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ChronicBabe 101: How to craft an incredible life beyond illness
ChronicBabe 101 is a course in a book—packed with 100s of resources for sick chicks like us. It's designed to teach newbies how to craft incredible lives beyond illness…and it's a great refresher for babes who've been sick for a long time and are tired of feeling like professional patients. Through personal stories, expert interviews, and practical exercises, I'll school you on relationships, career, emotional well-being, sexuality, personal organization, and so much more.
Are you struggling to reclaim your identity after getting sick? Frustrated with relationships that have gone sour, or a career that's stalled out? Ready to feel more savvy, sexy, and confident as you navigate your chronic illness journey? It's time to learn how to be a ChronicBabe!
I was 25 when my world was turned upside down by fibromyalgia, anxiety, asthma, and a handful of other chronic conditions. Since 2005, I've used my experience to build an online community for women with chronic illness who want to feel empowered despite serious illness—and taught thousands of women how to take charge of their lives through my website, videos, and speeches around the world. Can I teach you? Are you ready to be a ChronicBabe?
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Everyone needs a cheerleader! Your "pep squad" is made up of eleven experts, including psychologists, a physician, a pharmacist, a sexuality expert, a career coach, and more. You can listen to full-length interviews and download full transcripts.
Here's a handful of resources for you to download that will support you in your work, including a study guide for book clubs, a guide to making friends with your illness, and more.
These personal stories reflect the skills I've learned as a ChronicBabe and provide more practical tips you can begin to apply in your own life. Filmed a couple years ago, they're a little peek into how I manage my own ChronicBabe lifestyle!
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LCSD to use fed funds to upgrade
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By Lyndy Berryhill
Plans are slowly but surely coming together for the Lafayette County School District to have an updated communications and technology system in place.
The federal program that allocates a percentage of funds every five years for infrastructural improvement in telecommunications is beginning to phase out funds for older technology.
"The days of running a copper wire to wherever you want a telephone hooked up are just about over," Lafayette School District Technology Coordinator McNeil Stanford said. "It's all going digital and going based on Internet and IP address."
Stanford said the district is guaranteed around $450,000 worth of federal funds through E-Rate, a federal program commonly known as the Schools and Libraries Program of the Universal Service Fund. The Universal Service Administrative Company, under the direction of the Federal Communications Commission, administers it.
The program recently has revamped some of the qualifications and requirements for funding to encourage school districts to update communication technology.
For the older style of telecommunications, the program has reduced the percentage of funding from 85 percent to 60 percent.
Stanford said the funding is gradually phasing out for "voice" communication. Instead, the communication will be transitioning to "voice-over IP," which is accomplished through new fiber-optic technology.
Although in the beginning of technology updates throughout the district, officials are preparing for the inevitable switch to a newer system.
Lafayette School Superintendent Adam Pugh said although the district is operating efficiently with the current system, the phone system is refurbished because it is no longer made.
"We're still good now, but that is something that is coming soon," Pugh said.
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The sweet sounds of jazz filled the air at the Honey Jazz Gala concert, the diamond event of the Honey jazz Barbados Festival. Visitors from Australia, London, America, Finland, Canada and Ukraine were part of the appreciative audience who were enthralled by the vocal and musical excellence of the production this past Saturday at Frank Collymore Hall.
Photo provided by Ebonnie Rowe. Hosts Caroline Cici Reid and Kirk Brown holding special Visitor Prize Package courtesy of the BTMI.
Host Caroline "Cici" Reid was joined this year by popular personality Kirk Browne and the pair proved to be a delightful dynamic combination, guiding the audience through the production seamlessly beginning with a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald and continuing with an eclectic variety including interpretations of songs by Sade, Peggy Lee, Amy Winehouse, Norah Jones, Nat King Cole and more along with instrumentals by the Honey Jazz Band led by Mylon Clarke..
Photo provided by Ebonnie Rowe. Photography by LEX Events. American Broadway Star Ted Louis Levy.
Pannist Hashim Durant was the featured musician, joining the band for a beautiful rendition of Bill Withers' "Just the Two Of Us." There were also two surprise appearances that wowed the crowd by Betty B and also Nikita who performed with her brother Jabari.
Sweet like Honey, Smooth like Jazz – another fantastic night of live music.


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Chico State students are to receive their diplomas next week, marking that they have answered all the questions needed to earn their degree. But there's one question left that every graduate needs to answer: Now what?
I interviewed many soon-to-be Chico graduates who revealed their plans, their fears, their hopes and their advice for fellow Wildcats that are soon to be in the same position.
Annie Michelotti belongs in the front of a classroom. Going into college, she knew she wanted to be an elementary school teacher in her home school district in Modesto. Five years later, she landed a job as a first grade teacher in that exact district.
Most college students change their majors at least once, many changing up to three times in their college careers. But liberal studies was Michelotti's calling from the beginning.
Despite being excited to leave, Michelotti is sentimental about leaving some of her friends and mentors she made along the way. She accredits professor Linda Mobilio-Keeling as the person who helped her the most with the transition when Michelotti came here as a transfer student.
Freshman Nate Carney's only post-graduate goal was to get a job. Now, Nate is set to make up to $90,000 a year as soon as he accepts his degree.
When Carney tells me he could make up to $90,000 a year, I laugh with wonderment, knowing I and many of my fellow liberal studies majors could only dream of stability like that right after college.
Carney, however, feels like his luck may be too good to be true, and getting a job now doesn't mean stability forever.
Sam Wolfson never stopped smiling during his interview. Talking about the future is a daunting task for most people, but Wolfson speaks about it with confidence, despite the fact he has no immediate plans.
"I've just been trying to enjoy my last semester, you know? I'm not trying to rush into it." In fact, Wolfson csays he's turned down job offers to wait on a company that better suits his personality and work style.
I ask Wolfson if he as any regrets, and he shakes his head with a knowing smile.
The upcoming week will be a week of lasts. Last final, last essay, last coffee from Common Grounds, last walk in Bidwell Park and last time seeing friends.
These graduates know that, but they also know that the months ahead will be a time of firsts.
Elizabeth Helmer can be reached at [email protected] or @lizziehelmer on Twitter.


