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Iger's challenge: how to reanimate Disney
The new test for media firms, increasingly, is balancing creativity and bottom lines.
By Gloria Goodale Staff writers of The Christian Science Monitor
Daniel B. Wood Staff writers of The Christian Science Monitor
The latest chapter in the saga of Mouse House underlines a larger story unfolding in the media business, in which economies of scale are matched by the hazards of scale.
The announcement this week that Robert Iger will move from the No. 2 spot at Walt Disney Co. to replace Michael Eisner as CEO has met mixed reviews, but what no one disputes is the magnitude of the challenges facing whoever runs a mammoth entertainment company where the pressures of creativity and financial performance collide.
Some say that by tapping a man with inside knowledge of the company, Disney's board is finally moving toward a sounder footing, replacing the often-abrasive Eisner a year earlier than expected. In that sense, the move may portend changes elsewhere, as aging media moguls hand the reins of American culture to a younger - and perhaps more temperate - generation. (Next up, perhaps: Viacom, News Corp., Time Warner, Comcast, NBC/Universal).
Others see the choice of Iger as not so much safe as sorry. They say it's more evidence that bottom-line concerns are squashing the creativity out of American entertainment. The larger a conglomerate gets, the harder it is to maintain a unique and vibrant culture - especially one spawned by a founder such as Walt Disney.
"Pleasing stockholders is a very different goal than pleasing audiences or critics," says media analyst Robert Thompson. "Here you have a company that for a good portion of the 20th century had cultural dominance comparable to the church in medieval times ... reduced to a revolving door of interchangeable beancounters."
He and others see a steady shift from creative to business values in America's top media companies.
By some measures, the results are impressive: Although Disney's stock faltered as this decade opened, it has far outpaced the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index over the longer span of Eisner's 20-year tenure - something it failed to do during the 1970s.
But such corporate expansion - ownership of other movie studios, more theme parks, ABC television - also makes it harder to maintain a unique identity.
To critics, the selection of Iger - a man known more for organizational and financial skills than an eye for hit films and TV shows - does little to ease concern that Disney, despite the famous name it bears, has become just another media conglomerate.
In the case of Disney, insiders say that the studio lost its way when it gave up on the founder's core vision and shifted the focus to profitability. Many say that began in the mid-1980s when new CEO Michael Eisner began to churn out cheap, direct-to-video sequels of Disney hits (such as "Aladdin," "Beauty and the Beast," "Little Mermaid," "Lion King," and more).
In more recent years, the traditional animation done by hand - the Disney hallmark worldwide, which started with "Snow White" and "Bambi" some 70 years ago - has been cut back, relegated to cheaper, direct-to-video and Saturday morning style cartoons, says longtime animator Lee Crowe, who worked on numerous Disney features, including the recent "Brother Bear," and "Little Mermaid."
"Disney has undercut itself with all these cheap products," says Crowe, who is now on the faculty of the Art Institute of Atlanta. "Walt himself ... never wanted to do sequels to classics," she points out, adding even the theme parks have changed focus. "Now," she says, "they're more like shopping malls with a few rides at each end."
Like other visionaries-turned-businessmen, such as Ted Turner (CNN) and Steve Jobs (Apple and Pixar), Roy Disney, the last remaining family shareholder, charges that the company has lost its soul by emphasizing profits over innovation. But that charge overlooks one important distinction, say other observers. These are publicly owned companies. And in the words of the incoming Iger, "shareholder value is of utmost importance."
"I don't think the issues are particular to Disney," says Chris Lanier, president of the Motion Picture Intelligencer, a consulting firm. "Everyone is in the same boat. Hollywood has been looking to other strategies for making money, rather than focusing on the core product of figuring out what audiences really want and giving it to them."
All the above leads to the $64,000 question facing much of Hollywood, say industry observers. Is it possible for a profit motivation to coexist with innovation? The trick may be to balance the profit drive with the cultivation of risk-taking and individuality in each division.
Disney is now a mature titan in a marketplace saturated with choices, says Joel Goldhar, professor at Illinois Institute of Technology. "We now have lots of ways to be entertained," he says, making a distinct identity more important than ever, he says.
The management style the company adopts, now that the twin issues of Eisner's departure (this fall) and his successor have been resolved, will determine its future, says George Geis of the UCLA Anderson School of Management. "Iger's particular form of creativity is more as a creative executive," says Geis. "Whether that will translate into Disney creativity, is in question."
Industry watchers suggest that unless Iger can come up with a plan to encourage creativity at the same time as he nurses the company's bottom line, he will suffer the same fate that bedeviled Eisner through much of his reign - the continued exodus of top talent. The list of creative executives as well as creative partnerships in trouble during the current CEO's tenure is long and well-publicized. These include relationships with the highly successful Pixar and Miramax.
Wall Street may be comfortable with Iger, who is a longtime corporate manager, but unless creativity comes first, corporate culture has a way of selling the goose that lays the golden eggs, says media analyst Thompson.
"American business has never known what to do with with the flaky, unpredictable, seat-of-the-pants kind of thought that is the essence of creativity," he says. "They can't handle it because it's irrational. Good storytelling and innovation and pushing the envelope are all things that might be the foundation of a whole new kind of programming, which is of course, just what companies most need. But," he adds with a laugh, "none of that is rational. Market research can't produce it, no matter how hard they try."
Disney is not the only company facing the same challenge of creativity vs. bottom line. "Films are designed primarily to be entertainment," says Chris Lanier of Motion Picture Intelligencer. "But the entertainment content of Hollywood films has been dropping steadily for decades. Until studio heads address that, the outlook will be grim, at Disney and everywhere else."
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Nikki Lotze is one of the founding partners of Lotze Mosley, LLP. She views every new case as a unique challenge for her to solve. She has earned herself a reputation for giving her clients aggressive and skilled advocacy. Ms. Lotze has also assisted law students with learning trial advocacy at the Georgetown University Law Center.
Before the firm was founded, Ms. Lotze clerked for the Honorable Truman Morrison III of the Superior Court for the District of Columbia and the Honorable Patrick J. Attridge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Ms. Lotze has represented several hundreds of clients in criminal cases and taken almost two hundred of those cases to verdict.


With the ACT® just days away, we at Kaplan would like to wish you a successful Test Day. All your hard work over these past few months is about to pay off. We know you can do it!
Review your Kaplan Essay Template if you are registered to take the optional essay section.
Get to your test site early. There is likely to be some confusion about where to go and how to sign in, so allow yourself plenty of time even if you are taking the test at your school.
Leave your cell phone at home or in your car. They are not permitted at test sites.
While you're waiting to sign in or be seated, think of how you plan to keep track of the time in each section to maximize your score.
Remember that while the ACT is a marathon, it is also a series of short sections. Focus on the section you're working on at that moment; don't think about previous or upcoming sections.
Can't figure out an answer? Either immediately bubble in your Letter of the Day or try to eliminate some choices and guess strategically. There will be plenty of questions you CAN answer, so spend your time on those!
Use your breaks effectively. There will be a short break immediately following the math section, where you can go to the restroom, eat your snacks, and get your energy up for the next section. A reminder that the ACT does not allow use of cell phones or any electronic devices during the break, and you may not eat or drink anything in the test room. If you choose to take the ACT Plus Writing section, there will also be a short break between the science and writing portions of the test.
If you got sick during the test or if something else happened that may have negatively affected your score, you can cancel your scores by the Wednesday following your test date. Request a score cancellation form from your test proctor or visit the ACT website for more information. If you have questions about whether or not you should cancel your scores, call your Kaplan Center or 1-800-KAP-TEST.
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Get ready for 108 sun salutations.
By Tessa Yannone·	 6/19/2018, 4:43 p.m.
This year, International Yoga Day just so happens to land on the Summer Solstice, making for the longest day of the year and an extra special day for yogis, as it's common practice to perform 108 sun salutations when the seasons change.
Come together with fellow yogis this Thursday to celebrate the power of yoga, community, and all-around wellness through movement.
Join Yoga for Humanity and YogaHub at Copley Square, where there will be a wellness marketplace starting at 4:30 p.m. with vendors, brands, and organizations to peruse. Then, from 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. roll out your yoga mat for a free, one hour, all levels vinyasa class taught by Ali Singer, YogaHub founder. Registration is recommended to help estimate the crowd.
