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Are Traditional Cross-border Payment Platforms About To Be Replaced? Fintech Is Finding Better Solutions
Fintech has been a lot nimbler in providing more efficient and cheaper options
By Anirban Roy November 26, 2021
The Internet and global connectivity have seen a dramatic rise in international trade. Despite this, the infrastructure to transfer money between countries is based on decades-old systems and processes that are no longer up to the job. Traditional international transaction infrastructure is too slow, expensive and complex.
The problem has been acknowledged, but solutions have been slow to appear. Last year, the G20 made the improvement of cross-border payments a priority. In addition, traditional cross-border platforms like SWIFT and Visa have been trying to improve their offerings. But these are all very recent developments.
Have they been too slow to respond? Fintech has been a lot nimbler in providing more efficient and cheaper options. P2P or B2B transactions, such as Venmo, Stripe, or PayPal, have been around for a while, but gaps still need filling.
There is a lack of solutions for small businesses
None of these solutions adequately address the problems faced by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) or businesses (SMBs), and this is a rapidly growing sector. The estimated number of SMEs worldwide has risen from around 122 million in 2000 to 213 million in 2020 and employs over 50 per cent of the workforce. Additionally, a Mercator report found a sharp rise in SMEs making cross-border payments from 34 per cent in 2019 to 43 per cent in 2020.
While the banks have introduced processes to make cross-border B2B transactions easier, SMBs are frequently excluded due to low gross transaction volumes. Consequently, smaller businesses are stuck with the more traditional ways of transferring money which pose several issues for enterprises on tight margins.
For example, SMBs face considerable expenses caused by high transaction costs, multiple fees, and unfavorable rates. Payments also take time, with delays of up to a week. Additionally, there is a lack of transparency and considerable chargeback risks.
The majority of fintech solutions have been built on top of existing bank procedures and traditional cross-border platforms. There have recently been improvements in efficiency and costs, but significant issues remain.
Leveraging cryptocurrency might be the key to transforming the industry
The creation of cryptocurrency might provide the answer and lead to lasting change in how international trade is conducted. By leveraging the advantages of cryptocurrency, new fintech companies are creating solutions that circumvent bank and payment platforms like SWIFT and Visa.
A great example of this is a platform called XanPay. Created by Hong Kong-based fintech company XanPool, it is designed with SMB cross-border payments in mind.
XanPay's founder and CEO, Jeffery Liu, explains how the platform began, "We created XanPay to help smaller businesses trade in international markets. It uses XanPool's existing cryptocurrency and network of local currency providers to facilitate settling cross-border transactions. Because we are using crypto, we don't have to route transactions through any of older platforms."
In bypassing intermediaries, the process of international payments is simplified. Liu explains, "For decades, transferring money or making payments to another country required trusted financial institutions that operated at a global scale. That meant banks or large established platforms like Visa or SWIFT. So, when the internet arrived, and SMBs started to conduct increasing amounts of cross-border business, it was natural that systems were built on the existing infrastructure.
"The problem for smaller businesses is that as they embrace eCommerce and expand to new markets, they face numerous issues due to how international payments are currently processed. These include delays of up to a week, foreign exchange charges and a typical 3% merchant fee. In addition, chargeback and credit card fraud are also widespread and can be crippling for an SMB.
"By using cryptocurrency, we can avoid all of these problems. For example, our platform is cheaper, with charges of at most 1% per transaction plus a nominal network fee. Our routing technology allows partners to send or receive payments almost instantly, with a lot less risk involved."
XanPay operates outside the limitations of traditional frameworks. This means they can partner with companies that may have previously been rejected. "We can work with merchants that traditional payment processors may deem too risky. As we are a network of businesses and individuals, we aren't reliant on banks or payment partners. This means we can work with any legal business," Liu says.
Established in Asia, XanPay currently focuses on SMBs in the Asia Pacific region, working with local networks. Liu says, "We've integrated with 25 payment solutions used in over 20 APAC countries so far. This includes local currencies and connecting to around 500 banks in the region. To make things simpler for merchants, we have created several widgets and eCommerce plugins, and our API uses REST, which is really easy to use."
Traditional platforms are now trying to catch up
Older platforms and ways of routing money were not designed to deal with the explosion of SMBs operating internationally. Cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology bypass banking infrastructure and its related problems. A growing number of financial institutions, who were previously wary, are now taking notice of the advantages of crypto.
Recent developments have included services such as SWIFT api and Visa Direct, designed to target SMEs and make processes faster. Nations or blocks like China and the EU have also been discussing their own digital currencies, which should make cross-border transactions easier. But to various extents, they are all playing catchup. Fintech got there first and is pulling ahead.
Note: Investment in cryptocurrency is subject to risk and readers should do their own due diligence. Entrepreneur Media does not endorse any such investment.
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Song of the day: Sting – Russians
Posted on January 6, 2022 March 25, 2022
In 2010, Sting explained that the song was inspired by watching Soviet TV via inventor Ken Schaffer's satellite receiver at Columbia University:
"I had a friend at university who invented a way to steal the satellite signal from Russian TV. We'd have a few beers and climb this tiny staircase to watch Russian television… At that time of night we'd only get children's Russian television, like their 'Sesame Street'. I was impressed with the care and attention they gave to their children's programmes. I regret our current enemies haven't got the same ethics."
Sting performed the song at the 1986 Grammy Awards. His performance of the song was released on the 1994 album Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume I.
The accompanying music video for the single was directed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino, and was shot in a similar black-and-white, French New Wave-influenced style to his previous video for Don Henley's "The Boys Of Summer". The video also prominently featured child actor Felix Howard, who was later featured Mondino's promotional video for Madonna's "Open Your Heart" in 1986.
The song uses the Romance theme from the Lieutenant Kijé Suite by Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev, and its lead-in includes a snippet from the Soviet news program Vremya in which the famed Soviet news broadcaster Igor Kirillov says in Russian: "…The British Prime Minister described the talks with the head of the delegation, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, as a constructive, realistic, practical and friendly exchange of opinions…", referring to the meeting of Mikhail Gorbachev and Margaret Thatcher in 1984. The Soviet leader at the time was Konstantin Chernenko.
Also in the background, communications from the Apollo–Soyuz mission can be heard.
In a 2021 interview, James Cameron, the co-writer, director and producer of Terminator 2, said that the song inspired him to create the character of John Connor, the 10-year-old boy who would be the central character of the plot: "I remember sitting there once, high on E, writing notes for Terminator, and I was struck by Sting's song, that "I hope the Russians love their children too." And I thought, "You know what? The idea of a nuclear war is just so antithetical to life itself." That's where the kid came from."
Sting says his 1985 song "Russians" is more relevant than ever due to the war in Ukraine. https://t.co/PwpE4DFwJH
— CNN International (@cnni) March 7, 2022
(Text: Wikipedia)
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Looren America Latina Residency – Fifth Edition
Switzerland, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico — Residency
Looren America Latina
Mateo Cardona (Colombia)
Iván García López (Mexico)
Camila Fadda Gacitúa (Chile)
Wernetshausen, Switzerland
28 February – 29 March 2019
Five translators won the fifth edition of the Looren America Latina grants. Three of them were selected and supported after a COINCIDENCIA Open Call in August 2018: Mateo Cardona, director of the Asociación Colombiana de Traductores, Terminólogos e Intérpretes (Colombia); Iván García López, professor at the Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico) and the poet Camila Fadda Gacitúa, also cultural manager for the EU Delegation in Chile. The other two, Ariel Dilon and Eleonora González Capria, were supported by the Ministry of Culture of Argentina.
The residency took place in Wernetshausen (Switzerland) from the 29 of January to the 28 of February 2019. During this period, the guests worked on their translation projects, exchanged opinions and questions with different professionals and participated in the «Argentinian Literature Days» («Tage argentinischer Literatur»), in Zürich.
Looren America Latina Grant Holders at Looren in 2019 ©Looren
The translators also visited other parts of Switzerland. Ariel Dilon, Mateo Cardona and Iván García López went to La Tour-de-Peilz, near Vévey, to visit La Becque, another artist residency institution. Anne-Lise Delacrétaz, specialist on Swiss-French literature and professor at the University of Lausanne, guided and introduced them to various literary professionals. They also visited the «Art Brut» Collection, guided by its former director Lucienne Peiry. Iván García López's project (a book about the translation problems of the Shamanic chant from a poetic – and not ethnographical – perspective) is strongly connected with this type of art.
Camila Fadda Gacitúa went to Engadin, a bucolic region in the East part of Switzerland, with Leta Semadeni. Camila is currently working on a selection of poems from two books of this Swiss author, translating them from German into Spanish.
Eleonora González Capria went to Bern, for the Swiss Literature Awards, and Lugano. She visited the Casa della Letteratura per la svizzera italiana and also met with Alexandre Hmine, author of «The key in the milk» («La chiave nel latte»), to discuss the possibility of a future translation of his book.
Translation House Looren is situated in the village of Wernetshausen ©Anina Lehmann
The residency programme for Latin American translators has been running since 2014. It is organized by the Übersetzerhaus Looren (Translation House Looren), founded in 2005, and coordinated by Carla Imbrogno. The house is situated in a quiet rural location, and it is the only institution of its kind in Switzerland.
Fabio Pusterla at «FLIP- Festa Literária Internacional de Paraty 2018»
Urs Lehni to Brazil
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Der Webb Peak ist ein hoher Berg im ostantarktischen Viktorialand. In der Asgard Range des Transantarktischen Gebirges ragt er zwischen dem Matterhorn- und dem Lacroix-Gletscher auf.
Das New Zealand Geographic Board benannte ihn 1998 nach dem Neuseeländer Eric Norman Webb (1889–1984), Geomagnetiker der Australasiatischen Antarktisexpedition (1911–1914) unter der Leitung des australischen Polarforschers Douglas Mawson.
Weblinks
(englisch)
Webb Peak auf geographic.org (englisch)
Berg im Transantarktischen Gebirge
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Q: Getting error of timeout exceed in mocha mocha error: timeout of 2000ms exceeded, for async test and hooks ensure the done() callback is being called in this test. if returning a promise, ensure it resolves.
This is what the error i am getting while trying to get response,
This is my index.js file where i export function
exports.info = function(callback) {
var https = require('https');
var options = {
host: 'api.github.com',
path: '/repos/sayanee/build-podcast',
method: 'GET',
headers: { 'User-Agent': 'sayanee' } };
var str = '';
https.request(options, function(response) {
response.on('data', function(data) {
str += data;
});
response.on('end', function() {
callback(JSON.parse(str));
})
response.on('error', function(error) {
console.log(error);
callback();
})
}) .end();
}
This is my indexfile where i describe the test cases
function asyncFunction() {
return new Promise(resolve => {
setTimeout(resolve, 5000);
});
}
describe('Github info', function() {
it.only('returns repo info from github', async function() {
//this.timeout(5000);
await asyncFunction();
word.info(function(reply) {
console.log("er")
expect(reply.language).to.equal('JavaScript');
expect(reply.watchers).to.equal(157);
console.log('RECEIVED');
});
console.log('HELLO'); })
});
A: Mocha support async test also by passing done callback as param to it that you need to call at test end
describe("Github info", function () {
it.only("returns repo info from github", function (done) {
// set long timeout to be sure word.info finish
this.timeout(5000);
word.info(function (reply) {
console.log("er");
expect(reply.language).to.equal("JavaScript");
expect(reply.watchers).to.equal(157);
console.log("RECEIVED");
// call done at end
done();
});
console.log("HELLO");
});
});
A: The response is in your question. Mocha is setted up to timeout after 2 second.
Either you makes your request to finish within 2000ms
Either you increase the Mocha timeout, example :
mocha -t 300000
EDIT :
You cannot use async/await mixed up with callbacks
// Wrap your function into a promise
wordInfoPromise() {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
word.info((ret) => {
if (!ret) return reject();
return resolve(ret);
});
});
}
it('returns repo info from github', async function() {
//this.timeout(5000);
await asyncFunction();
const reply = await wordInfoPromise();
console.log("er")
expect(reply.language).to.equal('JavaScript');
expect(reply.watchers).to.equal(157);
console.log('RECEIVED');
console.log('HELLO'); })
});
EDIT 2 :
const req = https.request(options, (res) => {
res.on('data', (d) => {
str += data;
});
res.on('end', () => {
resolve(str);
});
});
req.on('error', (e) => {
reject();
});
req.end();
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Studio B brings together a network of collaborators and design experts. We are always furthering our research-based knowledge and our endless curiosity about architecture through writing, research, teaching and lecturing.
We work predominantly on cultural, education and residential projects - and enjoy instigating projects and making things happen, as much as undertaking commissions. We are committed to long-term knowledge sharing, and our involvement in design education informs our work.
With little interest in short-lived trends we draw on context, place and people to develop ideas that are appropriate and meaningful. Materials, craft and an understanding of construction shapes our thinking, to develop proposals that are thought through and meaningful.
We believe in a progressive form of practice structure that enables us to work collaboratively with a network of designers, engineers and makers. We like to make things happen - and sometimes that means instigating projects or sharing speculative ideas. Our studio is underpinned by an ethical belief in using design as a means to improve, make better and realise potential.
Together we are able to support clients and communities in developing appropriate strategies, understanding the visual, analytic and practical issues from the outset of a project. It is our belief that developing a clear, suitable and well-understood brief at the outset of a project is core to its future success.
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Strada Nicolae Bălcescu (anterior strada Cisnădiei) este o stradă din municipiul Sibiu, între Piața Unirii și Piața Mare. Ea datează din primul sfert al secolului al XIV-lea (din perioada parcelării Orașului de Sus) și asigura legătura între Poarta Cisnădiei (demolată în 1836) și Piața Mare.
Denumire
Strada este menționată prima dată în anul 1492 sub numele Platea Heltensis, potrivit lucrării Chronik der Stadt Hermannstadt: 1100-1929 a lui Emil Sigerus.
Numele străzii a fost schimbat în cursul timpului: astfel, strada a fost redenumită Heltauergasse (Strada Cisnădiei) în 1875, apoi Franz Josefgasse în 1917, după moartea împăratului Franz Josef. După Unirea Transilvaniei cu România, această stradă a purtat numele Strada Regina Maria (1919-1947) și Strada I.V.Stalin (1947-1970), pentru ca în 1970 să fie redenumită Strada Nicolae Bălcescu.
Istoric
Aici a avut loc în 1633 un incendiu puternic, ce s-a extins și pe strada Tribunei, aflată în vecinătate. Strada a fost pavată cu piatră de râu în anul 1762, iar după trei ani a fost instalată aici o fântână cu țevi. Ulterior, pavajul de piatră a fost înlocuit în 1875 cu un pavaj din granit.
Strada a fost transformată în pietonal în anul 1970, în acel an fiind scoase și liniile tramvaiului electric, inaugurat în anul 1905.
Clădiri
Vechile clădiri nu mai există în prezent, în locul lor aflându-se clădiri ridicate în majoritate în secolul al XVIII-lea sau al XIX-lea, realizate în stil baroc provincial sau în stilul arhitecturii eclectice. Casele au curți interioare, închise pe toate laturile, în care se pătrunde prin porți masive și ganguri boltite; accesul la apartamente se face prin galerii exterioare pe console aflate în curțile interioare.
Dintre clădirile aflate de-a lungul acestei străzi, în Lista monumentelor istorice din județul Sibiu din anul 2004 sunt înscrise casele de la numerele 2, 7, 12, 14, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 28, 34, 38, 40 și 42. Dintre acestea, cele mai vechi clădiri sunt casa comitelui Valentin Frank von Franckenstein (aflată la nr. 2 și datată din sec. XV-XVI, cu modificări din sec. XVII, 1800-1825 și 1936), casa baronului Michael von Brukenthal (aflată la nr. 12 și datată din sec. XV, cu modificări din 1786-1790) și casa de la nr. 17 (agenția teatrală, ce datează din sec. XVI-XVII).
În clădirile de pe strada Nicolae Bălcescu se află majoritatea magazinelor din centrul Sibiului: de confecții, încălțăminte, marochinărie, bijuterii, florării, farmacii, Galeriile Comerciale Pacea (fostul cinematograf Pacea), sedii ale unor bănci importante, agenții de turism, precum și Hotelul Împăratul Romanilor (atestat în anul 1555, reconstruit în anul 1895).
Una dintre cele mai vechi clădiri de pe strada Nicolae Bălcescu este Hotelul Împăratul Romanilor, atestat documentar în 1555. Birtașul luxemburghez Philipp Collignon a arendat în 1772 hanul "La steaua albastră" și a avut un rol important în dezvoltarea și crearea renumelui său. Aici s-a cazat la 31 mai 1783 împăratul habsburgic Iosif al II-lea, aflat într-o călătorie prin Transilvania, iar proprietarul hanului a decis în cinstea acestui eveniment schimbarea numelui stabilimentului în "Împăratul Romanilor". Magistratul orașului a cumpărat în 1857 Casa Wayda, pentru suma de 25.000 de guldeni, urmărind extinderea hanului pentru a găzdui întâlniri politice, inclusiv întrunirile Dietei. Sala festivă a fost reamenajată în 1873, fiind montată o pardoseală din parchet, iar începând din 1876 vor fi organizate aici spectacolele teatrale. Clădirea veche a fost demolată în 1891 și s-a construit vizavi o clădire modernă, mai adecvată cerințelor vremii, care a fost inaugurată în 7 septembrie 1895.
În vechiul sediul al comenduirii militare a Transilvaniei aflat lângă Hotelul Împăratul Romanilor s-a instalat pe 9 decembrie 1918 sediul Consiliului Dirigent, înființat pe 1 decembrie și condus de Iuliu Maniu, ministru prezident și ministru de interne. În această clădire s-a aflat ulterior sediul Agenției CFR, iar astăzi funcționează aici un fast-food. În aceeași clădire a funcționat și "Gazeta oficială" (monitorul oficial al Transilvaniei).
Referințe
Bibliografie
Alexandru Avram, Vasile Crișan, Ghid de oraș. Sibiu, Ed. Sport-Turism, București, 1983, p. 138.
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BUSINESS: Negotiating Through The Media
There are many species of bad journalism, most of which involve too much opinion by the writer, but sometimes the opposite is true and a writer gives you the apparent facts without the context needed to make sense of them. Let me use an article from the NY Times about 30 Rock to illustrate a common type of bad journalism that I find to be equally amusing and annoying: reporting negotiating positions without bothering to explain to the reader to take negotiating positions with a grain of salt, let alone how to interpret statements made in the course of negotiations. This has been a common thread in scores of articles these past few months about - among other topics - the debt ceiling negotiations, the Libya war, the perpetual Israel-Palestine 'peace process,' the NFL and NBA labor negotiations, the Mets' legal dispute with the Madoff trustee and other business machinations and their efforts to re-sign Jose Reyes, and the legal imbroglio surrounding the Dodgers. I've read more articles on all these topics than I could count that failed to give the reader the guidance to put the parties' statements in the context of the underlying negotiating dynamics.
The Times tells us, first, that Alec Baldwin has said he's leaving 30 Rock after next season, a departure that of course would be a terrible blow to a show built around the tensions between his (awesome) character, Jack Donaghy, and Tina Fey's Liz Lemon. It may well be true that Baldwin sincerely has other things on his mind, maybe even a run for public office, and/or that he's feeling he's done all he could with the character. But it's at least equally likely that he could be persuaded to stay on if NBC offers money or other contractual concessions to make it worth his while.
Then we get the response from NBC brass and from Lorne Michaels, the show's executive producer:
Executives from the show and NBC aren't sure, but they made it clear in interviews here this week that his departure would not mean an automatic end to the award-winning comedy.
NBC's new entertainment chairman, Bob Greenblatt, said: "I'd love nothing more than to have Alec for the duration of the show. That's my goal. Let's see what we get."
NBC's interest in keeping "30 Rock" around for at least one more year after the coming season can be explained by the need for more episodes to enhance the show's resale value in syndication.
The executive producer of "30 Rock," Lorne Michaels, was more definitive about a future for the comedy, even if Mr. Baldwin turns down all blandishments to continue. "I would hope he would want to go on," Mr. Michaels said on Monday. "But we're going to keep doing the show."
Again: I don't doubt that NBC would very much like to extend the show's run one extra season for syndication purposes; many a sitcom past has been kept on past its proverbial shark-jumping point for that reason. If 30 Rock is still making money at that point, the network would probably try to soldier on without Baldwin. And Lorne Michaels has never been a guy who thought any of his cast members were indispensable (to put it mildly). But this all smacks strongly of a negotiating posture: the network and Michaels are doing interviews here precisely to send Baldwin the message that he's not holding all the cards. And the reporter, Bill Carter, doesn't breathe a word of that, probably because he knows full well why they are giving him these interviews.
Of course, Greenblatt and Michaels have their own competing agendas:
Mr. Greenblatt did open the door to a possible disagreement with Mr. Michaels over the re-entry of "30 Rock" onto NBC's schedule. The show's sixth-season premiere has been postponed until midseason because of the pregnancy of its star, Tina Fey.
Asked if "30 Rock" was ensured a spot back on NBC's successful Thursday night comedy lineup, Mr. Greenblatt said, "That is a good question, and I really don't have an answer for it." He added, "Nothing's written in stone."
But as far as Mr. Michaels is concerned, it is. "The show will be back on Thursdays," he said confidently.
Of course, if Baldwin's future with the show is in doubt, that's one reason the network would not want to commit valuable Thursday night prime-time space, plus Greenblatt is taking charge of a fourth-place network and probably should keep his options open. But NBC has to keep Michaels happy, too; as the creator of Saturday Night Live, he remains a vital part of the network's brand image. Michaels' certainty here is obviously intended to send an unsubtle message that he will not be a happy camper if the network moves his prime-time baby out of its Thursday night sinecure.
I don't mean to pick on Carter, who in this article has at least offered us enough quotes from each of the participants that a skeptical reader can piece together what is really being said here; that's not always the case with this sort of journalism. But in general, reporters aren't doing their jobs if they don't report how someone involved in negotiations could stand to gain from taking a particular position in public, and worse still if they straight-facedly claim that someone will never make a particular concession (e.g., Jose Reyes won't talk about a new contract during the season), when in fact they might well do so for the right price. The dynamics of negotiations and how they are handled through the media can differ across situations, but there are a finite number of basic underlying approaches to negotiating, and they crop up across many different fields of endeavor.
Consider the debt ceiling debate - surely many Republicans would have preferred to pass 'cut, cap and balance,' and some were genuinely opposed to raising the debt ceiling at all. But for many people involved in the fight, pushing for the ideal policy, even if it was the policy they wanted, was also a matter of getting leverage to extract a better deal when the time came to compromise. Similarly, many Republicans sincerely opposed any deal that would raise any taxes at all; others may have been willing to trade some revenue-raisers for something better, but found it convenient to stay in line with the ATR pledge against tax hikes as a posture unless and until that better offer materialized. None of this is insincere; it's just good bargaining.
Learn to look for the signs of negotiating postures between the lines of news articles, and they will surface again and again in every section of the paper.
Posted by Baseball Crank at 12:26 PM | Baseball 2011 • | Basketball • | Business • | Football • | Law 2009-14 • | Politics 2011 • | Pop Culture • | War 2007-14 | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
BASKETBALL: The Promised Land
After all the LeBron James hype, the NBA title goes to the Dallas Mavericks. This is good news all around.
Starting with the champs - with the Rangers coming up short in October and the Cowboys long removed from their halcyon years, Dallas fans haven't had a title to celebrate since the Dallas Stars in 1999, and Dallas is - to put it mildly - not predominantly a hockey town. The Mavericks have had many good teams over the years, but this is the first time over the hump for the franchise and its long-suffering fans, for Mark Cuban, for Dirk Nowitzki, for Jason Kidd. Even if you don't love some of those guys - it's been hard to root for Kidd since he pleaded guilty to domestic abuse a decade ago - they've paid their dues in the NBA.
As for the Heat, I may be alone in this view, but as I wrote in July, I want them to succeed and prove the naysayers wrong, in part because it pains me to see a talent as great as LeBron James get run down for not winning a title, and in part because I've overdosed on the preening of the LeBron bashers - but at the same time, I'm happy that he melted down and failed to win it this year. A little humility, a little adversity along the way is not just good for the soul, it's good for the sport. A great many of the NBA's legends (like Nowitzki and Kidd) failed in their first crack at the Finals, and sometimes multiple times, before getting over that hump - Shaq, Wilt, Olajuwon, Drexler, Dr. J, Moses, Jerry West, Isiah, Wes Useld, Elvin Hayes, Bob Pettit. LeBron, of course, has now been down this road twice. It will make it all that sweeter, and feel more earned, when and if he finally wins the big one.
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BLOG: One Sporting Event
Tom Bevan passed along on Twitter this column asking what one sporting event you'd go back in time to attend in person if you could, and making the case for the first Ali-Frazier fight.
It's a tough question. I'd immediately discount any event I actually did watch live on TV, like Game Six of the 1986 World Series, the 1980 Miracle on Ice, or the Giants' three Super Bowl victories. My first reaction was to pick Game Seven of the 1960 World Series over some of the more impressive individual achievements like Don Larsen's perfect game or Wilt's 100-point game (of which film doesn't survive), or classics like Bobby Thomson's home run, but I think after kicking this around with some others on Twitter I'd probably settle with Game Seven of the 1912 World Series, which just had amazing team and individual drama and a chance to watch some of the greats of the pre-film era (Christy Mathewson, Tris Speaker, Smokey Joe Wood) in their primes.
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BASKETBALL: The King Becomes The Apprentice
There have been oceans of commentary on the LeBron James to Miami story (NY Daily News headline - "WHO CARES" - but they still put him on the front and back covers of the paper for the second day running). On a general level I agree with the consensus: I can't blame him for deciding to leave Cleveland for a better chance to win a title, but if he was going to leave the Cavs, he could hardly have picked a worse way to increase the pain for his devoted hometown fans than the national TV special crowning a long and probably mostly-for-show public debate. I can't really blame Cavs fans for rallying behind the sentiments in the Cavs owner's over-the-top open letter that amounted to the "Fredo, you broke my heart" speech. The Miami signing is death to two proud franchises: the Cavs had the heart cut out of their team and their fans' loyalty burned in public (three highest paid athletes in Cleveland now: Antawn Jamison, Travis Hafner and Jake Westbrook), and the Knicks, moribund for a decade, had no real Plan B after spending the past 4-5 seasons un-building around having the cap room for LeBron (I'll believe Amar'e Stoudemire and his rebuilt knee when I see him do it in NY, given the ghastly record of Knicks mid-career acquisitions of scoring forwards the last quarter century).
LeBron will have a long way to go yet to top Barry Bonds as the best free agent signing ever, or Shaq in LA as the best post-merger NBA free agent signing. Also: I think the people who talk up how superior a salary cap system is to baseball's economic system will be quiet for a while. And of course, there's the inevitable political point to be made on how much more money LeBron will make in Florida than in Ohio due to Florida's lower taxes.
But here's the one thing I wanted to weigh in on. There's a school of thought, emblemized by Bill Simmons' excellent column yesterday, that by going to a team that already has an 'alpha dog' scorer/ballhandler (Dwayne Wade) who's already won a ring with the team, LeBron has shown that he doesn't have it in him to be the alpha dog himself in the way that Jordan and Kobe have been.
Well, maybe. And if so, maybe - assuming it works out - people who value teamwork, unselfishness and dedication to winning championships should celebrate LeBron's willingness to suppress his obviously considerable ego for the good of winning.
But consider the alternative interpretation: maybe LeBron knows he isn't ready to be the alpha dog. He's still only 25, and Wade is 28 and has already taken a lot of pounding. Maybe after finding the limits of his ability or willingness to carry a team alone in the playoffs, LeBron wants to learn the finer points of his craft a little longer, bide his time the way Magic did in the early 80s or Havlicek in the mid-60s or Kobe earlier in this decade. Maybe on some level he's admitting he doesn't really know how to win - yet. What's wrong with that?
It's hard to project whether the Wade-James-Bosh experiment will work until we see what role players the team assembles around them; it wouldn't surprise me to see some veteran role players take a pay cut for the chance to play with a trio that, when they're on the court together, will be completely unguardable. Shaq comes to mind - I'm not sure what shape his relationship with Wade and James is at this point, but pretty much everybody who's played with Shaq has benefitted from the experience. Also, I'd put the over/under around 8 months on Pat Riley returning to the bench to coach these guys, especially if LeBron doesn't immediately mix seamlessly into the team.
And morally satisfying as it might be to root against these guys, part of me, as a sports fan, really does want to see the experiment succeed to shut up a lot of preening sportswriters and prove that a true partnership between guys of Wade's and James' caliber can be formed. Certainly two guys with their athletic gifts and passing ability have the potential to create some really beautiful basketball.
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BLOG: Quick Links 4/20/10
*The Mets have had some questionable decisions already this year. We saw Fernando Tatis try to score on a wild pitch with two outs, the bases loaded, down 3 and David Wright at the plate against a pitcher having trouble throwing strikes. We saw Jerry Manuel pinch run Tatis for Mike Jacobs and then have to use Alex Cora to pinch hit in the same inning. We saw Manuel play for one run on the road with Joe Mather pitching and Jose Reyes on first base, asking Luis Castillo to bunt before Mather had proven the ability to get anybody out. But perhaps none worse than Manuel on Saturday having K-Rod staying warmed up for 12 innings and possibly as many as 125 pitches in the bullpen before coming in tired to blow the save. Let's hope that doesn't linger. That's why you use the closer as soon as you hit extra innings on the road.
*Craig Calcaterra looks at the curious suspension of Ednison Volquez.
*Joe Posnanski's all-time NBA top 10. His mini-essays on Wilt, Kareem and Jordan are all spot-on, and in Jordan's case reminded me of his obvious, though smiling, irritation earlier this year when Jay Leno asked if he could still dunk. This, about Wilt, is an excellent point:
You know, if you think about Wilt Chamberlain's career - it really is staggering to think that he has through the years been labeled as a guy who did not win enough. I mean, Jim Kelly or Dan Marino or Charles Barkley or Barry Bonds - fair or unfair, it is true they didn't win championships. Chamberlain won TWO. What's more, he led his team to the Finals four other times. What's more than that, his teams were beaten by the Celtics six times in those years, and while so many would like to make that a Russell vs. Chamberlain thing, the truth is those Celtics teams had 10 Hall of Famers. TEN HALL OF FAMERS! Two starting lineups of Hall of Famers. Those teams at various times had Havlicek and Sam Jones and Bob Cousy and Bill Sharman and Tommy Heinsohn and K.C. Jones and so on and so on ... all in addition to Russell. They also were coached by Red Auerbach and Bill Russell.
To believe that Wilt Chamberlain - with the help of a Hal Greer here or a Tom Meschery or Paul Arizin there, guided by an Alex Hannum or Dolph Schayes - somehow SHOULD have beaten those Celtics teams is to believe that there has never been a more dominant presence in basketball than Wilt.
*Ronald Reagan and James Dean, together on film.
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POLITICS: You Can't Teach Height
If it's true that being tall is a major advantage in politics, former Nets, Knicks and Trailblazers center Chris Dudley, at 6'11", will be a man to watch as a contender for the GOP nomination for Governor of Oregon in 2010. The Yale-educated Dudley seems to fit the bill of novice citizen-politicians for good and for ill - he's voted only sporadically in past elections, but is off to an outstanding start raising money - and is aiming to take on the likely Democratic candidate, former Democratic Gov. John Kitzhaber.
Dudley had some of his best basketball seasons with the Blazers and has recently been working in Oregon as a financial adviser. You can check out his campaign site here. A quick look suggests that at least on fiscal issues, Dudley will be running on a straightforward GOP platform of cutting taxes and spending:
At a time when the economy is waning nationwide, businesses and entrepreneurs are on the look-out for any advantage they can find. But Oregon's reliance on high personal and corporate income and capital gains taxes makes the state a less attractive place to locate a business, or keep one going. The last thing we need to do is make Oregon less competitive, and that's exactly what Measures 66 and 67 do - they're a huge step in the wrong direction.
Measure 66 specifically will make Oregon an outlier with the highest personal income tax rate in the nation, tied with Hawaii. It's naive to think that having the highest income tax in the nation right next to the state with the lowest (Washington) will not have an impact on where people choose to live or locate their business.
Given the mobility of people and businesses in today's economy, it's easy to see how a small increase in tax rates might lead to a huge falling-off in collections over time as high income earners and job creators flee to other states....
In order to revive our state economy, state government spending must be rolled back so that the tax burden on Oregon businesses and families can be reduced. In the most recent legislative session, Oregon House and Senate Republicans proposed a package of reasonable cuts and savings to produce a balanced budget without raising new taxes. These proposals were ultimately rejected by the Democrat supermajorities in favor of new higher, permanent taxes on Oregon families and businesses.
(As of yet, the Issues section of the site doesn't even scratch on social issues).
Oregon's a blue state, and Dudley's a rookie candidate with other GOP opponents, so it's a long way to project whether he'll be a serious contender or not.
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BASKETBALL: Air Raising
Adrian Wojnarowski's account of Michael Jordan's Hall of Fame acceptance speech just makes me sad. I haven't seen the speech, so maybe Wojnarowski and the people he quotes are overreacting, but really, bringing up long-ago grievances like the 1985 All-Star Game at an event like this is just sort of petty. I've always liked Jordan, even when he was torturing the Knicks, and I never held against him his enormous ego; you don't get to be Michael Jordan (or Babe Ruth, or Ty Cobb, or Ted Williams, or Shaq, or Muhammad Ali, or John Elway, or Brett Favre) if you don't walk around all day believing you can pull off things nobody else thinks possible. But some guys just have trouble letting go of the fight when they're off the playing field. I've been lately reading Leigh Montville's outstanding biography of Ted Williams, and Williams could be the same way (he brooded over old grievances, channeled his fire into fishing but also into yelling at his wives), but at least he used his Hall of Fame speech to be gracious, even changing the history of the Hall with his call for the enshrinement of Negro League greats. Jordan's speech will be swiftly forgotten, as are most such speeches (Williams' aside), but it's sad for him as much as anyone that he couldn't make a nicer moment of it. I wonder - given his stumbles as an executive - where he'll find another challenge worthy of his energies again.
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BASKETBALL: Rick Pitino, Scumbag
I've been a fan of Rick Pitino since his Knicks days, but this story sucks and it stinks and it sucks:
University of Louisville men's basketball coach Rick Pitino told police that he had consensual sex with Karen Cunagin Sypher at a Louisville restaurant where he'd been drinking on Aug. 1, 2003.
He also told police that he later gave Sypher $3,000 to have an abortion, according to Louisville Metro Police reports The Courier-Journal obtained under the Kentucky Open Records Act.
Ugh. Read the whole thing, it doesn't get prettier.
BASKETBALL: Hide and Dunk
LeBron James has videotapes confiscated of college hoopster Jordan Crawford dunking on LeBron. That's pathetic.
I remember when LaBradford Smith lit up Michael Jordan in a game for 37 points....Jordan didn't hide. He got even, made a point to absolutely smoke Smith the next time out, dropped something like 50 points on him. That is how it's done.
LAW/BASKETBALL: An Expert In Brawling
The DC Circuit today ruled that no expert testimony was required to establish that Allen Iverson had a legal duty to stop his bodyguard from beating a man in a bar fight:
In the early hours of July 20, 2005, a brawl erupted at the Eyebar, a Washington, D.C. nightclub. Among the injured was Marlin Godfrey, a patron in the Eyebar VIP area that night. He suffered a concussion, a ruptured eardrum, a burst blood vessel in his eye, a torn rotator cuff, various cuts and bruises, and emotional injuries. Godfrey sued Allen Iverson and his bodyguard, Jason Kane, both of whom were in the Eyebar VIP area that night. The amended complaint alleged that Kane and Terrance Williams, who also sometimes acted as Iverson's bodyguard, attacked him and directly caused his physical and emotional injuries, and that Iverson was negligent in failing to stop both men from injuring Godfrey.
Iverson's lawyer argued that traditionally, you can't sue an employer for "negligent supervision" (the theory under which Iverson was held responsible for what his bodyguard's misconduct) without expert testimony establishing how he should have trained his employee to deal with these situations. The court effectively concluded that an ordinary, reasonable-man standard of care applies when the beat-down happens in the employer's presence:
A jury may need the aid of expert testimony to evaluate how a hotel should train and otherwise supervise its security guards to ensure that they do not unreasonably use force on some future date. But it is a different thing altogether to say such expert assistance is needed to establish the standard of care for an individual who is present while his personal bodyguard, acting on his behalf in clearing a room in a nightclub, beats a customer and causes significant injuries. Iverson has pointed to no case in the District of Columbia - nor have we been able to locate any - dealing with the standard of care a person owes in supervising his personal bodyguard in his presence. The evidence in this case supported the jury's finding that Kane attacked Godfrey in a fight that lasted several minutes, and that Iverson stood and watched without attempting to do anything to stop the beating.
Of course, it may not have been admissible evidence given that it happened when he was a teenager, but Iverson has his own past history of brawling - which is, ironically, probably why he has a bodyguard now and possibly why he was hesitant to get involved. I'm not 100% comfortable with sticking him with the bill for everything his bodyguard does, and I'm sympathetic to the possibility that (1) the damages here were excessive and (2) the guy who picked the fight may have been setting Iverson up, but the jury didn't buy those arguments, and as far as the legal analysis goes, when you just stand there as a guy in your employ beats a man that badly, it's hard to say that the law shouldn't hold you responsible.
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*Megan McArdle on whether World War II ended the Great Depression. Francis Cianfrocca responds here.
*Michelle Malkin looks at how ACORN plans "civil disobedience" to stop foreclosures, thus prolonging the cycle of bad housing loans.
*Genghis at Ace notes the Democratic Party ties of the latest guy accused by the SEC of a billion-dollar fraud. This should sound familiar.
*The New Republic profiles the Politico's knack for scoops and - what comes with that - penchant for inaccuracy. That said, you can smell the jealousy from the newspapermen quoted here (is Bill Keller really the guy to talk about unsustainable business models?)
*Bill Simmons on Mike D'Antoni's offensive system and its limitations. Somewhere, Paul Westhead smiles.
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BASKETBALL: Free At Last!
An end to what should never have begun, for the most hated figure in the history of New York sports. You sometimes hear malign influences described as being like a "cancer" on a team; Isiah was more like the ebola virus.
BLOG: Quick Links 2/1/08
*Bob Klapisch has a must-read (really!) article about how the Twins got backed into the Santana deal with the Mets instead of taking better packages from the Yankees and Red Sox (one is left with the impression that the Red Sox, possibly rationally, lost interest once the Yankees were out of the bidding - unlike the Yanks they don't have unlimited financial resources and have a fairly solid pitching staff at present). Via Pinto. On the one hand, the Twins' new GM Bill Smith clearly screwed up by turning down a deal involving Phil Hughes, Melky Cabrera and two additional prospects in December; on the other hand, the Yankees will probably regret turning down a last-minute chance to get Santana for just Ian Kennedy, Melky and one other prospect (and I say this as someone who thinks Melky has a good shot to be a real good player).
*Speaking of great reporting, Fred Barnes' account of how President Bush decided on the surge, based heavily on interviews with the president himself, is also a must-read for intelligent discussion of the subject.
*The five stages of voting in Republican primaries. Via Vodkapundit. Absolutely spot-on.
*The wages of Kelo: the Second Circuit this morning affirms the use of the eminent domain power for the munificent public purpose of bringing the Nets to Brooklyn.
*Stanley Kurtz on Waziristan past, and Waziristan present.
*This is an amazing story, if true.
*You will look long and hard for two savvier observers of presidential politics than Karl Rove and Patrick Ruffini, and their takes on the 08 scene are worth reading, especially Rove's point about exit polls and Patrick's point about the advantages of online fundraising (added advantage he doesn't mention: online donors don't show up demanding favors).
*The FBI interrogator who questioned Saddam after his capture confirms what we all knew: Saddam intended all along to retain the ability to ramp up WMD production as soon as he could, and he made a deliberate effort to appear to still have WMD capability:
Mr. Piro: "The folks that he needed to reconstitute his program are still there."
Mr. Pelley: "And that was his intention?"
Mr. Piro: "Yes."
Mr. Pelley: "What weapons of mass destruction did he intend to pursue again once he had the opportunity?"
Mr. Piro: "He wanted to pursue all of WMD. So he wanted to reconstitute his entire WMD program."
Mr. Pelley: "Chemical, biological, even nuclear."
*Great move by the Yankees snagging Morgan Ensberg. Ensberg has had his struggles lately and granted he will be less useful as a first baseman, but his combination of power and patience makes him a potentially very useful bat.
*Color me un-shocked that Clinton crony Strobe Talbott would be duped by Soviet agents.
*The real DB Cooper, unmasked? Nah, he would never have stolen paper currency just months after Nixon took us off the gold standard.
*Mark Steyn rightly takes McCain to task for his hostility to making money in the private sector. I think John Hinderaker has the better of the argument about preferring McCain to a novice politician like Romney on foreign affairs - unlike Steyn's example of Hillary, McCain is a longstanding, indeed life-long, foreign policy hawk who has no illusions about the likes of Putin (I believe he once said he looked in Putin's eyes and saw the lettters "KGB"). And Pejman properly takes McCain to task for misrepresenting Romney's position on timetables and the surge, which is a shame because there really is a fair contrast (see here and here) on the fact that McCain was a longstanding, vocal leader on Iraq strategy while Romney played the role of a cautious follower who always kept his options open to bail on victory in Iraq for the greater good of getting himself elected.
*Andrew Ferguson on Fred: brilliant. Ruffini's Fred postmortem is also worth reading.
*This video about Hillary's role on the Board of Directors of Wal-Mart will likely hurt her mostly in the primaries, and certainly doesn't scandalize me. But it's amusing and interesting on a few levels, not least the accent she was using back then. There's also a lesson about what drives journalists; biases are one thing, but when Brian Ross mentions that he covered this story 16 years ago, it's pretty clear that returning to it now is about Ross' career more than about Hillary.
*I know this is wrong, wrong, wrong, but it was emailed by a friend (I'm not sure what the original source was) and cracked me up:
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SPORTS: Best Features of 2007
The WSJ's sports blog has a roundup of some great feature stories of the past year.
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BASKETBALL: The Most Hated Figure In The History of New York Sports?
I have to wonder at this point if Isiah Thomas is the most unpopular sports figure in New York history. At least while in New York, that is; Walter O'Malley is still hated in many quarters 50 years after taking the Dodgers from Brooklyn, but O'Malley was only disliked for leaving town. Leo Durocher was hated by Dodger fans when he managed the Giants and Giants fans when he managed the Dodgers, but that's also not the same.
Consider the elements that went into Isiah's unpopularity:
1. As a player, he was a hated rival of the team.
2. He came to town with a seemingly endless stream of controversies in his past, many of them racially charged.
3. His prior record as a coach, GM and league executive was an unbroken string of failures, including the collapse of the league he ran.
4. He took over in NY as both the GM and, subsequently, the coach, thus eliminating any competition (other than the owner who hired him) for the fans' hatred.
5. He assembled a roster that was unsuccessful, seemingly designed not to play well together to match the talents of the players involved, expensive, not young, and not full of hustling, aggressive players. After this failed, he basically turned that roster over for another one just like it.
6. This method of roster construction left the team unable to change its direction for the foreseeable future due to the salary cap, while competing teams found ways to acquire major stars on the market at the same time.
7. On top of the failures in constructing, motivating and managing the team, he managed to get himself embroiled in a sensationally ugly offseason sex scandal.
8. He is apparently in no danger of ever being fired.
It's reached the point where the Onion's satire seems plausible enough and Knicks fans are reduced to discussing assassinating the coach.
I've certainly seen unpopular people in NY before. M. Donald Grant comes to mind after the Seaver trade, Steinbrenner's been hugely unpopular at times, and of course there's Joe Walton. Plenty of failed players have found ways to expand their portfolio of unpopularity, like Bobby Bonilla. Going back further, I don't believe there was ever this kind of hate directed at the likes of Ralph Branca or Fred Merkle or Joe Pisarcik or even Charles Smith.
Unless someone has a compelling case for someone else, I'm going with Isiah.
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BLOG: 4/19/07 Quick Links
*There's a fair number of debates from the Virginia Tech shooting I don't have time to weigh in on now (there's the gun control issue; Glenn Reynolds aptly summarizes the case for less of it here, there's the university's reaction time, and there's the appalling spectacle of NBC News broadcasting the killer's videotape), though it seems the most important question is why it was so hard to get the killer out of circulation or at the very least on a list of people who should not be permitted to buy firearms, when he was giving off every sign of being a potential danger to himself and others and everyone around him saw those signs and several people tried to do something about it.
In all the horror I did find one moment of a little levity from this quote:
Briettney said her friend, who was shot in the knee, buttocks and shoulder, was expected to be all right. "The one day he goes to class, he gets shot three times!"
*If you were wondering what was so gosh-darn important about holding that Rutgers press conference: the Rutgers coach now has a book deal.
*All three of my fantasy baseball teams have Felix Hernandez. This is not good news for any of them. Perhaps letting him throw a 111-pitch complete game on a cold April night in Fenway in his last start was not such a good idea.
*I definitely did not see a Mark Buehrle no-hitter coming. The past four years, Buehrle has finished second, second, first and first in the AL in hits allowed.
*You can read my reactions to the partial-birth abortion decision here, here and here. This is also a good summary of the concurrence (H/t).
*Please, wear your seatbelts.
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POP CULTURE: Sticks and Stones
So the Rutgers women's basketball team held a team press conference yesterday to respond to Don Imus:
Rutgers' outraged coach, C. Vivian Stringer, wiped away tears as she recounted her own battles with racism and said she won't let Imus "steal our joy."
Then each player stood up, walked over to the microphone and introduced herself.
Towering over her teammates, Vaughn gave a cheery "Good morning, everyone." But her broad smile faded as she opened up about the hurt she feels - as an African-American and a woman. "I'm not a ho, I'm a woman. I'm someone's child," she said.
The decision to hold this press conference is a horrible failure of leadership on the part of Stringer and anyone else in the athletic and academic establishment at Rutgers who let this happen.
To recap, for those of you just tuning in, radio 'shock jock' Don Imus is in hot water, and justifiably so, for referring to the Rutgers women's hoops players as "nappy headed hos," and a fair debate is to be had as to whether this proves that Imus is
(a) a racist and/or sexist;
(b) a boor and a moron with no sense of propriety;
(c) a cranky old coot whose brain is permanently addled by drugs having a 'senior moment' on the air;
(d) an aging shock-radio guy trying desperately to stay relevant by talking like a 22-year-old rapper; or
(e) my personal favorite, all of the above.
I'm not here to defend Imus, as his remark was indefensible, and besides, Imus endorsed and relentlessly touted Kerry in 2004, so let the Left defend him. On the other hand, as I have long argued, not everything that is indefensible is necessarily a capital crime. Imus has, appropriately, been given a two-week suspension for the same reason you hit the dog with a rolled-up newspaper when he poops on the living room rug. Whether he should be fired depends on what you think more generally about shock-jock radio, since this kind of thing is basically an occupational hazard of employing people like Imus. Of course, there's also the fact that Imus isn't funny (granted, I've never been a regular listener, and I first heard him around 1980 so I may be selling his early work short, but in my book a guy who is unfunny for going on three decades is not funny).
But here's the thing: whether or not they think they are just in the business of winning ballgames, college coaches are role models to their players. College students are at a particularly impressionable stage in their lives: finally old enough to first start to see adults as peers rather than distant authority figures, they naturally begin to model themselves on whomever they meet that most impresses them. Most college athletes - and I assume this is true of the Rutgers women as well - will not become professional athletes, and thus are preparing themselves for life and jobs in the real world. It is incumbent on their coaches to teach them lessons that will help them there.
Imus' remarks were crude and ugly, but the lesson Stringer should have been sending these young ladies is that they say a lot about Imus but nothing about them. Different people handle these things differently, but a coach worth his or her salt could have played this at least two perfectly reasonable ways. One is to laugh it off with the traditional "sticks and stones" attitude, and show the players that this really shouldn't mean anything to them; there will always be people who say inappropriate and mean-spirited things in life, and you shouldn't take that seriously. A more combative personality of the Bobby Knight variety would respond by taking some personal public potshots at Imus, drawing the story away from the players and into coach vs. shock jock; this would teach the players the valuable lesson that when somebody sucker punches your people, you hit them back in kind and teach them a lesson.
What you do not do is call a press conference like this:
"I want to ask him, 'Now that you've met me, am I ho?'" said Rutgers center Kia Vaughn of the Bronx. "Unless they've given 'ho' a whole new definition, that's not what I am."
Declaring that Imus has "stolen a moment of pure grace for us," the wounded women spoke out for the first time about Imus' racist radio remarks.
"This has scarred me for life," said guard Matee Ajavon of Newark. "I've dealt with racism before. For it to be in the public eye like this, it will be something I will tell my granddaughter."
Somebody gave these young women the message - or at least failed to disabuse them of the notion - that they should take Imus' words seriously, take them to heart. This press conference was a show of the coach and the players wallowing in Imus' words, embracing them, and thus elevating them as if any serious person would think less of them - rather than of Imus - for what Imus said. This story should never have been about the players, because Imus' words were generic (indeed, that's precisely why they were offensive). It's the Culture of Victimology at its most destructive, teaching these young women that they should consider themselves to have been genuinely maligned by an aging boor and to seek out the status and posture of one to whom a deep wrong has been done and who is owed.
Put more succinctly, when someone calls you a 'nappy headed ho,' you should not feel the need to call a press conference to deny it. Maybe these young women don't know that - but if they don't, it was the business of someone in a position of authority to teach them. Shame on Vivian Stringer and Rutgers University for failing to teach them that.
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BASKETBALL: Cinderella Time
So, Holy Cross will play in the West Regional 4-13 game against Southern Illinois in Columbus, Ohio on Friday, looking for its first NCAA Tournament victory since defeating Navy and Wake Forest in 1953. This is the highest seed for either HC or Southern Illinois in recent history.
Just to recap, HC lost by 4 to Kentucky in 2001, led in the second half against Final Four team Kansas in 2002, and led in the second half and lost by 4 against Final Four team Marquette in 2003; Patriot League rival Bucknell beat Kansas in 2005.
It's time for a win.
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BASKETBALL: Have Team, Have Wins, Need Fans
I'm guessing that alumni of places like Duke and Kansas don't get email messages like this one I just received from Holy Cross:
Your men's basketball team is having a fantastic season, and they need your support as they are now just two wins away from another trip to the NCAA Tournament!
The Crusaders are 23-8 after a victory over Lafayette in the Quarterfinals of the Patriot League Tournament on Wednesday night, and now will face American University in the Semifinals this Sunday, March 4th, at 2 PM at the Hart Center.
Unfortunately the academic calendar has the student body -- who have made the Hart Center an unbelievable home court advantage this year -- away on spring break. WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP! The weather forecast is good so please give some thought to making the drive to Worcester and supporting the team. You can call the ticket office in advance (508-793-2573) or you can buy tickets at the door.
The Crusaders' excellent regular season efforts were well recognized by the League - as senior Keith Simmons won Player of the Year, senior Torey Thomas was the Defensive Player of the Year, and head coach Ralph Willard was selected as Coach of the Year.
But now all that matters is the next two home games. A victory on Sunday would lead to a championship game against the Bucknell/Army winner on Friday, March 9 at the Hart Center . It would be a 4:30 p.m. tip off with the winner guaranteed a spot in the NCAA Tournament.
We need your support and we hope to see you, and hear you, at the Hart Center this weekend.
BASKETBALL: RIP Dennis Johnson
Dead at 52. There are great players and there are good players, and then there are good players who are always in the right place at the right time. That was Dennis Johnson. RIP.
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BASKETBALL: Iverson Moves West
If only they had had the calm, steady leadership of Allen Iverson, the Nuggets would never have had that brawl with the Knicks.
UPDATE: On a more serious note, Iverson is a great statistical puzzle. Now, basketball stats are subject to more illusions and limitations than baseball stats, and we still run pretty short when it comes to measuring a basketball player's defense. On the other hand, I don't buy the idea pushed by Iverson's champions (see this otherwise-excellent Bill Simmons column) that the numbers are entirely meaningless.
See, here's the thing. You win basketball games by doing three things: (1) getting more shot attempts (including free throws) than the other guy, (2) converting more of your attempts into points, and (3) preventing the other guy from converting his attempts into points. Period. Nothing else matters.
Leaving aside his defense, which I don't doubt is valuable, the statistical question is whether there is really any evidence that Iverson helps out with #2, or whether he does enough on the offensive end to help out with #1 to offset that.
To the casual fan, Iverson scores a lot of points, so he must be a good offensive player. But the fact is, for most of Iverson's career his points per shot attempt have been terrible, and his mediocre assist totals have suggested a player who isn't really setting up his teammates well enough to offset that. (Granted - and it's a big "granted" - he improved in both regards starting with the 04-05 season, largely as a result of pushing his free throws per shot attempt into the stratosphere). Plus, he turns the ball over a lot.
Defenders of Iverson will argue that he has made up for this historically by getting off a huge number of shots. Now, it's true that a team's go-to guy can and should have a lower ratio of points to shot attempts than, say, a guy who scores 10 points a game - the key scorer has to make the toughest shot attempts when the clock is running down, and it's worth a few misses to push your scoring average from 12 to 25, as long as the marginal extra points don't come with so many extra misses that you end up just sucking the life out of the rest of the offense.
Anyway, I haven't bored into the details of Iverson's Sixers teams closely enough to have a strong opinion on the subject, and as I said in recent years he has shown sufficient improvement that maybe the questions about his first eight years in the league are moot. But I don't regard it as simply received wisdom to be accepted without question that Iverson's high-scoring raw numbers automatically make him a superstar-level offensive player.
BASKETBALL: Bedeviling
I would be remiss if I didn't toot the horn of the Holy Cross Crusaders for taking the fight to Duke. And yes, moral victories count, for a program like HC.
BASKETBALL: The Wrong Johnson
Former NBA All-Star Eddie Johnson was arrested for a terrible sex crime - but it may not be the Eddie Johnson you think.
The Johnson who got busted for sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl is this one, not this one.
BASKETBALL: He Can't Suffer Enough
If you haven't already, you must read this article in yesterday's NY Daily News, polling former CBA colleagues of Isiah Thomas about his current situation with the Knicks; to say these guys are experiencing schadnefreude is like saying Bill Gates makes a decent living.
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BASKETBALL: The Square Peg Collection
The Knicks' acquisition of Steve Francis in exchange for senior citizen Penny Hardaway and Trevor Ariza is obviously a steal on a pure talent basis, which only makes it more likely that Isiah Thomas is doing this to set up Larry Brown as the fall guy, by giving him talented players who can't possibly fit together. Isiah is probably thinking that Marbury and Francis could whup Isiah and Dumars in their primes in 2-on-2, which they probably could; unfortunately, the NBA is not a 2-on-2 game.
UPDATE: Bill Simmons nails this in a satirical column that's just comedy gold, especially the McHale-Isiah exchanges. An excerpt:
Layden: . . . Logically, it makes no sense because Francis and Marbury are the same player -- expensive, shoot-first point guards with huge entourages and attitude problems who have never won anything. Even if you're getting Francis for nothing, it still makes no sense on paper.
For example, let's say you spent $3,000 on a living room sofa two years ago that you didn't really like. To make the sofa stand out a little less, you bought a leather chair for $2,200 that doesn't match --.
Simmons: Marbury is the sofa and Jamal Crawford is the chair in this case?
Layden: Precisely. And the room still looks bad. So now, you're on Craigslist and you see that someone is selling another $3,000 sofa for $900 that's almost exactly like the sofa you have. And there's no way you would ever want two big, ugly sofas in the same room. It would just look ridiculous. But your mind-set is, "Hey, how can I turn down a $3,000 sofa for $900?" So you buy the sofa and stick it in the room, which is now cluttered with stuff since you also spent another $10,000 on some crummy art, a coffee table with support problems, two giant bookcases that have to be turned sideways, some wobbly end tables and a smashed sculpture that was patched back together with duct tape. But since it's too late to go back, you spend another $5,000 on an interior decorator to make the room work. Well, you know what would happen? He wouldn't be able to make it work. You bought too much crap.
See, this is why Isiah is a genius: He's assembling the basketball version of that nightmare living room, and he has the fans convinced that either the expensive interior decorator -- in this case, Larry Brown -- will be able to make everything work, or he can somehow swap some of that furniture to one of his neighbors for a first-class piece of art. And he's spending an ungodly amount of money! And you never hear rumors that he might get fired! I think it's a tribute to him and his staff. He's the best-ever at being an atrocious GM. He really is.
Thomas: Thank you, Scott, that means a lot.
BASKETBALL: Don't Try This At Home
Now, I'm certainly not a proponent of strangling every advertisement that could possibly be imitated by someone stupid, but Giacomo at Joust the Facts notes a Nike ad (which I haven't seen) that seems pretty likely to be imitated by young boys with ghastly results.
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BASKETBALL: Embrace Your Destiny
Bill Simmons is dead-on again with this second column on Kobe Bryant, dealing with his 81-point game. The whole "I'll show I'm really unselfish" thing when he sat after cracking 60 in three quarters was just pointless. Like Bill said after the criminal trial, Kobe now has to embrace his destiny as a Barry Bonds-style bad guy who doesn't let up, doesn't apologize, doesn't care what you think of him, gives no quarter and asks none; that's the only role left to him.
I recently finished reading Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader, (reviewed here by Frinklin), which picks up the story of Anakin/Vader (and others) shortly after the end of Revenge of the Sith. More on that later, but the point here is that the book reminded me of Bill's point about Kobe: Vader spends a lot of the book whining to the Emperor about the limitations of his suit and his spacecraft and fleet, obsessing about the Jedi, cursing the events that led to his wife's death and his mutilation, and otherwise wallowing in self-pity. Eventually, though, he accepts the fact that his old life and old ties are gone, that he can't go back to the places he was before, and goes about single-mindedly pursuing power and domination because that's the only avenue he has left. The result puts him on the path to being the Darth Vader of the original trilogy - ruthless, powerful, feared by allies and foes alike.
I'm not suggesting that Darth Vader is a good moral role model, of course. But I found the parallel intriguing: whatever private redemption Kobe might undertake, his only plausible public role, at least on the court, is to become a single-minded dominator of his opponents. He'll never get credit for being a nice guy anyway.
BASKETBALL: Bing!
Great profile of the community-building charitable activities of NBA Hall of Famer and ex-Piston Dave Bing (Via Kaus).