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The love between Samsung and Apple on patents lawsuit front never seems to be ending soon. The South-Korean giant brings out another eight patents to Apple's Northern District court injunction. Two of these patents are licensed under FRAND terms. In recent times, the US District Court Lucy Koh had referred representatives from both the companies for the settlement talks. The talk which includes both companies CEO – Apple's Tim Cook and Samsung's Choi Gee-sung to be a part of it.
U.S. Patent No. 7,756,087 on a "method and apparatus for performing non-scheduled transmission in a mobile communication system for supporting an enhanced uplink data channel" accused products: iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPad 2, and New iPad declaration of standard-essentiality to ETSI in May 2006 presentation of claim charts to Apple in October 2010
U.S. Patent No. 7,551,596 on a "method and apparatus for signaling control information of uplink packet data service in mobile communication system" accused products: iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPad 2, and New iPad declaration of standard-essentiality to ETSI in May 2010
U.S. Patent No. 7,672,470 on an "audio/video device having a volume control function for an external audio reproduction unit by using volume control buttons of a remote controller and volume control method therefore" accused products: all iPhones, all iPads, and all iPod touches
U.S. Patent No. 7,577,757 on a "multimedia synchronization method and device" accused products and services: all iPhones, all iPads, all iPods, all Apple computers, Apple TV, iCloud, and iTunes acquired from ReQuest in September 2011
U.S. Patent No. 7,232,058 on a "data displaying apparatus and method" accused products: all iPads
U.S. Patent No. 6,292,179 on a "software keyboard system using trace of stylus on a touch screen and method for recognizing key code using the same" accused products: all iPhones, all iPads, and iPod touches dropped from Samsung's counterclaims in the first California litigation in July 2011 (to be precise, Samsung converted a separate countersuit into counterclaims, and in that process left a couple of patents behind) presentation of claim charts to Apple in October 2010
U.S. Patent No. 6,226,449 on an "apparatus for recording and reproducing digital image and speech" accused products: all iPhones, all iPads, iPod touches, and Apple computers acquired from Hitachi in August 2011
U.S. Patent No. 5,579,239 on a "remote video transmission system" accused products: all iPhones, and all 3G iPads with cameras acquired from a group of three inventors in October 2011
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Geena Davis: damaging stereotypes on screen limit women's aspirations
Actor speaks out as film industry study on characters in leadership roles finds women four times more likely than men to be shown naked
"50/50": Geena Davis has called for greater representation of women in leadership roles in film and TV. Photograph: Marc Piasecki/WireImage
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The promises of positive change for women on screen that followed her role in the groundbreaking film Thelma and Louise have failed to materialise, leaving girls today with few role models, according to the actor Geena Davis.
The media continue to have a huge influence on how the world views women and girls, and how they view themselves, she said. But few current roles show women in powerful positions, and continue to reinforce damaging gender stereotypes.
Davis was speaking to the Guardian as research into the film industry showed that of characters in leadership positions, women were four times more likely than men to be shown completely naked. The study also found that 42% of men were shown in leadership roles, compared with 27% of women.
"We know from many examples that media images can be incredibly powerful in a positive way if you bother to do that," Davis told the Guardian. "My theory is we don't have enough real-life role models of women in important positions and occupations to inspire change, and so we need to have them in fiction so that life will imitate art.
"I believed all the press reaction about Thelma and Louise, that it was going to change everything and that there were now going to be far more female lead characters in movies, and I was thrilled.
"And actually the next move I made, A League of Their Own, the press announced the same thing, that now absolutely for sure everything is going to change. There'll be so many sports movies now. And none of those things happened.
"Over the 25 years since, there have been a number of times that movies have come out and people [have said], 'This is going to change things,' and it didn't," added Davis, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her role as Thelma in the 1991 film.
"It's incredibly disappointing how little progress has been made."
Research published on Tuesday analysed the film industry's portrayal of women and its impact on the lives of girls, carried out by the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, which the actor founded in 2004, and the NGO Plan International.
It analysed the 56 top-grossing films of 2018 in 20 countries in North America, Scandinavia, Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe.
Of the characters in leadership positions, it found that women and girls were four times more likely than men to be shown wearing revealing clothing; nearly twice as likely to be shown as partially nude; and four times more likely to be shown completely naked. It also found that when a slow motion focus was used on lead characters' bodies, nearly twice as many female leads were sexually objectified than men.
Research also revealed that twice as many men appeared in the 56 films and they spoke twice as much as women.
Male characters were shown as being more effective and more respected when in leadership positions, while female presidents and prime ministers were portrayed as struggling with the job. Where female characters were portrayed as strong, it was in the home.
Almost half of the characters across the films analysed, which collectively earned $21bn (£17bn) at the box office, were white. Only one of the 60 female leaders in the films was LGBTQ+. None of the films was directed by a woman, only a quarter had at least one female producer and one in 10 had at least one woman on the writing team.
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In the report, Rewrite her Story, 10,000 girls and young women between the ages of 15 and 25, in 19 countries, were polled about the role media played in shaping their aspirations and view of themselves.
The vast majority of those interviewed said they were influenced by what they saw on screen and wanted more role models. More than 90% said they believed women in leadership roles were treated less well because of their gender.
"Of course it hurts me because … even if I know I could be a leader, I won't do it because I see it is just for men, not for women," a 22-year-old Ugandan woman told researchers. "So that affects me. I'll have to sit back and watch men doing it, even though I am capable of doing it too."
Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen, CEO of Plan International, said while "a woman 007 or superhero in film is welcome … our research shows they are exceptions and not the rule".
"The bigger picture is that gender discrimination and harmful stereotypes still dominate on screen. This undermines girls and young women and has a negative impact on their aspirations to leadership in all walks of life."
Davis said she remained optimistic that things would improve. The #MeToo and Time's Up movements have had a "remarkable" impact on the industry. "We can feel change in the air," she said.
"I feel the easiest way to bring change in our culture is on-screen representation. And if you make it happen there, it will happen in real life."
Davis, who this year joined Netflix wrestling drama Glow, played the ultimate leadership role – that of a female US president in the 2005 TV show Commander in Chief. It was axed by ABC after one series. But, she said, a study found that 58% of people said they were more likely to vote for a female candidate for president "after seeing me behind the desk".
She added: "Imagine if I had stayed on air for eight years, what would be happening now?"