Free, 4:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m., Copley Square, Boston, eventbrite.com.
Choose from five completely different,yoga classes happening throughout the day at the Kimpton Marlowe hosted by Candace Moore of YogaByCandace. Classes include a slow sunrise morning yoga flow, paddle board yoga, outdoor power vinyasa set to live music, hip opening aromatherapy yoga, and a blacklight flow and glo yoga class. Each class is $20 and an hour long.
$20, class times in order as listed above: 6:30 a.m., 12 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 9 p.m., Kimpton Marlowe Hotel, 25 Edwin H Land Blvd., Cambridge, eventbrite.com.
Are you happy? Are you doing what you love? Are you creating a life you love? These are the questions Sara DiVello will help you explore as she leads you through a gentle yoga class in the Public Garden. The event starts at Athleta on Newbury Street before heading over to the Garden and will end at the store with refreshments as well as giveaways including free weekend passes to the Nantucket Yoga Festival on July 6-8 and Cape Cod's Love Yoga Fest on September 21-23 as well as gift cards to Athleta.
Free, 6 p.m.-7 p.m., Boston Public Garden, 4 Charles St., facebook.com.
Join Aly Ramer on the Greenway for a special summer solstice Yoga Around Town event. The flow will be an all-levels vinyasa for 60-minutes followed by an afterparty at Central Wharf Co.
$5, check in 6:30 p.m.-7 p.m., class 7 p.m.-8 p.m., afterparty 8 p.m., The Rose Kennedy Rose Garden, Boston, eventbrite.com.
Practice yoga at the Museum of Science to celebrate the Summer Solstice and International Yoga Day. All funds raised will support the Museum's Annual Fund. The classes are 50 minutes each and will take place at 6 a.m. and 7 a.m. in the museum's lobby.
$30, 6 a.m. and 7 a.m., Museum of Science, 1 Science Park, Boston, mos.org.


When you are ready to incorporate your business, you'll need to select a state of incorporation. You may have noticed that many companies are incorporated in Delaware -- far more than are physically headquartered there.
In fact, more than half of all publicly traded and Fortune 500 companies have incorporated in Delaware. You may be wondering why.
The answer is that for big companies, Delaware offers numerous advantages. However, the average small business may never notice any of these benefits; in fact, incorporating in Delaware can add cost and complexity.
In other words, the decision to incorporate in Delaware isn't the same for every business. Following are the key benefits and drawbacks associated with incorporating in Delaware to help you better understand what's right for your company.
The Delaware court system is well established and highly respected. Delaware's Court of Chancery specializes in corporate issues and uses judges instead of juries. This means that if your business is involved in litigation, you'll get a judge with a lot of expertise in complex corporate law matters. In addition, corporate attorneys are usually familiar with Delaware business law. Therefore, your company attorney is likely to already be familiar with Delaware law, as opposed to laws in a different state.
Delaware offers a lot of flexibility for structuring your corporation. Delaware's corporate statutes are very flexible in terms of how you can structure your corporation and board members. For example, shareholders, directors and officers don't need to be residents of Delaware. Delaware allows just one person to be the only director, shareholder and officer of a corporation. In other states, you may need a minimum of three people to hold the officer and director positions.
Delaware offers greater privacy. Delaware corporations don't need to disclose officer or director names on the formation documents. This gives you a layer of privacy (if needed).
Investors prefer Delaware corporations. VC investors and investment banks typically prefer Delaware corporations above all other states and business structures. If you are seriously considering VC funding or going public, you'd be smart to incorporate in Delaware now, instead of having to convert your company when that's demanded by an investment banker or venture capitalist.
Delaware offers some tax advantages. While states like Wyoming and Nevada are rising in popularity due to their lack of state corporate income tax, Delaware has some business-friendly tax law. Businesses that are formed in Delaware but don't conduct business there do not need to pay state corporate income tax (though there is a franchise tax). Also, stock shares owned by people outside Delaware aren't subject to Delaware taxes.
From the list above, you may be impressed with how seemingly advantageous Delaware is for corporations. And certainly, if yours is a large corporation with thousands of shareholders, you will see benefits from incorporating in Delaware. However, these same benefits may not mean much for a smaller business.
In fact, the drawbacks may tip the scale against incorporating in Delaware.
The main drawbacks occur when you incorporate in Delaware but aren't actually headquartered or doing business there. Let's say you're physically located in California, but choose to incorporate in Delaware. In this case, you'll need to pay the annual franchise tax in both states. You will also need to follow the reporting requirements for both states.
If the benefits of incorporating in Delaware don't mean much to your company, then there's no reason to tack on the added expense and administrative time for incorporating in Delaware if you're not doing business there.
In short, the decision to incorporate in Delaware is not one-size-fits-all. You'll need to think about what's right for your business.


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Episode 4 Professor Peter Gøtzsche on why prescription drugs are now the third leading cause of death and the pharmaceutical manufacturers dominance of mental healthcare
This week, we talk to Professor Peter Gøtzsche who is Director of the Nordic Cochrane Centre in Denmark. Professor Gøtzsche graduated as a master of science in biology and chemistry in 1974 and as a physician in 1984. He is a specialist in internal medicine; worked with clinical trials and regulatory affairs in the drug industry and at hospitals in Copenhagen. He cofounded The Cochrane Collaboration and established The Nordic Cochrane Centre in 1993. In 2010 he became professor of Clinical Research Design and Analysis at the University of Copenhagen. Peter has published more than 70 papers in the mainstream medical journals and his scientific works have been cited more than 15,000 times. He is also an author and his books include Deadly medicines and organised crime: how big Pharma has corrupted healthcare published in 2013 and in 2015 he published Deadly Psychiatry and Organised Denial. I was keen to talk to Professor Gøtzsche about his background in research, his views on antidepressant prescribing and how pharmaceutical manufacturers have influenced mental healthcare. There are few with his knowledge and understanding of psychiatric medications.
Professor Gøtzsche's background in clinical trials within the Pharmaceutical industry.
How the Pharmaceutical manufacturers were manipulating clinical trial data for their own gain.
How drug manufacturers have denied for more than 20 years that benzodiazepines and antidepressant drugs cause dependance.
How the UK drug regulator (MHRA) also denied this in 2003 at the same time that the World Heath Organisation reported that 3 antidepressants were in the top 30 list of drugs that create dependance.
That surveys of patients show that between 50% and 66% of those taking antidepressants experience dependance.
The similarities between the Pharmaceutical industry and the tobacco industry.
How prescription drugs have become the third leading cause of death behind heart disease and cancer.
How Pharmaceutical manufacturers have used their power and influence to the detriment of patient safety.
That the best science shows that there is no doubt that psychiatric drugs have killed millions of people over the years.
How psychotherapy is shown to reduce the risk of suicide but instead we prescribe pills that increase the suicide risk for all ages of patients.
That the chemical imbalance lie is still being propagated amongst psychiatrists even thought here is no scientific evidence whatsoever so support it.
How Psychiatric drugs should be used for acute/emergency situations only.
That the medication centred approach of Psychiatry does more harm than good.
How patients should avoid psychiatric drugs unless they are used for a very short time or that the patient really feels that they need them.
That when you look at the randomised controlled trials, there is a large risk of bias in these trials and that antidepressant efficacy has been overstated.
That the Cochrane Collaboration undertook the most rigorous meta analysis ever undertaken of 131 trials involving 27,422 patients taking SSRI's, this analysis showed that antidepressants do not have any meaningful effects and their harms outweigh any benefits there might be.
Shownotes: http://www.jfmoore.co.uk/LTW_episode_4.html
To get in touch you can email me on feedback@jfmoore.co.uk
© James Moore 2017

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- The mobile operator Nar traditionally presents the latest industry trends, such as high-speed 4G (LTE) Internet and the innovative Cloud information base, which allows companies to safely store all their information in a single centre. It should be noted that no other operator has a more extensive 4G (LTE) and 3G (HSDP +) network in the country.
