or the Composition and Literature examination of the College Board Scholastic Advanced Placement Program
Completion and transfer to the CSU of the credits for a college course that satisfies the CSU GE requirement in written composition, provided such a course was completed with a grade of C- or better
Students who have met the following requirements are ready to enroll in a course that meets the GE Written Communication requirement:
A result of 'Standard Exceeded: Ready for CSU or participating CCC college-level coursework in English' earned on the CAASPP Early Assessment Program (EAP) exam
A score of 550 or higher on the Evidence Based Reading and Writing section of the new SAT Reasoning Test sponsored by the College Board
A score of 500 or higher on the Evidence Based Reading and Writing section of the old SAT Reasoning Test sponsored by the College Board
A score of 22 or above on the ACT English test
Completion of an approved 12th grade, year-long, English course with a grade of C- or better AND a score of 510 - 540 on the Evidence Based Reading and Writing section of the new SAT Reasoning Test or a score of 460-490 on the Evidence Based Reading and Writing section of the old SAT Reasoning Test
Completion of an approved 12th grade, year-long, English course with a grade of C- or better AND a score of 19-21 on the Act English test
A result of 'Standard Met: Conditionally Ready for CSU or participating CCC college-level coursework in English' on the CAASPP Early Assessment Program (EAP) exam AND completion of an approved 12th grade, year-long, English course with a grade of C- or better
Achievement of a weighted high school GPA ≥ 3.3 OR a high school GPA ≥ 3.0 and completion of an approved 12th grade, year-long, English course (AP, IB, ERWC) or Honors English or more than 5 years of high school English
Students who have met the following requirements are ready to enroll in a course that meets the GE Written Communication requirement and includes supported instruction:
Completion of 4+ years of standard college preparatory high school English courses AND a score of 510-540 on the Evidence Based Reading and Writing section of the new SAT Reasoning Test or a score of 460-490 on the Evidence Based Reading and Writing section of the old SAT Reasoning Test or a score of 19-21 on the ACT English test
Achievement of a weighted high school GPA ≥ 3.0 and 4 years of standard college preparatory high school English courses
Students who have met the following requirements are required to participate in the Early Start Program and are ready to enroll in a course that meets the GE Written Communication requirement and includes supported instruction:
A score less than 510 on the Evidence Based Reading Writing section of the new SAT Reasoning Test or a score less than 460 on the old SAT Reasoning Test AND achievement of a high school grade point average of ≤ 3.0
A score less than 19 on the ACT English test and the achievement of a high school GPA of ≤ 3.0
General Education Mathematics/ Quantitative Reasoning Placement: Multiple Measures Assessment
Based on the systemwide assessment standards for GE mathematics/quantitative reasoning below, freshmen shall enroll in appropriate general education mathematics/quantitative reasoning courses during their first academic year unless the requirement has been fulfilled.
Students who have met the following requirements have fulfilled the GE Math/Quantitative Reasoning requirement and are permitted to enroll in the next level of math:
A score of 3 or above on the College Board Advanced Placement Calculus AB or Calculus BC tests
A score of 3 or above on the College Board Advanced Placement Statistics test
A score of 4 or above on the International Baccalaureate Mathematics Higher Level (HL)
A score of 50 or above on the College Board College Level Examination Program (CLEP) Calculus, College Algebra, College Algebra-Trigonometry, Pre-Calculus, or Trigonometry
Completion and transfer to the CSU of the credits for a college course that satisfies the CSU General Education requirement in mathematics/quantitative reasoning, provided such a course was completed with a grade of C- or better
Students who are STEM majors who have met the following requirements are ready to enroll in a course that meets the GE Math/Quantitative Reasoning requirement:
A result of 'Standard Exceeded: Ready for CSU or participating CCC college-level coursework in mathematics' on the CAASPP Early Assessment Program (EAP) exam
A score of 570 or above on the mathematics section of the new SAT Reasoning Test
A score of 550 or above on the mathematics section of the old SAT Reasoning Test
A score of 550 or above on the SAT Subject Test in Mathematics (level 1 or level 2)
A score of 23 or above on the ACT Mathematics test
Completion of a 12th grade mathematics course beyond algebra 2 with a grade of C- or better and a score of 520-560 on the new SAT mathematics test or a score of 490-540 on the old SAT mathematics test
Completion of a 12th grade mathematics course beyond algebra 2 with a grade of C- or better and a score of 20-22 on the ACT Mathematics test
A result of 'Standard Met: Conditionally Ready for CSU or participating CCC college-level coursework in mathematics' on the CAASPP Early Assessment Program (EAP) exam AND completion of a 12th grade mathematics course with a grade of C- or better
Achievement of a weighted high school GPA ≥ 3.7
Achievement of a weighted high school mathematics GPA ≥ 3.5 and 5+ years of mathematics or quantitative reasoning courses
Achievement of a weighted high school mathematics GPA ≥ 3.5 and completion of an approved senior year course
Students who are Non-STEM majors who have met the following requirements are ready to enroll in a course that meets the GE Math/Quantitative Reasoning requirement:
A result of 'Standard Met: Conditionally Ready for CSU or participating CCC college-level coursework in mathematics on the CAASPP Early Assessment Program (EAP exam) and 4 years of mathematics or quantitative reasoning courses
Achievement of a weighted high school GPA ≥ 3.5 and 4+ years of mathematics or quantitative reasoning courses
Achievement of a weighted high school mathematics GPA ≥ 3.0 and completion of 5+ years of mathematics or quantitative reasoning courses
Achievement of a weighted high school mathematics GPA ≥3.0 and completion of an approved senior year course
Students who are STEM majors who have met the following requirements are ready to enroll in a course that meets the GE Math/Quantitative Reasoning requirement and includes supported instruction:
Achievement of a high school mathematics GPA ≥ 3.3
Students who are Non-STEM majors who have met the following requirements are ready to enroll in a course that meets the GE Math/Quantitative Reasoning requirement and includes supported instruction:
Achievement of a high school GPA ≥ 3.0
Students who have met the following requirements are required to participate in the Early Start Program and are ready to enroll in a course that meets the GE Math/Quantitative Reasoning requirement and includes supported instruction:
A score less than 510 on the mathematics section of the new SAT Reasoning test or a score less than 490 on the mathematics section of the old SAT Reasoning test AND a high school GPA ≤ 3.2
A score less than 20 on the ACT Mathematics test AND a high school GPA ≤ 3.2
Advanced Placement Credit
California State University, Long Beach grants credit toward its undergraduate degrees for successful completion of examinations of the Advanced Placement (AP) Program of the College Board. Students who present scores of three or better will be granted up to six semester units (nine quarter units) of college credit for each AP course. Refer to the Advanced Placement Examination Credit table in the Academic Information section of this Catalog.
More specific information is available from the Office of Enrollment Services at (562) 985-5471 or a student's major department.
International Baccalaureate Credit
Students with scores of 5 or higher (4 in certain subjects) in International Baccalaureate Higher Level courses will be awarded baccalaureate credit of 4 to 10 units, depending on course equivalency. Applicants to CSULB who wish to obtain lower-division course credit for completed International Baccalaureate Higher Level examinations must submit an official IB transcript. Course equivalency for Higher Level examinations completed with satisfactory scores is listed in the International Baccalaureate Examination Credit table in the Academic Information section of this catalog.
For questions or information, please call the Office of Enrollment Service at (562) 985-5471 or consult the department.
Admission into programs leading to licensure and credentialing does not guarantee that students will obtain a license or credential. Licensure and credentialing requirements are set by agencies that are not controlled by or affiliated with the CSU and requirements can change at any time. For example, licensure or credentialing requirements can include evidence of the right to work in the United States (e.g., social security number or tax payer identification number) or successfully passing a criminal background check. Students are responsible for determining whether they can meet licensure or credentialing requirements. The CSU will not refund tuition, fees, or any associated costs, to students who determine subsequent to admission that they cannot meet licensure or credentialing requirements. Information concerning licensure and credentialing requirements are available from Academic Affairs, (562) 985-4128.
Entering CSU students are required to present proof of the following immunizations to the CSU campus they will be attending before the beginning of their first term of enrollment.
Measles and Rubella (German Measles) Immunization: All new and readmitted students must provide proof of full immunization against measles and rubella prior to enrollment.
Hepatitis B Immunization: All new students who will be 18 years of age or younger at the start of their first term at a CSU campus must provide proof of full immunization against Hepatitis B before enrolling. Full immunization against Hepatitis B consists of three timed doses of vaccine over a minimum 4 to 6 months period. If you need further details or have special circumstances, please consult Student Health Services. These are not admission requirements, but are required of students as conditions of enrollment in CSU.
Meningococcal Disease Information: Each incoming freshman who will be residing in on-campus housing will be required to return a form to housing indicating that they have received information about meningococcal disease and the availability of the vaccine.
References: CSU Executive Order No. 803 Immunization
Requirements / California Assembly Bill 1107.
Measles/Rubella and Hepatitis B clearance are obtained by presenting to Student Health Services 1) a medical immunization record showing dates of shots given, or 2) a record of blood tests showing immunity, or 3) receiving immunization(s), or 4) making a request for medical or personal religious exemption. Students may receive the immunizations from their health care provider, HMO, or Public Health Department at low cost. Immunizations may also be obtained at Student Health Services for a minimal charge for Measles and Rubella (German Measles) and vaccine Hepatitis B. Acceptable proof may be by records from high school, private health care providers, and local health departments.
For details on immunization requirements and where to obtain vaccines, call Student Health Services, go to www.csulb.edu/shs or go to the Student Health Center at the corner of Beach Drive and Merriam Way.
Note: The CSU anticipates a policy change to the immunization requirements for the 2018-2019 academic year.
The University reserves the right to select its students and deny admission to the University or any of its programs as the University, in its sole discretion, determines the appropriate criteria based on an applicant's suitability and the best interests of the University.
Students should be prepared to meet expenses for fees within 30 days of registration. Books should be purchased when classes begin. Other expenses are ongoing and must be anticipated monthly and included in the total cost of attendance. Expenses generally go up an average three to four percent per year. Actual costs depend upon where the student lives and if there are dependent children. Financial aid programs are designed to help students meet standard University‑related expenses during the academic year. The following budgets will assist students in planning costs for average expenses: (Costs include University fees, books and supplies, room and board, personal miscellaneous and transportation based on 2016-2017 CSULB budgets.)
Undergraduate living at home with parents
(nine month term) $15,960
Undergraduate living in a residence hall
Single undergraduate living off‑campus
(apartment, house nine month term, assumes shared housing) $23,642
Living on campus is the ultimate way for students to enhance their college experience. Approximately 2,600 new and continuing students live in three residential colleges that support students personally, socially, and academically. The application period for new residents is typically early March - May 1 of each year.
All first-time freshmen are required to live in campus residence halls during their first year at CSULB unless they are 21 years or older or will be living at home with a parent(s) or legal guardian(s) during their entire freshmen year. Exemptions will be considered if verification is presented for students who are veterans or currently active duty; students who are married, domestically partnered, and/or have legally dependent children; students who have been independent and not claimed by their parent(s) for two calendar years; students carrying five units or less per semester for the entire academic year; students with special circumstances, such as medical or disability circumstances.
For more information about on and off-campus housing, call (562) 985-4187, go to www.csulb.edu/housing or go to the Housing Office at the corner of Atherton Street and Earl Warren Drive.
Section 89030.7 of the California Education Code requires that the CSU establishes specific requirements for appeal procedures for a denial of admission. Each CSU campus must publish appeal procedures for applicants denied admission to the University. The procedure is limited to addressing campus decisions to deny an applicant admission to the University.
Admissions appeal procedures must address the basis for appeals, provide 15 business days for an applicant to submit an appeal, stipulate a maximum of one appeal per academic term, provide specific contact information for the individual or office to which the appeal should be submitted, and indicate a time estimate for when the campus expects to respond to an appeal. The appeal procedures must be included in all denial of admission notifications to students, and must also be published on the campus website.
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BLUE LAND C.D. COLLINS (Polyho Press 10 Howard St. Somerville, Mass http://www.polyho.com)
In Somerville, Mass, the home of C.D. Collins, she lives amidst the east coast literary establishment. The fiction that is produced in these parts is often first rate. It often deals with the young, the disaffected, the urbane and privileged. The characters often are jaded, over-educated, underemployed, and in short not reflective of the hinterlands south, west and even north of the Brahmin waters of the Charles River. But in the west of Somerville, Collins writes about the folks who habituated the bygone tobacco farms of rural Kentucky, and other gone-to- seed burgs. Like William Faulkner or Flannery O’Connor she writes with a gothic and highly emotional acumen that is at times striking. Collins who moved to Somerville from Kentucky some years ago, is an accomplished singer/songwriter as well as poet, who now has written a collection of short stories titled “Blue Land.” It examines the lives of mostly agrarian, poor white, folks in an unsentimental, authentic, and even spiritual style.
One of the most harrowing stories in this collection “Sin Verquenza” deals with a coke addict who works the line at a Delmonte Plant. The first paragraph of the story grabs the reader immediately in a chokehold, as the female protagonist describes the difference between a “Coke Head,” and a “Junkie":
“ A Coke Head and a Junkie are two different things. With Junk you hit up and just drop out. You feel very benevolent, but all you can do is sit there trembling and nauseated, your eyes slamming shut. With cocaine you are fascinated by your own mind, you feel smart and interesting and full of energy. Your life is suddenly ideal. Then the high is tainted by craving for more and you rev and rev till you climb the fucking walls. I do coke, but I am not in the gutter, you understand. I’m a worker. I save all my money past rent and food, for my Friday night date with the snowman.”
And here, in the same story, Collins exhibits her talent for the telling detail. In this passage she describes the evolving physical traits of a dysfunctional couple:
“ Same stiff dinners, same exact fights on Saturday night. My mother drew more and more inside, her head sinking into her shoulders like a turtle, her shoulders rolling forward. My father did the opposite, his chest popped out more and more, and his back began to sway, like a bad horse.”
In the story “Hiroshima” a young woman ponders the simple twist of fate that prevented one young man from courting her, and the consequence it may have had for the unborn child:
“ Would it have been different if Mr. Greenway had not been walking this way to the dairy, if the other young man’s step had not quickened as the image of her eyes surfaced in his mind? For it was not much time, just a moment, between the arrival of one and the arrival of the other, leaving with one, and leaving the other with the grandparents or an empty porch. Would the child that comes later have been the same soul destined to pass through this woman? Or is there a child whose soul still waits?”
In the best tradition of the small press, the Polyho Press has published a veteran writer who is hopefully on the cusp of the literary limelight.
* The Ibbetson Street Press will be releasing a poetry collection by Collins " Self Portrait With A Severed Head" this summer ( 2008)
Doug Holder/ Ibbetson Update/ May 2008/ Somerville
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Louisa Solano Corner in Cambridge, Mass.
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H.M.S. E 36 (1916)
Pendant Number: E.36[1]
Builder: John Brown & Company[2]
Launched: 16 Sep, 1916[3]
Commissioned: Nov, 1916[4]
Collision?: mid Jan, 1917[5]
Fate: w/ E 43
H.M.S. E 36 was one of fifty-seven "E" class submarines completed in Britain before and during the Great War.
2 Captains
She was lost with all hands on 19 January, 1917 after a collision with E 43.[6]
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Lieutenant Thomas B. S. McGregor-Robertson, November, 1916[7] – 19 January, 1917[8] (killed when sub was lost)
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. pp. 82, 85.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 88.
↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 39.
↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. pp. 308-9.
↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395zz.
↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 308.
"E" Class Submarine
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E 14 E 15 E 16 E 17 E 18
E 50 E 52 E 53
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Counter-terrorist operation in Sinai paying off
As COS 2018 continues security forces have all but ended the mobility of terrorists
Ahmed Eleiba , Thursday 12 Jul 2018
Egyptian armed forces involved in Comprehensive Operation Sinai (COS) 2018 (Photo: Egypt's army spokesman)
Comprehensive Operation Sinai (COS) 2018 is still in progress, with regular updates furnished by the Armed Forces.
The counter-terrorist operation was launched in February and 25 military communiqués have so far been issued reporting on the inroads made not just against terrorist groups but against other criminal activities, especially smuggling.
Since the original three-month deadline for COS 2018 was extended indefinitely, Sinai officials and security experts say the capabilities of terrorist organisations in the peninsula have witnessed massive erosion.
Sources say operations will continue until they attain all their stated objectives, echoing Armed Forces Spokesman Colonel Tamer Al-Refaai’s statement that COS will only end when “all the assigned tasks are completed”.
In the meantime, movement by residents of Arish, who have faced severe restrictions on transport within the governorate and on their ability to leave, will be eased, according to North Sinai Governor Abdel-Fattah Harhour.
Local Sinai sources reported a terrorist attack on Friday at a roadblock near the border zone in Rafah.
It was later confirmed that an officer and a conscript were killed in the attack and a number of others wounded.
Judging by the sounds coming from the area, say the sources, the attackers probably used RPG rockets.
Sources in the area report some of the terrorist operatives failed to make it across the border between Egypt and Gaza/Israel, and were captured by Egyptian forces.
While it remains unclear whether they were heading to Gaza or seeking to escape to Israel, previous incidents suggest the operatives were seeking refuge in Gaza following a schism in Sinai Province, affiliated to Islamic State (IS).
The leadership of the terrorist organisation is almost exclusively comprised of Palestinians from Gaza, some of whom defected from Hamas’ paramilitary wing while others had been dismissed from Hamas’ security services.
There are an estimated 130 of these operatives in Sinai. Their numbers are swelled, however, by other Palestinians who have infiltrated Sinai in the last three years, and by yet others who have been involved in arms smuggling for even longer.
An Egyptian security source told Al-Ahram Weekly that terrorist operatives pursued by Egyptian security forces often flee in the direction of Israel, an apparent confirmation of Israeli security reports suggesting Sinai-based terrorists sometimes prefer to flee to Israel rather than Gaza.
Observers have noted a decline in the effectiveness of the terrorist organisations’ media operations. That the latest edition of the IS-affiliated Al-Nabaa reported the attack against the army roadblock using secondary sources supports the assumption that communications have broken down between IS and its regional commanders following the collapse of the organisation in Raqqa and the breakdown of the organisation’s structures in Egypt in the face of the sustained pressures of COS 2018.
Details of security investigations made public last month revealed the existence of 43 cluster cells formed by Salman Al-Darz.
Al-Darz became Sinai Province’s military commander after being responsible for finance in his capacity as one of the main contractors for border tunnels running between Sinai and Gaza.
Security investigations in Gaza and Israeli intelligence assessments reveal that Sinai Province has for some time seen it as being in its own interests to put a brake on smuggling activities in order to harm Hamas which had long profited from the illegal trade, a reflection of the antagonistic relationship that exists between Hamas and IS/Sinai Province.
The cluster cells were located in six areas of North and Central Sinai — Beir Al-Abd, Sheikh Zuweid, Rafah, Arish, Al-Hasana and Nakhl — which coincide with Sinai Province’s operational divisions.
Confessions obtained from IS detainees indicate that a structural change occurred in the Sinai Province leadership hierarchy after its commander, Abu Doaa Al-Ansari, was killed by the army in August 2016.
Abu Hager Al-Hashemi, a former officer in the Iraqi army, took over the organisation after Al-Ansari’s death and reduced the senior command to just three deputies in an attempt to end infiltration.
The group’s organisation was further eroded by the elimination of Nasser Abu Zaqoul, its commander in Central Sinai.
More recent reports note the disappearance of news about Al-Hashemi, leading to speculation that a leadership crisis is underway. Security sources in Sinai told Al-Ahram Weekly military intelligence began to detect signs of an internal rift following the attack against the mosque in Beir Al-Abd in November 2017. The fissure has been of great help to counter-terrorist operations.
“An important shift has taken place in the counter-terrorist drive in Sinai and in Egypt in the framework of COS 2018,” says Brigadier General Khaled Okasha, a member of the National Counter-terrorism Council.
“It is a result of the success we have had in destroying the organisational structure of terrorism. We have managed to severely cut the terrorists’ ability to recruit from the Nile Valley and Delta and from members of Islamist groups seeking to migrate.”
*A version of this article appears in print in the 12 July 2018 edition of Al-Ahram Weekly under the headline: Structural disintegration
Ahmed Eleiba
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COS 2018
Tamer Al-Refaai
Abdel-Fattah Harhour
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Salman Al-Darz
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Sheikh Zuweid
Al-Hasana
Nakhl
Abu Doaa Al-Ansari
Abu Hager Al-Hashemi
Nasser Abu Zaqoul
Khaled Okasha
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Perez Hilton v. Wil.I.Am | Black Eyed Peas' manager turns himself in
According to Roger Gillies of the Associated Press, Polo Molina, the manager of the Black Eyed Peas, turned himself in to the Toronto police and was charged with assault on Perez Hilton.
Polo Molina
Hilton got into a heated, verbally abusive argument first with Fergie, the popular singer with "The Peas" then with Black Eyed Peas' lead rapper Wil.I.Am early Monday morning. According to videos from both Wil.I.Am and Hilton, Hilton's verbal abuse led to his being beaten by what Wil.I.Am called "a fan" while Hilton said the attacker was the band's manager.
You can learn more with my initial video on this:
And more information's coming as the flow from Twitter is tremendous, but my estimate is it will subside by this time tomorrow unless someone from the Peas makes a new statement, Perez follows up, or another video surfaces.
This subject is now the fourth highest hashtag on Twitter, towering over Tehran; #iranelection remains at number one.
Labels: black eyed peas, music, perez hilton, wil.i.am
Perez Hilton says Wil.I.Am of Black Eyed Peas beat him up; lying?
Famous blogger Perez Hilton blasted the Twitterverse just under an hour ago (in a story broke by "Tila Tequila" on Twitter) literally screaming that he was beaten up by rapper Wil.I.Am (of the red-hot group The Black Eyed Peas) and his security guards.
I was assaulted by Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas and his security guards. I am bleeding. Please, I need to file a police report. No joke.about 1 hour ago from Sidekick
This is the full series of Hilton's tweets starting from most recent first:
The Toronto police are here now. Thank you. Please stop calling them.34 minutes ago from Sidekick
I spoke to my lawyer. I really need to talk to the authorities. Please come to the SoHo Met Hotel. Have called the police. Need them here.about 1 hour ago from Sidekick
Still waiting for the police. The bleeding has stopped. I need to document this. Please, can the police come to the SoHo Met Hotel.about 1 hour ago from Sidekick
I'm in shock. I need the police ASAP. Please come to the SoHo Metropolitan Hotel now. Please.about 1 hour ago from Sidekick
Is there a gay bar that we can go to with GaGa now that like has a balcony or some place to have fun but be safe?about 4 hours ago from Sidekick
Mission accomplished! I just got a picture with Taylor Lautner!!!! That one is for my fellow fangirls! Xoxo
But Wil.I.Am sent a text to a friend who then posted a photo of it on Twitter which read "What the hell would I be doing sockin Perez Hilton???"
So now it's a case of he-said, he-said. Hilton, whose real name is Mario Lavandeira, is known for being verbally abusive and in one case was physically assaulted but not for nothing; in that case at a party at the Playboy Mansion, Hilton never reported why he got a black-eye.
Hilton's also known for being an attention hound, so many Twitterers think this is just another ploy by Hilton to get attention that leads to traffic for his blog.
Wil.I.Am just created a video where he explained what happened. The rapper said that it started at an event after the MuchMusic Awards in Canada where Fergie of "The Peas" came up to the blogger and asked why he didn't like their music. Hilton explained it was just the record, but according to Wil.I.Am was "up in her face" and rude to her.
Later, Wil.I.Am encountered Hilton at another club and requested that he not treat the group in such a rude way as he did on his website. But rather than apologize, Hilton said "I don't respect you" to Wil.I.Am, who said "OK. That's cool." But then Hilton, who's Gay, called Wil.I.Am the "F-Word" but even then the lead lyricist for the Black Eyed Peas held his cool and backed off; but an unknown fan didn't and accordind to Wil.I.Am "got all up into him". So it was the fan that assaulted Hilton, not Wil.I.Am; if Wil.I.Am's story is accurate, Hilton lied about the incident.
My read on this is Hilton may have been drunk and a bit out of control of himself, which explains his behavior and the case of mistaken identity.
Hilton didn't stop tweeting. His last posts as of this writing said..
I won't be talking about this any further. It is in the hands of the authorities.22 minutes ago from web
Thank u all from the bottom of my heart for ur concern. The police are investigating the assault now. I did the right thing by reporting it.22 minutes ago from web
For his part Wil.I.Am said "It's all cool; it just got a little crazy."
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Game of Thrones Season 8 premiere: setting the stage
Saykot Kabir Shayok
In Essays
The eighth and the final season of HBO’s pinnacle fantasy TV series Game of Thrones premiered this Monday (Bangladesh Standard Time). With that, it set the stage for bidding adieu to arguably the most loved fantasy saga ever aired. Starting as a word-of-mouth hit to growing into phenomena worldwide, the ace of HBO has kept setting its ambitions higher with the fans indulging deeper into the ground-breaking tale with each installment. Here is to take a look back at the first of six remaining titles to complete the race for the iron throne.
Previous seven seasons saw some bitter and heartbreaking moments shared between siblings which is completely absent in the first episode of the final season. Instead, the audiences are gifted with a chain of reunions and subtle one-liners after the unbearable 20-months-wait following the seventh season. The episode takes place in titular “Winterfell”, where we see reunions like Jon Snow (Kit Harington) with his step-sister Arya Stark (Maisie Williams) and brother Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead-Wright), Arya with Robert Baratheon's bastard Gendry (Joe Dempsie) and the Hound, Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) with his former wife Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner) and Yara Greyjoy (Gemma Whelan) with her healing brother Theon Greyjoy (Alfie Allen).
The grim and mundane tone of the beginning prevails throughout the episode. We see Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) marching in Winterfell despite a cold reception from Sansa, now the lady of Winterfell. Sansa is also disappointed at Tyrion when he reveals about the meeting with his sister Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey) and their decision to trust her. The audience should understand her point as she tolerated Cersei’s torture more than anyone else still alive in the show. Also, she expresses her discontent at Jon abandoning his title ‘King in the North’ by ‘bending the knee’ to Daenerys.
However, things were not so rough between Jon and Arya, who share the screen for the first time after the first season. A warm hug and little chitchat regarding her whereabouts during previous seasons were sure to bring joy to the viewers. Arya Stark’s reconciliation with Gendry was as witty as cold it was with the “Hound” Sandor Clegane (Rory McCann). Jon’s first ride with the dragon alongside Daenerys surely thrilled the audience.
Two impactful events took place in Winterfell in the first episode.
First was Samwell Tarly (John Bradley), Jon’s best friend, revealing the secret he and Bran Stark figured out the previous season that Jon Snow is in fact not a bastard but the legitimate son of Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark.
The fact that Jon Snow alias Aegon Targaryen is the true heir to the iron throne seemed like ‘too much to take in’ for himself. He looked unsettled and traumatized as the question arises how he would confront his aunt, Daenerys, with the claim for the throne.
And the second bizarre confrontation took place right before the ending part between Bran Stark and Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) as Jaime sneaks into Winterfell to join the fight against the undead army. The pair met for the first time after the gruesome pilot episode of season one.
Back in Kings Landing, we see Euron Greyjoy (Pilou Asbæk), Theon and Yara’s treacherous uncle to return with the Golden Company, a band of fierce mercenaries to fight on behalf of notorious Queen Cersei Lannister. Cersei’s evil plot now has a new motive, killing off her two remaining siblings, Jaime and Tyrion. It was unsettling to see her to approach Bron (Jerome Flynn) of Blackwater with the proposal via Qyburn (Anton Lesser). However, Euron’s desire to mingle with the queen finally materialise in the episode.
Now recovering Theon somewhat heroically rescued his sister Yara from Euron’s grasp in the later part of the episode. They sail with three ships from the iron fleet when Yara pitches the idea of heading back to Iron Islands, reclaiming and preparing it as the last resort for others now in Winterfell. Though we find Theon determined to visit Winterfell for supporting the head-on collision with the Night King’s army alongside Stark family which Yara approves.
The threat of the undead army, the impending doom was not forgotten by the scriptwriters as the Night King’s horrifying deeds were found out by Tormund Giantsbane (Kristofer Hivju), Beric Dondarrion (Richard Dormer) and the remnants of the Night’s Watch. The band uncovers the same swirling symbol made with human arms which we first saw in the very first season of Game of Thrones. Poor Ned Umber (Harry Grasby), head of his house is seen pinned in the center of it and rest of Last Hearth being deserted, most probably massacred by the White Walkers, the undead army under the command of mysterious Night King.
Tormund and Beric’s conversation with Eddison Tollett (Ben Crompton) of the Night’s Watch reveals that they have little time before the army reaches Winterfell.
All in all, the entire episode might seem anticlimactic to some because of the absence of any major battle or any major character meeting an untimely death. However, it is a touch of fresh air to some before suffocating tension and chaotic events baffle our minds in the following episodes. After finishing the first episode it is eminent that all the stakeholders and their agendas are converging towards an end nobody can guess. Many noted characters are still absent including Melisandre (Carice van Houten), Brienne of Tarth (Gwendoline Christie) and Night King (granted we saw his symbol). The good or bad news is the latter might inevitably appear in the next episode as hinted in the preview attached with the first one.
Spanning some 5o seconds, the preview gives a sneak peek in episode two where Jaime is brought to Daenerys. She expresses her grudge against the ‘Kingslayer’, the man responsible for her father’s death. Later Jon Snow (or Aegon Targaryen) is seen with Tormund who seemingly made it before the undead army. Winterfell prepares for a massive battle seemingly with the Night King and his White Walkers.
The decade defining saga with a mind-boggling mix of politics, betrayal, strategy, love, drama, swordfights, magic and dragons (can’t leave that one out) is nearing its end. Fans all over the world will surely miss and mourn as the final episode will air on May 19, 2019. However, at least one spin-off series is reportedly slated to go in production later this year so yay for that. The characters and their impact on pop-culture will not fade away any time soon.
The second episode of Game Thrones Season Eight will air on April 22.
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[Letter from Adams & Griffin to Messrs. Saml. & Wm. Vernon]
Manuscript copy of a letter dated June 27, 1770, from Adams & Griffin of Richmond [Virginia] to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island regarding remittance of payment to London merchant Thomas Adams. Followed by a letter that includes further billing from Perkins Buchanan & Brown of London and a discussion of projected agricultural markets for the upcoming fall. Adams & Griffin note that slaves "are in the greatest demand, and the first that arrive will sell at a good price."
[Letter from Rd. Adams to Messrs. Samuel & Wm. Vernon]
Manuscript copy of a letter from Adams & Griffin of Richmond [Virginia] to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island dated February 8, 1771, regarding payments to Captain William Tanner for shipments and discussing the slave market in Richmond in anticipation of a slave shipment from "the Coast" delivered by Captain John Duncan. Followed by a letter in which Adams & Griffin further report on the state of the Richmond market, noting the great demand for slaves. In companion letter, Richard Adams mentions the marriage of William Griffin to Susan Chiswell, widow of John Robinson.
Manuscript copy of a letter from Richard Adams of Richmond [Virginia] to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island dated December 26, 1768, regarding the "favorable" slave market in Richmond. Followed by a letter in which Adams & Griffin, further note the improved market.
Letter dated September 1, 1769, from Adams & Griffin of Richmond [Virginia] to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island regarding the slow sale of slaves shipped on the Brig Othello, citing their poor condition. Followed by a letter signed by Adams & Griffin to that the remaining slaves had been sold. Includes list detailing the "state of the market."
Sales 66 Negroes Receiv'd [of] the Brig Othello, Capt. John Duncan & Sold on Accot. Mss. Samuel and William Vernon, Merchts. Rhode Island [by] Adams & Griffin
Account record for the sale of 66 slaves from the cargo of the Brig Othello, sold in Richmond, Virginia, by Adams & Griffin for Samuel and William Vernon of [Newport], Rhode Island. Includes names of purchasers, price paid, and gender and age of slaves bought.
Letter from Adams & Griffin of Richmond [Virginia] to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island regarding shipments of corn and slaves on the Brig Othello, owned by the Vernons. Includes mention of the inferior quality of a recent slave shipment with "too great a proportion of children & the grown ones rather too old."
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IRAQ requests the international... | IQD Dinar Currency Exchange RV
Publicado por Dinaresgurus.blogspot.com Unknown en 3:10 PM No comments:
TNT CHATTER, 2 AUGUST
JWill: I bet Zimbabwe finish ballot counting before Iraq does!!! As Corrupt as. Zimbabwe is.. they can get a govt formed & votes counted in 1 week where it may take Iraq 2 months. Zimbabwe has done this before in the past.
RVAlready: I do not think CBI cares about the vote. I think the vote is just a false delay, while any remaining financial item are moved into place. I think waiting for the recount is a sham…. I think we have the demonstrators to thank, for pushing on the CBI to finish quickly
RVAlready: One more thing from the crazy mind of rvalready: Abadi + the COM are the GOI. The recounts are proving to change nothing. Therefore, they should do the RV before parliament convenes. They do not need them, and they could try to get in the way. Nobody but Abadi will be the now and future PM.
Red: remember when the lowered the US flag over Iraq and raised the Iraq flag huge event thousands in attendence, we thought that was the trigger for the Rv 7 years ago, lol lol lol
Steadfast: i remember when we all thought mosul was the trigger for this event, and waited each week to hear the progress until it was finally liberated and then...... nothing. Hmmm deja vu.
OPERATION DISCLOSURE, 2 AUGUST
(Disclaimer: The following is an overview of the current situation based on rumors/leaks from several sources which may or may not be truthful or accurate.)
The Cabal have incited riots in Zimbabwe in an attempt to disrupt the election.
Paid actors were brought to the streets of Harare to rile up MDC Alliance supporters and attack the military.
Mnangagwa's government is being condemned by the mainstream media for opening fire on protesters.
What is condemned by the mainstream media is the Cabal's doing.
Mnangagwa has been informed that the ZIDERA amendment bill was privately signed and passed allowing Zimbabwe free reign over their assets.
Mnangagwa is working closely with the Elders to release Zimbabwe's assets to the world through GESARA via the QFS.
The public announcement of the signing and passing of the ZIDERA amendment bill is currently pending.
The ZIDERA bill was passed in 2001 (right before 9/11) to put a choke hold on Zimbabwe. This paved the way for the Cabal to rob Zimbabwe of its assets/resources.
"Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank. Give a man a bank and he can rob the world."
All bills and laws that were passed to serve the Cabal's agenda is being reverted before our very eyes.
According to sources, high level humanitarian organizations have been put on an hourly notice for the RV release by the AoP (Authors of the Plan).
The RV can be expected to begin at any moment as of now.
8-2-2018 Newshound Guru Adam Montana [Seems like the manual count of the votes is reaching the end and may have been a stalling tactic while very few exceptions to the original results have been discovered. With the extended time between the election and the formal announcement of the election results, do You think agreements are unannounced and in place to apply Article 140 and to push the needed elements of the HCL through Parliament at the onset of the new Parliamentary session? If so on the HCL, will it have to be published in the Gazette before the final monetary reforms are applied to include the RI/RV?] The general way of doing business in Iraq does require an official Gazette publication for some things to be finalized, but we know that if the CBI says tomorrow that they are exchanging at a new rate... that's the day it becomes official, and we won't be waiting for a newspaper to hit the doorsteps.
8-2-2018 Intel Guru Delta [...can they go international wed with a program rate... wouldnt the whales destroy the dinar...] CAN'T...IT'S NOT AN OPTION...THEY HAVE NO CHOICE.
8-2-2018 Intel Guru RayRen98 WE ARE NOW UP TO 4 REPORTS OF 1:1 IN IRAQ --- THE CLOCK IS TICKING. [reference RayRen98 post 8-1-2018]
8-2-2018 Newshound/Intel Guru Mnt Goat How long can Iraq stall the announcement of the elections results and get the govt formed? We are already passed my mid- July date on my timeframe when the RV could possibly happen. So let’s wait and see what happens in the next couple weeks. We know they must announce the ratification of the election results first and seat the new prime minister and parliament. This will start the clock ticking again....tick tock,,, tick tock,,,.
8-2-2018 Intel Guru Frank26 Mrs.Kamin, a Parliament Financial Committee Member for many years...comes out of nowhere and says, “I’m going to be talking to all of you here about our economic policy and about our ‘new paper,’ that will serve as new paper. A currency financial report is what I’m going to be turning into the CBI concerning this ‘new paper’. That is a HUGE leak! For real. Lady, your going going to be handing in a currency financial report about a program rate, are you?! Of course not, silly rabbit! ...a new report and a new currency...Shut up! Your talking about the Reinstatement of the Iraqi dinar! ...That is so blatant!. ...She’s talking basically about the education that has been given to the citizens of Iraq. She is not talking about an old program rate!
(Notes by Adept1)
TNT Call 1-August-2018
Replay: 641.715.0623, PIN CODE 409029#
AUDIO REPLAY
RayRen: Good afternoon, TNT super-fantastic family! This is Wednesday, August 1, 2018, with yours truly RayRen98 here along with Tony.
Tony: Good morning, TNT! We’re here where we don’t want to be but while we’re here let’s find something to celebrate!
RayRen: We didn’t send out any updates because we tried to get confirmation before sending out anything. We did here from that $20 = 22 dinar in Iraq. I did contact some sources, and two reported ‘no, they didn’t see anything on that’. Then we did some more confirmation today from a very good source saying that some people are getting 1:1. Official sources state that “it’s supposed to start today”.
Tony: We also got a text from Iraq; this person is leaving and his Iraqi counterpart said that $20 = 22 dinar; that was on Monday, while we were on the call. He was telling us things going on on-base, and this was off-base. He is calling around the country to get more information. The other one that Ray mentioned, that higher source, attended a meeting today; they said the vote recounting is complete and they’re all in a meeting right now. He did get confirmation from that level that the citizens are now receiving 1:1. We are trying to find out if that is in Kurdistan or anywhere else.
The committee member did comment that it was supposed to go into effect today. We are still waiting for that to be stated officially. We are waiting for the international button to be pushed, with the ATMs activated and the in-country rate at 1:1. Things are moving along. Hopefully we will get more information during the call today. Most of our sources were expecting this to already be happening.
Articles that are now out:
Sadr is talking about what he wants in a PM or government. They aren’t looking for a religious or sectarian government; they want technocrats regardless of background. They don’t want Iran or the US to tell them what to do.
The US is now demanding Abadi be PM (rather than requesting). Iraq naturally wants to choose its own Prime Minister.
Abadi has come to agreement with Barzani and Article 140.
Now, in US news, Facebook has been finding that Russia is attempting to influence our mid-term elections, and I agree, that is a bad idea. So how can it be okay for the US to demand Iraq have Abadi as PM, and potentially levy sanctions on individuals if they don’t? If they make the announcement today, that will dissolve that particular problem. Do we need to wait for them to announce the PM before this goes? I don’t know. It is on Iraqi television that they will have one unified country and they don’t have to fight the Kurds. That’s a good thing.
Questions from the TNT forum
Q: If you have less than 2 million Dinar and you wish to apply for the contract rate what percentage of the funds obtained at the higher rate must be designated for humanitarian projects in order to qualify?
A: You don’t have to dedicate ANY specific amount for dinar contract rates. We don’t know how this will work.
Q: What kind of business activity can you do with a trust? I went to the internet and it was not at all clear. Please give us a brief summary as to what we can do. I, myself, am interested in real estate.
A: A trust is an entity like a partnership, corporation, or whatever. It operates just like a person or company, so you’ll have no problems with real estate or other investments.
Q: My understanding is the Zim will not have a contract rate. I know there are no guarantees but do you expect it to increase in value like dinar or just remain the same or decrease?
A: You must have missed the recent calls. We said that Zim MIGHT have contract rate, and the international rate might go up to 72 cents over the next 18 months, if you can stand to wait that long. To get the contract rate for Zim, you will have to give 80% to approved nonprofits based in Zimbabwe, and a humanitarian plan.
Q: we are still only allowed to currency exchange a maximum of 10 – 100 Triillion Dolllar ZIM Notes?
A: Nothing has changed on that. The committee said that will be the cap; meanwhile, the banks haven’t been briefed on any limits.
