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Evolution *is* a Theory, and That's Fine
by Keith Humphreys
Conservative candidates are now routinely asked to take a stand on whether they "Think evolution is just a theory" or whether they are among the fallen who "Believe in evolution". These exchanges nearly bring up my breakfast on their own merits and have the added disadvantage of mis-educating the public about the nature of scientific inquiry and theory.
The dismissive remark "Evolution is just a theory" implicitly equates "theory" with the spontaneous speculations of the guy four bar stools down from you whom the bartender has at last cut off. In science, a great theory — evolutionary theory, for example — is a serious intellectual effort to explain the data we can observe and to generate hypotheses about the data we can't. Calling a biology professor "a noted evolutionary theorist" is a compliment in the scientific community, not an implication that he is stupid, misguided or refuses to accept reality.
The alternative to conservative politicians deeming evolution "just a theory" is for them to intone "I believe in evolution" or "I accept evolution." These sound to my ear inappropriately similar to statements of faith, e.g., "I believe in the transmigration of souls", "I accept Jesus Christ as my personal savior". If "evolution" in this faith statement refers to the theory of evolution, then this is the wrong terminology. Scientists don't believe in theories per se, they believe that particular theories do a good job explaining what has been established not through faith but via empiricism. If new data disconfirm the theory, a scientist wouldn't say "It doesn't matter, I have accepted such and so theory and with God as my witness that's an end of it". Rather any scientist worth his or her salt says the theory must be wrong and therefore has to be discarded or changed.
If on the other hand the word "evolution" in the statement "I believe in/accept evolution" refers to the observable data on whether evolution ever happens, this is also a conflation of the workings of faith with those of science. You can take a colony of drosophilia and let them fly through a maze, putting sugar at the end of a right fork in the maze and nothing at the left. In a few days, the flies who tend to turn right and get the sugar will be outbreeding those who tend to turn left and pretty soon you will have a colony of right-turning flies. At that point, you don't "believe" that natural selection can happen, you have directly observed it as a fact. You don't have faith in this context any more than you have faith that water turns to steam if you heat it to 100 degrees Celsius.
Journalists (e.g., debate moderators) could do a service to the political process and the scientific education of the public by asking the basic question differently:
"People have long tried to explain where the creatures on this planet, including human beings, come from and why they have the characteristics they do. We have data from our observations of living beings today, from the fossil record, from laboratory studies, and from a range of other sources such as the breeding and domestication of animals, and we want some explanation to account for it all. Do you think that these data are better explained by evolutionary theory or by creationism?".
[Cross-posted at The Reality-Based Community]
Keith Humphreys
Keith Humphreys is a professor of psychiatry at Stanford University. He served as a senior policy advisor at the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy from 2009 to 2010.

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ARK is a hoax, a front for Financial Intelligence. If you don't know, ARK is an investment group led by Cathie Wood, which has ridden the coattails of Elon Musk and Tesla for the past two years.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Like Musk, it is now setting records for most fake profit generated in the shortest time. Musk is now supposed to be the world's richest person, and ARK is the most successful short-term investment group ever.
That is how I know ARK is a fake. I know Musk is a fake, therefore ARK must be fake as well.
The other way I know is this quote from Bloomberg:
Not only are they are being used to promote Bitcoin, but all that other fakery as well. Zerohedge is promoting ARK and is of course also promoting Bitcoin like there is no tomorrow. So we have red flags piling up all over the place.
If you aren't getting it, Musk and ARK are being used by Financial Intelligence to make Tesla, Bitcoin, AI, DNA sequencing, and these other things appear to be hugely profitable, when they aren't. Why? Two reasons:
One, to steal your money in yet another way. They want you to invest in all this crap, at which point your money is theirs. Two, all this investment chatter will be used to convince Congress to give more of your taxdollars to fake research in AI, DNA sequencing, and the rest.
Remember, not only are SpaceX and Tesla not profitable, they have been propped up by huge federal subsidies from the beginning. Musk has been given billions from the treasury, which means you have been subsidizing that jerk all along.
What real money he does have has come from raping the taxpayer, as with all these billionaire Phoenies.
This is the way the fake "economy" works: it is all smoke and mirrors, a gigantic drink-from-the- treasury conjob, whereby the taxpayer is reamed with a dizzying array of fake projects: science projects, art projects, investment projects, defense projects, ....
.... security projects, tech projects, medical projects, education projects, and on and on. 99% of the federal government is just a paper moon on a cardboard sea.
Cathie Wood comes out of Alliance Bernstein, which is owned by AXA. Bernstein was founded by Zalman Bernstein, an Orthodox Jew who lived in Israel. He also founded and funded many Jewish organizations, including Avi Chai.
Alliance Bernstein is heavily invested in cobalt from the Democratic Republic of Congo, and it is used in electric car batteries. Its spinoff ARK is as well. So you see how it works.
Which explains the hidden Civil War we have seen so many signs of. You are supposed to think it is between Democrats and Republicans, but it is between Big Oil and Car Batteries (among other things). That explain the beating oil prices have taken in the past year, doesn't it?
You may have thought that was just an accidental side-effect of Covid, but clearly it wasn't. Which explains Charles Koch. Koch is an oilman, so we know which side he is on in this war.
We find another clue in that article from Bloomberg, where it is admitted ARK "was founded to invest in disruptive innovation". Disruptive, eh? That's Operation Rolling Stone, isn't it?
Change as the primary generator of profit, pitting the new wing of Intel against the Old. New Money against Old Money. Except that, as we have seen with Musk, Zuckerberg, and Jobs, the new money is mostly monopoly money, created with CGI. It doesn't really exist. It is fiction.
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The mainstream is now admitting Hitler was at least partially Jewish.
history.com/news/study-sug…
So why do I trust them when they tell me this. I will tell you why. It isn't because I trust them on this question.
Trust has nothing to do with it. It is because I can see that they are misdirecting even while admitting it. Notice that in the article, they want you to think Hitler is only Jewish in a couple of lines, while being mostly Gentile.
They are selling it as a minor irony, while not tying it to anything important. So they are spinning it heavily. This is what they do. We saw them do it with Lenin and many others. This indicates to me that Hitler was probably a lot more Jewish than they are admitting.
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Trump has been one more test of the gullibility of the American public—a test they have failed. Even those who don't like him have been fooled into thinking he is real person. He is about as real as Dudley Do-Right or Rocky the Flying Squirrel.
His genealogy is a total mirage. I'll show you where to look. His mother is Mary Anne MacLeod. So they want you to think she is Scots.
geni.com/people/Mary-Tr…
Then click on her father, Malcolm MacLeod. Then click on his mother, Anne MacLeod. She is the wife of Alexander MacLeod, so that is her married name. What is her maiden name? Whoops, it is also MacLeod, because her father is also named Alexander MacLeod.
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With no experience in the aviation industry Pompeo and three West Point friends, Brian Bulatao, Ulrich Brechbuhl, and Michael Stradinger, moved to Wichita and 'acquired three aircraft-part manufacturers there ....
.... (Aero Machine, Precision Profiling, B&B Machine) and in St Louis (Advance Tool & Die), renaming the entity Thayer Aerospace after West Point superintendent Sylvanus Thayer'.
Venture funding for the private organization included a nearly 20 percent investment from Koch Industries as well as Dallas-based Cardinal Investment, and Bain & Company (Brechbuhl worked for Bain at the time).
'Former' Nazi Schwarzenegger released a video message complete with waving American flag and Conan's mighty sword plus stirring background music, in which he likened Trump and the "DC rioters" to Nazis and assured us all not to worry because America and democracy shall prevail.
Arnie Alois didn't include a picture of his Vater sporting a Hitler 'tache in his message.
Gustav Schwarzenegger voluntarily applied to join the Nazi Party on 1st March 1938, 2 weeks before Austria was annexed.
Check out Arnie's Nazi belt buckle from a few years ago
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All this brouhaha about Twitter and Facebook shutting down the President is proof the Presidency is just a sinecure, an actor reading from teleprompters. If what you were taught about US Government were true, that would be impossible. Legally, Trump is still President.
He hasn't been impeached. He is President until January 20, when and if Biden is sworn in. Which means Trump is still Commander and Chief, in charge of all the armed forces.
All he has to do is order the military to seize Twitter, Facebook, and Google, and there isn't a damn thing anyone could do about it.
He should shut them down and put them in receivership, under military control, and jail all the top people for sedition.
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RENFREWSHIRE was left battered and bruised by breathtaking 91mph winds yesterday.
People enjoying the last day of their festive holiday were forced indoors as freak gusts caused widespread damage and disruption.
Several road closures were in place as trees were toppled, bus shelters blew over and roofs were damaged.
A section of busy Causeyside Street in Paisley was closed to all traffic as a three-tonne chimney stack fell onto the roof and the street below.
Ten people were evacuated from their homes and business were shut as the fire brigade worked to make the building safe.
The storm peaked at around 8am with gusts of 91mph recorded at the Met office Bishopton weather station.
Between midnight on Tuesday till yesterday lunchtime, Paisley fire station received around 180 calls.
The previous 24 hours it had taken 13.
Watch commander Kevin Hughes from Paisley fire station said they were dealing with a lot of fallen trees and structural damage but, thankfully, there had been no casualties reported.
He said: "We started receiving calls at around 7.30am on Tuesday morning and it was busy from then on.
"We were dealing with a lot of structural damage to buildings, tiles coming off roofs and fallen trees. I don't know if there is any damage from previous high winds but they certainly wouldn't have helped.
A spokesman for Renfrewshire Council said: "Since around 6am this morning Renfrewshire Council employees provided a coordinated response to the gale force winds. This included aiming to ensure roads were kept passable by dealing with some 20 fallen trees, including ones which blocked the roads at Grahamston Road and Hurlet Road in Paisley.
"Employees were put on alert to deal with any flooding caused by the predicted surge tide. There were minor issues at the Renfrew Health Centre which were dealt with. They were also called out to a number of schools where the weather conditions had set off alarms but no damage was found.
The gym hall roof at Auchenlodment Primary School was damaged by the high winds.
"Bin collections had to be halted due to the winds and all our civic amenity sites had to close. Joiners have been carrying out emergency repairs at council homes where windows have been broken. Any bins missed will be emptied on Saturday, weather permitting.
"We reacted to the high volume of calls from the public by activating our call centre to ensure that people got through.
An amber weather warning was issued by the Met office on Monday evening but it was upgraded to red – the strongest possible – at 8am yesterday when the storm hit.
Helen Chivers from the Met Office said the wind would die down over the next couple of days.
She said: "We can expect it to stay windy but it won't be as strong as what was experienced on Tuesday morning.
"Today will be pretty wet with about 40 and 60mm of rain expected. There will be gusts of wind of up to 70mph in exposed areas.