Cloud is an entirely new service being offered by Nar to help companies safely hold all their information in a single centre. This service helps provide stable and uninterrupted communication and a way of keeping all processes under control. It also helps companies save money on other areas of information technology. It is possible to connect to this innovative database from different places using different devices, i.e. all devices or sources with access to the database can work on the same file.
I should note that the Cloud provides e-mail, office applications, secure data storage services and the possibility of sharing information.
In just 2 years, the company has managed to expand the network to twice its original size. Today, the number of LTE subscribers has exceeded 10,000 people. In the coming year, Nar plans to expand the LTE network to 1,000 base stations and introduce the use of LTE Advanced (LTE-A) technology, which is the fastest wireless Internet connection in the world.


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Viola odorata is a species of the genus Viola, native to Europe and Asia, but has also been introduced to North America and Australia. It is commonly known as wood violet, sweet violet, English violet, common violet, florist's violet, or garden violet.
It is a hardy herbaceous flowering perennial.
The sweet scent of this flower has proved popular, particularly in the late Victorian period, and has consequently been used in the production of many cosmetic fragrances and perfumes. The leaves are edible and commonly used in salads.
Anti-Cancer - Sweet Violet is useful for cancer or other growths. The strained leaves can be used to poultice cancerous or fibrocystic growths.
Antiseptic - Sweet Violet Leaves make a good gargle/mouthwash for gingivitis, ulceration of the mouth, pain from mouth cancers or herpes sores.
Disinfectant - The salicylic acid found in all parts of fresh violets is an active disinfectant and tissue solvent and can be applied externally to soften hard skin, corns and warts. It is also fungicidal.
Expectorant - Sweet Violet has a cooling action and is therefore goods for reducing coughs, cooling fevers, and soothing sore feet. It is often an ingredient in cough medicines.
Laxative - Violet flowers possess slight laxative properties.
Skin Complaints - Sweet Violets are good for wounds, abscesses, swellings, herpes lesions, skin rashes and acute conjunctivitis.


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New Years Day 2019: Continuing America's Comeback
by kingsjester January 1, 2019, 7:00 AM 2.1k Views 5 Votes 0 Comments
As we begin a New Year, we find our Federal Government partially and purposefully shut down, a casualty in a battle of wills between a president who believes that the right of Americans to feel safe in a country built with the blood, sweat, and tears of those who have died to keep us free trumps the desire of those who wish to enter our country illegally and the Machiavellian Plans of a Far Left Political Party who wish to use them to "radically change" America.
As has been documented by my fellow writers on spartareport.com, the American Left are positively apoplectic over the prospect of denying illegal entry to our Sovereign Nation by building a wall along our Southern Border.
Why are those who claim to be our "public servants" so adamant about going against the wishes of the American people to be safe in our own country?
According to a man who was an American Legend, it all has to do with the way Liberals look at things…
…I always thought I was a liberal but I came up terribly surprised when I found I was a right-wing conservative extremist…I have always listened to every human being I've ever met about how I should feel. But this so-called new liberal group… they never listen to your point of view and they make a decision as to what you think and they're articulate enough and in control of enough of the press to force that image out for the average person. For some reason, maybe it's these pictures, they have not been able to do that with me…it hasn't affected my career in popularity in spite of the fact that they've tried to make them do it. There isn't a hell of a lot we can do to change human behavior. We keep making laws to try to change human behavior but we can't do it…You're being conned into Keynesianism and socialism now but it isn't going to stop the selfishness of human behavior. It isn't going to stop the greed. If you take $20 and give a dollar to every son of a b!tch in the room, you come back a year later one of the [email protected]@rds will have most of the money. It's just human nature. We're never gonna whip it with a lot of laws.
As communication gets better and you make people conscious of somebody in trouble, starving or something like that, the average person will help…I think there are people who try to affect a thinking where they know more than some other son of a b!tch and try to pull a false impression on what human nature is. We've proven we go back to hope at the first opportunity…and bam they're out there ready to grab it. So we are optimistic; we have to be optimistic. What else would we be if you lose optimism?" – John Wayne
The negativity and bitterness of the Modern American Liberals to whom the Duke was referring has been on display for the entire world to see, ever since the night of November 8, 2016, when reality threw a bucket of cold water in their faces, putting them on notice that average Americans were tired of their failed political philosophy and their perpetually morose opinion about the Greatest Country on the Face of the Earth.
Ever since President Donald J. Trump took office and for 8 long years under his predecessor, Barack Hussein Obama, there has been constant chorus provided by the Nattering Nabobs of Negativism, now known as Modern American Liberals, concerning how uncaring, how bigoted, how xenophobic, how narrow-minded, and how just plain awful and stupid average Americans are to continue to love this country, to honor its flag, and to continue to hold dear the America Legacy of Traditional Faith and Values.
For proof of this, please check out the protests during the Confirmation Hearings for Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, in which Liberals were bussed to Capitol Hill in order to not only disrupt those hearings but intimidate Republican Senators.
Luckily, the overwhelming majority of those of us who live between the coasts did not live our lives like the mindless lemmings whom I have named the "New Bolsheviks".
The rugged individualism of previous generations of Americans flows through our veins. The American "Can-Do" Spirit has taken us from the bottom of the Ocean to the surface of the moon.
The overwhelming majority of Americans will stand by one another in times of crisis, as shown be the outpouring of support throughout the past year's hurricanes and horrible events such as the California Wildfires.
The intestinal fortitude that is our heritage as Americans…along with that Still, Small Voice which still resides in each and every one of us, will continue, I pray, to guide our nation, and spur us on, to stay vigilant and protect our American Freedom, just as my Parents' Generation did, against the Axis of Evil.
It is that same Divine Spark which leads our Best and Brightest as they protest and serve our nation's interests in all corners of the globe. It is also found in our First Responders and the men and women of Law Enforcement who are willing to give their lives to protect our municipalities, such as Corporal Ronil Singh,
I thank God that we have an AMERICAN PRESIDENT who is not afraid to support them and to take the stand he has for our nation's safety.
The Great Communicator, President Ronald Reagan, summarized what I have been trying to say better than I ever could.
In 1964, in his famous stump speech, "A Time for Choosing", The Great Communicator said,
It's time we asked ourselves if we still know the freedoms intended for us by the Founding Fathers. James Madison said, "We base all our experiments on the capacity of mankind for self government."
This idea — that government was beholden to the people, that it had no other source of power — is still the newest, most unique idea in all the long history of man's relation to man. This is the issue of this election: Whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the American Revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far-distant capital can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves.
You and I are told we must choose between a left or right, but I suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There is only an up or down. Up to man's age-old dream–the maximum of individual freedom consistent with order — or down to the ant heap of totalitarianism.
As we enter the New Year with split Houses of Congress, it will be up to us to continue what was begun on the night of November 8, 2016 and continue the fight to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.
Happy New Year, Gentle Readers!
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Crunchie Cookies is brought to you by the same baker of delicious cupcakes from Cupcakes & Bakes Company. As such, you can be assured that the cookies from their bakery are handmade daily and that only the finest ingredients are used. Any sort of coloring or flavoring essence is strictly not in their recipe.
They pride themselves highly on quality and customer experience. So head down to their store and get ready to treat yourself to a wide variety of flavorful cookies that the baker has meticulously created.
The folks from Lab SG have a new dessert and bakery project a few doors from their mainstay at Jalan Pisang, Sinseh: The Grocery.
Occupying a small shophouse half the size of their restaurant, the intimate space is minimalist yet cozy with whitewashed concrete walls, wooden shelf displays of trinkets like retro cookie jars and cooking memorabilia, and a corner dedicated to fancy cutlery and artisan baking goods for sale. But don't expect to get too cushy because apart from a table and a few chairs outside, there aren't any dine-in options.
Apart from the usual croissants and baguettes and focaccia, the in-house bakery here does hearty bagel sandwiches with fillings like salmon and dill, turkey bacon and egg, grilled cheese and grilled vegetable. Desserts include death-by-carbs option bagel ice cream sandwich with homemade vanilla ice cream and fruit, nut and chocolate chips. Just like their predecessors at Lab SG, they're pretty big on dessert drinks like the earl grey float that sees a dollop of their home made early grey ice cream on a root beer or Coke, virgin lychee mojitos and caramel apple fizz.


