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'The Outsider': Watch The First Trailer For HBO's Stephen King Adaptation
By The Movie God | @ | October 17th, 2019 at 7:30 pm
HBO has released a teaser trailer for The Outsider, an adaptation of Stephen King's novel of the same name.
The 10-episode series is coming next year, and follows a police detective (Ben Mendelsohn) and private investigator (Cynthia Erivo) trying to find answers to the mysterious circumstances surrounding the body of a child found in the woods. Bill Camp, Mare Winningham, Paddy Considine, Julianne Nicholson, Yul Vázquez, Jeremy Bobb, Marc Menchaca, Hettienne Park, Michael Esper, Derek Cecil, Max Beesley, and Jason Bateman also star.
You can find much more info on The Outsider and give the trailer a watch below.
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Final 'Joker' Trailer: Joaquin Phoenix Sends In The Clowns
By eelyajekiM | @ | August 28th, 2019 at 2:02 pm
Warner Bros.' Joker, from director Todd Phillips, promises to be a deep character study of one of the greatest Batman villains. Starring Joaquin Phoenix as the titular Clown Prince of Crime, the standalone film will be something that is separate from whatever is going on in the DC Extended Universe, and that strategy may prove to be of benefit as it will allow the studio to release darker and more mature material that do not follow the conventional rules of a comic book movie.
Now we are getting another look at the film in the form of the final trailer. Check it out along with a poster below.
Topics: Movies, News, Spinoffs, Trailers
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Todd Phillips Says 'Joker' Movie Won't Follow Comics
By eelyajekiM | @ | July 9th, 2019 at 10:00 am
While most comic book movies borrow directly from the source material, they aren't necessarily direct adaptations.
Todd Phillips' Joker, which stars Joaquin Phoenix as the title character, may fit into that category as it will not be inspired by the comics and will present an original character-driven story. Check out the full report below.
Topics: Movies, News
Tags: Bill Camp, Frances Conroy, Joaquin Phoenix, Joker, Marc Maron, Robert De Niro, Scott Silver, Shea Whigham, The Joker, Todd Phillips, Warner Brothers, Zazie Beetz
First Trailer For 'Joker' Movie Starring Joaquin Phoenix Released
By The Movie God | @ | April 3rd, 2019 at 10:02 am
Warner Bros. has released a teaser trailer for Joker, the upcoming movie about the infamous Batman villain starring Joaquin Phoenix in the title role.
The teaser trailer for the movie was first shared during a presentation at CinemaCon yesterday, before being released to the masses this morning. In addition to the trailer, a new poster for the movie has also been released. You can find both the trailer and the poster below.
Movie Review: Molly's Game
By eelyajekiM | @ | December 21st, 2017 at 12:00 pm
Molly's Game
Director: Aaron Sorkin
Screenwriter: Aaron Sorkin
Cast: Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, Brian d'Arcy James, Chris O'Dowd, Bill Camp, Graham Greene, Claire Rankin, Joe Keery, Jeremy Strong
Distributor: STX Films
Rated R| 140 Minutes
Molly's Game is terrific in every sense of the word. That is if you can keep up with Aaron Sorkin's rapid-fire dialogue. But even though it may seem like things are moving at a lightning-fast pace, Jessica Chastain and Idris Elba never miss a beat. Both take command of the screen with their superb performances and excellent chemistry, and with the film rich with Sorkin's juicy and witty interchanges, there is never a dull moment.
And even if everything is coming at the audience at a dizzying pace, it's hard to deny that Sorkin's directorial debut was long overdue. My full review below.
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PRINCE HARRY and Meghan Markle have announced their engagement
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Kasich's State of the State: 90 Minutes of No New Education Initiatives
Governor John Kasich had no new school reforms in his State of the State address, except to say he was going to count on Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson to lead the state on this issue. This is despite the promise of the country's best school funding formula in last year's State of the State. As delineated in an editorial in yesterday's Plain Dealer, there are two principle issues in the Jackson plan: it would steer local property taxes to charter schools and it would eliminate experience as a factor in teacher evaluation. Outside those, it's pretty much out of the last decade's education reform playbook: transforming failing schools by closing them and firing people. Not terribly innovative, unfortunately. Nor is there a ton of research out there showing this reform model actually turns around schools. It is a hopeful sign, though, that Kasich is willing to work with successful charter schools, of which there are a few in Cleveland, and root out the bad ones, of which there are plenty in Cleveland. That's a big first step to ending the charter school wars. Kasich also noted that public school graduation rates are too low. Yet his actions don't match his words, as he spoke last year at ECOT's graduation, which only graduates 35% of its students. He also took credit for the state's teacher evaluation system, which has been developed over the last two years in the Educator Standards Board. Wonder how they felt about that, especially given how hard they worked developing it? Kasich again touted the expanded voucher program. Noting that 30,000 families can now access vouchers to escape failing schools. However, only about 13,000 families have done that, and this is the first year since the program's inception where less money is being spent on vouchers than the prior year. Voucher receipts are down about 6% this year. Perhaps parents aren't as willing to give up on the public schools as Kasich is. Next year, the voucher cap will be 60,000, which could mean as much as $312 million would be shifted from school districts to private schools if all slots are filled. All in all, the Governor's speech was light on education policy, unlike his fellow governors in Florida, New York and other states.
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Trying to beat the stock market is theoretically a zero-sum game (for every winner, there must be a loser), but after the substantial costs of investing are deducted, it becomes a loser's game. John C. ("Jack") Bogle is the founder of the Vanguard Group and creator of the world's first index fund, and The Little Book of Common Sense Investing is a top recommendation of Warren Buffett's.
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The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Hit Broadway Musical
Hairspray is the 2003 Tony Award® winner for Best Musical!
Based on filmmaker John Waters' affectionately subversive homage to his Baltimore youth, Hairspray takes place in 1962. Chubby Tracy Turnblad (Marissa Jaret Winokur, 2003 Tony winner for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical) is transformed into a teen celebrity on a local TV dance program. With her irresistible stage mother (Harvey Fierstein, 2003 Tony winner for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical) at her side, she attempts to win the heart of the local heartthrob and integrate "The Corny Collins Show" at the same time.
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Mark O'Donnell is a playwright and author of novels and comic story collections. He lives in New York City. Thomas Meehan won the 2001 Tony Award for co-writing the book for The Producers. He lives in New York City/ Nantucket, MA. Marc Shaiman has been nominated for five, Academy Awards for his film music writing. Scott Wittman has worked in the realms of Broadway, television, and the concert stage. Shaiman/Wittman live in New York City and Los Angeles.


