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Milipol Qatar 2018
Middle East’s leading homeland security exhibition incorporates Civil Defence Exhibition and Conference for the first time and calls upon industry experts to take part in the 2018 edition
Milipol Qatar, the leading international exhibition dedicated to homeland security and Civil Defence in the Middle East, returns for its 12th edition this year, for the biggest and most engaging show to date.
Organised by the Ministry of Interior of the State of Qatar in partnership with the French-based Comexposium Security, Milipol Qatar 2018 will be held at Doha Exhibition and Convention Center (DECC) from 29-31 October. For the first time, the exhibition will incorporate the Civil Defence Exhibition and Conference.
With the Middle East homeland security market set to grow to USD19.7 billion by 2022, up from the forecast USD9.6 billion this year, according to leading research firm Frost & Sullivan, Milipol Qatar 2018 will set the agenda for the sector in the coming years as countries in the region eye the latest smart security solutions to protect their borders.
Milipol Qatar is in line with the Qatar National Vision 2030 and the strategy 2018-2022 launched by the Ministry of Interior which showed the importance to create a society enjoying peace, security and prosperity. The world-renowned show shines light on the latest and extensive range of security and safety innovations and products. This year’s edition will, for the first time, include live demonstrations, where exhibitors, visitors and buyers can witness new products and innovations in action. The organizer expects about 270 exhibitors and 7,000 visitors.
Running alongside the main Milipol exhibition and for the second time, Milipol Qatar will feature three seminars sessions that will include highly informative presentations, case studies and disruptive panel debates featuring international thought leaders on three topics: Cyber security & Cyberthreats, Civil Defence, Large Events Security Management.
The new addition of the Civil Defence sector further strengthens Milipol Qatar’s position as the leading international exhibition for Homeland Security in the Middle East and presents opportunities for organizations across the full spectrum of sectors, with links to civil defence and homeland security, to demonstrate how they can contribute towards safety and security for the world’s population, say organizers.
“We constantly seek to evolve and innovate with Milipol Qatar and Incorporating the Civil Defence Exhibition and Conference is an exciting addition for this year’s show. Civil defence and homeland security are crucial pillars for any country and Milipol Qatar 2018 brings together key defence players, exhibitors, visitors and official delegations under one roof, where they can meet, network, and identify potential developments and partnerships,” said Muriel Kafantaris, Exhibition Director of Milipol Qatar event.
“Milipol Qatar is the link between buyers, purchasing advisors, users, security and safety experts, manufacturers and distributors, where deals are made for a better, safer future for all. Therefore, we are glad to invite key industry players to take part in the 2018 edition,” she added.
Milipol Qatar 2018 is now open for registration for exhibitors eager to demonstrate their latest security solutions. The website, milipolqatar.com, has been designed to provide the ultimate user-friendly experience with improved functionality and navigation right through.
Milipol Qatar 2018 is a trade-only event, open exclusively to defence and security industry specialists and professionals.
For more information on how to register as an exhibitor or visitor, please visit https://event.milipolqatar.com/2018/.
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ZIMBABWE BANS ALL FRUIT AND VEGETABLE IMPORTS
Zimbabwe’s government has banned all imports of fruits and vegetables, the nation’s agricultural ministry announced this week.
“Government has, with immediate effect, suspended importation of all agricultural produce and cancelled all existing import permits,” the nation’s online portal said in its most recent agricultural news update.
Although the date of the release was not immediately apparent, news of the ban began to circulate African media on Monday.
“All import permits have been cancelled. This is pending the return of the old permits to the ministry so that new ones have to be issued. The ministry will follow certain rules and regulations that have to be observed by the licence holders,” agriculture minister Joseph Made said in the statement.
The release said cheap imported produce, mostly from South Africa, had flooded the local market and left Zimbabwean farmers unable to compete. Products expected to feel the greatest impact from the ban were South African tomatoes, potatoes, mangoes, grapes and apples, Reuters reported.
The government quoted Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers’ Union president, Wonder Chabikwa, as evidence of farmer support for the ban.
“The country is importing eggs, vegetables, fruits and poultry products leaving us with nowhere to sell our produce. Some countries are dumping their produce on us and we end up losing our markets,” he said in the release.
“We welcome the move as this protects us to remain productive.”
The statement also recognized the possibility of “massive price ramifications,” due in large part to the higher production costs in Zimbabwe compared to South Africa.
Zimbabwe is considered one of the most food insecure nation’s in the world. In October, data from U.K. analyst Maplecroft ranked Zimbabwe as the highest risk country worldwide under its food security index.
The World Food Programme (WFP) estimated in February that 2.2 million of Zimbabwe’s rural residents would be impacted by food insecurity throughout the month.
“Negative coping mechanisms are being employed in most communities, including illegal mining activities, cross-border trade, and distress disposal of assets, such as livestock. Food security conditions in the region are expected to improve as the harvest begins in March,” WFP reported.
Leading causes of Zimbabwe’s food insecurity were listed as drought, a series of poor harvests, estimated unemployment of around 60%, restructuring of the agriculture sector and one of the highest HIV/AIDS rates in the world.
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The Unseenis a movie about family obligations and also turning invisible.
Folklore - Season 1, Episode 6: "Mongdal"
Folklore unfortunately goes out with a whimper.
Folklore - Season 1, Episode 5: "Toyol"
Episode 5 of Folklore,"Toyol," is about the angry ghost of a baby, proving once again that children are just the worst.
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Folklorelightens upa little for episode 4, and does much better because of it.
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Folklore - Episode 3takes us to Singapore, where we meet a pontianak and indirectly learn about the importance of labor unions.
Folklore in Horror
Are you interested in the role of folklore in horror? Willing to participate in a university study? Angry Scholar would like to hear from you!
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The Isleis a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there. Or, spend 90 minutes there. Or whatever, I'm bad at metaphors.
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With Episode 1, set in Jakarta, Folkloreis off to a mediocre start.
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Pumpkinhead is back, and continues to do that Pumpkinhead voodoo that he do so well.
A movie about camping and killing, though not very much of either actually happens.
I Remember You is slow and moody and very, very cold.
Nothing interesting develops in this movie. Teehee.
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The Cheese Press is a Universe Unto Itself
Some food shops create a universe unto themselves. In Ennistymon, in County Clare, Sinead Ni Ghairbhith’s The Cheese Press is a self-contained world.
You might walk in here to buy some cheese, or to get a cup of the fine, locally roasted Anam coffee, and find that you are still there an hour later, maybe just chatting away to all and sundry, or maybe you decided to head down the stairs and found yourself joining a yoga class.
Cheese. Yoga. Coffee. The universe. It’s all here.
It’s all there thanks to Ms Ni Ghairbhith’s fulsome personality. The woman is a Clare Champion all to herself, proud promoter of local cheeses, breads, chutneys, teas, juices, crafts, muiscians. “Luka Bloom came in, and he did an impromptu session sitting at that seat there,” says Sinead, and the only surprise is that Luka ever went home. Mind you, when he did, the chances are he had half the shop going with him, just as we had. We had the coffees, and then loaded up with sandwiches, cheese, juices, local organic vegetables.
We even bought a pair of Mongolian slippers. We also sang “Congratulations!” to the pair of newly-weds from New Jersey. It’s that kind of place.
With the brilliant Pot Duggan’s pub, now run by Bodytonic, just up the street, Ennistymon has gotten its mojo back, after a long while in the doldrums. The Cheese Press isn’t just a shop: it’s an experience, a blast, a tonic for the traveller, a West Coast whirlwind.
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Trump’s immigration reversals
Trump finally has a spokesperson who doesn’t make me cringe, and she can even laugh with Rachel.
Rachel Maddow had KelleyAnne Conway on for three segments on Aug. 24th
Of course KellyAnne did her best to make her case that Trump is the superior candidate. However she seemed to genuinely hit it off with Rachel Maddow and unlike all the other Trump surrogates she seem to know this was all a joke. She rarely launched into extended attacks against Hillary and got back on track readily when Rachel asked her to.
Most of the commenters on MSNBC are saying KellyAnne is responsible for Trump’s reboot of his persona and campaign to soften his rhetoric and policies. Hard right commentators like Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh, and Howie Carr have already strongly (hysterically) discouraged Trump from softening his positions on immigration.
One of the best parts of the interview was when Rachel asked about Trump’s “apology” to people who he may have caused pain by his remarks. Rachel asked KellyAnne if he had actually apologized to Judge Curiel and to the Kahns. It seemed clear to me that KellyAnne wished she could answer in the affirmative, but was honest in saying she didn’t know.
She also didn’t make excuses for Trump not releasing his taxes beyond just saying he was taking the advice of his accountants and lawyers. She didn’t look like she believed it was a good idea but declined to give an opinion when Rachel asked if she thought it was.
Rachel brought up, and put onscreen, the ridiculous medical letter Trump’s gastroenterologist wrote saying Trump would be the healthiest president in history. KellyAnne made no excuses and seemed to agree the letter was lacking in detail, to put it mildly. She asked if Trump would be willing to submit a more detailed report of his physical condition. KellyAnne said she would convey this request to Trump.
All in all, I thought Rachel was masterful in asking the important questions without making Trump supporting viewers who tuned in just to see KellyAnne not feel that she was being unfair and asking “gotcha” questions.
Rachel finished up by asking that KellyAnne to convey her invitation to Donald Trump to appear on her show. As she always does when she finally gets a Republican to his or her first interview she cheerfully says (I paraphrase) "now that wasn’t so bad was it?" I may be misremembering but I think she actually said something like “that was fun” to KellyAnne. In fact, unless KellyAnne is a great actor, I think she really enjoyed the interview.
I got the impression that the two of them could indulge in the cocktails we know Rachel likes and after a few drinks KellyAnne would admit, in confidence, that working with Trump to civilize him and make his rhetoric palatable to the Republican voters who are leery of voting for him is like trying housebreak a chimpanzee who gets off on throwing his feces.
For me Katrina Pierson and Sam Clovis are among the most cringe inducing surrogates.
Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2016
Read: Amazing NEGATIVE response to my latest diary on Daily Kos.
Original image and title:
Hillary would be losing to Jeb by 10 points, half because of Bill
New image and title:
since the race would probably be much tighter than
it is now with the “abnormal” candidate oddly
and appropriately called “the Donald."
Title change: Damnable optics. It’s not how things are, it’s how they look.
New forward: After about 100 comments lambasting me as a right wing troll (is there any other kind) I decided my original title was click-bait for readers who thought I was against Hillary by suggesting that because of the revelations below if Jeb were running he’d be 10 points ahead of her. That was an arbitrary figure I used because Hillary is now 10 or more points ahead of Trump. I wrote the diary in haste after I heard the news stories about the $17 million in compensation Bill got for being unofficial chancellor of a perfectly legitimate private university; and after it came out that Hillary had $1 million plus donors to the admirable Clinton Foundation come visit her at the State Department. I thought, man that looks bad and Trump and his surrogates will use this against her. Looks bad = bad optics. In hindsight there are several things we can, I think, assume Bill and Hillary would have done differently if they had known they would be engaged in a vicious presidential campaign with a mudslinging opponent.
Here’s the original diary with the comments which kept me busy responding to all morning while sitting in the coffee shop where I go almost every morning in the senior community where I live. I was so busy in the futile effort to explain and defend myself that I missed out on the usual interesting mostly political discussions with liberal residents and one smart Republican (anti-Trump and anti-Hillary) who always keeps me on my toes.
It just came out that Bill Clinton took some $17 million to be honorary chancellor of a private, albeit accredited, university, and with Hillary that half the visitors she granted visits to the State Department where $1 million or more donors to the Clinton Foundation. Add this to the email scandal, which she was responsible for and Benghazi, which she wasn’t. For good measure add this to the fact that some people just can’t stand her.
My conclusion is that if she were running against a sane and sensible Republican like Jeb Bush he would be at least 10 points ahead in the polls, and probably would be the third member of the Bush family to occupy the Oval Office.
Hillary will still beat Trump, but how many more revelations can she stand?
This is a work in progress, but I’m eating in the coffee shop with a friend (who happens to be a Republican but not a Trump supporter) and don’t want to be rude. I’ll post it now for comments and get back to you.
I tried to put links on, but because I’ve been flagged I can;t even edit this….
Now, the links: Associated Press about donors to Clinton Foundation getting visits to State Department
and Bill’s $17 million job as honorary chancellor of Laureate University
People should know this: I am not a troll
www.dailykos.com/...
Quote of the day: “It walks like a duck, quacks like a duck,” he told The New York Times, when asked if he thought Trump is a fascist. “Where’s the Constitution in all this?” Gary Johnson, Libertarian presidential candidate.
Trump’s fantasy: send the bad people back to Mexico. Is it possible?
Also posted, with comments, on Daily Kos.
Trump’s morphing immigration policy (not that anything he utters is actually a policy) is now the kinder gentler version. He doesn’t want to break up families. He doesn’t want the good people to be rounded up and sent back to their home country, He wants to send the bad — presumably and let’s hope really bad --- people back to Mexico. If he could, it would be cheaper than putting them in U.S. prisons.
There are certainly numerous people here illegally who have outstanding felony warrants against them. I wouldn’t paint them with the broad brush of being “bad people.” In fact, most are non-violent offenders. I’d say those who committed violent felonies and trafficked in drugs can fairly be labeled “bad” and we don’t want them loose on our streets.
However, violent or not, when the police arrest them and they are adjudged guilty many go to prison. I won’t bother looking up the cost of incarceration. We all know it’s expensive. So shipping them across the border is a money saver.
Trump has ruled out a special Federal law enforcement force tasked with going after these felons. Never mind the optics around the world, it would be prohibitively expense.
The police sometimes do warrant round-ups and even stings where they put together special squads to go out and arrest people with outstanding warrants, or lure them to a location with the promise of a prize they won. Potentially, they could decide to only target those who are here illegally. However, I doubt if this is even constitutional, for it is obviously profiling. Local police, with some exceptions, don’t generally enforce federal laws, let alone immigration laws.
From a cost effective perspective it makes sense for the United States to send people who would otherwise be in prison here, back to Mexico. Of course, this assumes Mexico wants them back. After all they are criminals. I really doubt Mexico would welcome busloads of people they are glad to be rid of back.
All that Trump presumably could do as president is encourage state and local police to try to arrest as many illegals for felonies as possible. I don’t see away he could compel them to do this. This would seem to be profiling.
Remember, the Federal government is quite limited in what they can require of local police, reading Miranda rights for example.
Congress can only compel states to enforce laws that are listed in the US Constitution. For instance, a state can not stop the US Census during a census year.
In theory, federal laws that are not directly in the Constitution do not trump states' laws. For a reference, I would suggest you look up both the 9th and 10th amendments and read them carefully. The federal government is one of listed powers: i.e., they only have the powers specifically given to them in that document and any amendments - no more, no less.
In practice, federal law largely trumps the laws of the states because one of those enumerated powers is "To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes". This is known as the "commerce clause". The courts have mostly given the federal government wide latitude when it comes to this clause, which basically allows them to claim virtually everything as "regulating commerce." For an example, making marijuana illegal is not an enumerated power as per the Constitution, so on its face, the feds cannot make the drug illegal nationwide. However, they claim that since it can be grown or imported in one state and easily taken across the border and sold, it affects interstate commerce, and so falls under federal regulation. Yes, it is an EXTREMELY long stretch, but the courts have generally interpreted it this way since the early 20th century, culminating in the Gonzales v. Raich case (see sources).
answers.yahoo.com/…
Source(s): Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the US Constitution
9th and 10th Amendments (Bill of Rights)
en.wikipedia.org/...
Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2016
Here’s a great Daily Kos essay with a clickbait title which isn’t about what you think it’s going to be about: “What the media doesn’t know about the Clinton Foundation could sink the Titanic.”
My comment: Pssst… some people are saying that the Clinton Foundation gave millions to ISIS…. but I don’t know if that’s true, but you know, she did help found ISIS…
You’ve seen pictures of Trump’s home and office, and you’ve read about how he is charring his campaign inflated rates
for everything he leases to them. You probably haven’t seen the offices his staffers work in. Scully and Mulder had nicer
offices in the basement of the FBI, but then Mulder’s quest was to find the truth.
While not breaking the letter of the Goldwater “rule," some therapists break the spirit.
I hesitated to post (an expanded version of) this piece on Daily Kos because most readers SEEMINGLY aren’t interested in psychology. But then I thought about it a realized I was the only person who has written numerous “diaries” about Trump from a psychological perspective, and I might as well continue.
If you are a mental health professional who has had experience diagnosing and treating numerous clients (like I have), and are inclined to do so, you should not be constrained by taking exception to the Goldwater rule. It is illuminating to know that some of the mental health professionals refusing to label Trump with a psychiatric diagnosis (and explaining what they base this judgment on) aren’t all primary clinicians. They may be professors with impressive looking resumes. But that doesn’t mean they diagnosed and treated thousands of patients and are familiar with, and have used, the various editions of the Diagnostic and Statistic Manual (DSM) since the first edition when it was a cheap little booklet an a plastic binder.
DSM’s 2-5
The first DSM, now something of
a collector’s iten.
There is a good case to be made that it is unethical not to weigh in on Donald Trump with a diagnosis, and lend the credence of the mental health profession to a profile of the man who wants to be president. More than any other candidate in history he has given evidence of his personality, including from the author who spent 18 months with him while writing “The Art of the Deal” and the author who studied 600 of his Tweets.
I just want to share that I have been personally BANNED (by the founder) from posting anything on the 1,200 member "members only” private mental health Facebook page focused on Trump’s unfitness to be president. The founder of the site, who was mentioned in a NY Times article and been on the Diane Rhem radio show, won’t allow any debate among his mental health professional online members to even debate the exceptions to the Goldwater rule, which says psychiatrists should not diagnose public figures from afar no matter how helpful lending their expertise to help public understanding. Instead he wants to use the word “Trumpsim” and dance around making an actual diagnosis. Of course this leaves it to anyone interested to plug everything they know about him into the DSM-5, as uncountable people have done especially for narcissistic personality disorder.
Thus we have those the best qualified to explain why Trump’s personality and mental health status which make him unfit to be president are being admonished not to do so. Thankfully, there are notable exceptions breaking this “rule” among psychotherapist with more high status credentials than merely having been the director of a mental health center and clinician with 40 years of experience.
IS DONALD TRUMP ACTUALLY A NARCISSIST? THERAPISTS WEIGH IN! As his presidential campaign trundles forward, millions of sane Americans are wondering: What exactly is wrong with this strange individual? Now, we have an answer.
It’s no wonder so many mental health experts are sounding the warning about Donald Trump. In spite of the “Goldwater rule,” many mental health professionals feel it is their duty to warn Americans about the dangers of allowing someone with Donald Trump’s psychological makeup to become Commander-in-Chief of the largest and most powerful military force on earth. from US psychiatrists confirm Trump’s NPD - Textbook Case
Psychotherapists want you to believe the profession is open to debating controversial subjects. Unfortunately I find some therapists to be elitist (only THEY can make a diagnosis), arrogant, and dogmatic…
Monday, Aug. 21, 2016
As one of the mental health professionals who has been writting about Donald Trump's psychiatric daignose (making a special exception to the Goldwater rule because I think it's unethical NOT to do so), I think we need to understand how he may react to his losing based on the understanding of his psychopathology. We must understand that by all incidces available to factor into making a diagnosis of narcissitic personality disorder (NPD) even from afar, Trump easily meets the critera by demonstrating nine out on nine characteristics to varying, but signifcant degrees. (See addendum 2)
We need to understand narcissists like Donald Trump whose traits are extreme enough to have the actual diagnosis of NPD. After all, he could become president. Now that this is become unlikely we need to be forewarned. Therefore, we need to understand narcissistic injury and narcissistic rage. We must understand what happens when circumstances drive extreme narcissists into a state of rage and consider what might happen when one has the power to influence and persuade a significant portion of the population.
"Narcissistic rage is the response of a narcissist to anything they perceive as a threat to their ego, their control or their power. It is usually intense, out of proportion, often random and is used to manipulate."
This is what we can expect: "And at the same time the narcissist may also be plotting how to get revenge on the person who dared to challenge them. So the person gets twice the punishment...!"
Instead of his directing his rage against only person (Hillary Clinton) he may direct it against the system.
Quotes from www.decision-making-confidence.com/…
Politico published a disturbing article today:
What if Trump won't accept defeat?
As their nominee unravels, Republicans worry where his scorched-earth, rigged-election rhetoric leads the GOP and the country.
The last paragraph gives me pause, to say the least!
"My hope is that if he loses big, anyone who’s not a racist nationalist says ‘Never again’ and the racist nationalists just retreat to their basements where they belong. But my fear is that Bannon and Trump uniting could be about them looking to do something long-term that would ensure this fringe element remains.”
While, as a Democrat who thinks the two party system is a bedrock of American democracy, I'd like the Republican Party to regain it's sanity. I think a Trump loss, especially one that gives the Democrats the Senate, and more power in the House, will move the GOP back to the party it was when Bush was president, which looks downright liberal in retrospect.
But I think a Trump loss even if he doesn't absolutely nothing to encourage it, there will be a real feeling among the farthest fringe that they are been given license to act out on their feels of white entitlement. The more Trump encourages them by ranting about how he lost because the system was rigged, the more he throws gasoline on their rage turning it into a flaming and dangerous fury.
I won’t resort to hyperbole. It should go without saying what could happen when unstable people feel empowered to act on their anger.
Addendum 1:
Here’s a non-clinical article by Mark Goulston, M.D., the author of seven books, including his #1 international best seller(link is external), "Just Listen" Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone(link is external), and his newest book, Talking to Crazy: How to Deal with the Irrational and Impossible People in Your Life(link is external).
Psychology Today: Rage—Coming Soon From a Narcissist Near You: Hell hath no fury or contempt as a narcissist you dare to disagree with, tell they’re wrong, or embarrass
Control freaks
Short fuses
Low frustration tolerance
Need to have the last word
Unable to lose
Won’t take “No” for an answer
Quick to anger if you don’t accommodate them
Quick to being aggressively defensive if you call them on any deficiency, fault or responsibility
Can’t apologize or if do, can’t do it sincerely
Rarely say, “Thank you” or “Congratulations”
Don’t feel or demonstrate remorse
Feel entitled to enthusiastic and appreciative approval, adoration, agreement and obedience
Gloat in victory, sullen in defeat
Quick to rage if you humiliate
Below, emphasis added:
What is really at the core of narcissists is an instability in their ability to feel and sustain feeling bigger, larger, smarter and more successful than everyone else which they need to feel stable. And just as Hamlet’s mother said, “the lady doth protest too much,” “the narcissist doth brag, scorn, talk down, primp and belittle too much” in order to continually prove to the world and themselves that they are larger than life. This is not to increase their self-esteem as much as it is to continually spackle the holes in their core that lead to a feeling of instability—and that, if not spackled, will lead to brittleness followed by fragmentation.
Narcissistic rage occurs when that core instability is threatened and furthermore threatened to destabilize them even further. Not unlike a wounded animal being the most vicious (because they think the next wound would kill them), narcissistic rage occurs when narcissists believe the next insult/assault to their grandiose based stability would shatter them.
Addendum 2: (emphasis added)
Many experts use the criteria in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), published by the American Psychiatric Association, to diagnose mental conditions. This manual is also used by insurance companies to reimburse for treatment.
DSM-5 criteria for narcissistic personality disorder include these features:
Having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
Expecting to be recognized as superior even without achievements that warrant it
Exaggerating your achievements and talents
Being preoccupied with fantasies about success, power, brilliance, beauty or the perfect mate
Believing that you are superior and can only be understood by or associate with equally special people
Requiring constant admiration
Having a sense of entitlement
Expecting special favors and unquestioning compliance with your expectations
Taking advantage of others to get what you want
Having an inability or unwillingness to recognize the needs and feelings of others
Being envious of others and believing others envy you
Behaving in an arrogant or haughty manner
Although some features of narcissistic personality disorder may seem like having confidence, it's not the same. Narcissistic personality disorder crosses the border of healthy confidence into thinking so highly of yourself that you put yourself on a pedestal and value yourself more than you value others.
I’m not going to quote further chapter and verse about narcissistic rage. Anyone interested in learning more about it can Google it and apply it to Donald Trump.
Read comments… however
I am also not going to respond to any comments lambasting me for being unethical for breaking the Goldwater Rule.
Poll:
Afterthought -
It occurs to me that I was thinking big picture when I wrote this diary. It’s easy to envision worst case scenarios of people acting violently against the minority groups Trump has disparaged involving more hate crimes. I can see crimes against institutions they believe had a part in the downfall of their Superman (such as the media — a newspaper office for example).
But thinking about the picture possibly of father and son above, it hit me that the ramifications of Trump’s vengeful rhetoric and blaming would most likely influence the young. I can see an increase in bullying incidents. We know there are lots of young bullys out there. Now an entire subset could be felt their bullying is justified.
Sunday, Aug. 20, 2016
Yet another “give me a &*^%%# break moment:
Also on Daily Kos where people may or may not comment
“I’ve asked the African-American community to honor
me with their vote,” he said Saturday. “I fully
recognize that outreach to the African-American
community is an area where the Republican
Party must do better.The GOP is the Party of
Lincoln, and I want our party to be the home
of the African-American vote once again.
I want an inclusive country, and I want an inclusive party.
We reject the bigotry of Hillary Clinton, who
sees people of color only as votes, not as
human beings worthy of a better future.”
We know his courting black voters by mouthing the history lesson about the how Republicans are the party of Lincoln (uh, were the party of Lincoln, the Great Emancipator) is really aimed at middle class white Republican voters who don’t want to vote for a racist. Will they buy it…. well, we all know the saying (wrongly) attributed to P.T. Barnum.
I really don’t have much to say, although this topic is certainly worth discussing. I merely wanted an excuse to share the the photo-toons I made this morning.
First thing this morning I was watching Trump making his supposed plea to black voters to vote for someone new because the Democrats have don’t nothing for the African-American community.
Does a gag line make you gag? When he assured his rally audience (who seemingly was indifferent) that he could guarantee that under him in four years 95% of all blacks would support him…. where’s the barf bag?
Then I read “Donald Trump is a con artist, playing his supporters for fools” by Lawrence Lewis….
and was inspired to search for a photo of P.T. Barnum and found the one with the top hat. I figured that it should have a special caption.
Meanwhile Trump is in glorious form:
“In recent days cross this country I’ve asked the African -American community to honor me with their vote….”
“The outreach to the African-American community is an area where the Republican party must do better and it will do better.”
Oh yeah, and by the way, I’m not a racist, did I mention, I’m not a racist?
And the illustrious and ever desperate head of the RNC, Rence, just said that the American people “want that safe product” which is Trump… yes, he said “product!” Safe, if he was a product in a grocery store he’d be pulled off the shelf for being toxic.
Telling it like it is award:
HUGE! In meeting with Hispanic advisers, Trump hints at 'legalization' of undocumented immigrants
While this is indeed news or a sort, it seems more a case of Trump shamelessly bullshitting a roomful of his few Hispanic backers than any so-called "reversal" of policy. From Daily Kos
Chart of the week:
From Republicans set to loose control of Senate
Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016
Afternoon edition:
Read Daily Beast article here
There are two stories here. One of course is the misogynist crude language used by the man who is now one of Trump’s closest advisors. I suppose if asked about it he could say he was actually being the opposite of a sexist pig because he could have said the Republican leaders in Congress were pricks. I suppose calling a man the c-word is more on an insult than calling him a prick. I mean, it’s like calling them girly boys ten times over.
The second story is about why the C word is spelled “C**ts” in the Daily Beast headline but the word is spelled out five times in the story.
I posted this on Daily Kos and there have been 81 comments.
The real reason Manafort was fired
Bonus Blog and First blog on the Kos Recommended List
Why do Trumpians keep letting
themselves get skewered by Joy Reid?
Eric Trump wants you to believe he was fired because daddy Donald didn’t want to be distracted by the sane one on the crazy bus, Paul Manafort, as he fought off allegations he was a Russian agent. (Link)
This is a convenient and plausible lie. We know that Trump has proved he is loyal to reprehensible members of his inner asylum sanctum as long as they don’t prove to be too big an embarrassment. The prime example of this is Corey Lewandowski. If they are good at boot licking they get to stay.
The real reason Trump fired Manafort is that he wasn’t willing to be a toady. Men like Manafort don’t grovel. He was never Trump’s kind of man. Trump felt no kinship with him.
Manafort broke the cardinal rule, I mean the absolute number one rule, by urging Trump not to be Trump.
You tell a reasonably normal person, even a run of the mill narcissist, and they don’t do the equivalent of firing you. Is Trump normal in how he handles anger? Look it up here.
Manafort probably talked as if he knew more about politics than Trump did, and broke another major rule: never say or even hint you may be smarter than Trump.
Manafort’s shoes were large enough to have to be filled by three people: Roger Ailes, Steve Bannon (of Breightbart), and Kellyanne Conway (read about them on Rolling Stone). Ailes and Bannon are peas of a pod with Trump. Conway is a real professional who has apparently said she will let Trump be Trump.
However, her hand can already be seen in trying to stop Trump from being Trump. It’s likely that she wrote the non-apology “I regret some things” lines in his recent teleprompter speech. You could see that these words might as well have been Trump quoting Chaucer. He didn’t believe them and obviously his audience was in on the joke.
Conway is the odd “girl” out in this men’s locker room cabal led by Trump. She certainly don’t fit in with any of Trump’s female surrogates. The only thing that she has in common with Omarosa and Kristina Peirsen is that she is female presumably menstruates (and we know how Trump feels about that).
Trump has replaced the qualified Manafort with the qualified Conway who has already broken the promise she’d let Trump be the great Trump.
How long would that fact that she’s Trumpian eye candy — maybe an eight on Trump’s scale —keep her on the team? My prediction: give her a month before we read reports that she has been marginalized and ultimate resigns in a glorious October surprise.
Take the poll here.
Donald Trump’s America
Swimmer Ryan Lochte and friends won but then lost the Olympics. Instead of our great athletes taking up media time and space, these three disrespectful and immature are putting a face on the worst of American sports.
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Here’s an interesting thought: Trump didn’t do Olympic Tweets, Hillary did, with numerous congratulatory Tweets… Politico looked into it and came up with a good reason:
Why has Trump hit the mute button on the Olympics, while Clinton has pumped up the volume? There’s a good reason for that, and a surprising one. The spectacle of America vanquishing its global rivals is—ironically, amazingly—utterly terrible for the “America First” candidate.
A big part of his political message, the one you hear at his stump speeches, is that America has grown weak. America doesn’t win anymore, he says. “Crippled America” is the title of his most recent book. He alone can Make American Great Again. As someone who’s been around a few campaigns, believe me: The Olympics is about the worst thing that could have happened to the Trump train. Here’s a candidate whose message depends entirely on convincing Americans that they’re living in a failing nation overrun by criminal immigrants. And for the past two weeks, tens of millions of Americans have been glued to a multi-ethnic parade of athletes, winning easily. “Make America Great Again” has never felt more out-of-touch than it does against the backdrop of tenacious, over-achieving American athletes driven by their own journeys in pursuit of the American Dream.
Best comment: “This is the America that I know and I love,” Ibtihaj Muhammad told CNN after winning a bronze medal and hugging her teammates as part of the US sabre team. “The America that is inclusive, that is accepting and encompasses people from all walks of life.”
According to Politico, while Olympic TV coverage pumped news and opinion shows off TV, the savvy Hillary camp made sure that they aired their most effective ads during the Olympics. Trump didn’t. So much for their brilliant campaign strategy.
You can bet that if the United States defied exceptions and suffered defeat after defeat in the Olympics, Trump would be lamenting that this was further proof that America was no longer great.
I really don’t like supporting using the Olympics for political purposes, but Hillary's team could use our athletes victories to make a case that America is great. She could do it by not so subtly referencing Trump’s slogan and congratulating the athletes at the same time.
Lexicographers are no doubt already trying to find all the definitions of Trumpism for the next dictionary editions. But how do you explain that he he took the word “great” and turned it into a political statement.
In a perfect world politics should be kept out of the Olympics, but there are historic examples when the headline Olympic news had everything to do with politics. For example, the most notable: Jessie Owens, Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali, and Tommie Smith and John Carlos giving the black power salute at the 1968 Olympics.
Meanwhile, Trump is trying to make political hay out of the Louisiana disaster even though officials are saying these visits should be postponed since they become a security nightmare and take needed resources away from where they are needed. He’s going for maximum photo ops by taking a tour of Baton Rouge, while if he really cared he’d have stayed at the airport and met with officials and residents there.
And this has got to really burn Trump. Just as his plane landed in Baton Rouge coverage of Paul Manafort’s resignation began. Talking about a bumpy landing! Manafort bumped Trump’s publicity stunt right off the news.
Trump’s plane lands in Baton Rouge but it’s a boring story because Paul Manafort resigned at the same time
New word of the day (thanks to Trump’s candidacy -) revanchism |rəˈvän(t)SHˌizəm|
nouna policy of seeking to retaliate, especially to recover lost territory.
"Here’s the thing about Donald Trump: In his 14 months as a political candidate, he has demonstrated an utter indifference to the truth and to reality itself. He appears to seek only his own validation from the most revanchist, xenophobic crowds in America. He is trolling, hard."
From Wired Magazine’s endorsement of Hilary.
Comments on Daily Kos
Unless you’re a mental health professional and join the group I described in my last diary 2,200 mental health professionals alarmed by Trump you can’t read an enlightening discussion among therapists about publicly diagnosing Trump. There is a private Facebook page just for therapists who sign the manifesto objecting to Trump because he is unfit to be president, mostly but not exclusively because of his temperament. They go to great lengths to avoid making a diagnosis for various reasons including the often expressed ones that to do so would be unethical to do so, and because they can’t make a diagnosis without a face-to-face assessment. However, when they do go public they use all kinds of words which actually describe his diagnosis, particularly narcissistic personality disorder, without actually making the diagnosis.
I have explained my opinion in detail both here in 11 diaries, and on the new private Facebook page. To respect their privacy I can’t post what others have said from that site. Suffice to say that the responses to my comments are running against me three or four to one.
While I am in the minority among psychotherapists, I have yet to be persuaded that I am wrong. I keep reading articles by therapists that dance around making an actual diagnosis. For example, in The Insanity of Narcissism the author of “Traumatic Narcissism” psychoanalyst Danial Shaw writes about Trumps psychiatric symptoms without actually calling them indications of his having psychiatric disorder in Insanity of Narcissism. Ironically, he uses the word “insanity” in his title which I would argue is more stigmatizing than actually writing about narcissistic personality disorder.
This analyst admits he is champing at the bit to make a diagnosis but is resisting doing so. Then he goes on to beat around the diagnosis book (i.e. the DSM-5). So without identifying Trump he writes: "Perhaps I could speak a bit about narcissism in general, without naming names ― especially about the kind of narcissistic person that seeks and attracts followers to form some kind of big religious or political movement, with him or her as its supreme leader.”
He eventually gives Trump the “non-diagnosis” diagnosis a of malignant, traumatizing narcissist who is are capable of untold destructiveness. Most therapists who go on TV or write articles have agreed to constrain themselves by following the so-called Goldwater rule that keeps them from helping the public to understand better why Trump is unfit to be president by explaining the details of his diagnosis.
Not all therapists totally agree with strict adherence to the Goldwater Rule. For example, this was written by a psychologist in 2010:
The Goldwater rule has many attractive aspects. For example, it potentially constrains rogue psychiatrists who might be tempted to denounce the mental health of political figures on political bases alone. It also protects politicians from unflattering and potentially erroneous assessments of their character.
On the other hand, I wonder who is to protect the public from unstable and problematic politicians?
The legal scholar Stanley Fish distinguished between psychiatrists and psychologists by emphasizing that psychiatry, as a branch of medicine, is primarily a healing profession. The obligation of psychiatrists is to the well being of their patients.
Psychology, by contrast, includes not only healers, but also scientific researchers. The product of psychology, in Fish's thinking, is knowledge about a person's mental processes and behavioral expressions, as well as how to predict and control such phenomena. The application of such knowledge potentially leads to the well-being of the public over the longer-term. www.psychologytoday.com/...
I see the reasons offered by these therapists. I happen to think Trump is the exception that breaks the rule! Something to think about: consider the history of psychology and the contributions by those who were willing to break the rules, starting with Freud. Noless a personage than Eric Fromm wrote about fascistic dictators before there was such thing as a diagnostic manual like the DSM-5.
This is from the Huffington Post article:
Erich Fromm, famous in the 1960s for “The Art of Loving,” published his first bestseller, “Escape From Freedom,” in the ‘40s, when he witnessed the popularity and the horror of Fascism in Europe. He was a keen observer of the personalities of dictators, whom he saw as narcissistic to the point of psychosis. This kind of narcissist, and Fromm mentions some of the most conspicuous 20th Century dictators as well as Nero and Caligula, has made himself God and the world, to himself. He has made of himself an Idol, and expects and demands total submission and compliance.
Sam Vaknin, a mental health expert and author, who has studied over 600 hours of Donald Trump footage gets away with making a diagnosis because he isn’t actually a therapist. He “made the harsh conclusion that Donald Trump is not simply a classic narcissist — he is, in fact, a “malignant and, probably, psychopathic narcissist.”
This is from the introduction to the interview published about him in American Thinker:
Shmuel Ben David “Sam” Vaknin is an authority on the subject of narcissism, having written the widely read and very favorably reviewed book, Malignant Self Love: Narcissism Revisited and Narcissistic and Psychopathic Leaders. He may be described as a polymath, with extraordinary expertise (and experience) in abnormal psychology, and with focuses including temporal physics and politics (See his Web site, YouTube site, and Wikipedia bio).
Read more: Donald Trump and Narcissistic Personality Disorder: An Interview with Sam Vaknin
By Arlen Williams
Some see Donald Trump's behavior in the media and become concerned. I recently had the opportunity to discuss him with Sam Vaknin.
Read more: www.americanthinker.com/...
This is from the article
MALIGNANT AND PSYCHOPATHIC’ DONALD TRUMP? EXPERT STUDIES 600 HOURS OF TRUMP FOOTAGE
Read more at www.inquisitr.com/... in Inquisitr:
There are, Vaknin explains, nine criteria that a narcissist meets, and there is little doubt that Trump is “writ large” on every one.
A narcissist feels grandiose and self-important, and often exaggerates to the point of lying his or her accomplishments and skills. A narcissist is obsessed with fantasies of “unlimited success, fame, fearsome power or omnipotence.” The narcissist is convinced that he or she is special and, because of that, should be treated as a high-status person. A narcissist requires “excessive admiration” and feels entitled, demanding special and often unreasonable treatment. A narcissist is “interpersonally exploitative,” using others to achieve his or her own goals, and is also devoid of empathy. A narcissist is also envious of others and will seek to hurt or destroy people, and, lastly, a narcissist “behaves arrogantly and haughtily,” and “rages when frustrated, contradicted, or confronted by people he or she considers inferior to him or her and unworthy.”
I am sure there are those who are tired of me writing about this, just as I expect that the same reader who keep reposting a comment telling me how unethical and insensitive I am will post again.
I hope more people read this and respond to me usual poll again. I am hoping I will change some minds.
Read: The Insanity Of Narcissism
by Daniel Shaw LCSW, who is a clinical social worker like me; but he's also a psychoanalyst. He is private practice in New York City and in Nyack, New York. He has gone published numerous psychoanalytic papers, and is the author of "Traumatic Narcissism: Relational Systems of Subjugation."
This analyst admits he is champing at the bit to make a diagnosis but is resisting doing so. Then he goes on to beat around the diagnosis book (i.e. the DSM-5). So without identifying Trump he writes: "Perhaps I could speak a bit about narcissism in general, without naming names ― especially about the kind of narcissistic person that seeks and attracts followers to form some kind of big religious or political movement, with him or her as its supreme leader.” He eventually gives Trump the non-diagnosis of malignant, traumatizing narcissism who is are capable of untold destructiveness. Most therapists have most agreed to constrain themselves by a so-called rule that keeps them from helping the public to understand better why Trump is unfit to be president. I see the reasons offered here and elsewhere by these therapists, I happen to think Trump is the except that breaks the rule! Something to think about: consider the history of psychology and the contributions by those who were willing to break the rules, starting with Freud.
His article begins:
Mental health practitioners generally agree that it is not appropriate to offer psychoanalytic diagnoses of public figures we’ve never actually interviewed or treated. However, many of us, myself included, are champing at the bit these days. It’s especially tempting for me, since I’ve been writing and thinking about narcissism for quite a while ― and one sees so much of what looks just like it these days, the minute one turns on the news.
Perhaps I could speak a bit about narcissism in general, without naming names ― especially about the kind of narcissistic person that seeks and attracts followers to form some kind of big religious or political movement, with him or her as its supreme leader.
Erich Fromm, famous in the 1960s for “The Art of Loving,” published his first bestseller, “Escape From Freedom,” in the ‘40s, when he witnessed the popularity and the horror of Fascism in Europe……. continued
If you have the interest and time here’s an excellent audio discussion on the Diane Rehm radio show about the ethics of “Tumpology” (diagnosis of Trump) in the mental health profession.
Debate Over Armchair Psychological Assessments Of Donald Trump
In 1964, damaging and completely erroneous psychological assessments were made about then-presidential candidate, Barry Goldwater. The American Psychiatric Association instituted a new guideline: psychiatrists should not offer opinions about people they’ve not personally examined. But in recent weeks, some psychiatrists, psychologists and other mental health professionals have broken this rule. They are speaking out about what they see as Donald Trump’s unfitness to be president. The pitfalls of diagnosing from afar and when personality disorders can be strengths.
Amy Ellis Nutt science writer, The Washington Post
Dr. Paul Appelbaum professor of psychiatry, medicine, and law, Columbia University
William Doherty psychologist and director, Citizen Professional Center, University of Minnesota
Ron Elving senior Washington editor, NPR News
Weds, August 17, 2016
Donald Trump and Narcissistic Personality Disorder: An Interview with Sam Vaknin
MORE: An article from MARCH [Inquisitr] Sam Valkin, narcissism expert studies 600 hours of Trump
Sam Vaknin, a mental health expert and author, has studied over 600 hours of Donald Trump footage and made the harsh conclusion that Donald Trump is not simply a classic narcissist — he is, in fact, a “malignant and, probably, psychopathic narcissist.”
In an extensive interview with American Thinker, Vaknin explains that he first connected narcissism to the political stage in a 2008 essaywhere he suggested that then-senator Barack Obama was, in fact, a narcissist, but he also wrote that Obama was intelligent and pro-social, and that while Trump repeatedly to be the former, he is “definitely not the latter,” and that he should be considered “much more of a menace than Obama ever was” to the United States.
From online manifesto signed by 2,200 mental health professionals at http://citizentherapists.com — Are you increasingly alarmed by Donald Trump? Do you recognize that he represents an ideology (let's call it Trumpism) that won’t go away even if he loses in November? Trumpism: is antithetical to everything we stand for as therapists. is inconsistent with democracy, with the rights of ethnic and religious minorities, and with emotionally healthy living. promotes hyper-masculinity, public hostility, the cult of the Strong Man, and the denigration of women. presents a threat beyond a single election; the next demagogue may be less outrageous--and thus even more dangerous. It’s time that we say these things publicly, as therapists, and not just behind closed doors. This isn't about liberal or conservative. It's about our American democracy.
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2,200 shrinks diagnosing Trump: The Goldwater rule goes mainstream (in the New York Times):
"The Psychiatric Question: Is It Fair to Analyze Donald Trump From Afar?"
Count me among the mental health professionals (as a retired clinical social worker and mental health center director who was licensed to diagnose and treat patients) who disagrees with the Goldwater Rule under special circumstances. While the mental health professionals who put together the manifesto do not diagnose Trump, they use their expertise to “analyze” his temperament, character, disposition, as well as his beliefs.