The first Johnny-Jump Up of the season.
You never know when or where a Johnny-Jump Up is going to show its smiling face. Those nomadic violas don't care where they hang their hat, as my grandmother-in-law would say. Bessy was her name, feisty, yet gentle. She loved to cook, bake, and laugh with her family and guests.
Gram, her grandkids called her, introduced me to begonias. A newlywed who'd never traveled north of Central Michigan University, I'd never seen or visited the place she and Gramps owned and operated. Presque Isle Lodge.
Now, the Lodge was a "one of a kind" destination, as modern marketing would tag it. During my husband's childhood, it was the safe, rustic place where he and his cousins spent carefree summers doing what most Michiganders do for recreation. Swim, boat, and race old beat up cars until they fall apart.
I knew none of this history when Mel pulled our 1965 Mustang off the road and parked before the Lodge. But I guessed a place with window boxes bearing pink flowers had to be friendly.
And it was, with the exception of gigantic northern wood spiders. They rivaled what hung out in pump houses in Kentucky when I was a kid. That Memorial Day weekend at the Lodge, I learned many things about the north, one being the attraction of the local dump. We might see a bear.
Although we didn't, I related to their community folklore. We had dumps along the mountainsides where I came from in Peter Creek. And I never saw a bear.
A Thousand Things, for instance, was a $1 find on the vintage bookshelf at the Addison Township Library. The 552 pages contain 1,000 questions and answers, a catechism of information and instruction. A thorough index follows.
Answer: "Virtually all songbirds utter their characteristic song only while on the wing or while perched on a more or less elevated object, such as the limb of a tree, a bush or a fence post." Shore birds and "certain species of American field sparrows", are a few exceptions.
Then, lo and behold, if the first Johnny-Jump Ups didn't appear in the gravel of our backyard patio—their yellow and purple faces plain as day in the morning sun.
Dear Reader, those little hoboes don't mind where they hang their hat—one of a thousand curious things filled with family legend and surprising adventures in my own backyard.


Screen Australia today announced the recipients of the second round of its Feature Enterprise program, providing $380,000 in support to feature film producers.
"We are delighted to be supporting these three filmmakers – they have proven their exceptional capability with the international success of their last feature projects, all of which have performed exceptionally well at key festivals. Kristina Ceyton's The Babadook, Sophie Hyde's 52 Tuesdays and Sylvia Wilczynski's The Rocket have gained impressive worldwide interest and sales. These funds will further build their businesses and offer an immediate boost to the development of their slate of projects," said Graeme Mason, CEO of Screen Australia.
The aim of the Screen Australia Feature Enterprise program is to recognise new feature film producers who have recently received substantial critical or financial success in the marketplace, by providing a working capital grant over two years to support them in the creation of their next Australian feature projects. The program was launched by Screen Australia in 2012 to contribute to the development of Australian feature film careers and businesses.
Feature Enterprise recipient Kristina Ceyton (The Babadook – Sundance 2014) has joined forces with respected developer and producer Samantha Jennings to pursue a varied slate in genre and scale. The team at Causeway anticipate the funds will strengthen their company by allowing them to diversify into TV collaboration with other producers, while bringing development support to outstanding Australian young talent.
Funding through the program will provide Sophie Hyde (52 Tuesdays – Sundance and Berlin 2014) with the opportunity to focus on feature film development and to strengthen connections with the marketplace, capitalising on the success of her last project. Hyde and her producing partner Rebecca Summerton will have the potential to produce screen drama stories that employ innovative storytelling, emergent ideas and strong audience engagement.
Sylvia Wilczynski (The Rocket – Berlin 2013) will utilise Feature Enterprise funding to provide infrastructure and personnel support in the growth and development of Red Lamp projects, following the successful festival and theatrical release of The Rocket, its debut feature.
The Enterprise Program in its entirety is currently under review with a new program of guidelines expected to be released later this year.


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Міжнародна федерація фехтування (, ) — керівний орган олімпійського фехтування.

Організація була заснована 29 листопада 1913 в Парижі. Сьогодні її головний офіс знаходиться в Лозанні (Швейцарія). У Міжнародну федерацію фехтування входять 153 національних федерацій, кожна з яких визнана Національним олімпійським комітетом країни як єдина представниця даного виду спорту у своїй країні. Під егідою федерації проводяться чемпіонат світу з фехтування і Кубок світу з фехтування.

Президент Міжнародної федерації фехтування — Алішер Усманов. Генеральний секретар федерації — Еммануель Каціадакіс (Греція).

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L'ultimo testimone è un romanzo giallo di Simon Scarrow, pubblicato in Italia nel maggio del 2018 dalla casa editrice Newton Compton.

È il primo romanzo giallo di Simon Scarrow.

