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Choose the Best Among the Top 7 Next-Generation Firewall for Home Space
Home Industries ICT Choose the Best Among the Top 7 Next-Generation Firewall for Home Space
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By Akhil Nair ICT January 14, 2020
The internet has taken the world by storm, and with such widened access and connectivity, the computer is always vulnerable to malicious threats and attacks. At such times, the firewall comes in handy. The firewall denies access to malicious software and protects against cyber-attacks, and can be configured for blocking data from various locations. It can either be a hardware or a software device. But, with the technological advancements always being one step ahead, has resulted in the next-generation firewall (NGFW), which is a third-generation technology – an advanced version of a traditional firewall. They are much more in demand than the traditional firewall.et.com.
A majority of the end-users are getting digitized and are making the utmost use of internet connectivity, for better service and revenue streams. With the internet and computer system playing crucial roles in several sectors, there is a need to safeguard networks from advanced cyber threats, to protect digital assets.
Inkwood Research, upon meticulous analysis, lists down the top 7 next-gen firewalls for the home network:
Fortinet FortiGuard FG-100E-BDL
This is a high-performing next-generation firewall with automated visibility and a highly flexible deployment process. It offers protection against malicious websites and malware. The detection of unknown attacks entails dynamic analysis.
Sophos Next-generation Firewall
Equipped with Fastpath packet optimization technology up to 140Gbps throughput, this next-generation firewall aids in fast and accurate scanning of viruses. It also offers detailed reporting and complete control over the features. Moreover, it features a patented layer-8 user identity control and visibility, app risk factor, and Revolutionary Security Heartbeat for improving Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) and response.
SonicWall TZ400
It is a powerful internet drawbridge that comes with SonicWall's patented Reassembly-Free Deep Packet Inspection. Along with supporting multiple WAN connections with a rapid transfer rate, it protects from high-end attacks like Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks.
Cisco ASA5506-K9
The high-quality firewall has an integrated defense, and features advanced malware protection, and is available for all sectors, be it a single data center or a distributed enterprise. And the best part? All of these at an affordable price!
WatchGuard Firebox T15
The classic firewall device capable of being deployed everywhere, and is one of the most popular choices when it comes to home or office network protection. Though it can also be used in large organizations. It comes with a Total Security Suite and comes in handy in preventing ransomware and data loss.
Firewalla Red
An intrusion detection and protection system, the Firewalla Red enables monitoring of internet usage and comes with a built-in VPN. What makes it striking is the Family Time option that makes it popular among the home users. It further aids in blocking specific web pages and particular devices, along with monitoring blocked threats.
CUJO Smart Internet Security Firewall
The smart security firewall with a unique design has anti-virus protection and is cloud-connected. It offers home and mobile device protection and can be connected in two different ways. It measures 6-inches in length, 4.8-inches in width, and 4.8-inches height. Though a bit expensive, it is among the most preferred firewall for home use with every other security features.
Even with the advent of computers and the internet, nothing much has changed in the matters of the fear of theft and loss, except that now the terminologies have changed from 'theft' to 'cyber-attacks' and 'data loss.' It is an era, where everyone from common people to enterprises, goes the extra mile in keeping their belongings or 'data' as it is known in the computing language, safe. There are even budget allocations for privacy protection and cybersecurity in the global markets. The data privacy concerns have become as conspicuous as ever, along with online security concerns. At such times, the next-generation firewall comes in handy.
Author: Akhil Nair
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The University of Tulsa seeks a tenure-track entry-level or advanced Assistant Professor of English, commencing August 2011, with research interests in digital humanities and 20th /21st-century literature and culture. Tulsa is a home to the Modernist Journals Project, an important digital humanities initiative. The McFarlin Library's Special Collections have significant 20th-century archival holdings. We see English as a broad field with fluid boundaries, encompassing interests in film, creative writing, art, media studies, history of the book, women's and gender studies, periodical studies and other interdisciplinary areas. Teaching will include departmental courses and graduate seminars, participation in a humanities-based general curriculum and honors program, and service on dissertation committees.
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EVERY HOME HAS ITS OWN DNA.
At Westside Estate Agency, we believe that every home has its own unique DNA, that each home is extraordinary to itself, unlike any other. We also recognize that every buyer and seller are equally unparalleled and highly individual. It is with this mindset that we approach working with our clients. Our agents do not simply just list the homes we represent. They get to know each home intimately, from its one-of-a-kind features to its finite elements. We combine this with an inherent understanding and knowledge of our clients, their goals, needs, taste, and interests and then harmonize both to ensure a precise, well-curated sampling of prospective homes for a perfect match — and avoid anything we don't think will fit precisely.
EVERY AGENT HAS THEIR OWN DNA.
Just as every home and every client have their own unique DNA, so does every agent. We hand select our real estate agents from the worlds of business, academia, entertainment and, of course, real estate. They are high achievers from diverse fields and experts in the details and subtleties that define multi-million dollar negotiations. They possess a passion for fine architecture, and intimate, property-by-property knowledge of their local areas. And they innately understand the finer points of caring for clients with high net worth, and even higher expectations. We match our agents with our clients through an exquisite understanding of both, knowing which agent will inherently best meet a client's needs and goals. Language is no barrier: We have real estate agents who are fluent in French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Farsi, Mandarin, Armenian and Arabic.
SUCCESS BUILT ON SUPERIOR MARKET KNOWLEDGE. AND UNDERSTANDING OUR CLIENTS.
Westside Estate Agency is defined by the values and the vision of its two founders, Stephen Shapiro and Kurt Rappaport. In 1998, Stephen Shapiro and Kurt Rappaport were two of the most well-known, highly compensated realtors in Los Angeles. Still, they felt there had to be a better way to meet the very high expectations and individual needs of their high-net-worth clientele.
In 1999, Shapiro and Rappaport opened Westside Estate Agency with a focus on the most expensive and prestigious homes and estates in the prime Westside areas of Los Angeles. In 2007, WEA opened its Malibu office to service that world famous community. Today, WEA has a clientele without parallel, at the pinnacle of the business, financial, technology and entertainment industries generating billions in sales and the highest average price per sale in the industry. The company added its Miami, Florida location in early 2015.
Working hand-in-hand with their commitment to tailored service has been the agency's industry leading application of technology. WEA has been at the forefront in the category for its technology use, from being the first to implement a fully integrated network computing system to the first to use scanning technology, cloud technology, e-signatures and paperless filing to provide better service to clients. WEA continues to stay on the cutting-edge of innovation, keeping a pulse on and implementing new technologies as soon as they're available.
Of course, WEA has retained its independence, in the face of widespread acquisition by a handful of impersonal agencies. Remaining independent means we answer to our clients, instead of a corporate headquarters thousands of miles away. It means we don't need to worry about a conglomerate's bottom line or using an in-house escrow or title company; rather, we're free to focus on getting the best and doing the best for each client.
In practical terms, this translates into efficiency and responsiveness. Making the most of every minute by showing just the homes, in just the neighborhoods, that meet our clients' criteria. Quite frequently, we're even able to offer new properties not yet on the market.
Finally, it means WEA's agents have a direct conduit to the top. Unlike the non-owner operated, robo brokerages, our principals play a role in and keep an eye on every WEA transaction. In a sense, every WEA client is also a client of Stephen's and Kurt's. Which only make sense, as it's with these two that the WEA story began.