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What's Going on With The Raiders?
The Oakland Raiders are my favorite team and a question I ask myself a lot during the offseason is, what's going on? Raiders are known for outrageous contracts and using free agency as the draft to sign players who used to be good but are no longer up to par.
But since so many changes have come up after the horrendous showing against San Diego, a game that would have pushed them into the playoffs for the first time since 2002. So what's in store for the 8-8 team? The first thing done was wiping out most of the coaching staff from last season including head coach, Hue Jackson and replacing him with Denver Broncos defensive coordinator, Dennis Allen. Allen would be the first defensive minded coach since Raiders hired John Madden for the job in 1969, bringing the franchise a Super Bowl victory in 1976. Does that mean history will repeat itself, bring the franchise to glory once again? Only time will tell.
So far the biggest player move the team did, was letting go of CB, Stanford Routt who recently signed with Raiders rival, Kansas City Chiefs. But besides that nothing has been done and all it does is bring up more questions. What's going to happen to now free agent RB,
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Michael Bush? Will a franchise tag be placed on him? Or will he be a started for another team? Bush led the team in rushing with 977 yards and seven touchdowns. He took on a heavy load when the teams star running back, Darren McFadden was injured during the October 2nd game against the New England Patriots. McFadden is going into his fifth season with the Raiders and has yet to play a full season for the team. There's always high hopes for the running back, but that hope quickly diminishes when some sort of injury comes up and he misses the rest of the season. So it brings up more questions, should Raiders lose faith in McFadden and put all their apples in one box with Bush? This as of now continues to be undecided.
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Besides the ever so popular running back question another "controversy" is happening with the team that involves the teams quarterbacks, Carson Palmer and Terrelle Pryor. The Raiders put so much on the line when acquiring Palmer from the Cincinnati Bengals after quarterback, Jason Campbell went down. But was a first round draft pick in this year's draft and a second round pick in next year's draft worth 13 touchdowns and 16 interceptions?!? Former coach Jackson seemed to think so and so does Allen,
"I think absolutely he can fit. . . . We're not going to force-feed something if it doesn't fit what a guy does really well, we're not going to force-feed that. But I do think when you look at Carson Palmer, that he does have the same type of athleticism. He's as athletic as Matt Schaub, who they had in Houston, to really be really be able to run that same package."
So what does that mean for Terrelle Pryor who was taken in last year's supplemental draft? The answer remains up in the air as he could possibly be the backup QB to Palmer, but as of now the franchise remains mum about Pryor's status.
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Beauty is in the eyes of the gamer, by goyo
In 2005 film critic Roger Ebert set off a cyber lucha libre when he declared, "Video games can never be art." In his own words, "No one in or out of the field has ever been able to cite a game worthy of the great poets, filmmakers, and novelists." Ebert delivered his statement through his Chicago Sun Times blog. Almost immediately, it was countered with a mix of arguments coming from game designers, gamers, critics, and scholars.
First to jump in the ring was game designer Kellee Santiago, who felt that Ebert was out of touch. "It doesn't seem that Ebert has played many, if any video games. And if that's the case, then his opinion on the subject isn't relevant anyways," claimed Santiago. The two squared off multiple times in the blogosphere with Santiago, concluding that Ebert's argument was weak because he defined art as, "usually the creation of one artist." In her Tedx Talk, Santiago cited two examples, "Flower" and "Braid," as having been created and developed by individuals. In Ebert's defense, Chris Baker, a blogger for Wired.com wrote, "And no one can say Ebert doesn't understand or value the open-endedness of games, or the joy of exploring a compelling virtual world." Baker offers up an example of a 1994 review of the game, Cosmology of Kyoto, where Ebert wrote, "The graphics are hauntingly effective, using a wide-screen landscape format. The individual characters are drawn with vivid facial characteristics, a cross between the cartoons of medieval Japanese art and the exaggerations of modern Japanimation. The speaking voices are filled with personality, often taunting, teasing, or sexy. There is a sense, illusory but seductive, that one could wander this world indefinitely. This is a wonderful game." So the question was not Ebert's ability to appreciate games, it had more to do with how he defined art. Ebert's felt, "Art is created by an artist. If you change it, you become the artist… Art seeks to lead you to an inevitable conclusion. Not a smorgasbord of choices."
Tagged and ready to rumble, Clive Barker, a novelist and video game auteur said, "I think that Roger Ebert's problem is that he thinks you can't have art, if there is that amount of malleability in the narrative. In other words, Shakespeare could not have written "Romeo and Juliet' as a game, because it could have had a happy ending, you know? If only she hadn't taken the damn poison. If only he'd have gotten there quicker." Then Ebert got trapped in a corner, when he referenced Andy Warhol. "I mentioned that a Campbell's soup could be art. I was imprecise. Actually, it is Andy Warhol's painting of the label that is art. Would Warhol have considered Clive Barker's video game "Undying" as art? Certainly. He would have kept it in its shrink-wrapped box, placed it inside a Plexiglas display case, mounted it on a pedestal, and labeled it "Video Game." In his attempt to personalize his attack, Ebert comes across shortsighted by not understanding Warhol's relation to other twentieth-century artists, such as Marcel Duchamp. Duchamp was part of the Dadaist Movement that had only one rule: Never follow any known rules. Dada was born in Europe in response to the horror of World War I. It was created to promote an emotional reaction from the viewer (typically shock and outrage). In using Warhol as an example Ebert misses the bigger picture. Gaming unlike cinema is still in its early stages of development. The question of whether or not it is truly an art form may be premature. As a whole it reflects the same model as Hollywood with its thirst for popular, blockbuster-like titles. But very similar to independent film it is beginning to exhibit more sophisticated storylines and concepts that fully exploit the interactive medium. In recognition of this trend, the British author, journalist and critic Steven Pool writes, "A beautifully designed videogame invokes wonder as the fine arts do, only in a uniquely kinetic way. Because the videogame must move, it cannot offer the lapidary balance of composition that we value in painting; on the other hand, because it can move, it is a way to experience architecture, and more than that to create it, in a way which photographs or drawings can never compete. If architecture is frozen music, then a videogame is liquid architecture."
It's been seven years since Roger Ebert's stated that, "Video games can never be art." Huge things have happened since then. For example, in 2011 the U.S. Supreme Court recognized video games as art. According to the ruling, "They deserve the same First Amendment protections as books, comics, plays and all the rest." This year, the Smithsonian Museum of American Art will open an exhibit titled, "The Art of Video Games." Chris Melissinos, the curator believes that, "The responsibility of this exhibition is to enlighten and inform in terms of what games really are." Visitors will get to play video games while looking at them through a historical platform. To add another dimension to the exhibit, the Smithsonian selected their games by launching an "Art of Video Games Voting Site." Participants were offered a chance to vote for 80 games from a pool of 240 proposed choices in various categories. The show will span many eras from Pac-Man to Flower and everything in-between. Will this exhibit set the record straight once and for all? Perhaps it will, but what has become evident is that when it comes to art and in this case gaming, "Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder."
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Author: Ken Kruly
January 19, 2021 January 19, 2021 / Ken Kruly	/ 1 Comment
As someone who has lived most of his life as a participant and an observer of local politics, I have to admit that the local scene isn't quite as exciting or interesting as it was in years past. I've been wondering why.
It may be that local and state politics is not attracting the sort of personalities that ran for office or helped get people elected in days gone by. Or maybe the elected jobs that people seek are not what they were once cracked up to be.
Older readers have institutional knowledge of a different kind of politician. There aren't politicians like Joe Crangle or Stanley Stachowski or Arthur Eve or Ned Regan or Vic Farley or Alfreda Slominski active anymore. They operated in a different manner. Whether their styles would work in the 2020's is anyone's guess.
Maybe it's that the issues in local politics are different. Over time government programs get added or changed, costs go up, but revenues usually don't rise accordingly. So those in office or interested in running for office might consider that it is harder to promise things in a campaign that may be beyond being deliverable once costs are calculated and available resources are assessed. The pandemic has exacerbated that problem.
Resource availability is most relevant in races for executive offices, and to a lesser degree, for legislative offices. The subject gets vaguer when the public office in question is an administrative position such as comptroller, clerk or sheriff where costs are relevant but money decisions rest with other officials.
Among the approximately two hundred local offices on the ballot in Erie County alone in 2021, there are three with the most visibility as the election season begins. Petitions are due to hit the streets soon. More on that below. It's time for candidates and would-be candidates to show their hands.
In the race for mayor there will likely be a Democratic primary facilitated perhaps by legislation that might make it easier in a pandemic for a candidate to qualify for the ballot. Having a primary, however, is no guarantee that the election will pose a serious challenge to Mayor Byron Brown winning a fifth term.
The city has multiple serious problems in terms of poverty, education, housing, management of the Police Department and its finances. The issues did not develop overnight; it will take a long time to resolve them. Overshadowing all the issues is the lack of money to finance city operations.
If President Joe Biden and the Congress can work out another relief package that includes state and local government aid one of the main questions will be how long such assistance will be available. The Buffalo Fiscal Stability Authority projects major deficits extending for at least the next four years. Will the city use the time that any 2021 relief package offers to put itself in a better financial position or will city officials simply expect relief packages extending beyond 2021?
At this point in time it is hard to imagine Mayor Brown being seriously challenged. He has his own well-established political organization, and as of July had $115,568 in his campaign account; the new financial report that was due to be filed on January 15 was not available as of the close of business on January 18. Brown's account is hardly an overwhelming number but India Walton has not reported a penny collected yet even though she has a committee established. Two other potential candidates, Scott Wilson and La'Candice Durham, do not have campaign financial accounts created at this time.
Brown is in a position to raise considerable sums from people who have an interest in his re-election – think contractors and vendors who have business with the city and City Hall employees. On the other hand insurgent candidates can often these days raise considerable sums from small dollar grassroots organizations if they can catch fire with voters. At the moment such fires are not evident in Buffalo.
Incumbent Erie County Comptroller Stefan Mychajliw will not seek re-election. The Democrats will nominate Erie County Legislator and Canisius College political science professor, Dr. Kevin Hardwick, who has been a Democrat for nearly three years now. (Perhaps Republicans, who seem to have some sort of hang-up with recognizing that First Lady Jill Biden has a doctorate, will raise issues with Dr. Hardwick. :) The more pressing issue for Republicans is coming up with a candidate for comptroller, unless they are just being secretive about a bid by Lynne Dixon, Mychajliw's Deputy for Public Relations.
A financial check: As of January 10th, Hardwick had $15,360 in his campaign account. Dixon still has $6,402 left from her 2019 campaign for Erie County Executive.
The race for Erie County sheriff is getting more interesting. Retired Buffalo police officer Karen Healy-Case seems to be the favorite of county Republicans while another former Buffalo officer John Garcia has been steadily building political support and finances. His recent financial disclosure shows an impressive total of $135,422, including a personal $50,000 loan to his campaign. Healy-Case reported $29,050, which includes a personal loan of $28,000.
The Democratic candidate for sheriff could be Buffalo Chief of Detectives Dennis Richards. He does not have a campaign committee filed yet. Former FBI official Bernie Tolbert, who came within 4,000 votes of being elected in 2017, is interested in running again. Tolbert does not have a campaign financial report on file for 2021 at this time.
The problem that Hardwick and the Democratic nominee for sheriff must contend with is that November Democratic turnout in the City of Buffalo is generally at its lowest in this year of the four year election cycle. If the countywide Democratic candidates can push Buffalo turnout for their races to approach suburban turnout numbers then they will have a reasonably good chance of election. Previous blog posts have highlighted this problem. For Peanuts fans, this is your classic Lucy-pulling-the-football-away-from-Charlie-Brown problem. Or for the more literary, "those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it."
And then there is Hamburg
The Town of Hamburg will elect a new supervisor in November. Incumbent Supervisor Jim Shaw, who has performed ably for the past four years, has decided not to run for re-election.
At the moment the Democratic Party has no candidate for supervisor. The Republicans have settled on Stefan Mychajliw, who has $1,752 in his campaign treasury. He spent $5,000 in campaign funds on legal fees to a Lockport firm in September, about the time of a legal proceeding concerning his campaign finance problems were being heard in court.
Mychajliw has set his sights on being the Erie County Donald Trump as he tweets away and stakes out Trumpian positions on local issues. Was he one of those on local buses that went to Washington on January 6?
Given Mark Poloncarz's quality management of the county's finances, Mychajliw has little to talk about concerning his eight years as comptroller. Politically he burned many bridges with his failed campaign for Congress. And then there are some pesky issues related to the handling of his campaign finances, including the money swapping arrangements by his deputies between his state-regulated campaign account and the federal congressional campaign account.
It seems that Republicans would have had a more natural, quality candidate for Hamburg supervisor in Lynne Dixon, but she declined. Now the question is who will the Democrats in the town put up for the office?
2021 election procedures
While the start of COVID vaccinations offers hope for improvements in our lives in 2021, the election calendar in New York State is not playing along.
Petitioning for mostly local offices begins on February 23. It might be snowing and blowing that week. People may not be willing to open their doors to sign petitions. It seems likely that some changes will need to be put in place prior to February 23 to make it easier to qualify for the ballot this year.
In 2020 the number of required valid signatures for petitions was reduced. That may happen again this year. Another option would be a bill on file in Albany which would permit "a system for qualified voters to sign a designating petition for a candidate by way of a secure internet portal." Or perhaps as an alternative, candidates in 2021 might, as in some other states, be allowed to pay a fee to qualify for the ballot. Has anyone checked with Rudy Guiliani or Jenna Ellis about such things?