BASKETBALL: Shooting Revisited
Now that the 2004-05 stats are up at Basketball-Reference.com, I thought I'd update the tables from my historical analysis of shooting efficiency in the NBA. As it turns out, 2004-05 may go down as the year the league's tinkering finally yielded some results in terms of improved offensive efficiency and increased tempo, resulting in just the second season in a decade with an average team scoring above 97 points/game and the best shooting efficiency since they moved the three point line back eight years ago. Here's the new tables, including revised historical averages incorporating the new numbers:
PPFGA
FT/P
FGA/FTA
You'll see that all the elements of offensive efficiency were up - shooting percentages from all distances were up, as were three pointers and free throws as a percentage of field goal attempts. These figures are reflected in the numbers for the league's top players and teams, notably several players on Phoenix (check the 1.23 PSA - another abbreviation for PPFGA - on Amare Stoudamire, who attempted nearly 800 free throws this season) and Miami. Also look at Kevin Garnett's career high 1.13 mark, as Garnett easily set career highs in free throw attempts and FT% while cutting his shot attempts and matching his career best FG%.
BASKETBALL: Crusader Kingdom
After several years of close calls against major powers Kentucky and Kansas in the NCAA tournament, Ralph Willard's Holy Cross basketball squad finally racks up a postseason victory - the school's first since 1981 - with a road win at Notre Dame to open the NIT.
BASKETBALL: Bad Juxtaposition of the Day
NY Daily News website's top 2 headlines, at last check:
Nets get Vince Carter in 4-player deal
Charged with strangling mom, cutting baby from womb
In these NBA times, I had to do a double-take to remind myself these were not related items.
BASKETBALL: Athletes Out of Action
Slate has an interesting tribute to Athletes in Action, the traveling Christian basketball team that's being pushed to the brink of extinction by the NCAA.
BASKETBALL: Simmons on Artest & Co.
Bill Simmons, unsurprisingly, has one of the most insightful columns on the whole Pistons-Pacers brawl. Lots of good stuff there - read the whole thing. I liked his suggestion that David Stern should punish Pistons fans by suspending beer sales at The Palace for 60 days, as well as his defense of Jermaine O'Neal and his suggestion that Artest would probably end up on the Knicks, stepping into the shoes vacated by the departure of Latrell Sprewell. This amused me:
Adam Carolla had an interesting take on this incident: Imagine being the guy at the game who was first attacked by Artest? You've been watching these guys for two hours, you're pretty buzzed, you're loving the seats ... and then this fight breaks out, and it's riveting as hell, and then suddenly Artest gets nailed by the cup and he's coming right at you. As Carolla said, it would be like watching "Captain Hook" in the movies for two hours, then Captain Hook comes right out of the movie screen and attacks you. Would you have blamed that first guy for soiling himself?
But Bill fails to answer the deep philosophical question: how did this entire thing manage to come off without Rasheed Wallace doing something crazy?
UPDATE: Of course, we Knick fans feel that Artest returning to NY would actually be poetic justice, recalling that he was the man the Knicks passed up to draft . . . Frederic "French Toast" Weis.
BASKETBALL: Out of Control Weekend
Daniel Drezner puts the Pistons-Pacers brawl in perspective, noting that it pales in comparison to European soccer hooliganism. Which is fine, but that doesn�t mean it isn�t inexcusable, as was the ugly South Carolina brawl yesterday in Lou Holtz�s final game.
I�m not sure if I agree with Mannix (Chris, that is) that Ron Artest should be kicked out of the NBA for good, but a suspension for the rest of the season may be in order, in light of his repeated involvement in this kind of thing. And I do think the NBA has a major league-wide cultural problem, the roots of which I would blame on its addiction to ever younger, unschooled players. Back when most NBA players had three or four years of college and relative maturity behind them, things like this seemed a lot less common.
Of course, sports-related riots aren�t anything new. Remember the �Nickel Beer Night� fiasco?
Anyway, it was an ugly fighting weekend, with even President Bush and the Secret Service involved in a scrum down in Chile.
UPDATE: I stand corrected. Though I�ve always liked the sound of �Nickel Beer Night�, it appears that the ill-fated promotion of June 4, 1974 was actually �10-Cent Beer Night.� I guess I failed to account for inflation.
BASKETBALL: Let Me Tell You Why
Mark Cuban - taking a break from stumping for "The Benefactor" - does something that's rare in today's sports world and offers a lengthy explanation to the fans of his decision to let Steve Nash walk.
BASKETBALL: Shooting By The Numbers
The miserable showing by the US Olympic basketball team has people talking about the decline of shooting in the NBA. It's certainly true that this team can't shoot. But is offensive efficiency and skill really in decline around the league? It's an appropriate time to unveil another of my long-standing research projects: a statistical history of offensive efficiency and tempo in the NBA. My apologies if someone else has done this stuff before, but I got tired of trying to find it somewhere; tip of the hat to Basketball-Reference.com for the numbers.
I'll run these in table form, decade by decade. The first four columns of the chart should be familiar enough: the leaguewide averages for team points per game (P/G), shooting percentage on two-point shots (2%), on three-point shots (3%), and on free throws (FT%). A key stat I use here is Points Per Field Goal Attempt (PPFGA), developed by John Hollinger of the Basketball Prospectus; the formula is (P/(FGA+.44(FTA))). Basically, Holinger started by assuming that a free throw is worth 1/2 of a field goal attempt (e.g., you get two shots for two points instead of a single field goal attempt), then cut the ratio from .5 to .44 based on an analysis of how often guys shoot an extra free throw after hitting a bucket, for a technical foul, etc. I use the denominator of this formula to estimate the number of team shot attempts per game (FGA/G). The last three columns seek to break down the components that go into offensive efficiency above and beyond the shooting percentages: the percentage of the league's points that were scored at the line (FT/P), the frequency of free throw attempts per field goal attempt (FGA/FTA; a higher number means less free throws), and (since 1979-80) the percentage of shots that were three-point attempts (%3).
I've listed league expansion and contraction under "Major Rules Changes," but I'm sure I've missed some actual changes in the rules that had some significant effects. Also, I haven't set out the blow-by-blow extension of the schedule; the NBA schedule rose gradually to 72 games in 1953-54, then went up to 75 in 1959-60, 79 the following year and wound up at its present 82 in 1967-68. I also haven't done a similar table for the ABA, for a variety of reasons; maybe another day. Let's begin:
Major Rules Changes: 1947-48, league contracts from 11 teams to 8; zone defenses outlawed
The NBA traces its official records back to 1946-47, although the league was known as the BAA (Basketball Association of America) for the first three years prior to a merger with another professional league. To the modern eye, a league-wide field goal percentage around .280 is almost inconceivable, although to the novice basketball fan at the time it may have seemed to make it easier to grasp basketball statistics (see! they're just like batting averages!). As you can see from the above and the seasons of the early 1950s, however, the offensive skill level of the league was improving rapidly as the league gathered the nation's best basketball players; look at the 60-point increase in the league's free throw percentage in a two-year span. Free throw percentage is a good barometer of basic shooting skill, since free throw shooting is basically just man vs. basket, with no adjustment for the level of competition. The pace of play reached a pre-shot-clock high of 107.9 shot attempts per game in the league's second season, when teams played just a 48-game schedule.
Major Rules Changes: 1951-52, size of foul lane doubled from 6 to 12 feet; 1954-55, shot clock introduced; 1957-58, ban on offensive goaltending
Basketball in the Fifties, especially early in the decade, was a bruising business, as earthbound forwards and centers dominated the game. The level of violence in the game reached a pinnacle in the 1952-53 season, with one foul shot for every 2.15 field goal attempts and a record 31.2% of all points being scored at the line. Perhaps the archetypical player was Dolph Schayes, who shot 40% in a season just once (.401 in 1959-60), but averaged nearly 8 free throw attempts per game for his career while shooting .849 from the line, and averaged 12 or more rebounds a game 11 years in a row. Bob Cousy debuted in 1950-51, and revolutionized the game by being the first true point guard, but took some time to foster imitators; Bill Russell arrived in 1956-57, although black players would not become a common fixture for several more seasons. You can see the immediate and dramatic impact on tempo of the shot clock, as well as the fact that it was introduced to arrest a decline in the pace of the game.
Major Rules Changes: 1961-62, league expands from 8 teams to 9; 1964-65, foul lane widened again from 12 to 16 feet; 1966-67, league expands from 9 teams to 10; 1967-68, league expands from 10 teams to 12; ABA begins operation; 1968-69, league expands from 12 teams to 14
1959-60, Wilt Chamberlain's rookie year, saw the league shoot above 40% for the first time and never look back; Wilt would be the first significant NBA player to shoot 50% the following year. The 1960s were the golden age of up-tempo basketball, which combined with stars who played more than 40 minutes a night is what gave us all those eye-popping individual stats - in 1961-62 alone, you had Wilt scoring 50.4 points and 25.7 rebounds per game, the Lakers with two 30/game scorers (Jerry West and Elgin Baylor), Walt Bellamy scoring 31.6 points and 19 rebounds/game as a rookie, Oscar Robertson averaging a triple double per game while scoring 30.8 points a game, Bob Pettit scoring a career high 31.1 per game while pulling down 18.7 rebounds/game, and Russell (the league MVP) hauling in 23.6 boards a game while scoring a career high 18.9. Those guys were good, but they weren't that good; they just played in a league with exceptionally favorable conditions.
Major Rules Changes: 1970-71, league expands from 14 teams to 17; 1972-73, ABA contracts from 11 teams to 10; 1974-75, league expands from 17 teams to 18; 1975-76, ABA contracts from 10 teams to 9, only 7 of which finish season; 1976-77, ABA folds, league expands from 18 teams to 22
As it had in 1959-60, the league took a great leap forward to usher in the 1970s, as the 1969-70 season saw the league's PPFGA shoot up from 0.981 (just off the prior year's record high) to 1.022, averaging more than a point per shot attempt for the first time. Why the sudden advance? Probably a combination of factors: with rapid expansion and rising player movement (especially if you count the ABA), team defenses were harder to sustain; Bill Russell retired, the Celtic defense collapsed, and the highly efficient scoring machine Kareem Abdul-Jabbar came into the league (compare Kareem's career PPFGA of 1.184 to Russell's 0.942 for an extreme illustration of the changes in the nature of the game and its dominant figures).
1969-70 also saw the league free throw percentage shoot up almost 40 points in one season, and free throw shooting would reach an all-time high of .771 in 1973-74. One factor was the injury and then retirement of Wilt Chamberlain. I'm not kidding; over his 14-year career, with the exception of the 1969-70 season (when he played only 12 games), Wilt missed an average of 440 free throws per year - about half the number of misses by an average team in those years. Particularly when the league was just between 8 and 11 teams, that can have an impact.
In a related development, the number of free throw attempts fell off sharply in the 1972-73 season, as the field goal/free throw attempt ratio shot from an all-time high of just over 3-to-1 to 3.832 to 1 in one year, and would only rarely again dip below 3-to-1.
1979-80, three-point shot introduced; 1980-81, league expands from 22 teams to 23; 1988-89, league expands from 23 teams to 25
The three pointer was the major rules innovation at the start of the 1980s, but coaches and players around the league clearly judged it a failure, as the number of attempts dropped by more than a third after the first season and didn't recover for five years (the player perhaps most responsible for its revival was Larry Bird, whose 3-point attempts picked up again in 1986-87 along with the league). But no matter; offensive efficiency reached historic highs in the 1980s, as field goal percentages soared close to 50% on the two-point shot, while rates of free throw attempts rose in the middle of the decade, the heyday of the sort of scoring-machine small forward that's almost extinct today (think Bernard King, George Gervin, Mark Aguirre, James Worthy, Adrian Dantley, Alex English, etc.). The Showtime Lakers were the leaders in this, of course. While we think of the 1980s as a great time for scoring, however, the slow decline in the pace of the game was continuing apace, as shot attempts dropped below 104/game in 1979-80 for the second time since the first season of the shot clock, and dipped below 102/game six times.
Major Rules Changes: 1989-90, league expands from 25 teams to 27; 1990-91, league awards 3 foul shots rather than 2 if a player is fouled while shooting a 3-pointer; 1994-95, 3-point line moved in from 23'9" to 22 feet; 1995-96, league expands from 27 teams to 29; 1997-98, 3-point line moved back again to 23'9"; 1998-99, lockout/strike shortens season to 50 games
The 1990s opened with another milestone: the first season below 100 shot attempts per team since the introduction of the shot clock. It should not be surprising, perhaps, that the 3-point shot's rise has coincided with the decline in shot attempts as well as - of course - free throw attempts, as the three places a premium on moving the ball around to get the open man. Offensive efficiency shot upward for a few years when they moved in the 3-point line, but collapsed when the league moved it back. The 1998-99 season proved to be a bit of an aberration, however; if you look at the percentages in context, you can recognize across the board that players were moving unusually slowly and shooting unusually poorly, no doubt showing rust from the long lockout.
Major Rules Changes: 2001-02, illegal defense rules eliminated as part of larger overhaul of defense rules
"Average" is the all-time average since the NBA's beginnings, or since 1979-80 for the two three-point-specific categories. When you take the current decade in context, you can see that three-point shooting and free throw shooting - the better measures of marksmanship - are as healthy as they have ever been; scoring is down today partly because of slow tempo, partly because fewer and fewer guys are getting to the line the past five years, and partly because shooting percentages inside the arc have dropped to levels not seen since the late 1970s. That is where the league's scoring issues lie; I'll leave it to someone who understands the game's nuts and bolts better than I do to diagnose more precisely why that is.
BASKETBALL: New Source
I was contacted recently by the proprietors of the new site Basketball-Reference.com . . . a little background: Sean Forman for years has done great work with Baseball-Reference.com, the premier baseball stats page on the web and one I support with several page sponsorships, and after some stumbles introduced Pro-Football-Reference.com. But for some time, a need was unmet in basketball, and a competitor set up (an extremely useful) knockoff site, Basketballreference.com. I had been using the site for many months and permalinked it here, but an affiliate of Forman has finally established the new site. Check it out; it seems to run a little faster and better than the imitation site.
BASKETBALL: Wheelin' and Dealin'
If you missed it, just heard on WFAN that the Knicks completed a trade today:
New York Knickerbockers President, Basketball Operations Isiah Thomas announced today that restricted free agent guard Jamal Crawford has been acquired in a sign-and-trade deal, with the addition of forward Jerome Williams, from the Chicago Bulls in exchange for forward Othella Harrington, guard Frank Williams, and centers Dikembe Mutombo and Cezary Trybanski.
I will not expose the current state of my basketball ignorance by attempting to analyze this, except to note that the facts that (1) the Knicks are getting thinner and thinner in the middle and (2) Crawford's career shooting percentage of .397 does not bode well for a change in offensive philosophy away from "move slowly and miss a lot of shots".
BASKETBALL: Learn 'em Young
Harvard Law School visiting researcher Michael McCann has a study showing that high schoolers entering the NBA Draft "average more points, more rebounds, and more assists than the average NBA player." I'm not so sure history is a fair sample - McCann seems to concede that the good record arises from self-selection that is itself the product of the disincentives maintained by the NBA to skipping college - but the study is reported in this article; judge for yourself.
BASEBALL/OTHER SPORTS etc.: Great Sports Moments
Michele asks for greatest sports moments. I'll repost my thoughts here. I'll agree with some of the moments cited by her commenters - Jose Canseco getting hit in the head with a ball and turning it into a home run is still the funniest thing that's ever happened. Bill Mazeroski's homer - ten years to the day before I was born - is tough to top for sheer instant drama and finality, especially when you consider the aura of invincability of those Yankees and the back-and-forth nature of that game and that series. And yes, I once had a poster on my wall of the famous Starks dunk over Jordan.
My personal favorite, of course, is still the bottom of the tenth inning of Game Six, 1986 World Series, specifically Bob Stanley's game-tying wild pitch. Close behind are Robin Ventura's "grand slam single" in the rain in 1999 and virtually every minute of the 1991 Super Bowl.
Probably the most electric moment from a sport I don't follow or, ordinarily, even like that much was Sarah Hughes' gold medal winning figure skating performance, because she single-handedly did what I thought couldn't be done in figure skating: overcome the expectations and grab victory through the sheer brilliance of a single performance. In other words, for one night, she actually made figure skating a real sport.
The most memorable ones I've seen in person: (1) Game Six of the Knicks-Heat series in 1997, when half the team (including Patrick) was suspended and the MSG crowd just tried to will the skeleton roster to victory; (2) Brad Clontz' wild pitch in the last scheduled game of the regular season in 1999 to send the Mets to a 1-game playoff with the Reds.
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BASKETBALL/POP CULTURE: Sports Guy & Wiley
Bill Simmons faced off with Ralph Wiley on Monday, talking basketball and other stuff. As Aaron Gleeman noted, Bill "did the unthinkable" and "made Ralph Wiley seem almost likeable." He did the even more unthinkable by playing the first race card in a chat with Wiley - that's like winning the tipoff against Wilt Chamberlain.
There's a mountain of interesting arguments to be had over their lists of the top basketball players of all time, but one that got me was Bill choosing Moses over Kareem. I know he hates Kareem, but c'mon here - if titles are everything, as the rest of his list seems to suggest, how can you rank Moses that high? He was basically just a rich man's Ewing who only won the one title. He couldn't score with Kareem, pass with Kareem, block shots with Kareem, he was at best even as a rebounder, and he didn't have a single killer offensive move.
NOTE: SOPRANOS DISCUSSION AHEAD
Bill also didn't use the term, but he invoked the Ewing Theory on Tony Soprano ("I always thought the best thing they could do is kill Tony off"). I have to agree with Bill and nearly everybody else (see here for Lileks savaging the episode) that the extended dream sequence sucked big time - they could have used 30 seconds of it to tell us that Tony knew what Tony B was up to but couldn't face the implications.
That episode also got rough treatment over at Slate, where the online chats between mob experts on the Sopranos have been tremendous. Tony keeps getting savaged for being a wuss by Gerald Shargel, one of John Gotti's lawyers about whom Gotti memorably said (on tape), in the course of complaining about the bills he was paying them, "Gambino crime family? This is the Shargel, Cutler crime family." Classic.
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BASKETBALL: Doing It All
Kevin Garnett runs off with the NBA's MVP Award. This should be pretty uncontroversial, even though Garnett doesn't have the ability to dominate a single game or short series the way Tim Duncan does; Duncan missed 13 games this season while Garnett, as usual, was indestructable. Garnett became the first player since Bob McAdoo in 1974-75 to lead the NBA in total points (McGrady had a higher per-game average) and total rebounds. In fact, Garnett led in rebounds by a huge margin, especially on the defensive glass, where he pulled down 894 defensive rebounds to 682 for Ben Wallace; Wallace was the only player in the league within 250 rebounds of Garnett. John Hollinger also rated Garnett and Duncan 1-2.
Garnett has more in common with Karl Malone than Michael Jordan, in the sense that his game is less dominant and more a display of uncommonly consistent and sustained excellence. It's hard to find a category where Garnett didn't excel - 9th in the league in blocked shots, 19th in steals, 22d in assists. Despite leading the league in shot attempts he finished at a respectable .499 from the field, good for 11th in a league where, amazingly, only ten players shot .500. While this was his best season, he's been churning out years much like this for some time without interruption.
The number that jumps out is that Garnett's season high in scoring was 35, and his career high (reached twice) is 40. Think about that: a career 20-a-night scorer over almost 700 career games, averaging 23 last year and 24.2 this season, who's never scored more than 40 in one night. That's a man who butters his bread with his consistency.
FOOTBALL/BASEBALL/BASKETBALL: Lighting Up The Scoreboard
If you're wondering why New York Giants fans are so excited about Eli Manning, well, let me offer some perspective here. Consider my somewhat-typical experience. I'm a Mets/Giants/Knicks fan, and I'm 32 years old. Manning gives me, potentially (if he lives up to billing), the opportunity to see my favorite team develop an offensive superstar. Now, if you're a Red Sox fan or a Lakers fan or, even, a Detroit Lions or Montreal Expos fan, that may not sound like anything terribly novel. But consider the top homegrown offensive stars of my three favorite teams over the past 30 years or so, at least based on their performance in NY:
1. Patrick Ewing
2. Darryl Strawberry
3. Phil Simms (yes, Simms contributed more than Strawberry, but except for a brief moment around 1984, he was never a carry-the-team kind of QB)
4. Edgardo Alfonzo
5. Rodney Hampton
6. Mark Jackson (yes, #2 all-time in assists, but Jackson's a slow guy who can't shoot and only once scored as many as 15 points per game)
7. Joe Morris
8. Todd Hundley (we're scraping here; Hundley spent more than half his Mets career as an offensive millstone, although he did set a home run record for catchers)
9. Ray Williams
10. Amani Toomer
11. Mark Bavaro (an icon, but only briefly a light-up-the-scoreboard player)
12. Tiki Barber
13. Michael Ray Richardson
14. Lee Mazzilli
15. John Starks (I count Starks and Mason as homegrown players, since the Knicks developed them as regulars)
That's a top-of-the head list (feel free to quibble - this one's a natural argument-starter), and after Ewing, it's pretty weak; plenty of individual franchises could do better. And neither of the corresponding lists will knock your socks off, either - the top guys who were brought along in NY but bloomed elsewhere (Rod Strickland, Ed McCaffrey, Lenny Dykstra, Kevin Mitchell, Gregg Jefferies), and the top guys who arrived from elsewhere (a list that starts to fall off after Mike Piazza, Bernard King and Bob McAdoo - meaning no disrespect to Gary Carter and Keith Hernandez - and on which the top Giants are creaky old guys like Ottis Anderson and Fran Terkenton).
Looking at the list above, it's no surprise that the Mets have never had an MVP or a batting champ, the Knicks haven't had an MVP or scoring champ in the past 35 years, and I couldn't find the last time the Giants had a league leader in passing, rushing or receiving yards. My New York, at least, is a defensive town. That's why people went crazy for Stephon Marbury, who seems no more likely to bring home playoff glory than King or McAdoo, and why Mets fans are so hopeful about Jose Reyes if he can ever put together a healthy season.
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BASKETBALL: Moneybasketball
Mark Cuban has some provocative thoughts about better basketball statistics.
BASKETBALL: Charity Stripe Trivia
A pair of trivia questions for all you NBA-heads:
1. Only three players in NBA/ABA history have attempted 500 three-pointers and 500 free throws in the same season - and a fourth will join the club with his next free throw attempt. Name 'em.
2. A player has shot 90% or better at the line in 400 or more free throw attempts in one season 17 times in NBA history; the feat has been accomplished by ten different players. Name 'em. Give yourself credit if you get nine; you won't get the hardest one unless you're a real early-fifties history buff. There's also an eleventh who should be added to this list before season's end.
Answers below:
Answer to #1:
Lou Dampier
What's amazing is that Adams did it in just 66 games . . . a tribute to Paul Westhead's bizarre experiment running his Loyola-Marymount offense in the NBA, since Adams shot just .296 from downtown. This also helps explain how Paul Pierce is generally a good percentage offensive player despite a career shooting percentage below 44% (although he's stretching it this season). McGrady's numbers updated through last night's action.
Dolph Schayes
Schayes
Ricky Pierce
Rick Barry
Bill Sharman
Bobby Wanzer
Calvin Murphy
#11 should be Predrag Stojakovic, who's 348 for 377 (a .923 clip) thus far this season.
BASKETBALL: It's The Totally Insane Mark Cuban Blog!
Got yer Cuban right here! (Link via Matt Welch). Ooooh, this is gonna be interesting. What's the over/under on how long it takes Cuban to get fined by the NBA for something he says on his blog? (Never mind the fact that he's talking here about investments about which he's making SEC filings - that could get him in a whole lot more trouble than an NBA fine). But it's always entertaining to see a controversial public figure take his case directly to the public.
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BASKETBALL: One More Glass of Vin
I have to approve of the Knicks scooping up Vin Baker; Baker has mostly played well thus far this season, and unlike the Celtics (who undoubtedly will miss Baker but couldn't pass up the opportunity to get out from under his contract when he backslid on his treatment for alcoholism), the Knicks presumably didn't sign Baker to an expensive long-term contract. In a league where free talent is a rarity, you have to take the breaks as they come.
BASKETBALL: Coach Ewing?
The Washingtonian's Capital Comment from its February edition (11th item) reports rumors that Patrick Ewing might be brought in to coach the Georgetown basketball team. Although I must say, the report seems more like unsupported speculation than rumor.
BASKETBALL: Dare's Broken Heart
Yinka Dare has died, the NY Daily News reports; the former George Washington University center, whose bad knees never let him develop in the NBA, died of a heart attack related to the heart condition that was discovered when he was in college. Dare was reportedly only 32.
BASKETBALL: The Next Big O
Bill Simmons has a fine column on why LeBron James is the real deal. James still needs a lot of work (biggest weakness: he's averaging almost 4 turnovers a game), but his in-season progress has already been dramatic, and the kid just turned 19 two weeks ago.
I disagree, though, with one assertion in Bill's column:
When LeBron hits his prime, surrounded by quality shooters and big guys who can run the floor, he'll toss up a triple-double for an entire season. Comfortably. We're talking 33/12/13 every night.
The scoring and assists, I can see; in that respect, projecting James as a potential next Oscar Robertson isn't unreasonable, although such projections are always speculative.
LeBron is currently averaging 5.8 boards per game, playing over 40 minutes a night on a crummy team with lots of rebounding opportunities (the Cavs are shooting .427 from the field as a team). That means he has to go a long, long way to 12 boards a night. Most NBA players -- with the exception of specialists like Ben Wallace or slow-developing big men like Patrick Ewing or Kevin Garnett -- enter the league at or near their peak as rebounders. Michael Jordan pulled in 6.5 rebounds/game as a rookie, and only once cleared 7 a game. Larry Bird: 10.4 R/G as a rookie, career high of 11 three years later. Clyde Drexler: 6.0 his second season (his first playing starters' minutes), cleared 7/g twice. Magic Johnson: went up from 7.7 as a rookie to 9.6 two years later, and downhill after that. Robertson himself averaged 10.1 as a rookie and 12.5 his second year, and dropped off after that. If LeBron is a star rebounder in the making, I'll be shocked.
I emailed Bill about this, and he does have his reasoning: LeBron's currently playing guard and playing away from the basket, so he'll get more opportunities to hit the boards when he moves to the frontcourt later in his career; plus, he's just a teenager and still growing. Bill knows more about basketball than I do, and he's seen a lot of LeBron's games, whereas I've only seen highlights. It's true enough that Garnett shows how a skinny teenager can develop into one of the league's best rebounders. But I still think history is against LeBron ever developing into a double-figure rebounder.
BASKETBALL: Man in the Mirror
More on this later - I think I love the deal that brings Stephon Marbury and Penny Hardaway to the Knicks for Antonio McDyess, Charlie Ward and other suspects to the point of changing my opinion of Isiah Thomas as a GM, but I haven't looked at the financial and draft pick aspects of the trade - but I refer you to basketball-reference.com's list of "Most Similar Player" to Marbury, by age:
Similar Players (By Age)
19. Cliff Robinson
20. Gilbert Arenas
21. Isiah Thomas
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BASKETBALL: Blocked Out, Part II
Further to my point of yesterday about blocked shots, there's some debate about their value. Doug Turnbull assesses the value of a block at a full 2 points per block - thus, he values a man who scores 10 points per game and blocks 4 shots per game the same as an 18-a-game scorer. John Hollinger, in the Basketball Prospectus, values a block as about the same as the negative value of a missed field goal, which he values at around 0.72 points (the figure varies by certain measurements pegged to league averages).
Who's right? Well, sophisticated analysis of basketball statistics is still in its adolescence, if not its infancy. Wait and see.
BASKETBALL: Blocked Out
One of my recent interests has been simulated basketball on WhatIfSports.com, a site Bill Simmons got me interested in (on the baseball side) in its infancy some two years ago (my username is crank, for those of you who are denizens of the site). In typically backwards fashion, renewing my interest in basketball's statistical past has revived my interest to some extent in the current game, but that's a topic for another post.
One of the great imponderables in NBA history - with which the "WIS" site has to struggle, since it includes players going back to the Fifties - is the tabulation of blocked shots prior to 1973-74, when the league started counting them. There are few more frustrating unknown statistics in professional sports than Bill Russell's blocked shots; Russell's statistics (despite adequate scoring and assists averages and great rebounding numbers) are otherwise not really impressive enough to equal his reputation, but if we had shot-blocking numbers, there would be something closer to a quantifiable way to measure his defensive greatness. WIS pegs him around 5-6 blocked shots per game; I've heard people who saw him play quote figures as high as 10. That's probably Old Fogeyism talking, but then, there were an awful lot of missed shots in those days, and Russell was on the court for 44-46 minutes a night.
Anyway, one thing I noticed that was unique and repeated in several sources without an explanation of where it came from was the ABA's single season blocked shots record: 422 by Artis Gilmore in his rookie season in Kentucky in 1971-72, an average of just over 5 a game -- one of only two seasons of 400 blocks (the other is the NBA record of 456 by Mark Eaton in 1984-85) in the recorded history of professional basketball and almost 150 above Gilmore's next highest total. What's unusual is that basketball-reference.com has nearly no record for anybody else's blocked shots but Gilmore's for 1971-72. Yet, the NBA's official website cites the figure in Gilmore's bio; so does Gilmore's own personal website; so does ESPN.com.
If anyone knows the true story of how they came up with this figure, I'd love to hear it.
BASKETBALL: Ruination
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BASKETBALL: Nothing But Nothing
Now, I don't get to watch a whole lot of basketball these days, but I caught a good deal of Saturday night's Knicks-Pacers game, and it seemed to me that the loss pretty well symbolized the Knicks in the post-Ewing era, with the team busting out for a 24-0 run in the third quarter and still managing enough inconsistency to blow the game at the end. The run was largely feuled by some hot shooting by Keith Van Horn (who finished the game 5-14 from the field), some gritty play by Kurt Thomas, and most of all by outstanding play at both ends of the court by Dikembe Mutombo, who promptly had to take a breather to rest a strained groin.
It's no accident that a good stretch by a broken-down big man made such a difference, even fleetingly. Ever since Father Time caught up with Patrick Ewing, the Knicks have been treading water, lacking an identity without a big presence in the middle; the Sprewell-Houston era featured some memorable victories, especially the trip to the finals that was accomplished with minimal assistance from Ewing, but without a dependable point guard or big man, you need something on the order of Jordan and Pippen to win, and instead the Knicks had Sprewell -- always an inconsistent offensive presence -- and Houston, a born second banana and not one of Pippen's quality. And year after year, the team never seems to bring in any new talent. Until the Knicks can get that signature star who takes the team away from being built around a center who hasn't been there for years, they'll keep on playing like an amputee who favors his missing leg.
BASKETBALL: NBA Practices
Newsweek has an unflattering portrait of Kobe Bryant, although really a lot of the stuff in here -- about how he's focused, driven and a loner -- doesn't seem that bad, really; I suspect they're stretching to explain how such a squeaky-clean guy winds up accused of rape.
The article faults Kobe for putting himself in an ambiguous situation by failing to follow standard NBA practices for having casual sex with groupies:
[T]here are also rules of conduct off the court, and players usually swap the do�s and don�ts over dinner after a game. Rule No. 1: Let your crew approach the woman first, to size her up. One baller makes his bodyguards spell out in plain language to potential one-night-stands what the night�s activities will entail. If she hesitates, she�s turned away. Rule No. 2: Give nice parting gifts. One NBA star is known to travel with a treasure chest of diamond tennis bracelets to hand to conquests in appreciation.
This entire scene is appalling, obviously, but at least it does ensure that everyone involved is up front on what they're getting into.
BASKETBALL: Too Much Vin
WATFO, as Bill Simmons would say (and undoubtedly will say, about this news): Vin Baker admits that he is an alcoholic. (Link via Boston Sports Blog).
Good luck to Baker getting his life and maybe even his game straightened out -- he's a guy who came far from Hartford College to the big time, and has fallen an awful long way since signing a big contract. A cautionary tale, this one, about long-term multi-million dollar deals for young men who haven't learned how to cope with pressure.
UPDATE: A commenter corrects me - Baker went to the University of Hartford. My bad.
BASKETBALL: Now Kobe's In Trouble
The latest from the Onion.
BASKETBALL: Bad Idea
Now, I don't follow the NBA half as much as I used to, and I've never been a Latrell Sprewell fan, but trading him for Keith Van Horn seems like . . . well, it seems like exactly the same sort of mistake the Mets would make, the same sort the Knicks as well have been making for a decade, always bringing in forwards who are injured, past their prime, unathletic, overpaid, or some combination of the four. Van Horn has missed 20 or more games 3 times in 5 years; his numbers tell you how infrequently he gets physical (he averaged fewer than 3 trips to the line per game the last two years), he's shot above 45% only once in his career, averaged 1.38 turnovers/asssist for his career (he's no Larry Bird), and he's not even a guy who compensates by being a prime time 3-point shooter. Unless I'm missing something, neither is he a guy who does a lot that doesn't show up in the box scores. And he's got 3 years and $43 million left on his contract, an extra year and extra $17 million above Sprewell's deal.
BASKETBALL/LAW: Presumed Nutso
ESPN's Kevin Jackson has an important point to remember in the whole Kobe thing: while we should give Kobe Bryant some slack on the grounds that he's presumed innocent, we should also remember not to rush to judge his accuser, either.
I'm sick of this story already, and it will only get worse. I can only imagine if my son was old enough to follow the NBA; Bryant's the kind of guy you wouldn't have minded seeing a poster of on your kid's wall. And then, not only the fall from grace, but to have to explain the idea of rape to, say, an 8-year-old kid . . . innocent or no, I'd be pissed at Bryant for putting us all in that position.
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BASKETBALL: In and Out
Aren't Karl Malone and Gary Payton going to feel like idiots if Kobe Bryant winds up under indictment and unavailable to play much of this season?
BASKETBALL: No Breaks For The Nets
The NBA Finals were so exciting, even Bill Simmons, who wrote a whole column hyping the Nets-Spurs matchup (Page 2 headlined the piece "A series you can't afford to miss"), announced after Game 4 that "this series has been a disappointment in every sense of the word."
Now, I didn't get to see a whole lot of the series myself, but this paragraph from Bill's preview didn't really gibe with my experience as a basketball fan:
The best lesson from this series, especially if New Jersey wins: Fast breaks matter. Wait a second, you're telling me that it's easier to score in transition -- when you have numbers, when the other team is running backward -- then when your opponent has a chance to set up its defense? What a wacky concept!!!!!
As I think the series bore out, this is backward: fast breaks are a by-product of winning basketball, not a cause. It's like big innings in baseball -- while it's true that some teams are more cut out for them than others, the fact is that you don't decide, "let's have a lot of big innings"; you build for success, and the big innings come. Fast breaks are like that; you can try to push the ball as a philosophy, but the things you need to do well to get fast breaks are more important than the decision to have them.
BASKETBALL/BASEBALL: RIP Dave DeBusschere
Not much time for blogging this morning, but I would recommend the New York Daily News coverage of the death of Dave DeBusschere yesterday of a sudden heart attack at age 62, including a fine Mike Lupica tribute. (You can get DeBusschere's baseball stats here, including his career ERA of 2.90).
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BASKETBALL: Boob Ryan
Bob Ryan of the Boston Globe has been suspended a month without pay for saying on a shout show that he wanted to "smack" Jason Kidd's wife, who he finds annoying; this seems a bit harsh, but the remark really was in exceptionally poor taste, given Kidd's arrest for hitting his wife a few years ago.
BASEBALL/BASKETBALL: No Comparison
Was Yogi Berra the greatest player in baseball history?
The debate over the proper place of statistics in the analysis of baseball is one that rages on perenially, and probably always will. Sometimes the arguments against statistical analysis descend into self-parody - like when the MVP voters gave Andre Dawson the award in a year when his team finished last, based entirely on his 49 HR and 137 RBI, while refusing to look at the overall picture of Dawson's poor on base percentage and dependence on Wrigley Field. Like when the writers stumped for Tony Perez for the Hall of Fame and simultaneously argued that (1) his career RBI total justified his enshrinement and (2) statistics don't matter, so let's not talk about any of the other numbers, and Perez capped it all off by ranting in his acceptance speech about how numbers don't mean anything (personally, I can't help but wonder every time Perez and Joe Morgan criticize statistics whether it's just a veiled shot at stat-obsessed ex-teammate Pete Rose). Like when pro-Bud Selig sportswriters essentially insist that revenues and expenses are irrelevant to whether a business is making or losing money.
In fact, there's a fair argument over the outer limits of any statistical analysis to capture everything that happens on the baseball field, as well as the proper balance between statistical metrics that seek to be precise and all-encompassing and those that actually count something. But I write here to zero in on one, narrower pet peeve of mine: the tendency of critics of statistical analyses to use basketball statistics for support. There are a number of examples of this that crop up in the media; here's one I picked sort of at random, from a January 2002 column in The Weekly Standard bashing Wall Street Journal sportswriter Allan Barra. A similar tack was taken by SI a few months before that, if I remember right, comparing the NBA's MVP race to baseball, but I don't have the link. (Can you tell this is a column that was half-written and unfinished for a year?) Let me be very clear about this: basketball stats are different.
An obvious example: Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell. Wilt Chamberlain scored 30.1 points per game in his career. Bill Russell averaged 15.1 a game, in a shorter career. Chamberlain had more rebounds, total and per game, and a slighly higher assists/game average. He shot for a higher field goal percentage, much higher. Wilt's signature weakness was free throw shooting, but Russell was also a crummy free throw shooter.
You can slice and dice the numbers severa different ways - playoff stats, run the head-to-head matchups - but no matter how far that narrows the gap, you simply can not make a credible statitsical case that Bill Russell was a better player than Chamberlain, or even particularly close. There's just too much -- too much difference in offense, principally. Twelve points per game for all those years is a lot.
And yet, there are plenty of reasonable people, people quite knowledgeable about the game, who argue that Russell was better. And they might be right - even when you account for better teammates, Russell didn't win all those championships and beat Wilt head-to-head all those times for nothing. The argument can go either way.
Anyway, my point here is not to resolve the Chamberlain-Russell debate, but to make a larger point about statistics. There are people who argue that baseball stats don't matter, but they do, even to the most hidebound fans -- because nobody seriously disputes that they set the parameters of the debate. (This, of course, was the point that Bill James keeps making, and made most pointedly in the Dawson MVP debate: we need to understand the stats first and foremost not because that's how we SHOULD view the game but because that's how we DO view the game).
Arguing for Russell over Chamberlain is very much like arguing for Yogi Berra as the greatest player of all time. Yogi was a great player, quite possibly the best catcher in major league history. His numbers are very good, and he was more consistent and durable than anyone to play his position. He played what some would view as the most important position on the field, and his teams won with incredible regularity - 14 pennants, 10 championships.
But nobody seriously thinks that Yogi Berra was better than Babe Ruth or Willie Mays. The gap in the hard numerical records of their accomplishments is too vast to bridge, because we all know that most of the important things that happen on a baseball field get recorded.
That, ultimately, is what critics of statistical analysis of the game have to contend with. And trying to get mileage out of the fact that basketball stats are more limited just shows how ignorant those critics really are, and how much their facts are determined by their biases, rather than the other way around.
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BASKETBALL: Retrospect
Bill Simmons argues that it's time to break up Kobe & Shaq. One quibble: Simmons says that "[u]nlike other NBA dynasties, these guys always seem vulnerable . . ." Maybe they seem invulnerable in retrospect, but I always though Jordan's Bulls could be taken, and they often escaped serieses with the Knicks, in particular, by the skin of their teeth. Remember: this team had a committee of mediocre point guards and another committee of mediocre centers; after Horace Grant left, they had a power forward who scored 5 points a game and was clinically insane, plus Scottie Pippen was never exactly Mister Big Game. The Bulls' advantages, of course, each time outweighed those flaws, but you can't tell me they were never in trouble.
BASKETBALL: Watch For The Cross
Mike Francesa, on Mike & The Mad Dog yesterday, on the best candidate for a high seed getting upset: "Marquette, by Holy Cross." Francesa calls Ralph Willard's Crusaders "a pain in the butt to play."
GO CROSS GO!
BASKETBALL: Where Have You Gone, Rick Pitino?
If you ask Bill Simmons, it's never too late to bash Rick Pitino.
BASKETBALL: Team Defense
John Hollinger of Sports Illustrated has an incisive analysis of a problem that has bugged me for a while: how to measure, statistically, good team defense in the NBA. I'm not sure his solution is 100% successful, but it's a decided improvement on the existing alternatives.
BASKETBALL: Jack McCallum's Ideas
Jack McCallum had some good suggestions for NBA All-Star weekend. Of course, you heard similar, but better ideas from Bill Simmons first.
FOOTBALL: A Syllogism
Riley:Heat::Parcells:Cowboys.
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BASKETBALL: ojmayo.org
Yes, of course prep sensation O.J. Mayo has his own website. Doesn't every seventh grader have a jazzy website extolling his virtues these days? All that's missing is Sir Robin's minstrels.
BASKETBALL: Out of Air
Is Michael Jordan really retiring this time?
BASEBALL/BASKETBALL: Straw Jr.
An ESPN profile of Darryl Strawberry, Junior.
BASKETBALL: Stunning News
Rasheed Wallace, smoking pot? Shocking, truly shocking. What is this world coming to?
BASEBALL/FOOTBALL/BASKETBALL: Nostalgia
Bill Simmons waxes nostalgic for the days when being a sports fan sucked. Simmons is perhaps more bitter than I'd be, but he has a point. We lose our individual innocence and wonderment as we age, and the world discovers new ways to be cynical; the combination makes us think the past was a Golden Age. We can always identify ways it really was, but we're selective (Gustave Flaubert: "Our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times. People have always been like this." Bill James (paraphrased): "When people tell me they'd like to have lived in the 18th century, I ask them whether they'd have enjoyed having their teeth pulled without anasthesia."). In the 1930s, fans said, "I remember before all this home run craziness, when scoring a run was a team effort and really meant something." They didn't say, "I remember when I was a kid and the White Sox threw the World Series."
James had a better point in the 80s when he said he wished somebody had told him in the sixties and early seventies to enjoy all the great power pitchers, that they wouldn't always be around. He was writing then about the generation of great leadoff men headed by Rickey Henderson and Tim Raines, and it says something about what followed that generation that both men lasted into the 21st century. Every generation does have its glories that we will not see the like of again. Enjoy Pedro and Randy Johnson; admire Barry Bonds; tip your hat to Shaq. They may not pass this way any time soon.
Posted by Baseball Crank at 8:27 AM | Baseball 2002-03 • | Basketball • | Football | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
BASKETBALL: The Nugget
More mascot news: the Denver Nugget has been arrested! Do you think this guy lists his occupation as "Nugget"?
BASKETBALL/LAW: Jayson Williams in Hot Water
I haven't been following the story that closely, but this certainly puts the case against Jayson Williams in a different light.
Posted by Baseball Crank at 10:32 PM | Basketball • | Law 2002-04 | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
BASKETBALL: Sports Guy Loves This Game
I haven't linked to him that much, actually, but of course you can't start the basketball season without reading Bill Simmons' previews. The Eastern Conference Preview is here, the Western Conference Preview is here (Simmons always does the East first so he can save his Finals prediction for the second column). Simmons on Joe Johnson of the Suns: "I watched him in Boston for 50 games. Intently. And he doesn't have it. I can spot three things in life -- toupees, fake breasts and NBA players who drift during games. And he's a drifter. Considering that the Suns need him to make The Leap, that doesn't bode too well for their playoff hopes."
BASKETBALL: Same To You Buddy
And the same goes double for the Knicks. Yuck.
BASKETBALL: Wait Till Next Year.
The Knicks have really killed my enthusiasm for the NBA.
BASKETBALL: TFFKA McDyess
Kiki Vandeweghe . . . Xavier McDaniel . . . Charles Smith . . . Larry Johnson . . . Clarance Weatherspoon . . . Antonio McDyess. The Knicks really have a knack for getting scoring forwards who are past their prime and physically damaged goods. Even Camby was in brittle condition when they got him. Ewing is gone - when will they learn to get off the treadmill and start developing their own young players?
BASKETBALL: More Dele
More on the Dele saga: his brother was found comatose and arrested. Did they read him his rights?
ESPN has more on the Bison Dele story.
BASKETBALL: Bison Dele
French authorities are searching for Bison Dele, the emotionally troubled center formerly known as Brian Williams (no relation to the NBC anchor); Dele and his girlfriend haven't been heard from since early July and were last seen aboard his sailboat, the "Hakuna Matata," whcih has resurfaced without a trace of the two or of the boat's skipper. The authorities are apparently searching for Dele's brother for questioning and suspect foul play.
BASKETBALL: Why Sprewell?
From an email I wrote when the Knicks traded for Latrell Sprewell in January 1999. Obviously, I was wrong.
What would possess the Knicks to trade John Starks and Chris Mills for Latrell Sprewell? Let's review.
Improve the offense? Sprewell's career shooting % is .436, so he won't help the team's famous lack of shooting accuracy, and his career 3-point % is 20 points lower than Starks'. Plus he plays the same position as the team's best young player, Allan Houston.
Play the point? Sprewell is a notorious ballhog; that's why Tim Hardaway hated him. Adding Sprewell will mean fewer shots for Houston and LJ -- the last thing the Knicks need -- and maybe fewer for Ewing, which could get Sprewell booted from the players' union.
Play small forward? In a league where the 3s routinely run 6'10" and over, a 6'5" small forward, next to LJ or Camby at the power forward, will mean a frontcourt that is overmatched on D and can't rebound. No rebounds, no rings.
Come off the bench? Spree is accustomed to 40 minutes a game, and we know how well he responds to orders from his coach.
Intangibles? Starks is a playoff veteran -- the career leader in 3 point shots in the playoffs -- while Sprewell has appeared in 3 playoff games and his teams have routinely underacheived. In the NBA, playoff experience matters more than talent. The Knicks have already lost one playoff series and risked another because they couldn't keep their cool against Miami; we know how well Sprewell controls his anger, and he has a running feud with Tim Hardaway.
Guard Jordan? One of Sprewell's big plusses is that he is one of the few shooting guards big and athletic enough to go toe-to toe with Jordan for 40 minutes. Now, if only the Knicks could find people to guard Isaiah Thomas and Larry Bird . . .
Put fans in the seats? Don't get me started. People might have forgiven Sprewell if he had just apologized and taken his puishment like a man, but the Alice-in-Wonderland lawsuits against the NBA, the Warriors, and his own agent have not helped his cause.
Salary cap? I don't understand the new cap rules, but while dumping Mills is a plus I have to think that Sprewell makes more money than Starks, so this can't be it.
They're not losing anything in Mills, and Sprewell really is a younger, better version of Starks, but this deal just doesn't make any sense at all from the perspective of assembling a winning team and can't be excused on business grounds. | {
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John Donoghue ist der Name folgender Personen:
* John Donoghue (Fußballspieler) (1903–1971), US-amerikanisch-irischer Fußballspieler
John Donoghue (Schriftsteller) (* 1964), britischer Schriftsteller
John Francis Donoghue (1928–2011), US-amerikanischer Geistlicher
John P. Donoghue (* 1949), US-amerikanischer Neurowissenschaftler
Siehe auch:
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Knights of the Fallen Empire Review
October 26, 2015 June 6, 2021 Lisa Clark Fallen Empire
We're all excited for Knights of the Fallen Empire and with the release date so close, we're also anxious to see what early reviewers have to say about the expansion. Fraser Brown from PCGamesN had some interesting things to say about the expansion, including that it feels like a single-player game hiding in an MMO. This is technically something that has been said about SWTOR before but let's go ahead and delve deeper into this KotFE review.
"Knights of the Fallen Empire, then, is a potential course correction, steering the game toward that old pre-launch promise. It's a mostly single-player expansion, focusing on the adventures of the Outlander, once the hero of the Galactic War, now the one obstacle in the way of the Eternal Empire's dominance.
It's a "quintessential Star Wars story," lead writer Charles Boyd tells me as he walks me through an early key decision in the expansion. And it's a "return to BioWare story telling in a galaxy far far away," executive producer Bruce Maclean chimes in. The Empire Strikes Back and Mass Effect 2's names are dropped, setting the bar very high indeed.
BioWare RPGs have always been about gathering a party to stop a great evil, but it was in Mass Effect 2 where that became the real focus, demanding that Shepard put together a team of aliens and humans, somehow getting them all to agree to go on an impossible suicide mission. That's what Knights of the Fallen Empire, BioWare hope, is a return to."
The focus here, as Brown points out, seems to be more on the story, the player experience, and the immersion rather than the MMO, questing side of things. This is what many fans of Bioware-written games are going to appreciate. He adds:
"It's far more cinematic than I expected, explosive and peppered with cutscenes that give both companions time to shine, rather than sidelining them in favour of the player-character, or just focusing on the one that the Outlander actually has in his party."
We're also going to get six new Flashpoints, exciting new missions and much more. While it's still an MMO and Bioware is sticking by that statement, it is easy to see that the single-player aspect is being catered to with this massive expansion. You can read the full review over at PCGamesN if you'd like but we want to know what you think about this assessment.
Do you like the idea of SWTOR being more single-player driven or do you prefer more MMO-based content and feel?
Fallen Empire
Lisa has been an avid gamer since she was old enough to hold her first controller and a game writer for more than a decade. A child of the Nintendo generation, she believes they just don't make games like they used to but sometimes, they make them even better! While consoles will always be her first love, Lisa spends most of her gaming time on the PC these days- on MMOs and first-person shooters in particular.
SWTOR Patch Notes – 4.0.1
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Hate Crimes Act
Little suggests sexual orientation, gender identity are choices
By MatthewReichbach | January 28, 2016
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Rick Little found himself at the center of attention following his committee's passage of a law that would add police officers to the list of protected classes in the state's Hate Crimes Act.
Instead of discussing the high profile bill in an election year, focus was on the Chaparral Republican's comments at the end questioning whether some of the protected classes under the Hate Crimes Act, such as gender identity or sexual orientation, are lifestyle choices.
KRQE-TV tried to pin down Little on whether or not he thinks sexual orientation is a choice. Little would not immediately answer and his handlers tried to pull him way, but reporter Alex Goldsmith pressed on, saying it was a yes or no answer.
Little appeared flustered.
"I'm not going to answer that right now," Little said. "Because I'm not… I've got to go. Well you know, I'm not sure that it is."
He also said that his quote was taken out of context. But video shot by a governor's staffer available online shows his full comments on the matter.
Both the video from KRQE and from the House Safety and Civil Affairs Committee, of which Little is Vice Chair, hearing are available at the bottom of this post.
At the committee hearing, Little spoke about others, like law enforcement officers, who he thinks should be added to the list. His comments addressed whether protected classes under the state Hate Rights Act are choices or not. Several Democrats at committee argued that protected classes like people of color and LGBT people aren't personal choices, whereas working as a cop is a personal choice.
"If you're gonna do it, you say there's not choices on some of these things. Well there is," Little said. "We've got religion on there, there's choice on religion. You can decide to be of any religion or not that you want, so there's a choice there."
Little continued.
"You've got some other things on here that I think are choices but other people may not. But, as far as your sexual orientations, your gender identity, your— those are and I believe in a lot of cases decisions that people make. But the homeless, I mean—. We could, this could, and should all those people be put on this list? I think so. If you're going to have it, let's do it."
At this point, Rep. Patricio Ruiloba, D-Albuquerque, interjected and called for the previous motion and Little finished his comments.
The homeless comment is likely in reference to efforts by Sen. Bill O'Neill, D-Albuquerque, to add homeless people to the state's hate crimes law.
Still, the comment was not exactly what a meme posted by Equality New Mexico quoted Little as saying.
The meme said, "People choose their sexual orientation, so they shouldn't be protected by hate crimes law…" and quoted "Rep. Rick Little, R-Doña Ana and Otero (non-scientist of any kind)."
Little isn't the first politician to be tripped up over the question of whether sexual orientation is a choice. One-time Republican presidential frontrunner Ben Carson, a neurosurgeon, told CNN it is "absolutely" a choice. He later apologized, though Time found inaccuracies in his apology when he said that science was undecided on whether being gay is a personal choice.
Little also said that he opposed hate crimes laws in general, but that if they were on the book, police officers should be involved.
He also said that if police officers are added, the health care workers, Children, Youth and Families Department staffers and corrections officers should be included as well.
Currently, the Hate Crimes Act refers to "race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity."
"We are listening to you," Little said as the committee ended. "Whether you believe it or not."
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Kirby Super Star (SNES review)
Developer: HAL Laboratory
Kirby Super Star is a six game compilation that was released in Europe as Kirby's Fun Pak.
Spring Breeze is a partial remake of Kirby's Dream Land (1992, Game Boy). It only contains four cut-down levels and is very easy, but it's an enjoyable platforming romp. The addition of being able to use the copy ability and a co-op friend (both not found in the original) makes for some blissfully entertaining gameplay. Gourmet Race is a three round GP vs King Dedede and the objective is to collect the most treats, while placing first to earn extra points. It's a decent diversion, but it's short and needed more CPU opponents. Dyna Blade is an exclusive five level platformer that has an awesome boss rush section at the end of Level 4 and includes many secrets and optional routes to keep you coming back. A short, but charming game that's worth the price of admission. The Great Cave Offensive sees you searching a cave for 60 treasures and features a huge, interesting world to explore. It's seriously addictive hunting around and solving the game's puzzles, and I love that the game allows you to continue your quest for missing treasure even after the credits roll; easily the standout title. In Revenge of Meta-Knight you need to destroy Meta Knight's ship against the clock. It's a much grittier variation that's seriously intense due to the ever-depleting timer and the story arch that plays out while you battle. The fast-paced nature really works and it's full of surprises; a real gem. Milky Way Wishes is a platformer / adventure game; the level design isn't tight and can be confusing due to the sheer amount of paths you can take. Does feature a cool side-scrolling shooter area but overall a half-hearted addition.
Kirby Super Star contains hours upon hours of extremely entertaining content and the sheer quality and variation on offer throughout the collection is astounding. The Great Cave Offensive could easily have been a top-tier SNES retail game by itself, so consider the rest to be the cherry on top of a very delicious cake!
Random trivia: Two unexciting and throwaway sub-games called Megaton Punch and Samurai Kirby (both 1-vs-1 battles with timed button presses) are also available.
Posted by Roberto Rodriguez at 23:22
Labels: 1996, hal laboratory, kirby super star snes review, Kirby's Fun Pak snes review, nintendo, snes reviews, super nintendo reviews
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Ondati Mixed Secondary School is a community run mixed secondary school in Ondati village, Ndhiwa Subcounty, Homabay County Nyanza, in western Kenya. It is located 3 km from NDHIWA SUKARI INDUSTRY, HOMABAY, KENYA. The school was established in 2009 as a girls-only school, catering for 100 girls, both day students and boarders. The school receives no government subsidy and is financed through a combination of student fees and income generated from a number of school enterprises. Since then, the school has expanded to become a mixed day secondary school, providing quality education to both boys and girls.
The school's mission is to provide students with a quality education and to equip them with the knowledge, skills and values they need to be successful in life. The school's vision is to be a leading mixed secondary school in the region, renowned for its academic excellence and commitment to the overall development of its students.
The school offers a wide range of subjects, including mathematics, science, English, Kiswahili, history, geography, religious studies, and other elective subjects. The school also provides extracurricular activities such as sports, music, and drama to help students develop their talents and interests.
In the 2022 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination, the school's results were as follows: 1 student scored a grade B, 3 students scored a grade C+, 4 students scored a grade C, 7 students scored a grade C-, 10 students scored a grade D+ and 5 students scored a grade D.
In Summary:
B = 1
C+ = 3
C = 4
C- = 7
D+ = 10
D = 5
Aggregate Mean=4.8 C-
These results indicate that Ondati Mixed Secondary School is a school that is dedicated to providing quality education to its students.
Overall, Ondati Mixed Secondary School is a great institution that is committed to providing quality education to the students in the community. The school's dedicated staff and excellent facilities make it an ideal learning environment for students looking to gain a quality education and to achieve their full potential.
External links
http://www.afid.org.uk/partners/ondati-secondary-school-girls/gallery
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I remember as a teenager shouting at the TV as politicians and police representatives discussed the Stephen Lawrence murder case during a programme of BBC's question-time with Dimpleby, four years after Stephen was murdered. I was so angry at the complacency of the Police that I emailed the programme to ask for answers on what steps were being taken to re open a case because of fundamental errors in the original investigation, errors caused by outright racism. I remember thinking what an amazing woman she was to have coped with the loss of her son and find strength to follow her conviction that the police did not do all that they could to bring her son's killers to justice.
Now 21 years later an enquiry has finally confirmed Mrs Lawrence's (now Baroness) suspicions. One of the DS's working on the case admitted to having corrupt connections with the father of one of the killers (who was finally convicted 19 years after Stephen's death). We still have a problem with racism today and the only way that issue can be tackled is through education, so if a child has racist parents, these views are at least counter-acted at school.
My parents are racist and so are my in-laws, sadly they are of the generation that caused them to be ignorant of other cultures, mainly due to poor education (regardless of state or private education). It can not just be put down to age, the lady across the road from me was born in the same year as me but her views date back to the 1800s. She says that she would hate to have a 'half caste baby'. I try to limit my interaction with her to zero for obvious reasons.
At work ( which is a business in the luxury sector), I could count the number of black people on one hand. They are currently seeking a deputy CEO and I am hoping the person they select is a) a woman and b) black, just to make-up for the fact that the rest of the business is a weak representation of modern UK society.
Stephen Lawrence did not die in vain. It is a sad fact in the way us humans operate that action is very often preceded by tragedy. In this case there were multiple tragedies, beginning with Stephen's death and ending with the number of years it took for his family to find justice. But if Doreen had been a weaker mother and wilted under the pressure, Stephen's killers would still be free, racism would me more entrenched and more murders would have been committed. Stephen, Doreen and their family have made a lasting impact on society and empowered others who feel wronged to stand-up for their rights, no matter how long they have to wait for justice.
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Vireo Health looks for more medical marijuana opportunities
Posted on February 10, 2016 February 9, 2016 by Online Staff
Guy Lindblom picks unnecessary leaves from mature cannabis plants at the Minnesota Medical Solutions growing facility in Otsego, Minn. MinnMed is one of only two companies supplying the state's medical marijuana. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP)
Medical marijuana venture Vireo Health is seeking $31.5 million in equity financing as it prepares to expand into more states, reports MedicalJane.com.
According to CEO Dr. Kyle Kingsley, the Minneapolis-based parent company of Minnesota Medical Solutions (MinnMed) is close to reeling in $6 million of that amount.
As of today, Vireo's staff has a headcount of nearly 50 employees but expects its staff to expand ten-fold in the upcoming years. Vireo is largely targeting individual investors as opposed to institutional funds, an approach it used to bankroll its original launch in Minnesota and New York.
Minnesota only has two state-approved growers, which creates an obvious oligopoly in the state. As such, MinnMed and Minnesota competitor LeafLine Labs have not struggled to raise significant amounts of funding. MinnMed previously landed $16.6 million, while LeafLine Labs has already raised over $14 million.
Vireo Health plans on targeting Maryland, Georgia and Pennsylvania, Texas and Florida.
In November, Vireo announced it will expand into developing cannabis-based drugs for Food and Drug Administration review. The business will use some of capital from the ongoing round to fund research in that area, according to Kingsley.