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L'agente speciale dell'FBI Rose Blake è tormentata dai sensi di colpa per il fallimento della sua missione sotto copertura. Non riesce a dimenticare i ricordi dell'incontro con il serial killer Shane Koenig, assassino dall'intelligenza al di fuori del comune. Rose teme che a breve possa tornare ad uccidere, ma gli viene assegnato un nuovo caso, riguardante un uomo arso vivo che le sembra l'ideale per distrarsi.

Durante una cena di famiglia Rose viene chiamata dal suo superiore, l'Agente Speciale Flora Baptiste, che le ordina di recarsi immediatamente sulla scena di un delitto avvenuto a Palo Alto. Dopo qualche vano tentativo di rimandare, visto il momento conviviale che dovrebbe bruscamente interrompere, Rose saluta i suoi familiari e, a bordo della sua auto Chang'an, si reca velocemente a Palo Alto.

La scena del crimine è molto particolare, un uomo arso vivo seduto alla sua scrivania. Le indagini portate avanti da Rose cominciano a raffigurare un delitto abbastanza intricato, Gary Coulter è morto arso vivo mentre indossava una tuta tecnologica per la realtà virtuale. Inoltre vengono ritrovati numerosi segni di tortura sul suo corpo, ma le immagini delle camere di sorveglianza non rilevano alcun ingresso o uscita dalla sua casa prima e dopo l'omicidio.
La ditta per cui Coulter lavorava si appella al top secret per non rivelare troppe informazioni sul suo ex dipendente, l'unica cosa che Rose riesce a sapere è che era stato da poco allontanato dal posto di lavoro per furto.
Contemporaneamente il Dipartimento di Stato contatta l'FBI per sapere a che punto sono le indagini ed informa gli agenti che Coulter faceva parte di un progetto top secret del governo per lo sviluppo di tecnologie militari.

Anche il medico legale Arthur Benfield conferma che la vittima ha subito delle torture immediatamente prima di morire.

Nel frattempo l'agente speciale dell'FBI Owen Malinsky arresta, dopo una lunga ricerca ed un rocambolesco inseguimento a bordo della sua Chevrolet Suburban, l'hacker che si fa chiamare DarkChild.

Rose si reca al funerale di Coulter nella speranza di incontrare qualcuno che lo conosceva. Nota un tale dal fare sospetto, che si presenta come Sebastian Shaw, e lo ferma per fargli qualche domanda. Shaw le conferma che Coulter aveva rubato in azienda un prototipo della tuta. Diventa reticente a rivelare altro e si allontana velocemente dicendole di informarsi sul progetto Diva.

Dopo qualche giorno Rose viene allertata in quanto Shaw è stato trovato morto in una situazione analoga a quella di Coulter: ha indosso una tuta per la realtà virtuale ed ha tutto il corpo ridotto in poltiglia come se gli avessero frantumato tutte le ossa.

Rose e l'FBI continuano le indagini ormai convinti che vi sia la mano di un serial killer, probabilmente Koening.
All'improvviso avviene un terzo omicidio con una macchina che sbanda e finisce fuori strada. A questo punto Rose viene contattata da Koening che vantandosi dei tre omicidi la invita ad un chiarimento on line. Rose accetta per poi scoprire che il suo interlocutore non è Koening ma un'entità artificiale creata da Coulter per soddisfare tutti i suoi più bassi istinti.

Avendo raggiunto un altissimo livello di auto-sviluppo l'entità si sta vendicando ed uccidendo tutti coloro che utilizzano le tute per pratiche sessuali. Il prossimo dovrebbe essere Jeff, il marito di Rose, che a sua insaputa ha acquistato una tuta e la sta provando. Rose riesce a convincere l'entità a lasciare libero il marito e approfitta delle nuove conoscenze per tentare di incastrare definitivamente Koening.

Personaggi
 Rose Blake: Agente Speciale dell'FBI. 39 anni.
 Shane Koening: Serial Killer.
 Flora Baptiste: Agente Speciale dell'FBI. 50 anni.
 Harry Carson: Padre di Rose. Sergente Istruttore dei Marine in pensione. 72 anni.
 Scarlett Carson: Sorella di Rose. Agente Immobiliare. 33 anni.
 Robbie Blake: Figlio di Rose. 14 anni.
 Jeff Blake: Marito di Rose. 42 anni.
 Gary Coulter: Deceduto arso vivo indossando una tuta tecnologica.
 Owen Malinski: Agente Speciale dell'FBI.
 Arthur Benfield: Medico legale dell'FBI.

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How to produce waste only taking up one mason jar in one year?
Zero waste is not a new idea, but how many people are actually doing it in Hong Kong, one of the most wasteful cities worldwide? What can you do to help make Hong Kong greener?
Last week, Paola Cortese and Hannah Chung shared their experience as zero wasters, people who encourage the redesign of resources such that no trash is sent to incinerators (some can even fit in their annual amount of waste in a mason jar!). The event was filled with audience with lots of ideas about waste reduction, so read on to find out about zero waste lifestyle, resources in HK, zero waste startups, zero waste essentials and additional links.
· Paola Cortese moved from Jakarta to Hong Kong, she is a zero waster and founder of LoopUnite!
What inspired you to become zero wasters?
· From Hannah: Hong Kong lacks the resources to support recycling, e.g. plastic recycling has reduced after financial crisis simply because there isn't funding. It's cheaper to produce a new plastic bottle than to recycle. If I can raise people's awareness about reducing plastic waste, I am happy to do so, so I started doing zero waste.
· From Paola: When I was an interior designer back home in Jakarta, I always pushed sustainable options to my customers. But my home was not as sustainable as I would like it to be, and I didn't know how to improve it. When I read about zero waste and the circular economy[i], it clicked to me it's a perfect goal to take on for my life. It forces us to look at ourselves as part of nature, as one of many, instead of seeing ourselves above nature. That kind of mind switch is why I've become a zero waster.
How do you keep motivated to be a zero waster?
· From Hannah: I try to be creative and treat zero waste as a game, I won't punish myself if I forget to do it one day.
· From Paola: Zero waste is not a competition. If you feel challenged, remind yourself on why you are doing it and you just need to get to the rhythm.
What are some of your tips for being a zero waster?
· From Hannah: Start with baby steps, for example, Green Monday, where you cut down waste one day and stretch it out if you are interested.
· From Paola: Start by refusing straws when ordering drinks, and be prepared to carry around with you zero waste essentials, e.g. tumbler for water, lunchbox, your own cutlery and handkerchief.
How do you maintain a balance between pursuing zero waste and securing quality food? For example, shopping at wet markets can reduce the amount of packaging used, but the quality of meat may not be so good.
· From Paola: In HK, you can either go to a butcher for organic or free range or to a high-end supermarket for quality food. If you go to a supermarket, you can ask them to put the meat in your own box.
· From audience: Our family order meat from warehouses supplying to restaurants, we buy in bulk together with other families. This allows us not to support the bad part of the food industry.
· From audience: You can also go to farmer's markets to source local foods.
When you eat out or travel, restaurants and airlines waste a lot. How do you reconcile that?
· From Hannah: The idea of zero waste is not to make people feel guilty, but show how small movements can create a positive change, so we just have to do what we can to reduce waste.
· From Paola: You can't take responsibility for everything, but whenever I can, I recycle and compost my waste.
I have bought a Bamboo toothbrush, but realise that decomposition takes about 2 years. How should I handle it to reduce waste for the environment?
· From Hannah: Check if your housing estate programme has a compost programme to turn your waste into compost to help maintain the landscape.
· From Paola: You can use a compost machine to turn into non-toxic fertilizer to be used for your plants.
· From audience: If you run boiling water over the toothbrush, the bristles will come back a bit, so you can cut down on buying.
What are some of the resources for the circular economy in Hong Kong?
· From Hannah: You can also check out the initiatives set up by individuals, such as zerowastehongkong.com, or Facebook groups. Or you can set up your own! The good thing about these is that anyone can start these initiatives.
· From Paola: There are some organisations in Hong Kong, such as Plastic Free Seas, Sea Shepherd, The last Straw and https://www.change.org/, and some restaurants like Mana or Grassroots Pantry.
· From audience: You can also try "Waste no mall", a weekend market event hosted every Saturday in Yuen Long.
What sources can you use when it comes to buying clothes apart from fashion swap groups?
· From Hannah: You can buy second-hand clothing from consignment shops Green Ladies. You can take your clothing to act as consignment and also buy from them.
· From audience: Another shop is called Closeteur, which sells high-end and designer second-hand clothing. The NGO group called Redress do fashion shows once a year featuring eco-friendly local and international designers.
Paola, can you tell us more about your start up on zero waste, LoopUnite!?
· From Paola: Sure. We aim to create an online community about zero waste and unite all necessary resources in one platform. We are building an e-commerce marketplace to aggregate all kinds of zero waste solutions we can find in HK, both products and services. We also offer personal consultation, talks, workshops and a column like Agony Aunt to answer questions about zero waste.
Living in a capitalistic society like HK, we need the suppliers or corporates to also push for zero waste. What steps will your start up take towards this?
· From Paola: LoopUnite! will act as a platform to aggregate the products that people need. I will create zero waste guidelines for suppliers to ensure their operations are more circular e.g. specifying the types of packaging allowed, conducting EPR (Extended Producers Responsibility) etc. I hope LoopUnite! can inspire other businesses to switch their operations to be more circular.
[i] Circular economy is a regenerative system in which resource input and waste, emission, and energy leakage are minimised by slowing, closing, and narrowing material and energy loops. This can be achieved through long-lasting design, maintenance, repair, reuse, remanufacturing, refurbishing, and recycling.