Legislation to set up alternative procedures for 2021 seems likely before we get too deep into February. Stay tuned.
January 13, 2021 / Ken Kruly	/ 2 Comments
Joe Crangle and the Democratic Party
Along with many other people in Western New York, I lost a friend yesterday with the passing of Joe Crangle, a long-time leader of the Democratic Party. It is not possible to count the number of local, state and national Democratic politicos whose careers were encouraged, assisted and inspired by Joe's efforts.
I am re-publishing an article that was originally posted on December 15, 2015. It was one the most viewed of any of this blog's posts and not a week has gone by in the past five plus years without readers searching for that article.
So here's some history of Joe Crangle and the Democratic Party.
Ken Kruly
I have written some posts over the past couple months about the turnout in local elections –some of the reasons for that situation, some of the consequences. I categorized the issue in an election preview on October 30 when I projected a 25 percent turnout: abysmal.
All of this leads me to recall what was going on in years past when turnout was so much better than it is today. That gets me thinking about the man who played such an outsized role in generating those large voter turnouts in Erie County, Joe Crangle.
I first met Joe in 1967, when as a student at Canisius College, I got a summer job at Democratic Headquarters working on the campaign of Mike Dillon for County Executive. It was the campaign when JB Walsh wrote the campaign song, "Dillon will do it," which still rattles around in my head. Aside: why don't any candidates have their own campaign song anymore?
Joe Crangle in 1967 was only two years into his 23-year tenure as Erie County Democratic Chairman, so he had not quite attained the image of "Boss" Crangle at that time. He had, however, already figured out all the mechanics of getting out the vote, and throughout his time as chairman he continued to refine and develop the techniques.
Joe did not have the playing field all to himself in those days. Republican Chairmen Tom Ryan, Ray Lawley, Tom McKinnon and others knew their stuff too. But those were the days when Republican leadership in the county was more unstable, while Joe was very effective in solidifying his hold on the party.
The campaigns
There were a whole lot of campaigns for Joe Crangle. Here are notes about some of the more memorable ones:
In 1965, Joe's first year as Chairman, there was still an active Republican Party in the City of Buffalo. Joe orchestrated Frank Sedita's win, reclaiming City Hall for the Democrats.
In 1968 Joe chaired Senator Robert Kennedy's campaign for president in Michigan.
In 1969 Alfreda Slominski was riding high as the Republican candidate for Mayor. Sedita was re-elected.
In 1973 Stan Makowski succeeded Sedita with a campaign victory.
In 1974 as Chairman of the State Democratic Committee, Joe led the effort to elect Hugh Carey governor, with an accompanying victory for control of the State Assembly by the Democrats – the first time in decades.
In 1976 Joe and Congressman (later Senator) Paul Simon of Illinois worked to draft Hubert Humphrey for president. The campaign failed but the effort was recognized. Vice President Humphrey told WBEN at the 1976 Democratic Convention that "one of the real sad points in my life is that I did not have Joe Crangle aboard running my campaign in other years."
In 1976 Joe drafted Pat Moynihan to run for Bobby Kennedy's former Senate seat. Moynihan went on to serve in the Senate for four terms. And a Crangle-recruited campaigner got his start working for Moynihan. You may have heard of him – Tim Russert.
There were other campaigns that did not work out so well, but the party banner was carried high: the county executive campaigns of Al Dekdebrun, Frank McGuire, Dave Swarts; the mayoral campaigns of Les Foschio and George Arthur.
In 1980 Joe played a major role in Senator Ted Kennedy's campaign for president.
In 1982 Joe was one of three main contenders for national party chairman.
The politicos who got their start with Joe Crangle
When I think about the politicos who got their start or got a boost in their careers through Joe Crangle's effort, I think about how classic sports coaches and managers extend their legacies through the people who worked for them, people like Paul Brown and Vince Lombardi. The list of officeholders and political leaders who got their start with Joe is very long. At the risk of unintentionally leaving off some names, here are a just a few of the folks whose careers were boosted by Joe Crangle:
Members of the House of Representatives Henry Nowak, John LaFalce, Brian Higgins
Mayor Tony Masiello
Mayor Byron Brown
County Executive Dennis Gorski
County Clerks Jane Starosciak and Dave Swarts
County Chairman Len Lenihan
State legislators Robin Schimminger, Dick Keane, Vince Graber, Bill Hoyt, Joe Tauriello, Jim Fremming, Ray Gallagher
What we remember
Lyndon Johnson in Buffalo 1966 – Steve Banko recalls an earlier day
The crowd in Niagara Square as President Johnson addresses the people of Buffalo, August 1966.
It was August, 1966. The sun shone brightly over Buffalo that day, as befitting a presidential visit to the Queen City of the Great Lakes. The bright sun would have sparkled in the reflected glow of the white marble of Niagara Square – if the square hadn't been packed with people crammed into the heart of the city to see President Lyndon Baines Johnson. The president was in Buffalo campaigning for local Democratic candidates and was obviously pleased with the mass of humanity that filled the Square. Between waves to the crowd, Johnson leaned over to Buffalo Mayor Frank A. Sedita. "You've certainly done a fine job, Mayor," the president said. "This crowd is magnificent." Mayor Sedita paused from his own waves to the admiring masses and beckoned over his shoulder to a cherub-faced Irishman standing in the background. "Thank you, Mr. President," Sedita responded, "but if you want to thank someone, someone who put this whole rally together, thank that young man back there. Thank Joe Crangle, our county chairman." The president was obviously impressed. As the Buffalo portion of the tour ended and the executive entourage was assembled in the limousines for the drive to the next stop, Johnson asked his advance man "Where's Crangle?" The aide answered "he's back in the VIP bus, Mr. President. He's right behind us." "Well, I want him here in the car with us," Johnson said. About that time, Lem Johns, the Secret Service agent-in-charge turned from the front seat and spoke. "We're behind schedule, Mr. President. Can't we just leave him on the bus for now?" The president stared into the face of the agent and spoke softly. "Young man, this car doesn't move without Joe Crangle." And in a very real sense, that anecdote is an encapsulation of Joe Crangle's leadership of the Erie County Democratic Party. The vehicle of the party often sped down the byways of electoral success like the well-oiled machine it was called. Sometimes, it meandered a bit, traveling some uncharted and unknown backroads. And once in a while, it sputtered and misfired, limping into another election only to get fine-tuned and back on its way. But no matter what direction or route taken by the party during those twenty-three years, it was always clear that the driving force behind the Democratic Party was its chairman, Joseph Francis Crangle. And all along those twenty-three tumultuous years, three mileposts would recur as the absolute guidelines by which Crangle would steer the party. Those mileposts are the benchmarks of the Crangle era in Democratic politics: dedication, leadership, and service.
Coming to know and respect Joe Crangle
Blog Editor Paul Fisk, who posted an article on this blog recently about JB Walsh, tells a story about how he came to know Crangle.
Back in the 1960's, before I ever met Joe Crangle, I concluded that the simplistic impression I had formed of him solely from reading the local papers probably cost me an internship with Bobby Kennedy.
To explain – as an undergraduate at UB I was one of two political science majors nominated for an internship. I was told that it was UB's "turn" for one that year, and I knew that the other person didn't really want it. I naively thought I was a shoe-in. I thought the interview with a Kennedy staffer was going well when I was asked what I thought of Joe Crangle. I replied something to the effect that the local papers made him sound like a political boss of the old school mold. The interview concluded quickly and I didn't get the job. Only later did I learn of Joe's longstanding relationship with the Kennedy family, and of the key role Erie County Democrats played in the convention that nominated John Kennedy.
A few years later, fresh out of graduate school with a master's degree in Public Administration, I found myself working at Erie County Democratic Headquarters, drafting position papers and press releases for the Frank Sedita campaign for county executive, under the supervision of Joe. At that time, and for a few years thereafter, I sat in occasional meetings with Joe concerning political ads, policy papers and news releases as he fielded unceasing phone calls from all levels of the political world. I marveled constantly at his ability to shift his attention effortlessly between the smallest details of the material at hand, minor squabbles among local committeemen, and calls from Washington seeking his input on such matters as potential vice presidential candidates. I saw him have enough national prestige to pull in to local campaigns the likes of Bobby Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Speaker Carl Albert, House Majority Leader Hale Boggs, even Mayor John Lindsay.
Later, in a new job at city hall, I was in the position of interviewing candidates for management analyst jobs. Three graduate students in Business Administration had worked on an analysis project for us that semester and one of them had clearly done the bulk of the work, and had good training and skills. Still quite naïve, I wasn't sure I could offer him a job, wondering if there might be some political screening involved and knowing that he was a registered Republican. I mentioned this to Joe, who asked me "Is he good?" (Yes) "Do you want to hire him?" (Yes) "Then do it." (End of conversation.)
In my years of working on City of Buffalo budgets under the direction of Jim Burns, I got the impression that the process for proposing budgets that were austere and politically difficult often included Jim having a heated discussion with Joe about the necessity of doing politically tough things. When Joe was finally convinced something of the sort had to be done, he would sometimes gather the Democratic council members to explain why some potentially onerous things were necessary and urge them to suck it up and do them without making things worse by publicly complaining.
After seven or eight years in local government and politics and various appointive positions I moved on to a civil service job in the state Budget Division. And after thirty-five years in government and ample reason to become cynical, I probably remain naïve but am optimistic that politics and government can accomplish positive things for people. And I no longer believe that strong, skilled political leadership is necessarily a bad thing. I've seen it have positive effects.
A few words from the blogger
I have lots of fond memories of the times of Joe Crangle. A lot of us got our doctorates in political science at Crangle University. We learned that we needed to be accurate and thorough and able to express ourselves in ways that were meaningful and understandable. We learned the importance of thinking before speaking or writing, something that is lacking in the new millennium. Joe gave us some simple and incredibly important advice: never say or write anything that you are not prepared to read in tomorrow's newspaper.
There is a great deal of grunt work involved in politics – list gathering; envelope stuffing; telephone calls; literature drops; running and serving as a party committee member, etc. It is part of the business that modern politics seems to be returning to in a serious but obviously more sophisticated way. Joe was a master of those essential political duties.
There are sometimes fun times in campaigns, or at least what passes as fun times for political junkies. I particularly enjoyed the opportunities that Joe gave me and others to participate in the presidential campaigns that tried to draft Humphrey in 1976, and the Kennedy for President campaign in 1980. We worked for stretches of 90-100 hours per week and had the time of our lives.
Steve Banko recalls the Kennedy campaign in Michigan:
A large segment of Joe's crew had been summoned to Detroit. The logic behind the Kennedy campaign was one that would demonstrate the Massachusetts senator's unrivaled strength in the industrialized states of the east and Midwest as an indication that incumbent President Jimmy Carter was vulnerable both in a primary and in the general election to come. Michigan loomed as the fulcrum in that strategy. Due to strange caucus regulations in that state the entire voting population was about 45,000. Immediately Crangle determined that every one of those 45,000 people would get a minimum of three contacts in behalf of Kennedy. When I arrived, we were in the process of stuffing the first of those three contacts – a letter from Kennedy detailing his worth as the Democratic candidate to oppose Ronald Reagan. I arrived at 7 p.m. at the campaign HQ in Southfield. Work had already begun on the tedium of folding, stuffing, stamping and sealing 45,000 envelopes. Around midnight, I was ready for the sack and virtually everyone else was also. Crangle sensed the lagging in production and started a competition to see which side of the room could hit 25,000 first. In hindsight it was pretty silly. Joe had assembled a pretty high-priced and highly experienced bunch and to think we'd get engaged in some silly stuffing competition was ludicrous. But at 2 a.m. one side of the room hit the magic number after a blizzard of paper cuts and accelerated stuffing.
I stumbled back to my motel room that night bone weary but still marveling at the genius that turned exhaustion into competition. The post script to that story is that we snatched a victory from the jaws of defeat in Michigan, due in no small part to Joe's deft handling of staff and strategy.
I would add this to Steve's narrative of that evening: sometime after midnight some of the volunteers spontaneously broke into singing, Frank Sinatra's My Way. Except that the chorus of the song was changed a bit: "we did it Joe's way."
Joe Crangle and Jacquie Walker, Election Night at WIVB-TV.
After Joe left the party chairmanship in 1988, he didn't just fade away. He began a new aspect of a political career, that of commentator. For more than 20 years he worked every primary and general election night, and at various other times of the year, as political analyst for WIVB-TV, Channel 4. Joe jumped into that work with the same vigor that he approached campaigns. He recruited hundreds of party committee members to call in to a bank of experienced hands who tabulated the results. Joe set a very high bar for that political commentating. Campaigns tuned into Channel 4 to find out what and when Joe was forecasting for that evening's results.
I'll leave with some final words to Steve Banko:
For the better part of a decade, I learned chapter and verse about campaigning from Joe. While my field was media and communications, it was hard not to pick up the expertise of guys and gals like Ken Kruly, Sheila Kee, Dave Swarts, Sue Hager, and too many others to mention. We didn't always win but we never stopped competing and we never stopped learning. Under Crangle's leadership, the Democratic voter in Erie County was never taken for granted. No campaign was ever undertaken without tons of mailings, phone calls and door-to-door contacts. Issues might have been over-communicated in those days but they were never under informed. Voters knew what the truth was and who was telling it.
When Ed Rutkowski was at the peak of his popularity as Erie County Executive, no one was willing to step forward and make the sacrificial run. But Joe would not allow the election to go uncontested so David Swarts was our "lamb." Margaret Sullivan was a reporter for the Buffalo News back then and asked to accompany the candidate for a weekend. After a hectic Saturday that saw Swarts head from one boundary of the county to the other over 12 grueling hours, Margaret said one day was enough. As she was being driven back into Buffalo, she marveled at the schedule Swarts was keeping "while you guys have no chance of winning." She was told it wasn't always about winning. It was about competing, about getting the message out, about showing the party's colors.
That is Joe Crangle's lasting legacy to his community and his party. He competed harder than anyone else. He worked harder. He made sure that everyone knew the issues and more importantly, the truth.
We could use a carload more of that these days.