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HomeHarley Davidson NewsHarley-Davidson of Fargo employee says he was laid off for buying same brand elsewhere
Harley-Davidson of Fargo employee says he was laid off for buying same brand elsewhere
December 26, 2017 Craig Ballantyne Harley Davidson News 0
FARGO, N.D. A former Harley-Davidson of Fargo employee says he was let go for buying a lower-priced motorcycle of the same brand from a different store than Fargo.
He brought the concern to us over the whistleblower hotline—and wants to make locals aware of a rule that he and others say they were never informed of.
A lay-off during the holidays is never easy. But for the Johnson family, that was the least of their worries.
Ben Johnson explains that he and his wife, Bethany, have been bogged down with hospital bills.
"My wife's had cancer, you know, she's in remission now, but…the way the surgeon explained to us is radiation's the gift that keeps on giving," he said.
Complications from radiation has his wife dealing with multiple surgeries—and consistently in and out of the hospital since 2010.
But the Johnsons aren't just stuck with Bethany's medical bills.
"And then for me," Ben said, "I was out of work for about nine weeks, I had a herniated disk in my back."
An employee of Harley-Davidson of Fargo, Ben Johnson says he tried to trade in his Road Glide that he bought there.
"It was a great bike," he said. "Probably one of the best bikes I ever owned."
But he needed something cheaper.
"They never got back to me," Ben said, "I was just trying to get something done faster than later."
He says he waited at least a week and a half with no response from his Fargo store. So he called other Harley dealerships, and within two days Ben found a cheaper Harley-Davidson Fat Bob 100 miles out, in Alexandria, Minn.
"That got me into a lower payment that was better for me and my wife to save some money," he said, "and put toward medical bills and help us both out."
That was on a Monday. By that Friday, right before the holiday weekend, he was called in early to work.
"I thought they were just gonna have him come in to talk to him because it was one of their longer days," his wife Bethany said.
"Went in and said I was being let go because, 'I can't have employees buying motorcycles from other dealers,'" Ben said.
To that, Ben says he responded, "I told them I was just doing this to help my family." But he says the company was firm in its decision.
One of the store's owners, Jimmy Entenman, did respond, but only to say the store can't comment on any human resources or personnel matters.
But another former employee tells us the same thing happened to him last April.
The Johnsons were aware of that situation, but say there was no written rule about this.
"When James was let go because he bought a bike from Stutsman," Bethany said, "they should have said, just so you all are aware, we will not tolerate you buying a bike from someone else."
"I've never known anything that this could ever happen…Never had an employee hand book," Ben said. "You know, been there for over two years. Nothing's ever been said in any manager meeting, in any store meeting.
Both employees who were separately let go from Harley-Davidson of Fargo specifically bought Harley-Davidson motorcycles from different stores.
They say there was a third employee who bought a motorcycle that was not a Harley-Davidson. And that employee did not lose his job.
But Ben Johnson says he's moving forward and interviewing elsewhere.
"It sucks," he said, "but you know, one door closes, other ones open."
He says he's less concerned with getting his job back, but wants to make sure this doesn't happen to anyone else.
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"How utter": [caricature of Oscar Wilde holding lilies] [art original]. [not after 1924] Wildeiana Box 7.4 1 drawing: pen and ink, gray wash; image.... 19th century AD. MS Oscar Wilde Wildeiana Box 7.4. William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Take an intimate look into the lives and works of Britain's major writers across two hundred years, from the Restoration through the Victorian era.
British Literary Manuscripts Online, c. 1660-1900 presents facsimile images of literary manuscripts — including letters and diaries, drafts of poems, plays, novels, essay, journals, and more — from the Restoration through the Victorian era. It encompasses extensive materials related to major British literary figures from the Bronte sisters to Sir Walter Scott to Oscar Wilde.
For the first time, this valuable resource lets instructors and students bring these manuscripts directly into the classroom, providing unique access to the authors' social networks, attitudes, and education, as well as the development of their writings. Scholars will welcome the rare opportunity to search and review manuscripts online in order to identify items for closer study.
The period from the Restoration to the death of Queen Victoria in 1901 saw the development of Britain as a world power. Correspondingly, the emergence of English literature was a significant and often dominant feature of international culture. Simultaneously, the global ascendance of colonial power and the spread of new thinking about democracy, human rights, and political and social equality cultivated new forms of literary expression — including journalism, the novel, and literary criticism.
William Blake's notebook, known as "The Rossetti Manuscript," with early drafts of the "Songs of Experience," "The Everlasting Gospel," "The Vision of the Last Judgement" and "The Public Address," along with manuscripts of "The Four Zoas" and "The Phoenix"
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La Plaza de La Concepción es una de las plazas más importantes de la ciudad de San Cristóbal de La Laguna en la isla de Tenerife (Islas Canarias, España).
La plaza se encuentra en el casco histórico de la ciudad de La Laguna, declarado como Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la UNESCO en 1999. Toma el nombre de la emblemática Iglesia Matriz de Nuestra Señora de la Concepción, la cual se encuentra junto a la plaza.
Desde sus inicios la Plaza de la Concepción fue considerada del tipo denominado parroquial junto con la Plaza de Fray Albino o Plaza de la Catedral.
A esta plaza se accede desde una de las calles peatonales más conocidas de La Laguna, la emblemática Calle de la Carrera.
Véase también
Iglesia de la Concepción (San Cristóbal de La Laguna)
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Rhodischnura nursei är en trollsländeart som först beskrevs av Morton 1907. Rhodischnura nursei ingår i släktet Rhodischnura och familjen dammflicksländor. IUCN kategoriserar arten globalt som livskraftig. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.
Källor
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Tag: ISIS
Sex Slaves Being Held for Ransom by Iran
How wicked evil is Muslim Iran in the 21st century? The Clarion Project has the sex-slave story.
By Clarion Project
Clarion Project
Distraught Child Female Iran Flag Backdrop (Illustrative photo: Clarion Project/images taken from MaxPixel.net)
Young Yazidi sex slaves kidnapped by ISIS in Iraq are being held in Iran and are up for sale. The girls were transferred to Iran by Iranian soldiers from the Syrian city of Kobani, which was once a stronghold of ISIS.
According to Iraqi Yazidi activist Ali Elchansuri, there is a significant number of kidnapped Yazidi girls – and boys— being held in Iran for the last two years.
At present, two of the children have been positively identified. They are both girls, ages 13-14, and were kidnapped by ISIS when the terror group took over the Sinjar region in Iraq in the summer of 2014. During that siege, most of the men and older boys were killed and the women and girls — some as young as six — were taken as sex slaves. The younger boys were made into ISIS fighters.
Iranian officials will only release the children after they have been identified – and for a price.
Speaking to Sputnik News Arabic, Elchansuri said, "The source of this information asked me to come to Iran and said he would set up a meeting for me with the head of the orphanage where they are being held, and if I recognize them, I can take them. But the same source told me that his 'friend' will demand $20,000 for each girl – meaning $40,000 for both girls."
Elchansuri said that he has recordings and pictures that prove the existence of more Yazidi children, but was not at liberty to mention to name of the area or the place where they are being held.
He also said that the Iranian government knows about the children. Although he declined to say specifically, it is understood that the Iranian government is also aware of their soldiers' demands for ransom money or even that the government is behind the ransom scheme themselves.
Elchansuri said his people in Iraq have not been able to locate the families of these children. "We are assuming that they are missing and most likely killed. There is no one left of them," he said.
Elchansuri himself doesn't have the money to travel to Iran and pay the ransom.
Echoing what Clarion Project has learned from Lisa Miara, who founded and runs the Springs of Hope Foundation organization in Iraq which works to rehabilitate Yazidi survivors of ISIS, Elchansuri related that these Yazidi children have been brainwashed by ISIS, forcibly converted and have even forgotten their Yazidi language. They have no memories prior to their kidnapping.
Meanwhile in Syria, another Yazidi activist, Eisa Saadu, reported that a kidnapped Yazidi girl was killed by ISIS women inside the Al Hawl refugee camp in northeast Syria.
The girl, who was in her 20s, was beaten to death by ISIS women and their families in the camp.
The girl was originally kidnapped by ISIS in the Sinjar region of Iraq in August 2014 and was killed in the camp because she tried to escape.
The Al Hawl camp, which houses 74,000 people from 43 different countries, is known to be one of the most dangerous places in Syria, housing ISIS families – women, children and foreign male fighters — and their supporters.
Thrown into the camp together with them are other refugees from Syria.
"It is a very dangerous place," commented Ran Meir, Clarion's Arab affairs analyst and Shillman Fellow. "We can assume that the women in this camp have weapons and other means of death and destruction. Children parade with ISIS flags, pledging their support to this brutal terror organization.
"Even though ISIS has officially been defeated in Syria, ISIS controls this camp with the same brutal laws they enacted when they took over towns in Syria and Iraq. Yazidi slaves are still being held and hidden inside these camps. This Yazidi girl didn't have a chance – her only choice was to continue living under ISIS or be killed."
Watch this clip from inside the Al Hawl camp [Blog Editor: The following video is only in Arabic leaving the English speaker to only surmise by the title I derived from Google Translate the topic. All the females shown in this refugee camp wear the head to toe covering Burka or Niqab so identifying any victimized gals is impossible]:
VIDEO: [Google Translate] Houl camp in Syria: extremist women are threatened by more extreme women!! [Original Arabic] مخيم الهول في سوريا: نساء متطرفات يتعرضن لتهديد من نساء أشد تطرفا!!
[Posted by فرانس 24 / FRANCE 24 Arabic
… Most of the descriptive text is Arabic]
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Author oneway2dayPosted on August 27, 2019 Categories Activism, Counterjihad, Foreign Policy, GWOT, Islamism, News and politics, Organizations, Persecution, TerrorismTags Al Hawl Refugee Camp, Ali Elchansuri, Brainwashed Children, Eisa Saadu, Iran, Iranian Soldiers, ISIS, ISIS Domination, Lisa Miara, Sex Slave Ransom, Sex Slavery, Yazidi Refugee Captives2 Comments on Sex Slaves Being Held for Ransom by Iran
Introducing Hans Kollmeyer Islamic Supremacist Venom against Critics
© February 6, 2019
On my NCCR blog's About Page, comments have somewhat become a hodgepodge of a message board of varying subjects and a few rants.
Three days before Christmas 2018 a probable pseudonymous Hans Kollmeyer – a self-identifying Muslim perhaps living in Germany – commented a diatribe against those he identifies as Islamophobes. A few paragraphs down the lengthy diatribe he clearly aims most of his venom against a German expose-Islam blogger named Michael Stürzenberger. It took me a wile to realize this because I also have no respect for Islam considering that religion a theopolitical death cult whose tenets are quite murderous towards non-Muslims who would dare extoll their own religious faith or philosophical (oft times atheistic) ideology that runs contrary to Islam's belief system. Living in America I must admit I never heard of the blogger Stürzenberger who writes in German. Even his Wikipedia notation is in German and I had to use Google-Translate to read about him.
You might wonder why I didn't delete the oft times vulgar hate-filled diatribe against those who would expose Islam's true ugly nature as written in the religion's own revered writings and Muslim theological treatises. Here is the reason.
People need to be aware this is the standard mindset of Muslims adhering to the inherent Islamic Supremacism toward all things and people non-Muslim.
I have decided to respond to Hans Kollmeyer's diatribe with some bold print text throughout the venom-laced comment. After awhile I realized old Hans was becoming a bit repetitive in which case you will notice less and less bold text responses. I am not a fan of profanity on my blogs, thus I edited profane words with asterisks replacing letters that would complete a vulgar word. The comment is quite lengthy, so I may have missed a profanity edit. Please forgive me for any misses.
Hans Kollmeyer says:
NCCR About Page
The truth concerns all Islamophobic and worthless atheist pigs in the world!
I don't f*****g care about the police! – a German party names "FDP", contraction for "F**k die Polizei". In English it means "F**k the police!".
TAKE THAT, YOU GODLESS PIECE OF S**T!
All Islam haters in the world are pathetic, meaningless, worthless and irrelevant failures! Your Germans do not interest me and are not matter! Especially dumb and ridiculous atheist pigs. Above all, the truth also refers to your provocative allusion to the headscarf ban.
The police is just an organization full of miserable and worthless failures, and most of all, the police are completely irrelevant to me. I f**k the police. If we want to voice our opinion aloud to the police, rate them as an "insult" and hand us fines to pay a high sum of fines. So you can rip us off and improve your salary in terms of corruption. But if you bull offend people on a small trifle – such as having someone look different, have a different taste, or practice a religion, etc. – we cannot say anything. Otherwise, you arrest us and condemn us to life imprisonment just because you are overwhelmed with your own life and take the nerve out of abusing the German Basic Laws, to seize the opportunity to omit your insignificant inferiority complexes to us, and we [have] nothing with your problem to be on guard. They get angry when they get insulted, but they themselves offend holy Islam, are hostile to Islam (because of their credulity of the feeble news of the media, so that they can achieve ratings by lying to them and invest a high sum and have fun our costs) and abusing the German Basic Laws [Blog Editor: Simple GBL and GBL More Detailed] to vent your frustration on us in the hope that you feel liberated. Without thinking about what causes you to discriminate against people. This represents your character and your character is miserable. You do not need to be surprised that I am not insulted here and loudly and clearly represent my point of view. I am not compelled to offend, let alone discriminate, just because you have a bad day or are mentally stressed about your personal problems or whatever complication you have in your life. That's not my problem. To keep to the laws refers to both sides and to become law enforcement, you have to first study and understand the laws before you can provide law and order and what you have learned, you also keep in mind and you do not forget again, While most people work in a profession or club (such as martial arts clubs) or in a fitness center, they use them to make them jangle and verbally attack people in order to attract attention (which they have never had in the past) to be relevant. However, these meaningless subhumans have nothing in the bulb and consider stupidity to be intelligence as if they were something better. That was the first time with my "Intro".
AND NOW READ THE TRUTH THROUGH [Now Comes the Islamic Supremacist Venom]:
You are a gang of wretched philistines, failures and worthless Islam haters who will never get far in their lives and sink deeper every day. Hanoverians are a waste of time and for me personally the stupidest subhumans I've ever experienced, like all of Germany. Cold-hearted, depressed, aggressive, unfriendly, insolent, intolerant, provocative, antisocial, far too underdeveloped and worthless. Especially the Germans (I myself German, but I despise the Nazi people [And yet book sales indicate Muslim admiration of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Final Solution for Jews – SEE HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE {Protocols of the Elders of Zion forgery expose with Muslim connivance at article's end}, HERE and HERE]). You are the proof that Germany or slave country is not a free country but a dictatorship. Since Adolf Hitler. On your stupid posters is that you require no special rights for Islam and a few other ridiculous quotes, where I had to laugh scrap. Above all, it says: "Do not rot our city!" The people who oppose Islam or religions are the ones who endanger peace and ENHANCE the whole world. First think and then talk and not traffic. The Koran [The book dualistic Satanic deception] says, "The unbelievers are trying to extinguish Allah's light with their mouths, but Allah will complete His light." No matter how much you hate Islam and Muslims. You cannot stop Allah Subhana Wa Ta'ala [Blog Editor: Arabic for "May He be glorified and exalted", Muslim honorific.]. If the Almighty God wants Germany or the world to be Islamized, then it will also be Islamized and there is nothing to discuss at all. You stupid and worthless Germans should all take their own nose. The Muslims are peaceful people and are guided by the laws of God and are against war.
Your German atheist is exactly the opposite. You are a people that has 6 million people on their conscience. You keep saying "We are the people" over and over again, and many other racist and anti-religious slogans. However, you are all yourself, the traitors of your own nation. For these six million Jews were Germans themselves. [Blog Editor: There was not 6 million German-Jews killed by Nazis. The Nazis targeted ALL European Jews in Nazi-conquered lands stretching from France to Soviet Russia and from the Scandinavian (Norway, Denmark and Finland in the north (less Sweden) to Greece in southern Europe.] You betrayed your own people and sold them to Hitler, or you sold your own souls to the devil. At the moment I often read the internet, I quote: "No human being is illegal". In fact, no one should be illegal? And what about Hitler? Was not he illegal? It's always better to keep silent, you fools. You are a contradictory party that is brain-underdeveloped and will never be able to maintain peace. Instead, you endanger peace and thus start the 3rd World War. Because of "Germany the Germans". Your media-struck ignorant, the political system in Germany is AMERICAN (if you "can" read idiots, a FOREIGN SYSTEM, which disregards human rights [Hans is confused since by inherent nature Islam violates Human Rights especially if one is a non-Muslim]). Since the system is American, Germany is still an occupied country and will never advocate democracy [Blog Editor: Muslim idiocy on full display here]. You also want democracy, but according to your imagination. Actually, you are dictators of your own nation. Worse than Hitler allowed. You hate Allah the Almighty, Islam, foreigners and other religions. [Blog Editor: Hans view of "hate" is flawed when the reality
Germanistan Danger
is the awakening of the German populace to their Western Judeo-Christian heritage. Poor Hans totally ignores the huge amount of German Leftist Multiculturalists willing to sell-out their heritage for a delusional belief multiple cultures can coexist as represented by the current German Chancellor Merkel.] You spread nothing but lies and hate, just like the media and you are in cahoots with them. [Blog Editor: Poor blind Hans can't see most of the European media backs idiotic Multiculturalism.] Especially with the police. You are as criminal and corrupt as the cops. [Blog Editor: AND YET the German police tows the government Multiculturalist line by hiding or denying Muslim atrocities against German non-Muslims!] You spread lies and hate slogans about Islam so you can invest more money. Because of such losers as her, Germany has completely gone down the drain and is getting rid of herself. [Blog Editor: I actually concur with Hans, but not in what he believes. Germany and much of the EU is self-destructing by allowing Islamic culture to gain roots in Western Civilization.] I bet 100% that Thilo Sarrazin is your idol [Blog Editor: Thanks! I had to look him up. From the sound of his new book, "Hostile Takeover: How Islam Impedes Progress and Threatens Society," Mr. Sarrazin just may be numbered among my heroes. I hope it will be published in English.]. Thilo Sarrazin is also a worthless Islam hater, and because of Thilo Sarrazin and many other Islam haters, Germany breaks free and you worry about Germany abolishing itself. Germany gets rid of such disgusting insects (like you). Islam is against war and the Koran (Al Hamdulillah, in German: "Praise be to Allah") contains no contradictions [Blog Editor: Not only are there loads of contradictions, those contradictions are viewed as truth due to Islamic theological doctrines of Dualism (See Also HERE) and Abrogation. Hans you are either a liar or a poor deceived Muslim], in contrast to your "The f*****g Hanoverian party" (I laugh at myself, old man).
So, let's come to your contradictions.
"No special rights for Islam"
Al Hamdulillah. Islam is a peaceful religion and forbids wars and murder and conforms to democratic ideas. Freedom, harmony, love, cohesion, respectful interaction with others and helpfulness. You're doing the exact opposite. She's looking in the telly too much and believes everything that is reported in the media / news. Without worrying about most of the scenes being cut out and added to lies, thus covering up the truth that makes it look like it's true. So that the media can invest money through many ratings. At the expense of others. That is why there is much suffering and poverty in Germany (as in Hitler's time). Also because of people like "The f*****g Hanoverian". You are products and jokers of society and do exactly what others ask of you and are their slaves and behind your back they are laughing at you. You have no human rights, no hopes and no liberties. And why? Because you serve the devil and you are under the influence of the devil. The devil, unlike you, is smarter than Hanoverian. The devil knows how to MANIPULATE humanity and so he has manipulated you Hanoverians as well and therefore spreads all this quirky nonsense of posters where I had to shake my head. I am one of the people who does not advocate the hatred of Islam. Therefore: "No special rights for Islam hate", that concerns particularly "the s***ty Hanoverian party. [Blog Editor: NOTICE old Hans doesn't! He looks at the peaceful surahs that originate from Mecca and compares it to what is seen on television. The lying implication is Jihadi violence/terrorism is not true Islam. OOPS Hans! The Medina surahs composed/recorded after the Mecca surahs advocate killing non-Muslims especially if there is no submission to Islam.
Example of Mecca Surah – 73 (SAHIH INTERNATIONAL): 10-12
10 And be patient over what they say and avoid them with gracious avoidance.
11 And leave Me with [the matter of] the deniers, those of ease [in life], and allow them respite a little.
12 Indeed, with Us [for them] are shackles and burning fire
Example of Medina Surah – 9 (SAHIH INTERNATIONAL): 4-5, 8, 12, 29
4 Excepted are those with whom you made a treaty among the polytheists and then they have not been deficient toward you in anything or supported anyone against you; so complete for them their treaty until their term [has ended]. Indeed, Allah loves the righteous [who fear Him].
5 And when the sacred months have passed, then kill the polytheists wherever you find them and capture them and besiege them and sit in wait for them at every place of ambush. But if they should repent, establish prayer, and give zakah, let them [go] on their way. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
8 How [can there be a treaty] while, if they gain dominance over you, they do not observe concerning you any pact of kinship or covenant of protection? They satisfy you with their mouths, but their hearts refuse [compliance], and most of them are defiantly disobedient.
12 And if they break their oaths after their treaty and defame your religion, then fight the leaders of disbelief, for indeed, there are no oaths [sacred] to them; [fight them that] they might cease.
29 Fight those who do not believe in Allah or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allah and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth from those who were given the Scripture – [fight] until they give the jizyah willingly while they are humbled.
Take note that "jizyah" protection (i.e. extortion) to be paid in the most humiliating way possible to remain alive.]
"Colorful instead of brown" and "Women are not fair game"
The poster clearly shows a woman in a dress and a woman in a burka. The Qur'an says that Muslim women have to dress in a covered manner. Since they otherwise attract men's attention or that the men stare at her and sexually harass her and then rape occurs. [Blog Editor: Duplicitous moron, you just admitted it's okay to rape non-Muslim due to the lack of submission/compliance to Islam. Yup, Islam be evil.] These are, in my eyes, righteous servants of the Almighty God. These are real women and these women are not treated as "fair game". Not like this woman wearing a dress on the poster. Where you can see the panties under her skirt? So, you can masturbate afterwards and I know that you are advocating HEARTY masturbation [Blog Editor: Sounds more like what Hans does when he is concerned about getting caught for raping non-Muslim women. Dear God, find Christ and a sanctified Christian marriage so you don't burn in lust]. You are such a party and then you have the impudence to quote as a quotation: "Women are not fair game". [Blog Editor: It's not impudence, it's righteousness to NOT call women "fair game" whatever social or religious stand a woman believes.] So you have contradicted yourself and set yourself up. You are super stupid and miserable. [Nope, YOU have implicated yourself as the wicked heathen that you are.] Typical Hanoverian. You have always been completely irrelevant to me and will remain so. [Blog Editor: That's too bad I'm irrelevant to you, for in Christ even YOU a despicable heathen are relevant to God who died to give even the unrighteous eternal life by Resurrection life.] Al Hamdulillah. Thank God. Also, regarding the "fair game". Most of the women who run around freely are guilty in retrospect, that they are groped and sexually harassed and afterwards they complain that they are turned on. That's exactly what most women want. They want to be groped, so they have something to complain about afterwards. [What deceived heathens Muslims who believe like Hans, God have mercy on their eternal souls.] Exactly the same thesis as that most people absolutely want to be lied to, because firstly they cannot stand the truth (like the "f*****g Hanoverian" party) and secondly, so that they can attract attention and then have something to nag. This is truly a confirmation of the self-dissatisfaction of most people and their Hanoverian as well. You are just unhappy with yourself. [Blog Editor: I got some enlightening news for Hans. In Christ I am blessed. Those outside of Christ may find misery in the Last Judgement. Christ is the Judge. Seek redemption before you face Judgment.]
"The wind is turning"
I have to throw myself away laughing. Where should the wind turn? Direction hell? Exactly. There you belong. Towards hell. [Blog Editor: Too bad for those who trust in that satanic book – Quran. Those devoted to Satanic Quran will probably dwell with Satan, the Antichrist and False Prophet in the Lake of Fire.] The Qur'an [LIES] says that the Hellfire is 70 times stronger than volcanic fire. On the other hand, a lighter is nothing. If you continue to do so with your underexposed Islam hatred and without Islam, you end up on ETERNITY in hell. [Blog Editor: Actually, those who refuse to believe Christ died on the Cross, then arose to Life bodily, then Glorified and sitting at the Right of the Father will roast eternally in hell. BELIEVE IN THE RISEN SAVIOR AND BE SAVED.] By the way, by the way. In hell there are no emergency exits. By the way, in the Qur'an, it is said that the deniers drink and drink hot water, then drink like ever-thirsty drinkers. This is their hospitable reception on the Day of Resurrection. And not to forget. The Qur'an [LIES] also says that the mischief-makers (like you, because of your hatred of Islam) are punished with terrible and severe punishment in this worldly life. This means that Allah Subhana Wa Ta'ala will never leave you idolaters. In short. You are sinking deeper and deeper from day to day. You will never be able to achieve success with your hatred of Islam. Only with Islam one finds one's own peace of mind. Only in Islam do you have rights and feel free as an eagle. Only ISLAM IS THE SENSE OF LIFE. POINT! [Islamic Satanic lies in Quran and demonized Muhammad!]
"So that WE too have a future!"
Since you Hanoverian had bad luck. Islam haters [Hate Islam is true, but I harbor no hate for poor deluded Muslims. I have only sorrow for Muslims who refuse the Truth in Christ according the True Word of God which IS NOT the Quran.] have no future and may not possess any rights of existence. Your future is definitely HELL and that's your new hostel.
"The only real opposition since 2011"
You have been a true opposition to Islam haters since 2011. You were just waiting to insult Islam [The "insult" is a Muslim self-delusion believing the demonized Quran over the Holy Bible], by all means. So you can get more money, power and profit. To create a "better" world. To the dead laugh. In the Koran it says: "Do not trust anyone but Allah". [When you believe a lying Quran, it makes you a liar.] How many parties in Germany or around the world have been formed to create a "better" world, even though they claim exactly the opposite? Think for a while. It is obvious. All parties claim that human rights and freedom are worth something. All wars, where there were numerous deaths, come mainly from parties (you belong to exactly such a party) or from politics. [Blog Editor: Islam has performed genocidal slaughter that makes the genocides committed by Nazis and Communists look like a picnic – 270 MILLION!] All the wars in the world, especially the Second World War, came from the side of the politicians. Short and sweet. The politicians and "party officials" talk and talk and talk, but they do not act. Just like Angela Merkel. She talks and talks so that the German people keeps their faces, so that Mrs. Merkel can continue to receive tax revenue and live at our expense [Blog Editor: Except the Muslim Refugees living on welfare]. That's why there is a lot of suffering and poverty in Germany (as mentioned above). That's why Muslims trust in Allah Subhana Wa Ta'ala [Trusting a lie] because Allah is All-Knowing, Almighty, All-Hearing and All-seeing. And Allah knows what "the f*****g Hanoverian" party has in mind. I can grind it very well what you Islamic haters have in mind. You will not get away with your evil plans, because Allah will never allow it. [Allah transitioned from Moon-god] NO WAY! So, you have proven yourself that you are the terrorists. True Muslims are not terrorists, as they say in the news. You are 100%. Since I do not want to hear any explanations. [Blog Editor: The Hans lying delusion.]
"Our country, our city, our rules Integration requires clear values."
This is neither the land of Germans nor the land of foreigners. Allah [the demonic moon-god of ancient Arabia] has given you a land and allowed you to live in the land [Delusional lie]. Who gives hypocrites the right to claim that this is your land? So, after the motto: "Germany to the Germans"? All the countries of this world has created Allah [Satanic lie] and these are God's lands or Allah rules the world and not such subhumans as you. Your national pride blinds you. [Your Islamic Satanic lie blinds you.] That's why you are blind in the heart. You can see with your eyes, but not with the heart. Your hearts are surrounded by darkness, lies, dissatisfaction and hatred. Germany is a worthless Nazi country [Hmm… Inaccurate again.]. You have been talking about "integration" for many years, so that the foreigners would like to "adapt" and behave like Germans? I'm laughing. This "integration" does not exist in Germany and has never existed. Instead of treating foreigners as human beings and accepting them as they are, you evaluate the foreigners according to their origin, skin color and appearance [Hans is quite correct in denouncing ethnic racism, but Islam is a theopolitical ideology that must be condemned in Western Culture]. That's why you want them to behave like Germans and strive for the German "culture". Because you see the foreigners as a kind of "race". And it's also people like us. That is why it is disguised as "integration". So, after the motto: "Think German, speak German and live German", so a similar thesis Hitler had then also quoted. Pretty Nazi, right? Thus, you have declared yourself terrorists and Nazis and Germany is getting rid of terrorists (like you and Thilo Sarrazin) [I suspect the Left-Wing Multicultural Germans would like to concur with Hans]. Forever. That's proof that you're stuck and f*****g nationalists. Thus, you have the right to deserve hell [Without Jesus yes, yet hell will probably fill with Christ-hating and Jew-hating Muslims]. The integration is pure illusion like a mirage or Santa Claus. There is nothing of it. Unfortunately, your rules do not comply with the German Basic Laws. YOU DO NOT STAND ON THE GROUND OF THE GERMAN BASIC LAW! [Blog Editor: Good thing I live in America where Freedom and Liberty has not at least not yet been erased by Multiculturalism and Islam. Yet there is no lack of trying by the American Left.] Thus, this is a sign of self-justice or anarchy. Do not forget!
"Victim protection instead of perpetrator protection! No tolerance for violent offenders."
Then I will specify. "Muslim protection instead of terrorist protection!" How many people (especially the Muslims) were killed by the Americans themselves [Blog Editor: America kills lunatic Muslims who think their warped supremacist ideology okays murdering Americans and I hope that includes the likes of Muslims supporting the Taliban, al Qaeda, Hamas, ISIS, etc.], like the Jews in World War II? [The Jews attacked no one first as Muslims do today.] This is deliberately and exaggeratedly portrayed in the media, so that the stupid spectators (also terrorists [Blog Editor: If Germans are terrorized by Muslims on German soil, it would not be surprising vigilante reprisals would begin, especially if the police ignore Muslim violence]) have a reason to wipe out the Muslims. Because the Muslims preach the truth a LIE] and the truth [LIE] is Islam. That's why you do not want special rights for Islam because you cannot stand the truth [the LIE]. This represents your character and you have a miserable character and then you wonder why I write the truth [the LIE] to you. I am one of the few people who absolutely do not like anything. YOU HAVE NO GOOD SETTING! The Muslims are the victims [PERPETRATORS] and in your eyes are scapegoats and their hates for Islam, terrorists, Nazis, fascists and criminals are the real culprits. That's why I DO NOT REQUIRE TOLERANCE FOR TERRORISTS! [Perhaps because you are an Islamic terrorist?] (Especially "The f*****g Hanoverian" party).
Well, you got on with the wrong thing. That's why I thank God that I've been well educated, unlike you terrorists. [Hans if profanity is the symbol of your education, then the education was quite lacking.]
That's the way it was. If you cannot handle the truth [or Hans fabricated truth, meaning lie], it's your problem. If it does not suit you, then that's just your bloody bad luck and not the Muslims. [We'll see…]
I'll quote a quote from myself: "Those who laugh at you for not being able to endure the truth are those who are crying inside." [As all Muslim perpetrators should cry as the cowards they are.]
This clearly means that you laugh [actually PITY is a better description] at people like me because you cannot bear the truth and cry inside. You are repressing your negative feelings that you carry with you on a daily basis. [Blog Editor: I indeed have negative thoughts toward heathen godless Islamic terrorists.] As soon as someone speaks openly about the truth, you begin to laugh because you are terrified [ANGERED] inside and you are afraid [ANGRY] of the [Islamic lie] truth in order to suppress this feeling of fear [NO fear but disgust of Islamic culture].
There are many Islam haters who have converted to Islam [I'll wager NO ONE that has looked into the real Islam has converted voluntarily. Converts to Islam have been deceived or forced!] and become devout Muslims, and these former Islam haters [deluded non-Muslims] themselves testify that Islam is the true and peaceful religion of God [Those converts didn't study a truthful Islamic history or adequately read the Quran, Hadith and Sira]. These former Islam haters regret [in self-deception] that they have insulted Islam and Muslims and ask Allah for forgiveness. You say yourself that you do not need to be afraid of Islam. The fear comes from the devil and whispers the man in his breast, that you stay away from Islam and that the devil brings you to paradise [Poor Muslims look for paradise and the carnal delights of eternal virgins will discover torturing demons]. But in the Koran it says that the devil takes you to hell. Even stupider are the people, because God has given man a brain. To think before we act. But rather you are under the influence of the accursed devil (in Arabic: "Seytan"), so you have to moan for no reason [Boy are you going to discover a damnable eternal surprise]. No matter what the topic is. This suggests that you are dissatisfied with yourself [Not even close]. That's why you founded the party in 2011 to draw attention to you and not for "improvement in the well of the German fatherland". This is a kind of cry for help to show us that you are getting dirty. But honestly. I do not care how bad you are. Do all of them have a therapy or get yourself instructed in psychiatry. But please stop flooding Germany with stupidity. NOBODY CARES! [If I was a German I'd demand the end of flooding refugees, migrants and/or immigrants of an Islamic origin.]
And another thing. Just because many would-be Muslims say they are Muslims does not mean that they practice Islam. They call themselves NAMELY "Muslims" to attract attention (just like the Hanoverian party) and thus abuse Islam for their own cravings. But even worse are subhumans like you [Or are they Muslims awakened to the ugly nature of Islam so lean toward assimilation], who believe everything they get told. This is already the next proof that you are gullible people and that is why you [Muslims] will perish and on the day of the Last Judgment you are the biggest losers [Muslim Christ-haters and Jew-haters will not find their names in the book of Life]. The Qur'an [the lie] also states that the infidels and idolaters are totally IRREGULAR. You should take your own nose and really deal with Islam. Then you will notice and testify that Islam is the true[a lying demonized] religion [affront to] of the Almighty God [of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Jesus BUT NOT Ishmael].
So, miss. The truth [in Christ] goes to you, which you [Hans] will NEVER endure in your [his] life. You will spend your [Hans] entire life as an underexposed, wretched and worthless loser who is punished by Allah from day to day, will NEVER have your peace and will live day by day with fear in his heart and discontent, and you will sink deeper and deeper and deeper, until you scratch off. Back in 2012, I looked at all your video clips on your Youtube account and laughed at you for your ignorance of Islam [Probably not this Blog Editor's Youtube Channel]. I know for a fact that you have secretly read the correct Quran translation. But since you could not endure the truth, you have searched INTENTLY and DESERVED for a false Qur'an translation [what a delusional statement]. In order to harass, provoke, insult and, above all, endanger peace for us Muslims. If you enjoyed your peace, then you idiot would not provoke us, you underexposed candelabrum [Jew-hatred exposed!]. They insult Islam only because Islam is the true [FALSE] religion. As it says in the Holy Quran. They find the peace boring and desperate for attention you NEVER got from the people. Now you have our attention. Oh, I forgot to mention. The funniest thing in one of your clips was that some people came after you and beat you up. I saw your annoying stupid injury, which was just a small scratch and you start to run around like a little girl. This scratch is NOTHING, boy. NOTHING! You have proven yourself by having been educated by your parents a wimp and a miserable [?]miserable[?]. No wonder Allah punishes you [the demon moon-god will Satan in the Lake of Fire]. Bad luck for [Muslims] you. You deserve the beatings [Typical Muslim attitude] because you're a ridiculous big-mouth and you messed with the wrong ones and so you have something to complain about, and in your clip, say "no wonder, that's how Muslims behave" [AMEN]. If you think you mock us Muslims, you deserve the just punishment. Al Hamdulillah (Praise be to Allah). What does that tell you? Very easily. They [Muslims] endanger peace and the Qur'an [LIE] says that the mischief-makers (and you are one of them, Michael [not this Blog Editor]) are being punished with appalling punishment. You know yourself that Allah Subhana Wa Ta'ala punishes you every day [LIE]. Why? Because you are a disgusting, provocative and unnecessary mischief-maker. Well, Mr. Stürzenberger. You have a blow and you have to live with it. Well, it's your bloody bad luck and not ours. We faithful Muslims (like me [highway to hell]) will NEVER change us. The Qur'an [LIE] says that Allah will complete His light. No matter how many times you insult Islam. This means that the time is coming when more than 90% of people convert [EXTREMELY DOUBTFUL] to Islam and by the way, there are so many of us. You will LOSE [Not according the True Word of God – the Bible], Mr. Stürzenberger. You will lose. Now I know why you are called "Stürzenberger" with your surname because you are plunging deeper and deeper every day in your level. Laugh. Gosh, you are stupid and ridiculous. You are one of the people who believe everything you hear. Be it in the news, on the Internet, in the newspapers and so on. They are media-savvy and bully believing Muslims, so you invest more money and live at the expense of others. [Blog Editor: I'm guessing this "Michael Stürzenberger" (Wikipedia-German – for English run a translate such as Google) is a stand-up guy that is being smeared by a typical Muslim hater of all thing non-Muslim] In particular, the s**t ISIS has nothing to do with Islam [Actually ISIS is just mimicking the Muhammad Islam glorifies as the perfect man]. Just because they mention "Allah U Akbar" and other verses in the Koran, so that ISIS [Blog Editor: More and more Muslim scholars agree ISIS practices a true Islam but now cloak ISIS-Islam as a virulent strain] has a reason to kill us real Muslims and other innocent people. They abuse Islam just as you do. They behave the same way as the ISIS and then you wonder why we are upset. In truth, you are aggressive, unfriendly, provocative, pathetic and a PURE TIME-DAMAGE to me. But leave out your frustration so you can say that we Muslims are the perpetrators and you make sacrifices. It's the other way around. They are truly the perpetrators and we are the innocent. Because of our innocence and because Islam is the true religion of [Moon-]God, since September 11th and 9/11 so many of us have been killed so people like you can invest more money. Rather, we are killed for NOTHING. People like you are the problem, Mr. Stürzenberger. And with all my heart I pray to Allah that every day you suffer more and more from depression that you already have [How Islamic Hans is]. The ISIS is intentionally over-hyped in the media so that the media can gain ratings and viewers (and you are one of them), and thereby invest more money. Above all, I saw in one of your videos that the stupid cops were standing behind you. You've been desperate to have the police at your side because, firstly, you're a miserable and inferior scarecrow, and secondly, so you can offend us the way you want. They acted like a little kid. When idiots (like you are one) are on your side, you feel "strong." But standing alone with no one on your side makes you look very anxious and swallow your fear. And you realize yourself that you are really a little weakling and I do not want to have anything to do with weaklings. With this attitude, as you behave daily, you will be LUNKED for life and never progress in life. Besides, the police have just a bunch of underexposed and unnecessary bureaucrats in your f*****g organization. Since the police hates us, those miserable jokes are the real bad guys. They are corrupt, even arresting, suppressing, beating, insulting, and so on innocent people, etc. But if we defend ourselves from the law against the police, it means "civil servants" and we are arrested for nothing. That's proof that the police are doing what Hitler did to the Jews. Just so they can invest more money themselves, like the judges in the courtroom. The judges only want to convict, whether the defendant is guilty or innocent, whether he is right or wrong. They just want to convict so they can get more money. So these spas earn their daily bread. And you have the same approach, Michael. No matter how many Muslims tell you the truth (as I tell you the truth), you just want to harass us and not accuse Islam of anything. So you can earn their daily bread. That's proof that you're a miserable loser, a bad guy upstairs and a miserable character. In addition, you have proven yourself that you do not comply with German laws and the f*****g police do not. So why should we integrate ourselves in the nasty state called "Germany" and stick to the law? Al Hamdulillah, I abide by the laws of God. And Al Hamdulillah I am integrated in Islam. Especially because people like you are afraid of the truth and you do not accept Islam. We should integrate ourselves in this worthless state of failure so that we behave like the stupid society? So that we do what the others ask us to do? And if we behave the way we want, are we suddenly a danger to society just because we are telling the truth and doing the right thing? You are disgusting and a lot of scum. I f**k the society. I do what Allah asks of me and do what I want. People like me accept us as we are. As they say? "I am not in the world to be what you would like me to be". The people in Germany (and you belong to it) I do not care about s**t! German or foreigner, DO NOT INTEREST ME! You with your stupid, ridiculous claims that will never get you anywhere in your life. As I said, Mr. STÜRZENberger. Every day, you plunge deeper and deeper into your level. Remember that well. In your eyes, I can read that you are very provocative, unfriendly, aggressive and so on-the-edge. Her face is darkened. A devout Muslim like me, sees it. They are under the influence of the accursed devil. This means that you believe in the devil (like a stupid Satanist) and serve him. You do not need to wonder that I write the truth about you. That's just the truth you'll NEVER endure. And if you laugh at it, it means that you are crying inside. And in Quran Surah 18 Al Kahf (The Cave), verse 54, it says, "And of all beings, man is the most contentious." That means very clearly that you are contentious and desperately seeking attention in a negative way, without worrying about compromising peace. They are a danger to us real Muslims, as I am one. I promise you that if you die without Islam, you will land on ETERNALS in hell with the other troublemakers and the fire in hell is 70 times stronger than volcanic fire. In contrast, a lighter is nothing. Well, you washcloths. That means you BURN to eternity. Your whole body will burn tremendously. Your body in hell melts like butter and the skin regenerates again. For you to pay the penalty for an eternity. There is no escape. Look forward to it and think about hell if you continue to insult Islam. I swear to god. Here in Germany, you risk a big lip, because people here do absolutely nothing, have to put up with everything (because they have no human rights) and they must be afraid. But imagine if you were in Syria (where the war reigns) or somewhere in another so-called "Islamic" country, you would go into panties. It is still a Hitler state. And since we are not allowed to have any rights (e.g. freedom of speech), it is still a DICTATURE and the bitch Merkel has taken over Hitler's position and the politicians want to tell us all seriously that Germany is a democratic country. If it were a democracy, why do not we have the right to free speech? Simple, Michael. Because it is still a dictatorship and the Gestapo still exists in modern times. World War III is imminent because of such mischief-makers as you are one. Almighty God punishes you day by day, as mentioned earlier. And the deniers are blinded or petrified day by day in the heart and will never be successful and prosperous in their lives. This is what it says in the Koran. And another thing. The would-be Muslims, who have INTELLIGENTLY misinterpreted many Koran books, are abusing Islam for their own cravings and for investing more money. These Muslims are, in truth, idol worshipers, as stated in the Holy Qur'an. And you are also a miserable idolater because you serve the Devil (in Arabic: "Seytan") and in your stupid videos on Youtube you claim that you are for peace. However, you insult Islam and us Muslims. They say you do not insult us Muslims. There is a lot in the Koran about us Muslims in it. That means you have insulted us. They contradict each other in their own statements. Therefore, I can NOT take such stupid Islam enemies like you seriously. You do not seriously believe that you can insult Islam for all your life. As promised, Allah Almighty will punish you every day and will never find your satisfaction in your heart. This also applies to all other enemies of Islam, who are punished daily and I do not care. She [is a] disgusting idolater. People like you do not interest me and will NEVER interest me. I pray to God that they scrape and burn in hell. Then we are true believing Muslims a miserable upper ranks as you finally go.
Here's a quote from me: "Those who laugh at you are the ones who cry inwardly". And since you laugh at people like me because you do not want to bear the truth, you're crying inside. They are increasingly suffering from day to day, their miserable little child. Never forget that.
And another thing. Those who start insulting and provoking us as you do with us need not be surprised to call for defense. In fact, think that if you begin to insult us, we must be silent. So that nothing happens to us? We do not like anything and flatten cowards(like you are one). Not even the police will stop us, no matter if those stupid bull sluts have weapons with them. Only Allah can stop us. The police are a joke. You're a pathetic joker like Mario Barth and I hope you die. As already mentioned above. There will come a time when no police will exist. And all people in Germany or around the world are on their own. And you spoiled cockroaches would have wished you had learned self-defense. People like you will be the first ones in danger. Especially when ISIS comes here. Look forward to it, Mr. Stürzenberger.
NEVER SEE YOU AGAIN! [That should be a promise from a Muslim troll like Hans Kollmeyer]
Hans Kollmeyer Says
Edited with English spellcheck. Some phrases were left alone due to uncertain meaning. All links are by the Editor. Most text enclosed by brackets and in bold are by the Editor.
Hans Kollmeyer may be pseudonym
Author oneway2dayPosted on February 6, 2019 Categories Antisemitism, Christianity, Counterjihad, GWOT, Immigration, Islamism, Left Wing, News and politics, TerrorismTags Christ-Salvation, Christianity-Hatred, EU Coverup, German Basic Laws, Germany, Hans Kollmeyer, Heaven-Bound, Hell-Bound, Holocaust, Human Rights, ISIS, Islamic Apologist, Islamic Supremacism, Islamophobia, Jew-Hatred, Judeo-Christian Heritage, Michael Stürzenberger, Muslim Delusion, Nazi-Islam, Quran Exposed, Rape Jihad, Refugee Invasion, Thilo Sarrazin1 Comment on Introducing Hans Kollmeyer Islamic Supremacist Venom against Critics
Islamic Terrorism in Manhattan
By John R. Houk, Editor
© November 1, 2017
Yet another Muslim with a legal record enviable for most Americans embraced the original theopolitical ideology taught by Islam's founder Muhammad.
A Muslim Uzbekistan foreign national in the U.S. with a green card rented a Home Depot rig drove it to Manhattan NYC, found a relatively wide bike path that pedestrians also frequented. He drove the truck rapidly through the bike path killing eight and severely injuring many others.
The Muslim's name -Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov.
Below is a collection of Clarion Project articles posted on 11/1 and followed by some criticism from Brigitte Gabriel from her appearance on Fox News The Story with Martha McCollum from 10/31.
NYC Terrorist: Lone Wolf … or Not?
By MEIRA SVIRSKY
An ISIS ad encouraging jiahdi attacks on Halloween in France (Photo: ISIS propaganda)
ISIS had called on its supporters through social media to carry out attacks on Halloween. For example, in France, a country in which young people recently started celebrating the holiday, an ad appeared the day before Halloween with an image of a machete dripping blood over the Eiffel Tower.
The text on the ad (shown above) read: "Enjoy their gathering. Terrorize October 31" and "Get out before it's too late," seemingly a message to the French to abandon their country to jihadis.
The image was shared on a Twitter account that distributes news about Islamic State (ISIS), jihadi videos and images.
ISIS' own magazine Rumiyah has extensively encouraged its followers to conduct "lone wolf" vehicular attacks, with one issue providing a step-by-step guide on how to procure a heavy truck and perpetrate such an attack.
In the guide, ISIS recommended to avoid "off-roaders, SUVs, and four-wheel drive vehicles" because they "lack the necessary attributes required for causing a blood bath."
"Smaller vehicles lack the weight and wheel span required for crushing many victims," the article stated, while double-wheeled trucks "[give] victims less of a chance to escape being crushed by the vehicle's tires."
While attacks such as the one in New York may have carried out by one person, calling such attack the work of a "lone wolf" is deceiving.
ISIS has built a sophisticated network that allows such individuals to be encouraged, tutored and ideologically supported every step of their twisted journey from the inception of the idea to the execution of a terrorist attack.
Social media is not localized. It is a powerful tool that has aided the Islamic State, without which a huge percentage of their successful recruitment of volunteers would most likely not have happened.
Young people who have grown up in the age of the internet are comfortable participating in virtual reality. Thus, online connections — through encrypted messaging, "inspirational" videos and even "personal" contact through video chatting — is as good as the real thing.
To call any terrorist in our day a "lone wolf" is a misnomer – and a dangerous one, as it takes the attention off finding and shutting down the trail of responsibility and focusing solely on the individual.
Meira Svirsky is the editor of ClarionProject.org
NYC Aftermath: To Stop Terrorism, Destroy the Ideology
BY ELLIOT FRIEDLAND
Aftermath of the truck attack which killed eight in Manhattan on Tuesday October 31, 2017 (Photo: DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)
Tuesday's terrorist attack in New York was carried out by a 29-year-old man who rented a Home Depot truck and drove it onto a bike path. Such forms of attack are extremely simple to carry out. They need no planning, no coordination with a central organization and are not difficult to obtain equipment.
They are therefore impossible to completely stop with security measures alone.
Counter-extremism organization the Quilliam Foundation said of the attack:
"This unfortunate incident once again highlights the importance of focusing resources on deradicalization work and implementing a better strategy to prevent extremism, as incidents of this nature are extremely difficult, if not impossible, for security services to predict and stop."
New York is not unguarded. Entering the United States requires extensive security checks. Immigration from countries like Uzbekistan (the nationality of the terrorist) is complex and requires background checks.
Not only that, but once an attack is underway there are armed police everywhere. In this case, the terrorist was shot very promptly at the scene by a nearby uniformed officer.
The FBI and CIA carry out extensive surveillance operations around the world. They monitor correspondence, tap phone conversations and pay informants. They have spies inside foreign governments and inside terrorist organizations. They have reconnaissance satellites in space.
America's security services work tirelessly to protect the country from every conceivable foe, and most of the time they succeed. The United States government spends over $16 billion annually to counter terrorism. They can even use drones to kill any designated target pretty much anywhere in the world.
But with all this technology and money, they cannot read people's minds and cannot prevent someone from just deciding to run people over with a truck.
People decide to carry out attacks like that in the name of an ideology. An ideology they find powerful enough to die for it. All the security in the world cannot prevent individuals who believe in something from acting in the name of that belief: That killing random civilians will trigger the war between Muslims and the West that they crave and enable them to usher in a totalitarian caliphate.
They will always find new ways to attack and new ways to hide because it simply isn't possible to eliminate every potential avenue of terror.
The only way to end radical Islamic terrorism once and for all is to discredit the ideology which fuels it.
New York Terrorist Left Note Pledging to ISIS
Police in the aftermath of the truck attack which killed eight in Manhattan on Tuesday October 31, 2017. (Photo: Kena Betancur/Getty Images)
A terrorist mowed down cyclists in Manhattan with a truck on Tuesday, killing eight people and injuring at least 11 others. Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov drove a rental truck onto a bike path near the site of the World Trade Center and continued for several blocks before he crashed into a school bus.
Witnesses report Saipov emerged from the truck brandishing two guns and shouting "Allahu Akbar!" A uniformed police officer shot him in the abdomen. The guns were later revealed to be a paintball gun and a pellet gun.
Saipov, 29, was taken to hospital and is now in police custody. A note claiming the attack in the name of the Islamic State terrorist group was found in the truck. Saipov is an Uzbek national who came to the United States in 2010.
"This was an act of terror, and a particularly cowardly act of terror," New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a statement, "aimed at innocent civilians, aimed at people going about their lives who had no idea what was about to hit them."
U.S. President Donald Trump, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and FBI Director Christopher Wray have all been briefed. The FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force has taken over the investigation.
"In NYC, looks like another attack by a very sick and deranged person. Law enforcement is following this closely. NOT IN THE U.S.A.!" Trump tweeted in the wake of the attack.
The Islamic State (ISIS) has long called for supporters in the United States to carry out attacks in its name against civilians without waiting for coordination with the central leadership. In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, for example, the group called for attacks against relief centers gathering aid to help the victims.
In June this year, ISIS called on supporters to "kill civilians of the Crusaders, run over them by vehicles."
At press time the attacker is believed to have acted alone.
Elliot Friedland is a research fellow at Clarion Project.
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Author oneway2dayPosted on November 1, 2017 November 1, 2017 Categories Counterjihad, GWOT, Immigration, Islamism, News and politics, TerrorismTags Brigitte Gabriel, Clarion Project, FBI-JTTF, Immigration Vetting, ISIS, ISIS Social Media, Islamic Terrorism, Killing Americans, Manhattan Attack, Muslim Immigrant, National Security, Rumiyah, Sayfullo Saipov5 Comments on Islamic Terrorism in Manhattan
Contrary to FBI Hooey, Steven Paddock Fits the Profile of a Convert
Noted Counterjihad activist Pamela Geller is not dismissing the Muslim convert motive behind Stephen Paddock's mass murder terrorism. Geller is noted and yet also controversial. The American Left enjoys lying about Counterjihadists by calling them racists rather than people that expose the dark side of Islam. Geller on the other hand tips the Leftist hate scale off the meter.
In full disclosure, I find Geller a bit brusque. Nonetheless, she is passionate in pushing back the Leftist lies about Islamic acceptance as well as pushing back on the Left's labelling Geller as a racist. The irony there is that Geller has a Jewish ancestry.
Here is Pamela Geller's reasoning behind Paddock being an Islamic terrorist complete with photos of other elderly converts to Islam to prove her point to not completely dismiss the possibility.
By Pamela Geller
Geller Report
The idea floated by "intel" agencies that Steven Paddock didn't fit the profile of a Muslim convert is absurd on its face, and further proof that the keystone clowns and their "profilers" at the FBI haven't a clue. How can they profile what they refuse to acknowledge, learn about or recognize?
The fact is the FBI has nothing. Over a week after the monstrous slaughter, they have nothing and yet they have dismissed ISIS claims out of hand, despite the fact ISIS does not take credit for attacks that are not theirs. Not only did they take credit, they did something they never did before – they doubled and tripled down. The Islamic State (IS) featured an infographic on the Las Vegas attack in the 100th issue of its al-Naba weekly newspaper, and indicated that the shooter, "Abu Abdul Barr al-Amriki," had converted to Islam six months ago.
Jihad is the only motive that makes any sense. And the fact that the FBI has nothing else points to that. That Steven Paddock left no digital trail might very well be deliberate – to show how incompetent our law enforcement agencies are. ISIS took credit for the downing of the Russian jetliner in the Sinai. Everyone in law enforcement dismissed that too. Until ISIS provided proof a couple of weeks later, that is. I suspect we may see the same thing happen here. The Vegas attack mirrors the sophisticated planning and secrecy consistent with more complex ISIS plots like Sinai explosion of Russian airliner.
We have been told that because Paddock was white and 64, it is unlikely that he would be a convert to Islam. Why? Islam is ideological – it's not a race or an age. It's a belief system. It's also being said that if Paddock was a convert, Homeland Security is going to have to change their whole approach to jihad terror in the Homeland. We can only hope. Because this war has nothing to do with age, race or gender – it's religious. And profiling is required. On the top of my watch list would be converts. Who would be attracted to an ideology that is the cause of hatred, misogyny, subjugation and slaughter?
What ISIS has to Lose if it's Lying about Las Vegas
He was a happy-go-lucky guy who drank and gambled until he stopped.
He made multiple trips to the Middle East.
Sophisticated planning and secrecy consistent with more complex ISIS plots like Sinai explosion of Russian airliner.
As FBI investigates Vegas attack, remember its FAILED investigations of Orlando jihadi mass murderer, Boston bombers, Garland jihadis, Boston beheaders
Here are some older, white converts who have been convicted of jihad terror.
Muslim convert Jack Roche convicted of plotting with Al Qaeda to blow up the Israel embassy in Australia.
Muslim convert Valentine Vladimir Mazlovsky, ISIS solider.
Don Morgan, Muslim convert, ISIS supporter.
Daniel Patrick Boyd is an American who in July 2009 was convicted for his participation in a jihadist terrorist cell in North Carolina
'Only Allah can judge me': Muslim convert Richard Dart refuses to stand in dock as he is sentenced to six years in prison for terrorism offences
Muslim convert Sebastian Gregerson an Islamic State "soldier" convicted of plotting violent jihad was sentenced to four years in federal prison
And these gingers.
Jamaal Uddin
Jordan Horner
A member of the notorious "Muslim Patrol," which threatened to "kill the non-believers." Renounced his previous lifestyle of boozing and "seeing girls." Jailed for assault and for using threatening words and behaviour.
Salahuddin al-Britani
Richard Dart
A middle-class white boy who became a Christian while working at a kids' camp in the US, Dart was converted to radical Islam by hate preacher Anjem Choudary and later jailed for planning terrorist activities.
Sherafiyah Lewthwaite
Samantha Lewthwaite
A troubled child who sought solace with Muslim neighbours, Lewthwaite has a string of terrorist ex-boyfriends (some imprisoned, some dead), including 7/7 suicide bomber Germaine Lindsay – hence her nickname, the "White Widow." Currently on the run and a member of terrorist group Al-Shabaab.
Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad
Tim Winter
Cambridge director of studies who once recorded a video describing homosexuality as a sinful and "inherent aberration," and gays as "ignorant people who don't know what their bodies are for."
Brother Adam (centre)
MC Chippy
Chippy is not known to be an extremist, but his videos are used as a recruitment tool in Bradford and elsewhere.
Matthew Hamza (centre)
Described by his family as a quiet lad, Newton started recruiting for the Taliban from a stall in Longsight market in Manchester. Jailed for trying to radicalise undercover police officers.
Abu Jibreel
Paul Mellor
Formally a Lance Corporal in the Irish Guards, Mellor turned his back on the Queen to become a self-declared "soldier of Allah."
Abdul-Aziz ibn Myat
David Myatt
Myatt converted to Islam, becoming a notable apologist for suicide bombing civilians.
Abdullah Deen
Former drum and bass MC, Millwall fan, cocaine dealer and self-employed perfume salesman before his conversion to radical Islam.
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Pamela Geller is the President of the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), publisher of PamelaGeller.com and author of The Post-American Presidency: The Obama Administration's War on America and Stop the Islamization of America: A Practical Guide to the Resistance.
Author oneway2dayPosted on October 11, 2017 Categories Activism, Counterjihad, Islamism, News and politics, TerrorismTags ISIS, Islamic Conversion, Islamic Terrorism, Motive, Pamela Geller, Stephen Paddock, Vegas Massacre11 Comments on Contrary to FBI Hooey, Steven Paddock Fits the Profile of a Convert
Something Else To Fret About: ISIS Mounting Dirty Bombs On Drones
You should be wondering the same thing that National Security and Homeland Security experts are taking seriously.
Drone Over City
By Tim Johnson from Special to McClatchy Washington Bureau
Here's a fear that keeps counter-terrorism officials up at night: Extremists might use drones to drop dirty bombs or poison on Western cities.
It could just be a matter of time before Islamic State fighters take drone usage from the battlefield in Syria and Iraq to urban areas of the West, security officials say.
"I understand that an openly available drone, such as a quadcopter, which is able to hold a camera, can drop some dirty explosive device," Friedrich Grommes, Germany's top international terrorism official, told McClatchy on the sidelines of a national security forum.
"Even if only a few people are affected, it serves completely the idea of terrorism," Grommes added. The payload would be "something which is poisonous. It could be a chemical or whatever is commercially available."
Concerns about such tactics grew after Australian federal police said on Aug. 3 that they had disrupted an Islamic State plot to build an "improvised chemical dispersion device" that terrorists sought to deploy in urban areas. Plotters aimed to spread hydrogen sulfide, a poisonous gas.
Such a flying dirty bomb could be attached to a drone and used in Europe or North America, counter-terrorism officials said.