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My 16th great-grandfather had an extremely lavish wedding when he wed my 16th great-grandmother. They had three children together and then the Pope gave Count Philipp a divorce. This divorce by Pope thing was popular at the time for nobility. His father, Johann IV, the Count of Katzenelnbogen, gave the world riesling grapes and wine. His sons died before he did, so the male line ended with his death. One of the castles the family owned, Rheinfels, is the largest on the Rhine. Today there is still a ruin that can be visited.
Rheinfels Castle (German: Burg Rheinfels) is a castle ruin located above the left (West) bank of the Rhein in Sankt Goar, Germany. It was started in 1245 by Count Diether V of Katzenelnbogen. After expansions, it was the largest fortress in the Middle Rhein Valley between Koblenz and Mainz. It was slighted by French Revolutionary Army troops in 1797. It is the largest castle overlooking the Rhine,and historically covered five times its current area.
In the year 1435 the Rüsselsheim castle administrator Klaus Kleinfisch began a new wineyard. His annual account shows the purchase of riesling Setzreben for 22 shilling. This kind of wine had a higher quality than the other french wines, was more aromatic but also frost-resistant. His new choice was – wineyards can exist more than onehundred years – the turningpoint in winehistory. Up to this point the old documents only reported red, white or black wine according to their colour. Even in the year 1402 the electoral prince of mainz ordered to grow no other wines than his french wines. After the rüsselsheim vintage Riesling quickly showed up all the way down the river rhine. Up to the year 1600 riesling became top wine. In the castle of Darmstadt count Johann IV united the two most powerful counties of the "holy roman empire of the german nation" in one of the most beautiful medieval marriages of his son Philipp d. Ältere of Katzenelnbogen with countess Anna of Württemberg. Even his son-in-law landgrave Heinrich III of Hessen was enthusiastic about this amount of gold , silver and wine. In 1427 the 10 most important katzenelnbogen castles were consuming about 200 000 liters of wine a year and in 1436 storing 1.5 million l wine in mainz . The counts were remarkably rich supporting arts and could afford rewarding medieval singers like Walther von der Vogelweide with a diamond. They created the most powerful castle, the first undefeatable german "bollwerk" Auerbach, defended themselves on the largest german castle with the largest german wine-cellar the Rheinfels castle. They loved the power but were sophisticated. Thanks to their correct book-keeping we can read about their live, family affaires and trading. One vase of china and one tankard is all they left. But the writings tell us and still want to be searched.
They gave us the riesling wine, one symbol of pride worth to be honoured.
The successors may have formed a modern top wine out of the riesling plant, but the documented first grower of the most important german and one of the most important international wines was Johann IV, the Count of Katzenelnbogen.
Additional the county customs writer noticed the first bratwurst export to cologne in 1410, the records listed bratwurst for 1gulden on a boat loaded with wine. This is the first proof of the traditional german bratwurst. The size is defined by pork casings. The transport itself tells us katzenelnbogen bratwurst must have been widely known.
Philip I of Katzenelnbogen (1402 – 1479), also known "Philip the Elder" was Count of Katzenelnbogen from 1444 to 1479 and was the last male descendant of the Counts of Katzenelnbogen (his two sons died before him). His parents were John IV, Count of Katzenelnbogen (younger line) and Anne of Katzenelnbogen (older line), who merged the two lines of the family back together in 1402.
Marriage and issue
Philip married on 24 February 1422 in Darmstadt with Anna of Württemberg (1408–1471), daughter of Eberhard IV "the Younger" of Württemberg. In 1456, he obtained from the Pope a divorce from bed-and-board. In 1474 Philip married Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg.
Philip had three children with his first wife:
Philip the Younger (* 1427; † 27 February 1453), married in 1450 Ottilie of Nassau. In 1453 they had a daughter Ottilie of Katzenelnbogen.
Eberhard († 1456), canon of Cologne, was stabbed in Bruges (Flanders).
Anna (* 5 September 1443; † 16 February 1494), married in 1458 margrave Henry III of Hesse (15 October 1441 — 13 January 1483). In 1471, they had a son William III, who was the last male descendant of this line of the House of Hesse.
In 1444 Philip initiated a major renovation of the collegiate church of Sankt Goar.
In 1449 he bought off the rights on St. Goar held by abbot John of the Abbey at Prüm.
In 1470 he handed Upper Katzenelnbogen and its seat Darmstadt to his son-in-law Henry III of Hesse.
Philip's sons Eberhard and Philip the younger died before his death, so when Philip died in 1479, the Katzenelnbogen died out in the male line. The County of Katzenelnbogen fell to the Landgraviate of Hesse, which was ruled at the time by Philip's son-in-law Henry III of Hesse in Marburg.
This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
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Katzenelnbogen originated as a castle built on a promontory over the river Lahn around 1095. The lords of the castle became important local magnates, acquiring during the centuries some key and highly lucrative customs rights on the Rhine. The Counts of Katzenelnbogen also built Burg Neukatzenelnbogen and Burg Rheinfels on the Rhine. The German family died out in 1479, while the Austrian lineage continued, and the county became disputed between Hesse and Nassau. In 1557, the former finally won, but when Hesse was split due to the testament of Philipp the Magnanimous, Katzenelnbogen was split as well, between Hesse-Darmstadt and the small new secondary principality of Hesse-Rheinfels. When the latter line expired in 1583, its property went to Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), which added the inherited part of Katzenelnbogen to its side-line principality of Hesse-Rotenburg. After the Congress of Vienna, this part of Katzenelnbogen was given to Nassau in exchange for property that had been taken away from it; after the War of 1866, with all Nassau, it became part of Prussia.
In 1945, Hesse-Darmstadt was united with most of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau, which included the former Hesse-Kassel along with Nassau and the formerly Free City of Frankfurt, to form the federal state of Hesse. Thus, Hesse now includes the larger part of former county of Katzenelnbogen. A smaller part of Nassau, including the old castle and village bearing the name of Katzenelnbogen, ended up as part of Rhineland-Palatinate (part of the Rhein-Lahn and Westerwaldkreis districts). One of the titles of the Queen of the Netherlands (the House of Orange-Nassau) is that of Countess of Katzenelnbogen.
The name Katzenelnbogen derives from the old Cattimelibocus. It consists of the ancient Germanic tribal name of the Chatti and Melibokus, the Roman name of any mountains, like the Harz or the Teutoburg Forest. Over the centuries the name changed to Katzenelnbogen: "cat's elbow".
In the history of wine, Katzenelnbogen is famous for the first documentation of Riesling grapes in the world: this was in 1435, when the storage inventory of Count John IV of Katzenelnbogen, a member of the Holy Roman high nobility, lists the purchase of vines of "Rieslingen".
It is SO cool you have nobility and castles in your family history. Very interesting!
Ms. Cheevious
I just found an image of Schloss Katzenelnbogen and I can tell you that this place's name is almost ineffable, even for an native German speaker.
This is the link to the castle of Katzenelnbogen
Brigitte Kobi
Wow.. winemaking too + royalty.. this is really interesting. Plus divorce during that time frame. How crazy cool is all this. I love it. It's like a soap opera.. only real
That is exactly how I feel each time I tune into my family tree….daytime drama!!!
My partner and I (he and I through our paternal lines) descend from the Grafen v Katzenelnbogen. Interesting article, thank you.
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Ninth Circuit Concludes That Bribery Means More Than Just 18 USC 201
By Mike Koehler on September 3, 2019 in Guralp Systems, Heon-Cheol Chi, Kinemetrics, U.S. Domestic Bribery Statute
As highlighted in this post, recently the Second Circuit concluded in U.S. v. Ng Lap Seng that just because 18 U.S.C. 201 (the so-called domestic bribery statute) and the FCPA (as well as other statutes) all concern bribery does not therefore mean that all bribery statutes have the same elements or interpretations.
Recently, the Ninth Circuit concluded the same thing in U.S. v. Heon-Cheol Chi. (See here for the decision).