Now, while Republican physicians are speculating about Hillary Clinton’s physical fitness to be president while Trump himself has started not only saying she is (mentally) unhinged, but that she looks like she had a stroke, and has trouble walking up a flight of stairs unaided, and needs to sleep between brief speeches.
Obviously the physicians that speculated on this have scant evidence to go on. Physical diagnosis requires an examination and often tests. Psychiatric diagnosis is usual accomplished with a face-to-face interview or two, and infrequently psychological tests like the Rorschach and MMPI.
However, because Trump has been unscripted in so many of his rallies and demonstrated a wide variety of symptoms of disorders that make him temperamentally unfit to be president. Even if we don’t count his lack of empathy (a characteristic of narcissistic personality disorder), there’s his pathological lying (pseudologia fantastic) and fantastic confabulation and his impulsiveness. Add to this that his narcissism makes him highly unlikely to heed advice that challenges his beliefs.
While not showing enough symptoms to make a likely diagnosis of paranoid personality disorder he does seem to believe a lot of conspiracy theories. Also not a true anti-social personality (aka sociopath) he seems to relish being a bully and his NPD lack of empathy is also a characteristic of this with anti-social personality.
If Trump was somehow persuaded to undergo a psychiatric examination knowing the results would be public he’d be guarded and I’d wager figure out that he’d better not let his unhinged stream of conscious and word salad speech take over. I wouldn’t be surprised if he took some Xanax prior to his interview. In fact, if I was his campaign advisor I’d suggest he do so.
Here’s an excerpt from the New York Times article:
The 2016 Republican nominee’s incendiary, stream-of-consciousness pronouncements have strained that agreement to the breaking point, exposing divisions in the field over whether such restraint is appropriate today.
Psychiatrists and psychologists have publicly flouted the Goldwater Rule, tagging Mr. Trump with an assortment of personality problems, including grandiosity, a lack of empathy, and “malignant narcissism.” The clinical insults are flying so thick that earlier this month, the psychiatric association posted a reminder that breaking the Goldwater Rule “is irresponsible, potentially stigmatizing, and definitely unethical.”
Putting a psychiatric label on a candidate they oppose can be a “seemingly irresistible tool for some in the field,” said Dr. Paul Appelbaum, a professor of psychiatry, medicine and law at Columbia University who disapproves of the practice. “This year, perhaps more than most, they’re persuaded they’re saving the nation from a terrible fate.”
A group of professional mental health therapists have a website, http://citizentherapists.com , with a manifesto which over 2,000 therapists have signed:
A Public Manifesto
Citizen Therapists Against Trumpism
As psychotherapists practicing in the United States, we are alarmed by the rise of the ideology of Trumpism, which we see as a threat to the well-being of the people we care for and to American democracy itself. We cannot remain silent as we witness the rise of an American form of fascism. We can leverage this time of crisis to deepen our commitment to American democracy.
What is Trumpism?
Trumpism is an ideology, not an individual, and it may well endure and grow after the Presidential election even if Donald Trump is defeated. (Variants can be seen all over Europe.) Trumpism is a set of ideas about public life and a set of public practices characterized by:
Scapegoating and banishing groups of people who are seen as threats, including immigrants and religious minorities.
Degrading, ridiculing, and demeaning rivals and critics.
Fostering a cult of the Strong Man who:
Appeals to fear and anger
Promises to solve our problems if we just trust in him
Reinvents history and has little concern for truth
Never apologizes or admits mistakes of consequence
Sees no need for rational persuasion
Subordinates women while claiming to idealize them
Disdains public institutions like the courts when they are not subservient
Champions national power over international law and respect for other nations
Incites and excuses public violence by supporters
At the political level, Trumpism is an emerging form of American fascism, a point being made by social critics across the political spectrum, including Robert Reich, Robert Kagan, and Andrew Sullivan. As journalist Adam Gopnik points out, whether or not the term “fascism” fully fits, it’s clear that the American republic faces a clear and present danger when the candidate of a major political party embraces an anti-democratic ideology. At the cultural level, the Urban Dictionary has defined Trumpism as “the belief system that encourages pretentious, narcissistic behavior as a way to achieve money, fame, and power.”
What are the Effects of Trumpism?
Fear and alienation among scapegoated groups, beginning with Latino immigrants and Muslims, and then other groups who become identified as threats
Exaggerated masculinity as a cultural ideal, with particular influence on young people and economically insecure men
Coarsening of public life by personal attacks on those who disagree
Erosion of the American democratic tradition which has emphasized the agency of we-the-people instead of the Strong Man tradition of power
Where Did Trumpism Come From?
This question is bigger than Donald Trump. The next public figure to capture the wave of Trumpism may be less clownish and have a better set of movement-building skills, and thus be even more dangerous. Following is a partial list of forces that underlie Trumpism:
Economic insecurity, particularly among working-class Americans
The threat of terrorism since 9/11
Fear of immigrants (related to economic insecurity and threats of terrorism)
Distrust for government and politicians at a time of polarized gridlock
Growing distrust for other institutions such as religion, the press, and the courts
Rapid cultural change that has left many people confused and alienated
Why Therapists Must Speak Out
We must speak out for the well-being of people we treat and care for in our work. Trumpism will undermine the emotional health of those seen as the “other” in America—both historically denigrated groups and those whose turn will come. And it will compromise the integrity of those who are seduced by the illusion that real Americans can only become winners if others become losers. The public rhetoric of Trumpism normalizes what therapists work against in our work: the tendency to blame others in our lives for our personal fears and insecurities and then battle these others instead of taking the healthier but more difficult path of self-awareness and self-responsibility. It also normalizes a kind of hyper-masculinity that is antithetical to the examined life and healthy relationships that psychotherapy helps people achieve. Simply stated, Trumpism is inconsistent with emotionally healthy living—and we have to say so publicly.
We must speak out for the well-being of our democracy, which is both a way of living and acting together and a set of political institutions. Therapists have taken for granted how our work relies on a democratic tradition that gives people a sense of personal agency to create new narratives and take personal and collective responsibility for themselves, their families, and their communities. Reliance on a Strong Man who will solve our problems and deal with internal and external enemies is a direct threat to the democratic basis of psychotherapy. Therapy only flourishes on democratic soil.
Why speak collectively? Our responses thus far have been primarily personal—and too often confined to arm-chair diagnoses of Donald Trump. But a collective crisis faces our nation, a harkening back to the economic depression and demoralization of the 1930s (which fed European fascism) and the upheaval over Jim Crow and Black civil rights in the 1950s. Fortunately, the resolution of these crises led to a deepening of American democracy, not the abandonment of it. Martin Luther King, influenced by his mentor Bayard Rustin and by theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, didn’t just critique unjust systems from the outside. He called for strategic, collective work to take back an American democracy that belongs to all the people. As therapists, we have been entrusted by society with collective responsibility in the arena of mental, behavioral, and relational health. When there is a public threat to our domain of responsibility we must speak out together, not just to protest but to deepen our commitment to a just society and a democratic way of life. This means being citizen therapists who are concerned with community well-being as much as personal well-being, since the two are inextricably joined.
Where We Stand as Citizen Therapists
We understand the draw of Trumpism and we acknowledge that some of our fellow citizens, and some of our clients, may vote for Donald Trump not because they embrace all aspects of Trumpism but because they are frustrated with their circumstances and fed up with the current political system. We are against Trumpism and its architects, not against those who are inclined to give it a chance to change the direction of the country.
But we reject the false equivalence of saying that because there is dishonesty and demagoguery on all political sides, why not support someone from the outside? Trumpism is qualitatively different. To repeat: Trumpism undermines the core of American democracy by promoting the idea of a single leader who will bring greatness to the nation by battling Those People. Democracy requires personal and collective agency so that we can work together across differences to solve problems and develop a shared way of life. Psychotherapists must be firmly on the side of democracy and work in solidarity with groups directly threatened by current and future versions of Trumpism. This work will not end with the election in November 2016. The wake-up call has been received. Our first response is this manifesto. More to follow.
Therefore, as citizen therapists we stand united against the dangerous ideology of Trumpism, and we encourage others to join us in a deepened commitment to a democratic way of life that engages the talents, yearnings, and capacities of all the people.
Here’s another excerpt from the New York Times article:
Dr. Steven Buser, a psychiatrist who with his colleague, Dr. Leonard Cruz, coedited a new book, “A Clear and Present Danger: Narcissism in the Era of Donald Trump,” stressed, “We are careful not to make a clinical diagnosis here, to say that Donald Trump has narcissistic personality disorder.” The contributing writers include psychiatrists and psychologists, but Dr. Buser said, “We are focused on the image he projects, on TV, in tweets, in quotes.”
Dr. Appelbaum ( a professor of psychiatry, medicine and law at Columbia University who disapproves of diagnosing politicians) calls this distinction a convenient splitting of hairs. “It takes a skilled therapist months, sometimes longer, seeing a person regularly and asking probing questions to make a determination of whether a disorder is present,” Dr. Appelbaum said.
Actually Appelbaum’s notion that it takes months to make a diagnosis is a bit of professional snobbery. Most clinicians make a tentative, usually correct, diagnosis in one or two sessions unless the patients exhibits complex symptoms — suggestive of a constellation of disorders, or a hard to diagnose disorder like dissociative (multiple personality) disorder or a neurological disorder like temporal lobe epilepsy which can cause hallucinations (suspicion of this requires a referral to a neurologist).
My previous and controversial articles about Trump’s likely diagnoses, all published on Daily Kos, which combined I call Trump derangement syndrome:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/05/29/1532283/-A-psychologist-analyzes-Trump-the-narcissist
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/06/13/1538058/-Another-diagnosis-for-Trump-Is-he-really-paranoid
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/06/16/1539554/-Chapter-3-of-a-shrinks-eye-view-of-Trump-his-germophobia-and-beyond
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/06/17/1539678/-Ethics-Shrinks-and-Trump-Should-they-speak-out
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/07/04/1544981/-Narcissist-Trump-can-t-apologize-and-nobody-will-say-why-don-t-you-just-say-I-m-sorry
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/07/18/1549312/-Dr-Strangelove-Gen-Ripper-Donald-Trump-Parnoid-and-batshit-crazy
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/08/03/1556196/-The-media-finally-recognizes-what-shrinks-knew-a-long-time-ago-Trump-is-pathological
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/08/09/1558299/-Trump-s-most-excellent-personality-disorder
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/08/13/1559763/-The-Ethics-of-Diagnosing-Trump-Part-Two
Just a thought: Trump wants extreme vetting for VISA applicants. How about requiring extreme vetting for presidential candidates? Start with requiring they release their income tax returns. A Rorschach Test and MMPI should also be required.
Not fit enough to fight World War II?
Trump is saying that Hillary isn’t physically fit enough to fight ISIS.
In what was billed as a major foreign-policy address in Ohio, Donald Trump suggested—as he has in the past—that Hillary Clinton is somehow secretly ill. This time though, he said Clinton lacks the “mental and physical stamina” to take on ISIS, a declaration that comes just a week after conspiracy theories bubbled to the surface once again saying that the Democratic presidential nominee has some terminal ailment. Daily Beast
A rare gift to the electorate from Donald Trump
Simply put, Donald Trump has demonstrated his dark side more that any other candidate in this election and possibly in history. The only candidates in my memory that come close are George Wallace and Pat Buchanan. Add to this that we have seen so many examples of his bullying and mean and/or threatening reactions to slights that even without making a psychiatric diagnosis we can make judgments about his temperament.
Trump believes in himself with such conviction that he sees no need to heed advice from those who want him to win that he has to “act” presidential. Give Trump credit for refusing to act a role that would be dishonest.
As an evil Popeye, he proudly lives by the credo “I yam what I yam.” And that is good for us!
New to this blog… read previous “editions” here.
Down 20 points Trump phones it in
Hitler and the Jewish problem
The day Trump goes to Mexico
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Back to earlier April. Read the Mueller report
Why we should all care about Pete Buttigieg’s big Fox News mistake - read or article of just my take on the gist of it: When a Democrat appears on Fox it boosts their claim that they are a real news network.
Best free legal advice of the week to a f-wad who won't heed it and doesn't deserve it
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) on Wednesday advised Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin to obtain a personal attorney after he refused a lawful request to release President Donald Trump’s tax returns:
“As somebody that truly believes in the rule of law, as somebody that has practiced law and is an attorney, I would advise you, Secretary, to get personal legal advice because the cover-up of this administration, it goes beyond just providing the taxes. I think you need to be very, very clear about what your role is and what your responsibility is to the American people. This goes beyond just providing taxes. It goes [to] transparency and the fact that no one is above the law. So, Secretary, please seek out legal advice personally about what your obligations are because the Department of Justice is not protecting you, it’s protecting the president.
A factoid from a Kathleen Parker WaPo OpEd:
.... the correct term for “heartbeat” is “fetal pole cardiac activity,” because at six weeks, said embryo doesn’t have a cardiovascular system and, therefore, no fully formed beating heart.
I missed this one from an October Esquire, great photos:
My Visit to the Trump Dump.... Sorry, Trump Tower
Anti-abortion laws: how bad can it get? Mulitply the horrible cases here by 1,000.
The Republican Party is on the road to mass lockups for women who have miscarriages, by Thom Hartmann
Yale psychiatrist Bandy Lee, editor of The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump, explains how to deprogram Trump supporters who’ve been sucked into the vortex of his lies
Trump getting advice from his top advisor, you remember him, the one with the biggest brain?
Is Dana Milbank right that Divine King Trump is goading the House to impeach him? By Hal Brown
How gullibility and cynicism explain Trump voters: The sycophants of a leader who fulfills their narcissistic fantasies will do anything to support him
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Eugene Robinson in the Washington Post
The thing to keep in mind about President Trump, as he thrashes around like a weak swimmer in a strong current, is that he has no idea what he’s doing. None. Not a clue.
I know that he can be clever politically, in a tactical sense. I know that his lies are often both deliberate and effective. I know that his utter shamelessness can sometimes come off as some kind of warped genius. But the only thing that’s profound about Trump is the truly spectacular depth of his ignorance. As evidence, take a glance — if you dare — at your 401(k)........
....... There are many fitting words to describe the Trump administration. One of the simplest is “dumb.”
One of the dumbest things I ever did:
This brought a memory to mind something truly dumb that I did. I was kayaking by myself in the Elizabeth Islands. These are a string of tiny to small islands off of Woods Hole. I made it past the first island which was close and then set off toward a somewhat larger island. The water was a little choppy but ahead of me I saw water that was glass smooth. I headed into it straight-on and immediately capsized.
I got out of the kayak without any problem and I instantly grabbed my paddle before it was swept away, and managed to swim to the kayak and pull it back to the island I just left.
Too late I realised that the smooth water was a fast ebb current and that the absolutely wrong thing to have done was to paddle into it at a right angle. ...
Political prophet Allan Lichtman: Would impeaching Trump help him or hurt him in 2020?
Historian and author Allan Lichtman says an impeachment probe could give Democrats the "keys to the kingdom"
Nancy Pelosi seems to think that some history would celebrate not Catherine the Great, but Catherine the Faint-hearted. She is leading the Democrats down the primrose path of playing not to lose, of being timid, of being afraid, the path that has always caused the Democrats to lose. This is a truly turning-point historic moment in the history of the United States.
We now have a rogue president. Absolutely right about that, but we have a rogue president who cannot be checked by what Nancy Pelosi is proposing. The only way to check this president is to hold him accountable, to strike at his power and his brand, and that can only be done by beginning an impeachment investigation. The argument that the House should not impeach because the Senate might not convict is constitutionally unsound, politically unsound and morally bankrupt. It is not the responsibility of the House to look into a crystal ball and try to figure out what the Senate may or may not do.
Also, don't forget, if the House votes on articles of impeachment, that automatically triggers a trial in the Senate, presided over, not by [Senate Majority Leader] Mitch McConnell, but by Chief Justice John Roberts, in fidelity to the law. And the prosecutors from the House can point the finger at Donald Trump, accuse him of impeachable offenses, and force his lawyers to defend him with credible arguments and real evidence, not spin. That's the only way to check Donald Trump.
If you can't read Max Boot's "Conservatism has become a racket, and Trump is the grifter in chief" in The Washington Post read a summary here
From Politico, two takes on Trump's attacking Mayor Pete by calling him Alfred E. Neuman. Buttigeig said he didn't even know who the Mad Magazine "what me worry" mascot was and had to Google him, and how Mad Magazine reacted to Buttigeig's pop culture ignorance.
Ed. Comment: I assume it's true that Mayor Pete wasn't just making a point about the age difference between him and Trump. I am surprised and disappointed that he didn't know who this cultural icon was. He said "I’ll be honest. I had to Google that. I guess it’s just a generational thing. I didn’t get the reference. It's kind of funny, I guess.”
I find it difficult to believe anyone as smart and well-educated as Rhodes Scholar Mayor Pete managed to avoid ever hearing even a passing reference to Alfred E. Neuman and his motto but he did say he was being honest and I don't see him as a liar.
Regardless, Trump will get further making fun of how to pronounce Mayor Pete's last name if half of his supporters also don't know who Alfred E. Neuman is. At least the Neuman comparison is a junior high school level insult. Making fun of someone's last name is an elementary school taunt.
Psychoanalyzing history’s meanest men
By WRAY HERBERT
PUBLISHED: SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2019 AT 5:15 AM
Science: Oh no, not knotweed
Ethics and Medicine:
Psychopaths' Brains Show Differences in Structure and Function
Images of prisoners' brains show important differences between those who are diagnosed as psychopaths and those who aren't, according to a study led by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers.
The results could help explain the callous and impulsive antisocial behavior exhibited by some psychopaths.
Comment: These are new studies but the early results are showing that people who are known dangerous psychopaths have identifiably differences in their brains as shown by fMRI scans. So if someone is is showing early signs of antisocial behaviour as a teenagershould parents be offered the possibility of having the kids examined? In a totalitarian state I could see this being mandated (and then the psychopaths could be recruited into the army to be snipers). Considering that psyscopathy is considered untreatable, then what could be done except watchful, very watchful, waiting?
ASnd what about testing candidates for president?
Sportswriter recounts a story of Trump shamelessly cheating at golf against a father and son
Trump ended up claiming the son’s golf ball as his own. Reilly recalls, “The son is like, ‘That’s my ball.’ But Trump’s caddie goes, ‘No, this is the president’s ball; your ball went in the water.’ Ted and his son look at each other confused, not sure if this is really happening. And Trump’s caddie says, ‘This is the president’s ball. I don’t know what to tell you.’ Trump makes that putt, wins one up, and declares himself the club champion.”
Reilly explains that Trump’s actions in golf show how narcissistic he is, telling Illing, “He just wants to tell people he beat your ass. I asked a psychiatrist, and he said that someone with this kind of narcissism—which is really a personality disorder—they just can’t stand the idea that they’re not number one, that they’re not the best. So they have to make shit up.”
Trump was re-tweeting like crazy this morning, but he did manage one original tweet and it was the ecomonically nonsensical "Such an easy way to avoid Tariffs? Make or produce your goods and products in the good old USA. It's very simple!"
Here it is with George Conway's comment:
Editorial Note:
I have been remiss in not using the attribution tag on the photos I have been using on my Daily Kos stories. I generally put attribution directly under the image instead of using the proper formatting.
I am also guilty of using copyrighted images fairly freely thinking it was permissible to manipulate them almost beyond recognition. I’ve been informed that Daily Kos has a license to use Getty Images with proper attribution. However, even using a Getty picture and modifying such an image is probably taboo.
I am uncertain about whether it is legitimate to take a photo from the television and use it in a Daily Kos story (with attribution of course). I am fortunate that the inimicable DonkeyHotey makes caricatures which can be used with attribution. There are thousands to choose from.
I am a terrible cartoonist, but that’s not the point. For example I remedied two violations from strict adherence to copyright from yesterday’s story so they should be up to snuff. The first barrel image I used to make the Sarah Sanders image was copyrighted. So I figured, how hard is it to draw one and take a photo of it and use InPixio software to put our beloved press secretary into it and draw a few boom microphones to get across the general idea.
You can click these images to enlarge them.
Even the break fire box (left) which I orginally modified started with a copyrighted image so I made my own.
Now as you see from today's story I am working on drawing my own cartoons. Obvioulsy I don't have a career ahaed of me as a New Yorker cartoonist - one of my dreams when I was a kid. However I don't have to worry about breaking copyright law.
When you use Google images as I do you will find that nearly 95% of the images you may want to use are copyrighted. Creative Commons which has 300 million searchable images allows republishing images with attribiution.
It violates copyright laws to take a photo of the TV screen and put it on your website without permission and I am not about to bother doing this.
Some from websites like Shutterstock require a fee per image or a license based on the number of images you want to use. They are deceptive because they advertise that they have millions of royalty free images in their catalog butin fact they actually charge.
Based on a reading of this I think it is legal to use government photos, and to modify them at will since this should be considered making an editorial comment. Hence I think my version of President Trump’s official photo (above) is kosher. There are some exceptions, one is using the logo of a gevernment agency, something I have done in photoshops. I think it is legal to make a drawing of an agency logo however. Mine was made from a quick sketch enhanced with a program called BeFunky. It is crude but it gets the idea across.
Michael Pollan: Not So Fast on Psychedelic Mushrooms
Hallucinogenic psilocybin has a lot of potential as medicine, but we don’t know enough about it yet to legalize it.
My Dana Milbank press pass revocation story on Daily Kos
Daily Kos is cracking down on using images that you don't have rights to, even if you manipulate them beyond recognition. They allow you to use Getty Images but even they don't want photo manipulation. DonkeyHotey allow use of his images. Even though my story isn''t on their page now I changed my images for practice.
I think it is acceptable to use government images and change them, after all we paid for them, and the alterations would seem to come under editorial freedom, hence here's a version I made of Trump's official photo:
I found an interesting critique of it:
What’s so strange about Trump’s White House portrait? Experts explain. Vox
Axios Scoop: Senate Intel subpoenas Trump Jr. over Russia matters
Today's Daily Kos story Nascent Evil
New York Senate Passes Bill To Allow Release of Trump’s State Tax Returns
The bill, which would let Congress view the returns, now heads to the state assembly. The state information would mirror much of the federal tax figures.
Photoshopped by Hal Brown - click above for story
Story with a slight change to the photo
Today's tweet:
Caricature by DonkeyHotey
Goes with this: It's funny that Donald Trump is claiming 'total transparency' on the Mueller probe
We make the same mistake of not acting on the ongoing threats to congressional oversight, to free and fair voting, and to foreign cyberattacks because an election might solve it at our peril. An election may well become the problem. Doing less than absolutely everything possible to reinstate the rule of law in America today in the hopes that there will be less election interference next time, or more benign election interference, or less purposive election interference, is insane.
This isn’t a joke. This is a full-fledged crisis of constitutional democracy and the checking function of Congress. It’s heartening to think that in a year and a half we can vote our way out of our predicament, but it’s a bit like suggesting that we have a good long national think about how things are currently going and tend to it all in 2020, when all the systems that were already broken in 2016 are more broken. If Democrats in the House seriously believe that the attorney general has covered up illegal activity and is refusing to accept congressional oversight, they should model seriousness. Which means that they should do something about it, beyond waiting for the problem to be voted away by large margins.
As Jennifer Rubin noted two weeks ago, Democrats have more than one possible response to Donald Trump’s illegal conduct at their disposal. There is no reason why they need to take any single one of them off the table, and there is certainly no reason why they should announce the plan to do so to the New York Times. Banking on an elections system that is being warped before our eyes is a recipe for disaster, and it’s a lesson that should have been learned by now.
The challenge Pelosi faces is the same challenge faced by Mueller, and by Eric Holder. Elections matter, and getting out the vote in 2020 matters. But the Rule of Law still matters, and we shouldn’t abandon it because this small problem of Donald Trump might go away in 2020. The fact is that this problem might not go away in 2020, though by then, the argument that obstruction itself is an impeachable offense will have been lost to us. That’s all the more reason to fight for the rule of law today, as if it were sliding away. Because it is sliding away. That isn’t something the country should wait to vote on. The country already knows it is true.
My background added
EXCERPT: Ivanka Trump got trademarks from the Chinese government. Jared Kushner feted would-be lenders at the White House. The federal government disregarded the provision in the Trump International Hotel in Washington’s government lease, which says no “elected official . . . shall be admitted to any share or part of this Lease.” On Monday evening, Trump awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Tiger Woods, a sometimes Trump business associate. On top of this, political parties, campaigns, foreign governments, lobbyists and federal agencies have funneled tens of millions of dollars to Trump properties.
And yet, all these reparations payments have been insufficient; Trump still feels aggrieved and wronged. A bolder gesture is needed.
I propose, therefore, the mother of all emoluments: $10 billion. That’s the amount Trump has said he’s worth but is more than triple his estimated worth . Divided among all Hillary Clinton voters, it’s only about $150 per person — and that’s before George Soros’s subsidies. In further compensation, Trump would be awarded the title he has envied since it was given to China’s Xi Jinping: “president for life.”
In exchange, Trump would agree to stop being the actual president, to delete his Twitter account and to retire to Mar-a-Lago, which would be renamed — and I’m just picking a couple of names at random here — Elba or St. Helena.
Maybe then, once Trump feels he’s been made whole, the rest of us can finally heal.
How Trump's rhetoric fuels anti-Semitic violence: Tim Wise on "radical Christian terrorism"
Anti-racism activist on Trump's anti-Semitism problem: His supposed love of Israel "does not protect American Jews"
On the most basic level white privilege consists of the unearned advantages that those individuals who are defined as "white" in America and other societies enjoy, measured relative to and against other people.
White privilege manifests itself in many ways. Sometimes this is obvious: institutional discrimination in housing, hiring and employment, as well as divergent levels of political power. Sometimes this is subtle: subconscious and implicit bias; "microaggressions"; cultural norms and double standards which are unfair to those people not considered white.
Ultimately, the age of Donald Trump has been a triumph for white privilege in its many forms.
A week or so ago, white privilege was omnipresent, loud, and unapologetic on the American national stage in ways that few reasonable people could deny. On Saturday there was an attack on a Jewish synagogue by a neo-Nazi terrorist in Poway, California. One person was killed and several others injured. Because he is a white man, this neo-Nazi terrorist of course became the subject of sympathetic profiles by mainstream journalists seeking to understand how such a "religious" young person from a "devout Christian" home could allegedly commit such horrible crimes.
On that same Saturday, a group of neo-Nazis targeted Dr. Jonathan Metzl while he gave a talk at the Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington on his new book "Dying of Whiteness." On the previous day, Donald Trump had continued to tell shameless lies about the Charlottesville riot of 2017, during which Heather Heyer was killed by a neo-Nazi. In a crude and gross channeling of white identity politics, Trump continues to insist that the neo-Nazis and white supremacists who ran amok in Charlottesville are "very fine people" who were really only concerned about saving a statue of Robert E. Lee, who could be viewed as the leader of a breakaway white supremacist army.
Evening tweet:
“Ask not whether Trump is good for the Jews,
ask whether he is good for mankind.”
Many Israelis believe that while Adolf Hitler was the worst enemy of the Jews in all of world history, Donald Trump is the greatest friend of the Jews in American presidential history. Israelis also take it for granted that all the Jews of the world constitute “the Jewish people,” despite the fact that most Jews outside Israel do not see it that way. Let us examine this situation more closely.
In a previous post I have diagnosed U.S. President Donald Trump as suffering from a borderline personality disorder. Some mental heath professionals believe that Trump suffers from an anti-social personality disorder, psychopathy, sociopathy, malignant narcissism, and other labels out of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association. To my mind, quibbling about diagnoses is less important than understanding what goes on inside the mind of the man who has the power to destroy or civilization, or earth, and our species.
Just as the Germans adapted themselves to Hitler’s warped world, many Americans have adapted themselves to Trump’s abnormal behavior as if it were normal. Trump’s emotional instability, the intense narcissistic rage that overwhelms him over and over again, his inability to suffer any public shame or humiliation, his profound need to hurt others and to humiliate them, his inability to brook any opposition to his will, and, above all, the fact that he believes he has a “bigger nuclear button” than that of Kim Jong-un of North Korea, as he “tweeted” in early January 2018, make him far more dangerous to our species and to our world than Hitler. The German Führer brought about the deaths of dozens of millions of people; the 45th U.S. president can bring about the deaths of hundreds of thousands, even millions, and even all mankind, if he unleashes what he called “fire and fury like the world has never seen.”[16]
Collective denial is very dangerous. We saw its tragic consequences in the Yom Kippur War of 1973, in which 2,656 Israelis were killed and some nine thousand wounded, let alone the countless cases of post-traumatic stress disorder which destroy the lives of individual victims and their families. Our fantasies of all the Jews of the world being one people, and of Israel as a world power, are defensive self-deception. For all its nuclear weapons (“according to foreign sources”), Israel is a tiny country, surrounded by a sea of hostile Arabs, that depends on the United States for its economic and military survival. U.S. President John Kennedy said, “ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” Perhaps we need to tell ourselves, “Ask not whether Trump is good for the Jews, ask whether he is good for mankind.”
Psychiatrists Say Mueller Report Offers More Proof Of Trump’s Unfitness (mostly repeats what has been written before however HuffPost is a major website)
Trying to fire Mueller despite the clear downside shows the president can’t rationally process risk, a new study states.
Trump would have been charged with obstruction were he not president, hundreds of former federal prosecutors assert
The statement — signed by myriad former career government employees as well as high-profile political appointees — offers a rebuttal to Attorney General William P. Barr’s determination that the evidence Mueller uncovered was “not sufficient” to establish that Trump committed a crime.
Mueller had declined to say one way or the other whether Trump should have been charged, citing a Justice Department legal opinion that sitting presidents cannot be indicted, as well as concerns about the fairness of accusing someone for whom there can be no court proceeding.
“Each of us believes that the conduct of President Trump described in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report would, in the case of any other person not covered by the Office of Legal Counsel policy against indicting a sitting President, result in multiple felony charges for obstruction of justice,” the former federal prosecutors wrote.
“We emphasize that these are not matters of close professional judgment,” they added. “Of course, there are potential defenses or arguments that could be raised in response to an indictment of the nature we describe here. . . . But, to look at these facts and say that a prosecutor could not probably sustain a conviction for obstruction of justice — the standard set out in Principles of Federal Prosecution — runs counter to logic and our experience.”
Every Leader Needs Some Narcissism, So How Do We Know When It Turns Dangerous? Forbes
James Reston:
Trump’s Other Impeachable Offense
As Nixon learned, Congress will not abide a president who defies its subpoenas.
On July 30, 1974, nine days before President Richard Nixon resigned, the House Judiciary Committee added a third article to its impeachment charges against the president. The first two had dealt with obstruction of justice and abuse of power; Article III charged that Nixon had failed to comply with eight congressional subpoenas related to the Watergate investigation.
Now, with President Trump and William Barr, his attorney general, refusing to cooperate with congressional investigations, the Democrats in the House should take yet another lesson from Watergate. They are reportedly already preparing impeachment articles on obstruction of justice; they should add failure to comply with Congress to the list.
Trump got a lot of Twitter blowback from this tweet which you can read here. Here's mine.
Hal, pushing the Twitter limits
and, okay, hoping I can get another tweet to go viral
Maureen Dowd:
Sorry, James Comey. You’re wrong again.
Donald Trump does not eat “your soul in small bites,” as you wrote in a Times Op-Ed. He devours the entire thing in one big gulp.......
Mueller’s trust in Barr led him to miss the moment when Trump gobbled up the attorney general’s soul like a midnight snack — in one bite.
Bill Weld: The best un-Trumpian Republican quote (perhaps ever)
Weld’s lonely challenge to Trump may get less lonely by year’s end. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, speaking in New Hampshire last week, said he’s considering a primary challenge to Trump but sees no rush, with the filing deadline in November. Former Ohio Governor John Kasich, who came in second to Trump in the 2016 New Hampshire GOP primary, hasn’t ruled out a run. Nor has Corker, who told a Harvard Kennedy School audience this week that he’s in no rush to decide. Weld, perhaps surprisingly, is eager for some competition. He says he’s invited Hogan and Kasich to join him in the race.
Why then, I asked, is he the best candidate to take on Trump? “I don’t know that I am the best,” Weld says. “I think I’m adequate to the task.”
From The Hill, an analysis of Trump's maligant narcissism, but not in those exact words:
Trump never transitioned away from campaign rhetoric
That Trump is always campaigning explains why his rhetoric is addressed only to his base. He is always trying to win their adoration, their loyalty and — most of all — their vote. Given Trump’s obvious insecurities and narcissism, he seemingly needs constant affirmation.
To his base, whose support is uncritical, unreflective and unwavering, it is an easy choice. After all, Trump spends considerable time demonizing, dehumanizing and otherwise degrading the alternatives. Every issue and every decision is framed as a choice between Trump and his target. Pick Trump or an invading horde? Pick Trump or a lowlife criminal? Pick Trump or the lying, deceitful, fake media? Pick Trump or the deep state? There is no complexity in Trump’s rhetoric. You are either for him, or you are for the boogeymen he creates.
Understanding Trump’s formula does not explain why it is so effective though. Trump is rhetorically effective because he appeals primarily to emotion rather than logic — and it is hard to resist our emotions. His preferred emotion is hatred, and Trump is very skilled at evoking it. Trump seems to project his worst qualities onto his targets. This is why he loves to call others bigots, stupid and losers
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Democrats preview post-Trump plan: Executive orders
But with Republicans favored to maintain control of the Senate in 2020 — and a new norm taking root after three successive administrations that aggressively wielded executive orders to make policy — Democratic candidates for president are starting to point more frequently to the ambitious things they’ll ram through on their own.
Releasing his plan to address climate change on Monday, former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) topped his announcement with a pledge to take executive action to re-join the Paris climate agreement and enact regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Last week, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) pledged during a CNN town hall to take executive action on gun control within her first 100 days if Congress does not adopt sweeping legislation.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), promised that on her first day in office she would sign an executive order “that says no more drilling — a total moratorium on all new fossil fuel leases, including for drilling offshore and on public lands.”
One of his opponents: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democratic candidate for president who promised in a prepared statement “to challenge any attempt by the administration to illegally constrain Washington’s authority to protect our state’s natural resources."
Malignant personality is often accompanied by an extraordinary sense of entitlement, Haycock said — the belief that one has the right to, and deserves, better treatment than others. The psychologically entitled crave admiration and praise, and often “demean, insult and begin vendettas against news organizations which ask hard questions or publish critical stories.”
Other dark traits include (to compress a bit) extreme self interest, callousness, emotional deficits, lack of empathy and pathological sadism — taking pleasure in the abuse of others. Finally, and arguably most central to this dark personality, is narcissism — “extreme self-absorption accompanied by an unrealistic, inflated image of oneself.” Serious features of pathological narcissism include harmful, petty and vindictive responses to any criticism or threat to the narcissist’s “over-inflated, fragile self-image.”
Despite Trump’s shadowy presence here, this was not meant to be a book about the president. Haycock says that, when he first outlined his project, he didn’t intend to include any American presidents in his analysis.
But in the end, he devotes a third of the book to a history of homegrown tyranny, and to the current president in particular. Trump comes across as a poster boy for malignant personality, overshadowing all the other historical dictators, whose profiles seem skimpy by comparison.
But does this mean the president is mentally ill — as some psychiatrists have publicly argued — or unfit for office?
Haycock hedges his bets a bit more than many readers will like on this pressing, overarching question, deferring mostly to other psychological profilers and mental health specialists.
He takes pains to distinguish between a narcissistic personality profile, on the one hand, and narcissistic personality disorder, a much more serious and threatening condition. There are many, mostly harmless, people who engage in “everyday narcissism,” he contends, but they rarely have a full-blown psychiatric disorder.
Similarly, most experts would not label Trump psychotic. Unlike someone with schizophrenia, for example, he does not hallucinate a separate reality, even if he does insist on an alternative set of facts. Nor is he legally insane. He knows right from wrong, even if he rejects many commonly held moral standards. What’s more, Trump does not appear distressed by any of his own dark traits. We may not like his maddening egotism and manipulative behavior, but such “Trumpism” does not appear in psychiatry’s diagnostic manual.
Haycock considers Trump’s professional success significant. He has benefited from his malignant traits again and again for a long time, and he has not “decompensated” under the extreme stress of the Oval Office. “Decompensation” is psychiatric jargon: The fact that he has not decompensated means he has not descended into madness. He is pretty much the same disagreeable person he has always been.
But as Haycock seems to conclude, that in itself does not mean he isn’t bad — or bad for the country. Moral impairment is not madness, nor is it certifiable mental illness. But it’s still impairment, and worrisome.
The author concludes: “His narcissism guarantees that he will always look out for himself first and last. Donald Trump’s only loyalty is to Donald Trump. He is a successful man trapped in narcissism. Now, to a considerable degree, the nation is, too.”
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In what was perhaps the most dramatic moment of Barr's appearance before the Senate committee, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., asked Barr whether anyone in the White House had asked him to open an investigation of anyone. Clearly taken aback, Barr stuttered and stammered, asking her to repeat the question, obviously desperate to buy time to figure out an answer.
They don't have to ask. Trump has said publicly that he wants the "evil people" who investigated him to be investigated. He's tweeted dozens of times that "Crooked Hillary" should be in jail. Fox News reported this just last week:
President Trump told Fox News' "Hannity" in a wide-ranging interview Thursday night that Attorney General Bill Barr is handling the "incredible" and "big" new revelations that Ukrainian actors apparently leaked damaging information about then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort to help Hillary Clinton's campaign.
As the New York Times has reported, this is actually a right-wing hit job orchestrated by Rudy Giuliani and aimed at Joe Biden, whose son Hunter has been working with Ukrainians. This sort of thing is par for the course with Republicans, of course. (Recall the bogus Uranium One and Clinton Foundation stories, orchestrated by Steve Bannon, with which major newspapers smeared Clinton during the 2016 campaign.) But this time it may be different.
Lindsey Graham will undoubtedly take his investigation wherever Trump needs it to go. He will almost certainly "follow up" on this Ukrainian angle. What's more concerning is the fact that Barr appears ready to put the Justice Department to work to help the Trump campaign, which is exactly what the right-wing fever swamp accuses the FBI of doing for Clinton.
But then, self-awareness isn't exactly Barr's strong suit. In what was perhaps his most fatuous comment of his testimony on Wednesday, he proclaimed, “We have to stop using the criminal justice process as a political weapon" — this as he defended the man whose ecstatic followers' favorite refrain is "Lock her up!"
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Former Watergate prosecutor - he just makes things up (read story):
“President Trump just makes things up,” he said. “We had total access to everything in Watergate. The idea that what is going on now is unprecedented is just false.”
He also said that he doubted McGahn would actually resist a Congressional subpoena like Trump wants because “he’s going to have to testify or go to jail.”
He then finished up by saying Trump seems to completely lack an understanding about the actual powers he’s been given under the United States Constitution.
“President Trump says, ‘I won’t let him testify’ — it’s not for President Trump to decide whether he will let a witness testify, now a private citizen, before a house of Congress,” he said. “They are equal branches of the government and they could subpoena him and have him testify without the permission of the president… I just think the president has an exaggerated view of his status and powers.”
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Excerpt: Barr is scared. He should, because Democrats do not seem to be messing around. In private caucus, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi reportedly told her colleagues that they saw Barr "commit a crime" by lying about the nature of his communications with Mueller — a lie that was exposed by Tuesday's leak and which became the focal point of Wednesday's hearing.
Barr has put himself in an untenable position, in between risking perjury charges for lying to Congress or risking contempt citations for not showing up at all. For now, he's betting that the latter path is the less risky one.
For some reason, option No. 3 — resigning and returning to his comfortable retirement, as helpfully suggested on Wednesday by Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii — is off the table, even though it would probably make all of Barr's problems go away.
Perhaps the man whom conservative columnist William Safire described years ago as the "cover-up general" sees working for Trump as the ultimate professional challenge. Pulling off a cover-up for a man as thoroughly and shamelessly corrupt as this guy would be the Sistine Chapel, the Beethoven's Fifth, the "Hamlet" of cover-ups. All other cover-up artists would stand in awe at the feat. While Barr might be remembered as a villain by history, he would, like Joseph Goebbels before him, still be known as a man who excelled at evil propaganda.
Unfortunately for Barr, the task might be too big for even the most genius-y of evil geniuses, if his sweaty performance on Wednesday is any indication. Now he and his co-conspirators are moving on to phase two: Stonewall and try to see if you can trick people into thinking it's anything but stonewalling.
Jennifer Rubin (Washington Post):
Barr’s remarks are unlikely to meet the legal requirements to make out a case of perjury or even a false statement to Congress. However, impeachment need not be based on a crime. Pelosi says, in essence, his conduct in misleading Congress disqualifies him from office; the remedy, if one believes that, is impeachment.
The case for impeach will grow exponentially stronger if the House subpoenas him, he refuses to appear and the House issues a contempt citation. No Republicans are likely to join, but Democrats are on sound constitutional ground. We cannot have a president who believes he is above investigation advised by an attorney general who believes he is above congressional subpoena power.
Impeachment proceedings for Barr should be seriously considered, if for no other reason than it will help lay the predicate for possible impeachment hearings for Trump. It buys time. It educates the public. He will be a blot on his record and his most noteworthy “accomplishment.” And if we want to maintain our constitutional system, it’s a necessity.
Let’s see if Barr blinks and agrees to show. If not, Democrats should have at it.
My tweet to Rep. Steven Cohen:
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Quote: “The American people know that you are no different from Rudy Giuliani or Kellyanne Conway or any of the other people who sacrificed their once-decent reputation for the grifter and liar who sits in the Oval Office,” said Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), one of four senators who called on Barr to resign. from HuffPost
James Comey: How Trump Co-opts Leaders Like Bill Barr
Accomplished people lacking inner strength can’t resist the compromises necessary to survive this president.
Amoral leaders have a way of revealing the character of those around them. Sometimes what they reveal is inspiring. For example, James Mattis, the former secretary of defense, resigned over principle, a concept so alien to Mr. Trump that it took days for the president to realize what had happened, before he could start lying about the man.
But more often, proximity to an amoral leader reveals something depressing. I think that’s at least part of what we’ve seen with Bill Barr and Rod Rosenstein. Accomplished people lacking inner strength can’t resist the compromises necessary to survive Mr. Trump and that adds up to something they will never recover from. It takes character like Mr. Mattis’s to avoid the damage, because Mr. Trump eats your soul in small bites.
It starts with your sitting silent while he lies, both in public and private, making you complicit by your silence. In meetings with him, his assertions about what “everyone thinks” and what is “obviously true” wash over you, unchallenged, as they did at our private dinner on Jan. 27, 2017, because he’s the president and he rarely stops talking. As a result, Mr. Trump pulls all of those present into a silent circle of assent.
Read Mueller's letter to Bob Barr.
‘Freudian slip’: Barr makes it clear during Senate testimony that he’s working for Trump — not the American people - it didn't go unnoticed.
Too bad Durbin didn't follow up with "what do you mean 'we'" ...
Also from Dick Durbin:
“I’ve been listening carefully to my Republican colleagues and it appears they’re going to work together and coordinate the so-called ‘lock her up defense.’ This is not supposed to be about the Mueller investigation, the Russian involvement in the election, the Trump campaign and so forth,” he said sarcastically. “It’s about Hillary Clinton’s emails. Finally we get down to the bottom line. Hillary Clinton’s emails and questions have to be asked about Benghazi and TravelGate, Whitewater – there’s a lot of material we should be going through today according to their response to this.” Taking a more serious tone, Durbin added: “That is totally unresponsive to the reality about what the American people want to know.”