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The indicator strongly increased by 69.36 percent compared to the prior year, refreshed data from European Commission show. Mechanics and parts export sharply rose by 2 581 560 Euro, as it follows the tendency of the previous year when it went up by 1.4 percent. The overall changes for the prior 23 years hit an increase of 424.47%. Besides, it has had a 0.11% average annual growth rate over the 5 years with a slight overall growth since the start of time series. It averaged 3 662 057.83 Euro from 1995 to 2017 and it reached its all-time high of 6 311 950 Euro in 2012 and record low of 1 201 900 Euro in 1995.


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Argument in the alternative
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Originating in the legal profession, argument in the alternative is a strategy in which a lawyer advances several competing (and possibly mutually exclusive) arguments in order to pre-empt objections by his adversary, with the goal of showing that regardless of interpretation there is no reasonable conclusion other than the advocate's.
Bart Simpson's classic "I didn't do it, no one saw me do it, you can't prove anything!" could be considered a somewhat humorous example. In a more serious example, a lawyer might argue, not only that his client was elsewhere when a murder or other crime took place, but also that even if he had been on the scene, he would have had no way of accessing the alleged murder weapon. In this way, the lawyer attacks several premises of the prosecution's argument at once. The secondary line of reasoning might be presented to persuade a sub-audience who would not otherwise agree with the primary argument.
In regards to contract law, arguing in the alternative is done where a dispute arises over the terms of a contract. In a particular case it may be best for the plaintiff to allege that a statement made was to become a term of the contract. However the circumstances of the case may be such that the plaintiff cannot be certain that the court will accept this argument. To allow for this possibility, all the plaintiff need do is to argue in the alternative that the statement was in fact a representation (which allows for remedies based on misrepresentation) or again in the alternative that the statement became a part of a collateral contract.[1]
Occasionally, such arguments can be confusing to some people, who perceive a self-contradiction. Generally speaking, this is a case of mistakenly thinking the argument claims both alternatives are true, when in reality it is claiming only that one or the other of them must be.
Alternative pleading
Kettle logic
Disjunction elimination
Hypothetical syllogism
Paradigm case argument
^ Khoury, Yamouni, D, Y S (2007). Understanding Contract Law. Australia: LexisNexis Butterworths.
Arguing in the Alternative. Oct. 22, 2007
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From extravagantly priced tuna belly sushi to a simple dish of tempura squid tentacles, if you eat seafood in Tokyo it will almost certainly have come from Tsukiji market, a sprawling collection of warehouses, restaurants and shops that has been part of the Japanese capital's economic and cultural fabric for more than 80 years.
The Tokyo central wholesale market, to give it its official name, is where Japan's obsession with seafood transforms into a commercial operation worth almost 2bn yen (£15.5m) a day.
By the time the dawn auctions have ended, 3,000 mostly frozen tuna – their lifeless forms resembling second world war bombs – will have passed through Tsukiji before being sent across Japan. But the fate of the world's biggest fish market is in the balance after a planned move to new premises was halted due to contamination concerns.
Despite the uncertainty, daily life at the market must continue. Tsukiji's intermediate wholesalers work quickly to identify the best tuna before they go up for auction. Wielding torches to check the fattiness of tail cross-sections in the dim light, they scribble down their lot number, where and how they were caught, and the name of the fishing vessel that landed them.
Tsukiji is a draw not just for tuna lovers. The sprawling market, covering 223,000 square metres (2.4m sq ft), handles more than 400 varieties of seafood a day with a combined weight of 1,800 tonnes, generating daily sales worth about 1.8bn yen (£14m). It also sells about 270 varieties of fruit imported from around the world.
Almost 20,000 vehicles pass through the market's gates each day, part of a supply line that connects an estimated 60,000 people whose livelihoods depend on the seamless flow of fish and vegetables from auction room to restaurant kitchen and supermarket shelf.
The Japanese eat more fish per capita than any other developed country, consuming about 27kg annually, in a market worth 1.4tr yen, compared with the global average of 19kg. The country's appetite for bluefin tuna – it consumes 80% of the global supply – has sent stocks of the fish plummeting and sparked warnings that the species is nearing commercial extinction.
While overall seafood consumption declines in Japan, demand from overseas – mainly from China, South Korea and Europe – has seen Japanese fish exports rise dramatically in recent years.
These are uncertain times for Tsukiji and a customer base that now stretches well beyond Japan's shores. Early this month its workers were supposed to have packed away their knives, said goodbye to their overcrowded, ageing premises and moved to a new building in Toyosu, less than two miles south along Tokyo Bay.
That was until Tokyo's new governor, Yuriko Koike, put an abrupt halt to the move, citing rising concerns over evidence that the new site – built at a cost of 588bn yen – was contaminated with dangerous toxins.
Surveys have revealed levels of benzene, arsenic and cyanide slightly above government-set standards. Mercury levels between five and seven times the national air quality standard were found in the building's basement.
Koike, a conservative maverick who has criticised her predecessors' handling of the move, said she would wait until the results of a new environmental survey are published in January before making a final decision.
"Postponing the move puts the citizens of Tokyo first," Koike told reporters when she announced the postponement.
On a recent morning at Tsukiji, chatter about the market's biggest crisis since it opened in 1935 mixed with the buzz of bandsaws slicing through bluefin tuna and the hum of motorised carts piled high with boxes filled with everything from live prawns and sea urchins to sea squirts and oysters.
With Tsukiji now an immediately recognisable guarantee of quality among buyers in other parts of Asia, Europe and North America, fears over the safety of the new site are spreading well beyond Tsukiji, according to veteran wholesalers.
"Harmful rumours about the contamination are spreading around the world," said 68-year-old Susumu Miura. "Safety and reassurance are the two most important factors in our relationship with our customers. It's got to the point that the situation here is being compared to Fukushima … rumours can destroy businesses.
A poll of Tsukiji wholesalers conducted in April revealed overwhelming opposition to moving to Toyosu. Among the 247 who responded, 205 said they wanted to stay in Tsukiji; only nine said they wanted to relocate.
Some experts say the slightly raised levels of toxic substances do not present a risk to human health.
But market workers say they no longer trust official reassurances. "We deal in fresh fish, and fruit and veg, that's why I've been against the relocation all along," said Michio Wachi, 71, who has worked at the Komineya tuna wholesaler for almost five decades.
Under the original relocation plan, the outer market, a popular destination for foreign tourists in search of the freshest sushi breakfast imaginable, will be spared the wrecking ball to preserve some of its old charm.
While Koike and her advisers pore over the latest pollution data, life at Tsukiji carries on in a state of limbo. Now, perhaps more than ever, the thousands of people with a strong emotional, as well as commercial, attachment to Tsukiji will feel the need to turn to the shinto gods at nearby Namiyoke (protection from the waves) shrine for divine intervention.
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The weather models dictating natural gas traders' books are driving them crazy — and the reason is quite simple: few can really understand what's happening to the weather now.
It's mid-January, a time of the year when heating demand indoors should be peaking. Yet, here we are, with average chill across most of the United States, particularly the Northeastern region, which happens to be the country's largest gas-driven heating market.
"Natural gas is coming under more pressure as old man winter seems to have taken the last train to the East Coast," said Phil Flynn, senior market analyst for energy at Chicago brokerage Price Futures Group.
Just How Warm Is It?
Flynn recites data from Bret Walts at forecaster BAMWX, who writes that major changes have occurred on the Ensemble Prediction System (EPS), the closely-watched European model for medium-range weather.
According to Walts, the EPS has lost more than 30 heating degree days (HDDs) since Tuesday. HDDs measure the number of degrees a day's average temperature is below 65 Fahrenheit (18 Celsius). They are used to estimate demand to heat homes and businesses.
Walts reports that the Global Ensemble Forecast System (GEFS), another widely-followed model, has seen warmer trends too of late, though not to the extreme of the major EPS trends. The GEFS is a weather forecast model made up of 21 separate forecasts. Prior to its recent warming, the GEFS had averaged more than 30 HDDs too cold for the second week of January.
"Model chaos has been high as of late," Flynn wrote. Further, Walts said in a BAMWX report that strong global winds favored warmer risks in the Eastern United States, setting the region up for lower-than-normal heating demand in the second week of February — a period that should typically be colder than January.
No 'Sustained' Cold
"As of now, we do not see a 'sustained' cold pattern in the Eastern U.S.," said Walts. "Into late January and February, we are losing our major source of cold air as the Polar Vortex returns to the other side of the planet."
He adds: "Any cold looks to remain rather transient."
Dominick Chirichella of the Energy Management Institute concurs with that view.
"A system will bring wintry impacts across parts of the North Central/Northeast U.S. Friday through the weekend," Chirichella said.
"Cold will be at least occasionally introduced into the pattern past day 4 (of the week), although interludes of warmth are still possible."
The bearish views on natural gas come as the market once again awaits numbers due at 10:30 AM ET (15:30 GMT) from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), which will be reporting for the week ended Jan.10.
Draw Forecast: Bullish On Week, Bearish On 5-Year
Analysts are expecting the EIA to cite a storage draw of 95 billion cubic feet (bcf) for the just-ended week. On the surface, that's bullish, considering that it's more than double the 44 bcf draw during the previous week to Jan. 3. Yet the 95 bcf is about half the size of the drawdowns averaged over the past five years for the same week.
Add the unyielding record highs in U.S. gas production week after week — and the maddening, mercurial weather — and there's little reason to feel bullish, say those in the trade.
That explains the price action behind the February gas contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange's Henry Hub, which came within a dime of breaking the key $2 per million metric British thermal units (mmBtu) support last week.
Natural Gas Futures Weekly Prices
In Wednesday's trade, February gas settled down 3.1% at $2.12 per mmBtu. Since the start of 2020, it has fallen 2.7%, after losses of 13.4% in November and 4% in December on the front-month contracts of the Henry Hub.
"Weather models have curtailed forecasts for cold weather after an initial blast early next week and have been the primary driver behind the market's pullback," said Dan Myers, analyst at Houston-based Gelber & Associates, who, like Walts and Flynn, also blames it on the vanishing HDDs.
No Break From Production This Year
If that's not bad enough, U.S. gas production is expected to remain at record highs throughout this year, sliding only in 2021, the EIA said in its Short-Term Energy Outlook for January, issued Tuesday.
The agency forecasts dry natural production to average 94.7 bcf per day in 2020, up almost 3% from the 2019 average of 92 bcf per day. Accordingly, with the higher production, the EIA expects Henry Hub prices to average $2.33 per mmBtu this year, down 9% from the 2019 average of $2.57.
But as "relatively low natural gas prices contribute to a reduction in natural gas-directed drilling," production is expected to taper to 94.1 bcf per day next year, representing the first annual decline since 2016, said the EIA.
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Karnoski v. Trump, No. 18-35347
Court United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (9th Circuit)
Writing for the Court PER CURIAM.