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Burlington splits ballot in special election
Carolyn Sistrand
THE RESULTS ARE IN FOR BURLINGTON'S SPECIAL ELECTION. DECIDING ON TWO BONDS... WORTH tens of MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. .. TO HELP THE CITY reach their INFRASTRUTURE GOALS. NBC 5'S CAROLYN SISTRAND WAS WITH THE MAYOR. as HE RECEIVED THE vote totals. carolyn... BRIAN, ALICE... THE BALLOT SPLIT. 57 PERCENT OF BURLINGTON RESIDENTS VOTED FOR THE CAPITAL BOND... NOT REACHING THE SUPERMAJORITY OF 66 PERCENT NEED ED TO PASS THE 40 MILLION DOLLAR BOND AIMED AT CY IT INFRASRUTURE PROJECTS. BUT THEY DID VOTE YES ON THE SECOND BOND. 70 PERCENT OF PEOPLE VOTING TO PASS THAT SECOND BOND--- OF 20 MILLION DOLLARS. TOUP SPORT THE CITY'S EFFORTS - TO BECOME A NET ZERO ENERGY CI. TY MAYOR MIRO WEINBERGER SAYS THE PASSAGE OF THE NET ZERO ENERGY BOND IS AN IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD FOR THE CITY. AS FOR THE INFRASTRUTU RE BOND... THE MAYOR SAYS HE DEUNRSTANDS THE HESITENCY. WITH COVID-19 RELATED FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS, T HE IMPENDING VOTE ON HOW MUCH TO SPEND FOR A NEW HIGH SC HOOL. AND THE RECENT REASSESSMENT ON HOS.ME <MIRO: "GIVEN THIS ENVIRONMENT I THINK IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE W A HY SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF BURLINGTON VOTERS WERE NOT READY TO MAKE THIS 40 MILLION LLDOAR COUPLE DECADE LONG COMMITMENT .> I ALSO CAUGHT UP WITH WAR 7 COUNCILOR ALI DIENG AT THE POLLS THIS EVENI. NG HE TOLD ME THAT HIS VOTE WAS AGAINST THE INFRASTURE BOND. SAYING THAT THEY NEED MORE TIME TO REALLY PLAN OUT THE CITY'S SPECIFIC INFRASTRUCTURE GOALS. PLUS--- HE BELIEVES ANOTHER BOND WILL BE TOO MUCH FOR HIS CONSTITUENTS. <ALI DIENG: HAVING TSE HE BONDS LEFT AND RIGHT A ND EVERY YEAR... THINGS ADD UP. SO THE PROPERTY TAX PAYERS ARE DEFINITELY TIRED."> THE INFRASTRUTURE BOND W AS PUTTING MONEY ASIDE FOR MEMORIAL AUDITORIU M. THE MAYOR SAYS THAT BUILDING IS GETTING CLOSE TO LOSING ITS STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY... AND HE PLANS ON BRINGING
In a special election Tuesday, Burlington residents voted in a $20 million bond to help the city reach its net zero energy goals. They did, however, vote against a $40 million capital bond aimed at long-term improvements to the city's infrastructure.The Net Zero Energy Revenue Bond passed with almost 70% of the vote. The Capital Bond, focused on city infrastructure, needed a supermajority vote of 66% to pass. That bond received 57% for it, and just under 43% voting against it.Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger wanted to see the Capital Bond pass. The mayor said he is happy to see many people are for these improvements, but he understands the hesitancy taxpayers had with Covid-19 related financial hardships, the impending vote on how much to spend for a new high school and the recent reassessment on homes."Given this environment I think it is understandable why a significant number of Burlington voters were not ready to make this $40 million, couple-decade long commitment," Weinberger said. Ward 7 city councilor Ali Dieng said he voted for the Net Zero Bond, but against the Capital Bond. He believes that there could be more planning done, to really narrow in on how that money will be used. He also added that another bond could be tough for his constituents. "Having these bonds left and right and every year, things add up," Dieng said. "So the property tax payers are definitely tired."Part of the Capital Bond was to invest in saving Memorial Auditorium. Mayor Weinberger said the structural integrity of the building is bad, and they're running out of time to save it. He added that he will bring up the idea of how to restore the building to city council.
BURLINGTON, Vt. —
In a special election Tuesday, Burlington residents voted in a $20 million bond to help the city reach its net zero energy goals. They did, however, vote against a $40 million capital bond aimed at long-term improvements to the city's infrastructure.
The Net Zero Energy Revenue Bond passed with almost 70% of the vote.
The Capital Bond, focused on city infrastructure, needed a supermajority vote of 66% to pass. That bond received 57% for it, and just under 43% voting against it.
Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger wanted to see the Capital Bond pass. The mayor said he is happy to see many people are for these improvements, but he understands the hesitancy taxpayers had with Covid-19 related financial hardships, the impending vote on how much to spend for a new high school and the recent reassessment on homes.
"Given this environment I think it is understandable why a significant number of Burlington voters were not ready to make this $40 million, couple-decade long commitment," Weinberger said.
Ward 7 city councilor Ali Dieng said he voted for the Net Zero Bond, but against the Capital Bond. He believes that there could be more planning done, to really narrow in on how that money will be used. He also added that another bond could be tough for his constituents.
"Having these bonds left and right and every year, things add up," Dieng said. "So the property tax payers are definitely tired."
Part of the Capital Bond was to invest in saving Memorial Auditorium. Mayor Weinberger said the structural integrity of the building is bad, and they're running out of time to save it. He added that he will bring up the idea of how to restore the building to city council.