I have to wonder just how confident Attorney General William Barr is. Does he regret kissing up to Donald Trump? Does he think he went too far? Or is he happy as a clam?
Take the poll — check the closest answer to what you think, and comment.
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Interview with Dr. Ted Coons, February 15, 2015
Interview Conducted by Taliesin Thomas, Cohort ’13, IDSVA Newsletter Editor
Dr. Ted (officially Edgar Elliott) Coons is a Professor of Psychology and Neural Science at New York University (NYU), arriving there in 1965. As an undergraduate, he studied music composition and theory at Colorado College (B.A., 1951) and then—after a stint in the Air Force—again at Yale University (toward an M.A.).
In Spring 2015, Newsletter Issue 8 Tags Taliesin Thomas, Ted Coons, Interviews
Alfredo Jaar speaks at the IDSVA Commencement, January 2015
By Kate Farrington, Cohort ’11
Alfredo Jaar, one of the foremost international artists of our times, delivered this year’s honorary degree recipient address at a warm and celebratory graduation ceremony at the Eventi Hotel in New York during the winter residency. Jaar ended his talk with a curious slide – an image of himself wandering about on a New York street corner wearing a billboard emblazoned with the words “Teach us to Outgrow Our Madness.”
In Newsletter Issue 8, Spring 2015 Tags Kate Farrington, Alfredo Jaar, New York, Commencement
Visit to Simonetta Moro’s Studio
By Louise Carrie Wales, Cohort ’13
The 2015 New York residency was peppered with visits to the finest collections and museums, punctuated by top shelf galleries and exhibition. The crowning jewel of the week, however, was cohort 13’s visit to Simonetta Moro’s rooftop artist’s studio in DUMBO.
In Spring 2015, Newsletter Issue 8 Tags Louise Carrie Wales, Simonetta Moro, New York, Residencies
Visit to Dia Beacon, NY
By Gabriel Reed, Cohort ’13
As a newbie Septemberist, I couldn’t think of a more perfect re-introduction to NYC than the IDSVA New York Residency 2015. I felt blessed to finally meet the faculty, staff, cohorts ’14 and ’13 while co-creating a continuous conversation of heartfelt inquiry throughout morning coffee and paper presentations (shout-out to the endless supply of lifesaver mints).
In Spring 2015, Newsletter Issue 8 Tags Gabriel Reed, Dia Beacon, New York, Residencies
Chris Ofili at the New Museum, NYC
By Keren Moscovitch, Cohort ’14
IDSVA’s Winter Residency in New York City included an illuminating trip to the New Museum, an institution that has become a leader in the presentation of experimental practices and philosophically engaging exhibitions.
In Spring 2015, Newsletter Issue 8 Tags Keren Moscovitch, New Museum, New York, Residencies
IDSVA Professional News
Find out what our students, alumni, and faculty have accomplished in recent months here at IDSVA.
In Spring 2015, Newsletter Issue 8 Tags Student Acheivements, Alumni Acheivements
Visit to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NYC
By Jeff Siemers, Cohort ’13
Gallery visits are one of the great components of IDSVA’s residencies. During the New York City residency, students spend the mornings presenting their research and their understanding of the role of the artist-philosopher, and in the afternoons they are able to visit some of the best museums in the world.
In Spring 2015, Newsletter Issue 8 Tags Jeffery Siemers, Guggenheim, New York, Residencies
ICP: International Center for Photography
By Lorena Morales, Cohort ’13
IDSVA’s Cohort ’13 experienced the ICP’s Sebastião Salgado’s exhibition Genesis as part of the New York City Second Year Residency. The photographs nostalgically document remnants of untouched halcyons that remain elusive to development, thus colonization.
In Spring 2015, Newsletter Issue 8 Tags Lorena Morales, ICP, New York, Residencies
Plurality of Learning: Experiencing Humanity
By Paige Lunde, Cohort ’13
Reading a recent NY Times Op Ed article, I became distinctly aware of the ‘very real’ possibility that we might “be denied…to enter into a more original revealing and hence to experience the call of a more primal truth” (Heidegger 14).
In Spring 2015, Newsletter Issue 8 Tags Paige Lunde
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Martha Baxter North
Martha Baxter North passed away peacefully on March 2, 2019 in her sleep in her home at Friendship Village of Bloomington MN.
Martha was born in Montgomery West Virginia on October 4, 1922. She graduated from West Virginia Institute of Technology with a degree in Business Education. She met Jacob Baxter at church while he was attending WVIT. She graduated college on a Friday and married Jake on Sunday. They lived briefly in New Haven CT then moved to Champaign IL where they raised two daughters, Jane and Kathy.
After Jake’s death in 1969, Martha was a widow for 18 years before marrying her church minister, Jack North. He was father to four children – Charlotte, David, John and Becky- which Martha fondly referred to as her “bonus children.” Martha and Jack lived in Springfield MO. After Jack’s death in 2010, Martha stayed in Springfield until moving to Friendship Village of Bloomington in MN in 2017.
Martha was active in church activities of all kinds, was church secretary for several years before her employment at the University of Illinois where she was secretary to the Dean of the College of Education. Music was an important part of her life from childhood through singing in a Senior Saints choir at her church in Springfield. She was very involved in the activities of her girls including church, scouts, dancing and piano lessons. Her home was happy, warm and welcoming and often last minute guests were included at the dinner table. Her love of bridge, knitting and tatting helped her integrate into Friendship Village activities where she made good friends easily.
Her positive attitude, friendly smile and love toward all she met is a testament to her strong faith and belief in a loving, inclusive and welcoming God. She led by example.
She is survived by a brother, Morris Dent (Eleanor), a sister, Adrah Payne(Donald) and sister-in-law, Mary Beth Dent; her six children, 11 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great grandchildren.
We will all miss her sweet and happy disposition and will be led forward by remembering how she lived a full and happy life until her peaceful death.
Memorials may be made to:
Friendship Village Foundation or Friendship Village EAF
8100 Highwood Dr
Bloomington MN 55438
North Fellowship
Garrett Evangelical
Evanston IL 60201
Baxter Family Endowment
Champaign First United Methodist Church
210 West Church St
Champaign IL 61820
Or donor's choice
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All You Need to Know About Nokia 6
by Ishita ThakurJanuary 10, 2017
Rs.17000 (Approx)
Aluminium Unibody
5.5 Inch screen
Gorilla Glass 2.5D
16 MP f/2.0
Phase Detection Auto Focus
Dual-LED Flash
8MP f/2.0
Dolby Atmos powered dual speakers
If you thought Nokia had been relegated to the coffers of national nostalgia, you need to think again. After a hiatus of almost two years, Nokia is all set to make a grand comeback into the smartphone market.
HMD Global announced the launch of Nokia’s first Android Smartphone – the Nokia 6, which will be available in China soon. With an earlier announcement that the company will be releasing six phones in the course of 2017, things are just getting started.
Why China
HMD hopes to move numbers by launching their mid-range priced phone in a dynamic market like China where Nokia has traditionally enjoyed a loyal fan base. As a growth market, China is expected to deliver a better performance over the more stagnant markets of US & Europe. With a competitive pricing of 1699 CNY (approx Rs.17000) Nokia hopes to go head-to-head with accessible brands like Xiaomi.
Why not a Flagship Phone
If you were a company making a comeback would you launch with your best product or the second best, to test the waters? Nokia’s strategy seems to be to capitalise on a growing buzz and positive media to launch their arsenal of mid and high-level phones, which will eventually cash into their flagship. Rumour has it that their flagship phone will take on the likes of Apple’s iPhone and Samsung’s Galaxy S8.
The Nokia 6 sports a sleek aluminium unibody shell, with a fingerprint scanner, a 5.5” screen and a full HD resolution. The display is said to provide an incredible colour reproduction wrapped in 2.5D Gorilla Glass.
The smartphone comes with the latest gen Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 processor with a 4GB RAM and a storage capacity of 64GB. What’s more, is that it runs the latest version of Android Nougat 7.0 out of the box.
The phone has dual sim capacity and is powered by a non-removable 3,000mAh battery. It also features an impressive 16MP f/2.0 PDAF rear camera with dual-LED Flash and a front facing camera of 8MP f/2.0. Nokia 6 packs Dolby Atmos-powered dual amplifier speakers which claim to give a higher voice and a deeper bass sound.
While it is exclusively available in China, there is no word on its release or pricing in India. However, sources tell us that the Nokia 6 will make its way to India post MWC 2017 in March after the company has announced a Flagship phone for 2017. The phone is expected to be priced around the Rs. 10000 price mark in India. Hopefully, things only get exciting from here.
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All you need to know about Purab Kohli, Paulomi Ghosh starrer ‘Typewriter’
The Typewriter a Netflix original series which is directed by filmmaker and screenwriter Sujoy Ghosh. This series includes Purab Kohli, Paulomi Ghosh and Samir Kochar in the lead roles.
In Com Staff July 05 2019, 10.02 pm
The Typewriter is all set to premiere on July 19 on Netflix. The trailer has created a buzz among the Indian viewers. The audience has started appreciating all the Indian shows on Netflix. Most shows have a great story and relate to the Indians which is why their popularity is ever increasing. Series like Sacred games, Lust stories received amazing responses from the audiences. Typewriter could be one such series that will be greatly loved by the viewers.
The Typewriter is a horror mystery that revolves around the events occurring in a haunted Bardez villa. It also stars Arna Sharma, Aaryansh Malviya, Mikail Gandhi, and Palash Kamble. The trailer shows the deaths occurring near Bardez villa in Goa. It follows around a group of ghost hunters who are determined to catch the ghosts, but things start to get into a mess when a new family moves in the villa. The mysterious deaths which have certain things in common, the woman who is suspected by the policeman, many truths to be unveiled
The trailer was a gist of how Typewriter will be different from the regular horror movies that we are used to watching. There will be twists and turns for sure and nothing will be predictable. The trailer sure must have build up the interest of the crowd but we’ll have to wait to see if the series lives up to the expectations. Although Netflix has always lived up to the expectations with their remarkable series and movies, only time will tell if this one receives the same positive reviews as the past series have.
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Honey first for coughs, says NICE
Honey and over-the-counter remedies should be a patient’s first point of call to treat a cough, not antibiotics, says NICE and PHE in new draft guidance.
Clinicians are being advised in most cases not to offer antibiotics as they make little difference to a person’s symptoms.
Dr Tessa Lewis, GP and chair of the NICE antimicrobial prescribing guideline group said: "If someone has a runny nose, sore throat and cough we would expect the cough to settle over 2 -3 weeks and antibiotics are not needed.
“People can check their symptoms on NHS choices or NHS Direct Wales or ask their pharmacist for advice.
“If the cough is getting worse rather than better or the person feels very unwell or breathless then they would need to contact their GP."
NICE says that honey and cough medicines containing pelargonium, guaifenesin or dextromethorphan have some evidence of benefit for the relief of cough symptoms.
The draft guidance states it is important the reasons for not giving an antibiotic are clearly explained by the healthcare professional and advice is given to the patient on appropriate self-care.
Dr Susan Hopkins, healthcare-associated infection and antimicrobial resistance deputy director at Public Health England, said: “Antibiotic resistance is a huge problem and we need to take action now to reduce antibiotic use. Taking antibiotics when you don’t need them puts you and your family at risk of developing infections which in turn cannot be easily treated.
“These new guidelines will support GPs to reduce antibiotic prescriptions and we encourage patients to take their GPs advice about self-care.”
Professor Mark Baker, director of the centre for guidelines at NICE said: “We are keen to highlight that in most cases, antibiotics will not be necessary to treat a cough. We want people to be offered advice on alternatives that may help ease their symptoms.
“When prescribing antibiotics, it is essential to take into account the benefit to the patient and wider implications of antimicrobial resistance, only offering them to people who really need them.
“This guideline gives health professionals and patients the information they need to make good choices about the use of antibiotics. We encourage their use only when a person is at risk of further complications.”
This draft guideline is part of a suite of antimicrobial prescribing guidance developed with Public Health England to help manage common infections and prevent antimicrobial resistance.
The consultation for this acute cough guideline closes on the 20 September 2018.
In response to the new guidance, Donna Castle, PAGB Director of Public Affairs said, “It is encouraging that NICE draft guidance recommends that unless they have a pre-existing lung condition, adults with an acute cough should be advised to self care and use over-the-counter (OTC) cough products, rather than seeking a GP’s prescription. OTC medicines play an important role in helping people manage symptoms of self-treatable conditions.
“It’s important to remember that cough medicines will not ‘cure’ a cough. If used in accordance with the instructions on the packaging and in the patient information leaflet, then cough medicines are an appropriately safe way to help relieve the disruptive symptoms of a cough so people can get on with their day.
“The key to effective management of a cough is to identify the most troublesome symptom and to choose an appropriate product to treat it. The pharmacy should be the first port of call for people who are looking for advice on how to manage their cough symptoms. Pharmacists are expert healthcare professionals who can give advice on the most suitable medicine to take if people are unsure, or signpost people if they need further guidance.
“PAGB believes it is important to empower people to self care for self-treatable conditions, like coughs, to help to reduce unnecessary pressure on overstretched NHS services, ensuring people are seen by the right healthcare professional at the right time. PAGB is calling for a national strategy for self care, to help ensure a sustainable future for our healthcare system, by enhancing access to self care, improving health literacy and realising the potential of pharmacists.”
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Sonam Kapoor: Shooting hijack sequence was physically, emotionally, mentally taxing
While promoting her upcoming biopic at IIT Mumbai, when the 30-year-old actress was asked how difficult it was for her to shoot the hijack sequence, she said, "It was very physically taxing. The hijacktook place over 16 hours and Ram Madhvani decided to shoot it as it is."
Published: February 9, 2016 1:32 PM IST
By ANI Email
New Delhi, February 9: Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor has revealed that shooting for the hijack sequence in her upcoming flick ‘Neerja’ was physically, emotionally and mentally taxing.
While promoting her upcoming biopic at IIT Mumbai, when the 30-year-old actress was asked how difficult it was for her to shoot the hijack sequence, she said, “It was very physically taxing. The hijack took place over 16 hours and Ram Madhvani decided to shoot it as it is.”
“We were on the plane for 16 hours doing what exactly everybody else in 1986 did. It was a fully functioning plane except it didn’t have the engine to fly.” She added.
The ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ star further said it was very extreme and it was mentally, physically, emotionally extremely taxing, but when they saw the result, it was all worth it.(ALSO READ: Sonam Kapoor lauds celebration of ‘women of worth’).
The flick that also stars Shabana Azmi in a lead role will hit theatres on February 19.
Published Date: February 9, 2016 1:32 PM IST
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First Solar Becomes First PV Company to Produce 1GW in a Single Year
The company says it has continually lowered the cost of manufacturing solar modules, breaking the $1 per watt barrier earlier this year.
IW Staff | Dec 17, 2009
First Solar Inc. announced on Dec. 15 it has manufactured and shipped more than 1 gigawatt (GW) of its photovoltaic (PV) solar modules in 2009, becoming the first PV company to attain this production volume in a single year.
One gigawatt of solar modules produces enough electricity to serve the needs of approximately 145,000 average American homes and saves roughly 1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually.
The Tempe, Ariz-based company has increased its manufacturing capacity from approximately 75 megawatts (MW) per year at the beginning of 2007 to more than 1GW today.
"This proof that the solar industry can achieve the manufacturing scale necessary to fight climate change is especially timely in light of the Copenhagen conference that began last week," said Bruce Sohn, Presdient,First Solar."Our efforts in scaling our technology are critical to creating a more sustainable energy infrastructure and reducing greenhouse gas emissions."
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Raptors choke in NBA opener against Bucks
Toronto Raptors forward Kawhi Leonard is fouled by the Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo in game one of the NBA Eastern Conference finals in Milwaukee. Picture: Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press/AP
THE Milwaukee Bucks have completed a stunning second-half comeback to sink the Toronto Raptors on Thursday (AEST) and take a 1-0 lead in the NBA's Eastern Conference finals.
The Raptors kept the Bucks at arms length for the majority of the clash, going into the half-time break with a 59-51 lead.
But the Bucks, helped along by a star performance from centre Brook Lopez (29 points), weren't buried and scraped back to a one-point lead by three-quarter time.
The thriller was set up and while it appeared Toronto was always one step ahead on court, the battle wasn't easy as Milwaukee continued to find drops of gas in the tank.
A perfectly potted three from Khris Middleton scraped the lead back for the Bucks with six minutes left on the clock. Middleton kept the pressure on and set up Malcolm Brogdon with a half-court bounce pass to bring the lead to 96-91.
A missed bucket from the Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo (24 points) with three minutes to go kept the equation to two points, but a late charge from Lopez - who sank a beautiful three late in the piece - helped the home side run away and complete an eight-point victory.
He finished one point short of 30 with 11 rebounds and two assists to aid the Bucks' comeback.
It was a rough night beyond the paint for the hosts, who shot at just 25 per cent in the first game of the series. But it was even worse for the Raptors, who were absymal in the final quarter.
Veteran Kyle Lowry was the only one to net a field goal, with his fellow Raptors falling short an incredible 15 times.
The win extends the Bucks' streak to five at the pointy end of the year, continuing their hot run of form after downing Boston 4-1.
The victor of this series will play the winner of the Western Conference, where the Warriors are up 1-0 against the Portland Trail Blazers.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow said, “Music is the universal language of mankind,” and I think most people would agree. At the February First Friday Art Walk you can find out for yourself at the very special exhibit “Music from the HeART,” featuring Dick (aka Frog) Bozung. A local artist and musical instrument designer, Bozung’s unique and colorful musical folk art is inspired as he is by the harmony of the natural world and his work has been shown and played throughout the Southeast at numerous festivals and galleries.
Originally from California, this former engineer on the Apollo Program and maverick City Councilman in Ventura, he was living in Charleston SC in the 80s when he created his unique style of musical instruments. Hurricane Hugo came visiting in 1989 and a 16-foot storm surge washed over him and took most everything with it out to sea. Moving out and onward, he spent a period of time creating a tool and method to simplify playing guitar and other fretted instruments, wrote a children’s book about living in harmony with the earth, developing a cooperative sports model, worked as a music therapist and dabbled at instrument design when time and space were available.
Since coming to St Augustine a few years ago, he has been busy refining earlier instruments and making new ones ever since. The result is the new exhibit aptly titled and the instruments are beautifully crafted to resemble birds, flowers and other natural objects and they are simple to play. Bozung coined the word “ear-idescence” and you’ll understand immediately when you hear him play. For a preview visit SevenArrowsMusic.net. The reception will be held from 5 to 9pm at Amiro Art and Found at 9C Aviles Street – this will be a most memorable and fun event. Visit amiroartandfound.com
John Miller, advisor to Menendez High School Model United Nations is excited about the Adult Spelling Bee being held Saturday, February 2 at the Allegro, 1101 Plantation Drive South off SR 312. He invites one and all to join the fun and competition for this first annual Great Adult Spelling Bee. Clubs, companies, organization, groups or individuals can enter or sponsor a team. Funds raised will be used to support the project of combating child trafficking and will include a workshop for high school students to address this serious and real issue. Entry fees for a team of three $100, $70 for two and $40 for one and you will enjoy light hors d’oeuvres and receive two tickets for beer or wine. I love to spell and plan to be there, but in the meantime I’m honing my spelling skills. Excellent cause, a chance to stretch your brain and make new friends – see you there. For more info call John at 501.2847 or email him at hsmun@comcast.net.
Joan Didion’s “The Year of Magical Thinking” is an extraordinarily moving and personal account of Didion’s experiences after the sudden loss of her husband, John Dunne. Jean Rahner’s Classic Theatre brings this work to life with Anne Kraft on stage. A limited engagement, the show will be performed at 7:30 on February 7, 8 and 9 and again at 2 on February 10 at the Pioneer Theatre at Fort Menendez, 259 San Marco Avenue. For reservations call 824.8874 or email aclassictheatre@hotmail.com.
It’s time to get your tickets for the upcoming Picasso show slated to open at the newly renovated Visitor Information Center at 10 West Castillo Drive on February 1. On exhibit until May 11, this is the first of what we hope will be many cultural displays for locals and visitors to enjoy. Call 825.1053 or email jzuberer@citystaug.com for more info.
Looking for some great music you can walk to – Joe Segal invites you to hear The House Cats every Saturday at Stogies from 9:30 – 1am. On January 25, Feb 8 and 22, you can hear them at the Casa Monica from 8 – 12 and on February 1 and March 22 don’t miss them at the Tasting Room. With so many options, you can catch them more than once.
On the move:
Dena and Worley Faver depart their gallery at 11A Aviles Street on February 1 and it will become the Georgia Nick Gallery in time for this upcoming First Friday. The Favers are excited about this new chapter which will feature Worley’s pottery exclusively at Brilliance In Color Fine Art Galley on King Street. Wish them well and many thanks for all the years of wonderful work on Aviles Street.
Joining Georgia Gayle Nick at this new gallery will be Wendy Tatter who has just relocated her work from her uptown San Marco gallery and the newest exciting addition is Debi James, whose tile and mosaics works are known and loved by many. Make a point of stopping by to welcome them to their new location.
Finally, a number of downtown residents, business people and institutions were prominently featured in last week’s Folio Weekly. Philip McDaniel and his St Augustine Distillery, Rob DePiazza, owner of Screen Arts and space: eight gallery, John Charles Lamendola, chef at Meehan’s Irish Pub, Julie Dickover, curator of the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum on the campus of Flagler College and Flagler College itself for its outstanding 125th anniversary celebration of the Hotel Ponce de Leon.
Bravo to one and all for their dedication to their particular endeavor.
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Deandra Dottin replaces Stafanie Taylor as no.1 all-rounder
by Wayde Brown February 12th, 2019
The in-form Deandra Dottin has made significant all-round gains on the latest release of MRF Tyres ICC Women’s T20 International rankings.
It comes after a string of standout performances to lead the Windies to a 2-1 win in the recently concluded three-match T20 series against Pakistan in the UAE. Dottin, named Player of the Series, was the leading run-getter with 158 runs in three innings at a strike rate of 139.82 in addition to taking three wickets at an economy rate of 6.36.
The 27 year old Barbadian has now moved up one spot to overtake Windies teammate and captain Stafanie Taylor to take the number one spot among all-rounders with a career-high rating of 424 points.
Her scores of 90, 22 and 46 also helped her gain two spots to number 3 among batters while 8 wickets in the series has lifted her to 26th position among bowlers.
Deandra Dottin has risen to the #1 @MRFWorldwide ICC Women's T20I All-rounders Rankings! She joins Jason Holder as the 2nd West Indian to top the tables as an All-rounder in 2019! #ItsOurGame pic.twitter.com/ISjlOVolIx
— Windies Cricket (@windiescricket) February 12, 2019
Afy Fletcher, up four spots, is the highest placed West Indian bowler at joint 20th followed by Shamilia Connell (25), the still recovering Hayley Mathews (26) and Anisa Mohammed (30).
Top spot among bowlers is held by Megan Schutt of Australia ahead of India’s Poonam Yadav and England’s Sophie Ecclestone.
Among batters Taylor at number 5 is the other West Indian inside the top 10 while Suzie Bates of New Zealand retains the no.1 spot.
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Ruby Roman grapes sell for ¥1.2 million at Kanazawa auction
KANAZAWA, ISHIKAWA PREF. - In the first auction of the season of Ruby Roman grapes in Kanazawa, a bunch of the red grapes sold Tuesday for ¥1.2 million, making it the most expensive ever since the variety first appeared on the market 12 years ago.
The Ruby Roman variety, developed by the Ishikawa Prefectural Government, is known for being extremely juicy, with little acidity and a high sugar content. Each grape weighs more than 20 grams.
“We offered ¥1.2 million to mark the 12 years (since the grape first came on the market) and to celebrate Reiwa’s first auction,” said Takashi Hosokawa, 45, a manager of a Japanese inn operated by the company that bought the grapes, referring to the new imperial era that started May 1.
Hyakurakuso, which owns three ryokan (Japanese-style inns) in the prefecture, bought the bunch through a wholesaler who bid for the grapes at the central wholesale market in Kanazawa.
“We would like to convey to our customers our exhilaration when we held the (box of) grapes,” Hosokawa added.
Worries about the grapes’ quality caused by the bad weather at the end of June dissipated as the temperature began to rise early this month.
It is expected that 26,000 bunches of Ruby Roman grapes will be shipped by the end of September, according to the JA Zennoh Ishikawa farming cooperative.
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Jasmax, in conjunction with McConnell Smith & Johnson (MSJ), were commissioned by the Waitemata District Health Board (WDHB) to design a new two level Elective Surgery Centre (ESC) that accommodates fast-track planned inpatient elective surgery.
The imperative was to design a centre that optimised patient / staff operational workflows maximising efficiencies and so enabling more patients to be treated at a lower cost per procedure.
The design also needed to align to the Health Board’s progressive business objectives; with the service models for the ESC based on a radically different approach to the way elective surgical services were provided by WDHB.
The brief challenged the design team to develop a centre that offers patient care in a manner that makes a real difference to the patient experience, clinician experience and effective use of limited resources.
The resultant design is multi-functional and adaptive, allowing the flexible use of areas during peak activity. A two-level purpose built facility, the ground level houses 4 operating theatres, CSSD and Recovery and Consulting rooms.The first level consists of a 40 bed ward comprised of 5 four bed-rooms, 1 two bed HDU and 18 single bedrooms with ensuite facilities. All bedrooms are located on the perimeter of the building with a central core housing communal service areas.
Plantrooms are situated on the southern end of both levels.
North Shore Hospital’s Elective Surgery Centre was designed using BIM, a building information modelling tool that allowed for a 3D prototype of the facility’s design to be scaled prior to construction.
Click here to view a case study of the application of BIM on this project.
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Stages of Enlightenment
By Romila, UK
Is there a difference between the state of being Spiritually Awakened and Self Realisation? Thank you very much for helping me understand
Dear Romila,
The problem with using words to describe states of enlightenment is that words exist on the level of the conscious mind, while soul experiences exist on a higher, superconscious level. It's often difficult to translate one into the other.
One could certainly make a case that being "spiritually awakened" or "Self-realized" is the same thing. You would probably need to ask whoever used these terms how they were defining them.
The important thing to understand is the basic concept which may be called by many different names. This is a state where the individual soul has transcended limited, separate ego existence and has merged his identity into the vast ocean of spirit.
There are many stages and steps along the journey, but I find it more helpful to see the whole spiritual path as a continuous flow and self-offering to God.
In divine friendship,
Nayaswami Devi
The Dharma (Spiritual Duty) of Having Children
By Kaivalya, USA
Should one give up having a child for the spiritual path OR can having a child be ones dharma, gods will, a part of the spiritual path? How do you know which path is for you? What path do you take in marriage if both people have differing viewpoints (desires)? What are Yogananda's guidelines about having children?
Kaivalya~
Dear Kaivalya,
The paths to God are as varied as there are individuals. For some people, being a renunciate and withdrawing from all worldly involvement is the way to inner freedom. For others fulfilling one's earthly responsibilities with non-attachment and with the thought of God brings realization.
Certainly raising children is the spiritual dharma for many people. If you are uncertain as to what is right for you, the best course to follow is to pray for guidance. Concentrate deeply at the spiritual eye, and offer your prayer-demand to God with deep focus and sincerity. Then try to feel the divine answer in your heart as a calm, clear, joyful feeling.
If both partners in a marriage do not feel clear about having children, it's best to wait. Raising a child is a lifetime responsibility, and unless you can joyfully embrace this step, it is often a cause of unhappiness and stress. It's important for a couple to talk about this step, and to agree together if and when they are ready for children.
Yogananda did not say specifically if it was better for people to have children or not. He was too great a soul not to know that everyone's karma is different.
What he did say was parents should fulfill this dharma without a sense of attachment to their children or to the thought that raising a family in and of itself will bring fulfillment. He said to feel you are serving God through your children, and to offer your service back to God.
The best attitude in all aspects of life is to hold the thought that our true happines lies in God alone.
A Path for All Religions
By Susan , US
I am profoundly drawn to Yogananda as my Guru (since 1984), but have great difficulty reconciling my Jewish heritage with the Christian focus in the teachings. (Years ago, I stopped Kriya, but still do Hong Sau). I felt drawn back again and found Ananda-just ordered the courses. But can I truly be a Devotee if I cannot accept Christ or Christian celebrations like Christmas? After more than two decades wrestling with this issue, I hope you can provide guidance to help me resolve it. Thx
Dear Susan,
Yogananda called his places of worship, "Churches of All Religions," because the teachings he brought, and especially Kriya Yoga, are a universal path to God. The practice of meditation and Kriya are not limited by any religious creed or affiliation, but are based on the Yogic Sciences which deal with the evolution of consciousness.
When Yogananda speaks of Jesus, he explains in great depth that he is speaking of a liberated Master, who has attained "Christ consciousness," or oneness with God. This is the goal of all yogic practices. He is not referring to him as Christians typically do in a sectarian sense.
The outward celebrations of Easter or Christmas are not at all central to the teachings of this path. They are symbolic of honoring one of our line of gurus who is helping to unite the best of East and West.
Yogananda said that part of his mission was to bring back the original teachings of Christianity as taught by Jesus and the original teachings of India as taught by Krishna. And after all, Jesus was a Jew, so with your Jewish heritage you are more prepared to understand them as they were originally taught. As Jesus said, "I come not to destroy the law and the prophets but to fulfill them."
Intuition and Superconsciousness
By Amarjeet, India
I wanted to develop intutive power
Intuitive insight is an expression of superconsciousness. This is developed by a deep, regular practice of meditation. The more we concentrate at the higher chakras - especially the spiritual eye and the heart center - the more we are able to tune in to higher levels of awareness.
Yoganandaji taught that the spiritual eye is like a sending station that can project our thoughts and questions to the Divine. The heart is the receiving station and is able to draw intuitive answers. But our consciousness needs to be calm and impersonal before we can clearly send or receive thoughts clearly. This is way deep meditation is so important to the process.
Also remember that devotion and surrender to God is essential - we must want to do His will, not just develop powers.
Uprooting Thoughts of Failure
By Padma, US
I'm struggling with thoughts of failure...
Thoughts of failure or success are rooted in the subconscious mind and can affect everything we do. When adverse circumstances, such a losing a job, come to us, it's important to find a way to exert strong, positive energy to keep failure consciousness from getting established in our minds.
Yogananda says, "When something is threatening to hurt you, do not sit idle - do something calmly, do something quickly, do something, mustering all the power of your will and judgment. Uproot fear by forceful concentration upon courage, and once you have uprooted it, get busy with methods to acquire prosperity."
Try to help your friend to see that this is an opportunity for him to find his own source of inner strength and confidence.
Liberation and Finding God
By Jason, Los Angeles
Has Swami Kriyananda found liberation and God?
Your question actually has two parts and therefore needs two answers. First, has Swami Kriyananda found liberation? There are different stages of liberation. In the jivan muktan state, you have advanced to the stage where you acquire no new karma, but may have residual karma from the past to overcome.
The stage of final freedom, or siddha, is rare. Yoganandaji said, "Very few saints on earth have achieved final liberation, becoming siddhas, or perfected beings." Swami Kriyananda is a highly advanced soul, but I do not know if he has achieved final liberation at this time.
The second part of the question," Has he found God?" is easier to answer. During the last years, he has frequently said, "I feel so much bliss, I can hardly contain it anymore," and "I don't know anymore where Kriyananda ends and Master begins." So, yes, I would say that he has found God.
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U.S. stocks rally on prospects of lower interest rates
NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks rallied on Wednesday after dovish comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell who hinted interest rate cuts are still on the cards, despite last week's strong jobs report.
His remarks also sent the dollar into a tailspin.
At the close on Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Averages were 76.71 points, or 0.29%, higher at 26,860.20.
The Standard and Poor's 500, which earlier traded above the 3,000 level for the first time in history, finished close to that level, for a gain of 13.43 points, or 0.45%, at 2,993.06.
The Nasdaq Composite climbed 60.80 points, or 0.75%, to 8,202.53.
The U.S. dollar corrected on prospects of lower interest rates. The euro jumped to 1.1253 by the New York close.
The British pound gained half-a-cent to 1.2502. The Japanese yen rose to 108.44, while the Swiss franc firmed to 0.9895.
The Canadian dollar was higher at 1.3081. The Australian dollar rose nearly half-a-cent to 0.6958, while the New Zealand dollar did likewise, last trading at 0.6642.
Overseas, the London FTSE 100 fell 0.08%.
The German Dax declined 0.51% while the Paris-based CAC 40 eased 0.08%.
In Asian Markets, the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo was down 31.67 points or 0.15% at 21,533.48.
The Australian All Ords finished 27.60 points or 0.41% higher at 6,777.70.
In China, the Shanghai Composite eased 12.93 points or 0.44% to 2,915.30.
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Two recent gun-related incidents have caused serious security concerns at the 5th District’s Cook County Bridgeview Courthouse. While the first incident involved only a painful error by an officer exiting the courthouse, the second involved an attempt to bring a loaded gun into the busy courthouse.
Earlier in 2016, a Chicago police officer was at the Bridgeview Courthouse when a malfunctioning alarm sounded, nevertheless prompting evacuation of the building. While the evacuation was ongoing, the officer took his service weapon out of a storage locker. When doing so, the weapon fired, hitting the officer in the leg. He was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Later that month, 47-year-old Denise Smith attempted to enter the courthouse with a concealed, loaded revolver. Smith, reportedly entering the Bridgeview Courthouse to observe her son’s criminal trial, attempted to go through the metal detector, which sounded as she walked through. The officer who patted her down found the small revolver strapped to Smith’s ankle. Smith failed to possess a concealed carry license, or a FOID (Firearm Owner Identification) card, which all Illinois residents must carry while in possession of a gun. She claimed that the weapon was given to her by her father for protection, and that she had simply forgotten she was carrying the weapon when she went to the courthouse. Smith was subsequently arraigned on charges for aggravated use of an unlawful weapon on government-supported property.
Courthouses are intended to be highly secure locations. Carefully checking for weapons among those who visit a courthouse is a critical duty of law enforcement overseeing courtroom security. While only a small number of individuals making court appearances on criminal matters are actually dangerous, appearances in court are essentially the only time individuals in custody are not being held behind bars. As a result, keeping a courthouse free of weapons is a high priority for law enforcement, and attempts to bring any type of weapon or even something that may be considered to be a weapon, have been met with harsh punishment by officials. If you are accustomed to carrying a weapon, even if you have a conceal and carry permit, and are planning to attend any matter at the Bridgeview Courthouse, avoid incurring criminal charges by making sure you leave such items at home.
If you or someone you love is facing a criminal matter before a judge at the Bridgeview Courthouse, make sure that your rights are protected and that you receive the best possible result by finding a Cook County defense attorney with your best interests at heart, and contact Bridgeview and Markham area criminal defense lawyer John Fairman based in Homewood and Oak Lawn for a consultation on your case, at 708-799-4848.
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Mindy Weiss' Invitation Predictions for The Bachelorette Finalists
Expert planner Mindy Weiss gives three wedding invite concepts for the finalists of The Bachelorette.
With the finale of The Bachelorette airing tonight, fans all across the country are anxiously waiting to discover which eligible suitor Rachel Lindsay will select. News outlets confirmed earlier that she is, in fact, planning a wedding – so who could the lucky fiancé be? As it stands, Rachel has three options: Bryan, Peter, and Eric. The 13th season of this popular spin-off of ABC’s original show The Bachelor has seen its fair share of ups, downs, twists, and turns – all of which culminate in the three-hour final installment tonight.
Celebrity wedding planner Mindy Weiss – an avid fan of the “Bachelor” franchise – has planned a few celebrations of the show’s alumni, including the nuptials of Trista and Ryan, Ashley and J.P., and most recently, Catherine and Sean. Mindy has also actively participated with the contestants off screen, including hosting a viewing party for The Bachelorette finale last year with Andi Dorfman.
As this season’s end fast approaches, Mindy has a few predictions as to how the potential weddings of Rachel with each finalist might play out – all the way down to their invitations. As a style partner for Wedding Paper Divas, Mindy and the team created three invitation designs for each of the men. See the mock-ups below!
Mindy believes that Rachel and Bryan’s romantic chemistry lends itself to bright, bold colors, which the "Love Overgrown" invite would be perfect for. She predicts a loving ceremony and a sultry reception featuring red roses, a lively Latin band, an alfresco setting, and a formal dress code to match the five-star venue.
In the case of Rachel and Peter’s nuptials, Mindy believes a destination wedding is on the horizon with guests being invited by way of a style similar to the "Effervescent Sparkle" invite. A smaller, Italian locale will keep the guest list down to just close friends and family, as well as serve as an idyllic backdrop for fairy lights and soft hues of green, blue, and gold.
The playful and humor-based nature of Rachel and Eric’s relationship would surely blossom in the bride’s hometown of Dallas, according to Mindy, and have a bright invite similar to the "Cascading Blossoms" design. They would likely host a church ceremony, and the reception would no doubt be filled with color from the floral arrangements of azaleas, roses, and lilac blooms: perfectly accenting the large dance floor.
Sneak a peek inside the luxurious celebrity weddings of Bachelor in Paradise alums Carly Waddell and Evan Bass who just announced they're having a baby, Olympic gold medalist Tara Lipinski, and actress/dancer Julianne Hough.
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So much more than the homeland of reggae superstar Bob Marley, Jamaica is a land of white sand beaches, native cuisine that gave the word 'jerk' a delicious connotation, an artistic culture that punches well above its weight and an Africa-centred religion that for many is a way of life. See and hear Rastafari culture on a tour of an indigenous Rastafari village, rest in the refreshing waters of Dunns River Falls, and swim the azure blue waters of Seven Mile Beach. From cocktails at Rick's Cafe to a traditional dinner with Montego Bay locals, this eight-day trip will provide plenty of proof Jamaica's truly the Home of All Right.
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Short and sweet, this eight-day trip hits the 'must-sees' of Jamaica while allowing you to explore and sample Jamaica's 'real' side
A visit to the Bob Marley museum in culturally vital Kingston is essential to appreciating the musical background of this island nation
Practically untouched until the 1960s, the spectacular beaches and laid-back vibe of Negril have yet to be devoured by development
Enjoy a home-cooked meal at a private home with locals to get a ground-level sense of daily life in Jamaica
The tropical climate of Central America means conditions can be really hot and humid. Always carry plenty of water with you and stay hydrated, especially on walking tours.
Day 1: Montego Bay
Welcome to Jamaica! Your adventure begins with a welcome meeting at 6 pm. Please look for a note in the hotel lobby or ask the hotel reception where it will take place. If you arrive early, perhaps take a tour of Rose Hall, one of Jamaica’s most historic plantation homes, and learn about the legend of the 'White Witch of Rose Hall'.
Montego Bay - Rose Hall Great House & Garden Tour - USD20
If you can't arrange a flight that will arrive in time for the welcome meeting, you may wish to arrive a day early so you're able to attend. We'll be happy to book additional accommodation for you (subject to availability). If you're going to be late, please inform the hotel reception. We'll be collecting your insurance details and next of kin information at this meeting, so please ensure you have all these details to provide to your leader.
Everyone does a bad Jamaican impression, so today after breakfast (8:30 am) you'll receive a lesson, for 30 minutes or so, on how to speak proper Jamaican patois (also known as 'patwa', 'patwah' and 'Jamaican Creole'), the language spoken in everyday conversation. Standard English is Jamaica's official language, but it's reserved for professional environments and situations. You can put your newly learned patois to use on an included tour of an indigenous Rastafarian village, where local musicians, farmers and artisans will help you understand the reverence for nature and humanity at the core of the Rastafari philosophy and lifestyle. Expect to spend over two hours immersing yourself in the village lifestyle. There will be free time for quick lunch before you'll visit a variety of Montego Bay hotspots, including the Hip Strip, Charles Garden Market, Dome Street and Sam Sharpe Square (approximately 1.5hours). There will be free time in the afternoon before you head to dinner at 5:30 to a private home, where you'll enjoy a traditional meal and some conversation with the locals.
Montego Bay - Jamaican Patois speaking lesson
Montego Bay - Rastafari village tour
Montego Bay - Montego Bay visit including the Hip Strip, Charles Garden Market, Dome Street and Sam Sharpe Square
Montego Bay - Dinner with locals
Day 3: Kingston
Head off at 9am today. A 4-hour drive to Kingston will be broken up with a stop at Dunns River Falls. Entry to these cascading, tiered falls is included. Continue to Kingston, where you will be staying in a rustic hotel on the edge of the Blue Mountains. Make the most of this opportunity to relax in a hammock, indulge in an in-house massage, or hit the tiki bar. Alternatively, you can take a short hike along rugged terrain to a beautiful, refreshing waterfall. The hotel offers delicious, reasonably priced meals for dinner.
Ocho Rios - Dunns River Falls & Park (Entrance & Transport)
At 8 am, drive to Spanish Town (approximately 1.5 hours), one of the oldest continuously occupied places in the Western Hemisphere. Today the historic centre contains the Caribbean’s most extensive, albeit decayed, assortment of Georgian architecture. Over about two and half hours, you'll visit Spanish Town's Rodney's Memorial, Emancipation Square, Old Kings House and St Catherine Parish Church. Afterwards, head back to Kingston and pick a place for an optional lunch. Perhaps your leader can point out a place to try a Jamaican pattie which is a cheap fast food option. Take a stroll around some of the main streets of Kingston, but keep in mind it's not a particularly pedestrian friendly city! Later, stop in a Devon house which, built in 1881, was the residence of George Stiebel (Jamaica's first coloured millionaire) but is now famously known for the ice-cream shop situated in the middle of the lush gardens. Then it's on to Kingston's most visited site, the Bob Marley Museum. It's housed in the old colonial building where the reggae legend lived and recorded from 1975 until his death in 1981. After the two-hour guided tour, you're free to have dinner either in town or back at the hotel restaurant.
Spanish Town - Heritage town tour
Kingston - Leader-led orientation walk
Kingston - Devon house
Kingston - Bob Marley Home Tour & Museum (Entrance fee & Guide)
Day 5: Negril
Be ready for an early start (5:30 am) to head down the mountain and catch a public bus at 7 am from Kingston to Jamaica's western tip (approximately 6 hours), the laidback beach town of Negril. Once arrived, you'll head south by foot or in a taxi to the section of Negril originally settled by hippies in the 1960s and where cliffs as high as 15 metres lure daring divers. Watch them as you sip cocktails at Rick's Cafe while the sun dips into the Caribbean Sea.
Negril - Sunset at Rick's Cafe
Today you're free to explore Negril at your own pace, which will likely be a fairly lazy one. Maybe enjoy a gentle stroll along Seven Mile Beach, a long stretch of sandy coast dotted with palms and thatched huts. Or you might want to park yourself in one spot all day, only getting up for drinks and dips in the crystal water.
Negril - Seven Mile Beach - Free
Depart Negril around lunch time and travel the 1-hour journey via private vehicle back to Montego Bay. In the afternoon you're free to explore on your own. Perhaps admire the view from the Richmond Hill Inn, a former 18th-century plantation house perched 150 metres above Montego Bay. Make sure you eat dinner and are ready to head off after sunset (7 pm), to witness the natural phenomenon of bioluminescence at Glistening Waters Luminous Lagoon. Marvel at the eerie glow created by the millions of microscopic organisms that thrive due to the convergence of salt and fresh waters in the lagoon's shallow waters. Bioluminescence isn't an unusual occurrence, but this is one of the best places in the world to view it from the comfort of a boat (1 hour). You also have the option to swim, so don't forget your swimsuit! You will return to the hotel at approximately 9:30 pm and are free to choose how you will spend your last night of this Jamaican adventure.
Montego Bay - Glistening waters (Luminous Lagoon) boat ride
Montego Bay - Jamaican cooking class - USD45
Montego Bay - Richmond Hill - USD7
Montego Bay - Civic Centre - USD12
The trip ends after breakfast this morning.