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LIVERMORE, Calif., July 18, 2017 — The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) High Performance Computing for Manufacturing Program, designed to spur the use of national lab supercomputing resources and expertise to advance innovation in energy efficient manufacturing, is seeking a new round of proposals from industry to compete for $3 million.
Since its inception, the High Performance Computing for Manufacturing (HPC4Mfg) Program has supported projects partnering manufacturing industry members with DOE national labs to use laboratory HPC systems and expertise to upgrade their manufacturing processes and bring new clean energy technologies to market. The program's portfolio includes small and large companies representing a variety of industry sectors. This is the fourth round of funding for this rapidly growing program.
The partnerships use world-class supercomputers and the science and technology expertise resident at the national laboratories, including Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, which leads the program, principal partners Lawrence Berkeley (link is external)(LBNL) and Oak Ridge(link is external) (ORNL) national laboratories and other participating laboratories. An HPC expert at each lab teams up with U.S. manufacturers on solutions to address challenges that could result in advancing clean energy technology. By using HPC in the design of products and industrial processes, U.S. manufacturers can reap such benefits as accelerating innovation, lowering energy costs, shortening testing cycles, reducing waste and rejected parts and cutting the time to market. For more information about the program, see the web(link is external).
Concept proposals from U.S. manufacturers seeking to use the national labs' capabilities can be submitted to the HPC4Mfg Program starting June 12. The program expects another eight to 10 projects worth approximately $3 million in total will be funded. Concept paper applications are due July 26.
HPC is showing potential in addressing a range of manufacturing and applied energy challenges of national importance to the United States. The HPC4Mfg Program releases biannual solicitations as part of a multiyear program to grow the HPC manufacturing community by enticing HPC expertise to the field, adding to a high-tech workforce, and enabling these scientists to make a real impact on clean energy technology and the environment. Past HPC4Mfg solicitations have highlighted energy intensive manufacturing sectors and the challenges identified in the Energy Department's 2015 Quadrennial Technology Review. In this solicitation, the program continues to have a strong interest in these areas and are adding a special topic area of advanced materials.
A number of companies and their initial concepts will be selected and paired with a national lab HPC expert to jointly develop a full proposal this summer, with final selections to be announced in November. Companies are encouraged to highlight their most challenging problems so the program can identify the most applicable national lab expertise. More information about the HPC4Mfg Program, the solicitation call and submission instructions can be found on the web.
The Advanced Manufacturing Office within DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy(link is external) provided funding to LLNL to establish the HPC4Mfg Program in March 2015. The Advanced Scientific Computing Research Program within DOE's Office of Science supports the program with HPC cycles through its Leadership Computing Challenge allocation program. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) also provides computing cycles to support this program.
HPC4Mfg recently announced the selection of new projects as part of a previous round of funding, including: LLNL and ORNL partnering with various manufacturers (Applied Materials, GE Global Research and United Technologies Research) to improve additive manufacturing processes that use powder beds to reduce material use, defects and surface roughness and improve the overall quality of the resulting parts; LBNL partnering with Samsung Semiconductor Inc. (USA) to improve the performance of semiconductor devices by enabling better cooling through the interconnects; Ford Motor Company partnering with Argonne National Laboratory to understand how manufacturing tolerances can impact the fuel efficiency and performance of spark-ignition engines; and NREL partnering with 7AC technologies to model liquid/membrane interfaces to improve the efficiency of air conditioning systems. In addition, one of the projects, a collaboration among LLNL, the National Energy Technology Laboratory and 8 Rivers Capital to study coal-based Allam cycle combustors will be co-funded by DOE's Office of Fossil Energy.
Additional information about submitting proposals is available on the FedBizOps website(link is external).


