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Missile Defense and NAFTA, Old issues revisited
This has to be the least surprising news I've seen in awhile. Star Wars/ABM/Missile Defense is worthless! Na-a-awwww! Re-e-eally?!?!? Gee, who'd a thunk it? I did a paper on this back in college during the late 1980s, concluding that, yes, "shooting down a bullet with a bullet" can be done, but missile warheads are very small, move very quickly and devices used to detect them are not difficult to fool. Any system for stopping missiles is very easily overwhelmed with lots of real warheads, chaff (clouds of small bits of metal) and decoys. To take just one of the more obvious examples, a multi-stage ballistic missile takes about 30 minutes to get from Russia to the United States. Over 20 of those minutes are spent in space where there's no air friction, where a decoy can be as simple as a balloon coated with metal-based paint. Such a decoy can't be deployed until the real warhead is in space and will quickly burn up on re-entry, but it's pretty much impossible to separate such a decoy from a real warhead when your detection devices are hundreds to thousands of miles away. A single warhead could pop out 20 to 30 decoys, and with small air-sprays, they can all follow different, widely divergent paths. If you want to stop them mid-course, all of the warheads, both the real ones and the fake ones, have to be stopped, or at least a good 80-90% of them. An ABM system will have very little time between the time all the balloons burn away and the warheads impact their targets. A system would have to be extraordinarily fast and capable to deal with the dozens, perhaps hundreds, of remaining warheads. And:
The GMD system, however, is widely considered to be ineffective. Despite the billions of dollars spent, the system has not had a successful intercept test since 2008, with two failures in 2010. A recent report by the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences found that, "The current GMD system has serious shortcomings, and provides at best a limited, initial defense against a relatively primitive threat."
In other words, the US spent from the Eisenhower era to the 1972 ABM treaty developing anti-missile defenses, private entrepreneurs continued researching means and methods from 1972, with the government again picking up the tab for research in 1983, whereupon the government has continued to fund research and development ever since. What has the US accomplished in all that time? Doesn't sound like six decades of research has accomplished very much.
What has the impact been on US-Russian relations?
In past years, Russia has opposed the missile shield program. It considers the program to be a serious threat to its national security and disapproves of NATO forces continuing to build military bases in Europe. The US government called Russia's reaction "unjustified" and defended the program by citing increased threats to Europe from the Caucasus and the Middle East. An important political figure, Alexander Vershbow – NATO's Deputy Secretary General and former Ambassador to the Russian Federation – stressed at the Moscow Conference that the missile shield program is not meant to be hostile to Russia. He also added the US and NATO respect and take seriously the Russian government's concerns.
If you have to assure the other party that your weapons system is "not meant to be hostile," your diplomacy has pretty much completely and utterly failed. And sorry, but when the US took Georgia's side against Russia during their 2008 conflict, any thought on Russia's part that the US wasn't hostile was dashed to the ground.
And speaking of old issues, one of the major issues that progressives had with NAFTA and the World Trade Organization back during the Clinton Administration was that the system that they set up was designed to override national sovereignty in favor of corporate interests. Well, a leaked document from the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations demonstrates that, yes indeed, the newest "free" trade negotiations are again, designed to do precisely that.
Under the agreement currently being advocated by the Obama administration, American corporations would continue to be subject to domestic laws and regulations on the environment, banking and other issues. But foreign corporations operating within the U.S. would be permitted to appeal key American legal or regulatory rulings to an international tribunal. That international tribunal would be granted the power to overrule American law and impose trade sanctions on the United States for failing to abide by its rulings.
The terms run contrary to campaign promises issued by Obama and the Democratic Party during the 2008 campaign.
So, even though Americans have opposed turning over decisions best made by national governments to a body that will privilege corporations over people and even though President Obama promised that he wouldn't take part in any such thing, we're seeing our government again planning to do precisely that. As the blogger says:
This is really important stuff. We're talking about restricting access to life-saving drugs, and giving up sovereignty over key domestic laws and regulations to foreign multinationals. That would be true for foreign companies in the US and domestic companies in the eight Pacific nations engaged in the trade pact. This is completely in line with the NAFTA consensus, which also allowed corporations the right to sue nations party to certain trade treaties. Private sector lawyers would be the judges on the international tribunals, with clear conflicts of interest, as they advocate for and serve the clients who would be suing the government in this case.
The march of folly continues and decisions that were awful the first time around are no better years later, but they continue to be pursued.
Update: Leaked documents from the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreements show that the agreements are even worse than we thought. The agreements blatantly and explicitly favor corporations over national governments. BTW, the piece also documents that the US has paid $300 million to settle similar anti-sovereignty claims that arose from NAFTA.
Labels: diplomacy, economics, history, lying, Missile Defense, poor judgement
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James von Brunn
June 11, 2009 Hunter Wallace Uncategorized 23
… tried to shoot up the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. yesterday. A negro guard died in the process. Mark Potok (Jew) and Leonard Zeskind (Jew) have been on CNN all day getting interviewed by Wolf Blitzer (Jew) as experts on "hate groups" and "right-wing extremism." President Barack Hussein Obama (negro) is reportedly "saddened" by the news.
I know nothing of Brunn except what I have heard on television. He wasn't mentioned in Zeskind's recent book about White Nationalism. Brunn has a website, which much of the discussion I have seen has been about, but it seems to be down at the moment. Several of the talking heads on CNN mentioned his belief in the authenticity of the Protocols of Zion and an Illuminati conspiracy in order to brand him as a kook. He reportedly believes Jews control the Federal Reserve. Ever hear of Alan Greenspan or Ben Bernanke?
Probably 70% of Brunn's accusations against Jews are true. Most of the rest have a kernal of truth to them. His attack on the Holocaust Museum will never be discussed from that angle. All that matters to the MSM is that he was a "racist," a "white supremacist," and an "anti-Semite." That alone is enough to discredit him and everything he has to say.
At 88, James von Brunn is (or was) clearly at the end of his life. He was fed up with the Jews and their lies. This shooting was his swan song. It was his desperate attempt to strike back at the murderers of his civilization. I can understand his bitterness and frustration, but this plan of his was ill conceived and accomplished nothing but causing his own (near) death. Ending the life of a lowly security guard inflicted no damage upon his enemies. It created no sympathy for the cause Brunn was willing to die for either.
White and Free
Just Another Day (Part 2)
dagezhu
I find it interesting that several sources are reporting, "von Brunn *claimed* to be ex-military on his website," as if his claim of veteran status was a lie only possible on the web.
http://www.military.com/news/article/retired-navy-captain-attacks-holocaust-museum.html
is reporting that von Brunn was indeed a naval officer.
"He was commissioned as a naval officer decades ago, and discharged from the Navy in 1956."
I think there are two spins that will be applied to this.
On the one hand, von Brunn will continue to be supported by some Americans nostalgic for some aspects of 1940s America. This might include Stormfront, which lauded von Brunn as a "treasure" circa 2002. The people of Stormfront might or might not regret their words. I would guess that they will manage something like, "Of course I don't advocate violence myself, but I feel love toward von Brunn."
On the other hand, the US military will be derided as a brutalizing system that produces dangerous men; therefore US military men who support the US government will lose some amount of status.
Of course, anyone who avows non-violent and law-abiding "white nationalism" is more likely to decry the event as unrepresentative of the "white nationalist" movement. The BNP, for example, will probably avoid associating their image with von Brunn.
Robert Lindsay
His magnum opus, Tob Shebbe Goyim Harog, cannot be downloaded anymore from his site and the site may never come back up. But I snagged a copy before the site went down and it's on my site here if you want to check it out. I'll leave it up till the cops tell me to take it down. It's kind of a kick to read. I thought it was pretty funny myself. Wild stuff Daddy-o!
Fiotheth
Archive.org seems to have a functioning copy of Freedom Fighter von Brunns website:
http://web.archive.org/web/20071216091153/http://www.holywesternempire.org/
I purchased the book off his site about 2 months ago and suggested he use Amazon.com's free publishing service (ISBN and hard copies.) He was friendly.
Also added me to his mailing list which sent out several emails a day with excellent commentary. (Emails suddenly stopped w/o notice about 11 days ago.)
THis guy despite his age has a first-rate mind, more impressive than a Jared Taylor, Kevin MacDonald, and the peer of William L. Pierce.
Kulaks Never Learn
*What a "coincidence"!*
"During the regime of Republican President George W. Bush, the "threat from the extreme Right" was de-emphasized by the Cryptocracy. White crusader golem were needed to support and staff the war in Afghanistan against Muslims, and the war in Iraq against Arabs. With those goals now pretty much accomplished and a Black Democrat in the White House, the powers-that-be seem to have decided to reanimate the "extreme Right wing threat" and raise it back to the marquee bogeyman role it played during the regime of Bill Clinton, when the Oklahoma City Bombing was mounted by a supposed lone nut duo, but which researchers like David Hoffman (no relation to this writer) have reported was a conspiracy deeply connected to the US government itself — including to such government front groups as the "Aryan Republican Army" bank-robbery gang and "Aryan Nations." "
"For now, however, the alchemical processing cooker is on high as the groundwork for the criminalization of "Holocaust' denial" is being established, and the high priests of Holocaustianity are given renewed pledges of unquestioning obeisance by America's governing class and opinion-moulding elite. As the script thickens its plot line, hysterical idolization of all things Judaic, rabbinic and Israeli approaches vertiginous new heights of fawning subservience.
"The 400 children murdered last December and January in Gaza by the descendants of "Holocaust' Survivors," have been deposited in the dustbin of history. There never was and never will be an exhibit at the synagogue-masquerading-as-a-museum about the the horrors of the Israeli holocaust against the Palestinians; but it won't be long before the iconic image of a Black policeman who died defending America's most hallowed Judaic shrine, will earn a perpetual memorial there."
http://revisionistreview.blogspot.com/2009/06/now-playing-at-holocaust-museum-lone.html
He should be regarded as a martyr for our cause.
Hi, I managed to get ahold of some exclusive correspondence from this guy. I'm going to leave it up there til the cops tell me to take it down. James von Brunn letters here.
Fioteth and Yosemite, if not actual Zionist agent-provacateurs, should be regarded/treated as such until they wise-up–or shut-up.
Please delete/ban their posts ASAP.
Axe Head
The odd rightist goes off, and shoots a man here and there.
The multitude of leftists go off, go into politics, and wreck nations.
Dave from New York
And while the public recoils in horror and the MSM blares forth their Nazi air raid sirens, approximately one hundred White females will be raped by black males alone, in this same 24 hour period in the USA.
Such is the power of controlling the media. Guess we just keep chipping away via the net. It seems a futile endeavor though, I must admit.
Obama, Jews, and Wright...Von Brunn Correct?
"James von Brunn says Obama 'created by Jews'"
A WHITE supremacist who shot dead a black guard at a Holocaust museum in Washington had a notebook of anti-Semitic rants in his car, in which he denounced Barack Obama as a Jewish puppet.
"The Holocaust is a lie. Obama was created by Jews. Obama does what his Jew owners tell him to do," some of the handwritten notes found in the car said.
James von Brunn, 88, left the car outside the US Holocaust Memorial Museum before he shot security guard Steven Tyrone Johns.
– http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25625296-5005961,00.html
"Wright says 'Jews' keeping him from Obama (AP)"
Thu Jun 11, 7:17 pm ET
HAMPTON, Va. – President Barack Obama's controversial former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, blamed "them Jews" in an interview this week for keeping him from speaking to the president, but later apologized.
Wright, the former pastor of Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ, said he hasn't spoken to Obama since he became president.
"Them Jews ain't going to let him talk to me. I told my baby daughter that he'll talk to me in five years when he's a lame duck, or in eight years when he's out of office," Wright told the Daily Press of Newport News following a Tuesday night sermon at the 95th annual Hampton University Ministers' Conference.
"They will not let him to talk to somebody who calls a spade what it is. … I said from the beginning: He's a politician; I'm a pastor. He's got to do what politicians do."
Wright issued a statement Thursday that he was "disturbed and deeply saddened" that his comments were stirring discussion again.
"I apologize for the way I framed my comments. I mis-spoke and I sincerely meant no harm or ill-will to the American Jewish community or the Obama administration," Wright said. "I have great respect for the Jewish faith and the foundational (and central) part of our Judeo-Christian tradition."
Obama was a longtime member of the church but resigned from it and cut ties with Wright after videos surfaced during the presidential campaign showing Wright's sometimes provocative sermons. Wright's incendiary comment included shouting "God damn America" and accusing the government of creating AIDS.
In the interview Tuesday, Wright also criticized Obama for not sending a U.S. delegation to the World Conference on Racism held recently in Geneva, Switzerland, saying Obama chose not to for fear of offending Jews and Israel.
"Ethnic cleansing is going on in Gaza. Ethnic cleansing (by) the Zionist is a sin and a crime against humanity, and they don't want Barack talking like that because that's anti-Israel," Wright said.
The White House declined to comment to the Associated Press on Thursday on Wright's remarks
– http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090611/ap_on_re_us/us_obama_jeremiah_wright
JEWS WANT TO KILL THE BEST GENTILES
"Probably 70% of Brunn's accusations against Jews are true. Most of the rest have a kernal of truth to them."
YES, about 70-75% of what von Brunn wrote in his book "KILL THE BEST GENTILES" is completely true – he just shouldn't have mixed all that nonsense about the 'Illuminati' and such in to the book with the factual stuff about the Jews.
And yes, Jews do want to KILL THE BEST GENTILES just as von Brunn wrote; the Jews once tried to kill him by burning his house down in the middle of the night:
"While giving the baby his bottle at 2 AM, JvB looked through the window into the pasture. The moon-mist was bathed in a red glow. He rushed outside to find the roof was ablaze. The house, which they had lived in for only 4-months, burned to the ground. The mournful chord of the grand piano crashing into the basement and the shriek of the quarter horse are sounds not easily forgotten.
A neighbor told von Brunn that he had gone outside to quiet his boar-hounds. He heard what sounded like the pop of a flare-gun, then car doors slamming and a car squealing down the black-top. But no evidence was ever discovered to prove arson. Florence died soon thereafter of shock."
"He reportedly believes Jews control the Federal Reserve. Ever hear of Alan Greenspan or Ben Bernanke?"
Of course Jews control the FED – this is easily verified:
Who Controls the Federal Reserve System?
Board of Governors:
Ben S. Bernanke(Jew) – Chairman [Former Chairman = the Jew Alan Greenspan; also MANY other Jewish chairmen during the FED's history]
Donald L. Kohn(Jew) – Vice Chairman
Kevin M. Warsh(Jew)
Elizabeth A. Duke(White European)
Daniel K. Tarullo(White European)
(Note:Frederic Mishkin [JEW] recently left the Board of Governors)
Federal Reserve District Banks:
Eric S. Rosengren(Jew) – President, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
William C. Dudley(White European) – President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Charles I. Plosser(Jew) – President, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Sandra Pianalto(White European) – President, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Jeffrey M. Lacker(Jew) – President, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Dennis P. Lockhart(White European) – President, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Charles L. Evans(White European) – President, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
James B. Bullard(Jew) – President, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Gary H. Stern(Jew) – President, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Thomas M. Hoenig(Jew) – President, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Richard W. Fisher(Jew) – President, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Janet L. Yellen(Jew) – President, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Of the five(5) members of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, three(3) are Jews. This is a numerical representation of 60%. Of the twelve(12) Federal Reserve District Bank presidents, eight(8) are Jews. This is a numerical representation of 67%. Jews are approximately 2% of the United States population. This means that Jews are over-represented on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors by a factor of 30 times, or 3,000 percent, and over-represented among the presidents of the Federal Reserve District Banks by a factor of 33.5 times, or 3,350 percent.
This extreme numerical over-representation of Jews among the members of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and the Federal Reserve District Bank presidents cannot be explained away as a coincidence or as the result of mere random chance. You must ask yourself how such an incredibly small and extremely unrepresentative minority ethnic group that only represents 2% of the American population could so completely dominate the highest levels of the United States Federal Reserve System.
Also remember that the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank was started in 1913 by the Jewish-German Warburg family, specifically the Jew Paul Warburg.
Von Brunn: Freedom Fighter
Once we pro-White activists eventually triumph over the ZOG here in the USA, we will tear down that Holocaust Museum in DC and put in its place a granite neoclassical building called something like 'Memorial to the American Freedom Fighters Against International Jewry' – this memorial will contain the graves of many American freedom fighters against Jewry, and many people (including von Brunn) will be entombed there as American heroes who assiduously resisted the international Jewish plague which once threatened to destroy the USA.
Fred Scrooby
There is no reason for a single Holocau$t museum in the U.S., still less one in every zip code in the nation, as the Jews seem to be aiming at. I'm German. I want a Dresden museum in D.C. and every city, town, and hamlet in the country. Until I get one, I want every Holocau$t museum dismantled. I imagine the Jap Americans want a Hiroshima museum in every city in this country, and the Cheyenne Indians want a Crazy Horse museum, the Negroes want a Martin Luther King museum likewise, and the Mexicans want a Selena museum every fifty yards from ocean to ocean too. What's so special about the Jews? May we put a Holodomor Museum side-by-side with every Holocau$t museum in the country, all five trillion of them, each Holodomor museum complete documentation regarding which ethnic group committed that genocide? This isn't Israel. Get those museums down.
The Jews for forty five years now have forbidden us to have our Eurochristian culture and we're supposed to rejoice at their displays of their culture now? I don't think so. We can't display our culture? They can't display their culture.
Freedom Fighter von Brunn wrote a book and also had a website that is now being examined and may help to open some peoples eyes to what the Jews have been up to.
My attitude towards Freedom Fighter von Brunn is similar to the one taken by Baron Evola towards fighters who fought in his name, even though he had disavowed activism in 'Ride the Tiger'.
"… if there are today men willing to fight in spite of all, even on lost positions, I am equally grateful to them" – Baron Evola
"Obama, Jews, and Wright…Von Brunn Correct?"
Radically different kinds of people are having issues with Jews. Is this not proof that there is something wrong with Jews, when one gets the same results in the lab everytime????
Old White Man Pagan doesn't like Jews.
Middle Aged Black Man Liberation Theologist doesn't like Jews.
… maybe the problem is not these Radically Different Men WHO ARE ALL HAVING THE SAME PERCEPTION OF REALITY, perhaps the problem is the Jews themselves (and their group evolutionary strategy as described by Prof. Kevin Macdonald)
PS sorry for the Scrooby style double post.
White Preservationist
Edgar J. Steele's write-up of the von Brunn incident is the best I've read so far – http://www.nickelrant.com/rants/090610rant.htm
I'm wouldn't take the claim that von Brunn did the shooting at face value. The Jews need the hate crimes bill passed, and this is going to be their big excuse, or at least one of them. An "anti-Semitic" attack in which no Jews were harmed and only one negro was shot… the guy decides to go out with a bang, and all he does is kill some black dude? I smell false flag.
whodareswings
Artist activist Von Brunn was blown right back out the front door after hitting the first guard who opened the door for him. Carrying a long gun in seems retarded. There were no real Jews killed in the Seattle Jewish Center attack either. The closest killed there was a divorced Lutheran converso who liked the charity work she'd gotten involved in thru marriage. The others hit were Hispanic cleaning ladies. The proliferation of Holocaust tolerance temples, museums, memorials, associations, libraries, study, resource and educational centers, summer programs and foundations for the righteous all subsidized by tax money should be looked into. Many have paid staffs and paid security and are doing a brisker business than even Scientology. Holocaust museums on wheels and roadside holocaust take-out kiosks are next.
Some have reported that the black guard was killed by "friendly fire" from other guards and von Brunn's gun didn't kill anybody.
The story is still developing.
One eye-witness was quoted on CNN saying that the guards shot the guard who died.