Private vehicle, Public bus, Taxi
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1. Your adventure begins with a welcome meeting at 6pm on Day 1. There are no activities planned for the final day so you may depart at any time.
2. To have a private room on this trip, a single supplement is bookable; subject to availability.
3. Hurricane season in this region is June to November, when landslides, mudslides, flooding and disruptions to essential services can occur. Intrepid monitors any situations that arise, and may need to change itineraries or activities in response to these natural weather occurrences.
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Sulphur Springs voters will be asked Nov. 5 to go to the poles to determine whether or not to allow economic development funds to be used to help fund improvement at Pacific Park and to build a new center for senior citizens.
The city council was asked to approve a resolution for the special election to allow the EDC sales and use tax funding to be used by the city’s parks department for qualified 4B projects, including construction and maintenance of Pacific Park and Senior Citizens Center facilities.
“So at the last meeting, I put the idea out there; let’s do it again, do what we did with Coleman Park — using EDC money for a 4B purpose, this time for Pacific Park and a Senor Center. Lets authorize $200,000 a year for 20 years. That will fund $3 million worth of bonds: $1 1/2 million to go to Pacific Park and $1 1/2 million for a senior center. We will also add to that another half-million dollars in grant funding from Texas Department of Parks and Recreation to go with the Pacific Park money. So that’d be a total of $2 million to go towards Pacific Park,” Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell told the council when presenting the election proposal Tuesday night.
Concept for the new HW Grays Building one of the improvement projects planned at Pacific Park
Maxwell said the resolution stipulates that the city would be limited to $200,000 in EDC funding per year for 20 years.
“This is how we did Coleman Park, this is how we paid for it?” Sulphur Springs Mayor Norman Sanders asked.
Maxwell affirmed “this is exactly” how Coleman Park construction was funded 20 years ago.
The City Council gave unanimous approval to Resolution 1171 calling for the special Nov. 5 election.
“I really think that changing this and using that money from EDC that we usually use for bringing businesses in, I believe that its important to go that route because sometimes those amenities for our cities are also attractive for businesses coming into the city that may have people retiring or they may have living in those neighborhoods that would utilize those facilities. I think that’s an important way to look at it because, although we are not using that to recruit that is a recruiting tool. I think that’s a way to look at it that people need to be aware of as they consider their vote,” Sulphur Springs City Councilwoman Erica Armstrong said following the vote on the matter.
Proposed site for a new Senior Citizens Center. A special election asks voters to consider allowing EDC funds to be used to help fund construction of a new Senior Citizens Center as well as improvements at Pacific Park.
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Offres de Post doctorat
Postdoctoral position in high-Q optical resonators
Postdoctoral position: Architecture of an aircraft embedded system, dedicated to the pilot assistance in airport areas
Postdoctoral Position in Condensed Matter Theory
Since 2005, the advent of T. Hänsch and J. Hall work on optical frequency combs enabling a coherent link between optical and microwave frequencies, the research activity in optical frequency metrology has been growing steadily. This allowed the discovery of new technologies and the development of numerous applications like coherent terabit telecommunication, ultra-short pulse generation, optical waveform synthesis, astronomical spectrometry, comb spectroscopy, low phase noise microwave and terahertz signal generation. High Q optical resonators with strong nonlinear index are key components for so called “Kerr frequency combs” generation based on four wave mixing effect. The goal of this one year postdoctoral fellowship is the design and enhancement of a high finesse single mode fibre based Fabry-Perot miniresonator. This collaborative project between LAAS-CNRS and CNES (French space agency) in Toulouse (France) is supported by STAE (Science and technology for aeronautic and space foundation).
Candidates should have a Ph.D. degree in fiber optics and optical communications devices, ideally with an experience in optical thin film filters design and/or characterization of optical nonlinear systems. An interest for theoretical/numerical design and optimization of thin film filters will be particularly appreciated. The successful candidate should be able to smoothly integrate into the research group and to interact with partners. He should demonstrate capability for independent research. Good communication skills in English are required.
About LAAS
LAAS (Laboratory of Analysis and Architecture of Systems) is a research unit of the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). LAAS-CNRS, located in Toulouse (France) is one of the major CNRS laboratories and is attached to two institutes INS2I and INSIS. Research activities being developed cover a wide spectrum of the fields of Science and Technology of Information and Communication and of Systems Engineering.
The successful candidate will carry out research in the Microwave & Optics: from Electromagnetism to Systems (HOPES) department, in the Microwave and Opto-microwaves for Telecommunication Systems (MOST) team and will interact with researchers from Photonics (PHOTO) team. More information about LAAS can be found at: http://laas.fr.
Further information may be obtained from Arnaud Fernandez (afernand@laas.fr)
Please submit your application at your earliest convenience by e-mail to: afernand@laas.fr.
The position will be filled as soon as a suitable candidate has been identified. Please clearly indicate the reference of the position in the subject field of your application e-mail.
Your application should include :
Detailed CV
Copy of Ph.D. degree
Grade transcripts, if applicable
Contact details of two references.
Post doctoral position: Architecture of an aircraft embedded system, dedicated to the pilot assistance in airport areas
This position is linked to a research project funded by the civil aviation administration in France, coordinated by the LATECOERE company located in Toulouse. This project aims at developing an assistance system for the control of an aircraft in airport areas, provided overall for bad visibility conditions (night, fog, rain…); multi-spectral images are acquired, fused and analyzed in order to create a view both synthetic and realistic of the environment where the aircraft is navigating. This view, augmented by symbolic and textual information, is sent to a monitor in the cockpit, in order to inform the pilot about all potential risk when he controls the aircraft from the parking area until the runway, and reciprocally.
The applicant will be integrated in the RAP research team (Robotics, Action and Perception) in the Robotics department of LAAS-CNRS.
The applicant will participate to the design of the architecture of the heterogeneous system (FPGA, CPU, DSP…) with respect to a functional specification and to critical real-time constraints. An SME partner of the project will develop the hardware system.
The applicant will have also to understand the image processing algorithms developed in the prototyping step, so that he could propose optimizations required for their implementation on the embedded architecture satisfying the real time constraints.
He will be responsible for the technical management of the project (doc, source code…), for the deliverables and for the technological transfer respecting the rules defined in the project.
With the involved permanent researchers of the RAP team, he will supervise the work of two PhD students or engineers funded by the project for the algorithmic development: image enhancement, filtering, fusion, and interpretation in order to detect objects typical from airport areas. He will guide the choice of these algorithms with respect to their migration on the physical system, specifically to take advantage from the processing parallelism. He will participate and will coordinate the algorithm migration on the system.
He will participate to the validation works supervised by the project coordinator and by aircraft companies. Validations will be done either with simulations (using HIL method) or in real conditions with a system embedded on an aircraft or a vehicle navigating on the taxiways of an airport.
Finally the applicant will have to interact with the project partners, preparing formal presentations for internal meetings and workshops. He will also participate to the scientific dissemination with the RAP permanent researchers.
WORK TO BE DONE
State of the art and contributions on the match between physical architecture and algorithms for real-time vision.
Monitoring of the algorithmic development in C/C++
Low level optimization and migration of algorithms on a heterogeneous architecture selected to respect real-time constraints.
Hardware specification (operators, memories, bus, etc)
Project management (doc, source code, meetings, etc)
Applicants must have a PhD in embedded system, electronics…
All of some of these competences will be appreciated:
Autonomy, team work, supervision
Project management and communication
Algorithms for real time vision (OpenCV, Matlab), with basic knowledge in projective geometry (camera model, calibration, homography…)
Embedded software development (C, optimization SIMD NEON)
Hardware development (VHDL, Xilinx Vivado, test-bench programming)
Migration of real-time vision algorithms on heterogeneous architectures FPGA+CPU.
Methodology for the design of heterogeneous system.
One year contract extended at least one year
Michel Devy : michel@laas.fr, +33 5 61 33 63 31
Jonathan Piat : jpiat@laas.fr, +33 5 61 33 63 44
Location: LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France
We are seeking a strongly motivated and mature post-doctoral researcher to take in charge DFT Modelling for depicting complex chemistries at metal oxide surfaces and interfaces. Position is in Toulouse, under the supervision of A. Estève. The fellowship, funded by the IDEX – University of Toulouse should start in 2016, at the earliest convenience.
The post-doc researcher will be fully integrated within a highly multi-disciplinary project’s team (chemists, physicists and technologists) working on the development of multifunctional & performance-tailored nanomaterials for energy.
The applicant will have a pivotal role in the project by bringing fundamental aspects of chemical processes at metal-oxide surfaces (mostly ZnO) and their interfaces with metal and organics. The applicant will work in close collaboration with experimentalists located in Toulouse (LCC, CIRIMAT, CEMES) and at the University of Texas at Dallas.
Among aspects which will be of interest, there are: reaction mechanisms, i.e. atomic or molecular (organic, bio, inorganic) interactions with surfaces, solvent issues, cooperative effects, role of defects are to be investigated in close relation with experimental developments.
Required Education and Experience - A recent PhD degree (within last three years) in Materials Science, noticeably Chemistry or related disciplines is required. We seek for a strongly motivated student with strong background in computational materials sciences, particularly in atomic scale modelling; skills in manipulating Density Functional Theory codes (both periodic or cluster packages) is mandatory. The applicant should send a detailed CV, including a list of publications and communications and a motivation letter to aesteve@laas.fr.
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Community helps school fundraise for new playground.
Starting from zero, the school hopes to fundraise upwards of $50,000 for a new playground set.
Posted: Oct 31, 2018 7:49 AM
Posted By: Annalisa Pardo
SPRING VALLEY, Minn. – The Spring Valley community is coming together to help Kingsland Elementary School get a new playground for its preschoolers.
The current playground was installed in 1995. It's getting too old for kids to play on. It's also made for a K-6 age group, not preschoolers.
"To have them have a place to play that is age appropriate for them would be a huge goal," Becky Bicknese, Community Education Director at Kingsland Public Schools, said.
The bigger problem? A new playground will easily cost at least $50,000 and Kingsland has $0 in the budget for a new playground.
But the community is coming together to help out. Parents have taken the lead on creating fundraisers for a new playground. Parents are helping organize fundraising dinners and events, and creating mason jars for people in the community to donate.
Area businesses are also helping out. At the school's recent fundraising Halloween dinner, local businesses including Kwik Trip, Gas and Goodies, Bremseth Body Shop, Gateway, Thompson Motors, and Bank Gift Haus, donated food and items for the dinner.
The community's efforts to help the school leaves Bicknese at a loss of words.
"It's just...it's...I can't even explain it," she said. "It's amazing to know that our community is so supportive and caring of our kids."
So far the school has raised $1,905.41. It hopes to raise enough money to put a new playground in the courtyard by summer 2020 at the latest. The school meets with a developer to get initial estimates on cost on November 8.
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Update from PrisonerAlert.com: Ilmurad Nurliev Released
Ilmurad Nurliev
“I want to thank everyone who supported me and helped [in] my release,” said Pastor Ilmurad Nurliev. He had been a prisoner in Turkmenistan since August 2010. VOM supporters sent thousands of encouraging letters to the pastor through the PrisonerAlert.com website.
Visit the site to find the names of other prisoners you can write to, as well as stories about Pastor Nurliev and other released prisoners.
Tags: Turkmenistan
Adopted Child Taken
A Christian couple in Iran waited years to be able to legally adopt a child. No doubt they were very thankful when the adoption was final.
But Iran’s government does not want Christianity to spread in their Muslim nation. They put Christians in prison for crimes the Christians did not really commit.
Officials wanted the Christian parents to file complaints against Christians who were in prison. The couple would not do what the officials wanted them to do.
So security officers took the couple’s adopted child away from them and said, “If you want your child back, you must file a complaint against your fellow Christian in prison.”
Update from PrisonerAlert.com: Li Ying Released
Li Ying
Li Ying is a Christian woman in China. In 2002, she was sentenced to 15 years in prison for her Christian activity. She had been the editor of her church newspaper.
The Voice of the Martyrs has learned that Li Ying was recently released from prison five years early! She said that letters written on her behalf helped her receive better conditions in prison and helped lead to her release.
VOM supporters wrote more than 11,000 letters to Li Ying through the PrisonerAlert.com website.
Praise God for her release and ask him to continue to protect her.
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VOM Flashback: Building Blocks Scene
Delivering goods to Sudanese Christians
“For more than 10 years, The Voice of the Martyrs has been active in Sudan delivering medical care, Sudan Life Packs, Scriptures, and pastoral training” (www.persecution.com).
VOM supporters found a unique way to illustrate VOM’s work in Sudan in 2005. They used plastic building blocks to show VOM workers delivering goods to Sudanese Christians. (See photo.)
For more information about VOM’s current work in Sudan, go to: www.persecution.com/blanket.
Tags: South Sudan, Sudan
God’s Resources for Us
A VOM worker recently visited a country where Christians are sometimes arrested for sharing the gospel in public. But the Christians continue to witness boldly, even to police officers!
The worker shared his thoughts about their boldness during devotions at VOM. He said, “The resources the Lord provided Peter and John are the same resources he provides to Christians in [the restricted nation] and the same resources he gives to us.”
Read Acts 4:1-31 to learn more about Peter and John’s boldness. Do you think that the boldness God gave Peter and John and that he gives persecuted Christians to share the gospel is available to you?
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Storm Open GLIAC Play Against Ferris State Thursday Night (PREVIEW)
Ferris State (Mich.)
Ferris State (Mich.) (2-2, 1-0 GLIAC) 24 40 16 80
Lake Erie (3-1, 0-1 GLIAC) 33 31 10 74
Pts: Kenny Brown - 31
Reb: 2 Players (#20, #24) - 11
Ast: Dietrich Lever - 5
Reb: Rich Austin - 10
Ast: Tom Parker - 6
LAKE ERIE COLLEGE (3-0) vs Ferris State University (1-2)
WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 29
TIPOFF: 6:00 pm
VENUE: Jerome T. Osborne Family Athletic and Wellness Center in Painesville, Ohio
BROADCAST: www.LakeErieStorm.com
GAME NOTES: CLICK HERE
NOTABLES: The Storm open up Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play against Ferris State University. The Storm are coming off of a 80-73 overtime win over Slippery Rock University on Saturday. Riley Thomas (Cardington, Ohio/Cardington-Lincoln) hit his second three-pointer in the final minute of regulation to tie the game at 64 and send it into over from the field and went six-for-six on free throw attempts in the final 30 seconds to pick up the 80-73 win. Thomas, Jamil Dudley (Massillon, Ohio/Massillon) and Garrick Sims all finished with 16 points. Andy Bosley was a spark off the bench for the Storm against Slippery Rock, scoring seven points and collected three steals. Dudley leads the Storm in scoring this season averaging 18.7 ppg while shooting 61.5% from beyond the arch. Rich Austin (Cleveland, Ohio/St. Ignatius) is having a productive season averaging 16.0 ppg and 7.7 rpg. Shooting accuracy has not been a problem this season as the Storm are shooting 52.7% from the field and 52.4% on three-pointers. Four-of-five starters are shooting 50% or better. The Storm is 2-0 this season when trailing at the half. The Ferris State Bulldogs are off to a 1-2 start, coming off a loss to 11th-ranked Winona State University 69-56 on Sunday.
UP NEXT FOR LEC: The Storm return home on Saturday to host GLIAC foe Grand Valley State University (3-1) at 1:00 pm in Painesville.
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New L.A. schools chief says single-sex campuses could attract families to district
The ideas of new Los Angeles Unified School District Supt. Michelle King include opening more all-boys or all-girls schools.
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
By Howard BlumeStaff Writer
In her first extended interview since taking office this week, Los Angeles schools Supt. Michelle King cited single-sex schools as one of several ways to potentially improve academic achievement and make the nation’s second-largest school system more attractive to parents.
She also wants to better integrate science and math education into all grades, and expand programs popular with parents — such as those that help students become fluent in a second language at an early age.
Speaking with The Times’ editorial board, King also criticized a controversial charter school expansion effort. When proposed last year, the goal of that plan — developed by the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation — was to raise $490 million to more than double the number of charter campuses and to enroll half of L.A. Unified students in them over an eight-year period.
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“I don’t agree or support any initiative that says we’re going to take over or take part of L.A. Unified’s kids,” King said.
But, she said, she is not hostile toward charter schools: “I support all schools that serve our kids.”
The Board of Education on Monday voted, 7-0, to name King as schools chief. The veteran administrator has worked her entire 31-year career in L.A. Unified and was hired after a national search.
She had been serving as acting superintendent since Ramon C. Cortines turned over day-to-day management in mid-December.
Cortines, a three-time Los Angeles schools chief, formally retired Jan. 2. Before her promotion King, 54, was chief deputy superintendent under both Cortines and his predecessor, John Deasy.
In the model of Cortines, King said she favored a collaborative style, including with independently managed charter schools.
Charters are exempt from some rules that govern traditional public schools. Most are non-union.
King proposed a forum for charters and traditional schools to share ideas.
“What a great idea to bring everybody together,” she said.
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The Times receives funding for its digital initiative, Education Matters, from one or more of the groups quoted in this article. The California Community Foundation and United Way of Greater Los Angeles administer grants from the Baxter Family Foundation, the Broad Foundation, the California Endowment and the Wasserman Foundation to support this effort. Under terms of the grants, The Times retains complete control over editorial content.
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Man deliberately swallowed mobile phone he smuggled into Leicester police cell
A police watchdog was called in to investigate the incident in the custody suite at Leicester’s Keyham Lane police station
Ciaran FaganCrime Correspondent
A man deliberately swallowed a mobile phone he had smuggled into a police cell, according to a report by the police watchdog.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission, (IPCC), was called in to investigate after the incident in the custody suite at Leicester’s Keyham Lane police station in April last year.
Its investigation centred on how the man had managed to conceal the items.
It said the man, whose details have not been released, was put into a cell having successfully concealed the phone and another small object.
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The custody sergeant decided that he should be kept under constant observation by CCTV and by officers visiting his cell every 30 minutes.
When checking the CCTV, officers saw the man place an unknown object in his mouth and also noticed that he was holding a mobile phone.
When they went into the cell he placed the phone in his mouth and swallowed it, the IPCC said.
The incident happened at Keyham Lane police station
Officers were able to retrieve the phone and the man was taken to hospital for a check-up but is not believed to have suffered any significant injury.
In a statement on the case, the IPCC did not reveal why the man had been arrested, what the first object he had swallowed was and whether he was charged or convicted of any offence.
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It said: “CCTV appears to show him placing something into his mouth and being in possession of a mobile phone.
“The custody sergeant and three police officers/police staff entered the cell with the intention of removing the mobile phone from the man.
“He then swallowed the phone in their presence before they were able to retrieve it.”
The force referred the matter to the IPCC
Leicestershire Police referred the matter to the IPCC.
In its statement, the IPCC added: “Investigators looked at the decisions and actions of the custody staff and, in addition, at whether the level of observation of the man was appropriate and suitably conducted.
“The investigation obtained and reviewed CCTV footage from the custody suite and relevant documentation, including the custody record and local and national policies.
“Five police officers and police staff were identified as subjects of the investigation, as it was believed there was an indication that they may have breached the standards of professional behaviour.”
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The investigation concluded that there was sufficient evidence for the officers and staff to be subject of formal misconduct proceedings for failure to adhere to regulations governing the holding of prisoners in custody.
However, Leicestershire Police proposed that the officers should be dealt with internally for “unsatisfactory performance” and the IPCC agreed this was a suitable course of action.
A Leicestershire Police spokeswoman said the force had noted and acted upon the IPCC report.
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Ex-Hollyoaks and Strictly Come Dancing star Ricky Whittle cleared of dangerous driving
SOAP star Ricky Whittle was found not guilty of dangerous driving at Liverpool crown court.
The unanimous decision came from a jury made up of five men and seven women after just over an hour of deliberations.
They also cleared Whittle of the lesser charge of careless driving, despite his admission that his car did knock paparazzo photographer Stephen Farrell to the ground in Duke Street, city centre.
On hearing the verdict the 30-year-old former Strictly Come Dancing and Hollyoaks star kissed his probation officer in the dock goodbye, while Mr Farrell stormed from the court room.
Speaking on the court steps, Whittle said: “I’m very pleased with the decision.”
He thanked his legal team and police and said: “I’m pleased that justice has prevailed and that the truth is out.”
He added: “Lastly I want to thank the people of Liverpool and the Mersey because they really have supported me on the way in and the way out from the courts.
“It’s been really touching. I have had so much support.”
The star denied the charge of dangerous driving after his car struck Mr Farrell on November 27, 2009 as he tried to evade paparazzi in the wake of his split from fellow Hollyoaks star Carley Stenson.
Giving evidence during the trial Whittle said he regretted the incident, but maintained that it was an unintentional accident.
Mr Farrell was left with a sprained knee and bruised hand after the accident.
Yesterday the star's ex-girlfriend Miss Stenson arrived at court with Whittle and her friend Helen Slaine to testify.
In her evidence she described Whittle as "laid back".
When asked by defence lawyer Mr Paul Driver QC about that night she said: “As far as I can remember I just wanted to go home.
“I didn’t want to give them that shot they wanted because I felt invaded.
“Ricky got out and asked them politely could they just stop because we’re having a hard time of it.”
Explaining why she smiled despite not wanting to be photographed Miss Stenson said: “If you ever look like you don’t want to have your picture taken they seem to write nasty things about you.”
Mr Driver asked: “So you’re putting a brave face on it?”
She replied: “Pretty much .
“I think I was thinking it was pretty pathetic.”
She told the court she heard “a clunk” as Whittle’s red American Dodge truck moved off which she assumed to be Mr Farrell’s camera.
Explaining why that led her to call another photographer, she said: “I just said to him ‘can you ring Steve and make sure we’ve not damaged his camera’ because that’s his livelihood.”
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April the Giraffe, Animal Adventure to be featured in B.C. comic strip
Posted: May 2, 2017 / 04:22 PM EDT / Updated: May 3, 2017 / 07:55 AM EDT
An Upstate New York-born comic strip seen around the world is honoring another home-grown celebrity in a series of upcoming panels.
B.C. will feature references to April the Giraffe and Animal Adventure Park the week following the park’s opening on May 13th.
One of the gags involves a bit of envy on the part of Gronk the Dinosaur over the amount of attention April and her calf have received.
Brothers Mason and Mick Mastroianni took over creating the script after their grandfather and B.C. creator Johnny Hart died.
“I thought, how neat would it be to do something for the opening of the park. Do some jokes about the giraffe, about the nature of the giraffe and tie it in with the area,” said Mason.
“We definitely love the whole idea of B.C. and the civic pride. We definitely want to continue what my grandpa did. He was always very generous,” said Mick.
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Mum slams primary school over son’s ‘extreme’ haircut threat
Connor McGowans hairstyle which has left him under threat of being placed in isolation
Dominic Collis
An angry mum has slammed her son’s primary school after being told his “short back and sides” haircut was “extreme” and against school policy.
Michelle McGowan was told in a phone call from Lowerhouse Junior School headteacher Claire Holgate that her 10-year-old son Connor’s haircut was not suitable.
In my opinion it is a short back and sides, and not extreme at all
Michelle McGowan
The mum-of-two was told that his haircut must be re-styled and if not he would be placed in isolation.
Michelle said: “I couldn’t believe it when the headteacher rang me up to say Connor’s hairstyle was unsuitable for school.
“She said that the haircut had lines in it at the back, which is against school policy. If there are lines they are very faint.
“In my opinion it is a short back and sides, and not extreme at all. Miss Holgate said that the back should be all the same length and that I should have it re-done.
“I told her the only way to do this would be a skinhead, which would be more extreme. I’m not prepared to do this.
“I cannot believe that she said he would be placed in isolation if this was not done.”
Michelle, whose other child four-year-old Evie attends Ightenhill Primary School, said she was worried about how the argument would affect Connor who has been off sick since the dispute began.
Mrs Holgate said: “We pride ourselves on setting high standards of behaviour and appearance and hairstyles are an important part of that.
“We make very clear in our school uniform policy, which all parents are aware of, that extreme haircuts are not acceptable.
“It would not be appropriate to comment on this particular case but we have very good relationships with our parents and give them the opportunity to rectify problems when they arise.”
The school’s policy on hairstyles, which is sent out to all parents, states:
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“Hairstyles must be sensible and appropriate for school, extreme haircuts are not acceptable.
“Shaven heads or any haircut which involves the shaving of lines or symbols, extreme colouration or particularly noticebale variations in colour or length will almost certainly be judged as extreme by the school.
“Long hair must be tied back to reduce the possible transference of headlice and for health and safety reasons in PE. Hair gel is not permitted in school.
“The definition of an extreme hairstyle is at the discretion of the headteacher.”
Lowerhouse Junior School made headlines last year when Mrs Holgate, who came to the school the previous May, oversaw a rapid transformation in the school’s fortunes following a damning Ofsted report in 2013.
Mrs Holgate guided the school from special measures to a good rating in 12 months.
However, there were headlines of the wrong sort in November last year when the school had its Key Stage 2 exam results annulled as a result of “maladministration”.
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Why Instructors are your club's biggest social media asset
In an age of influencers, where fitness has emerged as a dominant social media topic, rockstar Instructors can be a major marketing asset for health clubs, driving hundreds of members through the doors. Social media savant Christian Dyer offers his tips for putting your team in the spotlight to drive retention and pull in hundreds of new members.
60-second summary
Leveraging the power and profile of your Instructors on social media can bring major benefits to your club’s bottom line.
By capturing content from high-energy busy classes clubs can use this content to help promote classes in timeslots that aren’t performing as well.
Facebook Live and Facebook groups are great ways to circumvent algorithm changes and build thriving communities around your group workouts.
Giving members a platform to share their love for what they're doing at your club can become a powerful acquisition tool for your club.
By segmenting social media audiences and their needs, clubs can ensure their content speaks to each group in different ways, deepening relationships.
Christian Dyer, Membership Engagement and Social Director for Crunch Fitness West Florida
Hi Christian, how did you become an expert in the fledgeling field of health club social media management?
I’m not sure whether there’s a conventional route, but I started out in social media at an agency where our main client was Visit Florida, so we’d lead a host of innovative activation events around Florida attractions. My father Geoff Dyer was starting his Crunch Fitness West Florida franchise and having a lot of success, so three years ago I decided to join up with him as the opportunity to have my own team and lead out a project was really attractive. Our Crunch business was nine clubs at the time when I joined, we’re now up to 18 sites and my role is Membership Engagement and Social Director.
How did you set about growing the business with the help of social media?
We were really disjointed at the beginning, so we started putting in some structure to give us a more organised approach to content. Our strategy now revolves around re-posting hyper-local user-generated content and tapping in to our staff more than ever.
The real gamechanger for us was when we integrated #CrunchTV. It’s a social advocacy initiative whereby members who share their workouts on Instagram and Twitter with the #CrunchTV hashtag are featured on in-gym TV screens – thus encouraging them to share their successes and, crucially, tell their friends. Plus, we get all sorts of valuable insights from the platform. By leveraging this platform, we were able to achieve a 1,550% increase in hashtagged posts over just 8 months, resulting in hundreds of new members.
What role do your club’s staff play in your social media strategy?
We've utilised #CrunchTV in all sorts of ways. For our personal trainers, we create video clips of them that we’ll feature across in-club TVs (20% of screens in each club show #CrunchTV) highlighting their specialities and certifications. Whenever a new PT client gets signed up or has a check-in, they share a photo on Instagram and write their latest results (fat loss, body fat percentage, muscle gain or whatever goals they're going for) with the #CrunchTV and it gets displayed across all the in-club TVs. We’ve sold tonnes of PT packages simply from our members seeing these great stats. This one guy saw the results from a trainer at a different club and went off to find him. He bought a US$3,000 package on the spot – that’s the power of putting your people in the spotlight and showing what they can offer.
User-generated content is helping the club build a greater connection with its members
And what has this looked like for your group exercise offering?
For group fitness we've taken a slightly different approach – it’s more of a window into what the class experience looks like, offering a taster to people who might not normally consider coming to the studio to boost our retention and manage club footfall. We’ll capture content from high-energy busy classes and then use this content to help promote classes in timeslots that aren’t performing as well.
Something I would recommend to every club is buying a 360-degree camera – the videos and photos you can take are insane. Not only can you upload to your Google Maps and give people a great idea of what's going on in the gym and classes, but with certain applications, you can actually go Facebook live with a 360-degree camera. We did that for one of our grand openings and it was an absolute hit. It's always fun to just be on top of that emerging tech, even if you don't use it every day, just to have it to do something special. I’m planning to stick it smack bang in the middle of a group fitness class and film the whole thing – it’s going to look amazing!
How do you leverage your group fitness Instructors to support this?
The group fitness instructors will use #CrunchTV to promote classes, writing posts like ‘Don’t forget to bring your A-game for kettlebells tomorrow at 7 pm’ and things like that to complement these videos as well. They tend to be great personalities and often have decent followings on social media themselves – it’s definitely had a big impact on driving our attendance numbers. The main focus for us has been encouraging our Instructors to showcase their classes on Facebook Live – that’s where we can have the biggest impact.
The clear call-to-action has resulted in thousands of members sharing their Crunch-based workouts with their networks
What’s been so important about Facebook Live for promoting your group workouts?
Facebook Live is absolutely essential nowadays, as brands achieve ten times the average comment rate and three times the average watch time (Facebook algorithm changes now prioritise content on its native platforms), so we've made a big point of having our teams use Facebook Live as often as they can. The ‘watch time’ we’ll get on these rough and ready group fitness videos versus some of our polished, branded videos is insane – people really want that authenticity.
Facebook groups are another dynamite way to circumvent the algorithm changes. What we've found is that if you set up Facebook groups for your club’s group fitness tribes, you breathe life into these incredible communities where people interact and talk just as they do in the club – that's a big deal. So we're trying to funnel people into these groups and they eventually become self-sustaining, while keeping your members heavily engaged and far less likely to leave your club.
You mentioned retention there, how has your social media strategy helped to support your club’s bottom line?
The way we see our work on Facebook now is we focus less on the entertainment aspect. Everything in its own way is entertaining, but there are three reasons why people follow us on Facebook. Either they're a member, a prospect member looking for offers, or they’re a guest or another type of prospect just trying to keep in the know.
And then, there are three groups of people who look at our content – existing members, new members (which we class as different to existing members) and there's prospect members as well as cancelled members. We try to ensure our content speaks to each of those groups in different ways.
Another tip is that you can actually upload prospect lists and members lists as targeted audiences in Facebook ads. So, if you have a message that you're trying to get out to certain audiences of your gym, you can just upload that and boost it to those people only. A lot of people don't know that, but it’s so important.
Any potential pitfalls to consider when putting staff in the social media spotlight?
This is kind of obvious, but for Facebook Live and social media in general, whoever you have posting is representing your brand, so it makes sense to start with your star Instructors and let them lead it out. You need to make sure that whoever has access is a good representative of the brand, can speak with the brand voice and become the brand – even when it comes to just responding to comments or anything like that.
Are there any other emerging trends you feel are going to be big for the fitness sector, anything you're really excited about at the moment?
Even though we’ve touched on it already, the Upshow display platform we’re using for #CrucnhTV is totally an emerging trend that clubs should embrace. You get to know the members through it, and when you apply it back to community management, it really gives you a way to find out who the heck's important out there. It's all about making a difference for that one person, the little guy who's going to tell their friends about it.
With the platform, you can filter the people who are posting with the hashtag based on whether or not they're influencers. You'll also see people that post 60 times a month with the hashtag, and those are the kinds of people we're after – constant posters who are being branded advocates for us on a daily basis
What do you think it is that motivates members to share their workouts on social media, and in turn promote their club?
We find that most people already want a place to share in the first place, so by giving them the #CrunchTV platform, it’s brought everybody out of the woodwork. We've had members who are Instagram models and athletes posting to their huge followings on our behalf, and even older people who probably don't share that often seem to love to share what they're doing. By giving people that podium to speak out, it's really done wonders for us. You see a whole spectrum from mega influencers with hundreds of thousands of followers, right the way through to micro-influencers with maybe 500.
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By Mark Valladares | Mon 24th June 2019 - 3:21 pm
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Sad news has reached the Liberal Democrat Voice team that Geoff Tordoff, a former President of the Liberal Party, and a retired member of the House of Lords, passed away in the early hours of Saturday morning after a short illness.
Geoff was elevated to the Lords in 1981, having played a significant part in the rebuilding of the Liberal Party through the 1960s and 1970s, culminating in four years as Chairman of the Party, as well as a term as President during the Alliance years.
He was highly respected in the Lords, and rose to become Chairman of Committees for a time not long after the Millennium. A patient, kindly man, he tended to avoid hyperbole and could be relied upon to manage the business of the House with tact and courtesy.
Geoff retired from the Lords in 2016, and will be sorely missed by his friends and former colleagues. Our condolences go out to his family and friends.
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Kay Kirkham 24th Jun '19 - 4:30pm
Lord Tordoff was a member of my local party – Shipley & Keighley. Although not active in recent years, we will miss him.
Ian 24th Jun '19 - 6:06pm
A sad loss, although he achieved a ripe age. It was always worth hearing him speak at conference.
Cllr Fran Oborski 24th Jun '19 - 6:08pm
Very sad news. I have fond memories of hearing him in the 70s and 80s.
Mick Taylor 24th Jun '19 - 6:17pm
Geoff was a great guy and greatly encouraged me in my young liberal days.
TonyH 24th Jun '19 - 6:43pm
Sad news indeed. I didn’t actually know Geoff personally but, if your entire experience of the party in the mid-late 1980s was watching the BBC live feed at conference times, he was one of those stalwart figures that was just constantly there, doing what in later years I came to realise is the thankless but essential work of chairing debates, moving unglamorous amendments and generally making the thing work. He always seemed to do it with a smile and was clearly well-liked by all.
gavin grant 24th Jun '19 - 7:15pm
Geoff was a magnificent Chair of the Liberal Party and part of great double act with Party President Gryff Evans. He was a dedicated and committed Liberal who lived his life by such values. A lovely, kind and generous individual. RIP Geoff.
Nigel Ashton 25th Jun '19 - 12:43am
Geoff Tordoff was Chair of the Liberal Party when I was first elected to the National Executive Committee in 1979. He was an outstanding Liberal and was always very kind towards me. A sad loss.
Peter Kemp 25th Jun '19 - 10:09am
I had contact with Geoff on various liberal related matters during my early party involvement. He was always a source of help and support. My condolences to his family and friends
Rita Giannini 25th Jun '19 - 1:16pm
I am very sorry to hear this sad news. Geoff and his wife Patty were great supporters of our bid to elect a liberal democrat member of the European Parliament back in 1989; we couldn’t have done it without their encouragement and material help. I can’t count the times they gave us a bed, tea and advice!
Brian Spencer 25th Jun '19 - 1:37pm
I remember Geoff and his family well when I was Chair of Hampton Hill Ward in The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in the mid 70’s and they were residents. The family were great deliverers and supporters as well as Geoff holding higher office in the party. They were held in high regard by the local community. R.I.P.Geoff and love to his family.
Chris Rennard 25th Jun '19 - 3:13pm
Geoff Tordoff became Chairman of the Liberal Party’s National Executive in 1976, the year in which David Steel was elected Leader, and I was a 16 year old party activist. There was real doubt at the time as to whether the Liberal Party would survive in difficult circumstances as we struggled to explain why it had been in the national interest form the ‘Lib Lab Pact’.
David Steel greatly valued Geoff Tordoff’s role as a peacemaker within the party, and together with Lord Gruffyd Evans, they all worked to steer the party through the 1979 General Election in which we won more or less the same number of seats as we had won in the more hopeful circumstances of 1974. There was then a springboard for the creation of the ‘Liberal- SDP Alliance’ in 1981.
Such was the respect in which Geoff was held in the House of Lords that he was the first peer from our benches to speak from the Government Despatch Box for over 50 years when he became Chairman of Committees. He was a kind, gentle and good Liberal.
David Raw 25th Jun '19 - 4:06pm
Lord Rennard is correct that Geoff had a lot of sorting out to do …… he also had a famous legal case starring a Hugh Grant lookalike to cope with.
Richard Underhill 28th Jun '19 - 8:54am
He was also a source of wisdom, experience and leadership in international affairs.
Although we had few MPs we did have a large vote and had somehow managed to persuade others that we should be represented accordingly. We therefore needed to be careful not to squash smaller parties, some of which were in government and doing important things ( in Germany for instance, a merger of two parties the Free Democrat Party & Die Liberalen; in Canada the Liberal Party had been in power at the federal level for a majority of a century but used to say that “nobody listens to us”).
In the UK we had arguments about time zones on a north-south basis, but Lord Tordoff advised us to understand the East-West basis, from Finland to The Azores.
We should celebrate his life, which was also in business.
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Top 10 Computer Annoyances and How to Fix Them
Kevin Purdy
Jul 17, 2008, 2:00am
Computers are supposed to make our lives easier, but too much of the time they can be frustrating, time-wasting, stubborn machines. From the irritating "Access Denied" message when you can't remember your 147th password, to all the useless email that clutters your inbox, to IT lockdown restrictions that keep you from getting your job done, let's take a look at 10 of the more common gripes amongst computer users and our humble suggestions for fixing them. Photo by basykes.
10. Dashboard widgets (OS X).
If you've got a newer or high-powered Mac that never seems to drag, then your Dashboard widgets are probably just a dandy little convenience. But those lacking memory or just sick of accidentally hitting F12 and getting their screen taken over by Dashboard could use a little help. If you just want to make the widgets go away for one session, you can install the simple Dashquit widget or use these terminal commands for the job. Killing multiple widgets, like those iterations that pop up from delivery trackers, is easier if you hold the Option key. And those looking for leaner, cleaner Dashboard can speed it up with some cache cleaning. And if you're really only hitting F12 for a single widget, try pulling it onto the desktop.
9. Remembering passwords.
Yes, yes—the "duh" answer is "use Firefox to save your passwords," but even the mighty 'fox can be used more securely, and made to remember any password. For your other data, including login and encryption tools, you could try an easy universal password system, a randomizer like Diceware, or other tools like Strong Password Generator or the Password Chart. It beats trying to remember which combination of Simpsons character and three-digit number you used for that rarely-updated social network.
8. Google search result links are indirect, awkward, and too long to copy.
If you're a power Googler who's constantly grabbing image, site, and news links from searches, you know that you don't actually get the direct link from right-clicking—you get more than a 100 characters of link-tracking gobbledy-gook. True, the link will get you there eventually, but it's not exactly email-friendly, and it's an unnecessary click-through. CustomizeGoogle, one of our must-have Firefox Extensions, fixes this with just one of its many, many tweaks—"Remove click tracking," found in the first "Web" set of options. You'll get nice, clean links to copy or send, as illustrated (fourth-grade style) below:
7. Hours spent re-installing Windows XP (or Vista).
It's usually only 20-30 minutes from slipping in that holographic XP or Vista CD/DVD to arriving at your new-car-fresh desktop, but it's often a few hours' work getting everything customised, updated, and tweaked to your liking. With the nLite tool for XP, or vLite for Vista, you can skip a ton of clicking and pop-up answering during installation and first boot-up—in the case of nLite, pretty much all of it. Here's a guide to slipstreaming XP Service Pack 3 into a new, automated installation CD, and the Digital Inspiration blog has a similar walkthrough of vLite for Vista. nLite's also a great tool for creating a stripped-down, speedier XP for virtualization or older machines.
6. Windows Vista, in general.
We really don't mean to rag on Windows in this list—in fact, let's admit that Windows Vista isn't as bad as one would believe from the common blog or news post. It does, however, have some quirks that can quickly nip at your last nerves. Luckily, fellow tech enthusiast and blogger The How-To Geek did us a solid by writing up 10 ways to make Windows Vista less annoying, each with a link to a detailed explanation over at his own site. Before you feel compelled to say it in the comments—yes, "Install XP on Your Vista Computer" is one of the tips.
5. RE: Fwd: Fwd: Email (and time-wasting email in general).
There are tons of tools to improve your own productivity and stop wasting time on useless stuff—but not everybody got the memo, as you might notice from your inbox. Your best options for dealing with chain forwards, repetitive conversations, and other email gaffes are smart filters, including a fwd filter for those "Did you know" emails from Aunt Margie and Uncle Bif. Correspondents just not getting the message? Take the next step with an explanatory email etiquette page. Need proof that wasteful messages are eating up your time? Gmail/Google Apps users can take a detailed look at the waste with Mail Trends.
4. File copying freezes and awkwardness (Windows).
You've got the entire run of "The Wire" in a 20 GB folder, and you've set it up to transfer to your external hard drive while you're at the movies. You get home, flick the monitor on, and ... well, Windows just gave up at some point, and you're ready to toss your keyboard. Free Windows add-on TeraCopy is exactly what you need. It makes file transfers faster, more consistent, and it provides realistic job times and status reports. You'll hardly notice it's there—which is just about perfect.
3. Office IT restrictions.
You can understand why the tech gurus at work don't let those people install apps willy-nilly, change system settings, or check out certain web sites. You, however, are tech-savvy, responsible, and just need to IM this one client, for Pete's sake. We know your pain, and, luckily, Gina's assembled a guide to surviving IT lockdown that should get you around most IT restrictions. If you're all but chained to the default Internet Explorer and long for Firefox, you can still get some of its best features. Photo by cell105.
2. GIANT email attachments.
Until a stable, easy-to-install Flux capacitor is available, you won't be able to go back in time and prevent your relatives, co-workers and goofy-humored friends from sending that "hilarious" 10 MB PowerPoint "joke." You can, however, mitigate the annoyance and damage done to your inbox. The best suggestion we've got for any nearly any account is to create a Gmail account to manage your other mail. That way, you can jump in and check your important messages, while your dedicated mail client is frozen trying to grab that huge file. You can then use tools like Gmail Drive (Windows), gDisk (Mac OS X), and GmailFS (Linux) to clear space-hogging attachments from your email accounts. Or you can just simply filter and kill giant attachments with Gmail's advanced search-and-filter tools. If you're stuck with big attachments in Outlook, there are ways of extracting attachments without having to open the actual email, using Outlook Attachment Remover or this simple trick described by the Digital Inspiration blog. The real solution? Get your friends or relatives a copy of Picasa or another photo manager that auto-magically shrinks pictures before sending. For every other file type, there's just courteous, unsolicited tech support emails.
1. All that crappy "default" software.
Whether you're unpacking a new PC, helping out a friend, or sitting down at a new office system, you're more than likely going to find some, as Gina puts it, sucktackular software on there. Seriously, now—RealPlayer? Pop-ups asking to renew Norton/McAfee/Symantec? Limewire, for crying out loud? We've rounded up the free, and superior, alternatives to those persistent programs, and many of our suggestions are cross-platform, open source, and do a better job than the system-dragging softs you find in the wilds of computing.
We've covered lots and lots of other annoyances, computer-based and not, during Lifehacker's run, and we're sure you've got your own software tweaks you just couldn't take anymore. What irksome issues did you have to get rid of, and how did you do it? What irreplaceable software smooths out your desktop? Hop on the couch and share the pain in the comments.
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Have problem with my PC. When I turn it on the image shows a streaks of colour raining down the screen. I can't get to start up Ive tried cntrl alt delete, hit the F8, F9 ,F10 etc to no good. I run vista. I've isolated the monitor but it's not the monitor can you help. I's not the Blue screen it looks like the MATRIX promo except its streaks of colours.What do you thionk it is
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Men's Cross Country Team named GMAC Champions; Women take fourth
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The Malone University men's cross country team claimed a first-place finish while the Pioneer women took fourth at the Great Midwest Athletic Conference Championship Meet on Saturday at GlenOak High School in Canton.