"That technology hasn't quite crossed the Atlantic. It actually hasn't left the battlefield," said Chris Rousseau, director of Canada's Integrated Terrorism Assessment Centre, based in Ottawa.
Rousseau and other counter-terror experts spoke at the two-day Intelligence & National Security Summit 2017 in Washington.
After the panel, Rousseau spoke further about a drone carrying a terrorist weapon: "The question is at what point somebody's going to get the idea to use that here."
Extremists may not have the knowhow to manufacture deadly nerve or chemical agents, choosing simpler chemical components and combining them with an explosive, Grommes said.
"They will refrain from developing the complex chemical or biological attacks because they want to have the sudden spectacular blast," said Grommes, who heads a directorate focused on international terrorism at Germany's Federal Intelligence Service, known as the BND.
Counter-terrorism officials, speaking about other facets of the war on terrorism, said nations must not get complacent about a possible strengthening of al-Qaida, the extremist faction that launched the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, eventually retreating from Afghanistan to the Arabian Peninsula and North Africa amid sustained U.S.-led military pressure. The group has been overshadowed by the Islamic State.
In a reversal of al-Qaida's earlier tactics, Sheikh Hamza bin Laden, son of the deceased al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, called in May for the group's followers to embrace the kinds of "lone wolf attacks" used by Islamic State, its bitter rival, in which jihadists execute terror operations acting largely on their own and without direction.
Experts said the latest crop of terror attacks in Europe were largely carried out by men afflicted by anger more than driven by religious fanaticism.
Khalid Masood, a 52-year-old Briton who plowed a car into pedestrians on London's Westminster Bridge on March 22, killing five people and injuring 50, left behind writings with "almost no real ideological content," said Paddy McGuinness, Britain's deputy national security adviser for intelligence, security and resilience.
Attackers find an outlet for rage in radical interpretations of Islam, McGuinness said.
"They are looking for something and they stick a sticker on it and they find their justification," McGuinness said. "Their grip on their religion is so superficial as to be less than what you'd get by watching a television documentary."
Rousseau, the Canadian official, echoed that belief.
"Religious ideology is very much the excuse," Rousseau said, noting that little differentiates the anger of white supremacists and Islamic radicals.
McGuinness called on Britain's allies to do more to remove radical Islamic content from the internet, where he said it becomes an echo chamber for radicals.
"People can radicalize very, very quickly," McGuinness said. Just as some countries bar pedophiles from putting content on line, he said Western countries need to fight the presence of extremists online, "not allow them to be there."
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Author oneway2dayPosted on September 9, 2017 Categories Counterjihad, TerrorismTags Chemical Weapons, Chris Rousseau, Dirty Bombs, Drones, Friedrich Grommes, Hamza bin Laden, Homeland Security, INS Summit-2017, Internet Terrorism, ISIS, Islamic Terrorism, National SecurityLeave a comment on Something Else To Fret About: ISIS Mounting Dirty Bombs On Drones
Analysis of ISIS's Claims of Responsibility for Terrorist Attacks Carried Out Abroad
The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (ITIC) has put together an analysis of Islamic terrorist attacks that ISIS has taken credit.
The ITIC divides ISIS claims into a "short form" and a "long form". The short form claims are classed as ISIS inspired. The long form claims are classed as ISIS directed.
The short form claims occur primarily in Western nations such as the recent Islamic terrorist attacks in Spain. The long form claims are located primarily in Muslim dominated nations.
The differentiation is interesting yet in my opinion, whether inspired or directed, the operation is a horrendous evil that must be dealt with in a brutal manner. A brutal response is standard procedure in Middle Eastern and Maghreb (North African Muslim) nations. Due to the influence of Leftist Multicultural politics, a brutal response is politically incorrect.
Unless Western nations can eschew political correctness, Islamic terrorists will continue to ravage Western nations.
Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center
Full document in PDF
Overview[1]
This study examines the forms of ISIS's claims of responsibility for terrorist attacks it carried out abroad (i.e., not in Iraq and Syria, its "core countries"). It covers 22 claims of responsibility for attacks carried out between June 2016 and June 2017. The study shows a close correlation between the form of the various claims and the types and locations of the attacks. The ITIC is of the opinion that the insights gained from the study can be a used as a methodological tool to examine ISIS claims of responsibility and assess their significance.
Most of the attacks examined for this study were carried out by ISIS in Western countries (the United States and western Europe), some in Arab-Muslim countries (Egypt, Turkey Iran) and some in others(Israel, Russia, Kenya). In ITIC assessment, most of the attacks in the West were ISIS-inspired, that is, inspired by but not directed by ISIS, without its logistic support or the involvement of its external operational headquarters in choosing a target or reaching it. Some of the attacks (especially in Arab-Muslim countries) were planned by ISIS, and preceded by the methodical collection of intelligence, procuring weapons and training the operative or operatives who carried them out.
A comparison of the various claims of responsibility indicates that three different patternsare used:
The "short form:"The most frequently used type of claim of responsibility. It uses phrases and terms that repeat themselves in most of the announcements. In ITIC assessment the short form is relevant mostly for ISIS-inspired attacks carried out in the West. The announcements are composed after the attack and disseminated within a short time (usually the day after the attack). Apparently whoever composes the announcements prefers not to include unnecessary details because the full picture is not yet sufficiently clear and in order not to reveal the fact that the announcements were written after the attack and the terrorists who carried out the attack do not have an organizational link to ISIS.[2]Short-form announcements are similar to one another but not identical (with small, insignificant differences in terminology and style).
The "long form:"Such claims of responsibility are long and detailed, and include information about the attack and explicit reasons for their having been carried out. They are issued mainly for attacks which were planned in advance and for which ISIS paid attention to the aspect of propaganda. They are most commonly used for attacks carried out in Arab-Muslim countries. They are regularly issued in Syria, Iran and other countries where there are branches of ISIS (e.g., the Sinai Peninsula). The attacks examined for this study revealed four such claims of responsibility: for the suicide bombing attack in the Coptic cathedral in Cairo (December 12, 2016); the shooting attack in the nightclub in the heart of Istanbul (January 1, 2017), and the combined suicide bombing and shooting attack in Tehran (June 7, 2017). The announcement issued after the suicide bombing attack in Manchester (May 22, 2017) also belongs to that category.[3]
Claims of responsibility including videos:About one third of the short-form announcements issued after ISIS-inspired attacks included videos, in most cases published after the attack. In each instance the video was filmed at the initiative of the terrorists who carried out the attack. They photographed themselves before the attack and sent the pictures to ISIS, which were published by its Amaq news agency(or by other media). There were also several instances of attacks photographed and the pictures published in real time. The videos included threats against Western countries and oaths of allegiance to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The inclusion of videos increases the propaganda impact of the attacks. The attack in Tehran, which was well-planned, was photographed in real time as part of the overall the plan. In Syria and Iraq, and other Arab-Muslim countries where provinces of ISIS operate. It is very common for long-form claims of responsibility to be accompanied by videos prepared in advance (especially when suicide bombing attacks are carried out).
Larossi Abballa, who stabbed a French police officer and his partner to death in the residential commune of Magnanville, north-west of Paris. He photographed himself with his cell phone. As part of the video he recorded himself swearing allegiance to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Amaq, June 14, 2016).
During the period studied, one instance of an ISIS-inspired attack was found for which ISIS did not claim responsibility. On June 8, 2016, two terrorist operatives carried out a shooting attack in the Sarona commercial and entertainment complex in the heart of Tel Aviv (four killed, seven wounded). The two attackers were inspired by ISIS; one of them had been influenced by ISIS ideology while studying in Jordan. They were assisted by a third operative, who provided them with weapons. ISIS did not claim responsibility for the attack despite the media capital it could have made from inspiring an attack in Tel Aviv. ISIS's motives for not claiming responsibility are unclear. It is possible that ISIS did not have sufficient information about the attack while it was being carried out to indicate the terrorists had been inspired by the organization.
How reliable are ISIS's claims of responsibility? In ITIC assessment, most of the attacks for which ISIS claims responsibility were in fact carried out by its operatives(planned attacks), or by terrorists who were inspired by the organization(inspired attacks). However, those are exceptional cases. For example, through its Amaq news agency, ISIS claimed responsibility for the combined shooting and stabbing attack carried out near the Nablus Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem (June 16, 2017). According to the announcement, the attack was carried out by the "lions of the caliphate in the Palestine Province [of ISIS]." In ITIC assessment, the announcement was false, and reflected ISIS's desire to boast of a success in a symbolic location such as "Palestine," given the severe pressure exerted on the organization in Syria and Iraq.
In conclusion, an examination of the claims of responsibility revealed a connection between the pattern of announcement and the nature and location of the attack. Short-form announcements seem to indicate an ISIS-inspired attack, usually carried out in a Western country, primarily by Muslims or people who have converted to Islam, been radicalized, and identify with ISIS's ideology. Long-form announcements, on the other hand, seem to indicate a previously-planned ISIS attack. They are usually carried out in Syria, Iraq and Arab-Muslim countries, where ISIS has high operational capabilities.[4] Videos are included in claims of responsibility for both ISIS-inspired attacks and planned attacks. The difference between them is that in ISIS-inspired attacks the inclusion of a video is improvised and inserted on the initiative of the terrorists who carry them out, and then disseminated by ISIS's propaganda machine. In planned attacks, publishing videos is part of preparations for the attack and attention is given to the aspect of propaganda. ISIS uses many languages in its announcements, depending on the target audience (Arabic and English are popular languages for the videos).
Composition and style of ISIS's claims of responsibility
Short-form announcements
*** The following are the various linguistic and contentcharacteristics of claims of responsibility issued as short-form announcements:
Headline: The headline includes the source of the announcement (usually ISIS's Amaq news agency), the date and the degree of urgency.
Body of the announcement: The announcement is usually written in modern Arabic, short and succinct. In most cases the language is grammatically correct.
Source: Information is often attributed to "a security source." In ITIC assessment, that creates the impression (not always accurate) that ISIS has access to "security sources" with knowledge about the attack in whatever country it occurred. Sometimes only a "source" is mentioned.
Timing of releasing the announcement: In most instances, the announcement is issued the day after the attack. In exceptional instances, it is issued on the same day or two days later.
Language: ISIS issues the announcements in Arabic, but obviously makes the attempt to issue them in the language of the country where the attack took place. For ISIS-inspired attacks, some of the announcements are also presented in English, to increase the impact of ISIS's message on Western audiences. The claim of responsibility for the attack at the night club in Istanbul also appeared in Turkish.
Publisher: Most of the claims of responsibility for attacks in the West are issued by ISIS's Amaq news agency. It also issues claims of responsibility for attacks carried out in Syria, Lebanon and the Arab-Muslim world. Most of the announcements in the Middle East are issued by Haq, another ISIS news agency. In one instance (the attack in Manchester) Amaq issued a short announcement in Arabic and Haq issued two longer announcements, one in Arabic and one in English.
Names of the operatives: Generally speaking, the names and pictures of the operatives who carried out attacks do not appear. On exceptional occasions the aka of the terrorist, which relates to his country of origin, does appear. The aka is not necessarily accurate: in one instance a terrorist was reported as "Abu Yusuf the Belgian," when in fact he came from Algeria.
Description of the attack: Attacks are described as "attacks" or "operational actions". On rare occasions the term is "an armed attack". In ITIC assessment, there is no real difference between the terms. Another term used is "an act of self-sacrifice," which describes a suicide bombing attack (which are fundamentally different from other types of attacks).
Number of victims: Often the number of victims is not mentioned (possibly because of the lack of precise information). Sometimes the number is a combination of those killed and wounded. That is done to magnify the attackand make it seem like a greater "achievement."
Terms for the coalition attacking ISIS: In most instances, the forces of the coalition attacking ISIS are referred to as "Crusaders." Sometimes the coalition is referred to as "international." However, the word "Christian" appears more than "Crusaders" to describe the people who are the targets of ISIS attacks. In ISIS's perception a religious war is being fought, Muslims against Christians, in which Muslims indiscriminately attack Christians.
Reason for the attack: The most common reason for an attack comes in answer to ISIS's call to attack the countries of the coalition fighting ISIS in Syria and Iraq. The objective is to exert pressure on the citizens of the coalition countries, creating public opinion to stop the attacks on the Islamic State.
Structure of a short-form claim of responsibility for an ISIS-inspired attack
Analysis of long-form announcements
** Long-form announcement have several unique features:
Pattern and language: The long-form announcements are written in classic literary Arabic, are clearly Islamic in style, and use religious terminology. For example, mushrikin(polytheist), fitna(civil war), amir al-mu'minin (ruler of the faithful), Salibyin (Crusaders), and khilafa(caliphate). Alongside such terms there are also worlds from modern Arabic.
Description, location and manner of the attack: The attack is described at length and has details which do not appear in short-form announcements. For example, a suicide bomber with an explosive belt blew himself up in an [sic] suicide bombing attack targeting a gathering of local Christians [i.e., Copts] in the central cathedral in Cairo. The location of the attack is mentioned to stress the size of the attack and because it was centrally located and crowded. Other long-form announcements were issued for the attacks on the nightclub in Istanbul and the Manchester Arena to illustrate that they were carried out in crowded sites.
Detailed description of the target using Islamic terminology: Long-form announcements include details about the targets. In Egypt, the Coptswere called Crusaders (Salibyin) or "Christians in Egypt." The announcement also referred to Muslims who had allegedly abandoned Islam, calling them "infidels" and "abandoners of Islam." The announcement about the attack in the nightclub in Istanbul accused Turkey of being an Islamic country that had abandoned Islam, calling it "the defender of the cross" (i.e., as having left Islam).
Justification for the attacks
The announcements chosen for examination indicate that the justification for carrying out terrorist attacks,including indiscriminate attacks, is based on religious arguments, at the center of which is the struggle of Muslims against Christians and "infidels," that is, people of other religions holding different beliefs. The terrorist who carries out the attack is called a "soldier" in the ranks of the Islamic State, who fights against its enemies under the direction of the "emir of the faithful," that is, the caliph (ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi). Another justification for the attacks appearing in many announcements is revenge against the coalition countries and other enemiesfighting ISIS, which it represents as enemies of Islam and Muslims. ISIS exerts pressure on their citizens by terrifying them (the announcements use the term irhab, which means to frighten or sow fear among people, and does not mean to carry out a terrorist attack).
The main message sent by the claims of responsibility and ISIS's primary objective as reflected in them is the following: ISIS continues to wage a holy war (jihad) against its many enemies, including Christians ("Crusaders"), Shi'ites (rejecters of Islam), Muslims who abandoned Islam, and anyone who is not monotheistic, according to ISIS's interpretation. ISIS's primary objective is to spread its version of Islam around the globe following its victory over the various "infidels." That is an overall goal when has no genuine chance of being achieved, but it turned a large number of states and population groups into enemies, which ISIS feels it has religious justification to kill.
Representing terrorism as a religious war between Muslims and Christians. The cover of the July 2017 issue of ISIS's English-language magazine, Dabiq. In the picture an Islamic State "soldier" tears down a cross atop a church. The cover of the magazine reads, "Break the Cross" (Dabiq, issue #15, July 2016).
[1] The full English version of this bulletin will appear on the ITIC website. The full Hebrew version can be accessed on the ITIC website. ↑
[2] In the past ISIS did not customarily issue claims of responsibility for ISIS-inspired attacks. Apparently, during 2016, when they became a significant modus operandi in the West, a general announcement was composed that was relevant for ISIS-inspired attacks. ↑
[3] Other examples of attacks carried out in Europe, after which a long-form claim of responsibility was issued, were the attacks at the airport in Brussels and the attack near the headquarters of the EU (both on March 22, 2016). It was a well-planned attack and considerable attention was paid to the aspect of propaganda. ↑
[4] Attacks carried out by ISIS operatives in Syria and Iraq were not examined in this study. ↑
About ITIC
The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (ITIC) was established in 2002. It is part of the Israel Intelligence Heritage and Commemoration Center (IICC), a national site dedicated to the memory of fallen of the Israeli intelligence community. The ITIC is located near Gelilot, north of Tel Aviv, and is directed by (Col. Ret.) Dr. Reuven Erlich. The objective of the ITIC is to collect, study, and disseminate information mainly about terrorism and intelligence.
The main research topics in the field of terrorism:
The Palestinian terrorist organizations, their ideology, activities and military capabilities, their political activity, and their international battle for hearts and minds.
The Palestinian Authority and the de-facto Hamas administration in the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Global jihad organizations, mainly ISIS and Al-Qaeda.
Funding and marketing terrorism.
States which sponsor terrorism, mainly Iran and Syria.
The campaign to delegitimize Israel.
Anti-Semitism and incitement to terrorism and hatred directed against the State of Israel and the Jewish people.
Iran and its policy toward terrorism and the State of Israel.
The Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center employs a staff of experts who research the various aspects of terrorism. They monitor the day-to-day events in the field of terrorism, collect the relevant information, process and analyze the data, and regularly issue information bulletins and in-depth studies about the ITIC's fields of interest. The ITIC publications include periodic and in-depth studies on various issues.
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Author oneway2dayPosted on August 21, 2017 Categories Counterjihad, Islamism, TerrorismTags ISIS, Islamic Propaganda, Islamic Terrorism, ITIC, Jihad Justification, Long Form, Responsibility Claims, Short FormLeave a comment on Analysis of ISIS's Claims of Responsibility for Terrorist Attacks Carried Out Abroad
The EU, Islam and Radicalization
Europeans face the same kind of propaganda of blaming the exposers of reality as Conservatives face in America from the Left on multiple issues, including gun control. After Leftist hater James Hodgkinson (See Also HERE) went to murder Republican members of Congress because he hated Trump, the Dem gun control rhetoric was amped up almost as viciously as the Hodgkinson shooter himself.
Fjordman (Peder Jensen) is the Counterjihad writer that European Multiculturalists love to hate. They would rather blame Fjordman (and other Counterjihad writers daring to risk EU hate-speech laws) for acts of Islamic terrorism rather than the Muslims devoted to the purist Islam of Muhammad and the revered writings of the Quran, Hadith and Sunnah.
Below is a Fjordman essay I found on the Internet European publication Snaphanen that takes a stark look at Muslim immigration to Europe and the troubles that immigration is causing.
June 13, 2017 [SENESTE OPDATERING – Danish for LATEST UPDATE] 1806 KL [I'm guessing Danish for "o'clock" – HERE & HERE]
[Blog Editor: I must admit ignorance of European publications. Snaphanen has a ".dk" indicating Denmark but the news seems to focus on Sweden. And Fjordman is Norwegian. It's all Nordic to me.]
One of the frustrating things about trying to warn against a gradually-developing threat is that many people choose to ignore the warnings until it is almost too late. Perhaps this is human nature. We prefer to ignore unpleasant realities as much as possible, and don't believe a problem is real until we can see it with our own eyes. Some people will not believe it even then.
If seeing is believe, the time has now come to believe. The problems of mass migration and radical Islam have been developing for a long time. However, they have intensified recently and keep on escalating. 2015 may in hindsight be remembered as the year when illegal mass immigration was brought to the forefront of mass media attention. Migrants have been arriving illegally to the Western world for many years. Yet the flow of illegal migrants arriving in boats in the Mediterranean has drastically increased in 2015 compared to 2013 or 2014.
After some high-profile incidents in which migrants have drowned,[1] several European countries sent ships to pick up illegal immigrants in the Mediterranean and bring them to Europe. Critics argue that this is not a long-term solution. This sends out a signal to illegal immigrants and people smugglers that Europe is open to them. That will encourage even more of them to come. There is no reason to assume that the pressure of illegal immigration from the south will stop in the year 2016, 2017 or 2030. On the contrary, the ongoing population explosion in Africa and parts of the Middle East indicates that mass migration could further increase in scale in the coming years. The turmoil caused by militant Islam also continues.
Sometimes, bringing attention to a problem may trigger accusations that you caused the problem to exist in the first place. Jan Opsal is a Professor of Science of religion at the School of Mission and Theology (MHS) in Stavanger, Norway. He works with issues related to Christian-Muslim relations. In July 2015, Professor Opsal accused me personally of contributing to the rise of radical and militant Islam by spreading alleged "conspiracy theories" about Islam.[2] According to him, "Those who warn against Islam, through constant assertions that are not factual, will thereby contribute to increased radicalization of Islam." Mr. Opsal further suggested that maybe one tenth of a percentage point of Muslims support the Islamic State (IS or ISIS).
With all due respect to the professor, the percentage of Muslims sympathizing with the militant Muslims of ISIS is a lot bigger than what he suggests. It could be 50 times as great, or even 100 to 200 times. Muslims supporting jihadists from groups such as ISIS or al-Qaida can now be found in cities and towns across the Western world. This is not a "conspiracy theory." It is a fact. Just listen to the increasingly worried warnings of professional security services.
Furthermore, if you listen to the jihadists themselves, they legitimize their actions by referring to the Koran and other authoritative Islamic texts. Suggesting that critics of Islam helped cause the slave markets and massacres of ISIS is not merely wrong, it is absurd. This is like suggesting that critics of Communism caused the Gulag, or that critics of Nazism caused Auschwitz.
Next to Islamic theology, the primary cause of radicalization in Europe today is arguably the immigration policies promoted by Western political elites. EU governments have a duty to help the flood of migrants arriving in Europe and not cave in to "populist" demands to turn them back, European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker says.[3] In other words, EU leaders think native Europeans have a "duty" to settle large numbers of illegal immigrants from dysfunctional African and Muslim societies permanently in their nations. "Ministers, unlike citizens, have an obligation to act. We made proposals that went far, while still being modest given the scale of the problem," Juncker said, referring to the proposals from the Commission, the executive arm or unelected "government" of the 28-nation EU. "We proposed a mandatory system to redistribute asylum seekers and people who need international protection, but the member states did not follow us," he said. At a July 20, 2015 meeting in Brussels, EU justice and home affairs ministers agreed to relocate more than 32,250 Syrians, Eritreans, Iraqis and Somalis who had landed in Greece and Italy. The ministers also agreed to take in some 22,500 Syrian refugees currently living in camps outside the EU. Juncker said the EU would resume efforts to reach a higher target. "If we don't get there on a voluntary basis, we will have to reconsider the Commission's proposals," the former Prime Minister of Luxembourg said. Mandatory distribution of asylum seekers among member states is still being seriously considered.
Illegal immigrants currently arrive on a daily basis, at a pace of hundreds of thousands annually. They use every trick imaginable to get into Europe, perceived as the promised land of milk and honey. Migrants hide in containers, storm trucks, occupy railway stations or use inflatable rubber dinghies. Some even try to swim to European-controlled territories,[4] or get smuggled in suitcases.[5] Meanwhile, there is rising opposition among ordinary Europeans to having their local communities forcibly changed by this influx.
It is interesting to note that some of the strongest opposition to mass immigration can be found in societies that have first-hand experience with Communist rule: Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Eastern Germany and Baltic nations. Nationalists protested in Riga, Latvia's capital, against their country's taking in a planned 250 migrants under an EU resettlement scheme. "I don't feel that EU institutions are listening to our concerns about taking in refugees from very different cultures," said MP Raivis Dzintars.[6] Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has repeatedly sounded the alarm. He warns that mass immigration constitutes a threat to European civilization.
EUSSR It has long been a joke to compare the European Union to the Soviet Union, an EUSSR. Some people wonder whether this is really a joke. The Russian intellectual and former Soviet dissident Vladimir Bukovksy believes the EU has certain structural similarities to the dictatorial Soviet Union.[7] The unelected and powerful European Commission resembles the Soviet Politburo, ruling hundreds of millions of people without their consent. While partly true, it should be mentioned that not even Communist states such as the Soviet Union championed mass immigration of Muslims and Africans on the scale which the EU is doing today. The USA does, however. The EU seems to have adopted harmful traits from both Cold War superpowers: The anti-democratic bureaucratic structure of the Soviet Union, and the mass immigration "diversity" policies of the USA.
It has become increasingly apparent that the EU in its present form is actively harmful to the long-term interests of native Europeans. The organization provides weak leadership. When it attempts any leadership at all, it usually leads Europe in the wrong direction. The handling of illegal immigration and radical Islam has been very poor, and dominated by Utopian ideas without basis in reality. Its handling of the euro crisis in Greece has not been impressive, either. With its increasingly authoritarian centralization, the EU robs national parliaments of their power and undermines its own popular legitimacy. The repeated attempts to force illegal immigrants on all of its member states trigger outright hostility. Its immigration policies contribute to the rising polarization of European societies.
Perhaps the EU will be remembered as the alleged "peace project" that once again plunged Europe into conflict.
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-33791920 Rescue hopes fade for migrants after boat capsizes in Mediterranean 6 August 2015
http://www.smp.no/nyheter/article11358314.ece — Skremmebilder av islam gir radikalisering. Published in the regional Norwegian newspaper Sunnmørsposten, 28.07 2015.
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/europe-migrants.13r9 Juncker urges EU members to resist 'populist' rejection of migrants 6 August 2015.
latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2015/08/02/4-sub-saharan-africans-drown -while-trying-to-swim-to-ceuta/ 4 Sub-Saharan Africans drown while trying to swim to Ceuta August 02, 2015.
http://www.thelocal.es/20150805/brother-of-man-who-died-in-suitcase-charged Man held over brother's death inside suitcase 05 Aug 2015.
euobserver.com/tickers/129838 Latvian nationalists protest against immigration 5. Aug 2015.
http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/865 Former Soviet Dissident Warns For EU Dictatorship. Vladimir Bukovksy in interview with Paul Belien, 2006-02-27.
[Blog Editor: Fjordman made a comment to this Snaphanen post 6/13/17:
Peder Fjordman Jensen • 2 days ago Thanks to Steen to reprint this text. It is originally from 2015, but the conclusion is the same today. My conclusion already before the euro crisis and the migrant crisis began was that the EU can not be reformed.]
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Author oneway2dayPosted on June 15, 2017 June 15, 2017 Categories Activism, Conservative, Counterjihad, Immigration, Islamism, Left Wing, News and politicsTags al-Qaeda, Counterjihad, EUSSR, Fjordman, Illegal Immigration, ISIS, Islamic Culture, Islamization, Jan Opsal, Jean-Claude Juncker, Multiculturalism, Muslim Migration, Snaphanen, Unelected EU, Vladimir BukovksyLeave a comment on The EU, Islam and Radicalization
Disagreement on Conspiracy Theory Pt 1
© April 21, 2017
One of my favorite Internet pals is a fellow that frequents my WordPress blog NCCR. His moniker is Yurki1000. When I refer to him I usually his moniker because I am unsure of how much anonymity he wishes to maintain. He does sign many of his comments with his first name, but for the most part I'll stick with Yurki1000 or Yurki.
That being said, Yurki has sent a lengthy comment that demonstrates agreement with another NCCR commenter using the moniker Futuret. Futuret leans more on the validity of some of the Conspiracy Theories than I do.
There are many Conspiracy Theories I concur with, yet many are simply beyond the believability scale especially when I know some facts that contradict a Conspiracy Theory accepted by way too many people.
I am preambling with this information primarily because I do not want to get involved in a rift with these two guys in whom typically I enjoy reading.
With another, ''that being said," I am disagreeing much of Yurki's comment to Futuret by answering the premises of the links and comments he has produced demonstrating agreement to the Political Vel Craft link that pushes the theory that the Chemical attack on Khan Shaykhun perpetrated by Bashar al-Assad that killed or injured hundreds of civilian men, women and children was a false flag perpetrated by Trump Administration.
Frankly, the more logical evidence I have read indicates this was not a false flag. If the attack was a false flag, then the fingering pointing source would be to the Trump Administration. I can't accept that the guy promising to make America great again had anything to do with perpetrating an attack on men, women and children.
The other possibility is that Syrian Rebels gassed their own supporters. THAT IS LUDICROUS!
And the last possibility is there was no chemical attack whatsoever. There is simply too much evidence that a chemical attack occurred.
So, a false flag travels back to, It's Trump's fault. Again, I cannot accept that.
I have run into a bit of a difficulty in sharing my thoughts link by link and comment by comment. I got through Yurki's first four links and have out that I have the equivalent of eleven pages of a Word Document. I am going to have to consider this post Part One of I have no idea of how many parts.
Futuret
https://politicalvelcraft.org/2017/04/09/syrian-false-flag-cia-mossad-armed-isis-rebels-set-up-desperate-excuse-for-trump/
Syrian False Flag: CIA Mossad Armed ISIS Rebels Set Up Desperate Excuse For Trump
Evidence suggests a false flag chemical weapons attack on the Syrian people was initiated by Syrian rebels with the help of the United States in order to justify Thursday night's U.S. Military attack on a Syrian base.
pResident Trump approved the bombing of the Syrian military base controlled by Bashir al-Assad supposedly to destroy the Syrian government's ability to launch further chemical attacks on civilians.
… READ ENTIRETY (Syrian False Flag: CIA Mossad Armed ISIS Rebels Set Up Desperate Excuse For Trump; By VOLUBRJOTR; Political Vel Craft; 4/9/17)
Oneway2day [That's me – John R. Houk]
Much of Political Vel Craft's thoughts are developed on data that occurred under Obama and not Trump's very brief tenure as President. For Example Obama's exist from Iraq enabled ISIS in the first place. Obama wanted to get rid of Assad (which was commendable yet I mistrust the Obama motive), his huge mistake was in not vetting which Syrian rebels got the Libyan secret weapons cache sent suspiciously in a clandestine manner. My feeling Obama armed ISIS just as much as any Rebels he considered moderate.
Thus the declassified evidence criticized at Political Vel Craft has credence in accuracy than as a false flag.
Accusing Mossad/Israel of allying with ISIS is like criticizing Jews criticizing Hitler for turning on Stalin in WWII. Both WWII dictators were Antisemitic, but by 1939 Hitler was already targeting Jews in Germany. In Russia 1939 Jews were joining the Red Army as Russians rather than as Jews. It makes no sense to make a deal with the devil ISIS to get rid of the devil Assad.
Yurki1000
http://humansarefree.com/2011/05/proof-that-osama-bin-laden-was-cia-and.html
Premise of the link: Osama bin Laden worked for the CIA and also died in 2001.
'Who was Osama Bin Laden?
Osama bin Laden, A.K.A. CIA Asset "Tim Osman"'
There is a striking resemblance in the comparison photo of Tim Osman and Osama bin Laden. Nevertheless, the facts speak for themselves. Undoubtedly the CIA was involved with arming and perhaps even training bin Laden. BUT that was the days of former Soviet Russia trying to convert Afghanistan into an atheistic Communist satellite. The CIA & Saudi money aided Afghan freedom fighters (mujahideen) to drive the Red Army crazy.
I have no idea what happened to this Osman fellow, but bin Laden went to be disillusioned with U.S. aid because of an infidel status. The infidel status sent bin Laden over the edge when Saudis allowed Bush I to set up military bases in Muslim holy land Saudi Arabia to take down Saddam Hussein in the First Gulf War.
Shazam! Al Qaeda is born to inflict pain on the USA. Then is a multitude of year following the 911 attack, bin Laden makes numerous recruiting and/or fatwa videos for his minions and against the USA.
The essence of the above link is that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is a Jew undercover for Mossad. This conspiracy theory's biggest problem is two-fold.
1. The source of the theory Shi'ite Iran. Sunnis and Shia hate each other. ISIS claims itself as Sunni. ISIS victims are largely Christians, Yazidis and Shia Muslims.
2. The pro-Iranian use a photo comparison much like the above link uses a photo to claim that Tim Osman and Osama bin Laden are one and the same. The theory states that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is really actor Simon Elliot (or Elliot Shimon to add a more Jewish pedigree).
I answer premise one within the numbered premise.
Premise number two again uses photo comparisons that have an uncanny resemblance. The problem: al-Baghdadi has a public history even known to be a one-time prisoner of the USA in Iraq that was released. The Brookings Institution has a quite lengthy biography of al-Baghdadi that includes a family lineage and his birth name – which is not Elliot Simon. You should read the whole thing, but for my purposes here are some excerpts:
IBRAHIM AWWAD IBRAHIM AL-BADRI was born in 1971 in Samarra, an ancient Iraqi city on the eastern edge of the Sunni Triangle north of Baghdad. The son of a pious man who taught Quranic recitation in a local mosque, Ibrahim himself was withdrawn, taciturn, and, when he spoke, barely audible. Neighbors who knew him as a teenager remember him as shy and retiring. Even when people crashed into him during friendly soccer matches, his favorite sport, he remained stoic. But photos of him from those years capture another quality: a glowering intensity in the dark eyes beneath his thick, furrowed brow.
Early on, Ibrahim's nickname was "The Believer." When he wasn't in school, he spent much of his time at the local mosque, immersed in his religious studies; and when he came home at the end of the day, according to one of his brothers, Shamsi, he was quick to admonish anyone who strayed from the strictures of Islamic law.
Now Ibrahim al-Badri is known to the world as Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the ruler of the Islamic State or ISIS, and he has the power not just to admonish but to punish and even execute anyone within his territories whose faith is not absolute. His followers call him "Commander of the Believers," a title reserved for caliphs, the supreme spiritual and temporal rulers of the vast Muslim empire of the Middle Ages. Though his own realm is much smaller, he rules millions of subjects. Some are fanatically loyal to him; many others cower in fear of the bloody consequences for defying his brutal version of Islam.
Two of Baghdadi's uncles served in Saddam's security services, and one of his brothers became an officer in the army. Another brother who served in the military died during the grueling eight-year war that Iraq fought against Iran in the 1980s with tacit U.S. support. Baghdadi might well have shared that fate had the war continued a little longer and his near-sightedness not disqualified him from military service.
When Baghdadi graduated from the University of Baghdad in 1996, he enrolled in the recently-established Saddam University for Islamic Studies where he studied for a master's in Quranic recitation, his favorite subject. His family's Baathist connections undoubtedly helped him get into the highly-selective graduate program. Baghdadi's master's thesis was a commentary on an obscure medieval text on Quranic recitation. His task was to reconcile various versions of the manuscript. While tedious, it involved little imagination and no questioning of the content—a perfect project for a dogmatist. He received his master's degree in 1999 and immediately enrolled in Saddam University's doctoral program in Quranic studies.
During Baghdadi's time in graduate school, his paternal uncle, Ismail al-Badri, persuaded him to join the Muslim Brotherhood, a transnational movement dedicated to establishing states governed by Islamic law. … But Baghdadi quickly gravitated toward those few Salafis whose strict creed led them to call for the overthrow of rulers they considered betrayers of the faith. They called themselves jihadist Salafis. Baghdadi's older brother, Jum`a, was part of this movement. So was Baghdadi's mentor, Muhammad Hardan, a one-time member of the Brotherhood who had fought in the war against the Soviets in Afghanistan in the 1980s.
Baghdadi threw himself into the writings of those Muslim Brothers who had embraced jihadism. Under their tutelage he grew increasingly impatient with the Brotherhood mainstream, which he felt was made up of "people of words, not action."
LATE IN 2003, after the Americans had defeated and disbanded Saddam's army, Baghdadi helped found Jaysh Ahl al-Sunna wa-l-Jamaah (Army of the People of the Sunna and Communal Solidarity), an insurgent group that fought U.S. troops and their local allies in northern and central Iraq.
Soon after, in February 2004, Baghdadi was arrested in Fallujah while visiting a friend who was on the American wanted list. He was transferred to a detention facility at Camp Bucca, a sprawling complex in southern Iraq. Prison files classified him as a "civilian detainee," which meant his captors didn't know he was a jihadist.
By the time Baghdadi was released on December 8, 2004, he had a virtual Rolodex for reconnecting with his co-conspirators and protégés: they had written one another's phone numbers in the elastic of their underwear.
THE CONFIDANT
JUST TWO MONTHS BEFORE BAGHDADI'S RELEASE, al-Qaida established a branch of its terror network in Iraq by absorbing a jihadist militia run by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and putting him in charge of it. Zarqawi, a Jordanian who wanted to create an Islamic state, thought he could use al-Qaida in Iraq (AQI) to provoke a sectarian civil war between Iraq's minority Sunnis and the majority Shiites, which would force the Sunnis to turn to his group for protection.
… Baghdadi set about his assigned task of ensuring that AQI's online propaganda was in line with its brand of ultraconservative Islam. Baghdadi's tribal connections in Iraq and his ties with other jihadist groups there must have also come in handy, because on several occasions he was able to help foreign jihadists cross Syria's border into his native land. At the time, Syria's President, Bashar al-Assad, was turning a blind eye to the foreign fighter pipeline into Iraq in order to punish the United States for invading the country; that same pipeline …
In 2006, al-Qaida in Iraq formed an umbrella organization for jihadist groups resisting the American occupation. Baghdadi's group was one of the first to join. Soon after, Zarqawi declared his intent to establish an Islamic state, directly countermanding al-Qaida's instructions to wait until after the Americans had withdrawn and AQI secured popular support for establishing the state. When Zarqawi was killed in a U.S. airstrike in June, his successor, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, an Egyptian jihadist, went ahead with the plan. …
Because of his scholarly credentials, Baghdadi was put in charge of the Islamic State's religious affairs in some of its Iraqi "provinces." Because the group did not yet actually control any territory, this largely meant that Baghdadi continued to be responsible for ensuring that the Islamic State's propaganda reflected its creed, and that its foot soldiers abided by its strictures and implemented the harsh punishments prescribed by Islamic scripture wherever and whenever they could. Accused adulterers whom they managed to capture were stoned, alcohol drinkers were whipped, thieves had their hands amputated, and "apostates"—anyone who defied the Islamic State's program—were executed.
… Whatever the case, the captured courier led the Iraqi authorities to al-Rawi, who, under interrogation, gave his captors information that enabled a U.S.-Iraqi force in April 2010 to surround the mud house outside Tikrit where Abu Umar and Masri were hiding. The two blew themselves up rather than surrender.
With their deaths, the Islamic State faced its first leadership succession. The Consultative Council couldn't meet in conclave to choose a new emir since that might have ended with another American-led raid and another multiple suicide. Bin Laden, who still had the allegiance of the Islamic State, issued instructions to the Consultative Council to appoint an interim leader [Blog Editor: NOTE that was 2010! A full 9-yrs after the above Conspiracy Theory that Osama bin Laden died in 2001.] and to send him a list of candidates for emir and their qualifications.
THE EMIR
WITH THE DEATH OF THE ISLAMIC STATE'S COMMANDERS, the head of the Islamic State's military council, Hajji Bakr, was suddenly in a position to manipulate the succession. A former officer in Saddam's army who had served time in Camp Bucca after Baghdadi's release, Bakr was tainted as the former servant of an impious regime and therefore not a contender for supreme leadership himself, so he set about to be the kingmaker and the power behind the throne. Ignoring bin Laden's instructions, Hajji Bakr polled the 11 members of the Consultative Council on their preferences. But he reportedly rigged the outcome by writing a letter to each saying that all of the others were in favor of Baghdadi. …
The council elected the new emir of the Islamic State by a vote of 9 to 2. It was then that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, at the age of 39, took his now-famous nom de guerre, a double homage to his faith and his native land. Abu Bakr was Muhammad's father-in-law and, after the Prophet's death, the first caliph; Baghdad was the capital of the grandest caliphate in early Islam, the Abbasid dynasty. The Abbasids had swept to power in the eighth century using clever apocalyptic propaganda and clandestine networks to mobilize popular anger against the ruling regime in Damascus. Baghdadi was clearly hoping to repeat the performance on the same stage.
With the new emir's blessing, not to mention gratitude, Hajji Bakr set about purging the ranks of the Islamic State of anyone who could challenge Baghdadi's authority. Dubbed by Islamic State insiders as the "prince of shadows" and the emir's "private minister," Hajji Bakr settled scores and eliminated rivals through intimidation and assassination, much as Saddam had done.
The power had now shifted from the foreign fighters to the Iraqi members of the Islamic State. As American and Iraqi forces killed or captured the previous emir's commanders, their replacements were often, like Baghdadi and Hajji Bakr, former prisoners from Camp Bucca. … READ ENTIRETY (THE BELIEVER: How an Introvert with a Passion for Religion and Soccer Became Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Leader of the Islamic State; By William McCants; Brookings Institution; 9/1/15)
A bit lengthy of an excerpt, right? It does prove that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi IS NOT an Israeli Mossad agent whose name is Simon Elliot. Not only is it ridiculous, the Conspiracy Theory smacks of the Antisemitic concept that Jews are behind are the evils of the world. That is a bit infuriating for me.
The next link on Yurki's list:
https://syrianfreepress.wordpress.com/
The link is to a WordPress blog called "the real Syrian Free Press". A brief examination of the website shows it is probably is not as free as it claims or real Syrian as it claims. The blog is a rubberstamp for Bashar al-Assad the dictator that rules as a Shia-Alawite in the Sunni majority Syria. That means its support of Assad there is also support for the crazy Mullahs of Shia-Twelver Iran. Iran is currently the biggest state sponsor of Islamic terrorism. And Iran calls the shots for its terrorist client Hezbollah – Jew-hating Shias in Lebanon which is west of Syria.
The next on the list:
https://libyaagainstsuperpowermedia.org/
The title of this webpage is "LIBYA AGAINST SUPER POWER MEDIA: LIBYA RESISTING AGAINST THE WEST.org site". There is a subsection on the website called "Videos of Al Jazeera, CNN, ABC, ALArabia and other Western Media Lying". It lumps Qatar owned al Jazeera and Saudi owned but United Arab Emirates – Dubai (UAE) located al Arabiya with two Left leaning American news outlets. Saudi Arabia and Qatar propagates the Sunni extremely Radical Islamic theology of Wahhabism. The same line of reasoning used by most Islamic terrorists such as al Qaeda and ISIS.
Well, that is Part One. Look for Part Two (not necessarily in sequential posts).
Author oneway2dayPosted on April 21, 2017 Categories Conspiracy/Secret SocietyTags Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, al Arabiya, al-Jazeera, Bashar Al-Assad, CIA, Conspiracy Theory, False Flag, ISIS, Khan Shaykhun, Mossad, Osama bin Laden, SFP, Simon Elliot, Tim Osman, Trump Admin, Western Media, Yurki100010 Comments on Disagreement on Conspiracy Theory Pt 1
PUTIN'S REAL SYRIA AGENDA
While Dems are crying about the unproven collusion between President Trump and the Russians to win Election-2016 AND ignoring Dem collusion with the Russians (which is better documented), Russia is quietly changing the balance of power in the Middle East by colluding with Iran for geopolitical regional power.
The Dems are either saps or more than willing to stealthily cooperate with the former Soviet Union whose President is a former uber-spy Vladimir Putin.
PUTIN'S REAL SYRIA AGENDA [Summary/Intro]
By Genevieve Casagrande
Institute for the Study of War [ISW]
Russian President Vladimir Putin's primary objective in Syria is to constrain U.S. freedom of action – not fight ISIS and al Qaeda. Russia's military deployments at current levels will not enable the Iranian-penetrated Assad regime to secure Syria. Moscow's deepening footprint in Syria threatens America's ability to defend its interests across the Middle East and in the Mediterranean Sea. The next U.S. step in Syria must help regain leverage over Russia rather than further encourage Putin's expansionism.
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) produced this report with the Critical Threats Project (CTP). The insights are part of an intensive multi-month exercise to frame, design, and evaluate potential courses of action that the United States could pursue to destroy the Islamic State in Iraq and al Sham (ISIS) and al Qaeda in Syria. The ISW-CTP team recently released "America's Way Ahead in Syria," which details the flaws in the current U.S. approach in Iraq and Syria and proposes the first phase of a strategic reset in the Middle East.
By Genevieve Casagrande and Kathleen Weinberger
ISW – PDF
Russia's intervention in Syria in September 2015 fundamentally altered the balance of the Syrian Civil War.1 Russia re-established momentum behind Syrian President Bashar al Assad and his Iranian allies at a moment when major victories by ISIS and Syrian rebels threatened to force the regime to contract into Syria's central corridor.2 The capabilities Russia deployed were not limited to the airframes, artillery, and personnel needed to conduct a counter-terrorism or counterinsurgency mission, however. Russia deployed advanced air defense and ballistic missile systems, naval units, air superiority aircraft, and other capabilities in a display of major Russian force projection in the region. Russian President Vladimir Putin is altering the balance of power in Syria and the Eastern Mediterranean through sustained Russian military operations and additional deployments of high-end capabilities.
Russian Force Projection
Russia ultimately seeks to expand its permanent naval and air bases on the Syrian coast in order to further project force into the Mediterranean and Middle East. Russia's establishment of an anti-access and area denial (A2/AD) exclusion zone from its bases at Latakia and Tartous allows Russia to create de-facto no fly zones in the Eastern Mediterranean as well as over most of Syria. These A2/AD zones constrain U.S. freedom of movement and ultimately raise the cost of U.S. involvement in Syria.3 Russia deployed the naval version of the S-300 to protect the airspace over Latakia airbase in Syria in November 2015.4 Russia also deployed the S-400 in late November 2015 shortly after the Turkish downing of a Russian jet.5 Russia has since deployed an additional seven S-300 systems in an effort to build in redundancies, advance the integration of its air defenses, and provide more comprehensive coverage.6 The S-300 and S-400 systems are road mobile and interoperable, increasing the difficulty of neutralizing the systems. [See Appendix I]
Putin wants to challenge the U.S. and its allies by increasing Russian military and political influence in the Middle East. Russia has rotated a wide range of naval vessels to participate in the conflict in order to demonstrate the capabilities of these units and Russia's willingness to deploy them in the Mediterranean. Russia has deployed some of its most advanced non-nuclear naval capabilities to the Eastern Mediterranean.7 Russian subsurface and surface vessels successfully engaged ground targets in Syria after launching Kalibr cruise missiles from the Mediterranean and Caspian Seas.8 Russia has shown it can undertake precision strikes with the nuclear-capable Kalibr cruise missile at significant distance.
Russia also maintains anti-ship capabilities in the Mediterranean, including the Bastion-P coastal defense system. Russia demonstrated the land attack capabilities of the Bastion in November 2016.9 Russia has also deployed battle cruisers that bring advanced anti-ship and air defense capabilities off the Syrian coast. Russia's deployment of its much-ridiculed aircraft carrier the Admiral Kuznetsov nevertheless showcased its force projection capabilities and intent to exhibit its naval presence in the Mediterranean.10 [See Appendix II]
Putin has deployed air defense and anti-ship systems to Syria in order to threaten the United States. Russia does not need these systems to support the counter-terrorism campaign it claims it is waging against anti-Assad opposition groups in Syria. Those groups do not operate aircraft or naval vessels. Russia also deployed the nuclear capable SS-26 'Iskander' ballistic missiles to Syria and used the systems to attack opposition held terrain.11 The Iskander missiles provide no meaningful additional advantage against the opposition. The only conceivable target for these advanced systems is the U.S. and its allies. [See Appendix III]
Constrain U.S. Freedom of Action
Russia has used its deployment to constrain U.S. freedom of action and limit American policy options in Syria. Russia deployed the S-300 and S-400 air defense systems to deter the U.S. from direct military action against the Assad regime through the unilateral establishment of a no-fly zone. Russia has also forward deployed assets beyond its air and naval bases on the coast in order to further complicate the personnel are primarily concentrated in Latakia, Aleppo, and Tartous Provinces, but are also active in Hama, Homs, Damascus, and Hasakah and include a wide range of units including air assault, tank, medical, naval infantry, and special operations forces. [See Appendix IV]
Russia has intentionally removed potential U.S. partners within the armed opposition from the battlefield in Syria. Russian airstrikes from October 2015 to March 2017 have primarily targeted the mainstream Syrian opposition – not ISIS – in order to ensure the opposition's defeat through its submission, destruction, or transformation. The Russian air campaign has driven what remains of the mainstream opposition closer to Salafi-jihadi groups, which are stronger and better able to defend against intensified pro-regime military operations. Russia is also exacerbating radicalization through its deliberate, illegal targeting of civilians. Russia has consistently targeted hospitals, schools, and other critical civilian infrastructure throughout the sixteen months of its air campaign.
Russian Testing Grounds
Russia has also used sustained use of transport aircraft in Syria to exercise the Russian military's overall combat readiness and force projection capabilities. Expeditionary logistics and force projection is difficult for militaries to exercise, in general. Russia is exercising expeditionary logistics by air and sea in Syria.13 Russia is refining its ability to deploy its military personnel and equipment rapidly at a large scale in order to message its ability to threaten the U.S. and its NATO and European allies. Russia announced its intent to prioritize the development of naval equipment for troop transport on March 8 in order to increase the Russian Navy's ability to provide logistical support in Syria and in other coastal zones.14 Russia also re-supplies and provides combat support for prospect of direct U.S. strikes against the Syrian regime for fear of inadvertently hitting Russian troops. Sources estimated that Russia maintains between 1,500 and 4,000 military personnel in Syria.12 These forces in Syria through frequent deliveries from Russian Il-76 and An-124 transport aircraft. As of October 2016, these transport aircraft were making multiple trips to Syria each month and it is likely that these aircraft continue to make regular trips to Syria. [See Appendix V]
Limitations of Russian Capabilities
Putin faces a number of economic and military constraints that limit the resources Russia can bring to bear in Syria. Russia's economic crisis has forced Russia to balance limited resources across key theaters like Ukraine, the Baltics, the Middle East, and domestically in Russia. Putin has opted to pursue multiple, mutually reinforcing lines of effort using a diverse set of naval, air, missile, and ground capabilities in Syria. The overlap allows Russia to extract significant benefits with minimal cost. The Russian military has demonstrated its many shortcomings during its deployment to Syria, including frequent friendly fire incidents, losses of Russian aircraft, a poor performance by Russia's aging aircraft carrier the Admiral Kuznetsov, and reports of mechanical failure of Russian equipment.15
The Russian deployment, at current levels, will be insufficient to grant Assad victory over the opposition, al Qaeda, or ISIS. Russia, Iran, and the regime have been unable to sustain significant simultaneous operations against ISIS and the Syrian opposition, despite Russia's considerable airframe deployments. Russian airframes were unable to prevent ISIS's recapture of Palmyra in December 2016 alongside a final pro-regime push to defeat the opposition in Aleppo, for example.16 Russia has instead used 'cessation of hostilities' agreements to drawdown its airstrikes against the opposition and surge its air campaign against ISIS for limited periods of time.17 Salafi-Jihadi groups have meanwhile begun to consolidate the opposition under more effective command-and-control structures, increasing rebels' capabilities and resiliency.18 This dynamic will not only lead to a protracted and bloody civil war for the foreseeable future, but it ultimately raises the requirements for the U.S. to deal with the conflict.
Russia is both an unacceptable and ineffective partner against jihadists in Syria. The Russian deployment is inconsistent with Putin's narrative that Russia intervened in Syria in order to combat terrorists. Many of its capabilities have no utility in the anti-ISIS fight. Putin instead seeks to use Russia's deployment to subordinate U.S. military action and policies to Russian objectives in Syria. Russia's aggressive deployment to Syria intends to deter the U.S. from intervening for fear of incurring significant costs. Russia has largely pursued its objectives in Syria with impunity. It has deprived the U.S. of freedom of maneuver, disrupted U.S. partnerships with key allies in the region, and facilitated Russia's emergence as a geopolitical force in the region. Any potential partnership with Russia in Syria will further strengthen jihadists and force the U.S. to capitulate to a Russian vision for the broader Middle East that endangers America's security interests.
Genevieve Casagrande is a Syria Analyst at the Institute for the Study of War. Kathleen Weinberger is a Russia and Ukraine Analyst at the Institute for the Study of War. Institute for the Study of War Twitter: @TheStudyofWar Critical Threats Twitter: @criticalthreats
[Blog Editor: From this point forward the rest of the report are the Appendices (i.e. charts) and Notes. The last section is actually longer than the report itself. To view the Appendices and Notes go to the PDF.]
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Ponder on the Greek Genocide, Americans
As WWI was nearing its end for Ottoman Turkey, their defeat now guaranteed and the loss of what was left of a large empire was unfolding before Ottoman-Turkish eyes. The Turkish power elites began to focus on Turkish nationalism. Turkish nationalism had no place for non-Turkish and non-Muslim minorities residing on Turkish land.
Eventually a Turkish power elite struggle ended with a leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (Greek perspective and Armenian perspective) winning the day. Kemal viewed the WWI loss was partly due to a lack modernization that European nations had experienced. Kemal changed his name to solely Ataturk and began a secularizing process but still a nationalist process.
Between the Turkish elite struggles through to Ataturk hegemony, Turkey's minorities began to experience an ethnic cleansing genocide. Christians in Turkey experienced genocide. The Armenian and Assyrian Christians suffered the most. The Greek people of western Turkey had a heritage of the area that stretched to a time before the birth of Christ.
At the end of WWI and the Greco-Turkish war an exchange of Turkish Greeks for Greek Muslims are agreed upon. The sadness is that the Greeks of Turkey were brutalized in their expulsion with loss of property, assaults, rapes and in many cases death. Also a sad issue: most of the Greeks leaving Turkey occurred between 2014 and 1922 as the losing Greek army retreated from Turkey. The fleeing Greeks in this stage were the most brutalized by the Turks and numbered probably close to a million or so. After the Lausanne Treaty legalized a population exchange between Greece and Turkey, the number of Greeks leaving was much smaller:
According to official records of the Mixed Commission, the 'Greeks' who were transferred after 1923 numbered 189,916 and the number of Muslims expelled to Turkey was 355,635 (Ladas 1932:438–9; using the same source, however, Eddy 1931:201 states that the exchange involved '192,356 Greeks from Turkey and 354,647 Muslims from Greece'). While accurate figures are impossible to ascertain, it is probable that the total number of Christians who entered Greece at this time was in the region of 1.2 million, the main wave being in 1922 during the period of hostilities (Bierstadt 1925: 248–250; Eddy 1931: 251; Ladas 1932: 438–442; Pentzopoulos 1962: 96–99; Kitromilides and Alexandris 1984–5; Hirschon 1998 [1989]: 36–9). (2 The Consequences of the Lausanne Convention, AN OVERVIEW; Demographic effects [pg. 2]; By Renée Hirschon; Oxford University – School of Anthropology; 2003)
The Greek perspective of the genocide can be read at "THE GREEK GENOCIDE: 1914-1923" among other places you can research. The first paragraph sums up the horrors experienced by Greeks living in Turkey in the time period:
The Greek Genocide was the systematic extermination of the Greek subjects of the Ottoman Empire before, during and after World War I (1914-1923). It was instigated by successive governments of the Ottoman Empire; the Committee of Union and Progress Party (C.U.P), and the Turkish Nationalist Movement of Mustafa Kemala Atatürk. It included massacres, forced deportations and death marches, summary expulsions, boycotts, rape, forced conversion to Islam, conscription into labor battalions, arbitrary executions, and destruction of Christian Orthodox cultural, historical and religious monuments. According to various sources, approximately 1 million Ottoman Greeks perished during this period.
Other sources have differing stats to one degree or another. The point being is that Turkish Muslims were not pleasant toward Greeks then. Today the unpleasantness continues with illegal refugees flooding into Greece permitted largely by European Union (EU) multiculturalism. You'd think history would have taught the Greek government some lessons, right? Some observations by the essayist Fjordman (Thanks to Anders Breivik now exposed as Peder Jansen), should not only wake up the Greeks but also Americans. American Democrats are trying to force Muslim refugees down American throats in the name of Multiculturalism as if that is our "American values". IT IS NOT! Our American values toward immigration is to welcome but to assimilate as in out of many, one American nation emerges (E PLURIBUS UNUM). NOT many diverse cultures tearing America apart!
Think of that as you read the Fjordman essay below from the Gates of Vienna.
Trojan Seahorses in Greece
Posted January 16, 2017 11:53 pm
I visited Greece in the spring of 2013. Once a leader of ancient European civilization, Greece is now at the epicenter of many of the ills befalling modern European civilization. These include the financial crisis in the Eurozone and non-European mass immigration.
In Athens, the Thiseio metro station is situated close to the Temple of Hephaestus at the ancient Agora. When I visited it on several occasions, I saw immigrants urinating near the temple in broad daylight. The migrants who gathered in this area seemed to come from places such as Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. I doubt all of them had entered legally.
Twenty-five centuries ago, Socrates lectured here. Today, Adbul Karim the illegal immigrant urinates here. This was in 2013. Things were about to get a lot worse.
Aristotle once founded biology as a scientific discipline while studying marine life on the beaches of Lesbos. More recently, Lesbos, Kos and other islands in the Aegean Sea have witnessed a flood wave of predominately Muslim immigrants entering uninvited.
The number of illegal immigrants coming to Europe was already significant in 2013. It continued growing in 2014 and exploded the following year. In 2015, more than a million people from the Islamic world and Africa forced their way into Europe, causing chaos from the Balkans to Germany. Most of the migrants were young and physically fit men of military age. Some of the hostile Muslims shouted "Allahu akbar!" while attacking the local police. Yet these aggressive intruders are still routinely labeled "refugees" by the Western mass media.
In the autumn of 2015, a single Greek island could receive thousands of boat migrants in a single day. I watched several drone videos during the peak of this influx. It looked like an invasion on a nearly industrial scale. It resembled D-Day on the beaches of Normandy in 1944, only without the tanks.
An invasion does not always require tanks or fighter jets.
Lesbos alone had to deal with tens of thousands of life jackets abandoned by the migrants.[1]
It would be tempting to call these culturally alien intruders Trojan seahorses, since many of them arrive in small boats or rubber dinghies. But perhaps that is unfair. Seahorses are gentle animals, after all. It is a documented fact that some of these Muslim asylum seekers were involved in serious crime and deadly terrorist attacks in Europe afterwards.
Kos Greece
In December 2016 and January 2017, I spent some days on the islands of Kos and Rhodes. The town of Kos has a small but worthwhile archaeological museum, situated next to a mosque dating back to Ottoman times. Compared to world-class institutions in Athens such as the Acropolis Museum or the National Archaeological Museum, it was modest. Yet it contains a fine collection of statues and other ancient artifacts. It is testimony to the incredible richness of Greek art history that even local museums contain objects of such high quality.
Kos Greece 2
An Askleipion was a healing temple dedicated to Asklepios, the ancient Greek god of medicine. In addition to the ones in Thessaly and Epidaurus in mainland Greece, the Askleipion on Kos was among the greatest such establishments in the Greco-Roman world. Hippocrates of Kos, perhaps the most important Greek physician in Antiquity, probably received his medical training here. Galen, another prominent Greek physician, studied at the Askleipion at Pergamon on the west coast of Asia Minor.
The Staff of Asklepios, a serpent-entwined rod, is still used internationally as a symbol of medicine, healing and pharmacies. When visiting Kos around New Year's, there were very few tourists on the island. I literally had the entire Askleipion all to myself. You can see from the ruins that it must have been a big and prominent temple a couple of thousand years ago.
Fjordman, Kos #1: Asklepion of Kos, where Hippocrates once studied and worked
There is a statue of Hippocrates next to the modern harbor in Kos town. It is inscribed with the Hippocratic Oath for the ethical practice of medicine. "Do no harm," the basic message of the Hippocratic Oath, remains a guiding principle for many modern physicians.