The decision sets forth the following relevant background:
Second Circuit Affirms Seng's Conviction
By Mike Koehler on August 12, 2019 in Corrupt Intent, FCPA Jurisprudence, Ng Lap Seng, Obtain or Retain Business, U.S. Domestic Bribery Statute, Uncategorized
Previous posts here, here and here highlighted Ng Lap Seng's Second Circuit appeal after a federal jury convicted him in July 2017 of two counts of violating the FCPA, one count of paying bribes and gratuities, one count of money laundering and two counts of conspiracy "for his role in a scheme to bribe United Nations ambassadors to obtain support to build a conference center in Macau that would host, among other events, the annual United Nations Global South-South Development Expo."
Recently, in this decision the Second Circuit affirmed Seng's conviction. As stated in the opinion, the issues on appeal were: (i) whether the United Nations is an "organization" within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. 666; (ii) whether the jury was correctly instructed as to controlling law, particularly as pertains to bribery in light of McDonnell v. United States (see here for the prior post concerning the Supreme Court's 2016 decision construing 18 USC 201 – the domestic bribery statute – particularly the meaning of "official act"; and (iii) whether the evidence was insufficient to support a guilty plea.
A Double Standard? Part V
By Mike Koehler on May 2, 2012 in Double Standard, U.S. Domestic Bribery Statute
Prior posts have explored the issue of whether there is a double standard between enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and enforcement of U.S. domestic bribery statutes.
See here for "A Double Standard?" here for "A Double Standard? Part II," here for "A Double Standard? Part III," and here for "Double Standard? Part IV."
The following questions were posed: will a U.S. company's interaction with a "foreign official" (however that term is interpreted) be subject to more scrutiny and different standards than its interaction with a U.S. official; do we reflexively label a "foreign official" who receives "things of value" from private business interests as corrupt, yet when a U.S. official similarly receives "things of value" from private business interests we merely say "well, no one said our system is perfect"?
Wal-Mart's recent FCPA scrutiny has shined a light on many topics directly and indirectly related to the FCPA in recent days. One topic that is frequently showing up in my daily FCPA searches is the notion of a double standard as explored in the above posts.
In this recent clip from The War Room with Jennifer Granholm on Current TV, Granholm makes the general point that in the U.S., corporations frequently seek to influence the political process in ways that benefit its business interests. Referring to Wal-Mart's FCPA scrutiny, Granholm termed it "wildly ironic" that the company is under criminal investigation for potential violations of the FCPA for its interactions with Mexican officials, yet corporations have various legal vehicles, post-Citizens United, to influence U.S. officials.
In this recent Fox News segment, commentators note that "the [U.S.] government wants to give the impression that it is law-abiding and others are not when the same behavior is engaged" in by both and that "when the government itself gives bribes in foreign countries every day of the week, they just call it foreign aid." During the segment, an issue explored is how, when a U.S. company needs to receive a permit in the local community or needs something done, the company may call up its lobbyist who then may make a campaign donation to the official. Guests on the program stated that there is a contradiction between potential FCPA scrutiny and legal U.S. corporate practices that "does not make moral sense."
See this prior post "Is There a Difference?" for a discussion of similar issues. Also, see this prior post discussing the sentencing of FCPA defendant Bobby Elkins during which the sentencing judge reportedly stated that the CIA routinely bribes Afghan warlords, but the CIA's conduct is not illegal and that this parallel "sort of goes to the morality of the situation" Elkins faced. And then of course there is the James Giffen FCPA enforcement action. The enforcement action began with allegations (here) that Giffen made more than $78 million in unlawful payments to two senior Kazakhstan officials in connection with oil transactions for major American oil companies and abruptly ended in August 2010 with a one-paragraph superseding information (here) charging a misdemeanor tax violation and the company he worked for settling an FCPA enforcement action focused solely on two snowmobiles (here). Part of Giffen's defense was that his actions were taken with the knowledge and support of the CIA, the National Security Council, the Department of State and the White House. (See here for a prior post).
A while back, a reader sent me this article from Salon titled "America's Pervasive Pay-Off System." The author discusses petty bribery in Africa and states as follows. "It's not that the United States lacks corruption, […]— or even pervasive corruption. It's just not of the low-level and petty variety like the kind [the author explained in Africa], not most of the time anyway. In America, corruption is concentrated at the highest levels of society — and it masquerades, for example, under the name of "campaign finance."" Likewise, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch recently carried this editorial that stated as follows. "The fact is that even the United States government pays bribes. The "Great Sunni Awakening" that shut off the worst of the insurgency in the Iraq War was made possible by payments to tribal leaders. In Afghanistan, the U.S. military routinely paid off warlords, including some with ties to the Taliban. And then there all the U.S. politicians taking campaign contributions in return for 'access.' This is a difference without a distinction."
One of my favorite quotes from the FCPA's legislative history was made by Theodore Sorensen who stated in the midst of Congressional deliberations regarding what would become the FCPA as follows. "Corporate bribery is not the simple, safe issue it seems at first blush." Noting "countless situations in which a fair-minded investigator or judge will be hard-put to determine whether a particular payment or practice is a legitimate and permissible business activity or a means of improper influence," Sorensen stated that "reasonable men and even angels will differ on the answers … [and] such distinctions should make us less sweeping in our judgments and less confident of our solutions."
The above post is further to my work in progress "A Double Standard?" first presented at the Law and Society Annual Meeting in San Francisco in June 2011 during a panel titled "Corruption, International Business and Economic Development."
A Double Standard? Part III
By Mike Koehler on September 30, 2010 in Anything of Value, Charitable Contributions, Double Standard, Schering-Plough, U.S. Domestic Bribery Statute
A government official sets up a foundation to aid local organizations. It is funded by business entities that often turn to the government official for help – and usually succeed in getting such help.
Over a six week period, a company sends at least $45,000 in donations to four charitable programs founded by government officials – just as the companies were seeking approval of favorable legislation.
Another company supports a fundraiser for the scholarship fund of a government official.
Another company sponsors a sport competition to help the favorite food bank of a government official.
Another company subsidizes a spa outing in a popular tourist destination to aid the charity of a government official.
Another company helps sponsor a golf tournament benefiting the foundation of a government official.
Another company acknowledges that it participates in government officials' charitable events to get access to the officials to push the company's agenda.
"Google" Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and charitable giving and you will have enough reading material to keep you busy the rest of the day.
This material will likely reference the 2004 FCPA enforcement action against Schering-Plough (see here).
In that action, the SEC alleged (here) that Schering-Plough violated the FCPA when its wholly-owned Polish subsidiary ("S-P Poland") improperly recorded a bona fide charitable donation to a Polish foundation where the founder/president of the foundation was also the director of a government health fund (the "Director") that provided money to hospitals throughout Poland for the purchase of pharmaceutical products.
Although the SEC and Schering-Plough ultimately resolved the matter based only on violations of the FCPA's books and records and internal control provisions, the enforcement action is commonly viewed as broadening the "anything of value" element of an FCPA anti-bribery violation. (See here).
The SEC's tacit interpretation of the "anything of value" element in the Schering-Plough matter is significant because there was no allegation or indication that any tangible monetary benefit accrued to the Director, an individual deemed by the SEC to be a "foreign official" under the FCPA.
Rather, the SEC brought the enforcement action on the basis of its apparent conclusion that S-P Poland's bona fide charitable donations constituted a "thing of value" to the "foreign official" because the donations were subjectively valued by the official and provided him with an intangible benefit of enhanced self-worth or
prestige.
So will the above donations to government official charities result in FCPA scrutiny?
Because the government officials are U.S. government officials. See here for the recent New York Times story.
The U.S. has a domestic bribery statute (18 USC 201) (see here) which has similar elements to the FCPA. Yet, I would not hold your breath waiting for domestic bribery prosecutions.
This all begs the question – is there a double standard?
Will a U.S. company's interaction with a "foreign official" (however that term is interpreted) be subject to more scrutiny and different standards than its interaction with a U.S. official?
Do we reflexively label a "foreign official" who receives "things of value" from private business interests as corrupt, yet when a U.S. official similarly receives "things of value" from private business interests we merely say "well, no one said our system is perfect"?
For more on the FCPA's double standard (see here and here).
A Double Standard?
By Mike Koehler on December 17, 2009 in Charitable Contributions, Double Standard, Foreign Official, Lucent, Schering-Plough, U.S. Domestic Bribery Statute
A government official (and his wife) tour a foreign vineyard and castle and spend an afternoon at a ski resort in the Alps. A company can't foot the bill directly, so it funds a group that then picks up the tab.