After finishing runner-up at the G-MAC Championships by narrow margins the last two years, the Pioneer men secured their first conference title in the NCAA Division II era, edging second-place Walsh University by three points.
Malone, ranked 18th in the most recent NCAA Division II Men's National Poll, posted a total of 48 points. Walsh, the 20th-ranked team in Division II, notched 51 points and No. 17 Cedarville University was third with 58 points.
Head coach Jack Hazen was tabbed G-MAC Men's Coach of the Year following his team's impressive showing. The Pioneer men won 43 consecutive conference and/or district championship meets from 1968 through 2010 and then won an Ohio Independent Conference Title in 2011. The program then earned runner-up finishes at four straight Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championship Meets from 2012-2015 and placed second at the G-MAC Meet in both 2016 and 2017 before returning to the top of the podium on Saturday.
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Sophie Sheridan nervously prepares for the grand opening of Hotel Bella Donna on the sun-kissed Greek island of Kalokairi. Her husband Sky is currently in New York. Thankfully, architect Sam and her mother's best friends Tanya and Rosie are on hand to soothe Sophie's frayed nerves...
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Ernst Toller is a former chaplain in the military, who silently wrestles with the guilt of persuading his only son to serve in Iraq. One of the congregation, Mary, approaches Ernst for guidance. She is pregnant but her environmentalist husband Michael doesn't want the baby...
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3. Leave No Trace (15)
Tom has learnt to live off the land and avoid detection thanks to her old man Will. Occasionally, father and daughter traipse into town to collect Will's prescribed medication, which the war veteran sells to pay for the essentials that Mother Nature can't provide...
4. A Prayer Before Dawn (18)
British boxer and drug addict Billy Moore is handed a three year prison sentence in two of Thailand's notorious prisons - Chiang Mai and Klong Prem. As he tries to stay alive in this hellhole, Billy realises that prisoners who fight in Muay Thai boxing tournaments are granted special privileges...
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Wilde is released from Reading Gaol, on the brink of financial ruin. His ex-wife Constance stops his small allowance after he fails to sever ties to Bosie. Good friends Reggie Turner and Robbie Ross try in vain to keep their pal out of the gutter, staring up at twinkling stars...
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To commemorate the centenary of the Royal Air Force, this rousing documentary pays tribute to the British single-seat fighter, which was instrumental in winning the Battle Of Britain and ultimately the Second World War...
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Public affection is waning for the Superhero Relocation Program overseen by Rick Dicker. A masked menace called Screenslaver emerges from the shadows and threatens the safety of the metropolis. Elastigirl races into the melee, flanked by a motley crew of superhero wannabes...
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Miniaturist artist Annie Graham is deeply affected by the death of her estranged mother, who cast a long shadow over the family and took Annie's daughter Charlie under her wing. Following the matriarch's funeral, Annie begins to sense a presence in the family home...
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Three suicide bombers walk into a supermarket in Kansas City and detonate their vests. Government official James Riley responds by authorising Matt Graver to undertake a covert mission to prevent Mexican drugs cartels from exploiting weaknesses in US border security...
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Sherman and brother Lev orchestrate a bank heist, culminating in a gunfight with armed officers. Lev takes a potentially fatal bullet and Sherman rushes his sibling to Hotel Artemis, a secret membership-only hospital for the criminal fraternity run by The Nurse and her hulking assistant, Everest...
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Granard/Ballymore U-14 footballers do Longford proud in winning National Feile title
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Padraig Boyle and Jamie Brady, the joint captains of the Granard/Ballymore U-14 football team, receiving the Division 9 Cup following their great win over Curry (Sligo) in the National Feile Final.
History was made on Sunday last when Granard/Ballymore U-14s won a Feile na nGael title for the first time ever. The Granard side defeated Sligo opponents Curry in the final to claim the Division 9 Cup.
Back in 1994 St. Mary’s won Feile but this was the first time the amalgamation got to the finals. They were based with the Ardglass club in Co. Down and as well as the large number of supporters that travelled from Granard to support the team, their hosts Ardglass came along to support them on Sunday in their semi-final and then final.
In their first group game Granard/Ballymore took on Down side St. John’s. They started off well and were 2-3 to 0-2 up at the break. They built on their fine first half performance to win the game 4-7 to 2-2.
Curry were up next in their second group game. In a tight first half the Sligo side led a by two at the break and ran out comfortable winners in the end.
On Saturday Granard/Ballymore were ruthless when they defeated their host club Ardglass 8-6 to 1-3 to set up a quarter-final clash with Leitrim side Fenagh.
Granard/Ballymore were in command right from the start as they booked their place in Sunday’s semi-final with a 1-10 to 1-2 win.
The toughest test for Granard/Ballymore came on Sunday when they faced Waterford side De La Salle. They were ahead by two at the break but the game then changed very much in De La Salle’s favour. Trailing by five points with six minutes to go the Granard side showed true grit and determination with Jamie Brady’s goal bringing the game to extra-time. They booked their place in the final with a 3-6 to 4-2 win.
In a tight final against Curry there was very little between the sides with just one between them in the end; 0-4 to 0-3.
Granard/Ballymore U-14 squad: Cathal Blake, Oisin O’Hara, Jamie Brady, Ethan Penrose, Jacob Pawlowski, Padraig Boyle, Oisin Flynn, Keith Kelly, John Boyle, Donagh Callaghan, Sean Corcoran, Ian Maguire, Jack Drake, Harry Kiernan, Tom Kearney, Noah McNally, Sam Durkin, Tristan Brady, Killian McGivney, Patrick Hynes, Cathal O’Hara, Sean O’Brien, Conor McNamara.
Killoe Og reach Division 4 semi-final
Killoe Og U-14 football squad reached the Division 4 semi-final at the National Feile last weekend. Killoe emerged victorious in a few games before they suffered a narrow 1-2 to 0-3 defeat against the eventual title winners North London in the semi-final.
St Brigid’s Gaels Ardagh girls runners-up in Division 4
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As consumers are increasingly discovering new ways to ingest and interact with content across screens and devices, search and social channels have become an integral part of driving website traffic. Consumers are spending less time on individual sites, and instead, just snacking on specific content. Marketers and publishers need a tool to help them identify consumers as soon as they hit their site, so they can customize the content and messaging that is shown to each person, in the hopes of increasing engagement, time on site, and pageviews. How is this possible? With a real-time DMP.
A Real-Time DMP is a powerful technology that activates audience segments in real-time when a consumer takes the action of visiting your site for the first time. In other words, from the moment a consumer visits for site, users are automatically categorized into the appropriate audience buckets based on the rules of your site, which can be used to show the correct content and messaging to that person.
By capturing a consumer’s behavior and intent in-session and right from the start, publishers and brands are able to personalize their content and provide more direct and targeted advertising based off of that first-impression visit, all at a faster pace.
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With more than 15 years of experience in the alternative investment industry–as Vice President & Associate General Counsel of Goldman, Sachs & Co., a Director of hedge fund consulting at Deutsche Bank, and, most recently, as General Counsel of Claren Road Asset Management LLC–Ben offers firsthand knowledge of the issues facing investors, funds, and their financing and derivative counterparties. New and existing funds benefit from his transactional and regulatory experience by providing them with the ability to dodge the pitfalls of a turbulent market and translate legal and regulatory challenges into opportunities.
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Benjamin Kozinn analyzes implications of recent SEC enforcement actions and the importance for fund managers to provide adequate support to Chief Compliance Officers and compliance programs, in a two-part series in the Hedge Fund Law Report.
October 11-November 8, 2018
Benjamin Kozinn points to a confluence of issues present in a cracked economy which led to the 2008 global financial crisis in an interview with the Hedge Fund Law Report. In the first of a two-part series, Kozinn provides an insider’s assessment of the crisis—the causes, the role that hedge funds played, and the regulatory changes in its aftermath (including passage of the Dodd-Frank Act)—and the new focus on counterparty risk. Kozinn also provides insight into the evolution of hedge fund managers as a result of the crisis and the issues behind increased levels of scrutiny. In part two of the series, Kozinn discusses the growing importance of chief compliance and chief operating officers since 2008, growing institutionalization and scrutiny of the hedge fund business, and factors behind a 2018 decrease in fund launches. In addition, Kozinn looks at the state of financial regulation and why the next downturn will reinvigorate hedge funds and spur a search for fresh talent.
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In a three-part article, the Hedge Fund Law Report quotes Peter D. Greene and Benjamin Kozinn regarding fund managers’ collection (often through vendors) and use of big data, liability risks associated with acquisition and use of material nonpublic information, and data privacy issues surrounding access to and use of personally identifiable information.
Benjamin Kozinn discusses regulatory changes affecting the hedge fund industry in an exclusive interview with the Hedge Fund Law Report.
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Marketing Rx Earns 2016 Constant Contact All Star Award.
Marketing Rx Has Been Recognized Among Top 10 Percent of Customers Driving Powerful Email Marketing Results for the 3rd year in a row!
[EDMONTON ALBERTA — [March 15, 2017] – Marketing Rx, a business that provides social media strategic planning and all inclusive Social Media Management has been named a 2016 All Star Award winner by Constant Contact, part of the Endurance International Group, Inc.’s (Nasdaq: EIGI) family of brands and the trusted marketing advisor to hundreds of thousands of small organizations worldwide. The annual award recognizes the most successful 10 percent of Constant Contact’s customer base, based on their significant achievements using email marketing to engage their customer base and drive results for their organization during the prior year.
“We are thrilled to win this award again for the 3rd year in a row. It’s an honor to be recognized by Constant Contact for achieving strong marketing results and engaging with our customers. Constant Contact’s tools have helped us create captivating email campaigns, manage our subscriptions and increase our click through rate.
With Social Media becoming so busy, like a hurricane of info out there every day, and many emails are yelling sell sell sell and they don’t influence at all. They have high bounce rates. Our strategy is to use email marketing to keep our clients informed about changes in social media, tips to build their business and fun things like wine recommendations and recipes. Adding value in today’s market is so important. We don’t want to just impress our clients, we want to astonish them, and have them say WOW! Giving them ore than they would ever expect. Constant contact is our GO TO resource that we recommend to clients for email marketing, and that we also set up our all-inclusive clients with.” Kimberly Allison, Director + CEO of Marketing Rx Inc.
Small businesses and nonprofits using Constant Contact’s email marketing tools are eligible for this award. Criteria used to select this year’s All Stars included the following during 2016:
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“Email marketing continues to deliver the highest returns of any marketing channel. Yet its ability to engage customers, drive awareness, boost sales, and increase donations isn’t always a given. It requires a balance of best practices and relevant content delivered through a powerful email marketing engine,” said Jamie Waldinger, Senior Director Corporate Development & Strategy, Constant Contact. “This year’s All Stars embody that balance and we laudMarketing Rx achievements with this All Star Award.”
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Endurance International Group (NASDAQ: EIGI) (em)Powers millions of small businesses worldwide with products and technology to vitalize their online web presence, email marketing, mobile business solutions, and more. The Endurance family of brands includes: Constant Contact, Bluehost, HostGator, iPage, Domain.com, BigRock, SiteBuilder and SinglePlatform, among others. Headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, Endurance employs more than 4,000 people across the United States, Brazil, India and the Netherlands. For more information, visit: www.endurance.com.
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Leonard Nimoy and Stephen Hawking to Guest Star on Big Bang Theory
Finally, Sheldon Cooper's lifelong obsession of meeting Mr. Spock is coming true albeit in a dream sequence only (and I read we'll only be hearing Mr. Nimoy's voice so not really a physical meeting haha).
Image nicked from hollywoodreporter
Long time fans and Big Bang Theory followers were undoubtedly ecstatic when the news broke out of the two appearing on separate episodes of the popular TV series. I myself am super excited because it has been Sheldon's dream to meet the original Spock himself (again, technically he's not really gonna meet him, as Mr. Nimoy's non-screen appearance agreement still stands). But still, it's something.
As for nabbing the celebrated theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking to do an appearance, even the show's executive producer Bill Prady can't really explain how everything happened. He described it as a "mystery that only Stephen Hawking himself would understand." For them, Stephen Hawking has always been the dream guest but somehow the idea gets brushed aside, so how it happened is surely something that the whole team won't forget for a long time.
Screenshot from executive producer Bill Prady's twitter account
as told by Marye at Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Labels: Big bang theory, bill prady, leonard nimoy, stephen hawking
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Certainly, the vast majority of Republicans approve of Trump, and many are pleased with his Supreme Court nominees and the passage, by the GOP-held Congress, of a major tax reform law. Even in congressional districts where Trump is unpopular, many Republican strategists are hoping that voters will draw distinctions between their individual members of Congress and the president, as they did in 2016, and will reward the incumbent GOP for a strong economy. Republicans still largely feel bullish about the Senate, where the red state-heavy map favors them, and where Democrats are having their own challenges.
[Read here about Democrats’ biggest worry in the countdown to Election Day.]
Yet with eight weeks until Election Day, there is no doubt that Republican operatives are nervous about their November fortunes, especially when it comes to defending the House. Here’s a look at the midterms dynamics that worry top GOP strategists most:
Republicans concede that it has been a rough summer for their party—and the president has often been at the center of the GOP’s most challenging moments over the past few months.
There was the Trump administration’s short-lived but deeply controversial policy of separating children from their parents at the border; a widely panned appearance with Russian President Vladimir Putin in which Trump refused to hold him accountable for Moscow’s interference in the 2016 election; the guilty plea of his longtime lawyer Michael Cohen to, among other things, campaign finance violations, and the guilty verdict for his former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, in a financial fraud trial. And then there are the tweets that constantly knock Republican lawmakers off their carefully planned policy messages.
Taken together, it has created an environment that Republican strategists say makes it even harder for independents to swing their way, adding to the traditional challenges facing the president’s party in the first midterm of a new White House.
“All it’s doing is adding more straws on the camel’s back,” said longtime GOP pollster Glen Bolger. “Nothing’s broken, but it’s not good, it’s not helping…it’s not that they’ve necessarily thought, ‘OK, everything is wrong and the president ought to be impeached.’ It’s more like, ‘God, things are just out of control, there’s so much dysfunction that it’s exhausting.’”
Even as Trump’s approval rating remains sky-high among Republican voters, with the general public that number has largely been mired in the low 40s or worse. Strategists fear that it could drop more.
Angry Democrats
In special elections across the country and at virtually every level of government since Trump’s election, Democrats have turned out in massive numbers, notching wins in Republican strongholds from a conservative western Pennsylvania House district to a Senate seat in Alabama.
This has troubled Republicans for months, and now two months before Election Day—when it really counts—Democratic enthusiasm shows no signs of abating.
“There’s a lot of intensity on the other side,” said Ralph Reed, the chairman of the Faith & Freedom Coalition, a socially conservative organization that is mounting conservative mobilization efforts. “Intensity counts for something in politics, and if it’s reflected in dramatically higher turnout for base Democratic voters, it could be a major problem come November. If you’re asking me what keeps me awake at night, that’s probably it.”
What’s especially concerning to some Republicans is the strength of Democratic enthusiasm in more conservative districts—which Democrats don’t necessarily need to take back the House, given the number of swing- and center-right districts also in play this year.
“Any objective measure of overperformance of Democrats in some special elections leads you to believe they’re going to run aggressively in districts Hillary Clinton won,” said Kentucky-based GOP strategist Scott Jennings.
These six bellwether districts will help to determine whether the Democrats can engineer a wave election to regain control of the House of Representatives in 2018.
Is the economy enough?
Republicans are banking on the strong economy and, in many districts, their tax reform legislation, to insulate against the rough national environment. But staying on that more fiscally focused message—and keeping voters tuned in—can be a challenge, especially in suburban districts where the president is underwater.
“Even if a suburban candidate is on message, there’s no oxygen, nobody’s paying attention because President Trump is such a dominant player, he’s the one getting all the attention, particularly for people who watch cable,” said Henry Barbour, the Republican national committeeman from Mississippi, calling Trump a “key driver,” adding, “whether you love him or hate him.”
“This is a tough environment, and despite the economic success, it’s not necessarily what is in the forefront of people’s minds,” Barbour said. “But as a party we have to help bring voters back to that.”
Bolger, the pollster, said his first two biggest fears about the midterms are the prospect of major Democratic turnout and challenges with independent voters.
“If I were to add a third one, this is going to sound strange, but the economy,” he said. “The economy is doing so well that voters’ attention, in many cases, turns to other issues. The economy is a strong point for the president and for Republicans, but a lot of voters might say, ‘OK, that’s going well, so I’m going to focus on other things I’m worried about, like health care or the chaos in Washington. And in those cases, we don’t look as good.”
And even though the GOP has delivered on its tax reform pledge, other big-ticket policy priorities, from repealing Obamacare to achieving some sort of immigration reform, are still out of grasp, risking Republican apathy.
“If Trump voters don’t see the Republicans trying to pass their issues, they’ll take a pass because Trump’s not on the ballot,” warned John McLaughlin, a GOP pollster who was involved in Trump’s campaign.
Shumaker, the North Carolina GOP strategist, noted that it is often the party out of power that is more angry—and more motivated to vote—in midterm cycles, pointing to the rise of the conservative Tea Party movement in the Obama era.
“Anger is a great motivator in American politics,” he said. “The Democrats, the far left, is angry.”
Katie Glueck: 202-286-2392, @katieglueck
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Watch Dogs Sequel Confirmed for Release in the Next Year
By: Seth G. Macy
Ubisoft has confirmed the follow-up to Watch Dogs will be releasing before the end of its 2017 fiscal year.
Since the company reports its annual results in April, the sequel will be coming out sometime before, as Ubisoft mentioned in its earnings release today in the lead-up to its call with investors.
“Ubisoft will launch a very high-quality line-up,” it stated in its release, mentioning “the next installment of Watch Dogs” along with a “new high-potential AAA brand with strong digital live services.”
In the same release, Ubisoft made clear it won’t release a new Assassin’s Creed this year. Ubisoft said the decision is based on a slower than expected launch for Assassin’s Creed Syndicate last October.
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Trafigura downplays overvaluation claims after Iceberg goes short on its bonds
Metals trader Trafigura has refuted claims from Iceberg Research, the analytics outfit that launched an explosive campaign against Noble Group, that it has overvalued “hundreds of millions [of dollars] in debt securities issued by an associate.”
Iceberg’s claims - made in a report published on Wednesday June 19 - center on Trafigura’s valuation of debt securities linked to its Porto Sudeste asset, a Brazilian port in which the company owns a 49.5% stake. Trafigura values the debt securities of the port at $490 million, which Iceberg disputes, arguing that publicly available...
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Silly Girls
Why celebrities, fashion trend and other pop culture are damaging the path toward female empowerment for today's girly youth.
Lynne Meredith Golodner
What do you want to be when you grow up?” I asked my 7-year-old daughter Eliana.
“Somebody who can be anything,” she said on a break from playing restaurant with her brothers. The kitchen table was littered with glasses of grape juice-ice-and blueberries (homemade snow cones) and a piece of paper with writing in green marker telling the day’s specials.
She thought for a minute, her blond hair held back with a thick headband, still in pajamas at 10:30 on a Sunday morning. “I want to be a teacher,” she said finally. “Because I would get to read a lot of books. I might change my mind when I grow up, but it seems really cool to be a teacher.”
My daughter, like so many young girls today, is excited by fashion and likes to dab garish shadow on her eyelids or pink shiny gloss on her lips. But she doesn’t wear jeans that reveal her butt crack or low-dipping tank tops.
It helps that her school has a dress code (no bare midriffs or spaghetti straps). Her favorite pop role models are Miley Cyrus (cringe), Taylor Swift (OK) and Justin Bieber and the Jonas Brothers (good family values).
When Eliana was a baby, I balked at Baby Gap’s array of “cleavage”-accentuating tanks for chubby baby girls. I was surprised by the message of sexualization of even our youngest fashionistas.
Despite a long, increasingly steep, uphill battle for female empowerment, girls today are facing a big push to keep them in a very limited role. “It’s attempts by the old status quo of trying even harder to keep women in their place,” says Ellen Yashinsky Chute, LMSW, ACSW. “As women move forward, the attempts to keep them where they used to be grow and intensify, especially because most of industry is run by rich, white men.”
Marketing makeup to kids
A Wall Street Journal article, “It’s Just Lip Gloss, Mom,” showed just how much makeup companies are marketing to their youngest clientele. Walmart Stores recently launched a line of makeup products for tweens called geoGirl with names based on texting – BCNU (“be seeing you”) powder shadow, F2F (“face to face”) moisture tint and SWAK (“sent with a kiss”) lip treatment.
Target last year began selling Hello Kitty cosmetics and this year will expand its e.l.f. makeup line to include tween items. Makeup guru Bobbi Brown thinks it’s no big deal that younger girls are dabbling in makeup. And research shows that most American parents agree with her – 64 percent buy cosmetics for their kids.
Gabriella Burman is not one of them. The Huntington Woods mother of three daughters says, “Modesty is not so much what you wear but how you comport yourself. As much as we love fashion and work out at the gym and try to look as good as possible, and we are influenced ourselves by celebrity tabloids, we have to remember the reason we became parents – it’s about having love to give and bestowing that love on children and bringing them into the world because you believe they have a purpose that’s completely not material.”
Unfortunately, Burman’s message is drowned out by the plethora of media mania telling little girls to wear tight clothes, focus on their face and strive to be mean millionaires.
They’re getting it from every direction: As the marketing front floods the market with appearance-focused products, TV and popular culture isn’t helping. Reality shows that emphasize clothing, body and bad behavior send the same superficial message.
Pushing superficiality
“We definitely have a preoccupation with objectifying women and girls,” says Chute. “Think about the pictures of two-month-old baby girls with stretchy headbands – we as parents buy into indoctrinating our little girls into this culture of being beautiful and that that matters.”
Growing up in Hong Kong before she moved to Grosse Pointe, 16-year-old Zoe Hu says the media and pop culture in both places send “an underlying message that girls should strive to be beautiful and become the ideal of beauty.”
In Hong Kong, the preferred female had pale skin and dark hair while here, Hu says, “it’s being tan and blond.” Regardless of the specifics, there is an emphasis on looks and appearance and striving to fulfill a beauty ideal.
“It’s not a good thing at all,” she says. But that doesn’t mean Hu and her peers succumb to the superficial. They enjoy fashion and pop culture as much as any girls but don’t give in to the pressure to fulfill someone else’s image of beauty.
“I don’t feel like there is a set definition of beauty that I have to strive to achieve,” Hu says. “There is a double standard, though. A girl can strive to have a good career and be the boss or CEO but there will always be that ‘Oh she’s cold-hearted or she’s cruel, she doesn’t really want a family.’ Whereas a man can do the same thing and he’ll be the high-achiever.”
“All of my friends know that if they work hard, they can achieve almost anything,” Hu says. “I don’t have a friend who wants to be the housewife or the stay-at-home mom.”
Chute blames social media, cell phone and the Internet with communicating this message of superficiality.
“We are blasted with so many messages from so many sources – Hollywood’s chosen body type represents less than 5 percent of the actual population and when you don’t see those images, what you see are stereotypical images, mean fat women or jolly fat women or older women who are loony,” says Chute. “You don’t see a normal person who’s wrangling with life issues and has good times and bad times.”
The best role models for girls today, says Chute, are the adult women in their lives.
“We shouldn’t stop fighting these stereotypical images of us, but we must remember that the very best thing we can give our daughters or the girls in our life is the knowledge of who they are besides how they look,” she says. “That’s the legacy we leave – to help girls know they have choices. There are constraints, but those constraints do not indicate who they are as human beings.”
Having higher standards
Steve Jasgur, a Birmingham father of two daughters, is already considering karate and other “empowering” classes for his eldest daughter, who exhibits some shyness.
“It’s important to us that our daughters are confident,” he says. “We keep the TV off more often than not. When they do watch, we allow programs like Dora, which show empowered girls.”
As most little girls do, Jasgur’s daughters “love all the princesses. We have costumes around the house, but we’ve made a point of buying a doctor outfit and a policewoman costume, so they can experiment with other roles than just princesses, who tend to focus almost entirely on appearance and landing a prince.”
Jasgur is also owner of Joe Cornell Entertainment, a Southfield company that sells out its annual sixth grade dance and etiquette program. The program, which teaches 300 kids every year, has a formal dress code – slacks and a tucked-in button-down shirt for boys and knee-length or longer skirt or dress pants for girls.
“Pop culture has allowed boys to get sloppier,” says Jasgur. “We teach social confidence, and how we dress is an important part of that. We explain this at the first class every
season, with parents present, so they can help us reinforce what we believe to be a very important part of the confidence equation.
“We all behave differently when we’re dressed nicely,” he says. “We frame it in the context of learning to dance, but it applies to everyday life, too.”
Adds Jasgur, “At 11 years old, our students hear the message better from someone other than their parents.
“What we teach is sadly missing from popular culture. We teach tweens that if you want to feel good about yourself, think about how you put yourself together – the picture of yourself not only projects to the public, it impacts your own self-confidence, too.”
Pressure from society and peers
Carol Restovic has struggled to find appropriate clothing for her two daughters since they were little.
“You can’t find anything that’s not low-cut or skinny jeans,” says the Eastpointe mother of four. “What the media and entertainment industry portray as cool – low-rise, tight in the tush – I don’t think my daughters think their identity is even important.”
To whit, her 8-year-old daughter says she doesn’t know what she wants to be when she grows up other than “rich.”
“This might be an indication of how society influences people,” says Restovic. “My daughter says as soon as she’s old enough to work, she wants to work at a cell phone store, so she can get a cell phone. For an 8-year-old, I don’t think this should be a goal in life.”
Her older daughter, who is 13, doesn’t adopt pop culture trends, though. She rejects the conformity ways of most girls in her class, dressing however she wants and listening to her own choice of music.
That’s heartening, says Emily Mitnick, a 23-year-old MSU grad, who sees many younger teenage girls wearing the same clothes she and her friends do.
“Girls are maturing at a lot faster of a pace,” Mitnick says. “Between social media and reality TV, it’s getting out of hand. Style and attire and behavior are so risqué. They’re absolutely repressing themselves. You don’t have to show cleavage or a lot of skin to have confidence or get noticed.”
Young girls must learn that confidence is about who you are inside, not what you look like on the outside, Mitnick says. “Men are the top players in advertising and marketing and as women start to advance, they find ways to push us back.”
“Our job as parents is to direct our children and protect them,” Burman says. “We want our children to have lives of purpose where they’re doing good things in the community and acts of kindness and moving the world forward, advancing human rights and becoming truly progressive.”
Laurie Freeman, the Farmington Hills mother of an 8-year-old daughter, strategically only “promoted” a select few of the Disney princesses when her daughter was young: Mulan, Belle and Ariel, “because they were all independent and didn’t need a prince to rescue them,” she says.
“I also tell her that she can’t get married until after she finishes medical school. So far, she’s a girl who loves getting her nails done and dressing up but plays ice hockey and softball. She rarely has a temper tantrum or pouts.”
The beauty of choice
With strong female role models, as much as society screams its loud message that girls should focus on appearance and take steps to be beautiful and body-focused, girls will learn to be strong and make strides, says Chute.
“We’ve come to a place of acknowledging how constraining and confining those gender roles are and so we have hopefully given our girls gifts of encouraging them to know more about themselves than just their looks,” says Chute. “Your daughter has a choice. Your mom didn’t have a choice. Our little girls can play baseball and they can go to medical school and nothing is off-limits to them.”
Lianne Paskel, mother of four (including two daughters) and director of the Franklin Dance and Movement Center, says her daughters don’t idolize the female pop icons in the Disney machine. Her girls wear clothes that are appropriate for their bodies and appreciate pop culture for the beauty of the music or the message, not the negative influences.
“Girls who feel confident don’t need to dress inappropriately,” says Paskel. “My only complaint is I don’t think girls today are aware of the fights women have been staging for decades. I don’t think they realize that women still don’t get paid as much as men. They don’t understand what the fight is and how far back. We’ve come a long way, but we still aren’t where we could be.”
If a mother is happy with herself, especially her physical body as she ages, then her daughters will have a positive self-image, Paskel says.
The proliferation of moms enhancing their cleavage or erasing wrinkles with plastic surgery and Botox does nothing to aid the fight for equality, she says.
“In my dance classes, we talk about how we have so many different shapes and sizes,” Paskel says. “It is backwards if women feel they can’t accept who they are, aging naturally.”
Chute disagrees.
“A generation ago, we were so cloistered and forced into privacy. We could never have admitted that were having Botox,” says Chute. “It’s a mark of our liberation that we can be casual about it. And choose. I have so much choice that I can be casual about it.”
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Food for Thought: Super Bowl party tips
Click inside for the weekly food for thought with items on throwing the best Super Bowl party, a recipe for popovers, beer in 2011 and more. Or check out these links:
When the best two professional football teams square off at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas on Feb. 6, partiers in parking lots and homes across America will expect the ultimate football party.
Joe Cahn, widely known as the Commissioner of Tailgating, has spent 14 years on the road, tailgating with football fans across the country. After all, it's the food and the camaraderie that truly make the Super Bowl the biggest football party of the year.
Cahn offers his top 10 football party-planning tips for a fantastic game day.
1. Show team pride. Your local fabric store can be a great resource for finding a budget-friendly way to display your team's colors and set the tone for your party. A few yards of fabric can easily become a tablecloth or a flag marking the right address.
2. Four quarters to feast. Your party is going to be an all-day event, so don't plan anything formal. Instead, offer items that allow people to graze while they're standing, cheering and chatting. And don't forget to recycle during the event.
3. Corral the grub. Keeping food in a separate room from the TV means guests won't inadvertently block someone's view of the action. Placing the food in another room also allows people who may want a break from the game to socialize without distracting hard-core fans.
4. Hydrate the fans. Have plenty of ice and water on hand. Yes, water is an "adult" beverage and should be readily available to your guests.
5. Bring the party to others. Encourage people to capture video and photos that can be uploaded to social network sites to share the fun and memories with others.
6. Prepare a take-home menu. People can it take home to remind them of the great food. Leave some room for people to jot notes. Be creative and make it feel like a game program. Guests will enjoy looking at it long after the game is over.
7. Know the game. Get up to speed on the game's most decisive players so you can chime in on football conversations. Go to Bing.com and search for "player X vs. player Y" to get informed, and impress everyone with your game-day knowledge.
8. Safety first. If there's drinking involved, always make sure there are designated drivers among your guests or help schedule cab rides.
9. Take care of your host. This tip is actually for the guest –– make a party MVP ball: buy a football and markers and ask everyone at the party to sign it. Then, present it to your host at the end of the game with a "Most Valuable Party Thrower" award.
10. Football is a team sport. Again, for the guest –– assist in set-up and serving food, or handle clean-up duties after the game. Also, feel free to contribute a food specialty, but ask the host to make sure you're not doubling up on anything.
-- ARA
Tip of the Week: Dehydrate your fruits and veggies
Drying is the oldest method of food preservation, and dried fruits and vegetables are high in fiber but low in fat. Electric dehydrators are available to dry out food at home and create on-the-go, low-calorie snacks that taste great.
--FruitsandVeggiesMatter.gov
Easy recipe: Popovers
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease six nonstick popover or muffin cups extremely generously.
2. Blend eggs, flour and milk in a processor, or whisk by hand, until smooth.
3. Pour equal amount of batter into muffin tins, filling about three-fourths of the way to the top. Turn the oven down to 375 degrees while letting muffin pans sit for 10 minutes.
4. Transfer pan to oven. Bake 20 to 25 minutes. Serve immediately.
Makes six servings.
-- Linda Bassett/ North Shore Sunday
About 1 in 25 people suffer from a food allergy, the most common being milk, eggs, nuts, fish, soy and wheat.
-- EatRight.org
What unusual animal was hunted for food to the point of extinction on the island of Cyprus?
A. Dodo
B. Pigmy hippopotamus
C. Pigmy elephant
D. Sabre-tooth tiger
-- funtrivia.com
Answer is at bottom of column
Wise to the Word: Harissa sauce
[hah-REE-suh] From Tunisia, this fiery-hot sauce is usually made with hot Chile peppers, garlic, cumin, coriander, caraway and olive oil. It's the traditional accompaniment for couscous but is also used to flavor soups, stews and other dishes. Harissa can be found in cans and jars in Middle Eastern markets.
-- epicurious.com
Number to Know
260: One slice of a 12-inch cheese pizza from Pizza Hut is 260 calories.
– calorielab.com
The Dish On …
“Taste of Home Comfort Food Diet Cookbook: Lose Weight with 433 Foods you Crave!” by Taste of Home magazine
A follow up to the best-selling original, this second volum offers new family-friendly recipes for hearty all-time favorites with fewer calories than expected. In addition, testimonials and photos from actual dieters, a six-week meal plan, notes on exercise and tips on making healthy food choices are included.
Realistic portions combined with exceptional taste put pleasure back in healthy eating without sacrificing quality or satisfaction. After all, the Comfort Food Diet is about what people can eat, not what they have to give up.
-- Reader’s Digest Association
From the Beer Nut’s Blog: More to expect in 2011
I recently wrote two columns about beers coming out in 2011 and, as sometimes happens, some breweries didn’t get me the info about their new beers until after deadline. So, here are some beers to look out for this year.
First up is Founders Brewing Company. This year they will release Endurance Ale, a low-alcohol beer made with enough hops for a hop head. It’s 4.7 percent ABV, and will hit stores in the spring.
Next up is Pretty Things. Brewer Dann Paquette said a new Once Upon a Time historical beer will probably be released in September. In addition, they will be returning Fluffy White Rabbits, Field Mouse’s Farewell and Our Finest Regards, along with American Darling and Babayaga this year.
The Wachusett Brewing Company will introduce its Belgian White in 22-ounce bottles in March. It was previously available only in 12-ounce bottles.
To read more from the Beer Nut, visit http://blogs.townonline.com/beernut/.
Food Quiz Answer
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4 good reasons for using Neste Pro Diesel also in your boat
Published in Oil products, Transportation
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You can order refueling for your boat straight to the pier from the Neste Satama service station in Turku. The service uses exclusively Neste Pro Diesel, as it offers boats also other benefits besides lower fuel consumption.
"The boat is moored and we're going out to the sea during the weekend. Do you have time to fill her up before that?"
"No problem," says Jari Laine to his customer.
Laine starts up his pickup truck at the Neste Satama service station, close to the Turku Castle. The bed of the pickup has a fuel tank with a capacity of slightly under one thousand liters.
Laine drives to the shore next to the customer's boat, pulls out a 50-meter hose and fills up the boat's tank. Registered customers do not even have to be present during refueling; they pay for the fuel afterwards against invoice.
Boaters appreciate the service. In addition to inconvenience of refueling, they also avoid the boat trip to the station and, at times, also long queues.
"Boats often take in 400–900 liters of fuel at a time. At a sea station, there can be a couple of boats ahead of you. If both take almost one thousand liters of fuel, you might have to wait for up to an hour."
The tanker's tank only contains Neste Pro Diesel, a premium-quality fuel for cars. Neste Pro Diesel also has a lot of benefits to boats.
Laine highlights four factors:
1. Better fuel – quieter boat
Neste Pro Diesel burns more efficiently than conventional diesel. One consequence of this is lower engine noise.
"Customers have sad that the sound from the boat engine gets softer and it is more quiet inside the boat," Laine says. "This phenomenon is barely noticeable in a car, but in a boat, reducing noise even by a little is a good thing."
2. Consumption can decrease
In suitable conditions, Neste Pro Diesel can decrease a car's fuel consumption by 1–5%. In a boat, consumption differences are harder to measure as the conditions differ all the time. However, the consumption meter indicates it, and Laine has noticed the difference.
"Neste Pro Diesel has decreased my boat's fuel consumption, and customers have said the same for their boats."
3. Less smoke from the engine
More efficient and cleaner combustion can also reduce emissions from the engine. Laine has noticed that there can be less smoke, especially in older boats. On waters, this has more effect on comfort than in a car, as you spend a lot of time outside on the deck in a boat.
4. Prevents diesel bacteria
Laine also offers small-scale boat servicing as a hobby. He says that he hears about problems caused by "diesel bacteria" every year. They are microbes that begin to grow in water accumulated in the fuel tank. The growth can clog the boat's fuel filter and put a stop to the trip.
The suspected reason for the problems becoming more commonplace is first-generation FAME biodiesel blended in some diesel fuels. FAME is biodegradable by nature, and it absorbs more water than ordinary. The conditions for bacterial growth can therefore be more favorable.
Neste diesels do not contain a drop of FAME biodiesel. Their biocomponent is premium-quality Neste Renewable Diesel. Problems are rare in this kind of fuel.
"If your engine stalls on the sea when it is windy and the waves are high, you can be in trouble," Laine says. "Therefore, you should think about these things in advance when you are setting off to the sea. That way, you can avoid many worries."
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Our Voice: One fix for the revenue problem
Missouri will – at least for the foreseeable future and possibly forever – be a state that chooses to spend as little as possible on government.
Our Voice: One fix for the revenue problem Missouri will – at least for the foreseeable future and possibly forever – be a state that chooses to spend as little as possible on government. Check out this story on news-leader.com: http://sgfnow.co/2kmiwRA
Editorial Board Published 11:30 p.m. CT Jan. 23, 2017 | Updated 12:55 a.m. CT Jan. 24, 2017
There was much frustration last week when Gov. Eric Greitens cut $146 million of spending from the budget. It was the same kind of frustration expressed when former Gov. Jay Nixon cut about $200 million.
Those cuts hurt our public schools and universities, departments that focus on health and those that provide safety.
But Grietens is right that the cuts must continue as long as revenue lags.
However there are too many signs our current spending level is not enough. Deteriorating infrastructure, lagging court systems, and struggling school districts show we’re not handling our most basic responsibilities.
We need at least some additional revenue, and that’s difficult for a state in which residents are tax-averse.
There is one solution that an unusually broad swath of legislators find palatable, and that’s streamlining sales tax.
Essentially, national online vendors are off the hook when it comes to collecting and remitting sales tax in the state.
Technically, we the consumers should be tracking our online spending and paying sales taxes on those purchases. The state doesn’t enforce this, so naturally almost no one is doing it.
For one thing, this system – the result of outdated tax code – unfairly penalizes brick and mortar businesses. Those businesses in our communities that must collect sales tax are at a disadvantage when competing with national internet retailers who can avoid collecting sales tax.
But the other problem created by our old tax system is that we’re no longer collecting all the sales tax revenue we should be, and that hurts the state’s bottom line.
You may have heard that folks have really taken to online shopping. Our revenue problem stands to get worse unless we take steps to update the tax code.
That’s where the Streamline Sales Tax Act comes in. Missouri would change its sales tax system to mirror those of other states in the program and collect about $20 million annually in additional revenue.
It would also set us up to collect upwards of $400 million more each year if the change is made at the federal level.
The editorial board spoke to several locally elected legislators to gauge the temperature in Jefferson City and Washington.
Specific opinions varied, but no one was opposed to updating our tax system.
Rep. Steve Helms said online sales are taking “a bigger piece of the retail market” and that the issue “will have to be addressed.”
Rep. Crystal Quade also said it was necessary to create a level playing field and to stop the decline in local sales tax revenue.
Rep. Curtis Trent said the issue doesn’t appear to be a priority at the state level, but said it’s unfair that sales tax isn’t collected equally and that collection should be based on deliberate policy and not evolutions in the market. He did say, however, that he does not want to increase revenue, so he would hope for “broader reform.”
It is a difficult process though, something Rep. Kevin Austin discussed in some detail. He said we do need to make a change so local businesses are treated fairly, but that changes at only the state level open the door for some “gamesmanship” from retailers who can move operations around the country in search of lax tax systems.
The good news is there’s some appetite to make that change at the federal level. Both U.S. Senators from Missouri, Roy Blunt and Claire McCaskill, say a change is necessary.
“Main Street retailers shouldn’t be put at a competitive disadvantage by a tax loophole that favors online and catalog retailers,” Blunt said. “That’s why I’ve previously backed Senate legislation, known as the Marketplace Fairness Act, to level the playing field for brick-and-mortar stores in Missouri and across America.”
Blunt added that it doesn’t create a new tax. It only allows states to collect sales tax they are already owed.
McCaskill said streamlining the tax code would help boost jobs and businesses in Springfield and the rest of the state.
“Senator Blunt and I agree on the need for a common-sense, bipartisan plan to help fix this disparity, but even with a federal fix, leaders in Jefferson City are still holding Missouri back – leaving money on the table that would be an economic boon to our state,” she said.
We agree. Legislators in Jefferson City and Washington all need to act. It’s the right thing to do for our local brick-and-mortar businesses, and it’s the smartest answer to solving some of our revenue issues.
Updating the tax code is complicated work, however, so legislators will need to find time to make it a priority.
This editorial is the view of the News-Leader Editorial Board
Allen Jones President
Paul Berry Executive Editor
Cheryl Whitsitt Managing Editor
Stephen Herzog Engagement Editor
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Home > Spanish Nets' Preview Of DACA/DAPA Hearing As Biased As You'd Expect
Spanish Nets' Preview Of DACA/DAPA Hearing As Biased As You'd Expect
By Jorge Bonilla | April 18, 2016 10:48 AM EDT
On Monday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of United States v. Texas - the case in which a coalition of 26 states, led by Texas, sued the Obama administration over the executive DACA/DAPA programs. On the leading domestic Spanish-language television network newscasts, the case was given existential treatment. Unfortunately, the coverage was just as one-sided as we would have expected.
Despite Telemundo's stated commitment to "just-the-facts" journalism, there was very little variance from Univision's activist offering. Both Friday evening newscasts led with the story, and the anchors set up their respective video packages from Washington with the requisite statement on the paramount importance of the Court's ruling on the constitutionality of the DACA/DAPA executive actions.
Outside the Supreme Court, there was a pro-amnesty rally as well as a press conference by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, both of which were central to the coverage. Congressman Luis Gutiérrez' statements were featured on both newscasts, but it was Telemundo that managed to capture the absurdity of the moment as well as the broader expectation of the open-borders movements:
LORI MONTENEGRO, REPORTER, TELEMUNDO: Congressman Luis Gutiérrez will be present at the hearing, and says that his eyes will be fixed on Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
REP. LUIS GUTIERREZ: If there's someone that can make an argument and understand what our community lives, it's her.
This pretty much sums up your Spanish-language coverage of DACAgeddon... a Member of Congress openly calling for a sitting Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court to argue the government's side in a case about executive overreach and being uncritically covered by media organizations that have a clear stake in the outcome of the ruling.
Each network was also careful to put a sympathetic face on DACA/DAPA, by showcasing immigrant families that will be directly impacted by the ruling, with Univision even going so far as to coin the Orwellian descriptor "of mixed legal status" when describing one such family.
Needless to say, the coverage was totally one-sided in support of the government's position. Even when the position of the states was explained, it was done very narrowly by a pro-amnesty activist.
The networks did not even consider- much less devote equal time to- the many reasoned arguments in opposition to these executive actions. Neither Univision nor Telemundo bothered to find anyone to come on and express concerns over executive overreach into what is clearly under the purview of Congress, national security, the president's violation of the "Take Care" clause, or the impact that these actions could have both on our workforce and on state budgets.
On immigration, it appears that Isaac Lee's "no two sides" maxim is really an ironclad rule, and that we shouldn't expect any sort of fair coverage of an issue that impacts ALL of us. Instead, one of the critical questions surrounding this election is framed solely as a matter of family reunification, and splashed with "The Final Battle" graphics like those above. And that is truly unfortunate.
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Jorge Bonilla is a contributing news analyst at MRC Latino, the nation's leading Hispanic media watchdog.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta is stepping down following criticism of his handling of a plea deal with a wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein, who is accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls.
Trump announced the news with Acosta by his side at the White House as Trump left on a trip to the Midwest.