The move against MXTrade comes after similar warnings about the broker from other European authorities.
Turkey's Capital Markets Board (CMB), the main financial regulatory and supervisory agency in the country, has blocked Turkish internet users from accessing MXTrade's website. The action was taken following an investigation by the CMB that allegedly found that the broker was targeting clients in Turkey despite not having a local license to provide financial trading services.
The move against MXTrade comes after similar warnings from other European authorities. In September, Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission warned that MXTrade is operating without a licence from it or any other EU regulator. A month before, Italy's Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB) had issued a warning against the broker for soliciting clients without the proper authorization to do business. The CONSOB said it found that neither Lau Global Services Corporation, nor its brand MXTrade, are authorized to provide investment activities in Italy.
As this case demonstrates, Turkey has one of the most regimented forex markets in the world and the Turkish watchdog is also very vigilant. While other countries' regulators usually just issue warnings and at most issue fines, the CMB actually blocks access to websites that it does not approve of. This paternalist approach may protect clients from trading with unregulated entities, in a way that is not possible in freer countries, but it also might lead Turkish traders to use VPNs to go around the country's internet censorship system.
Back in August the CMB levied a fine of nearly $30k against Isik Menkul Degerler, according to a CMB statement. Isik Menkul is a financial services provider, with a number of smaller subsidiaries, including IsikFX, its Turkish FX brokerage arm. The CMB imposed a $30,670 (TRY 89,628) fine against the Turkish company after the regulator took legal action following a violation of its Principles of Investment Advisory Activity.


BRABU Bihar declared B.ed results of session 2017- 2019. Muzaffarpur Brabu B.ed Entrance test held on 30 July 2017 in which 11,413 students appeared.
The BRABU Muzaffarpur declared the first merit list for B.ed admission test. BRABU Muzaffarpur declared the first round results for b.ed in which they declared the list of 3700 for 37 colleges on Saturday.
It also declared the results of 15 colleges on Sunday.
Muzaffarpur B.ed merit list of 3700 students in the first round and 1200 in the second round.
Total 4900 students listed on the merit list of Brabu B.ed 2017 for admission .this year Total 52 college listed under BRABU Muzaffarpur B.ed.
Bed exam marksheet available now.
Brabu declared B.ed results in two round.In the first round, Brabu declared the merit list of 3700 students for 37 B.ed colleges. So here are steps to check Muzaffarpur BRABU B.ed result 2017.
Firstly visit the Official Website of BRABU B.ed ( the Same site that is used at the time of B.ed test registration).
Or Now Can visit this Direct link for Muzaffarpur B.ed 2017 1st merit list.
Now fill your details i.e. Roll Number and Date Of Birth ( DOB ).
Hit Enter Button, Your results get appeared if you are qualified.
Do not worry if you are not qualified. BRABU will declare another list on Sunday of rest colleges. Stay tuned with this for that.
Date of admission in B.Ed course is extended up to 11/09/2017.
Students will get college on the basis of their mark sheet.
Qualified Candidates have to attend Bihar State B.ed Counselling 2017 program. Their students will get college on the basis of their marks.
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In her corporate practice, Kathryn handles asset and stock acquisition and disposition transactions (including the preparation and review of related loan and security agreements and transfer documents), and drafts and analyzes operating agreements, shareholder agreements and franchise documents. Kathryn also handles employment matters, federal and state regulatory matters, corporate governance issues, corporate and LLC formations and separations (including separation of physician practices), and not-for-profit corporate matters. As an added service to her clients, Kathryn prepares and prosecutes to registration federal copyright and trademark applications and advises clients with respect to licensing and trademark matters and work-for-hire arrangements. Kathryn also frequently works closely with our litigation team in prosecuting and defending against trademark infringement claims.
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Herrnschwende est une commune allemande de l'arrondissement de Sömmerda, Land de Thuringe.

Géographie
Herrnschwende se situe dans le bassin de Thuringe, sur la Helbe.

La commune comprend Nausiß, devenu un quartier en 1951.

Histoire
Herrnschwende est mentionné pour la première fois en 1253.

Herrnschwende est la scène d'une chasse aux sorcières en 1684 : un homme est brûlé.

Notes et références

Commune en Thuringe


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Hakone is a town in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of June 2012, the town had an estimated population of 13,492, and a population density of 145 persons per km².
town.hakone.kanagawa.jp
Lake Ashi, also referred to as Hakone Lake or Ashinoko Lake, is a scenic lake in the Hakone area of Kanagawa Prefecture in Honshū, Japan.
Hakone Open-Air Museum is Japan's first open-air museum, opened in 1969 in Hakone in Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Kowakidani
Kowakidani Station is a railway station on the Hakone Tozan Line located in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Sounzan
Sōunzan Station is a terminal funicular railway station on the Hakone Tozan Cable Car Line in the town of Hakone, Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Kami-Gora
Kami-Gōra Station is a funicular railway station on the Hakone Tozan Cable Car Line in the town of Hakone, Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Yugawara is a town located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Type: town
Location: Hakone, Kanagawa, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
Latitude: 35.2229° or 35° 13' 22.5" north
Longitude: 139.0316° or 139° 1' 53.8" east
Arabic: هاكونه، كاناغاوا
Chinese: 箱根町
French: Hakone
German: Hakone
Japanese: Hakone-machi
Japanese: はこねまち
Japanese: 箱根町
Korean: 하코네정
Polish: Hakone
Russian: Хаконе
Spanish: Hakone
Swedish: Hakone
Thai: ฮะโกะเนะ
Ukrainian: Хаконе
ManazuruTown, 12 km southeast
KannamiTown, 12 km south
SenpukugaokaQuarter, 14 km west
KaiseiTown, 16 km northeast
NagaizumiTown, 16 km west
OiTown, 16 km northeast
KomagatakeSummit
Kami YamaSummit, 1½ km northwest
冠ヶ岳Summit, 1½ km northwest
Mount TakanosuyamaSummit, 2 km east
Hiryu FallsWaterfall, 2 km east
Okada Museum of ArtMuseum, 2 km northeast
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Popular Destinations in Kanagawa
Okinawa Island
About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox and Esri for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Based on the page Hakone. See this page's contributions. Photo: Σ64, CC BY-SA 3.0.