Q: On one of your calls last week you said the tax that would have to be paid on money earned from our exchange would be 17%, if that is true, should our exchange be put in a separate account from the rest of our portfolio at our current investment firm. I think that 17% would be less that what we are now paying.
A: You will have to ask your banker or tax professional about that. Anything you make from your exchange funds should be taxed at 17%. Somehow trump is trying to come up with a 100 billion dollar tax plan that is only going to apply to the rich, which will be you. So pay attention! There may be a plan where you end up paying no tax. However, he’s trying to get this through without passing it by Congress. Look it up!
Q: I have placed my currency into a trust. Does the anticipated 17% tax on future earnings apply to a trust as well or will the earnings from the trust remain taxable at almost 40%?
A: Check with your tax person.
Q: Could Tony post the link to the article about Lebanon asking for their contractors to be paid and noting the higher value of the Iraqi currency?
A: Yes, we covered this in the last call. It’s in the sixth paragraph, last sentence, and it says the value of the Iraqi dinar has now changed. I’ll ask someone to post it in the forum.
Q: Do you have any confirmation that Iraq is Article 8 compliant?
A: No.
Q: Do you know if all restrictions have been lifted?
A: Yes, so I understand.
Q: How difficult is it to open our own bank? Is there a minimum of funds required?
A: It’s not difficult; there are bank brokers, and you can buy a bank for 3-11 million dollars. All across the country there are banks for sale. Your question is: do you know how to run a bank? Do you know how to pick a bank board? Most people want influential people on their boards. It’s not difficult at all to buy a bank.
Q: I am unable to access TNTshowtime.activeboard.comfrom my iPad and a book. I know I have the correct password etc. What can I do?
A: Try using a real computer, and also make sure to put www. in front of the site address. If you’re on the internet, you should be able to get in, so there may be some other issue. Obviously this person was able to get on the sit to ask this question!
Q: What are your thoughts on the article stating the Lebanon spilled the beans about the value of the dinar changing?
A: I saw this first on Sunday and at first I thought it was a mistake, because we already got the $1.80 rate as people left Iraq. Then my friend with the card said his rate changed to over $3.50. Then our other contacts said it will be done today. So it just felt like more confirmation for me.
Q: Do you think that this article Tony was talking about today where US is threatening sanctions could just be a Maliki based newspaper just trying to cause issues?
A: Well, someone is spilling it, because there are two different articles. They could be Maliki minions, or just politicians tired of the US pushing Iraq around. We have government in Parliament and in the CBI; I don’t’ know why they would want to create this problem. They are letting everyone know they are being forced to do something they would probably have done anyway, but now there is all this pressure and threats. This is nothing new for the US, if you’ve read Confessions of an Economic Hitman.
Live Callers
865/404 caller: You said Sadr has posted his criteria for the next PM; how does that match up with Abadi?
Tony: It’s a perfect fit; that’s why Abadi and Sadr work well together.
Caller: Anything in the Gazette today?
Tony: We have not information on the Gazette today. The UN operational rates are supposed to be the same, and the only date I’m hearing about is 5. August. Technically it could start today but it could be 2-3 days before we see it. The information from the meeting was sent to us at 5am PST this morning.
610 caller: if you are financially able to donate, please send your checks and money orders to Ray Renfrow, PO Box 1748, Elm City, NC 27822. The address can be found at www.tntsuperfantastic.com; click on the Donate button and send your check today.
631 caller: If dinar is 1:1 in-country, how can people be getting $3.71?
Caller: The $3.71 rate is our guy in the US, with his international card. The people leaving the country were getting 88 cents, then 1.80, and possibly $3.51 or higher. They are getting people used to an improved rate, and it could higher after the RV. I don’t dong going up as much as dinar, because their economy is in a different place. We think that the hedge funds and Forex will drive up dinar over the course of a few weeks. The dong may go up, but their economy is not changing at the same rate as in Iraq. But if you want to wait a couple of days, both dong and dinar will probably go up.
510 caller: [Appreciation] How can I find out about Forex?
Tony: There are many apps that you can download on your phone and you can follow the rates as they go up and down. Yahoo has a currency tracker as well. On Monday’s call, I mentioned the site the banks use for their official rates: coinmill.com. Ray has told us about this before. ‘
Caller: I was in the bank in a long line, and I wondered if anyone else was buying dong, and I got into a conversation with the next person who (it turns out) also listens to TNT. The other day I was in WF after purchasing two million dong, and I asked for the going price, and she said that the exchange rate was 7900 so I sold her my two million. We went out and celebrated, and then the next day they took it all back because she put in two many zeros. Our high just went straight out the window! But the excitement was fun. Of course, I went into the bank and they apologized for the mistake, but the excitement of that $14,000 was very good.
Tony: This happened to another member in another state, and they got a visit from the Secret Service – the bank didn’t acknowledge they made a mistake, they said the member was trying to scam them!
707 caller: You clarified the three mouse strategy, but if you want contract rates…
Tony: In that case you need to get to the bank as quickly as possible. You have 15 mission dinar? If there is a limit of 10 million dinar, then the only question is what they will give you for the other five million. You can also negotiate rates on the other currencies, depending on how much you leave in that bank and for how long. However, if you get the dinar contract on dinar, you will not get anything like as high for the other currencies. The dinar rate = $28.50, and that is fixed. I just don’t think the other contract rates will be in that range.
509 caller: Is the UN site back up?
Tony: Yes.
[I had to leave at this point; I think all the news has been reported.]
Closing Statements (Sunny)
Tony . . . A bunch of information out there. We’re waiting. Our inside guy says the count is over. We’re still waiting for the announcement. Total numbers. So, hopefully, if they didn’t come out with it today, like they said they would, hopefully it will come out tomorrow.
Articles are saying once again that the largest block is being formed. Then they will be ready to put the GOI thru kind of fast.
Rates are still on the boards at the banks and still say pending.
Still getting information they have gone to 1:1 in Iraq in certain locations. At least 88:1 is actually hitting the streets of the citizens!
We should see more of that in the next couple of days if we don’t see it tomorrow. We now have at least three people saying,’ Yes, it is going on!’
I’m sure I will get information throughout the day because I’ve been getting it while on the call. Got a couple of calls to make.
Anything really exciting we will tweet it out or put on the board. If not I’ll see you guys on Friday.
Ray . . . Enjoy your hump day Wednesday. Keep believing. (played “I Believe”).
RV/INTELLIGENCE ALERT , 2 JULY
Certain events are synchronizing for the RV release to occur.
Zimbabwe's election results is one of these events.
The winning party of Zimbabwe's election is working closely with the Alliance.
It is essential for Zimbabwe's assets to be released to the world for the RV/GCR and GESARA.
The passing and signing of the ZIDERA amendment bill will pave the way for Zimbabwe to share their assets to the world.
The ZIDERA amendment bill is Zimbabwe's version of "NESARA".
ZIDERA (Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act)
NESARA (National Economic Security and Reformation Act)
Current events set to occur:
Election results > ZIDERA amendment bill > RV > GCR/GESARA
Hundreds of Tier 3 groups have been called to Reno and are awaiting disbursement of funds.
All Tiers are to begin exchanging/redeeming simultaneously.
According to sources, Trump and China and have agreed in private to sign off the RV.
It is also rumored that the ZIDERA amendment bill was privately signed by Trump and passed.
If the above is true, then the RV is now ready to begin at any given time after Zimbabwe announces the final results of their election.
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The World is about to change.
KTFA: "Globally Exchanged", 2 AUGUST
Frank26 » August 1st, 2018
YES ARTICLES ARE CONFIRMING US .............. !!!
BUT. I SO WANT YOU ALL TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE ARTICLES WALKINGSTICK IS BRING YOU RIGHT NOW.
HE IS BUILDING SOMETHING ............... FOR YOU KTFA KONA
PLEASE ENJOY. SWEET ALOHA OI \M/
Walkingstick » August 1st, 2018
The Iraqi dinar exchange globally on Wednesday
http://www.knoozmedia.com/3550.....7%D9%84-2/
COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!! how can you walk by this family?
Boxman » August 1st, 2018
Globally exchanged....now what could that mean....
Lots if clarity in that statement..Another sleepless night...lol..
Theresa » August 1st, 2018
Wow Wow Wow!!!!!
David1201 » August 1st, 2018
Oh my goodnes, Wednesday 1-Aug-2018 this happened, now this is total history in the making, wow, wow, wow
Sunkissed » August 1st, 2018
Article is dated August 1, 2018 (today)
It lists so many currencies: USD, Euro, GBP, CD, AD, Yen, Swiss franc, Turkish Lira, Yuan, Thai Baht, Ringit Malaysia, Indian Rupee, Iranian Rial (at 0.273), Egyptian Pound, Saudi Riyal, UAE, Sudanese Pound, Algerian Dinar, Bahraini Dinar ....... and many many more.
So are they talking about TODAY WEDNESDAY... or NEXT Wednesday? This is much more than a basket.... Would this be Forex????
The picture: It is not in the interest of the Iraqi trader to deal with the official price of the Iranian riyal
BAGHDAD - The economic expert Majid al-Suri warned that Iraq will be the biggest savior of Iranian goods after the US sanctions on it, and told Al-Sharqiya News that it is not in the interest of the Iraqi trader to deal with the official price of the Iranian riyal and that would lead to large losses, Will lead to the full collapse of the Iranian currency.
https://www.iraqakhbar.com/1290654
MONDAY CC ............... there is a Middle East basket with calculated currency's ready to go with the I QD and the USD all other currencies that don't want to play fair ........ Can go jump in the ocean .
HoosierGirl » August 1st, 2018
And hopefully the Iranian people will rise up against the evil regime controlling them. Many can remember back in the 70's when they were very westernized and had freedom. It's time for them to take that freedom back! The people must help! IMO!!!
ftti..... (AFE) will come, into.. play..... (ISX) & (ESX)
YUP THIS IS GETTING SERIOUS
AFE, Authorization for expenditures?????
http://www.arab-exchanges.org/Home.aspx
Arab Federation of Exchanges..now i really will have hard time sleeping.. AFE...i assume this entity will help in the transition (merger) of the Iraqi and Kurdish stock exchanges???
yep....
Iraqi politician: America has informed important parties that its only option Abadi and sent car bombs
An Iraqi politician said on Wednesday that «the United States of America informed the important Iraqi parties that the only option to head the government is the current Prime Minister Haider Abadi regardless of the size of the bloc or who is with him and who goes out with who joins the alliance».
"Some US messages appeared to be bombarded and a language of warning that the insistence of blocs, parties or personalities on other candidates is unacceptable to the United States and could make them subject to US sanctions as forces and people," the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
"This is largely linked to the development of the US-Iranian conflict and the escalation of sanctions against Iran," the source said. "The US administration may inflict sanctions on Iraqi parties, not on the Iraqi state."
"There are other candidates other than Abadi, including Hadi al-Amiri, the leader of the Fatah, but it seems that his fortunes under the American insistence on Abadi, as well as the nature of the American perception of Ameri as close to Iran can reduce his chances," noting that "candidates for the settlement or independent candidates The matter has not yet been resolved, but they are balloons from certain parties, whether to tip a party or burn it in favor of another party ».
While the Iraqi politician believes that "the fortunes of some candidates, especially those close to Iran, who no longer support Abadi while America is strongly supported, will be determined by the developments of the US-Iranian relationship, but it must be emphasized that the biggest player in the inauguration of Iraqi prime ministers since 2003 and today"They are the Americans who would have accepted Iran's partnership only this time, they want to be alone in choosing the next prime minister." Link
Hmmmm, sanctions, on individuals, such as Maliki, Amiri. jabouri.....Thinking....
Iraq has regained world confidence in its banking system
After being removed from the list of controlled States
Baghdad / Tareq al-Araji
The central bank reported that the decision of the International Financial Action Organization (FATF) to withdraw Iraq from the list of countries under the monitoring and follow-up of international funds, led to the confidence of States in financial dealings with Iraq, while revealed the transfer of 180 reports to the prosecution during the last period on suspicion of money laundering Or the financing of terrorism.
"The decision of the International Financial Action Organization has helped to acquire foreign financial transactions of Iraq, a great credibility for countries, banks, foreign correspondents and financial institutions," said the governor of the Central Bank, Ali al-Alak, noting that these authorities are afraid to deal with countries that do not have discipline Or full control over anti-money laundering and terrorist financing.
Al-Alak explained that Iraq is currently attractive to international financial and investment institutions and once the announcement of raising the attention of all international financial institutions, indicating that among the indicators of serious country in this framework,
He pointed out that Iraq's financial and monetary transactions are moving in the right direction in conjunction with the development of regulatory systems and laws as all banks were required to establish anti-money laundering units and compliance units, while ensuring the independence of the money laundering and terrorist financing
http://www.alsabaah.iq/Article.....?ID=161032
Tennessee » August 1st, 2018
WOW I love this one
"The central bank reported that the decision of the International Financial Action Organization (FATF) to withdraw Iraq from the list of countries under the monitoring and follow-up of international funds, led to the confidence of States in financial dealings with Iraq,"
Thank you AGAIN! Walkingstick
(BIG Smile)
Wow..that's like an open for business statement IMHO...off the FATF list.thats major news...no fear of US treasury ramifications in dealing with Iraq or its banks..
Thanks WS..
Iobey777 » August 1st, 2018
It's about time!!!! This now says the International world accepts their banks! "The decision of the International Financial Action Organization has helped to acquire foreign financial transactions of Iraq, a great credibility for countries, banks, foreign correspondents and financial institutions," WOW!
IQD CHAT, 2 AUGUST
Baxter I read that Karbala article 3 times...
Baxter to me... its just another article that looks like a long time process..
LeLe Baxter it's a Dan call today ;clap
Baxter ok
Baxter LeLe... is garys 48 hours up???????????????????????
Baxter seems so
LeLe Yeah it's gone and almost come again.
Baxter I just dont understand why Gary says such things...
Baxter Do you honestly believe that Iraq or the CBI is going to do anything with their currency when they dont even have a formed government in place??
LeLe Baxter me either. Hard to listen too. I don't get excited over his calls. Those older ladies that be on every call is driving themselves crazy trying to figure out the date :laugh
Baxter How in the world... without being in Article 8 status... can they expect Iraq to do anything.... I have read up on this .. and every country in the world that is international is in Article 8 status..
Baxter I dont listen to all of their calls... but when I get the code.... if I am not doing anything .. I do...
Baxter I may tonight..
LeLe Baxter honestly they can put it all together if they are forced to.
Baxter but Dans rantings.... I cant take much of...
LeLe Baxter I like the Wednesday calls no fluff and no bull.
LeLe Baxter I think he wears his feelings on his shoulders. Regardless of his past I think he's a good guy.
Baxter I honestly dont believe you will see much at all happen at least till they get a govt formed..and that wont be until at least October
Baxter they dont even have the ballots counted yet... then there is another 30 days to ratify them
1 Aug 18, 04:42 PM LeLe Baxter that's what articles are saying. I've seen articles state things that had be done.
Baxter yep... and you know what...
Baxter there are MORE elections coming in the near future.
Baxter and they dont even have this one done yet
LeLe Baxter I know I'm going to get beat up over this. But if we are waiting on Iraq we'll be here until the cows come home. I personally don't think it's in their hands.
Baxter well... Im not going to beat you up at all.... but I do believe its in their hands...and there may be a GCR of some sort in the Middle East over all of this... but world wide..... no way
Baxter there is nothing wrong with our economy...
Baxter unemployment...stock market....all in excellent shape
Baxter Trump is getting this trade mess straightened out... just wait and see
Baxter stockmarket is up 40% since Trump took office..
LeLe Baxter wars are bankers wars. Power plays. North Korea was for reason. Russia for a reason. You'll see Trump Yowers all over the World. This is my opinion.
Baxter well... someday maybe we will find out...
LeLe Baxter we are going to see a housing bubble. It's a sellers market right now. I wouldn't buy a home now. They are too high.
Baxter you got that right....
Dave Baxter yes tariffs levied against Canada for acts in supporting terrorism.....
Dave Trumps states we have 275% tariff on diary.....to the.US
Baxter Dave... speaking of dairy.... a gallon of milk at our walmart today.. was 84 cents..
Baxter thats 2% milk
Dave CHEAP
Baxter sure is...
Baxter its normally about 1.50
Dave not Canadian then.....
Baxter I dont think so
Dave 4 bucks or more here
Baxter thats what it is in florida
Baxter I dont understand it
Baxter same brand too.. at walmart
Baxter great value milk...
Dave GREED/
Baxter must be..
Dave all the old folks in FL need to keep their calcium up ....supply and demand
Baxter yep..
Baxter Milk and pop down there is a lot higher
Dave we pay more for our wood than you do.....
Baxter that could be..
Dave IS....
Baxter a good quality 2X4 here at lowes... is about 2.50
Dave we get the seconds....
Baxter I built a 12X 24 building with a wood floor last year.. and all the material was right at 4000 dollars
Baxter no windows... just a garage door and a standard door vinyl sided
Baxter shingles were more than I thought they would be.... but I didnt shop around much... winter was a comin
Dave We pay our millworkers .."floor sweeper" over 40.00 hr ....pension benefits all the perks
Baxter wow... no wonder its expensive
Dave part of the reason....very poor mamagement
LeLe Doug_W share Pat's and those guys article I'm not a social media gal. Lol
Doug_W LeLe I can't U have to have FB and then I can give U the link to join
Spectra KTFA-POST----The Iraqi dinar exchange globally on Wednesday))))
http://www.knoozmedia.com/355069/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%8A-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84-2/
Baxter is my DIME in there somewheres...
Baxter says 1197... NO CHANGE
Baxter that means.. my DIME is still a * DIME
Spectra Baxter YES SAME AS IT EVER WAS
Spectra unfortunatly
Baxter i know
Spectra They word the article like its suppose too get us jumping up and down..
Baxter they sure do.. I had to take a second look myself
Spectra Globally ......wow weee..whopi
Spectra Baxter its not that big of a deal
dinard wow KTFA sells currency too.
Spectra ;ha-Ha: ;ha-Ha: ;ha-Ha: ;ha-Ha: ;ha-Ha:
Baxter yep
Spectra dinard they always have
Baxter frank does a little bit of everything
Spectra Baxter dont forget the song and dance routine
Spectra lol
dinard shouldnt that be illegal? i mean if i sold someone a turd with a promise it was going to be valuable isnt that like some sort of scam?
dinard or is selling turds like that legal too?
Spectra dinard no it should not be illegal
Spectra dinard if a person buys dinars its by their own choce ...Why do we need goverments hands on everythign???Are we not big boys and girls?
Spectra dinard bottom line no body is braking their ARMs too make them buy anything....
dinard i mean its taking advantage of naive people. what if the person was special ed and they preyed upon that. i dont like govt hands on stuff i guess.but it is quite devious
Spectra dinard then naive people need too grow up .......no its not taking advantage of a ADULT ........do you want the casinos closed then???????? ????????why they say i might win money???????? ????or the lottery??????..
dinard thats a whole lot of question marks there lol
Spectra dinard Big Brother we need less of...
dinard im aware sheesh dont attack me for asking a question lol
Spectra these people have minds of their own if they want too blow their money they can go blow it in a casino with the promise of riches....
dinard they sell nutritional products too with a very lame name lol
Spectra dinard and by the way nobody is attacking you....
dinard what do you think of the diplomat i kind of know saying he doesnt forsee dinar RV
Spectra dinard theres a lot stuff out there on the market that makes false promises ..I CAN THINK OF MANY LIKE HAIR GROWING SHAMPOOS ..THEY DONT GROW NOBODYS HAIR ...VITAMINS LOTS OF THINGS ...BUT THEY ARE STILL ABLLE TOO MARKET THE PRODUCTS ..WHY BECAUSE THIS IS A FREE ENTERPRISE ...
dinard idk if hes lying or not or if hes not allowed to say if it is happening or hes telling the truth
Spectra dinard What diplomat?
Spectra SO WHAT
dinard A US diplomat too iraq
Spectra dinard WHERE DID YOU SEE THAT?
dinard i know a person whos father is a diplomat
dinard i had my friend ask him
Spectra dinard so your telling me you know someone who's father is a diplomat and says he doesnt see a RV?
dinard i believe he was just in iraq too
dinard yes that is correct
dinard hes some sort of nobel peace prize winner too or something idk
Spectra dinard well since its second hand news .....A FRIEND OF A FRIEND ...and besides even diplomats dont know?
dinard Spectra its first hand for me lol
Spectra dinard im not changing my mind ive been in this for too long now and everything i was told has come true ...i need no prooof of any thing
dinard a friends father. and idk but his opinion should carry at least some weight right?
Spectra dinard when my husband first got our family i this he knew exactly something could occur 2012
Spectra dinard he was told
dinard not trying to change minds just trying to digest intel
Spectra so i never came into the scene until 2012 but had my dinar since 2003
Spectra dinard youve got your way of seeing things ...no problem if it works for you thats fine
dinard i think he would know more than you and i though
Spectra dinard ive got mine ...and no one can change me ....
dinard closed minds are not healthy
Spectra dinard my mind is not closed.....too the contrary....i just know what i know....
Spectra dinard and its nothing i want too share again ive done this too many times
dinard lol ok.
Spectra my story is mine besides ..My life exsperiences only mean the most too me
Restored Republic via a GCR: Update as of Aug 2, 2018
Compiled 2 Aug. 12:01 am EST by Judy Byington
The below is a summary of information from the Internet. It would be up to the individual reader to decide whether or not it is valid. Patience is a Virtue. Having Virtue is a sign of a good moral being. Good moral beings have the power to overcome evil and change the world.
A. Aug. 1 2019 10:45 am EST Intel Alert: Operation Disclosure: GCR/RV Intel Alert for August 1, 2018 Operation Disclosure
1. Certain events were synchronizing for the RV release to occur. Zimbabwe's election results was one. The winning party of Zimbabwe's election was working closely with the Alliance.
2. The ZIDERA (Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act) amendment bill was Zimbabwe's version of NESARA (National Economic Security and Reformation Act).
It was rumored that the ZIDERA amendment bill was privately signed by Trump and passed. The passing and signing of the ZIDERA amendment bill paved the way for Zimbabwe to share their assets to the world. It was essential for Zimbabwe's assets to be released to the world for the RV/GCR and GESARA.
3. Events set to occur: (1) Election results (2) ZIDERA amendment bill (3) RV (4) GCR/GESARA
4. Hundreds of Tier 3 groups have been called to Reno and were awaiting disbursement of funds.
5. All Tiers were to begin exchanging/redeeming simultaneously.
6. According to sources, Trump and China and have agreed in private to sign off the RV.
7. If the above was true, then the RV was now ready to begin at any given time after Zimbabwe announced the final results of their election (set for Sat. Aug. 4).
8. Q Post 1778 Q !CbboFOtcZs ID: 72c02e No.2379080
Jul 31 2018 19:03:43 (EST) >>2378523 >>2378713
B. Aug. 1 2018 5:00 am EST Larrabee, Tilton: Gary Larrabee - Philip Tilton: The Gold is Assigned Today!
1. The 5404 bill allowing for our new US gold-backed note, has been passed in secret by Congress and would be announced after the payment of gold tomorrow Aug. 1.
2. Yesterday July 31 Trump was rallying for his new position as president of the new Republic, the elections of which would happen within 90 days (of the Event including implementation of GESARA).
3. Q said “1776” tonight July 31 and that “The world would change” – meaning we have returned to the original Constitution.
4. Tier Four should be out before Friday Aug. 3 (it takes 3 days after the change).
5. We are in Common Law right now.
6. The rate on the Zim was really great, was adjusting and would do so until we go.
7. We should have our 800#s by Friday Aug 3.
C. Aug. 1 2018 4:07 am EST, : "Hours and Days" - The Office of POOFness - 8.1.18
1. Our next wire is being readied and coming out Thurs. Aug. 2. It will clear at the Paymaster next week.
2. Zimbabwe had elections. The good guys won by 70% vote.
3. Trump has cleared the path for the RV through the 5320 bill for Zimbabwe that he signed a few days ago. https://www.congress.gov/crec/2018/07/25/CREC-2018-07-25-pt2-PgS5319.pdf
D. Aug. 1 2018 11:08 pm EST,- The Office of POOFness - 8.1.18
1. The news gets better and better now that the final steps have been done on the project funds.
2. The projects are due to start next week for us and many sister organizations around the globe.
3. We will be doing a lot of work starting very soon. It will be a very busy August.
4. Much thanks to everybody helping out. It is so needed. We will be at work soon.
Congratulations. Love and Light in our service. Zap. God is; I am; We are. Be good, Be legal, Tell Truth.
E. Aug. 1 2018 TNT Call http://tobtr.com/s/10911295
1. Zimbabwe election votes counting was completed today Aug. 1.
2. Zim currency (not the Zim Bond) was at a 1:1 with the US Dollar.
3. The RV could be at any moment.
F. July 31 2018 8:41 pm EST Q Post 1776: Q Post Number 1776 has Arrived!https://qanon.pub/ ...And it does not disappoint. It is a picture of a pen partially obscuring Trump's signature, and #1776. Amazing Q proof directly from the pen of President Trump.
G. Aug. 1 2018 11:47 am EST TNT, Dedar on Larrabee-Tilton “It is Here”: "It is here" - Wed. AM TNT Intel/News Links
Dedar, Garry Larrabee, Philip Tilton: "We are here. If it is not tonight it is close as we are finishing up. They don't want us to know what time but we are next. It is here."
H. Aug. 1 2018 12:04 am EST Hollywood Pedophilia: Hollywood's Pedophilia is Starting to Crack Wide Open
. . . Hollywood appeared to be all about money, power grabbing and pedophile connections to the CIA Mind Control program and prominent Washington DC politicians, while their pedophile parties were themed around Satanic symbolism. All appeared to be connected internationally. Drug, Gun and Child Trafficking were believed to be integrated world-wide operations run by the same people, coordinated out of the Vatican, protected by various mafias and funded by the CIA’s Black Budget, along with wealthy elites of the global monetary system.
Since the monetary system’s inception private families have owned and ran the Federal Reserve that used IRS taxpayer monies to fund the Queen’s Bank of England, Vatican Bank and Central Banks across the globe and then charged interest on those funds back to the American taxpayers. Evidently this corrupt system was also funding international child trafficking, including to the Hollywood stars.
Internationally Luciferians felt they gained their ongoing power over the global monetary system through internationally organized child sacrifice rites and pedophile parties held on a regular basis that were overruled by the Vatican’s Ninth Circle Satanic Cult.
All of that may soon change when the money sources were taken away with an expected Global Currency Reset under direction of the BRICS Alliance.
World currencies were expected to soon revert to the Gold Standard and backing of a country’s natural resources.
That change would involve bringing down the present global monetary system including Central Banks, Federal Reserve, IRS, CIA and even the Vatican and should eventually naturally result in the beginning of the end to international Drug, Gun and Child Trafficking – plus the blackmailing of politicians to control world wealth.
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Raids on the Unspeakable by Thomas Merton
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The topics of Raids at the Unspeakable are as outdated because the myths of Prometheus and Atlas, and as well timed because the human evils of this present day. they vary from the "Message" written for a world congress of poets to the attractive but demanding Christmas meditation, "The Time of the tip Is the Time of No Room." And there are essays encouraged by way of the realm of 3 major modern writers: Flannery O'Connor, the French novelist Julien eco-friendly, and the playwright Eugene Ionesco. a few Father Merton's personal drawings also are incorporated within the book—not as "illustrations," yet as "signatures" or :"abstract writings," which stand of their personal correct as one other own assertion.
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Bedtime Story : Snuggle Puppy
Synopsis: "A great big hug in book form, "Snuggle Puppy" is a year-round valentine from parent to child. It is bright, chunky, a pleasure to hold, and has a die-cut cover that reveals a glimpse of the joy inside before it's even opened. Best of all, it's packed, of course, with pure Boynton: her inimitable language, her inimitable illustrations, her inimitable sense of fun.
OOO, Snuggle Puppy of mine! Everything about you is especially fine. I love what you are. I love what you do. Fuzzy little Snuggle Puppy, I love you. Featuring a sweet and cuddly doggie cast and rhyming verse, "Snuggle Puppy" is the perfect bedtime book to read last, because of an ending that kids will want again and again: I started with OOO. . . . Now we'll end like this: [BIG SMOOCH!]"
My Review: Well this one is cute but it is suppose to be a song but I can't figure out the rhythm or tune it is suppose to be sung to. But it is a cute book and I love that you get to smooch your little ones while reading. It has cute illustrations and bright colors for the little eyes.
My Rating: This is a cute book and I usually like Boynton's books but I just can't figure out how this song is suppose to be sung. I give it a rating of Two Paws.
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After Dark Review of To Command and Collar by Cherise Sinclair
Welcome to a month of Lust and Love!!
I will be sharing a variety of books with you all surrounding the theme of lust, love and all that lies between. I will have some sweet romances, some childrens love books, and of course plenty of After Dark Steam for all different tastes! Hope you will all stop in and join me!
Synopsis: "Determined to find the human traffickers preying on Shadowlands’ submissives, Master Raoul gets himself invited to a small slave auction. Once informed, the FBI orders him to reject the limited choices so the slavers will invite him to the big auction. To Raoul’s shock, one of the slaves is the kidnapped friend of a Shadowlands sub. She has a scarred body…and an unbroken spirit. He can’t leave her behind. Ruining the FBI’s carefully laid plans, he buys her.
Kimberly’s freedom has come at a devastating price: the other women are still slaves. An FBI raid is their only hope for rescue. Desperate to help the Feds locate the big auction, she agrees to pose as Master Raoul’s slave. Wearing a collar again is terrifying, but under the powerful dominant’s care, Kim starts to heal and then to blossom. This is what she’s been drawn to—and fled from—her entire life.
She escaped the slavers who captured her body—can she escape the master who’s captured her heart?"
My Review: Yup, this series is fantastic and I loved this one! Unlike some of the previous books that were a continuation of characters this one was actually a continuation of the story of Make Me, Sir. We delve back into the kidnapping ring and the horror found there. While some of Kimberly's development is a little far fetched it was still a really good look into the lifestyle of Master/Slave. I think I may have fallen for Raoul, who wouldn't want to wear his collar?! While this is the last story of the series for now, I can't wait to read Sally and Sam's stories.
My Rating: Yet another fantastic book in a great series, I am starting to feel like I am a broken record here ;) I give it a rating of Four Paws and a Stump Wag!
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After Dark Review of Make Me, Sir by Cherise Sinclair
Synopsis: "Her job is to make his life miserable. His job is to make her submit. Whose heart will surrender first?
Across the country, rebellious BDSM submissives are being systematically kidnapped, one from each club. When her friend falls prey to the slavers, FBI victim specialist Gabrielle volunteers to be bait in a club not yet hit: the Shadowlands.
She finds that being a bratty sub comes naturally, especially when she gets to twit the appallingly conservative Master of the trainees. But she soon discovers he's not as stuffy as she'd thought. Or as mean. She'd expected punishment, even humiliation, but she sure never expected to fall in love with a damned lawyer.
Courtesy of a prima donna ex-wife, Marcus loathes disobedient submissives. When the club owner insists he admit an incredibly bratty trainee, he's furious. But as he comes to know Gabrielle and sees the alluring sweetness beneath the sass, he starts to fall for her.
Unfortunately, Marcus isn't the only one who believes the feisty redhead is a prize worth capturing. And in the world of the slaver, such treasure is worth a hefty fee.
Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Anal play/intercourse, strong BDSM theme and elements, violence."
My Review: I love how this series is developing and this book is one of my favorites! I love the bratty Gabi. Marcus took over as Master of the Trainees from Cullen in the previous book of the series. I didn't feel that we got a feel for him with the other trainees, but the story is so much more about Gabi and boy is it a story! She is such a gutsy and brave female character but still allows for the submissive side to shine, makes for an interesting dynamic. I also enjoyed how Sinclair really drew in characters from previous books and again started introducing us to potential characters for upcoming books (which honestly I can't wait to get to some of their stories).
My Rating: This has been a great series so far and this was another fantastic book! I give it a rating of Four Paws!
After Dark Review of Lean on Me by Cherise Sinclair
Synopsis: "Andrea wants to submit, but not to just any so-called Dom. He has to be tougher than the slum-bred bullies she grew up with. She'd given up finding a true Dom when her friend finagles her a place as a trainee in an exclusive BDSM club with the powerful Shadowlands Masters. Andrea's thrilled...and terrified.
Forced to accept an unknown submissive into his carefully run trainee program, Master Cullen is furious. Not only is the young woman new to BDSM, but she's unsuited to her role--armoured in leather like a Domme, she's more liable to punch a Dom than kneel. He decides to push her right back out the door. But as he ruthlessly intimidates her, punishes her, then comforts her, his glimpses of the woman inside the emotional armour intrigue him and her utter surrender captures his heart.
Although Master Cullen is famous for his unfettered lifestyle, Andrea believes he might be interested in her, until she discovers he's not just a bartender--he's a cop. Maybe he'd overlook her past brush with the law, but when another trainee accuses her of stealing money, Andrea's sure she's lost the Master she wanted with all her heart.
Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: BDSM theme and content (includes/not limited to: bondage, spanking, tethering), voyeurism."
My Review: This is probably my favorite of the Shadowlands series so far! I thought I loved Cullen in Breaking Free, but I really love him now! Andrea sounds like she has a personality so like me, determined to be strong enough to handle everything on her own. I really enjoyed watching their relationship develop on so many levels. And you must read the end how Master Cullen teaches Andrea a lesson! Again this was a fully developed story that had so much more than BDSM,it also included backstories, family and social situations. I am really getting into this series now, thank goodness there are at least two more books!
My Rating: I loved this book in the series, not only because I love Cullen but also because I really felt a connection with Andrea and her personality. I loved the more developed stories as the series progresses and how characters for each story are introduced in the previous book so you get a feel for them. I give this one a rating of Four Paws and a Stump Wag!
After Dark Review of Breaking Free by Cherise Sinclair
Synopsis: "Beth must yield to become aroused, but she's too scared to give up control. The last thing she wants is a ruthless, powerful Dom. But that's just what she gets, and exactly what she needs...
A sadistic husband left Beth scarred, inside and out. Only at the Shadowlands BDSM club does she feel like a woman. But her fears limit her to Doms who won't overwhelm her� the very ones who cannot arouse her. The Master of the Shadowlands gives her an ultimatum: accept the Dom he assigns or lose her membership. The last thing Beth wants is a ruthless, powerful Dom, but that's just what she gets.
Asked to take on a problem sub, Nolan sees the issue immediately� although truly submissive, the little redhead is too scared to relinquish control and her Doms have let her get away with it. That will change right now.
As Master Nolan takes Beth under command, compelling her submission, she's terrified, but the experienced Dom brings her pleasure, not pain. His only demand is that she never lie to him. Under his capable hands, her body comes alive, and she begins to heal. As he pushes her limits, she learns to trust...and then to love. And she realizes he is beginning to care for her in return.
But now her cruel husband has found her, and Master Nolan discovers she's been lying and lying and lying...
Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Anal play/intercourse, BDSM theme and elements (including/not limited to bondage, caning, domination, restraint, paddling, spanking, submission, tethering); exhibitionism, ménage, violence. "
My Review: The next installment of the Shadowlands series. I feel like Sinclair is starting to develop more of a story. The first two were more of an introductions to the lifestyle and scene, but with Breaking Free we get more of a novel and storyline. There is a lot more going on than just BDSM. I loved how favorite characters from previous stories are integrated and how new characters are brought in to get you introduced for future books. Nolan sounds very intimidating and almost makes me cringe but it is great to see the softer side of him at times. I am not really sure if I really love Beth but I like her and respect her. Beth's story is a hard one to get through with so much pain in it. I have to say though that my favorite character in this story has to be Cullen, I am looking forward to his story!
My Rating: Another great book by Cherise Sinclair filled with great characters. I like how this one had more of a story line to it than the previous two in the series. You really start to get a feel for all the characters and can dive more into the story. I give it a rating of Four Paws.
After Dark Review of Dark Citadel by Cherise Sinclair
Synopsis: "After Kari breaks up with her date during Beginner's Night at Club Shadowlands, she's given the option to continue with an experienced dominant. Despite her steamy fantasies about BDSM, the inexperienced schoolteacher plans to simply observe. Yet under the unyielding hands of Master Dan, she not only participates, but gives him everything he asks for. There is nothing she can hide from him. Not her passion...or her love. Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations some readers may find objectionable: Anal play/intercourse, BDSM theme and content (including/not limited to bondage, caning, restraint, spanking, tethering) exhibitionism, voyeurism."
My Review: A great continuation in the Shadowlands series. I love how Kari (and Jessica from Club Shadowlands too) are not skinny little model figures, they are full bodied and curvy women. In Dark Citadel, Master Dan tries to help Kari break through the social norm and religious upbringing barriers. She has been taught that anything other than 'vanilla' is wrong, but her body asks for something more. I love the Gardens, very exciting and steamy. Dark Citadel is a little bit of a different approach to the BDSM life than Club Shadowlands, so while it is an introduction it is still a whole new story with great characters!
My Rating: I enjoyed this book and love the characters Sinclair creates for her stories! I have grown very attached to them. I also love the story lines and of course the heat in them is beyond steamy!! I give Dark Citadel a rating of Four Paws!
After Dark Review of Club Shadowlands by Cherise Sinclair
Here we are, February 1st, kicking off a month of Lust and Love!!
Synopsis: "Her car disabled during a tropical storm, Jessica Randall discovers the isolated house where she's sheltering is a private bondage club. At first shocked, she soon becomes aroused watching the interactions between the Doms and their subs. But she's a professional woman--an accountant--and surely isn't a submissive...is she?
Master Z hasn't been so attracted to a woman in years. But the little sub who has wandered into his club intrigues him. She's intelligent. Reserved. Conservative. After he discovers her interest in BDSM, he can't resist tying her up and unleashing the passion she hides within.
Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Anal play/intercourse, strong BDSM theme and content (including/not limited to bondage, caning, restraints, spanking, etc), exhibitionism, voyeurism."
My Review: Looking for some steam? You found it here! This is a very hot introduction to The Shadowlands series and BDSM. While the relationship moved very quickly, and as stated in the disclosure at the beginning of the book that it should take much longer in real life to develop the trusting relationship between a dom and sub, this is a work of fiction. I loved the characters, all of them including the supporting characters (and look forward to reading their stories in later books). While this is fiction, it is still a much better introduction into the lifestyle than 50 Shades. We get the shocks and the heat right along with Jessica as Master Z rules her night and teaches the ropes. So yup, add a little sizzle to your evening!
My Rating: I think I need to add some paws of fire to rate the heat in these books!! I love Club Shadowlands, it was short enough to enjoy in an evening or two and still a full story. You could read it on its own, but I bet like me you are going to want to continue with the series. I give it a rating of Four Paws!
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Cranwell et al. (2016). Adult and adolescent exposure to tobacco and alcohol content in contemporary YouTube music videos in Great Britain: a population estimate
Authors: Jo Cranwell, Magdalena Opazo-Breton, John Britton
Title: Adult and adolescent exposure to tobacco and alcohol content in contemporary YouTube music videos in Great Britain: a population estimate
Journal: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2016;70:488-492 doi:10.1136/jech-2015-206402
Background: We estimate exposure of British adults and adolescents to tobacco and alcohol content from a sample of popular YouTube music videos.
Methods: British viewing figures were generated from 2 representative online national surveys of adult and adolescent viewing of the 32 most popular videos containing content. 2068 adolescents aged 11–18 years (1010 boys, 1058 girls), and 2232 adults aged 19+years (1052 male, 1180 female) completed the surveys. We used the number of 10 s intervals in the 32 most popular videos containing content to estimate the number of impressions. We extrapolated gross and per capita impressions for the British population from census data and estimated numbers of adults and adolescents who had ever watched the sampled videos.
Results: From video release to the point of survey, the videos delivered an estimated 1006 million gross impressions of alcohol (95% CI 748 to 1264 million), and 203 million of tobacco (95% CI 151 to 255 million), to the British population. Per capita exposure was around 5 times higher for alcohol than for tobacco, and nearly 4 times higher in adolescents, who were exposed to an average of 52.1 (95% CI 43.4 to 60.9) and 10.5 (95% CI 8.8 to 12.3) alcohol and tobacco impressions, respectively, than in adults (14.1 (95% CI 10.2 to 18.1) and 2.9 (95% CI 2.1 to 3.6)). Exposure rates were higher in girls than in boys.