Acosta says stepping aside was the right decision.
He was the U.S. attorney in Miami when he oversaw a 2008 nonprosecution agreement with Epstein. Epstein avoided federal charges and served 13 months in jail.
Similar charges recently filed against Epstein by federal prosecutors in New York had put Acosta’s role in the 2008 deal under renewed scrutiny.
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According to Reuters, investigators hunting for the cause of the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that killed all 157 people on board have begun studying the cockpit voice recorder.
Experts say it is too soon to know what brought down the Boeing 737 MAX 8 on March 10.
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A photo showed the recorder intact but dented by the impact of the plane’s crash.
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Cambria desal faces hurdles
Cambria officials seek federal funding for controversial desalination project
By Matt Fountain
Reinvigorate” was the word of the day at the July 28 Cambria Community Services District Board of Directors meeting. It was used repeatedly by directors, staff, and the lobbyist hired to secure federal money for an “alternate water source” in the coastal North County community.
PHOTO BY STEVE E. MILLER
VIABLE? : The current location proposed for a desalination plant near the mouth of the Santa Rosa Creek in Cambria could run afoul of State Parks and other state agencies.
One word that was tip-toed around, however—at least by those on the CCSD payroll—was “desalination,” though it was clearly on the tip of everyone’s tongues.
The latest public board meeting followed the release of the district’s 2011-12 budget and was a show in renewed interest and optimism. It was also a place to debate geological testing that will determine if the location near Shamel Park and the state beach at Santa Rosa Creek is a viable one for the long-proposed desalination plant.
Currently, the joint CCSD-Army Corps of Engineers geotechnical testing is comprised of drilling test wells approximately 80 feet down near the mouth of Santa Rosa Creek to determine if underground pipes could collect enough seawater to supply a plant.
A new budget, adopted June 23, includes $40,000 for six months of service from Greg Burns, a Washington, D.C.-based “federal advocate” hired to facilitate relationships between the small-town district officials and legislators in the nation’s capitol who hold the purse strings for any potential desalination project.
Burns, a vice president of the Virginia-based federal government affairs firm Van Scoyoc Associates, was first hired by the CCSD in February 2009, the same month President Barack Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which allotted $4.6 billion to the Army Corps of Engineers, $200 million of which was allocated for “environmental infrastructure” projects. Cambria’s desalination project falls under that category.
“I was very surprised to hear Mr. Burns say you’re pursuing water alternatives when, in all reports, there are none mentioning any researching or any funding for recycling and storage,” resident Mary Webb told the board. “There have been no projects proposed other than desalination.”
Peter Chaldecott, former vice president of the board, who stepped down in November, said the community’s water problems are too severe to be addressed by water recycling.
The most recent CCSD Board election, in November 2010, was significant in part because two candidates ran on platforms that pointed to pursuing water options other than desal—such as gray-water systems and conservation. One candidate came close to taking a seat on the typically pro-desal board.
Burns was a key player in securing more than $2.5 million in ARRA funding for the desalination project. He’s previously worked with District Engineer Bob Gresens and former board president Greg Sanders, but the landscape of district staff and the board has changed since he last visited. Van Scoyoc flew Burns out for the July 28 meet, greet, and update at no charge.
The fiscal landscape has also changed since Burns last visited Cambria. On June 15, the House Appropriations Committee released the Army Corps of Engineers funding plan. The committee proposed roughly $4.7 billion for the Corps and a $133 million decrease in the Corps’ construction budget. That’s money that would be used to fund the desal project.
Burns told New Times, however, that $4.7 billion is “an extremely healthy allocation” for the Corps, historically, and he expects the Senate to propose even more funding.
In previous years, when a Corps project needed funding, local officials would go to their local legislator and seek a congressional earmark. Now that earmarks are a big no-no in Congress, spending decisions for corps projects have been placed solely at the discretion of the Corps itself.
Burns said increased communications between the CCSD and the Corps will make or break any substantial headway for the project in this new climate.
“It’s very important that elected officials hear from you directly and get to know the people from the community that this project will affect,” Burns told the board.
Courting legislators for funding is far from the only task ahead of the project. Burns reported that a “fair question” was whether pursuing a plant at the Santa Rosa Creek/Shamel Park location is already dead, given that California State Parks may not grant a permit for a site there. The proposal for the site—home to sensitive populations of plants and animals, including the endangered local steelhead trout—has already raised objections from environmentalists.
“I don’t know how to help you there,” said Burns, whose expertise is in behind-the-scenes relationships with legislators, not state agencies. He mentioned the possibility of pursuing talks with local Democratic Congresswoman Lois Capps, who could encourage State Parks to be more “reasonable.”
Another foreseeable obstacle sits with the Coastal Commission, the state agency with the power to hold up any project within the coastal zone. In a 2010 letter to the district, the commission said the proposed site doesn’t seem adequate for the project and that the board should consider a different location or re-evaluate the project altogether.
Few argue that the district doesn’t need someone with federal connections to advocate on its behalf if the project is to see daylight, though many argue that Cambria doesn’t need a plant in the first place.
Critics contend that desalination is the “most expensive water money can buy” and should only be used as a last resort. Some publicly question the direness of Cambria’s water shortage and whether the push for a desal plant is really a push for increased development in the coastal community. ∆
Staff Writer Matt Fountain can be reached at mfountain@newtimesslo.com.
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Article Categories > College Application > Top 10 Ways To Annoy Admissions Counselors
Top 10 ways to annoy admissions counselors
Don't pester your dream school, give them what they want!
It can seem impossible to decode how colleges decide who gets in.
Ultimately, though, college admissions counselors are people. There are certain things that irritate them.
Here are the top 10 ways to annoy the admissions office. Consider this list a guide of what NOT to do when you apply to college.
Don't...
1. Send unexpected extras with your application
The admissions office at Carnegie Mellon University (www.cmu.edu) has received science projects from applicants who want to study physics. Prospective music majors have sent compositions they’ve written. That doesn’t help admission counselors like Justin Mohney, assistant director of admissions at Carnegie Mellon who was a business administration major in college. If you want to add extra materials to your application, he advises to first ask if it’s OK. Also, send a concise explanation in language accessible to someone who’s not an expert.
2. Ask about majors that don’t exist
“You can play soccer in college, but you can’t major in it,” says Jenny Peacock, director of admissions at William Peace University (www.peace.edu). You can’t major in “CSI” either.
3. Put the name of another college in your essay
Mohney says, “There’s nothing that feels worse as a reviewer than reading an essay and getting excited about an applicant, [then] getting to the last line of the essay and reading, ‘That’s why I’ve always wanted to go to one of your main competitors.’”
4. Be unaware of your GPA
Your grades and test scores are important when you’re applying to college. Peacock says that when you talk to an admissions counselor, you should at least have a good idea of what they are.
5. Let your parents complete your application
Believe it or not, some parents fill out their kids’ applications. Admissions officers often figure it out when the social security number on an application belongs to the applicant’s mom.
6. Stop at a college fair information table without talking to the admissions officer
At a fair, you walk into a high school gym and see dozens of tables with information about different colleges. Behind each one will be an admissions representative who spent hours on a plane or in a rental car just to chat with students like you. But a lot of students walk up to a table, grab a brochure and walk away. Admissions officers call them “drive-bys.” (Don’t be one of them.)
7. Call or email everyone in the office
Admissions counselors like students who really want to go to their schools. But some are too eager. Jay Murray, director of admissions at Post University (www.post.edu), says some students (or their parents) will pose a question to one counselor, and if they don’t like the answer, ask the same question to each other person in the office. If one counselor says your GPA is too low for you to get in, all the other counselors will say the same thing.
8. Call the admissions office every week
You’ve probably heard that colleges accept applicants who demonstrate interest in attending. But calling just for the sake of calling won’t help. Follow the college on Twitter instead. “It’s a quality thing, not a quantity thing,” says Mohney.
9. Let your parents ask all the questions
Admissions counselors want to talk to students, not their parents. You’re going to college. Not your mom and dad.
10. Talk to an admissions counselor before researching the college
Can you find the answer to your question by poking around the college’s website for 10 minutes? Then don’t email an admissions counselor. Murray says some students don’t even peruse his school’s majors before a campus tour. “They’ll drive two hours for a visit and they’ll ask if we have [a program that we don’t offer],” he says.
So, here’s what you should do:
It’s not hard to be a likeable applicant. Send in your application by the deadline. Make it easy to read. Put your full name on each part of it — and add your ZIP code in case you’re one of two Joshua Smiths to apply to Dream University.
Ask how you should send any extras. Maybe the office would prefer a CD to an email attachment. If you have a question, try to find the answer on your own. People at the admissions office have poured hours into building an informative website with almost everything you’d like to know. Look there before emailing an admissions counselor. “If you’ve read something and you don’t understand it, we can talk you through it,” Peacock says.
Rebecca VanderMeulen has a degree in journalism from American University (american.edu).
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Home Eat & Drink Sandwiches and seafood galore
Sandwiches and seafood galore
The Aquinnah Shop is more than just a pretty place.
Sophia McCarron
The Codzolez includes two codfish cakes topped with guacamole and pico de gallo, $16. —Caroline Brehman
Grilled Vegetable Skewers with a grilled pita, hummus, and tzatziki, $14. — Caroline Brehman
Grilled Chicken Breast Sandwich with arugula, tomato, balsamic, pesto, mozzarella on ciabatta, $13. — Caroline Brehman
Smoked Salmon BLT with avocado, red onion, smoked trout-caper spread on toasted rye, $18. — Caroline Brehman
Sweet Potato Fries, $7. — Caroline Brehman
Outside view of the Aquinnah Shop Restaurant. — Caroline Brehman
Porch view from the Aquinnah Shop Restaurant. — Caroline Brehman
Inside the Aquinnah Shop Restaurant. — Caroline Brehman
The Aquinnah Shop is arguably one of the Island’s most remote restaurants. Situated on the westernmost point of the Island and a 45-minute drive from the bustling down-Island towns, the casual observer would be surprised at the crowd forming at the door in the 15 minutes before the restaurant opens for lunch. A cynic would put this down to a lack of sit-down options nestled among the Gay Head Cliffs and sprawling woodlands. Any diner would credit it to the food coming out of the kitchen.
Appearances can be deceiving. While the restaurant could rely on the stunning views from its back porch overlooking the Gay Head Cliffs and the Atlantic to draw in customers, there is an attention to taste given to the appetizers, entrees, and desserts that keeps people coming back. Don’t be fooled, while this place seems to reject white-cloth dining and it would be socially acceptable to roll up in a pair of cut-off denim shorts and a T shirt, both of which look like they may have last been washed after Woodstock, this place isn’t priced for a casual sandwich to grab coming off the beach.
For mains, we got the Smoked Salmon BLT ($18), the Grilled Chicken Breast Sandwich ($13) and the Grilled Vegetable Skewers ($14). There are more budget-friendly options, a burger goes for $7, and the stuffed quahog appetizer is priced at $5, however, most of the menu items are sitting comfortably above $10. For appetizers we indulged in the codzolez ($16), which are two cod cakes topped with guac and pico de gallo. The cakes were substantial and could be a light lunch, they came out on a bed of arugula and featured a hint of lemon juice, which gave them that extra kick to help them stand out among traditional fishcakes.
The sandwiches were both delicious, with the chicken featuring a pesto spread and the smoked salmon garnering the compliment of being the dish to get. They were both substantial meals, with various sweet potato fries, chips, and last few bites left on the plates after proclamations that “I just can’t have another bite!” The vegetable skewers were another knockout if you’re feeling a more vegetable-based meal. They included grilled pita bread, hummus, and tzatziki and were remarkably filling. It was a struggle to finish the two skewers. They included zucchini, tomato, pepper, and onion, and the flavor of the vegetables was such that you enjoyed getting these four of the five recommended servings a day.
The Aquinnah Shop has long ago moved past its description of a hidden gem. The restaurant, however, is not resting on its reputation or fabulous view. It’s worth the drive. The Vineyard-casual vibe combined with the gourmet concoctions coming out of the kitchen earn this place a spot on Islanders’ and visitors’ short-list for top dining on Martha’s Vineyard.
The Aquinnah Shop is located at 27 Aquinnah Circle. It’s open for breakfast from Thursday-Tuesday, 8:30am-11 am, for lunch every day from 12 pm-3 pm, and dinner from Wednesday-Monday 5:30 pm-8:30 pm. For a menu and other information visit theaquinnahshop.com or cal 508-645-3867.
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QPR manager Ian Holloway says he think his side has the makings of “a good team”, but only if they can rectify their defensive errors.
The Hoops drew 1-1 against Sheffield Wednesday yesterday, with the hosts’ goal coming as a result of poor defensive play, and Holloway says his team will be disappointed to concede in such a manner.
He said: “That’s the first goal we’ve let in, and when I show the lads how deep we went I don’t think they’ll be too happy with themselves, but it’s very difficult when the other team are having a little period and they’ve changed their shape and someone’s coming off you and you’re thinking ‘shall I go or shall I not?’
"I didn’t really want half time, I would have rather stayed out there, and sometimes that’s what the opposition need.”
Despite the change in emphasis after the break, Holloway said he’s happy with what his team are showing on the field.
He said: “I enjoyed watching my team today, which last season on a few occasions I might not have said, if I’m being truthful.”
Mark Hughes
Thornton HeathThe remarkable transformation of a Croydon school to get rated outstanding by OfstedDavid Livingstone Academy was told it requires improvement by Ofsted in 2017 but has now been given the best rating possible
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National Foods Limited Hosted Closing Ceremony Of ELEVATE Growing Women Leaders Program
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Karachi: With numerous recent programs to empower women, National Foods Limited is contributing diligently towards achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal of Gender Equality.
National Foods Limited, one of the leading food companies headquartered in Karachi, hosted the graduation ceremony of ELEVATE participants at their Corporate Office. ELEVATE is CIRCLE’s flagship campaign which is Pakistan’s first women leadership program.
Over a period of 6 months, ELEVATE enabled 22 women from 6 companies including; Dawood Hercules, English Biscuit Manufacturers (EBM), Ideas by Gul Ahmed, Reon Energy, Telenor Microfinance Bank and Mitsubishi Corporation. Through workshops, webinars and mentorship sessions, the women built confidence, expanded networks and dived deep into challenges they face in exercising leadership.
National Foods Limited acts as a leader for the cause of women empowerment in Pakistan’s corporate landscape and constantly comes up with ideas and initiatives to support the cause. National Foods Limited has achieved several milestones with such women empowerment initiatives which serve the UN’s 5th Sustainable Development Goal of Gender Equality.
A diverse panel of industry leaders for the event was assembled, with the aim to get a holistic understanding of the barriers that women face and how leading companies are preventing the unconscious creation of glass ceilings in our corporate environment. Among other industry leaders the CEO of National Foods Limited – Mr. Abrar Hasan, who is an Elevate Champion, also shared his views on the subject of women empowerment and leadership. He said,
“I personally always have been an advocate of women empowerment and I try to build a similar culture here at National Foods. A culture where women professionals not only feel safe but also where they can get equal opportunities to grow and prosper, as their men colleagues. I hope to see things improving for women professionals across our society and I am glad that with initiatives like Elevate, things are moving in the right direction.”
With 62% of female graduates in Pakistan not entering the workforce, CIRCLE a social enterprise, is focused on women’s economic empowerment and leadership development. CIRCLE Founder, Sadaffe Abid said; “Women and girls are the most underutilized potential of our country. For Pakistan’s prosperity, leading companies must come together to invest in creating a pipeline of women leaders & build an inclusive culture.” CIRCLE mobilizes CEOs and leaders to commit to gender diversity under its flagship initiative Elevate and upskills youth especially young women with technology, life skills and mentorship through the Tech Karo Program.
Another highlight of the event was a very motivating and inspirational speech from Ms. Rafia Qaseem Baig who is Pakistan’s and Asia’s first female bomb disposal officer. She talked about her struggle to become a part of our esteemed bomb disposal squad and how she brilliantly broke all stereotypes in pursuit of her dreams.
In a society where women often lose their voice platforms like ELEVATE provide opportunities for women to find their voice, learn leadership practices and build resilience.
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Nomadic Rituals Marking the Day
Wed 25th January 2017
Marking the Day , Belfast's Nomadic Rituals' second album, is something to behold. An expansive concept album covering the birth of the universe to the self-inflicted destruction of mankind, you can't say they're unambitious.
As the album starts along that narrative, it is I suppose apt that the beginning - From Nothing - sounds cataclysmic, slow and dense doom, suitably epic. Eons elapse, little in the way of life, nought but earth shattering tones. Next is Expansion, and as you'd expect there's more movement here, beneath the doom faint but detectable space-rock style psychedelic swirls carry through on the galaxial dust, the vocals a death/black mix, all swallowed into a black hole of grim death doom by the end. The median style, as on Far From the Sun, is of trudging, torturous doom, pointers towards Ommadon or Primitive Man.
At the beginning of Watching the Cycles, as occasionally elsewhere, the vocals take on an almost Gregorian chant quality, although filtered through some necro effects, lending further an otherworldly feel. There's also a machine cog feel from the riffs, a sense of creation, growth and evolution. Or maybe I'm making this all up now, it's quite possible I've been unwittingly submerged into the message of Marking the Day through overexposure and allowing my mind to wander along their suggested themes. It does that.
Samples add to the narrative at points, such as on Narrowing of the Light, which otherwise gets the head nodding. Dramatically head-spinning, this is immense, the stand out track. The end comes in Face Down in the Sea of Oblivion, where, if the story holds, we, as a species, have fucked things up beyond the point of no return. They dedicate fourteen and a half minutes, which is fair enough, given the subject matter. There's a minimal industrialish intro, before a basic set up, with relatively clean vocals, for the first time sombre, before settling into the familiar downbeat sludgey vibration.
The music, assessed purely alone, is of a more than decent quality, for those who like their doom bleakly deranged and slothly heavy. Yet this is the sum of all parts. The commitment to the concept is absolute, and transmits through the music as much as the lyrical themes, the tracks sculpted to portray the cosmic changes chartered. The CD even contains six art cards corresponding to each track's individual theme, a special package by the look of it, all avenues of linking you into the four dimensional display through all available senses. It is a bold engagement, and one that deserves recognition, for Nomadic Rituals have created something most impressive.
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The Roadhouse
With a huge tequila selection, outdoor deck, and fab food, Benzonia's Mexican bar & grill is a must.
By Janice Binkert | April 20, 2019
In spite of the catchy yellow, red, black, and green logo sign on the front of the historic building it calls home “at the top of the hill” in Benzonia, the Roadhouse sometimes fails to catch the attention of people driving by. Fortunately, enough of them find their way here to allow for this fun, friendly, fresh-food-focused Mexican restaurant to stay open year-round. Oh, and did we mention tequila? How about 70 varieties?
Like most restaurants in Northern Michigan, summer is high season for the Roadhouse Mexican Bar & Grill in Benzonia. But it’s worth a drive from outlying regions at other times of the of year as well, with the added advantage of having a much better chance of scoring a seat inside or — at least in spring and fall — on the inviting outdoor deck.
A SNAP DECISION
Roadhouse owner Gretchen Bookeloo-Nahnsen (not a Mexican name, obviously; but Dutch) grew up in the hospitality industry. Her parents ran Denny’s Bakery and Restaurant in Beulah (now the Brookside) and her dad also managed Crystal Mountain and Caberfae ski resorts in the winters. As a young adult, she left the area to go “out west, out east, and down south,” as she put it but eventually returned to work at Crystal Mountain herself. She later started a vacation rental company but soon realized it really wasn’t a fit for her.
The Roadhouse already existed at that time, and one Friday evening in 2001, she found herself sitting at the bar talking to then proprietor, Jim Barnes, who told her that he was ready to sell the place and move on.
“I didn’t know anything about Mexican food,” she said, “but I liked the Roadhouse, and I just decided on the spot to buy it. We pretty much struck a deal right then and there. I just took the ball and ran, and it has been quite a good little business for me.”
Chef Miguel Roman, originally from Northern Mexico, “came with the package,” she joked. “He was already here when I took over, and that was such good luck for me. He had started as a dishwasher, but Jim had been teaching him how to cook, so I encouraged that further, and he has just gotten better and better. He’s amazing. His wife does kitchen prep, and one of his sons is also coming up through the ranks. His brother works for us now, too — he’s been here at least 10 years.” Much of the rest of the year-round staff has been with the restaurant for more than a dozen years.
“The biggest compliment we get from our guests — besides how much they enjoy the food, of course — is that they just love the atmosphere here,” said Bookeloo-Nahnsen. “They mention the tall ceilings, the nice light, and the hardwood floors inside, and the great vibe on the deck outside in season. But those who come back year after year also appreciate seeing the same faces of our longtime waitstaff — we’re so fortunate that way. They are an upbeat, customer-oriented, well-trained team — and they seem to have as much fun here as the customers. I love to see it when they come out of the kitchen and they’re cracking up because of something the cooks said — they tease the servers relentlessly.”
In addition to its loyal local customer base, the restaurant gets a lot of winter weekend traffic from Crystal Mountain. “We’re just 11 miles away, and we’ve become a tradition for all of those people,” said Bookeloo-Nahnsen. “They always want to come here at least once while they’re Up North. It’s easy to tell who they are, because they all have ski passes on their jackets!”
The warmer months bring in lots of boaters from nearby Crystal Lake and Frankfort Harbor on Lake Michigan, as well as vacationers and people who have summer homes nearby.
The Roadhouse describes its food as “fresh, not fast — hand-prepared daily.” Bookeloo-Nahnsen elaborated: “Our prep list is huge. We marinate every meat, and cook our beans, rice, vegetables, and sauces in-house — almost everything is from scratch — using fresh herbs and spices. We also fry our own chips and make three different kinds of salsa — roasted tomato, peach, and fresh tomato.” By popular demand, the latter salsa is also sold in one-pound containers at the Benzonia Shop-N-Save and the Honor Family Market.
First time at the Roadhouse? Bookeloo-Nahnsen suggests starting with the house guacamole and then trying the enchiladas (three corn tortillas with either seasoned ground beef, chicken, shredded pork, or cheese, plus mild green chile sauce, onions, refried beans, cheese, and sour cream, all topped with a sunny-side-up egg upon request).
“They are classic — our No. 1 sellers,” she said. Other options are the crab enchiladas (three corn tortillas stuffed with crab, onions, and cheese, topped with house-made jalapeño queso sauce and served with sour cream) or vegetarian enchiladas (three corn tortillas filled with black beans, corn, red peppers, onions, jalapeños, cilantro, and cheese, topped with house-made mild green chile sauce and served with sour cream).
No. 2 on the entrée favorites list is the Roadhouse Skillet, which is kind of like a deconstructed fajita (tequila-marinated steak and jerk chicken, grilled peppers and onions, and Monterey Jack, all baked golden brown and served with sour cream). Customers also love Chef Miguel’s chile rellenos, which are part of two dishes: the Combination Azteca (one each chile relleno, chicken enchilada, and hard-shell ground beef taco) or the Combination Maya (one Chile relleno, one chicken tamale, and two empanadas). A particular crowd pleaser in the hearty salad category is the Santa Fe (grilled salmon or shrimp, fresh mixed greens, grilled fajita veggies, and black bean corn relish, served with creamy cilantro dressing).
Only offered on Fridays, which makes them even more coveted by fans, are the Roadhouse fish tacos (choice of two or three grilled soft corn tortillas filled with beer-battered pollock, house made tzatziki sauce, peach salsa, crisp lettuce and cilantro, served with refried beans and Roadhouse rice. “The peach salsa is fresh, sweet, crisp and tangy — it’s perfect with the fish,” said Bookeloo-Nahnsen.
CAN’T BEAT A MARGARITA!
Not surprisingly, the Roadhouse bar menu leads with an enticing array of margaritas, many incorporating a proprietary sour mix made by Northwoods Soda. The Roadhouse Rita (gold tequila, triple sec, lime juice and sour mix, blended or on the rocks) is the most ordered, but others, like the Rasta Raspberry Rita, the Cabo Rita, and the Margatini, are close behind. Specialty cocktails carry intriguing names like Cozumel-Politan, Mexican Lollipop, and Dos Equis Float.
Draft and bottled beer — Mexican, local craft, domestic and imported — are in high demand and well represented here. Wine, less so, but red and white house wines and a few nice Spanish labels (among them a tempranillo rosé and an albariño) are available by the glass or by the bottle. Among the full component of spirits behind the bar, you’ll also find vodka and gin from local distillery Iron Fish, a neighbor from just down the road. House sangria, made with brandy, triple sec, peach schnapps, red wine, and three different kinds of citrus juice (orange, lime, grapefruit), is offered by the glass and by the pitcher.
“We also have a drink called the Margarita Swirl,” said Bookeloo-Nahnsen. It’s a margarita with sangria floated on top. People love that — it’s very refreshing.”
Feeling the need for refreshment in the restaurant’s interior a couple of years ago, Bookeloo-Nahnsen brought in a designer from Traverse City to help. “We changed the whole color scheme, did some revamping, and redid the bar area to showcase the over 70 kinds of tequila we now carry,” she said (see sidebar: “Thirsty Thursdays”). Cozy booths line the walls of the main dining area, a bright, welcoming space with eclectic light fixtures, Mexican tile work and artifacts, and rows of window boxes filled with shiny green succulents (which move outside to the deck in summer).
And about that deck: Although it might not look like much now, as soon as warm weather finally arrives, it invites alfresco dining under the sun (or vibrant turquoise umbrellas), surrounded by vine-covered trellises, strings of patio lights, and a raised bar area dubbed the “cantina”.
With Cinco de Mayo coming up soon, Bookeloo-Nahnsen is hoping she can have the deck open by then. “We do it up right here. We always have live music, I get a bunch of straw hats and mustaches and fun stuff for the customers to dress up in, and local distributors sometimes supply free swag for us to give away. We always have a great turnout for it.”
The Roadhouse Mexican Bar & Grill is located at 1058 Michigan Ave/U.S. 31 South (“at the top of the hill”) in Benzonia. Open daily year-round 4pm–9pm (extended to 10pm in summer). Happy hour 4pm–6pm Monday–Friday. (231) 882-9631, roadhousesalsa.com. No reservations or call-ahead seating.
“Thirsty Thursdays are our way of trying to educate people about our large selection of tequilas,” said Bookeloo-Nahnsen. “We carry over 70 different varieties.” The Roadhouse features a different bottle every week on its Facebook page, giving background information about it and offering a free glass to anyone who comes in and tries it. They also plan to start doing flights of tequila soon (not just on Thursdays) as another way to introduce people to those styles and brands that they might not be familiar with.
“We would like to be known as a specialty tequila bar,” said Bookeloo-Nahnsen. “Our manager, Chris Wells, shares my excitement about that. He and I have done — and continue to do — a lot of research to find out what’s popular, what’s special, and what’s trendy in the different styles of tequila (blanco, reposado, añejo), and have established what we feel is a respectable selection.” (While shots of most of the tequilas run about $8 to $15, there is one on the list, called Clase Azul, that goes for $100!)
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A Spectacular Flyby for Pete Jaskilka ’77
By Bill Walsh ’77
The Norwich Record | Summer 2018
Some people leave indelible marks on our souls. They enter our thoughts for no apparent reason, and we wonder why, then return to what we’re doing and move on. Sometimes, we stop and pay attention. That’s the way it’s been with Pete Jaskilka.
On the Friday morning of the 2017 Homecoming weekend—my 40th class reunion—I was anxious to visit Major Pete Jaskilka’s grave. A USAF pilot and NU civil engineer, he will always be a friend, a rook buddy, a rugby teammate, a fellow senior honor committee member, a major in the Corps of Cadets who led by example, and the first person to be buried at the Norwich University Cemetery on Dole Farm. For this visit, my wife, Diane, and I joined a small group for a cemetery tour.
The NU Cemetery is holy ground in an awe-inspiring setting, a peaceful and solemn place beautifully cared for by the NU Cemetery Association. After visiting Pete’s grave, I told the following story, one that will be forever etched in my mind.
In early September 1988, Dave Whaley ’76 called me from the Alumni Office to tell me that Pete had passed away at 33. The news shook me to the core. For if a person were to live forever based on attitude, selflessness, and caring, it would be Pete. He possessed the rare ability to live each day to its fullest. He wore a smile that radiated his zest for life. His laugh was contagious, and he might have been the happiest guy in our class, especially after falling in love with and marrying Sue Hay VC’78, now Sue Staretorp. They made a handsome couple.
After Pete’s funeral at White Chapel, the procession slowly navigated uphill to the NU Cemetery. As the minister read from scripture, we could hear slow flying jets above the clouds. When the service ended, an Air Force officer announced that the clouds were too low for the scheduled flyby. We were terribly disappointed.
Just before we dispersed, however, Steve Svrcek ’77, a pilot and rook buddy, calmly said, “Here it comes—down the ski slope.” Ever so close to the treetops, a lone F-16 Fighting Falcon screamed down Paine Mountain. Stunned, we watched the jet disappear into the valley for a few seconds. When it reappeared, the fighter was pointing directly at us: vulnerable souls watching in astonishment. As the plane’s belly became visible, its afterburners howled as red and orange flames spewed from its exhaust. The fighter’s roar was deafening. We stretched our necks as it shot straight up and over us. After two slow barrel rolls, it disappeared into the clouds and flew off—just as Pete had done only a few days earlier. We stood, shocked into stillness, our mouths half-open. None of us spoke as we listened to the jet’s engine grow dim. For what could be said about this spectacular tribute and final salute to a forever smiling Pete, one of NU’s finest.
Bill Walsh ’77 majored in business administration and minored in philosophy and English at Norwich University. He received an MA in theology from the University of Notre Dame and served as a vice president with the Vermont Chamber of Commerce. He lives with his wife of 37 years, Diane, in Barre Town, Vt.
(Above): Pete Jaskilka ’77 as a senior cadet with his future wife, Sue Hay VC’78. Pete’s father-in-law, Gordon Hay ’49, who died in 2016, paid him the ultimate compliment by requesting that he be buried next to his son-in-law at the NU Cemetery (see “In Memoriam,” Norwich Record, winter 2017). Photo courtesy Bill Walsh ’77
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NOSH Supplier News Terra Ingredients to Unveil Proprietary Microbial Reduction Technology at Expo East
Terra Ingredients to Unveil Proprietary Microbial Reduction Technology at Expo East
Press Release Sep. 12, 2018 at 12:00 PM
MINNEAPOLIS — Terra Ingredients by AgMotion, a leading supplier of organic ingredients for consumer packaged goods (CPG) and feed markets, will introduce its new Microbial Reduction Process (MRP) at Natural Products Expo East (booth #610), taking place in Baltimore, September 12-15, 2018. The proprietary process uses controlled pressure steam sterilization with a validated 5-log reduction kill step to naturally eliminate pathogens while preserving the organoleptic properties – color, texture and taste – of ingredients.
Terra Ingredients’ Microbial Reduction Process is a natural, chemical-free application that transforms raw agricultural commodities (RAC) into ready-to-eat (RTE) ingredients with increased product stability and a 5-log kill on pathogens including Salmonella, coliforms, yeasts and molds. The process is ideal for higher risk ingredients like chia and pumpkin seeds and will be available as an option for Terra Ingredients products beginning in mid-September. The company will also offer toll processing for manufacturers looking to ensure their products meet the highest-level microbial standards in the industry.
“With the introduction of our organic MRP, food manufacturers now have an added line of defense to protect their consumers and brand, while maintaining the flavor and texture of their products,” shared Peter Carlson, director of Terra Ingredients. “This innovation is just the latest way we are helping our customers exceed FSMA requirements and ensure product safety and quality.” Terra Ingredients’ products include top-shelf flaxseed, milled flax, wheat, corn, soybeans, lentils and other pulses, grains, and oilseeds. To learn more about Terra Ingredients and its proprietary microbial reduction technology, visit the company’s new website at www.terraingredients.com and stop by booth #610 in the Organic section at Expo East. For more on Natural Products Expo East 2018, visit www.expoeast.com.
About Terra Ingredients
Terra Ingredients, LLC is a leading supplier of organic and non-GMO ingredients to the consumer packaged goods and animal feed markets. Terra brings value to its customers, suppliers and partners by creating sustainable, safe and traceable supply chains for organic and non-GMO flax, beans, pulses and grains around the world. Operating on five continents, Terra Ingredients was started in 2000 as AgMotion Specialty Grains and today is a wholly-owned subsidiary of AgMotion, Inc. based in Minneapolis, MN. Learn more at www.terraingredients.com.
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Someone was actually willing to risk their life to testify for Bai Yunfei!
It was a pleasant surprise that made Bai Yunfei feel extremely grateful. Qin Long hadn't the same emotions, however. And the others were all quite shocked…
Following the source of the voice, everyone turned to look where five people were standing. Realizing the gazes, the group scattered apart to leave behind only one rather tall person standing there.
This bulky man wore short sleeves to show off his muscular body. Not even Long Lan was as tall as this person or as muscular. Aside from his bulging muscles and overall physique, the aura of the man was exceedingly powerful as a Late-stage Soul Exalt.
"What did you say? Repeat yourself if you dare!" Qin Long barked. "Lie to me again and I'll see to your death!"
An ominous aura rolled out from Qin Long with an intimidating feel,
"Hmph!" Bai Yunfei unleashed a wave of his own soulforce to combat the oppressive aura of Qin Long. In between the two, the auras clashed and struggled against one another and formed a large storm.
The brows of the man furrowed together, but he stood his ground. "What Bai Yunfei said is right! I saw it myself and can testify for it!"
"How can one side of the story ever be enough to be proof?! You might as well be one of Bai Yunfei's friends for all we know!" Qin Pingzhi snapped in frustration.
"Heh, I knew you'd say that!" The man snorted. "But there's one thing you've wrong. I don't just have my words as proof! I was lucky enough to buy an imaging stone back in the auction house, so I managed to record the moments of the two brother's death!"
A small fist-sized stone appeared onto his hand.
An imaging stone was a type of stone that could record the images of the surrounding area with varying degrees of distance depending on the grade of the stone. Imaging stones were rare, needless to say, and that one bronze mirror Bai Yunfei saw before at the auction house was actually a construct of various imaging stones.
No one expected to see an imaging stone here, let alone one that had conveniently recorded the fight just now. Qin Long looked especially grim.
The man wasted no time to get the imaging stone working. A pulse of orange light was transmitted into the stone before it started to glow. A series of images started to float up from the stone. Clearing up rapidly, the space above the stone started to shine with all sorts of colored light and images.
From one of the many images shown in the sky was when Qin Shoufeng was en route to Bai Yunfei. The man had somehow the sense to record things started from then.
The images showed the entirety of the struggle between Qin Shoufeng and Bai Yunfei starting from his initial charge to when Xiao Qi protected everyone else with a barrier of wind. The images blurred for a moment before showing Qin Shouhao appearing onto the scene where he was injured by Bai Yunfei and retreating. The images froze there for a moment here; the man must've thought the fight was over and stopped recording.
The next image to be shown was when Qin Shouhao came back to charge at Bai Yunfei and self-destruct.
While this was being shown, Mo Ni and the Black Dragon King were watching the scene unfold from their hiding spot on a mountainous forest.
Mo Ni had been watching everything with a smile until the point when the man with imaging stone appeared.
"Damn! Someone is actually meddling in something he shouldn't be!"
The reason why he didn't do anything in the city was to avoid having people find out about the strange actions of Qin Shoufeng or Qin Shouhao. Mo Ni just never expected to see that someone traveling away from the city at that time would actually have an imaging stone and use it to record the events!
Well over a hundred people were there at the southern gates now—most of them Soul Exalts in strength and even a few Soul Kings. These people were more likely one of the many people that had joined in the auction earlier and saw everything that happened between Bai Yunfei and Qin Shoufeng. The unfortunate chance of having someone like that man appearing made Mo Ni want to vomit blood. He was even starting to worry a bit…
The images recorded on the imaging stone continued to play until the very end when Bai Yunfei was fighting Qin Long. Without any other images to be shown, the light died away from the imaging stone to turn it back into an ordinary crystal.
The imaging stone hadn't the ability to record sound, but everything was still silent as the audience watched the events. Only the sound of the rustling wind could be heard to blow softly onto them.
Bai Yunfei was happy to see the imaging stone. Who would've thought that there'd be a nice ray of sunshine in such a bleak moment? The imaging stone was valuable proof that could 'clear' things up. No one could say otherwise now that the imaging stone was showing the Qin brothers as being the ones to do anything.
"Lord Yan, lord Qin, I presume this will be enough proof that I didn't lie? I was not the one to kill either of the brothers, it was them who self-destructed. I am still confident there was something influencing their emotions. Please do not fall for their plan, lord Qin, and find the real reason behind your sons' death."
He stared at the silent Yan Tianxing and the uneasy looking Qin Long.
"Well…" Yan Tianxing started to speak.
"I don't believe this nonsense!! This…this recording is a fake!! You were Bai Yunfei's friend all along, give me that stone at once!!"
Qin Long snarled in anger as he lashed out to grab at the man!
A jade-colored palm of light flew out from Qin Long's hand to extend towards the large man, who blanched and tried to retreat. He didn't make it far before a fireball came flying in to crash into the palm and protect him.
"What? Lord Qin, surely you're not thinking of killing a witness?" Bai Yunfei stated ominously from his spot nearby. Everyone looked over to see Bai Yunfei slowly bringing his right hand with the Ardent Sun Glove down.
"You know that this isn't fake at all. This only just happened, how could the recordings be falsified? It's clear to see that I've nothing to do with the deaths of your sons. Or…are you really that wanting to fight me?" Bai Yunfei raised his left hand up to show a crystalline object in it.
"Wha—??" The bulky man whipped his head down at his own hand; he wasn't holding onto the imaging stone anymore!
"When…when did he take it?!" He was confounded. He hadn't noticed that Bai Yunfei had taken the stone away from him at all!
Even the Soul Kings Yan Tianxing and Qin Long hadn't caught onto Bai Yunfei's motions!
What they didn't know was the teleporting ability of the Core Stone. It didn't matter that it was in Tang Xinyun's hands since the Core Stone was still within range of Bai Yunfei for him to control. He wouldn't have to do anything and could still use the Core Stone to teleport the imaging stone onto his hand without disturbing anything.
"This is quite important, so I'll be maintaining its safety for now. Please excuse me, friend, I'll be sure to compensate you later." Bai Yunfei smiled towards the bulky man.
It took a moment for the man to react after that. "Hah, that's fine! I feel it safer in your hands! Now I don't have to worry about it being stolen."
"Lord Yan, this should show to prove the truth behind my words. How…do you believe we should continue then?"
He looked to Yan Tianxing. The man had been quiet for all this time since the imaging stone was shown. It wouldn't be easy to wipe away every single doubt Yan Tianxing might have about this case, but this was a start at least. Yan Tianxing was essential to convince if he wanted to stop the Qin from coming after him. Yan Tianxing was representing the Tianhun School and the court after all.
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Great Danes: Three Symphonic Albums By Danish Composers : Deceptive Cadence From tiny Denmark comes a big symphonic sound. Three recent albums offer a glimpse of the Nordic sound, from the undervalued Carl Nielsen, the experimental Per Nørgård and the accessible Poul Ruders.
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A 1931 portrait of Danish composer Carl Nielsen by Sigurd Swane. Nielsen's symphonies are still undervalued. Alfredo Dagli Orti/The Art Arc hide caption
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Denmark may be small — smaller than West Virginia — but its musical impact is disproportionately big. Since the late 19th century, some of the best symphonists have hailed from the Scandinavian country, and though they may not be household names in the U.S., their works have influence far beyond their homeland. Three recent albums offer a glimpse of the Nordic sound, from the underappreciated Carl Nielsen, whose music is getting a boost from the New York Philharmonic lately, to his symphonic successors, the experimental Per Nørgård and the more accessible Poul Ruders.
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It's puzzling why Carl Nielsen's six symphonies, written between 1891 and 1925, are still widely undervalued. They offer a bracing alternative to the afterglow of Romanticism, and with off-kilter rhythms and compact, often spiky melodies, they still sound extraordinarily fresh. Especially so in new recordings by conductor Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic, who are in the middle of recording four albums of Nielsen's orchestral music. The new disc pairs the First and Fourth symphonies. Nielsen dubbed the latter "Det Uudslukkelige" (The Inextinguishable) and conducted its premiere in 1916. Perhaps it was the First World War, or his failing marriage, that inspired music that surges with intense expression (note the explosive opening bars), pauses to look back to Mozart, and finishes with a kind of glorious yet hardened tenacity.
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Per Nørgård is a restless musical explorer. Now in his early 80s, he's still writing unpredictable pieces that seem to evolve spontaneously, like clusters of microorganisms constantly mutating. He has ventured through many styles, inspired by a fascination for everything from overtones and serialism to the Swiss schizophrenic outsider artist Adolf Wölfli and his own regenerating formula called "infinite systems." His most recent symphony, the Eighth from 2011, is surprisingly sprightly — a word you'd rarely use to describe Nørgård's music. Its three transparently scored movements, which follow a classical fast-slow-fast blueprint, are often lyrical, yet still harbor episodes of turbulence, brutality and what Nørgård once described as "the universe of the Nordic frame of mind." It all sounds especially expressive in these performances (the Symphony No. 1 is also included) by the Vienna Philharmonic, led by Sakari Oramo.
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Poul Ruders, perhaps Denmark's leading composer, is no stranger to dark subjects — his operas include versions of Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale and film director Lars von Trier's Dancer in the Dark. Just in time for Halloween, the release of Nightshade Trilogy offers a trio of mysterious pieces by the 65-year-old composer. These works grow progressively in length and size, from chamber music to chamber orchestra to the fully symphonic Final Nightshade, a 2003 New York Philharmonic commission, played here by the Odense Symphony and conducted by Scott Yoo. The trilogy begins with evocations of pale moonlight and tombstones, aided by the interaction of very high (piccolo) and low (contrabassoon) instruments, but its last panel is more subtle. Final Nightshade opens with violas, sounding almost as if tuning up, ghosted by flutes, gradually giving way to the full orchestra.
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Opinion|Another Bank Bailout
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Another Bank Bailout
Paul Krugman JUNE 10, 2012
Oh, wow — another bank bailout, this time in Spain. Who could have predicted that?
The answer, of course, is everybody. In fact, the whole story is starting to feel like a comedy routine: yet again the economy slides, unemployment soars, banks get into trouble, governments rush to the rescue — but somehow it’s only the banks that get rescued, not the unemployed.
Just to be clear, Spanish banks did indeed need a bailout. Spain was clearly on the edge of a “doom loop” — a well-understood process in which concern about banks’ solvency forces the banks to sell assets, which drives down the prices of those assets, which makes people even more worried about solvency. Governments can stop such doom loops with an infusion of cash; in this case, however, the Spanish government’s own solvency is in question, so the cash had to come from a broader European fund.
So there’s nothing necessarily wrong with this latest bailout (although a lot depends on the details). What’s striking, however, is that even as European leaders were putting together this rescue, they were signaling strongly that they have no intention of changing the policies that have left almost a quarter of Spain’s workers — and more than half its young people — jobless.
Most notably, last week the European Central Bank declined to cut interest rates. This decision was widely expected, but that shouldn’t blind us to the fact that it was deeply bizarre. Unemployment in the euro area has soared, and all indications are that the Continent is entering a new recession. Meanwhile, inflation is slowing, and market expectations of future inflation have plunged. By any of the usual rules of monetary policy, the situation calls for aggressive rate cuts. But the central bank won’t move.
And that doesn’t even take into account the growing risk of a euro crackup. For years Spain and other troubled European nations have been told that they can only recover through a combination of fiscal austerity and “internal devaluation,” which basically means cutting wages. It’s now completely clear that this strategy can’t work unless there is strong growth and, yes, a moderate amount of inflation in the European “core,” mainly Germany — which supplies an extra reason to keep interest rates low and print lots of money. But the central bank won’t move.