Citation 926 F.3d 1180
Parties Ryan KARNOSKI; Cathrine Schmid, Staff Sergeant; D. L., fka K. G., by his next friend and mother, Laura Garza; Human Rights Campaign Fund; Gender Justice League ; Lindsey Muller, Chief Warrant Officer; Terece Lewis, Petty Officer First Class; Phillip Stephens, Petty Officer Second Class; Megan Winters, Petty Officer Second Class; Jane Doe; American Military Partner Association, Plaintiffs-Appellees, State of Washington, Attorney General's Office Civil Rights Unit, Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donald J. TRUMP, in his official capacity as President of the United States; United States of America; Patrick M. Shanahan, in his official capacity as Acting Secretary of Defense; United States Department of Defense, Defendants-Appellants. In re Donald J. Trump, in his official capacity as President of the United States; United States of America; Patrick M. Shanahan, in his official capacity as Acting Secretary of Defense; United States Department of Defense; U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Kevin K. McAleenan, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, Donald J. Trump, in his official capacity as President of the United States; United States of America; Patrick M. Shanahan, in his official capacity as Acting Secretary of Defense; United States Department of Defense; U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Kevin K. McAleenan, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, Petitioners, v. United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, Seattle, Respondent, Ryan Karnoski; Cathrine Schmid; D.L.; Laura Garza; Human Rights Campaign; Gender Justice League ; Lindsey Muller; Terece Lewis; Phillip Stephens; Megan Winters ; Jane Doe; American Military Partner Association; State of Washington, Real Parties in Interest.
Decision Date 14 June 2019
Docket Number No. 18-72159,No. 18-35347
926 F.3d 1180
Ryan KARNOSKI; Cathrine Schmid, Staff Sergeant; D. L., fka K. G., by his next friend and mother, Laura Garza; Human Rights Campaign Fund; Gender Justice League ; Lindsey Muller, Chief Warrant Officer; Terece Lewis, Petty Officer First Class; Phillip Stephens, Petty Officer Second Class; Megan Winters, Petty Officer Second Class; Jane Doe; American Military Partner Association, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
State of Washington, Attorney General's Office Civil Rights Unit, Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellee,
Donald J. TRUMP, in his official capacity as President of the United States; United States of America; Patrick M. Shanahan, in his official capacity as Acting Secretary of Defense; United States Department of Defense, Defendants-Appellants.
In re Donald J. Trump, in his official capacity as President of the United States; United States of America; Patrick M. Shanahan, in his official capacity as Acting Secretary of Defense; United States Department of Defense; U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Kevin K. McAleenan, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security,
Donald J. Trump, in his official capacity as President of the United States; United States of America; Patrick M. Shanahan, in his official capacity as Acting Secretary of Defense; United States Department of Defense; U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Kevin K. McAleenan, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, Petitioners,
United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, Seattle, Respondent,
Ryan Karnoski; Cathrine Schmid; D.L.; Laura Garza; Human Rights Campaign; Gender Justice League ; Lindsey Muller; Terece Lewis; Phillip Stephens; Megan Winters ; Jane Doe; American Military Partner Association; State of Washington, Real Parties in Interest.
No. 18-35347
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted October 10, 2018 Portland, Oregon
Filed June 14, 2019
Appeal No. 18-35347 Brinton Lucas (argued), Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General; Tara S. Morrissey and Marleigh D. Dover, Appellate Staff; Hashim M. Mooppan, Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Defendants-Appellants.
Stephen R. Patton (argued), Daniel Siegfried, Vanessa Barsanti, Scott Lerner, and James F. Hurst, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, Illinois; Peter C. Renn, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc., Los Angeles, California; Tara L. Borelli, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc., Atlanta, Georgia; Kara Ingelhart and Camilla B. Taylor, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc., Chicago, Illinois; Sasha Buchert and Diana Flynn, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc., Washington, D.C.; Carl Charles, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc., New York, New York; Peter E. Perkowski, OutServe-SLDN Inc., Los Angeles, California; Jason B. Sykes and Derek A. Newman, Newman Du Wors LLP, Seattle, Washington; for Plaintiffs-Appellees.
La Rond Baker (argued) and Colleen Melody, Assistant Attorneys General; Alan Copsey, Deputy Solicitor General; Robert W. Ferguson, Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Seattle, Washington; for Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellee.
Maura Healey, Attorney General; Sara A. Colb, Kimberly A. Parr, and Genevieve C. Nadeau, Assistant Attorneys General; Office of Attorney General, Boston, Massachusetts; Xavier Becerra, Attorney General of California, Sacramento, California; George Jepsen, Attorney General of Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut; Matthew P. Denn, Attorney General of Delaware, Wilmington, Delaware; Karl A. Racine, Attorney General of the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C.; Russell A. Suzuki, Attorney General of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii; Lisa Madigan, Attorney General of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois; Tom Miller, Attorney General of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa; Janet T. Mills, Attorney General of Maine, Augusta, Maine; Brian E. Frosh, Attorney General of Maryland; Baltimore, Maryland; Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey, Trenton, New Jersey; Hector Balderas, Attorney General of New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Barbara D. Underwood, Attorney General of New York, New York, New York; Joshua H. Stein, Attorney General of North Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina; Ellen F. Rosenblum, Attorney General of Oregon, Salem, Oregon; Josh Shapiro, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Peter F. Kilmartin, Attorney General of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island; Mark R. Herring, Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia; Thomas J. Donovan, Jr., Attorney General of Vermont, Montpelier, Vermont, for Amici Curiae Massachusetts, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, Vermont, and the District of Columbia.
Douglas C. Dreier and Stuart F. Delery, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae The Trevor Project.
Sherrilyn A. Ifill, Director-Counsel, Janai S. Nelson, and Samuel Spital, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., New York, New York; Daniel S. Harawa, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund Inc., Washington, D.C.; for Amicus Curiae NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund Inc.
Devi M. Rao and Scott B. Wilkens, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, D.C.; Benjamin J. Brysacz, Jenner & Block LLP, Los Angeles, California; for Amici Curiae American Medical Association, American College of Physicians, and Nine Other Health Care Organizations.
William B. Stafford and Abha Khanna, Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, Washington; Ashwin P. Phatak, David H. Gans, Brianne J. Gorod, and Elizabeth B. Wydra, Constitutional Accountability Center, Washington, D.C.; for Amicus Curiae Constitutional Accountability Center.
Matthew S. Blumenthal and Harold Hongju Koh, Rule of Law Clinic, Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut; Jake Ewart, Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson P.S., Seattle, Washington; Phillip Spector, Messing & Spector LLP, Baltimore, Maryland; for Amici Curiae Retired Military Officers and Former National Security Officials.
Suzanne B. Goldberg, Sexuality and Gender Law Clinic, Columbia Law School, New York, New York; William C. Miller, Robert C. K. Boyd, and Cynthia Cook Robertson, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae The Service Women's Action Network, California Women Lawyers, Center for Reproductive Rights, Columbia Law School Sexuality and Gender Law Clinic, Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund, Equal Rights Advocates, Legal Voice, Michigan Association for Justice, National Women's Law Center, and the Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia.
John C. Quinn, Julie E. Fink, Roberta A. Kaplan, and Joshua Matz, Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP, New York, New York, for Amici Curiae National Center for Transgender Equality, Southern Arizona Gender Alliance, The Trans Youth Equality Foundation, Transcend Legal, Transgender Allies Group, Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund, and Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico.
Susan Baker Manning, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, D.C.; Corey Houmand, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Palo Alto, California; for Amici Curiae Vice Admiral Donald C. Arthur, USN (Ret.), former Surgeon General of the U.S. Navy; Major General Gale Pollock, USA (Ret.), former Acting Surgeon General of the U.S. Army, and Rear Admiral Alan M. Steinman, USPHS/USCG (Ret.), Former Director of Health and Safety of the U.S. Coast Guard.
Appeal No. 18-72159, Mark R. Freeman (argued), Brad Hinshelwood, Tara S. Morrissey, Marleigh D. Dover, and Mark B. Stern, Appellate Staff; Brinton Lucas, Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General; Hashim M. Mooppan, Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Joseph H. Hunt, Assistant Attorney General; Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Petitioners.
Stephen R. Patton (argued), Daniel Siegfried, Vanessa Barsanti, Scott Lerner, Jordan M. Heinz, and James F. Hurst, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, Illinois; Peter C. Renn, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc., Los Angeles, California; Tara L. Borelli, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc., Atlanta, Georgia; Sasha Buchert and Diana Flynn, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc., Washington, D.C.; Kara Ingelhart and Camilla B. Taylor, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc., Chicago, Illinois; Paul D. Castillo, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc., Dallas, Texas; Peter E. Perkowski, OutServe-SLDN Inc., Los Angeles, California; Jason B. Sykes and Derek A. Newman, Newman Du Wors LLP, Seattle, Washington; for Real Parties in Interest.
Petition for Writ of Mandamus
Before: Raymond C. Fisher, Richard R. Clifton, and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
In July 2017, President Trump announced on Twitter that transgender individuals would not be allowed to serve in the military. This was followed by an August 2017 Memorandum implementing his announcement. Plaintiffs, transgender individuals who serve in the military or seek to do so, subsequently joined by the State of Washington, brought this lawsuit alleging that the 2017 Memorandum unconstitutionally discriminated against transgender individuals. The district court issued a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the 2017 Memorandum,...
United States v. Mayea-Pulido, Nos. 18-50223
United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (9th Circuit)
...our usual test for determining whether heightened scrutiny applies suggest that such scrutiny is warranted here. See Karnoski v. Trump , 926 F.3d 1180, 1200 & n.17 (9th Cir. 2019) (citation omitted) (discussing the four-part test: "A) whether the class has been historically subjected to dis......
California v. Trump, Case No. 19-cv-00872-HSG
United States District Courts. 9th Circuit. United States District Courts. 9th Circuit. Northern District of California
...L.Ed.2d 978 (2019) (quoting United States v. Stanchich , 550 F.2d 1294, 1300 (2d Cir. 1977) (Friendly, J.)); see also Karnoski v. Trump , 926 F.3d 1180, 1202 (9th Cir. 2019) ("Of course, deference does not mean abdication.") (quotation omitted). DoD officials have forthrightly acknowledged ......
Mayor & City Council of Balt. v. Trump, Civil Action No. ELH-18-3636
United States District Courts. 4th Circuit. United States District Court (Maryland)
...Court's instruction to "explore other avenues" before wading into constitutionally fraught discovery disputes. See Karnoski v. Trump , 926 F.3d 1180, 1203-07 (9th Cir. 2019) (granting writ of mandamus and vacating discovery order "because the district court did not fulfill its obligation 't......
Duncan v. Bonta, 19-55376
...or invented post hoc in response to litigation." United States v. Virginia, 518 U.S. 515, 533 (1996); see also, e.g., Karnoski v. Trump, 926 F.3d 1180, 1199-1202 (9th Cir. 2019). CONCLUSION Rather than representing a "much less subjective" framework for decisionmaking in Second Amendment ca......