Conclusions YouTube music videos deliver millions of gross impressions of alcohol and tobacco content. Adolescents are exposed much more than adults. Music videos are a major global medium of exposure to such content.
The article (full text) can be downloaded via this link.
Posted in: Peer Pub Cross-sectional, Scientific publications
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New Dad Saves Life of Helpless Puppy After It’s Reportedly Thrown from Car Window by Owners
Somehow, through a change of life circumstances, you have acquired a dog that you can no longer take care of. You don’t need another mouth to feed and have no money to spend on a pet, so you take stock of your options.
You could take the dog to a shelter, but many shelters require a surrender fee. You could post an ad online, but many times (depending on the platform you choose and the way you assess potential adopters) you risk putting the pup in poor hands.
Many people who find themselves out of time and money but who still care for a dog will try to find some sensible way to move it along — but then there’s Nova’s former owners, who not only allegedly disposed of her in an inhumane way, but who seem to have planned it all out in advance.
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The 7-month-old puppy has a clouded past, with only a few known details — and those details are distressing.
The first detail relates to the manner in which she was found: reportedly thrown from a vehicle. Timothy Kauffman of Hillsborough County, Florida, was driving in late June when he says he saw the horrific act.
“They seem like they waited until the dog got in front of me and they threw it in front of my car, trying to get me to hit it,” Kauffmann, who is a new father, told WFLA-TV.
“It was raining and I had to slam on the brakes and the car was slipping and sliding everywhere,” Kauffman told Liftable, a section of The Western Journal. “I was worried that I was going to hit the puppy.”
Being the kind soul that he is, Kauffman had to stop and rescue the scared pup, who was in good shape considering the tumble she took.
“Well I was heartbroken I don’t know why someone would do that to an innocent animal. She was a sweetheart and did not deserve to be done that way,” he told Liftable.
Kauffman contacted a local rescue, 4 Lucky Dogs Pet Rescue, and they took her in.
“Timothy was traveling in the right hand lane of traffic on Clay Pit Road in Hillsborough County and coming up to a red light,” 4 Lucky Dogs shared on Facebook with photos of the puppy.
“As he was slowing down to stop, the light turned green, and the couple in front, who were already stopped, opened the passenger car door of a brown/tan Blazer and threw this dog out and sped off.”
After she was taken in, one of the first things the rescuers did was to scan the dog for a microchip. The second stomach-turning detail was about the chip: Apparently, the owners had registered the dog as “deceased” — a day before they’d thrown her into the road.
Thankfully, the pup doesn’t seem too put out by her troubled journey so far and has found her way to good, caring people who are making sure she’s well-adjusted and ready for life with someone who will truly love her.
“She’s full of energy,” said her foster parent, Chuck Morton. “She’s a great dog. As fosters, we hope whoever adopts these dogs understand that there is training involved and that they have to learn to love you too.”
The attention this story has gained is good for both pup and rescuer, as people are learning about Nova as well as Kauffman, who is currently out of work and looking for a new job.
“He just lost his job and we are hoping that, because he did such a good deed for this dog and saved her life, that someone out there will see this and decide they could use a man like him on their team,” Robin Marsh, who works with 4 Lucky Dogs, said.
Listed as a schnauzer/terrier mix of some sort, the black-and-white puppy with scruff is described as being friendly, house-trained and snuggly.
Nova is currently available for adoption through 4 Lucky Dogs — but with all the hearts her story has touched, it won’t be long before someone snaps her up and she finds her forever home.
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What l've learned from my Autistic brothers
Now I'd like to introduce you to my brothers. Remi is 22, tall and very handsome. He's speechless, but he communicates joy in a way that some of the best orators cannot. Remi knows what love is. He shares it unconditionally and he shares it regardless. He's not greedy. He doesn't see skin color. He doesn't care about religious differences, and get this: He has never told a lie. When he sings songs from our childhood, attempting words that not even I could remember, he reminds me of one thing: how little we know about the mind, and how wonderful the unknown must be.
Samuel is 16. He's tall. He's very handsome. He has the most impeccable memory. He has a selective one, though. He doesn't remember if he stole my chocolate bar, but he remembers the year of release for every song on my iPod, conversations we had when he was four, weeing on my arm on the first ever episode of Teletubbies, and Lady Gaga's birthday.
Don't they sound incredible? But most people don't agree. And in fact, because their minds don't fit into society's version of normal, they're often bypassed and misunderstood.But what lifted my heart and strengthened my soul was that even though this was the case, although they were not seen as ordinary, this could only mean one thing: that they were extraordinary -- autistic and extraordinary.
Now, for you who may be less familiar with the term "autism," it's a complex brain disorder that affects social communication, learning and sometimes physical skills. It manifests in each individual differently,hence why Remi is so different from Sam. And across the world, every 20 minutes, one new person is diagnosed with autism, and although it's one of the fastest-growing developmental disorders in the world, there is no known cause or cure.
And I cannot remember the first moment I encountered autism, but I cannot recall a day without it. I was just three years old when my brother came along, and I was so excited that I had a new being in my life.And after a few months went by, I realized that he was different. He screamed a lot. He didn't want to play like the other babies did, and in fact, he didn't seem very interested in me whatsoever. Remi lived and reigned in his own world, with his own rules, and he found pleasure in the smallest things, like lining up cars around the room and staring at the washing machine and eating anything that came in between.And as he grew older, he grew more different, and the differences became more obvious. Yet beyond the tantrums and the frustration and the never-ending hyperactivity was something really unique: a pure and innocent nature, a boy who saw the world without prejudice, a human who had never lied. Extraordinary.
Now, I cannot deny that there have been some challenging moments in my family, moments where I've wished that they were just like me. But I cast my mind back to the things that they've taught me about individuality and communication and love, and I realize that these are things that I wouldn't want to change with normality. Normality overlooks the beauty that differences give us, and the fact that we are different doesn't mean that one of us is wrong. It just means that there's a different kind of right. And if I could communicate just one thing to Remi and to Sam and to you, it would be that you don't have to be normal. You can be extraordinary. Because autistic or not, the differences that we have -- We've got a gift! Everyone's got a gift inside of us, and in all honesty, the pursuit of normality is the ultimate sacrifice of potential. The chance for greatness, for progress and for change dies the moment we try to be like someone else.
Please -- don't tell me I'm normal. The world needs all kinds of minds.
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amazing. i have a brother with Down Syndrome and we have both beautiful and weird moments
favour moyse March 31, 2015 at 10:41 PM
awww....glad u could find such sweet moments in such a challenging situation,, the world surely needs all kinds of minds
The Beautiful Eagle April 2, 2015 at 8:26 PM
You'd never go beyond the level you are if you don't challenge yourself to be yourself. I'm inspired by your courage.
favour moyse April 2, 2015 at 8:39 PM
fanks beautiful eagle
elle April 4, 2015 at 8:03 AM
The world needs all kind of people
yea.. it does
ify onyekwelu April 7, 2015 at 12:29 PM
EeEeyaaaaa! Very emotional and touching. Love comes in different shades.
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Leader of the House of Lords
Peers: Correspondence
To ask the Leader of the House whether there is a protocol relating to whether letters to ministers from members of the House of Lords should receive replies; and if so, how quickly replies should be sent.
Lord Greaves
<p>The Government recognises the importance of effective and timely handling of correspondence with members of the House of Lords. Government departments should aim to provide a substantive response to routine correspondence within a maximum of 20 working days. However, sometimes circumstances dictate that it will not be possible to provide a response within this timeframe. In such instances, departments are advised to issue a ‘holding’ response until a more substantive response can be provided.</p><p>The Cabinet Office publishes an annual report detailing departmental performance in the handling of correspondence from members of both Houses. Lord Young of Cookham set out the 2017 performance figures in a Written Statement on 26 June 2018 (HLWS771). The 2018 performance figures will be published in summer 2019.</p>
Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
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Trade Bill
To ask the Leader of the House what will be the timetable for consideration of the Trade Bill in this House.
Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke
<p>The proposed dates for the Committee stage of the Trade Bill were advertised in <em>Forthcoming Business </em>on 3 January, and are as follows: Monday 21 January, Wednesday 23 January, Monday 28 January, and Wednesday 30 January. Dates for further stages will be advertised in <em>Forthcoming Business </em>in the usual way.</p>
Biography information for Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke
To ask the Leader of the House why dates for the committee stage of the Trade Bill in the House of Lords were not scheduled more quickly after the bill's second reading.
Baroness McDonagh
<p>The committee stage of the Trade bill has been arranged in the usual way, having been subject to ongoing discussions in the Usual Channels. So far the three of an anticipated four dates for Committee stage are 21, 23 and 30 January and they have been advertised in Forthcoming Business. The remaining day will be rescheduled as a day had to be set aside for for the House to have a further debate under section 13 of the EU (Withdrawal) Act, which is now scheduled for 28 January. The recommended intervals between Bill stages are minimums, and it is not unusual for there to be a longer pause between stages than the recommended minimum interval.</p>
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To ask the Leader of the House how many days of committee stage she estimates will be required for the Trade Bill; and when she anticipates the committee stage being completed.
Lord Triesman
<p>So far three of an anticipated four days have been scheduled and advertised (21, 23 and 30 January). The remaining day will be rescheduled as a day had to be set aside for the House to have a further debate under section 13 of the EU (Withdrawal) Act which is now scheduled for 28 January. The progress of all business is, as always, in the hands of the House. But the Usual Channels have agreed to those dates on the assumption that they should allow Committee Stage to be completed inside four days and the Usual Channels are working to get the remaining day scheduled within the first week of February.</p>
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Brexit: Parliamentary Scrutiny
To ask the Leader of the House what estimate she has made of the parliamentary time required in the House of Lords to complete the remaining Brexit related bills before 29 March 2019; and whether the time available allows for the usual minimum intervals.
Lord Bassam of Brighton
<p>It is my intention that we should create the time to do our business properly. I note that so far all bills associated with Brexit have been scheduled in accordance with the minimum intervals recommended in The Companion. As the Noble Lord will recall, from time to time the recommended minimum intervals have, with Usual Channels agreement, been dispensed with when it has been necessary for the House to do so. I undertake to work with my counterparts in the usual channels to ensure that business continues to be scheduled in a way which allows proper scrutiny.</p>
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To ask the Leader of the House whether she intends to invite the House of Lords to sit on Fridays until 29 March in order to allow time for proper scrutiny of pre-Brexit legislation.
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
<p>The next scheduled Friday sitting is for 1 February, as advertised in Forthcoming Business. Further sittings will be advertised in due course. There are currently no plans to consider Government business on Fridays, but as is always the case the sittings of the House are subject to the progress of business.</p>
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To ask the Leader of the House whether she intends to invite the House to sit on Saturdays until 29 March in order to allow time for proper scrutiny of pre-Brexit legislation.
<p>There are currently no plans to sit on weekends. As is always the case, the sittings of the House are subject to the progress of business.</p>
Parliamentary Session
To ask the Leader of the House when she expects the current session of Parliament to end.
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
<p>A date for the prorogation of the current session has not yet been set. The length of the first session was extended to give Parliament more time to consider the crucial legislation relating to Brexit.</p>
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To ask the Leader of the House whether she will propose to the Procedure Committee a review of the system for tabling oral questions in the House of Lords in respect of the requirement for members to queue.
Lord Avebury
<p>The process for tabling oral questions was considered in detail in the 2012-13 session. In response to concerns raised about the current “first-come-first-served” system - including a concern about the requirement to queue raised by my Noble Friend, Lady Sharples - the Procedure Committee proposed the introduction of a ballot in its place (Procedure Committee, 3rd Report, Session 2012-13). The House remitted the issue back to the Procedure Committee for further consideration (HL Deb 9 Jan 2013, cols 145-172). <br><br>That further review did not identify a clear consensus as to whether a ballot was preferred to the “first-come-first-served” system (see Procedure Committee, 5th Report, Session 2012-13; see also HL Deb 24 April 2013, cols 1406-1417). <br><br>I know that strong views persist on both sides of the argument about this issue. I will write to the Chairman of the Procedure Committee on my Noble Friend’s behalf to suggest that the matter might be discussed at a future meeting of the Procedure Committee.</p><p> </p>
Baroness Stowell of Beeston
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Closure Motions
To ask the Leader of the House how many times the closure motion has been moved in the House of Lords in the last 20 years; and on what dates.
Lord Brabazon of Tara
<p>In the last 20 years the closure motion has been moved in the House of Lords 13 times: on 22 July 1999; 6 October 2003; 17 January 2011; 19 January 2011; 21 October 2011; 31 January 2014; 15 March 2019; and six times on 4 April 2019.</p>
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Select Committee Reports (Government Responses)
To ask the Leader of the House how many, and which, reports from House of Lords select committees published since January 2018 have not received a substantive Government response within two months of publication.
Lord Norton of Louth
<p>Since 1 January 2018, there have been 25 reports which did not receive Government responses within two months of publication. There are currently five reports that have yet to receive a substantive Government response within two months of publication. These are: Brexit: The Customs Challenge (EU External Affairs Sub-Committee); Brexit: The Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration (EU Committee); Measuring Inflation (Economic Affairs Committee); Beyond Brexit: How to win friends and influence people (EU Committee); and Forensic science and the criminal justice system: a blueprint for change (Science and Technology Committee).</p>
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Government Bills
To ask the Leader of the House how many Government Bills since May 2015 have been published in draft and referred for pre-legislative scrutiny by a joint committee or committee of either House; and what proportion these constitute of all Government Bills introduced in that period.
<p>Since May 2015, 13 Government Bills have been published in draft and referred for pre-legislative scrutiny by a joint committee or committee of either House; this constitutes 14.43% of all Government Bills introduced in that period.</p>
Select Committee Reports
To ask the Leader of the House how many times in the last 10 years no Government response to a Lords Select Committee report was forthcoming eight months or longer after the report’s publication; and what were the subjects of the report or reports in question.
Lord Lexden
<p>This information is not held centrally; it could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p>
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Written Questions
To ask the Leader of the House what steps she takes to ensure the quality of answers to parliamentary questions; and what assessment she has made of the length of time taken to provide them.
Lord Laird
<p>It is the responsibility of individual ministers to decide what answers they give to Questions for Written Answer (QWAs), and they are of course accountable to the House for those answers. That direct accountability is important: that is why Ministers in this House must provide personally signed answers to members. The Ministerial Code states that <em>“It is of paramount importance that Ministers give accurate and truthful information to Parliament”.<br><br></em>As Leader of the House I have a particular responsibility to encourage Ministers and their departments to be punctual in answering written questions. My office immediately approach departments who have not responded to questions after 10 working days, and remain in contact with them until the questions are answered. At the end of this Session I will publish data on the annual performance of departments on their promptness in dealing with QWAs.</p><p> </p>
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Treasury: Written Questions
To ask the Leader of the House what discussions she has had with HM Treasury in the light of 12 of the 15 Written Questions awaiting answer on 11 March for more than the target 10 working days being to HM Treasury.
Lord Jopling
<p>I take very seriously my responsibility as Leader of the House to encourage Ministers to be punctual in answering written questions. My office immediately approach departments who have not responded to questions after 10 working days, and remain in contact with them until the questions are answered. This process was followed with HM Treasury for the 12 questions that remained unanswered after 10 working days on 11 March. All of those questions have now been answered. At the end of this Session I will publish data on each department’s promptness in dealing with Questions for Written Answer to allow for proper scrutiny of their performance.</p>
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To ask the Leader of the House what guidance she issues to Departments in respect of their providing full answers to questions for written answer, particularly when failure to answer has been followed up.
Baroness Gardner of Parkes
<p>As Leader of the House, I have a particular responsibility to encourage departments to be punctual in answering written questions, but the content of each answer is a matter for the minister concerned. All Ministers are accountable to the House for those answers. That direct accountability is important: that is why Ministers in this House must provide personally signed answers to members.</p><p> </p><p>To inform Ministers in answering questions put to them, the Ministerial Code says that “It is of paramount importance that Ministers give accurate and truthful information to Parliament”. It also makes clear that “Ministers should be as open as possible with Parliament and the public, refusing to provide information only when disclosure would not be in the public interest”. In addition, the longstanding rules of this House on Questions for Written Answer (rules that the House reaffirmed in agreeing to the Procedure Committee’s 5<sup>th</sup> Report of the 2014-15 Session) set out that all answers should be complete and comprehensible.</p><p> </p><p>If any member has particular concerns about a response that they have received that they consider does not adhere to these rules, I would encourage them to raise it with me directly.</p><p> </p>
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To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether their policy is that all Parliamentary Written Questions should be answered in full in all parts.
House of Lords: Parliamentary Procedure
To ask the Leader of the House whether the speaking rights of the second largest opposition party front bench in the House of Lords can be reallocated to the opposition party with the second highest votes cast at the last general election.
Lord Campbell-Savours
<p>The second largest opposition party is neither formally defined nor given specific speaking rights by the Standing Orders of the House or the Companion to the Standing Orders. The Companion to Standing Orders does, however, set out several areas where the “opposition front benches” have the right to speak for longer than backbenchers or have rights to speak at specific points in proceedings.<br><br>Of the political parties represented in the House, only the Official Opposition and the Liberal Democrat group operate frontbenches of a size that permits them to shadow each Government department. It is for that reason that the definition of “opposition frontbenches” that applied in practice before the 2010 Parliament has been reverted to in this Parliament. <br><br>It remains open to any member who wishes to propose a change to current arrangements to make representations to me and/or make a submission to the Procedure Committee.</p>
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To ask the Leader of the House what rules apply, and what advice is sought, when a political party seeks to establish or assume front-bench speaking rights in the House of Lords; and when the rules were first established.
To ask the Leader of the House what cross-party discussions have taken place regarding the recognition of opposition front-bench speaking rights for Liberal Democrat spokesmen in the House of Lords.
To ask the Leader of the House whether UKIP Peers in the House of Lords are to be granted opposition front-bench speaking rights; and if not, why not.
To ask the Leader of the House whether the percentage of the vote cast for a political party at a general election is a consideration in deciding whether a political party is granted opposition front-bench speaking rights in the House of Lords.
House of Lords: Political Parties
To ask the Leader of the House on what basis a political party with 7.9 per cent of the national vote at a general election holds front bench status in the House of Lords.
To ask the Leader of the House what discussions he has had with Ministers in the Ministry of Justice with regard to the 13 questions asked of that department out of the 27 which remained unanswered after 10 working days on 27 February.
<p>Of the 13 questions to the Ministry of Justice that remained unanswered after 10 working days on 27 February, all but one have now been answered. <br><br>I take the matter of late answers to Questions for Written Answer very seriously. My office reviews the ‘Questions unanswered after 10 working days’ in <em>House of Lords Business </em>every day. As soon as a question appears in this section of <em>House of Lords Business</em>, my office contacts the relevant department’s Parliamentary Team, and they remain in contact with the Parliamentary Team and the Minister’s Private Office until the question is answered. <br><br>I have also recently taken the opportunity to discuss the need for timely answers with members of the front bench in this House.</p><p> </p>
Lord Hill of Oareford
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House of Lords Composition
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by the Leader of the House on 7 September (HL Deb, col 1212), whether they will publish the statistics on which they base the statement that the Government face a combined opposition of 80 Peers, which is twice the size faced by the last Labour Government.
Lord Grocott
<p>At the end of the 2009-10 session, of those peers eligible to take part in the work of the House of Lords there were 211 Labour members, 185 Conservative members and 72 Liberal Democrat members – meaning there were 46 more peers sitting on the benches of the two largest political parties in opposition than there were peers on the Government benches.</p><p> </p><p>As of 18 September, of those peers eligible to take part in the work of the House of Lords there are 223 Conservative members, 211 Labour members and 101 Liberal Democrat members – meaning there are 89 more peers sitting on the benches of the two largest political parties in opposition than there are peers on the Government benches.</p>
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Ministry of Justice: Written Questions
To ask the Leader of the House what explanation she has received from the Ministry of Justice about the failure to answer Lord Falconer of Thoroton's Question for Written Answer tabled on 21 July, before Wednesday 9 September, 25 working days after an answer was due.
<p>My office makes regular contact with all Government departments that are unable to meet the 10 working day target within which to answer Questions for Written Answer. Every effort is made to address delays and to remind departments of their responsibilities to Parliament.</p><p>I have recently taken the opportunity to discuss the need for timely answers with all members of the Government front bench in this House, and written to the five departments with the greatest proportion of late responses in the 2014/15 session to make clear the House’s expectations and to stress the importance of timely responses. My office will continue to work with all departments to ensure prompt and satisfactory answers to Questions for Written Answer.</p><p>The delay in the particular case to which the noble Lord refers related to delays in gathering the required data. The question tabled by Lord Falconer of Thoroton on 21 July has now been answered.</p>
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by the Leader of the House on 21 September (HL2102), whether they will publish figures on the number of members of each party in the House and the ratio of government members to opposition members for (1) 1998–99, (2) 2003–04, (3) 2008–09, and 2013–14.
<p>For each of the sessions requested, I have set out below the number of those peers eligible to take part in the work of the House of Lords sitting on the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat benches at the end of that session; and the difference between the number of peers on the Government benches as on the benches of the two largest political parties in opposition in each case.</p><br /><p><strong>1998-99</strong> - Conservative - 484; Labour - 193; Liberal Democrat - 72. There were 363 more peers sitting on the opposition benches than Government benches.</p><br /><p><strong>2003-04</strong> - Conservative - 202; Labour - 201; Liberal Democrat - 68. There were 69 more peers sitting on the opposition benches than Government benches.</p><br /><p><strong>2008-09</strong> - Conservative - 189; Labour - 212; Liberal Democrat - 71. There were 48 more peers sitting on the opposition benches than Government benches.</p><p><strong><br></strong><strong>2013-14</strong> - Conservative - 220; Labour - 218; Liberal Democrat - 99. There were 101 more peers sitting on the Government benches than opposition benches.</p>
House of Lords: Bishops
To ask the Leader of the House what discussions she has had with relevant authorities regarding a gender specific title for the first woman bishop to be introduced into the House of Lords, currently described as the Lord Bishop of Gloucester.
Baroness Northover
<p>Following discussions between the Church of England and the Crown Office, it has been agreed that ‘The Lord Bishop’ will continue to be the appropriate designation for all Bishops in the House of Lords.</p>
Biography information for Baroness Northover
Peers: Ministerial Policy Advisers
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment has been made of whether denying a member of the House of Lords who is a Special Adviser the right to speak is in breach of the letters patent, which refer to "seat" and "voice".
<p>A member of the House of Lords who is eligible to take part in the work of the House, and who is also a serving special adviser, is not denied the right to speak. It has, however, been an accepted practice under successive administrations that members in that position vote but refrain from speaking.</p>
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by the Lord Privy Seal on 26 October (HL2541), whether they will publish the latest figures on the number of members of each party in the House, and the ratio of government to opposition members, including all those peers whose introduction has been scheduled.
<p>Including all those peers whose introduction or retirement has been advertised in <em>House of Lords Business</em>, and assuming no other changes to the membership of the House, as of 19 January 2016 there will be 249 members on the Conservative benches, 212 members on the Labour benches, and 112 members on the Liberal Democrat benches. This means that there will be 75 more peers on the benches of the largest two opposition parties than on the Government benches.</p><p><strong><br></strong>That will be 29 more peers than at the end of the 2009-10 session, when there were only 46 more peers on the benches of the largest two opposition parties than on the Government benches.</p>
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Crew blamed for Serbian army helicopter crash
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Serbian Defense Ministry said Friday that the flight crew were responsible for last month's army helicopter crash that killed seven people.
The brigade general in charge of the flight and Air Force command was also partially to blame for the accident, according to two reports released by the ministry.
Seven people, including a 5-day-old baby, died on March 13 when a military Mi-17 helicopter crashed in heavy fog near the Belgrade airport.
The accident that took place during a rescue operation of the infant in need of urgent medical treatment was caused by the inadequate handling of the aircraft in the complex meteorological conditions, the Defense Ministry said.
Facts showed that the pilot and copilot had presence of alcohol in their blood and irregularities were found in the chain of command, said the reports.
According to the reports, the meteorological conditions were not favorable, and were below visibility level at the time of the helicopter's lift-off as well as its fall. But these conditions fulfilled the prescribed minimum and the crew had enough training for these circumstances. Endi
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All the gaping mouths without a voice
by Michael Parker
(In homage of the 33,771 Jews exterminated by SS Troops in Kiev, Ukraine, September 28th, 1941)
“Mammy, why do they throw sand in our eyes?” a girl could be heard screaming from the 30-foot-deep ravine, Babi Yar. (The Holocaust: A history of the Jews of Europe during the Second World War, Martin Gilbert, Henry Holt and Company, Inc., New York. Page 203.)
It was late in the night of the second day of the grand extermination. The German SS soldiers were cleaning up, bulldozing dirt and lye on top of the dead and the living.
It was a gravedigger from the local cemetery who heard her voice. And though he knew death well, and though, possibly, like his other fellow-Ukranians, he supported the Nazis' “resettlement of the Jews,” maybe it was this innocent question from the mouth of a girl (who could be the age of his own daughter), that caused his heart to turn. And knowing as well as the backs of his dirt-engrained hands that he had witnessed things so terrible, he ran (stumbling, crying) back to his gravedigger's shack, opened up the cemetery's worn, leather-bound log book, and wrote down word for word the little girl's question.
Maybe, too, he questioned seeing her last moment on the ledge: her mother's arms tightly wrapping her into her naked body, her free hand holding her little head deep into her abdomen to shield her eyes from the machine guns, from that moment when they would jerk madly and petals of black-colored blood would blossom and burst from the bodies of her dad, brothers, sisters, and friends. She didn't want her baby to know they would fall like baby birds with weak wings from their nest to their death.
First published at 52/250 Flash Fiction. Second publication in my chapbook, "The proclivities of all broken things," published by The Dead Mule.
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Emily Bertholf, Jul 13, 2011
Beautifully painful, Michael.Fave.
Michael Parker, Jul 13, 2011
Very grateful to you, Emily. Thank you.
James Lloyd Davis, Jul 14, 2011
I have heard many say that the perennial visitations to these subjects may be overdone, but I will never agree. It must be said and said again. That generation which proceeds in blithe ignorance of that horrible capability in mankind could very well repeat it.
Christian Bell, Jul 14, 2011
What James said. *
Beautifully written, James! With my whole heart, soul and mind, I agree! Thank you for gracing this story with it.
And thanks for leaving your remark, Christian. I shall find and "Follow" your works.
Best of regards,
MaryAnne Kolton, Jul 14, 2011
Michael, Of course JLD is absolutely correct, however, his words are merely a postscript to this eloquent piece of work . . . fave
With full heart, thank you, MaryAnne! I'm most grateful and honored. Best always, Michael
Robert Vaughan, Jul 17, 2011
Wo, Michael, this is painful to read, but not anywhere close to the paini the an entire race has been subjected to. You have painted this scene admirably, and for that I honor and fave you.
Hi Robert! You are always thoughtful and kind. Thank you for this! Best always,
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Five-Run Fifth Leads Somerset To Series-Finale Win
Added by Marc Russinoff on September 7, 2018.
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Tags: 2018 Season, Atlantic League, Jayce Boyd, Lancaster Barnstormers, Nate Coronado, Ramon Flores, Somerset Patriots, Vince Molesky
Lancaster, Pennsylvania – The Somerset Patriots (32-22, 67-50) earned a series win over the Lancaster Barnstormers (28-24, 66-49) with an 8-4 victory at Clipper Magazine Stadium Thursday evening.
Somerset took an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Justin Pacchioli raced home from third on a passed ball to open the scoring before Nate Coronado added a two-out RBI single later in the inning.
Ryan Casteel (14) got a run back for the Barnstormers in the bottom of the second on an opposite field solo home run to right. They later tied the game in the bottom of the fourth on a run-scoring wild pitch.
The Patriots answered to take the lead with a five-run fifth inning. Jayce Boyd provided the lead with a 3-2 RBI single. Ramon Flores followed with a two-run single before two run-scoring errors from Lancaster shortstop Stephen Perez increased Somerset’s lead to 7-2.
Rico Noel responded in the bottom of the sixth with a two-run double to bring the ‘Stormers back with three runs.
Coronado followed with a two-out RBI single in the top of the eight to provide an 8-4 Patriots’ advantage and top off the scoring.
Vince Molesky (7-2) earned the win after tossing five innings of two-run baseball. John Anderson (5-3) yielded six runs (four earned) over four-plus innings to suffer the loss.
The 2018 Somerset Patriots Season presented by Ford continues on Friday, September 7th when the Patriots return to TD Bank Ballpark for an 7:05 p.m. game against the York Revolution. The game will include a back-to-school folders giveaway, Fortnite Night and a postgame fireworks show. For tickets, visit www.somersetpatriots.com.
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The Labyrinth Puzzle (original xkcd)
Postby Rhombic » Sat Nov 01, 2014 4:08 pm UTC
Visit this early comic to see the actual problem: http://xkcd.com/246/
Maybe, we should come up with a more accurate definition of "hard question".
Re: The Labyrinth Puzzle (original xkcd)
Postby Who » Fri Dec 12, 2014 7:16 am UTC
Just ban any question which refers to:
The guard's answer
The guard
Any previous answer/question/situation
The other guard
Any hypothetical situation/question
Any future situation
Truthfulness in general
"What would the other guard tell me" is banned because that refers to the other guard and a hypothetical question (You're asking about the situation where you ask the other guard)
"What would you tell me if I were to ask you" is banned because it refers to a hypothetical situation (You're asking about the situation where you ask...)
"What did you tell the last person to ask" is banned because it refers to a previous answer/question
"This door xor you are lying/the liar" is banned because that refers to the answer/the guard, also truthfulness.
"What will you tell the next person to ask..." is banned because it refers to a future answer/question.
"I heard that they're serving free beer outside, how long before it's all gone?" is still ok but might not work.
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Postby Moose Anus » Wed Dec 17, 2014 6:44 pm UTC
Who wrote: "I heard that they're serving free beer outside, how long before it's all gone?" is still ok but might not work.
Guard says, "Free Beer?! Uh... I'll go check!" Then you peek through the door while the guard is gone.
Lemonade? ...Aww, ok.
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Postby HonoreDB » Fri Dec 19, 2014 11:32 pm UTC
What's 2+2?
Then ask which door leads to freedom. They're guards, you're stuck in a labyrinth, surely you all have time for more than one question.
The Tragedy of Prince Hamlet and the Philosopher's Stone, or, A Will Most Incorrect to Heaven by William Shakespeare
Postby Who » Sat Dec 20, 2014 3:12 am UTC
Moose Anus wrote:
Or you just use whatever door he used.
HonoreDB wrote:
I think you get stabbed for asking too many questions.
Depending on how you interpret the wording of the question, the following might work:
(This assumes that they're both standing in front of a specific door)
Is the liar standing in front of the door which leads to death?
If they answer "yes", you take the other door, if they answer "no", you take that door.
If you ask the liar standing in front of death, he'll lie and say "no". If you ask the truth-teller standing in front of death, he'll tell the truth and say "no".
If you ask the liar standing in front of freedom, he'll lie and say "yes". If you ask the truth-teller standing in front of freedom, he'll tell the truth and say "yes".
Parts you might be stabbed for:
"The liar" refers to one of the guards. But only questions referring to either "the guard" or "the other guard" were banned, not questions referring to "the liar" or "the truth-teller". Plead your case with the stabby guy.
"Liar" might be referencing truthfulness in general. But I'd say that this one is fine based on semantics, it's referencing a person not a concept (The truthfulness meant no asking anything involving statements/questions being lies/true).
Postby teelo » Sat Dec 20, 2014 5:19 pm UTC
"Hey guards. Nice day, isn't it? Look, you all look like you're really busy, so I'm just going to use my teleporter now to get out of here. See ya!"
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Postby Mike Rosoft » Sun Feb 01, 2015 5:39 pm UTC
Too bad that the riddle doesn't have a solution, because none of the doors lead out of the labyrinth.
Postby Klear » Sun Feb 08, 2015 12:17 pm UTC
Mike Rosoft wrote: Too bad that the riddle doesn't have a solution, because none of the doors lead out of the labyrinth.
Instead of a way out of the labyrinth the door contained a bobcat.
I guess if you are lucky, you get the door with a goat.
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Location: Nottingham, UK
Postby CharlieP » Tue Mar 31, 2015 3:47 pm UTC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02gfh-h6mTQ
This is my signature. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
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Postby qwertyuiop[]\ » Mon Jul 20, 2015 8:47 pm UTC
What's the objective? The comic just says what the guards do or say.
Postby rmsgrey » Sun Aug 02, 2015 5:06 pm UTC
Obviously you pick one door, get them to open another door to reveal a goat, and then ride the goat to freedom!
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Postby Ermes Marana » Fri Aug 07, 2015 4:42 am UTC
So basically, you are all asking me to figure out a way to get out of this impossible situation. Tricky.
One of the guards then kills himself and everyone except me.
I use a spear to scale the wall to safety (only the doors don't lead to safety).
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GE Healthcare reports its settlement in a libel lawsuit over statements made about the side effects of Omniscan, an MRI contrast agent that has been linked to nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF), a severe and debilitating injury. Both GE Healthcare and Henrik Thomsen, Professor of Radiology, made c...
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studies on time at the iea-usp
"time" at the durham university's institute of advanced study
two publications on time by the Dean of the IHS
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"We live in an age acutely conscious of time: its passing and acceleration, its measurement and regulation, its evolutionary dynamic, its future promise, its own timing. Through this consciousness seems to run a thread of compulsion - a compulsion to master the clockwork of time, understand its rhythms, put it to most efficient use, direct its flow, grasp its provenance. Time has taken on the property of a thing or process that can be grasped and made to work in certain ways. But what exactly is time, and does it have the properties we think it has? What meanings of time have come to prevail in our age, and how do they shape human endeavour, being and aspiration? How does the arrow of time fly, and how has its flight been tracked in the past? Is it possible to imagine a future organised without clock-time as anything other than as a train that is either on track or derailed?"
More at: https://www.dur.ac.uk/ias/time/
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IHEP Statement on Civil Rights Principles for HEA Reuthorizaiton
The Institute for Higher Education Policy joined 47 civil rights organizations, education advocates, and researchers in putting forth civil rights principles for the next Higher Education Act reauthorization. IHEP President Michelle Asha Cooper released the following statement:
“More than 50 years after the Higher Education Act was passed, the promise of higher education still remains unfulfilled for too many low-income students, working class students, and students of color in our country. Sadly, too many students continue to face persistent barriers to college access and completion. The next reauthorization of the Higher Education Act presents a once-in-a-decade opportunity to tear down these barriers by advancing equity-driven policy solutions. The most successful higher education policy solutions will be informed by coalitions committed to affecting positive change for our nation’s underrepresented students. The principles released today reflect a shared commitment among researchers, higher education advocates, and civil rights organizations all seeking to narrow longstanding gaps in educational attainment. As federal policymakers take up the next reauthorization, we look forward to continued partnership and advocacy with our fellow signatories.”
The principles state that any reauthorization must:
Ensure robust implementation and enforcement of civil rights laws.
Remove barriers to enrollment and promote meaningful access.
Increase student persistence in and completion of a quality, racially equitable postsecondary education.
Make college affordable for low-income students.
Provide for the collection and reporting of higher education data.
Design accountability systems to ensure students receive value from their higher education and not limit opportunity.
Exclude for-profit colleges from federal financial aid programs unless they have demonstrated their value to students.
Protect student loan borrowers.
Ensure safe and inclusive campus climates.
Invest in and support institutions that serve high populations of traditionally underrepresented students including HBCUs, HSIs, PBIs, TCUs, ANNHIs, NASNTIs, AANAPISIs.
Click to read the detailed principles and view the full list of signatories.
About the Institute for Higher Education Policy
The Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) is an nonpartisan, nonprofit research and advocacy organization that is committed to promoting postsecondary access and success for all students. Established in 1993, IHEP develops innovative policy- and practice-oriented research to guide policymakers and education leaders and to address our nation's most pressing education challenges. Visit www.ihep.org to learn more about IHEP's research, leadership, and experts.
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MOVIES: Rogers, Whitney, & Ruth
Home/Celebrity Interviews, Documentary, Drama, Family, Kids, Movies/MOVIES: Rogers, Whitney, & Ruth
Once again, I have waded through the summer’s action-franchise-superhero swamp to find no new ground broken. “Jurasssic World: Fallen Kingdom” was a fun, velociraptorous romp through a gothic mansion. “Oceans 8” was an entertaining heist with fab female fashion and locations, but a plot full of holes which anchored its all-star female cast to a template created by men. So I abandoned the world of fiction and headed straight for the facts, alternative in the political realm, but ringing true on the big screen. Three documentaries riveted my attention, fed my hope for the future, and left me reeling with the hard-won lessons of real human lives.
The most important film out there right now may be WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR about legendary children’s TV host Fred Rogers–therapist, minister, and saint– who somehow retained unique access to his own childlike vulnerability and was able to connect with children who felt accepted and loved by him, just as they are. Tears rolled down my cheeks just watching the trailer, and it wasn’t nostalgia; I never watched him as a child.
Morgan Neville who directed the brilliant 2014 Oscar-winning documentary “20 Feet From Stardom” decided to make the movie after renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma told him that Mr. Rogers had mentored him about how to handle fame in the world. The documentary masterfully interweaves 33 years of TV episodes, letters, and interviews with family, friends, colleagues, and famous folks who loved him. Rogers found a way to talk to kids about big scary things like death, divorce, and racism, and spoke volumes by example on the small screen. He also dealt with the little everyday tragedies, i.e. a child’s favorite toy damaged in the dryer. Rogers delicately located the deeper anxiety a child might feel in such circumstances and could summon just the right comforting words to say.
The film’s most extraordinary moment finds Mr. Rogers appearing before a panel of hardbitten congressmen in Washington D.C., gently asking them for funding for Public Television. I promise you, it’s a flipping freakout of a sequence. Mr. Rogers performs a miracle before your very eyes– just like his TV show, an unexpected hit. According to his producer, “If you take all of the elements that make good television and do the exact opposite, you have ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.’ Low production values, simple set, an unlikely star. Yet, it worked.”
And he unabashedly shared the simple but elusive magic of his mission, which was somehow to help people “know that we are loved and capable of loving.” In our increasingly dangerous and divided global neighborhood, we need Mr. Rogers resurrected in reruns now.
Which brings me to Whitney Houston, the tragic singer of singers who surely would still be here had she known Mr. Rogers. WHITNEY is a stunningly crafted, raw and revelatory document of the heart, soul, and talent of this luminous and mysterious artist.
Writer/Director Kevin MacDonald opens the film by diving into the middle of her life and what feels like a dream, as we hear Whitney recounting a dream in haunting voiceover. He then laps back to her complex beginnings in Newark’s rough neighborhoods during the race riots, her musical roots in Church as the niece of singer Dionne Warwick and daughter of gospel singer Cissy Houston who knew how to groom a superstar, but not nurture a daughter. Through home movies, interviews with family, friends, ex-husband Bobby Brown, her inner circle of caregivers, colleagues, industry insiders, and Whitney herself, we get shockingly close to unlocking the source of her brilliance, instability, and pain.
We are with her backstage as she jokes, or curls up childlike on her mother’s shoulder, or puts on makeup and argues with herself in the mirror about who she is. We watch her squirm in that lurid “crack is wack” interview with Diane Sawyer, and eventually slur her words in a haze of altered consciousness. We see her tense and pulled between her own success, the declining career of a jealous spouse, and longtime friend and rumored lover Robyn Crawford. The camera tracks her through stadium tunnels, like a fighter hooded in a white robe, heading out to face another crowd of hungry, screaming fans.