Fjordman, Kos #6: Statue of Hippocrates in the harbor of Kos town
For several days in a row I could see a small group of illegal immigrants sitting directly behind this statue. They were literally hiding in the shadow of Hippocrates. There was some symbolism to this. Muslims force their way into Europe, using European ethical ideals and humanism as a weapon to gain entry. The migrants I saw in January 2017 did not speak Arabic. Based on their looks, I would guess that some of them came from South Asia, perhaps from Pakistan or Bangladesh, while others may have come from Afghanistan or Central Asia.
Muslim Migrants at Kos
Kos is located very close to the west coast of Anatolia or Asia Minor, the country we now call Turkey. Using only the naked eye, I could clearly see individual houses in Turkey. You hardly need a motorized boat to travel this short distance. A kayak would be enough. In calm weather, an able swimmer might be able to swim from Turkey to Greece and the EU.
Several other Greek islands such as Samos, Lesbos and Chios are also situated close to the Turkish coastline. All of these islands have experienced major problems with illegal immigrants. Some of these problems still remain in 2017.
Turkey has been rocked by a series of deadly terror attacks in recent years. The number of foreign tourists visiting the country has fallen sharply because of this between 2014 and 2017.
The Islamic State (ISIS) is suspected to be behind several attacks on Turkish soil. This is somewhat ironic. Accusations have earlier been made that Turkish authorities quietly aided ISIS, as long as they were fighting the Kurds.[2] 2017 was just a couple of hours old when Turkey was hit by yet another bloody attack. This time, the target was a nightclub in Istanbul.[3]
For all its substantial social and economic problems, Greece is still a safer travel destination than neighboring Turkey. You will see more veiled Muslim women in Brussels, Berlin, Stockholm or Amsterdam, not to mention London or Paris, than you see in Rhodes or Kos.
Most of the migrants who arrive in Greek islands do not want to stay there. They want to get to countries in northwestern Europe with more generous welfare states.
Muslim Migrants at Kos 2
The number of migrants entering Greece from Turkey was sharply reduced in 2016 compared to 2015. However, some illegal immigrants continue to arrive in Greek islands. Boat migrants crossing the Mediterranean along the longer route, from North Africa to Italy, reached record levels in 2016.[4] Moreover, this temporary reduction in the flow of migrants into southeast Europe is entirely dependent upon the actions and policies of Turkish authorities.
The Turkish government and President Erdogan engage in open blackmail and demographic warfare against Europe. They have repeatedly stated that they want money and visa-free access to the EU for millions of Muslims in Turkey.[5] Otherwise, they will unleash the hordes from the Middle East again.
That is not the worst-case scenario. The worst-case scenario is that Turkey, an increasingly Islamic and unstable country, itself might descend into a full-blown civil war. Such an event would trigger even larger population movements towards Europe than we have seen so far.
Greeks have been at the receiving end of one of the longest campaigns of ethnic cleansing in human history. For nearly 1,400 years, Muslims have been wiping out communities of Greek-speaking Christians in the eastern Mediterranean. Greeks fought a long and bloody struggle to liberate themselves from centuries of brutal and oppressive Turkish rule.
Now, Multiculturalism, the EU and mass immigration bring Islam back. Greeks and other Europeans are expected to celebrate this. In 2017 Athens will get its first new mosque since Ottoman times.[6] This happens partly after pressure from the pro-Islamic policies of the EU.
By early 2017, the migrant situation in Greece was calmer than in 2015. Yet I sensed an underlying fear among some of the local Greeks that the troubles could restart again at any moment. The Islamic world and Africa have booming populations and dysfunctional societies.
Hundreds of millions of people in these overpopulated regions would potentially like to move to Europe. The apocalyptic scenes of 2015 may simply be a prelude to what is yet to come.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34675552 Migrant crisis: The lifejacket 'mountains' of Lesbos. 30 October 2015. http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/640102/migrant-crisis-life-jackets-greece PICTURED: Images of dumped life jackets show devastation of the migrant crisis. Feb 1, 2016.
http://www.businessinsider.com/links-between-turkey-and-isis-are-now-undeniable-2015-7 Senior Western official: Links between Turkey and ISIS are now 'undeniable' Jul. 28, 2015.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/01/01/new-year-attack-on-packed-istanbul-club-leaves-3-dead.html New Year's attack on packed Istanbul club leaves 39 dead. January 01, 2017.
http://www.thelocal.it/20170106/italys-boat-migrant-numbers-surged-20-in-2016 Italy boat migrant numbers surge 20% in 2016. 6 January 2017.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38103375 Migrant crisis: Turkey threatens EU with new surge. 25 November 2016.
http://www.ekathimerini.com/215222/article/ekathimerini/news/greek-capitals-first-modern-mosque-expected-by-end-april Greek capital's first modern mosque expected by end-April. January 12, 2017.
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Author oneway2dayPosted on February 2, 2017 Categories Conservative, Counterjihad, Crime, Immigration, Left WingTags Clash-Civilizations, E Pluribus Unum, Fjordman, Greece, Greek Genocide, Illegal Immigrants, ISIS, Kos, Lesbos, Muslim Refugees, Ottoman Empire, Stealth Invasion, TurkeyLeave a comment on Ponder on the Greek Genocide, Americans | {
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The sequel to the widely popular Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc is on its way (September 2 for NA fans, September 5 for Europe fans), and to celebrate the impending arrival, NIS has shared a new batch of screenshots that show off some of the new elements that will make up the Class Trial.
The first of three they showed off is called the Logic Dive. In this, you will skateboard down a glowing path, occasionally being interrupted by questions. You'll have to answer correctly in order to continue down the correct path, and if you answer incorrectly you will be thrown off course and the Logic Dive will be reset.
The second is simply titled Hangman's Gambit. In this one you will have to pick out the letters you require to spell out your key evidence as they fly across the screen. You get points for spelling correctly, and you can even fuse letters together in order to make larger (though stationary) letters that are worth even more. You'll need to be careful, however, as the larger letters will detonate if you don't use them quickly enough. In addition, if you allow mismatched letters to collide, you will take a large hit to your health bar.
Up last is the Rebuttal Showdown. You won't be able to just speak as you wish this time, as characters can and will interrupt your arguments, forcing you to utilize evidence to cut down their counter-arguments in a one-on-one debate. | {
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Chantal Uren: 37-year-old Western Australia police officer suffers Bell's Palsy, ruptured aneurysm, stroke two weeks after Pfizer mRNA injection
Ms. Chantal Uren.
PERTH — A 37-year-old police officer and small business owner is trying to live her life as normal despite accepting the fact that she could drop dead any day, any time.
Ms. Chantal Uren is a police officer for the Western Australian Police Force (WAPOL). She said that the police force mandated vaccines for all personnel in August. Though Ms. Uren made clear that she "is not an anti-vaxxer," she was against receiving these particular injections due to lack of sufficient information on them. There is no data about long-term effects, she said. Ms. Uren was also concerned about how the shots were rushed to the market. But she felt there was "no choice" but to receive the injections if she wanted to keep her "privileged role" with WAPOL.
Despite her reluctance, Ms. Uren received her first Pfizer mRNA injection sometime in late August. She knew immediately that the decision changed her life, and not for the better. Vertigo, nausea and hives all appeared within 15 minutes.
Ms. Uren was discharged after medical personnel "got the rash under control." But the relief was temporary. The next day, she had a 103 degree (39.7 Celsius) fever, more hives, and more nausea. For the next four weeks, Ms. Uren suffered persistent hives, fevers, vomiting, diarrhea, and a debilitating cough. Unfortunately the worst was yet to come.
Bell's Palsy, ruptured aneurysm and stroke
Ms. Uren was apparently still going to work through all this. But that all changed sometime in mid-September. Mrs. Uren said her eyes "felt weird" one Tuesday morning. So she took an antihistamine before driving to work. When she arrived at work, a co-worker told her that her face was "drooping sideways."
Chantal Uren before Bell's Palsy.
Chantal Uren after Bell's Palsy
Ms. Uren immediately went to the emergency room. She woke up the next morning in the hospital, only to collapse in the shower. Doctors discovered that "main artery" from her heart to brain ruptured. That means either the vertebral arteries or the carotid arteries. She also suffered a transient ischemic attack, aka a stroke.
The twilight zone still wasn't over for her.
Doctors said there was a 25% chance she would never recover from the stroke, Bell's Palsy and cerebral aneurysm. But Australia's dystopian health system struck again when she spoke to another doctor about her prognosis:
I was booked in for an appointment at the vaccine safety clinic. I didn't really understand what the appointment was about until I was taken into a private room with a doctor who tried to tell me that the vaccine had nothing to do with what had happened to me but then also couldn't tell me that it didn't. He sat in his chair stating that it was worth the risk of having another stroke to get my second Pfizer shot. How can a doctor sit there and tell someone those things. He was willing to risk my life to meet what I believe his goal to be of getting as many people vaccinated as possible.
Trolls and trying to live a normal life
Ms. Uren learned what many readers of this blog already knew. Doctors cannot and will not help you with post-injection injuries. But she's also learning the consequences of speaking out about her situation. Ms. Uren is a cop. But she's also really "girlie." She likes getting dressed up and doing her makeup. It makes her feel normal. The Bell's Palsy appears to come and go. So she takes advantage of the good days by dressing up. Trolls came out of every cave from there.
David Geisler is one of those trolls. He insinuated that Ms. Uren was faking because she is "posting on social media" and she's "looking great with her hair and makeup." This particular troll got under Ms. Uren's skin; and she responded with a lengthy post, which includes a photo of her in a wheelchair. The saddest and most sobering part of the post is the conclusion:
"I may appear normal now to everyone on the outside but the main artery to my brain is ruptured and will take a year or more to heal so on the inside I'm far from normal. The risk of having a stroke at any moment is very high and scary"
There is some positive news in Ms. Uren's life. She announced her engagement on October 9. But she's unlikely to ever return to her career as a cop, which she seemed to love. Depending on your view, Ms. Uren is lucky to be alive.
A 2005 study published in the British Journal of Nursing found that 33% of carotid artery ruptures result in near-instant death. Those who survive are typically left paralyzed. The prognosis is a little better for vertebral artery dissection (rupture), as long as it happens outside of the cranium. Otherwise, the outlook is grim.
Ms. Uren said she is focusing on her forthcoming marriage to keep her mind healthy through all this.
Another victims gives into the pressure
It seems these stories are becoming the norm. Mr. Dave Menchinton was anti-vaxx through all of 2020 and most of 2021. But depression altered his decision-making. Now his future is uncertain after severe adverse reactions to the Pfizer mRNA injections. Same with Mr. Cody Robinson. His last words before receiving the Johnson & Johnson viral vector DNA injection: "I really don't want to do this." Blood clots almost cost him his life thereafter.
Australian cops deserve little sympathy in 2021 the way they are treating people over there. But Ms. Uren literally said she took the shot only to save her "privileged position." Materialism will kill you at worst and maim you at best. Ms. Uren is yet another victim who received the injection to save her job, only to be maimed and unable to work anyway. It simply makes no logical sense. But trying to make sense of anyone who volunteers for these shots is a fruitless endeavor.
Broke and healthy is far better than obedient and maimed. It's really a simple choice at this point. Stay vigilant and protect your friends and loved ones.
Tiffany Thomas: Florida woman just wants to "regain normalcy" after Pfizer mRNA injection, Guillain-Barré and POTS diagnoses
Jake Kazmarek: 28-year-old New York bodybuilder says getting vaccine does not make him a "sheep," dead four days after second Moderna mRNA injection
It is a health or wealth decision, people are getting the shot for financial or job purposes and that is risk/benefit analysis decision. Obviously a lot of people choose wealth over their future health. But you can't buy back health! Except for those who got the shots Dec 2020 to March 2021, all the rest of the vaxxers have no sympathy from me, they should have known the risks. The early ones can be excused due to lack of information, but by March 2021, the evidence on the clotting, other side effects and the loss of immune system was out by then. Some with immediate effects and others when mass dying starts, they will sadly sing another tune….
Reply to john wilson
It was an intelligence test from day one…approximately when the coven met at so-called Event 2O1 in September 2019…
"Life doesn't give a rat's a$$ who lives it or throws it away."
Never ever trust "authority" and the scum that own it… ever!
I believe the same thing might apply to the booster shots too. The earlier you take it the higher chance you will get the placebo rather than the kill shot. The longer you wait to get the shot the higher chance you are going to get the kill shot AKA contaminated vaccine that will likely kill or cause adverse reactions. If this theory is true, then it means a lot of folks that are waiting close to the vaccine mandate deadline to get the vaccine could be making a huge mistake if they take it. If you have not decided by then if you want to take the vaccine or not, then it is not worth taking it. People should stick to their convictions.
Reply to Osa
Nogt true, all of them are bad yet some react faster, depends of the imune system as well. In each country, the second they started to vaccinate, the deaths and covid cases increased like craazy!. All of them have excess deaths in the time they mass vaccinated: all had campaigns and for a while they vaccinated lots of ppl but after a few months the vaccination slowed down.
As for who has what effects: some will have them in 2,3 (over 60 and imunocompromised) or 5-10 years (healthy ones or in their 40 s 30s and below), yet no one is as good as it was, for ppl in sports is the most visible as any change is impacting masively their performance. Naomi Osaka got vaccinated is why she had the meltdowns as she couldn't compete as she was. Celine Dion canceled a few hours before the concert the whole series of Las Vegas tour, vaccinated of course and with some bug issues now, lots of ppl have problems except for those that only faked the vaccination.
In time ppl that took two doses if they work in their immune system and are active etc recover if they don t have something permananet yet.
But many take the 3rd shot and more.
The reason we know about all these effects is because many ppl HAD bad side effects and died in the early days of vaccination. Or soon after with lots of problems and diseases so many started to speack out as there were to many coincidences.
They don t need to give placebo to anyone, have enough control group already!
Placebo doses if they exist have graphene and some other toxines. But many "powerful people" didn't took that either, they just faked it.
The plan was for ppl to start having side effects in 2-3 years, the fact so many had immidiatelly was a problem as ppl woke up and they have to do all this push bc now ppl don t want their Kill Shot anymore.
Also many will be infertile, or the babies sterile. Even the plants that are modified are sterile and for a Human or other mamal if a tiny thing is changed in genome sterility will follow. Is nature. The shot was designed as a mass depopulation/sterilization tool and to kill the old and health compromose, not healthy young ppl so soon.
Also they study things to move things further with this technology.
Some (very few as percentage) will have their health improved, but I am afraid that only some very sick already, chronic illnes some maybe will be cured and they will se how each individual (based on DNA they also collect and have all in the green passes) is reacting to this. All medical history will be uploaded in that certificat at one point in the future, but even so, pushed vaccination will cease/stop next year in May the latest. But no, not so many placebo, ppl want to believe they will get the lucky draw, none is lucky 100% and if one will be next next next dose.
EndMedicalTyranny777
So true. And what will that wealth be worth when the US dollar finishes crashing from the Brandon regime printing trillions non stop? Australia will crash in tandem. Trust in Lord Jesus. He will provide.
Australian cops are enforcing tyranny. If she was enforcing communist style covid rules well . No sympathy for tyrants
Reply to Pedro
Was about to comment something similar. This is karma for Australian cops that have been participating in tyranny, and treating people poorly because of Covid.
Didn't read anything other than the headline yet. Just came straight to the comments just to say good for her. Who cares? Corrupt enforcer of evil getting her just desserts. I'll read the article later but I could care less about this woman. This is the best that the thug cops in Australia deserve. Nothing better. So happy she's trying to live a normal life while they make it impossible for the people who won't give up their freedom to do the same thing. Hope the next update on this story doesn't have such a cheery ending.
Reply to Moe
Perhaps at Australian demonstrations, all the unvaxxed that have 5G phones should bring them and turn them all on for the vaxxed Nazi SS police.
Frank Digorgio
She's a Nazi Brownshirt. Are we supposed to feel sorry for her????
Reply to Frank Digorgio
No. I don't.
Eric the Red
"…take these comments and turn them into a lesson…"
She learned the wrong lesson. The real issue that has yet to enter her mind, is how the organization she loves is enforcing tyranny on fellow citizens, yet she has done nothing to stop it, protest against it, or even realize it was wrong. Until she learns that lesson, she is nothing but a mindless, oblivious, soulless thug, who deserves no consideration from anyone.
The "I had no choice" answer is always a non-answer. We all have a choice. Unless you are physically restrained and jabbed, anything short of assault and battery involves a choice. It always comes down to what the person considers to be the least bad of all options.
Unfortunately, people do not seem to recognize the irony in taking the vax "to get my freedoms back." It's a total scam. Exactly how are we free if we have to sacrifice our bodily integrity to get our freedoms back? So basically we are promised our freedoms if we give up our freedoms. And people think this is a wise trade-off!
I will not be forced. I will die free.
MrMonkeyShines
Reply to Ron
Yep, so many people today believe that Slavery = Freedom. It's just so Double Plus Good.
Kielanders
Judging from the vids I've seen coming out of Australia, I'll chalk this up as the feel-good story of the day.
When I read the long post she uploaded about her story: The paragraph that began "In August my employer announced…" and she listed all the things that would happen to those that remained unvaxxed – I thought to myself…they were kinda lucky considering a lot of companies and hospitals etc are willing to just fire the people that refuse the shot,
Her employer gave options that did not even include having to get tested regularly ( I think a lot of companies are not willing to pay the expense of testing).
She had options. She would have had to wear masks at the office or be moved out of her position…into an office like role"
In her case, she definitely had a choice, she would have her health and a job working in the same field! Too bad she didn't listen to her instincts and wait and see if the policy changed.
Reply to Rachel
This is what entered my mind as well. If she would have to be demoted and wear a mask at work, then wear a mask that says "UnVAXED AND PROUD" on it! She seems like a strong woman. Too bad that mental strength peak didn't kick in before she gave in to the jab. Horrible shot. And now they want to give it to kids in the USA.
covid1984pl
This is a common story. "But the government told me to do it!" We think they are our parents…I am not sure if I am blessed or cursed because there is no mandate here but 99% of the people around me have had the juice. I recall sitting in a surgery for something else and nurse from a sold out so called christian practice asked if I wasted a spare juice she had. If I had not been through the devastation I have over the last few years that forced my eyes open I might have said yes and been dead. Those who truly love and know God will see this deception.
The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20 For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
Last edited 1 year ago by covid1984pl
A non-bodybuilder
A police officer, aka a person who willingly joined the dark side and was enjoying her "privileged position" above the rest of us .. lol. Zero sympathy.
Well, will she now be discriminated against too because she'll never be fully vaxxed? And when it comes time to haul the vax resisters off to the liquidation center, er, camp will she be amongst them? It's really too horrible to imagine. I don't wish her ill, she's suffering much now and has time to reflect.
More police need to experience these severe side effects. Maybe empathy for the unvaxed will finally penetrate their thick heads.
Last edited 1 year ago by Steve
Well this is extremely good news. If the cops are starting to sicken and die the politicians won't have their goons to enforce their tyranny. The military is similarly afflicted so no help from there. They probably plan on using robots- but we'll see how successful that goes.
They secretly (not so secret, just the media kept it as hushed up as possible) signed in law last year that foreign troops and police are allowed o operate in Australia and are immune from criminal prosecution…I would say many are already here
Between Three Centuries
How many people did this cop force into situations where they too took the Darwin shot? Karma karma Karen chameleon.
Lisa Espinoza
"privileged position"
"Those who exalt themselves will be humbled. And those who humble themselves will be exalted."
We must all get in the mindset of humbling ourselves.
I've long killed off any materialism inside me. Thank God for that for he sent me to build an orphanage and while I went thinking to help them, I left learning so much more. The women impacted me profoundly. They had a single set of clothes, a single pair of underwear, and a single set of sandals if they were lucky, living in mud hut. Yet they glowed. They smiled and sang and danced as they carried water. It was beautiful. Ever since then, I've lost all love for material things. Thankfully that has led to me accumulating wealth in an ironic way so when faced with a choice of vax or job, I can make that choice without fear. However, I worry so much for so many who face that choice and know if they make the right one, if they leave their job, they might be homeless. It takes much more bravery to be in their shoes and commit to living in a car or tent. Still, every season has a beginning and an end. This too will pass. Nothing is forever on this earth.
Reply to Candace
Beautiful post to read, Candace, beautiful. Thank you for penning it and thanks to this site for publishing it, it is super inspiring and confirming, your words in tandem with this incredible site. THANK YOU thank you, Candace. God bless you and yours.
Too many people frame this such that they will "lose" their careers or college educations unless they submit to this medical rape of swabs jammed up their noses or needles polluting their blood. That being medically raped is a condition of employment.
SMART people understand that they put their careers on hold, they postpone their educations, they tough it out, they go without a lot of luxuries they've come to consider necessities, but that no careers or educations are lost, they are only postponed — the ones who LOSE their jobs and educations are the ones who die because of the shot.
Those who are willing to submit to medical rape in order to have the career they want, are messed up to begin with. Their priorities are screwed up six ways to Sunday. This gal was one, very sad. Very instructive,. let's hope. This is what happens when you
AGREE to rape as a condition of employment.
Every woman has a story. What's wrong with them and this victim / lack of responsibility mentality?
Reply to Thomas Jenkins
So true! …..most people under age 30 have been taught to be a victim 24/7/365. They are great at taking selfies and telling us their life journeys via FB, Twitter & Instagram, but have learned zero life skills because they don't need to since they are victims.
oldandjaded
one less "police officer" kicking Australian vax mandate protesters in the head. This is a bad thing??
Karma is a bitch, now she understands how the rest of us feel. Enjoy!
Stephanie Salazar
It is very unfortunate to see that she was harassed. People also don't know that much of the harassment is organized and preplanned to shut people down by well funded organizations. The only safe space is on the group thought plantation. Veer off the course and watch your feelings and life shredded.
That Doctor who looked at her Point Blank in that condition, telling her a second shot is worth the risk is a disgrace to humanity. If I were her husband, I would arrange a private meeting with that POS…it is bewildering that all these things are going on in plain sight…everyone is getting their 30 pieces of Silver to facilitate the mass murders…society has lost its moral fitness to survive…
Reply to Car
When this newest Nazi movement bites the dust, I sincerely hope to see these medical psychopaths prosecuted for crimes against humanity.
How could anyone support this massive, obvious crime against mankind just to keep their job???
It is repulsive that a Doctor pushed a woman who nearly died from a severe vaccine injury that she should sign up for the 2nd shot! Personally, I would have told him he is WORSE than the NAZI's, because he is pretending to be her friendly advisor knowing that it is highly likely she would suffer more injuries or die after a second shot. These medical professionals are sworn 'to do no harm' and surely they must follow medical informed consent as a citizen of a nation which is a signatory to the Nuremberg Code.
This is the most sickening revelation of the entire Covid era, that there are a high percentage of medical personnel who are willing to kill patients as long as they are well paid for it and immune to personal liability, BEWARE and only believe righteous doctors, we all know who they are!
You have to know "who" is behind this juice. Then the why is obvious. Pharmakea the Greek root of the world – the use of medicine, drugs or spells. drug-related sorcery, like the practice of magical-arts, etc Essentiallythe people pushing are what?
Nobody N Particular
And the lesson learned here, when it comes to your job or your health, choose HEALTH. If you health fails because of the vaccine, you won't be able to work and will lose your job anyway.
Gabrielle0
I feel sorry for you lass! But the police have brutal in the last 2 years under a Stalinist-like dictatorship. The way the police have been treating everyone in Australia is despicable. Drink the jewish-Bolshevik kool-aide!
This is another long sad story of yet another person placing their job as higher priority than their life. Did Chantal ever consider that if the Australian police happily brutalize their citizens ( subjects) that they would happily brutalize her?
I am absolutely terrified ro have the jab. I am a teacher. I will lose my job. I can't even work at coles. Even my dr said he doesn't recommend it for me with my health history and family history of strokes, heart attacks and DVT. I react to everything, sensitive constitution. I'm that 1 in 10,000 who will have the bad side effect. I'm still not eligible for exemption… all about control. I am so scared 😰😰
Hi Annie,
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Classic struggle between Church and Monarchy. Thomas Becket and King Henry Mantagenet engage in one of the most famous power struggles in English history. When Becket first becomes chancellor and later Archbishop of Canterbury, a rift grows between Henry II and his old friend. Some eager drunken knights trying to please the disgruntled monarch assassinate the cleric in the cathedral. Director Peter Glenville Star Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud Special Features: Widescreen Format, Commentary. | {
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iland Again Named a Leader in the Gartner Disaster Recovery as a Service Magic Quadrant
iland Secure DRaaS offering recognized for second consecutive year
HOUSTON, TX & LONDON, UK – June 28, 2017 — /BackupReview.info/ — iland, the award-winning global secure cloud services provider, today announced that it has been named by Gartner Inc. as a Leader in the 2017 "Magic Quadrant for Disaster Recovery as a Service" for the second year in the row. In the Magic Quadrant for this market sector, Gartner analysts evaluated 23 service providers that offer Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS), based on their "ability to execute" and "completeness of vision."
According to the report, Gartner estimates DRaaS to be a $2 billion business that is expected to reach $3.73 billion by 2021. Customers across all industry sectors who are challenged with threats to IT systems, including cyber-attacks such as ransomware, are increasingly looking to cloud-based disaster recovery solutions to ensure IT resiliency.
iland Secure DRaaS?, built on top of iland's Secure Cloud IaaS platform, ensures customers' workloads are protected beyond simple backup with a disaster recovery process tuned to business priorities and compliance requirements. IT workloads can be replicated from virtual or physical environments to iland's global secure cloud platform where customers can achieve recovery time goals in minutes.
"For more than a decade, iland's Secure DRaaS has been giving customers the confidence and assurance that their data is protected and applications are available and performing equally or better than their source production environments during the event of a disaster," said iland President, Brian Ussher. "We're honored to be recognized for the second year in a row as a Leader in the Magic Quadrant for Disaster Recovery as a Service. We believe this further substantiates our commitment to innovating within the DRaaS market and bringing our customers peace of mind when managing the risk of emerging IT threats."
This recognition from Gartner comes after the recent launch of a new iland data center location in Amsterdam, the Netherlands from which secure cloud services will be delivered to customers across Europe. A new data center location in Sydney, Australia will also open later in the summer as iland expands to meet the needs of global customers. As part of this expansion, iland has further developed its channel program to enable managed service providers, resellers and agents to take advantage of the burgeoning cloud services opportunity.
iland partners with VMware, Zerto, Veeam, and Double-Take to bring the best replication technologies to customers so they can easily and efficiently execute failovers and tests via iland's proven Secure Cloud Console – a single interface that provides visibility and management control of the recovery process and other iland cloud services for customers.
We believe this industry recognition underscores strength of services and commitment to customers
Customers and partners around the globe continue to validate iland's proven DRaaS offering. Recent accolades include:
Zerto Cloud Service Provider Partner of the Year – 2016 and 2017
CRN 100 Coolest Cloud Vendors 2017
Finalist in the UK Cloud Awards 2017
Cisco Powered IaaS and DRaaS designation under the Cisco® Cloud and Managed Services Advanced Certification
For more information on iland's enterprise cloud and disaster recovery services, go to:
iland Secure Disaster-Recovery-as-a-Service — https://goo.gl/rcgSJi
Gartner's 2017 Magic Quadrant for Disaster Recovery as a Service — https://goo.gl/G0SeZY
iland Secure Cloud IaaS — https://goo.gl/E3oXho
iland Secure Cloud Backup — https://goo.gl/jF3Xfi
Source: Gartner "Magic Quadrant for Disaster Recovery as a Service" by Ron Blair, Mark Thomas Jaggers, June 19, 2017.
iland is a global cloud service provider of secure and compliant hosting for infrastructure (IaaS), disaster recovery (DRaaS), and backup as a service (BaaS). They are recognized by industry analysts as a leader in disaster recovery. The award-winning iland Secure Cloud Console natively combines deep layered security, predictive analytics and compliance to deliver unmatched visibility and ease of management for all of iland's cloud services. Headquartered in Houston, Texas and London, UK, iland delivers cloud services from its data centers throughout the Americas, Europe, Australia and Asia. Learn more at iland.com
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Place Names of New York City
Contributor: Brian Anthony. Lesson ID: 12021
If you don't live in New York City, why would you care about how it got its name? Finding the name of your own locale can unlock a trove of historical and cultural treasures you never knew existed!
Otter, Golden Retriever
What is so "new" about "New York," and how does it relate to the "old" York? What can place names tell us about history?
Names are a quick and easy way to identify people, places, and things.
They are usually short, maybe one-, two-, or three-syllables long, yet a name can tell a whole long, complicated story. Your family name may be connected to a centuries-long history, carrying information from a distant time and place and explaining important family details, like heritage, faith, and work.
This same logic applies to place names. There are few places in the United States that have the rich diversity of place names like New York City. As the entry point for millions upon millions of immigrants and visitors from all around the world, this cultural capital of the United States has absorbed and embraced the cultures, languages, and names that people have brought with them. The heritage and history of this great city can be uncovered by exploring the names of neighborhoods, streets, bridges, buildings, and other locations.
The science of investigating place names is called toponymy or toponomastics, two words you may need to practice in order to pronounce! Read more about this fascinating area of study in The History of Place Names, by Alexander S. Howson, courtesy of Historic UK, and prepare yourself to become a real toponymist, or scholar of place names. As you read, write down answers to the following questions:
What clues about history can we learn from place names?
What kinds of information might you need to decipher certain place names?
How far back in history can place names take us?
Collect information to answer the questions. Share your answers with your parent or teacher, then reflect on the following questions and discuss:
Why do place names seem to "stick" with a place over a very long period of time?
What sources of information could help reveal the meaning of place names?
What are some of the place names you would like to know more about?
Every place has its own unique history revealed by place names.
In the Got It? section, explore the place names of one of the most diverse and historic cities in America, New York City.
Resources Referenced in the Lesson
The History of Place Names
How Homes Have Changed
What Is Historical Thinking and Why Is It Important?
History | Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12)
Jane Addams and Hull House
History | Intermediate (3-5), Middle School (6-8)
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Academic Phrases and Meanings
Published: Sep 26,2005
The following list of phrases and their definitions might help you understand the mysterious language of science and medicine. These special phrases are also applicable to anyone working on a Ph.D. dissertation or academic paper anywhere!
"It has long been known"... I didn't look up the original reference.
"A definite trend is evident"... These data are practically meaningless.
"While it has not been possible to provide definite answers to the questions"... An unsuccessful experiment, but I still hope to get it published.
"Three of the samples were chosen for detailed study"... The other results didn't make any sense.
"Typical results are shown"... This is the prettiest graph.
"These results will be in a subsequent report"... I might get around to this sometime, if pushed/funded.
"In my experience"... once "In case after case"... twice "In a series of cases"... thrice "It is believed that"... I think.
"It is generally believed that"... A couple of others think so, too.
"Correct within an order of magnitude"... Wrong.
"According to statistical analysis"... Rumor has it.
"A statistically oriented projection of the significance of these findings"... A wild guess.
"A careful analysis of obtainable data"... Three pages of notes were obliterated when I knocked over a glass of pop.
"It is clear that much additional work will be required before a complete understanding of this phenomenon occurs"... I don't understand it.
"After additional study by my colleagues"... They don't understand it either.
"Thanks are due to Joe Blotz for assistance with the experiment and to Cindy Adams for valuable discussions"... Mr. Blotz did the work and Ms. Adams explained to me what it meant.
"A highly significant area for exploratory study"... A totally useless topic selected by my committee.
"It is hoped that this study will stimulate further investigation in this field"... I quit.
Created: Sep 26,2005
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Die Ernst Russ Reederei wurde 1893 von Ernst Russ mit Sitz Hamburg gegründet. Die Kontorflagge der Reederei zeigt vor den Initialen "ER" einen Stern, der auf einen Ausspruch der Ehefrau des Unternehmensgründers, Martha Russ zurückgeht, wonach ein Stern die Wege des Unternehmens leiten möge.
2014 beschäftigte das Unternehmen durchschnittlich 15 Angestellte (exklusive angeheuerte Schiffsbesatzungen) und wies eine Bilanzsumme von 8,5 Mio. Euro aus.
Im April 2016 wurde sie von HCI Capital übernommen, die später in Ernst Russ AG umfirmierte.
Geschichte und Flotte
1892 erwarb die Reederei als erstes Schiff den Dampfer Falke, der 1866 als Frachtsegler gebaut wurde und 1874 eine Verbunddampfmaschine erhielt, 1893 ging das Schiff unter. 1899 erwarb die Reederei mit dem 1870 gebauten Dampfschiff Secunda ihren 2. Frachtdampfer.
Nach der Eröffnung des Nord-Ostsee-Kanals 1895 etablierte der Reeder mit seinen Schiffen einen Liniendienst zwischen Hamburg und den Städten in Finnland und Russland, insbesondere Turku, Helsinki, Kotka, Vyborg und St. Petersburg.
Das 1899 erworbene Dampfschiff benannte der Reeder nach seiner Ehefrau Martha Russ, das 64 Jahre im Einsatz war, davon 21 Jahre unter der Reedereiflagge Russ. Der 1904 erworbene Dampfer, die Johannes Russ ging 1915 in den Kriegswirren verloren. Es folgten zwei kleinere Dampfer, die Christian Russ und Helen Russ, die 50 Jahre im Dienst der Reederei standen. 1910 havarierte die Margarete Russ auf einer Atlantikfahrt zum Bestimmungshafen Amsterdam.
Bis zum Ersten Weltkrieg zählte die Reedereiflotte 16 Schiffe, die auf der Nord- und Ostsee und in der Nord- und Südatlantikfahrt im Einsatz waren. 10 Schiffe gingen im Krieg verloren.
1926 heiratete Paul Lorenz-Meyer Tilly Russ, das einzige Kind des Reederes und wurde Teilhaber der Reederei. Mit dem neuen Teilhaber wurden die neuen Schiffsnamen an der Endung Russ mit Initialen L-M versehen (wie Ernst L.-M. Russ, 1937 gebaut von der Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, 2957 BRT, 2000 PS).
1939 bestand die Flotte wieder aus 39 Schiffen, von denen 13 im Zweiten Weltkrieg verloren gingen und 20 an die Alliierten ausgeliefert wurden.
Nach dem Krieg baute Ernst Russ sein Unternehmen zum dritten Mal auf. Nach der Handelsfreigabe durch die Alliierten in Deutschland wurde 1951 die Reedereiflotte um 11 Schiffe aufgestockt. 1953 kam der 18.300 Tonnen Tanker, die Ernst G. Russ zur Flotte hinzu, das damals größte deutsche Handelsschiff, erbaut auf der Deutschen Werft in Finkenwerder. Als Ernst Russ 1957 mit fast 90 Jahren starb, hinterließ er eine Flotte von 21 Schiffen.
Zwischen 1953 und 1957 ließ die Reederei 6 Frachtschiffen der Bauserie Bleichen auf der Werft Nobiskrug in Rendsburg bauen:
1960 tritt der Enkel des verstorbenen Reeders, Ernst-Roland Lorenz-Mayer in das Unternehmen ein. Ein Jahr später stirbt sein Vater Paul Lorenz-Meyer. 1968 erwirbt das Unternehmen die zweite Ernst G. Russ, mit 99.500 Tonnen ist es wieder das Flaggschiff der Reederei. 1969 wird die Paula Howaldt Russ von der Bremer Vulkan Werft gebaut.
1971 ergänzen zwei 140.000 Tonnen Trockenfrachtschiffe die Flotte. Mit der Schifffahrtskrise in den 1980er Jahren schrumpft die Reedereiflotte auf ein Minimum. 1990 wurde nach 19 Jahren wieder die Flotte um den Papierfrachter, die Martha Russ erweitert. 1993 übernimmt der Urenkel des Gründers, Robert Lorenz-Meyer das Unternehmen.
Containerschiffe der Reederei
RoRo-Schiffe der Reederei
Das bislang familiengeführte Unternehmen – mit einer Flotte von sieben Container- und vier RoRo-Schiffen – wurde im April 2016 vom Emissionshaus HCI Capital übernommen. Durch den Erwerb der Ernst Russ Reederei verfügt HCI über rund 40 Schiffe im aktiven Management. Mit Eintragung vom 3. Mai 2016 firmierte die Reederei von Ernst Russ GmbH & Co. KG zu Ernst Russ Reederei GmbH & Co. KG um. Im Juni 2016 beschloss HCI Capital, die zuvor auch das Emissionshaus König & Cie. übernommen hatten, die Umfirmierung von HCI Capital AG in Ernst Russ AG und vollzog diese mit Wirkung vom 25. Juli 2016.
Ernst Russ AG
Die Flottenliste der Ernst Russ AG zählt (Stand Juni 2018): 59 Container-, 5 Massengutschiffe (der Größen Capesize, Panamax, Handymax und Handysize), 12 Mehrzweck-, 5 RoRo-Schiffe, 12 Tanker und 1 LPG-Tanker.
Weblinks
Internetauftritt der Ernst Russ AG (englisch)
Edith Howaldt Russ (Baujahr 1972)
RoRo-Schiff Caroline Russ, Bauzeichnung, technische Daten
Einzelnachweise
Reederei (Hamburg)
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Summing up the Proper Reaction to the Scare over the PC Wave in Academia
Steven L. Taylor · Thursday, June 4, 2015 · 1 comment
Stanford Professor Keith Humphreys writing at The Reality-Based Community:
What we really know from the P.C. anecdotes that are being published is that at least some academics are feeling threatened and silenced. But we don't know that this is happening any more now than at any other time in history, nor that it's truly a national phenomenon rather than a feature of a subset of universities (Or maybe even a subset of schools within a subset of universities). So enough with the anecdotes and on to systematic surveys of faculty and students that will reveal whether we truly face a educational crisis or are just panicking over a few negative, unrepresentative experiences.
See, also, Dan Drezner.
FILED UNDER: Open Forum, academia, Dan Drezner
About Steven L. Taylor
Steven L. Taylor is a Professor of Political Science and a College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog). Follow Steven on Twitter
Friday, 5 June 2015 at 13:10
Rod Dreher seems to be a topic lately, so I'll mention he has a piece up decrying the liberal oppression of college faculty based on the Schlosser column. A few of his commenters are doing he expected, "This is terible and must be stopped." More of his commenters are academics responding, "What you talkin' Willis?" .
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Do College Professors Work Enough?
Legendary Chemist Fired for Being a Hard Grader
Make Professors Teach!
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The Post-CICIG Era Begins
Twelve years after having settled in Guatemala and after multiple struggles for the non-renewal of its mandate, from today the International Commission against Impunity is no longer operating.
In August 2007, the Congress of the Republic approved the creation of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), which arrived in the country with the mission of investigating criminal structures operating within government institutions, work done in association with the Public Prosecutor's Office.
Will the President of Guatemala Be Spared?
With the decision of Congress not to remove immunity from President Morales, the Public Ministry and the Cicig have been prevented from continuing the investigation into irregular electoral financing.
"ltr">As expected, the Guatemalan Congress decided to vote against the request for legal action filed by the Public Prosecutor to waive the immunity of . This means that the president is spared, at least for now, from being tried in the case of alleged illicit electoral financing.
Corruption, Impunity and Politics
Four petitions for pre trial hearings have already been lodged against President Morales, following his request to expel the leader of the International Commission against Impunity from Guatemala.
In less than a week a series of events took place which have left the country on tenterhooks. The Public Ministry and the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (Cicig) filed a petition for a pre trial hearing against President Morales for alleged illicit electoral financing; Morales declared the Commission of the Cicig, Iván Velásquez, persona non grata, and requested his expulsion from the country. In response to this, three other requests for preliminary hearings have been filed in the last few hours.
Aceros de Guatemala Pays $103 million to Treasury
The amount paid to the Tax Authority corresponds to unpaid taxes, plus penalties and interest.
An article on Lahora.gt reports that the Superintendent of the SAT, Juan Francisco Solorzano, said that "... It is the largest payment made by any entity, in relation to adjustments that had been made or that had been ordered as a result of a judicial process from which it was ruled that there was tax fraud or tax evasion. "
Guatemala: Tax to Fight Corruption
A proposal has been made to create a special and temporary tax on assets above a certain amount in order to finance the operations of the Public Prosecutor against impunity and corruption in the state.
Ivan Velasquez, head of the International Commission against Impunity (CICIG), believes it is necessary to move on from "... discussing corruption to taking action", and therefore is proposing, together with the Public Ministry, the creation of a new tax to strengthen the institution's budget in the fight against impunity and corruption.
Guatemala: Corruption in Medicine Purchases Unveiled
A network made up of businessmen and officials from the Guatemalan Social Security Institute, agreed purchase prices for medicines and a list of companies that were able to participate in the contracts.
The head of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), Ivan Velasquez, told a news conference that the now dismantled network consisted of "... officers and employees from the Guatemalan Social Security Institute (IGSS), and individuals, who favored certain suppliers, in exchange for commissions, which came from increases in prices of medicines ... ".
Impeachment requested for Perez Molina
The Public Ministry of Guatemala believes it is "likely" that President Otto Perez Molina was involved in the customs fraud network known as "La Línea" and has called for his impeachment in the Supreme Court.
The International Commission Against Impunity (CICIG) and the Public Prosecutor filed a request to lift the immunity of President Otto Perez Molina and to carry out a formal investigation based on the evidence which has been gathered.
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'required', 'string', 'max:180',
Rule::unique('users')->ignore($this->user->id),
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'email' => [
'required','string','max:180',
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As a pastor, I'm sure many of you are discouraged.
Some of you are discouraged over your children that their lives are not going well. Some of you are discouraged about your marriage; it's not at all what you thought it would be. You feel deflated and disappointed.
Some of you are discouraged about your finances, or your health, or the economy, or an unanswered prayer.
I want to say something to you, and it may sound mean, but it isn't. It's simply truth, so I say this in love: If you're discouraged, that's your choice.
We make a choice to be discouraged. We make a choice to let discouraging thoughts move freely through our minds. But, we can also make a choice to change our thoughts at any time, taking them captive in the Lord.
This doesn't mean you should be a Pollyanna and pretend everything is okay. You can be realistic, but you also need to be optimistic because you are a Christian: "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" (Philippians 4:13 NIV). God says, "Lo, I am with you always" (Matthew 28:20 KJV). He will help you and he will strengthen you. Faith starts with optimism.
Just be patient. The answer you're waiting for will not be overdue a single day. God's timing is always perfect.
After 13 years, God answered our prayer – and we realized he had a much bigger plan than we did. The property we built on was not even available when we first started Saddleback. There weren't even roads leading to the property. God had a plan and slowly, steadily, surely he began to fulfill his vision.© 2008 Rick Warren. All rights reserved. | {
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Thinking Out Loud #4: Final Thoughts Before the Launch
October 19, 2017 — by Leonardo Dellanoce
The issue is literally taking shape. That is good news of course, but as the finalization is nearing, the patterns behind voluntary and involuntary choices become clearer. It means that a increasincgly clear picture is emerging of what V51 is and will be as a whole.
Our own approach to the field is also becoming evident to ourselves, witnessing a file rouge emerging between pragmatic and speculative contributions, projects and poems, images and diagrams.
The picture is so far one of balance: neither pessimistic nor optimistic, going beyond techno-utopian and anxious-dystopian.
But balance does not equal homogeneity nor neutrality, and that is why the issue includes radically different viewpoints and sometimes extreme perspectives. The common denominator between them being the will not only to reflect on technology but to think with technology in order to make propositions for the present and to envision future scenarios.
But, as we found out, balancing is no easy task. Think about what happened to Joshua Brown in May 2017. Brown was a fervent enthusiast of Tesla, Elon Musk's automobile brand, to the point that he became almost a public figure in his own niche. As you probably read Tesla model S comes with Autopilot, a technology that helps the driver, for instance, staying in the right lane or changing it if needed. Although that does not make model S a driver-less car, Tesla advertised the new technology implying that it gets really close to that height – think about the name they chose for instance. What happened is that Brown was driving on a highway in Florida when the Autopilot erroneously changed the lane making the car crash against a semitrailer truck. The accident was fatal for him.
Brown was overconfident in the technology he was provided with and probably the optimistic advertisement by Tesla mislead him. Autopilot as a technology was embraced both by the brand and by the driver with too much enthusiasm and that proved itself to be a dangerous approach.
But at the same time, not buying a Tesla or not carefully trying Autopilot, does not represent a helpful approach to the technological reality we live in either.
Perhaps Brown's story can work as a cautionary tale, but technological progress will not slow down because of it (surely not Tesla) and we, as cultural agents, either keep the pace with it or keep ourselves busy with the forensic of what already happened.
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FIFA 22 Legacy Edition Coming To Switch
July 12, 2021 Yoerider Comments 0 Comment
Electronic Arts has revealed they will be bringing the next FIFA 22 to Switch as a Legacy Edition.
The news was revealed via a press release, which states that the game will be launching for PC, Playstation and Xbox on October 1st, and on Switch as a Legacy Edition. For those who may not be aware, this means that the Switch version will not have any of the new game modes or gameplay innovations available in the other versions of the game, but will still introduce new kits and squads.
What do you think? Let us know in the comments.
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«Легенды и мифы Древней Греции» (изначально «Что рассказывали древние греки и римляне о своих богах и героях») — научно-популярная книга Николая Куна с кратким изложением античных мифов.
Содержание
Книга состоит из двух частей. Первая рассказывает о происхождении мира, отдельных богах и героях. В её основе лежат поэмы Гесиода «Теогония» и «Труды и дни», а также поэма Овидия «Метаморфозы». Среди прочего, особое внимание в ней уделено Аполлону, Дионису, Персею, Гераклу и Тесею. Вторая — посвящена древнегреческому эпосу, в её основе поэмы Гомера «Илиада» и «Одиссея».
Текст книги написан с нарушением привычного порядка слов(инверсия), что порой создает трудности для его быстрого понимания.
История публикации
Прижизненные издания
Первая часть книги была опубликована ещё в дореволюционной России. Работу над ней Кун закончил 24 мая 1914 г. В подготовке издания участвовал академик Ф. Е. Корш. Издательство И. Н. Кушнерёва выпустило книгу под авторским названием «Что рассказывали греки и римляне о своих богах и героях». Книга была переиздана в 1922 году издательством товарищества «Мир».
Вторая часть книги увидела свет уже после революции. В 1937 году «Учпедгиз» опубликовал третье издание книги под редакцией А. Д. Удальцова. Оно впервые содержало обе части, но вышло под изменённым названием: «Что рассказывали древние греки о своих богах и героях». Внучка Куна предполагает, что «римляне» исчезли из названия из-за ассоциаций с фашистской Италией 1930-х и Муссолини:
Издание 1937 года хотели запретить, так как боги там изображены обнаженными, но всё же книгу удалось опубликовать с оригинальными фотографиями.
В 1940 году за несколько дней до смерти Кун подписал сигнальный экземпляр четвёртого издания, в котором он пересмотрел текст книги и подобрал для неё иллюстрации.
Посмертные издания
В 1954 году книга вышла с новым названием «Легенды и мифы Древней Греции», которое было придумано учениками Куна, и введением А. Г. Бокщанина. Книга была издана с сокращениями:
Примечания
См. также
Древнегреческая мифология
Древнегреческая религия
Римская религия
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Aire appoints Roaring Mouse to attract UK and US lendersBlog
Roaring Mouse has been appointed by fintech company Aire to attract lenders to its pioneering credit insight service in the UK and US.
Scaleup advice from veteran of PayPal, Skype & eBayPage
When it comes to scaling up technology businesses, few people in the world know more than Annemie Ress.
It's hard, looking back, to know precisely how to feel about our eighth full year in business. While, thankfully, we've remained at least one step removed from the human catastrophe of COVID, we've certainly felt its impact.
Financially, it turned out to be a steady year. We achieved growth of 7%, alongside a respectable profit margin. After several years where growth exceeded 20% and even 30%, this could have seemed sedate. In reality, it felt like a roller coaster.
The first half was incredible. We increased work with most of our retained customers and achieved a stellar new business win in Aire: one of the UK's most exciting fintech companies.
We appointed two new members of staff, including former national newspaper journalist Paul Coupar-Hennessy as Creative Director. We'd made room for more people in the office and were planning trade missions to the US and several European tech industry events.
Then COVID hit. Some customers reduced their activity, some were minded to give notice. Instead of the 40% growth we forecasted conservatively in February, which would have moved us into the realms of PRWeek's Top 150 agency listings, we could have gone backwards.
That we didn't was a testament to our new business pipeline, the loyalty of our customers and the quality of work we've done. We adapted, and we revised our plans to help ensure customers still got the cut-through they needed.
We won four new accounts in lockdown, including data science consultancy Peak Indicators and automation specialists HappyWired. Because we were delivering results, we were also able to secure new working arrangements with the customers that were forced to pull budgets at the start of lockdown.
So, following a year of moderate growth and mixed-emotions, I'm left with a mixture of pride and relief. Proud of the performance of the team in challenging circumstances, and the quality of work that led two-thirds of customers to state 'extremely satisfied' with our performance in our latest survey.
And relieved that we've been able to stay on track financially, without any drastic measures to reduce costs. I know that not every agency has been so lucky.
Looking forwards, we are certainly not complacent about the year ahead, which could be as challenging as this one.
But we are determined to be optimistic. Despite COVID, Brexit and other harmful influences, prospects remain good for early-stage companies involved in fintech, cybersecurity, AI and cleantech. These are areas where we have a wealth of experience gained helping to build some of Europe's most innovative and fastest-growing organisations.
Please raise a glass to Roaring Mouse's eighth birthday. We'll see you soon.
Standout campaigns
The team at Roaring Mouse has delivered some exceptional campaigns and results for customers this year. Here are two standout examples…
Five Years in Cyber Security: This campaign for internet service provider Beaming highlighted the growing impact of cybercrime on businesses and how they can better protect themselves. We looked at half a decade's worth of data and spoke with several cybersecurity experts to produce a thought leadership report and film, and secured blanket coverage across target technology and business publications. The campaign has cemented Beaming's reputation as a reliable, knowledgeable provider of secure connectivity and telephony services.
Kevin Keegan's Secrets of Leadership: This digital PR campaign for technology company BigChange tapped into the expertise of its famous ambassador: former England football captain and manager Kevin Keegan OBE. Unable to engage with BigChange's clients in person, Kevin kindly agreed to feature in a nine-part YouTube series exploring the qualities of successful leaders and the lessons he learned playing under the likes of Sir Alf Ramsey and Bill Shankly OBE. The campaign launched two weeks ago and has already achieved thousands of organic views and exceptional levels of engagement across BigChange's social media channels.
Photo by Alexandre Lion on Unsplash
SECURING NEW CONNECTIONS WITH UK SMES
Beaming, the business ISP, Beaming, had to stand out and be seen as outstanding to grow quickly in a noisy and highly competitive market. In 2016, it hired Roaring Mouse to accelerate its expansion.
Roaring Mouse put in place an integrated PR and content marketing campaign for Beaming based on insight, thought leadership and rich video content.
Roaring Mouse specialises in creating and delivering PR campaigns that engage and impress the investors, business leaders, decision makers and buyers our customers want to do business with.
We can help you produce remarkable content that captures the attention of potential buyers, establishes trust in your brand and, ultimately, maximises the chances that you will make a sale.
Roaring Mouse provides a range of bespoke PR training courses and workshops to help business leaders, marketing professionals and University students communicate with greater impact.
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Party in the Black Rose Ballroom. Beer by Something Wicked Brewery, Wine by Marburg Estate Winery. Live music by Little Leroys, followed by Crooked Oaks. This event is SOLD OUT.
We're back at Columbia Kettle Works, in the brewery. This is always a fun time. Don't miss it!
Little Leroys will be opening the Lancaster Roots & Blues Festival again this year. Join us at the Tellus360 front stage to help us kick off Lancaster's most fabulous weekend.
It's Caribbean month at Fenderz! Just off the lobby in the rear of the Wyndam Garden York, Fenderz Grill & Pub will be offering $.99 drinks to flip-flop wearers, a special Caribbean menu, and chances to win lots of great prizes including a Sandals vacation. Join us to shake off those winter blues!
This looks like a private event, but when the music starts, you're invited. Doors to the barn will open to the public at 8:30, with live music by Little Leroys from 9-11 pm.
Join us at our favorite place to throw a party!
It's our first regular show at McCleary's. Help us to pack the place!
Join us for some cold beer and cool tunes in the pub. We've got new music for you!
Join the FULL BAND on the Green Horizon Grill deck at The Bridges Golf Club. Easy access, right along Rt 30. Have dinner, a few drinks, a spectacular view...and some Lounge-A-Billy Deluxe!!
Little Leroys will be joining Stu Huggens and the Black Hats for an afternoon of country music. Visit Moondancer Winery's event page for more information: http://moondancerwinery.com/upcoming-events.html.
Join the FULL BAND at this gorgeous venue, overlooking the vineyard. Visit the Decked Out Live page for details: http://vineyardathershey.com/deckedout-live/.
Come see Little Leroys participate in an Opry-style showcase of talent in the 225-seat, air-conditioned Oley Fair Centre. Proceeds benefit "Ukes in the Schools," a program that puts musical instruments in the hands of school-age children. Event runs 6:30-10:30 and you can get more info at http://berkscountryfest.com/event/berks-country-fest-got-talent-showcase/.
Cindy and Mickey will be talking about their upcoming showcase with the Berks Country Fest, as well as their forthcoming CD. They'll also perform a few songs from that new CD live, on the air. Tune in to 830 AM at 4:30.
Join the FULL BAND for the first After Dark Party Cruise of the season. Two hours of roots rock, blues and honky-tonk while docked, then a one hour cruise while the Lounge-A-Billy Deluxe show plays on. Tickets $15 at the boat (but they do sell out). $14 online in advance at http://harrisburgriverboat.com/live-entertainment-events/. Drinks specials and grill menu available.
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With over 35 years in business, Coastal Carolina Otolaryngology & Audiology's longevity and commitment to the area is unmatched. Schedule your appointment today with our knowledgeable staff and hear the difference we can make in your hearing health.
Coastal Carolina Otolaryngology began as a one physician practice in 1975 has now expanded to become a full-service ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat) and Audiology practice on the Grand Strand. For 8 years, Dr. Calhoun Cunningham was the sole ENT physician in the area and saw patients from near and far.
Coastal Carolina Otolaryngology provides a full range of audiological services including hearing testing, balance assessments and evoked potentials as well as fitting the latest in hearing aid and wireless technology..
Todays hearing aids are small and provide the clearest sound. Browse our hearing selection and find the right fit for you. | {
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package owltools.sim2;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.Map.Entry;
import org.apache.commons.math.MathException;
import org.apache.commons.math3.stat.descriptive.StatisticalSummaryValues;
import org.apache.commons.math3.stat.descriptive.SummaryStatistics;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLClass;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLClassExpression;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLNamedIndividual;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLOntology;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLOntologyCreationException;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.reasoner.Node;
import org.semanticweb.owlapi.reasoner.OWLReasoner;
import owltools.sim2.FastOwlSim.ClassCount;
import owltools.sim2.SimpleOwlSim.Direction;
import owltools.sim2.SimpleOwlSim.Metric;
import owltools.sim2.SimpleOwlSim.SimConfigurationProperty;
import owltools.sim2.io.SimResultRenderer.AttributesSimScores;
import owltools.sim2.scores.AttributePairScores;
import owltools.sim2.scores.ElementPairScores;
/**
*
* <h2>Semantic Similarity</h2>
*
* <h3>Basic Concepts</h3>
*
* This class allows the comparison of one or more entities (modeled as
* OWLIndividuals) to another set, based on the attributes they possess (modeled
* as OWLClasses).
*
* Entities may be genes, genotypes, diseases, organisms, ...
*
* Attributes may be functions, phenotypes, ...
*
* Usage is generic beyond biology. The entities compared could be pizzas,
* and the attrubutes could be toppings.
*
* Similarity scores are generated for any pair of entities based on
* shared attributes. An <i>ontology</i> is used so that we can compare based
* on shared <i>inferred</i> attributes as well.
*
* <h3>Pre-processing (optional)</h3>
*
* Each individual is assumed to be an instance of the class used in the
* comparison. This may not be the natural representation, so some
* pre-processing may be required.
*
* For example, for representing the relationships between gene individuals and
* tissues, the natural representation may be
*
* <pre>
* Individual: g1
* Types: gene, expressed_in some hand
* Individual: g2
* Types: gene, expressed_in some toe
* </pre>
*
* Here the only *named* class commonly instantiated between g1 and g2 is
* 'gene'. OWLReasoners do not return anonymous class expressions.
*
* The input ontology should be pre-processed to pre-generate named classes such
* as
*
* <pre>
* "X gene" EquivalentTo expressed_in some X
* </pre>
*
* If we assume a property chain
*
* <pre>
* expressed_in o part_of -> expressed_in
* </pre>
*
* And a typical partonomy
*
* Then g1 and g2 will both instantiate "expressed_in some autopod"
*
* See the "--mpi" command in OWLTools for building these views
*
* Note that for some applications, it may be best to model entities such as
* genes and diseases as classes. However, to compare these effectively, the
* representation should be translated to individuals.
*
* <h3>Reasoning</h3>
*
* Any reasoner can be plugged in but for most datasets we use Elk 0.4.x, which
* can scale well.
*
* A reasoner performs operations over an ontology consisting of OWLIndividuals and OWLClasses.
* We typically use i, j for variable names for instances, and a, b, c, d as variable names
* for classes.
*
* The following operations are used:
*
* <ul>
* <li> <i>Type(i)</i> : {@link OWLReasoner#getTypes(OWLNamedIndividual, boolean)}
* - to find all of the attributes possessed
* by an entity - may be direct or indirect. The inverse operation is <i>Inst(c)</i>
* <li> <i>Sub(c)</i> : {@link OWLReasoner#getSuperClasses(OWLClassExpression, boolean)}
* - to find all the ancestors (subsumers) of an attribute - direct and indirect.
* The inverse operation is <i>SubBy(c)</i>
* <li> <i>Eq(c)</i> : {@link OWLReasoner#getEquivalentClasses(OWLClassExpression)} - find all all equivalent attributes/
* Note that OWLSim is cycle-safe - cycles over SubClassOf are permitted, these are the same as an equivalence axiom between the classes
* </ul>
*
* The latter two are combined to yield the <i>reflexive</i> common subsumers list -
* see {@link #getNamedReflexiveSubsumers(OWLClass)}. We write this here as
* RSub(c). i.e.
* <pre>
* RSub(c) = Sub(c) ∪ Eq(c)
* </pre>
*
* The use of an OWLReasoner could be replaced with a basic graph traversal algorithm,
* but it's useful to use a reasoner here, as the ontology may not have been <i>pre-reasoned</i>
*
*
* <h3>Similarity metrics</h3>
*
* See individual methods for details. Generally there are two kinds of
* comparison
*
* <ul>
* <li>Between two <i>classes</i> (aka attributes, which are used to describe individuals)
* <li>Between two <i>individuals</i> (aka entities, e.g. between two genes, two organisms, or a
* disease vs genotype)
* </ul>
*
* The former can be used to calculate the latter.