A SENIOR police officer has apologised for teething problems following a force's switch from two control rooms to one.
YORK, North Yorkshire and East Riding Local Enterprise Partnership is holding an event to highlight forthcoming career opportunities in the region today at Sneaton Castle, Whitby.
A BURGLAR stole a laptop, mobile phone and television before being disturbed by the home owner.
THE service which registers births and deaths and carries out marriage and civil partnership ceremonies in North Yorkshire has been hailed by its customers and the Government.


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Blood Orange reveals new album artwork
Field Day, Victoria Park, London 7th June 2014 Credit: Charlotte Patmore/NME
'Freetown Sound' is the third album from the artist
Blood Orange a.k.a. Dev Hynes has shared the artwork for his upcoming album 'Freetown Sound'.
'Freetown Sound' will be the third album from the artist and producer, following-up 2013's 'Cupid Deluxe' and 2011's 'Coastal Grooves'. He has previously released albums under the moniker Lightspeed Champion.
Taking to Twitter to share the artwork, Hynes revealed that the image was snapped by American photographer Deana Lawson. Lawson has previously showcased her work at the renowned Museum of Modern Art in New York. You can see the album artwork below.
https://twitter.com/devhynes/status/738384570349916160
Writing on Twitter, Hynes said the album would be "coming soon" with a release date yet to be announced. Speaking to V Magazine back in April after the album announcement, Hynes said that the record "kind of plays like a long mix tape". "It's like my version of Paul's Boutique," he said.
"The record addresses the way Christianity was brought to West Africa and the way black households held on very tightly to Christianity because it was this beacon of hope," he explained. "…and how eventually this somehow led to someone in a school telling me not to use my left hand".
Blood Orange is currently on tour, set to make an appearance in London's Hyde Park on July 2 as part of the Barclaycard British Summer Time events.


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Girls' water polo starts season
Shannon Ging and Sanya Sawlani, Editor-in-Chief|March 8, 2017
Magdalene Halikias
The aquatic unit will take place in the pool from Tuesday to Thursday
With the beginning of March comes the excitement of a whole new season of sports. Athletes on the girls' water polo team began trying out on Feb. 27, but have been preparing during the offseason as well.
"Our goal is to have the most fun season yet," said Toni Strausser, senior. "The varsity team has a lot of returning players and we're excited to play together again."
Although water polo is a spring sport, this did not stop players from working on their skills in the offseason, taking advantage especially of the summer.
"I went to a camp at University of Michigan in June, and it really helped me to both learn new techniques and refine my old ones," said Jillian Schlais, senior. "Their team is one of the best collegiately, and I had a lot to learn from both their coaches and the other girls that came from across the country to share in the experience."
The varsity team is currently coached by Christopher Ortiz, and is looking for a new assistant coach.
"We're excited to meet whoever they hire, and welcome them to the 'wapo family'," Strausser said.
The long term goal this season is to win Conference, and for each player to individually improve as well as to work effectively as a team.
"I've played in every position, including goalie. This versatility will be valuable during the upcoming season, but I'm also hoping to hone in on which skillset is my strongest, and be the most effective teammate I can," Schlais said.
In order to prepare for their upcoming meets and tournaments, the girls practice every day after school, and these practices consist of time in the pool, working out on dry land, and classroom time to watch old games and opponents.
"I'm looking forward to getting back in season, because it's completely different than when we're out of season," said Jane Kealy, senior. "I like feeling busy and am happy I get the opportunity to fill that time with something I enjoy."
The first meet was at home against Morton on March 6 at 6 p.m.
Shannon Ging, Sports Editor
Senior Shannon Ging loves writing for Devils' Advocate, especially if it is about sports. She spends most of her time cheerleading, whether it's for the...
Varsity hockey defeats Waubonsie 5-4, battles for gold seeding
Boys basketball defeats Downers Grove North in triple overtime
Wrestling team continues their season
Varsity Hockey wins second game in series against Illinois Catholic League
Varsity Red Devils beat Benet 5-4
Hinsdale Central's girls' soccer team falls to Metea Valley
Hinsdale Central boys' volleyball falls to Glenbard West
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Students Participate in Powder Puff Game Led and Organized by Students
Boys water polo loses to OPRF after quarantine
Boys' Swimming
Boys swim and dive remains undefeated
A Run-down of Special Olympics
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Boys and girls bowling have a great start to their seasons