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Reasons Why I Love Zumba!
I know sometimes my Zumba obsession seems like a bit much. But here are a few reasons why I love Zumba!
It is FUN! Seriously. I can Zumba for hours and not even realize it…because of all the fun I'm having.
I have made awesome friends through Zumba. Zumba just brings a community atmosphere. Some of my best friends I met through Zumba.
I feel cultured. I mean that I feel like I am knowledgable about the whole world through Zumba. Lots of learning about the music and culture of different countries. I mean, what other way is a country girl going to learn the hottest latin and bellydance songs?
It gives me a creative outlet. I feel like I get to just "let it flow" in Zumba. From swinging my hips to "freestyling" Zumba lets my creative juices flow!
It challenges me. I didn't know some of the things I was capable of…until Zumba challeneged me. Dance with weights for 45 minutes? Ok! Do some really high intensity songs? Ok. Shake my booty in unimaginable ways? Ok!
So those are just a few of the reasons why I love Zumba! Do you love Zumba? Why?
All the same reasons! I don't feel like I'm exercising, but the sweat is flowing, and the hour is over before you know it. The best part is, I know if I don't really feel like doing much, I always ALWAYS feel so much better after Zumba-ing! My students have said the same thing. It's brought many good friends into my life as well!
i miss doing zumba. jordan simmons hosted one at one point in time and I LOVED IT! but i haven't found another that i really would feel comfortable going to…dancing in front of strangers at a gym is kinda scary to me..so way to put yourself out there and be brave!
I love that Zumba is for EVERYONE! I've seen an 11-year-old girl dancing next to a 70-year-old woman! I've had a student share her struggle with MS and how Zumba has become a part of her physical therapy. I've seen people with two left feet and some that can really shake it! And, the great thing is, I've seen all those people in the same class! The best thing about being an instructor is getting to see the camaraderie Zumba creates between people who never would have met otherwise. Zumba is so much more than just a workout!
No one could say it better! I WAS a couch potato at heart and Zumba has totally changed my lifestyle and how I look at the world and myself. I am getting more fit and losing weight and have more energy and confidence than I ever imagined. I participate in as many classes as I can and I love the diversity between instructors. Now that I'm teaching, I am even more enamored with Zumba. I was self-conscious just participating so never in a hundred years would I have thought I would become an instructor. I absolutely love it! I encourage everyone to at least try a couple of classes to see the various styles out there.