*
* <h4>Common Subsumers and Lowest Common Subsumers</h4>
*
* class-class comparisons are based on <i>inferred common subsumers</i>.
* <pre>
* CS(c,d) = RSub(c) ∪ RSub(d)
* </pre>
*
* The <i>Lowest Common Subsumer</i> is the set of common subsumers that are not
* redundant with other common subsumers:
*
* <pre>
* LCS(c,d) = { a : a ∈ CS(c,d), not [ &E; a' : a' ∈ CS(c,d), c' in Sub(c) ] }
* </pre>
*
* This is implemented by {@link #getLowestCommonSubsumerWithIC(OWLClass, OWLClass)}
*
* <h4>Information Content</h4>
*
* The <i>information content</i> (IC) of an class is a measure of how rare the class is
*
* <pre>
* IC(c) = -log<sub>2</sub>( Pr(c) )
* </pre>
*
* Where the probability Pr of a class c is the frequency of that class (number of
* instances that instantiate it) divided by the number of instances in the corpus:
*
* <pre>
* Pr(c) = | Inst(c) | / | Inst(RootClass) |
* </pre>
*
* Here the semantics of Inst(c) are provided by
* {@link OWLReasoner#getInstances(OWLClassExpression, boolean)}
*
* <h4>Similarity between classes</h4>
*
* One measure of similarity between two classes is the IC of the lowest common
* subsumer. See {@link #getLowestCommonSubsumerWithIC(OWLClass, OWLClass)}
*
* <h4>Similarity Measures between Entities (Individuals)</h4>
*
* There are a variety of methods for comparing two entities based on the
* attributes they share.
*
* Some methods take the two best-mtaching attributes, others compute some kind of
* sum of similarity over the ensemble of attributes.
*
* An example of a best-attribute method is the <i>maximum information content
* of the lowest common subsumers</i>. This is implemented by
* {@link #getSimilarityMaxIC(OWLNamedIndividual, OWLNamedIndividual)}. This
* is the same method as described in Lord et al 2003.
*
* Other methods
* <ul>
* <li> {@link #getElementJaccardSimilarity(OWLNamedIndividual, OWLNamedIndividual)}
* <li> {@link #getElementGraphInformationContentSimilarity(OWLNamedIndividual, OWLNamedIndividual)}
* <li>
* </ul>
*
* @author cjm
*
*/
public interface OwlSim {
//TODO: replace with enum
public String[] metrics = {"bmaAsymIC","bmaSymIC","bmaInverseAsymIC", "combinedScore", "simJ", "simGIC","maxIC"};
public enum Stat {
MEAN,MIN,MAX,N,SUM
}
/**
* @return ontology used to store both classes and individuals
*/
public OWLOntology getSourceOntology();
/**
* @return reasoner initialized with source ontology
*/
public OWLReasoner getReasoner();
/**
* @param a
* @return Sub(c)
*/
public Set<Node<OWLClass>> getNamedSubsumers(OWLClass a);
/**
*
* @param i
* @return Type(i) - nodes for all classes that a instantiates - direct and inferred
*/
public Set<Node<OWLClass>> getInferredAttributes(
OWLNamedIndividual i);
/**
*
* @param a
* @return anc(a)
*/
public Set<Node<OWLClass>> getNamedReflexiveSubsumers(
OWLClass a);
/**
*
* <pre>
* CS(a,b) = { c : c ∈ RSub(a), c ∈ RSub(b) }
* </pre>
*
* NOT CACHED.
* Always returns a copy of the CS list
*
* @param a
* @param b
* @return nodes
* @throws UnknownOWLClassException
*/
public Set<Node<OWLClass>> getNamedCommonSubsumers(
OWLClass a, OWLClass b) throws UnknownOWLClassException;
/**
* <pre>
* | CS(i,j) | = | { c : c ∈ Type(i), c ∈ Type(j) } |
* </pre>
* @param a
* @param b
* @return | CS(a,b) |
* @throws UnknownOWLClassException
*/
public int getNamedCommonSubsumersCount(OWLClass a,
OWLClass b) throws UnknownOWLClassException;
/**
* <pre>
* CS(i,j) = { c : c ∈ Type(i), c ∈ Type(j) }
* </pre>
*
* @param a
* @param b
* @return CS(i,j)
* @throws UnknownOWLClassException
*/
public Set<Node<OWLClass>> getNamedCommonSubsumers(
OWLNamedIndividual a, OWLNamedIndividual b) throws UnknownOWLClassException;
/**
* <pre>
* CS<sub>redundant</sub>(a,b) = { c : c ∈ CS(a,b), &E; c' : c' ∈ CS(a,b), c' &in Sub(c) }
* LCS(a,b) = CS(a,b) - CS<SUB>redundant</SUB>
* </pre>
*
* @param a
* @param b
* @return LCS(a,b)
* @throws UnknownOWLClassException
*/
public Set<Node<OWLClass>> getNamedLowestCommonSubsumers(
OWLClass a, OWLClass b) throws UnknownOWLClassException;
/**
* This method provides a generic wrapper onto other attribute-based similarity
* methods
*
* Compares two classes (attributes) according to the specified metric
*
* @param a
* @param b
* @param metric
* @return Sim<sub>M</sub>(a,b)
* @throws UnknownOWLClassException
*/
public double getAttributeSimilarity(OWLClass a,
OWLClass b, Metric metric) throws UnknownOWLClassException;
/**
* <pre>
* SimJ(a,b) = | anc(a) ∩ anc(b) | / | anc(a) ∪ anc(b) |
* </pre>
*
* @param a
* @param b
* @return SimJ of two attribute classes
* @throws UnknownOWLClassException
*/
public double getAttributeJaccardSimilarity(OWLClass a,
OWLClass b) throws UnknownOWLClassException;
/**
* <pre>
* SimJ(i,j) = | Type(i) ∩ Type(j) | / | Type(i) ∪ Type(j) |
* </pre>
*
* Here Type(i) is the set of all (direct and indirect) inferred types
* for an individual.
*
* @param i
* @param j
* @return SimJ
* @throws UnknownOWLClassException
*/
public double getElementJaccardSimilarity(OWLNamedIndividual i,
OWLNamedIndividual j) throws UnknownOWLClassException;
/**
* <pre>
* SimJ(i,j) = | Type(i) ∩ Type(j) | / | Type(j) |
* </pre>
*
*
* @param i
* @param j
* @return SimJ(i,j)
* @throws UnknownOWLClassException
*/
public double getAsymmetricElementJaccardSimilarity(OWLNamedIndividual i,
OWLNamedIndividual j) throws UnknownOWLClassException;
/**
* <pre>
* SimJ<sup>ASym</sup>(c,d) = | anc(c) ∩ anc(d) | / | anc(d) |
* </pre>
*
* If c is subsumed by d then the score is 1. i.e.
* <pre>
* c ∈ Sub(d) → SimJ<sup>ASym</sup>(c,d) = 1
* <pre>
*
* @param c
* @param d
* @return Asymmetric SimJ of two attribute classes
* @throws UnknownOWLClassException
*/
public double getAsymmetricAttributeJaccardSimilarity(
OWLClass c, OWLClass d) throws UnknownOWLClassException;
/**
* sums of IC of the intersection attributes/ sum of IC of union attributes.
* <img src=
* "http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=2238903&blobname=gkm806um8.jpg"
* alt="formula for simGIC"/>
*
* @param i
* @param j
* @return Σ<sub>t ∈ Type(i) ∩ Type(j)</sub> IC(t) / Σ<sub>t ∈ Type(i) ∪ Type(j)</sub> IC(t)
* @throws UnknownOWLClassException
*/
public double getElementGraphInformationContentSimilarity(
OWLNamedIndividual i, OWLNamedIndividual j) throws UnknownOWLClassException;
/**
* sums of IC of the intersection attributes/ sum of IC of union attributes.
* <img src=
* "http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=2238903&blobname=gkm806um8.jpg"
* alt="formula for simGIC"/>
*
*
* @param c
* @param d
* @return Σ<sub>t ∈ RSub(c) ∩ RSub(d)</sub> IC(t) / Σ<sub>t ∈ RSub(c) ∪ RSub(d)</sub> IC(t)
* @throws UnknownOWLClassException
*/
public double getAttributeGraphInformationContentSimilarity(
OWLClass c, OWLClass d) throws UnknownOWLClassException;
/**
* Find the inferred attribute shared by both i and j that has highest IC. If
* there is a tie then the resulting structure will have multiple classes.
*
* <pre>
* MaxIC(i,j) = max { IC(c) : c ∈ LCS(i,j) }
* C<sub>MaxIC(i,j)</sub> = { c : c ∈ LCS(i,j), IC(c) = MaxIC(i,j) }
* </pre>
*
* As a convenience, this method also returns the LCS class as well as the IC
*
* This is the same metric used by Lord et al in <a href="http://bioinformatics.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/19/10/1275">
* Investigating semantic similarity measures across the Gene Ontology: the relationship between sequence and annotation</a>.
*
* @param i
* @param j
* @return <MaxIC(i,j) C<sub>MaxIC(i,j)</sub>
* @throws UnknownOWLClassException
*/
public ScoreAttributeSetPair getSimilarityMaxIC(
OWLNamedIndividual i, OWLNamedIndividual j) throws UnknownOWLClassException;
/**
* @param i
* @param j
* @return BMA<sub>Asym</sub>(i,j)
*/
@Deprecated
public ScoreAttributeSetPair getSimilarityBestMatchAverageAsym(
OWLNamedIndividual i, OWLNamedIndividual j);
/**
* @param c
* @param d
* @return scores
* @throws UnknownOWLClassException
*/
@Deprecated
public AttributePairScores getPairwiseSimilarity(OWLClass c, OWLClass d) throws UnknownOWLClassException;
/**
* See: Pesquita et al
*
* <pre>
* BMA<sup>M</sup>(i,j) = avg { s : c ∈ Attr(i), max { s : d ∈ Attr(j), s = M(c,d) } }
* </pre>
*
*
* @param i
* @param j
* @param metric
* @return pair
*/
public ScoreAttributeSetPair getSimilarityBestMatchAverageAsym(
OWLNamedIndividual i, OWLNamedIndividual j, Metric metric);
/**
* @param i
* @param j
* @param metric
* @param dir
* @return scores
*/
@Deprecated
public ScoreAttributeSetPair getSimilarityBestMatchAverage(
OWLNamedIndividual i, OWLNamedIndividual j, Metric metric,
Direction dir);
// Possible optimizations:
/**
* Equivalent to {@link #getAttributeJaccardSimilarity(OWLClass, OWLClass)} * 100
* @param a
* @param b
* @return simj*100
* @throws UnknownOWLClassException
*/
public int getAttributeJaccardSimilarityAsPercent(OWLClass a,
OWLClass b) throws UnknownOWLClassException;
/**
* Equivalent to {@link #getElementJaccardSimilarity(OWLNamedIndividual, OWLNamedIndividual)} * 100
* @param i
* @param j
* @return simj*100
* @throws UnknownOWLClassException
*/
public int getElementJaccardSimilarityAsPercent(OWLNamedIndividual i,
OWLNamedIndividual j) throws UnknownOWLClassException;
/**
* Equivalent to {@link #getAsymmetricAttributeJaccardSimilarity(OWLClass, OWLClass)} * 100
* @param a
* @param b
* @return asimj*100
* @throws UnknownOWLClassException
*/
public int getAsymmetricAttributeJaccardSimilarityAsPercent(OWLClass a,
OWLClass b) throws UnknownOWLClassException;
/**
* Equivalent to {@link #getAsymmetricElementJaccardSimilarity(OWLNamedIndividual, OWLNamedIndividual)} * 100
* @param i
* @param j
* @return asimj*100
* @throws UnknownOWLClassException
*/
public int getAsymmetricElementJaccardSimilarityAsPercent(OWLNamedIndividual i,
OWLNamedIndividual j) throws UnknownOWLClassException;
/**
* returns all attribute classes - i.e. the classes used to annotate the
* elements (genes, diseases, etc) being studied, either directly or indirectly
*
* defaults to all classes in source ontology signature
*
* @return set of classes
*/
public Set<OWLClass> getAllAttributeClasses();
/**
* This must be called prior to calculation of any similarity metrics.
*
* It creates a set of attribute classes (the subset of classes that
* have inferred or direct individuals) and the set of elements (individuals),
* together with any internal indexing
*
* assumes that the ontology contains both attributes (TBox) and elements +
* associations (ABox)
*
* @throws UnknownOWLClassException
*/
public void createElementAttributeMapFromOntology() throws UnknownOWLClassException;
/**
* For implementations that use a cache, this performs an all by all comparison
* of all attributes and caches the results.
*
* @throws UnknownOWLClassException
*/
public void precomputeAttributeAllByAll() throws UnknownOWLClassException;
/**
* Gets all attribute classes used to describe individual element e.
*
* Does *not* include inferred classes
* @param e
* @return Type(e,indirect)
* @throws UnknownOWLClassException
*/
public Set<OWLClass> getAttributesForElement(OWLNamedIndividual e) throws UnknownOWLClassException;
/**
* inferred
*
* @param c
* @return set of entities
* @throws UnknownOWLClassException
*/
public Set<OWLNamedIndividual> getElementsForAttribute(OWLClass c) throws UnknownOWLClassException;
/**
* |{e : e ∈ Inst(c)}|
*
* @param c
* @return count
* @throws UnknownOWLClassException
*/
public int getNumElementsForAttribute(OWLClass c) throws UnknownOWLClassException;
/**
* @return E = {e : e ∈ Inst(Τ)}
*/
public Set<OWLNamedIndividual> getAllElements();
/**
* The number of entities in the entire set being analyzed.
*
* Typically this is
* |{e : e ∈ Inst(Τ)}|
* But this can be overridden (for the scenario where the ABox is a subset
* of the known universe)
*
* @return corpus size
*/
public int getCorpusSize();
/**
* Sets the number of entities in domain. Can be used to override
* the default amount, which is the number of elements
*
* @param size
*/
public void setCorpusSize(int size);
// IC = 0.0 : 100% (1/1)
// IC = 1.0 : 50% (1/2)
// IC = 2.0 : 25% (1/4)
// IC = 3.0 : 12.5% (1/8)
/**
* IC = -(log {@link #getNumElementsForAttribute(OWLClass)} / corpus size) / log(2)
* @param c
* @return Information Content value for a given class
* @throws UnknownOWLClassException
*/
public Double getInformationContentForAttribute(OWLClass c) throws UnknownOWLClassException;
/**
* @return -Σ<sub>i</sub>[ (P(x<sub>i</sub>)log<sub>2</sub>P(x<sub>i</sub>)]
* @throws UnknownOWLClassException
*/
public Double getEntropy() throws UnknownOWLClassException;
/**
* @param cset
* @return -Σ<sub>i</sub>[ (P(x<sub>i</sub>)log<sub>2</sub>P(x<sub>i</sub>)] for x<sub>i</sub> ∈ cset
* @throws UnknownOWLClassException
*/
public Double getEntropy(Set<OWLClass> cset) throws UnknownOWLClassException;
/**
* @param c - query class
* @param ds - target class set
* @return list of scores
* @throws UnknownOWLClassException
*/
public List<AttributesSimScores> compareAllAttributes(OWLClass c, Set<OWLClass> ds) throws UnknownOWLClassException;
/**
* <p>Find all similar matches to a pseudo-individual with a set of attributes
* when compared to loaded individuals using {@link getGroupwiseSimilarity}
* with default cutoffs.</p>
* {@code minSimJPct = getPropertyAsDouble({@link SimConfigurationProperty.minimumSimJ}, 0.05) * 100) } <br />
* {@code minMaxIC = getPropertyAsDouble({@link SimConfigurationProperty.minimumMaxIC}, 2.5); }
* @param atts
* @param targetIdSpace
* @return sorted scores
* @throws Exception
*/
public List<ElementPairScores> findMatches(Set<OWLClass> atts, String targetIdSpace) throws UnknownOWLClassException, Exception;
/**
* Find all similar matches to a pseudo-individual with a set of attributes
* when compared to loaded individuals using {@link getGroupwiseSimilarity}
* with {@code minSimJPct} and {@code minMaxIC} cutoffs.
* @param atts
* @param targetIdSpace
* @param minSimJPct
* @param minMaxIC
* @return
* @throws Exception
*/
public List<ElementPairScores> findMatches(Set<OWLClass> atts, String targetIdSpace, double minSimJPct, double minMaxIC) throws Exception;
/**
* <p>Compare a named individual {@code i} to itself.
* For efficiency, the phenoDigm score should be calculated in the calling
* function.</p>
* <p>This will use no cutoff (-1,-1).</p>
* @param atts
* @param targetIdSpace
* @return sorted scores
* @throws Exception
*/
public ElementPairScores getGroupwiseSimilarity(OWLNamedIndividual i) throws Exception;
/**
* Compare two named individuals {@code (i,j)}.
* <p>This will default to using the following cutoffs: <br />
* {@code minSimJPct = getPropertyAsDouble({@link SimConfigurationProperty.minimumSimJ}, 0.05) * 100) } <br />
* {@code minMaxIC = getPropertyAsDouble({@link SimConfigurationProperty.minimumMaxIC}, 2.5); }
* </p>
*
* @param i
* @param j
* @return scores
* @throws Exception
*/
public ElementPairScores getGroupwiseSimilarity(OWLNamedIndividual i,
OWLNamedIndividual j) throws Exception;
/**
* <p>Compare two named individuals {@code i}, filtering on
* {@code minSimJ} and {@code minMaxIC} </p>
* <p>While an initial {@code combinedScore} is populated in the returned
* {@link ElementPairScores} object, it should be properly set in
* the calling function with {@link calculateCombinedScore} and
* {@code i.maxIC and i.bmaAsymIC}</p>
* @param atts
* @param targetIdSpace
* @return sorted scores
* @throws Exception
*/
public ElementPairScores getGroupwiseSimilarity(OWLNamedIndividual i, OWLNamedIndividual j, double minSimJ, double minMaxIC) throws Exception;
/**
* <p>Compare a set of attributes against the named individual {@code i}.
* For efficiency, the phenoDigm score should be calculated in the calling
* function.</p>
* <p>This will default to using the following cutoffs: <br />
* {@code minSimJPct = getPropertyAsDouble({@link SimConfigurationProperty.minimumSimJ}, 0.05) * 100) } <br />
* {@code minMaxIC = getPropertyAsDouble({@link SimConfigurationProperty.minimumMaxIC}, 2.5); }
* </p>
* @param atts
* @param targetIdSpace
* @return sorted scores
* @throws Exception
*/
public ElementPairScores getGroupwiseSimilarity(Set<OWLClass> atts, OWLNamedIndividual j) throws Exception;
/**
* Compare a set of attributes against the named individual {@code i}.
* For efficiency, the phenoDigm score should be calculated in the calling
* function.
* <p>If no cutoffs are desired, set {@code minSimJPct} and {@code minMaxIC} = -1</p>
*
* @param atts
* @param targetIdSpace
* @return sorted scores
* @throws Exception
*/
public ElementPairScores getGroupwiseSimilarity(Set<OWLClass> atts, OWLNamedIndividual j, double minSimJPct, double minMaxIC) throws Exception;
public ElementPairScores getGroupwiseSimilarity(Set<OWLClass> objAs, Set<OWLClass> objBs) throws Exception;
public ElementPairScores getGroupwiseSimilarity(Set<OWLClass> objAs, Set<OWLClass> objBs, double minSimJPct, double minMaxIC) throws Exception;
/**
* @param i
* @param targetIdSpace
* @return sorted scores
* @throws Exception
*/
public List<ElementPairScores> findMatches(OWLNamedIndividual i, String targetIdSpace) throws Exception;
/**
* @param i
* @param targetIdSpace
* @return sorted scores
* @throws Exception
*/
public List<ElementPairScores> findMatches(OWLNamedIndividual i, String targetIdSpace, double minSimJPct, double minMaxIC) throws Exception;
public List<ElementPairScores> findMatchesWithin(OWLNamedIndividual i, Set<OWLNamedIndividual> candidateTargets) throws Exception;
/**
* Resnick similarity measure, together with all LCSs (MICAs) that
* have this as IC
*
* @param c
* @param d
* @return LCS together with IC(LCS)
* @throws UnknownOWLClassException
*/
public ScoreAttributeSetPair getLowestCommonSubsumerWithIC(OWLClass c, OWLClass d)
throws UnknownOWLClassException;
public ScoreAttributeSetPair getLowestCommonSubsumerWithLinScore(OWLClass c, OWLClass d)
throws UnknownOWLClassException;
/**
* @param i
* @param j
* @param thresh
* @return LCS together with IC(LCS)
* @throws UnknownOWLClassException
*/
public ScoreAttributeSetPair getLowestCommonSubsumerWithIC(OWLClass i, OWLClass j, Double thresh)
throws UnknownOWLClassException;
/**
* Experimental: save internal state of object
* @param fileName
* @throws IOException
*/
public void saveState(String fileName) throws IOException;
/**
* Saves the contents of the LCS-IC cache
*
* Assumes that this has already been filled by comparing all classes by all classes.
*
*
* @param fileName
* @throws IOException
*/
public void saveLCSCache(String fileName) throws IOException;
/**
* As {@link #saveLCSCache(String)}, but do not write a line for any LCS
* whose IC falls below the threshold.
*
* Use this if you expect the size of the cache to be large. If not set,
* the number of lines will be |A| x |A|
*
* @param fileName
* @param thresholdIC
* @throws IOException
*/
public void saveLCSCache(String fileName, Double thresholdIC) throws IOException;
/**
* Loads a pregenerated IC cache.
*
* May or may not set IC values of LCS classes - implementation dependent
*
* @param fileName
* @throws IOException
*/
public void loadLCSCache(String fileName) throws IOException;
/**
* Generates an ontology containing annotation assertion axioms connecting
* a class to an IC value.
*
* Can be used to persist class to IC mappings
*
* @return ontology containing annotation assertions
* @throws OWLOntologyCreationException
* @throws UnknownOWLClassException
*/
public OWLOntology cacheInformationContentInOntology() throws OWLOntologyCreationException, UnknownOWLClassException;
/**
* Populate the IC cache from an ontology of class-IC mappings.
*
* Can be used to restore an IC cache from a previously persisted state.
*
*
* @param o
*/
public void setInformationContentFromOntology(OWLOntology o);
/**
* Ff set, the cache is written to but not read from.
*
* Set this is you are building a cached to be persisted.
*
* @param b
*/
public void setNoLookupForLCSCache(boolean b);
/**
* A pair consisting of a set of equal-scoring attributes, and a score
*
* @author cjm
*
*/
public class ScoreAttributeSetPair implements Comparable<ScoreAttributeSetPair> {
/**
* Score shared by all attributes in attribute set
*/
public double score;
/**
* Set of attributes that have the score
*/
public Set<OWLClass> attributeClassSet = new HashSet<OWLClass>(); // all
// attributes
// with
// this
// score
/**
* @param score
* @param ac
*/
public ScoreAttributeSetPair(double score, OWLClass ac) {
super();
this.score = score;
if (ac != null) attributeClassSet.add(ac);
}
/**
* @param score
* @param acs
*/
public ScoreAttributeSetPair(double score, Set<OWLClass> acs) {
super();
this.score = score;
this.attributeClassSet = acs;
}
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super();
this.score = score;
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if (attributeClassSet == null)
attributeClassSet = new HashSet<OWLClass>();
this.attributeClassSet.add(ac);
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* Setter
* @param acs
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attributeClassSet = new HashSet<OWLClass>();
for (OWLClass ac : acs)
attributeClassSet.add(ac);
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With over 140,000 new and used boat listings worldwide offered by more than 4,000 brokers, dealers and builders in 100 countries, YachtWorld.com and Boats.com are the single most powerful and effective global marketing solution for the boating industry. Both YachtWorld and Boats.com are visited by 3.5 million boating consumers every month who click through over 95 million page views.
Boats.com and YachtWorld.com, the world's leading online marine resources and both divisions of Dominion Enterprises, announced a long-term agreement that will connect their comprehensive, searchable boat listings. This extensive editorial content will contain 12 of the best marine journalists in the business.
The merging of BoaterMouth-branded sections, YachtWorld.com and Boats.com will enhance the online boater experience by offering in-depth information on boat-spec information, expert insights, connected and cross-referenced. The collaboration will also utilize the growing collection of social-networking sites, including Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn and Facebook.
Boats.com and YachtWorld.com will utilize their established online technology to pair this expanded editorial content with related new-boat and brokerage listings, offering the BoaterMouth team's writing to an average monthly audience of 3.5 million boating enthusiasts—more than the combined circulation of every U.S. marine magazine. Featured articles by BoaterMouth's marine journalists will cover a range of topics, from power and sailboats to fishing, mega yachts, marine electronics, marine engines, chartering, cruising, racing, and advice on maintenance and equipment.
"The team at Boats.com and YachtWorld.com shares our vision of connecting with boaters using rich editorial content in new online formats, and we'll be working with them to apply our industry expertise across digital platforms as they continue to evolve." Owner of BoaterMouth.com and longtime marine journalist Kim Kavin commented. | {
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Tour de Palm Springs sends thousands of cyclists onto roads
Colin Atagi
With the sun barely rising above the Coachella Valley, the first wave of bicyclists hit the road Saturday morning for a mass bike ride that stretched across the desert and continued its annual tradition for an 18th year.
Nearly 7,000 bicyclists participated in the Tour de Palm Springs bike ride, which kicked off Saturday in downtown Palm Springs. And for upwards of five hours, clumps of bicyclists could be spotted on either end of the desert and nearly everywhere in between.
Every year, the tour attracts bicycle enthusiasts who are interested in competing against others, want to get some exercise or just enjoy a scenic ride through a desert environment.
For Chula Vista resident Mario Ordas, it was an opportunity to ease his way back into biking shape that regressed after he took time off to travel. He used to do 100-mile rides, but he signed up for Saturday's 50-mile ride.
"I always wanted to do this. I heard it was a decent ride," said Ordas, 55.
Organizers said the event, which involved 1,500 volunteers, attracted people from 46 states and eight to 10 countries.
Participants had the option of riding 100, 50, 25, 10 or three miles. The shorter rides were confined to the western Coachella Valley, but the two longer rides sent participants to Indio and beyond.
Approximately 1,800 to 2,000 people participated in the 100-mile ride, although that number may not include last-minute registrants.
Riders began at 6:30 a.m. and had an hour to get out of the starting gate. The bulk of them left within the first 20 minutes, but there was a steady stream of riders throughout the hour.
The ride, which kicked off the festivities, sent people up Indian Canyon Drive and other side streets. They eventually turned east on Dillon Road toward Coachella before heading into Thermal and then returning west to Palm Springs.
Huntington Beach resident Joseph Aubele, 55, was participating for a second year and said a 100-mile ride is comparable to a runner's marathon.
"It's a badge of achievement for bicyclists," he said.
Aubele added the Coachella Valley route was scenic, but strenuous enough to make you "feel you were tested."
Organizers considered the event to be a success, although attendance was down slightly for a variety of reasons, including a change in schedule. Last year's 100-mile ride, for example, had 2,498 riders.
The tour has traditionally taken place in February, but it was moved to January because other events such as Modernism Week limited the number of hotels for riders, tour founder Tim Esser said.
Further, there was a reduction in 50-mile participants because Thousand Palms Canyon Road - popular among riders - was eliminated from the route as a safety precaution.
Other participants dropped out at the last minute because the East Coast snowstorm prevented them from flying in on time for the event.
"They're down by the hundreds," Esser said of riders.
Nonetheless, streets filled with bicyclists, including those who were participating just for the experience.
"You always get new people, but people who are just learning usually do the (short ride)," Esser said.
At 10:06 a.m., two bicyclists were injured at Monroe Street and Fred Waring Drive in Indio. Later, at 10:45 a.m., a third bicyclist was injured at the same intersection. All three bicyclists were taken to a local hospital for unspecified injuries, according to CalFire.
Ray Fox said the bike ride is traditionally part of a weekend getaway to Palm Springs and it's "just a good time." The San Diego man usually does the 100-mile ride, but this year he rode 50 miles with his wife, who was participating for the first time.
Fox said he hopes the ride will encourage his wife to do longer rides with him in the future.
"I'm excited for her to do that," said Fox, 59. | {
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Cosmos » Space » Bizarre giant galaxy found in quiet corner of the universe
14 July 2016 /
Bill Condie
Bizarre giant galaxy found in quiet corner of the universe
A galaxy 'built in reverse' with youngest stars on the inside is unlike anything astronomers have seen. Bill Condie reports.
In optical light, UGC 1382 appears to be a simple elliptical galaxy (left). When astronomers incorporated ultraviolet and deep optical data (centre) they began to see spiral arms, and when that was combined with a view of low-density hydrogen gas (shown in green at right), scientists discovered that UGC 1382 is gigantic.
NASA/JPL/Caltech/SDSS/NRAO/L. Hagen and M. Seibert
Scientists have been taken by surprise to discover that a galaxy they thought was tiny and conventional is, in fact, enormous and bizarre – and quite unlike anything they have seen before.
At about 718,000 light-years across, UGC 1382 is more than seven times wider than the Milky Way – 10 times larger than was previously thought. But that isn't the strange part.
Whereas most galaxies have the oldest stars closer to the centre, this one is the reverse.
"The centre of UGC 1382 is actually younger than the spiral disc surrounding it," says Mark Seibert of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science, in California.
"It's old on the outside and young on the inside. This is like finding a tree whose inner growth rings are younger than the outer rings."
Seibert and Lea Hagen of Pennsylvania State University found the galaxy by accident while they were looking for stars forming in run-of-the-mill elliptical galaxies – of which they thought UGC 1382 was one.
But when they started looking more closely at images in ultraviolet light through data from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX), they were amazed to see a vast expanse of stars that shouldn't have been there.
"We saw spiral arms extending far outside this galaxy, which no one had noticed before, and which elliptical galaxies should not have," said Hagen, lead author of a study to be published in the Astrophysical Journal.
"That put us on an expedition to find out what this galaxy is and how it formed."
Hagen and Seibert then looked at data of the galaxy from a range of different telescopes – the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the Two Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS), NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Very Large Array and Carnegie's du Pont Telescope at Las Campanas Observatory.
Slowly a new model of this mysterious galaxy emerged.
At 250 million light-years away, UGC 1382 turns out to be one of the three largest isolated disc galaxies ever discovered – a rotating disc where stars are slow to form because of the low-density gas that it is made up of.
But the biggest surprise was how the relative ages of the galaxy's components appear backwards.
The study suggests that this may be because UGC 1382 has been cobbled together with two distinct parts of the galaxy evolving independently before merging. That has resulted in a huge structure, but not a very stable one.
"It is so delicate that a slight nudge from a neighbour would cause it to disintegrate," says Seibert.
He says it was only able to form and survive because it lies in a quiet part of the universe, making it very rare. More galaxies like this may exist, but research is needed to look for them, the study suggests.
"By understanding this galaxy, we can get clues to how galaxies form on a larger scale, and uncover more galactic neighbourhood surprises," Hagen says.
Originally published by Cosmos as Bizarre giant galaxy found in quiet corner of the universe
Bill Condie is a science journalist based in Adelaide, Australia.
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Do you know what makes the Miami-Dade County in Florida such an investor-friendly and homeowner-friendly area? First, as compared to its more crowded northern neighbour, this part of the region is more sparsely populated. If you are looking forward to living somewhere which has a big city feel to it without being suffocated by the crowd, then Bal Harbour is the perfect location for you.
Second, Bal Harbour has a dynamic local real estate industry. So whether you are looking forward to investing in a real estate property here or if you want to live in one of the homes available in the city, there are plenty of great buying opportunities for you.
To give you an idea about why it pays to primarily consider Bal Harbour as a location when you're choosing your own home or investing in a property in Florida, let us first have a quick glimpse at its real estate industry.
Located on the northern tip of the barrier island which is Miami Beach, Bal Harbour is one of the most popular resort destinations in the Miami-Dade County. Location-wise, Bal Harbour is one of the most easily accessible villages in Florida, with the main Miami area located to its south and Fort Lauderdale located to its north.
When you take a look at the social calendar in their official website, you will see that there are plenty of activities to keep the residents and guests busy. Fashion events, cultural events, wellness activities and family-oriented activities, you will definitely not be lacking for things to do here.
Its ideal location, the modern amenities and the big-city feel minus the crowd are just some of the reasons why it pays to make your home or invest in a real estate property in Bal Harbour.
Let's say that you are looking for a Bal Harbour property which you can turn into your very own home. When you take a look at the online listings, you'll be glad to see that there are plenty of varieties in terms of the properties available. If you want a huge house with 10 bedrooms and 9 baths which was just recently built, there are available real estate possibilities that you can look into. In the same vein, there are plenty of 3, 4, 5, 6 or even 7-bedroom homes which are currently listed as for sale.
On the other hand, those who are looking for Bal Harbour condominium units will find plenty of options available, especially in Collins Avenue. Most of the properties here range from one, two or three-bedroom condominium units, with at least two bathrooms.
Another good thing about investing in a real estate property in Bal Harbour is that most of the residential units that you can buy are oceanfront properties. Similarly, there are luxury inland condominiums which will allow you to live right in the heart of the city, with the marvellous Miami vista as your background.
Whether you're planning to turn the real estate property that you will buy as a home or an investment property, getting one in Bal Harbour is a decision that you will definitely not regret. | {
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In 1738, French engineer Jacques de Vaucanson built a mechanical duck that was strikingly lifelike. It could move its wings, stand up and sit down, clean itself with its beak, and drink water. But what was most remarkable about it was that it seemed to be able to eat, digest and defecate – using methods, according to De Vaucanson, that were copied from nature.
When the duck went on display in Paris, people flocked to see it. They wanted to see the duck not only because it was a stunning achievement of clockwork – which, with 30 moving levers and hundreds of interlocking parts, it was – but because they thought it might actually reflect how life worked. Even though they knew the duck wasn't really alive, they thought that you might one day be able really to produce an artificial creature.
This workshop deals with building artificial creatures, or things that were made to purposefully convey essences of (lifelike) creatures. Together with students we explore and discuss issues such as affect, needs, social interaction, goals, food, etcetera. Hopefully, we can show that for designing artificial creatures, one does not need a degree in duck-robotics – with minimal technical complexity the creature should suggest maximal lifelike properties.
To successfully complete the workshop, students must prepare by reading scientific texts, attend 2 lecture days, participate in discussions, build an artificial creature (group work), and present it on a designated exhibition day that is open to the general public. There is a maximum of 30 participants for this workshop. The registration procedure is made public via http://www.mediatechnology.leiden.edu/forum soon. Upon successful completion, the student is awarded 1 EC credit at level 500. With specific permission from the teachers (and only then) students can extend their project after the exhibition day to obtain 1 additional EC credit.
For more information, see the Artificial Creatures website. | {
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Q: issue for dockerizing nodejs app with yarn I am trying to dockerize my simple nodejs app with yarn. Here is my dockerfile.
FROM alpine:latest
RUN apk upgrade --update
FROM node:8
WORKDIR /apps/myapp
COPY . /apps/myapp
COPY package*.json /apps/myapp
RUN yarn && \
yarn run build
COPY yarn.lock /apps/myapp
When I run this dockerfile, i see this output.
success Saved lockfile.
Done in 60.16s.
yarn run v1.15.2
$ react-scripts build
Creating an optimized production build...
Compiled with warnings.
I see 'Saved lockfile', but COPY fails with this error message.
Removing intermediate container d4975a5f1155
---> 12af3c2fd907
Step 9/9 : COPY yarn.lock /apps/myapp
COPY failed: stat /var/lib/docker/tmp/docker-builder042321912/yarn.lock: no such file or directory
Is there something wrong with my dockerfile?
A: Following David Maze's comment, you may want to set your Dockerfile like this
FROM alpine:latest
RUN apk add --no-cache nodejs yarn
WORKDIR /apps/myapp
COPY . /apps/myapp
RUN yarn && yarn run build
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To offer a sensible counter-point to the current media 'doom and gloom' sentiment, I have invited property investing mentor, property market analyst and author Brendan Kelly, to provide a balanced market perspective for Brisbane and Qld as a whole, and to also share with us some of the more important things to consider when you're trying to spot 'opportunities' in the current market.
Brendan will provide a Property market perspective, with a focus on the next 12+ months.
Brendan's 20 year property investment experience and expertise spans a multitude of property strategies including renovations, subdivisions, commercial developments, growth properties, positive cash flow deals, industrial properties and even vendor finance.
Brendan co-founded the renowned Results Mentoring Program and has since personally mentored over a thousand people in all aspects of property investing. Brendan also co-authored the critically acclaimed property investing reference book The Real Deal: Property Invest Your Way to Financial Freedom. As CEO of Property Predictions, an independent and respected property research organisation dedicated to accurately forecasting suburb median and rental price movements, Brendan has a unique insight into local property markets across Australia.
Today, as a public speaker, professional investor, Property Mentor, and Property Market Analyst, Brendan regularly presents at seminars and donates his time to local investor networking groups as a motivator and educator on property investing and wealth creation strategies.
You are welcome to bring along friends or relatives who are interested in property investing – it is all about networking with like-minded people!
If time permits, there will be a focused networking session after Brendan's presentation.
Group Registration from 6.30pm for a 7.00pm start. Finish around 9.00pm.
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RSVP on the top right ASAP to lock in your seat as we have limited places available!
NOTE: NEW VENUE AND DATE (WE WILL BE MEETING ON 2ND THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH).
There is a $20 per head entry charge or $30 per couple. That includes complimentary tea, coffee and biscuits. You can pay at the door by cash or card (Card reader available) or online, if you prefer.
Lord Stanley Hotel- 994 Stanley Street East, East Brisbane Qld 4169. The venue is easily accessible from all parts of the city by car and by public transport. There is ample onsite parking and on nearby streets. We meet in the function room upstairs from the main bar.
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Passing bull 188 –Faith and politics
26/02/2019 / Geoffrey Gibson
When politicians say that they don't let their faith interfere with their politics, they are usually talking pure bullshit. Among other things, in this country their faith will usually include subscription to the Ten Commandments. Indeed, that dispensation is frequently touted as the cornerstone of that wonderful construct called Western or Judaeo-Christian Civilisation. Among other things, it contains a proscription of murder, and not many politicians claim a freedom to commit murder.
But some politicians are driven to act or vote in a certain way by their religious faith – or at least by opinions that they claim are driven by their religious faith. The most common examples in Australia are abortion, euthanasia, and same sex marriage. Many people here think that the first of those issues is horrifically driven in the U S by religious bigots. There are of course problems in logic when people try to impose on other people values that ultimately rest on faith which in turn rests on revelation. You can see this most clearly when you consider how many members of the U S Congress feel driven by their faith to deny evolution. For most people, the scientific proof of that theory is so complete that people who refuse to acknowledge it are hard to distinguish from lunatics. Some now have similar views about climate change.
As was his wont, Kant came to the heart of the matter.
We have noted that a church dispenses with the most important mark of truth, namely, a rightful claim to universality, when it bases itself upon a revealed faith. For such a faith, being historical (even though it be far more widely disseminated and more completely secured for remotest posterity through the agency of Scripture) can never be universally communicated so as to produce conviction.
But when it comes to the Sermon on the Mount or something as soft, like compassion, the mood changes. There looks to be some unstated premise that soft religion does not sit well with hard politics. When we get serious, we are not keen to be too scrupulous. The nearest I can find to a statement of this spiritual no-fly zone comes from the biography of Salisbury by Andrew Roberts.
……foreign policy was about raw Realpolitik, not morality. 'No one dreams of conducting national affairs with the principles which are prescribed to individuals. The meek and poor spirited among nations are not to be blessed, and the common sense of Christendom has always prescribed for national policy principles diametrically opposed to those that are laid down in the Sermon on the Mount'. Grand talk by politicians about the rights of mankind and serving humanity, rather than purely the national interest, were, for Cecil [Salisbury], simply so much cant.
Christendom does not march in step with Christianity. Although you will not find any warrant for this split in scripture, it would be hard to get the dogma stated more point-blank than in this proclamation by an imperialist Tory . But how on earth else could England have ruled its empire? Was the Empress of India going to allow the Untouchables to inherit just one iota of her slice of the earth?
But precisely this doctrine is employed in an unstated manner by our governments all the time. We see it most clearly with refugees. If you suggest that we are not showing compassion, you may be asked to leave the room. When we made a law to facilitate medical aid to refugees from doctors, we got the following:
Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott was reported as saying that members of the medical profession 'erred on the side of compassion'.
'Compassion' is a very New Testament term. The Hippocratic Oath relevantly says 'I will use treatment to help the sick according to my ability and judgment, but never with a view to injury and wrong-doing'. It is in my view unspeakable hypocrisy for people like Morrison or Abbott to condemn compassion as an error while claiming to follow the teaching of Jesus of Nazareth. The man called Christ was nothing if not compassionate.
And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick. (Matthew 14:14).
Speaking entirely for myself, this particular divorce between Church and State is bad at each end.
The question left open by the extraordinary action at NAB is: what more does the bank know about its leadership team. Surely respected leaders would not change based on a couple of opinionated paragraphs. It is clear the board panicked.
John Durie, The Australian, 8 February, 2018
Indeed, they [other bank directors and executives] should be thankful that they still have their jobs, because if Thorburn and Henry had to go, then they all should have gone….royal commissioner Kenneth Hayne was wrong to single out Henry aggressively in his report. If Henry's performance in the chair was didactive or 'arrogant', so what?
Adam Creighton, The Australian, 8 February 2018
The ignorance and insolence of these remarks knows no bounds. The second appears beside an article dealing with a public apology by Henry. How could two experienced reporters be so out of touch? Forty years ago there would have been no discussion. The resignations would have been tabled first thing. They were fired for what they or did not do, and not because of what someone said. God only knows what the shareholders may have done if these people had not gone – they were already on the point of mutiny.
← Passing bull 188 –Faith and politics
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What You Learn in Pre-Ballet Classes
If you're curious as to how pre-ballet can help in prepping your child and what the lessons can teach, here's a quick rundown.
Five Life Skills Learned Through Dance
In every step, a dancer learns a lesson or two about life, and these lessons can extend beyond the walls of the dance studio.
Benefits of Dancing for Mental Health
Beyond its benefits to your physical health, dance can also help improve your brain function and even benefit your mental health. Learn more from CPYB!
6 Essentials That Your Dance Bag Should Have
If you're beginning ballet classes soon, preparation is a must. We've compiled a list of things you should have stored in your dance bag.
Thinking About Full-Time Pre-Professional Ballet Training Programs? Have These 3 Discussions First
Being a professional dancer is a big career goal. Therefore, you should know that it requires commitment, sacrifice, and a great deal of discipline. That's why before enrolling in a program, there are a few things that you should consider.
What Happens in a Typical Ballet Class?
Knowing what you can expect can surely boost your first ballet class experience. Learn what goes on in a typical ballet class here.
Balancing Dance Lessons and Academics
As a young student dancer, it's a tremendous challenge to find the balance between academics and dance. Here are a few tips we think will help.
Guide to Everything You Need to Know About Ballet
What is ballet? What are the many styles, methods and techniques? Learn all this and more in this guide provided by Central PA Youth Ballet.
Understanding How Poor Ballet Technique Can Affect Your Body
Ballet dancers face a lot of pressure and do a lot of training to achieve that, and there is the risk of falling into bad habits, which reflects on their performances and health.
Our list of Alumni speaks volumes about the legacy of Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet's training. Dancers who want to continue with a career in ballet need a school that can produce talent for the professional stage. More than 21,000 former students have attended Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet. Additionally, more than 80 alumni currently occupy positions in esteemed companies like the American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, Boston Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and many more.
We're here to help and answer any questions you might have. We look forward to hearing from you.
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Another fall afternoon in Wise County.
The sun eagerly slips through the trees along the ride on Pine Camp.
Bark Camp Lake, just over the Wise Co line, is a popular fishing hole for neighboring Wise Countians.
Bark Camp Lake, just over the Scott Co line.
A scenic Fall afternoon in the beautiful mountains here in Southwest Virginia.
Hiking, fishing, camping highlight spring and fall activities in our corner of the world.
Late evening from the boat dock at neighboring Bark Camp Lake.
This sunset over Wise County as seen from Carl Smith Stadium on campus of Uva-Wise.
Motorists traveling Rt 23 just outside of Norton are gifted a beautiful view of Powell Valley.
No words can describe the layer of fog hovering over the Powell Valley community.
Sunsets showing off above the mountains in beautiful Wise County.
One of MANY postcard sunsets in Wise Co from the Lonesome Pine Airport in Wise.
One of many mountaintop views of a beautiful Wise Co, Va.
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Sunsets are EXTRA-special in Wise Co, Va.
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A beautiful fall day with blue skies in Wise County.
A semi-frozen and snow-frosted Bear Creek Reservoir in Wise.
Bear Creek Reservoir, off Coeburn Mtn Road in Wise is home to these friendly ducks.
A popular photo-op location, the Powell Valley Overlook just outside of Norton.
Cautious motorists traveling on Main Street in downtown Wise.
A moderate snow falling just after midnight in early January 18 at L.F. Addington MS in Wise.
February is welcomed in with a overnight snowfall entering the Town of Wise from Coeburn Mtn Rd.
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Q: waypoints sticky not initializing OK, I'm sure this is a simple problem, but I'm pulling my hair out.
I'm trying to make the element .subheads_wrapper sticky on my page.
I've put the latest waypoints files under Inetpub\wwwroot\includes\waypoints-master.
My page is in Inetpub\wwwroot\mypage\index.php
In the header, I've attached the proper files I think:
<script src="../includes/waypoints-master/lib/jquery.waypoints.min.js"></script>
<script src="../includes/waypoints-master/lib/shortcuts/sticky.min.js"></script>
css:
.stuck {
position:fixed;
top:0;
}
jquery:
var sticky = new Waypoint.Sticky({
element: $('.subheads_wrapper')[0]
});
But I keep getting the error:
Waypoint.Sticky is not a constructor
What am I doing wrong?
A: I ended up recoding my page and just using the jquery waypoint function:
$('#screen2').waypoint(function(direction) {
if (direction == 'down') {
$('.freeze_column').css({'position':'fixed'});
}
if (direction == 'up') {
$('.freeze_column').css({'position':'absolute'});
}
});
A: Are you using the jQuery version of Waypoints? If so, where are you calling jQuery?
There are a few versions of the Waypoints plugin that are included when you download it: jQuery, Zepto, and "noframework". If you are not using jQuery, then you want to make sure you're calling the "noframework" file:
noframework.waypoints.js
However, if you are using the jQuery version, as you stated in your question, I want to make sure you're calling jQuery and if so, where. This can help narrow down the issue.
A: The class constructor is not being found. It sounds like one or both js files are not loading properly.
When you instantiate a class by using the new operator it looks for a user defined or built-in object with the constructor name following the key word new.
Example:
var animal = new dog()
This would look through all currently loaded scripts for a dog constructor and will return the not a constructor error if none are found. Since we know the constructors for waypoints and stickys are found in the js files then it stands to reason they are not being loaded. Double check the paths to jquery.waypoints.min.js and sticky.min.js are correct. Also, verify through your browser console that they are actually being loaded and/or not disabled by something else.
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Le Torri dei Salvucci sono due torri gemelle di San Gimignano situate in Piazza Delle Erbe, di fianco a Piazza Duomo.
Storia e descrizione
Appartenute alla più importante famiglia guelfa della città, i Salvucci appunto, furono costruite dall'aspetto imponente, in maniera da simboleggiare la supremazia familiare sulla città. Poi ridotte ad altezza inferiore al passato perché all'epoca della loro costruzione esse superavano in altezza i 51 metri della torre Rognosa, nonostante un espresso divieto ad oltrepassare tale altezza del 1255.
I Salvucci si erano arricchiti con la mercatura e l'usura, ed erano acerrimi nemici degli Ardinghelli, famiglia ghibellina, che aveva fatto costruire due torri gemelle a imitazione di quelle dei Salvucci all'altra estremità della piazza.
Le torri sono entrambe a base quadrata e con pochissime aperture, solo qualche finestrella rettangolare. Al pian terreno presentano degli strettissimi portalini, sormontati da architrave o da arco a sesto acuto.
La Torre Salvucci Maggiore, la più alta delle due, ospita oggi un'originale residenza d'epoca su più piani disponibile per locazione turistica.
Note
Bibliografia
S.Mori, Documenti e proposte per una ricerca prosopografica sulla famiglia Salvucci di San Gimignano (secoli XIII-XIV), in Studi in onore di Sergio Gensini, a cura di F.Ciappi e O.Muzzi, biblioteca della "Miscellania storica della Valdelsa", Firenze, Polistampa, 2013, pp.137-177
Toscana. Guida d'Italia ("Guida rossa"), Touring Club Italiano, Milano, 2003.
Altri progetti
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Detention of Saddam Hussein: an opportunity for international justice
The capture and detention of Saddam Hussein presents a unique opportunity to bring to justice the alleged author of some of the worst international crimes of the past quarter century, the ICJ said today.
The deposed Iraqi leader presided over a regime responsible for hundreds of thousands of unlawful killings, many of which constitute crimes against humanity and, possibly, acts of genocide.
The ICJ believes, however, that the ends of justice will only be served if the trial of Saddam Hussein and other former Iraqi officials is fair and conducted in accordance with international standards by a tribunal perceived as legitimate by the people of Iraq and the international community.
The Iraqi Governing Council, reportedly on close advice by the United States Occupying Power, has announced the establishment of a domestic tribunal to try alleged Iraqi war criminals. The ICJ has serious concerns as to whether a tribunal comprising exclusively or predominately Iraqi judges, prosecutors and investigators will have the capacity or expertise to carry out trials of the complexity envisaged. Moreover, with the eyes of the world likely to be fixed on the trial of Saddam Hussein, it will be important that any tribunal engage in the highest standards of justice and fairness and not be seen as mainly a vehicle for exacting vengeance or exercising political opportunism.
The Iraqi people have been the most directly affected by the abuses of Saddam Hussein and other Iraqi officials. In principle, a legitimate, democratically elected Iraqi Government, if one emerges in a reasonable time, should play a central role in determining how they are to be tried. The crimes for which they are likely to be accused are also by their legal nature the concern of the international community as a whole, and may involve Iranian and Kuwaiti victims from wars fought with those countries. Whether the court that eventually tries them is Iraqi, international or hybrid in character, it is essential that it be an independent and impartial tribunal that ensures the full application of international standards relating to the right to a fair trial.
Punishment of Saddam Hussein by death should unequivocally be ruled out. The ICJ opposes the death penalty in any and all circumstances and recalls that the United Nations Secretary-General and Human Rights Commission have expressed their opposition to its application.
Until such time as Saddam Hussein is brought to trial, the ICJ calls on the Detaining Power, the United States, to apply to his case fully the provisions of the Third Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War.
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Last Sunday, Jan. 27, marked the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, and to honour of occasion, Niagara-on-the-Lake's Bahá'í Community invited writer Jack Veffer to talk about the Holocaust as he experienced it as a child.
The event took place Tuesday night at the NOTL Community Centre. The room was packed with people who came to listen to Veffer's talk.
"We learned that Holocaust Remembrance Day occurs in January, and we thought it would be appropriate to participate by devoting our January event to this remembrance," said Larry Clarke, the secretary of NOTL Bahá'í Community.
Veffer was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands in 1940. He was three years old when his parents left to Switzerland seeking safety, hoping to come back for their children, only to be later on killed in Auschwitz.
Jack and his brother Maurice were then left in the care of their neighbours. Veffer said he is still waiting for his parents to come back.
Veffer came to Canada in 1958. He lives in St. Catharines and is a member of St. Catharines Bahá'í Community. Talking about past events doesn't become easier for him, he said, but because he's one of the last child survivors, he has to keep going.
Veffer wrote Through the Eyes of the Child: Survival of the Holocaust in 2007 and said writing the book was "cathartic" and "put things into perspective" for him.
"I'm Bahá'í, we're apolitical, we're not involved in politics. But if I had an opportunity to voice my opinion on what's happening in the United States, I have a firm conviction that there's another Hitler there," Veffer told the crowd Monday night.
One of the solutions, according to Veffer, would be teaching more history about Indigenous people and French Canadians.
"We need to make it a part of the curriculum in the education system. When you go through high school here, nothing is taught about French-speaking or Quebec. Everything we learn is about English. And the same thing is in Quebec. They need to learn about the English and English-speaking Canadians, and become familiar with one another. And then we can change the attitude towards each other by loving them," he said.
Charlotte Letkemann, a member of NOTL's Bahá'í Community, said people are going through "turbulent times" nowadays.
"We hope that these events, like remembering the Holocaust, will not only educate people but we will do all in our power to never let this happen again," she said.
Veffer shared the same sentiment.
At the end of the evening, Veffer said he was pleased with how the event went. | {
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Green tech solutions for buildings: making energy consumption smart
21 January 2020 | Written by Thomas Ducato
Enerbrain is bringing a minimally invasive technological system to the world to improve financial performance, building comfort and environmental sustainability
Air pollution continues to reap victims and recent studies have shown that living for a long time in a city with high levels of fine dust or in one with low air quality has serious long-term consequences on the health of our body. If, on the one hand, there are many initiatives in terms of mobility, to limit the movement of cars and encourage the use and spread of electric vehicles, it is more complex to intervene directly on the buildings. These, however, have a very strong impact both in terms of energy consumption and in terms of emissions.
Enerbrain, an Italian company born in Turin in 2015, has developed a technological and minimally invasive solution to improve financial performance, building comfort and environmental sustainability.
The air quality in our country is not the best, far from it: in Italy bad air quality causes more than 80 thousand deaths a year, one of the highest values in all of Europe. The areas with the greatest presence of fine dust are the areas of the Po Valley – in particular around Milan and between Venice and Padua -, then Naples and Taranto.
Turin is also among the most polluted centers in the country: Enerbrain was born in the Piedmontese capital, a reality that is bringing the value of Made in Italy innovation to the world.
We talked about it with Giuseppe Giordano, Co-founder and CEO of Enerbrain.
You deal with optimizing the consumption of buildings. What is their environmental impact?
Buildings consume around 40% of the world's energy and release emissions for around 36% of the total. Very high numbers: the indicators, however, tell us that 30% of this energy produced is actually wasted. It is a paradox: on the one hand, huge consumption and impacts, on the other, constant waste and not always comfortable spaces for those who frequent them. This is where the Enerbrain project comes from.
When was your reality born?
It was born in Turin in 2015 by the initiative of four people, all with different backgrounds but united by the sector in which they operated, that of energy. I, in particular, was busy in Texas on an energy monitoring project while Marco, who we can define a bit the father of the idea, was working on optimizing the consumption of the home boiler: he had realized that the sending knob was a fixed parameter. He found that through a calculation he could modulate and adjust the power to ensure constant comfort.
What changes compared to the traditional approach?
The thermostat turns the boiler on or off, does not regulate its intensity. Our approach has proved to be very interesting for domestic use but even more impactful for large buildings, where different levels of occupation and different times of the day can significantly change the conditions inside a space.
How did started?
We went directly to the largest building that we could reach at that time, the Lingotto in Turin, a former FIAT factory, today a 30,000 square meter shopping center. We proposed a study with a pilot project, collected a first round of investment and with this money we created the prototype. We installed it and signed a performance contract with this first customer: all the savings generated by optimizing consumption were shared with us. The formula worked: we were able to bring savings of around 30% of the bill, but above all we led to an improvement in environmental comfort. This is an aspect that is also reflected in business.
If a person is not comfortable in a place, he tends to leave earlier: for example, if we are cold in the restaurant, we will probably go away without eating dessert. Industry studies tell us that if a customer stays an hour in a shopping center, he spends 100, if he stays for two hours 230: the stay time is more than proportional to the expense.
So who are your customers?
Our customers today are on the one hand the public administration, an important part of the real estate assets of cities with a large influx of people, and on the other private individuals, from shopping malls to museums, from offices to theaters, from hospital complexes to places for events. Our patented approach allows you to integrate the system into any existing system in just a few hours.
How do you work on the systems?
There are many ways to make a building more efficient, but these involve closing the spaces for weeks or months and making significant investments. Enerbrain, on the other hand, brings an intervention on the level of regulation, it is a weak link on which it is relatively simple to intervene. To give an idea of the speed and ease of installation, for the Municipality of Turin we have applied our system in 89 buildings in just 20 working days, without even having visited most of the spaces before.
This also demonstrates the scalability of the project and the ability to bring about an important impact.
How is the installation done?
We position our battery-powered environmental sensors that do not require special configurations. Then we install our control units on the heating system, on the machine, allowing you to manage the machine remotely. The principle is simple: we make IoT systems that are not.
So what is the contribution of emerging technologies?
Our system allows you to create a predictive model thanks to artificial intelligence and the internet of things. The sensors give us a picture of the environmental situations in real time, measuring air quality, temperature and comfort. These data are integrated into the cloud with other information such as daily energy consumption, weather forecasts, the number of people estimated inside the building and extract patterns. For example, the system wonders: "what happens in the restaurant area of the mall on Monday? And how does it change compared to the weekend? ". The model learns on the basis of experience and knowing the characteristics of the building (such as the time it takes to reach a certain temperature – editor's note) it is able to proactively manage it: instead of reacting to conditions that occur, the building anticipates them.
There is a lot of sensibility today on the environmental issue. Has it benefited your business?
2019 was a year in which the environmental issue was central. This has also had consequences for our reality, this year we have also had several awards and the perception of public opinion on the topic has certainly contributed.
At the customer level, sensitivity to the environmental theme perhaps not for everyone is the first factor they turn to us, but companies also have a specific interest in communicating what has been done for the planet. From this awareness some education projects were born.
In some schools in the Municipality of Turin, in addition to installing the technology, we have carried out various awareness activities to tell what our contribution is and what happens inside the buildings where our technology operates. When there are such big issues it is important to make people understand what they can do, give them a perception of the consequences.
Our activities in Turin have produced a benefit equal to that brought by the planting of 100 thousand trees, in a city that has 110 thousand of them. Almost a doubling.
Imagine the impact if this were done in all the cities of the world.
By the way, where do you operate?
We operate in a dozen countries from four different locations. We have offices in Turin, Barcelona, Tokyo and one in Dubai opening. The challenge is the same all over the world.
The team is currently being expanded, we are an interdisciplinary group with 45 members but we don't want to stop. One thing I like to emphasize that in the sector we have become a small representative of Made in Italy and its value.
What to expect for the future of the sector?
Cities have changed a lot in recent years and will continue to change. There is a need for technology and for the various operators in the energy sector to speak, in order to offer more services to people.
It is nice to work in the green tech area, you wake up in the morning knowing that you are doing something that has a positive impact, for the lives of citizens but above all for the Planet.