The film refocuses our attention on what is easy to take for granted: that silken powerhouse of a voice which catapulted her to meteoric, global success. The film luxuriates in the expansive range and beauty of Houston’s vocals and her interpretive genius. She was so dynamically emotive she could excavate the deepest recesses of a song and bring every nuance into the sunlight of a voice in full bloom. (Check out her first appearance on live TV on The Merv Griffin Show.) Who could forget her at Super Bowl XXV at the onset of the Gulf War, performing the national anthem before a global audience of hundreds of millions, letting it soar with no rehearsal, leaving us blinded by her radiance and rejoicing at the freedom in that explosively jubilant voice. She seemed to do this as easily as breathing– the way Hendrix played it– as an extension of herself.
The film lets us understand the deeper toll her early success took, the “pop” packaging for white, mainstream audiences that backfired in her being booed at the Soul Train Awards. It’s a pivotal evening; she met her husband Bobby Brown that night and the rest is almost history. The film gradually accumulates an impressionistic and narrative power as the pieces fall tragically together. The voice, coarsened by drugs, starts to crumble; it’s agonizing to hear. We are witnessing the slow motion crash and burn of a fragile self ripped apart by split loyalties, crushing fame, the betrayal of intimates, and her desperate bid to mother her only child Bobbi Kristina but not knowing how. But I didn’t see the last piece coming, the revelation of a hideous trauma embedded in her beginnings (corroborated by her brother, disputed by her mother), and it made my heart ache. See it and weep.
Finally, you must see RBG a timely documentary about the only superhero whose exploits I care about this summer: U.S. Supreme Court Justice RUTH BADER GINSBURG:
“Notorious RBG” may be THE quintessential iron fist in the velvet glove. Filmmakers Julie Cohen and Betsy West document Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s iconoclastic career in American jurisprudence, her pioneering stances on gender equality, civil rights, and her acute mental and physical stamina. Now 85 years old, Ginsburg has dozed off in public, does push-ups in private, and gets a kick out of Kate Mckinnon’s killer impression of her on SNL. She’s inspired at least one slogan I’d be proud to wear on a T-shirt: “There is no Truth without Ruth.”
By Joyce Kulhawik| 2018-07-12T14:22:55+00:00 July 12th, 2018|Celebrity Interviews, Documentary, Drama, Family, Kids, Movies|2 Comments
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Janet Johnston July 12, 2018 at 8:16 am - Reply
My husband and I went to see Won’t You Be MY Neighbor because there did not seem to be another movie that was worth spending money on. While we were somewhat ambivalent walking in, we were wiping tears away on the way out. What a human being! There are not many people born in the world who had his power, maybe Mother Teresa. Won’t You Be My Neighbor was a great film and I’m so glad we saw it. Thank you for the review!
Joyce Kulhawik July 12, 2018 at 2:57 pm - Reply
Thank you janet– SO glad you saw this– what film and you are a doll!!
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THEATER: FINISH LINE: A DOCUMENTARY PLAY ABOUT THE 2013 MARATHON
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I just saw the world premiere of FINISH LINE: A Documentary Play About the 2013 Boston Marathon. It runs circles around the movie “Patriot’s Day” which managed to somehow reduce this global tragedy even as it ramped up the explosions and Mark Wahlberg’s ubiquitous heroics. FINISH LINE has no literal explosions and makes a better point: there were no heroes, that is, no ONE person– but rather everyONE working together as ONE to save 270 lives in crisis. Here’s a behind the scenes look at the making of this documentary play broadcast on NBC Boston.
I should also make clear that I know the co-creators of this play very well Lisa Rafferty and Joey Frangieh who also directed; I have worked with them, love them, and perhaps should recuse myself from reviewing. But I want my say, and trust my own instincts, regardless of friendship, about what I see and feel as I sit in the dark watching. FINISH LINE is a moving document that swelled my heart which I thought had grown impervious to any more news of that terrifying day in April when the world’s most iconic and beloved marathon was blown up, taking with it several lives and rupturing many more. While the play still has a way to go before it fully resonates, this version is on the right track.
It’s a tale of two experiences; in the midst of the blood and fear, the event not only highlighted the worst, but also the best in us. A cast of 12 featuring 10 local actors spoke the actual words of the survivors: runners, families, police officers, medical personnel, journalists, clergy. We may not be entirely familiar with some of these stories, and that helped flesh out the breadth of the impact and universality of what happened.
The set and staging are appropriately simple and effective. The actors walk out one by one on a darkened stage illuminated by a sea of single bulbs; like warmly lit stalactites and stalagmites, some stem from the ground up, like flames keeping vigil, while others hang from the sky like stars. As the actors emerge, they are identified by their characters’ names on a screen suspended above center stage. This is the ONLY video projection and rightly so; the heart and soul of what transpires over the next 90 uninterrupted minutes is what makes theater, what we cannot see, but can fully imagine: the story and the words used to tell it. What is immediately stunning is the simple poetry of natural, everyday speech, intimate and unadorned, and the power of the real.
That leaves the actors the not so simple task of being transparent, not getting in the way of what is already there, but bringing it naturally alive. This cast is among Boston’s best and they did us proud. Karen MacDonald in a dual role, plays Liz Norden a mother who takes us through her horrifying day only to discover that both her sons had each lost a leg. Her earthy, blunt ownership of all her feelings of fear, angst, anger, gratitude– let us in. When she unabashedly proclaims she will never have closure, I somehow felt relieved of the burden of having to get over something before being ready– or ever.
Karen MacDonald & Paula Plum in “Finish Line”
At the fulcrum of the play she is joined on stage by Paula Plum, breathtaking as Carol Downing a massage therapist from out of town, searching for her daughter Erika a pre-school teacher (the brightly charismatic Amie Lytle). As Carol makes her way through Boston searching for her daughter, local strangers appear miraculously, feeding her and helping her finally locate her daughter in an ICU, severely damaged and almost unrecognizable–but alive. Other standouts: Lewis D. Wheeler who brought a luminous humility and gravitas to his role as Dr. David R. King a surgeon in awe of the resilience of those he treated. Sam Tanabe as young Brad Jensen, was so funny and relatable as a newbie to the marathon and later as he talked about the survivor guilt felt by his family as they urged him away the scene, as others ran toward it to help.
A few stories needed editing or didn’t fully engage: Greg Maraio’s EMT needed shortening and shaping. Plum’s other role as TV anchorwoman Maria Stephanos wasn’t convincing, and her story which turned the lens away from the tragedy and toward the telling of it– was off-putting. There’s a better way to tell that. Danny Bolton as a Boston Globe photojournalist didn’t capture me. I also wondered about other stories, what of the experiences of those who were with the victims who died?
FINISH LINE remains a work in progress, but is essential now because it re-opens a wound with an eye toward healing and more than that, the power of compassion. For those who experienced the horror of blind hatred on a sunny day in Boston, there may be no more profound awareness than that embodied by this “chorus”at the “finish line” in an original song tenderly sung by Rachel Belleman called RISE. We are better together than apart as we head toward the FINISH LINE. Presented by the Boch Center with Boston Theater Company at the SHUBERT THEATRE through March 26.
***For all Finish Line performances scheduled from Friday, March 17 – Sunday, March 26, 2017, a select number of tickets will be reserved for day of, in person box office purchases where members of the community will be able to simply “pay what your heart feels.” $3.00 of every ticket sold will be donated to support the Martin Richard Foundation and Martin’s Park.
By Joyce Kulhawik| 2017-03-17T13:15:36+00:00 March 17th, 2017|Theater|0 Comments
37th ANNUAL ELLIOT NORTON AWARD WINNERS!
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Resveratrol and pterostilbene may offer immune function benefits
Compounds from red grapes and blueberries could help to enhance immune functions by working in synergy with vitamin D, according to new research.
Writing in Molecular Nutrition and Food Research, researchers from the Linus Pauling Institute, USA, tested the ability of more than 400 compounds for their ability to boost the innate immune system.
Using cell cultures in a lab setting, the team tested the compounds for their effect on the activity(expression) of a gene known as cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide (CAMP) - which produces proteins that can help defend against bacterial infection.
They found that two compounds in particular – resveratrol, which is found in red grapes, and pterostilbene, found in blueberries – appear to increase expression of the CAMP gene. The Linus Pauling team noted, however, that individually these effect was modest, but when used incombination with vitamin D3 there was a statistically significant increase in gene expression.
"Out of a study of hundreds of compounds, just these two popped right out," said Dr Adrian Gombart -senior author of the study. "Their synergy with vitamin D to increase CAMP gene expression was significant and intriguing. It's a pretty interesting interaction."
"Discovering additional small molecules that regulate its expression will identify new molecular mechanisms involved in CAMP regulation and increase understanding of how diet and nutrition can improve immune function," the authors added.
The research was supported by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Gombart and his colleagues analysed the effects of 446 compounds for their the ability to boost the expression of CAMP.
"We discovered that two stilbenoids, resveratrol and pterostilbene, induced CAMP promoter-luciferase expression," explained the researchers.
"Although the induction of CAMP by resveratrol and pterostilbene was modest, they synergistically induced CAMP gene expression when combined with 1α,25(OH)2D3 [vitamin D3]. This synergy was observed in both monocyte and keratinocyte cell lines."
Stilbenoids are compounds produced by plants to fight infections, and in human biology appear to affect some of the signaling pathways that allow vitamin D to do its job, researchers said. It appears that combining these compounds with vitamin D has considerably more biological impact than any of them would separately.
However, the authors noted that their findings were made in laboratory cell cultures, and therefore do not prove that similar results would occur as a result of dietary intake.
However, Gombart and his team said the findings do add more interest to the potential of some foods to improve the immune response.
They added that continued research could lead to a better understanding of how diet and nutrition affect immune function, and possibly lead to the development of therapeutically useful natural compounds that could boost the innate immune response.
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Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family, and be safe
Merry Xmas and a happy New Year to you and your family!
I would like to thank all the people who took the opportunity to drop by the blog to read and comment.
91, 672 stopped by as of today, my first year in 2009 saw circa 10,000.
Merry Xmas and a happy new year when it comes!
Blogging starts up just after New Year.
Lord Gill condemns the ‘right’ of criminals to a lower sentence if they used the section 196 (1) to get a reduction, we don’t live in an ideal world
There is good law and bad law, and law that sometimes help the wheels of justice move more smoothly.
In Scotland there is such a law called the Criminal Procedures Scotland Act 1995, under section 196 (1) if an accused person pleads guilty early thus stop wasting the court’s time; they get a reduction in their sentence.
You can debate the moral rights or wrongs of that principle, but the law exists for good reason, Courts are under pressure and this helps ease this, if the law is ignored then there is no reason to plead guilty early.
This will lead to backlogs.
Lord Justice Clerk Lord Gill isn’t a fan of this law and has warned shortening sentences for those who admit crimes could erode public confidence in the justice system.
He goes further by calling for courts to take a tougher line when sentencing.
This is all good traditional Tory stuff from an age long since dead.
Defence lawyers who in theory have to do the best for the clients have warned removing incentives to plead guilty quickly will result in more contested charges and trials.
They are right, why plead guilty when you get the same sentence and maybe you might get off with it.
A five-judge bench at the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh has been taking another look at this question by considering a number of test cases and has questioned the right to discounts for an early guilty plea.
I would opine that in the interests of a properly functioning judiciary, it is important that this matter is not sidetracked into some emotional rant.
Lord Gill said the discounts of one-third being allowed as a matter of routine were the result of a "superficial reading" of the unspecified 1996 case.
"So it is opportune to repeat that an accused is not entitled to any particular discount in return for a plea of guilty. The level of discount, if any, is and must always be a matter for the discretion of the sentencer."
I would say that this is wrong, case law would support allowing and retaining such a practice.
The expectation of a sentencing discount of up to one-third of the sentence was enshrined in Scots law for the first time in October 2003.
At the time of Lord Cullen's review this idea appeared to have come from the then Scottish Executive's proposals for High Court reform and Lord Bonomy's recommendations to speed up the justice system.
Because it argued that there should be a "predictable" reduction in sentence if an accused pled guilty at an early stage.
Then in an appeal court case in 2003, known as Du Plooy, the position was clarified so that sentencers should consider discounts of up to one-third in such cases.
And life went on the Courts were able to increase volume under an already overstretched system.
The argument advanced for discounts was they spared witnesses from having to give evidence, and saved court time and expense.
How can this now be seen as a bad idea?
And why should anyone be stupid enough to want to return to chaos because someone wants their pound of flesh?
Scottish criminal lawyer Paul McBride described Lord Gill's warning as "provocative", adding there had to be incentives to pleading guilty to prevent overburdening courts with trials.
I am not a Paul McBride fan but however we do travel along the same train of thought sometimes.
"I agree people should not be entitled to anything automatically, but let's give the courts the discretion to apply their common sense and give people an appropriate discount and encourage them to plead guilty at the earliest opportunity to spare the victims the agony of having to go through a trial.
"It's certainly a very provocative thing for him to say and he will fully understand the implications of it. If accused people understand they won't get a discount if they plead guilty, what on earth is the incentive for them to plead guilty?
McBride rightly says:
"If you give them no incentive you will end up having more and more trials, and the courts are finding it difficult enough to cope at the moment in an ideal world of unlimited resources and unlimited judges and unlimited lawyers then no-one would get any discount for pleading guilty. We are not in that world."
As General Mick Jackson used to say, ‘we are where we are’.
Lord Gill said something interesting when he went on to warn of the danger a discount might cause an accused to plead guilty, even when they had a fair defence. Innocent people by enlarge don’t plead guilty so the idea that someone would do so is strange particularly when they have legal representation. I think that this is crap.
Gill added:
"The second risk is the allowance of substantial discounts may cause the sentencing decisions of the criminal courts to lose credibility and in this way may erode the authority of the courts."
Since when does applying current law do this? And the authority of the courts isn’t in any way weakened, bad judgement in criminal cases such as the Cadder ruling do much more damage because Cadder showed some judges to be incompetent and unfit to be on the Appeal Court Bench.
Cadder was a straightforward violation by the Courts, the Crown and the Police of human rights denial.
This was set right by the UK Supreme Court who made Scotland human rights compliant on that issue.
Lord Gill continued:
"I consider the court's discretion to allow a discount should be exercised sparingly and only for convincing reasons."
Can Lord Gill front the costs of increased expenditure for the problem he is trying to manufacture or does he believe that closing one third of Scotland’s Sheriff Courts is going to produce a tsunami of funds to cover this.
I would like to see competence tests rather like academic exams introduced for judges and others who sit in the Courts passing judgments; this should include a psychological assessment on whether or not they should be there in the first place.
We need a clear legal framework for the Courts to operate under to produce a fair and just system that functions at an optimal level or as close to it as possible.
This crap has disaster written all over it and the Justice Minister Kenny MacAskill should take no notice of this, we want quick trials not having accused people getting ‘second mortgages’ and planning permission to build extensions to the court because they are there so long.
Labels: Kenny Macaskill, Law, Lord Gill, Scottish Government
Sir Michael Wilshaw, new Ofsted chief says scruffy teachers should set an example and dress professionally, image and presentation matters in public
Image and presentation matter!
If you want people to take you seriously you have to look the part, that first impression counts.
The new head of Ofsted says scruffy teachers should be ordered to smarten up in the classroom.
By way of a dress code, teachers claim they are professionals, is it too much to ask that they dress the part?
I suspect most people would say yes they should.
Sir Michael Wilshaw, an inner city head becomes the Chief Inspector of Schools next month, said teachers should set an example and dress in a ‘professional’ manner.
Great minds think alike, he also believes whether inspectors should consider staff dress codes during inspections.
Sir Michael thinks it should be one of the criteria Ofsted looks at.
“I think it’s patronising to children for staff to dress poorly”.
When I taught in my youth, I was always dressed for the activity I was teaching, on time and prepared. My pupils had 100% confidence in me, but teaching isn’t simply looking the part, you have to know your subject as well as having the ability to put it across at a level that allows pupils to grasp the subject matter. In some cases you may have to repeat the same lesson again as people learn at different speeds.
Once they get the hook, they find their time in the learning experience more enjoyable.
Learning should be fun, but also disciplined.
Sir Michael’s intervention was welcomed by campaigners last night.
Nick Seaton, secretary of the Campaign for Real Education, said teachers should be banned from wearing jeans and T-shirts in the classroom.
It has been along time since I was at school and the idea of a teacher in jeans and T shirt certainly doesn’t convey the right image.
Another interesting point is that history and geography 'could become compulsory' to 16 in major shake-up of national curriculum, I would agree that to understand how to plan for the future you should have a grasp and working knowledge of the past, looking at mistakes of the past is a useful educational tool. I used a variation of this while teaching myself, by having trainees watch and analyse others and then engage in Q & A to develop understanding so that my pupils thought like instructors.
The ability to analyse is a key skill missing in education.
Nick Seaton adding:
“Teachers should be setting an example to young people for when they go into the world of work. That means they should look reasonably smart at work. Twenty or 30 years ago teachers wouldn’t have dreamed of going to school in scruffy clothes, but standards have slipped in some places.”
Sir Michael rightly says teachers patronise children by turning up to the classroom badly dressed and then expecting the pupils to keep to the uniform.
In his own school, Mossbourne Academy in Hackney, where he has achieved spectacular results, teachers were expected to wear ‘business-like’ clothes.
“Most good schools have a dress code for staff. It would be surprising if they didn’t. I am not very prescriptive but I’d make a judgement if someone came in here and was badly dressed. It’s the wrong message to give the children and think it patronises the children who are expected to turn up here in uniform.”
Sir Michael Wilshaw may turn out to be exactly what Ofsted and schools need, his ideas have considerable merit.
Michael Gove, English Minister for education talks about elitism being brought back to schools, that elitism should be available to all pupils to get the best possible start to life.
One thing, I said to a Russian friend of mine, Lana Soroka when I taught her was to analyse and consider options.
She is now a successful lawyer in London.
Labels: education
Glasgow Uni product Johann Lamont becomes Scottish Labour leader, Pollok Constituency is now unwinnable for any other political party even the SNP
Johann Lamont has won the Scottish Labour Leadership contest.
It seems that the weakest candidate can rise to the top, Lamont is a Glasgow University product and if you ever watch her on Newsnight Scotland, she sounds awful.
However as Scottish Labour leader she has pretty much a ‘seat of life’ in Pollok, despite the SNP having a tsunami effect recently, however it wasn’t enough to topple her in the Labour stronghold, but it was close.
Now, she is leader her profile rises and so will personnel in the shape of activists as people want to be known by the leader.
Pollok is now unwinnable for any political party; no one in living memory as ever defeated the leader of a political party at an election.
In 2010 at the Westminster Campaign no one came close to Labour allowing Ian ‘the Deerhunter’ Davidson an easy stroll to the finish line.
Pollok is now unwinnable at Holyrood and Westminster for any candidate standing against them in political parties. It is a complete waste of time to be an activist in that area from another party other than Labour.
Now, the worst candidate is in place, Glasgow University product Johann Lamont has unveiled her front-bench appointments.
The leader in waiting, Ken Macintosh gets a top job for handling the finance, employment and sustainable growth remit.
Ken Macintosh won the votes of the grassroots and was then beaten in the contest on Saturday.
Ms Lamont, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, said she will set out a positive vision for a "fair" Scotland.
This will be a challenge as she and the rest sat on their hands for the entire duration of the last Holyrood term doing absolutely nothing but spin and gimmicks.
In political terms, the reality generated was that Scottish Labour wasn’t seen as a credible alternative.
Lamont said:
"My shadow cabinet will be inclusive, bringing together experienced former ministers and newer voices to speak on the important issues for Scotland. Our job will not just be to hold the Scottish Government to account, but to show our party's ambition again. Together we must set out and convince the people of Scotland of Labour's vision for our country. Ours is a positive vision for a prosperous Scotland that can pay its own way, a wealth-creating Scotland that uses its wealth to build a fairer country, a Scotland determined that not one person's talent is wasted, a Scotland that challenges all Scots to be all that they can be, and which creates the conditions in which we can reach our aspirations. My shadow cabinet will comprise elected politicians and also experts in their fields from all walks of life to advise, share experience and help shape the future of our country. I will make more appointments in the coming weeks and months."
The reason for bring in outsiders to her team is that ‘the pool’ is very limited.
Hugh Henry becomes spokesman for education and lifelong learning.
Jackie Baillie stays in charge of health.
Patricia Ferguson will be spokeswoman for culture, external affairs and the Commonwealth Games.
Richard Baker becomes spokesman for infrastructure and capital investment.
Lewis Macdonald was appointed justice spokesman.
Sarah Boyack becomes spokeswoman for local government and planning.
Claire Baker becomes spokeswoman for rural affairs and environment.
Paul Martin remains parliamentary business manager.
James Kelly is the chief whip.
After the first round of counting, Lamont had 51.77% of the votes, Macintosh had 40.28% and Glasgow South MP Tom Harris trailed a very poor third with only 7.95%.
Harris was the best at presentation and had presence but his problem was he wasn’t in the Holyrood clique and the real battle in Scotland is at Holyrood in the Chamber on the ‘shop floor’.
Lamont because of restructure is the first person to lead the whole of the party in Scotland, rather than just the Holyrood group, following changes since the review by Jim Murphy to the party structure.
So, has Glasgow University product the skills to take on Alex Salmond in mental combat?
She is a poor choice and doesn’t look like a First Minister in waiting.
However, she has a job for life as Pollok MSP now that she is leader, people will flock to her because it may help their political careers.
Anyone standing against Johann Lamont in Pollok is just pissing £500 up against the wall and wasted their time.
Lamont has a walkthrough.
Labels: Glasgow University, Holyrood, Ian Davidson, Johann Lamont, Ken Macintosh, Labour, SNP, westminster
Police chiefs warn of £22m 'hidden cost' in single force, there will be start problems, but they are solvable, act like professionals!
When I was pushing the idea of a single national Police force at the SNP National Assembly, I did so know that although this was a good idea of benefit, some people would lose out.
However the Police in Scotland had to merge to make a 21st Century force and deal with the challenges of the ever changing nature of crime.
We need a national force, unfortunately in the past, self interest stop this idea going forward.
In the reorganization there will be problems, such as start up costs, this is to be expected.
But there is supposed to be experienced officers who can deal with this, we aren’t asking anyone to go to the moon here.
The Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (Acpos) said in reply to a Government consultation on the plans that it will require cuts to police staff.
That was part of my original idea, to contract the service in a concentrated unit before allowing growth.
We need to be standing first on the bedrock of sound principles; then stage two reform can take place.
When I proposed the single force idea in September 2010, stage two was preparing for an independence landscape that saw the police take over the functions of customs and UK Border Agency.
There would be much more accountability and transparency if my original idea had been seen through to its logical conclusion.
Accountability would be done in a multi layer approach, special Holyrood committee, national board and retained local boards.
Acpos has flagged up the issue of vat, stating that under Scottish Government proposals the single service would be liable for £22 million a year in VAT to the Treasury, because of changes in the way the new organisation will be funded.
With good will and dialogue this could be sorted between Westminster and Holyrood, perhaps by a technical amendment for a new public sector vat exemption certificate. The nuts and bolts of that would have to be ironed out.
The idea that the police pay Vat to the treasury is bizarre anyway, it is on an outdated concept and the move to streamlining services is the true nature of reform in Scotland.
So far very few people in politics are talking of local and public sector reform because the Scottish Government have no ideas of merit, it is a key debate of this Holyrood term.
Police reform is a tip of a very large iceberg.
On job losses Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill has intimated should not happen in a letter to staff and officers in September but he doesn’t have operational control so although his letter may allay fears, it isn’t worth the paper it is written on.
Les Gray, chairman of the Scottish Police Federation, said:
"It would be ludicrous if the new police service had to pay VAT. That would be like washing public funds down the drain – money that should be spent on providing the public with an excellent police service. It would be scandalous."
Gray is very much anti single force; however all over Scotland there are similar law enforcement bodies which are national services, UK Border Agency, Customs, Prison Service and Transport Police.
The Scottish Government has stated the new single service will not be a Non Departmental Public Body (NDPB) like the Scottish Police Services Authority, which has been forced to pay millions in VAT.
To return to job losses for a sec, Kenny MacAskill wrote to staff and said:
"All officers and staff in post when the new organisation is established will transfer to the new Scottish Police Service on the day of establishment and will retain their terms and conditions of service on transfer. There should be no compulsory redundancies."
What he did write was a guarantee of future employment because there can’t be while the restructure takes place because all levers must be available to the organizers of the new body.
It has first to contract to a core unit then it can expand properly, everyone should know this without it having to be said.
A spokesman for the Scottish Government said:
"It will be for the new service, after detailed planning and transitional work, to determine the workforce balance of the new service. All personnel in post on the day of reform will be entitled to transfer to the new service."
Clearly, the Scottish Government is setting out its stall that job losses although regrettable are out of their hands.
But it was wrong for Kenny MacAskill to imply that everyone’s job would be safe, tell the truth is far better politically, don’t leave people with false hope because people can’t live on that.
Anyway, onwards and upwards, there are other ideas such as introducing a commercial arm as part of the national force structure but that is for another time and place.
Labels: Kenny Macaskill, national police force, Scottish Government, SNP
All opposition parties unite as SNP railroads sectarian football bill through Holyrood, Mulholland calls it ‘important legislation’, bollocks
After the Scottish National Party won the Holyrood 2011 election, Alex Salmond said that the SNP may have won Scotland's first majority government but it "did not have a monopoly on wisdom".
He is of course absolutely right on that score.
Which brings me; to the SNP using its majority at Holyrood to pass the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications Bill.
That was totally the wrong approach to take to tackle this problem.
How bad is this crap bill?
Bad enough to unite all opposition parties against this bad law, the law effectively allows Police to arrest anyone for singing what could be later construed as a sectarian song.
However, the Scottish government have not defined what songs could lead to someone or group getting arrested.
So, a person could be lifted, taken to court and it would be up to a jury to decide if they want to convict.
This will be based not on law; but possibly their own prejudices.
Law by its very nature must be clear and although ignorance of the law is not a defence in itself, this law could be argued with some merit that it isn’t human rights compliant.
A key part of convicting is establishing what is called ‘mens rea’, which means when the person or group committed the crime, did they have a ‘guilty mind’.
This standard common law test of criminal liability is usually expressed in the Latin phrase; ‘actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea’, which means "the act does not make a person guilty unless the mind is also guilty".
Ergo, any decent lawyer or possibly second year law student on the ball could drive a truck right up the Scottish Government’s arse; do a U turn using the hand brake and wheel spin away taking their client out of Court.
It's shit law and to quote Alex Salmond again, Scotland's first majority government doesn’t have a monopoly on wisdom.
We now have two new offences created for targeting sectarian behaviour in and around football matches and on the internet.
Those convicted could spend as long as five years in prison and be banned from football grounds.
5 years for singing a song?
The SNP was wrong to use its majority at Holyrood to pass the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications Bill but they left the door open by saying that they promised to review the use of the new powers.
Juries are generally sensible by enlarge but they do have odd characters on them, if you haven’t been on a jury it is an eye opener, believe me. But in the madness of the jury process, someone usually exercises common sense.
To be blunt, if I was on a jury and this shit was put to me, I would argue with some merit how utterly wrong this is in both law and in natural justice.
Passing bad law brings the Parliament into disrepute.
Last night opposition parties took the unusual step as I previously said of uniting to brand the bill, which has won backing from police and prosecutors as a shambles and unworkable.
Labour, Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, Greens and Independent MSP Margo MacDonald issued a joint statement after the vote at Holyrood.
It read:
"Members of all political parties are determined to wipe the blight of sectarianism from Scottish society. It is of real regret that the first piece of legislation passed by this new Parliament has been railroaded through by the SNP. The SNP has used its majority to force through bad law that risks doing more harm than good. It sets a worrying precedent for this Parliament."
As I previously blogged, consensus is dead, unfortunately the SNP believe that they are the ‘new establishment’, this is delusion thinking and reminds me of Blair and his landslide in 1997.
And we all know what happened to Blair, from hero to zero, and then cast out.
Community Safety Minister Roseanna Cunningham trying to justify this tripe reminded MSPs of on-field flashpoints at Old Firm encounters, bullets and bombs through the post and internet threats to Celtic manager Neil Lennon and other prominent Celtic figures.
All this could be dealt with using current law provisions.
"This simple point seems to have been lost in what I think is a fog of denial and sometimes apparently wilful misunderstanding. These are clear and specific improvements to the existing law."
I sincerely hope that someone else wrote that for her and she just parroted it out, I would prefer to believe she is ignorant of the subject matter rather than plain stupid.
Tory Justice Spokesman David McLetchie poured scorn the notion of asking police or prosecutors if they wanted new powers to being a akin to asking someone if they wanted a pay rise.
He predicted:
"What we will now see is a flood of prosecutions under the Act. No doubt this will be presented as a great success by the SNP, but in reality it will be a sham."
Labour justice spokesman James Kelly said:
"We all know that throughout this process, it has not been competently handled by the minister. What we need is a properly thought-out strategy on sectarianism, one that is informed by real people, not civil servants in St Andrew's House."
Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland QC, Scotland's top law officer, said:
"I welcome the passing of this Bill, which is one of the most important pieces of legislation to be passed by the Scottish Parliament."
I hold Frank Mulholland in contempt, what an arselicker.
20 Celtic supporters who travelled to Holyrood under the banner “Fans Not Criminals” were excluded from the public gallery for wearing campaign T-shirts.
Each wore a T shirt spelling out a letter to make a combined message and they intended to stand up and turn round when a Bill to tackle religious hatred and bigotry related to football was passed, to spell out “SNP – Shame on You.”
Jeanette Findlay, chairwoman of the Celtic Supporters’ Trust, said they had come to protest against this “shockingly unnecessary Bill”.
Ms. Findlay unfortunately gave a TV interview were she demonstrated how common she is, possibly not the best advocate for a protest group but her group did have a point, even although it was cheap, badly thought-out and ineffective.
She is also a Glasgow University product.
Over at the Herald Scotland, Iain MacWhirter writes:
"This dumb, unjust law is Salmond's first own goal"
Labels: football, Jeanette Findlay, politics, Scottish Government, sectarian, SNP
Human rights abusing Glasgow University admits internal reform plans ‘over-ambitious’, no shit Sherlock, corrupt foreigner Anton Muscatelli Principal
It seems that down at the human rights abusing Glasgow University they have over-reaching themselves by trying to be creative.
Having spent 20 years at ‘University of Guantanamo Bay’, I was used to seeing fu*k up after fu*k up after fu*k up.
One reason I believed was the university became a crony infested pit.
Simple minded fu*ks have been employed who have a ‘key’ skill.
Burying themselves in other people’s asses and drawing breath only to tell their 'guru' how wonderful they are.
It was one of the deeply unpleasant sights to witness at the university, I didn’t involve myself in such behaviour while working as a fitness coach because unlike others who wanted to be the ‘pals’ of the students and staff, I actually had skills.
I taught fitness and weight training in my youth on a purely charitable basis and was the best in my field.
There was no competition during my time there; the fitness staff even had to go to my training partners for advice on how to better lay out their gym.
Anyway, the biggest reform of the institution for decades hasn’t gone well, with an internal report saying the move to replace nine academic faculties with four colleges in one year was "over-ambitious".
Bad news for corrupt foreigner Anton Muscatelli!
Doesn't seem like brains are embedded does it?
Senior vice-principal and Vet school character Andrea Nolan also said the financial climate was not ideal.
So speaks the 'voice of wisdom', someone probably told her what a great job she done writing it.
Big thinking isn’t the same as sticking your arm up a cow’s arse Nolan, it takes vision, planning and possibly real genius.
Any halfwit can stand on the sidelines and snipe when it goes wrong.
I always said that if the photocopiers ever breakdown at Glasgow University, then senior management would be effectively paralysed.
'University of Guantanamo Bay' recently was crying over £20 million of cuts which led to voluntary redundancies seeing 264 staff leaving.
Those at the top, saw ‘the trough’ fully protected.
As well as the ‘big idea’ there was another dead donkey roaming about called MyCampus, which sucked up significant numbers of staff being tied up developing a controversial £14m student enrolment website.
The numbers were less than those who hit the beaches on the 6th June 1944 in Normandy; they at least were going forward.
Not fighting a rearguard action.
The workload was said to be putting a great strain on staff because of an increased workload.
Nolan's report said the university had been responding to "major budgetary pressures due to the deteriorating economic climate and public funding situation".
Wow, all that education and the ability to state the bleeding obvious, what a great pity her Veterinary trained mind couldn’t have spoken up before the problems started.
The report summed up by saying:
"The introduction of the new structure was undertaken against a backdrop of significant change, both as a result of internal commitment to delivering the strategy and as a result of funding changes in the external environment”.
Translated, it was the wrong time to start a project because we are skint.
Nolan added:
"With hindsight, the senior management group was overly optimistic about what it wished to achieve within the associated time-scales, given the range of other projects that were planned and those that had to be initiated as a result of changes in the external environment."
Senior management is led by David Newall who I never found to be very bright in my dealings with him.
Not very bright with an attitude problem!
Dave Anderson, president of the Glasgow University branch of the UCU lecturers' union, said:
"We have called on senior management to do more to address the concerns of staff that are overburdened as a result of restructuring and to provide the support required to ensure the university's reputation is maintained in coming years."
Years ago while trawling through the University Court Minutes; my eye was caught by a proposal to increase the number of foreign students which could only be to create a cash cow culture to increase revenue.
The university has continued to move towards this principle.
In 2009 a paper prepared for the university's court stressed the importance of streamlining university management to ensure money was spent improving the university's performance.
Presumably some of the lower echelons were to be moved about and possibly out, it was a time to keep your head or pressed to someone senior’s arse in much the same way as troops landed on Omaha beach heads were buried in the sand as mortars and machine gun fire raked the beach.
The paper said:
"Compared to those universities currently in the world's top 50 we have relatively poor international and postgraduate student numbers, our research is not published consistently in journals - and our research capability is not regarded as highly by our peers."
I remember a PhD student telling me the story of someone trying to publish the same stuff twice in an academic journal and a bit of a hue and cry about it.
It was a very sordid episode indeed in Glasgow University history.
The PhD student also added that Sport Science pioneered to some extent at Glasgow University was a ‘load of wank’ and these people weren’t real scientists.
Some people produced a paper on the benefits of using an escalator instead of the stairs by putting up a poster at the bottom, as someone who was a fitness coach; I was appalled that such low grade shit would even be considered to be published.
And anyone would want their name associated with it.
To return to the main issue, a Glasgow University paid spokesman said:
"We are confident that the University of Glasgow is now well placed academically and financially and will continue to deliver world-class teaching and research and the best all-round experience for our students”.
Including institutional bullying, discrimination, harassment, malpractice and criminal fraud, they can’t even do that properly without getting caught out.
http://glasgowunihumanrights.blogspot.com/2009/08/glasgow-university-senior-management.html
This post shows in detail how corrupt, stupid and arrogant so called ‘educated’ people are, publicly beaten by a student doing a 20 credit Egyptology course.
Another red letter day for corrupt foreigner Anton Muscatelli, another bridge too far!
Still there is the big salary, car, uni chauffeur and Principal’s house to be had.
Labels: Andrea Nolan, Anton Muscatelli, David Newall, Glasgow University
Labour leader hopeful Johann Lamont tackles Scottish Government as Cadder ruling blamed as rape convictions plunge, Scotland is a corrupt country
Rape is a serious crime; the effects on the victims are long lasting, that is why it is important to ensure that any police investigation and prosecution of anyone charged is done properly.
That is the only way to ensure justice, however like any crime there will be people who are guilty who get away with it and others who are innocent who get convicted.
The human element in trials produces perverse results something, but we need such due process to safeguard the system.
Government statistics released yesterday state there were just 36 rape and attempted rape convictions during 2010/11, compared with 54 in the previous 12 months.
Statistics are useful but justice we should remember isn’t a numbers game or treated as such.
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) say the drop was a result of the Supreme Court Cadder ruling.
This could be looked at another way that the Fiscal Service and the Police aren’t effective enough in pursuing evidence.
Cadder cannot be the problem because Police interviewing a suspect would have to behave in exactly the same way as they would do if a solicitor was present.
Is the Fiscal Service saying Police use different techniques when interviewing suspects when a lawyer isn’t present?
This could possibly mean that Police use intimidation/bullying/oppressive tactics/threats etc.
The Cadder ruling whether some like it or not was essential and more important it was a human right because anyone accused is entitled under Article Six to a fair trial.
Questioning with a solicitor present upholds that principle and human right so long denied in Scotland.
The allegation made by The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) is all about directing attention away from THEIR failure.
The Cadder judgment, published by the Supreme Court in October last year, ruled it was a breach of the European Convention on Human Rights to allow an accused to be detained and interviewed by police without the right to a solicitor, this was standard in many EU countries and beyond.
Scotland operated a corrupt practice until it was stopped by the UK Supreme Court and the Scottish Government, the Appeals Court and Fiscal Service were all 100% behind denying ordinary citizens human rights.
Legal protection and a fair trial process are part of the glue which holds society together; we cannot allow unfair trials even if we thought someone is guilty.
The end can never justify the means in such cases.
The State have to prove a person or group is guilty using due process, following the letter and the spirit of the law exactly.
There can be no other way because allowing guilty people off on a technicality is an insult to victims of crime.
A COPFS spokesman said that Cadder meant that in many cases dealt with since then had "essential evidence" from police interviews lost and the Crown was unable to proceed with cases that would previously have gone to court.
This is the fault of The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, they conspired to deny justice then it backfired in their faces.
They should have addressed the problem but with the Appeals Court being so ineffective, they thought wrongly they could get away with it.
It was laziness, arrogance and stupidity on their part, they thought they were untouchable.
COPFS spokesman added:
"The Supreme Court ruling in the Cadder case has meant that in many cases essential evidence from admissions made by a suspect in police interview has been lost to the Crown. Given the nature of the crime of rape and attempted rape, admissions by the suspect were often essential to provide the necessary corroboration, especially of penetration. COPFS was therefore unable to proceed with cases that relied upon admissions made by the accused and which could have proceeded prior to the Cadder case."
If a person is willing to confess, the fact they have a solicitor shouldn’t change that, solicitors only advise their clients of their rights.
Rape should never be seen as a number games or that if a ‘quota’ isn’t reached that is somehow a failure.
Justice is and must be decided on evidence by using due process; there must be safeguards to ensure that both parties are treated correctly regardless of personal feelings on whether we think someone is guilty.
The Cadder ruling is an historic judgement by the UK Supreme Court which is a water shed moment in legal history.
It has caused problems, the chief one being that the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service and Police were forced to obey the law.
Not by choice but forced.
That is why so many people have no faith in such a corrupt system.
As someone with an interest in law, the Cadder ruling is a totally correct interpretation of the Human Rights Act and European Convention on Human Rights, it demonstrates classical legal judgment.
It is very unfortunately that the result of the Cadder case has led to a situation where possibly the guilty have benefited.
The Cadder ruling had to be passed.
If independence is to be achieved, the justice system needs to be massively overhauled to be brought up to date.
At present, we should be grateful to the UK Supreme Court and people like Lord Hope who in my mind has the same stature as Lord Denning for doing what needed to be done in the face of such ill judged opposition.
We sorely need such wisdom north of the border, only then can we have justice as a bedrock of a new Scottish society.
Labels: Cadder, crime, Fiscal Service, Scottish Government, UK Supreme Court
Lord Lawson says the single currency of the Euro is ‘doomed’ and Cameron was right to use his veto, we await the train wreck on grassy knoll
The European Union is a good idea; I am and always have been very much a supporter of it, right from the start.
Unfortunately, the European dream has turned in the wrong direction in a number of issues.
The single currency on the surface seemed like a good idea, but the problem is the idea was flawed.
Europe is too big, too diverse; one currency by its very nature demands one fiscal policy right through-out the entire eurozone.
That cannot happen as it involves a loss of sovereignty and leaves countries experiencing economic problems hamstrung.
Europe’s problems aren’t unique but the solution of austerity and trying to grow out of the problem by loading up more debt is wrong.
Debt growth is a killer.
Some people like former chancellor Lord Lawson believe that Europe will return to growth and prosperity much more quickly if the single currency is broken up.
That idea has merit but this action in itself won’t be enough, banking and its practices must be addressed.
On top of that new service models of local and national government need to be developed.
We hear a lot of talk about cost efficiencies by governments but these are counter productive, like peas on a plate, they keep getting moved around, somewhere in the chain, someone suffers through reduced services.