In fact, Sabah Chilli Pan Mee is not a new restaurant from the block. It was quite a successful restaurant that somehow maintained their quality and makes me return for their signature dish once in a while.
There's quite a number of negative comments when they just started their business, as for now, with lots of improvements, they are running well and opened a new branch at Gaya Street too.
Handmade Pan Mee, Minced Pork, Anchovies, Half boiled egg, special ingredients and homemade dried chilli to be added with our preference.
The image above was taken months ago, when I first visited their restaurant while they are still new. The egg was 80% boiled, which less with its runny egg yolk. However, it used to be that, but not recent. They have improved in many site.
Unfortunately it's non halal 😔 can't try. Heard lotsa good review about this.
The Original one is from KL la.!
I havent got the chance to have it in KL!


If you're thinking about a property deal, call me – I like to be involved right from the start so that I can anticipate what is needed and act swiftly. Working with developers, buyers, landlords, tenants and banks, I see the property market from every angle. In addition, I'm qualified in both Scotland and England, so can assist clients on either (or both) sides of the border.
I am completely committed to my clients – I would never let a client do a bad deal. I'm not afraid to walk away from a negotiation and I will not only deliver but keep an eye out for new opportunities and chase them down.
I love the fact that my job gives me the chance to help to create something – new homes for families, new offices for companies. Outside work, my family and Rangers Football Club are my passions – usually in that order!
It is never too early to speak to your solicitor. Often, by the time heads of terms are agreed, positions have become entrenched. Consulting your solicitor at an early stage helps avoid this.
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What are the differences between the law in Scotland and England?
Do you have a couple of hours to watch my PowerPoint presentation? The main difference is that there is no Landlord and Tenant Act in Scotland, which means that the Scottish courts (in my view) don't defend parties who don't need defending. In most other respects, while the commercial principles are broadly identical, the terminology and systems are radically different. The system of Land Registration in Scotland, for instance, is about 50 years behind the English Land Registry, although it is getting better.
Is 'gazumping' illegal in Scotland?
No, it's perfectly legal (as is 'gazundering'). The main reason why it's uncommon in Scotland is that, having instructed a lawyer to sell at a price, if a client subsequently instructs his lawyer to accept a higher offer, the Scottish lawyer is bound to cease acting for the unscrupulous client. It's a great example of the Scottish profession standing together against unsavoury practice.
I'm buying a buy-to-let property, but I don't own any other property in the UK. Do I have to pay Stamp Duty Land Tax?
Probably, unless you're intending to live in the property as your main residence. It's vitally important to take proper tax advice. Not only can the savings be significant, but the penalties for getting it wrong can be catastrophic.


Every first Saturday of February, Perú celebrates its National Day of Pisco Sour. This refreshing cocktail was first made in Lima back in 1920 when the native from Utah Victor Morris, took a similar recipe of Whiskey Sour and replaced with Pisco, added egg white and bitters.
Come in this Saturday from 3pm to 5pm to taste and learn how to make traditional Peruvian Pisco Sour and get to know more about this drink and their amazing gastronomy with our selection of Peruvian gourmet products and literature.


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Home / Health / OHSU seeks AstraZeneca Coronavirus Phase 3 clinical trial for residents of Portland area
OHSU seeks AstraZeneca Coronavirus Phase 3 clinical trial for residents of Portland area
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Officials said Monday that researchers at Oregon Health and Science University are looking for residents of the Portland area to participate in the Phase III trial of the experimental coronavirus vaccine.
The university is the only institution in Oregon to participate in the trial of this special vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals. The trial is looking for as many as 30,000 volunteers across the country.
Dr. Danny Jacobs, President of OHSU, said in a statement: "Oregon Health and Science University is proud to contribute to the most pressing challenges in the world today: a safety for all. An effective COVID-1
9 vaccine." "We are asking residents of the Portland area to voluntarily participate in this trial and help all of us further stop this devastating pandemic."
To participate, volunteers must have stable medical conditions or no medical problems, and cannot be pregnant or have a previous diagnosis of COVID-19. Participants must live within a 90-minute drive of the OHSU campus in Southwest Portland. Officials said those who participated in the event will be monitored for two years.
Officials said the university hopes to recruit a variety of participants, and the lead researcher of the project, Dr. Marcel Curlin has been holding virtual meetings with community groups to explain the process and encourage people to participate.
Throughout the summer, OHSU was forced to cancel an unrelated coronavirus study that hoped to recruit 100,000 Oregonians after minority ethnic groups signed up.
According to a research paper published in The Lancet, the earlier AstraZeneca vaccine trial in the United Kingdom showed a "robust" immune response and only had mild to moderate side effects, including headache, fatigue and Chills. According to ABC News, last week, the company was criticized for how it provided data from some European trials. Some previous results seemed to indicate that subjects taking lower doses had higher efficacy. A company spokesperson defended the trial and told ABC News that "their behavior met the highest standards."
The experimental vaccine from AstraZeneca is one of three vaccines currently in late-stage trials. On Monday, Moderna Inc., which is developing one of the other vaccine candidates, plans to require U.S. and European regulatory agencies to allow emergency use of its treatment methods, starting vaccination as soon as next month.
Officials asked those interested in participating in the Portland area trial to visit the vaccine research website or call 888-VAC-STDY for more information.
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IFC and Intel Capital Team Up to Foster Technological Innovation in Developing Countries
Washington, D.C., November 14, 2011 —IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and Intel Capital, Intel Corporation's global investment organization, announced today that they will coordinate their technology equity-finance programs more closely to accelerate innovation and nurture entrepreneurship in developing countries across the globe.
IFC is joining the Intel Capital Syndicate Program, under which venture-capital and strategic investors co-invest in select deals with Intel Capital. IFC and Intel Capital will invest with a special emphasis on firms in Africa and other regions where the technology sector is underdeveloped. Most investments will occur in broadband infrastructure, data centers, and information-technology services.
"Innovation in emerging markets has created tremendous opportunity for entrepreneurs, and IFC is at the forefront of supporting companies that help spread the benefits of technology and telecommunications to people across the globe," said Arvind Sodhani, president of Intel Capital and executive vice president of Intel. "With investments in 51 countries around the world, Intel Capital has long recognized the value of international investment. We look forward to continuing a strong relationship with IFC and enhancing our joint efforts to find and invest in innovative companies in emerging nations."
A strong technology sector can be a boon to developing countries, improving economic efficiency and creating jobs that pay well. Since 2003, IFC has invested more than $3 billion in 115 telecommunications and information-technology projects in developing countries. These investments give local populations access to the latest technologies, best practices and wider markets, and increase the efficiency of operations.
"Intel Capital's leading expertise in the technology venture capital space and focus on nurturing innovation is a great complement to IFC's mission of promoting private sector development in emerging markets," said Kent Lupberger, IFC's Global Head for Technology, Media and Telecoms. "Our cooperation with organizations such as Intel Capital allows us to increase our reach by supporting companies that give people in developing countries the tools to improve their lives."
IFC and Intel Capital have successfully completed joint financings with many technology companies including De Novo, a data-center company in Ukraine; Yandex.ru, an Internet company that accounts for more than 60 percent of Russia's Web searches; and SONDA, one of Chile's largest technology integrators. IFC and Intel Capital recently provided $12 million in equity financing to Altobridge, a company that uses solar power and satellite-connected mobile base stations to provide telecommunications services to remote communities. The firm was named a 2012 World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer and given a 2011 Technology Innovation Award from the Wall Street Journal.
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused exclusively on the private sector. We help developing countries achieve sustainable growth by financing investment, providing advisory services to businesses and governments, and mobilizing capital in the international financial markets. In fiscal 2011, amid economic uncertainty across the globe, we helped our clients create jobs, strengthen environmental performance, and contribute to their local communities—all while driving our investments to an all-time high of nearly $19 billion. For more information, visit www.ifc.org .
About Intel Capital
Intel Capital, Intel's global investment and M&A organization, makes equity investments in innovative technology start-ups and companies worldwide. Intel Capital invests in a broad range of companies offering hardware, software, and services targeting enterprise, mobility, health, consumer Internet, digital media, semiconductor manufacturing and cleantech. Since 1991, Intel Capital has invested more than US$10.2 billion in over 1,165 companies in 51 countries. In that timeframe, 193 portfolio companies have gone public on various exchanges around the world and 284 were acquired or participated in a merger. In 2010, Intel Capital invested US$327 million in 119 investments with approximately 44 percent of funds invested outside the U.S. and Canada. For more information on Intel Capital and its differentiated advantages, visit www.intelcapital.com .
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package org.kuali.rice.kew.dto;