Thomas Ducato
Graduated in Publishing and Journalism at the University of Verona and journalist since 2014, he deals with the press and communication activities of Impactscool, also taking care of the blog contents, their dissemination and sharing.
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Pastor Tim Monn retired effective August 31, 2018.
In a busy, busy world, we all need to take time to breathe deep, and spend some time in prayer and meditation, allowing God's Holy Spirit to speak to our hearts. Our Church stands ready to welcome you into any of our worship and fellowship events. | {
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Video: See the Live Cockroach Doctors Found in a Woman's Skull
The 42-year-old patient went to a hospital after feeling a "crawling sensation" inside her head
Photo: iStock
As you may have heard during Robin's News on Monday, a 42-year-old woman in India recently went to the hospital after feeling a "crawling sensation" inside of her head. When doctors examined her, they found a live cockroach inside her skull.
The woman—Selvi—was apparently fast asleep last Monday when the cockroach crawled up her nostril and into her skull, according to the New Indian Express. The next day, she visited Stanley Medical College Hospital, complaining of discomfort and a burning sensation.
"I could not explain the feeling but I was sure it was some insect. There was a tingling, crawling sensation. Whenever it moved, it gave me a burning sensation in my eyes," Selvi told the New Indian Express "I spent the entire night in discomfort, sitting up and waiting for dawn to go to Stanley hospital after getting the reference of a doctor from my employer."
The head of the hospital's ear, nose, and throat department explained that they had found a "fully grown cockroach" lodged inside the woman's "skull base, between the two eyes, close to the brain." The cockroach was ultimately removed without incident by using "a combination of suction and forceps"
This being the 21st century and all, doctors also recorded footage of the whole thing. Check out the extremely disturbing video (below):
h/t: New York Daily News | {
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Richard Curtis has spoken about the creation of the United Nations' Global Goals campaign.
Curtis is known around the world as the film-maker behind international hits such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Mr. Bean, Love Actually, and Bridget Jones's Diary, as well as for his involvement with the charity Comic Relief.
However, over the past year, the British filmmaker and founder of Project Everyone has been working closely with the United Nations to help give prominence to something completely different – the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 17 targets aimed at achieving three main objectives in the next 15 years: end extreme poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and tackle climate change.
In three weeks, 193 world leaders will come to UN Headquarters in New York to formally commit to the SDGs. In the lead-up to their adoption, Mr. Curtis has been collaborating with international artists and celebrities to do everything he can for the SDGs to become as well-known as possible.
This led to the creation of the Global Goals campaign, launched at the UN this week, in which he calls on everyone to spread the word on the SDGS, with the hope of reaching seven billion people in seven days.
"I've been worrying about poverty issues and trying to do something about it since the day I watched Band Aid and Live Aid, and then I've been doing fundraising and the more that you think about these things, the more you realize that your personal involvement, doing fundraising, trying to see if you can help one person, is hugely important," said Curtis. "But also, trying to affect the politics is also terribly important 'cause that's where the biggest money, and the biggest power, is and the biggest change will happen. I remember Bob Geldof saying to me that he thinks he made more money in 20 minutes having a cup of tea with [former French] President Mitterrand than he did in the whole of Band Aid and Live Aid put together, 'cause Mitterrand said we'll up the aid budget by 0.01 and that was suddenly 100 times more than they'd raised.
"So over the years I've become very interested in campaigning on these issues… the Jubilee Debt Campaign… and I did something called the Make Poverty History campaign in the UK about the G7 in Gleneagles honouring the MDGs, and I became very interested in the idea that when the MDGs ran out and the new things replaced them that we should try and make the new things as famous as possible. Because I hadn't really known about the MDGs until about 2005, and as it were my kids still don't. And I suddenly realized or found out that I was not the only person thinking these thoughts. Actually everyone you spoke to, who's passionate about these issues, all the NGOs that I know, and all the politicians said this is a real opportunity in 2015 to announce the new agenda, and make that agenda as effective as we possibly can, and create an extraordinary document and try and get an extraordinary result 15 years later. The action/2015 group came together, and of course because the SDGs are complex and have to do with justice and development and climate, it's the biggest group ever.
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Q: How to resize dynamically allocated array of std::list? I created a dynamically allocated array of lists of size 7 which works fine and elements can be pushed to each list in the array. But, when I try to resize the array to size 10 using realloc, which seems to give no error, but when I try to push elements to the lists, I get Segmentation fault error.
Code:
#include <iostream>
#include <list>
int main()
{
std::list<int> *slots = new std::list<int>[7];
for (int i = 0; i < 7; ++i)
{
slots[i].push_back(i + 1);
slots[i].push_back(i + 2);
}
for (int i = 0; i < 7; ++i)
{
for (const auto &slot : slots[i])
{
std::cout << slot << ' ';
}
std::cout << '\n';
}
slots = (std::list<int> *)realloc(slots, sizeof(std::list<int>) * 10);
// Segmentation fault
for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i)
{
slots[i].push_back(i);
}
return 0;
}
OUtput:
1 2
2 3
3 4
4 5
5 6
6 7
7 8
Segmentation fault
How to fix this? Thanks.
A: You cannot use realloc on classes with constructors and destructors (like std::list) because realloc fails to call the appropriate constructors and destructors. You also cannot use realloc on memory allocated with new.
Do things the easy way, use a vector (of lists)
std::vector<std::list<int>> slots(7);
...
slots.resize(10);
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Q: Impact of grizzly.writeTimeout in file download I am working on a JSF based web application that provides open/save dialog for the user to download an XML file. If user clicks open/save immediately once open/save dialog appears, the file is downloaded completely. But if there is a delay of more than 90sec, the file is either not downloaded or the downloaded contents are incomplete. (Incomplete file download when waiting minutes before clicking open/save in dialog)
I am using Glassfish V3 server. After going through the Glassfish survival guide in java.dzone, I modified com.sun.grizzly.writeTimeout to 300000. As per my understanding from various blogs, this jvm option corresponds to the time before Grizzly stop waiting for the browser to read the response bytes. By default, if the browser haven't read all the response bytes after 30 seconds, Grizzly drops the connection. As I have changed to 300000ms, I thought Grizzly will drop the connection after 300seconds. However, now the contents are properly downloaded if the waiting time to click open/save is < 15 minutes. If waiting time is more than 15 minutes, the contents are incomplete.
I would like to know the behavior and impact of com.sun.grizzly.writeTimeout on file download.
Any inputs are appreciated.
A: Grizzly makes 3 attempts to send at least 1 byte of data. Each attempt may take {com.sun.grizzly.writeTimeout} milliseconds.
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Kurt M. Heyman
Kurt M. Heyman, a founding partner of Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, focuses his practice on corporate governance, partnership and limited liability company disputes in the Delaware Court of Chancery. Kurt clerked for the Court of Chancery in 1991-1992. His practice involves representing both public and private companies and their directors in stockholder class actions and derivative suits involving mergers and acquisitions and other transactions that implicate directors' fiduciary duties. Kurt also represents special committees and audit committees of public companies in their negotiations of mergers and other transactions and investigations of alleged corporate wrongdoing. In addition to litigating in Delaware courts, Kurt has been called upon to litigate matters of Delaware law in numerous other jurisdictions, including New York, California, Virginia and Nebraska.
Kurt has also developed a niche practice in the area of "Business Divorce" - the legal separation of the owners of privately-held businesses - and has been involved in some of the leading cases in this area, both as counsel and as a receiver or trustee in cases where the court has ordered dissolution of the business entity. Kurt is Co-Chair of the newly-formed Business Divorce Subcommittee of the ABA Business Law Section, manager of the LinkedIn group Business Divorce and Private Company Disputes, and co-editor of a new treatise titled Litigating the Business Divorce.
Kurt also has significant experience in litigating claims of trade secret misappropriation, deceptive trade practices, unfair competition and consumer fraud, as counsel to both plaintiffs and defendants. He was appointed as an Acting Deputy Attorney General in a case involving allegations of mortgage fraud by then - Delaware Attorney General Joseph R. Biden, III.
Recognitions:
Kurt has been recognized as a leader in the field of Chancery litigation by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in 2005-2016:
"The driving force behind many notable cases," Kurt Heyman rallies support from clients who thoroughly endorse his "smart, knowledgeable and enthusiastic approach." "An engaging attorney who is familiar with the workings of the Chancery Court," he is praised by clients for "his attention to detail" and "timely, smart and accurate responses."
"A terrific lawyer and a wonderful guy," Kurt Heyman… wins praise for "knowing best how to present his client's case in litigation."
"Proactive and always available," Kurt Heyman is valued for his litigation and transactional experience. In particular, sources appreciate his capacity to "hold the hand" of clients in order to guide them through the technical complexities.
Described as "highly ethical, fastidious and smart," Kurt Heyman is favored by clients who admire his "knowledge of the system and great familiarity with the judges."
Kurt Heyman is praised for his "constructively aggressive style" as well as his ability to oversee operations and provide strategic guidance.
Kurt Heyman is a "real go-to person for advice," according to sources. His knowledge of local practice and his ability to think of the big picture when dealing with a case are also well appreciated by clients.
Kurt Heyman is considered to be a strong choice for corporate governance and limited liability company disputes in Delaware. Market sources praise him as "an outstanding lawyer" who is "excellent at what he does."
Kurt is also AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell, is listed in Best Lawyers in America in the field of Corporate Law, and has been repeatedly named as a "Delaware Super Lawyer" in the field of Business Litigation. In 2012, he was named as the Top Lawyer in Corporate Litigation by the Delaware Today Readers' Survey. In 2015, he was named as one of the Top Ten Lawyers in Delaware by Super Lawyers. In 2016 he was named as the Top Lawyer in Corporate Law by Delaware Today, in addition to being named as a Top Lawyer in Civil Litigation.
Kurt is a member of the Corporation Law Council of the Delaware State Bar Association, the body that recommends changes to the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Notable Representations:
Partner Investments, L.P. v. Theranos, Inc., 2017 WL 1346537 (Del. Ch.): Kurt was lead Delaware counsel for the team representing plaintiffs in this high-profile action to enjoin an exchange offer that would have undermined plaintiffs' related fraud action seeking return of their investment in this healthcare technology company. The Court entered a temporary restraining order against the exchange offer. Both cases subsequently settled.
In re: SMS de Mexico, LLC, C.A. No. 2017-0096-JRS (Del. Ch. Mar. 22, 2017) (Transcript): Kurt successfully opposed a motion to expedite proceedings on behalf of the respondent in this summary dissolution action on the basis of a related case pending in Texas.
Baker v. Sadiq, 2016 WL 4375250 (Del. Ch.): Representing the plaintiff stockholders in this private company derivative suit as lead counsel, Kurt negotiated a resolution of the claims, which the Court valued at $3.25 million and termed "a superior outcome." The Court approved the settlement and awarded the firm $650,000 in fees.
Dunlap v. Phillips, 2015 WL 4459478 (Del. Super.): In this high-profile case involving allegations of assault against a former elected official, Kurt successfully defended a summary judgment motion on the issue of liability, and further persuaded the Court that defendant had properly invoked his Fifth Amendment rights in this civil case. Plaintiff subsequently agreed to dismiss the case with prejudice, with no admission of liability or payment by defendant. 2016 WL 5440353.
Schmelzer v. TeraMedica, Inc., 2015 WL 4555308 (Del. Ch.): As lead counsel for the company in this merger case, Kurt negotiated a settlement and convinced the Court to reduce plaintiff's counsel's fee request from $2.64 million to $600,000.
In re Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc. S'holder Litig., 115 A.3d 1173 (Del. 2015): Kurt was part of the defense team that brought this successful interlocutory appeal of the Court of Chancery's ruling declining to address the merits of the directors' motions to dismiss in an action challenging a merger between a company and its controlling stockholder. The Supreme Court clarified existing precedent and held that, in an action for damages against corporate fiduciaries, where the plaintiff challenges an interested transaction that is presumptively subject to entire fairness review, the plaintiff must plead a non-exculpated claim against the disinterested, independent directors to survive a motion to dismiss by those directors.
In re Carlisle Etcetera LLC, 114 A.3d 592 (Del. Ch. 2015): Kurt successfully persuaded the Court to dissolve Carlisle Etcetera LLC, a joint venture between Royal Spirit Group of Hong Kong and Tom James Company. This was the first Delaware case to recognize a claim for "equitable dissolution" of LLCs. Summary judgment was granted in Kurt's client's favor at 2015 WL 2066764.
Zutrau v. Jansing, 2014 WL 3772859 (Del. Ch.), aff'd by order, 123 A.3d 938 (Del. 2015) (TABLE), cert. denied, No. 15-811 (U.S. Feb. 29, 2016): Kurt was lead counsel for defendant in this case presenting a smorgasbord of business divorce issues. Kurt's client prevailed on most claims after trial. Among other things, the court upheld the reverse stock split that cashed out plaintiff's interest and refused to dissolve the company. The Delaware Supreme Court subsequently affirmed the Court of Chancery's rulings.
In re Star Scientific, Inc. Deriv. Litig., 2014 WL 819135 (E.D. Va.): As lead counsel for the company, Kurt argued the winning motion to stay this stockholder derivative action in favor of a related securities class action and subsequently negotiated a settlement. Kurt also convinced the Court to reduce plaintiffs' counsel's fee request from approximately $1 million to approximately $500,000. 2016 WL 4820637.
R&R Capital LLC v. Merritt, 2013 WL 1008593 (Del. Ch.), aff'd, 69 A.3d 371 (Del. 2013) (Table): Kurt served as the court-appointed independent receiver for ten LLCs in this highly contentious and precedent-setting business divorce case. All of Kurt's decisions as receiver ultimately upheld by the court.
Dweck v. Nasser, 2012 WL 161590 (Del. Ch.): Kurt was lead counsel for defendants/counterclaim plaintiffs in this nearly seven-year business divorce dispute between former business partners. The trial took place over five days, and the record included 930 exhibits, deposition testimony from twenty-three fact witnesses and live testimony from six fact witnesses and three expert witnesses. The Court held largely in favor of Kurt's client, finding that his former business partner breached her fiduciary duties by establishing competing companies that usurped corporate opportunities and converted company resources, resulting in millions of dollars in damages.
McElroy v. Schornstein, 2012 WL 2428343 (Del. Ch.): Kurt obtained a rare dismissal of this summary dissolution proceeding on behalf of the respondent in favor of a first filed action pending in New Jersey.
KFC Nat'l Council & Adver. Coop., Inc. v. KFC Corp., 2011 WL 350415 (Del. Ch.): Kurt served as lead Delaware counsel representing the interests of the U.S. Kentucky Fried Chicken franchisees in this dispute against the franchisor over control of the national advertising program. The Court of Chancery awarded judgment in the franchisees' favor after trial.
In re Texas Eastern Overseas, Inc., 2009 WL 4270799 (Del. Ch.), aff'd, 998 A.2d 852 (Del. 2010): Kurt successfully obtained the appointment of a receiver over a dissolved Delaware corporation for purposes of giving it standing to be sued in environmental litigation in California so that the corporation's insurance policies could be pursued in connection with the environmental litigation. The potentially liable insurance companies opposed the appointment of a receiver. Kurt also successfully argued against the insurance companies' appeal of the Court of Chancery's decision appointing the receiver to the Delaware Supreme Court.
In re Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. Shareholders Litig., 2009 WL 296078 (Del. Ch.): Kurt argued the successful motion to dismiss this stockholder derivative suit alleging breaches of fiduciary duty by the board of directors in connection with a failed going-private transaction. The Court of Chancery dismissed the suit on the grounds that demand was not excused on the board that was in place at the time the suit was originally filed.
Langdon v. Google Inc., 474 F. Supp. 2d 622 (D. Del. 2007): Kurt served as lead Delaware counsel for defendant in this action alleging violation of constitutional rights, breach of contract, fraud and deceptive business practices as a result of defendant's refusal to run certain ads submitted by plaintiff. After the District Court dismissed most of plaintiff's claims in a written opinion, plaintiff voluntarily dismissed the remainder of the claims.
Beck v. Atlantic Coast PLC, 868 A.2d 840 (Del. Ch. 2005): Kurt persuaded the Court of Chancery to dismiss this consumer fraud class action directed at allegedly deceptive internet pop-up ads, based on the bad faith litigation tactics of plaintiff and his counsel. The Court further awarded Kurt's client a portion of its legal fees.
Salovaara v. SSP Advisors, L.P., 2003 WL 23190391 (Del. Ch.), aff'd, 854 A.2d 1159 (Del. 2004): Kurt served as lead Delaware counsel in this epic business divorce/partnership indemnification dispute between former business partners, ultimately obtaining a $6 million judgment in his client's favor. Kurt also successfully argued against the opposing side's appeal from the Court of Chancery's judgment to the Delaware Supreme Court.
State of Delaware v. Preferred Florist Network, Inc., 791 A.2d 8 (Del. Ch. 2000): Kurt represented the defendant in this civil enforcement action alleging consumer fraud and deceptive trade practices. Kurt successfully obtained dismissal of certain claims against his client, persuading the Court of Chancery to strike down a portion of Delaware's Consumer Fraud Act as being unconstitutional under the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution. The case was ultimately resolved for a small fraction of the fines and penalties sought by the State.
University of Michigan (A.B., with high distinction, 1988), Phi Beta Kappa
University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 1991)
Other Positions:
Adjunct Professor, Fordham University School of Law, Spring 2015
Adjunct Professor, Widener University School of Law, 2013-2014
Adjunct Professor, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, Fall 2012
Member, Board of Trustees, Delaware Museum of Natural History, 2011-2016
Board Member, University of Michigan Club of Delaware, 2012-2017
Past Career:
Law Clerk to The Honorable Jack B. Jacobs, Delaware Court of Chancery, 1991-1992
Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Associate, 1992-1995
Wolf Block Schorr and Solis-Cohen, Associate, 1996
The Bayard Firm, Associate, 1996-1998; Director, 1999-2005; Executive Committee, 2000-2005
Corporation Law Council, Delaware State Bar Association (past Secretary)
ABA Business Law Section, Business and Corporate Litigation Committee:
Business Divorce Subcommittee (Co-Chair)
Corporate Counseling and Litigation Subcommittee (past Chair)
Editorial Board, Delaware Law Review
Richard S. Rodney Inn of Court (past Group Co-Leader)
Publications/Presentations:
Co-Editor, Litigating the Business Divorce (BNA Bloomberg 2016).
Co-Author, Annual Developments: Do Recent Delaware Decisions Spell the Death of Stockholder Litigation?, PowerPoint® presentation at the ABA Business Law Spring Meeting, April 6, 2017.
Co-Author, Ethical Issues in Handling Business Divorces, PowerPoint® presentation at the 22nd Annual Rubenstein-Walsh Seminar on Ethics and Professionalism, Delaware State Bar Association, February 10, 2017.
Co-Author, Business Divorce 101, PowerPoint® presentation to the Delaware State Bar Association, January 19, 2017.
Author, Business Divorce: New Practice Area or Plain Old Commercial Litigation?, Business Law Today (October 2016).
Co-Author, Annual Trends in Business Divorce: "No-Fault" Business Divorce or "Till Death Do Us Part"?, PowerPoint® presentation at the ABA Business Law Spring Meeting, April 7, 2016.
Co-Author, Business Divorce: 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, err…Business Partner, PowerPoint® presentation at the ABA Business Law Section Annual Meeting, April 18, 2015.
Author, Business Divorce in LLCs, slide presentation for NBI Live Teleconference, March 31, 2015.
Author, Zutrau v. Jansing: A Business Divorce Smorgasbord With Something for Everyone, slide presentation for "Hot Topics in Business Divorce" Webinar for Thomson Reuters/West Legal Ed Center, October 10, 2014.
Co-Author, Fiduciary Duties and the Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing in Limited Liability Companies: Delaware v. New York, PowerPoint® presentation at the New York State Bar Association Meeting, January 29, 2014.
Co-Author, Legal Outsourcing, presentation at the ABA Business Law Section Fall Meeting, November 16, 2012.
Co-Author, Recent Developments in Class Action Administration and Settlements: Have They Gone Crazy in Delaware?, PowerPoint® presentation at the ABA Business Law Section Spring Meeting, April 14, 2011.
Author, Fiduciary Duties of Corporate Officers, PowerPoint® presentation at the ABA Annual Meeting, August 1, 2009.
Co-Author, Protecting the Privilege in Litigation Involving Former D&Os: Keeping It in the Family, PowerPoint® presentation at the ABA Annual Meeting, August 11, 2008.
Co-Author, Chapter on Corporate Law in Annual Review of Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation (American Bar Association 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011).
Author, The Other Side of Enron: Delaware Court Decisions Expand Auditor Liability, Professional Liability Litigation @lert, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Winter 2004).
Co-Author, Recent Developments in Corporate Law: Recent Supreme Court Reversals and the Role of Equity in Corporate Jurisprudence, 6 Del. L. Rev. 451 (2003).
Author, The Fiduciary Duty of Good Faith: The Final Frontier, originally presented at the Annual Fall Meeting of the ABA Section of Business Law, Business and Corporation Litigation Committee, December 5, 2003, and appearing in several publications.
Author, A Moot Point? Court of Chancery Rethinking Procedure for Approving Class and Derivative Action Settlements, Delaware Law Weekly (July 23, 2003).
Co-Author, Cybergenics: A Corporate Solution to a Bankruptcy Problem, www.DelawareLawWeekly.com (Nov. 27, 2002).
Co-Author, The Disappearing Distinction Between Derivative and Direct Actions, 4 Del. L. Rev. 155 (2001). This article has been cited with favor by the Delaware Court of Chancery.
Author, Expedited Proceedings in the Delaware Court of Chancery II: An Update, appeared as a two-part series in the November 30 and December 7, 1999 issues of The Delaware Law Weekly.
Author, Expedited Proceedings in the Delaware Court of Chancery: Things of the Past? 23 Del. J. Corp. L. 145 (1998).
Direct Dial: (302) 472-7302
Email: [email protected]
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It is really tricky to know just how much full-time travel costs.
It may sound crazy to you, but it can cost less to travel than it does to have a "home base" or you rent/own a home.
Want to save money? Consider traveling the world!
K, take a minute to read that heading again. Check if i said what you thought i did.
But how can it cost less?
Well, start by asking yourself how much your home base costs you to run now?
When you are traveling, many of these costs are included in your hotel or Airbnb fee.
Depending on which countries you travel to, it can be exceptionally cheap to rent an Airbnb. Even cheaper if you take out a long-term rental of 10 days or more.
All costs are shown in Rands and US Dollars based on the current exchange rate from our local currency of (R) South African Rands.
The mortgage and the electricity costs etc.found above are the total cost my husband and i paid monthly, and these were shared costs we both took on together. However, the cost of our Airbnb below is also for both of us and not per person. Apples with apples.
Accommodation, on average (the cheaper countries average out the expensive ones) it will cost us about $900 or R12,000 per month. This is not $900 plus utilities, plus insurance, plus cleaning, etc. No, this is in total.
Transport in and around a city costs us about $60-$100 dollars per month.
Gym: we walk and hike a lot. I live a much more active lifestyle when i am traveling.This costs us $0.
Travel insurance: We took out a 365 day or 1 year comprehensive insurance for R5,000 or $372 for the whole year. So this works out to R417 or $31 per month.
Based off of our numbers above, we are Saving R5,205 or $714 each month.
This is an annual saving of $8,568 or R62,460.
When you are running a household, you're always replenishing your sugar, milk, bleach, ketchup, tile cleaner, mustard, coffee, salt and pepper, dishwashing liquid, etc. etc.
Looking at how much full-time travel costs us, we never include any trips to the grocery store for tile cleaner or pool chemicals like I did at home.
When you are traveling, a lot of these costs (like cleaning services and coffee) are included too in your rentals.
Many hotels also offer a breakfast included and complimentary fresh fruit. Take advantage. This saves you a lot.
You may be thinking about how much a holiday costs. We ARE NOT on holiday.
You simply cannot live like you do on a holiday every day. We would be fat, broke and just plain exhausted if we lived like this.
When you are on holiday it's your one or two weeks of annual leave and you came all this way to your destination and you have to cram as much fun and sight seeing and food and sun into your time. That costs.
You either feel like you have to splurge or somehow you just do, because you want to have as much fun as you possibly can when it's your only holiday time in a year, right?
When you are traveling full-time, you don't have that mindset. Naturally, you are more careful about where you spend your money, and are less likely to get ripped off and blindly pay the tourist prices. You aren't in a rush to see and do everything.
It costs less per day.
How much full-time travel costs, is up to you!
You have the choice whether you stay in luxurious 5 star hotels or cheaper Airbnbs or hostels. It is your choice if you decide to take an hour long flight or a 6 hour bus ride.
Choose to eat out every day or buy some fresh fruit, snacks and sandwiches a couple times a week. It's your choice really. But if you do it with just a little bit of a conscious effort, it doesn't have to cost you as much as you think.
You can go over to our post about how it is possible to afford full-time travel here and find out all the ways you can make your travels last even longer by making money from the road.
If you'd like to start saving for a travel adventure but you aren't sure how to get started, don't worry, I've got you covered. Read about how you can save enough to get started.
You might be thinking, it's still expensive. And some months it is, but… Don't forget, we're also getting to see the world. Eeeek. I get so excited thinking about it. It's an experience i am so grateful for and no one will ever be able to take away from you!
Although we'll also be paying for attractions, day trips and flights. They won't cost us more than the amount we're saving as illustrated above.
AND DID I MENTION WE'RE GETTING TO SEE THE WORLD!
I wish more people would realize that it does not cost that much more, if it does at all, to travel the world. If you do it right! | {
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With the current rate of evolution in technology, robots will soon reach homes and replace manual labor. Depending on the audience, this can be both good and bad news. The bad news is that many jobs will be lost because of robots replacing manual labor. It is of no doubt that new jobs will emerge, but it is sad news for the working class. The good news is: business will majorly benefit with business process automation and thrive efficiently with new technological aids.
Task Scheduling is one of the popular automation processes used in business operations nowadays. Task Scheduling, as the name state, is the process of lining-up jobs/tasks in a prioritized queue for execution. In simpler words, the scheduling of jobs (or tasks) awaiting their CPU time (execution) depending on their priority is called task scheduling. Now, the question is: how is it helpful for your business.
Task Scheduling is used in processes where the path of execution is known or predetermined. If you observe closely, you'll find many parts of business operations can be automated using task scheduling. Tasks such as sending an automated mail, generating an invoice, a welcome mail, and many more can easily be accomplished by task scheduling.
Task Scheduling is very common now. Every operating system you use has pre-installed task schedulers that help with the execution of tasks. Nowadays, businesses have the option of many task scheduler alternative software such as VisualCron. Similar software has many predefined tasks that can easily be implemented without any programming skills.
Task Scheduling adds major value to the overall efficiency of business operations. Task Schedulers provides you round the clock time at a lower cost as compared to manual labor. Once scheduled, task schedulers run without external assistance. This is why they are considered as major efficiency boosters by businesses.
Task Schedulers eradicates the cost of error re-doing in business operations. No matter how repetitive a task is, there is always a fair chance of error occurrences. With task schedulers, the probability of errors is almost eradicated from the equation.
Task Schedulers give the management better chances with better room to monitor and guide. With increased efficiency and predictable outcomes, the management can focus on the execution of more important tasks.
There are many such advantages of using Task Scheduling for your business. Task Schedulers and better task scheduler alternative software are very much helpful for your business systems. Get a reputed Task Scheduling Software for your business right now!
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Q: LESS Compiler PHP with Wordpress 4.0.1 and Bootstrap 3 I'm trying to add a php-compiler in my new Wordpress Theme. Therefore I followed this Tutorial: http://www.tailored4wp.com/how-to-use-less-auto-compiler-in-your-next-wordpress-project-quick-tip-361/
My functions.php
/**
* LESS Compiler.
*/
function autoCompileLess() {
// include lessc.inc
require_once( get_template_directory().'/less/lessc.inc.php' );
// input and output location
$inputFile = get_template_directory().'/less/bootstrap.less';
$outputFile = get_template_directory().'/css/bootstrap_less.css';
// load the cache
$cacheFile = $inputFile.".cache";
if (file_exists($cacheFile)) {
$cache = unserialize(file_get_contents($cacheFile));
} else {
$cache = $inputFile;
}
$less = new lessc;
// create a new cache object, and compile
$newCache = $less->cachedCompile($cache);
// output a LESS file, and cache file only if it has been modified since last compile
if (!is_array($cache) || $newCache["updated"] > $cache["updated"]) {
file_put_contents($cacheFile, serialize($newCache));
file_put_contents($outputFile, $newCache['compiled']);
}
}
/**
* Enqueue scripts and styles.
*/
function scripts() {
wp_enqueue_style( 'bootstrap-css', get_template_directory_uri() . '/css/bootstrap_less.css' );
}
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'scripts' );
If I change some less files, there won't be any file in output-directory. (I set the right permissions)
And if I add
if(is_user_logged_in()) {
add_action('init', 'autoCompileLess');
}
…/wp-admin will show a blank page with no code in it. What's wrong?
********EDIT*************
I copied the Theme to XAMPP Installation and got these Errors:
Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'parse error:
failed at &:extend(.clearfix all);
D:\xampp\htdocs\wordpress/wp-content/themes/templateName/less/mixins/grid.less
on line 11' in
D:\xampp\htdocs\wordpress\wp-content\themes\templateName\less\lessc.inc.php:3460
Stack trace: #0
D:\xampp\htdocs\wordpress\wp-content\themes\templateName\less\lessc.inc.php(2273):
lessc_parser->throwError() #1
D:\xampp\htdocs\wordpress\wp-content\themes\templateName\less\lessc.inc.php(121):
lessc_parser->parse('// Grid system?...') #2
D:\xampp\htdocs\wordpress\wp-content\themes\templateName\less\lessc.inc.php(753):
lessc->tryImport(Array, Object(stdClass), Object(stdClass)) #3
D:\xampp\htdocs\wordpress\wp-content\themes\templateName\less\lessc.inc.php(162):
lessc->compileProp(Array, Object(stdClass), Object(stdClass)) #4
D:\xampp\htdocs\wordpress\wp-content\themes\templateName\less\lessc.inc.php(147):
lessc->compileImportedProps(Array, Object(stdClass), Object(stdClass),
Object(lessc_parser), 'D:\xampp\htdocs...') #5
D:\xampp\htdocs\wordpress\w in
D:\xampp\htdocs\wordpress\wp-content\themes\templateName\less\lessc.inc.php
on line 3460
A: I found a solution, based on Bass Jobsons comments, thanks to Bass Jobson:
Leafo/lessphp is not compatible to Bootstrap 3.1.1 and it seems not to be actively developed anymore. So I changed to oyejorge/lessphp.
https://github.com/oyejorge/less.php/
Transitioning from Leafo/lessphp
Projects looking for an easy transition from leafo/lessphp can use the
lessc.inc.php adapter. To use, Download the less.php source code and
unzip the files into your project so that the new 'lessc.inc.php'
replaces the existing 'lessc.inc.php'.
Note, the 'setPreserveComments' will no longer have any effect on the
compiled less.
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Garrison® is the most advanced weatherboard system in New Zealand. Using the latest technology and environmentally friendly production process; three factory applied barriers of protection guaranteed to last a lifetime.
Garrison® is the most advanced weatherboard system in New Zealand. Using the latest technology and environmentally friendly production process with three factory applied barriers of protection that is guaranteed to last a lifetime.
Garrison® is a cladding product unique to our company. It has been researched and developed by us to provide our customers with the ultimate superior finish.
Treated with Tru-Core® a diffusion based system which uses waterborne carriers to give 100% penetration of sapwood and heartwood. Tru-Core® also uses five different biocides to give widespread protection against fungal decay and termite attack. Each board comes factory coated with polymer based sealer which resists water uptake and provides a coating of 100% solids for full protection; and finished with two coats of 100% acrylic undercoat giving a consistent 50 microns of dry film build.
Tru-Core® is a waterbased, eco-friendly treatment that penetrates right to the core and has a proven history of performance.
Perfectly suited for New Zealand's changeable weather conditions and a superior choice for environmentally conscious Kiwis, coming from renewable managed resources.
Claymark® backs Garrison with a 15 year Written Limited Warranty.
Tru-Core® protection means no re-treatment required for any field cutting, drilling or nailing.
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Oikofobie (van Oudgrieks οἶκος/oikos, "huis", en φόβος/phobos, "angst") is de angst voor de huiselijke omgeving en is in een ruimere zin een onbehagen voor het blijven in een veilige bestaande omgeving. In die zin wordt deze term in geschriften uit de 19e eeuw vaak geassocieerd met het verlangen om van huis te reizen ook herkenbaar in de Duitse term "Wanderlust".
Politieke betekenis
In 2004 gebruikte de conservatieve cultuurfilosoof Roger Scruton de term als tegenpool van xenofobie om te wijzen op de afkeer van het eigene en dan met name van de natie. Het concept dient ter kritiek van cultuurrelativisme, multiculturalisme en postmodernisme die voorgesteld worden als een extreme vorm van xenofilie, een (ziekelijke) voorkeur voor alles wat van vreemde origine is. In rechts-conservatieve en nationalistische kringen wordt de term oikofobie steeds vaker gebruikt ter aanduiding van een zogenaamde weg-met-ons-mentaliteit van de heersende politieke en intellectuele klasse. Zij verwijzen daarmee naar een veronderstelde aversie van een Europese, hoogopgeleide, kosmopolitische elite voor de normen en waarden van de westerse cultuur. Volgens hen is dit het gevolg van een jarenlange, cultuurmarxistische afbraakpolitiek van de tradities en gebruiken van de eigen cultuur en nationale identiteit door linkse intelligentsia.
In navolging van Scruton hanteren ook andere denkers, zoals Alain Finkielkraut, Paul Cliteur, Pascal Bruckner, Wim van Rooy en Eric Zemmour het concept oikofobie.
Nederland
Oikofobie werd in Nederland vooral bekend door het werk van Thierry Baudet, die er niet alleen het multiculturalisme maar ook pleidooien voor open grenzen, moderne conceptuele in plaats van esthetische kunst, de politieke correctheid en de Europese integratie mee aanduidt. Baudet vat oikofobie samen als een diepe, instinctieve aversie van Westerse intellectuelen tegenover de geborgenheid of kneuterigheid van de 'thuis' waar ze leven, een "pathologische drang naar vervreemding en ontworteling". Meer in het bijzonder hekelt Baudet de expansiedrift van een aantal supranationale instanties zoals de Europese Unie, het Europees Hof voor de Rechten van de Mens, het Internationaal Strafhof of de Wereldhandelsorganisatie en de bureaucratische bemoeizucht van hun ambtenaren in het dagelijkse leven van de burger.
Kritiek
Diverse denkers hebben Baudets stelling kritisch tegemoet getreden. De socioloog Jan Willem Duyvendak stelt dat eerder het omgekeerde het geval is: hij ziet juist een obsessie onder de bestuurlijke elite met het vormen van een thuisgevoel, hetgeen de gemeente Amsterdam tot beleidsdoelstelling heeft gemaakt. Ook de oprichting van het Nationaal Historisch Museum en het integratiebeleid ademen volgens Duyvendak eerder een "oikofilie" of "oikomanie". Volgens de cultuurfilosoof Thijs Lijster maken Baudet e.a. een categoriefout: ze verwarren de publieke ruimte, de polis, met het huis, de oikos, en verklaren onterecht de regels van het huis ook op de publieke ruimte van toepassing, zodat het onderscheid tussen privépersoon en burger vervaagt. Hierdoor worden bepaalde bevolkingsgroepen als "gasten" voorgesteld in plaats van als medeburgers.
Zie ook
cultuurpessimisme
Oikos (begrip)
Ecocentrisme
Cultuurfilosofie
Migratie
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These are the best states to have a baby, study finds – where does yours rank?
(NEXSTAR) – Many people would move for a job, but would you consider changing states to have a baby?
Personal finance site WalletHub weighed all 50 states and the District of Columbia to find the best – and worst – states to give birth and raise a young child.
New England dominated the list of best states, with Massachusetts, Vermont and Rhode Island taking the top three spots, and New Hampshire and Connecticut in fifth and sixth places, respectively.
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The study's authors assigned an overall score to each state based on the following criteria: cost, health care quality, baby-friendliness and family-friendliness.
The worst state to have a baby in, the study found, was Alabama, followed by Mississippi, South Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia, Arkansas, West Virginia, Oklahoma, Nevada and Florida.
So does it make sense to move to a top-ranked state to start a family? Not necessarily, experts say.
"Parents' jobs are not always in the same part of the country as extended family, but that extended family can be a really important resource and support if you have young kids," said Dr. Jennifer D. Sciubba, author of "8 Billion and Counting: How Sex, Death, and Migration Shape Our World." "That is something prospective parents should consider when weighing job opportunities and a potential move."
Amid skyrocketing rent and home prices, along with inflationary pressure, the financial burden of raising a family can feel crushing for some.
"If you have two kids two years apart and they cannot start public school until they are five, you are looking at paying for 7 years of very expensive childcare, not to mention summers and breaks," Sciubba said. "That feels impossible for many Americans with working parents."
Others are putting off or deciding against having children, driving the birth rate down.
For years, the birth rate has been declining in the U.S., with the drop in the first year of the pandemic marking the largest single-year fall in almost half a century. Last year saw an increase in births, but the number was still fewer than in 2019.
Fluctuations in the birth rate are often tied to economic conditions, according to Matthew Weinshenker, associate professor and chair of sociology & anthropology at Fordham University.
"First, in an advanced economy like ours, birthrates tend to track economic conditions," Weinshenker said. "When things are going well, young couples judge that they can afford a child (or another child). That is why the birthrate went down rather sharply when the Great Recession hit."
Weinshenker adds that many women in the second half of the 20th century are combining work and family with the goal of having a richer life – but doing so in the U.S. is much harder than in other countries.
"We are the only advanced economy in the world that does not have a national paid parental leave benefit, our childcare system is private and costly, and only about half the states guarantee paid sick leave," Weinshenker said. "Absent these supports, while people still want children, they tend to have fewer, and have them later in life, compared to the past."
Planning to bring a new child into the world comes with endless decisions, but if you're leaning toward starting a new life in a different state like so many during the pandemic, this study might just help you tick off one major box.
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Missy was about to ask another question, but she was interrupted by a woman suddenly flying out of one of the archways so fast, she collided with one of the other stones. She screamed in pain. The Delegator was gone before he could answer for his abuse of her.
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"You know what I mean," Leona said.
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She knelt down as well, and deliberately breathed on Ulinthra's arm, releasing her magic puff of gray smoke. In seconds, her pain was gone, and it looked like the bones were starting to mend. Moments later, it was done, and Ulinthra was able to stand up, completely healed.
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The National Glyptotheque is housed in the twin buildings of the former Royal Stables at the Army Park, Goudi. Moreover, it covers an outdoor area of 6.500㎡, which hosts a sculpture park, where large-scale works are on display. The buildings were leased from the Ministry of National Defence, renovated with the help of EU funding and converted into exhibition venues thanks to a Stavros Niarchos Foundation grant.
The National Glyptotheque was inaugurated on 26 July 2004, with a retrospective exhibition of Henry Moore and monumental wood sculptures by Christos Kapralos. On 27 June 2006, the Modern Greek Sculpture Permanent Display was inaugurated, providing, for the first time, a complete overview of the sculpture collection in a dedicated space. Also for the first time, a comprehensive catalogue was published, available in English.
The cost of the sculpture display and the catalogue publication was once again borne by The Stavros Niarchos Foundation. The exhibition consists of eleven sections, which trace Modern Greek sculpture from its earliest beginnings to the present day. Each section is accompanied by explanatory texts; furthermore, digital information stations and QR codes for mobile devices make more information about each sculpture available to visitors. In addition to the Greek artists' works in the galleries, six iconic sculptures by major international artists are on display at the exhibition entrance.
Army Park, Goudi
Entrance from Panagiotis Kanellopoulos Avenue (Katechaki Avenue)
Metro Line 3
Metro Station Katechaki
Lines 140, 242
Station Nosokomio Aeroporias
Take a tour of the permanent collection and discover the most important works of modern Greek sculpture.
Folk Sculpture
Ionian Islands Sculpture
Neoclassical Sculpture
From Neoclassicism to Realism
Funeral Sculpture
From 19th to 20th
Yannoulis Chalepas
Modernism and tradition
Anthropocentrism
After Modernism
Foreign Artists
Admission up to one hour before closing. The use of credit cards is encouraged in all financial transactions in the Museum.
Entrance to the museum will be held by priority.
Reduced entry ticket
Please consult the list of beneficiaries here. | {
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I admit to some degree of surprise but I am very honoured to have been recognised as the winner of GOLD in the category of Fantasy/Other Worlds in the Dan Poynter's Global eBook Awards 2016 for Duilleog. Duilleog was my first novel in the New Druids series and a novel I wrote to fulfil a long-held desire to see my name on a novel. Now having published book two, and working on number three, I can only wonder how writing has become such a passion. If you haven't read my two novels, please do so. And leave a review on Amazon and Goodreads!
I wrote Duilleog sometime ago and went through all the pain indie writers go through. Writing the novel was the easy part – it was the formatting, rules, publishing challenges, etc that plagued me. It took me nearly half a year to simply figure out the how of publishing. Craobh took me only nine months start to finish. Stoc will be about the same.
Thanks to the judges over at Dan Poynter's. You honour me.
For those interested in getting your hands on Craobh: A New Druids series, Volume 2, then head over to Amazon and try your luck getting it for free! Give Away Link!
This is a sample try of this service for me. Depending on how it works I will probably do more. Sorry: It is for US customers only.
Until then, if you haven't picked up Duilleog, Volume One then head over to Smashwords to pick it up for free.
I won't be keeping my books up for long over at Smashwords or Kobo. I'm just not generating hits there. Plus if I solo with Amazon I can enter my books in Kindle Unlimited.
I am working on the paperback version on CreateSpace; however, it will be at least until August 2015 before I can get it proofed and out there for purchase.
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Home > Hip Hop News > Krazy Drayz releases "Showtime" album
Krazy Drayz releases "Showtime" album
- November 20, 2012 0
By The Hip Hop Writer
This year has been full of comebacks, everyone from DMX to T.I. have enjoyed resurgent years. Even Das EFX got in on the action, re-connecting with their old fan base and building a new fan base. Krazy Drayz decided it was time to begin his solo career and he did this year.
Showtime is the name of Krazy Drayz's debut album. First announced during the spring of this year, Showtime faced several delays. Ensuring the best possible album, Drayz did not release the album until he knew the album was ready. Just in time for the holiday season, Krazy Drayz delivered his debut effort.
Krazy Drayz's Showtime featured only two collaborations. Fredro Starr from Onyx is featured, as well as Smif-N-Wessun. "Turn Da Heat Up" features Fredro Starr and is one of the singles off Showtime. Meanwhile, Smif-N-Wessun appear on "Rude Boy," another standout on the album.
Purchase Showtime by Krazy Drayz here.
Tagged dmx fredro starr krazy drayz onyx rude boy showtime smif-n-wessun t.i. turn da heat up
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Venkaiah Naidu has been elected as the 15th Vice President of India. He will assume the office when the current Vice President, Mohammad Hamid Ansari..
Venkaiah Naidu has been elected as the 15th Vice President of India.
He will assume the office when the current Vice President, Mohammad Hamid Ansari, completes his tenure on August 10, 2017.
The electoral college, consisting of members of both houses of the Parliament, are responsible for electing India's Vice President. The first Vice President of India was Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. A philosopher and a statesman, he served from 1952 to 1962. He also served as the President of India from 1962 to 1967.
The current VP, Hamid Ansari, has held the position since 2007. He was reelected for a second term in 2012, after defeating his opponent, Jaswant Singh.
M Venkaiah Naidu was nominated by the NDA for the post of the VP in July 2017. He has earlier served as the Minister of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, Urban Development & Information and Broadcasting in the Union cabinet. He was also the national president of the BJP from 2002 to 2004.
Naidu was up against Gopalkrishna Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatama Gandhi. He had been nominated for the position by the joint opposition. A former IAS officer, he served as Secretary to the President of India and as High Commissioner to South Africa and Sri Lanka.
After the election, it was reported that Naidu received 516 votes and Gandhi got 244 votes. This is the highest margin by which a VP candidate has won in the last three decades. 771 out of 785 Parliamentarians voted in the election.
Upon winning, Naidu expressed his gratitude and noted that he would champion the agricultural industry in India. He said, "I am very humbled. I am also thankful to the Prime Minister and all party leaders for their support. Coming from an agricultural background, I never imagined I would be here. Agriculture has no proper voice in Indian polity. I will seek to utilize the Vice Presidential institution to strengthen the hands of the president and secondly uphold the dignity of the Upper House."
In July 2017, NDA's pick for the Presidential post, Ram Nath Kovind, won the election and was subsequently sworn in.
Our assessment is that Vice President-elect Venkaiah Naidu has to uphold the high standards set by his predecessors. Naidu is the second BJP candidate after Bhairon Singh Shekhawat to hold the office of the Vice President. The Vice President acts as the ex-officio Chairman of the Council of States. He is also the ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
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If you're anything like us at the Style HQ your wardrobe is probably inundated with numerous jumpers, cardigans – anything to help you layer up and escape the cold whilst still keeping on-trend.
With a new season on the horizon, we're here to give you the low-down on the staple pieces you need step into spring in style.
Whatever someone may tell you, you can never have too many shoes – trust us.
No girls' wardrobe is complete without jeans. Whether you opt for black or denim, you can build any look around this staple piece. Guaranteed to be one of the most worn items of the season, spring's all about rocking denim.
From bold feminist statements to designer logos; slogan and graphic t-shirts dominated the SS17 catwalk. So now's the time to inject some serious sass into your wardrobe this season with a solid collection of t-shirts.
Sometimes putting effort into your outfit for the day is just too much first thing in the morning. Our solution – chuck on an oversized jumper; team with high waist jeans, graphic t-shirt and a pair of ankle boots for effortless cool.
Don't let the April showers affect your outfit, all you need is an extra layer to protect your outfit and keep you looking as fresh outside as you do inside. The parka and trench are still the Queens of the catwalk, but if you're looking for something a bit more casual you can't go wrong with a classic bomber or a sleek biker jacket.
We can't leave the house without a bag as unlike men, us girls' aren't too keen on putting everything in our pockets – the contents of our make-up bag alone is enough to fill an entire draw!
When the sun eventually decides to make an appearance it's time to pull out a dress and soak up that Vitamin D. We're loving this stunning double breasted wrap dress from Topshop.
Dress up or dress down – skirts join jeans in becoming one of the most versatile pieces to have in your spring wardrobe. If you really want to embrace spring in all its glory, this blush mini skirt from River Island is a perfect buy.
The trouser suit has returned back with full force and we couldn't be happier. Keep it casual with a pair of cigarette trousers, or add a touch of elegance with subtle tailoring.
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4.2 Healthy doubt versus misinformed paranoia
People who have no doubts that the Moon landings really happened often make the mistake of thinking that hoax theorists are all stupid and paranoid. This misconception is a frequent cause of embarrassment when it turns out that people whom they hold otherwise in high esteem are doubters or conspiracy believers.
Unquestionably, some of the hoax theory supporters are very paranoid: they believe not only in the Moon hoax but also in the many other conspiracy theories that are especially abundant on the Internet, such as "chemtrails", 9/11, the Kennedy assassination, earthquakes controlled by the US military, alternative medical treatments suppressed by multinational pharmaceutical companies, contacts with extraterrestrials covered up by the world's governments and all sorts of secret power cliques, from "international banking cartels" (a euphemism for Jews) to the Illuminati and the Reptilians.
However, not everyone who leans towards alternative theories regarding the Moon missions is like that. Many people are simply misinformed or not informed at all: they have only seen some of the many Internet sites and TV programs that support the Moon hoax theories and are unaware of the immense amount of information and evidence that debunks them. Part of the reason is that most of the in-depth evidence is only available in highly technical jargon.
There's nothing stupid or paranoid in being seduced by the powerful, professionally packaged images of a biased television show designed to grab attention at any cost. We're naturally inclined to assume that what we see in a documentary or a book is true and authoritative because it's backed by a publisher or a national radio or TV network and it's labeled as journalism. Sadly, that's not always true.
There's also nothing wrong in questioning any officially dispensed truth, at least until it is corroborated by reliable independent sources. After all, governments do lie and conspire, as was shown at the time of the Apollo flights by the Watergate scandal and the misinformation about the war in Vietnam.
The difference between a poorly informed or misinformed person who has doubts and a hardcore conspiracy theorist is very simple. The doubter, after being presented with all the facts, realizes that he or she has been misled and accepts those facts; the conspiracy theorist will deny the evidence, hold on to some trivial unexplained detail as if it were definitive evidence of the hoax, and often accuse those who argue that the Moon landings were real of being "sheeple" or paid shills of America or of the hidden forces that organized the conspiracy.
This kind of language is not an exaggeration: that's actually what many Moon hoax believers says about me in their publications and personal emails to me.
Basically, a Moon hoax believer is someone who after being shown that two plus two is four, keeps on arguing that it's actually five. Spending time in a debate with such people is therefore pointless. It is instead time well spent with doubters, who will often be grateful after seeing all the evidence that has dispelled their doubts. So if you decide to debate, choose your sparring partner wisely, and refer to the tips in Chapter 12.
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I'd recommend http://simplynoise.com/ but I listen to music myself, something fast paced but without lyrics to focus on (dnb/jungle/psytrance/dubstep usually).
I've found that R.E.M is pretty much the perfect music to revise with. Yeah, having music doesn't help me focus, but it increases my ability to tolerate revision; without it I'm likely to get bored much more quickly and lose focus, even if I do work slower with it on.
Also, it means I go like a bat out of hell during exams when I'm doing 3x my normal productivity!
Don't get people listening to White Noise though, would just freak me out =/.
I find it hard to concentrate if I listen to music with lyrics, but I work pretty well with instrumental music, which I listen to a lot of anyway. It's instrumental/ambient metal, post-rock or classical music usually. I don't need to listen to music, it's just nice to have something going on in the background sometimes.
That sounds interesting, would you care to recommend some of this type of music for others?
which im preferring to the white noise. its SO relaxing but still without the distraction of instruments thought you should all know.
Yes. I prefer to have it on in the background by using my stereo, although that usually ends with me listening to one CD about seven times in a day.
Ya, listening to Lounge a lot while revising, or classic sometimes.
I've done it for quite a few years now. I used to do it to block out the noise of other people because I like my peace and quiet but now it's become something of a routine and I think it helps me take information in better. Instrumental seems to be the best to work to for me.
Do you listen to music when you revise?
Does Music Affect Revising ?
I don't know what my musical tastes are, please help me discover?
What type of music/ artist(s) do you listen to whilst studying?
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La Putumayo World Music è una etichetta discografica statunitense specializzata nel settore della world music. Fondata nel 1993, ha sede a New York, e fa parte del gruppo Putumayo fondato da Dan Storper nel 1975. Storper ha basato la propria filosofia d'impresa sull'idea di associare il marchio "Putumayo" a uno "stile di vita" caratterizzato dall'interesse per la cultura e l'arte etnica e l'amore per i viaggi. Coerentemente, la Putumayo World Music ha anche alcune connotazioni proprie del commercio solidale; in particolare, finanzia progetti di sostegno per le comunità a cui appartengono gli artisti che produce. Negli Stati Uniti, i prodotti Putumayo vengono venduti nei comuni negozi di dischi e in oltre 3500 punti vendita al dettaglio di proprietà del gruppo.
L'etichetta discografica seleziona soprattutto musica etnica orecchiabile, secondo il motto guaranteed to make you feel good! ("è garantito che ti farà sentire bene!"). Le produzioni sono soprattutto raccolte tematiche per genere musicale o area geografica, più raramente monografie su specifici autori; fra queste ultime si possono citare raccolte di brani di Dougie MacLean, Laura Love, Touré Kunda, Dalom Kids, Johnny Clegg, Ricardo Lemvo, Sam Mangwana, Habib Koité, Oliver Mtukudzi, Miriam Makeba, Chico César, Rita Ribeiro, Mariana Montalvo e Kermit Ruffins.
Collegamenti esterni
Etichette discografiche statunitensi
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We walk into the pool area knowing that we have no idea what to do, but attempt to be confident and then we stare at the water imaging how cold it most be. Then after a good 10 minutes of debating how to get in the water in the least painful way possible as to not shock our entire bodies because of the temperature of the water we then spend our time trying to swim well while some guy or girl is next to us passing us for the third or fourth time.
Is God that intimidating or does he simply live in a tiny host called the Eucharist... all you have to do today is walk down an aisle and consume God, then sit down and recognize, "God lives in me and I do not need to be afraid of anything because with Him anything is possible!"
What holds you back from "diving in" to your faith?
How can you relate to the rich man in today's gospel, struggling to have the courage to seek God's will here and now?
Do you ever find God intimidating? Why?
How can you more fully encounter Him in the Eucharist today?
"God lives in me, I do not need to be afraid."
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German puppeteer and director of a puppet company. The lawyer Werner Perrey led the puppet company Das Niederdeutsche Puppenspiel (The Low German Puppet Show/Theatre) in Kiel from 1922. This glove puppet company introduced contemporary themes in its evening programmes for adults, using the puppet as a mediator between illusion and reality.
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Fülbier, Astrid. Handpuppen- und Marionettentheater in Schleswig-Holstein, 1920-1960 [Hand and String Puppet Theatre in Schleswig-Holstein, 1920-1960]. Kiel: Dr. Steve Ludwig Verlag, 2002, from p. 213. | {
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My own personal fictional cinnamon rolls.
Howdy, peeps!
You know how when we talk about sweet or adorable characters and flail over them, we sometimes call them "cinnamon rolls"? They're the characters that are A Little Something Special. They're a little extra burst of sunshine and cuddles (or, depending on your bent, of storm clouds and flying daggers). They're the ones everyone universally decides need to be protected from the big, bad world. They bring this out of us:
You get the drift.
They're like puppies, essentially. (Or kittens, or baby otters, or whatever Small, Young Animal floats your particular boat.) They're sugar 'n' spice 'n' everything nice.
Welp, as you can see, I decided to do a post about the fictional characters that have earned themselves the title of "my cinnamon roll". There are lots of characters I love who are undeniably of the cinnamon-roll variety, but this post is dedicated to a small, core group of those whom I have claimed for myself. These are the ones that I have taken it upon myself to appoint my especial wards. :-P They're not necessarily my all-around favorite characters (although a few of them are); rather, they're characters who really embody this confectionary quality to me--the characters who spring to mind when I think, "Who are my cinnamon rolls?"
Loki being all, "Yeah nope you're probably right def best for us to go our separate ways I'm definitely
not secretly devastated by the thought that you don't want to see me again yep"
Thor + Loki
from the Marvel movies
Loki's been a favorite of mine since the first movie, but more recently Thor has snuck into my heart, too. And the two of them TOGETHER . . .
Their brother dynamic is one of the most precious things in the Marvel franchise and it needs to be protected with all the passion of thousands of united fangirls.
And, to go on record: they do need to address the magnitude of Loki's very real sins. He has killed lots of people. (So I'm told, I don't actually remember that much of the earlier movies lol.) As much as I love my precious, hurting, confused son, he does need to own up to and repent of that. It's just that I personally have faith that he will (even if they don't show it in the movies).
I am firmly convinced of Loki's redemption. :D
But anyways, to return to the brotherhood: their bond is portrayed so movingly and humorously and heartbreakingly and I'M JUST A FAN, FAM. The way Thor is blindsided by Loki's betrayal but then refuses to let go of the idea that he is still redeemable . . . *buries face in hands*
Plus, of course, THEIR BANTER is fabulous. "We are not doing Get Help." And then their interactions when Thor's imprisoned by the Grand Master . . .
Suffice it to say that Thor: Ragnarok is definitely my favorite Marvel movie, and the only one so far to actually make me happy. <3 <3
(Just noticed that there are a lot of ellipses in this section. Huh.)
from The Lord of the Rings
MY SMOL BEACON OF LIGHT AMID THE GATHERING DARKNESS. I wuvs him. <3 (Check out this post to learn more about why.)
Killian + Emma
from Once Upon a Time
Individually, these two are two of my favorite characters on the show, and together, they activate full-on fangirl and mother-hen modes simultaneously. I love their relationship to bits and pieces (and have already gushed about all the reasons why here), and I also get extremely protective whenever someone tries to mess with the two of them. (Whiiiiiich is pretty often. *sigh* All the characters on Once, really, are harassed pretty often.)
Like, for instance, when a Certain Character with "golden" connotations does AN UNTHINKABLE THING to the two of them at a certain point in Season Five. *very pointed looks* Hoooooo, boy, I was mad.
(Okay, to be fair, it's not like THAT out of the ordinary--considering how often Things Happen in the show--but just all the various circumstances of the situation, combined with the aforementioned Certain Character's attitude concerning the situation, conspired together to create one Boiling Mad Olivia.)
^^ TRUTH
I guess, if I'm being ruthlessly analytical, Killian Jones is more my cinnamon roll than Emma Swan. Probably solely because, though Emma is scarred and desperately in need of people to love on her and protect her, I also look up to her in a way that I don't tend to 'look up' to my cinnamon rolls. Does that make sense? Like, I'm not saying that I don't admire my cinnamon rolls (see: Shasta); I'm not saying I don't want to be like my cinnamon rolls (see: Faramir). I'm just saying that the primary, initial reaction I have to my c.r.'s is more of an "I will protect you from anything and everything also you're the actual cutest thing in existence goodbye" type of thing than a "Wow, you're so admirable I need to strive to emulate you more!" type of thing.
Anyway. Whatever the specifics of my definition, Killian Jones is definitely a cinnamon roll to me. (And so is Emma Swan. For sure. But I guess, again, I'm just trying to emphasize the degrees here.) In fact, a friend of mine (😜) and I recently figured out Killian's exact identity: He's a dark chocolate cupcake who's low-key five years old.
AND I WUVS HIM.
('Cause, also, once he starts to grow and mature as a character, he's kind of running around frantically like, "I need to save ALL THE PEOPLE to atone for my past sins oh my gosh where's Swan is she okay also where's her boy and where's my mate ahhhhhh #stressed" <3 <3)
from Leverage
Parker is such a quirky character. She has her moments of vulnerability and uncertainty (springing from her childhood), but on the whole she's just zany and awkward and content with that.
She's very fond of money. Not necessarily in an avaricious way; more in an "I really love the actual physical form of currency and jewels and stuff like that" way.
She loves jumping off of buildings in a variety of ways: backflipping, plunging, cabling . . . she'll do any of it, happily.
She has a surprising and endearing affinity for Christmas--and, specifically, snow.
She impulsively tazes people. And stabs them. (With serving utensils, but still.)
She has no last name--at least, not one that is ever revealed to Leverage viewers. (That I remember, that is; I could have forgotten.)
She's fiercely loyal. Once you have her love and trust, you're going to keep it--and profit by her aggressive protectiveness of you--no matter how odd you are or how checkered your past.