David Cameron has used Britain’s veto, which has put him at odds with the other 26 states; he is right and at the same time wrong.
The City of London is a problem, before the 2010 there was a lot of talk about tackling bankers, this turned out to be a lie, a complete lie, the Tories and Lib Dems dropped that dead donkey in the most expedient fashion.
Lawson said:
"I don't know how long it's going to take for Europe to return to growth but it will certainly take much longer if they don't accept the reality and take the necessary steps."
"Trying to go on and preserve the eurozone is a tremendous mistake."
Lawson has an excellent track record, when in 1989, he made one of the first speeches predicting the political and economic crises it would create.
Unfortunately, lesser beings pressed on with they know better and we have all seen how that has turned out.
Europe will have to address a large number of serious issues soon or later, one thing is certain is that pain is coming much more than we have seen before.
It will be a tsunami of political unrest coupled with a toxic mix of austerity and debt.
Lord Lawson says the Euro is doomed, it is an opinion held by many, with talk that Germany could return to its old currency.
And talk of gold backed currency returning, highly unlikely at present with such debt burdens effectively making that decades away.
The price of gold is sky high.
The route of success is default, from the ashes there lies the opportunity to rebuild and re-capitalise.
Greece should totally default, why they haven’t done so is a sign of weak political management.
Italy isn’t much better and Spain and Portugal are bubbling away with their own internal problems.
One interesting happening was the sale or lack of sales of German bonds just recently; we need to start raising the interest paid to people with savings to a decent return.
The 99% need to see growth rather than all money just being shipped across the table to the 1%.
David Cameron feels his veto buys breathing space for the UK, but if he doesn’t use his time wisely, he will be a spectator at the train wreck of the Euro becoming unstuck and it will ripple across Britain as well as Europe.
Its like being on ice, you know once the slide starts you are going down, and when it comes it will be like quick sliver.
And a plan is need for that moment.
Labels: David Cameron, EU, Euro Zone, Lord Lawson, Tories, westminster
Joyce Juszczak gets miracle drug as she nearly dies from potentially fatal blood clot, she loses a third of a kidney, Scottish Government shame
The Scottish National Party should hang its head in shame for doing nothing for Joyce Juszczak.
The pensioner who was refused treatment for a life-threatening blood condition has suffered a potentially fatal blood clot.
Only now has she received a "miracle" drug, eculizumab to treat the disease when this should have been done right from the very start.
Unsurprisingly Joyce Juszczak's family say they are angry.
Health is seen as the flagship policy of the Scottish Government, that image now lies in tatters because it was obvious what needed to be done.
Joyce Juszczak had highly skilled medical professionals in her corner making the case but NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde where using ‘cover’ of others to deny her drugs.
The fatal blood clot has destroyed one-third of her kidney.
This isn’t an anonymous case Joyce Juszczak went to the Scottish Parliament to beg for help.
129 MSPs who claim to be ‘honoured’ to serve the public, meet there, but the reality is they are ‘honoured’ to serve themselves with a high salary, expenses and perks.
Her appearance which embarrassed the Scottish Parliament led to a review and her consultant submitted a new application for the drug to NHS GGC after her clot.
Application submitted Tuesday, drug approved on Friday afternoon.
After she got the miracle drug her family said that she already looked a lot better.
I blogged previously on this issue and yet again, George Laird was proven right.
What a great pity so many in my party, the SNP who ‘fight’ for Scotland were ‘missing in action’ on this issue, we know that they weren’t ‘KIA’; they are still picking up the taxpayer funded salaries.
They are the ‘team players’ who stood in silence while Joyce Juszczak suffered unbelievably pain and suffering, the 'sycophant generation'.
One of Mrs Juszczak's daughters, Beverley Hardie said:
"I think it is disgraceful she had to have a life-threatening clot before they would agree to fund this treatment. If the clot had gone to her brain, heart or lungs she probably wouldn't have survived."
Mrs Juszczak's consultant haematologist, Dr Henry Hambley said:
"I am over the moon she has now been started on eculizumab. As far as I am concerned that should have happened before now. Thankfully the infarct occurred in an organ where there is considerable redundancy. If it had been her brain then it would have been a completely different story."
She would have been dead.
The Joyce Juszczak case is now being used by Patient groups to highlight how Scotland is failing more than 350,000 people affected by a rare disease.
I attended a recent SNP meeting where the ‘hot’ topic under discussion was Council election 2012, among issues raised to campaign on, potholes and dog shit as issues of concern.
Who gives a shit about potholes and dog shit when the real issues aren’t being addressed?
Joyce Juszczak has lost one-third of her kidney.
Her problem was that she wasn’t important enough or rich enough or had the right kind of status to get help.
The SNP needs more people's champions and less of the gutless bastards in its ranks who are afraid to speak out.
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Labels: Glasgow and Clyde health board, health, Joyce Juszczak, Scottish Government, SNP
Is it not time to sack Justice Sec Kenny MacAskill as anger grows over plans to abolish independent jail monitors, what happened to democracy?
This is a story which is ironic and also not funny.
It also shows yet again that ‘justice’ under the leadership of Kenny MacAskill is the worst run portfolio in the SNP Government.
Scotland’s prison visiting committees have learned that there are plans to replace them with an advocacy service run by a government department.
This has been likened to Scotland being compared to a “South American dictatorship” but without the bananas.
There has been an SNP “consultation” in which there were 60 responses submitted to the Scottish Government.
59 in favour of keeping the present arrangement and 1 against, not surprising the negative response was from the Scottish Prison Service.
They are not keen on independent monitors and so it seems neither is the SNP Government.
Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill has since written to members to explain they will be disbanded early next year.
Is it not time to sack Kenny MacAskill or demoted him to deputy justice sec, a post without any responsibility.
Justice under the SNP has failed to shine since MacAskill was appointed by Alex Salmond in 2007.
Ian Hamilton of Stone of Destiny fame has no respect for Kenny MacAskill and has openly blogged on his concerns how justice under MacAskill’s helm is going wrong.
The facts are that a Scottish Government review has suggested the committees played an important role in monitoring and providing independent analysis of prison and prisoner conditions.
SNP Ministers have decided to replace the committees with advocacy panels for reasons of “effectiveness”.
Which begs the question, if independence is wrong for reasons of “effectiveness”, does that also extend to independence being wrong because the SNP have already condemned separation as being ineffective?
And the independent monitor has had a major endorsement, when a official Russian delegation visited to find out more about them.
It seems that the Russians can recognise a good idea when it is staring them point blank in the face.
Tom Swinney, vice chairman of the Barlinnie Visiting Committee said:
“How can Scotland, unlike every other part of the UK and the Republic of Ireland, not have prison visiting committees and instead have no truly independent unfettered citizens checking what goes on in our prisons? This happens in totalitarian states such as Syria and was common in South American dictatorships”.
And in South American dictatorships, their leaders eventually get replaced when they become so out of touch.
Swinney added:
“I wonder how the present law can be changed without complaints from Amnesty, the UN or indeed the European Court of Human Rights. The provision of an advocacy service is welcome but it cannot hold the prison service to account or be independent while a contracted provider of services to SPS.”
This statement is 100%, Scotland is a corrupt country and with the removal of independent monitors, it seems that Scotland is going backwards not as the SNP tend to suggest forward.
A 2005 review concluded:
“Visiting committees continue to provide a unique community-based means of ensuring that the people detained on our behalves in prison are decently treated, regardless of what they have done. Visiting committees should be the community’s eyes and ears in the prison system... The group agreed that VCs should be retained but that there was a need to re-examine the ways in which they were currently functioning.”
With the SNP trying to promote more community engagement in health, this flies in the face of the SNP policy of community engagement.
A spokeswoman for the Scottish Government said:
“In line with our ambition to build a prison service fit for the 21st century we will be replacing the Prison Visiting Committees with a dedicated independent prisoner advocacy service. We are very grateful to the members of the committees for their hard work and dedication over the years”.
A whole paragraph to say ‘fuck you’ seems overly excessive to me.
In an ominous sign the spokeswoman said:
“This new service will place great emphasis on supporting prisoners to address their offending behaviour and to contribute to reducing reoffending”.
It seems already that complaints are to be given lip service.
A rather sad day for Scotland when people are being frozen out of justice, it isn’t enough that justice is done, it has to be seen to be done.
It is time to sack Kenny MacAskill as Justice Minster, we can’t move forward to an independence vote when such doubts exist under his watch.
Alex Salmond said in his winning speech:
“The nation can be better, it wants to be better, and I will do all I can as First Minister to make it better. We have given ourselves the permission to be bold and we will govern fairly and wisely, with an eye to the future but a heart to forgive”.
It seems that Alex Salmond can deliver a carefully crafted speech to a highly polished standard what a great pity we can’t have 'fair and wise' in the prison service by retaining independent monitors.
We need substance over style and spin Alex.
Spin will only carry you so far, then comes the day people ask you direct questions to your face.
Labels: crime, human rights, Kenny Macaskill, prison, Scottish Government
Poster takes George Laird to task on the nature of justice, a two tier justice system based on wealth can never work in a modern society
Dear unfair justice
“It seems an unfair punishment seizing cars. Shouldn't justice be meted out equally for the same crime?”
If every drunk drivers car is seized that is equal justice.
Are you seriously floating the idea that because someone is rich using your brand new BMW example that they get special treatment?
Why should they?
“How can seizing someone's new BMW that they've just started payments on be equal to seizing an old banger off someone?”
That is easy to answer in the eyes of the law a vehicle is just a vehicle, the fact that someone maybe starting payments is a moot point.
Although it maybe floated in a mitigation plea post guilty verdict, no decent lawyer would use it as an excuse during a trial because it asks the judge to be lenient because someone is wealthy.
And in the eyes of the law justice is supposed to be blind to such considerations.
No, the place to ‘beg’ would be under the Criminal Procedures (Scotland) Act 1995 section 196 (1).
Here is the section 196.
Sentence following guilty plea.
In determining what sentence to pass on, or what other disposal or order to make in relation to, an offender who has pled guilty to an offence, a court [F2shall] take into account—
the stage in the proceedings for the offence at which the offender indicated his intention to plead guilty, and
the circumstances in which that indication was given.
In passing sentence on an offender referred to in subsection (1) above, the court shall—
state whether, having taken account of the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) of that subsection, the sentence imposed in respect of the offence is different from that which the court would otherwise have imposed; and
if it is not, state reasons why it is not.]
Where the court is passing sentence on an offender under section 205B(2) of this Act and that offender has pled guilty to the offence for which he is being so sentenced, the court may, after taking into account the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) above, pass a sentence of less than seven years imprisonment or, as the case may be, detention but any such sentence shall not be of a term of imprisonment or period of detention of less than five years, two hundred and nineteen days.
Drink driving kills, we all know, if people are wealthy enough to be paying up a ‘beamer’, they can pay for a taxi or other mode of transport.
People make a pro active choice to drink drive; they should expect to feel the full force of the law when caught.
Given the choice of upsetting a drunk driver or telling a family that their husband, wife, mother, son or daughter is dead because of a drunk driver, who would you rather upset?
Justice should be fair, but that doesn’t mean it should be weak.
Labels: drink driving
Mikhail Gorbachev calls for Russian election vote to be annulled as allegations of vote rigging emerge and monitors say election was ‘unfair’
Although domestic matters tend to dominate politicians thinking at Westminster and Holyrood, there is an interesting develop happening in Russia.
Russia has been dominated by Vladimir Putin, the ‘Tony Blair’ of Russia, he has been the dominant force for several years, moving from President to Prime Minister to continue his hold on power.
But Putin hasn’t a great history; his United Russia Party is losing popularity and voters in droves.
Like all political parties, there comes a time when they peak and the people want change.
That is what is happening in Russia.
Allegations have emerged of voting fraud, something which was noticed during the Blair years.
The problem has led ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to say that the Russian authorities must annul the parliamentary vote results and hold a new election.
An extraordinary statement by Mikhail Gorbachev!
Thousands of security forces have taken to Moscow's streets in a bid to maintain order as people for a third day have caused unrest.
“More and more people are starting to believe that the election results are not fair. I believe that ignoring public opinion discredits the authorities and destabilises the situation. Authorities must admit that there have been numerous falsifications and ballot stuffing.”
However, it is unlikely that a new election will be held in such a poisonous atmosphere which could see a voter collapse for United Russia as swing voters change their mind.
So far, 250 protesters have been arrested in clashes in central Moscow.
To tighten security over 51,000 troops are now on high alert on the capital's streets over potential further trouble.
And in a bad sign, the Police have detained the leader of the opposition Yabloko party, Sergei Mitrokhin during protests in Triumphal Square, Moscow.
Putin has ordered that these protests should be quashed and Russians aren’t best known for diplomacy.
In an Arab Spring type scenario troops joined the fray to block off Triumphal Square last night as running battles take place between demonstrators, who were chanting 'Putin is a crook and a thief.'
Pro-government United Russia supporters have also rallied across town in Revolution Square near the Kremlin.
This is so much like we have seen in Arab and Western countries, were protestors against the government occupy a square only to be crushed by troops.
And typically among those arrested is the leader of the opposition Yabloko party, Sergei Mitrokhin, Boris Nemtsov, a liberal leader, prominent radical Eduard Limonov and Oleg Orlov, head of the human rights group Memorial.
This doesn’t look good when such prominent people are arrested; it is a throwback to the dark days of Stalin’s Russia.
Since the result of Sunday's election has been declared independent monitors have described it as 'unfair'.
Not a good sign and Putin’s United Russia is filled with ex KGB and ex FSB personnel.
Interior Ministry forces spokesman Colonel Vasily Panchenkov told the Interfax news agency:
“They (the troops) have just one aim to ensure the security of the citizens.”
The crowds began to gather again last night despite Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin saying any unsanctioned street protests had to be quashed.
The hardline leader's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said:
“The actions of those who hold unsanctioned demonstrations must be stopped in the appropriate way.”
Expect violence, troops are not equipped to handle civil unrest; they are a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
It is not surprising that Putin’s Party has dropped significantly since Putin has authoritarian streak and widespread official corruption is rife.
This is something which can happen in political parties when they think that their popularity will go unchallenged. The middle class elite start to allow discrimination and vote rigging even within their own ranks.
When it becomes public knowledge such parties lose public trust.
Labels: Putin, Russia
New drink driving idea, three times over the limit and your car could be seized, lets start talking, over the limit, car seized period, zero tolerance
Drink driving kills.
Each year at this time various governments run an anti drink driving campaigns in order to remind people to be responsible and stay sober behind the wheel.
But we have continually seen that some motorists are still taking the chance, it is a gamble with people’s lives as well as their own.
Now, a new idea is to be tried motorists caught driving more than three times the legal alcohol limit or refusing a breath test will face having their car confiscated.
I think rather than set a limit of three times, we should moved to a system where anyone who is over the limit will get their vehicle confiscated.
This would encourage absolute zero as a strategy among drivers.
The "get-tough" measures were unveiled by police and prosecutors because as I say we generally run a ‘crackdown’ on drink-driving with increased roadside patrols over the festive period.
So, expect to be pulled over, it’s a pain but get that than the horrific accidents we see flagged up in the news.
Figures by the Scottish Government show that 155 vehicles have been seized and either destroyed or sold after the vehicle forfeiture scheme launched in 2009.
The scheme has powers under the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 to include those driving under the influence of drugs or motorists caught for a second time drink or drug-driving.
The new measures deal with drivers who refuse a roadside breath test and then refuse to undertake a further breath test or provide a urine or blood sample at a police station.
7563 people in Scotland were caught driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and every one of them should have had their vehicle seized and sold off.
This is an average of around 20 offenders every single day. That is a ridiculous amount of people dicing with others lives.
The forfeiture scheme has seen 702 repeat offenders caught since 2009. Clearly repeat offenders should be facing lifetime bans from driving without exception.
Kenny MacAskill, Cabinet Secretary for Justice, said the new measures were intended to demonstrate a zero-tolerance approach to drink-driving.
If we are going to have zero tolerance then it is a bit of a mockery to set a three times over the limit means getting your vehicle seized. Better to be blunt, over the limit lose your vehicle, no exceptions.
"The system to catch those who break the law is working well. This year, over 7500 drunk or drugged drivers have lost their licence and been taken off our roads. Thirty deaths caused by drink or drug-driving each year is thirty too many, and it will be tolerated no longer. We will continue to lobby the UK Government for powers to reduce the drink-drive limit and work towards eradicating this problem once and for all."
Although Police stop checks do catch people, there are still a number of people who aren’t caught and there is any data on those people unfortunately as they are unlikely to confess.
Chief Constable Justine Curran, vice-president of the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (Acpos), said:
"In Scotland we are on patrol 24 hours a day, every day of the year, catching those who pose a threat to our safety. Last year, 7563 people in Scotland were caught driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, which is an average of around 20 offenders every day.
"It is staggering that so many people are willing to risk their lives and the lives of others. From today, over the festive campaign, we will be increasing our road patrols, targeting those who continue to drive under the influence of drink or drugs.
"This year's campaign marks another extension to the vehicle forfeiture scheme. From today, if we discover through our inquiries that an offender is three times the legal limit or more, we will request that the court gives consideration to seizing and forfeiting the offender's vehicle.
"This means that on conviction the vehicle will be sold or destroyed."
Ms. Curran should be lobbying for a much lower figure, because drunk drivers may feel that they have a cushion, we shouldn’t allow such a mentality to develop.
So, the message to people as always is don’t drink and drive, use a taxi, jump a bus or train or get a designated driver and stay safe.
Everyone is entitled to a happy xmas and a safe one.
Labels: drink driving, Kenny Macaskill, Police, Scottish Government
Open letter to SNP List MSP Joan McAlpine; why isn’t 2,000 plus years religious faith good enough for Alex Salmond and the Scottish Government?
Dear Ms. McAlpine
I read some comments made by you on another blog and would like to address some of your points.
“given that the SNP government is consulting on equal marriage, that the FM has said he supports equal marriage and his deputy Nicola Sturgeon has made it clear that the cabinet is also inclined to support it”.
This would tend to strongly suggest the ‘consultation’ is therefore a sham because already both Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon and presumably the rest of the Cabinet have already decided.
What new information would make them change their mind since they don’t seem to regard faith and religious beliefs as valid enough?
I would suggest none.
Do Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon support the “rights” of gay Muslims to marry in Glasgow Central Mosque?
I hear talk of ‘equal’ marriage, but some politicians are loathed to say they support gay religious marriage and therefore fall back on; this is a matter of conscience.
“Polls show that Scottish people support it because most Scottish people, whatever their background, will have friends and family who are gay”.
The real issue however is whether the Catholic, Protestant and Muslim organisations will allow this to happen within their churches and mosques; they have said they will not.
So, effectively, it is a ‘right’ that cannot be accessed except by people unless they use the minor religious groups such as Quakers etc.
“Scotland has changed and moved forward, just as many other countrys have”.
What do you mean by ‘change’ and well done in sticking the latest SNP tag line in, ‘forward’, this country is still deeply corrupt.
7 Appeal Court judges in the Cadder Case sitting in Edinburgh proved that beyond a shadow of a doubt by ‘siding’ with the Crown Office.
A halfwit could see the merits of the Cadder Case.
In a political correct culture such as ours, if a person speaks out against the ‘doctrine’ they can be branded as bigots or worse, so how is that change?
Would you say that your employee and wife of Muslim MSP Humza Yousaf, Gail Lythgoe was moving ‘forward’ when she smeared and defamed the Labour MP Ian Davidson just recently by saying he had a ‘history of bullying women’?
In writing this article, I am grateful for one thing, she established the principle in the public domain that SNP Members can comment in a private capacity.
It is unsurprising that when someone is faced with being asked such a loaded question on gay marriage, they take the line of least resistance and say yes.
If the question was phrased differently, we could see an entirely different answer.
For example, ‘Do you believe that religious organisations and personnel should be forced against their will to do something contrary to their beliefs?’
And what do we call it when someone is forced to do something against their will?
We call it being victimised.
But what we are really talking about is a minority trying to force their views on religious organisations such as the Catholic, Protestant and Muslim faiths when they have clearly expressed their opinion.
The word is no.
And no means no!
I know I keep repeating this point, but some people don’t understand the word ‘no’ so it has to be repeatedly drummed into them.
The head of the Catholic Church, the Pope isn’t going to allow this, so in the event this becomes law, it is a pyrrhic victory.
A law that requires consent by a third party because it needs others to make a pro active choice is a nonsense, and isn’t even a human right. You may make it legal on paper but as to being a human right, many will suggest it still isn’t.
But don’t let that stop you and others spinning this by using language that this is a ‘right’ or a ‘victory’ regarding the Catholic, Protestant and Muslim gay community.
They won nothing.
I will support gay civil marriage because that is an equality issue, all citizens are entitled to the same provisions and services provided by the State.
I will not support trying to force religious organisations against their will to have the views of others forced on them.
There is no human right to do that.
Nothing is a human right if it tramples on the human rights of others; unfortunately in the SNP so many people I meet don’t understand such a basic concept.
Recently I had to explain to a party member that the Scottish Government doesn’t have human rights because it is an institution. This was in regard to the UK Supreme Court upholding the human rights of ordinary people to take their cases to the Supreme Court on matters relating to dispute over miscarriages of justice based on their Article Six rights.
Where was Alex Salmond, Nicola Sturgeon’s and the rest of the SNP Cabinet’s outrage on that?
The sound of silence was deafening and embarrassing on the rights of the accused, it is not enough that justice is done; it must be seen to be done.
And if that means we go the extra mile, we do so; our citizens should have total confidence in the justice system and government.
In ‘defending’ the Scottish legal system, the upshot of that was an attempt by the Crown Office and Kenny MacAskill to deny ordinary people access to justice who felt they have a legitimate grievance regarding the trial.
It is not the job of the Justice Minister Kenny MacAskill to ‘side’ with the Crown Office that is how miscarriages of justice occur and are covered up, he should be impartial or what is the point of having such a position.
Didn't anyone learn the lessons of the Shirley McKie case?
Innocent until proven guilty until every avenue of due process is exhausted exists for good reason.
And that is the only way to look at that issue, not whether the Crown Office is being inconvenienced by being forced to follow the law.
I would agree with you that Gordon Wilson and others haven’t put their case properly but it doesn’t change the fact, they are entitled to their strong held religious beliefs.
Because that is a human right!
Labels: Alex Salmond, Catholic Church, Church of Scotland, Gail Lythgoe, Gordon Wilson, human rights, Humza Yousaf, Ian Davidson, Islam, Joan McAlpine, Labour, Law, Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish Government, SNP
Labour candidates focus on Alex Salmond at their hustings, he isn’t their ‘problem’, the problem is credibility, poor work ethnic and no policies
It seems that the Scottish Labour leadership contest is turning into a very negative affair.
Rather than the contenders spelling out their policies and their vision, they seem to be pre-occupied with the SNP and Alex Salmond.
Ken Macintosh fired off a broadside at a hustings meeting in Glasgow that the First Minister’s brand of politics was “personal, condescending, sneering” and demeaned the office.
He also went on to say, that the next Scottish Labour leader must not fall into the same trap as their predecessor Iain Gray.
Saying that although Iain Gray was “a very intelligent articulate man”, he had ended up “playing Salmond’s game and trading insults across the chamber”.
It seems that Macintosh is a little out of his depth in the grey matter stakes, since Gray has spin doctors and a week to craft questions, exactly the same as Wendy Alexander had and we all remember the comedy of her asking daft questions and get it all wrong.
Alexander was supposed to have a brain the size of a planet, more like dust particle after her performances.
So, Labour, Macintosh says needs a new strategy to take on Alex Salmond if they are to be successful; this is his pitch to party members which is obvious.
Macintosh added:
“All the people heard was two politicians shouting at each other and so the Labour message was lost. Iain’s personality was lost.”
Labour’s problem was 4 years of doing nothing, producing nothing and relying on cheap PR gimmicks and stunts like their phoney knife crime policy.
Anyone seen a private members bill from them?
No, and we probably never will, it was an election gimmick to generate fear and therefore votes.
Ken Macintosh warned:
“We will not beat Salmond by trying to out Salmond him … We have to go round him and over him to the people of Scotland. We have to offer a contrast. We have to talk about what we believe. We have to go round him, by him, over him, straight to the people of Scotland.”
This is a strategy that I used to teach circa 15 years ago at university when I was a fitness coach, but first you have to recognise the moment in time when the problem will occur. Labour it seemed ran straight up to the ‘brick wall’ and thought if they hit their face off it often enough, that would work, it didn’t.
Question is, this was happening week in week out and no one had the brains to say stop.
Pollok MSP Johann Lamont who is said to be the frontrunner told the hustings the key to success was to reach out beyond the party’s core vote.
Johann Lamont isn’t Einstein by any means, she is an empty vessel, someone who needs steered, if elected she should go out and employ someone to do ‘her’ thinking for her.
Preferably brilliant!
Her pitch during the hustings was Labour should not take on Salmond and the “Janus” face of nationalists “not simply by opposing him but by offering an alternative, positive vision of a Scotland driven by equality and social justice”.
This is somewhat right, but she is also somewhat wrong, the best campaigns are a mixture of both positive and negative campaigning with a human touch, politics is a serious business by the SNP used ‘comedy’ to show confidence.
Something I also was pushing to certain people in the party.
Ms Lamont added:
“We need policies which attract people but we also need policies which chime with their priorities whether it’s tackling youth unemployment or growing the economy. We must listen, to learn, to understand what their concerns are and rebuild their trust in us. We need a unity of purpose. If we are to serve Scotland again, we must reaffirm our values and persuade people Labour is in their interests.”
This is rhetoric, she doesn’t have any ideas, if she did we would have heard of them by now, she is part of Labour’s problem, not a solution.
The outsider Glasgow South MP Mr Harris, the only Westminster politician standing, said:
“We’re seen as delivering devolution for our own short-term political tactics to wrongfoot the nationalists. For some people that was the motivation but it was an appalling motivation. We have to reassert our commitment to devolution and to a whole range of principles so when people hear us speaking they know, even if they disagree with us, we are telling the truth.”
You can do more damage with the truth than lies and truth burns a last impression on the mind, lies have no place in politics, it is like putting a sticking plaster on a burst pipe, you may secure a moment’s respite but it doesn’t solve the problem.
The Council elections allow the Labour Party the chance to reconnect with the public, but they need a new message and a new attitude, at the Glasgow Labour Council of shame, there has been a clear out and rightly so.
But the new Councillors need to do more than their previous colleagues, they need to work because if Labour rebuild they have to do so from the bottom up, not top down.
Trust is an issue, people lost trust in Labour when they took the people for granted, it was arrogance and stupidity that saw them lose the election, they weren’t credible, the SNP could point to various policies such as freezes in council tax and prescriptions.
However, there is a new type of politics that both Labour and the SNP will have to address because they will be forced to, austerity politics.
Explaining pain and being creative in local government that is the new political battlefield were politics will be played on, cuts and service reduction will see politicians under severe pressure from the public.
Popularity comes and goes, competence is another animal entirely and that wins elections and voters.
Labels: Alex Salmond, Glasgow City Council, Iain Gray, Johann Lamont, Ken Macintosh, politics, SNP, Tom Harris
Britain heads towards double dip recession as public anger against politicians grows, austerity hasn’t even started yet, there is much worst to come
For some considerable time, I have been blogging away that the UK's economy will slip back into a double dip recession.
Nothing will stop that happening under the current situation and structures in Britain.
Britain is not set up for recovery, already negative growth is happening this quarter and although xmas is nearly here, it will be light relief to future quarters of possible negative growth.
Effectively we need to stop trying to grow debt, because we are digging a bigger hole that soon will be impossible to climb out of.
We need shrinkage of the population.
This brings me onto another issue which I blog on, the internal immigration policy of the EU.
There isn’t one, and there should be, like a ship, Europe is being tilted in rough seas as too many people have climbed on HMS Britain from within Europe and beyond. It is in the European sense a huge measure because the treaty needs revisited and upgraded. When Europe was just a ‘Common Market’ there wasn’t a problem and the ‘founding fathers’ never thought ahead.
Like the Titanic, people thought Europe would be unsinkable, but it is seriously holed below the water line. To refloat it, we need to get people off, however that wouldn’t stop the problem.
The problem is debt and everything that falls from that like austerity which is tearing the weaker countries apart.
Greece is a prime example how it all went sideways and expect this to spread, austerity is a short term measure which in theory allows breathing space.
The OECD is predicting negative growth in the coming months, however this will run for at least 5 years possibly to nearly a decade, but to start again, everything has to fall.
Keeping the status quo is unsustainable and doomed to failure. Riots across Europe are a symptom of the wider problem.
A 'double-dip' recession will be accompanied by even higher unemployment figures, and civil unrest will led to further social problems as society in this case governments try to win support which will not be forthcoming from the people.
We might see the rise of smaller political parties making a comeback; someone has to present not just a vision but a future and road map of how we will get there. That means pain because things have to get worse before they can get better.
It will also require creative thinkers of how to get more for less, and that means replacing out dated service models in the public sector.
George Osborne will make an Autumn Statement; this is to announce more austerity to shore up the economy. He says there is no 'quick fix' for the economy and he right but by the same token, the Tories back tracked on tackling the banks and the people who run them.
That is why there can be no quick fix, in fact the only fix is there is worse to come; he hasn’t a plan for growth.
And he will not modify his deficit reduction plans.
We haven’t seen the real scale of the cuts.
Anyway the think tank OECD said the UK's GDP will shrink in the final quarter of 2011 and the first quarter of 2012.
This is the first time it has predicted a double-dip recession for the UK but it was always doing to be a double dip recession.
Anyone who thought it was a return to growth was bonkers. The markets are collapsing under fraudulent trading in commodities and derivatives.
Everyone is looking for the next big bubble to try and get rich quick; the housing market is artificially high by at least 40%.
Now, it is crashing and pricing people out of the chance to own a home.
David Cameron recently spoke of the ‘dream’ that people should have the chance to own their own place, expect to see more repossessions sky rocket over the next few years. There is no such thing as a bargain in housing.
The OECD also said unemployment, which currently stands at 8.3% will hit 9% in 2013. That is a figure which is generous as Councils start their cut backs and shedding of staff and funding of the voluntary sector gets cut. Look at your local high street, shops closing and being replaced with charity shops. In the heart of Glasgow City Centre, there are many charity shops a disproportionate number in prime locations.
Another disastrous piece of nonsense is the QE programme which is printing money backed by nothing effectively lowering the value of people’s savings.
This is being done to ‘help’ businesses via the banks as Osborne announces a programme of 'credit easing.
There is no such thing as ‘free money’, sooner or later it must be paid back and plus the interest.
And the idea of bringing forward future money for spending in government may be useful but again, it is short term thinking, sooner or later, that debt has to be serviced add to it all the other government debt, it is again unsustainable.
Inflation is sitting at 5.6% and people are seeing their take home pay cut by freezes and contracts being ‘adjusted’ to make them pay more for their pension contributions. With less money people will not spend, less money for the government in receipts and therefore money to spend leading to more austerity. That in turn will lead to government putting up fuel and everything else then also goes up.
It is a vicious cycle.
I favour measures such as the introduction of a ‘Tobin’ tax on financial transactions introduced in Scotland, along with radical public service overhaul towards public service with more commercialisation in order to build up City Sovereign Funds, my idea for local government to be more viable and accountable.
The scale of the problem is huge, perhaps that is why no one is able to fully grasp what really needs to be done; it requires a lot of work, a lot of pain and a lot of unpleasant talk and in some cases removal of people from positions of authority.
We need a new direction of travel as 3 million angry public sector workers took to the streets yesterday to complain over Westminster’s pension grab.
Labels: David Cameron, George Osborne, public sector, Tories, westminster
Gordon Wilson and Cardinal O’Brien say gay marriage may result in a backlash and ‘is risk to independence win’, how much do the SNP want independence?
In politics, it is advisable to try and have a broad appeal.
However, like all strategies, there are drawbacks, all things to all men usually means being relevant to none.
In Scotland there are certain things that politicians should stay clear of, because in picking a side usually means alienating others.
Former SNP leader Gordon Wilson has strong views on the issue of gay marriage that is his right of freedom of speech and expression.
He has accused the Scottish Government of endangering victory in the independence referendum because of the gay marriage issue.
However, he should remember that gay civil marriage isn’t a threat to faith organisations, but he is right to protest because part of the possible proposed legislation relates to gay marriage being held in churches if they so choose.
This isn’t something that the Catholic, Protestant and Muslim communities are calling for, therefore the Scottish Government rather than trying to insert this part should drop it.
In trying to play both sides against the middle, the SNP thinks it will keep onboard both the gay community and religious community.
That won’t happen, if someone thought they were being clever in the SNP by charting this course, they are wrong.
A case can be made for civil gay marriage on equality grounds but not religious grounds.
This is because the ‘State’ can force people working for it by threat of sacking them, to conduct civil gay marriage, that tactic cannot be used on religious organisations.
Gordon Wilson has been speaking alongside Cardinal Keith O’Brien and senior Kirk figure Ann Allen at a rally at Holyrood to mark the launch of Scotland For Marriage – an interfaith pressure group.
The group’s aims are resist proposals to re-define marriage to open it up to gay and lesbian couples.
Mr. Wilson told the rally of around 150 supporters outside the Scottish Parliament that in six years there had been only 3300 civil partnerships, compared to 175,000 weddings.
This isn’t an argument I would use, the argument is faith.
“Yet on this preposterously tiny minority, an arrogant gay rights lobby thinks to establish another equality beachhead, regardless of whether this will be destructive of society. If the Scottish Government wants the Scottish people to vote for independence in a referendum, why is it going out of its way to alienate so many Scots in the Christian and Muslim communities?”
Civil gay marriage wouldn’t be destructive for society because reason and logic could be used to argue that all citizens are entitled to the same equalities that the State provides.
He does have a point when he said:
“Independence is far too important to be jeopardized by this kind of peripheral issue. You don’t want to alienate people on the eve of an important referendum when every vote will count.”
He also stated that opinion polls may back same-sex marriage but that support was shallow, and it raises questions about whether the people asked were actually religious themselves.
And those opposed had far stronger feelings on this issue, while I will fully support to gay civil marriage but I will not engage in a social engineering experiment because some people want to force their views on others.
There isn’t a human right to force your views on others, that’s fascism.
Cardinal O’Brien also agrees with me by saying:
“The proposal represents a grotesque subversion of a universally accepted human right, and I know I speak for many people of Scotland when I say that”.
“Marriage has certainly been damaged and undermined over the course of a generation. Yet marriage has always existed in order to bring men and women together so that children born of those unions will have a mother and a father. If the Scottish Government attempt to demolish a universally recognised human right they will have forfeited the trust which the nation, including peoples of all faith and no faith, have placed in them, and their intolerance will shame Scotland in the eyes of the world.”
The Scottish Government launched a consultation in September asking if marriage in Scotland should be allowed for gay people through a civil or religious ceremony.
They got that completely wrong; they should have left it as should gay people be allowed to go through civil marriage ceremony.
And to be fair, this should never have been a consultation, it is a matter of equality regarding the civil aspect, which doesn’t need consultation.
We have a consultation because of the religious aspect to this policy.
The Catholic Church claims responses to the consultation are running two-to-one against.
Ms Allen, former convener of the Church of Scotland’s Board of Social Responsibility, said that where gay marriage had been legalised this had been followed by other demands such as polygamy.
Polygamy is about having more than one wife or husband in a marriage.
“Is this the kind of scenario we want in a modern Scotland?”
In a modern Scotland, I would hope that she back gay civil marriage but she has a different perspective on that.
She also added a point about morality when she said do we want:
“A continual change of the moral and legal goalposts?”
Which raises the question of what are the bedrocks on which Scottish Society is supposed to be based on?
If SNP Ministers force this through against the wishes of the religious community, it could possibly affect the referendum.
Alex Salmond said something after winning the Holyrood election about how the SNP will guard the public’s trust carefully; well this is a major violation of trust.
If legislation comes out of the consultation then the entire proposal as it relates to religious organisations should be dropped.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie said:
“I am very disappointed that senior and respected figures like Cardinal O’Brien and Gordon Wilson could be so intolerant. We urge the First Minister to stand firm against this campaign. If two people want to get married and a church wants to conduct the service why should anyone stop them? Liberal Democrats want a tolerant and fair society and equal marriage is a key part of that.”
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie is wrong and clearly has warped judgment. Does he think people in churches operate like fast food franchises where people get to do what they like?
Is he really that stupid?
If a Priest conducted a gay marriage in a Catholic Church, he would be removed immediately by church authorities.
The Catholic Church, Church of Scotland and Mosques aren’t going to do this and if politicians want the gay vote then they should tell the gay community that they cannot deliver gay religious marriage because it is not within their province to do so.
On this issue both sides appear to be exercising overkill on their demands, the compromise is gay civil marriage.
It is not the job of politicians to piss on other people’s religious beliefs for votes under the guise of equality and human rights.
Labels: Cardinal Keith O'Brien, Catholic Church, Church of Scotland, gay, Gordon Wilson, human rights, Islam, Law, Scottish Government, SNP
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National Security Council Senior Director Samantha Power led the drafting of PSD-10, the Presidential Study Directive on Mass Atrocities. (Getty Images)
How Gadhafi's fall vindicated Obama and RtoP
Editor's Note: Stewart Patrick is a Senior Fellow and the Director of the Program on International Institutions and Global Governance at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is the author of Weak Links: Fragile States, Global Threats, and International Security.
By Stewart Patrick, Foreign Affairs
The fall of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is a significant foreign policy triumph for U.S. President Barack Obama. By setting overall strategy while allowing others to shoulder the burden of implementing it, the Obama administration achieved its short-term objective of stopping Gadhafi's atrocities and its long-term one of removing him from power. This was all done at a modest financial cost, with no U.S. troops on the ground, and zero U.S. casualties. Meanwhile, as the first unambiguous military enforcement of the Responsibility to Protect norm, Gadhafi's utter defeat seemingly put new wind in the sails of humanitarian intervention.
One must be careful, however, not to overdraw lessons from the Libyan experience. It was a unique case and is unlikely to be repeated.
For one, Libya had Gadhafi, a villain straight from central casting, who had managed to alienate nearly all UN member states, including his erstwhile Arab and African allies.
The timing was also perfect. As the UN, NATO, and United States debated intervention, leaders in the Middle East were still reeling from the Arab Spring. Acutely aware of the vulnerability of their own regimes, the members of the Arab League, Organization of the Islamic Conference, and Gulf Cooperation Council all endorsed the UN's declaration of a no-fly zone over Libya, including the use of "all necessary means" to prevent mass atrocities.
In addition, China and Russia, the two permanent members of the Security Council (UNSC) most averse to authorizing military intervention under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, had no special relationship with, or interests in, Libya. So, they had no reason to veto a collective action. Moreover, Libya is a small country, with a population of only 6.4 million, which is concentrated along a fairly narrow strip of land by the Mediterranean. Thus, the logistics of military intervention promised to be less daunting there than it would have in Sudan, for example, which is fifty percent larger, almost seven times as populous, and has hundreds of thousands soldiers under arms. And since Libya is situated on Europe's doorstep, NATO and the EU were more motivated to provide aerial power and political support for the mission, since regional instability and a wave of refugees would effect them. The country also possessed a credible, fairly cohesive, and increasingly capable opposition movement, which provided the ground force that casualty-averse Western governments would not. These rebels ultimately proved able to defeat Gadhafi's military machine.
Finally, Libya was an unambiguous case for applying the RtoP doctrine. To be sure, the atrocities Gadhafi orchestrated in Libya prior to the intervention pale in comparison to those committed during the course of other recent violent conflicts. In Sri Lanka, for example, the government killed thousands of civilians while finishing off the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in 2009. And forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have raped tens - or perhaps hundreds - of thousands of women over the past decade to sow terror. Gadhafi's violent crackdown on this spring's protests and his explicit promise to "have no mercy and pity" on residents of Benghazi, the opposition stronghold, also left little ambiguity. As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton noted in March, "left unchecked, Gadhafi will commit unspeakable atrocities."