/**
 * A document event representing the transition of a document from one status to another.
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 * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
 */
public class DocumentRouteStatusChangeDTO extends DocumentEventDTO {

	private static final long serialVersionUID = 3969488320690393356L;
	private String newRouteStatus;
    private String oldRouteStatus;

    public DocumentRouteStatusChangeDTO() {
        super(ROUTE_STATUS_CHANGE);
    }

    public String getNewRouteStatus() {
        return newRouteStatus;
    }

    public void setNewRouteStatus(String newRouteStatus) {
        this.newRouteStatus = newRouteStatus;
    }

    public String getOldRouteStatus() {
        return oldRouteStatus;
    }

    public void setOldRouteStatus(String oldRouteStatus) {
        this.oldRouteStatus = oldRouteStatus;
    }

    public String toString() {
        StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
        buffer.append("DocumentId ").append(getDocumentId());
        buffer.append(" changing from routeStatus ").append(oldRouteStatus);
        buffer.append(" to routeStatus ").append(newRouteStatus);

        return buffer.toString();
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}

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Can blockchain regulation keep up with innovation?
Several large enterprises in various industries are still sitting on the side-lines, waiting for the rules of the game to be defined.
Even for the enterprises that are experimenting with the technology, it might be difficult to implement it on a meaningful scale unless they are clear about the regulatory framework.
Unregulated use of the technology by unethical and anti-social organizations, can cause serious economic and social damage to enterprises, consumers, and the governments.
The BFSI sector currently leads in terms of strategic and technological investments in blockchain. Therefore, the regulators in this sector have also become active and are closely monitoring the progress.
In United States regulators like SEC, CFTC (The commodity futures trading commission) and FinCEN (The financial crimes enforcement network) are actively studying and monitoring this technology.
Bank of England has also acknowledged the usefulness of this technology and is testing it for a couple of applications.
In Canada and Cambodia, central banks are actively involved with financial institutions and technology companies to successfully implement blockchain technology for different applications.
In India and China, the central banks are embracing this technology and are contemplating ideas of using the technology for digital currencies.
There are also other sectors such as healthcare, food supply chains, and identity management, where regulators and governments are showing keen interest to understand the technology and its impact.
Conflicting characteristics: Many characteristics of blockchain, such as transparency, security and immutability, should attract the regulators. However, these same characteristics are not compatible with the current regulatory set-up, and conflict with many regulations such as data protection and right to be forgotten.
Evolving Technology: The technology is still in development stage and there is lack of clear understanding of its impact on various industries and current the regulatory frameworks. With many companies conducting different pilots and proof of concepts there is a possibility that current regulations need to be amended or additional regulation to be introduced.
Public Blockchains: While it is still possible to draft regulation for a private network as number of parties are limited. However, in case of public blockchains it would be difficult to apply jurisdictional laws due to its nature of free access and international distribution.
Regulators need to start by acknowledging the aspects of the new technology which can positively impact existing industry dynamics. Next, they need to define a roadmap for creating a regulatory framework. Finally, they should highlight the aspects of blockchain which are difficult to regulate. This would allow other stakeholders to apply their knowledge and innovation efforts towards these 'tricky aspects'. We are sure, these steps will enthuse the enterprises and IT vendors and will expedite the process of rolling our the blockchain regulation, for various industries.
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Subject: The Big Banks On Trial, Again
URL: http://mney.co/1KqpOuI
The Big Banks On Trial, Again
By Shah Gilani, Chief Investment Strategist, Money Morning • @ShahGilani_TW • July 3, 2013
Shah Gilani
You want to know why the entire global financial system almost collapsed in 2008?
There seems to be a simple answer. Not encouraging, but simple: The European Commission is exploring the possibility that there was a conspiracy among 13 of the world's major banks that colluded to keep the entire house of cards a secret.
In a press release Monday the European Commission announced it sent a "statement of objections" to Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAC), Barclays (BARC), Bear Stearns , BNP Paribas (BNP), Citigroup (C), Credit Suisse (CS), Deutsche Bank (DB), Goldman Sachs (GS), HSBC (HBC), JP Morgan (JPM), Morgan Stanley (MS), Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), UBS (UBS) as well as the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) and data service provider Markit.
This statement of objections is a formal step in EU investigations that charges the banks, the dealers' association, and the swaps pricing agent and index controller of "colluding to prevent exchanges from entering the credit derivatives business between 2006 and 2009."
The companies are then expected to answer the charges.
"If, after the parties have exercised their rights of defence, the Commission concludes that there is sufficient evidence of an infringement, it can issue a decision prohibiting the conduct and impose a fine of up to 10% of a company's annual worldwide turnover."
Part of the antitrust behavior of the accused, besides controlling pricing of derivatives to their exclusive benefit, would likely address their complicity in veiling the entire market to deflect fears of counterparty exposure, concentration of risks and leverage in the financial system.
Behind the Veil: Where the Elite Meet
The ISDA, the trade and lobbying group for users of over-the-Counter (OTC) derivatives that was named as a colluding partner, said last August that after eliminating more than $200 trillion in notional value of interest rate and credit-default swaps by cancel ing offsetting trades, on an adjusted basis interest rate swaps totaled $262 trillion.
According to the ISDA's website it has 840 members. There are 196 "primary members" that include all the big banks in the statement of objections and most of the world's trading banks.
Associate members include banks, corporations and some of the most powerful law firms around the world. Among them: Washington power lobbying firm Patton Boggs LLP, bank and securities law firms Davis Polk & Wardwell, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, and Weil Gotshal & Manges.
The ISDA's "subscriber members" include the 12 Federal Home Loan Banks, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the Student Loan Marketing Association (Sallie Mae), New York Life Insurance Company, Intel Corporation (INTC), the Bank of England, Luxembourg and GMAC Inc. are all subscriber members.
Markit, according to its website, "is a private company headquartered in London. The company is owned by employees, private investors, private equity investors and numerous buy-side and sell-side financial institutions."
But Markit wants to change that. The company, which competes with Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters Corp, has been planning a public offering to raise $1 billion.
Outrage Upon Outrage
A Reuters story on June 25 quoted a source saying, "A registration statement for the deal could be filed with U.S. regulators during the fourth quarter of this year, although timing is still in flux and could change depending on market conditions."
The story names Goldman Sachs as the lead coordinator for the deal, but points out Markit's other large stakeholders, including JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America Merrill Lynch want to be lead syndicate partners.
An IPO may be a long way off if Markit, in large part owned by the big banks who also are all primary members of the ISDA, are all accused of antitrust violations and face potential multi-billion dollar fines.
In addition to its current woes, Markit would have to disclose that back in July 2009 the Justice Department's antitrust division had sent civil notices to banks that own Markit to find out if they had unfair access to price information.
Justice, or Just Cold Comfort?
A July 14, 2009 New York Times Dealbook post pointed to William Cohan, a former investment banker and financial crisis commentator, who said any potential investigation into Markit and its owners was overdue.
"The fact that they control Markit and it provides information about the prices of credit default swaps and they've benefited from this for many years without any challenge or investigation was outrageous," he was quoted as saying by Bloomberg News.
To date, nothing has come out of the Justice Department's investigation.
Yet again, the world's biggest banks, those principally responsible for driving the global financial system off a cliff, are being exposed for what they've done and how they did it. That's the bad news - for them.
The good news - for them - is they still have the earnings power to pay whatever fines are levied against them and that no one at the top of any of these criminal enterprises has gone to jail.
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Matt G