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Mariah Carey's Ex, Nick Cannon, May Be Going Broke Now That Marriage Is Over
Val Powell
Recently, Nick Cannon came forward with a shocking revelation about his feelings for ex-wife Mariah Carey. In an episode of The Meredith Vieira Show, he openly confessed that despite their divorce, the singer is still "the love of his life."
"I'm a hopeless romantic too," Cannon told Vieira.
"Through this learning process, you never say never. To me one thing I know, that will always be the love of my life, always be my family and that's never going to change."
This doesn't mean that the diva is already back on the market, though. Sources claim that Carey is not looking into dating right now.
"Mariah has a residency in Vegas that's just weeks away. She's also into raising the twins. When she's not working she goes to Eleuthera, her private island in the Bahamas."
In addition to Carey's unmoved reaction, there are also others who are not convinced with Cannon's romantic admission. They claim that his moving gesture is merely a ploy to keep his hands in the singer's generous wallet.
According to a source close to the couple, Carey's ex-husband has been having trouble making ends meet since their divorce.
"He's behaving like he still has access to his ex's bank account but his own paychecks are nowhere near high enough to sustain his expensive habits."
This claim is backed up by financial experts who have observed the financial habits of celebrities. Todd Schoenberger, a managing partner at New York's Land Colt Capital explained, "Most of the money celebrities make goes to their lawyers, because they're the ones who are brokering the deals and securing their clients' works in addition to protecting their name and brand." He also added that many Hollywood celebrities are, in fact, just living from paycheck to paycheck.
Cannon, aware of the many allegations directed towards him, expressed his disappointment about the negative rumors. During the interview with Vieira, he said, "It's extremely disappointing when you see that people just want to perpetuate negativity when there is no negativity even involved."
Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon were spotted together with their two children last Easter.
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Globalist Agenda Watch 2016: Update 13 – Why the Globalists are Demolishing the EU (& What its Replacement Will Look Like)
Have you noticed how hard the controlled alternative press are working to convince you that the globalists / NWO / banksters are frightened by the BREXIT result?…
…From the Drudge Report, Breitbart, and Infowars
Well nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the collapse of the European Union is a necessary step in building the New World Order the Rockefellers and Kissinger outlined back in their late 1950's NWO implementation plan…
…From Prospect for America: The Rockefeller Panel Reports
Take special note of the first passage: "The hoped-for result is peace in a world divided into smaller units…" So is the EU a "smaller unit"? No, an EU superstate with its own army is a larger unit than its constituent nation-states, so it clearly wasn't built to be part of the real New World Order. Rather, it was built as an expendable tool to help the globalists get to the New World Order.
So what was the EU's raison d'etre, you ask? To tie as many European nations as possible into a political and currency union, then crash the union to create political and economic chaos. And on the currency side of it, they put the planned result of this crash right on the cover of The Economist back in 1988…
…From Mainstream globalist propaganda reveals East/West conflict is a farce
On the cover, you see national currencies burning in a bonfire (The Great Economic Crisis of 2016), as well as a phoenix arising from the flames (in 2018). This phoenix represents a new global currency, and this is what the article said about it…
>>> THIRTY years from now, Americans, Japanese, Europeans, and people in many other rich countries, and some relatively poor ones will probably be paying for their shopping with the same currency. Prices will be quoted not in dollars, yen or D-marks but in, let's say, the phoenix. The phoenix will be favoured by companies and shoppers because it will be more convenient than today's national currencies, which by then will seem a quaint cause of much disruption to economic life in the last twentieth century…
…The phoenix would probably start as a cocktail of national currencies, just as the Special Drawing Right is today. In time, though, its value against national currencies would cease to matter, because people would choose it for its convenience and the stability of its purchasing power…
…The phoenix zone would impose tight constraints on national governments. There would be no such thing, for instance, as a national monetary policy. The world phoenix supply would be fixed by a new central bank, descended perhaps from the IMF…
…Governments are far from ready to subordinate their domestic objectives to the goal of international stability. Several more big exchange-rate upsets, a few more stockmarket crashes and probably a slump or two will be needed before politicians are willing to face squarely up to that choice…
…Pencil in the phoenix for around 2018, and welcome it when it comes. <<<
As the article suggests, national currencies will not disappear after this year's crisis (although the Euro will). But they will become increasingly disused as the banksters make it more attractive to use the new global currency. As for the euro, it is a component of the IMF's SDR, so the IMF might make arrangements to allow its member nations to exchange their worthless euros for a special allotment of SDRs (the citizens would trade their euros for their new national currencies, then their governments would trade the amassed euros for IMF SDRs). This would turn the world's existing euro reserves into SDR reserves in a single stroke, thus aiding the new global currency in its rise.
It is worth noting that the "evil Western globalists'" supposed opponents, the Chinese, are fully cooperating in this "SDR to phoenix" plot. Just have a look at a 2009 speech from China's central banker, Zhou Xiaochuan, titled Reform the International Monetary System. Here are some key excerpts…
>>> The desirable goal of reforming the international monetary system, therefore, is to create an international reserve currency that is disconnected from individual nations and is able to remain stable in the long run, thus removing the inherent deficiencies caused by using credit-based national currencies…
The scope of using the SDR should be broadened, so as to enable it to fully satisfy the member countries' demand for a reserve currency.
> Set up a settlement system between the SDR and other currencies. Therefore, the SDR, which is now only used between governments and international institutions, could become a widely accepted means of payment in international trade and financial transactions.
> Actively promote the use of the SDR in international trade, commodities pricing, investment and corporate book-keeping. This will help enhance the role of the SDR, and will effectively reduce the fluctuation of prices of assets denominated in national currencies and related risks.
> Create financial assets denominated in the SDR to increase its appeal. The introduction of SDR-denominated securities, which is being studied by the IMF, will be a good start.
> Further improve the valuation and allocation of the SDR. The basket of currencies forming the basis for SDR valuation should be expanded to include currencies of all major economies, and the GDP may also be included as a weight. The allocation of the SDR can be shifted from a purely calculation-based system to a system backed by real assets, such as a reserve pool, to further boost market confidence in its value. <<<
Isn't it remarkable how the Chinese are calling for the very same role for the SDR that the "evil Western globalists" have been planning all along? Can you think any others who've been screaming about the need to move away from "credit-based national currencies" in favor of currencies "backed by real assets, such as a reserve pool" and gold? That would be practically all of the alternative media, right? This is because practically all of the alternative media either work for the globalists or parrot the globalist message out of lack of discernment.
Now if we look at the political side of the EU collapse, I wrote about what would happen last year during the globalists' aborted attempt to start the collapse using the Greek debt crisis…
"…the globalists intend to take down the EU central government and break Europe into smaller units bound by a new regional multilateral framework." – From The Greek "People's Revolution" and the New European Renaissance, brought to you by the NWO
And wouldn't you know it, George Soros chimed in over the weekend to talk about "thoroughly reconstructing" the EU…
…From Fortune
So what form will the new "EU" take, you ask? It will no longer be a strong federalizing force for its member nations; most likely, it will be a relatively weak "multilateral framework for cooperation" that offers a-la-carte conventions onto which the nations of the region can sign (if they so wish). And getting them to wish to participate in the new framework is where the "smaller units" concept comes into play.
As we go forward, the globalists will go beyond merely breaking up the EU. They'll also be breaking many EU nations into smaller units. This is what I wrote about it last year in The globalist plan to break up the great nations…
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The globalists want the NWO to consist of "smaller units" because smaller nations are less likely to be self-sufficient in maintaining their security and a modern standard of living. They want all the nations to be dependent on the multilateral framework for their security and economic wellbeing.
Besides the Rockefellers' NWO architects, can you guess who else is talking about "smaller units"? Ron Paul (in this interview on RT)…
"I happen to believe in smaller units of government; the larger the unit of government, the worse things are…
So I think people should have the right to leave a larger unit of government."
And what else is Ron Paul talking about? Secession in the US…
…Note that he gave this speech at a Mises Institute conference called Breaking Away: The Case for Secession…
[Starting from the 1:20 mark] – "I would like to start off by talking about the subject, and the subject, of course, is secession and nullification — the breaking up of government. And the good news is it's gonna happen. It's happening. And it's not gonna be because there will be enough people in the US Congress to legislate it — it won't happen. It will be de facto."
So we know the globalists are aiming to break up the EU (which is the Interim World Order in Europe), and Greece is where that will begin. But will they also break up the USA so it can never rise again as the power it once was? Will Russia and China meet the same fate at some point?
With that last question in mind, have a look at an Economist article I ran across today…
…"UNDER Vladimir Putin's presidency, Russia is seen in the outside world as an expansionist power trying to revise post-Soviet borders and rebuild an empire. But what if Russia itself—a country of nearly 200 nationalities that stretches across 11 time zones—is in danger of crumbling?"
It is quite interesting to see this coming out of the Economist. If we look back to the their infamous cover from early this year, we see Putin (and other major leaders including America's Obama, China's Xi, and India's Modi) presented in the color of ash….
…which is the color of the phoenix eggs on the woman's hat. This would indicate that those leaders will be part of the ash heap from which the NWO phoenix will rise.
After seeing the Economist article, I decided to check into China and came across this Wall Street Journal article…
…"Despite appearances, China's political system is badly broken, and nobody knows it better than the Communist Party itself. China's strongman leader, Xi Jinping, is hoping that a crackdown on dissent and corruption will shore up the party's rule. He is determined to avoid becoming the Mikhail Gorbachev of China, presiding over the party's collapse. But instead of being the antithesis of Mr. Gorbachev, Mr. Xi may well wind up having the same effect. His despotism is severely stressing China's system and society—and bringing it closer to a breaking point."
Upon checking into India, I came across this academia.edu paper from Arshi Saleem Hashmi. Here is a germane passage…
…(from pages 38-39)
It makes sense that the globalists will want to break up the large nations because it fits in to their PR strategy of restoring the appearance of sovereignty (while actually undermining sovereignty by making the divided peoples less able to resist the power of the globalist institutions). Once separated from their central governments, the newly-minted nations will need assistance in getting started, and to whom will they turn for guidance and help? To the United Nations and the multilateral institutions of course! They will turn away from the old power centers of Washington, Moscow, Beijing, and New Delhi and turn towards the new power center, the UN Complex. And this predictable dynamic gives us a clue as to the timeframe during which the breakups will occur.
Common sense suggests that the great nations will be broken up once the multilateral institutions and agreements that will pick up the pieces are finalized. That way, when they break up into their smaller components, those components will be offered continued membership in the multilateral institutions their former central governments set up. And since they'll need help, they'll accept that continued membership and thus become dependent on the UN and the regional and functional multilateral institutions (just like the Rockefellers planned back in the 1950's). Given that the BRICS institutions have been rushed into existence this year, I would expect the breakups to occur sometime between September of this year and 2020, with most of it done by 2018.
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Now that we've seen that the globalists intend to break up the federalist EU and replace it with a "sovereignty-respecting" multilateral framework of cooperation, it's time to look back at the other statement from the Rockefeller Reports…
As you can see, it talks about regional institutions, "an international body of growing authority," and how the combination of the two will be able to deal with problems the separate nations can't solve alone. Now if we put this together with what we've already covered, a very clear vision of the real New World Order takes shape.
The globalist will use this year's big crisis to begin separating the nations into smaller, less independent units. Scotland will leave the UK, Catalonia will leave Spain, Texas will leave the United States, and so on and so forth all over the world. So why, again, are they doing this?
Take a moment to think of the United States. If the US has a drought in California, Americans don't starve because the country is so big that other agricultural areas can pick up the slack. But what if California were broken off as a "smaller unit" and became its own nation? How would the Californians avoid starving in such a drought? They'd have to turn to globalist-controlled international trade and the globalist-run multilateral institutions for help, wouldn't they?
A big country like the US is capable of being independent when it comes to food, military security, border control, and many other things, but a smaller nation is less capable of that. The smaller the nation, the more problems it "will not be able to solve alone." That is why the globalists want smaller units.
The NWO builders want the smaller, more numerous nations of the post-crisis world to flock to the globalist-controlled regional institutions instead of the federal governments they used to turn to. But as the Rockefeller Reports point out, these regional groupings will not be the ultimate authority; they will be "under an international body of growing authority," which the Reports identify as…
So a more powerful UN will be the centerpiece of the New World Order, but for it to openly become the ultimate authority in our world, two things need to happen…
1) Any potential rivals must be eliminated. There can be no superpowerful nation-states like America, a federal EU, China, or Russia that can defy the UN.
2) The UN must get an image makeover to distance itself from its checkered past.
This is where the EU takedown and the globalist-created BRICS alliance come in…
1) Just like the BREXIT is meant to inspire other EU nations to jump the sinking federalist ship, the "people's revolution" that demolishes the EU is meant to inspire the people of other federalist superstates to secede from their unions. But the coming worldwide "people's revolution" is not what it seems. Its clarion calls will come from the globalist-dominated alternative press, and its great demonstrations will be led by agents-provocateur paid by NGOs like those of George Soros.
In the great "Global People's Revolution," the people will just be along for the ride. And when its all over, the New World Order will be standing, and people will think that it's something we won, not something that was forcefully or sneakily imposed upon us. Why shove a New World Order down people's throats when you can convince them that it's something they wanted and created for themselves?
2) The BRICS alliance was created to be the controlled opposition to the "evil Western globalists," and it is they who will give the UN a fresh new look and usher in the real NWO. But don't take my word for it; just ask a Chinaman…
…From the UN News Centre
So at some point during the climax of this year's crisis, the BRICS will lead a revolution within the United Nations to "free it from Western domination." The UN will then undergo reform and appear to have new management. And what will the new management do? They will strengthen the UN so that "no unilateral power like the US can ever threaten world peace again"…
…From the Hurriyet Daily News
And just like that, the Rockefellers' dream will become reality. We'll have the globalist-controlled, United Nations-centered New World Order lording over a world of small, dependent nations — it will be "One World of Nations," as the globalist disinfo agents like to call it. But my question is this…
If enough of us are aware of the trick, could it have a significant impact on the eventual outcome?
I certainly hope so, and that's why I flap my quantum butterfly wings on this blog. Whether my efforts bring a hurricane down on the NWO or merely stir up a dust devil in the desert, I do what I can and leave the rest to the Universe.