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Japanese reporter cleared of defaming president
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Seoul - 17 December 2015
1. Wide of Tatsuya Kato, reporter for Japan's Sankei Shimbun newspaper entering news conference
2. Close of Kato sitting down
4. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Tatsuya Kato, reporter for Japan's Sankei Shimbun newspaper :
"I think the result of the trial was very obvious and I do not have any special feelings towards this."
5. Journalists at news conference
6. Pan of news conference
"The way that the president, who is a true public figure, makes an indictment (of the reporter) because she does not like an article about her, made me think about the meaning of a modern democratic society."
8. Camera viewfinder showing Kato
10. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Tatsuya Kato, reporter for Japan's Sankei Shimbun newspaper :
"It is difficult not to be concerned about this situation. It was also in the judge's words that South Korea is a democratic nation and that the freedom of the press should certainly be guaranteed. Anything that could hinder the development of this freedom of the press should never happen. I will keep this in mind and continue to focus on reporting in the future."
11. Various of Kato leaving news conference
A Japanese reporter who was acquitted by a Seoul court on Thursday of defaming South Korea's president said his acquittal was an "obvious" result, and that he hopes prosecutors will not appeal.
Tatsuya Kato, Seoul bureau chief of Japan's Sankei Shimbun newspaper, made the comments in a news conference following the verdict at Seoul Central District Court.
Prosecutors indicted Kato last year over an article that referred to rumours that President Park Geun-hye was absent for seven hours during a ferry disaster that killed more than 300 people, mostly teenagers.
Kato said his story on Park's whereabouts during the ferry disaster served the public interest.
He told journalists at Thursday's news conference that the indictment had "made me think about the meaning of a modern democratic society."
Prosecutors, who previously requested an 18-month prison term for Kato, have one week to appeal the ruling.
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With just 11 days left until the Brexit deadline, the Prime Minster's hopes of a third attempt to get her deal through parliament may have been dealt a fatal blow by the speaker, which means that forwarders, carriers and shippers need to prepare swiftly for the worst-case scenario and a no-deal Brexit.
Our recommendation to our customers, and all shippers, is that they should continue preparing for such a scenario, regardless of whether Theresa May's plan finally succeeds or is put to a last-minute public referendum before the March 29 deadline, because last week's vote against a no-deal exit was advisory and would require new legislation.
The government has issued temporary tariffs, which has denoted 87% of goods at zero, if the UK does finally leave the European Union without a deal.
It appears that the new tariffs are being reduced or eliminated where there are no British producers to protect, with around 5,000 tariff lines that are zero and 470 with a tariff.
Follow this LINK to open our Excel spreadsheet* of all 470 tariff lines and check out your commodity codes to see if any duty rates apply. If it's not shown the rate is zero.
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The next stage is to complete the direct debit mandate when supplied and you will need a Customs Comprehensive Guarantee (CCG) to set up a deferment account, however under Day 1 'Easements' initiatives, traders will have until 30 June 2019 to submit a financial guarantee to HMRC to back their deferment account.
You will need to submit a TSP return for all imports by the 4th working day of second month. We can handle this for you or assist you to manage in-house.
Most goods brought into the EU from a 3rd country must be pre-notified in an ENS, for safety and security risk analysis purposes, and will continue after Brexit. Even with TSP every import will require an ENS declaration before the goods arrive. ENS HAS BEEN POSTPONED FOR FIRST 6 MONTHS!
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Trans-species polymorphism in humans and the great apes is generally maintained by balancing selection that modulates the host immune response
Azevedo, Luisa, Serrano, Catarina, Amorim, Antonio and Cooper, David Neil 2015. Trans-species polymorphism in humans and the great apes is generally maintained by balancing selection that modulates the host immune response. Human Genomics 9 , 21. 10.1186/s40246-015-0043-1
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40246-015-0043-1
Known examples of ancient identical-by-descent genetic variants being shared between evolutionarily related species, known as trans-species polymorphisms (TSPs), result from counterbalancing selective forces acting on target genes to confer resistance against infectious agents. To date, putative TSPs between humans and other primate species have been identified for the highly polymorphic major histocompatibility complex (MHC), the histo-blood ABO group, two antiviral genes (ZC3HAV1 and TRIM5), an autoimmunity-related gene LAD1 and several non-coding genomic segments with a putative regulatory role. Although the number of well-characterized TSPs under long-term balancing selection is still very small, these examples are connected by a common thread, namely that they involve genes with key roles in the immune system and, in heterozygosity, appear to confer genetic resistance to pathogens. Here, we review known cases of shared polymorphism that appear to be under long-term balancing selection in humans and the great apes. Although the specific selective agent(s) responsible are still unknown, these TSPs may nevertheless be seen as constituting important adaptive events that have occurred during the evolution of the primate immune system.
Q Science > QH Natural history > QH426 Genetics
Q Science > QR Microbiology > QR180 Immunology
Henry Stuart Publications
http://orca.cf.ac.uk/id/eprint/84074


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First REGISTER, then LOGIN. Next JOIN the world you want to play on (usually the first world is the best).
You are playing now. At the right you see various bars, the most important are HP (Hit Points, your health, if goes to 0 you will need to revive in TEMPLE which might cost a lot, remember to HEAL before this happen) and ADVENTURES (the amount of DUNGEON 'actions' you can make, this replenishes over time).
First, go to SHOP and buy some weapon and armor, next go to ADVENTURE / DUNGEON. Explore the dungeon until you run out of adventures. You can also visit TOWN to use various services.
Once you become stronger, go to DRAGON'S LAIR to rescue the princess (you can rescue the princess many times, everytime it will be more difficult, you can make it easier by collecting part of crystal armor).


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Q: How to resolve Invalid key exception in java? I am trying to encrypt a file and i am using the following:
 public class AESFileEncryption {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

        // file to be encrypted
        FileInputStream inFile = new FileInputStream("plainfile.txt");

        // encrypted file
        FileOutputStream outFile = new FileOutputStream("encryptedfile.des");

        // password to encrypt the file
        String password = "javapapers";

        // password, iv and salt should be transferred to the other end
        // in a secure manner

        // salt is used for encoding
        // writing it to a file
        // salt should be transferred to the recipient securely
        // for decryption
        byte[] salt = new byte[8];
        SecureRandom secureRandom = new SecureRandom();
        secureRandom.nextBytes(salt);
        FileOutputStream saltOutFile = new FileOutputStream("salt.enc");
        saltOutFile.write(salt);
        saltOutFile.close();

        SecretKeyFactory factory = SecretKeyFactory
                .getInstance("PBKDF2WithHmacSHA1");
        KeySpec keySpec = new PBEKeySpec(password.toCharArray(), salt, 65536,
                256);
        SecretKey secretKey = factory.generateSecret(keySpec);
        SecretKey secret = new SecretKeySpec(secretKey.getEncoded(), "AES");

        //
        Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES/CBC/PKCS5Padding");
        cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, secret);
        AlgorithmParameters params = cipher.getParameters();

        // iv adds randomness to the text and just makes the mechanism more
        // secure
        // used while initializing the cipher
        // file to store the iv
        FileOutputStream ivOutFile = new FileOutputStream("iv.enc");
        byte[] iv = params.getParameterSpec(IvParameterSpec.class).getIV();
        ivOutFile.write(iv);
        ivOutFile.close();

        //file encryption
        byte[] input = new byte[64];
        int bytesRead;

        while ((bytesRead = inFile.read(input)) != -1) {
            byte[] output = cipher.update(input, 0, bytesRead);
            if (output != null)
                outFile.write(output);
        }

        byte[] output = cipher.doFinal();
        if (output != null)
            outFile.write(output);

        inFile.close();
        outFile.flush();
        outFile.close();

        System.out.println("File Encrypted.");

    }

}

but I am getting the following error:
Exception in thread "main" java.security.InvalidKeyException: Illegal key size or default parameters
Can someone please help?