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The EAC meeting had a happy ending – Labor and RES processes were announced
All parties expressed their satisfaction on Friday with the outcome of the meeting at the Ministry of Labor on the issues concerning the EAC, with the Chairman of the Board of the Organization expressing the belief that the viability of the EAC is ensured. It was agreed that the labor issues be referred by the EAC Board to the Ministry of Labor for mediation, and that intensive contacts begin, and that an intensive consultation take place within the next week, with the aim of sending an additional letter to the Cyprus Energy Regulatory Authority ( CERA), which should specify exactly the ways in which EAC will be involved in the RES sector.
After a meeting lasting almost four hours, between the Ministers of Labour, Energy and Finance, the Board of Directors and the management of EAC and the trade unions of the Organization's employees, EPOPAI, SIDIKEK-PEO, SYVAIK, and SEPAIK, the Minister of Labour, Kyriakos Kousios, announced that it was a "very productive, informative and efficient meeting, which had a happy ending". mediation, "and intensive contacts will begin, at the Ministry of Labor, in order to reach a conclusion as soon as possible".
Informing about the policy issues, the Minister of Energy, Natasa Pileidou, said that "we all agree that the EAC has a role in the activity in the field of RES (renewable energy sources), but also a very important role in the competitive electricity market of Cyprus as well as in ensuring the adequacy and energy security of our country".
Therefore, he added, regarding the issue of EAC's activity in RES, it has been agreed that an intensive consultation will take place within the next week, with the aim of quickly sending an additional letter to CERA, which will clarify exactly the ways in which EAC is involved in the RES sector, "of course based on the preliminary plan that had already been submitted to CERA, with the aim of having this plan approved by CERA as soon as possible".
Regarding the issues of Dekelia, said the Minister, "we all agree and have always agreed that the production area of Dekelia must continue to be used both for reasons of sufficiency and for reasons of energy security", and therefore again based on the development plan it already has prepared by EAC and which has already been approved by the Organization's Board of Directors, the consultation will take place next week, so that this development plan is also approved by the Ministry of Energy and submitted additionally to CERA, together with the activity plan in RES , "where, in any case, all the issues are consistent with each other in the holistic treatment, so that they can be taken into account and implemented".
"At the same time, the consultation we are doing with the European Commission will continue, on the same wavelength, and we believe that all this will have a happy ending both for the sustainability and the role of EAC itself, and of course for the consumer with the reduction of prices but also the green transition", said Mrs. Pileidou.
Finally, regarding the issue of controls, which will be carried out in relation to the issues of the Ministry of Transport and charging points, a consultation with the Ministry of Transport will also be launched as soon as possible, he noted. "We believe that these are issues that can easily be resolved and have already preliminarily agreed with the Minister of Transport that this consultation will take place immediately in order to resolve the issues that have arisen, and where the necessary amendments need to be made to the bill that has been submitted to the Parliament", he added.
When asked if they will have time to do all this before the end of their term, the two Ministers answered positively.
Mrs. Pileidou noted that the EAC's development plan has already been approved by the Organization's Board of Directors. "We already have some information regarding the issues he is dealing with and I think we are already more or less in agreement regarding what will be submitted to CERA," he said. He added that an effort will be made so that before the end of February all issues are finalized.
Mr. Kousios said that, if there is good will from everyone, there is enough time "to be able to provide solutions to the problems that are presented".
Mr. Kousios thanked Ms. Pileidou, the Minister of Finance , the Board of Directors and the management of EAC, the employees as well as the service agents "for the productive, constructive consultation we had, which aimed not only to solve the problems that exist but also to be able to offer the services of the EAC to our fellow citizens and to ensure its sustainability".
The President of the Board of Directors of EAC, Despoina Panagiotou Theodosiou in her own statements, noted that, today, "we consider that we have ensured the viability of EAC and also that its role as a pillar in the energy landscape of Cyprus will continue" .
On behalf of the EAC Board of Directors, he expressed their pleasure, "that we have finally come to an end". Mrs. Theodosiou thanked all three Ministers, "for the excellent cooperation, which we have and have had all these months", but also the departments and the service of the Ministries, and the trade unions "for their constructive attitude and long-term cooperation , not only for the issues we discussed today or have been discussing lately, but for all issues concerning the Electricity Authority". He also thanked the Directorate and the Service of the Electricity Authority, because, as he said, especially in the last few weeks, a lot of work has been done to prepare for the meeting.
The President of EPOPAI, Kyriakos Tafounas, noted that, indeed, "we had the opportunity to develop our positions on the serious issues that we have highlighted and that have been of concern to us lately", stating that there was indeed a discussion that was intense in some places. "The good thing is that we reached a conclusion on all issues. We are satisfied and will await the final decisions, conclusions, letters, for what was previously presented, both by the Minister of Labor and by the Minister of Energy", he added, expressing their thanks to the three Ministers, the EAC Board of Directors and the General Director of the Authority.
It is recalled that representatives of a fifth union of employees of the EAC, ASTEPAIK, had earlier a 20-minute meeting with the Ministers, the Board and the management of the EAC, and left due to the disagreement of the other four unions to sit in the same meeting with them, noting that he disagreed with their positions and did not participate in the measures that had been taken.
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There are few musicians that we cover on this blog more adept at creating a sense of place than Mark Barrott. Ever since he moved to Ibiza, the records he's put out feel like portals. Although most interestingly, not portals to an Ibiza that can be located, prosaically, among the Balearic Isles. But rather a possible Ibiza, a place perhaps imagined but never really there.
His island is a place where bodies and feelings and sounds and ideas drift in along the wind. Snatches of other, more distant places, caught whole but caught oh so briefly.
Music for Santoor, Nansuri, Tanpura y Sarod is a beautiful piece of Indian music from the Spanish island. A prolonged drone piece, improvised over two hours and edited down to six minutes, as if in an attempt to dislocate both time and space. Or perhaps to open up portals within the portal, collapsing segments of the world into each other.
Throughout you can hear, albeit distantly, the sound of the native birds.
This is the B-side to Mark Barrott's sumptuous new 12″, The Pathways of our Lives. It's out on his label, International Feel and you can get it right here (and at other good record shops that didn't have their pre-order page up yet).
Mark Barrott is back within the frames of this webzine, doing his regular public service of opening a portal between this northerly island and his southerly paradise. His Sketches From an Island records — now surely a series — are psychic field recordings smuggled amongst Balearic tempos and actual field recordings. They chart a sense of place (purely imagined in my case), like folk records: often hyper local in focus but revealing of a larger, more universal feeling.
Where previous records have seemed to look at the world and wonder why it rushes past so much beauty. This one's been born into trouble. This one seems to be a sign-post to sanctuary. A liquid distillation of calm, a vital elixir to draw in the true believers.
Der Stern, der nie vergeht emerges in the last third of the album, all polyrhythmic North African drums and gentle, drifting melodies. Like a magical excursion through Motorik. A Motorik from a land without Autobahns where the road (and the rhythm) is formed both by the irregular movements of wildlife and the lost wandering of man.
Der Stern, der nie vergeht is taken from Mark Barrott's new album Sketches From an Island 2. It came out on his label International Feel a few weeks ago and it's (currently) still in stock on vinyl at Juno.
Last year Mark Barrott's Sketches From an Island managed to forcibly wedge open a portal to warmer universes and simpler pleasures. At least for those of us stuck on islands with intemperate climates. As we emerge spluttering out of winter Mr. Barrott returns with another distillation of pure, crystalline vitamin D.
Saviours or Savages starts all gamelan polyrhythms — if the gamelan was constructed entirely for pads and synths. Which is delightful in its own right of course but nothing compared to the huge synth washes and string stabs that soon impose themselves on the track. As if the forest was at once impossibly dense and lit entirely in pastel neon. A blue and pink vista stretching out like Miami in the Amazon. If (crazy fascist) Henry Ford's Fordlândia had taken root in Brazil and birthed a South American Detroit, this is its Techno.
Mark Barrott – Saviours or Savages?
This is taken from Mark Barrott's new 12″ on his label International Feel. It's out on April 27th from all quality purveyors of music.
MyStEr EEZ has brought us lovely tape distorted Detroit sounds, beamed straight from Cybertron to Berlin. Where Mark Barrott fuses the forest and the night, MyStEr EEZ takes the radar pings of a city at 4am and reflects them back onto themselves until he has constructed a cathedral of isolated sound. An cold, dark, complex isolation that ironically draws all who hear it into its pulsating 4/4 heart. Like a venus fly trap of Techno.
No buying info for this one. It exists purely on our collective hard drives and hearts. You can hear various related things at the GOD69 Soundcloud.
You can feel that warm glow between the sphinx up there. Nestled between the darkness and the blue-black sky. Summer is coming.
It's that time of year again when Brighton (and Hove) does the metaphysical Transformer thing and shakes itself from its rusting sodden slumber, makes some clanking noises, throws out a few plastic tables and assumes its true form. It's a magical time, a hot primordial fluid from which, for a few special days at its height, we can pretend that Balearic is a physical possibility on our reactionary isle.
And when we do pretend we can pretend in the embrace of Mark Barrott, our favourite purveyor of sun-kissed sounds through his International Feel label.
The latest from International Feel is an album under Mr Barrott's own name. And what a work of distilled Balearic bliss it is.
If it's possible for a song to sound like light streaming through leaves; soft focus and grainy — then here we are. A simple and delicate porch song. Lots of playful crash zooms and laughing people in glistening bays. There's actual sunlight trapped in there, I swear it. It has captured the soul of the summer and brought it on holiday with us.
Sketches From an Island is out on June 2nd and you can pick it up from Boomkat* right here.
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New Releases 11th August 2008
Single of the Week: Bloc Party – Mercury
Is this a controversial choice? I'm not sure. Is it even a controversial single choice for Bloc Party? Even less sure. I've never been a Bloc Party fan in any way, though I'll admit they've had their moments (Flux being my favourite to date), but there's something about this one that I can't resist.
There's no doubt that it's a sidestep for the band, and some distance away from indie disco staples like 'Banquet' and 'Helicopter.' But is it really that radical? In the scheme of things, no. Yet it's worthy of applause because it's a major league guitar band prepared to branch out, even just a little, and make something that makes you sit up and take notice.
It won't be my most played song of the year, but its manic fusion of great beats with nonsense lyrics makes it one of the most interesting mainstream releases so far this year.
New Releases 5th May 2008
Single of the Week: Santogold – L.E.S. Artistes
Simply head-and-shoulders above everything else released this week. While it's an entirely different prospect to previous low-key release Creator, it puts all those M.I.A. mk.II labels to the side, exposing Santi White as, if less interesting than her former tour-mate and collaborator, a little more diverse and potentially a lot more mainstream. Moves effortlessly from an almost restrained, cutesy verse into a skyscraping, overblown chorus. The video is also awesome. Whatever she does next, she's already released one of the singles of the year. Ticks all the boxes, really. Let's see…
Powerful, distinctive, female vocals? [TICK]
Vaguely alternative/quirky? [TICK]
MELODRAMA? [TICK]
Nice, modern production? [TICK]
Bland? [X]
Singer looking imposing on a horse? [TICK]
Single of the Week [TICK!]
Time for some more upcoming and worth a look…
Since I've finally caught up with the weekly reviews, I thought I'd do a bit of a round-up of some interesting videos/tracks doing the rounds that are coming out over the next few months. A whole bunch of vids await if you click 'read more' below.
Featured tracks include a bit of looking ahead with new ones from Annie and Aly & AJ, the best Eurovision entry in recent memory from Sebastien Tellier, routinely great pop from Robyn, Kylie and, um, Ashlee Simpson, Jamie Lidell dancing with a unicorn, Princess Superstar getting saucy like it's 2003, and some more dandy tracks from Santogold, Justice, Chromeo and Keren Ann.
Comments and thoughts welcome: loving any of these tracks? Hating them? What other upcoming releases are you looking forward to?
I'm, as always, reserving comment until the week of release… enjoy! Read the rest of this entry »