Meanwhile, senior officials are asserting that austerity and internal devaluation really would work if only people truly believed in their necessity.
Paul Krugman Credit Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times
Consider, for example, what Jörg Asmussen, the German representative on the European Central Bank’s executive board, just said in Latvia, which has become the poster child for supposedly successful austerity. (It used to be Ireland, but the Irish economy keeps refusing to recover). “The key difference between, say, Latvia and Greece,” Mr. Asmussen said, “lies in the degree of national ownership of the adjustment program — not only by national policy-makers but also by the population itself.”
Call it the Darth Vader approach to economic policy; Mr. Asmussen is in effect telling the Greeks, “I find your lack of faith disturbing.”
Oh, and that Latvian success consists of one year of pretty good growth following a Depression-level economic decline over the previous three years. True, 5.5 percent growth is a lot better than nothing. But it’s worth noting that America’s economy grew almost twice that fast — 10.9 percent! — in 1934, as it rebounded from the worst of the Great Depression. Yet the Depression was far from over.
Put all of this together and you get a picture of a European policy elite always ready to spring into action to defend the banks, but otherwise completely unwilling to admit that its policies are failing the people the economy is supposed to serve.
Still, are we much better? America’s near-term outlook isn’t quite as dire as Europe’s, but the Federal Reserve’s own forecasts predict low inflation and very high unemployment for years to come — precisely the conditions under which the Fed should be leaping into action to boost the economy. But the Fed won’t move.
What explains this trans-Atlantic paralysis in the face of an ongoing human and economic disaster? Politics is surely part of it — whatever they may say, Fed officials are clearly intimidated by warnings that any expansionary policy will be seen as coming to the rescue of President Obama. So, too, is a mentality that sees economic pain as somehow redeeming, a mentality that a British journalist once dubbed “sado-monetarism.”
Whatever the deep roots of this paralysis, it’s becoming increasingly clear that it will take utter catastrophe to get any real policy action that goes beyond bank bailouts. But don’t despair: at the rate things are going, especially in Europe, utter catastrophe may be just around the corner.
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Is Gulfstream Girl involved?
Discussion in 'Hangar Talk' started by Badger, Jul 8, 2019.
Velocity173 Touchdown! Greaser! PoA Supporter
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Palmpilot said: ↑
According to the Miami Herald, Epstein's underage sex activities were uncovered by police in 2005. She would have been 19 in that year.
I'm not saying that there shouldn't be a penalty for her involvement. I'm just saying that I'm not going to be the one to "throw the first stone."
So, life in prison? Death penalty?
She’s been interviewed as recently as 2015 on the issue and she says it’s “salacious rumors.” Not sure if her defense is that it’s a different girl (Marcinkova) or not. Two identical looking women, both models living in Palm Beach, both pilots who have flown a black Gulfstream with pictures and vids that never ID the N number...for a good reason.
No jail time but some sort of community service punishment would be nice. The heart of the problem in all this is the false appearance of someone who earned the right to be where she is. Look at her FB Women Aviation International conference. To have her there is an absolute joke. She didn’t wash planes, save money and work up through the ranks. She got a right seat spot in a Gulfstream without paying a penny. To call her a role model is an insult to all pilots who put in their time and took some crappy jobs along the way to get that big break. The whole fiasco is nothing more than an example of what power and good looks can buy.
Velocity173, Jul 10, 2019
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Hyperbole much? Nobody is saying death penalty, but def not effing immunity like she got out of the feds. No sympathy from me. She's an opportunist and an unindicted sexual predator, not a victim in my eyes. We don't need grifters like her cheapening what is already an easy set of aeronautical qualifications to attain on paper, never mind the moral hazard it represents for females who actually rely on pro piloting to put food on the table.
A boatload of type ratings is easy to get? Sign me up!
Kenny Phillips, Jul 10, 2019
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EdFred Touchdown! Greaser! PoA Supporter
Ed Frederick
Kenny Phillips said: ↑
They are super easy to get. All ya gotta do is lay back, and...be a blonde european model.
EdFred, Jul 10, 2019
Tarheelpilot En-Route
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Ryanb said: ↑
I don't know a thing about her or anything about this 'scandal'. This is all news to me. Regardless, based on her external appearance, what I said stands true.
Yeah the point is that only remains valid from a distance when there is no conversation taking place.
Tarheelpilot, Jul 10, 2019
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So you guys' position is, she's good looking and young, therefore couldn't possibly actually be a competent pilot who got her ratings legitimately? Or is it that it only counts if you - I do't know - mined the bauxite and smelted the aluminum to build your own trainer and worked your way up from there?
DaleB, Jul 10, 2019
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Looking the way I do, there is NO WAY IN HELL I'm getting my flight time paid for and then getting a right seat type rating paid for by someone else in a G-whatever at 250 hours.
She might be a good stick, and I have no opinion on her skills as a pilot, but it was 100% her looks and what she was willing to do that get her where she is.
SkyDog58 Touchdown! Greaser! PoA Supporter
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Let's not forget who the real scum are in this case. It is Epstein and his rich and famous clientele who preyed on these young girls. It's no secret that some of the victims in these situations end up being enablers, recruiters, etc. for their "masters". But that doesn't make them any less of a victim. The psychology of this is pretty dark. I say give the young lady a break. She found a way out of it and loves the same thing we all do, aviation. The crappy job she did to pay for her flying was probably far less pleasant for her than the so called crappy jobs that the rest of us did.
I swear, I can be a major a-hole at times but some of you guys are real pros.
SkyDog58, Jul 10, 2019
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EdFred said: ↑
Don't sell yourself short, Ed. I'm sure there are guys who are really into your type. Just find the right shade of lipstick and your'e set.
SkyDog58 said: ↑
Not to Godwin the thread but that sounds sort of like the I was just following orders defense.
Except I have 5 o'clock shadow it 5 o'clock in the morning
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Hyperbole much? Nobody is saying death penalty....
OK, I admit that "death penalty" was an exaggeration, but "should not be allowed into society" sure does sound like life in prison.
...but def not effing immunity like she got out of the feds.
If her immunity deal had led to real punishment for Epstein instead of the six-days-a-week of work release that he got, then I would say that it was justified. Unfortunately, that's not what happened, but his light sentence was not her fault!
No sympathy from me. She's an opportunist and an unindicted sexual predator, not a victim in my eyes. We don't need grifters like her cheapening what is already an easy set of aeronautical qualifications to attain on paper, never mind the moral hazard it represents for females who actually rely on pro piloting to put food on the table.
Speaking of hyperbole...
Palmpilot, Jul 10, 2019
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Reasonable facsimile
Dunno, but she’s hot. That’s all I know!
I take it you have never seen her in person?
Groundpounder, Jul 10, 2019
Please, this girl wasn’t locked up and forced to do a anything. She was brought here and lived a life of opulence. If she truly was a victim, then she and the others would have come out long ago and said so. But none of the “employees” have. She still denies the accusations anyway. If this hits the fan, then you can bet she’ll play the victim card though.
Doesn’t take a M.D. to fly right seat in a G3. Just takes an old bald dude to sit in the left and have someone parrot their orders in the right. Not like this girl got accepted to the Naval Academy, worked her but off for 4 years and flew F-18s off aircraft carriers. Every opportunity was given because of her boyfriend.
When women talk role models for girls in aviation and equal opportunities in aviation, this is what it looks like.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Penney
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...If she truly was a victim, then she and the others would have come out long ago and said so....
I would think that her attorney would have recognized the geographic limitations in the immunity agreement, and told her to refrain from making public statements about the matter.
A worthy role model indeed, but I haven't seen anyone suggesting that Marcinko/Marcinkova should have a medal pinned on her.
Heather Penney was the fighter pilot who took to the skies on 9/11/2001 and says she would have rammed the plane but since she didn't we don't know if she really would have but we still call her a hero because she said she would have, right? Now, I do realize that she later flew some missions in Iraq though I don't know how much actual combat she saw or if she ever engaged enemy aircraft. But I do laugh about the entire 9/11 hero thing.
I would think that her attorney would have recognized the geographic limitations in the immunity agreement, and told her to refrain from making public statements about the events.
And if she and the other girls working for Epstein were victims, they’d never have to plead the fifth then. They knew the victim route wasn’t going to work so they had no choice. This isn’t “Pretty Woman” meets billionaire story. These are pretty disgusting accusations from many women. If these accusations are true, it’s not just a one time mistake but several instances. And if true, not only she doesn’t deserve a medal but she doesn’t deserve the attention she’s gotten (website / FB) for being a female role model either. If that makes me an a-hole, so be it.
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...If that makes me an a-hole, so be it.
*I* never said so!
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I have to do some more research, I recall she changed/switched a few letters in her name. Don't recall the reason given.
Badger, Jul 10, 2019
hindsight2020 En-Route
hindsight2020
The feds gave her immunity because she was an accessory and named as a potential co-conspirator in the plea bargain agreement, and they had her dead to rights on the rape of underage and accessory to rape. Ditto for that other black widow, Sarah Kellen.
Kellen was the scout/wrangler for the real victims...Marcinkova was the sexual tool/participant to the encounters. The latter was there to put the girls at ease with the setup. 60-odd alleged victims, according to reporting by the Miami Herald.
Kellen incidentally, also changed her identity like Marcinkova did (lotta ducking and weaving for a pair of innocent victims...) before marrying NASCAR driver Brian Vickers. I'm sure ol' boy is singing Usher's "I Don't Mind" every night to keep himself squared LOL. The ultimate Capt save a .. .
They all proceeded to plea the 5th like hardened career mobsters/billionaire-robber-barons at the depositions. Read 'em and weep. And this one . And this other One .
The Miami Herald did excellent investigative reporting on this story, and were instrumental in cracking this case back in the open. Too many white knights and Capt save a --- around here though, calling sexually marketable women to justice is like kryptonite to the perennially thirsty.
hindsight2020, Jul 10, 2019
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jordane93 Final Approach
I think I can take the high ground. I’ve never lured underage girls into a sex trafficking ring. Epstein and whoever is else is involved should be put in a dark hole if these accusations are true.
jordane93, Jul 10, 2019
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Well, Instagram and FB pages have been deleted. It has begun.
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June 2019 /
Can't Miss Concerts in Pittsburgh in June
This month's lineup includes Ariana Grande, Hiss Golden Messenger and a full slate at the Three Rivers Arts Festival.
by Cassidy Gruber
Photo courtesy republic records
Yeah, brunch at an outdoor cafe in the sunshine,
Movies at Schenley and bike rides at nighttime
Open Streets weekends and pool pass key rings,
Summer in Pittsburgh, my favorite thing.
Frick Park, I’m hiking. Iron City, I’m Mango Lightin’
Sure, all that humidity? My hair is fightin’
Ari tickets? Gee thanks, just bought them.
You see it*, you like it**, you want it***, You got it****
*The June issue of Pittsburgh Magazine
**This incredible reimagining of Ariana Grande’s “7 rings”
***Tickets to see Ariana perform at PPG Paints Arena on June 12.
****OK, that’s really up to you, but I highly recommend!
UPTOWN: PPG Paints Arena, 1001 Fifth Ave.
412/642-1800, ppgpaintsarena.com
One of the most perfect experiences in life is the finding of an essential song. A song that no matter how simple, or narrow in scope, is the complete encapsulation of a feeling. It’s a personal, minute experience, and one I’ve been lucky to have a handful of times with Hiss Golden Messenger songs in the last few years. And while you may not have that same perfect experience as I, going through his catalogue will be a treat regardless — his work is inventive, skillful and prismatic, throwing shards of sonic color across the room in a way that captivates you *just so*.
MILLVALE: Mr. Smalls, 400 Lincoln Ave.
412/821-4447, mrsmalls.com
PSO Presents: Beethoven’s Ninth
If you’ve somehow gone through the 2018-19 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra season without making it to Heinz Hall, there are still a few opportunities to check in, including this four-night run of Beethoven’s absolute banger, “Symphony No. 9.” Although there’s no recorded evidence, given that “Ode to Joy” was first performed in May, it’s no real stretch of the imagination to assume that it was the Summer Jam of 1824. Manfred Honeck will be conducting the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh in addition to the PSO for this performance.
DOWNTOWN: Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave.
412/392-4900, pittsburghsymphony.org
Photo by michael benabib
That's my JAM.
The Unofficial Start of Summer, the Three Rivers Arts Festival, returns June 7-16.
Stock those pic-a-nic baskets and furl those blankets in preparation to unfurl them at the city’s massive annual music and arts festival. This year, Point State Park will be graced by a diverse group of artists, including some big familiar names and some acts you’ll be pleased to encounter for the first time.
Opening the festival is candescent R&B star India.Arie (Pictured; June 7); other big names include Lucius (June 13), who performed at the fest in 2013, country star Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives (June 8), fun funk-sters Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe (June 11), Too Many Zooz, and Tank and the Bangas (both June 14).
Photo courtesy yep roc records
There’s a big focus on folk this year, with acts on the Americana end such as banjo star Kaia Kater (June 12), acoustic duo Mandolin Orange (pictured) and North Carolina’s Mipso, both taking the stage June 15; on the poppier side, you’ll find The Teskey Brothers (June 9), Parsonsfield (June 15) and Nahko and Medicine for the People (June 9).
More info and a complete schedule can be found at traf.trustarts.org.
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EU keeps Albania, North Macedonia waiting on membership talks
A year after holding out prospect of decision this month, bloc tells Balkan countries to come back in October.
By Jacopo Barigazzi
6/18/19, 8:58 PM CET
Updated 6/19/19, 4:56 AM CET
According to the European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn, a minority of member states were not able to support the proposal to open accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia | Koca Sulejmanovic/EPA-EFE
LUXEMBOURG — The EU has finally found a common line on membership talks with North Macedonia and Albania — by deciding not to decide.
After struggling with the highly contentious question of whether to invite the two Balkan countries to begin talks, EU ministers meeting in Luxembourg delayed a decision until October.
A year ago, the EU held out the prospect of the two countries being invited to start membership talks this month. The European Commission declared in May that both had made the necessary progress on democratic standards and the rule of law. But some of the EU's member countries, including France and Germany, were not willing to give the green light on Tuesday.
“Unfortunately a minority of member states were not able to support the Commission's proposal to open accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia already today,” Johannes Hahn, the European commissioner for EU enlargement, said after the meeting. “We are not 100 percent where we would like it to be but I think we have made some progress."
The failure to reach agreement on inviting the two countries to begin talks has infuriated some EU members and European Commission officials. They argue that delaying a decision undermines the bloc's credibility, puts the pro-EU governments of both countries in peril and risks boosting strategic rivals in the western Balkans such as Russia, China and Turkey.
The lack of appetite for enlargement among some countries meant that the ministers could not indicate that Albania or North Macedonia could expect a positive decision in October.
Opponents of starting talks cite the western Balkans' deep-seated problems with corruption, organized crime and poverty and its recent history of conflict. France has emerged as a leading enlargement skeptic, arguing that the EU must deepen integration among existing members and reform unwieldy decision-making processes before it contemplates adding new countries.
For both Albania and North Macedonia, the text agreed by ministers declares that “in light of the limited time available and the importance of the matter, the Council will revert to the issue with a view to reaching a clear and substantive decision as soon as possible and no later than October 2019.”
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Supporters of starting talks have blamed the delay on Paris, which pushed successfully for the Commission's annual assessments of candidate countries to be postponed by more than a month, until after the European Parliament election. That decision triggered the problem of “the limited time available” mentioned in the final text.
But Paris was not alone in favoring the postponement of the reports in an effort to keep them out of the European election campaign. “Germany was very supportive of the French request and others too,” Hahn said.
German MPs said the delay meant they did not have time to reach a decision before Tuesday's meeting of ministers. As the government needs parliament's consent for a decision, Berlin was not able to take a definitive position at the meeting.
Countries and officials in favor of EU enlargement did their best to insist that the process is still alive.
The Bundestag is not expected to reach a view until late September, “providing France with a great way to delay the whole process,” said an EU diplomat who follows the Balkans closely. “Sometimes we have the impression that France wants to kick the can into the next Commission so as to restart the evaluation and get more time,” added the diplomat.
The current European Commission's term ends at the end of October.
The idea of enlarging the European Union is unpopular with voters in many Western European member states, who fear it could lead to more migration into their countries and more cash transfers to poorer newer members.
France's representative at Tuesday's meeting, European Affairs Minister Amélie de Montchalin, did not speak to reporters. But the French foreign ministry said before the gathering that she would stress that "the enlargement process is based on rigorous criteria and the merits of the candidates for EU membership, with no pre-established timetable."
"She will also emphasize our support for greater EU engagement in the western Balkans while stressing that enlargement cannot be our only tool for managing relations with that region," the ministry said in a statement.
The lack of appetite for enlargement among countries such as France meant that the ministers could not even indicate that either Albania or North Macedonia could expect a positive decision in October, diplomats said.
“The reason we were given is that it would prejudge the Bundestag decision but it seems ridiculous. We would have found the right language if there were a will,” said one of the diplomats.
The impression of many diplomats is that the process is nearing an end, even though a new way of dealing with the bloc's near neighbors is not in sight.
Most diplomats who spoke to POLITICO said they expected that only North Macedonia would get the green light for membership talks in October. The country has won international praise for settling a long-running dispute with neighboring Greece, which even involved a change of name from Macedonia to North Macedonia.
Albania has won plaudits for far-reaching judicial reform but the country is in the midst of political turbulence, with the main opposition party boycotting parliament and the president trying to postpone local elections in defiance of the government.
Adding to the complexity of the issue for the EU, the government of the Netherlands — which has also been skeptical on enlargement — now has its hands tied due to a recent decision by the Dutch parliament to oppose membership talks for Albania, while keeping the door open for North Macedonia.
That decision adds to the chances of EU decisions on the two countries being "decoupled," to the dismay of EU members such as Italy, Baltic countries, and Central and Eastern European states, which want both governments to get the go-ahead.
"I'm afraid that decoupling has already happened, in the Dutch parliament,” said a senior EU diplomat.
Any decision to open membership talks requires the agreement of all EU member states.
Ministers also had a tough time agreeing a text on Turkey, whose membership talks have ground to a halt over disagreements between the EU and Ankara over President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's autocratic rule.
Cyprus wanted language to put those talks into an even deeper freeze, to stop the EU sending funds to Ankara and to stop meetings with Turkish officials due to Turkey drilling for energy in the Eastern Mediterranean in an area under Cypriot control.
The final text says the EU “calls on Turkey to show restraint, respect the sovereign rights of Cyprus, and refrain from any such actions” and that “the Council invites the Commission and the European External Action Service to submit options for appropriate measures without delay.”
Countries and officials in favor of EU enlargement did their best to insist that the process is still alive. The text approved by ministers stresses that the “Council reaffirms its commitment to enlargement.”
Yet the impression of many diplomats is that the process is nearing an end, even though a new way of dealing with the bloc's near neighbors is not in sight.
“The position of some member states is getting colder, if not hostile, for reasons of internal politics,” said another senior diplomat.
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Pop Optimism and the Guerrilla Self
Rob Horning
I don't think one can express individuality by consuming products or by broadcasting what one has consumed. I think individuality is always expressed through a specific social relation.
To sum up several hundred posts from this blog: I don't think one can express individuality by consuming products or by broadcasting what one has consumed. I think individuality is always expressed through a specific social relation. Your intimacy with another person lets you see how they recognize something otherwise inexpressible that is unique to you. This is the sort of unselfconscious individuality that I thought the photographs in this show captured. It is a fundamentally private thing.
In its efforts to exploit the power of that sort of individuality, capitalism has all but eradicated it, encouraging us to pursue individuality not as an intimate social relation but as a kind of absolute thing that can be broadcast to everyone, must be acknowledged by everyone, and that can be measured in terms of how widely it is recognized, through proxies like how much measurable influence we have on others. The tenacity of this process makes me deeply pessimistic and particularly wary of optimistic readings of the redemptive, liberatory possibilities of pop culture. It's so easy for me, despite all my skepticism, to be lulled by the promise that consuming the right things, in the right way, will allow me to feel good about myself, without all the messy intricacies of those specific social relations. Moreover, I still continually fall into the trap of thinking that "feeling good about myself" is mainly a matter of being recognized as an individual.
This passage, from Ellen Willis's 1977 essay "Tom Wolfe's Failed Optimism", offers an especially seductive way of conceiving that promise:
Pop sensibility -- loosely defined as the selective appreciation of whatever is vital and expressive in mass culture -- did more than simply suggest that life in a rich, capitalist consumption-obsessed society had its pleasures; the crucial claim was that those pleasures had some connection with genuine human feelings, needs, and values and were not -- as both conservative and radical modernists assumed -- mere alienated distraction.... Pop implied a more sanguine view of the self as a guerrilla, forever infiltrating territory officially controlled by the enemy, continually finding new ways to evade and even exploit the material and psychic obstacles that the social system continually erected.
I find that very alluring. I want to have a guerrilla self. I want to fight the cultural industry with the weapons it forged for my appropriation.
It's a very glamorous reconfiguration of what I am doing when I am, say, watching Game of Thrones. I am exploiting psychic obstacles and subverting the enemy on its terrain at the same time as I am watching two slave-whores make out.
But Willis's definition raises more questions than answers. The largest and most obvious problem, it seems to me, is the invocation of "genuine" needs and feelings. Consumerism produces needs, and "genuineness" is one of its most successful and desirable products. Alienated distractions are just as genuine as anything else. Embedded in the privileging of some mythical genuine need is the idea that we are all on a quest to find our "real self" through the right cosmic combination of goods that unlock our inner potentialities. It is assumed that pleasures are typically reducible to the pleasures of increasing self-knowledge, but isn't it more often the case that pleasure is a matter of forgetting? And that pop pleasures in particular are about surrendering the pursuit of authenticity in favor of merging with the palpable zeitgeist? The guerrilla self is still the individualistic hero of romanticism, amid the "masses" but never merging with them, instead redeeming their presumptive mediocrity, which offers the background against which the guerrilla self can stand out.
Other terms in Willis's distillation of poptimist ideology are just as ambiguous. On what basis is the "selective appreciation" conducted by pop connoisseurs? What makes this "exploitative" or subversive? What constitutes "vitality"? Is it simply an ineffable sensation of life itself? A measurable amount of energy amid the "masses"? A personal and private feeling of having been energized? A sense that one has been swallowed by mass enthusiasm? It seems like a mystification to me.
The same with "expressive" -- what isn't expressive in the pop-cultural milieu? The whole edifice is shot through with significations of status, information asymmetries that create and consolidate cultural and social capital. Social class can't be undone by democratizing tastes; the material bases for class distinctions always generate new ways of expressing cultural distinctions. A "liberated" taste for pop "trash" is inescapably an expression of habitus; one can't consume pop culture in some sort of politically populist way. Consumer society gives us ample access to its particular modes of pleasure that guarantee our consent and effort in reproducing it as a system. There is no subversive way of consuming its products; subversion would consist of ignoring them. I don't think these are particularly radical claims, post-postmodernism.
Willis notes that "the pop sensibility" doesn't "deny or defend the various forms of oppression that at once hedged our pleasures and made them possible" and points out that it "excluded painful or dangerous questions about systemic change." That's not to say that we don't long for pop culture to be a means for experiencing belonging or for experiencing a transformational change in an instant, going from isolated self to participant in a transcendent phenomenon. Through pop participation we hope to dissolve the agonies of isolated identity in a collective expression of enthusiasm even as we look to deploy these widely recognized cultural signifiers in a unique and distinctive way. Consumer goods serve as a medium through which collective ideas about social values can be expressed, but one of those values is possessive individualism. This is the fundamental tension in consumerism: Its mass-produced goods give us the leisure to develop a taste for individuation. The idea that we can purchase fulfillment rather than achieve it explodes what it means to be fulfilled, divorcing it from our capabilities, from our doing what it is that we are uniquely able to do. Instead there is a sense that no skill is unique, all is exchangeable, and every proposition of personal identity is constantly renegotiable. One's sense of self condenses to one's sense of status.
"Pop" seems an especially ironic label for the material culture of consumerism. It masquerades as a democratic forum for "pleasures" but arguably the chief pleasure of engaging in the milieu is finding vicarious satisfaction in status, or winning the zero-sum battles of uniqueness in expressions of personal identity. Pop culture may mimic forms of collectivity, but in a consumer society, consumption is always an arena of self-expression. The price of pop pleasures is the surrender of the ability to consume neutrally, to consume without sending a message about what sort of person you are or what sort of social and cultural capital you are putting in play. The "guerrilla self" Willis describes -- an idea that often underpins much of the enthusiasm for "prosumerism" -- always threatens to become the sort of hipster cultural capitalist that, for example, Rob Walker profiled in Buying In. The guerrilla self becomes the cultural entrepreneur.
Social media has made this evolution harder to resist, as it gives even casual participants in cultural production the necessary platform for distribution and reputational accounting. Social media is the "territory" that the guerrilla self now seeks to occupy, and the owners of that territory are more than happy to have us invade. The whole business model of social media depends on such invasions. The "psychic obstacles" presented by capitalism become necessary, cherished spurs for personal self-development -- they refigure planned obsolescence in fashion and style as renewed opportunities for us to become better selves. Novelty becomes our "genuine" value, not capital's -- we demand the new because choice among new options is what we experience most viscerally as "vital" and "expressive" freedom. Consuming the "new" is how we experience personal growth; novelty becomes the basis of identity.
Prosumerism is not an expression of evasion and subversion; instead it is a core principle of post-Fordist capitalism. The productivity of the pursuit of personal identity, as captured in digital networks, advances the subsumption of everyday life to its highest degree yet. The radical ontological insecurity -- the "gig economy" and precarity and so on -- is normalized and valorized as the opportunity to unlock inner troves of personal creativity. Yet this creativity can take on only a limited and arguably degraded form. It can only conceive capitalistic aims: So we have the facile manipulation of signs to grow quantified, reified measures of influence -- which is limited to the ability to influence others to "spend" their attention or money.
Of course, that may seem to posit some "genuine" form of creativity outside of capitalism. But I don't mean to imply it is more genuine, only that it is different, that it would anchor a different kind of society, with different ways of conceiving and organizing collective identity. Instead of proliferating hierarchies of taste and competitive feats of prosumerism, why not something else, something worthy of optimistic hopes? Rather than a mass of guerrilla selves fighting a phony war against one another for who can lay the most genuine claim to pop pleasures, why not accept that taste can't be democratic and worry instead about those aspects of social participation that can be. We could spend less time worrying about what we like -- and what we "Like" through social media -- and see what sort of social pleasure lies beyond that.
The 20 Best Avant-Garde and Experimental Albums of 2018
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Ulrich Schnauss and Mark Peters: Tomorrow Is Another Day
A feel good ambient pop album from purveyors of ethereal electronica.
Ulrich Schnauss and Mark Peters
After beginning his career releasing music under the pseudonyms View to the Future and Ethereal 77, Ulrich Schnauss appeared on the scene under his real name with his 2001 release, Far Away Trains Passing By on City Centre Offices. Shortly after, Schnauss gained recognition among fans of ethereal electronica, ambient, and shoegaze genres alike. His 2003 release, A Strangely Isolated Place, has received a ton of critical acclaim, and is still on the list of my all time favorite albums. In 2012, Schnauss joined Mark Peters for a collaboration on the Hamburg based Bureau B imprint, titled Underrated Silence. This was not their first joint venture -- the two are members of the Engineers, a British "dreamy shoegaze" band which also includes Simon Phipps and Daniel Land as members.
With Peters' prominent guitar layered across Schnauss' hazy ambient palettes and glitchy electronic beats, the duo's latest collaboration, Tomorrow Is Another Day, feels incredibly organic, full of summer breeze and feel good vibe. This is a bright and optimistic affair, with a nod to soaring soundscapes by Boards of Canada, Tycho and Manual. The melodies appear to float upon the synth lines, enchanting echoes, and rhythmic chords. The major chord progressions are hypnotic, but not in that sleep-inducing way. Instead, the sounds make me flashback to carefree car rides, beach Frisbee, and barbecues with friends. A very elated memory for a cold winter night.
Two thirds into Tomorrow Is Another Day we hit the first and only vocal track on the album, titled "Walking With My Eyes Closed". The intricate drum machine electro beat and nearly apathetic melody paired with progressive minor chords sounds like an intoxicating cocktail of earlier works from Orbital, Depeche Mode and Helios. Schnauss' slight accent on the vocals gives the track that edgy German feel -- I really don't know how else to describe it, but it's a good thing. "Walking With My Eyes Closed" is guaranteed to embed itself in your memory, long after the melody is gone.
Another beautiful track is "Bound By Lies", with its mesmerizing rhythm, multi-layered progression, and head-nodding vibe. The release concludes with "There's Always Tomorrow", a soporific dreamscape of synthesizer arpeggios, space pads, and jamming guitar riffs, before the entire heavily coated buildup slowly recedes and fades out. The positive spin on the melodies throughout the album hints at an overall forward-looking way of life, even if the hardships of the day have brought you down by the end. Tomorrow is another day! Don't do today what you can leave until tomorrow. Er... is that how it goes?
ethereal electronica dreamy shoegaze Boards of Canada Tycho Manual Mark Peters Engineers Ulrich Schnauss
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The 2018 cruise season officially began today with the arrival of the Artania with 1,200 passengers and more than 500 crew members. Portland will see two other ship visits in April and nine ships in May before really kicking into high gear over the summer months.
Portland continues to see growth in the industry with 118 cruise ship visits expected this year, the largest number of ships the city has ever hosted. The 2017 season saw the arrival of 103 ships. This year, the season spans from April to November bringing more than 170,000 passengers and more than 66,000 crew members.
The cruise ship activity is in addition to The Cat, which will ferry visitors daily between Portland and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia beginning in June.
For a full list of ships cruising in and out of Portland this season with schedule and passenger count information, visit the Portland Cruise Schedule.
This also marks the third year of the City’s Waterfront Marketplace where local street vendors and artists can set up their displays between Ocean Gateway and the Portland Ocean Terminal on cruise ship days with 1,000+ passengers. For more information on the Waterfront Marketplace, click here.
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What's New November 8, 2018
ACCC approves Nine-Fairfax merger
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has given the thumbs up to a proposed merger of Nine and Fairfax.
The outcome of “not opposed” was published on the ACCC website, with the review reportedly taking 59 days.
The merger has implications for radio, with Fairfax being a majority shareholder of Macquarie Media.
Macquarie Media’s radio network, including stations 2GB, 3AW and 6PR, as well as the newly rebranded Macquarie Sports Radio, are now set to join a portfolio comprising Nine’s television network as well as a suite of large-scale brands in digital and publishing.
The ACCC review focussed on four key areas:
The creation and provision of news (including current affairs and investigative journalism) in the Newcastle/Hunter region of New South Wales
The creation and provision of non-news content (e.g. sports, lifestyle and entertainment)
Supply of advertising opportunities to advertisers
Acquisition of media content from content providers
The merger agreement was originally announced in July, in a deal worth an estimated $4 billion.
The merger sees the formation of a merged entity, which will become Australia’s largest integrated media player.
Under the merger, Nine shareholders will own 51.1% of the combined entity, with Fairfax shareholders holding the remaining 48.9%.
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8 Nov 2018 - 6:50 pm
MACQUARIE SPORTS RADIO DUE TO THE MERGER BETWEEN NINE & FAIRFAX MEDIA WILL THERE IS ANY FURMAT CHANGES IR WILL IT STAY THE SAME WITH CHANNEL SPORTS TALLENT ADDED TIO THE LINEUP?
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'Ang Babaeng Humayo' nominated for 3 Asian Film awards
Charo Santos-Concio is nominated for Best Actress in the movie 'Ang Babaeng Humayo,' while Lav Diaz is nominated for Best Director and Best Screenplay
Published 10:45 AM, January 12, 2017
Updated 10:45 AM, January 12, 2017
ASIAN FILM AWARDS. 'Ang Babaeng Humayo' is nominated at the 11th Asian Film Awards. Photo shows actress Charo Santos-Concio, director Lav Diaz, and actor John Lloyd Cruz attending the photocall at the 73rd Venice Film Festival on September 9, 2016 at Venice Lido. File photo by Tiziana Fabi/AFP
MANILA, Philippines – The movie Ang Babaeng Humayo (The Woman Who Left) continues to be recognized abroad, as Lav Diaz and Charo Santos-Concio were nominated in the 11th Asian Film Awards.
Lav was nominated for Best Director and Best Screenplay, while Charo received a Best Actress nod for the movie.
The news was confirmed by Roger Garcia, executive director of the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society, on his Facebook page.
The movie tells the story of Horacia (Charo), who was released from prison after 30 years for a crime she never committed. She tries to pick her life back up, meeting people along the way who teach her valuable lessons. (READ: 'Ang Babaeng Humayo' Review: Double lives, second chances)
The movie won the Golden Lion award at the 2016 Venice Film Festival.
The Asian Film Awards will be held on March 21 at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. – Rappler.com
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Benjamin Boone & Philip Levine
The Poetry of Jazz, Volume 2
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"Poetry and jazz have long been great partners, but "The Poetry of Jazz" offers a fresher take, just like Levine's poems give us new, heroic looks at the ordinary lives of the lower-middle class...The Poetry of Jazz is a master poet's contribution to the musical genre, one not to be missed." - THE PARIS REVIEW.
Without knowing or planning it, saxophonist/composer Benjamin Boone has spent his life preparing for a collaboration with Philip Levine. Long fascinated by the inherent musicality of the spoken word, Boone crossed paths with the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet as fellow professors at California State University, Fresno, and they ended up working closely together in the three years before Levine's death in 2015. Boone and Levine's 2018 release, "The Poetry of Jazz," captured a genre-expanding partnership unlike anything else in the jazz canon. "Volume Two" completes the program with 14 poems and three instrumental compositions by Boone. "Boone knows where the thing called poetry lives, an ocelot among the waters, a sky-shaped Rain God that flares down upon us...He is one of the very few that can lure Phil's poetry-magic and call it out and show it to the world...Beyond words up there with the muses." - U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera.
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5. To Cipriano, In the Wind -
6. The Poem Circling Hamtramck, Mi, All Night, In Search of You -
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15. Saturday Sweeping -
16. Blood -
17. When the Shift Was Over -
18. Godspell (Homage to Phil & Brian) -
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Garfield County voters tank museum tax
Ryan Summerlin
rsummerlin@postindependent.com
Ilse Bahrke from Denver watches the train set at the Glenwood Springs Railroad Museum while waiting with her family for the eastbound Amtrak train during a visit last year.
Fears that some Garfield County’s historical societies may have to close and others would struggle were not enough to sway voters toward a property tax increase in Tuesday’s election.
Garfield County reported the final vote at 6,347 against the tax and 5,217 in favor.
The property tax was proposed to support seven historical societies that fear for their future without the stable revenue. A coalition of historical societies and museums approached the Garfield County commissioners in July to put the measure on the ballot. Each of the commissioners expressed support for the tax proposal, though they doubted its chances with tax-weary voters.
The county commissioners’ support, while only made in side comments rather than a formal endorsement by the board, was notable considering their usual stance on taxes. Commissioner John Martin, who’s been on the Board of County Commissioners for 20 years, had never before supported a tax increase. Commissioners also recommended that other jurisdictions considering asking for a tax increase, like the Garfield County Library District, watch the museum tax for an understanding of voters’ feelings on tax increases.
Rather than creating a new taxing district, which commissioners had preferred, the historical societies wanted to form an advisory board that would make recommendations, but leaving decisions about how that money would be spent to commissioners. The historical societies hoped that being linked to the county’s reputation would help sway Garfield County voters who are typically skeptical of tax increases.
Historical society leaders advocating for the tax proposal say their future is murky without the stable revenue it would have provided. They projected the property tax would have brought in about $1 million annually.
For several years the societies have been struggling, some surviving only off of donations from philanthropists. Matt Annabel, a board member of the Mount Sopris Historical Society, said that the funding sources of these societies is not sustainable.
The Glenwood Springs Railroad Museum appears to be in the most dire straights, as Union Pacific, the owner of its building, has pinned the museum’s future in the building to the passage of the museum tax proposal. Others, like the Mount Sopris Historical Society in Carbondale is operating month to month, unable to foresee how it will operate much further than that. Many of Garfield County’s museums cannot afford to have regular open hours, but are available upon request.
There was some talk about using the money to give each of the seven historical societies a full-time employee, whereas only two currently have part time staffers and the rest are operated by volunteers. But plans for how that money would be split later appeared vague. Rather than dividing the revenue evenly, an advisory board would prioritize which organizations’ projects were of the highest importance.
The historical societies’ tax would have started in 2018 and sunset in 2027. Residential property taxes would have increased by $3.24 per $100,000 of assessed property value, while commercial property would increase by $13.05 per $100,000.
Also hanging over the museum tax vote was the recent implosion of the Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts, as it has lost its contract with the city and its building after hidden financial turmoil came to light. Advocates for the museum tax were hoping that a low voter turnout would work in their favor. And though only about 28 percent of registered voters submitted ballots, that did not pan out.
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Liberian Ebola victim had direct contact with 59 people, Lagos govt. says
July 29, 2014 Nicholas Ibekwe
An Ebola patient being attended to
Preliminary test results confirm Liberian died of Ebola.
The Lagos State Commissioner of Health, Jide Idris, on Monday said that at least 59 people came in direct contact with Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian confirmed to have died of the Ebola virus.
Mr. Idris said this at a joint press conference of the Federal Ministry of Health and the Lagos State government on Monday.
The persons include 44 contacts at the hospital he was taken to, 38 of which were health workers and six laboratory staff; 15 contacts at the airport, comprising three Ecowas officials – a driver, a liaison officer and a protocol officer. Others include two nursing staff, five airport handlers and the Nigerian ambassador to Liberia.
The commissioner said 20 percent of those that came in contact with the deceased had been physically screened.
“The private hospital (First Consultant medical Centre) was demobilised and primary source of infection eliminated. The patient has been cremated and the ash will be transferred to the Liberian government whenever the need arises. Decontamination process in all affected areas has commenced.”
Speaking of the measures taken by the state and federal state authorities to combat an outbreak of the disease, Mr. Idris explained that an incident command centre to coordinate the rapid respond team on the field had been established.
He said five working groups were also formed namely: Contact Tracing Surveillance and Laboratory, Health Education and Social Mobilisation Case Management and Infection Prevention and Control, Logistics and Data Management.
He also said an isolation ward has been created at the Infectious Disease Centre, Yaba, and that plans were being made to open three more isolation centres.
Explaining that there are no cures or vaccines for the virus, the Special Adviser on Health to the Lagos State governor, Yewande Adesina, warned faith healers not to attempt to treat patients with symptoms of the virus but to promptly report cases to the health authorities for their own safety and that of those around them.
Ms. Adesina also warned family members to desist from taken anyone with the symptoms of the disease to hospital on their own. She said people should call the emergency number provided so that trained health officials will be dispatched to carry the patient to one of the designated isolation centres.
The health experts warned against eating apes and fruit bats, which are natural carriers of the virus.
The President of Nigerian Academy of Science, Oyewale Tomori, who is a Veterinarian Virologist, debunked the rumour that pigs are the carriers of the disease and said as long as people maintain proper hygiene, there was no need to panic.
More confirmation
A few day after the Nigerian Minister of Health,Onyebuchi Chukwu, confirmed that Mr. Sawyer indeed died of the ebola virus, the Lagos State Government has corroborated this, saying Mr. Sawyer was actually a carrier of the virus.
The Lagos State Commissioner of Health, Mr. Idris said preliminary laboratory tests conducted at the virological laboratory of the Lagos State university Teaching Hospital and the results from the Lagos State and the World Bank Funded African centre for Genomics of Infectious Diseases of the Redeemer University detected Viral DNA in both Blood and urine samples obtained from the patient and both were positive for the Ebola Virus.
A third test at the World Health Organisation, WHO, laboratory in Dakar Senegal could not be conducted because the courier company refused to accept the blood sample. However, WHO has accepted the result from its sponsored laboratory at the Redeemer University.
Mr. Sawyer, who was a senior ECOWAS employee in Liberia, had come to Nigeria to attend an ECOWAS conference in Calabar. The plane he was travelling in made brief stops in Accra and Lome and he switched planes in Lome before heading to Lagos.
“He was reported to have fallen ill on board and remained ill on arrival in Lagos. He was assisted by various airport and ECOWAS protocol staff and was driven directly to a private hospital in Obalende. Initial diagnosis of the suspected viral heammorrhydic fever was made. He was admitted and investigation and supporting treatment commenced,” Mr. Idris said.
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Nicholas Ibekwe is PREMIUM TIMES’ Head of Investigations. He is a graduate of English Language from the Lagos State University. He has a Master’s in International Journalism from City University, London, United Kingdom.
Nicholas, who is 2016 fellow of the World Press Fellowship, has won several awards for his work including the Wole Soyinka Prize for Investigative Journalism, two-time finalist, FAIR( Forum for African Investigative Reporters) Award, and Chevening Scholarship. Twitter: @nicholasibekwe
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MENCS: Haley earns first career NASCAR win
Holly Cain, Special to the Press Argus-Courier
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — As the dark clouds and lightning descended upon Daytona International Speedway Sunday afternoon, Justin Haley climbed out of his No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet feeling like it was perhaps divine intervention. He was first on the scoreboard at the time Sunday’s Coke Zero Sugar 400 was red-flagged for lightning 33 laps short of the intended 160-lap distance.
Two hours and 12 minutes later, the 20-year old Indiana native was celebrating his first career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup win – in only his third career start. It was an unlikely turn of events in a very eventful race.
As Haley stood speaking with reporters during the long weather delay, a team member walked up and hugged him, delivering the career-defining news to the Xfinity Series standout, “You just won your first Monster Energy NASCAR race.”
“It’s absolutely a blessing, pretty incredible that I have so many people around me who have given me this opportunity,” Haley said, just before receiving a hug from his mother Melissa Dennis.
“I knew eventually we’d be standing there and celebrating a win but I was definitely not prepared on his third Cup start to be here and experience this,” Dennis said, beaming with pride and conceding she nervously spent the red flag downtime cleaning the family’s motor coach just to keep her mind busy.
As Haley – the second youngest Cup winner in Daytona International Speedway history - stood inside the driver meeting room during the weather delay, he smiled nervously and showed reporters how his hands were shaking in tense anticipation.
Drivers were actually called to their cars to restart after the initial red flag, but lightning moved into the immediate area again - necessitating another 30-minute safety delay. Before that time passed, the rain came again. And the race was declared official.
In the end, Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet teammates William Byron and Jimmie Johnson finished second and third. And Ty Dillon and Ryan Newman rounded out the top-five.
As elated as Haley was by the unforeseen circumstances, the 2017 Daytona 500 winner Kurt Busch was equally as gutted. He had been leading the race during the yellow flag caution period immediately preceding the red flag stoppage. He had opted not to pit initially with the poor weather approaching, but when given the one-to-go signal prior to the restart Busch zipped down pit road for a last minute fill-up.
Unfortunately for him, however, the weather conditions changed so quickly that by the time the field was on the backstretch, NASCAR decided to keep the yellow caution flag flying instead of dropping the green flag to race again. Within minutes, the red flag came out, and teams were ordered to pit road, their cars covered with the bad weather approaching. Busch had rejoined the field in 10th place – his ultimate finishing position.
That was only one chapter of the race’s fully dramatic story.