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Last week's thought experiment tried to get us to consider real world problems of poverty and what to do about it. This week, it's all about abstractions as we move on to the kind of language problem popular in the current dominant school of analytic philosophy.
It started one day when they found two boxes. Ludwig proposed that they took one each, and that each would only ever look inside his own box, not that of the other. What is more, he would never describe what was in his box or compare it to anything outside the box. Rather, each would simply name the contents of his box 'beetle'.
...all language use is a kind of game, in that it relies upon a combination of rules and conventions, not all of which can be explicitly stated, and which only players of the game really understand. ... Consider what happens when I say, "I have a pain in my knee." The box in this case is my inner experience. As with Ludwig and Bertie's containers, no one else can look inside it; only I can. ... All of the vocabulary of pain refers to sensations, and all of these are inside the boxes of our own subjective experience. ... For all we know, when we both say we are feeling pain, what is going on inside me is quite different from what is going on inside you.
What do you think? Have Ludwig and Bertie shown you our shared vocabularies aren't all that shared?
Ready to feel a little uncomfortable? Time for this week's thought experiment!
The UN has set a target for developed countries to give 0.7 percent of their GDP to overseas aid. Few have met it.
So what do you think? Are we all being as callous as Roger?
Those aliens. All heart and no head.
Feeling like you haven't had a good conversation with an alien in a while? Unable to think about anything else?Well, you're in luck. It's time for this week's philosophy thought experiment!
Yet another way of looking at the concept of free will as well as the mind-body problem. What do you think of the Epiphen's perspective? Is it persuasive to you? Or would you say something to persuade Huxley he's wrong?
Novel-lengthed treatment of this idea.
I'm a bit scared to share this week's thought experiment as it deals with the exact subject of my next novel. See what you think of this.
Any thoughts? Would you want to kill yourself too? Or do you think you could be happy living forever?