This entry was posted in Globalist Agenda Watch 2016 on June 27, 2016 by kenneth.
Globalist Agenda Watch 2016: Update 12 – The globalists begin their demolition of the EU (+ Addendum 2 – Some propaganda you need to see)
Before you begin reading…
If you are a new to this site, you might want to read Understanding the NWO Strategy before you read this article. Otherwise you might not understand that the globalists are running both sides of the seeming political conflict you see unfolding around you. Both David Cameron and Nigel Farage work for the same people; they merely play oppositional roles for the purpose of manipulating public perception and behavior.
Now here's the article…
As expected, the globalists engineered a victory for the BREXIT referendum yesterday, so the first of three punches that'll bring down the EU has been thrown. Putting together all we've explored in previous updates and entries, this is how things will go from here…
> The Summer of Terror will start kicking in…
…From The Guardian. Here is an excerpt…
>>> The US State Department has issued a travel alert for Europe, cautioning Americans that the influx of summer tourists and a series of high-profile events "will present greater targets for terrorists planning attacks in public locations".
"We are alerting US citizens to the risk of potential terrorist attacks throughout Europe, targeting major events, tourist sites, restaurants, commercial centers and transportation," department officials wrote. <<<
The purpose of this globalist-sponsored terror campaign is to outrage the public and fan hatred towards the Muslim refugees and the EU bureaucrats that allowed them in. The angered public will then look upon the BREXIT as being a great idea for their own countries.
> The IMF will scuttle the Eurozone debt deal with Greece, which could lead to a default on Greece's July debt payments to the European institutions…
…from FT.com. The article is behind a paywall, so search for the title on Google News and follow their link to see it.
The purpose of this globalist-engineered development will be to create chaos in the Eurozone (the EU currency union) to go along with the EU political chaos created by the BREXIT and the Summer of Terror.
> The third punch to the EU – the knockout blow – will come when the BRICS and the G7 start shooting at each other this September. The sudden breakout of war will result in the stoppage of all financial and trade transactions between the two "sides," and this will trigger the Next Lehman Moment – a total cardiac arrest in the global economy. Once this has happened, no one in any of the EU countries is going to give a sh*t about what the bureaucrats in Brussels say. The EU will simply fall to pieces.
If you are a new reader, you'll find more in-depth coverage of all these points in previous entries.
[Addendum 1.1 – same day]
I made sure to finish this update late last night because I knew the propaganda they'd be pushing this morning, and the Drudge Report didn't disappoint…
The first thing to notice is that the globalists' controlled opposition figures are calling for referenda in their own countries. And over the coming weeks, you'll see lots of reports of how Britain's vote has emboldened anti-EU forces throughout Europe, especially in Greece.
According to the public narrative of how the Greek default will go down, the BREXIT vote will encourage the Greek Parliament to dig in their heels against unwanted economic "reforms." Their resistance will be based on the expectation that the Eurozone will ultimately back down to avoid another BREXIT-style blow to the EU. This, paired with German intransigence, will bring the situation to a head and lead to the IMF pulling out of the bailout.
That being said, this narrative is just a script being acted out for public consumption. In reality, Greece will be the nation that upsets the euro apple cart because the globalists want the "birthplace of democracy" to strike the fatal blow against the "undemocratic" EU. As I've talked about in previous entries, the EU was never built to be the QE2; it was built to be the Titanic. The internationalists constructed it so the nations of Europe would jump aboard and drown together when it hits the iceberg of the Great Economic Crisis of 2016.
For more information on how and why the globalists are building tension in the public in order to release it through their controlled opposition figures, read…
The Illuminati strategy of tension and release (Update 2 – The Mises Mafia is on the move in Brazil)
The Paris Attacks, Marine Le Pen and Ron Paul
Moving on, the snapshot of Drudge headlines we just examined came the top left of the website above the main headline. Now let's have a look at the headlines offered right below the main headline on the left…
In the headlines outlined in red, we see Drudge foreshadowing the Summer of Terror. Note that the two cities specifically mentioned for attack are the core power centers of the EU. The coming attacks against these power centers and the Vatican will give rise to a growing disinformation meme about an attack against "Christian civilization." This is what the globalists want you to believe…
"Christian civilization is under full-scale assault by Islamists from without and Satanists from within. The secretly-Satanic Western elite made common cause with the Muslims to create a terrorist army and get it into the Western nations in order to bring down Christianity. The Muslims supplied the men and the Satanists opened the gates and brought them in under 'migrant' cover."
This idea of a war between civilizations – Muslim versus Christian – is why Drudge added the headline (outlined in yellow) mentioning "civilizational jihad."
Now if we look to the headline directly below that one (and outlined in blue), it mentions the Rio Olympics. This is where the globalist script calls for the Muslims to step over the line and trigger an official holy war. An atrocious "ISIS attack against Christians" at the Olympics will lead to both the Catholic and Orthodox churches declaring a "just war" against them. And since this August attack will result in casualties from all around the world, ground units from all around the world will gather in the Middle East in September to fight them. This global gathering of forces against ISIS will, in turn, devolve into a conflict between the "Champion of Christianity and True Warrior against ISIS" Vladimir Putin and the "Secret Muslim and True Supporter of ISIS" Barack Obama.
For more information about the planned hijinks at the Olympics, read…
Globalist Agenda Watch 2016 – The Rio Olympics are shaping up to be a showcase of human woe (+ More on Vladimir Putin, the "Savior of all Christians worldwide")
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Some propaganda you need to see
Over the past couple of days, I've noticed some propaganda pieces that are worth pointing out. So without further ado, here is…
EXHIBIT A: This is an example of the "war of civilizations" meme I mentioned earlier in this update…
…From Breitbart.com. And here is an excerpt…
>>> Erik Prince, former CEO of private security firm Blackwater who served as a Navy SEAL and CIA asset, told Breitbart News Sunday's Stephen K. Bannon that to win the war against radical Islamic terrorism, the United States must deny entry to people who pose a threat to America's Christian way of life…
"We have no obligation as a country to allow people in that are an inherent threat or could be an inherent threat to our way of life — to our Western Judeo-Christian civilization"… <<<
So here we have a "former" CIA asset pointing out the need to deny jihadis entry into America so that "America's Christian way of life" and "Western Judeo-Christian civilization" can be protected. Seeing this, you have to ask yourself a question…
If the "evil Western elite" are really trying to destroy Christianity and bring in Luciferianism, Satanism, and the New Age, why is one of their CIA flunkies (Erik Prince) speaking about the need to protect Christianity?
The answer is that it's all part of the good cop / bad cop strategy the globalists are using to bring in the real NWO. They are using the "Satanic Western elite's unipolar world order" to scare people into the arms of the "Christian-led (Putin) multipolar world order." This is why the fear-mongering disinformation agents who dominate the alternative media (such as Alex Jones) scream so loudly about the Western Satanists…
…and speak so positively about the "Christian" Putin…
…From Infowars.com (top, bottom)
Make no mistake…
The globalists are bringing in their New World Order through Putin and the BRICS, and their ultimate goal is to unite the people of the world under an updated, Kabbalized Christianity.
To understand their approach in accomplishing this, read…
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A Travel Price Comparison for Portugal Costa de Prata vs. Costa Vicentina for Vacations, Tours, and Honeymoons
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Should you visit Costa de Prata or Costa Vicentina?
Should I visit Costa de Prata or Costa Vicentina? This is a common question asked by many travelers. By figuring out which city is more affordable, you'll understand where you can get more bang for your buck. So, let's dive into the data, which all comes from actual travelers.
Costa de Prata
Costa de Prata is a region located on the Silver Coast of Portugal, an hour north of Lisbon. The area is known for its beautiful beaches, ancient architecture, and relaxed, welcoming, atmosphere. The area experiences gorgeous weather nearly all year round, with temperatures in the high 70's and 80's Fahrenheit from May-September. June-August sees the warmest ocean temperatures, making these the best months for swimming. Even during their winter, temperatures rarely dip below 60°F, although ocean temperatures drop, making swimming a bit colder.
Costa Vicentina
Costa Vicentina is the beautiful coastal area in southwest Portugal which runs through both the Algarve and Alentejo Regions along the southern coast. This is actually part of the longest stretch of protected coastline in Portugal, making it one of the best places to experience the unadulterated beauty and nature of the country. Costa Vicentina offers miles of some of the best Portugal beaches, fantastic hiking trails, and lovely old villages to explore. The area sees far more Portuguese tourists than international ones, so expect Portuguese to be the only language spoken by many people, especially in the smaller villages.
Which city is cheaper, Costa Vicentina or Costa de Prata?
Costa de Prata Prices
Costa Vicentina Prices
Costa de Prata €121
Costa Vicentina €100
The average daily cost (per person) in Costa de Prata is €121, while the average daily cost in Costa Vicentina is €100. These costs include accommodation (assuming double occupancy, so the traveler is sharing the room), food, transportation, and entertainment. While every person is different, these costs are an average of past travelers in each city. Below is a breakdown of travel costs for Costa de Prata and Costa Vicentina in more detail.
An average hotel room with basic furnishings costs about €124 in Costa de Prata For the most convenient locations and nicer amenities you can expect to pay a bit more.
Accommodation prices vary by location and style, but travelers pay on average about €106 for a double occupancy room in Costa Vicentina.
Costa de Prata	€62
Costa Vicentina	€53
The average traveler spends about €35 per day in Costa de Prata for food, but obviously this is dependent on the type of restaurant and the amount of food ordered. To save money you can grab a lighter lunch or dinner, or you can try fast food or street food.
On average, meal and food prices in Costa Vicentina cost around €27 per person, per day. While this price can vary widely by location, the type of restaurant, and the amount of food ordered, a typical meal often costs around €11.
Public transportation tends to be much less expensive in Costa de Prata than paying for a taxi or private car service, as is expected. Typically, people spend €42 on transportation in Costa de Prata on average per day.
The average price of local transportation around Costa Vicentina is €32 per person, per day. As this average includes both taxis and public transport, keep in mind that the prices of private drivers and taxis are significantly more expensive than public transportation.
Is it cheaper to fly into Costa de Prata or Costa Vicentina?
Prices for flights to both Costa Vicentina and Costa de Prata change regularly based on dates and travel demand. We suggest you find the best prices for your next trip on Kayak, because you can compare the cost of flights across multiple airlines for your prefered dates.
Sightseeing expenses in Costa de Prata, including the cost of admission tickets for day tours, museums, and attractions, usually cost an average of €10 per day, per person.
Costa Vicentina's costs for entertainment, tickets, attractions, and tours will often cost around €13 per person, per day. This cost can vary widely by the type of activity, however, as this includes admission tickets, day tours, museums, and other things to do.
Typically, people visiting Costa de Prata spend on average €6.50 on alcoholic beverages per person, per day.
While the amount that someone spends on alcohol while visiting Costa Vicentina may vary from person to person, on average a person spends €6.97 per day on alcoholic beverages.
Costa de Prata	€6.50
Costa Vicentina	€6.97
When we compare the travel costs of actual travelers between Costa de Prata and Costa Vicentina, we can see that Costa de Prata is more expensive. And not only is Costa Vicentina much less expensive, but it is actually a significantly cheaper destination. So, traveling to Costa Vicentina would let you spend less money overall. Or, you could decide to spend more money in Costa Vicentina and be able to afford a more luxurious travel style by staying in nicer hotels, eating at more expensive restaurants, taking tours, and experiencing more activities. The same level of travel in Costa de Prata would naturally cost you much more money, so you would probably want to keep your budget a little tighter in Costa de Prata than you might in Costa Vicentina.
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Charlotte Smardo recently received the 2016 Nurse Legacy Award
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Charlotte Smardo, RN, is well aware of the irony. She regularly encourages her three teenage children to try new things that take them out of their comfort zone – yet says one of her proudest accomplishments is having worked at the same place, Children's Mercy's Pediatric Intensive Care unit, for 31 years.
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"When they leave ICU they're still not well. We hand them over to other areas for care," she said. "When it's possible, it's nice for them to come back so we can see them be well."
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Happymon Jacob writes a very engaging book, The Line of Control. I purchased this book some evenings ago and could not put it down until I finished it. I needed about six odd hours to finish the book but not once did I feel bored or tired. In fact, when I had picked this book, I was in the midst of reading two other books, Kamleshwar's Kitne Pakistan and Zaki Chehab's Inside Hamas, but once I started reading this book, I had no desire to go back to these two.
The Line of Control not only deals with the lives/experiences of the officers and jawans living on both sides of the LoC but also provides a glimpse of the lives led by the civilians inhabiting these areas. The author writes with great empathy and understanding of their day-to-day trials and tribulations, caught as they are between the high politics of both nations.
An important reason why everyone needs to read this book is to understand the importance of terrain with reference to the LoC. When the great nationalists come and froth on television every night, arguing as to how we should go around destroying every available bunker of the Pakistanis (interestingly, a few of them are former infantry officers), we need to understand that India does not dominate all heights in all sectors. Further, the foliage and elephant grasses create operational problems when one seeks to check infiltration (of course, ably assisted by the Pakistan Army). The author also brings out the reasons for many ceasefire violations (CFVs), which can mostly be characterised as driven by tactical and local factors, though sometimes they may be strategic too.
While the chapters and anecdotes about the author's visits to Pakistan make for an interesting and fun read, and can be categorised as 'adventure', the curious Pakistan watcher in me was left wanting for more. You drink but you are not quenched. Many of the things that Pakistan's army officers say in the book are well known to even cursory Pakistan watchers. Well, if the author is not self-censoring, reading the book only reinforces the long held view that, come what may, Pakistan Army will always continue to see itself as a force whose fundamental interest/job is to challenge India's rise in every possible way. Of course, their tactics will vary based on situational exigencies.
Nowhere does the reader get a hint of any major rethink by the Pakistan Army about their views on India. "Inshallah, we will prevail" continues to be their belief and dogma. It looks like people like us, who have not visited Pakistan, have not missed much. After all, all you then have to do is read the Hilal every month (Thankfully, it is available online) and you know all you need to know about the thinking of Pakistan Army.
Where I differ with Jacob is what he writes in the last chapter. I understand he comes from a left-leaning persuasion, but I find his concern about the rise of 'nationalism' in India way off the mark. He is conflating xenophobia and religious intolerance with the noble sentiment that is nationalism. A nationalist in the Indian context is one who thinks about his/her nation first, not necessarily like a supremacist. And if you indeed think about the interests of your nation first, you would surely be clinical in analysing what those interests are and how to best achieve them.
Borrowing from the Kautilyan lexicon, it might involve saama, daama, danda and bheda! I would consider myself a hard-nosed nationalist with the motto "India First", and I can see how the jingoistic stupidity of the so-called nationalistic media restricts freedom of action for the executive in achieving our national priorities and interests. I would characterise their use of nationalism for higher TRPs as faux nationalism (rather than nationalism) and those championing it as pretending nationalists. All in all, an excellent read. It also made me nostalgic about my own trip to the LoC. It was like re-living those moments again, including the lovely chai pakoras!