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NISS calls for national policy to tackle soil degradation, pollution
The Nigeria Institute of Soil Science (NISS) has called for urgent national policy on soil to address degradation and pollution which could plunge the country into frightening food insecurity.
Sudan protest leaders demand scrapping of military council
Sudanese protest organisers on Monday demanded the new military council be scrapped, as demonstrators kept up calls for a civilian government at a sit-in outside army headquarters.
Sudan protesters move to protect Khartoum sit-in
Sudanese protesters moved to block an attempt on Monday to break up a sit-in outside the Defense Ministry, where demonstrators have been pushing for a quick transition to civilian rule after President Omar al-Bashir was ousted, a Reuters witness said.
Sudan ruler sacks Khartoum envoy to Washington – spokesman
Sudan's ruling military council on Sunday said it had sacked Khartoum's top envoy to Washington days after the army ouster of veteran leader Omar al-Bashir.
No military rule in Sudan – Group tells new junta
Sudanese protest organizers have presented demands to the country's new military rulers, urging the creation of a civilian government, the group spearheading demonstrations said.
Sudan protesters present demands to military in talks
Sudanese protest organisers presented demands including the creation of a civilian government in talks with the country's new military rulers late Saturday, the group spearheading demonstrations said.
In post-coup Sudan, calls for civilian rule grow louder
Sudan's second new military leader in as many days accepted the resignation of the feared intelligence chief on Saturday as he faced calls at home and abroad for a swift handover to civilian rule.
Sudan intelligence chief resigns – military council
The head of Sudan's feared National Intelligence and Security Service, Salih Ghosh, has resigned from his post, the country's new military rulers said on Saturday.
Sudan awaits army announcement
Sudanese crowds demanding the ouster of President Omar al-Bashir flooded to the army headquarters on Thursday chanting "the regime has fallen," as they awaited an "important announcement" from the military.
Sudanese army says it will make 'important announcement'
The Sudanese army is expected to make "an important announcement", state media said on Thuraday, after months of protests against longtime President Omar al-Bashir.
Celebrations already under way in Sudan, Omar al-Bashir to step down
Recent reports have surfaced that Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has stepped down, this after the Sudanese army on Thursday planned to make "an important announcement", state media said, after weeks of protests against the longtime leader.
What next for Sudan's Omar al-Bashir?
As thousands of protesters in Khartoum demand President Omar al-Bashir resignation, demonstrators have called for the Sudanese military to back them.
Sudan: Nearly four months of protests
Sudan has been rocked by nearly four months of regular protests that erupted over a hike in bread prices but grew into a call to end President Omar al-Bashir's iron-fisted 30-year rule.
Sudan army deploys as protesters keep pressure on President Al-Bashir
Sudan's army deployed around its Khartoum headquarters Monday as thousands of protesters urging the military to join calls for leader Omar al-Bashir's resignation defied tear gas to demonstrate for the third day, witnesses said.
Sudan protesters remain resilient, but President al-Bashir unbowed
Sudanese protester Osman Sulaiman has taken to the streets of Khartoum chanting "overthrow, overthrow" almost daily since demonstrations erupted against President Omar al-Bashir's iron-fisted rule in December.
Sudan protesters rally against death of teacher
Sudanese protesters rallied after Friday prayers in an eastern town against the death in custody of a teacher arrested in connection with anti-government demonstrations sweeping the country, witnesses said.
Sudan's army says it will 'not allow state to fall' amid protests
The Sudanese army issued a statement saying it would not allow the state to collapse, following weeks of mass protests demanding an end to President Omar al-Bashir's near 30-year rule.
Sudan police confront protesters as Bashir rejects accusations
Sudanese police fired tear gas at hundreds of protesters who tried to march on parliament Sunday, as President Omar al-Bashir insisted demonstrators who died in anti-government rallies were not killed by security forces.