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Mellvine Durrett
Mellvine Vernon Durrett, 76, of Bedford, Kentucky, died Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021, at his home.
He was born on the family farm in Campbellsburg, Kentucky, on Aug. 2, 1944, to Lewis William Durrett Sr. and Mary Frances Smith Durrett. He was a farmer, a deacon and lifelong member of Campbellsburg Second Baptist Church and a member of Washington IOOF Lodge No. 1513 in New Castle, Kentucky. He enjoyed fishing and was a jack-of-all-trades. He had formerly worked for Purnell Sausage Company in Simpsonville, Kentucky.
Survivors include his wife, Claudette Johnson Durrett of Bedford; a daughter, Laura Frances Jones of New Albany, Indiana; three sons, Robert M. Foree of Pleasureville, Kentucky, Nathan V. Durrett of New Albany and Ryan L. Durrett of New Castle, Kentucky; nine brothers and sisters, Lewis W. Durrett Jr. of Duncan, South Carolina, Martha Hayden and Mary Durrett, both of Louisville, Hazel Durrett and Raymond Durrett, both of Campbellsburg, Curtis Durrett of La Grange, Kentucky, Dwaine Durrett of Bedford, Evelyn Durrett of Eminence, Kentucky and Dennis "Brother" Durrett of New Castle; and eight grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Funeral services are at 1 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 8, at the Campbellsburg Second Baptist Church with burial at Odd Fellows Cemetery in New Castle. Visitation is 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Ransdell Funeral Home in Campbellsburg and from 10 a.m. until time of services Friday at the church.