Read: Obama's Options in Damascus
Gadhafi's ouster may vindicate the RtoP idea, but the application of the norm will inevitably remain selective and highly contingent on the political context. The humanitarian imperative is a strong and growing global impulse, but statecraft is still subject to constraints of geopolitics, resources and political will.
What has been most striking in the Libyan case is the Obama administration's vocal leadership in seeking to consolidate RtoP as a vital global norm - a stark contrast to the lukewarm attitude of the Bush administration. Washington's embrace of RtoP is critical, because the United States is the only country with the power and the credibility to actually enforce it.
Lest one imagine that the Libyan case is a one-off, on August 4 the Obama administration released the Presidential Study Directive on Mass Atrocities (PSD-10). The directive defines the prevention of mass atrocities as both "a core national security interest and a core moral responsibility of the United States." PSD-10 is a groundbreaking document and represents a huge victory for National Security Council Senior Director Samantha Power, a leading administration hawk on Libya.
The PSD-10 recognizes a simple truth: The United States will inevitably confront atrocities that cannot be ignored. The directive expands the menu of policy options available in such cases, which should range from complete inaction to sending in the marines. This escalatory ladder is meant to encompass preventive diplomacy, economic and financial sanctions, arms embargoes, and ultimately coercive action.
Realist critics have bemoaned it as a blueprint for interventionism run amok, anticipating meddling in foreign conflicts on a grand Wilsonian scale. But an honest evaluation of the directive should be informed by the United States' previous experience with RtoP; given the country's sorry record in actually confronting mass atrocities - in the killing fields of Cambodia and the bloody hills of Rwanda, to name just two - the realist critique seems off base. Indeed, the far greater risk is that the directive will gather dust on a shelf, while the United States and the international community ignore the victims of atrocities.
Read: Libyan Nation Building After Gadhafi.
Ultimately, the fate of the PSD-10, and perhaps of the RtoP norm itself, will depend on the attitudes of future U.S. presidents and the American people. Will they be willing to devote resources, and potentially lives, to address the suffering of strangers? The question is, in part, a moral one: What obligations does the United States have to those living beyond its borders? It is also a strategic one: How does a policymaker weigh the potential benefits of an intervention (in terms of lives saved) against the costs to the United States (including in the lives of its own soldiers).
There is no easy answer to this question. In the late nineteenth century, Bismarck famously remarked that the entirety of the Balkans was not worth the bones of a single "Pomeranian grenadier." A century later, NATO dithered before summoning the will to intervene in Bosnia and Kosovo, and the United States pulled out of Somalia after the deaths of eighteen U.S. Army Rangers.
Now, two decades later, no senior official in the Obama administration nor member of Congress has issued a call for intervention in Somalia to assist the delivery of emergency food aid, as that country faces its worst famine in decades. Al Shabaab, a U.S. designated terrorist organization, controls the vast majority of drought-affected areas and is obstructing the delivery of foreign aid. Without assistance, 3.2 million Somalis will likely die. The United States' silence on Somalia contrasts starkly with its policy on Libya.
The United States will remain selective about humanitarian intervention, because it must balance the goal of preventing suffering with other interests and commitments, and because some conflicts, such as anarchic Somalia, are dauntingly complex and would impose unacceptable burdens on well-meaning intervenors.
As Obama has noted, however, that is no excuse for inaction everywhere. Although rigid criteria for involvement are unrealistic, the U.S policy on armed humanitarian intervention should be guided by several principles, which I first outlined in 2004 when I was on the State Department policy planning staff.
First, the United States should set the bar for intervention high. It should be limited to stopping or preventing egregious atrocities –situations in which governments or insurgents are targeting large numbers of civilians with genocide, systematic rape, mass murder, expulsion or other crimes against humanity. There are prudent reasons for this limitation. Sovereignty remains the stabilizing force of the world order - a barrier to global anarchy. In addition, U.S. capacities are finite. Without discipline, its resources could be quickly exhausted.
Second, armed intervention should be an option of last resort. Given the costs, risks, and the unpredictable consequences, it should be employed only when other measures fail or when the speed and scale of atrocities outpaces slower instruments. And then, the mission should be undertaken using means proportional to the conflict, and should be coupled with a realistic long-term political strategy to address the violence's root cause.
Third, multilateral interventions are vastly preferable to unilateral ones. They offer both increased legitimacy and the promise that others will share the load.
Finally, the United States should undertake armed humanitarian intervention only if its leaders are committed to marshaling and sustaining the domestic support required to stay the course even if the going gets rough. Absent enthusiastic public or congressional sentiment in favor of intervention, the president must be ready to lead on his own.
Read: How Iran Keeps Assad in Power in Syria.
When it came to authorizing and conducting the Libya intervention, the Obama administration checked all these boxes. It set the bar high; moved to military force after other expedients had failed; designed a military strategy with good prospects of success, using proportional means; and it forged a broad coalition, legitimated by the UN Security Council. Finally, Obama displayed the political courage to do what was right, sticking with the campaign even as U.S. public support flagged from lukewarm 43 percent in late March to a dangerously low 24 percent by July.
Libya has demonstrated the viability of a well-implemented RtoP intervention. Yet just because the doctrine has survived a significant test, one should not assume that the United States and its allies will apply it universally. As atrocities emerge in other contexts, the international community will need to cultivate and weigh other policy options against armed intervention, so it is not faced with stark choice of military action or inaction. The Obama administration's PSD-10 is a step in that direction.
The views expressed in this article are solely those of Stewart Patrick.
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Dead Man Blogging
Come back in 5 or 10 years and show me what Libya has become. No rose-colored glasses, please. At this point, there is no precedent in the Arab world for a government overthrow, whether from inside or out, that results in a true democracy. Instead, we see the anarcy of Afghanistan, the puppet regime of Iraq, or the Islamic "Republic" of Iran. The Western world may say it's rid the world of a dictator, but the daily lives of the citizens of these countries are no better, and in some cases, they're worse. Instead of stable, relatively-contained dictatorships, we now have the possibility of Islamic troublemaker states like Iran, or breeding grounds for terrorists.
MattQu
This is the exact kind of article I've been looking for about Libya. It did a wonderful job of explaining some of the complexities when describing which country to help over another and breaking down foreign aid policies. Very well done.
And noe we have spent another billion that we had to borrow from the Chinese...so far!
skarphace
I take it you wish this would have rather taken 10 years, and cost 1.5 trillion dollars and 5,000 American lives.
Oh, that's right. So far.
It's about high time that CNN reflect on President Obamas successes. This mission is one of many that the media all but seems to haveover looked, and unfortunantly the President isn't one that toots his own horn. Let's see more of the same, as the right and the teatards are hammering him continuously and are seemingly clueless as to the good this man has done.
Tim in Kansas
He has no successes to go on.
Everyone else just looks at his failure since there is nothing else to gauge him on, sad thing is his little lemming followers are just as clueless. It's the worthless leading the extremely stupid and gullible right now.
He spends a lot of time tooting his horn with his "I won" crap which just shows what a complete waste he truly is. he didn't win he was elected granted he had to lie a lot and pull some shennanigans to get there but that is how he always got elected. His first election came way of getting everyone else thrown off the ballot.
"teatards are hammering him continuously and are seemingly clueless" See Tim below . . .
It's pretty sae when someone(you) tried to insult the intelligence of another(me) and end up showing how smart you really aren't by making such a simple minded mistake. Go back to trying to hammer round pegs into square holes because this was a complete fail on your part.
August 29, 2011 at 1:48 pm |
That was funny. You said 'see Tim below' and then he responded. Priceless.
Marlboro Man
Obama's true believers are no different than any other blind zealots. Irrelevant, though – Black Jesus is finished next year.
Gee, I thought the Marlboro Man died of cancer long ago? All the crazies are out today. Nobody except conservatives thinks Obama is Jesus. He's a black lawyer from Chicago that we all voted in to get rid of Cheney and Bush. Did you sleep through the election? He's done a good job and will be easily re-elected.
Once again, the only people I have ever seen refer to Obama as 'the Messiah' or 'Jesus' or 'our Savior' have been those from the far-right. I thought you guys didn't like him?
I'm sorry but how does all this reduce the debt problem we have?
When you grow up, you will see how some days are spent doing one thing, and some spent on doing another. Grownups have many problems to concern us, and national security is not the same as debt. Go take your nap now.
Someday when you grow up you will learn it's often better to clean up your own backyard instead of just playing in someone elses. That person had a good point you just lack the ability to comprehend we had no business in Libya and it was basically nothing more than a wag the dog scenario which blew up in his face in the first place. Supposed to last a month. hahahahahahahaha Keep on riding obama **** it's good for laughs. When you grow up maybe someone will explain to you why it's bad to spend a billion dollars bombing some other country when the retarded leader hasn't been able to handle his business in this country.
bailoutsos
"This was all done at a modest financial cost" --- Modest cost? So, if it is not costly, he// America needs to overthrow more. Maybe we can get a volume discount?
Yeah.. It's BARELY over.. WMDs are up for grabs. NO idea who is going to run the country. Thousands dead. Sure.. the left will praise Obama for this even though he did basically nothing and paid ZERO attention to the aftermath.
The president made a big deal about not being in charge and letting NATO lead. Therefore it is unfair to claim that this is an Obama policy victory as much as a NATO victory.
But in reality, this sixth month messy effort with an unclear end in my opinion weakened NATO and the US and cost many more lives over a shorter six week affair using greater airpower and only a few thousand NATO troops. When we
talk about no US boots on the ground we really mean who cares how many Libyan lives are lost and how much grief and destruction as long as Mr. Obama cannot be blamed for US caualties. How cynical is that?
'Cynical' would be if we said, well, it's going to happen with or without us and just stayed out. The people on the ground know that we were up there stopping Gadhafi from bombing them, and they will remember, and yeah, that's kinda cynical too. I'd rather make friends than enemies for my country.
I have to agree with Buster here. Cynical would be if we said, 'well, the US has no security interest in Libya, so they can just take care of this themselves', knowing full well that Gadhafi would have slaughtered them by the tens of thousands.
To the other extreme, cynical would have been if we said, 'who cares what the rebels want. We are America and we can go in and remove Gadafi ourselves without their help'.
Either way would have been a big foreign policy blunder. Obama did the right thing by finding the middle ground between these two approaches.
Soetoero had no choice after sitting out the Iranian protests of 2009.
Did the Iranian opposition call on the US for help? Did the AL and the GC ask the UN to issue a mandate to NATO for military intervention? Did the UN pass said resolution without a veto from Russia, Germany, or China?
The answer to all these questions is a resounding no. Therefore, you cannot compare the two situations in any way shape or form.
forwardbias
Europe gets Libyan oil as a trophy. Search Eni of Italy and Libya.. We got nothing but at-least we got to pay back for EU's sacrifice to the same in Iraq.. Hopefully the next one would be ours and EU would help the same way..
LiberalNN
If liberals topple a Middle Eastern country it's in the name of justice. If conservatives do it it's in the name of oil and evil. What hypocrites.
Conservatives have consistently laid the blame for anything that has gone wrong on Obama but refused to give him a shred of credit for anything that has gone right. And yet Liberals are the hypocrites?
JohnCBarclow
Given that Obama is responsible for the overthrow of Kadhafi, he is also responsible for the policies of the "rebels." It will be interesting to see what those policies are. Forced burqas on women, girls kicked out of schools? We shall see.
Probably, because both sides are Muslims and the rebels are calling for a return to conservative values. But all we did was join with the UN to stop Gadhafi from bombing the rebels, so we're hardly responsible for their politics.
experiencehe
hillarious... this will be obama's "all major operations are overwith" deal. we don't even know who is in charge or what political and or religous ideology will take hold and we're saying good job mr. president? good GOD americans are so DUMBED DOWN!!! especially the left... OBAMANOS!!!
Aw, you and Gadhafi were buddies? All the Republicans turn out to have been closet Libya-simps all along. No wonder we couldn't defeat him ourselves.
There are Republicans who have been screaming for the President to make the first move to place US military troops in Libya. We can't afford the Defense Dept. to run up another bill worth $751,000,000.00 in penalties because they didn't return the units used to transport materials to soldiers. Yeah, $751 MILLION in fees that tax payers have to pay. The DoD says that American taxpayers have deep pockets, and it's only a billion dollars.
Bold Lie; Repubs have not clamored for ground troops in Libya. We have no vested interest there. Obama helped hand this country over to radical muslims who will hate us more so than Ghaddfi did.
Wrong. McCain and other neocons were yelling quite loudly for the US to send in the military and topple Gadhafi with our own troops. Perhaps you had wool in your ears?
August 29, 2011 at 10:06 pm |
gpl2032
The only thing the "Pretender" and chief accomplished is the introduction of extreme radical islam in Libya and Egypt..."his" victory rings hollow.....
Oh, so now Obama will be to blame if terrorist groups take control not only of Libya but of Egypt as well? Ok, to be fair then, do you think Obama should get the credit if these two countries turn out to be stable democracies?
Didn't think so. All the blame and none of the credit. That is the Republican mantra concerning Obama.
Barrack "Yo Mama" Obama dusts another creep...who's next?
Mitt Romney will be the next little dictator to end up lying on his back with his head ringing and a tooth gone.
Gloria in NW
Interesting how many people focused on the used of acronyms, grammar, etc. - anything to avoid acknowledging the content of an article giving President Obama credit for anything. And as usual the people calling him various derogatory names ("Obumble" and the like) reveal their racism. Rage all you want about the "race card." Your hate is visible for all to see.
They're so mad they're using the n-word today. What will they do now? First Osama, now Gadhafi; they are lost without their terrorists!
LOL So calling names that are not even remotely racist are now racist? Good grief you people are nuts.
So anyone that called Clinton Slick Willy, or called Bush Shrub they are racist took, going by your standards.
This from Matt: "Hussein Obama is just a dumb thug niiigger"
Kind of refutes your 'not even remotely racist' claim, huh?
Unfortunately, this is very mild compared to the racist comments you get from the Fox News blogs. I don't even go there anymore because it makes my blood pressure rise.
Republicans are war mongers and would rather flex our military muscle and declare war on everyone, thank goodness for this president.
And obama isn't doing the same?????
Ernest, did you read the article?
Repeating my post.... obama took this action supposedly because Ghadaffi was killing his own people... Aside from the WMD reason bush gave for invading Iraq did he not also say Hussein was killing his own people and isn't it true that Hussein was killing his own people... therefore if obama is justified in taking military action based on "he's killing his own people" wouldn't bush be justified also no matter how he got thto that point.... or if bush is wrong in going to war isn't obama also wrong...
obama took this action supposedly because Ghadaffi was killing his own people... Aside from the WMD reason bush gave for invading Iraq did he not also say Hussein was killing his own people and isn't it true that Hussein was killing his own people... therefore if obama is jsutified in taking military action based on "he's killing his own people" wouldn't bush be justified also no matter how he got thto that point.... or if bush is wrong in going to war isn't obama also wrong...
Obama wars are ok, Bush's wars are not
Hussein gassing the Kurds and slaughtering the southern Shiites after the Kuwait invasion is an "inconvenient truth" the Bush haters either dismiss or ignore.
Ok, I will rise to the bait (again - I have the day off).
When Bush Jr. went into Iraq, the reason he gave was WMDs.
When Obama went into Libya, the reason he gave was RtoP (Responsibility to Protect).
If Bush had used the RtoP as a reason to intervene in Iraq at a time when Saddam was killing his own civilians (the Kurd thing was not during the Iraq War), then he would have been more justified. However, this is clearly not the case.
Therefore, your effort to link the two situations is preposterous.
Nothing can vidicate Obama's appalling "leadership"! He came from nowhere and hopefully will return to nowhere
marcamp
HOW could this be viewed as a victory for the President...we sent money to a foreign country, as well as manpower and equipment, to assist in the overthrow of a foreign government, to rebels that weren't even identified...this is not a victory..this is lunacy...while Libya was not always in our corner, they were not the largest threat to this country...we need the resources for our own people and our own economy...this was a war where congress was not even consulted...we may now have a government that is worst than what we overthrew...hello????? how about taking care of one's own first...
RU 4Real?
"Libya was not always in our corner" They wanted us dead and were a haven for terrorists. They were one of our biggest enemies. Another Libya-lover.
more obama lies
so is obama going to take credit for this too and blame the economy on Irene, probably, because all obama knows how to do is be like the normal trash and cannot accept responsibility for anything, down with obama, make him fall and fail like the rest.
"down with obama, make him fall and fail like the rest." Gee, what a loyal American YOU are. Get out of my country.
They sound more loyal to this country than you do. Why don't you Get Out.
I love my country, even when a clown like Dubya is propped up on Washington's chair. You, on the other hand, are willing to sell us out because your candidate didn't win and you don't like the man our country selected.
Our country selected the worst choice. The one good thing is now Carter isn't the worst President because OhDummy beat him hands down.
Go back to your own country, we have enough losers here with this retard in the whitehouse and his idiots following him.
Saying we have a President that is spending out of control, is telling the truth and loving your country. To pretend everything is find is not. Even the Russian papers are complaining about Michelle Obama's 10 million spending on vacations.
I really can't imagine why you Tea Party folk are called traitors by the rest of the country. I guess you consider it patriotic to hope that our President fails. Pathetic.
Obama had close to nothing to do with taking Gadhafi down. It was a NATO operation with the US standing around at the rear handing out ammo when NATO ran out (something that makes NATO look kinda paper-tigerish, by the way.)
In this, as in the death of bin Laden, Obama's spin-meisters and sycophants are doing all the glory-grabbing than can when the fact of the matter is that, in both cases, the inspiration and planning was done by others while Obama stood there mumbling, "Yeah, I guess..." when asked about the plans. For anyone to claim that "The fall of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is a significant foreign policy triumph for U.S. President Barack Obama" is a lot like claiming US victory in WWII was a triumph for Harry Truman.
It is kind making me wonder if what is being circulated about the whole OBL take down is true. What is being circulated is that Petreus made the call about OBL not Obama. Obama was hesitant, and Petreus said let's do it.
Things have not been turning out as the repubs and tea party hoped for. First in Egypt, no hostage crisis, and no bloody quagmire where U.S. troops were being killed. Now Libya, where the president's "lead from behind" strategy worked, no hostages, no troops killed. So what's the TP to do? Oh yeah manufacture something to bash Pres Obama on in this Arab Spring.
So what do we have now, Janice?
Egypt is anything but free, being run by the same military junta as before, performing virginity tests on female dissidents and generally suppressing opposition. The only real difference is Obama either gave or forgave them over 2 billion of our dollars.
The Libyan war is an oil war for the Europeans where we are supporting a long-standing anti-Gaddafi fundamentalist opposition group with strong Al Qaeda ties. The country is in chaos and you sound like GWB. "Mission Accomplished"?? Oh, Please!
It almost sounds as if Janice is really just saying, Mubarak is gone, we gave them money that should appease all, of course the actual hard part of it all is ignored.
I mean it is like hey Qaddafi is gone, all is right with the world, again reality is ignored.
It seems as if reality is truly ignored.
A couple of weeks back, there were a series of incursions into Israel from Gaza, where numerous Israeli citizens were killed. These insurgents crossed through areas controlled by Egypt, which has reduced its military patrols in the area, and generally moved closer to the Hamas factions of the Palestinians in Gaza. If the fragile peace between Israel and Egypt breaks down, Obama's "victory" in the Arab Spring could prove to be even more of a disaster than Jimmy Carter's abandonment of the Shah of Iran.
Ok, let me try to summarize for you:
the international community (mainly the US and western Europe) normally don't do much in preventing mass atrocities committed by dictators/despots. Gadhafi was like the perfect opportunity for the west to score some PR points since Gadhafi is the loner that everyone loves to hate and it was a piece of cake to get rid of him. Just spend some money on bombs and send them back to stone age.
I'm trying to think what message this sends to the other dictators. I guess what this means is never be a loner, band together and make friends, especially with China & Russia
theWinner
Good point.....kind of like the guy in Venezuala is doing.
That is actually really good comprehensive thinking.
Janice, you really are trying to say that the Republicans and TeaParty wants dead troops and all that turmoil?
I take it you either lack an education or just decided it wasn't worth retaining.
hammeredtoe
President OBOMA has done not one item of good while president unless you consider making a monkey fool of himself while the ignorant country he is president over makes fools of themselves! That is all the news fit to PRINT!
It really bothers you that previous President's bombed Libya and couldn't get Ghadafi to leave and further getting bin Laden. This POTUS has directed the end of 2 very menacing terrorist and the anti-American in you is really upset.
President Obama did not double the debt in three years. The Bush administration did not include the costs of the wars in the national debt. When Obama became President, the administration started including those costs in the national debt and naturally, the national debt increased.
He doubled the deficit. Go to treasury dot gov. That is the money we are short every year. Bush 600 Billion, Obama 1.25 Trillion with 500 more billion to kick in with Obama Care. Stop being a sheep.
look, u got pleny of black sheep in this room that keep on praising the anointed on just because he is the color sheep that they are! They are all alike! You cannot tell a black sheep to badmouth another black sheep whether he is a murderer, pimp, or wears his pantz down below his knees with his a-ss hanging out! All black sheep are SAINTS!
let me see , a billion dollar plus price tag for vindication. And we don't have him yet. and the country will need another 40 billion to re-build. And , Islam will own that place in 2 years. And , if we turned our back there is not many lybians who wouldn't stick a knife in it. And , there will be cival war for years to come. And , now we are going to have to help Syria and that my friends is a horse of a different color. That is a multi trillion dollar , 10 to 12 year party to go to , where there will be many casualties on both sides. Iran and russia will load them up with all the weapons they need. It will be an excellent excuse to take pot shots at Isreal as well. There is no end to this
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Did China make strategic error with air zone?
By Michael Mazza, Special to CNN
Editor’s note: Michael Mazza is a research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. The views expressed are his own.
It’s difficult to know precisely what was behind China’s decision to institute an East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) at the weekend. Chinese claims to the contrary, it is clearly meant to up the pressure on Japan in the two countries’ dispute over the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands, over which the ADIZ extends. Internal Chinese political dynamics may also be at work here; President Xi Jinping, for example, must be benefitting from taking a strong stance vis-à-vis Japan. But whatever the reason for the creation of the ADIZ at this time, Beijing may ultimately regret it – and not only because it increases the likelihood of a violent incident over the East China Sea.
First off, the move needlessly antagonizes Taiwan and South Korea. The fact is that it puts a wrinkle into recently stable cross-Strait relations, as Taiwan also claims sovereignty over the Senkakus (known as the Diaoyutai in Taiwan), and it now has an overlapping ADIZ with the mainland.
The ADIZ is even more surprising in the context of China-South Korea relations, which have looked particularly warm of late. Seoul’s quarrels with Japan over history have been at their worst in recent months, and Beijing has effectively stoked that fire. But China’s new ADIZ overlaps with South Korea’s; covers the disputed Socotra Rock (which both countries claim as within their own exclusive economic zone); and may extend a bit too close for comfort to Jeju Island, where South Korea is building a major naval base. In one fell swoop, Beijing has reminded Seoul that South Korea has more in common with Japan than it normally likes to admit.
Second, rather than lead to heightened wariness in Washington about getting caught in the middle of the dispute, the United States clearly considers the ADIZ a challenge to its support for Japan and its ability to operate freely in international airspace above the East China Sea. That explains the promptness with which Secretary of State John Kerry and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel issued statements about the ADIZ.
More from GPS: Why Asia is arguing over its islands
Kerry expressed deep concern and described the ADIZ creation as an “escalatory” and “unilateral action” designed to “change the status quo” in the region. After also expressing concern and describing the action as “destabilizing,” Hagel felt compelled to assert that the implementation of the ADIZ “will not in any way change how the United States conducts military operations in the region” and to “reaffirm” that “Article V of the U.S. Japan Mutual Defense Treaty applies to the Senkaku Islands.” An unnamed U.S. official told the Wall Street Journal that “there would likely be a demonstration of American military resolve to continue operating in the area of the islands without Chinese interference.”
Both statements – especially Hagel’s – are a boost for Japan, and neither was well received in Beijing. But things could get even worse for China. Indeed, Beijing will have much more cause for concern if the ADIZ leads the United States to alter its officially neutral position on the sovereignty dispute, something that Washington has thus far been at pains to avoid.
In his statement, Kerry noted that “we don’t support efforts by any state to apply its ADIZ procedures to foreign aircraft not intending to enter its national airspace.” This raises an interesting question: If U.S. aircraft operating in the vicinity of the Senkakus refuse Chinese requests for identification, will that mark an implicit rejection of Chinese claims to sovereignty over the islands?
An explicit recognition of Japanese sovereignty, moreover, may no longer be considered out of bounds in Washington. China has consistently opted for escalation over the past 14 months; the ADIZ is only the latest action to not only test Japan but the U.S.-Japan alliance as well. U.S. policy regarding the Senkakus has always been somewhat confusing: the United States recognizes Japanese administration of the islands, but takes no position on competing sovereignty claims, while considering defense of the islands to be a treaty obligation. The logic for maintaining that policy is weakening. An Obama administration that must be growing tired of China’s tests may be looking for ways to communicate in unqualified terms that the U.S.-Japan alliance is an unshakeable one.
Japan, meanwhile, will be looking for ways to communicate its own resolve in the face of Chinese pressure. Since the Japanese government’s purchase from private owners of three of Senkaku islands last year, Japan’s actions have generally been non-escalatory. But Tokyo can issue only so many diplomatic demarches, and has increasingly limited alternative means of signaling steadfastness to Beijing. The government has long toyed with the idea of stationing officials on the islands. As the Wall Street Journal reported in September:
“A top Japanese government official said Tuesday that stationing government officials on a group of disputed islands is one way of strengthening Japan’s claim to them…Placing government officials on the islands ‘remains one option,’ chief government spokesman Yoshihida Suga told reporters at a regular news conference. ‘Under what circumstance we’ll consider [that option] will be decided strategically,’ Mr. Suga said.”
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his advisors may be considering whether now is the time. But regardless of what they decide in this instance, Chinese actions are likely pushing Japan closer to adopting this course rather than intimidating Tokyo into inaction.
Over the last year, China may have succeeded in altering the decades-long status quo in the East China Sea. But actions once apparently aimed at upsetting the reality of Japanese control of the islands now increasingly appear aimed at asserting Chinese control. The difference may be subtle, but it marks a dangerous threshold. Crossing it may lead Japan, the United States, and others to take the very steps that Beijing most wants to forestall.
It’s still too soon to tell, but China’s new ADIZ may prove to be a strategic blunder – one that ultimately puts China’s own interests at risk, while having lasting repercussions for stability in Asia.
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jianfei
The dragon has become to boastful and impatient.. ho ho ho! china is revealing its true goal. to not only become the number one economy at the expense of all western manufacturing. the PRC will not stop until its crazy ideologist communist party reaches its goal of global domination as a super power. after brainwashing 1.3 billion chinese in its anti-west nationalistic thinking, now it feels so 'uber' confident that it thinks it actually has the support of russia and can defeat as a paper tiger, china. you have a lot to learn. we are all watching you mature. however until now all we have seen is a baby chinese mao daughter paper tiger and some pathetic attempts at following the art of war. take a step back and mature before you think you are ready to rule the world chinese style.. foolish chinese.. !!!
Only a stupid person would write something like this, in 2020 China will become the number economy of the world. You wait and watch.
Sharpy
Well said and so true plus scary!
Effectively the PRC has shot down a plane, they know the US will call for restraint, same with the ROK and Turkey. So we all know how it will play out, the PLA want to do the action the suits say why bother, we all know.
It always amazes me that there are so many people that keep expecting this utopian world to just break out. You know, no war, no conflict, everyone living in peace & harmony. You know like the Coke ads from the 70's. LOL! It isn't going to happen people. The world is a dangerous place. Always has been, always will be. Its called reality. Would you rather live in a weak country or a strong country? Wake up, read history, stop being so naïve.
daronda daronda
time to take your meds grampy. go reminisce about the 70's. young forward thinkers here do not need your no value add u go now trolling.
Joey Isotta-Fraschini©
@FM has experienced enough reality to know that human beings are born with the same instincts through successive generations.
I agree with @FM completely.
One instinct in humans causes them to aspire to Utopia, and also to rebels against their parents' values.
There is no Utopia.
Human beings are aggressive, not just assertive, by nature. They survive that way, and that is good.
I mentioned "rebel," not "rebels."
TheAmerican
China, the slave of the world. "Please invest in us, these 13 year old girls can pump out million iPhones an hour."
You fool, slave don't get paid. Chinese are getting paid.
No, no, no, ... USA should not go to war or military action because of 'j'a'p'a'n'e's'e-interests'.
usa and britain ireland australia norway and all those losers should just wait there mothers will be leveled to the ground they are messing with the wrong people 1 nuke and britain will be gone 1 nuke and australia is dust if all of them want a fight then they will taste what real pain is.
Nonsense. Ireland? Norway? Australia?
LiveFree
What one can expect from sand and dust?
Didnt realise chinese troll are stupid too
Australia is actually rather large, so it would take more than one nuke. Of course, the US would then nuke China a thousand times and kill a billion people and the remaining several hundred million would die slowly of starvation and radiation.
globeharmony
Why do you want to nuke China? You assume Sand is Chinese? LOL.
His clear agenda is for U.S. to fight China. You fall right into it.
Francis Liew
A Chinese retaliatory nuke strikes would kill half the American population. The other half would slowly starve to death or die of radiation sickness in a nuclear winter. Don't you think this MUTUAL ASSURED DESTRUCTION IS MAD? Then why make dumb remarks?
The US would be one of the last countries to NUKE anyone, much less Australia!
@chrissy,
I know you"re too young to remember, but I'm not. I can assure you that we were the FIRST to nuke anyone.
As far as I know, the US is the first and the last to use a nuclear bomb.
For what's it's worth, I still believe diplomacy should be the first weapon of defense.
@banasy, you are right: we are indeed the last SO FAR, as far as I know.
I would hope that the lessons learned from Nagasaki and Hiroshima would be enough to deter anyone from taking such a permanent action, JIF.
Unfortunately, people either have short memories, or think that the risks are worth it to forward their agenda, whatever that may be.
Thank you @ banasy! I was thinking that same thing when i read his post to me earlier. And even if not, our POTUS would not be the first to nuke anyone! And why Australia even??? Lmao
Lol @ Maersk, sure sounds to me like you have a mouthful of that chinese stuff yourself! Hows it taste? Lmao
Wanta know how i could tell @ Maersk? Cuz you cant speak properly! Lol and i betcha aint sittin down either huh? Been bending over too much too huh? You might wanta re~think those extra curricular activities of yours! Pole smoking isnt good for the diet no matter what anyone else tells you!
In any case @ Maersk, happy gobble gobble day! Chao! Lmao
In any case @ Maersk, Happy G o b b l e day to you! Lol chao!
This article is full of self-complacency.
going to war is not an option...what a load of crap....have we learned nothing......thousands of years of war...murder, slaughter, children, women etc...who were once enemies are now friends, and who were once friends are now enemies...and the cycle goes on...the only difference now...is we have the power to destroy the ship we call earth...to end all life on this planet...what good would this accomplish...
lets not let the failure of politicians/people of power do this again...we as people of this earth must realize, accept and act on our responsibility for each other and our planet...
there is a solution that does not involve war...lets seek this solution together
No one is going to nuke anyone or go to war with anyone. This is probably some bizarro strategy by China to get something it wants Cuban Missile "Crisis" style. It's just so pathetic and self-defeating, it almost seems like a plan that North Korea would have cooked up.
Exactly @ Josh! Political posturing! By a bunch of brats about WHO has the biggest and baddest TOYS!
Oh and who has the biggest and best playground!
The author is dumb or pretends not to see the strategic significance od action by china. By establishing the zone, china asserts its authority beyond its territory. 50 years down the road, they will exert control over the islands.
How true? What would Nippon and the US do then? You think they are willing to commit national suicide over some barren rocks and open seas?
I see several writers here using words like dumb, stupid, moron, and fool. The arguments accompanying these insults are usually based on irrational premises.
Typical is the frequent reference to a Grail-like "Peace" that has never existed because of human nature and the necessity for territoriality if human beings are to survive as a species.
There will always be wars, between nations and between individuals. Advocacy of complete disarmament is suicidal.
The unintentional transparency in many of the banners for world peace reveals a simple desire for Butter instead of Guns, The cry is for more and more butter: not just cheap butter, but free butter.
No china
The purpose of the hegemony of China is world control, or is it resources?
China's only mistake is trying to keep its people from freely accessing information around the world. Keeping its people stupid is what's keeping China backward.
Truffelman
And what will we do, have another chicken Navy Pilot land a super secret aircraft on the mainland after an incident over the islands . . . while we sit and complain. That certainly worked. They got all the data they needed and made us disassemble the plane to remove it vs. flying it out. Any wonder they believe they can do anything?
Gabri
error, error你妈逼个屁。操
A lot of western people concern human rights of china and these people may be the friend of Chinese. However,Mr. Michael Mazza (the autor)is unhappy because of ADIZ but I do. Mr.Michael Mazza is not the friend of Chinese definitely. I suggest not approving his visa to China for ever. Father more, China should do more things which the enemy not delight with.
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The (Environmentally) Friendly Textiles
· James Dunlop and Mokum walk the walk in harboring a sustainable lifestyle ·
James Dunlop Textiles and Mokum are known for their sustainable roots, plush performance fabric, and alignment with modern day practices, trends and developments in textiles. While James Dunlop and Mokum are distinct companies, they both have the same vision for the future: sustainability in the brands’ lifestyles, practices and footprint.
GDG sat down with Ben Moir, Managing Director of Mokum and parent company James Dunlop Textiles. Over 100 years ago, the family textile organization James Dunlop was born. Originating in the UK, one of the sons brought the company “down under” to Australia and New Zealand in the late 19th Century, where they established themselves as a national distributor. James Dunlop acquired Mokum after years of admiration for the brand.
We thought James Dunlop and Mokum only made textiles. As it turns out, they grow organic vegetables, too! In the backyard of Mokum’s New Zealand textile distribution center are flourishing vegetable and herb gardens that “Team Dunlop” tend to and enjoy. Moir said it’s a way of providing meaningful breaks in the day and that the team has adopted it as part of their balanced lifestyle.
“Our environment is something we are really focused on. We are concerned about sustainability, not just in our product but the wider interiors industry. We grow organic vegetables at our distribution center to enlighten the team on how to eat well and how their families can benefit. We spend so much time at work, why not develop lifestyle choices for everyone?” said Moir. “Our team members and their families learn that a green leafy vegetable is a good breakfast option. Lifestyles have improved. It’s satisfying to see, so much so that in the area where our distribution center is, other organizations have adopted this philosophy.”
Moir, who spends a lot of his year traveling and communicating with showrooms, offices, and distribution centers globally, believes the younger generations are contributing to the industry beautifully.
“We promote youth into the organization. Their ethics are amazing. They have a balanced vision of what’s important and an innovative approach. We can learn from these well-educated young leaders who will ensure we leave the planet in good shape, reduce the footprint and create positive impact on human consumption of nature’s ecosystems.”
Moir shared that Mokum and James Dunlop are working on a new visualization technology to show the use of their textiles in the client’s home. Moir is also excited about the relaxed, chalky aesthetics Mokum is bringing to the market, together with James Dunlop hospitality performance fabrics. The Mokum design team has been working to perfect their latest collection for three years, and it is set to launch in local showrooms in August. Both brands are moving in a responsible direction; they’re walking their talk.
Moir reminded us that we can all be more socially responsible.
“Earlier today a woman was walking toward me having a cig and flicked it on the ground. I picked it up and went up to her and said ‘Excuse me, I think this is yours. Would you like me to do something with it?’ She was so embarrassed and she said no, I’ll take it and threw it on the ground and put her foot on it. I picked it up for the second time and asked her again, ‘what are you going to do with it?”’ Moir said. Moir said we shouldn’t have the ideology that someone else will pick up after us.
“We all can pick them up. We can all do our part.” James Dunlop and Mokum are doing theirs.
See the beautiful and sustainable product coming out of James Dunlop and Mokum on their website here.
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Gøje Rostrup
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Gøje Rostrup (b. 1964 in Copenhagen) is a stage designer and visual artist.
Gøje has worked as a successful costume and stage designer since graduating from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts School of Design in 1988. She also exhibits her work as a visual and conceptual artist.
Gøje’s artistic endeavours are a place for her to freely research and delve into the human condition and our questions of alienation and belonging. In the exploration of ideas through art, Gøje seeks to constantly deepen the level of intellectual and visceral consciousness in her work, thus regularly leading her independent refuge as an artist to instruct her subsequent designs for the stage. In this existential and philosophical vein, much of Gøje’s work revolves around the ‘figure in space’. Through all of her work she probes the metaphysical questions relating to the physical and psychological spaces we inhabit.
Gøje Rostrup’s career in the theatre has consisted of both large- and small-scale productions. She enjoys both, as they each have their own challenges and freedoms to examine the idea of ‘somebody in someplace’, as well as variety in their aesthetic and artistic opportunities. Gøje works in all genres, from classical plays to modern realism, cabaret, musical theatre, children’s plays and opera.
Recently, she has created several sets and costumes for the opera, amongst these, two open-air operas (Opera Hedeland and SlotsOpera). Opera suits Gøje’s visual universe well: the artifice, the surreal and strangeness that an opera production can be, is yet another forum for her to reconnoitre the connection between the material, story and staging -making everything reach an aesthetic and metaphysical crescendo.
Gøje also works on her own productions. In the autumn of 2018 she is staging a dance performance, “Peculiar Noises” at Copenhagen’s “Dansekapellet”, where sound effects are worked into the costumes and, as a result, are essential to the play. The subtext to the performance is communication, tolerance and the differences in how we express ourselves.
Gøje is connected to several institutions as a guest lecturer, amongst them The Danish National School of Performing Arts.
She is the daughter of the late stage designer, Claus Rostrup with whom she has collaborated on many occasions.
In recent years Gøje has been connected to a diverse group of theatres, amongst them: Rogaland Teater, Teater V, Dansekapellet, Opera Hedeland, The Royal Danish Theatre, Den Jyske Opera/Danish National Opera, Folketeatret, Den Fynske Opera, Aalborg Teater, Teater Grob, Uppercut Danseteater and SlotsOpera.
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Email : grostrup(at)yahoo.dk
Phone : +45 60 92 81 95
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For all the women in our lives who need a power enhance of encouragement, this Girl Energy Playlist is for you! Women from all over the country are pouring into DC, with trains, planes and buses filled with marchers arriving on Friday and early Saturday morning. Defined right here as the absolute value of the Democratic margin amongst women minus the Democratic margin amongst males. Capricorn women must really feel secure and if her funds should not so as she has no peace, and neither will the individual she is coping with.
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Many groups who’re planning to attend have been drawn a minimum of partly by organizers’ efforts to hyperlink Trump’s comments about women to his insurance policies on points corresponding to reproductive rights, immigration and other issues that they feel could harm women if handled badly. Critics say that the march functionally excludes professional-life women, despite its inclusive message, by including access to abortion in its checklist of rules Organizers haven’t backed down, issuing an announcement affirming their stance on reproductive rights. For the clever observer it turns into rapidly clear that women like males very much. Capricorn women crave safety, they are usually drawn to males who are mental. Boots, corresponding to ankle boots, desert boots or cowboy boots are perfect with a boot cut type of denims, obviously. Hillary Clinton gained amongst women by about 14 share points, according to exit polls.
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NLRB Approves Changes to Union Election Rules, 2 to 1
by Seth Borden
On Wednesday, the NLRB voted 2-to-1 to approve a resolution to amend the rules and regulations related to its election process. Chairman Mark Pearce and Member Craig Becker voted in favor of the changes and Member Brian Hayes voted against them. The amendments that passed were trimmed from a more comprehensive set of proposed changes published in the Federal Register on June 22, 2011. The approved changes are intended to reduce litigation in election cases and will also significantly shorten the time between any pre-election hearing and the election date.