Thank you for your insight, Shah. I have interviewed with Wall Street On Demand a couple times, and always left with a very bad taste in my mouth. Your article prompted me to finally research the relationship between them and Markit, since I had heard once or twice of "MarkitOnDemand," and found that Markit acquired WallStreetOnDemand a few years ago. So now the bad taste in my mouth makes sense – a match made in Hell. I hope they rot there, along with Madoff, Ebbers, Lay and Skilling!
Shah, how do you do it?
It would take me hundreds of hours to unearth the facts you recite in this article.
The implications of the facts are so widespread the mind boggles.
What a world we live in.
Steven Harding
Drugs in the side panel of your Porsche? They take your car. Dealing from your house? You lose that too. Drug money in your bank account? All of your money, it's gone.
The same should apply to banks that violate their trust.
Jeff Pluim
Reply to Steven Harding
Steven, your idea has great merit. Take away all profits from their criminal activities and then also fine them as corperations, and then also fine the principals involved. If we cannot put them in jail, maybe we can put them in the poorhouse.
THIS DOESN'T SURPRISE. WE HAVE KNOWN FOR YEARS THE BANKS ARE UNDERHANDED.
AND THE FACT THAT THE US JUSTICE DEPT HASN'T MOVED ON IT IS ALSO NO SURPRISE.
HOW MANY LIGHTS NEED TO BE TURNED ON BEFORE PEOPLE CAN SEE JUST HOW CORRUPT THE BANKS AND GOVERNMENT ARE. THIS TRUELY MAKES ME SICK.
spinrbait
i just think this is just one of many shakedowns by gov'ts to legally steal money from the banks. when they go after fanniemae, freddieac, s&p for rating mbs's triple a. then come clean with the gov't policies, and gov't malfeasance, about warning investors the housing crash could happen, then they will be getting to the bottom of this. and if the gov'ts of the world were too ignorant to know this might happen, then shame on ourselves for electing such ignorant people. cnbc had a special back in 2009, where one person was going to all the banks and warning them of the house of cards falling. none of the banking models believed him. why didn't our gov'ts warn us it was at least a possibility? carl rove is on tv all the time saying the bush administration knew, and were warning congress. yet all i remember is politicans bragging about such high home ownership rates. i was looking to buy a house in 2007, but everything was so high, i told everyone it was crazy. people looked at me like i was crazy. they don't now. heck shah, why didn't you warn us? you're so smart and all.
Mannstein
Reply to spinrbait
It's all the government's fault that bankers are gangsters. Give me a break.
Shah, thanks again for putting the balanced facts out there in front of us. It is a sad day that there has been no action taking from the US Justice Department. Your prediction that no one person in leadership will be charged with anything either. But something is much, much better than nothing.
I sincerely hope the CFTC has nothing to do with this legal process. They are as corrupt as the banks. To take nearly 5 years to investigate the criminal manipulation of the Silver market by JPMorgan, smack of collusion. May the heads of these manipulating criminal empires, rot in hell!
PHIL@STEINSCHNEIDER.COM
This proves that the economy, like a system in nature, tried to shake these banks off its back by tipping them into failure. Instead of taking our medicine and allowing creative destruction to take place, the government and central bank flooded the system with liquidity. But it's not nice to fool Mother Nature, so it's only a matter of time before a new crisis is upon us that is virtually impossible to control—at least with money-printing.
If we'd just allowed these banks to fail, suffered the consequences, and let the free market take its course, the pain would certainly have been great. Plus, there's no doubt that so many of these exotic financial instruments would no longer be in existence. After all, if interest rates were set by the market, and currency not created by fiat, it's unlikely these things would even exist—in this form, at least—in the first place.
The longer we keep plugging holes in the wobbly structure without destroying the underlying rot, the worse the flood when the dam finally breaks.
Edouard d'Orange
The Justice Dept abets the crooked banks. The Attorney Gen has said while testifying in Congress that the financial system worldwide would be adversely affected by any attempt to prosecute the colluding banks who are guilty of antitrust violations.
Pamela Fife
Wells Fargo did a unfair home Modification on are VA home.False Documentation via mail, are Modification ended up costing us 4,500 also told us we had to be 3 months late,before they could do a Modification.I also know for a Fact, that Wells Fargo was hiding houses that had been foreclosed, under US Bank. WE have a VA home its old underwater. I do not like Wells Fargo or any of these banks as they mislead people lost there homes then they hid them under other banks. And then let brokers buy them fix them up now there back on market.
Derek | MoneyAhoy.com
Don't hold your breath that anyone will get anything more than a slap on the wrist.
It isn't going to happen. 99% of Americans have moved on. The bankers tentacles control everything!
Many belong in jail for a long time, but they write the rules.
I read that if it were not for the 2008 bailouts at the tax payer's expense, a lot of Warren Buffett's fortune would have been wiped out! Apparently at that time, Buffett was heavily invested in Goldman Sachs and AIG who as we all know stood to lose very much.
Google Buffett's Betrayal by Wolf Winkler Dated August 2009 for more info.
Reply to DD
No doubt. Just because he's a nice guy doesn't mean anything. Buffett is neck deep in crony capitalism also.
Tim L
I am not surprised to read of more criminal activity from the crooks that run the banks, but it still makes me sick. The banks and the criminals in government will face justice – sooner or later… everything will come out in the wash as it always does. It's just too bad that so much damage has been done. Manipulation in order to take advantage of so many people is truly evil, and the piper will be paid.
At the end of the day though it is all of our faults for letting them get away with it for so long. We were too busy enjoying the easy money – Just as they planned it.
I concur. I have tried to send similar exposes' to MSNBC and Fox News alike and have never gotten either to acknowledge them. Has MMN ever been interviewed for a story on such issues?
There is a Government above Governments that we never elect
It is out of control and will show no respect
To those we've appointed, who fail to perform
the duties set forth, as a Government Norm
Now who is the Master and who is the Slave?
Can the Slave become Master, when the Master is a knave?
Wealth is power and those who have it rule the world.
It has always been that way and it will never change.
That is not cynicism, the history of the world proves it is a fact.
Almost everybody has a price, and those who cannot be bought can be eliminated, for a price.
By eliminated I do not necessarily mean killed, just nuetralized.
Our Supreme Court majority has now made buying political power entirely legal.
Nothing really new there, the power of wealth continues.
Too much money, too much power, in too few hands. It's time to bust em up and split em up.
Leslie Belden
Why did it take seven years for the "Commission" to figure out it didn't get its commission? This is straining out a gnat in the camel meat–it's never going to be kosher.
Bill S
And if you, or any other member of the media or analyst community, fail to demand action or fail to continue to broadcast these findings the rest of us will continue to be victims of the idiots responsible for prosecuting the offenders. Why won't someone be held accounable for this mess?
stewart short
insatiable indulgent greed
penalise their miscreant deeds
fascism is their thing
take away their right of kings
send them a message that stings
close investment and deposit accounts
individual action still counts
zero will happen never does BANKS ARE "IT"
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On Sunday January 14, 1725, the 2nd Sunday after Epiphany, Bach performed Cantata 3 Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid. I discussed this cantata in great detail two years ago, so I gladly refer you to that blog post. Even if you already read it at the time, you will hear this cantata in a new light, knowing a little bit more and/or having listened to the cantatas that came before this one in the 1724/1725 chorale cantata cycle. I also added a YouTube link and updated a few other links.
Around this time in 1725, Bach most likely intended to keep writing a new chorale cantata every Sunday until Trinity, according to the "system" he had started on June 11, 1724, so he would complete a full cycle of these.
But things would not go as planned, and he would write only six more chorale cantatas this year … Keep following this blog to find out what happened.
January 31: would the sudden death of a friend change things for the immediate future?
February 11: Cantata 127 Herr Jesu Christ, wahr Mensch und Gott for Estomihi Sunday (the Sunday before Lent).
March 25: Cantata 1 Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern for the Annunciation of Mary.
There were no other cantatas during Lent (the 40 days before Easter). This period was considered a tempus clausum ("closed time") for the churches in Leipzig, which meant no figural music during services, only chorale-singing. A good time for Bach to … take a break? Ha! he was most probably incapable of doing such a thing. He used this time to considerably revise his St. John Passion from last year, and write an entire Easter Oratorio.