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Three ice cubes made in home freezer will make 1 liter of boiling hot water go down by 10℃. So 9 ice cubes after bringing to a boil will make the temperature approximately 70℃. Isn't it lower than you thought? Pour 120ml of hot water against 4grams of tea leaves. With our transparent Kyusu, pour just below the strainer's edge and it'll be just fine.
A new tea extraction tool "Transparent Kyusu" which was created with the purpose of redesigning the Kyusu teapot based on the concept of "making tea extraction ultimately simple", it is a one-serving size teapot designed according to modern lifestyle.
"After-topping" brown rice to make brown rice tea of your taste. You can't resist the roasted aroma that rises up the moment you pour the hot water.


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The Response Project
1. THE STOCKHAUSEN RESPONSE PROJECT
2. ON BEHALF
3. SOMETHING IS HAPPENING HERE
4. THE OLIVEROS RESPONSE PROJECT
Click here to watch The Oliveros Response Project films, or to join us on Zoom on Thursdays at 8pm EST for a panel discussion with project artists and musicians. And click here to view the art exhibition.
Brianna Matzke
Dr. Brianna Matzke's dynamic pianism shows "a sense of refinement, flair, and technical prowess" (clevelandclassical.com). An avid performer and commissioner of new music, she has collaborated with many composers, including Michael Fiday, Elliot Cole, Marc Mellits, Mark Mothersbaugh, Douglas Knehans, Molly Joyce, Alexandra Du Bois, D. J. Sparr, Nate May, Tyler Eschendahl, Dylan Sheridan, Stephanie Ann Boyd, Paul Schuette, Danny Clay, Jennifer Jolley, Carrie Magin, Evan Williams, Paul Poston, Bryan Percoco, Trevor Gomes, and Lindsey Jacob. She has appeared in concert at TriBeCa New Music, ETHOS New Music, Malone University, the BOP Stop, Kendall at Oberlin, Christ Church Cathedral, Clifton Cultural Arts Center, and the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center.
Her ongoing commissioning initiative, called The Response Project, asks composers to write music for piano in response to a pre-existing artwork or idea. The project has premiered and recorded twelve new works, including five works for solo piano written in response to Karlheinz Stockhausen's Mikrophonie I (1964) and seven works for violin+piano written in response to the phrase "on behalf". In 2018, The Response Project premiered thirteen new works for solo piano, written in response to Bob Dylan's 1964 album Highway 61 Revisited.
In addition to performing, Brianna is a dedicated music educator and pedagogue. A Nationally Certified Teacher of Music (NCTM), she serves as Assistant Professor of Music at Wilmington College. She has also served on the faculties of the Oberlin Conservatory, Interlochen Arts Camp, Wilmington College, Thomas More College, and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Preparatory Department. As an educator, Brianna believes in the power of music to incite positive social change, and she encourages that change by working on the executive board of the Ohio Music Teachers Association Southwest Division.
She holds degrees from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) and the University of Kansas.
Roger McVey
Piano - Co-commissioner "Izaya" by Marc Mellits
American pianist Roger McVey has performed as a soloist and collaborative pianist throughout the United States, in Europe, Asia, Mexico, and New Zealand. He is currently an Associate Professor of Piano at the Lionel Hampton School of Music, of the University of Idaho. He holds degrees from the University of Kansas, Indiana University, and East Carolina University. Additionally, he has studied at the Aspen Music Festival and the Chautauqua Institute. His past teachers include Menahem Pressler, Anton Nel, Jack Winerock, Herbert Stessin, and Henry Doskey.
Dr. McVey was a top prizewinner in the International Beethoven Competition (U.S.A.), and was a Semi-Finalist at the International Franz Liszt Competition in Poland, where critics praised his "passionate artistry and electrifying virtuosity." His latest solo recording, from 2016, is entitled Ten Fingers and features music by Mozart, Chopin, Gareth Farr, Joaquin Rodrigo, and others. In addition to his solo performances, Dr. McVey was a founding member of the Trio St. Croix, and regularly collaborates as a chamber musician. He is a fervent advocate of contemporary music, and has collaborated with numerous leading American composers, such as Julia Wolfe, Marc Mellits, Libby Larsen, Eric Ewazen, Harvey Sollberger, Lori Laitman, Emma Lou Diemer, and Wynn-Anne Rossi.
An active clinician, Roger frequently gives master-classes and presentations at universities, music schools, and for music teacher associations. He is an adjudicator for the Washington State Music Teachers Association, and is a board member of the Idaho Music Teachers Association. He has presented at the College Music Society national conference, as well as for the Idaho Music Teachers Association, Wisconsin Music Teachers Association, and other groups. He is an avid fan of rock music, jazz, and hip-hop, and his other interests include cooking, playing chess, surfing, snowboarding, and learning to play the guitar.
Contact me for more information at
brianna [at] brianna matzke [dot] com