Another government official is flown across the world to help close a business deal for a large corporate financial backer (and friend).
Sounds like some potential FCPA issues, right?
Because the government officials involved are not "foreign officials," but rather U.S. government officials. (See here for the recent story in the NY Times. The WSJ also recently ran a similar story here – although less focused on privately funded travel).
For those interested in other examples, you will want to visit LegiStorm.com (here) a web site that allows one to search such trips by U.S. official, sponsor, most active sponsor, most expensive trips, etc.
This raises the question of whether there is a double standard.
The U.S. has a domestic bribery statute (18 USC 201) (see here) which has similar (yet not identical) elements to the FCPA. Should not there at least be some level of intellectual and enforcement consistency with these statutes?
No doubt many of the trips identified by LegiStorm had a core, legitimate purpose. However, often times payment of a "foreign official's" travel expenses also have a core, legitimate purpose. The FCPA enforcement action most "on-point" is the 2007 action against Lucent (see here and here).
It's just not payment of a "foreign official's" travel expenses which seem to be subject to a double standard, but also corporate donations as well. It's common knowledge in this country that corporate interests donate, either directly or indirectly, to political campaigns, political action groups, or other causes to curry favor with politicians (or shall I say "participate in the political process").
Yet, if a company makes even a bona fide charitable contribution abroad, they will be subject to FCPA scrutiny. The FCPA enforcement action most "on-point" is the 2004 action against Schering-Plough (see here) involving a donation to a legitimate Polish castle restoration foundation where the founder/president of the foundation was also the director of a government health fund which provided money to hospitals throughout Poland for the purchase of pharmaceutical products.
All interesting issues/questions to ponder in what seems to be another example of how FCPA enforcement has indeed because the unique creature that it is. (See here for a prior post on this issue).


"How Do I Stay Open-Hearted and Informed At The Same Time?"
This is a very real issue at this time. Never before in all of human history has there been so much "internet" connecting us with information, energy, and ideas.
You gotta know what you want to know.
Before you set foot into the world of the internet be it social media, the news, or a direct website, ask yourself, "Why am I visiting this place?"
To share news of what happened (for either sympathy, celebration, or help).
To gather information to help make a decision.
To specifically see how a person or a group is doing.
To complain (which means to let off pressure in the hopes of feeling better or less alone).
To stave off boredom or the uncomfortable feeling of being in the present moment.
As you can see, some of the intents listed above seem more positive that others. But we assure you, ANY intent you set is valid as long as it is in alignment with you. If you really need to complain to help reach a better feeling place, by all means, do. If you really need to find a way to pass through these uncomfortable moments until you reach better-feeling ones, by all means do.
But the idea here is: never make yourself wrong for what you want or need. Simply be aware of what you are using the internet FROM and you will understand what you are receiving from it.
If you go to the internet to complain, you will attract more instances of complaining. It is what you will see, and even participate in.
If you go to the internet to stave off boredom, you may find yourself inexplicably unfulfilled when you leave the internet experience and try to do something else.
Conversely, if you go to the internet looking for things that uplift you because you want to feel uplifted, you will find – even one in a million – the exact story or post or meme you need to pull you up and out into a broader, more connected version of your human self at that time.
It's all in what you seek.
And it's all in being honest about where you are and what you are about at that given time.
I want to feel as informed as is in my highest good while remaining as happy as I possibly can be so that I can be a light and a beacon in this world for myself and others.
Or whatever intent works for you.
Above all else, never, wherever possible, fault someone for where they are. The biggest challenge people face (energetically speaking) in social media is pushing. Pushing against an idea. Pushing against an opinion. Pushing against an anger.
All of that pushing causes stress and strain and disconnects you from who YOU truly are. Love. Light. Beauty of soul beyond anything you have ever seen or heard.
There is a belief in the greater mass consciousness at this time that we must stamp out the anger and oppression that exists. But while it is never a happy time to be in anger or to be oppressed it is equally unhappy to stamp.
It is much more powerful – and at times seemingly more difficult – to continue to be open-hearted, allowing, and above all else, kind.
But how do we do this when social media is full of challenge?
Have you set your intent before you entered the world of social media? Every time?
And you may find, that when you set your intent to complain, or to stave off the boredom or uncomfortable feeling of the present moment, that those may not be in alignment with you after all, and that is the first step towards healing the world, through healing yourself.


There is new hope for many Americans who lost their homes to foreclosures and short sales in recent years – and are ready to buy a home again. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently introduced new guidelines for Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans, essentially making it easier for eligible borrowers who have a mortgage default on their record to purchase a home.
Given that millions of homeowners have lost their homes in the last few years alone, this is very good news for a vast number of Americans. The FHA Back to Work program allows qualifying borrowers who had a short sale, foreclosure, or a bankruptcy due to extenuating economic circumstances (reduction in income or loss of employment) to potentially obtain an FHA purchase mortgage – without needing to adhere to the three-year waiting period normally required by the FHA.
Have a bankruptcy, foreclosure, deed-in-lieu, short sale or delinquencies discharged, for at least 12 months.
Be able to document the financial hardship that lead to the mortgage default (a written job termination notice or other documentation of job loss, and W2s and/or signed tax returns to verify loss of income).
Have re-established good, on-time credit for at least 12 months after the financial event, via new or re-established tradelines (credit accounts).
In addition to meeting eligibility criteria, borrowers will have to receive counseling from an approved Housing and Urban Developing (HUD) counseling agency at least 30 days before beginning a loan application. A minimum of one hour of counseling is required. It must specifically address what caused the financial hardship and what can be done to reduce the possibility of another mortgage default.


America was and is the immigrant's dream.
In the face of technology, everything becomes a little atavistic.
The language of my books has shaped me as a man.
There's a connection between the advances that are made in technology and the sense of primitive fear people develop in response to it.
To be a tourist is to escape accountability. Errors and failings don't cling to you the way they do back home. You're able to drift across continents and languages, suspending the operation of sound thought. Tourism is the march of stupidity. You're expected to be stupid. The entire mechanism of the host country is geared to travelers acting stupidly. You walk around dazed, squinting into fold-out maps. You don't know how to talk to people, how to get anywhere, what the money means, what time it is, what to eat or how to eat it. Being stupid is the pattern, the level and the norm. You can exist on this level for weeks and months without reprimand or dire consequence. Together with thousands, you are granted immunities and broad freedoms. You are an army of fools, wearing bright polyesters, riding camels, taking pictures of each other, haggard, dysenteric, thirsty. There is nothing to think about but the next shapeless event.
Thousands stand and chant. Around them in the world, people ride escalators going up and sneak secret glances at the faces coming down. People dangle teabags over hot water in white cups. Cars run silently on the autobahns, streaks of painted light. People sit at desks and stare at office walls. They smell their shirts and drop them in the hamper. People bind themselves into numbered seats and fly across time zones and high cirrus and deep night, knowing there is something they've forgotten to do.
America is the world's living myth. There's no sense of wrong when you kill an American or blame America for some local disaster. This is our function, to be character types, to embody recurring themes that people can use to comfort themselves, justify themselves and so on. We're here to accommodate. Whatever people need, we provide. A myth is a useful thing.
I think it's only in a crisis that Americans see other people. It has to be an American crisis, of course. If two countries fight that do not supply the Americans with some precious commodity, then the education of the public does not take place. But when the dictator falls, when the oil is threatened, then you turn on the television and they tell you where the country is, what the language is, how to pronounce the names of the leaders, what the religion is all about, and maybe you can cut out recipes in the newspaper of Persian dishes.
Years ago I used to think it was possible for a novelist to alter the inner life of the culture. Now bomb-makers and gunman have taken that territory. They make raids on human consciousness. What writers used to do before we were all incorporated.
Film is more than the twentieth-century art. It's another part of the twentieth-century mind. It's the world seen from inside. We've come to a certain point in the history of film. If a thing can be filmed, the film is implied in the thing itself.
The figure of the gunman in the window was inextricable from the victim and his history. This sustained Oswald in his cell. It gave him what he needed to live. The more time he spent in a cell, the stronger he would get. Everybody knew who he was now.