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The current Fiji flag has been around for over 100 years in one form or another. But the existing version wasn't adopted until 1970. I think this dates back to 1910, but haven't found any written supporting evidence for this.
A flag can say many things about a country. In this case, the blue ensign design shows that Fiji was at one time under British sovereignty. And the shield on the right, is a part of the original coat of arms, awarded to Fiji around the turn of the 19th century (1908).
The pale blue background supposedly represents the Pacific Ocean which surrounds Fiji. However, I have yet to see an ocean of this color... it is much closer to a sky blue. The flag in the image at the top of the page is about as close as I can find to the actual colors used on a flag, although the shade may vary slightly, depending on your computer.
In the shield to the right, there is a lion holding a coconut. And below this are sugar canes, coconut tree, a dove of peace, and a bunch of bananas.
There are some things I'm not entirely comfortable with in this depiction. With actual Fijian flags that I've seen, the bunch of bananas have been all yellow. I recall seeing one with just the bottom row a darker green, showing them to be unripe. And yet look closely at the image above - it shows the bottom two rows as green.
"Notice the ripe bananas on Fiji's flag? Used to be green before and legend has it that it would ripen once the stage was set for a new Fiji to emerge. One that would yield the gold, oil and other latent minerals. Legend says when Fijian leaders cared for the common folk, i.e. the weak, would be when these would come to pass."
One other difference that I notice, is that on a real flag, the tops of the sugar cane and conconut tree go right to the top of the white areas. In the image, there is a definite gap.
So I feel that these are probably errors. However, as every flag seems to be different, it's difficult to tell!
There has been talk by Fiji's leader, Voreqe Bainimarama, to change the Fijian flag. This is part of the government drive to "instil more pride in the Fijian identity".
And to be fair, he does have a good point. When you look at the coat of arms, there are several things that don't quite sit right. For a start, a lion? Not a lot of those in Fiji that I'm aware of. Holding a coconut... while there may be plenty of coconut trees in Fiji, the country only exports a few tonnes of coacoa a year.
And the dove of peace is perhaps a little ironic for a country that has been under military rule for a number of years.
Note: The aspect ratio if this flag should be 2:1 - in other words it should have a length that is twice the height.
Sometime after this page was first published, I recieved an email from the grand daughter of Mrs Tessa Mackenzie. She wanted to point out that perhaps I would like to mention how the flag design came to be. I wasn't aware of the history behind it, but she did tell me that her grandmother won the flag design competition back in 1970... something to be proud of indeed!
There is an archived article on this at the Fiji Times, which gives the story behind the flag, well worth a read.
There are two versions to the Fiji National Anthem. The English and Fijian languages. But slightly unusual, is the fact that one is not a close translation of the other. I will only give the translated, rather than the original version of the Fijian language one, although this doesn't seem to be in general use.
English language version of "God Bless Fiji"


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CSIRO attacked for bullying culture
The CSIRO has been accused of misleading a Senate Estimates Committee over its handling of a bullying claim by a scientist, according to a letter former CSIRO scientists obtained under freedom of information.
In the letter, Comcare deputy chief executive Steve Kibble demanded the agency correct the Hansard record from May 28, 2012 for failing to highlight its occupational, health and safety breaches in relation to its handling of a bullying claim lodged by former CSIRO scientist Dr Sylwester Chyb.
Reference: sites.thomsonreuters.com.au
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If we look at the historical and social presuppositions of Foucault's methodology, we find out that Nietzsche's work cannot be the only root of the shift from archaeology to genealogy. In fact, a whole range of political activist practices after May '68 until the dissolution of the Groupe d'information sur les prisons (GIP) played an important role in inciting a politicization-in-motion that clearly left its traces in Foucault's thought and work.
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"Света Параскева" () е средновековна православна църква в село Ано Милия, Егейска Македония, Гърция, част от Китроската, Катеринска и Платамонска епархия.

Църквата е разположена в източния край на селото. Изградена е в XVII век. В архитектурно отношение е каменна базилика с красива камбанария. Църквата се отличава с акустиката си и изящната си вътрешна украса.

Бележки

Параскева (Ано Милия)
Дем Катерини

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Wnioskowanie w przód (Modus Ponendo Ponens) – progresywny algorytm sztucznej inteligencji służący do tworzenia nowych zdań logicznych na podstawie istniejącej bazy faktów, aksjomatów.

Zobacz też
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Bibliografia
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Algorytmy


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Certiadria > Endorsements
European Recognition & Endorsements
As a partner of Certiport, A Pearson VUE business we are part of global and European network of organisations, dedicated to helping people succeed through certification. Our globally recognized credentials are aimed at enhancing individual productivity, employ ability, and support an inclusive and competitive Europe.
European Commission's Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition
Certiport and its network of partners support the European Commission's Digital Skills for Jobs Coalition and are actively working to bridge the digital skills gaps through Certiport's pledge
Member of the Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition
As a pledger we are a partner in tackling the digital skills gaps in Europe and contributing to the goals of:
Training 1 million unemployed
Upskilling and retraining the workforce and SMEs
Modernising education and training for teacher and students
Certiport and its European network of partners support the European Commission's Digital Skills for Jobs Campaign to ensure all Europeans have access to digital skills
What is the EC campaign digital skills and jobs coalition: The Digital Skills for Jobs Coalition is an initiative of the European Commission that is designed to mobilize all types of organizations in Europe to ensure that everyone can get the digital skills they need for life, for education, for employment and for IT professional careers.
Certiport is a member of this EU coalition – supporting its aims and we are also a pledger – which means we have made a concrete commitment of how we will contribute towards solving the skills gaps.
More on what the aims are:
Train 1 million young unemployed people for vacant digital jobs through internships/traineeships, apprenticeships and short-term training programmes.
Support the upskilling and retraining of the workforce and in particular take concrete measures to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) who face specific challenges in attracting and retaining digital talent as well as retraining their workforce.
Modernise education and training to provide all students and teachers with the opportunity to use digital tools and materials in their teaching and learning activities and to develop and upgrade their digital skills
National-Level Endorsement and Recognition
Certiport and its network of national partners work in every country in Europe
Our programs are recognized at a Governmental level and on national qualification frameworks.
The Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research has endorsed and recognised Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) and Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) making them the first choice for secondary schools in Austria. These certifications will also feature as part of teacher education in the future.
For more information: https://bildung.bmbwf.gv.at/schulen/it/it_angebote/it_zert.html
As part of its efforts to support lifelong learning, the French Ministry of Education has recognised MOS, MTA, ACA and ACU on its national qualifications framework. The national commission on vocational qualifications (Commission Nationale de la Certification Professionnelle) lists these as approved programmes in their registry of qualifications, making them eligible for state funding
Greek Government Recognition of MOS
MOS is a recognized IT certificate by the Greek State, through the National Organization for the Certification of Qualifications & Vocational Guidance of the Ministry of Education. In order for a candidate to be employed in the Greek Public Sector, s/he must hold a recognized IT certificate, thus proving his/her skills in Office Suite. By being recognized by the Ministry, MOS is a valid qualification for the employ ability in the Greek Public Sector.
Italian Ministry of Education recognizes Certiport's MOS and IC3
MOS and IC3 are listed as state-recognised titles that are required in tenders and in recruitment calls for teachers and state administrative staff as well as a number of other profiles. Candidates know that having MOS or IC3 very concretely improves their employability by providing them with more points than a candidate without certification.
Ministry of Interior MOU
A public protocol is agreed with the Ministry of the Interior Department of
Public Security to upskill State Police Officers with MOS, IC3 and MTA
certifications. To date more than 10,000 members of the police force including superintendents, agents and detectives have been certified!
MOS is recognised by the Irish National Qualifications Authority (Quality and Qualifications Ireland, QQI) and approved as corresponding to the following NFQ Level 5 Component Specifications of the National Framework of Qualifications: Spreadsheet Methods, Digital Presentations, Word Processing and Databases Methods.
Polish Government Recognizes IC3The Polish Government has recognised IC3 as a certificate that meets their requirements for implementing continuing education support. As IC3 is mapped to DigComp it is a qualification eligible for funding from the Polish government though the European Social Funds.
Romanian Government Recognises IC3
IC3 GS4 and GS5 are recognised by the Ministry of Education as equivalent to the compulsory Digital Competence examination (Examen de competențe digital) that forms part of the National Baccalaureate examination (taken by all Grade 12 high school students). Students who gain IC3 certification are therefore exempt from the Baccalaureate Digital Competence examination. This "equivalence" recognition was gained after it was demonstrated that the objective domains of IC3 more than matched those of the Ministry's Digital Competence examination.
The State Public Employment Service (SEPE) in Spain has recognised and accredited MTA and included it in their portfolio of approved courses for ICT as part of their mission to increase employment levels and ensure the human capital capacity of companies in Spain.
The qualification Awarding Organisations in the UK (English, Scoland, Wales and Northern Ireland) have recognised Microsoft, Adobe and Autodesk programmes as part of various approved qualifications.
MTA is recognised as part of the IT Apprenticeship Frameworks in the UK.