A smoothie packed with nutritious nutrients, vitamins, and antioxidants is indeed a blessing. Lately, I've been on a ginger kick and decided to twist this smoothie with a pinch of ginger. This smoothie only needs five simple ingredients.
Pineapple is one of my favorite tropical fruit. Pineapple is loaded with nutrients, antioxidants, and let's not forget that it's delicious. Pineapple is easy to add to any diet and can be used in a variety of ways.
Mangoes not only taste yummy but it contains antioxidants which help to protect your body from any form of cancer. Mangoes also include a high level of vitamin C along with many other significant benefits.
Fun fact: Did you know that mangoes help to improve your concentration and boost your memory?
Ginger has excellent health benefits and can be used for medicinal purposes such as relieving nausea, aid with digestion, and cold/flu relief. If or when you do get a cold, prepare ginger tea. I prefer to cut pieces of ginger and add to boiling water. Then sweeten one cup with one teaspoon sugar.
Combine all 5 ingredients and blend to your satisfaction.
This smoothie sounds delicious- I love Mango. I'm very curious about how the ginger would taste when added to the pineapple and the mango. Great post!!


In this article I will guide you through ALL Cubase Pro 9.5 new features. If you want to know each and every new feature and where to find them, then this video is for you!
You'll also find the outline of each new feature below, but to get a full insight please watch the video fully. The statements below reflect the state of the release at 15 November 2017.
18:06 - The "Visual Metronome"
raise or lower the overall scaling between any two points without selecting them, just drag this diamond shape on the top and move up/down.
current drawback: strictly for the main Project window, so MIDI automations in Project windows or editors are not improved, hopefully MIDI automations will get a major overhaul later.
the number of insert fx slots has been doubled from 8 to 16.
drag a MIDI part from an instrument track or from a Rack instrument MIDI track onto the Sampler track and Cubase will render the audio file for instant playback.
drop any audio from Mediabay or Windows Explorer or Finder onto the track or onto the sampler itself, and the sounds are all instantly usable.
it always works on copy of the original audio file, so you can always revert to the original audio.
any parameter change instantly re-calulates and applies the effects to the wave file, then it does not consume CPU anymore > useful for any creative experimentation without any CPU limit!
unlike in Nuendo, you can not save preset chains here.
advantage: all channels can be processed at 64-bit resolution, so it does a slightly more precise roundings at the sonic computations.
Tape simulator Magneto: new GUI, new name mk III.
75 New Mastering Track Presets (25 for Cubase Artist and Elements, 50 presets for Cubase Pro) in genres like 70's, 80s', Classical, Country, EDM, Hip Hop, Indie, Pop, etc.
the very long Device menu of the earlier Cubase versions is restructured into a new Studio menu: everything is arranged, renamed and grouped in a much more logical way.
it is very likely that you'll run into some kind of bugs here and there, like the operation of Direct Offline Processing should be seriously fixed!


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Morgan Lamoisson, né le  à Issoudun, est un coureur cycliste français. Membre des équipes Blois CAC 41 et Vendée U chez les amateurs, il est professionnel au sein de la formation  Europcar de 2013 à 2015. Son palmarès comprend notamment deux titres de champion de France de cyclisme sur piste obtenus en 2011 et 2012.

Biographie

Débuts cyclistes et carrière chez les amateurs
Morgan Lamoisson a été formé dans sa jeunesse par l'AC Bas-Berry, le club cycliste d'Issoudun présidé par l'entraineur Roger Hervouet.

Il rejoint en 2011 le Vendée U, réserve de l'équipe professionnelle Europcar. Il y passe deux saisons et s'illustre par ses victoires au sprint. Il est ainsi vainqueur d'étape du Circuit des plages vendéennes et du Tour du Loir-et-Cher (une épreuve inscrite au calendrier de l'UCI Europe Tour) en 2011, vainqueur du classement général du Circuit des plages vendéennes, de La Gislard et de Paris-Connerré en 2012. En fin de saison 2011, il est stagiaire au sein d'Europcar.

Carrière professionnelle
En 2013, il est recruté par l'équipe Europcar. La première course de Morgan Lamoisson est la Tropicale Amissa Bongo. Il se dit « très heureux de commencer l'année en Afrique ». Il y obtient une quatorzième place lors de la septième étape. Au printemps, il dispute notamment son premier Paris-Roubaix. La suite de sa saison est gâchée par une série de chutes, la première en avril, qui lui cause une luxation pour laquelle il est opéré en fin de saison. Peu après cette opération, il se fracture une rotule en tombant dans un escalier. Il passe tout de même proche de la victoire fin juillet, seul Caleb Ewan le précédant sur la deuxième étape du Tour d'Alsace.

Cette nouvelle blessure engendre un déficit de musculature qui l'affaiblit durant la saison 2014. Il se classe tout de même cinquième de la Châteauroux Classic de l'Indre et septième du classement général de l'Eurométropole Tour au deuxième semestre.

En 2015, il court peu (40 jours de course) mais obtient quelques places d'honneur. Il termine ainsi sixième du Duo normand et troisième d'une étape de la Tropicale Amissa Bongo. En fin de saison il s'estime  par la direction de l'équipe Europcar et Jean-René Bernaudeau.

Retour chez les amateurs et fin de carrière
Il n'est pas conservé par les dirigeants de l'équipe Europcar à la fin de l'année 2015  et rejoint la formation Vendée U l'année suivante. Pour son retour dans les rangs des amateurs, il remporte quatre victoires (le Circuit des vins du Blayais, la première étape du Tour Nivernais Morvan et deux étapes du Tour de La Réunion). Il met un terme à sa carrière cycliste après avoir participé une dernière fois aux championnats de France sur piste, où il glane deux médailles lors de la poursuite par équipes et de la course scratch.

Reconversion professionnelle
Après avoir effectué un bilan de compétence, Morgan Lamoisson décide de suivre une formation professionnelle d'un an afin de devenir entraîneur ou directeur sportif. Dans le cadre de cette reconversion, l'ancien coureur effectue divers stages au sein des équipes cyclistes Direct Énergie et Vendée U. Après trois années d'expérience dans la peau d'un directeur sportif, il déclare arriver à un carrefour dans sa réflexion au terme de la saison 2019, faisant face à trois choix, rester dans la structure de Jean-René Bernaudeau avec un rôle différent, "créer quelque chose" ou changer d'équipe. Finalement, il occupe toujours son rôle de directeur sportif au Vendée U lors de la saison 2020 en compagnie de Damien Pommereau.

Palmarès sur route

Par années

 2009
  du Grand Prix des vins de Panzoult
 2010
 Grand Prix Christian Fenioux
  du Grand Prix des vins de Panzoult
  du Grand Prix des Grattons
 2011
  du Circuit des plages vendéennes
  du Tour du Loir-et-Cher
 Tour de la Communauté de communes de Pruillé
 Circuit des Vignes
  du Circuit du Bocage vendéen

 2012
 Circuit des plages vendéennes :
 Classement général
 ,  et
 La Gislard
 Paris-Connerré
  du Circuit méditerranéen
  de La Gainsbarre
 2016
 Circuit des Vins du Blayais
  du Tour Nivernais Morvan (contre-la-montre par équipes)
  et  du Tour Cycliste Antenne Réunion

Classements mondiaux

Palmarès sur piste

Championnats du monde juniors
 2006
  Médaillé d'argent du scratch juniors

Championnats de France
 2005
  de la poursuite par équipes juniors
 2010
  Champion de France de la course aux points espoirs
 2011
  Champion de France de poursuite par équipes (avec Benoît Daeninck, Damien Gaudin, Julien Morice et Bryan Coquard)
  de l'américaine
  du scratch
 2012
  Champion de France de l'américaine (avec Bryan Coquard)
 2016
  de la poursuite par équipes
  du scratch

Notes et références

Liens externes

Coureur cycliste français
Naissance en septembre 1988
Naissance à Issoudun

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Michelle is a simple and very open minded lady who is passionate about youth and women empowerment since she believes that the only way to economic development is by having a social change through community development. She is also passionate about peace and her vision for Kenya is to have a society which embraces ethnicity positively where different ethnic groups appreciate each other's differences. . Apart from that she loves engaging in voluntary work that develop the society especially when it focuses on humanitarian activities. She is also an adventurous girl who enjoys swimming, traveling,dancing and hiking.
I hope to interact with friends who are in the journey of working for their life's purpose. i love honesty,respect and someone who inspires me to be a better person.