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A big day in history: Richard Nixon makes his final address as president of the United States
Dominic Sandbrook nominates 9 August 1974 – the date that Richard Nixon made his final address as president of the United States – as a big day in history...
On 9 August 1974, his last morning as president of the United States, Richard Nixon got up at six. Still in his pyjamas, he asked the chef to prepare his favourite meal, corned beef hash and poached eggs. He ate alone in his beloved Lincoln Sitting Room, staring into the fire's dying embers, doubtless pondering the Watergate scandal that had shattered his credibility and made him the first president in history to step down. After breakfast there was a knock on the door: an aide bringing the ceremonial letter. Beneath the words "I hereby resign the Office of President of the United States," Nixon scrawled his name.
At nine o'clock, Nixon led his family into the East Room of the White House, where they looked down at the ranks of officials. Even on this last, emotionally searing occasion, everything had been planned with television in mind, and little pieces of tape indicated where each of them should stand. For Nixon's elder daughter, Tricia, it was a dreadful experience. "Platform ahead," she recorded in her diary, remembering the scene. "Step up onto platform. Find name marker. Do not trip over wires. Stand on name marker. Reach for Mama's hand. Hold it. Applause. Daddy is speaking. People are letting tears roll down their cheeks. Must not look. Must not think of it now."
Exhausted from lack of sleep, shattered after 18 months of pressure, her father stood perspiring beneath the television lights. After everything that he had fought for, after all his hard work to drag himself from the parched earth of California to the elegant staterooms of the White House, he was leaving in disgrace. The shame must have been overwhelming. Nixon stood there before the world, red-eyed, half-smiling. And so often at times of stress, he retreated to the self-pity of the self-made man. "I had come so far from the little house in Yorba Linda to this great house in Washington," he reflected. "I remember my old man. I think that they would have called him sort of a little man, common man. He didn't consider himself that way. You know what he was? He was a streetcar motorman first, and then he was a farmer, and then he had a lemon ranch. It was the poorest lemon ranch in California, I can assure you. He sold it before they found oil on it."
For a moment, there was total silence. Then, blinking away tears, Nixon pulled himself back. Putting on his glasses for the first time in public, he read in a trembling voice the moving words written by Theodore Roosevelt after the death of his first wife. At the last line – "And when my heart's dearest died, the light went from my life forever" – his voice almost broke with the strain, and there were muffled sobs from the chairs before him. Yet Nixon went on. "The greatness comes not when things go always good for you," he said. "The greatness comes when you are really tested, when you take some knocks, some disappointments, when sadness comes, because only if you have been in the deepest valley can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain."
On the last words, Nixon's eyes closed. Then, abruptly, he dragged himself onwards. He had some last advice for his audience. "Always give your best," he said. "Never get discouraged, never be petty; always remember, others may hate you, but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself."
With the applause ringing in his ears, Nixon led his family downstairs, where Vice President Gerald Ford and his wife Betty were waiting for them. "Good luck, Mr President," Nixon said coldly. They stepped out onto the South Portico and walked slowly along the red carpet, towards the army helicopter. At the foot of the steps, Nixon paused, and Ford said nervously: "Drop us a line if you get the chance. Let us know how you are doing."
Nixon mounted the steps, and then turned to face the White House. Glaring furiously, he waved his right arm across in a clumsy farewell and then, in the final bizarre moment of his presidency, thrust both arms into the air in his trademark V-for-victory salute. He held the gesture for a moment, his face cracked by an enormous grin. And then the helicopter lifted off the lawn, and he was gone.
Dominic Sandbrook's latest book is State of Emergency: The Way We Were: Britain, 1970–1974 (Allen Lane). He is a frequent guest on Radio 4's Saturday Review.
This article was first published in the July 2011 issue of BBC History Magazine
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Professor Chris O'Callaghan tells us about the role of our immune system in vascular disease. The accumulation of fat in the arteries, such as cholesterol, can cause a thickening of the artery wall known as atherosclerosis. Professor Chris O'Callaghan is researching the role of the innate immune system in atherosclerosis to better understand immune responses to vascular disease. This may lead to improved treatments. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England &...
Structural cell biology of virus infection
Professor Kay Grunewald tells us how structural cell biology can help us understand virus infection. Cells constitute the smallest autonomous units of life. The tightly regulated structural and functional organisation is currently only rudimentary understood. Professor Kay Grünewald uses electron cryotomography in combination with other techniques to analyse virus' 'life cycle' in situ, which requires an understanding of its transient structures at the molecular level. Imaging techniques...
Molecular immunology
Dr Christian Eggeling tells us how new imaging methods help us understand immunology at the molecular level. To study complex biological and immunological systems, such as living cells, scientists rely on highly sensitive and non-invasive analysis techniques. Super-resolution optical microscopy allows us to study immunological processes on the molecular level. We can get new insights into how our body reacts to viral or bacterial attacks. Dr Christian Eggeling's research focuses on the...
The lymphatic system in immunity and cancer
Professor David Jackson tells us about the role of the lymphatic system in immunity and cancer. The lymphatic system is a network of vessels collecting the fluids leaked from the blood vasculature. Its filtering function makes it an ideal compartment for the immune system. It is also a pipeline for metastasizing tumour cells to spread to distant tissues. Professor David Jackson studies how leukocytes and tumour cells enter the lymphatic vessels from the surrounding tissues. Professor...
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Professor Graham Ogg talks about the role of our skin as a barrier against infection. Skin frequently represents the first point of contact with pathogens and allergens, but there is still very little known about the role of the surface immune system in fighting unwanted invaders. Barrier dysfunction can lead to the development of eczema. Understanding these mechanisms can help us develop new treatments targeting the skin, as well as the inflammatory response. Dr Graham Ogg aims to understand...
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Q: How can I access command prompt history with Python On Windows 10, Python 3.6
Let's say I have a command prompt session open (not Python command prompt or Python interactive session) and I've been setting up an environment with a lot of configurations or something of that nature. Is there any way for me to access the history of commands I used in that session with a python module for example?
Ideally, I would like to be able to export this history to a file so I can reuse it in the future.
Example:
Type in command prompt: python savecmd.py
and it saves the history from that session.