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Any investor looking to deploy capital in a company will ask this question. Often times, the investor will actually have done the research before the meeting and is really only asking because they want to know how you will respond. Are you one of the entrepreneurs who genuinely thinks you have no competitors? If you answer the question with "We have no competitors", just know, the moment you say those words, the meeting is officially over.
The right way to answer that question? Take out the landscape you built with fifty of your biggest competitors. When the investor asks "Who are you biggest competitors?", your answer is "Here are my 50 biggest competitors."
This shows that you came prepared to the meeting, that you are a responsible entrepreneur, and that you know what you're up against.
If this situation is the former and the investor thinks you are genuinely too early for them, then your response should be "Thanks for the feedback, can you give me a specific milestone that you want to see me hit before considering this for an investment?"
This response shows that you accept the feedback and have every intention of coming back once you have the necessary traction. Responding this way illustrates how mature and open you are as an entrepreneur and also communicates to the investor "I am in this for the long haul. I will be back."
This response annoys me. "If so many have tried to solve this problem, what makes you think you can do it?"
My response: "So many are trying to cure cancer. Should we just give up?"
"So many tried to crack search before Google and mobile before Apple and social before Facebook. Should they have given up?"
4. Why can't anyone just copy you?
My response to this question: "They can. Bring it on."
"What was Facebook's technological barrier? Uber? Twitter? And the list goes on. Today, technology doesn't win. Execution does."


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Bostik has recently launched in EMEA a safer and more sustainable WL range offering within its Born2Bond Anaerobic Adhesives portfolio of Engineering Adhesives, with seven alternatives to the standard high-performance products.
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Preview: Kansas at Kansas State
Nobody in the Big 12 has guarded Kansas better than Kansas State did in Lawrence. The Wildcats held the Jayhawks to 0.81 points per possession. That was the second of four consecutive games that Kansas State held their opponents under a point per possession. The Wildcats haven't been able to sustain that stinginess. Eight of their last ten opponents have scored over a point per possession. The two teams Kansas State held below a point per possession, Iowa State and Colorado, still averaged over a point per possession on the season against the Wildcats.
Kansas State isn't good enough offensively to win consistently when their defensive performance is mediocre or worse. They shoot only 47.3 eFG% and turn the ball over more often than their opponents which negates their decent free throw shooting (fifth in the league in Free Throw Rate) and offensive rebounding (sixth in the league). Even though Kansas suffered a complete defensive collapse over the final thirteen minutes of the first meeting between the teams, Kansas State only managed 0.90 points per possession. Kansas played a mere 27 minutes of good defense and still held Kansas State ten percent below their average offensive efficiency in conference play.
The Jayhawks were much more successful at getting to the free throw line against Colorado than they had been in their previous three games. Unfortunately, the Jayhawks couldn't convert even half of those chances. Kansas State allows conference opponents 36 free throw attempts per 100 field goal attempts. Kansas got 22 free throw attempts on 53 field goal attempts in the first meeting. By making even two-thirds of their free throw attempts, Kansas will put significant pressure on Kansas State's offense.
The greatest danger for Kansas looms whenever Kansas State misses a shot. Both Texas and Colorado dominated the offensive glass. Kansas State gives a consistently strong effort on the offensive glass (the quality of their defensive rebounding performances is more variable) to compensate for their poor shooting. If Kansas can limit Kansas State to one shot 70% of the time it will be difficult for the Wildcats to score. Kansas State takes more than three-quarters of their shots from inside the three-point arc. Kansas still leads the nation in two-point FG% defense.
Kansas State is a perfectly average team. Having scored only four points fewer than their fifteen conference opponents have scored, they're unlucky to be 6-9 in the league. It will take another huge upset for the Wildcats to get to 7-9.
Prediction: Kansas 69 Kansas State 59
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Q: Looking at the next word I would like to know how I can find a word which has the next one with the first letter capitalised.
For example:
ID        Testo

141      Vivo in una piccola città
22       Gli Stati Uniti sono una grande nazione
153      Il Regno Unito ha votato per uscire dall'Europa
64       Hugh Laurie ha interpretato Dr. House
12       Mi piace bere birra.

My expected output would be:
ID        Testo                                                 Estratte

141      Vivo in una piccola città                              []
22       Gli Stati Uniti sono una grande nazione                [Gli Stati, Stati Uniti]
153      Il Regno Unito ha votato per uscire dall'Europa        [Il Regno, Regno Unito]
64       Hugh Laurie ha interpretato Dr. House                  [Hugh Laurie, Dr House]
12       Mi piace bere birra.                                   []

To extract letter capitalised I do:
df['Estratte'] = df['Testo'].str.findall(r'\b([A-Z][a-z]*)\b')

However this column collect only single words since the code does not look at the next word.
Could you please tell me which condition I should add to look at the next word?

A: Sometime regex is not always good , let us try split with explode
s=df.Testo.str.split(' ').explode()
s2=s.groupby(level=0).shift(-1)
assign=(s + ' ' + s2)[s.str.istitle() & s2.str.isttimeitle()].groupby(level=0).agg(list)
Out[244]:
1    [Gli Stati, Stati Uniti]
2     [Il Regno, Regno Unito]
3    [Hugh Laurie, Dr. House]
Name: Testo, dtype: object
df['New']=assign
# notice after assign the not find row will be assign as NaN

A: Maybe you could use my code below
def getCapitalize(myStr):
    words = myStr.split()
    for i in range(0, len(words) - 1):
        if (words[i][0].isupper() and words[i+1][0].isupper()):
            yield f"{words[i]} {words[i+1]}"

This function will create a generator and you will have to convert to a list or wtv

A: import re
import pandas as pd

x = {141 : 'Vivo in una piccola città',  22: 'Gli Stati Uniti sono una grande nazione',
      153 : 'Il Regno Unito ha votato per uscire dall\'Europa',  64 : 'Hugh Laurie ha interpretato Dr. House',  12 :'Mi piace bere birra.'}

df = pd.DataFrame(x.items(), columns = ['id', 'testo'])

caps = []
vals = df.testo

for string in vals:
    string = string.split(' ')
    string = string[1:]
    string = ' '.join(string)
    caps.append(re.findall('([A-Z][a-z]+)', string))

df['Estratte'] = caps```

A: Why not match a word starting with capital letter but not at the start of  line
df.Testo.str.findall('(?<!^)([A-Z]\w+)')

or
df.Testo.str.findall('(?<!^)[A-Z][a-z]+')