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Well-positioned in Hoan Kiem District - Old Quarter, Rising Dragon Estate Hotel is the ideal point of departure for your excursions in Hanoi. Only 35 km away, this 3-star hotel can be easily accessed from the airport. A well-kempt environment and its proximity to Nha Tho, Le Duan Railway Station, Southern Gate give to this hotel a special charm. At Rising Dragon Estate Hotel, the excellent service and superior facilities make for an unforgettable stay. This hotel offers numerous on-site facilities to satisfy even the most discerning guest.
Experience high quality room facilities, including mini bar, television, television LCD/plasma screen, air conditioning, in room safe, to help you recharge after a long day. Besides, Rising Dragon Estate Hotel's host of recreational offerings ensures you have plenty to do during your stay. Rising Dragon Estate Hotel is a smart choice for travelers to Hanoi, offering a relaxed and hassle-free stay every time. Booking a room with us to get special discount rates and write hotel reviews after your stay.
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Paul Dubsky: '90s Prague was a Petri dish for budding entrepreneurs like myself
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Paul Dubsky|Photo: Ian Willoughby, Radio Prague International
Unlike the vast majority of the Westerners who moved to Prague in the "Wild East" days of the early 1990s, Paul Dubsky was still in his teens at the time. However, the Irishman wasted no time in getting in on the action and started his first business while still at school. Dubsky, who I myself have known for many years, is now preparing a new project. It's his own brand of whiskey, linked to writer James Joyce, and will be released in limited quantities over nearly two decades. It also has a Czech connection.
You've been here for over 30 years. Last year was your 30th anniversary in Prague. What brought you here in the first place?
"I first came to Prague in the summer of 1990, so I guess it was seven or eight months after the Velvet Revolution.
Prague in 1993|Photo: Infrogmation, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
"My father had a business here. He used to buy Czech textiles and sell them in Ireland, mostly selling flannelette for making flannelette pyjamas in Ireland.
"As you know yourself, we'd have single-glazed windows and the wind would come in under the front door in Irish homes.
"So wearing flannelette pyjamas was quite practical – and the best flannelette came from Czechoslovakia.
"So that was the family business.
"After the revolution it made more sense for my father to be here than to pendle back and forth, a week every month.
"So the family made the decision in 1992 that we would move to what was still then Czechoslovakia.
"And yeah, in August 1992 we moved over – and I've been here ever since."
Do you have a Czech connection? Because the name Dubsky sounds so Czech.
"Yes, indeed we do.
"It was my great-great-grandfather who was Czech.
"My great-great-grandfather was married in Znojmo and he quote-unquote emigrated to Vienna."
"Back then it was still the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the part of the country he was born in was bilingual, but he would have been speaking German as his first language.
"He was married in Znojmo and he quote-unquote emigrated to Vienna.
"And ever since then the Dubskys have been Viennese Austrians."
So you're one of those many names – if you visit Vienna you see names like Skrivanek and so on.
"Exactly. I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings, but when you walk down the streets of… pick an Austrian city or town… and you look at the bells and the names on the bells of the buildings, they are Hungarian or Czech – most of them, I would say, are Slavic.
"So that's to explain the Czech surname, Dubsky. But the family come from all over Europe.
"My mother's mother comes from Latvia, her father was from what is today Poland; back then it was West Prussia.
"My mother was born in Germany, by accident of European history.
"My father's father, of course, came from Vienna.
"He ended up in Ireland – the Jesuits at Clongowes Wood College took him in to save him from the war.
"And my father's mother came from Belfast."
Is it the case that you attended the German Secondary School in Prague?
"Yes. In 1992 I joined the Deutsche Schule Prag, which was convenient, because when living in Ireland I went to the German school there: St. Killian's.
"I started out in kindergarten, all the way through to first class – and then I arrived in Prague and was two years at Deutsche Schule Prag."
You're a bit younger than me. I had a great time here in Prague in my 20s. How were the '90s for you as a teenager?
"Remarkable. I don't think Prague in the 1990s could be recreated ever again.
"I have so many fond memories.
"And it was a Petri dish for budding entrepreneurs like myself.
"I don't think Prague in the 1990s could be recreated ever again."
"It didn't matter how young or old you were – if you had an idea and a plan, people would give you their time, they'd listen, they'd help.
"So I managed to actually run a couple of businesses while I was still at school.
"I started out my career in ladies' underwear."
Tell us more.
"It wasn't a very successful career.
"I moved on to boxer shorts – and they sold like hot cakes.
"Every time they'd fly to Ireland I had my mother and father come back with duffle bags filled with boxer shorts from Dunnes Stores.
"And I'd take them to the various different skateboarding shops around Prague – and then eventually I went to Brno and Plzeň as well.
"And then somebody else launched a business on the back of me proving there was a market: Styx – and they're still in business today, I understand.
"So yeah, that's what launched my career."
I think when we first met, which I guess would have been late '90s or early 2000s, you were in beer distribution. Is that correct?
"Yes, my father got the agency for Murphy's Irish stout in 1995 and I decided to resign my services prematurely from high school.
"I left high schol, I went to work and I became the brand manager of Murphy's."
"I left, I went to work and I became the brand manager of Murphy's.
"Then in January 1997 I got the Heineken agency, followed on with the Magner's Irish cider, or Bulmer's as we call it back home.
"I had Carlsberg, Kopparberg."
And you also had the Slovak beer, Zlatý Bažant, I recall.
"Yes, we had Zlatý Bažant as well. That was a very interesting relationship.
"Because Zlatý Bažant was a brand owned by Heineken – they had a company, Heineken Slovensko – and Heineken Slovensko bought Heineken from me. And I of course bought it from the Netherlands.
"They weren't selling as much Heineken as we were in the Czech Republic and they couldn't bring it in by the container loads, so we supplied them with small volumes.
"There was a disco in Prague called Karlovy lázně, down by the Charles Bridge, and that disco sold more Heineken than the whole of the Slovak Republic, even though Heineken were doing the selling in Slovakia – and they had more than 50 percent market share."
Now you've got a new business: Ulysses Whiskey. What's that all about?
"I suppose I've been in the drinks business on and off for 20 years.
"And during those 20 years I learnt that if you don't own your own brand, you don't control your destiny.
"So for a long time I'd been thinking about launching my own brand.
"I just didn't know what. I didn't know if it'd be a beer or a cider or a gin.
"And eventually, by accident, I was in the right place at the right time and a light bulb went off.
"I was in Sweeney's Pharmacy at the back gate of Trinity College, where a group of Joyceans run Sweeney's Pharmacy.
"It was a remarkable experience, when I was in there talking to P.J. Murphy, who runs the place.
"I was so impressed that it just got the wheels turning and I thought to myself, I should be launching a whiskey – and I should call it Ulysses.
"We're launching 18 whiskeys over the course of 18 years, named for the 18 episodes of James Joyce's Ulysses."
"That was about 10 years ago and for the last 10 years I've been thinking about, OK, how am I actually going to do this?
"Eventually I came up with a formula that I think is going to be a hell of a lot of fun, fun for me to do, but also fun for a whole community to get behind.
"In short, we're launching 18 whiskeys over the course of 18 years, named for the 18 episodes of James Joyce's Ulysses."
You're also bringing out a Czech one, in 2030, if I'm right, on June 16, as every year, on Bloomsday. Who's going to be making the Czech Ulysses whiskey?
"We will be releasing that information over the next couple of weeks, months and years.
"We're working with different distillers in various different countries.
"Obviously in Ireland, but Joyce was a true European.
"Of course he was born in Ireland, but he moved to Trieste, which back then was still the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
"He lived there for a number of years with his wife and they had some kids.
"Then they moved to Zurich, they lived in Locarno for a while, they lived in Paris and then back to Zurich, which is actually where he's buried.
"The book Ulysses has been translated into more than 30 languages and I thought it would be fun to basically follow in the footsteps of Joyce.
"The first language Ulysses was translated into was German, the second French, the third Czech."
"And I really only have one question for what I consider, what I'm putting into the project, and basically it's very simple: Would Joyce have done it?
"What that translates into is, How far can I push the envelope? How creative can I make this project, where almost everything that we're doing flies in the face of the norm?
"And I think Joyce would have loved it.
"So every whiskey is coming from a different distiller. One year it will be a distiller in Ireland, another year Swiss whiskey, another year Italian whiskey, because of course he lived in Switzerland and Italy.
"Another year it'll be a French whiskey.
"But we're also going as far away as Japan, the US, India – and of course you mentioned the Czech whiskey.
"The first language it was translated into was German, the second French, the third Czech.
"On the centenaries of those translations, it'll be a Germany whisky, a French whiskey and then a Czech whiskey."
You say each edition is itself a work of art. These bottles are going to cost EUR 1,000 a pop – do you expect people will collect them or consume them?
"Oh, I hope a bit of both.
"EUR 1,000 is what the investment is for our customers – we want to think of them as patrons.
"I see this as an international, collaborative art project, where the distillers are the brass band, I'm the conductor up at the front and we're all playing to Joyce's music.
"We're starting off with 5,000 bottles, in year one; this is the first year of release, on June 16, which of course is Bloomsday – the whole book takes place on June 16.
"Then there's going to be 250 bottles less every year, through to the year 2040, where I suppose it should be 750 bottles, mathematically.
"We're reducing that. We're going down to 730 bottles, because that's how many pages there were in the book when it was first published, in 1922 in Paris.
"So you're not paying EUR 1,000 for a bottle of whiskey.
"The EUR 1,000 is for this community, collaborative, art project.
"And if we succeed in creating something remarkable – by which I mean other are remarking on it – then we have created art.
"And that has value."
What's fascinating to me is your faith in the future, that you're planning to start something now and keep doing it to the year 2040. What kind of a leap of faith does that involve?
"So I suppose I could go back to my surname, Dubsky.
"'Dub' is Czech for oak – and you can't make whiskey without oak; the casks are made of oak.
"And oaks grow slowly, but they grow strong.
"I don't want to sound like some pathetic marketeer when I say that: I'm quite serious about this oak and growing strong.
"My wife and I have three amazing children and it's been the joy of my life to watch them grow.
"Our son just turned 18. We have a daughter who's turning 17 this year and another daughter who's 13.
"I look at them and I think of the joy that I've had watching them grow up – and I expect to get a similar kind of buzz from this 18-year-project.
"And I want to share it, I want to share it with everybody else. And I mean that sincerely too.
"We will be inviting our patrons to come, on Bloomsday, to France, Switzerland, Italy, Japan, America.
"When we're launching those whiskeys in those countries, come with me to the distilleries.
"Let's celebrate Bloomsday in style. Let's do it together. It's an 18-year journey."
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Painting · Drawing · Tapestry · Writing
At 91 years, Etel Adnan cannot be defined with a single attribute. Her life's work has spanned into art, literature, poetry, and philosophy. Born in Beirut in 1925 to a Greek mother and Syrian father, Adnan found herself at the intersections of different cultures, languages, nationalities and religions. In 1949, she left Beirut for Paris in order to pursue a philosophy degree at the Sorbonne, only to then to move to Northern California, a place that remained her home and inspiration for many years. Despite the geographical distance, Adnan's literary work was deeply rooted in her native country, especially when Lebanon suffered a devastating 15-year civil war. Her literary works gave a heart wrenching and sincere view of the conflict, making her one of the most prominent voices for peace in the region.
Her prose and poetry were both controversial and cherished, yet it was her painting that brought Adnan to the world's attention. She first became dedicated to painting in the early 60s. Hesitant to identify herself as a painter, Adnan left her early canvases unstretched, creating combinations of colors and forms. Her work evolved to portray more landscapes, yet simplifying the image to its purest state of shapes and contrasting palletes. The small format of the canvas remained constant in her work emphasizing an intimate inner tranquilty present in her paintings. Like Cezanne's Mount Victoire, Adnan found her muse in Mount Tamalpais near San Francisco, and later in the sunsets over the Mediterrean. She preoccupied herself with these landscapes, highlighting the honesty and simplicity of nature, when the world around her was in turmoil.
Our current exhibition brings together works by the artist across a wide range of media, which includes new paintings, drawings and tapestries. We will also show a selection of leporellos, Japanese inspired paper concertinas, whereby the artist merges the written word, image, and form. On the ground floor, we are showing an 8mm film shot by the artist in the early 70s of the urban landscapes of New York. Along side the film is a projected interview with artist and Hans Ulrich Obrist, the director of the Serpentine Galleries and a long time supporter of the artist launching her first major solo show in a British institution earlier this year.
Despite being a painter for over four decades, Etel Adnan did not receive recognition until 2012, when at 87 years old, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev exhibited her work at Documeta 13 in Kassel. Since then, the artist's career has soared, making her a sensation in the art world. She has had solo exhibitions at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery, London (2016), L'Institut du Monde Arab, Paris (2016), Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich (2015), Museum der Moderne, Salzburg (2014), and Mathaf Museum, Qatar (2015), among others. Adnan has also participated in group shows such as the Sharjah and Istanbul Biennials (2015), The Whitney Biennial, New York (2014), "Here and Elsewhere" at the New Museum, New York (2014), Documenta 13, Kassel (2012), and at the British Museum, London (2006). Parallel to this, the artist's literary work has been widely published. Her latest book, Night, was launched in 2016. The artist currently lives and works in Paris.
Etel Adnan, 2016 Exhibition View, Sfeir-Semler Gallery Hamburg
Untitled, 2016, Oil on Canvas, Various Dimensions
Hand-Woven Tapestry by Atelier Pinton Aubusson, France
Reading of Etel Adnan's writings by Angela Winkler & Corinna Harfouch