The who-and-when of pit stops became especially strategic after a caution flag on lap 120 of the scheduled 160-lapper. The “Big One,” as multi-car accidents are called on the Daytona high banks, occurred when the frontrunning cars of Austin Dillon and Clint Bowyer touched at high speed in Turn 1. In all 18 cars were collected – most of them considered pre-race favorites such as polesitter Joey Logano, Hendrick Motorsports cars Chase Elliott and Alex Bowman and all four Joe Gibbs Racing drivers, Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr., Denny Hamlin and defending race winner Erik Jones.
Asked what happened, Bowyer said in his typically candid fashion, “I guess he didn’t want me to pass him.
“I don’t know,” Bowyer said of Dillon. “I got under him and he blocked and we got together, I got off of him, moved down and got off of him – and here he comes back down even more and just finally wrecked us all.”
Even though their competitive hopes were finished in that accident, Logano (41 laps) and Dillon (46 lap) led the most laps on the afternoon. The time up front was especially impressive for the polesitter and Stage 1 winner Logano, who was involved in two accidents to varying degrees. But he still rallied to finish 25th.
As the series heads to Kentucky Speedway next week, Logano still maintains an 18-point lead over 14th place finisher Kyle Busch in the Cup championship standings.
The first major incident of the afternoon ironically involved one of the two cars also part of the only practice wreck leading into the race. Only this time, it was Brad Keselowski’s No. 2 Team Penske Ford that got the rough end of contact.
On Lap 83, his Ford was hit from behind by fellow Ford driver Kevin Harvick’s No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford sending Keselowski hard into the high side wall and multiple cars spinning off track in reaction. Ultimately Keselowski retired his car, Harvick returned after multiple pit stops to repair damage as did his SHR teammate Daniel Suarez, who spun off the track with Richard Childress Racing rookie Daniel Hemric – the lone Chevy involved in the incident.
Shortly after the dark skies started creeping in and the race intensity increased accordingly.
All the teams were keeping an eye on the sky and Haley’s veteran crew chief Peter Sospenzo conceded that the game plan was absolutely to keep Haley on track not stopping in the pits.
“My thought process was even if we had four flat tires we weren’t going to pit,” Sospenzo said. “We were going to ride out the weather. It was our only option to steal a win, if you want to call it that. We were not going to come in and I was actually a little surprised a couple guys in front of us did.
“We just wanted to have a decent finish,” he added, “not get caught up in any wrecks and it just worked out.”
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Home Business U.S. Tobacco Supplier Acquires Majority Stakes in PEI, Ontario Pot Companies
U.S. Tobacco Supplier Acquires Majority Stakes in PEI, Ontario Pot Companies
CHARLOTTETOWN — A U.S. tobacco leaf merchant has acquired majority stakes in a PEI licensed medical marijuana producer and a cannabis company that is developing indoor growing operations in Ontario.
Alliance One International Inc., based in North Carolina, says its subsidiary Canadian Cultivated Products acquired a 75 percent equity position in Charlottetown-based Canada’s Island Garden last month.
The publicly held tobacco supplier says its subsidiary last month also acquired an 80 percent stake in Goldleaf Pharm Inc., a medical marijuana license applicant which is building a roughly 1,850 square meter growing facility in Ontario.
Alliance One chief executive Pieter Sikkel says the acquisitions, for undisclosed amounts, are part of the company’s efforts to branch out into higher-margin, fast-growing agricultural products such as cannabis.
It marks another move by a U.S. company to tap the Canadian cannabis industry as the country prepares to legalize marijuana for recreational use later this year.
In October, Corona-beer maker Constellation Brands inked a deal to acquire a nearly 10 percent stake in licensed medical marijuana producer Canopy Growth Corp. for $245 million.
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Uh-Oh! Another Delay?
August 10, 1999 by Dean Kent
The past year has seen some mighty struggles in the marketplace, with some big winners and some very big losers. VIA Technologies recently snatched both Cyrix and IDT from certain extinction, though it appears likely only the intellectual property will remain after the smoke has cleared. This essentially leaves only two main combatants locked in a fierce struggle, with possibly the same fate in store for the loser.
Just as we thought the battle would be engaged in full fury, it appears that it the decision may be a technical knockout because of a no-show. After one competitor has made steady gains in the low-end over the past year, while gearing up for a bloody battle at the high-end, it seems that another product delay may determine the outcome.
That’s right, rumors have it that Coppermine will be late…
On Monday, independent benchmark numbers were released for the AMD Athlon processor, showing a significant speed advantage over the Pentium III. It was also announced that AMD will release a 650MHz version of the chip in a move to become the leader in MHz as well as performance. In the meantime, Intel has delayed the introduction of their .18 micron Coppermine processor due to ‘shrinkage’ problems, forcing them to push the .25 micron core to 600MHz just to stay competitive. Now the rumors say that the 600MHz Coppermine may not be released until Q1 2000, with a 500MHz version debuting in November.
Of course, this shouldn’t be too surprising considering Intels history of missed targets…
What??? Intel has a history of missing their targets? Isn’t it AMD that has this reputation? Actually, it is AMD that has the reputation, but apparently because the Intel PR machine is exceptionally good at what they do.
Just to prove the point, let’s look back at a report from Sept 19, 1996 that indicates the Merced processor was to ship in late 1998. Today the target is late 2001, and even that is questionable. Even better is a report from Dec 27, 1996 that gives the anticipated target dates for Klamath, Deschutes, Katmai, Willamette and Merced. Granted, these dates were actually pulled from a report by Michael Slater of MicroDesign Resources, a well respected processor technology analyst, but his info is generally regarded the next best thing to official Intel statements.
Using the information provided in the December report, here is a table showing the original dates, and the actual (or projected) dates:
Klamath Q2 1997 May 7, 1997 Hit Target
Deschutes Q4 1997 Jan 26, 1998 1 Qtr Late
Katmai 1H 1998 Feb 26, 1999 1 Yr. Late
Willamette 2H 1998 1H 2001 (proj) 2 Yrs+ Late
Merced 1H 1999 2H 2000 (proj) 1.5 Yrs Late
This trend is not restricted only to processors. The i810 chipset was originally scheduled to be released in April of this year, but only now are motherboards using the chipset available. This is due to at least two delays caused by problems with the chipset. Of course, the i820 chipset was delayed two months also.
Strangely, Intel doesn’t seem to get beat up over these delays like their competitors do when they are late. It seems as if the Intel PR department is exceptionally good at spinning a tale that dazzles the media and makes them forget that Intel once again missed the boat.
In 1997, AMD grabbed significant market share at the low end with their K6 processors – a market that Intel had ignored. The threat was significant enough that Intel introduced their own low-end processor, the Celeron, in May 1998. This first attempt was a dismal failure, but Intel followed up in August with the Mendocino, which was simply a Deschutes core with 128K of on-die L2 cache. Though Intel was actually playing catch up with AMD, they have since been hailed as the ‘patron saint’ of the low-end systems by some because of their aggressive move to take over that market.
If one looks objectively at the facts, it becomes obvious that Intel has been caught flat footed once again. For the past year, Intel has been pooh-poohing PC133 SDRAM but now find that they must rush to support it. Now we find that they have no immediate answer for the Athlon and may be forced to drastically cut prices and fight to keep dominance at the low end – a position that AMD was in only a few months ago. In fact, Intel just announced an unscheduled price cut for August 22 on Pentium II and Pentium III processors.
Obviously, it is not reasonable to count Intel out and they certainly have the assets to survive a very long war of attrition. They also have built up substantial brand-name loyalty amongst small, mid-sized and large businesses, which is where the real revenues are generated. The fact remains, however, that Intel has been flanked more than once this past year, and have suffered some surprising loses in the marketplace. It looks like this trend will continue for at least another 6 months or longer.
With today’s fight already apparently lost, Intel must now focus on winning the rematch in late 2000, when Willamette appears. That is, as long as they don’t have yet another product delay…
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The Ultimate Guide to DJI Go App for Live Streaming
by Jag September 7, 2016
DJI Go apps is the one of the most popular and the best app that has been providing the best services for live streaming with advances features. Aerial live streaming is going to change the things in the way important events are captured and delivered to the audience. Live streaming videos are many on YouTube. The videos capturing the public events, natural calamities, protests and others. Most people are incorporating footage shot from drones in their live streaming for making it most appealing and effective. The use of DJI Go App for live streaming is discussed here.
DJI Go App for Live Streaming
DJI Go APP Setup and Supported Devices
DJI Go App Advantages and Features
Live streaming is not a new concept, but live streaming using drones is still a novel idea. DJI launched the DJI Go app in 2015, and this is upgraded to DJI Pilot App. The process of capturing and sharing images is very simple. There are editing tools in the app that are used to edit the photos and videos before they are shared. DIJ GO app can be used to live stream on YouTube, Facebook and so on. Users can share the tips for capturing best footage at DJI Forum, and they can ear DJI credits also. DJI GO app can be used with DJI Inspire 1, Phantom 3 for more expanded features. The DJI GO app can be downloaded from Google Play now.
DJI Go App is used for Facebook live streaming. Go to the settings of Go app and find the Start Facebook Live option. Log into your account and add a title and tap on Go Live. The broadcaster can decide to make the stream public or just for friends. The smoothness of the stream depends on the cell signal. This feature is available both for Inspire series models and Phantom drones.
For live streaming using DJI Go, powerful devices that support the app need to be used so that crashing, lagging and freezing are prevented. Here are few supported devices as recommended by DJI and Phantom Help.
Apple iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6S, iPhone SE, iPad Air, iPad Air 2, iPad Mini 2, iPad Pro, iPhone 6S Plus etc. The models that feature cellular and WiFi only are compatible. The Android devices that work well for live streaming with DJI App are Acer Iconia One 10, Acer Iconia Tab 8, Acer Iconia Tab 10, Google Nexus 5, Google Nexus 7, HTC One, Huawei Ascend Mate 7, Huawei P8 Max, Lenovo Tab S8-50, Samsung Galaxy Note 3, Samsung Galaxy Note 4, Samsung Galaxy Note 5, Samsung Galaxy Note 8 and other Samsung devices, Sony, Xiaomi devices also support this. The App required GPS on Apple and Android device only when the Follow Me feature is used.
DJI Go app features drone stimulator that helps the owners to become better live streaming operators. It can be used for with both Android and iOS devices. With DJI Go APP, the operators can effectively control the functions of the drone from their own homes. They can keep an eye on the altitudes.
DJI Go App comes with new user interface. Aerial videos can be recorded and uploaded, and these can be synced to mobile devices. With just one click, these can be uploaded, accessed or shared them. Other features of this app are the photo editing features such as color adjustment, cropping, filters, and watermarks. DJI Bulletin Board System allow sharing your ideas with others. Other important features are Flight Modes, Follow Me, WayPoints and Point of Interests. Other features that are found in the app are on screen flight parameters, real-time flight record, Director automatic video editor, Instant photo and video sharing; YouTube live streaming compatibility and video tutorials.
DJI is one of the Best Live streaming devices manufacturing company. DJI has many devices and DJI app also. we have given an Ultimate Guide for DJI Live streaming App.
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GOB Announces Intent To Elect Darrell Bradley Senate President
Wednesday, May 22nd. 2019 –
At midday today the Government of Belize announced their intent to elect former Belize City Mayor Darrell Bradley to succeed Lee Mark Chang as president of the Senate.
The government’s release stated, ” At the Senate meeting on Tuesday, 21st May, Mr. Lee Mark Chang announced that he is stepping down as President of the Senate to pursue political aspirations in the Caribbean Shores constituency. The Government of Belize thanks Mr. Chang for his stellar service in this most important position for the past four years.
The Government of Belize, at the next sitting of the Senate and through the Leader of Government Business, will propose the election of Mr. Darrell Bradley as the new President of the Senate“.
These new political developments has shed light on the Caribbean Shores constituency in Belize City, that was once considered a Darrell Bradley seat in the House of Representatives, but which voted for PUP’s Kareem Musa, the son of former prime minister Said Musa. LINKED NEWS ARTICLES
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France's Iliad seeks to revive sales with high-end set-top box
PARIS (Reuters) - Telecom operator Iliad unveiled on Tuesday a new high-end set-up box with luxury audio speakers and embedded video applications which it sees reviving sluggish sales in France.
Xavier Niel, founder of French broadband Internet provider Iliad, shows off the new set-top box, the Freebox Delta, which combines broadband, television and fixed line telephone services at the company's headquarters in Paris, France, December 4, 2018. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
Iliad’s triangle-shaped white box, dubbed Freebox Delta, includes a Netflix subscription and Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa among its key features, on top of six audio speakers developed by French luxury manufacturer Devialet.
“Our idea is to offer a product that is unique and adds value to the Freebox we invented several years ago,” Iliad’s founder and majority-owner Xavier Niel told reporters.
Iliad’s previous set-top boxes all played the role of cash-cows for the telecoms group, helping finance the company’s low-cost mobile offers since obtaining a license in France in 2012.
The protracted price war that followed has weighed on mobile revenues and the margins of its rivals Bouygues Telecom, Altice Europe’s SFR and Orange.
The new box is therefore about 20 euros more than the average triple-play equivalents offered by Iliad’s rivals, including market leader Orange.
“We’re losing a tiny bit on our margin but this is deliberate and voluntary because this is our DNA and this shows what we’re capable of doing,” he said.
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The best credit report service makes it easy to access your scores and manage your financial future. We looked at 23 widely available services and evaluated their reporting, monitoring, and educational tools to see which ones streamlined the user experience. The result: four services that will bring you the clearest picture of your credit health, help you make decisions to improve your creditworthiness, and protect you from identity theft.
How We Chose the Best Credit Report Services
Reports from each of the three major credit bureaus
The “Big Three” credit bureaus — Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion — are the largest agencies used for credit reporting. Since most agencies access the same information (things like our credit history, existing loans, and public records), you might expect each report to tell the same story. But bureaus use information differently to compile their reports: Some may prioritize the length of your revolving debt history over the timeliness of your payments, while others may focus on the latter. This can result in significant score differences between bureaus and possibly the difference between approval and rejection for a loan. Since you don’t know which bureau a landlord or lender is going to reference, it’s important that all of your reports be up to date and accurate. After all, there could be a lot of money on the line.
We said goodbye to any service that didn’t report on each of the Big Three. And yes, this means that each of the Big Three was cut, since they only report on themselves.
Contenders cut: 13
Credit.com, Credit Karma, CreditReport.com, CreditScore.com, Credit Sesame, Equifax, Experian, FreeCreditReport.com, FreeCreditScore.com, ProtectMyID, Quizzle, TransUnion, TrueCredit
Scores from each of the Big Three
Unlike a credit report, which is a detailed history of your financial activity, a credit score serves as a grade of how well you’ve managed that history. It’s one of the easiest ways for lenders to evaluate your creditworthiness at a glance. These scores generally come from scoring models designed by The Fair Isaac Corporation, also known as FICO, or VantageScore, which was developed by the Big Three bureaus.
Like reports, your credit score will vary bureau to bureau depending on what information they collect. According to Jeff Rose, certified financial planner, founder of Good Financial Cents, and author of the best-selling book "Soldier of Finance," "each bureau weighs credit activities slightly differently. So if you missed three payments on a bill six months ago, one bureau might penalize you a little more harshly than another.”
In our tests, the scores we received varied as much as 32 points between bureaus, which translated to the difference between a “Very Good” evaluation from Equifax and just a “Good” from TransUnion. As with your report, it’s impossible to know from which bureau a lender will be drawing a score, so we cut any service that didn’t provide scores from all three bureaus.
Contenders cut: 2
LifeLock, PrivacyMatters
Comprehensive credit monitoring and educational tools
We ranked our final seven candidates on their educational resources. The best service does more than just give you peace of mind — it also provides tools and resources to help you learn more about your credit, how to improve your score, and how to protect yourself from identity theft. We nixed those that hardly provided any tools beyond a glossary, like PrivacyGuard and CreditCheckTotal.
The 7 credit report services we tested:
CreditCheck Total, Freescoresandmore.com, IdentityForce, Identity Guard, myFICO, Privacy Guard, TrustedID
Our evaluations left us with three top services: myFICO, Identity Guard, and IdentityForce. We signed up for the monthly plan options for each service to further test their monitoring and reporting capabilities, as well as the ease and intuitiveness of their user experiences — all to find the features that set them apart from the competition. We prioritized timely and accurate alerts, simulation tools, analysis of scores and reports, and educational materials that contextualize your credit information.
These three top picks provide strong monitoring and identity theft protection measures, as well as useful resources. Our fourth pick, AnnualCreditReport.com, doesn’t provide educational tools or protection measures for your identity, but it is free — and the barebones credit health it provides might be enough to make informed financial decisions in the future.
The 4 Best Credit Report Services
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Improving Credit Score
Engaging tools and comprehensive educational resources make credit reporting pleasant.
Customer education and resources
Digestible reports
Widely accepted scoring model
Score simulator
Why we chose it
In terms of customer education, myFICO goes above and beyond: In addition to offering credit and identity monitoring, myFICO is equipped with tools and resources that provide actionable tips for understanding and improving your score, like videos, articles, and forums.
The myFICO Forums feature is one of the main pillars of the service’s resources and one of our favorite features. These forums offer information on everything from loan applications to how money can impact relationships. Over 750,000 members are registered, which provides something most people don’t even know they’re missing when it comes to financial smarts: community. Discussions are moderated, so you can be sure you’re getting high-quality information, and new posts appear daily.
With recent developments in the credit world, like the 2017 Equifax breach and legislative efforts to expand consumer protections, myFICO’s forums are a great place to stay up to date on news that may impact your credit. The forum experience is similar to Reddit, and we found ourselves spending far more time there than we thought — just another way that myFICO has made a positive user experience out of a distinctly “unsexy” subject.
Ironically, myFICO doesn’t offer direct access to your actual credit reports. Rather than task you with reading through all three reports, which are really just rows and rows of tiny red and green boxes, it gives you a top-level overview that highlights the most important information. This is far easier to understand and navigate than a credit report on its own — and if you want to supplement with your actual reports, you can get them for free each year through AnnualCreditReport.com.
The potential improvements to your credit are reinforced by the fact that myFICO is the only credit report service directly associated with FICO, the scoring model used by 90% of top lenders. This ensures that the scores you receive are an accurate representation of the information lenders use; other services, like Identity Guard, use educational scoring models that may not actually reflect the scores being evaluated when you apply for a loan.
Our top three services all have credit calculators that allow you to see how different scenarios will affect your score, but myFICO’s Score Simulator is by far the best. It simulates actions that impact your credit, like paying off various amounts of debt, consolidating credit card balances, applying for a new credit card, and taking out a mortgage. For those who are more passive with their credit card decisions, it even shows how your score will change if you do nothing except make timely payments. And if you’re hoping to get a better interest rate a few months down the line, the Score Simulator tells you how to improve your score in that time.
In addition to its usefulness, the tool’s bright colors and intuitive interactions (like sliding cursors) make it, quite frankly, fun to play with. We didn’t think it was possible to say that for a credit report service.
The mobile app for myFICO includes an alerts section as well as the option to review your FICO Score 3b report (scores from all three bureaus). Monitoring your FICO score on the go means you’ll know exactly when your score increases, as ours did after making a big credit card payment. This provides the type of positive reinforcement that can motivate people to pay down debt rather than just remind them of it. The only noticeable difference between the service’s mobile and desktop experiences is that the app lacks direct access to the myFICO forum.
On the plus side, myFICO sent the most comprehensive alerts and updates of all our top picks, which can be received through email, text message, and mobile app notifications. These include both good news (your credit score has improved!) and bad (your identity may have been compromised!). However, the nature and frequency of these notifications was often overwhelming. During our testing, we received potential identity theft alerts on information that was several years out of date, as well as a fraud alert on an expired credit card. None of the other contenders flagged these “potential identity theft” issues, and while we appreciate myFICO’s thoroughness, we would prefer alerts that are better able to distinguish between real reasons for alarm and false ones.
Another downside to myFICO is that its plans are a little more expensive than comparable plans from our other top picks. While you do get your money’s worth from myFICO when it comes to resources, if you’re not interested in its educational aspects, you may find that a cheaper service fulfills your needs just as well.
Monitoring Credit Score
Essential features to keep you in the know, without the extra bells and whistles.
Solid credit monitoring
Report frequency
Score simulator limitations
If you’re just interested in keeping tabs on your credit, IdentityForce provides top-notch monitoring. Because IdentityForce is primarily an identity theft protection service, monitoring is only available in its top-tier plan (UltraSecure+Credit) — but bundling identity protection and credit monitoring is worth the price. With this plan, you’ll receive updates on your Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion scores. IdentityForce also includes added security features, like monitoring services for your social media accounts and a quiz with simple yes-or-no questions to help you determine your risk of identity theft.
Like our other top picks, IdentityForce offers access to a tracker that monitors any changes to your scores. The tracker comes with a brief overview of the factors influencing your credit, like a short credit history or lack of revolving debt experience. While it’s less comprehensive than myFICO’s, these details help contextualize what can otherwise be seemingly incomprehensible information. IdentityForce also provides links to dispute forms from all three bureaus so you’re not left wondering what to do if this information reveals a mistake in one of your reports.
Alerts are a critical part of monitoring, and IdentityForce’s were useful, customizable, and accurate. Notifications can be received through email or text if a purchase, withdrawal, or transfer exceeds a certain amount, and you’ll be alerted if any new accounts are opened in your name. We received fewer false flags with IdentityForce than we did with myFICO, and the alerts we did receive were surprisingly helpful even when nothing had happened with our personal information: For instance, during testing, we received notification of sex offenders living in our area, including their names, descriptions, and the nature of their crimes. It also notified us of times our Social Security number had been used recently; one quick check of the IdentityForce dashboard and we were able to confirm that all of the uses were from us and not someone trying to steal our identity.
Though the UltraSecure+Credit plan is billed as a monthly service, it’s important to note that the credit reports it offers are only refreshed once per quarter. In comparison, myFICO offers a plan that provides updates every month for close tracking needs.
Like myFICO, IdentityForce does include a credit score simulator that allows you to determine how actions like adding a credit card, eliminating a balance, or making on-time payments will impact your score, but it’s less detailed than myFICO’s. IdentityForce’s simulator takes into account all three of your credit files from the Big Three, but upon further investigation, we also discovered that IdentityForce doesn’t disclose the scoring algorithm it uses to produce its evaluations. Without knowing how its scores are calculated, we can’t be certain how similar the scores you receive from IdentityForce are to the actual scores being viewed by lenders.
Guided Help
Identity Guard®
Detailed, hands-on support to keep you secure and satisfied.
Step-by-step guidance
Identity Guard is the credit monitoring service for those who want plenty of affirmation that their credit and identity information is secure. Identity Guard Premier (for individuals or families), the service’s monthly plan, includes easy-to-navigate credit reports and identity monitoring that takes you step-by-step through every aspect of its system — it even tells you when you’ve reached maximum protection.
After setting up our credit monitoring, we received a confirmation email that genuinely reassured us: “You don’t need to do anything right now except be confident that we’ll alert you if we detect certain changes in your credit file.” Once you’re logged in, Identity Guard’s dashboard provides a central overview of all your active protection and flags any areas that still require setup so you know you aren’t missing anything. It’s a minor detail, but when we’re talking about confidential personal information, we value a company’s willingness to sweat the small stuff.
All of our contenders give you the option to report errors on your credit report, but Identity Guard provides the most comprehensive explanation of how the dispute process works: The bureaus have 30 days to respond to your dispute, and they’re required to remove anything they can’t prove is accurate. If your dispute fails, you can ask which institution helped verify that info, and you can always add your own note to your report if you feel the dispute was inadequately handled. Identity Guard also includes an entire section titled “Don’t Give Up,” which can be a helpful reminder when dealing with the complexities of credit bureaus.
The service also comes with a few resources we didn’t find elsewhere. This includes a News and Education section with updates to the state of identity protection, plus research reports on subjects like consumer trends and fraud alerts. Overall, Identity Guard provides the most information of any of our top picks, and while not all of it is as digestible as myFICO’s resources, the sheer volume of detail goes a long way in providing assurance.
The scores used by Identity Guard come from CreditXpert, a scoring system that provides results for purely educational purposes. Lenders will use a different scoring model when they access your report, and like with IdentityForce, the scores you get from Identity Guard won’t be the same ones used by lenders to evaluate your credit. That doesn’t mean Identity Guard is off in its estimate. It just means you should treat the scores you receive as just that — an estimate. Still, Identity Guard’s services are comprehensive, and it’s an undeniably strong contender if you’re still learning the basics of credit monitoring.
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AnnualCreditReport.com is jointly run by the three big bureaus in order to comply with the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003, which requires that consumers are able to access all three credit reports for free once a year. You’re legally entitled to one free credit report from Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion per year; if you stagger these reports over a 12-month period, you can check your credit report every four months for free. It’s the only free credit monitoring site that sends you reports authorized by federal law, and we think that’s worth knowing about. If all you need is the information contained in your credit report without context or analysis, AnnualCreditReport.com has you covered.
It's entirely possible that the data in your credit report is all you need. But it’s important to remember that your report is just that: data. You’ll need to review the information yourself, and you’ll need to do your own work to figure out how to improve your credit — with no help from the site’s blocky and outdated design. You also miss out on apps, forums, and alerts when something on your credit report changes. At no cost, AnnualCreditReport.com is a great resource for obtaining baseline information about your credit, but it may take a little more work to untangle.
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How to make the most of your credit report service
Check for errors
A 2012 study by the Federal Trade Commission found that one out of five people had an error on their reports that was corrected by a credit bureau after it was disputed. Even minor errors can result in less favorable terms for loans, which makes it all the more essential to verify that the information contained in your report is accurate.
Look for a service that will help you report those errors
All of our top contenders provide instructions to help you start the dispute process, though the level of instruction varies: myFICO and IdentityForce simply link to the Big Three bureaus’ dispute pages, while AnnualCreditReport.com connects to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for more information. Identity Guard was, by far, the most detailed in its guidance, providing paragraphs of text on what to expect from a dispute and how to go about the process. It even provides sample letters, so you don’t have to worry about where to begin.
Realize that it takes time to improve your credit
If you’re looking to improve your credit in a hurry, you might be tempted to sign up with one of the many companies advertising credit repair. Be very careful before paying someone to repair your credit. Many credit repair companies are ready to take your money to do the same things you can do for free, like report incorrect information found on your credit history.
The FTC reports that, in some cases, credit repair companies provide false information to the bureaus or use identity theft to get you a “new credit identity.” If the credit repair company gets caught doing so, you’ll both be held responsible. Since all of our picks provide tools and resources to help bring your score up, you’re better off avoiding such companies completely.
Be wary, be smart
After the massive Equifax data breach in 2017 that exposed the personal information of 145.5 million people, being uncomfortable with sharing your personal information with these large bureaus is understandable. But since we can’t really escape the reality of digital transactions, we suggest taking advantage of securing your credit information when you feel it’s at risk. If you’ve been a victim of identity theft or are currently dealing with a similar scenario, a credit freeze might be worthwhile. (For more information on credit freezes, look to our FAQ below.)
Equifax also released a free app called Lock & Alert, which allows people to lock access to their credit files from their phones. Credit locks differ from freezes in that your report can be “unlocked” immediately without incurring charges. But credit locks aren’t subject to the same regulation as freezes, and it’s still unclear what rights you’re entitled to by using a lock — if the lock fails and your identity is stolen, you may have no legal recourse against Equifax. Plus, at the time of writing, Lock & Alert was far from functional. Early users reported an inability to even get past the login screen. Our advice? Opt for a freeze over a lock, and check the ratings on Lock & Alert before using it will full confidence.
Know that the credit landscape may be changing
On January 10, 2018, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Mark Warner introduced the Data Breach Prevention and Compensation Act in the U.S. Senate. The bill addresses the aftermath of data breaches like the 2017 Equifax hack, giving broader power to the federal government to penalize entities that fail to adequately protect consumers’ personal information.
Under the bill, a new Office of Cybersecurity would be created at the FTC with the ability to fine credit-reporting agencies $100 for every person with private information stolen in a data breach, along with $50 for each additional piece of private information per person (though total monetary fines would be limited based on the agency’s revenue). According to Recode, these penalties would have totaled over $1.5 billion for Equifax had the legislation been in place at the time of the hack.
Money raised from such fines would be split evenly: Half would go to “cybersecurity research and inspections by the Office of Cybersecurity,” while the other half would be “divided fairly among consumers affected by the covered breach.” If the bill passes, it will mark a major step toward creating more oversight of credit agencies and greater protection for consumers. Plus, it may jumpstart a race for increased security measures among the credit agencies themselves.
Credit Report Services FAQ
How do I get a free copy of my credit report?
You are entitled to one free credit report from each of the big three—Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion—every year. It’s a good idea to stagger these throughout the year so that you can stay on top of your credit with a free report every four months. Order online from AnnualCreditReport.com” and be prepared to provide your name, address, social security number, and date of birth to verify your identity.
What's the difference between a credit report service and identity theft protection?
There’s a lot of overlap between the two. In fact, two of our top picks market themselves as the latter. This is because so much of your identity is tied to your credit; often the first signs of stolen personal information appear on your credit report, whether it’s a bogus account or notice of debt collection. Read more in our review of the best identity theft protection services.
What is a good credit score?
The most common scoring models used to determine credit scores, FICO and VantageScore, operate on a scale of 300 to 850, with higher scores indicating a lower level of financial risk. 700 or above is generally considered a good score, while anything above 800 is excellent. Most people score between 600 and 750.
What factors affect my credit score?
There are many factors that come into play when your credit score is calculated, and each bureau values different things. The length of your credit history, how and when you make payments, how much you borrow and owe, and how many lines of credit you hold affect your score, among other things. FICO’s explanation breaks it down in more detail.
What is a credit freeze?
Credit freezes restrict access to your credit report, which makes it more difficult for identity thieves to obtain your information. If you need to reopen your report when applying for credit or a job, you can always lift the freeze, though there may be a cost for doing so. Certain entities will still be able to access your report, including your existing creditors and government agencies, but freezing your credit report is a simple way to give yourself an extra level of security.
How can I keep my personal information secure?
To avoid a data breach or accidentally turning your information over to the wrong hands, it’s best to practice securing your information on a daily basis. This means disposing of personal information before disposing of a device, encrypting your data, not giving out your passwords, refraining from sharing every detail of your life on social media, and so on. To learn more about keeping your information secure, check out the FTC’s suggestions.
The Best Credit Report Services: Summed Up
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Ratepayers to have say on 'living wage' for council staff
7:16 pm on 15 December 2016
An increased to the 'living wage' for thousands of Auckland Council staff has moved closer, with the plan to be formally put to ratepayers.
A living wage for council staff would cost an extra $9m a year. Photo: RNZ
Councillors today voted to include the proposal in public consultation papers early next year, as part of next year's budget.
The living wage, which is higher than the legal minimum wage of $15.25, is currently set by campaigners at $19.25. They claim this amount is needed for a mother, father and two children to "live with dignity" in this country.
It has been estimated the introduction of the living wage would directly benefit 2200 staff, with another 1200 getting pay rises to keep them in step.
If the move went ahead to lift minimum wages to $20.40 over three years, it would eventually cost an estimated $9 million a year.
The council and its agencies are one of Auckland's biggest employers. Union organiser Jeff Rowe said eventual success would be a big step forward for the campaign.
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Momentum is building in Nelson for a campaign to call employers to pay the Living Wage of just under $20 an hour.
Wellington City Council softens living wage policy
Wellington City Council has agreed to pull back from its living wage policy and not automatically extend it to future contractors.
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Over the past six months, the sector has experienced momentous change and significant progress has been made across Rocky Bay to prepare for the transition to the NDIS. Rocky Bay has been preparing for this transition for several years, and we are very much looking forward to supporting current and future customers to optimise their quality of life. We hope you enjoy the latest news from ‘across the bay’. For even more stories, please visit news, events and stories.
Download the complete May 2018 newsletter
In February, we formally announced the completion of our merger with Valued Independent People. We are delighted to now provide more certainty and continuity of services to people living with disability in Western Australia and look forward to getting to know and welcoming more clients to Rocky Bay.
For even more stories, please visit news, events and stories.
Download the complete March 2017 newsletter
It’s been a great start to the year, with more people choosing Rocky Bay to provide support for their families living in shared accommodation, the move of Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Association of WA to Rocky Bay, and further expansion of our programs and services across WA.
Download the complete June 2016 newsletter
There are so many inspirational people discovering abilities across Rocky Bay. We want to share with you their amazing stories and the many exciting new projects supporting them.
With limited space this newsletter gives a snapshot of the latest news across the bay. For the full stories visit news, events and stories.
Download the complete November 2015 newsletter
We have the technology! On 13th June, a young paraplegic Brazilian will stand up from a wheelchair to kick off the 2014 Soccer World Cup. Read this story and others throughout the newsletter to see how Rocky Bay’s Therapy and Assistive Technology teams are continuously looking for better ways to use technology.
75 years is a pretty spectacular achievement and Rocky Bay went all out to celebrate this fantastic milestone!
On 1st September in our Mosman Park grounds, dignitaries including Governor Malcolm McCusker, our Patron Mrs Tonya McCusker, Premier Colin Barnett and over 750 clients, staff, family, friends and supporters, both past and present, came together for an afternoon of fun filled entertainment and history.
If you live in Western Australia, we are giving you the opportunity to experience your ultimate adventure. Choose from Rally driving, White water rafting, Abseiling, Kiteboarding, Swimming with dolphins, Kayaking, Tall ship sailing or Skydiving.
Rocky Bay raised a record $31,565 in our two Walk With Me events held in Mandurah and Mosman Park in September. The sun shone on both events as over 600 walkers enjoyed the opportunity to walk with their friends, family and colleagues living with disability.
The 2012 Automotive Holdings Group (AHG) Golf Day held at Joondalup Resort in April was a huge success, raising over $152,000 to help Rocky Bay enrich the lives of people living with disability in Western Australia. AHG Managing Director Bronte Howson said the Group’s suppliers, clients and dealerships were to be congratulated for supporting the event year after year.
Download the complete May 2012 newsletter here
As part of a national event, Walk with Me took place in September, from Rocky Bay grounds in McCabe Street along the foreshore. The unique aspect of this fundraiser is its Ambassadors – our clients. Before the event, participants were able to learn a little about them through the WWM website, and then meet them on the Walk. As Candice Barnes, Channel Nine weather presenter and our fantastic MC explained: Walk with Me brings together people of all abilities in our community, helps to raise much-needed funds and, most importantly, helps break down the barriers to understanding people living with disabilities.
2010 newsletter
Sailing into success. Genevieve is a 37 year old woman who had a cerebral aneurysm at age 28. Employment Services staff assisted Genevieve gain and maintain the administration position she has held now for 5 years. Genevieve has not let her disability get in the way of living life to the fullest, and this is shown through her interest in sailing.
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Lilies of the Field Ratings & Reviews Explanation
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In this film, a traveling laborer meets five nuns in the Arizona desert. The appearance of Homer Smith convinces the Mother Superior he is an answer to her prayers. He wins the hearts of the nuns and the thanks of the town, as initial reluctance turns into public acceptance.
Classics, Comedy, Drama
James Poe
Jan 1, 1963 wide
as Homer Smith
Lilia Skala
as Mother Maria
Lisa Mann
as Sister Gertrude
Stanley Adams
as Juan
Isa Crino
as Sister Agnes
Francesca Jarvis
as Sister Albertine
Pamela Branch
as Sister Elizabeth
Dan Frazer
as Priest
as Mr. Ashton
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Critic Reviews for Lilies of the Field
Lilies of the Field is a funny, sentimental, charming and uplifting film, in which intelligence, imagination and energy are proved again to be beyond the price of any super-budget.
Oct 1, 2018 | Full Review…
James Powers
Well-meaning rot.
Jan 8, 2018 | Full Review…
Many factors combine in the overall success of the film, notably the restrained direction by Ralph Nelson, a thoroughly competent screenplay by James Poe, and, of course, Poitier's own standout performance.
Variety Staff
It might be significant as an early independent movie made good, but Poitier got better when he got angrier for In the Heat of the Night four years later.
Trevor Johnston
A beautifully understated work, built on the dignity of Poitier's warm gravitas, and told with a gentle and disarmingly moving confidence.
Jun 4, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
From the Front Row
One of the most gentle and affecting stories about faith and generosity ever committed to film.
Dec 28, 2018 | Rating: 9/10 | Full Review…
The Retro Set
This was a small, low-budget picture that went straight for the heart and succeeded critically as well as financially.
James Poe's simplistic screenplay might have become sluggishly sentimental without Ralph Nelson's discerning direction and Poitier's sharp humour.
There's not much dramatic urgency to the story, but that's perfectly fine: This is the sort of picture that gives wholesomeness a good name, and its life lessons are imparted in a leisurely and unforced manner.
Apr 9, 2016 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing
Ralph Nelson's melodrama is best known for featuring the Oscar-winning performance of Sidney Poitier, the first black actor to win the male lead award.
Mar 12, 2011 | Rating: B | Full Review…
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
[A] culture clash comprises both the film's lighter and more serious moments, with Poitier's simple, personal struggle over whether to leave or to stay and finish the job giving this small film a backbone of importance.
Nov 7, 2004 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Filmcritic.com
Charmingly offbeat
Nov 3, 2004 | Rating: 4/5
James Sanford
Audience Reviews for Lilies of the Field
It's all about timing, and the time (1963) was right for this hopefully uplifting take on racism. Sidney Portier plays a traveling construction worker gulled into building a chapel for some transplanted East German nuns out in the middle-of-nowhere. A lot of it is obvious pandering anymore, sure, but the sentiment beneath allows some little forgiveness for it's many failings (like the obvious overdubbing of Portier's voice for the sing-along portions.
Kevin M. W Super Reviewer
A laborer accepts a group of nuns' requests to build a church. Is it possible for a film to be both evangelical and light-hearted? They seem like a contradictory adjectives, but somehow the delightful exuberance of Sidney Poitier make the film work. He has an easy charm that contrasts nicely with the nuns' severity. The film's themes, include faith and stewardship, aren't heavy-handed or explored in any depth, but they're there, and the film is as catchy as the gospel tune that Poitier repeatedly sings. Overall, this isn't a canonical, except for the fact that Poitier became the first African-American to win Best Actor, but it's a fine time and entertaining couple of hours.
Poitier does his usual thing..this time giving a grand performance with a bunch of nuns. While the move is good, it does border on poor sentimentality. For this reason alone, I deduct a half star.
Wisenheimer's winning film. Now, let's get one thing perfectly clear before we start. THIS MOVIE IS AWESOME AND A MUST SEE FOR EVERYONE!!!! this film probably has the most heart and charm of any film I have ever seen. And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin. Matthew 6:28. King James Version. Acting/characters: As I'm sure most, if not all of you know, Sidney Poitier became the first African American actor to win Best Actor at the Oscars. Now, I haven't seen any of the other contenders (except for Tom Jones and that movie was garbage) but from what I have seen, Poitier definitely deserved the award. Lilia Skala, who played the commanding Mother Superior did an excellent job as well and it was really fun to see their two head-strong personalities clash. But the real joy of this movie is watching Poitier interact with the other four nuns especially the scenes where he is teaching them English, particularly the first time. The performances were overall very very good and Poitier and Skala did excellent jobs as the lead characters. 10/10 Plot: it is one of the best, most heartwarming films I have ever seen. Once you get a good idea of what it is about, you generally know how it is going to end and where it is going to go. For a different kind of film, that can hurt it but not this one. I found myself laughing because I was so...touched by how the characters interacted with each other. even the moments where Homer Smith and Mother Maria are butting heads, I still get the feeling that they have a mutual respect for each other even if they don't know how to show it. The driving point of the plot is definitely character relationships and boy are they really well done here. It was a highly well done and very entertaining plot that kept my interest the entire time. 10/10 Screenplay: I got the feeling that this one took a backseat to the character aspect of the film but I think that it doesn't hurt the film at all. I think it was a perfectly fine screenplay and it was very well done. It was mostly in English but it also had bits and pieces of German in there too which I think worked very well as the four other nuns who weren't Mother Maria only spoke German. Them turning to Mother Maria eagerly waiting for her to translate the last thing Homer smith said to them was just awesome and it just made them more...lovable. I think the writer did a fine job writing this film. Behind good characters and performances there is a great screenplay. 10/10 Likableness: I highly enjoyed this one and it is one of the best films I have seen in a long time. I am glad that I watched it. for those of you out there who haven't seen this film, GO SEE IT SOON!! You will enjoy it very much. I promise you. The performances are stellar, the story is highly enjoyable and positively heartwarming. I highly enjoyed it and I would have no reservations about seeing it again. Poitier definitely deserved his Oscar for this one. It is just an all around very good film. 10/10 Final Score: 40/40 100% (P) Tomatometer rating: 100% Tomatometer rating if my review was added: 100% TRIVIA TIME: 1. Since the story's action was tied to the chapel's construction, crew had to work through the night to keep up with it "progress" in the film. The actual building was real and could have stood for decades, but because it was built on rented property, it had to be demolished immediately after the filming was completed. 2. Actor Sidney Poitier gave up his usual salary and agreed to do the film for a smaller amount and a percentage of the profits. He won the Best Actor Oscar for his efforts. 3. Director Ralph Nelson had to put up his house as collateral.
Lord N Super Reviewer
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Egyptian lawyer jailed, fined for inciting men to rape women who wear ripped jeans
Published time: 2 Dec, 2017 20:50 Edited time: 3 Dec, 2017 07:55
Egyptian lawyer Nabih al-Wahsh © MARWAN NAAMANI © AFP
The highly controversial and extremely outspoken conservative lawyer Nabih al-Wahsh has been jailed for three years and fined 20,000 Egyptian pounds ($1,130) for inciting men to rape women who wear ripped jeans.
Al-Wahsh made the remarks on national television in October in which he stating that it was Egyptians' national duty to rape women who wear ripped jeans.
"Are you happy when you see a girl walking down the street with half of her behind showing?" Al-Wahsh said during the televised debate on the issue of prostitution on October 19. "I say that when a girl walks about like that, it is a patriotic duty to sexually harass her and a national duty to rape her."
'It's our national duty to rape girls who wear ripped jeans' - Egyptian lawyer https://t.co/0jMaX6fstH
— RT (@RT_com) November 2, 2017
State prosecutors charged El-Wahsh with disrupting public peace and harming the public interest for his comments. Egypt only criminalized sexual harassment in 2014, with a maximum penalty of seven years in prison, reports Ahram.
Al-Wahsh is no stranger to controversy, and previously called the Holocaust "imaginary" and is openly anti-Semitic, stating on another television panel: "If I see any Israeli, I will kill him." A 2013 UN poll found that 99 percent of women in Cairo had reported sexual harassment at least once in their lives, reported Daily News Egypt.
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Top Kremlin ideologist advocates opposition parties
A diverse and complex political system will emerge in Russia in the coming decade, according to the first deputy of the Kremlin administration, Vladislav Surkov.
“We have an opinion that we are lacking an influential liberal party. I am one who believes so, for instance. However, everything, apparently, is good in its season,”
Surkov told at a meeting with the leaders of student communities of America’s top universities, RIA Novosti reports.
He also noted that today’s political system in Russia is fully operational and reflects the moods of various social groups, while all political forces are devoted to democratic policies.
In the near future, Surkov added, the Russian parliament will consist of three to five parties.
With respect to international, and specifically US-Russia, relations, the deputy Kremlin administration chief said, "President Dmitry Medvedev has repeatedly said that our primary task is to achieve a somewhat new global order.”
“We believe that since democracy has almost become a universal form of state formation there is, perhaps, a need for democracy in the global sense. In other words, all current international issues have to be resolved with democratic procedures,” Surkov said.
"We hope that Russia will become one of the Western democracies, and we are currently on this path," he added.
Vladislav Surkov also noted that today’s relations between the US and Russia are more aligned. “Presidents Medvedev and Obama have found the right tone for their dialogue,” said Surkov.
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