The approved changes will include:
a) giving hearing officers greater discretion to limit the evidence presented at pre-election hearings to evidence that is “relevant to a genuine issue of fact material to whether a question of representation exists”
b) giving hearing officers the discretion to deny requests by parties to submit post-hearing briefs
c) denying the parties the right to file requests for review with the Board challenging the viability of a regional director’s decision and direction of election until after the election
d) eliminating the 25 day period between the issuance of a decision and direction of election by a regional director and the holding of an election
e) clarifying the rules regarding a party’s ability to seek special permission to appeal a hearing officer ruling to the Board
f) giving the Board the discretion to refuse to review a regional director’s resolution of post-election disputes
The Board did not release the final rules that will amend or replace the existing language in the regulations. It also did not indicate when the new rules would become effective. Unless the language is already written and the date is already set, it is reasonable to believe both will be impacted when Member Becker’s recess appointment expires at the end of this month, leaving just two members on the Board.
At roughly the same time as the Board action, Congress passed a bill designed to undo parts of the proposed rule changes. John Kline's (R-MN) "Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act" (H.R. 3094) passed by a vote of 235-188. The bill would guarantee that no representation election is held within 35 days after the filing of a petition, provide for a two-week waiting period before a hearing could be held, and ensure certain preliminary appeal rights.
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Latina Lista: News from the Latinx perspective > Palabra Final > Politics > How come the “nation’s largest living generation” doesn’t have a bigger turnout at the polls?
How come the “nation’s largest living generation” doesn’t have a bigger turnout at the polls?
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LatinaLista — A recent NPR headline asked: Why Don’t Bernie Sanders’ Big Rallies Lead To Big Wins?
It’s no secret that the vast majority attending Sanders’ rallies have been millennials. His message resonating with this age group has made for a visual odd couple that distracts from the fact that they see themselves as kindred spirits with the octogenarian’s ideology.
Yet, as the NPR headline notices, Sanders should be winning with help from his millennial followers. After all, Pew recently reported that millennials have now surpassed Baby Boomers as the “nation’s largest living generation.”
The millennials flocking to Sanders’ rallies have mostly been college students and older. In other words, they are of voting age, with many first-time voters. So, what’s happening between the rallies and voting day for these millennials?
A new study might shed some light.
The National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE) from Tufts University released a first-of-its-kind study analyzing the 2012 voting behavior of certain groups of college students, based on an analysis of the voting records of 7.4 million students at 783 college and university campuses.
They discovered some interesting insights:
Overall, college students in the NSLVE study voted at a rate of 45% in 2012, with those eligible to vote for the first time voting at a lower rate of 40%.
Women voted at higher rates than men.
Among all racial/ethnic groups, Black students voted at the highest rate (55%). Among Black students, women in the study voted at a rate of 61%, while men voted at 44%, which was similar to the percentage of white men (45%).
Only 48% of first-time eligible voters chose to vote in person on Election Day. The remainder voted absentee (29%), early (16%) or by mail (7%), where allowed.
Latino first-time student voters voted at a rate of 36% versus the 39% rate of Latino student voters.
While this study is a start, it doesn’t explain WHY young voters aren’t transferring their civic enthusiasm into civic practice. For that reason, the study’s researchers plan to use their data to answer some intriguing questions:
Will female students, who voted at higher rates than male students, and Black students, who voted at the highest rate of any racial/ethnic group in 2012, maintain a high level of participation in 2016?
Because many undergraduate students are also first-time voters, college is an important time for students to learn about democratic processes. But first-time voters in this study voted at approximately 40%. What can universities do to support political engagement in the 2016 election?
What issues do students care about and are colleges and universities giving students opportunities to engage with these issues in a relevant way that encourages political learning and voting?
“While college students are voting in higher numbers than young people overall, these data show that there is still significant potential to increase voting and political learning on campuses, particularly with regard to first-time voters,” says Nancy Thomas, Director of the Institute for Democracy & Higher Education at Tufts University, which runs the NSLVE study. “In 2016, universities can and must do more to build the type of campus climates that not only reduce barriers to voting, but increase students’ motivation to participate.”
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STAN LEE PAPERS • CELEBRATING JACK KIRBY’S 101st BIRTHDAY
Welcome to Friday’s Mega Comics Group Updates!
Didyaknow? Stan Lee has an archive at the University of Wyoming’s American Heritage Center. Materials in the collection range from manuscripts and scrapbooks, to photos and comicbooks, to fan letters and correspondence with celebrities, to original artwork and beyond! Heck, the collection even includes Captain America View-Master slides from the 1970s. (Though, sadly, there’s no viewer to properly enjoy them with. Still, you have to admit that’s awesome.) Oh, and that’s only the paper materials. We’d be remiss not to mention the boxes upon boxes of audiovisual items containing vintage TV interviews, speeches, news coverage, radio appearances, home movies, and even some conversations with familiar faces like Kevin Smith and William Shatner. These gems are housed on a plethora of mediums, many of them old school style, such as DVD, VHS, Betamax video, 35mm film, CD, cassette tape, and reel-to-reel audio. You can even find a few video games sprinkled in there!
Intrigued? Here’s a handy inventory of the collection from the American Heritage Center’s website if you feel so inclined to peruse Stan’s papers:
“The Stan Lee papers include manuscripts and working drafts of many Marvel Comics productions including the Spider-Man daily comic strips and Vera Valiant as well as a host of other comic book lines such as the Silver Surfer, the X-Men, Captain America, the Tomorrow Chronicles, the Fantastic Four, and the Incredible Hulk. Also included is fan mail and correspondence. Much of the correspondence is between Lee and business associates regarding the management and operation of Marvel Comics Group and its production of comic books and other publications. There are numerous magazine and news articles about Stan Lee and Marvel Comics Group, and there are other professional and photograph files that relate to Stan Lee, Marvel Comics Group, and the comics industry. Also included are audio-visual materials including audiotapes, DVDs, and numerous videotapes of Stan Lee interviews and Stan Lee events such as presentations, autograph sessions, conventions, and talk show appearances. There is a small amount of material related to Lee’s Internet site, Stan Lee Media.”
(Fun fact: If you print this file (available on the website link below), it’s over 40 pages long!) What are some items you’d choose to view? I, for one, still want to hear some of those Merry Marvel Marching Society records – on cassette tape.
That is the good news! What’s the bad news? It’s not online! ARRHG! Yes, all the information lists of what the archive contains, is there but to see the actual items on the list, you have to physically go to the library, in Wyoming, to view it. Maybe someday we’l have an online museum of this type for all to see.
As we mentioned, the Stan Lee Papers are open to the public. So, if you’re ever in the Laramie, Wyoming area, we highly suggest dropping in and paying the collection a visit. If you do plan on stopping by, you can also contact the archive in advance and they can assist you with any questions you may have; the entire staff is fabulous and very accommodating.
(Source: Read more about this @ therealstanlee.com and the University of Wyoming site.)
Celebrating Jack Kirby at 101
August 28th would have been Jack Kirby’s 101st birthday. From his tough Jewish immigrant beginnings on New York City’s Lower East Side, to the comic book publishing houses of Midtown Manhattan, to Brooklyn and the suburbs of Nassau County, to Thousand Oaks in Ventura County, California, Jack Kirby’s mind and hand brought us countless visually powerful stories and images. His work ethic, timeless ideas, and iconic visualizations continue to influence the storytellers of today, whether on the comic book page or the silver screen. Characters and scenarios that first came from his simple drawing board are household names worldwide, remain the cornerstone of the comic book industry, and are now the foundation of billion dollar blockbuster films.
Having seen the horrors of war firsthand, Kirby understood both the consequences of violence and the meaning of sacrifice, and his experiences informed the heroic ideals exemplified not just in his work but in his everyday life. Kirby’s kindness and general decency towards his fellows, fans, and friends remains the backbone for the culture of comic books, pop culture fandom, and conventions that attract millions of devotees each year. It’s easy to see the impact of Kirby’s creations, but don’t forget the legacy of Kirby the man.
The Jack Kirby Museum has always endeavored to educate the world about Jack Kirby, his life, his images, and his stories. They intend to continuing our work, and thank everyone for their support, especially The Kirby Estate.
(Source: The Kirby Museum)
Mega Graphics Print On Demand T-Shirt Shop
We continue to stock our new online merchandise shop. This week we have been adding posters which was one of our favorite items in the old virtual Cafe Press store back when the site began 10 years ago. So in addition to t-shirts, tanks, ladies tanks and tops, mouse pads, clip on buttons, doggy scarfs, pillows, throw pillows, sweat shirts and hoodies which feature your favorite Mega Comics Group art and some nifty mascot cartoons as well, we have posters! Remember, this is a Spreadshirt store with a Create Studio App right on the web site! So you can customize and add your name or catch phrase to the art designs, size them up or place them in any position and almost any place on the item to be printed. As we have said previously, this is part of our MCG Web Site 10th Anniversary Celebration! Keep watching this space each week for more announcements of new items and art as we add them! AND don’t forget the glorious printed anniversary comics we have below!
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HFM launches a new magazine in Spain
On 26 October Hachette Filipacchi Médias will launch a women's magazine entitled "A.R.". The monthly will be published in collaboration with the reporter Ana Rosa Quintana, a celebrity host for the television programme "Sabor a ti".
The circulation for the first issue will be 500,000.
The magazine managed by Ana Rosa will be a "practical, feelings-oriented, upbeat publication, featuring varied content and a contemporary style". It will be designed for the 5.7 million women between the ages of 30 and ?9, who do not presently have a magazine that addresses their interests and questions. A.R. will feature both practical topics dealing with the everyday concerns of its readers and in-depth reporting, and will communicate with them on a personal, even intimate level.
Ana Rosa, a "role model" for women:
"I will write the editorial, conduct an interview for each issue and make sure that all of the content is very upbeat". But above and beyond what she has to say, Ana Rosa brings something essential to the magazine: her personality.
According to Juan Caño, editorial vice-president for Hachette Filipacchi Medias in Spain, "Ana Rosa personifies the spirit of a generation of women: she has worked, she married and then divorced, she has a child she is raising as a single parent and she fell in love again… She is a gifted communicator, who has become a role model for many women".
The success of "opinion leader" magazines: The phenomenon of women's magazines built around "opinion leaders" got its start in the United States in 1991, with the launch of Martha Stewart Living, a lifestyle monthly based on a television programme. Its sales currently exceed two million copies.
The trend culminated in 2000 with the introduction of "The Oprah Magazine", published by TV host Oprah Winfrey. is considered the decade's greatest success, having achieved a circulation of 2.1 million copies in the first six months after its launch. Since then the trend has spread to other countries.
2 new publications this month in Spain!
In addition to the magazine A.R., Hachette Filipacchi Médias is launching a new popular history magazine christened "Clio", slated to go on sale at newsstands 19 October.
HFM's subsidiary in Spain is the leading publisher of magazines in the market, both in terms of the number of copies sold and advertising sales. The company currently publishes 22 magazines and sells a total of 62 million copies a year, serving a total readership of nearly 8 million (EGM 2º A.M. 2001). Some of the magazines published by the group in Spain include ELLE, Diez Minutos, Quo, Fotogramas, Teleprograma, Emprendedores, Que Me Dices, Ragazza, Car & Driver, and others.
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Marc Curtis Blog Page
An American in China
Flying Tigers Guilin China
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Puppy Love Revisited
(names were changed to protect the guilty)
I was 11, she was much older, at 12. Nicole, her younger brother, Randy, my sister, and dumb, fat Victor would walk up the block to the old, abandoned cemetery and read the headstones. Most were from the 1800’s or early 1900’s. Weeds were growing tall around them, so we decided to be good citizens and chop down the tall grasses and thistles. One day, it was just me, Nicole, and Randy who went to the graveyard to do our duty. The weeds in some areas towered above our heads. We sent Randy back to their house to get a hoe, shovel, and hedge clippers. Randy, in his best whine said, “oh, you guys just want to kiss!” Randy left, Nicole and I looked at each other…” should we?” We did. That started a year-long affair. The Army had stationed my dad at Thule, Greenland for that year. Mom, sis, and I lived in San Bernardino to be close to mom’s brother and his family. Nicole and I would find every opportunity to kiss, without exposing our imprudence. After all, the risk was half the fun!
As the year drew to an end and dad had returned from Greenland, the Johnsons had a BBQ party and we were all invited across the street to take part in the festivities. The party had wound down, my family had gone back to our rented home across the street. But Nicole and I slipped silently into the small guest cottage next to the carport. We kissed and looked at the bed. “Do you think we’ll ever…,” I asked. She replied, “I don’t know, maybe.” So, we kissed some more, then laid down on the bed…nervous as two pre-teen lovers would be. We continued kissing, both wanting to take it to the next level. But then, I heard dad calling me from across the street. As an Army Brat, disobedience to that call would have meant time spent in the brig (then known as my room). We broke our embrace and I headed home.
We didn’t have many opportunities in the following month before my family moved to another assignment at Travis AFB. Thirty years later I was in San Bernardino to visit my Aunt and Uncle. I decided to drop by the Johnson house on North ‘D’ Street to relive some memories. When I knocked on the door Mrs. Johnson answered. I told her who I was, and she excitedly invited me inside. The obligatory questions and answers about family pursued. And then she said, “Do you remember Nicole?” My heart skipped a beat. She went on to tell me how Nicole had gone through some very troublesome times and spent time in a mental hospital. After recovery, she joined the Air Force.
I didn’t know it, but Nicole was resting in her room while I reminisced with her mother. And then, Nicole sauntered sleepily into the kitchen. “Do you remember Marc from across the street?” Nicole couldn’t remember, a result of the trauma she had suffered years before. Then I reminded her of the times we spent cleaning up the cemetery. Her eyes opened wide as an enthusiastic puppy, and the memory brought a very large, slightly embarrassed smile. “I remember now,” she said with a nod. We didn’t say anything else, because her mother was still there, unaware of the deeper meaning of our reunion.
Nicole said she would marry in a few months, so we didn’t revive the events of our childhood memoirs. The City turned the graveyard into a memorial park. Time changes all things, but our covert puppy love remains our special secret, a private memorial known only by two young hearts.
Marc Curtis 2019-02-28T15:59:17-07:00
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I Met My Honey at the White House
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BlaxploItalian: 100 Years of Blackness in Italian Cinema
Changing the Picture (2019)
Sponsored by Time Warner Inc.
Organized by Warrington Hudlin
This ongoing series celebrates and explores the work of film and television artists of color who are bringing diverse voices to the screen. The series, which consists of screenings and discussions with directors, writers, actors, scholars, and more, includes contemporary work as well as historically significant work that has played an important role in the evolving attempt to “change the picture” and bring a wider variety of voices and visions to the moving image.
Screening & Live Event
Lady Wrestler: The Amazing, Untold Story of Africa…
Saturday, March 23, 7:30 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Bartos Screening Room Screening & Live Event
Black Mother with Khalik Allah in person
Sunday, April 21, 7:00 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Bartos Screening Room LIVE EVENT & SCREENING
Activist Filmmaking with Lawrence Chau
Friday, May 24, 7:30 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Bartos Screening Room SCREENING & LIVE EVENT
The Kat Call with Kat Lazo
Friday, June 28, 7:30 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Bartos Screening Room Screening & Live Event
Amir George: Contorting Metaphysical Hijinks
Friday, July 26, 7:30 p.m. Museum of the Moving Image - Bartos Screening Room
Changing the Picture 2018 Changing the Picture 2017
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Mobile app development Pakistan
Fortumo Launches Direct Carrier Billing in Pakistan October 14, 2014
Mobile payments company Fortumo and mobile operator Telenor Pakistan are launching direct carrier billing in Pakistan that will provide the ability for app developers and publishers to receive payments from more than 35 million subscribers of Telenor Pakistan. These Telenor customers now able to make online payments by charging purchases to their phone bill. Fortumo will also start powering in-app purchasing for Telenor App Store.
“An enormous part of Telenor Pakistan’s subscriber base comprises of young population which represents a strong potential to reach apps, games and web services developers’ user base. Through the partnership with Fortumo, developers can start accepting purchases from these users through direct carrier billing – the most widely available payment method in emerging markets, “ said Muhammd Farooq Shaikh, Director Digital Services, Telenor Pakistan. “The facility will play a big role in promoting online commerce through convenience and accessibility, ” he added.
Less than 1.5 million people in Pakistan own credit cards while there over 130 million mobile phone users in the country. Therefore, mobile operator billing increases merchants’ payment coverage in the country almost 90 times. Smartphone ownership in Pakistan is estimated to grow by 50% this year and is currently around 15%. Smartphone adoption will further be accelerated with the launch of 3G services by Telenor Pakistan and other operators in the country.
Telenor has also implemented Fortumo in-app purchasing in its Telenor App Store which features games from top developers like Gameloft, GLU Mobile and Creative Mobile. Developers who want to earn additional revenue from Telenor App Store.
In addition to Telenor App Store, Fortumo’s Android SDK can be used in dozens of other Android marketplaces with just one integration. As announced in May 2013, Fortumo has signed a global framework agreement with the Telenor Group covering 12 countries in Europe & Asia.
Source: appdevelopermagazine.com
Mobile App Development Cost and Design
Cross-Platform Mobile App Development Part 1 - Development ...
Useful tips for an enterprise mobile app development company — WhaTech
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@wbm we do love outdoor activities, almost as much as mobile app development ;) Thu, 4 September 2014 04:59 PM
@Lilian Rom: If you’re new to mobile app development, you’re late to the party. Thu, 4 September 2014 05:08 PM
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Butler Newsroom > 2012 > Page 5
From the yearly archives: "2012"
Cromleigh Wins Public Relations Scholarship
Strategic Communication major Jacqueline Cromleigh of Powell, Ohio, received the Joanne Dring Memorial Scholarship, a $1000 educational grant from the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Hoosier Chapter on Nov. 14. The annual Dring scholarship is presented to one undergraduate member [...]
100 Percent Participation
It’s a cliché to say that “education changes lives,” but it’s a truism I believe since I’m living proof.
Snyder Elected to Physician Assistant Education Association Board
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Associate Professor Jennifer Snyder ’97 has been elected to the Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA) board of directors. She will serve two years in an at-large seat on the eight-member board. The only [...]
Butler Ranks 42nd Among Nation’s Smartest Colleges
Butler University ranks 42nd among the nation’s smartest colleges, according to Lumosity, a San Francisco-based company that creates brain-training games. Lumosity, which boasts that it has the largest database of human cognitive performance (30 million-plus users from around the world [...]
New Entrepreneurship and Accounting Programs
This month, I’m pleased to announce a number of new and modified programs at the College of Business.
Butler Football Secures League Championship
Title is the team's second in four years.
A Shared Strategic Vision
Butler University has arrived at a crossroads in its history that is both exciting and challenging, and our stewardship compels us to boldly determine a strategic course of action that will bring us to the Butler of 2025.
Connecting Students to Our City
One of our goals at Jordan College is to connect our students with Indianapolis arts and with future employment possibilities.
The Passing of Amos Noel Carpenter
I wish to dedicate this newsletter in memory of Amos Carpenter and in gratitude for his many contributions to Butler University.
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Jesus: “Ossuary Of James” Trial Comes To End (Updated)
• Deutsch Files $3 Million Suit Against Israel Antiquities Authority (12/13)
PUTTING THE CASE TO REST
By Matthew Kalman
The judge considers his verdict in the five-year-long Jesus forgery trial.
The discovery in 2002 of a limestone burial box with the Hebrew inscription “James son of Joseph brother of Jesus” electrified the world of archeology. If genuine, the burial box, or ossuary, would be the only archeological artifact found with a possible direct link to Jesus of Nazareth.
Amid international fanfare, the ossuary went on display at Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum and swiftly spawned numerous articles, scholarly studies, several documentary movies and at least four books.
But experts at the Israel Antiquities Authority declared it a modern-day forgery. Israeli police seized the burial box and arrested its owner, Tel Aviv collector Oded Golan. In December 2004 he was charged with faking the ossuary and dozens of other items, including an inscribed tablet linked to King Joash, which, if authentic, would be the only physical evidence from the Temple of Solomon.
The indictment leveled 44 charges of forgery, fraud and deception against Golan and 13 lesser counts against a codefendant, antiquities dealer Robert Deutsch. The trial of Golan, Deutsch and three others opened in Jerusalem District Court in September 2005.
On Sunday, the defense ended its summing-up with just two men left in the dock, bringing to an end five years of court proceedings that spanned 116 sessions, 133 witnesses, 200 exhibits and nearly 12,000 pages of witness testimony. The prosecution summation alone ran to 653 pages.
Yet despite the flood of strong scientific testimony, the feeling in the tiny courtroom, where fewer than a dozen people (including only one reporter) have followed the proceedings, was that the prosecution had failed to prove the items were forgeries or that Golan and Deutsch had faked them.
Judge Aharon Farkash, the wheelchair-bound polymath who has overseen the marathon trial, wondered aloud on several occasions how he could be expected to deliver a legal ruling on what was essentially a scientific question that the experts themselves could not resolve.
In October 2008, just three years into the proceedings, Farkash pointedly asked whether the trial should continue after the prosecution and Golan had presented their evidence.
“Have you really proved beyond a reasonable doubt that these artifacts are fakes as charged in the indictment? The experts disagreed among themselves,” Farkash told the prosecutor.
Summing up last March, lead prosecutor Dan Bahat made a startling admission. “If the ossuary had been the only thing on trial, we probably would not have carried on with the process,” he said.
Bahat was not even in court to hear the judge wrap up the trial and retire to consider his verdict.
Scientists and lawyers have spent months arguing over the patina — a thin crust of material formed by microorganisms that covers all ancient objects. The prosecution accuses Golan of creating a fake patina, which he applied to new inscriptions on ancient objects. Defense experts say there is patina inside the grooves of the inscriptions that could not have been formed in the past two centuries.
Golan said he had never faked anything.
“I feel that I succeeded to prove that the most important items should be at least 200 years old.
They could not be forged because there is ancient, authentic, natural patina which has been developed gradually over at least 200 years in both the James ossuary and the Joash tablet,” Golan said.
“They lost the case, there’s no question. On the main issues they were completely wrong. They are not forgeries. It’s not only that they could not prove there was a forgery. With the James ossuary and the Joash tablet, I believe that we proved their authenticity with experts in patina, in geology, in stone, in engraving,” he said.
At times, the courtroom has seemed more like a doctoral seminar than a legal proceeding. The world’s leading experts on archeology, biblical history, Semitic languages, ancient stones and inscriptions, geology, isotopes (both stable and carbon-14), biology, chemistry, microscopy and glue have participated in an often fascinating and sometimes embarrassing collision of scholarship and criminal law.
The court has heard from grave robbers, dealers in the shady antiquities market, billionaire collectors and tireless investigators who spend freezing nights in the desert waiting to catch tomb raiders.
There have been stories of mysterious Egyptian forgers, cash payments of thousands of dollars in parked cars on West Bank back roads, sting operations at airport customs and warehouses crammed full of priceless ancient artifacts.
Judge Farkash said Sunday he would try to plow through all that material and deliver a verdict as soon as possible. It could take several months.
The criminal, scholarly and scientific implications of his verdict are immense. If genuine, the artifacts are of historic importance and worth millions. An acquittal would be a severe setback for the Israel Antiquities Authority and its special investigators, who accused Golan and his codefendants of making millions of dollars as part of an international chain of forgers planting sophisticated fakes in the world’s museums. It would also be an acute embarrassment for the isotope experts at the Israel Geological Survey and Prof. Yuval Goren of Tel Aviv University, who spent many days on the stand defending scientific tests they said showed the items must be fakes.
A guilty verdict, on the other hand, would destroy the reputation of one of the world’s leading collectors of biblical antiquities and drive the entire Israeli market underground. The Israel Antiquities Authority has made no secret of its desire to shut down the trade in Bible-era artifacts, which it believes encourages grave robbers, who spirit the choicest finds out of the country.
Government officials and many scholars say the market is riddled with forgeries, and they are skeptical of any item that does not come from a licensed, supervised excavation where its provenance can be proved. But Golan said he had never seen a forgery that wasn’t immediately obvious and pointed out that some of Israel’s greatest archeological treasures came from dealers. Indeed, the most striking example is one of the most important biblical finds ever: the Dead Sea Scrolls, which a Beduin shepherd sold to an Israeli professor more than half a century ago.
• Ossuary of James: Shanks Believes ‘Brother of Jesus’ Inscription Is Authentic
• ‘Jesus Tomb’ Controversy Rages As Archaeologists Explore Another 2,000-Year-Old Tomb
• Jerusalem District Court Issues Verdict On ‘Ossuary Of James’
• “Ossuary Of James” Trial Comes To End
Related Websites & Resources:
• The Lost Tomb of Jesus
• Dr. Gary R. Habermas on The Lost Tomb of Jesus
• The Shroud of Turin
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Macros By Meal
Frequently Asked Questions Regarding The Macros In Diary Feature
Premium members can now see a macronutrient breakdown for every meal they log right inside their diary. Best of all, it’s easy to switch back and forth between grams and percentages! Some reasons users are going to love this include, getting immediate feedback on the meals you track, as well as, learning how each meal contributes to your daily macronutrient goals.
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How Do I Use This Feature?
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What Do the Percentages Represent?
You don't need to do anything except log food to use this feature if you are already a Premium member. If you are not a Premium member yet, please click here to learn more.
Your macro breakdowns fo reach meal will show up in the meal headers only after you have logged something for that specific meal slot. Check out the pics below to see examples of what they look like on each platform.
iPhone/iPod
Yes, you can turn this feature off from the Diary Settings screen. Get to the Diary Settings screen in your device by using the instructions below.
iOS - Tap "More", then "Settings", followed by "Diary Settings". Finally, toggle the "Show Macros By Meal" switch to off.
Android -Tap the Menu Bar (three horizontal lines on the top left of the screen), then "Settings", followed by "Diary Settings". Finally, toggle the "Show Meal Macros"l switch to off.
Web - From the "My Home" screen, click "Settings", then "Diary Settings". Finally, uncheck "switch between grams and percentages". Note: you cannot fully turn off this feature here, you can only decide to have your diary shown in grams.
With a single tap (or click) on the blue header bar, you can switch back and forth between grams and percentages. It’s helpful to see your macronutrients in grams to know if you’re getting enough of a certain macronutrient (how much protein did I eat during lunch?). Percentages are helpful when you trying to balance out your macronutrients (what’s the macronutrient breakdown of this sandwich?)
Individual meal macros will always add up to 100%, to show the relative amounts of fat, carbs, and protein you have eaten based off of total calories eaten per meal. It will not reflect how much of a macronutrient you still need to consume to meet your calorie goals: that information can be seen in the Nutrient Summary view in the Daily tab of the Home screen on iPhone or Android.
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Heavy Metal Hazard: The Health Risks of Hidden Heavy Metals in Face Makeup
http://environmentaldefence.ca/report/report-heavy-metal-hazard-the-health-risks-of-hidden-heavy-metals-in-face-makeup/
Folic Acid Food Fortification Reduces Congenital Heart Defects
http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2016/08/30/Heart-birth-defects-dropped-after-folic-acid-was-added-to-food/7581472531064/
http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/134/9/647
New research reveals cancers need a 'perfect storm' of conditions to develop
http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-us/cancer-news/press-release/2016-08-25-new-research-reveals-cancers-need-a-perfect-storm-of-conditions-to-develop
Why Drug Prices Are So High
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-08/tjnj-ser081816.php
We are all "wired" for addiction
https://today.tamu.edu/2016/08/24/we-are-all-wired-for-addiction/
Type of HRT Linked to Higher Breast Cancer Risk
http://www.webmd.com/breast-cancer/news/20160823/hrt-breast-cancer-risk
Unconventional Cardiologist Plenty of Dietary Fat
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/08/23/an-unconventional-cardiologist-promotes-a-high-fat-diet/?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fhealth&_r=0
What Organics Is and What It Isn’t
http://www.cornucopia.org/2016/08/asked-cornucopia-clarifies-organics-isnt/#more-20968
Sugar, Artificial Sweetener Addiction Treatment
Neuroscientists said in a study in PLOS ONE, drugs used to treat nicotine addiction could be used to treat sugar addiction in animals. The study coincides with another paper by the same neuroscientists in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience.
Once and for all, we can admit that long chronic sugar intake can cause eating disorders and impact on behavior.
Excess sugar consumption elevate dopamine levels which control the brain's reward and pleasure centers in a way that is similar to many drugs of abuse including tobacco, cocaine and morphine. After long-term consumption, this leads to the opposite, a reduction in dopamine levels. This leads to higher consumption of sugar to get the same level of reward.
The found that FDA approved drugs like varenicline, a prescription medication trading as Champix which treats nicotine addiction, can work the same way when it comes to sugar cravings.
To the researcher's surprise, the study also found that artificial sweeteners could produce effects similar to those obtained with table sugar.
Vitamin C Lowers Cataract Risk
A diet rich in vitamin C could cut risk of cataract progression by a third, suggests a study published in a recent issue of Ophthalmology. The research is also the first to show that diet and lifestyle may play a greater role than genetics in cataract development and severity.
From more than 1,000 pairs of female twins analyzed, diets rich in vitamin C were associated with a 20 percent risk reduction for cataract. After 10 years, there was a 33 percent risk reduction of cataract progression.
Genetic factors accounted for 35 percent of the difference in cataract progression. Environmental factors, such as diet, accounted for 65 percent.
Extra safety for female joggers
Due to the recent tragic slayings of two NY joggers, it is more important than ever that runners take the necessary safety precautions when running/walking/hiking outdoors or on campus. These horrific events have people asking themselves "are we really safe when we run?"
SABRE, the world's number one pepper spray has released an athletic line of safety products to help deter danger. They have a Runner Personal Alarm with Adjustable Wrist Strap and their Runner Pepper Gel.
Poison control centers are getting a surge of calls about ‘natural’ painkiller kratom
The herbal supplement seemed like a miracle. Trying to kick an opioid addiction, the middle-aged man found he could soothe his cravings with a tea made from an Asian plant called kratom. It relieved his pain and made him more alert.
But when he combined it with a stimulant, it also gave him a seizure that landed him in a Boston-area emergency room.
Those kinds of stories are on the rise, according to a study published Thursday in a weekly report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The number of calls to poison centers about problems stemming from kratom ingestion have increased tenfold over five years, from 26 in 2010 to 263 in 2015.
In many cases called into the poison control centers, the side effects of kratom were relatively mild: nausea, vomiting, drowsiness, and agitation. But there was one death, of a patient who took other drugs along with kratom. Other patients who took multiple substances suffered serious side effects — like the middle-aged Massachusetts man whose story was reported as a case study in the journal Addiction.
Kratom comes from the glossy leaves of a tree grown in the jungles of Southeast Asia. Traditionally, in countries like Thailand, the leaves have been crushed or brewed into tea and used as a painkiller or a replacement for opioids. That’s because a few of the chemicals in the leaf stimulate the same brain receptors as drugs like oxycodone and morphine.
Kratom is marketed as a natural herbal supplement, but it can be highly addictive. And clinicians and researchers worry about opioid users who try to wean themselves off drugs using kratom rather than seeking professional help.
“They want to turn their lives around, they want to get back on track, they turn to kratom,” said Oliver Grundmann, a pharmacologist at the University of Florida who was not involved in the report on poison control calls. “They take more and more and more, but it doesn’t do the job, and then they turn to heroin.”
Little is known about the exact workings of kratom on the brain, but it seems to function as a stimulant at low doses and a depressant at high doses, said Royal Law, an epidemiologist at the CDC and a coauthor of the study in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
The new tally of poison center calls comes as kratom has emerged as a significant public health concern.
Six states have banned kratom, and others are considering restrictions, according to the website of the American Kratom Association. The Food and Drug Administration has banned its importation. But it is still widely available online, in tea or capsule form. Some researchers have even found packets of it sold in gas stations.
The Drug Enforcement Administration has classified kratom as a drug of concern, but that does not prevent its sale or use.
Detection of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) in U.S. Drinking Water Linked to Industrial Sites, Military Fire Training Areas, and Wastewater Treatment Plants
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.estlett.6b00260
Farm to workplace
http://bangordailynews.com/2016/07/02/homestead/farm-to-workplace-csas-get-hyper-local/
Brains of overweight people ‘ten years older’ than lean counterparts at middle-age
http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/brains-of-overweight-people-ten-years-older-than-lean-counterparts-at-middle-age
Carrageenan not toxic to intestinal cells: study
Carrageenan is a common food additive used for its gelling and thickening properties. It has become a controversial ingredient over the last five years.
A study in the upcoming October issue of Food and Chemical Toxicity examined the effects of carrageenan on cell permeability, cytotoxicity, and cytokine gene expression in human intestinal and hepatic cell lines.
Three common forms of the food additive carrageenan were tested in vitro.
The carrageenan tested were subjected to advanced identity and purity testing.
Carrageenan was evaluated in three human intestinal cell lines.
Endpoints included permeability, cytotoxicity, and induction of cytokines.
Carrageenan was negative in all endpoints evaluated.
In conclusion, carrageenan was not absorbed, and was not cytotoxic. It did not induce oxidative stress, and did not induce proinflammatory proteins.
Living Near Agricultural Pesticides During Pregnancy Linked to Lower IQ
http://www.panna.org/press-release/living-near-agricultural-pesticides-during-pregnancy-linked-lower-iq-kids
Trampoline park injuries on the rise
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/08/01/study-trampoline-park-injuries-rise/87884106/
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FLIR Announces FLIR RSX-F Thermal Fire Sensor for Rail Coaches
FLIR RSX-F Combines FLIR Lepton Thermal Sensor and Visual Imaging for Improved Fire Detection and Passenger Safety
WILSONVILLE, OR -- (Marketwired) -- 09/20/16 -- FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) today announced the FLIR RSX-F intelligent sensor for advanced fire detection inside rail coaches. The FLIR RSX-F uses the FLIR Lepton® thermal sensor and high-definition visual imaging for fire and occupancy detection as well as CCTV monitoring.
The FLIR RSX-F uses a thermal sensor with on-board fire detection algorithms to detect a fire faster and more accurately than conventional methods. The FLIR RSX-F detects thermal energy emitted from objects within its field of view and sees through smoke. The dynamic video detection algorithms also determine the size, rate of temperature increase, and movement of a hot spot. This approach allows for lower false alarms by distinguishing hazardous events like cigarettes or lighters.
The FLIR RSX-F also measures seat occupancy in a passenger train, which allows train operators to optimize passenger flow or improve passenger comfort by sensing temperature and adjusting train-based HVAC systems. The FLIR RSX-F mounts easily to walls or ceilings and tilts up to 45 degrees for optimal viewing. The FLIR RSX-F sensor is also fully compliant with the EN 50155 standard covering electronic equipment used for railway applications.
"The FLIR RSX-F sensor provides a significant new asset for train operators to improve safety," said Andy Teich, President and CEO of FLIR. "By leveraging Lepton and advanced fire detection algorithms, the FLIR RSX-F provides train operators with a 'sixth-sense' to detect hot spots early and effectively to increase passenger safety."
FLIR will showcase the RSX-F sensor at the Innotrans 2016 trade show in Berlin, Germany, from September 20 - 23, 2016 (Hall 4.1, booth #108).
About FLIR Systems
FLIR Systems, Inc. is a world leader in the design, manufacture, and marketing of sensor systems that enhance perception and awareness. FLIR's advanced thermal imaging and threat detection systems are used for a wide variety of imaging, thermography, and security applications, including airborne and ground-based surveillance, condition monitoring, research and development, manufacturing process control, search and rescue, drug interdiction, navigation, transportation safety, border and maritime patrol, environmental monitoring, and chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives (CBRNE) detection.
The statements in this release by Andy Teich and the other statements in this release about the products described above are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are based on current expectations, estimates, and projections about FLIR's business based, in part, on assumptions made by management. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements due to numerous factors, including the following: the ability to manufacture and deliver the systems referenced in this release, changes in pricing of FLIR's products, changing demand for FLIR's products, product mix, the impact of competitive products and pricing, constraints on supplies of critical components, excess or shortage of production capacity, the ability of FLIR to manufacture and ship products in a timely manner, FLIR's continuing compliance with U.S. export control laws and regulations, and other risks discussed from time to time in FLIR's Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports. In addition, such statements could be affected by general industry and market conditions and growth rates, and general domestic and international economic conditions. Such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made and FLIR does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release, or for changes made to this document by wire services orInternet service providers.
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Menzel Vision & Robotics Pvt Ltd
Address: 4, A-Wing, Bezzola Complex,
Sion Trombay Road, Chembur
400071 Mumbai, India
Tel:(+91) 22 67993158
Fax: (+91) 22 67993159
Mobile:+91 9323786005 / 9820143131
E-mail: info@mvrpl.com
Hail Damage: high-resolution cameras detect every dent
Following hailstorms, many vehicles must be inspected for hail damage in the shortest possible time. With the aid of 17 high-resolution Manta cameras from Allied Vision, adomea’s hail scanner MIKo quickly and thoroughly detects even the smallest dents, accelerating the claim process for insurers and vehicle owners alike.
Due to climate change, powerful storms with hailstones as big as golf balls occur more frequently. But even with smaller sized ice projectiles, numerous vehicles are covered with countless dents, large and small. Frustrating for vehicle owners in the affected region, but good for business for Bochum Germany’s adomea (advanced optical measurement and automation) GmbH - when insurance adjusters and underwriters have difficulty handling the number of cases, despite additional personnel, this mobile hail damage scanner can help save time. Additionally, it makes complete documentation of damage possible for the first time. Thanks to high-resolution cameras, MIKo sees far more detail than an adjuster can perceive with mere eyes.
Rapid surface error analysis
Policy holders in regions ravaged by hail need not travel to adomea in Bochum to have vehicle damage evaluated; MIKo (a German acronym for mobile identification system for vehicle surface defects) is mobile, fits in flight cases packed into a trailer, and is set up on location, such as in a warehouse, like a transportable roofless garage. Its aluminum frame construction, with a footprint of approximately 50 m² (538 ft2), provides sufficient space to check the entire surface of any current vehicle model. The walls surrounding the vehicle are illuminated by projectors. A total of seventeen cameras are mounted in different positions to capture the entire exterior of the vehicle.
Similar to an adjuster’s procedure, the reflection of a pattern on the vehicle’s surface is observed. But in contrast to a human observer, MIKo delivers an objective measurement result on a metric scale. By observing the reflection, even the smallest surface errors can be reliably detected. In order to register the smallest irregularities and distortions within the surface, two Allied Vision camera models with high resolution are used: the 6-megapixel Manta G-609 camera equipped with a Sony ICX694 CCD progressive sensor, delivering 15 images per second at full resolution (2752 × 2206), and the 9-megapixel Manta G-917 camera, from the same camera family, which contains a 1'' Sony ICX814 sensor with EXview HAD II technology that distinguishes itself with outstanding image quality and high resolution.
“Moreover, due to the system geometry, they have to be cameras that can run on Power over Ethernet so that each camera only uses one single cable and a robust system construction is possible. Furthermore, because of the cable length necessary, only a GigE Vision camera would do,” stated René Franke, Managing Director of adomea in Bochum, as further reasons for selecting Allied Vision GigE Vision cameras.
Three-dimensional damage report
All seventeen cameras are synchronously controlled using PTP (Precision Time Protocol). Together, they generate a complete image of the examined vehicle. Using Allied Vision’s Vimba Software Development Kit, the cameras are integrated into damage analysis software developed by adomea where 3D renderings for nearly 90% of the highest sold auto models over the last ten years are stored. The results, specifically the individual dents, can be subdivided not only according to shape and depth, but also can be designated according to the corresponding section of the chassis. A visual representation of the damage is included in a damage report that is generated automatically. Using available interfaces, the common damage calculation software can be connected. Even system operation via tablet computer is possible.
René Frank summarized the actual measurement process: “The damage assessment takes two to three minutes and in another two and a half minutes, the results are logged and available.” For him, the enormous time efficiency, objective measurement result and complete documentation are the hail scanner’s significant advantages.
Camera technology with a good image
Currently, five mobile MIKos are ready for use across Germany and are utilized anywhere hail damage occurs. In such instances, adomea works closely with different insurance companies as a cooperative partner. How much the entire damage assessment, calculation, and regulation process can be completely digitized is currently undergoing lively debate throughout the industry. In most cases, the hail scanner serves, at the moment, to support experts in most cases and has not completely taken over the evaluation process. Still, acceptance of “artificial camera eyes”, which in cases of doubt see more than the human eye, is rapidly increasing among policy holders that some prefer to rely on the technology rather than their adjuster. Confidence in an adjuster’s expert option increases when he or she makes use of modern imaging and measurement technology, according to Franke.