0                        []
1            [Stati, Uniti]
2    [Regno, Unito, Europa]
3       [Laurie, Dr, House]
4                        []

A: I think the simplest is to use regex, search (pattern-space-pattern), with overlapping:
import regex as re
df['Estratte'] = df.Testo.apply(lambda x: re.findall('[A-Z][a-z]+[ ][A-Z][a-z]+', x, overlapped=True))

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How to Build and Manage a Strong and Effective Six Sigma Team ?
We think that a strong and effective Six Sigma Team is the most important part of a Six Sigma initiative. Since the businesses initiative is all about working with processes and changing the way things are done, the team implementing the change is the only engine that will keep the whole project running.
Basically, a poor Six Sigma Team without the right dynamics is going to be the reason why the Six Sigma project won't work. When deveoping our own consulting team we think that leadership is a big success factor to keep the change process continuous. Team leadership is difficult in itself but putting it within the context of Six Sigma is going to be an uphill battle all the way.
Consequences for misbehaviour and other bad habits and attitudes.
Clearly, you can understand the need for the Six Sigma team to be trained in Six Sigma from the get-go, but you need someone who is the best among the whole team to lead them. This tactical team leader or Black Belt is going to be the person who attends to the Sigma project full-time. The other members of the team can be the same depending on their availability or have other responsibilities outside of the change process.
Essentially, the focal person of the six Sigma team is going to be the Black Belt. He or she is responsible for developing and initiating the strategy. Everyone who is involved in the Sigma project and their staff is going to look to the Black Belt for guidance. This is why support from the CEOs and upper management is so important; the Black Belt needs their blessing and sanction to enact such forceful changes.
Most of the Black Belt's job is spent preventing and planning for the Six Sigma team. Although he or she may be the best of the bunch, the team has its own strengths and weaknesses that must be cultivated and covered respectively. We think that the extremely-controlling nature of Six Sigma projects needs a team that understands the importance of cutting away clutter. Documentation is very important especially since you need your team to focus only on the project. This means that nothing shall be stricken from the records or deemed unimportant. You could say that meetings could be the most intense parts of a Black Belt's day.
Make eye contact with the offender and move toward him or her to make the person stop.
Redirect the person to something detached from the current situation. After the meeting, consult the person on their behaviour.
Confront the person in front of the whole group to force the issue. If the issue is not resolved in such a way, expel the person.
It may seem harsh, but a Six Sigma team must reflect the process it wants to improve. If they cannot create value for the team, that member is cut off and not allowed to bring the whole team and eventually, the project down.
An effective Six Sigma team can easily utilize the DMAIC process. The Black Belt should understand that the Analyse phase is the most important because it requires the team to put all their energy into finding the answer to the problem they determine. If they get it wrong here, the whole project is doomed.