If we are on the outside, we assume a conspiracy is the perfect working of a scheme. Silent nameless men with unadorned hearts. A conspiracy is everything that ordinary life is not. It's the inside game, cold, sure, undistracted, forever closed off to us. We are the flawed ones, the innocents, trying to make some rough sense of the daily jostle. Conspirators have a logic and a daring beyond our reach. All conspiracies are the same taut story of men who find coherence in some criminal act.
Don't you realize that as long as you have to sit down to pee, you'll never be a dominant force in the world? You'll never be a convincing technocrat or middle manager. Because people will know. She's in there sitting down.


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Cowboys DE DeMarcus Lawrence expected to play 2018 under franchise tag, report says
Written By Kirstie Chiappelli
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DeMarcus Lawrence isn't getting the contract he hoped for.
The Cowboys defensive end isn't expected to reach an agreement on a long-term deal with the team by Monday's 4 p.m. ET franchise tag deadline, ESPN reported, citing unidentified sources.
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Unlike other players around the league, Lawrence wasn't upset about being tagged earlier this offseason. In fact, he called it "a blessing" and looked at it as an opportunity, rather than a burden, as he vowed to use the time to improve himself.
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Lesson 2 - First object-oriented app in Java - Hello object world
Java OOP First object-oriented app in Java - Hello object world
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In the previous lesson, Introduction to object-oriented programming in Java, we introduced the object-oriented programming and went over what makes it more efficient than any other programming methodology. We already know that objects have fields and methods. We also know that to create an object we'd have to create a class first. Remember that a class is a pattern according to which we create instances later.
As we did in the Basic constructs of Java course we'll create what must always be done when you encounter a new paradigm in programming, a "Hello World" program. A Hello object world program, to be precise!
We'll start by creating a new Java application as we're used to. In the Projects window, on the left, right-click on the package and select New -> Java Class.
We'll name our class Greeter and confirm. We name classes using CamelCase, meaning that the first letter in every word in the class name is capitalized and we don't write spaces. The name, of course, shouldn't contain any accent characters, if your native language uses any, you can use them in strings, but never in identifiers.
We're going to create a "greeter" object using this class later, which will be able to greet the user. You might've noticed by now that we're treating the program in a different way, for every action, there is some object responsible. One should not simply start by writing stuff into the main() method. In our case, it may seem useless, but in more complex applications it'll prove to be more than worthwhile
Another .java file will be added to our package and NetBeans will open it for us. We can later return to the original HelloObjects.java with the main() method using tabs or via the Projects window.
Let's take a look at what NetBeans has generated for us and add a greeting method to the class.
package helloobjects;
public class Greeter {
As methods are gathered into classes, classes are gathered into packages. To make our class visible in HelloObjects.java, where we have the main() method, we'd have to give them a common package. Our class does it automatically, NetBeans places new classes in the same package that the application is in. Instead of "helloobjects" you'll have your application name there. If you haven't named it manually, it will automatically name it javaapplication1.
In the package, there's our class declared by the class keyword. The class is named Greeter and it's empty.
Notice that the code is almost the same as in HelloObjects.java. We now understand what we looked over in the previous course. Our console program was actually a class containing the main() method, and this class was placed in a package. You see, in Java, there is no real way of creating "non-OOP programs", which is a good thing
Next, we'll add a greet() method to the Greeter class, which will be publicly visible and won't return a value or take any parameters.
In Java, we declare methods as follows:
[Access modifier][return type][methodName]([parameters])
We'll write an access modifier before the method, which in our case is public. To make the method not return a value we must declare the method using the void keyword. Followed by the method's name, which we will write in camelCase as we do with variables (the first letter is lower case). Parentheses with parameters are required, we'll leave them empty since the method won't have any parameters. In the method body, we'll write code that prints a message to the console.
Our class will now look like this:
public void greet() {
System.out.println("Hello object world!");
That's all we'll do for the class for now. Let's move on to HelloObjects.java.
We'll create an instance of the Greeter class in the main() method body. Which will be a greeter object that we'll be able to work with. We store objects in variables and use the class name as the data type. Instances usually have the same name as classes, but with the first character in lowercase. Let's declare the variable and then store a new Greeter class instance within it:
Greeter greeter;
greeter = new Greeter();
The first line says: "I want a variable named "greeter" that will later contain a Greeter instance". We've already worked with the variables like this.
The second line contains the new keyword which will create a new Greeter class instance. We assign this instance to our variable.
When a new instance is created, the constructor is called. The constructor is a special class method, that's why we write the empty parentheses when creating an instance, we're calling this "creation" method. The constructor usually contains some initialization of the object's internal state, e.g. it initializes the fields with default values. We haven't declared a constructor in our class, that's why Java created the implicit parameterless constructor. So creating an instance of an object is similar to calling a method. Of course, the entire code can be shortened to:
Greeter greeter = new Greeter();
Since now we have a Greeter class instance in a variable, we can let it greet the user. We'll call the greet() method as greeter.greet(). The main() method code will now look like this:
{JAVA_OOP}
{JAVA_MAIN_BLOCK}
greeter.greet();
{/JAVA_MAIN_BLOCK}
{/JAVA_OOP}
Let's run the program:
Your first OOP app
Hello object world!
You can run the program in our online compiler as well, just notice that all classes are in the same file there if you click on the code. It's simpler for our online samples, however, you keep classes in separated files in your projects. We have successfully made our first object-oriented app!
Now let's add a name parameter to our greet() method, so it could greet the user properly:
public void greet(String name) {
System.out.println("Hi " + name);
The syntax of the method parameter is the same as the syntax of a variable. If we wanted more parameters, we'd separate them with commas. Let's modify our main() method now:
greeter.greet("Carl");
greeter.greet("Peter");
Our code is now in a method and we're able to call it multiple times with different parameters. We don't have to copy "Hi ..." twice. We'll separate our code logically into methods from now.
Hi Carl
Let's add some field (attribute) to the class, e.g. a text where the greeting will be stored. We declare fields as variables as well. We will also write an access modifier before them just like before otherwise Java would assume that they're package-private (see further in the course). Here's what your class should look like at this point:
public String text;
System.out.println(text + " " + name);
We have to initialize the text in the instance created in HelloObjects.java:
greeter.text = "Hi";
greeter.text = "Hello programmer";
greeter.greet("Richard");
Hello programmer Richard
In object-oriented design, it's not recommended to let each object control the input and output, i.e. printing lots of stuff into the console. Each object should have a single responsibility and shouldn't exceed its purpose. Let's make our object solely responsible for creating the greeting text, and we'll move the printing outside the object, i.e. to the main() method. The advantage to designing objects with a single responsibility is that they're then universal and reusable. Our object can only print text to the console now, but we'll change it so the method will only return the text and it'll be up to the recipient to decide what to do with it. Like this we could store greetings into files, print them on websites or process them further.
Since we want the method to return a string value, we'll change it from being a void type to a String type method. We use the return keyword to return a value. The return keyword terminates the method and returns the value. Any code in the method's body after the return will not be executed! Let's modify both classes:
The greet() method in Greeter.java:
public String greet(String name) {
return text + " " + name;
The main() method body in HelloObjects.java:
System.out.println(greeter.greet("Carl"));
System.out.println(greeter.greet("Peter"));
System.out.println(greeter.greet("Richard"));
Now, our code follows the guidelines of good OOP and over all programming practices. We will also add comments in our class accordingly. We'll add comments over the class name and over the name of each field and method. We'll use the Javadoc comments, /** Comments */, where we'll describe everything that's happening. Comments are useful when we make new class methods because its description will then be available to us in NetBeans. A fully documented class might look something like this:
/** A class represents a greeter whose purpose is to greet the user */
/** Greeting text */
* Greets the user with the stored greeting and his/her name
* @param  name  The user's name
* @return The greeting text
Let's check and see if NetBeans actually displays descriptions we've set in Javadoc:
Great! Our program already has some quality to it, despite it being relatively useless. If you want, you can try to create an object-oriented remake of our console calculator. In the next lesson, RollingDie in Java - Constructors and random numbers, we'll program a simple game. We'll make two objects, warriors, compete in an arena, which will also be an object. See? Now you have something to look forward to!