A: You don't need Python at all, use doskey facilities for that, i.e.:
doskey /history

will print out the current session's command history, you can then redirect that to a file if you want to save it:
doskey /history > saved_commands.txt

If you really want to do it from within Python, you can use subprocess.check_output() to capture the command history and then save it to a file:
import subprocess

cmd_history = subprocess.check_output(["doskey", "/history"])
with open("saved_commands.txt", "wb") as f:
    f.write(cmd_history)

A: You're actually asking for 3 different things there.

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*Getting Python REPL command hisotry

*Getting info from "prompt", which I assume is the Powershell or CMD.exe.

*Save the history list to a file.

To get the history from inside your REPL, use:
for i in list(range(readline.get_current_history_length())): print(readline.get_history_item(i))

Unfortunately, there is no history in REPL, when using from outside, as above, so you need to find the history file and print it.
To see the history file from powershell:
function see_my_py_history{ cat C:\<path-to>\saved_commands.txt }

Set-Alias -Name seehist -Value see_my_py_history

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New Hibs signing Chris Humphrey had hoped to re-establish a partnership with Grant Holt forged at Shrewsbury Town. But with his old friend left on the bench last night, the winger simply formed an immediate bond with Jason Cummings, who grabbed a match-winning double to put daylight between the leaders and title challengers Dundee United.
Second-half substitute John McGinn sealed the points three minutes into his return from injury on a night when things truly did fall into place for Hibs.
McGinn's immediate impact emphasised the strength of depth now at Neil Lennon's disposal in the second half of the season.
But it was Humphrey who caught the eye before he was replaced to acclaim from the home supporters with seven minutes left.
The winger enjoyed a sensational debut at Easter Road as the hosts swept their title rivals away in the opening 30 minutes. Paul Dixon was the left back given the thankless task of reducing his threat.
Without an appearance since October, Dundee United might have hoped Humphrey would be a little rusty. He quickly disabused them of this notion by claiming two first-half assists for Cummings.
The first might have been slightly fortunate in that a skewed shot fell into Cummings' path. But his wing play for the second was sublime, including a first touch to take him away from the harassed Dixon that was enviable given his recent lack of activity at Preston North End. Humphrey had made self-deprecating comments on the eve of the fixture about needing time to get into his stride again. Few had dreamed he meant a couple of minutes or so.
On a night so un-seasonally mild to make a mockery of the winter break in the league above, no one could complain about the Premiership's ceding of the spotlight to the division below. Perhaps only United fans felt a little let down at the abject start made by their favourites. Indeed, they never really got going and now trail leaders Hibs by four points.
This was a game they were desperate not to lose but this seemed a forlorn hope from soon after kick-off, by which time Scottish football had been re-introduced to Humphrey in emphatic style.
Lennon's bravery in handing Humphrey a start and pairing him with the equally speedy Martin Boyle on the left flank was rewarded. Ray McKinnon's side, by contrast, lined up too narrowly and paid the cost.
There were empty seats in the away end though it was difficult to expect Dundee United to fill an entire stand on a Friday night. But there wasn't any space in the home stands and Hibs responded to the loud backing by pouring forward from the first blast of Willie Collum's whistle.
Humphrey was at the heart of this early spell of pressure and had already nearly set up a goal for his new team before slightly unwittingly laying on Cummings' opener after six minutes. He galloped past Dixon and sent in a dangerous cross that United were relieved to see Lewis Toshney, absent from the original team-sheets handed out to reporters, in the right place at the right time to head clear.
Hibs kept up the pressure. United conceded a corner which Kris Commons sent into the box having first removed an object thrown at him from the away end. Willo Flood did his apparent worst to clear and Humphrey's shot, while similarly mis-hit, found Cummings, who turned and placed a shot under Cammy Bell.
Hibs, at this point, were irresistible, the pace of Humphrey and Boyle causing United countless problems.
A long ball from Commons found Cummings on the right, who returned it to the back of the box for the on loan Celtic player, who'd continued his run. A strong shot from Commons was blocked. But it seemed just a matter of time until Hibs added a second and they did so after 26 minutes.
Humphrey again stepped on the accelerator after cushioning a pass into his path. But significantly, he also had the composure to pick out Cummings, who'd made an intelligent run to the near post. The striker flicked the ball past Bell for his 12th goal of what is becoming another productive season despite a spell when he was making infrequent starts.
As for United, there was little to write home about. There was a Telfer cross that David Gray was forced to head clear before Nick Van der Velden connected at the front post. But that a poor return on a night when their fans hoped they might leapfrog Hibs and return to the top of the table. But it seemed a lot more likely that Hibs would add a third rather than United initiating signs of a comeback, although substitute Tope Obadeyi did come close with a header that was beaten away by Ross Laidlaw. Boyle took over from where Humphrey had left off in the first-half, tormenting Toshney with his pace but too often lacking the guile to replicate Humphrey's effectiveness.
McKinnon threw new signing Thomas Mikkelsen on for the last 15 minutes but the second loudest cheer of the half was when McGinn made his return from injury to replace Commons.
The loudest was when he scored his side's third three minutes later after taking the ball from a corner and shrugging off a listless challenge from Scott Fraser before placing the ball past Bell.