At the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Subcommittee on Solubility and Equilibrium Data, the Franzosini Award went to Dr. Pirketta Scharlin in appreciation of her continuous scientific and administrative contributions to the Solubility Data Project. It should be emphasized that Dr. Scharlin became the first scientist to receive the Franzosini Award twice.
Scharlin's expertise in the solubility of gases in liquids has led to one of the most successful sold-out volumes in the Solubility Data Series: Vol. 62, titled Carbon Dioxide in Water and Aqueous Electrolyte Solutions, published in 1995. At present she is chairing the Task Group of the project titled "Carbon dioxide in aqueous non-electrolyte solutions," an undertaking of the section on Solubility Data Related to Industrial Processes.
Dr. Scharlin served from 2000–2001 as chair of the Subcommittee on Solubility of Gases in Liquids. Since 2002 she has been a member of the Subcommittee on Solubility and Equilibrium Data, where she of course acts as the speaker for the task groups working on projects dealing with the solubility of gases in liquids. In addition to her scientific and administrative activities she is also successfully recruiting younger scientists interested in solubility data projects, such as Justin Salminen (Helsinki University of Technology), winner of the 2001 Franzosini Award.
Dr. Scharlin is docent and teaching assistant with the Department of Chemistry, University of Turku (Finland). Her research interests include not only solubilities of gases in liquids, but also excess thermodynamic properties of binary and ternary liquid mixtures.


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IT CAME FROM PLANET PORKCHOP: ATTACK THE BLOCK
Written By: François-Noël Vanasse
2011's Attack the Block under-performed tragically at the box office but became a bit of a cult classic thanks to favorable critical reviews. For a film starring current genre megastars John Boyega (The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi) and Jodie Whittaker (Doctor Who) it's worth revisiting. In the wake of highly marketable socially conscious genre filmmaking like Get Out (2016) and Black Panther (2018) the much earlier Attack the Block begins to feel a little bit prescient. This film, however, hardly had such lofty goals, but remains a hell of a lot of fun.
Freshly graduated nurse Sam (Jodie Whittaker) is on her way home when she is accosted and mugged at knife point by a gang of masked youths led by Moses (John Boyega). While the robbery is successful, Sam manages to escape unscathed when the affair is interrupted by a nearby car exploding, seemingly impacted by a small meteorite. As the group of boys inspects the vehicle, Moses is attacked and viciously wounded by a small, gangly, creature which runs off to a nearby playground. Vowing revenge, and eager to repair his bruised ego and impress his friends, Moses and the gang hunt the creature down and parade its corpse as they march through their home at the fictional Wyndham Estates. Like American "Projects" the Council Estates in South London have gained legendary status in pop culture as cheap homes for the downtrodden and criminal. The boys in the film somewhat affectionately call their home "the block".
While celebrating their victory, eager to parlay their fresh kill into respect and riches, the gang notices objects streaming from the sky and impacting all about the nearby area. Eager to collect more alien corpses, they arm themselves (with baseball bats and fireworks) and head out to what they assume will be another easy victory. Unfortunately for them, while the first creature was a barely two-feet tall defenseless weakling these new arrivals are enormous toothy-mawed monsters. Much deserves to be written about the look of these aliens. They are sightless bear-like animals with a hunched over posture and powerful clawed arms. Post-production added some crucial effects to the costumes and puppets by adding a vantablack effect to the dark fur and a blue glow to the monster's ravenous toothy jaws. It is truly creepy as the softly screeching creature slide through the lamp-lit shadows of London's streets and complexes. The boys quickly realism they are outmatched and run for their lives.
While all this has been happening Sam has been in contact with the Police. Now terrified of the place she called home, Sam has turned to the police for help in recovering her cellphone and ring and (somewhat unusually) the police have eagerly helped her, going so far as to patrol around the area with her in search of her muggers. It is while they are fleeing from the monster in the park that Moses is chased and apprehended by the police. While he is in custody, his friends contemplate his escape when the two officers on the scene are brutally mauled and murdered by one of the alien creatures. A combination of fireworks and chutzpah allows one of them to steal to police van and drive Moses and Sam away to safety.
Much of the dialogue in the film is in vernacular English, heavily influenced by Jamaican patois, and the cast of characters largely children putting up a bombastic gangster front with nothing to back it up except for fear of being swallowed up by the system. This is yet another film where the heroes refuse to call and inform the police even when bodies start dropping due to a supernatural threat. Unlike the typical flimsy excuse of "nobody would believe us" (which is territory the film covers plenty) these boys won't call the "feds" because they're more afraid of institutional racism than they are of bloodthirsty alien monsters.
But aliens and cops aren't the only threats to the lives of these teens. A series of run-ins with local gangster Hi-Hatz (Jumayn Hunter) ignites his psychopathic rage against the boys. It's a rather stunning display of toxic masculinity. Much of the film is devoted to bravado and machismo, the white hot rage of teenage embarrassment, and the reinforced cycle of neglect of abuse. Local girls rightly ridicule the boys for their posturing and behavior, but the nature of the film being what it is, their refusal to accept the situation as truly life-threatening until it is too late is more infuriating than the necessary comeuppance to would-be gangster thugs it should be.
Moses eventually surmises the aliens have been after him this entire time and decides to use himself as bait to lure them to their deaths. It's a bit quick but there is a sense of growth towards maturity and responsibility in the character here. Moses is an angry character and a swirling mess of emotions who succeeds only in getting himself into trouble. Faced with the deaths of two of his friends and the realization that many of his problems are of his own making he willingly risks his life to try and make things right. He even attempts an apology to Sam for the mugging, returning her ring, though it ultimately amounts to "I didn't know we were neighbors".
While fleeing from the aliens who have invaded the Wyndham tower, the boys spot Sam and rush into her apartment and apparent safety. The boys demand she treats one of their wounded and are unapologetic and caustic towards her. When she bitterly jokes that she's thinking of moving to a better neighborhood one of them aggressively asks her what exactly is wrong with her current one without a hint of awareness or irony. But when faced with a hallway full of extraterrestrial man-eaters or angry young teenagers, she chooses the latter.
With all this lip-service paid to sociopolitical issues, including one of the lads dismissing Sam's Red Cross volunteer boyfriend for not choosing to help local kids instead, a viewer might expect the film to have something to say at the end about all of this. Certainly the imagery of John Boyega hanging for dear life from a United Kingdom flag beneath his freshly incinerated apartment looks like imagery that's trying to say something. What that is, however, remains stubbornly unclear. In the aftermath the surviving boys are arrested while a crowd of supporters, held back by the police, chant Moses' name. Sam approaches the police, identifying herself as the earlier victim and speaks briefly in the boys' defense. "I know them, they're my neighbors, and they protected me". The lives of these kids are still disadvantaged, even after becoming heroes. But crises have a away of bringing people together and, at least for tonight, they've made one more friend.
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