I loved the Green Party's 2015 manifesto. It was a comprehensive and well thought-through vision of a cleaner and nicer future for the country, covering 84 pages of detailed, rigorously explained and honestly costed policies. The 2017 manifesto? Well, it seems that this is what happens when an election catches by surprise a political party determined to run in a highly participative and democratic manner. This one is 26 pages. The explanations are thinner, the policies don't hang together as much, and so the document fails to present a coherent vision of what the Green Party want to create.
Its aim is to present a 'confident and caring' Britain where citizens work together to achieve common goals and where Government prioritises the rights of citizens and the environment over the wants of corporations. It showcases the Greens' political positioning as a party very much of the left, but struggles, at a time when Labour are also positioned there, to separate itself and give someone a reason to vote Green instead.
It apes a lot of the Labour manifesto, too, with scrapping of university tuition fees, rolling back privatisation of the NHS, renationalisation of water, railways, the Royal Mail, and care work, lowering the age of 16 and commitments to raise corporation tax.
It then adds a proper attempt to tax the wealth of the top 1% of earners (problem – some of them have little wealth as they are young, and some lower earners have huge wealth as they are older or inherited a lot). They want to phase in a four day working week (consistent with the 2015 manifesto, to try to improve quality of life), they want to cancel the Trident replacement (which Jeremy Corbyn wants to do but can't put in a Labour manifesto at the moment), and they want to introduce proportional representation for the General and local elections (which would benefit them greatly).
Unlike Labour, they have a definite position on Brexit, which is that they want to force any agreement to a referendum in which remaining in the EU is on the ballot. They want to protect freedom of movement and the UK's position in the single market if that can't be done. As I have said before, this amounts to no negotiation position, as the EU would simply offer a bad deal if a referendum like the one the Greens (and the Lib Dems) are presenting were on the table.
Anyhow, in this election, with its special circumstances, it is difficult to predict how many will vote Green. In 2015 they offered a genuine left-wing platform once Ed Miliband had been scared off offering one. That is not the case here. In 2015 climate change was on the agenda a lot more than now. The Lib Dems have agreed to step down in Brighton Pavillion, which should protect Caroline Lucas's seat. Oddly, co-Leader Jonathan Bartley is not standing in any seat.
Ultimately, and rather sadly, it is almost as if the Greens are giving this one a miss. A shame, as their vision for this country continues to be highly uplifting.


SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Federal officials have hit several Southern California distributors with tens of millions of dollars in fines for falsely advertising a dietary supplement"s ability to restore memory loss and improve brain function.
The Orange County Register reported Monday (http://bit.ly/1RiEGmq ) that the judgment comes following a settlement last week in which the firms acknowledged violating Federal Trade Commission rules in advertising Procera AVH.
Laguna Beach companies Brain Research Labs and its collaborators — 20/20 Brain Power Partners, 20/20 Brain Power Founders, and MedHealth Direct — were fined $91 million. Key View Labs, the Florida-based company that bought Brain Research Labs in 2012, was fined $61 million.
The newspaper says most of each judgment could be suspended in lieu of an escrow fund that will used to repay consumers who bought the supplement.


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Le Brantas est le plus long fleuve de la province indonésienne de Java oriental.

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Son bassin a une superficie de quelque , couvrant le versant sud du massif du Kawi-Kelud-Butak, du mont Wilis et le versant nord des monts Limas, Welirang et Anjasmoro.