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Models Monday: Fruitvale Station
Posted bymilesaway44105 July 29, 2013 July 29, 2013 Posted inSeries, Worthwhile Viewing
I just came from seeing Fruitvale Station. The film offers a sensitive portrayal of the last day in 22-year-old Bay area resident Oscar Grant's life. Having apprehended Grant and several other black and brown skinned passengers after a scuffle on a BART train, Police Officer Johannes Mehserle's fatally shot Grant, claiming he mistook his own gun for his taser. Contrary to Kyla Smith's troubling review of Fruitvale Station, I thought Ryan Coogler's debut film was quite well done. Smith essentially charges Coogler with being manipulative by making Grant appear warmer and gentler than his criminal past suggests. This troubling assessment ignores Coogler's obvious efforts to create a black male character whose likely and unsurprising end was not matched by a depiction of his assumed depravity. Grant, who Michael B. Jones masterfully plays, has flaws and the film engages them. While Smith acknowledges Coogler's attempt to complicate Grant through an engagement with his former incarceration, former infidelity, and his failure to take full responsibility for himself, which accounts for him being unemployed, Smith contends that the film "tries to fit a halo on its subject, seemingly to play up the audiences sympathies." As evidence, Smith points to every detail of Grant's petty criminal past expunged from the film's record. Let's say that these additional details were added to the script, would Smith expect audiences to conclude that Officer Mehserle was justified in slaying an unarmed man? Smith flatly denies any affirmative conclusion drawn from this question, but he does question the integrity of pleading for justice on Grant's behalf if doing so depends on the charge that Officer Mehserle's actions demonstrate racism. In Smith's estimation, even if Mehserle were racist, it would be irrational for him to carry out his agenda "in front of dozens of people." Racism, however, doesn't depend on reason or logic, it works through power, history, custom, and tradition. Sure, there have been efforts to rationalize and justify white supremacy but such attempts are never valid. Officer Mehserle had a much greater understanding of the nation's low and contemptuous regard for black American life than Smith admits. Officer Mehserle understood that killing a black man wouldn't cost him very much–and it didn't: Mehserle spent 11 months of a two year prison sentence for his crime. And like him, George Zimmerman is chillin'…right alongside the four officers acquitted for killing Amadou Diallo and Officer Michael Carey who killed Sean Bell on the morning of his wedding.
Fruitvale Station pays homage to Oscar Grant. The film shows him as a father, a brother, a son, a partner, a friend. The film also reminds me of Hank Willis Thomas's tribute to his 27-year-old cousin Songha Willis who was shot on February 2, 2000 in the parking lot of a Philadelphia nightclub. In Pitch Blackness, Thomas uses family photographs of Songha in an effort to restore his humanity and with it, the weight and significance of his loss. Rather than allow his cousin to remain a statistic reflecting an expected outcome for black American males, Willis Thomas sought to resurrect the meaningfulness of his cousin's life through the many photographs of him with people who loved and cared for him. This video features Willis Thomas discussing his work and
how art helped him process his sadness and grief in the wake of his cousin's murder.
Fruitvale Station shows great sensitivity to the importance of offering audiences an example of black American humanity. Smith's critique of the film highlights the carelessness with which black American life is often read. From this point of view, Oscar Grant was too good to be true. According to Smith, Coogler's Oscar Grant has too much humanity and so is a lie; he isn't thugged out enough. His is an unmerciful view.
You should check out the film, it will piss you off for all the right reasons.
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Sharan says:
I should amend that to not simply say, "disempower or aid the racists," but the whole matrix, the United States paradigm…because unconscious bias or so-called "reasonable racism" is so deeply imbedded in the national psyche as to implicate all those well-meaning "non-racists" too.
milesaway44105 says:
For me, a concern for black life and vibrancy gets entangled with the untimely, violent ways that black folks die in the U.S. It is so important to me to generate meaningful ways of documenting, recovering, and commemorating the lives that racism sets out to destroy. This is not to say,though,that I wholly disagree with Davey D's approach. I just started reading Kevin Quashie's book The Sovereignty of Quiet: Beyond Resistance in Black Culture. In it, he asserts that "resistance" is a "broad, clunky, vague, and imprecise" way of rendering the expansiveness of black life. In reflecting on Whitfield Lovell's art, Quashie writes: "Lovell seems to aim for a balance between the social or public meaning of a person or object, and its intimacy, its human relevance. Where his earlier work created tableaux using full-bodied figures, the aesthetic of juxtaposition in these more recent pieces is what evokes narrative, as if we are seeing the unfolding of a scene of human life, as if more and more of the image will manifest if you look long enough…The key is to let the unexpected be possible." David D seems to be making a similar claim about such focused attention on how black folk die, which also speaks to what then becomes the accepted public narrative of black life in America. To their point, the lives that black people have made for themselves and the fact that we can experience joy, make love, offer kindness is an accomplishment overlooked given the cultural barriers surrounding the possibility of representing us beyond white supremacist expectations. Instead of letting "the unexpected be possible," this culture insists on ensuring that we call ourselves by the name they've assigned to us. And like Baby Suggs says, "why would I call myself some bill of sale's name?" Fully recognizing what we have called ourselves deserves attention and greater appreciation. For me then, giving attention to how we die doesn't have to deny the fact of black verve; when it's well done, that's how you feel and absorb the meaningfulness and significance of the loss. I think Hank Willis Thomas does an eloquent job of this in how he portrays his cousin's murder in Pitch Blackness. EMM
Yes, I agree about HWT's work. Also, the Quashie book sounds intriguing; I will have to check it out. "…that's how you feel and absorb the meaningfulness and significance of the loss"–Fruitvale Station accomplishes this. As much as Davey D was anguished by Oscar Grant's death and the film's revitalization of what the community went through in its aftermath, I think he could nonetheless appreciate Fruitvale Station, and other meaningful acts of resistance to the hegemonic narrative of criminalized blackness. But I believe a both/and mode of telling our truth is necessary–extending the spectrum within which we measure the valencies of black life. "…letting 'the unexpected be possible'…"–that is a powerful notion!
Thanks for sharing your views, Sharan. I definitely dig the Quashie book and would love to assign it, but it's too late in the game for that given where I want to position the text in the class. Instead, I'm going to assign his article, "The Trouble with Publicness: Toward a Theory of Black Quiet." The article was first published in African American Review, but you can access it through jstor. EMM
The great lie that many white Americans (and some Blacks) seem to have to tell themselves about policing and the so-called justice system, and racism generally, is that, no matter the circumstances, the victims deserve their treatment. We can't be allowed a complex humanity in the white imaginary…we're either "wearing a halo" (a serviceable construct which usually involves self-sacrifice for white folks' benefit) or we're the monster–or, somewhere in between, dumb beasts, jesters, shadows…
When my aunt and I were talking about going to see this film, she talked about how hard it would be for her to watch it, and told me about her immense anger at white folks when she went to see "Django…." She sat among a practically all-white audience in downtown Brooklyn, and feared starting an altercation before leaving the theater! So we need to be angered…but then, what to do with all that anger?
Interestingly, in a recent interview the journalist Davey D said that he and some of his artist friends have decided to not focus on "black death"–to not focus attention on or contribute to the paradigm that dehumanizes us–but to focus, rather, on celebrating black life. Does that reshape the discourse, shift the paradigm, does it disempower the racists or aid them?
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I respond to this post by responding to the last post in this series. EMM
Ism2 says:
I was completely derailed by this film. I knew the outcome and still shock consumed me. Then I was angry…angry at American whiteness that allowed this to happen, angry at myself for not doing more, angry because I have no response.
Thanks for writing.
It's a disturbing film indeed. The thing that makes me angry is that you can insert other names of dead black men and the storyline still works.
Mr. Jenkins says:
Would this be appropriate for young students in a school field trip setting?
Good question. I think young people need to see this film. Depending on where you teach, parents might protest this decision, but the dialogue would certainly give you strong evidence of the politics of your work environment. EMM