In trying to figure out a good, concise way to describe Parker to the uninitiated, a squirrel suddenly came to mind; and honestly, that's a pretty good illustration. Parker is like a squirrel. Her day-to-day mannerisms and movements have a squirrel-like energy, and she has that darting attention span that one can associate with those types of rodents. She's also just as acrobatic as a squirrel. :-P
I'll reiterate, though, that for all her eccentricities, Parker does have her moments of vulnerability. She comes from a haphazard past in the foster care system, and she's by no means unscathed. And whenever some of her scars are grazed by painful reminders, the team around her--the family that life has constructed for her--converges in a telling depiction of the way Parker unknowingly winds people around her strange little finger.
As independent and self-sufficient and big-n-tough as Parker usually acts, she has her own brand of unique sweetness that means that to know Parker is to love her, and to love her is to want to protect her from anything that even hints at hurting her, no matter what.
Tilly/Alice
Tilly makes her entrance into Once in the seventh season, and GUYYYSSSS. This girl totally stole my heart. When she first appeared, I was creeped out. When she continued to appear in the first episodes, I was kind of like, "ehhh not sure about this one". But then when STUFF STARTED HAPPENING, she quickly became my favorite new-to-the-show character.
She's fantastic, guys. She has a lot on her mentally and emotionally, and she's struggling with the confusion of blurred and warped memories (#thankscurse) and the pain of being an outcast due to her quirky nature. As things get weirder and weirder in Hyperion Heights, her relationships with two father/friend-figure policemen deepen, but she's haunted by a vague and nagging knowledge that something isn't right, that there's something they're all missing, and she's flailing to figure out what as she gets dragged deeper into conspiracies and serial killings and stuff like that. (The seventh season is a wee bit dark. Not a fan of all that, heh. :-P)
But she's been conditioned to feel rejected and unwanted and slightly insane, so she's tormented. It's heartbreaking as she comes to the conclusion that, "Nobody sees me." She feels so alone and so bewildered.
LOOK AT THAT FACE. Can you even.
BUT THEN she starts coming out of that. She starts realizing that some people--some good, loving people--do see her. She starts realizing that she's "not an orphan; not invisible". Not insignificant.
And guyyyyssss, it makes me so proud of and happy for her. <3 <3 <3 <3
She just breaks through your defenses and makes you love her, in all her playful and unusual glory.
[Quick disclaimer: I do disagree with certain aspects of her character (she identifies as lesbian), but I don't think that should change how I feel about her. If we start loving people less because we disagree with them, I don't believe we're following the example that Christ set for us.]
from The Horse and His Boy
Honestly, if I had to pick one single character who is, to me, the epitome of a cinnamon roll, it'd probably be Shasta. He's scared and concerned and inexperienced and unfailingly courageous in spite of it all.
He can be all Salty™ and snappy (usually with Aravis lol) but in the end he'll do what needs doing, no matter what. He's got a strong sense of duty, a fair share of humility hiding beneath the bravado that he sometimes tries to display, and a sweetness and curiosity that make me love him.
He's wonderful, and that is all. <3
And there you have it. Thoughts? Comments? ;)
books C. S. Lewis Leverage Lord of the Rings movies Once Upon a Time television
Aww, I love this so much!!! There are so many characters that I feel just this way about! <3
Also, perhaps I missed this in another post...but are you planning to finish posting your AMA videos?
Oh, and are you doing NaNoWriMo this month?! I'd love to hear how that is going!!!
Just popping back in to say that after a moment of further reflection, I decided that I really do have two of my very own "cinnamon rolls" that are a just SO very dear to my heart that I must mention them! Beth March + Walter Blythe!!! Forever and always. <3 <3 <3
There are probably a few others that deserve mentioning, but they aren't coming to mind at the moment! :-P
Olivia November 19, 2018 at 7:22 PM
Just posted the rest of the AMA videos! Thank you for reminding me, actually: I've always been planning on it, but I was kind of dragging my feet since I ran into some unexpected technical problems and I was just putting off working through them, but your comment motivated me to finish, and voila! Done and dusted. ;) So, thanks! :D <3
Ahhh, NaNo . . . you know, I may have to do an update post on that. Short story: No, I'm not still doing NaNo. I stopped. :-P (Though I am planning to keep working on the story!)
Awwwww, Beth and Walter!! Awesome choices. <3 <3 I considered including Beth. :D
Haha, right?! That's how I was feeling as I wrote this post.
Thanks for your comment, Catie, as always! :D <3
Kendra Lynne November 18, 2018 at 10:04 PM
YES RICHARD ARMITAGE = my heart, thank you for including a pic of him <3
Shasta is a such a sweet character, he's definitely a cinnamon-roll in my opinion too. Some of my favorite fictional cinnamon rolls are Rose Red from Tales of Goldstone Wood, Samwise Gamgee, Widge from The Shakespeare Stealer, and Logan Sweet from The Candymakers, just to name a few. :D
Fun post!!
Heehee, happy to oblige! ;)
Ooh, Sam! Definitely a cinnamon roll, that one. <3 I haven't "met" the others you mentioned!
Joellen Kemper November 18, 2018 at 10:20 PM
AHHHH! I love Thor and Loki so much. Speaking of superheroes, I just love Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor. Big Sigh.
I remember your post on Faramir. I'm currently reading LOTR through for the first time so I'm excited to get to finally meet his character. Hopefully I'll get to read about him soon <3
I haven't read Narnia yet(it's my goal after LOTR). I wish I knew Shasta!
THEY ARE PRECIOUS DOLL-BABIES AND THAT IS ALL. <3 I didn't watch all of Wonder Woman, but she did seem pretty neat.
Awwwwww, YES! I believe he makes his entrance in book-Two Towers as well as movie-Two Towers. You're gettin' there! ;)
I hope you'll love it/him when you do read the Narnia books!
Livia Rachelle November 19, 2018 at 10:16 AM
I tend to think along "precious baby" rather than cinnamon roll lines.
I can't say I'd give precious status to Thor and Loki; rather too manly for that, they are both more crushes for me. I like the Thor movies Loki; I try to delete the Avengers one from my mind (and I don't like those movies much, period). Total psychopath, nope, not likely to change, not very forgivable. But the Thor/Loki dynamic otherwise is AWESOME.
I respect Faramir in the books (he has to be one of the most well-developed characters too), despise him in the movies.
Shasta, yes, Shasta is precious. The Horse and His Boy is one of my favorites.
And Peter Parker in Spider Man Home-coming.
I mean, both work. *nodding*
Haha, I know, they are a bit manly for precious status, but what can I say. Ahhh, I see we shall have to agree to disagree about Loki and movie-Faramir. ;)
Isn't he? Same here. <3
Oh, yes! I haven't seen much of him, but from what little I have, he definitely seems precious/cinnamon-y.
Have you only seen him in Avengers? Homecoming just has so, so much adorableness, him and just the movie (Spider Man is my favorite plot I think, with Thor next maybe, trust me, I LOVED Loki, just don't think the Avenger's portrayal fits with what I love about him)
In Infinity War and then in Civil War, I think? (He was in CW a little bit, wasn't he?) But yes, I want to see Homecoming!!! I've heard he's cuteness personified, so I'm definitely down for that. <3 (Neat! Oh, okay, gotcha. That makes sense. :))
Evangeline Yackel November 19, 2018 at 11:07 AM
awwww, I always forget how much I loved Leverage. And Parker!!! She's the best.
Did I know that you'd seen Leverage?!?! I probably had, but I'd forgotten, so that's a happy reminder. :D Parker's great!
Catherine November 19, 2018 at 4:23 PM
I love Shasta! and I like that you didn't call him Cor. Because that will always be a terrible name.
OKAY YES CAN WE TALK ABOUT THIS THO. I'm glad you noticed; I was thinking about mentioning that in the post. Because Aravis says that Cor is a nicer name, and I've always been all, ?????????!! Like, where does she get that. xD
I almost said something about "Cor" as opposed to Shasta, far less personality. But less a big deal since the Flynn/Eugene thing though.
Haha, funny how many people think that Shasta is a better name! OH MY GOODNESS, yes, though--the exact same thing with Tangled!! Again, I'm looking at these dear girls and thinking, "The heck????!!)
Abigail McKenna November 19, 2018 at 6:21 PM
Parker! Alice! Shasta! YES!
Ack, it's exciting that you know all of those--they seem somewhat obscure, so it's great to find other people who love them. :D
Parker is the cutest cinnamon roll, I totally agree with this assessment! I may need to do my own version of this post haha
Do it!! :D
Hamlette (Rachel) November 22, 2018 at 10:44 PM
You and I can team up and become Valkyries and spend our lives protecting Thor and Loki, mmkay? Cuz yes, they need some protecting. A LOT OF IT, LATELY. (Ragnarok is my 2nd-fave MCU movie, and it definitely makes me happy. So happy.)(Gleeful, actually.)
The exchange between Parker and Eliot there? That's from The Future Job, right? I just finished season 2 last month, and I LOVED that ep. (I also loved the season finale and watched it twice just for the part where Eliot goes around taking down bad guys and counting them off. Oh my goodness. Be still my palpitating heart. He was already my hero, but he ratcheted up like 20 notches on the Hero Ladder with that ep.)
*nods enthusiastically* DEAL. They DO, indeed. *glares at MCU filmmakers* (Yesss, solidarity! I knew it was one of your favorites, at least; which one is your first favorite?)
That sounds right. It's from the one with the con artist psychic, and that's probably called The Future Job. EEEEEEEEE, yay!!! (That season finale was Quite Good, as I recall. That's the one where Nate gets shot/arrested, right? And ooh, I don't quite recollect that specific part with Eliot in that episode, but it sounds very Eliot-y. ;) I love Eliot. I love them ALL!!!)
Hamlette (Rachel) December 10, 2018 at 3:41 PM
(The Avengers 2012 is my first favorite still.)
Yup, it was the psychic con guy. And yup, it ended with Nate shot/arrested. I need to start the next season, but I'm holding off until after Christmas so I can watch all my Christmas movie faves.
Olivia December 10, 2018 at 6:33 PM
(OHHHHH, okay. That's right.)
Squeep! I remember you mentioned that at A Certain Special Place recently ;), and I wanted to fangirl about it but then I forgot because we were talking about other things. XD The next three seasons are all fun!! The third season in particular has some very Important Dev for Eliot, so I think you'll like it. ;) But a break for Christmas movies seems good! Other than White Christmas, what are your other Christmastime staples? (Is While You Were Sleeping one of them?)
Hamlette (Rachel) December 27, 2018 at 11:16 AM
Oooh, ahhhhhh, Important Dev for Eliot? My appetite is whetted.
I try to always watch White Christmas and some version of A Christmas Carol -- this year, I introduced my kids to the Muppet version, which they liked pretty well. I also love the Patrick Stewart version. Then I kind of cycle through a few other Christmas movies, watching them every year or two, whatever I have time for. Those would be It's a Wonderful Life, We're No Angels, and The Holiday. But I consider While You Were Sleeping an anytime movie and watch it whenever the mood strikes, I don't save it for Christmastime.
I think you'll be very pleased. :-P
Gotcha. We used to watch the Muppet Christmas Carol a lot! Oh, I hadn't heard of We're No Angels! And I think I might want to watch The Holiday someday.
Okay, yeah, I figured you probably considered WYWS that way--I do too ;)--but thought I'd check.
Hamlette (Rachel) January 2, 2019 at 7:54 PM
YOU MUST SEE WE'RE NO ANGELS. It is Cowboy's favorite Christmas movie. Maybe I shall have to have some sort of Christmastime get-together at my house sometime and make everyone watch it. Because it's wonderful, and improves with a crowd cuz laughing with other people makes comedies even MORE fun, amiright?
The Holiday has some iffy content, but nothing too horrible. More innuendo than anything, except one scene.
Lissa {Classic Girl} November 29, 2018 at 6:07 PM
Thor and Loki are amazing, and I like Faramir a good deal. LITERALLY I LOVE KILLIAN AND EMMA SO MUCH. I do like Tilly, although so much of her character is overshadowed with her romance with Robin for half the season. SHASTA IS MY CINNAMON ROLL TOO I LOVE HIM. What a wonderful post.
<3 <3 SAME SAME SAME. They are so awesome. :D *sigh* Yeah, I do wish there had been less of that, but I was kind of able at some points to just watch them as "friends" and pretend they weren't supposed to be a couple. But yeah, either way, Tilly herself is still pretty neat. :) ISN'T HE THE PRECIOUSEST LITTLE PUPPY?! Aww, thank you. :D | {
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5G subscriptions set to surge to 2.6bn by 2025, says Ericsson
Saf Malik
5G users will account for almost 30pc of mobile subscriptions globally by then, predicts the vendor
5G subscriptions are set to number more than 2.6 billion by the end of 2025, according to the worldwide November 2019 edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report.
The latest version of the vendor's twiceyearly report makes a series of bold predictions about the future of the telecoms industry as 5G services start to take hold, with offerings being launched by operators around the world.
Ericsson forecasts that users of the new technology will account for 29 per cent of mobile subscriptions globally in 2025, with 5G by then covering up to 65 per cent of the world's population and handling 45 per cent of mobile traffic.
LTE Peak
LTE is expected to remain the mostused mobile access technology by that date, after peaking in 2022 at around 5.4 billion subscriptions. After that, it will then begin to decline as people substitute it for 5G, reaching 4.8 billion subscriptions by 2025.
At the vendor's industry analyst forum on November 28, Ericsson vice president and corporate officer Mikael Bäck said: "Device prices and availability will be less of an obstacle to early uptake of 5G than it was for 4G."
Ericsson predicts that most 5G subscriptions will come from China, where early engagement with the new technology will pave the way for others to follow suit.
Ericsson expects 5G device volumes to soar to 160 million units next year, having already grown faster than LTE during each network's initial rollout period.
The company predicts that there will be 13 million 5G subscriptions globally by the end of this year.
In the UK, operators O2, EE, Vodafone and Three launched commercial 5G services this year, introducing the technology to core audiences in the country as they look to follow the lead of nations such as South Korea with their own 5G offerings.
Ericsson outlined the predictions in its new Mobility Report at an event at the end of November
As for Ericsson, the vendor's immediate future will be about continuing to solidify its position as a key player in the new 5G environment.
The company prides itself on being first with 5G commercial networks on four continents.
The vendor currently has 77 commercial 5G agreements or contracts with operators across the world, of which 20 are live networks.
At Ericsson's analyst day, senior vice president Stella Medlicott highlighted that the company made a series of changes in 2017 to ensure a successful future, investing heavily in research and development to ensure it puts itself in a strong position both technologically and financially.
"We began to focus heavily on R&D, which is now 24 per cent of our workforce," she said. Medlicott added that this has put Ericsson in a strong 5G position going into 2020, which promises to be a big year for the company with the technology.
Patrik Cerwall, Ericsson's head of strategic marketing and executive editor of the Mobility Report, told Mobile News how 5G is picking up in general. "Compared to our last report in June, this one confirms the momentum of 5G across all continents, and we aim to be at the epicentre of its development," he said.
Of the ethos behind the report, he added: "It's important to explain the status of the mobile industry by putting all of this data together.
"The Ericsson Mobility Report aims to educate people and make them aware of what is happening in the telecoms industry."
Huawei Impact
With operators continuing to focus heavily on 5G services, Medlicott was, meanwhile, asked at the event how Huawei's security problems would impact on the overall vendor market.
"It's a challenge for the whole industry as it creates uncertainty, slows things down and impedes decisions," she responded, adding that there had been no uptick in Ericsson's business from the regulatory restrictions on Huawei.
But Ericsson certainly does not expect all this to stop it from expanding its portfolio as it looks to continue working with operators on delivering 5G in a wide variety of locations in 2020.
With this focus in mind, the vendor will hope to continue positioning itself at the forefront of 5G in the future.
Video to drive rise in mobile traffic in coming years
Ericsson's latest Mobility report from November forecasts that mobile traffic will rise 27 per cent annually between 2019 and 2025.
Most of this, it says, will come from video traffic, which is projected to increase 30 per cent annually over the next six years.
This growth will be spearheaded by the rise in embedded video content in online applications and video-on-demand streaming services, as well as the evolution towards higher screen resolutions on smart devices.
All these trends are being influenced by the rising penetration of videocapable smart devices.
Ericsson predicts, meanwhile, that social network traffic will grow 20 per cent annually over the next six years, but that its overall share of traffic will decline from 10 per cent in 2019 to around 8 per cent in 2025 because of the substantial growth in video content.
The report goes on to predict that immersive media will become more prevalent among streamers, contributing significantly to mobile data growth, while 5G networks will make it possible for users to stream VR and AR content – which could consume as much as 12GB per hour.
Huawei reflects on trust in tech at the end of a turbulent year
At a symposium this month, the Chinese vendor outlined its focus on continuing to boost security
Dixons Carphone 'on track' despite harsh H1 mobile decline
Revenue drop in line with predictions
News - Jasper Hart
Device review: Sony Xperia 5
Sony flagship ticks the boxes, but is unlikely to ruffle competition's feathers – 4/5
Ofcom to ban operators from selling 'locked' handsets
So far only O2, Three, Sky and Virgin choose to sell unlocked handsets | {
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Return to Israel to discover off-the-beaten-path treasures in the Jewish Homeland.
Together, we'll make new discoveries in the ancient city of Jerusalem and the modern metropolis of Tel Aviv. We'll explore the beautiful terrain of the lush Carmel Mountain and the rugged Negev Desert, and we'll tap into the innovative spirit that defines nearly every aspect of Israeli society today.
Israel Revisited is scheduled to coincide with the national holidays of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), Yom HaZikaron (Memorial Day), and Yom HaAtzmaut (Independence Day). Together we'll observe the national siren where the entire country stands in honor of those who have been lost, and we'll experience the authentic joy of celebrating Israeli independence, dancing in the streets of Tel Aviv.
On Israel Revisited, you'll broaden your perspectives and gain a fresh appreciation for a country small in size but big on wonders!
Evening: Join in Tel Aviv's local Yom Haatzmaut celebrations!
Benefit from our no-hidden-costs approach so you can enjoy your experience to the fullest! With the exception of one meal a day and gratuities, Israel Revisited is an all-inclusive package.
Sign up at least four (4) months in advance to lock in your spot and receive a $100/person discount. All payments are fully refundable up to four (4) months in advance!
Israel Revisited is led by a licensed Israeli guide who accompanies the group on a 24/7 basis. Our staff are charismatic educators eager to share the beauty of Israel. Each group is assigned a deluxe touring bus with a dedicated driver.
Israel Revisited is an active tour designed for adults. Our days are full of experiences designed to provide you with the full flavor of Israel. Although the program does not have age guidelines, the itinerary involves a good amount of walking and some long days. Participants may take a break from the active schedule at their own discretion.
What's the composition of the group?
Israel Revisited groups generally range from 15-30 travelers. Average group size is 20 travelers.
Israel Revisited is a pluralistic Jewish travel experience open to all. Group meals are kosher, and there is no bus-based touring on Shabbat. The itinerary is designed for travelers of all backgrounds seeking a "second timers" experience in Israel through the lens of Jewish history and identity.
In short, you're responsible for arranging your own flights to and from Israel, and we take care of most everything else! The program covers two meals a day, all touring, a fantastic staff team, accommodations (including luggage porterage), deluxe motorcoach transportation, and round-trip airport transfers on the arrival day and on the last night of the program. You'll be responsible for one meal a day, specialty beverages at group meals and staff gratuities.
Travelers be sure to note any special dietary needs as part of your registration. We will coordinate with our hotel and restaurant meal providers to arrange special accommodations as necessary. We try to accommodate all food and allergy considerations, however, we cannot make absolute guarantees on behalf of our meal-providing partners.
Approximately 3 months prior to your trip, we'll distribute a pre-trip package to help you prepare for your upcoming travels. You'll also be invited to a trip Facebook group to connect with fellow travelers before the program and stay in touch after.
Can I get professional assistance booking my flights?
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Home News My 107-day journey through the race- and class-charged thickets of Canadian politics
My 107-day journey through the race- and class-charged thickets of Canadian politics
Running for political office involves many challenges and the first came from within my own party which strongly advised me to stop posting comments on social media and, preferably, shut down my accounts altogether
by Alok Mukherjee
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Alok Mukherjee
My first ever foray into the world of electoral politics began with an innocuous email from a friend and neighbour.
It was July 7, and I had just returned from a family holiday, with no particular plans for my future in mind. I had joined Ryerson University as a Distinguished Visiting Professor after an eventful decade as chair of the Toronto Police Services Board. The appointment had ended in June, and I thought I was now finally retired from working life.
My friend had been closely involved in the historic win of Jill Andrew in Toronto-St. Paul's as the first-ever Black and queer NDP MPP to be elected in the riding. I had rejected previous approaches to seek electoral office. But this time I agreed to put my name forward for the NDP in the riding. Thus began my 107-day journey through the thickets of Canadian politics.
As a Canadian of South Asian descent, I was the only racialized candidate in the riding. And as a result of my long involvement with the oversight of Toronto's police service I had a considerable public profile as well as a sometimes controversial social media presence.
What role did any of this play in my campaign? More than two months since the October 21 election I am still reflecting on the question.
I was not the first person of colour to seek elected office in the riding. St. Paul's is one of the city's most affluent ridings encompassing parts of Forest Hill, Davisville and Mount Pleasant. But the riding is also characterized by a very high degree of racial, ethnic and linguistic diversity. It includes the second-highest population of renters in the province. With a median household income of $70,000, there are clearly a lot of people living in the riding who are poor, making class composition perhaps the riding's most defining characteristic.
I believed that my track record of public service related to human rights, anti-racism, equity and policing could be turned into support from many who had in the past not come out to vote as often as those who are professional, well off and white. I was wrong. Carolyn Bennett, the long-serving Liberal incumbent, continued her stranglehold on the seat, which began some 22 years ago, primarily on the strength of votes from affluent areas of the riding.
As I was to find out, running for political office involves many challenges and the first came from within the party itself.
I had to complete a long and very detailed document giving every possible detail about me from the nearly 50 years that I had lived in Toronto. I also had to provide copies or links to all of my published writing, and access to my social media accounts. I was required to reveal if I had ever been a member or contributor to any other political party and to provide information about anything that may have happened or that I may have been involved with that could be controversial.
It was a bigger dossier than anything I had ever assembled.
It took a week to complete these forms by hand – no, the NDP does not do this stuff online – prepare a whole lot of appendices (because there wasn't enough space on the forms), make copies of numerous documents and send a thick package to Ottawa.
In my letter, I explained that the date for the nomination meeting had been set, hoping that this would expedite the vetting process. As many as four people were rumoured to be interested in the candidacy. And if I was not cleared by the meeting date, I could not contest the nomination.
Soon after sending my package, I received a message from a long-time senior staffer in the NDP. I was told that I had been too active on social media and was strongly advised to stop posting comments and, preferably, shut down my accounts altogether until after the election.
Evidently, there was nervousness around my comments and posts on issues like policing, climate crisis, poverty, human rights and racism, which were mostly not complimentary.
I took a range of actions, but did not completely shut down my accounts. I found out that someone from the vetting committee was carefully going through my years of posts.
This scrutiny of my social media was only one factor that affected the time it took to complete the vetting process.
Many NDP veterans had told me that with my many years of very public life, it would not take the vetting committee too long to approve me. In fact, it was the opposite. When clearance finally came towards the end of August, I had just a little over a week left to prepare and build support for my nomination.
I was up against one other person, a tech-savvy PhD candidate who made a strong pitch based on his self-proclaimed deep engagement with the climate crisis and workers' rights. He cleverly attempted to bring the age issue into the contest. In my 70s, I was among the oldest seeking a nomination.
I had been warned by a good friend – a prominent former MP – that this might happen, and I should be prepared for it.
In his promotional materials, my opponent bluntly accused the older generation of politicians, decision-makers and activists of jeopardizing the survival of those coming after them. He called for the nomination of a candidate who represented the future and would reject those old ways of doing things.
His message did not go unnoticed by many of the riding members who got it. They interpreted it as being ageist.
I was nominated on September 7. And the writ was dropped the next day.
The campaign was on but I had very little money, no office space, no staff and no volunteers except my family and a handful of close friends and supporters. We had little hope of matching the much better-financed campaigns of the Liberal and Conservative candidates.
It was also clear from the get-go that there would be no financial or other support from the national party, which was facing its own challenges with fundraising.
With what money we had raised from the nomination, I was able to rent office space and recruit a terrific campaign manager. But the first priority of my small team and the riding association was to launch a fundraising effort. We enlisted a couple of volunteers who produced campaign videos and created a social media platform for free. And slowly, volunteers started to show up to help with the campaign.
But it took three weeks to get to the point where we could actually go out and run a real campaign.
Unlike the initial hitches in seeking the nomination, the campaign itself turned out to be an exhilarating and positive experience. For me, the most enlightening part was knocking on doors and speaking to prospective voters in nearly every corner of the riding and from every background.
A single parent with two teenage children told me that she spends nearly 80 per cent of her monthly income on rent for a two-bedroom unit. She worried about not having the money for proper food and other necessities.
Another person renting the top unit in a three-storey walk-up, was due to go in for knee surgery. The hospital wanted her to go home two days after the surgery, but how would she walk up three flights of stairs without any assistance?
A retired person with no health and dental coverage talked about not being able to afford to replace his dentures.
And, of course, anxiety about the climate crisis was everywhere, particularly among the poor and working people, worried about how governments will take care of the displacements and disruptions that would inevitably result from any transition to a green economy.
On and on the stories went. I heard repeatedly that I was the first – and usually the only – candidate who had come to their door.
At around 80,000, the number of eligible voters in this election was higher than in 2015, but there was a considerable drop in votes cast. Bennett herself got fewer votes than in the last election, as did the Conservatives. By contrast, the NDP and the Green Party both increased their share.
So, there is a task ahead. It is to convince those who have opted out of the electoral system that they can make a difference. For me, the opportunity to get to experience this first-hand made the experience like no other.
@nowtoronto
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Rapid CommunicationAccelerated Communication
Activity of 2-Substituted Lysophosphatidic Acid (LPA) Analogs at LPA Receptors: Discovery of a LPA1/LPA3Receptor Antagonist
Christopher E. Heise, Webster L. Santos, Ann M. Schreihofer, Brian H. Heasley, Yurii V. Mukhin, Timothy L. Macdonald and Kevin R. Lynch
Molecular Pharmacology December 2001, 60 (6) 1173-1180; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/mol.60.6.1173
Christopher E. Heise
Departments of 1Pharmacology (C.E.H., A.M.S., K.R.L.) and 2Chemistry (W.L.S., B.H.H., T.L.M.), University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; and 3Department of Medicine (Nephrology Division) (Y.V.M.), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
Webster L. Santos
Ann M. Schreihofer
Brian H. Heasley
Yurii V. Mukhin
Timothy L. Macdonald
Kevin R. Lynch
The physiological implications of lysophosphatidic acid occupancy of individual receptors are largely unknown because selective agonists/antagonists are unavailable currently. The molecular cloning of three high-affinity lysophosphatidic acid receptors, LPA1, LPA2, and LPA3, provides a platform for developing receptor type-selective ligands. Starting with an N-acyl ethanolamide phosphate LPA analog, we made a series of substitutions at the second carbon to generate compounds with varying spatial, stereochemical, and electronic characteristics. Analysis of this series at each recombinant LPA receptor using a guanosine 5′-O-(3-[35S]thio)triphosphate (GTP[γ35S]) binding assay revealed sharp differences in activity. Our results suggest that these receptors have one spatially restrictive binding pocket that interacts with the 2-substituted moieties and prefers small hydrophobic groups and hydrogen bonding functionalities. The agonist activity predicted by the GTP[γ35S] binding assay was reflected in the activity of a subset of compounds in increasing arterial pressure in anesthetized rats. One compound with a bulky hydrophobic group (VPC12249) was a dual LPA1/LPA3 competitive antagonist. Several compounds that had smaller side chains were found to be LPA1-selective agonists.
Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA; 1-acyl, 2-hydroxyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate) is a family of lysophospholipid mediators that elicit diverse biological responses including calcium mobilization, cytoskeletal rearrangements, and mitogenesis (Moolenaar, 1994). Transient rises in blood pressure in rats and guinea pigs after intravenous LPA injection have also been documented (Tokumura et al., 1978). LPA is released by activated platelets and accumulates in serum to low micromolar levels (Schumacher et al., 1979; Simon et al., 1982; Watson et al., 1985). The induction of platelet aggregation and fibroblast recruitment along with its mitogenic capabilities implicate this lipid as a wound healing hormone (Moolenaar, 1995). Another pathologic fluid containing substantial amounts of LPA is the malignant ascites characteristic of ovarian cancer (Xu et al., 1995). Interestingly, the LPA found in these two fluids differs in that LPA from ascitic fluid is reportedly enriched in 2-acyl LPA species (Xu et al., 1995). Study of this 2-acyl LPA isoform is made difficult, however, by its chemical instability (i.e., the rapid migration of the acyl chain to the thermodynamically favored 1 position in an aqueous environment).
LPA signals cells in part via a set of G protein-coupled receptors named LPA1, LPA2, and LPA3 (formerly Edg-2, Edg-4, and Edg-7)1 (Hecht et al., 1996; An et al., 1997b; Bandoh et al., 1999; Im et al., 2000b). These receptors share 50 to 55% identical amino acids and cluster with five other receptors (S1P1, S1P2, S1P3, S1P4, and S1P5, formerly Edg-1, Edg-5, Edg-3, Edg-6, and Edg-8) for the structurally-related lipid sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) (An et al., 1997a; Lee et al., 1998; van Brocklyn et al., 2000; Im et al., 2000a; Yamazaki et al., 2000). LPA1 is most associated with activation of Giα pathways and is expressed in oligodendrocytes (Allard et al., 1998; Weiner et al., 1998) and peripheral tissues (An et al., 1998), whereas LPA2 and LPA3 are associated most prominently with Gq/11α pathways (Bandoh et al., 1999; Im et al., 2000b). LPA2 mRNA is found in testis and peripheral blood leukocytes (An et al., 1998) whereas LPA3 mRNA has been localized to prostate, testes, pancreas, kidney, and heart (Bandoh et al., 1999; Im et al., 2000b).
The physiologic implications of occupation of individual LPA receptors are largely unknown, partly because of a lack of receptor subtype selective ligands. This paucity led us to design and test a series of 2-substituted ethanolamide derivatives varying in degrees of size, hydrophobicity, and stereochemistry. The parent compound of our series,N-acyl ethanolamide phosphate (NAEPA) has been shown to be nearly indistinguishable from LPA in evoking platelet aggregation (Sugiura et al., 1994) and GTP[γ35S] binding at LPA1 and LPA2 containing membranes (Im et al., 2000b) but is distinctly less active than LPA at recombinant LPA3 (Im et al., 2000b) or in depolarizing Xenopus laevis oocytes (Santos et al., 2000). A pair of 2-substituted NAEPA compounds have already been reported. The 2-carboxyl-containing compound (N-acyl serine phosphoric acid) has been documented to antagonize both LPA-driven platelet aggregation (Sugiura et al., 1994) and oocyte depolarization (Liliom et al., 1996) and is a partial agonist at mammalian LPA receptors (Hooks et al., 1998). The 2-methylene hydroxy-containing compound, which is an analog of 2-acyl LPA wherein the ester is replaced by an amide, was shown by us to activate recombinant LPA receptors in a stereoselective fashion, whereas mitogenic responses and platelet aggregation did not show this stereoselectivity (Hooks et al., 2001). Because of the interesting properties of the existing 2-substituted NAEPA compounds, we synthesized and examined an expanded series of these compounds.
In this article, we present an analysis of several more compounds from this series. In addition to confirming the strong preference of each recombinant LPA receptor for a single enantiomer, we found compounds that exhibited increased potency at the LPA1receptor relative to LPA. The predicted enantiomeric selectivity was observed in a variety of assays, including the hypertensive response in anesthetized rats. Additionally, a dual LPA1/LPA3 competitive antagonist was identified and characterized.
Experimental Procedures
Transient Expression in HEK293T Cells.
The appropriate receptor plasmid DNA (encoding mouse LPA1, human LPA2 or human LPA3) was mixed with equal amounts of expression plasmids (pcDNA3) encoding a mutated (C351F) rat Gi2α, cow β1, and γ2 proteins, and these DNAs were used to transfect monolayers of HEK293T cells (where 'T' indicates expression of the SV-40 virus large T antigen) using the calcium phosphate precipitate method (Wigler et al., 1977). After about 60 h, cells were harvested, and membranes were prepared, aliquoted, and stored at −70°C until use (Im et al., 2000b).
GTP[γ35S] Binding.
The GTP[γ35S] assay was performed as described previously (Im et al., 2000b). Membranes containing 5 μg of protein were incubated in 0.1 ml of GTP-binding buffer (50 mM HEPES, 100 mM NaCl, 10 mM MgCl2, pH 7.5) containing 5 μg of saponin, 10 μM GDP, 0.1 nM GTP[γ35S] (1200 Ci/mmol), and indicated lipid(s) for 30 min at 30°C. Samples were analyzed for membrane-bound radionuclide using a Brandel Cell Harvester (Gaithersburg, MD). The C351F mutation renders the Gi2α protein resistant to inactivation by pertussis toxin or the alkylating agent N-ethylmaleimide; in practice, however, background binding was sufficiently low to obviate these maneuvers.
Measurement of cAMP Accumulation.
Assays for cAMP accumulation were conducted on populations of 5 × 105 cells stimulated with 10 μM forskolin in the presence of the phosphodiesterase inhibitor 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine for 15 min at 30°C. cAMP was measured by automated radioimmunoassay.
Measurement of Intracellular Calcium.
We used a FLIPR (Molecular Devices, Inc., Menlo Park, CA) to measure intracellular calcium in A431 and HEK293T cells. A431 cells were seeded (∼50,000 cells/well) in 96-well, clear bottom black microplates (Corning Costar Corp., Cambridge, MA) and left overnight in CO2incubator at 37°C. HEK293T cells were treated likewise, but seeded onto poly(d-lysine) coated microplates (Becton Dickinson, Franklin Lakes, NJ). A431 cells were dye-loaded with 4 μM Fluo-3 AM ester (Molecular Probes Inc., Eugene, OR) in a loading buffer (1× HEPES-buffered saline, pH 7.4, containing 20 mM HEPES, 0.1% BSA, and 2.5 mM probenecid) for 1 h at 37°C. Cells were then washed four times with the loading buffer and exposed in the FLIPR to sets of compounds. HEK293T cells were loaded with 2 μM Fluo-4 AM ester (Molecular Probes Inc., Eugene, OR) in the same loading buffer without probenecid for 30 min and washed four times before being exposed to compounds in the FLIPR. In all cases, each concentration of each compound was tested in at least quintuplicate.
Determination of KI.
K I values for VPC12249 in experiments were determined by plotting the log of Dose Ratio-1 at each concentration of inhibitor against the log concentration of inhibitor. Thex-intercept of the linear transformation is equal to the inverse log of the K I.
Stable Expression in RH7777 Cells.
Rat hepatoma RH7777 cell monolayers were transfected with the mLPA1plasmid DNA using the calcium phosphate precipitate method and clonal populations expressing the neomycin phosphotransferase gene were selected by addition of Geneticin (G418) to the culture media. The RH7777 cells were grown in monolayers at 37°C in a 5% CO2/95% air atmosphere in growth media consisting of: 90% minimal essential medium, 10% fetal bovine serum, 2 mM glutamine, and 1 mM sodium pyruvate.
Cardiovascular Measurements.
All procedures were performed on male Wistar rats in accordance with National Institutes of Health and University of Virginia animal care and usage guidelines. Anesthesia was induced by 5% halothane (in 100% O2). Rats were intubated and artificially ventilated with 1.5 to 1.8% halothane in 100% O2 for surgical procedures. A femoral artery was cannulated to record mean arterial pressure (MAP) and heart rate (HR), and a femoral vein was cannulated to administer anesthetic agents. A femoral vein was cannulated for administration of lipids. The left splanchnic nerve was isolated via a retroperitoneal approach, and the segment distal to the suprarenal ganglion was placed on two Teflon-coated silver wires that had been bared at the tip (250 μm bare diameter; A-M Systems, Everett, WA). The nerve and wires were embedded in a dental impression material (polyvinysiloxane; Darby Dental Supply, Westbury, NY), and the wound was closed around the exiting recording wires.
On completion of surgery, the halothane anesthesia was terminated and was replaced by a α-chloralose (30 mg/kg solution in 3% sodium borate; 70 mg/kg initial bolus followed by hourly supplements of 20 mg/kg i.v.; Fisher Scientific, Pittsburgh, PA). Rats were allowed to stabilize for 45 min before tests began. End-tidal CO2 was monitored by infrared spectroscopy and was maintained between 3.5 and 4.0%. Body temperature (measured rectally) was maintained at 37°C.
All physiological variables were monitored on a chart recorder (model RS 3600; Gould, Valley View, OH) and simultaneously stored on a videocassette recorder via a digitizer interface (model 3000A; frequency range: DC-22 kHz; Vetter Digital, Rebersburg, VA) for off-line computer analysis. Data were analyzed with Spike 2 (Cambridge Electronics). The MAP was calculated from the pulse pressure measured by a transducer (Statham P10 EZ; Gould) connected to the brachial arterial catheter. The HR was determined by triggering from the pulse pressure (Biotach; Gould). Splanchnic nerve activity was filtered (10 Hz-3 kHz band pass with a 60-Hz notch filter), full-wave rectified, and averaged in 1-s bins. The femoral venous catheter (dead space, 100 μl) was loaded with each lipid and was flushed with 200 μl of saline to expel the drug.
Materials.
Chemicals for syntheses were purchased from Aldrich Chemical Company (Milwaukee, WI), Sigma Chemicals (St. Louis, MO), Advanced ChemTech Chemical Company (Louisville, KY), and/or NovaBiochem Chemical Company (Laufelfingen, Switzerland) and were used without further purification. GTP[γ35S] was purchased from Amersham Pharmacia Biotech (Piscataway, NJ), Fura-3 and Fura-4 AM were purchased from Molecular Probes (Eugene, OR), A431 and RH7777 cells were purchased from the American Type Culture Collection (Manassas, VA), and tissue culture media and serum was from Invitrogen (Carlsbad, CA). HEK293T cells were a gift from Dr. Judy White's laboratory (Dept. of Cell Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA) while G protein β and γ DNAs were a gift from Dr. Doug Bayliss (Dept. of Pharmacology, University of Virginia). LPAs (1-oleoyl and 1-palmitoyl) and dioctyl glyceryl pyrophosphate were purchased from Avanti Polar Lipids (Alabaster, AL).
Using N-oleoyl ethanolamide phosphoric acid (NAEPA) as a lead structure, we synthesized a series of 2-substituted LPA analogs (Fig. 1). The details of the synthesis and analysis of the full set of compounds in this series are to be provided in a separate publication (W. L. Santos, C. E. Heise, K. R. Lynch, T. L. Macdonald, in preparation). Each compound was characterized by 1H NMR,13C NMR, and mass spectrometry.
Structures of 2 substituted ethanolamide phosphoric acid compounds. Compounds in the left column contain the denoted functional group at R 1 with a hydrogen atom at the R 2 position; those in the right column contain indicated functional group atR 2 with a hydrogen atom at theR 1 position. Compounds were synthesized, purified and analyzed as will be described in Santos et al. (in preparation).
The differential coupling of LPA1 versus LPA2 and LPA3, the lack of a reliable radioligand binding assay, and the near ubiquity of endogenous LPA responses prohibited the use of most common receptor assay techniques (i.e., measurements of adenylyl cyclase activity, calcium mobilization, and radioligand binding) to assess each compound's activity. Therefore, we adapted a GTP[γ35S] binding assay to measure the relative efficacies and potencies of each compound compared with LPA as described previously (Im et al., 2000b; McAllister et al., 2000). This assay isolates each recombinant LPA receptor and allows analysis of all three receptors using the same system. Note that membranes from HEK293T cells transfected with only G protein DNAs (ie, no receptor DNA) were devoid of LPA-stimulated GTP binding despite expressing endogenous LPA receptors (Fig. 2D).
GTP[γ35S] binding to HEK293T cell membranes in response to LPA and analogs with hydrophilic constituents. HEK293T cells were transfected with LPA1 (A), LPA2 (B), or LPA3 (C) receptor DNAs plus G protein DNAs or G protein DNAs alone (D) (see Experimental Procedures for details). Lipids were dissolved at 1 mM in aqueous 1.0% fatty acid-free BSA and diluted in aqueous 0.1% BSA. LPA analogs contained oleoyl (18:1) fatty acid chains. Closed characters represent R 1 enantiomers and open characters represent R 2 enantiomers; all sets of curves include a 1-oleoyl-(S)-LPA curve as a reference. Points are in triplicate and are representative of at least two experiments. Typical values for zero and 100% binding were 300 and 800 dpm/tube for LPA1, 300 and 1000 dpm/tube for LPA2, and 300 and 2000 dpm/tube for LPA3, respectively.
Many NAEPA compounds with various 2-substituents were synthesized and examined; those with methyl, ethyl, isopropyl, benzyl, methylene hydroxy, carbomethyl, methylene amino, and benzyl-4-oxybenzyl functionalities (Fig. 1) are reported herein. Because the 2 position is a prochiral site, both enantiomers (at R 1and R 2) of the eight compounds were synthesized. Three patterns were revealed when we tested the agonist compounds in this series at the three LPA receptors in the broken cell assay. First, each LPA receptor showed a marked selectivity (1 log order or more) for one enantiomer. This confirms and extends our previously reported observation of stereoselectivity by LPA receptors for NAEPA compounds containing the 2-carboxyl (Hooks et al., 1998) or 2-methylene hydroxy groups (Hooks et al., 2001). Second, those compounds with substitutions at the R1 position were invariably the more potent agonists (Fig. 2,3). Third, agonist potency decreases as the bulk of the substituent increases.
GTP[γ35S] binding to HEK293T cell membranes in response to LPA and analogs with hydrophobic substituents. HEK293T cells were transfected with LPA1 (A), LPA2 (B), or LPA3 DNAs (C) and G protein DNAs. Lipids were dissolved at 1 mM in aqueous 1.0% fatty acid-free BSA and diluted in aqueous 0.1% BSA. Open characters representR 1 enantiomers and closed characters represent 1-oleoyl-(S)-LPA curve as a reference. All compounds contain oleoyl (18:1) fatty acid chains. Points are in triplicate and are representative of at least two experiments. Typical values for zero and 100% binding were 300 and 800 dpm/tube for LPA1, 300 and 1000 dpm/tube for LPA2, and 300 and 2000 dpm/tube for LPA3, respectively.
The 2-substituted NAEPA compounds containing either hydrophilic (methylene hydroxy, carbomethyl, methylene amino) or hydrophobic moieties (methyl, ethyl, isopropyl, benzyl) exhibited agonist activity in the GTP[γ35S] binding assay (Figs. 2 and3). The smaller groups conferred greater potency, with the methyl (VPC12086), methylene hydroxy (VPC31143), and methylene amino (VPC12178) compounds being more potent than 1-oleoyl LPA at LPA1 (Figs. 2 and 3 and Table1). In addition, because the 2-substituent becomes bulkier, the efficacy was noticeably reduced at this receptor. In contrast, bulkier hydrophobic side chains, although less potent, were fully efficacious at the LPA2receptor (Fig. 3B and Table 1). As was observed with the LPA1 receptor, the small methyl and methylene amino groups conferred the highest potency at the LPA2 receptor, but none of these compounds proved more potent than 1-oleoyl LPA at this site. The LPA3 receptor exhibited much the same profile as the LPA2 receptor with regard to efficacies and potencies of compounds relative to LPA. However, the LPA3 receptor characteristically exhibited higher (1–2 log order) EC50 values for all compounds, including LPA. Presumably, the LPA3 receptor has an intrinsically lower affinity for LPA and LPA analogs (Fig. 3C and Table 1). Like the hydrophilic compounds, each LPA receptor showed strong stereoselectivity for a hydrophobic substituent in the R1 position (Fig. 1 and Table 1).
Agonist activities of 2-substituted N-oleoyl ethanolamide phosphoric acid compounds
We wished to determine whether the stereoselectivity predicted by the broken cell assay at recombinant LPA receptors extends to endogenous LPA responses. We have reported previously that this is not the case for LPA stimulation of tritiated thymidine incorporation as an index of mitogenesis (Hooks et al., 2001). In contrast, the rank order potencies of the compounds predicted by the GTP[γ35S] binding assay are mimicked by calcium mobilizing activities in a variety of cell lines including A431, HEK293, and MDA MB231 (data not shown). To investigate an LPA response in a physiologic context, we monitored MAP, heart rate, and postganglionic sympathetic tone in anesthetized adult rats as a function of LPA or LPA analog administration. LPA has been shown previously to increase blood pressure transiently in this model (Tokumura et al., 1978). As shown in Fig. 4, intravenous injection of three enantiomeric pairs of compounds resulted in a transient increase in MAP with the same pattern of stereoselectivity as observed with the in vitro assays. Concomitant with this rise in MAP was a decrease in heart rate and sympathetic output indicative of baroreceptor reflex response (Fig. 4).
Blood pressure changes in response to intravenous injection of LPA analogs to ventilated anesthetized rats. A, representative trace of change in MAP, HR, and sympathetic outflow [splanchnic nerve activity (SNA)] on injection of 50 pmol of compound VPC12178. B, same representative traces on administration of 50 pmol of the enantiomeric compound, VPC12048. C to E, measurement of change in MAP in response to administration of LPA analogs at varying concentrations. Points are in triplicate from three rats (C), or duplicate from two rats (D, E). VPC31143 and VPC31144 in (D) contain palmitoyl (16:0) fatty acid chains.
The compounds that were only slightly efficacious at LPA1 (e.g., the benzyl-containing VPC12084) were assayed for their ability to antagonize LPA-induced GTP[γ35S] binding. Although this compound did block LPA activity in the GTP[γ35S] binding assay (not shown), the benzyl compound (VPC12084) was revealed to posses appreciable agonist activity in assays with greater levels of amplification (e.g., whole cell assays of calcium mobilization or inhibition of cAMP accumulation) (Fig.5). In the course of exploring variations of the benzyl substituent, we found that a benzyl-4-oxybenzyl substituent in the same relative configuration (R 1, VPC12204) had reduced, but still measurable, agonist activity in whole cell assays (Fig. 5). However, its enantiomer [i.e., VPC12249, the compound with the benzyl-4-oxybenzyl substituent in the S(R 2; see Fig. 1) configuration] was completely devoid of agonist activity in the whole-cell assays (Fig. 5) and in the GTP[γ35S] binding assay (not shown).
Calcium mobilization traces and inhibition of cAMP accumulation assay using mouse LPA1 expressing RH7777 cells. Upper left shows a calcium transient in response to LPA in untransfected cells. Remaining calcium mobilization traces are from LPA1 receptor stably expressing RH7777 cells. Arrow indicates addition of denoted compound; ∗ indicates addition of digitonin (to 75 μM) followed by EDTA (to 5 μM) to measure total intracellular calcium. Bar graph is also from LPA1 receptor stably expressing RH7777 cells showing accumulation of cAMP data.
We tested VPC12249 for its ability to block LPA-induced GTP[γ35S] binding at each recombinant LPA receptor. As shown by the rightward, parallel shifts in the concentration response curves as a function of VPC12249 concentration, this compound is a surmountable antagonist at the LPA1 and LPA3 but not the LPA2, receptors (Fig.6). The K Ivalues for VPC12249 determined by Schild regression are 137 and 428 nM at the LPA1 and LPA3receptors, respectively, in this assay. The same activity was determined with human LPA1 using a recombinant baculovirus-infected insect Sf9 cell membrane preparation (M. D. Davis and K. R. Lynch, unpublished observations).
Effect of the benzyl 4-oxybenzyl compounds, VPC12204 and VPC12249, on GTP[γ35S] binding. GTP[γ35S] binding assays of LPA1- (A), LPA2- (B), and LPA3- (C, D) transfected HEK293T cell membranes showing LPA concentration response curves with increasing concentrations of VPC12204 or VPC12249. Points are in triplicate and are representative of at least two experiments. Insert represents Schild regression analysis of concentration response curves.
The antagonist activity measured in the broken cell assays was confirmed in whole-cell experiments wherein LPA-induced increases in free intracellular calcium in HEK293T cells were blocked. This cell type expresses the LPA1 and LPA3 but not LPA2 receptor genes as determined by RT-PCR (not shown). As documented by the concentration response curves shown in Fig.7A, increasing concentrations of VPC12249 resulted in parallel, rightward shifts in the LPA concentration response curves (K I = 132 nM). The extent of rightward shift observed in the same experimental protocol with A431 cells, which express the LPA2 as well as the LPA1 and LPA3 genes (RT-PCR not shown), was much smaller (K I = 1970 nM; Fig. 7C) as predicted from the lack of antagonist activity of VPC12249 at the calcium-mobilizing LPA2 receptor in the GTP-binding assay (see Fig. 6). The blocking action of VPC12249 was not a general postreceptor event, as shown by the lack of antagonism of ATP-evoked calcium transients (Fig. 7B). Inhibition of forskolin-induced increases in cAMP levels in RH7777 cells stably expressing LPA1 was also inhibited by VPC12249 (Fig. 7D).
Effect of the benzyl 4-oxybenzyl compound VPC12249 on calcium mobilization and inhibition of cAMP accumulation. A, calcium mobilization of HEK293T cells showing LPA concentration response curves with increasing concentrations of VPC12249. B, calcium mobilization of HEK293T cells showing ATP dose-response curve with and without 10 μM VPC12249. C, calcium mobilization of A431 cells showing dose response curves with increasing concentrations of VPC12249. D, inhibition of forskolin-driven rises in cAMP on LPA1 receptor stably expressing RH7777 cells showing LPA concentration response curve with increasing concentrations of VPC12249. Calcium data points are replicates of at least five and representative of two experiments. Inhibition of cAMP accumulation data points are in duplicate with 0% averaging 3 pmol/tube and 100% averaging 80 pmol/tube cAMP. Inset, Schild regression analysis of concentration response curves.
The lack of medicinal chemistry associated with the LPA1, LPA2, and LPA3 receptors prompted us to develop LPA receptor selective agonists and antagonists. Among the most fruitful series that we have synthesized are 2-substituted N-acyl ethanolamide-phosphates. The lead compound, N-palmitoyl ethanolamide phosphate (Sugiura et al., 1994), in which the glycerol moiety of LPA is replaced with ethanolamine, has been shown to be indistinguishable from LPA in potency and efficacy at the mammalian LPA1 and LPA2 receptors (Im et al., 2000b) but is less potent than LPA at the LPA3 receptor (Im et al., 2000b). Although the synthetic routes to the compounds in our series did not proceed through NAEPA, they all contain this backbone (Fig. 1).
We have adapted a GTP[γ35S] binding assay to analyze directly the activation of individual recombinant LPA receptors, which allowed determination of relative efficacies and potencies at each receptor with a common assay platform. The same concentration response curves were obtained regardless of whether the recombinant receptor used exogenous G proteins from various mammalian species (HEK293T cells; see Experimental Procedures) or endogenous G proteins (RH7777 cells, data not shown). More importantly, the rank-order potencies established with the broken-cell, membrane-based GTP[γ35S] binding assay were maintained in whole-cell assays of calcium mobilization and inhibition of cAMP accumulation as well as in blood pressure responses in whole animals. Thus, our primary assay for compound potency and efficacy is a valid predictor of activity at endogenous LPA receptors.
In our exploration of various 2-substituents of the NAEPA backbone, several trends became apparent. First, each LPA receptor showed a marked (1 log order or more) preference for one enantiomer. We first reported this differential activity (albeit at undefined LPA receptors) using the 2-carboxyl-containing compound N-acyl serine phosphoric acid (Hooks et al., 1998) and later with the 2-methylene hydroxy compound at LPA1, LPA2, and LPA3 (Hooks et al., 2001). This stereoselectivity was evidenced further in vivo by inducing transient increases in blood pressure in ventilated, anesthetized rats in a dose-dependent manner. The lack of stereoselectivity of mitogenic responses to LPA mimetics such as the 2-methylene hydroxy compound is central to our argument that such responses are, at least in some cell types, independent of LPA1–3 receptors (Hooks et al., 2001).
Second, most substitutions were well tolerated in that they resulted in agonist ligands (Table 1). Although most active compounds were partial agonists with reduced potency (relative to LPA), the methyl (VPC12086), methylene hydroxy (VPC31143), and methylene amino (VPC12178) compounds are notable in that they are more potent than LPA at the LPA1 receptor. A pattern observed with all three LPA receptors was that activity is conferred for hydrophobic or hydrophilic compounds only when the substituent is at theR 1 position and theR 2 position is a hydrogen atom (refer to Fig. 1 for structures; see also Figs. 2 and 3). In aggregate, these data indicate to us that each LPA receptor has one spatial region within the ligand binding site for hydrophobic or hydrophilic functionalities and is restrictive in nature by recognizing only smaller substituents as potent agonists.
Third, we note again that the LPA3 receptor, unlike the LPA1 and LPA2receptors, discriminates between unsaturated and saturated acyl groups (Bandoh et al., 1999; Im et al., 2000b). Although this article focuses on oleoyl compounds, we have examined a number of these compounds as palmitoyl forms and find consistently that the saturated analogs are less potent at only the LPA3 receptor. Furthermore, LPA3 seems to have a lower affinity for LPA and LPA analogs, as indicated by a rightward shift in all concentration response curves.
Several of the compounds described deserve special mention. The first of these is the methylene hydroxy-containing compound (VPC31143). This compound is an analog of 2-acyl LPA in which the ester is replaced by an amide, thus conferring chemical stability (i.e., chain migration is prevented). The LPA in malignant ascites has been reported to consist of substantial amounts of the 2-acyl species; this is the form of LPA that reportedly confers a greater biological activity on ovarian cancer cells (Xu et al., 1995). The 2-acyl LPA analog (VPC31143) was equipotent to 1-acyl LPA at the LPA3 receptor, less potent at the LPA2 receptor, but more potent at the LPA1 receptor, which supports the notion that 2-acyl LPA has a different biologic activity than 1-acyl LPA.
A second pair of compounds worth noting exhibit significantly greater potency at the LPA1 receptor compared with either the LPA2 or LPA3 receptors: the methylene hydroxy- and methylene amino-containing compounds (VPC31143 and VPC12178, respectively) are both fully efficacious and highly potent at the LPA1 receptor with at least a 10-fold lower EC50 value at this receptor type than at either the LPA2 or LPA3 sites (Table 1). To our knowledge, these compounds represent the first receptor type selective agonists and as such might prove useful for elucidating the receptor entities responsible for various effects in cultured cells and tissues.
A third interesting pair of compounds contain a benzyl-4-oxybenzyl substituent at the 2 position in either the R orS configuration (VPC12204 and VPC12249, respectively). These compounds are potent, dual LPA1/LPA3 receptor antagonists. VPC12204 is more potent at inhibiting LPA induced activation of LPA3 but retains the partial agonist activity of the parent benzyl compound (VPC12084) at LPA1 (Fig. 5). The enantiomer of this compound (VPC12249) is entirely devoid of agonist activity in our most sensitive assays. We do not know if VPC12249 is an inverse agonist, but its blockade is surmountable, and thus can be considered a competitive antagonist. The K I value calculated for VPC12249 at inhibiting calcium mobilization in HEK293T cells is ∼130 nM. These cells express the LPA1 and LPA3 receptors as judged by RT-PCR analysis; the calcium response to LPA probably flows through both receptors because pretreatment with pertussis toxin partially blunts but does not completely inhibit the resultant calcium transient (our unpublished observations). In addition, the calculatedK I value of VPC12249 at the LPA1 receptor from the GTP[γ35S] binding assay is nearly identical to that obtained for these whole cells (137 versus 132 nM). The greater than 10-fold higher K I value measured with A431 cells is expected in view of the low potency of VPC12249 in antagonizing LPA2 mediated responses in assays of the recombinant LPA2 receptor. Furthermore, the agreement in data from the membrane based GTP[γ35S] assay and the whole cell assays of VPC12249 lends further credence to the broken cell assay system for rapidly assessing the activity of novel chemical entities at recombinant LPA receptors.
A recent report from Tigyi and associates describes a dual LPA1/LPA3 receptor antagonist, dioctyl glycerol pyrophosphate (Fisher et al., 2001), although this compound is a much less potent blocker of the LPA1 site. Our laboratory is in the process of comparing this compound with VPC12249 in our assay systems. Our preliminary results support the contention that dioctyl glycerol pyrophosphate is a LPA3 receptor blocker, although we find it less potent than VPC12249.
In summary, we have continued to explore variations of theN-acyl ethanolamide phosphate backbone in search of novel chemical entities that might prove useful in probing LPA biology. We have found that compounds with small substituents at the second carbon atom are in general potent and efficacious agonists; indeed, in some cases, these compounds are more potent and efficacious than LPA, providing two LPA1 receptor type selective agonists. Our observation that efficacy decreased sharply with the bulk of hydrophobic 2-substituents led to the discovery of a dual LPA1/LPA3 competitive antagonist, VPC12249. We are profiling this molecule in a variety of in vitro and in vivo experimental systems as well as attempting to develop similar compounds with enhanced potency and receptor type selectivity.
We thank Dr. Shelley B. Hooks (Dept. of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC) and Michael D. Davis (Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Virginia) for sharing unpublished data. We thank also Dr. Gabor Tigyi (Dept. of Physiology, University of Tennessee at Memphis) for sharing his manuscript before publication inMolecular Pharmacology. We are grateful to Dr. Patrice Guyenet (Dept. of Pharmacology, University of Virginia) for use of his laboratory's equipment to make the blood pressure measurements reported herein and to Dr. John Raymond (Dept. of Medicine/Nephrology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC) for allowing us time on the FLIPR instrument.
Received August 7, 2001.
↵1 The IUPHAR subcommittee on lysophospholipid receptor nomenclature has recommended that henceforth the colloquial 'Edg' nomenclature be replaced with LPA (or S1P) subscript number, where the number indicates order of molecular cloning. Thus Edg-2 becomes LPA1, Edg-4 becomes LPA2, and Edg-7 becomes LPA3.
This work was supported by National Institutes of Health research grants R01-GM52722 and R01-CA88994 (to K.R.L. and T.L.M.) and predoctoral traineeship T32-GM07055 (to C.E.H. and W.L.S.) and by American Heart Association postdoctoral fellowship AHA-130274N (to A.M.S.). The FLIPR was purchased with National Institutes of Health shared equipment grant S10-RR13005 (to John R. Raymond, Medical University of South Carolina).
lysophosphatidic acid
NAEPA
N-acyl ethanolamide phosphoric acid
Edg
endothelial differentiation gene
human embryonic kidney
GTP[γ35S]
guanosine 5′-O-(3-[35S]thio)triphosphate
FLIPR
fluorimetric imaging plate reader
RT-PCR
reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction
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