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Eccleshill railway station was a railway station in Eccleshill, West Yorkshire, England.

History
During the 1860s, two small railway companies were formed to promote suburban railways in Bradford, the Bradford, Eccleshill and Idle Railway and the Idle and Shipley Railway. Their schemes - and the companies themselves - were taken up by the Great Northern Railway, which built a line looping through the villages to the north-east of Bradford: from , through , Idle and  to Shipley.

The line was open to goods traffic on 4 May 1874, and to passengers on 18 January 1875. Eccleshill railway station opened on 15 April 1875.

Passenger service on the line ceased on 2 February 1931 and the passenger station closed, though goods traffic and excursions continued on the whole line until October 1964 and between Shipley and Idle until 1968.

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STACK Expert Katie Moore discusses the nutrition profile of coconut sugar and what it offers to athletes.
Coconut sugar is one of the newest sweeteners to show up in grocery stores. It is a minimally processed natural sugar made from dried coconut palm nectar. It has a sweet flavor with a hint of caramel taste, similar to brown sugar. Color and flavor vary depending on the species of the tree and the methods used during harvesting.
Sugar from coconut palm trees is less refined than white or brown sugar and retains trace nutrients of calcium, iron, potassium and zinc. It also provides small amounts of short chain fatty acids, antioxidants, polyphenols and flavonoids—hardly enough to contribute to your daily value, but more than you get in the regular white stuff, which is an advantage.
Sugar from coconut palm trees is less refined than white or brown sugar and retains trace nutrients of calcium, iron, potassium and zinc. It also provides small amounts of short chain fatty acids, antioxidants, polyphenols and flavonoids—hardly enough to contribute to your daily value, but more than you get in the regular white stuff, which is an advantage.
Coconut sugar also contains inulin, a fiber that slows glucose absorption, so it has a lower glycemic index than white or brown sugar. Glycemic index is a measure of how quickly a food raises a person's blood sugar level. Coconut sugar has a glycemic index of 35, whereas white sugar is much higher with a glycemic index of 60.
For the average person, low glycemic is a good thing to help control blood sugar and prevent spikes and "sugar highs." If you're an athlete, low glycemic is beneficial when you are not exercising, but when you are about to fuel up for a competition or are in the middle of an endurance race, regular sugar becomes your friend. Athletes need simple carbohydrates to keep their blood sugar elevated, since this is the preferred source of fuel during exercise.
So, short answer—save the coconut sugar for nonathletic activities. But read labels: coconut palm sugar is sometimes mixed with cane sugar for a cheaper product.
Coconut sugar also has an edge because it's low in fructose. Fructose is undesirable for athletes, because the muscles don't use it, and only the liver can break it down. Also, when you're at rest, fructose converts to fat more quickly. You should not consume large amounts of fructose other than what you find naturally in fruit.
Coconut sugar is comprised of about 71 percent sucrose, 3 percent pure glucose, and 3 percent fructose. Other nutrients, inulin, and phytonutrients make up the remaining percentages. Table sugar is 50 percent glucose and 50 percent fructose, and agave nectar is a whopping 90 percent fructose. The distribution of molecules creates different effects on the body during rest and during training.
The glycemic index and bioavailability of foods varies from person to person. All sugar has around 15 calories per teaspoon. Use it in moderation as a treat or as part of your training program. It's not a healthy food you need to consume every day.


KoBo JSON API enpoints support both Basic authentication and API Token Authentication through the Authorization header.
curl -X GET https://kobo.humanitarianresponse.info/api/v1/ -H "Authorization: Token TOKEN_KEY"
You can learn more about oauth2 here.
Keep note of the client_id and the client_secret, it is required when requesting for an access_token.
Note: Providing the url to any user will prompt for a password and request for read and write permission for the application whose client_id is specified.
a login page is presented, the username used to login determines the account that provides access.
Your client application should use the code to request for an access_token.
3. Request for access token.
You need to make a POST request with grant_type, code, client_id and redirect_uri as POST payload params. You should authenticate the request with Basic Authentication using your client_id and client_secret as username:password pair.
refresh_token - token to use to request a new access_token in case it has expored.
Now that you have an access_token you can make API calls.
4. Accessing the KoBo API using the access_token.