The German specialists’ mobile hail scanner is in use in the USA as well, using the same measurement technology and camera models as in Germany. However, due to market conditions, adomea’s systems engineers have created a highly flexible variation. The aluminum frame construction has been replaced by a large truck that can be set up and parked conveniently in shopping center or supermarket parking lots. The measurement chamber’s area has been adapted and increased in size to accommodate American pickup trucks.
While the MIKo image detection and processing system has been primarily used for identifying hail damage, adomea is already developing new models and is planning to use a 29-megapixel camera from Allied Vision. This next stage in the system expansion is expected to be used not only for identification of hail damage, but also for detecting the smallest surface flaws (such as scratches and rock impacts).
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Medicine with Vision – Cameras in Modern Medical Technology
Cameras are being used in an increasingly broad range of daily activities. While most of us have probably noticed the devices being used in ATMs or building surveillance systems, there are many more cameras in our environment that we likely don't notice at first. These small embedded cameras shoulder a big load: they are an important component for many applications in medicine and the life sciences in particular. Our latest Vision Campus article explains where the cameras are used and what purpose they serve.
The fictional Basler Medical Center specializes in diagnostics and therapy and makes heavy use of vision technology. Each floor of the center houses a different specialized department. This includes a floor dedicated to ophthalmology, including slit lamps for examining the eye's fundus.
Another floor is home to researchers using the latest technical devices – including cameras, of course – to assist tomorrow's physicians with their daily work. Naturally there are operating theaters as well. Cameras are used there to ensure better and more targeted treatment of patients. Our Vision Campus article "Medicine with Vision" shows you how it all works.
The Vision Campus also contains in-depth articles and videos on machine vision and on vision technology in general. Have you already seen our introductory video on "How Do Industrial Cameras Work?" or the article "How Can I Find the Right Lens"? Watch for yourself!
For more information about the potential uses for vision technology in medicine and research, have a look at our overview page for "Medical & Life Sciences."
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INCREMO: In-Vehicle Police Car Video Application with Basler IP Cameras
Police of the Czech Republic (Ministry of the Interior)
Location: All regions of the Czech Republic
Industry: Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
Implementation: 2015
To increase the quality of their service performance, the Czech police equipped their vehicles with video cameras as an integral element of the INCREMO monitoring system. INCREMO provides the police officers with complex text information about individuals and cars as well as video intelligence from the vehicle’s surroundings. The system securely encrypts all collected data and authenticates users before providing access, to ensure that sensitive information remains safe.
Solution and Benefits
The INCREMO system includes a PC which is adapted to in-vehicle use, a recording device and two Basler IP cameras. The PC is controlled via a touch-screen display and the police radio unit, and provides many preset applications such as information retrieval (checking for a person’s criminal record, for example), or chat and navigation. The police officers in the vehicle communicate with the operation center via an encrypted messaging app, and can use other apps to request information from remote databases,for person, ID and vehicle details. Data is transmitted via either GPRS modem or the police radio station.
All installed equipment starts automatically when the vehicle’s engine is turned on. An automatic diagnostic system inside the vehicle monitors the state of the PC, the video recorder, and the battery, as well as the readiness of the radio station. The user-friendly interface on the LCD touch screen allows the police officers on duty to continuously control every piece of equipment.
Practical examples of typical INCREMO operations would be a police patrol checking a suspect person, where one police officer verifies the person’s identity on the touch screen in the car. In the case of vehicle examination, the police patrol verifies a particular vehicle based on its license plate in order to find out whether it has the necessary technical certificate or if it is has been reported stolen. In the event of a car accident, the operation center can be briefed on the current situation through the messaging system – for example to convey a victim’s health status. In case of a search operation, the operation center uses the same messaging system to quickly transmit navigation coordinates.
Key factors for choosing Basler IP cameras for this application were their attractive price/performance ratio, the image quality of the video recordings, and the easy-tointegrate size of the cameras.
Basler IP cameras
System/Solution: OS Linux
Software: Own system INCREMO, Software is OEM with the official title REDBAC 5
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Political article
Responsible Author: Dr. Mohanad Al-Azzawi | Abu Dhabi, 04/16/2019, 00:42 Time 10644x read
Dr. Mohanad Al-Azzawi
USPA NEWS - “If I had only one hour to save the world, I would spend fifty-five minutes defining the problem, and only five minutes finding the solution.”
Public policies are defined as those (government activities or decisions necessary to implement programs aimed at achieving political, economic and social objectives. Government policies are usually formulated in the name of the public and governments are initiated by both the private and public sectors, and refer to what the government intends to do or refrain from doing). Policy analysis includes a set of renewable core pillars: collective interventions producing real instruments for different sectors, government methods and mechanisms in their public interventions, information required and methodological steps in policy-making, outcomes, evaluation and follow-up of policies.
Policy elements
A dynamic interaction is born within the framework of a specific intellectual, administrative, social, environmental and political system in which certain formal and informal elements are determined by the supreme leadership of the political system. The most important elements are creative leadership or creative authority – The constitutional framework of the state, the political philosophy of the state, and the three executive, legislative and judicial authorities as well as local governments and the fourth authority, the press, public opinion and administrative institutions.
The analysis of public policy applied science depends on the theoretical frameworks, and its success depends not only on the knowledge of the facts related to the problem or public policy but to take advantage of these facts to explain the problem in preparation for its solution, and analysis of public policy professional intellectual sport based on the use of research methods and descriptive study and interested in analysing the reasons As a basis for understanding the general problem, experts have defined “policy analysis as an integrated holistic term means research aimed at identifying policy alternatives that can maximise the objectives required under the circumstances and environmental difficulties” Policy analysis is a method that helps the decision maker to choose the best alternative to solve a general problem of importance using rational scientific methods
We can define it as a government approach to defining strategic options, a collective intellectual process that examines in depth the problems, examines demands, analyses the strategic environment of the government according to the available inputs, and produces inputs in the form of multiple alternatives, after identifying the strengths and weaknesses of each alternative. The decision on the best alternative, in order to increase government efficiency and effectiveness, is an intellectual process consistent with scientific research standards and methodologies.
Identify strategic options
Strategic orientations or options are determined by the supreme leadership of the state, a serious attempt to paint a picture of the future in line with the current data of the state’s identity and policy reflecting its thought and philosophy in governance, and in accordance with its effort to uncover the multiple possibilities for the future, Strategic options mean finding compelling answers to pressing questions:
What is the future goal of the state?
What systems and means do you use to achieve the goal?
What are the governmental possibilities and resources?
What is the cost and what are the alternatives or options that have been identified?
What environmental determinants or potential determinants might prevent some options from being implemented?
Stages of policy analysis
Phase I: Diagnosis of the problem
Phase II: Integration of information
Phase III: Exploring possible alternatives
Phase IV: Evaluation of Alternatives
Phase V: Identify the best alternative
Phase VI: Application of the selected alternative
Successful countries use contexts, values, and systemic standards in government policy-making, rely on their attitudes and vision and prepare their government programs for their institutions, experts and advisers, and engage their constituencies in many aspects. The principle of the state of persuasion and guaranteeing the rights of its citizens in accordance with the social contract between them remains the theory of the most effective and best state in translating the aspirations of individuals and societies and reaches its supreme goal through its studied policies.
*Strategic Expert , Head of Saqr Center for Researches and Strategic Studies
more information: http://http://saqrcenter.net/?p=1179&fbclid=IwAR2cKgtm2FoavaW8HF3Zt1z1pi_DSmsKzHzTioFNRu2zOT_k2dFCl-HeHvA
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BORN 2B BLUE
Steve Miller, guitar and vocals
Ben Sidran, keyboards
Billy Peterson, bass
Gordy Knudtson, drums
Milt Jackson, vibraphone ("Born To Be Blue")
Phil Woods, alto saxophone ("When Sunny Gets Blue" and "Red Top")
Bobby Malach, tenor saxophone ("Mary Ann," "God Bless The Child," "Filthy McNasty" and "Just A Little Bit")
Ricky Peterson, programming and synthesizers ("Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah," "Ya Ya' and "Just A little Bit")
1. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah (Gilbert/Wrubel)
2. Ya Ya (Levy/Lewis)
3. God Bless The Child (Holiday/Herzog)
4. Filthy McNasty (Silver)
5. Born To Be Blue (Torme/Wells)
6. Mary Ann (Charles)
7. Just A Little Bit (Thornton/Brown/Bass/Washington)
8. When Sunny Gets Blue (Fisher/Segal)
9. Willow Weep For Me (Ronnell)
10. Red Top (Kynard/Hampton)
Recorded at Kaye Smith Studios, Seattle, WA and Creation Recording, Minneapolis, MN
Additional Recording at Capitol Records, Los Angeles, CA, Take One, Los Angeles, CA and M&I Recorders, New York City
Leader: Steve Miller
Producer: Ben Sidran and Steve Miller
Recording Date: 1988
The Phil Woods Quartet/Quintet 20th Anniversary Set
MY MAN BENNY, MY MAN PHIL
HOMAGE TO CHARLIE PARKER
RHYTHMSTICK
PARIS ALL-STAR BLUES (A Tribute to Charlie Parker)
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100 People Who Are Screwing Up America (Audiobook) By Bernard Goldberg, read by the author
2005 | 6 hours and 15 mins | ISBN: 0060823836 | MP3 96 kbps | 271 MB
The number one New York Times bestselling author of Bias delivers another bombshell -- this time aimed at ...
100 People Who Are Screwing Up America
No preaching. No pontificating. Just some uncommon sense about the things that have made this country great -- and the culprits who are screwing it up.
Bernard Goldberg takes dead aim at the America Bashers (the cultural elites who look down their snobby noses at "ordinary" Americans) ... the Hollywood Blowhards (incredibly ditzy celebrities who think they're smart just because they're famous) ... the TV Schlockmeisters (including the one whose show has been compared to a churning mass of maggots devouring rotten meat) ... the Intellectual Thugs (bigwigs at some of our best colleges, whose views run the gamut from left wing to far left wing) ... and many more.
Goldberg names names, counting down the villains in his rogues' gallery from 100 all the way to 1 -- and, yes, you-know-who is number 37. Some supposedly "serious" journalists also made the list, including the journalist-diva who sold out her integrity and hosted one of the dumbest hours in the history of network television news. And there are those famous miscreants who have made America a nastier place than it ought to be -- a far more selfish, vulgar, and cynical place.
But Goldberg doesn't just round up the usual suspects we have come to know and detest. He also exposes some of the people who operate away from the limelight but still manage to pull a lot of strings and do all sorts of harm to our culture. Most of all, 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America is about a country where as long as anything goes, as one of the good guys in the book puts it, sooner or later everything will go.
This is serious stuff for sure. But Goldberg will also make you laugh as he harpoons scoundrels like the congresswoman who thinks there aren't enough hurricanes named after black people, and the environmentalist to the stars who yells at total strangers driving SUVs -- even though she tools around the country in a gas-guzzling private jet.
With Bias, Bernard Goldberg took us behind the scenes and exposed the way Big Journalism distorts the news. Now he has written a book that goes even further. This time he casts his eye on American culture at large -- and the result is a book that is sure to become the voice of all those Americans who feel that no one is speaking for them on perhaps the most vital issue of all: the kind of country in which we want to live.
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100 People Who Are Screwing Up America (Audiobook)
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Escape sequences
Meta-characters
Unicode character properties
The backslash character has several uses. Firstly, if it is followed by a non-alphanumeric character, it takes away any special meaning that character may have. This use of backslash as an escape character applies both inside and outside character classes.
For example, if you want to match a "*" character, you write "\*" in the pattern. This applies whether or not the following character would otherwise be interpreted as a meta-character, so it is always safe to precede a non-alphanumeric with "\" to specify that it stands for itself. In particular, if you want to match a backslash, you write "\\".
Single and double quoted PHP strings have special meaning of backslash. Thus if \ has to be matched with a regular expression \\, then "\\\\" or '\\\\' must be used in PHP code.
If a pattern is compiled with the PCRE_EXTENDED option, whitespace in the pattern (other than in a character class) and characters between a "#" outside a character class and the next newline character are ignored. An escaping backslash can be used to include a whitespace or "#" character as part of the pattern.
A second use of backslash provides a way of encoding non-printing characters in patterns in a visible manner. There is no restriction on the appearance of non-printing characters, apart from the binary zero that terminates a pattern, but when a pattern is being prepared by text editing, it is usually easier to use one of the following escape sequences than the binary character it represents:
\a
alarm, that is, the BEL character (hex 07)
\cx
"control-x", where x is any character
\e
escape (hex 1B)
formfeed (hex 0C)
newline (hex 0A)
\p{xx}
a character with the xx property, see unicode properties for more info
a character without the xx property, see unicode properties for more info
carriage return (hex 0D)
tab (hex 09)
\xhh
character with hex code hh
\ddd
character with octal code ddd, or backreference
The precise effect of "\cx" is as follows: if "x" is a lower case letter, it is converted to upper case. Then bit 6 of the character (hex 40) is inverted. Thus "\cz" becomes hex 1A, but "\c{" becomes hex 3B, while "\c;" becomes hex 7B.
After "\x", up to two hexadecimal digits are read (letters can be in upper or lower case). In UTF-8 mode, "\x{...}" is allowed, where the contents of the braces is a string of hexadecimal digits. It is interpreted as a UTF-8 character whose code number is the given hexadecimal number. The original hexadecimal escape sequence, \xhh, matches a two-byte UTF-8 character if the value is greater than 127.
After "\0" up to two further octal digits are read. In both cases, if there are fewer than two digits, just those that are present are used. Thus the sequence "\0\x\07" specifies two binary zeros followed by a BEL character. Make sure you supply two digits after the initial zero if the character that follows is itself an octal digit.
The handling of a backslash followed by a digit other than 0 is complicated. Outside a character class, PCRE reads it and any following digits as a decimal number. If the number is less than 10, or if there have been at least that many previous capturing left parentheses in the expression, the entire sequence is taken as a back reference. A description of how this works is given later, following the discussion of parenthesized subpatterns.
Inside a character class, or if the decimal number is greater than 9 and there have not been that many capturing subpatterns, PCRE re-reads up to three octal digits following the backslash, and generates a single byte from the least significant 8 bits of the value. Any subsequent digits stand for themselves. For example:
is another way of writing a space
\40
is the same, provided there are fewer than 40 previous capturing subpatterns
is always a back reference
might be a back reference, or another way of writing a tab
is always a tab
is a tab followed by the character "3"
is the character with octal code 113 (since there can be no more than 99 back references)
is a byte consisting entirely of 1 bits
is either a back reference, or a binary zero followed by the two characters "8" and "1"
Note that octal values of 100 or greater must not be introduced by a leading zero, because no more than three octal digits are ever read.
All the sequences that define a single byte value can be used both inside and outside character classes. In addition, inside a character class, the sequence "\b" is interpreted as the backspace character (hex 08). Outside a character class it has a different meaning (see below).
The third use of backslash is for specifying generic character types:
\d
any decimal digit
any character that is not a decimal digit
\h
any horizontal whitespace character (since PHP 5.2.4)
any character that is not a horizontal whitespace character (since PHP 5.2.4)
\s
any whitespace character
any character that is not a whitespace character
\v
any vertical whitespace character (since PHP 5.2.4)
any character that is not a vertical whitespace character (since PHP 5.2.4)
\w
any "word" character
any "non-word" character
Each pair of escape sequences partitions the complete set of characters into two disjoint sets. Any given character matches one, and only one, of each pair.
A "word" character is any letter or digit or the underscore character, that is, any character which can be part of a Perl "word". The definition of letters and digits is controlled by PCRE's character tables, and may vary if locale-specific matching is taking place. For example, in the "fr" (French) locale, some character codes greater than 128 are used for accented letters, and these are matched by \w.
These character type sequences can appear both inside and outside character classes. They each match one character of the appropriate type. If the current matching point is at the end of the subject string, all of them fail, since there is no character to match.
The fourth use of backslash is for certain simple assertions. An assertion specifies a condition that has to be met at a particular point in a match, without consuming any characters from the subject string. The use of subpatterns for more complicated assertions is described below. The backslashed assertions are
\b
word boundary
not a word boundary
start of subject (independent of multiline mode)
\Z
end of subject or newline at end (independent of multiline mode)
end of subject (independent of multiline mode)
\G
first matching position in subject
These assertions may not appear in character classes (but note that "\b" has a different meaning, namely the backspace character, inside a character class).
A word boundary is a position in the subject string where the current character and the previous character do not both match \w or \W (i.e. one matches \w and the other matches \W), or the start or end of the string if the first or last character matches \w, respectively.
The \A, \Z, and \z assertions differ from the traditional circumflex and dollar (described below) in that they only ever match at the very start and end of the subject string, whatever options are set. They are not affected by the PCRE_MULTILINE or PCRE_DOLLAR_ENDONLY options. The difference between \Z and \z is that \Z matches before a newline that is the last character of the string as well as at the end of the string, whereas \z matches only at the end.
The \G assertion is true only when the current matching position is at the start point of the match, as specified by the offset argument of preg_match(). It differs from \A when the value of offset is non-zero.
\Q and \E can be used to ignore regexp metacharacters in the pattern. For example: \w+\Q.$.\E$ will match one or more word characters, followed by literals .$. and anchored at the end of the string.
\K can be used to reset the match start since PHP 5.2.4. For example, the pattern foo\Kbar matches "foobar", but reports that it has matched "bar". The use of \K does not interfere with the setting of captured substrings. For example, when the pattern (foo)\Kbar matches "foobar", the first substring is still set to "foo".
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Baggageby S.G. Redling
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Over the years, terrible things keep happening to Anna Ray on February 17. First, there was the childhood trauma she’s never been able to speak about. Then, to her horror, her husband killed himself on that date.
A year later and a thousand miles away, Anna tries to find solace in the fresh start of a new job in a new place. She takes comfort in her outspoken cousin Jeannie, the confidant and best friend who’s there whenever she needs help. On the day of the dreaded anniversary, Anna and Jeannie hit the town, planning to ease the pain with an alcohol-induced stupor and then sleep…
When Anna awakes the next morning, she thinks she can put one more February 17 behind her, but fate is about to intervene in the form of two gruesome murders with eerie similarities to her violent past. This time, however, she won’t be an abandoned daughter or a grieving widow. This time, she’ll be a suspect.
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Original Release Date: October 17, 2000
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Club Gear
Race In a Box
Range Runners
We Run the Range
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This group is organized to provide a structured organization for the purpose of promoting running as a sport and healthy lifestyle within our community. In furtherance of our purpose, the club hosts group runs, fun runs, training runs and programs on the road and/or track, hosts education lectures about topics of interest for runners, provides awards for club members, hosts social events for members, and all such other things as may be conducive to the encouragement of running. The club also engages in community activities, to publicize by appropriate means, the benefits of running as a means of physical fitness to improve the health status of people in our community.
Formed in 2014 and created a membership with the Road Runners Club of America in 2015. Our RRCA club consists of 72 family memberships in 2019.
One Stop For All Your Local Races
We provide race registration for events across the Iron Range. This service is offered for all club events as well as our 'Race in a Box' customers and sponsors.
RRCA Membership
All Abilities Welcome - Beginner to Advanced
Whether you want to start running for the first time or have been running for years. We work together to help accomplish our goals and encourage each other along the way.
Get the Gear, Look the Part
We do a clothing gear order at least once a year. Our last order included tanks, long and short sleeve shirts, jacket, pants, and capris.
List and Search
Results from all of our 'Race in a Box' timed events can be found on our Race Results page.
From Planning to Timing - We Do It All
Our 'Race in a Box' trailer has everything needed to host a race including a MyLaps BibTag System.
Our club is a proud member of the:
Road Runners Club of America
The Road Runners Club of America is the oldest and largest national association of running organizations dedicated to growing the sport of running since 1958. The RRCA champions the development of community-based running clubs and events that serve runners of all ages and abilities in pursuit of health and competition.
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Indonesia Population: 258,316,051
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The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; Japan occupied the islands from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence shortly before Japan's surrender, but it required four years of sometimes brutal fighting, intermittent negotiations, and UN mediation before the Netherlands agreed to transfer sovereignty in 1949. A period of sometimes unruly parliamentary democracy ended in 1957 when President SOEKARNO declared martial law and instituted "Guided Democracy." After an abortive coup in 1965 by alleged communist sympathizers, SOEKARNO was gradually eased from power. From 1967 until 1988, President SUHARTO ruled Indonesia with his "New Order" government. After rioting toppled SUHARTO in 1998, free and fair legislative elections took place in 1999. Indonesia is now the world's third most populous democracy, the world's largest archipelagic state, and the world's largest Muslim-majority nation. Current issues include: alleviating poverty, improving education, preventing terrorism, consolidating democracy after four decades of authoritarianism, implementing economic and financial reforms, stemming corruption, reforming the criminal justice system, holding the military and police accountable for human rights violations, addressing climate change, and controlling infectious diseases, particularly those of global and regional importance. In 2005, Indonesia reached a historic peace agreement with armed separatists in Aceh, which led to democratic elections in Aceh in December 2006. Indonesia continues to face low intensity armed resistance in Papua by the separatist Free Papua Movement.
According to Indonesia's National Coordinating Agency for Survey and Mapping, the total number of islands in the archipelago is 13,466, of which 922 are permanently inhabited (Indonesia is the world's largest country comprised solely of islands); the country straddles the equator and occupies a strategic location astride or along major sea lanes from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean; despite having the fourth largest population in the world, Indonesia is the most heavily forested region on earth after the Amazon
Location: Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean
Geographic coordinates: 5 00 S, 120 00 E
Area: total: 1,904,569 sq km
land: 1,811,569 sq km
Size comparison: slightly less than three times the size of Texas
Land Boundaries: total: 2,958 km border countries (3): Timor-Leste 253 km, Malaysia 1,881 km, Papua New Guinea 824 km
Coastline: 54,716 km
Maritime claims: measured from claimed archipelagic straight baselines territorial sea: 12 nm
Climate: tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands
Terrain: mostly coastal lowlands; larger islands have interior mountains
Natural resources: petroleum, tin, natural gas, nickel, timber, bauxite, copper, fertile soils, coal, gold, silver
Land use: agricultural land: 31.2% arable land 13%; permanent crops 12.1%; permanent pasture 6.1% forest: 51.7%
Irrigated land: 67,220 sq km (2012)
Natural hazards: occasional floods; severe droughts; tsunamis; earthquakes; volcanoes; forest fires volcanism: Indonesia contains the most volcanoes of any country in the world - some 76 are historically active; significant volcanic activity occurs on Java, Sumatra, the Sunda Islands, Halmahera Island, Sulawesi Island, Sangihe Island, and in the Banda Sea; Merapi (elev. 2,968 m), Indonesia's most active volcano and in eruption since 2010, has been deemed a Decade Volcano by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, worthy of study due to its explosive history and close proximity to human populations; other notable historically active volcanoes include Agung, Awu, Karangetang, Krakatau (Krakatoa), Makian, Raung, and Tambora
Current Environment Issues: deforestation; water pollution from industrial wastes, sewage; air pollution in urban areas; smoke and haze from forest fires
International Environment Agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Marine Life Conservation
Nationality: noun: Indonesian(s)
adjective: Indonesian
Ethnic groups: Javanese 40.1%, Sundanese 15.5%, Malay 3.7%, Batak 3.6%, Madurese 3%, Betawi 2.9%, Minangkabau 2.7%, Buginese 2.7%, Bantenese 2%, Banjarese 1.7%, Balinese 1.7%, Acehnese 1.4%, Dayak 1.4%, Sasak 1.3%, Chinese 1.2%, other 15% (2010 est.)
Languages: Bahasa Indonesia (official, modified form of Malay), English, Dutch, local dialects (of which the most widely spoken is Javanese) note: more than 700 languages are used in Indonesia
Religions: Muslim 87.2%, Christian 7%, Roman Catholic 2.9%, Hindu 1.7%, other 0.9% (includes Buddhist and Confucian), unspecified 0.4% (2010 est.)
Population: 258,316,051 (July 2016 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 25.42% (male 33,435,020/female 32,224,706)
15-24 years: 17.03% (male 22,397,086/female 21,604,985)
55-64 years: 8.4% (male 9,918,897/female 11,790,016)
65 years and over: 6.79% (male 7,630,251/female 9,913,993) (2016 est.)
Dependency ratios: total dependency ratio: 49%
potential support ratio: 13% (2015 est.)
Major urban areas - population: JAKARTA (capital) 10.323 million; Surabaya 2.853 million; Bandung 2.544 million; Medan 2.204 million; Semarang 1.63 million; Makassar 1.489 million (2015)
Mother's mean age at first birth: 22.8 note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.)
Infant mortality rate: total: 23.5 deaths/1,000 live births male: 27.5 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate: 61.9% (2012)
HIV/AIDS - deaths: 35,300 (2015 est.)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate: 5.7% (2014)
Country name: conventional long form: Republic of Indonesia
conventional short form: Indonesia
local long form: Republik Indonesia
local short form: Indonesia
former: Netherlands East Indies, Dutch East Indies
etymology: the name is an 18th-century construct of two Greek words, "Indos" (India) and "nesoi" (islands), meaning "Indian islands"
Government type: presidential republic
Capital: name: Jakarta
time difference: UTC+7 (12 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
note: Indonesia has three time zones
Administrative divisions: 31 provinces (provinsi-provinsi, singular - provinsi), 1 autonomous province*, 1 special region** (daerah-daerah istimewa, singular - daerah istimewa), and 1 national capital district*** (daerah khusus ibukota); Aceh*, Bali, Banten, Bengkulu, Gorontalo, Jakarta Raya***, Jambi, Jawa Barat (West Java), Jawa Tengah (Central Java), Jawa Timur (East Java), Kalimantan Barat (West Kalimantan), Kalimantan Selatan (South Kalimantan), Kalimantan Tengah (Central Kalimantan), Kalimantan Timur (East Kalimantan), Kalimantan Utara (North Kalimantan), Kepulauan Bangka Belitung (Bangka Belitung Islands), Kepulauan Riau (Riau Islands), Lampung, Maluku, Maluku Utara (North Maluku), Nusa Tenggara Barat (West Nusa Tenggara), Nusa Tenggara Timur (East Nusa Tenggara), Papua, Papua Barat (West Papua), Riau, Sulawesi Barat (West Sulawesi), Sulawesi Selatan (South Sulawesi), Sulawesi Tengah (Central Sulawesi), Sulawesi Tenggara (Southeast Sulawesi), Sulawesi Utara (North Sulawesi), Sumatera Barat (West Sumatra), Sumatera Selatan (South Sumatra), Sumatera Utara (North Sumatra), Yogyakarta**
note: following the implementation of decentralization beginning on 1 January 2001, regencies and municipalities have become the key administrative units responsible for providing most government services
Independence: 17 August 1945 (declared)
National holiday: Independence Day, 17 August (1945)
Constitution: drafted July to August 1945, effective 17 August 1945, abrogated by 1949 and 1950 constitutions, 1945 constitution restored 5 July 1959; amended several times, last in 2002; note - an amendment on "national character building and national consciousness awareness" was pending parliamentary review in early 2016 (2016)
Legal system: civil law system based on the Roman-Dutch model and influenced by customary law
Suffrage: 17 years of age; universal and married persons regardless of age
Executive branch: chief of state: President Joko WIDODO (since 20 October 2014); Vice President Jusuf KALLA (since 20 October 2014); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government
head of government: President Joko WIDODO (since 20 October 2014); Vice President Jusuf KALLA (since 20 October 2014)
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president elections/appointments: president and vice president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 9 July 2014 (next to be held in 2019)
election results: Joko WiDODO elected president; percent of vote - Joko WIDODO (PDI-P) 53.2%, PRABOWO Subianto (GERINDRA) 46.8%
Legislative branch: description: bicameral People's Consultative Assembly or Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat consists of the Regional Representative Council or Dewan Perwakilan Daerah (132 seats; non-partisan members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms) and the House of Representatives or Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (560 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by single non-transferable vote to serve 5-year terms) note: 29 other parties received less than the 2.5% vote threshold and failed to win so did not obtain any seats; because of election rules, the number of seats won does not always follow the percentage of votes received by parties
elections: last held on 9 April 2014 (next to be held in 2019)
election results: House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - PDI-P 19%, Golkar 15%, Gerindra 12%, PD 10%, PKB 9%, PAN 8%, PKS 7%, NasDem 7%, PPP 7%, Hanura 5%; seats by party - PDI-P 109, Golkar 91, Gerindra 73, PD 61, PAN 49, PKB 47, PKS 40, NasDem 35, PPP 39, Hanura 16
Judicial branch: highest court(s): Supreme Court or Mahkamah Agung (51 judges divided into 8 chambers); Constitutional Court or Mahkamah Konstitusi (consists of 9 judges) judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court judges nominated by Judicial Commission, appointed by president with concurrence of parliament; judges serve until retirement at age 65; Constitutional Court judges - 3 nominated by president, 3 by Supreme Court, and 3 by parliament; judges appointed by the president; judges serve until mandatory retirement at age 70
subordinate courts: High Courts of Appeal, district courts, religious courts
Political parties and leaders: Democrat Party or PD [Susilo Bambang YUDHOYONO] Functional Groups Party or GOLKAR [Aburizal BAKRIE] Great Indonesia Movement Party or GERINDRA [PRABOWO Subianto Djojohadikusumo] Indonesia Democratic Party-Struggle or PDI-P [MEGAWATI Sukarnoputri] National Awakening Party or PKB [Muhaiman ISKANDAR] National Mandate Party or PAN [Hatta RAJASA] People's Conscience Party or HANURA [WIRANTO] Prosperous Justice Party or PKS [Anis MATTA] United Development Party or PPP [NA]
Political pressure groups and leaders: Commission for the "Disappeared" and Victims of Violence or KontraS Indonesia Corruption Watch or ICW Indonesian Forum for the Environment or WALHI
International organization participation: ADB, APEC, ARF, ASEAN, BIS, CD, CICA (observer), CP, D-8, EAS, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-11, G-15, G-20, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINURSO, MINUSTAH, MONUSCO, NAM, OECD (Enhanced Engagement, OIC, OPCW, PIF (partner), UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
National symbol(s): garuda (mythical bird); national colors: red, white
National anthem: name: "Indonesia Raya" (Great Indonesia)
lyrics/music: Wage Rudolf SOEPRATMAN
Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Budi BOWOLEKSONO (since 21 May 2014)
consulate(s) general: Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco
Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Robert O. BLAKE, Jr. (since 30 January 2014)
embassy: Jalan Medan Merdeka Selatan 3-5, Jakarta 10110
mailing address: Unit 8129, Box 1, FPO AP 96520
telephone: [62] (21) 3435-9000
FAX: [62] (21) 386-2259 consulate general: Surabaya consulate: Medan consular agency: Bali
Indonesia, the largest economy in Southeast Asia, has seen a slowdown in growth since 2012, mostly due to the end of the commodities export boom. During the global financial crisis, Indonesia outperformed its regional neighbors and joined China and India as the only G20 members posting growth. Indonesia’s annual budget deficit is capped at 3% of GDP, and the Government of Indonesia lowered its debt-to-GDP ratio from a peak of 100% shortly after the Asian financial crisis in 1999 to less than 25% today. Fitch and Moody's upgraded Indonesia's credit rating to investment grade in December 2011. Indonesia still struggles with poverty and unemployment, inadequate infrastructure, corruption, a complex regulatory environment, and unequal resource distribution among its regions. President Joko WIDODO - elected in July 2014 – seeks to develop Indonesia’s maritime resources and pursue other infrastructure development, including significantly increasing its electrical power generation capacity. Fuel subsidies were significantly reduced in early 2015, a move which has helped the government redirect its spending to development priorities. Indonesia, with the nine other ASEAN members, will continue to move towards participation in the ASEAN Economic Community, though full implementation of economic integration has not yet materialized.
GDP (purchasing power parity): GDP (purchasing power parity): $3.028 trillion (2016 est.) $2.885 trillion (2015 est.) $2.753 trillion (2014 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate): GDP (official exchange rate): $941 billion (2015 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: 4.9% (2016 est.) 4.8% (2015 est.) 5% (2014 est.)
government consumption: 9.3%
investment in fixed capital: 33%
Agriculture - products: rubber and similar products, palm oil, poultry, beef, forest products, shrimp, cocoa, coffee, medicinal herbs, essential oil, fish and its similar products, and spices
Industries: petroleum and natural gas, textiles, automotive, electrical appliances, apparel, footwear, mining, cement, medical instruments and appliances, handicrafts, chemical fertilizers, plywood, rubber, processed food, jewelry, and tourism
Labor force: 123.7 million (2016 est.)
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 38.9%
services: 47.9% (2012 est.)
Unemployment rate: 6.3% (2016 est.) 6.2% (2015 est.)
Budget: revenues: $128.7 billion
expenditures: $151.4 billion (2016 est.)
Current account balance: -$21.28 billion (2016 est.) -$17.65 billion (2015 est.)
Exports - commodities: mineral fuels, animal or vegetable fats (includes palm oil), electrical machinery, rubber, machinery and mechanical appliance parts
Exports - partners: Japan 12%, US 10.8%, China 10%, Singapore 8.4%, India 7.8%, South Korea 5.1%, Malaysia 5.1% (2015)
Imports: $121.5 billion (2016 est.) $135.1 billion (2015 est.)
Imports - commodities: mineral fuels, boilers, machinery, and mechanical parts, electric machinery, iron and steel, foodstuffs
Imports - partners: China 20.6%, Singapore 12.6%, Japan 9.3%, Malaysia 6%, South Korea 5.9%, Thailand 5.7%, US 5.3% (2015)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: $106.4 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $105.9 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
Debt - external: $344.7 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $316 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home: $292.8 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $271.8 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad: $42.82 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $33.32 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
Market value of publicly traded shares: $353.3 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $422.1 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $346.7 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
Exchange rates: Indonesian rupiah (IDR) per US dollar - 13,483 (2016 est.) 13,389.4 (2015 est.) 13,389.4 (2014 est.) 11,865.2 (2013 est.) 9,386.63 (2012 est.)
Electricity - production: 216 billion kWh (2014 est.)
Electricity - consumption: 195 billion kWh (2014 est.)
Electricity - imports: 9 million kWh (2014 est.)
Electricity - installed generating capacity: 55 million kW (2014 est.)
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants: 11% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Electricity - from other renewable sources: 5.8% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Crude oil - production: 785,900 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Crude oil - exports: 310,100 bbl/day (2013 est.)
Crude oil - proved reserves: 3.693 billion bbl (1 January 2016 es)
Refined petroleum products - consumption: 1.688 million bbl/day (2014 est.)
Natural gas - production: 73.45 billion cu m (2014 est.)
Natural gas - consumption: 41.72 billion cu m (2014 est.)
Natural gas - exports: 31.78 billion cu m (2014 est.)
Natural gas - imports: 1.8 billion cu m (2013 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves: 2.875 trillion cu m (1 January 2016 es)
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy: 442 million Mt (2013 est.)
Cellular Phones in use: total: 338.426 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 132 (July 2015 est.)
Telephone system: general assessment: domestic service includes an interisland microwave system, an HF radio police net, and a domestic satellite communications system; international service good
domestic: coverage provided by existing network has been expanded by use of over 200,000 telephone kiosks many located in remote areas; mobile-cellular subscribership growing rapidly
international: country code - 62; landing point for both the SEA-ME-WE-3 and SEA-ME-WE-4 submarine cable networks that provide links throughout Asia, the Middle East, and Europe; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean) (2015)
Broadcast media: mixture of about a dozen national TV networks - 2 public broadcasters, the remainder private broadcasters - each with multiple transmitters; more than 100 local TV stations; widespread use of satellite and cable TV systems; public radio broadcaster operat (2008)
Internet country code: .id
Internet users: total: 56.257 million percent of population: 22% (July 2015 est.)
Airports: 673 (2013)
Airports (paved runways): total 186
Airports (unpaved runways): total 487
under 914 m: 460 (2013)
Heliports: 76 (2013)
Pipelines: condensate 1,064 km; condensate/gas 150 km; gas 11,702 km; liquid petroleum gas 119 km; oil 7,767 km; oil/gas/water 77 km; refined products 728 km; unknown 53 km; water 44 km (2013)
narrow gauge: 8,159 km 1.067-m gauge (565 km electrified)
note: 4,816 km operational (2014)
Roadways: total 496,607 km
paved: 283,102 km
unpaved: 213,505 km (2011)
Waterways: 21,579 km (2011)
Merchant marine: total 1,340
by type: bulk carrier 105, cargo 618, chemical tanker 69, container 120, liquefied gas 28, passenger 49, passenger/cargo 77, petroleum tanker 244, refrigerated cargo 6, roll on/roll off 12, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 11
foreign-owned: 69 (China 1, France 1, Greece 1, Japan 8, Jordan 1, Malaysia 1, Norway 3, Singapore 46, South Korea 2, Taiwan 1, UK 2, US 2)
registered in other countries: 95 (Bahamas 2, Cambodia 2, China 2, Hong Kong 10, Liberia 4, Marshall Islands 1, Mongolia 2, Panama 10, Singapore 60, Tuvalu 1, unknown 1) (2010)
Ports and terminals: major seaport(s): Banjarmasin, Belawan, Kotabaru, Krueg Geukueh, Palembang, Panjang, Sungai Pakning, Tanjung Perak, Tanjung Priok container port(s) (TEUs): Tanjung Priok (5,617,562) LNG terminal(s) (export): Bontang, Tangguh LNG terminal(s) (import): Arun, Lampung, West Java
Military branches: Indonesian Armed Forces (Tentara Nasional Indonesia, TNI): Army (TNI-Angkatan Darat (TNI-AD)), Navy (TNI-Angkatan Laut (TNI-AL); includes marines (Korps Marinir, KorMar), naval air arm), Air Force (TNI-Angkatan Udara (TNI-AU)), National Air Defense Command (Kommando Pertahanan Udara Nasional (Kohanudnas)) (2013)
Military service age and obligation: 18-45 years of age for voluntary military service, with selective conscription authorized; 2-year service obligation, with reserve obligation to age 45 (officers); Indonesian citizens only (2012)
Military expenditures: 0.78% of GDP (2012) 0.67% of GDP (2011) 0.78% of GDP (2010)
Disputes - International: Indonesia has a stated foreign policy objective of establishing stable fixed land and maritime boundaries with all of its neighbors; three stretches of land borders with Timor-Leste have yet to be delimited, two of which are in the Oecussi exclave area, and no maritime or Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) boundaries have been established between the countries; many refugees from Timor-Leste who left in 2003 still reside in Indonesia and refuse repatriation; all borders between Indonesia and Australia have been agreed upon bilaterally, but a 1997 treaty that would settle the last of their maritime and EEZ boundary has yet to be ratified by Indonesia's legislature; Indonesian groups challenge Australia's claim to Ashmore Reef; Australia has closed parts of the Ashmore and Cartier Reserve to Indonesian traditional fishing and placed restrictions on certain catches; land and maritime negotiations with Malaysia are ongoing, and disputed areas include the controversial Tanjung Datu and Camar Wulan border area in Borneo and the maritime boundary in the Ambalat oil block in the Celebes Sea; Indonesia and Singapore continue to work on finalizing their 1973 maritime boundary agreement by defining unresolved areas north of Indonesia's Batam Island; Indonesian secessionists, squatters, and illegal migrants create repatriation problems for Papua New Guinea; maritime delimitation talks continue with Palau; EEZ negotiations with Vietnam are ongoing, and the two countries in Fall 2011 agreed to work together to reduce illegal fishing along their maritime boundary
Refugees and internally displaced persons: IDPs: 6,100 (inter-communal, inter-faith, and separatist violence between 1998 and 2004 in Aceh and Papua; religious attacks and land conflicts in 2012 and 2013; most IDPs in Aceh, Maluku, East Nusa Tengarra) (2015) (2011)
Illicit drugs: illicit producer of cannabis largely for domestic use; producer of methamphetamine and ecstasy; President WIDODO's war on drugs has led to an increase in death sentences and executions, particularly of foreign drug traffickers (2015)
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