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Happy Spring everyone! The sun has been shining enough that my herb garden is taking off, and I like nothing more than to harvest fresh herbs to use in everything from meat rubs, to salads. Lately, my cilantro has gone a little crazy, so today I used it to make a delicious side dish for the BBQ chicken breasts we are having tonight. You are going to love it!
First, you are going to need a BBQ. But, if you don't have one, you can easily grill the corn in the oven under the broiler, so don't give up on me yet! This side dish is a Grilled Corn and Heirloom Tomato dish that is to die for, and I have a hard time not digging in while I am putting it together! The sweet grilled flavor of the corn is so delicious with the honey and lime dressing!
California Girl comments: I saw this recipe and my mouth began to water. It looks like the perfect complement to my summer menus; cool, fresh and healthy. I can't wait to make this!
I promise, once you make this it will become a regular dish all summer long!
Clean the corn and place on the grill, and turning regularly so they don't burn, grill them until the surface is scattered with golden brown corn kernels. A few charred ones are ok, so don't fret if you blacken a few. It should take about 10-15 minutes to cook the corn over a high heat. Watch them closely. After you take them off the grill, allow them to cool long enough to handle and then slice the kernels off of the ears and place in a large mixing bowl. Use the knife to scrape the ears down to get all the yumminess off the ear and toss that in with the kernels too!
Rinse and dry the cherry tomatoes. I found some beautiful heirloom cherry tomatoes at the market, and they do make the salad look so lovely…but honestly, regular cherry tomatoes will work just fine! Use what you have available! Cut the tomatoes in half, and toss them in with the grilled corn kernels.
Add the sliced onions, cilantro, and the avocado. Sprinkle a dash of red pepper powder over the vegetables and then add a dash of sea salt and a dash of freshly ground pepper. Toss gently.
In a small bowl, whisk together the oil, honey, and the juice of one large lime. Use a juicer so you get every last bit of juice out of the lime! Seriously, if you are going to squeeze the lime by hand, you won't get enough juice out of it! Once mixed, pour gently over the mixture in the bowl, and toss gently with a rubber spatula so you don't bruise the avocado.
California Girl comments: I can totally picture this served warm over grilled salmon or chicken, even adding chopped jalapeno. Yummy! Ms. April always inspires me with her amazing recipes.
Viola! (just practicing my French again….hee hee). While the corn is grilling, do all the prep on your other ingredients. It makes this recipe very fast to put together!
love grilled corn! And it is getting close to jersey tomato time! I love grilling romaine lettuce and making the grilled corn salad wraps.


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'Attack Dog' buys infringed copyrights, then sues
This little piece in yesterday's ABA Journal, "'Attack Dog' Group Buys Newspaper Copyrights, Sues 86 Websites", looks like good news for copyright litigation lawyers. In brief,
"... A Las Vegas start-up called Righthaven has purchased several copyrights to the Las Vegas Review-Journal and sued at least 86 website owners for copyright infringement, the Las Vegas Sun reports. The suits seek $75,000 in damages and forfeiture of the website domain names.
Right: why bother to bark and bite if you can get a copyright troll to do it for you?
"When it comes to fighting copyright theft in the news industry—the piracy of stories, editorials, columns, photos and videos—there are watchdogs and there are attack dogs," the Sun says. "The Las Vegas Review-Journal and its copyright enforcement partner, a Las Vegas star-tup called Righthaven LLC, are squarely in the attack-dog category."
The story says Righthaven first trolls to find an infringement and then buys the copyright to the story. The next step is an infringement suit. Defendants include "mom-and-pop-type bloggers" such as the City Felines Blog and even the Democratic Party of Nevada ...
Some defendants have argued Righthaven lacks standing because it didn't own the copyrights at the time the infringing story was posted. Other defendants who posted stories about themselves may have a fair-use defense, San Francisco lawyer Chris Ridder told the Sun.
A separate Las Vegas Sun article details other defense arguments. Some defense lawyers have claimed that Nevada courts don't have jurisdiction over out-of-state defendants, or that Righthaven should have requested the offending material be taken down before filing suit.
Righthaven CEO Steve Gibson told Wired's Threat Level blog that his company has an agreement with the Review-Journal publisher to begin helping it enforce copyrights for more than 70 other newspapers in nine states. "We believe it's the best solution out there," Gibson tells the blog. "Media companies' assets are very much their copyrights. These companies need to understand and appreciate that those assets have value more than merely the present advertising revenues."
The IP Finance weblog hopes to keep an eye on this development, and is particularly interested to see whether it will be a business model that will spread to Europe, Asia and elsewhere.
Thanks, Chris Torrero, for this link.
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arXiv.org > gr-qc > arXiv:gr-qc/9712015
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General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Title:Classical and Quantum Physical Geometry
Authors:Jeeva S. Anandan
(Submitted on 2 Dec 1997)
Abstract: The task of quantizing gravity is compared with Einstein's relativization of gravity. The philosophical and physical foundations of general relativity are briefly reviewed. The Ehlers-Pirani-Schild scheme of operationally determining the geometry of space-time, using freely falling classical particle trajectories, is done using operations in an infinitesimal neighborhood around each point. The study of the free fall of a quantum wave suggests a quantum principle of equivalence. The principle of general covariance is clarified. The sign change of a Fermion field when rotated by $2\pi$ radians is used to argue for a quantum mechanical modification of space-time, which leads naturally to supersymmetry. A novel effect in quantum gravity due to the author is used to extend Einstein's hole argument to quantum gravity. This suggests a quantum principle of general covariance, according to which the fundamental laws of physics should be covariant under `quantum diffeomorphisms'. This heuristic principle implies that space-time points have no invariant meaning in quantum gravity.
Comments: 31 pages, tex, 1 figure. Published in Potentiality, Entanglement and Passion-at-a-distance - Quantum Mechanical Studies for Abner Shimony, vol. 2, edited by R. S. Cohen, M. Horne and J. Stachel, (Kluwer, Dordrecht, Holland 1997), p. 31-52
Subjects: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc); High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
Cite as: arXiv:gr-qc/9712015
(or arXiv:gr-qc/9712015v1 for this version)
From: Jeeva S. Anandan [view email]
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Update: Officer Who Released Tsarnaev Photos Put On Desk Duty : The Two-Way Sgt. Sean Murphy released photos of the Boston bombings suspect because he was angry about the image of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev that Rolling Stone put on its cover. He distributed the photos without permission and has been put on restricted duty until an investigation is completed.
The Massachusetts State Police sergeant who gave photos of Boston bombings defendant Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to Boston Magazine has been placed on restricted duty, The Associated Press reported just after 1 p.m. ET Tuesday.
Boston bombings suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev emerges from a boat stored in a Watertown, Mass., backyard on April 19. The red dot of a police sharpshooter's laser sight can be seen on his forehead. This is among the images that Massachusetts State Police Sgt. Sean Murphy gave to Boston Magazine.
The AP adds, "Sgt. Sean Murphy leaked the photos last week, saying he wanted to counter a glamorized image of Tsarnaev on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine." On Tuesday, Murphy was placed on desk duty, where he will have no contact with the public until a further investigation is completed.
"The Massachusetts State Police trooper who released arrest photos of the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect without permission has a hearing to determine whether he will face additional punishment," writes The Associated Press.
"The closed hearing for Sgt. Sean Murphy before a three-person panel is scheduled for Tuesday at department headquarters in Framingham. He faces suspension or even firing."
"Sgt. Murphy was like any other decent human being when he saw the Jim Morrison-like image on the cover of the Rolling Stone. The veteran state police photographer was infuriated by the iconic photo and nauseated by the story inside the dying magazine. He thought the public had a right to see another side of the cuddly kitten who is accused of perpetrating the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil since 9/11, so he shared some crime scene photos with Boston Magazine. One of them shows a sniper's red dot on Dzhokhar [Tsarnaev's] forehead.
"It was a violation of the rules, and Murphy has a disciplinary hearing today. He is unlikely to lose his job, but just in case, there are already movements on Facebook and Twitter to keep him on the force. The tidal wave of support has been overwhelming for the 25-year-veteran."
We posted one of Murphy's photos last Thursday. He was relieved of duty for a day after the images were put online by Boston Magazine.