"James is a strategic and results-driven individual. He invests in his clients' needs to deepen his understanding of their business and personal needs," said Joseph A. Kask, chief executive officer of BlumShapiro.
BlumShapiro, the largest regional business advisory firm based in New England with offices in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, has announced the election of a new partner, James. J. Krouse, CPA, MST.
Krouse is a partner in BlumShapiro's Tax Department in Shelton, Connecticut. He joined the firm in 2017 from Grant Thornton, where he served as tax director. Krouse has over 20 years of experience, serving clients in multiple industries, including privately held businesses, high net worth individuals and family offices. Krouse is well versed in assisting clients with tax controversies, specialized transactions and estate, gifts and charitable wealth planning.
"James continues to be a valuable member of the BlumShapiro team in Shelton. Equally important, he is a mentor to many in our firm who value his experience and know-how in serving our customers day in and day out," said Jay. A Sattler, CPA, MST, managing partner – tax services at BlumShapiro.
Krouse is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants and New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants.
Krouse received his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Washington State University and his Master of Science in Taxation from Golden Gate University.
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Cheating at Statistics 21: Fudging Franz
Like the Tiger, the Ferdinand is a weapon that often has some rather incredible kill ratios attributed to it. Personally, I've seen numbers as high as 50:1, but those tend to not be accompanied by any specific references. However, one battle is frequently cited as proof of the Ferdinand's supremacy: the battle near Nikopol, where the tank destroyer's performance was allegedly quite impressive. From The Combat History of German Heavy Anti-Tank Unit 653 in World War II:
"The first defensive fighting at the bridgehead began on 20 November 1943. The villages of Maryevka (20 November 1943) and Katerinovka (23 November 1943) where particularly critical areas in the German defensive line. The Ferdinande had tremendous success during the engagement at Koschasovka/Miropol from 26-27 November 1943. They destroyed 54 Russian tanks: 21 by Leutnant Franz Kretschmer and his crew."
On one hand, a defensive battle is one where the Ferdinand's tough front armour and long range gun would excel. On the other hand, lack of ground taken by the German forces meant that they had no way to count the knocked out enemy tanks, making it a perfect scenario for some classic overclaim.
The first doubt comes from the Germans themselves. For instance, Horst Theiss, an NCO of the 653rd Battalion, remembers the battle a little differently.
"A great achievement occurred on November 24th, 1943, when just 3 Ferdinands deflected an attack of about 70 T-34 tanks. We destroyed 47 enemy vehicles without taking any losses. Lieutenant Kretschmer put in the lion's share of the work for this destruction, and received the Knight's Cross."
Already, the number goes down. If you read the memoirs of Hans Kinschermann, a German machinegunner who fought alongside the Ferdinands, it goes down further still.
"In connection with the Ferdinand, I would like to tell about one event that happened a few days after that, which confirmed their power in battle. We deflected an enemy attack and began a counterattack. We were supported by four assault guns and four Ferdinands. When the enemy vanished in a field of sunflowers and we entered Soviet positions, we were attacked by 22 T-34 tanks. The assault guns and Ferdinands retreated into the ravine behind us and disappeared from sight. They waited until the T-34s reached a favourable distance and opened fire, destroying six enemy vehicles right away. The other Soviet tanks stopped and returned fire. When the anti-tank guns behind us gave another volley, three more T-34 turrets flew into the air, and two more caught fire. The remaining part of the T-34s turned around and moved toward us, keeping a respectable distance. 11 T-34s were, as they thought, a safe distance away. They were mistake, and an incredible thing happened in the next few minutes. The Ferdinands drove out of the ravine to see their targets better. The Soviet tanks lined up along the top of a hill to see us, the infantrymen, better. Four Ferdinands fired almost simultaneously. Two T-34s burst into flames right away. Two successful hits! The enemy tanks retreat, but the Ferdinands keep firing. Another T-34 caught fire, the rest retreat and disappear behind a hill."
Just like that, the 3 Ferdinands claiming 54 T-34s turns into 4 Ferdinands accompanied by 4 StuGs and some number of anti-tank guns. The number of T-34s knocked out decreases from 54 all the way down to 14.
The date itself seems to jump between November 23rd and 24th, so let's take a look at what was happening around Katerinovka at the time.
There is Katerinovka, in the path of the 230th Rifle Division of the 28th Army. Let's see what they were up to.
"320th Rifle Division: replaced the 61st Rifle Division, improved its positions, performed reconnaissance, settled the issues of artillery and tank support."
Looks like the unit sat in place on that day. The documents of the division itself confirm a lack of any kind of sensational clashes of armour.
"November 23rd: the division continues to staunchly hold its line on the right flank, on the left flank it improved its positions and defended against counterattacks. The position of the 986th and 988th Rifle Regiments is unchanged. On the evening of November 22nd, a group from the 990th Rifle Regiment performed a raid and captured an enemy trench. The enemy attempted three counterattacks during the night using up to a company in strength, at 22:15, 23:45, and 24:00. Every attack was deflected. The third attack, up to 1.5-2 companies in strength, forced the 990th Rifle Regiment back to its initial positions. Up to 45 enemy soldiers killed, two heavy machinegun nests and a mortar battery suppressed."
Not quite the impressive turkey shoot claimed by the Germans. No tank casualties were reported by the 28th Army that day at all. It's not surprising, as the army was sitting still, preparing for the offensive that the Germans were allegedly defending against at that very moment.
Let's take a look at the next day, just in case.
"9th Rifle Corps: 230th Rifle Division deflected an enemy counterattack with up to an infantry company in strength, supported by 8 tanks. Having met powerful enemy resistance, it continues fighting at its former location."
One detail matches up: 8 enemy tanks. Could it be the 4 StuGs and 4 Ferdinands? If so, then even Kinschermann's claim of 14 tanks comes up short: the entire 28th Army lost 7 T-34s and 2 KVs that day.
Anyone who is going to claim that it was the 28th Army's neighbour that took the losses will be sorely disappointed. The 5th Shock Army to the 28th Army's right postponed its offensive to November 25th and did not participate in any of this fighting. The offensive that it did eventually carry out was much further to the north, far away from any Ferdinands.
Let's take a look at the less specific reports of effectiveness: November 20th at Maryevka and November 26-27th at Koschasovka/Miropol.
On November 20th, the entire 28th Army had 9 KV tanks knocked out, 1 SU-152 knocked out, and 1 SU-152 burned up. Slightly better, I suppose, but hardly a "tremendous success".
November 26th was less impressive. 2 KV tanks burned up, 3 T-34s. 3 more T-34 tanks were knocked out.
November 27th was the most impressive German performance, with unspecified losses of 25 tanks and SPGs. However, that still comes up way short of the German claim. Even adding up all the Soviet tanks lost in these "great achievements" does not result in the 54 tanks that the 653rd claimed. And remember, the Ferdinands were not alone. The StuGs and towed guns surely claimed their share of the prize. It's hard to blame the 653rd, as they were definitely in need of a victory, even one that only appeared on paper. By the end of November, the battalion was down to just 4 functional Ferdinands. Like with many German victories claimed on the Eastern Front, the entire 656th regiment was withdrawn, never to return.
Labels: 1943, cross-examination, Ferdinand, forgery
Dat34 19 December 2017 at 09:16
Mobius 19 December 2017 at 10:16
I think you are checking the wrong army. They should be the 8th Guards army and the tanks from the 5th Guards Separate Tank Regiment. The battle on November 26/27 1943.
Peter 19 December 2017 at 14:09
Here's the 8th Guards' map: https://i.imgur.com/L6qhlJf.png
None of the specified locations appear on it and there are no mentions of Ferdinands in its records (unlike those of the 28th Army).
https://i.imgur.com/k5sA3l4.png
"The Army directs its offensive towards Vladimirovka, Nezabudina, and penetrates the enemy's defenses, after which it introduces reserves and the 23rd Tank Corps to penetrate the defenses and reach Alexandropol, Beketovka. The main offensive is directed towards Iverskoye, Aleksandropol, and the Loshkarevka-Zeleniy-Koshkarevka line must be taken by the end of the day. Reinforce the 23rd TC with the 19th Anti-Tank Destroyer Brigade"
No mention of any of the sites of alleged Ferdinand victories.
23rd TC reports fighting in Kashkarovka and Aleksandropol on the 26th and 27th. Records do not show engaging enemy SPGs or tanks at all.
critical mass 21 December 2017 at 08:34
Nov. 23/24 is the wrong date. The event happened on 26th/27th.
If you had read the entire article instead of stopping halfway through as usual, you would see that nothing like what is claimed happened on November 26-27th either.
Where did it happen? The German machine gunner doesn't give a location. Ferdinands were moved around in a few small groups from Nikopol to Krivoi Rog to Myropol'.
exactly. As usual, Peter Samsonov preselects wrong locality and units. The Nov. 27th report for 28th Army alone has 25 tanks confirmedly ko´d (5th Shock Army and independent tank groups not yet even accounted for). What´s the point -AT ALL- quoting Nov. 20th and other wrong date loss records here? To mislead the reader?
Yet again, you prove yourself to be a writer, not a reader.
Yes, the 28th Army loses 25 tanks on November 27th. You will find that 25 is less than 54.
I talk about November 20th because the original material espousing the virtues of Ferdinands mentions that date.
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Tanzi Bill Leads to Government Transparency
Representative Teresa Tanzi has been a leading advocate for government transparency. She introduced legislation in 2011 to require the General Assembly to put its voting records on the legislative website. Her bill prompted the leadership to upgrade the General Assembly website, where the public can now find all floor and committee votes.
"This was a great improvement, but I would like to see even more transparency in the future," said Tanzi. "I will continue to advocate for the online database to be searchable by key words and by each individual legislator so that constituents will know exactly how their elected officials have voted."
Tanzi also voted this year to expand public access in the open records law, the first change to the law made in 14 years.