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Chad Blair: Why Colleen Hanabusa Can't Sit Still
The Hawaii congresswoman talks about ambition, office-hopping and her quest for the Hawaii governor's office.
By Chad Blair / January 4, 2018
Reading time: 11 minutes.
Colleen Hanabusa argues that an oft-cited criticism of her campaign for Hawaii governor is actually a compliment, if in a backhanded way.
That criticism is that Hanabusa appears more interested in satisfying her ambition than serving the people of Hawaii.
This is, after all, her third run for high political office in four years — the U.S. Senate in 2014 (she narrowly lost), the U.S. House in 2016 (she easily won) and now a challenge to Democratic Gov. David Ige.
Hanabusa will tell you this pattern isn't about personal interest, but her ambition to make the islands a better place.
"If I was just in it for me, I would stay in Congress," she said in a recent interview in Civil Beat's offices. "Because, why would I put myself through this type of a rigorous campaign when, with the good graces of the people of the 1st Congressional District, I could probably stay in Congress and I could run and be as effective as ever?"
Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa in the Civil Beat offices in August. She said she is coming home to run for governor because she's worried about the state's direction under Gov. David Ige. Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat
The reason Hanabusa, 66, is looking to leave Washington, D.C., in hopes of living in Washington Place (the grounds of the governor's official residence) is because she thinks the people of Hawaii have lost faith in their government, and thus have lost hope for their future.
"Government is a public trust, and we need people to believe in who it is that's running it," said Hanabusa.
She rationalizes that people will accept her seeking another office this way: "It's going to be because, I would like to think, that they look at my whole political career, my political journey, and they say, 'Of course. This is where she should be. She is the one who has proven herself to this point, and she understands how government works.'"
Hanabusa believes her time in Washington has benefitted the state. The same goes for what she considers to be her own deep understanding of the three branches of government at the local level, something she said she grasped better than anyone as a former labor attorney, state Senate Judiciary chair and Senate president.
"And that's what's going to make the difference," she said, sitting back in her chair. "Hawaii is at a critical juncture right now. We have to re-establish and say who we are as a state, and we have to prove that we are the best place in the nation … So, tell the people — pundits primarily — who say that (ambition is driving her). It really is exactly for that reason that I am running."
No Polling Numbers, Yet
Hawaii voters can be forgiven for having a sense of déjà vu. It was just four years ago that a Democratic legislator challenged an incumbent Democrat governor in the primary.
Back then, the economy was pretty good and the incumbent, while flawed, didn't appear to have any fatal weaknesses. The unions got their pay raises. Same as now, although some economists are warning of challenges ahead and a continuing brain drain.
The big difference is that everyone knew who Neil Abercrombie was and no one knew who David Ige was. Ige is better known today, of course, but Hanabusa is a brand name. And while the severely underfunded Ige in 2014 ousted the deep-pockets career politician in an unprecedented upset, Hanabusa is certain to have major political backing.
"I think that, with myself, I don't think people are going to vote for me — well, some people will vote for me because they don't want David — but it's not going to be like David when they voted against Neil," said Hanabusa, who was considered a potential challenger to Abercrombie herself four years ago.
Hanabusa at a town hall on Oahu in April. She has been campaigning quietly for now, and is expected to make her candidacy official later this month. Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat
Polls showed that Abercrombie was increasingly unpopular as 2014 played out, and the election results were even worse. No poll has been made public yet about the Hanabusa-Ige matchup, although Hanabusa is said by some to have been approached by certain parties last year who shared promising numbers for her. Hanabusa campaign spokesman Keith DeMello said the campaign would not comment on those rumors.
The only public assessment of the race that I know of came Wednesday, when Hawaii Business magazine published "grades" and "opinions" from 402 local business leaders of the two candidates. Hanabusa edged Ige in the survey, conducted by Anthology Research, but not by a lot.
"Government is a public trust, and we need people to believe in who it is that's running it." — Rep. Colleen Hanabusa
As for campaign finances, the first head-to-head comparisons won't be made public until the end of this month, when filings are due at the Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission.
Ige has held 10 fundraisers since September, not long after Hanabusa first expressed interest in running. Hanabusa has held just two fundraisers. But then, she has not formally launched her campaign, a step expected later this month.
Hanabusa acknowledges that her campaign has been quiet and mostly small meet-and-greets compared with Ige, who already has some high-profile endorsements (including Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell) and a steady presence on social media ("See Governor David Ige play 'Tiny Bubbles' at the 47th Annual Ukulele Festival Hawaii" from @teamdavidige).
Ige has made official trips to Japan and the Philippines, probably helping to shore up support among two important constituencies at home.
Hanabusa, by contrast, works in a city where all three branches of the government are controlled by the other party, and where policy stands for immigration reform and protection of entitlements are under fire by the majority.
On The LG, And The AG
Hanabusa considers Ige vulnerable. She does not think he has been an effective or visionary leader.
Hanabusa likes to point out that the governor actually preceded her in politics by 14 years (in 1984 for him, 1999 for her) yet seems not to have mastered the reins of power.
"This should be second nature to you," she said. "He should understand the role of the judiciary, the role of his departments, the role of the Legislature."
Instead, Hanabusa said Ige seems more mired in disputes than active in moving the state forward.
Gov. David Ige at a press conference in June. His campaign, not surprisingly, defends the administrations record. Cory Lum/Civil Beat
In response, Ige campaign spokeswoman Glenna Wong said, "Governor Ige has made tough decisions and advanced the state with his ideas and accomplishments."
Wong cited the state receiving a AA+ bond rating "giving us more tax dollars to fund our long-delayed airport improvements and other important infrastructure projects that are now underway, cooling our schools and improving our statewide education system."
Additionally, Wong said the governor has made Hawaii "a national leader in funding for Kupuna Care and energy sustainability, and fights against President Trumpʻs discriminatory practices."
Governor Ige has made tough decisions and advanced the state with his ideas and accomplishments. — Ige campaign spokesperson Glenna Wong
Hanabusa also faults Ige for not working with his own lieutenant governor, Shan Tsutsui. If elected, she says she will make the LG part of her cabinet.
"You simply can never be without enough talent," she said, arguing that Ige has "wasted" Tsutsui's talent and turned his back on the fact that many people voted for Tsutsui separate from Ige.
"He cannot turn back on how the public feels," she said.
(Tsutsui, a former Senate president, is not running for re-election.)
Wong said Ige holds Tsutsui "in the highest regard and is appreciative of his work," that Tsutsui was "invited to every cabinet meeting" and his staff regularly attended, and that Tsutsui was instrumental "on the visionary farm to school initiative" project.
Though Abercrombie stepped down from Congress to run for governor, Hanabusa said she will not. She believes she can balance her D.C. duties with a statewide campaign, and points to 2014 when she unsuccessfully took on U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz while already serving in Congress. Both candidates spent a lot of time campaigning in the state, including in a special election post-primary in Puna, where a storm disrupted voting.
Hanabusa does, however, suggest that Ige and his attorney general Doug Chin — the man who has led the state's attacks on Trump — ask the state Senate whether Chin should resign since he is running to replace Hanabusa in Congress.
"I don't think Doug should necessarily step down, but I think both he and the governor should consider the position," she said. "It has nothing to do with the governor. It has to do with the integrity of the office and public trust. We cannot in any way forget that our AG is not elected, although I used to advocate for that."
Chin is unlikely to leave office early.
Speaking for the Ige campaign, Wong said, "Chin will continue to lead his office with integrity and is able to avoid any conflicts of interest."
And Chin's congressional campaign manager Dylan Beesley said, "Doug Chin's focus is always fighting for Hawaii's interests, whether it is increasing conservation lands for future generations, prosecuting corruption and internet crimes against child victims, or stopping illegal actions by the federal government that hurt Hawaii. His campaign to be Hawaii's voice in Congress does not change this."
Settled Field?
No other gubernatorial candidate has emerged on the Democratic side, and it could well just be Hanabusa and Ige. Several people whose names were bandied about (including state Sens. Jill Tokuda and Josh Green and Kauai Mayor Bernard Carvalho Jr.) are instead running for lieutenant governor.
State Rep. Andria Tupola and former legislator John Carroll are the top contenders on the GOP side.
Much of Hanabusa's year will be spent in Washington, where Republicans have been buoyed by approval of a major tax overhaul last month and are already looking for the next big target. Asked if she had any advice for the candidates running to succeed her, Hanabusa said:
I think the most important thing is that they have to almost forget to a certain extent how we do things in Hawaii and realize that it's a totally different game in Washington, D.C. You have to have a different set of skills, and where you think you may be able to be somebody here, you gotta really earn your stripes, so to speak.
Hanabusa said that D.C. runs on money and the ability to raise it. To get something passed in Congress, especially as a member of the minority party, one has to work with leaders in the opposition.
"It's a lot of eating crow," she said. "So, eat crow."
That observation helps shed light on why Hanabusa is running for the top job in Hawaii. But, to circle back to criticism that she is running merely to satisfy personal ambition, Hanabusa again focuses on what others have said to her.
"One person told me, and it stuck in my mind, is that people say it can't get any worse," she said about life in Hawaii. "And you sit there and you think, 'So, what are you telling me?' We are lowering our expectations because we don't feel we have a right to expect more. That's a common theme."
Here's another:
There is someone who told me that what they don't like about government is that they don't have a right to dream anymore. And he's an older guy! He says, "I built my business, I did all of this, because I had dreams. I knew that if I worked hard and did this, I could have the company that I have now. I don't feel that my kids can have that, that they can't dream."
She continued: "And that's what I don't want to see happen. So, more than anything else, that's what I am hearing, and that just reinforces to me that coming home and running for governor is the right thing to do. Because I am afraid what we are losing in this process is a vision of Hawaii and where it can be. And I tell people, as corny as it may sound, I feel my whole political career is a journey that leads to this point."
Chad Blair
Chad Blair is the politics and opinion editor for Civil Beat. You can reach him by email at cblair@civilbeat.org or follow him on Twitter at @chadblairCB.
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