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Cours d'eau en Indonésie
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US Naval Aviators Killed in Key West F/A-18 Crash Identified
by FighterSweep Staff Mar 17, 2018
Two U.S. naval aviators died March 14, 2018, when their F/A-18F Super Hornet crashed on final approach near Naval Air Station, Key West, Florida.
The aviators have been identified as Lt. Cmdr. James Brice Johnson and Lt. Caleb Nathaniel King, both Florida residents.
Both pilots were assigned to the "Blacklions" of Strike Fighter Squadron Two One Three(VFA-213), based at Naval Air Station Oceana and assigned to Carrier Air Wing Eight.
"The entire Blacklion Family is grieving the loss of two great Americans. Lt. Cmdr. Johnson and Lt. King were phenomenal young men, exceptional naval aviators, and were living models of what honor, courage and commitment really mean," said VFA-213's commanding officer, Cmdr. Kevin Robb.
Johnson, a naval aviator and 2007 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, was piloting the jet when the incident occurred while King, a 2012 U.S. Naval Academy graduate, was serving as the weapons systems operator.
"As warfighters they excelled in combat, as naval officers they exemplified the qualities of what our Navy values most dear. I was extremely proud to have led, flown and served with both Brice and Caleb," Robb said. "I would ask that during this trying time we all keep the families of our two heroes in our thoughts and prayers." – US Navy
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Smokin' Hearts & Broken Guns is the first album by Shaman's Harvest that will be released worldwide by Mascot Records on September 15 (Europe) and September 16 (North America/Rest of World).
Shaman's Harvest achieved significant success with the independently released Shine album, which featured "Dragonfly." The hit song rose to number #16 on Billboard's Active Rock chart and #9 at Heritage Rock, selling over 130,000 singles and 30,000 albums. To date, the video has been viewed 2.3 million times on YouTube. Additionally, the composition was featured on the soundtrack of the major motion picture Legendary. In 2010, Shaman's Harvest recorded "Broken Dreams" for the WWE as the theme song for wrestler Drew McIntyre, and cut "End of Days" as the entrance track for Wade Barrett and The Corre.
The new album features an exclusive unplugged version of "Dragonfly," and the new single "Here It Comes." The songs are cinematic, and offer audio beds for flashback memories or present experiences that are our lives. Lead singer Nathan Hunt states, "Whether they're driving down the highway, at work, or doin' the nasty, these songs should be the soundtrack. I think people will accept the diversity from song to song whether it's a riff rock vibe like 'Here It Comes' or it's a darker, emotional anthem such as 'Ten Million Voices' without categorizing Shaman's."
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Pioneering change & driving growth: 2018 in review
We're eight years into our 10-year plan, and we've learnt a huge amount. We know the transformational change we want to see within our business and beyond will take more than 'business as usual' solutions. New technologies, new business models, new ways of thinking and new collaborations – they are all vital to creating the inclusive growth that will ensure a sustainable future for the world, its people, and our business.
More and more of our brands will become explicit about the positive social and environmental impact they have. This is entirely aligned to the instincts of our people and to the expectations of our consumers. It is not about putting purpose ahead of profits, it is purpose that drives profits.
Alan Jope, CEO
We've always aspired to be pioneers – it has been part of our identity since 1885. Our Sustainable Living brands, which are the furthest ahead in embracing a strong social or environmental purpose, continue to lead the way. They've consistently grown faster than our other brands and have contributed an increasing amount to our turnover growth year-on-year.
The need for a pioneering mindset has never been greater. While we still face challenges, it's clear that doing things differently – while staying true to our values – will continue to be key to our future success while fuelling progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals and a world in which sustainable living is commonplace.
How are we driving this progress? In 2018, we...
... took important steps towards a circular plastics economy
Closing the loop on plastic waste
A technological breakthrough and a multi-stakeholder effort to increase recycling – this is the kind of combined approach that we believe will make the circular economy a reality
Our sachet recycling pilot plant in Indonesia opened in 2018 and it's the world's first to use CreaSolv® Recycling technology, which we've been co-developing since 2011. This technology recycles sachets into safe, high-quality polymers that can be used again and again. We aim to transform the problem of sachet waste, which litters streets, waterways and oceans, into a sustainable growth opportunity.
And in January 2019, we announced a partnership with Loop™, a waste-free shopping and delivery pilot project in the US and France, in which products are shipped directly to consumers, then returned and refilled. Nine of our brands are involved and a number have also developed new formats for the platform – such as refillable deodorant sticks made from stainless steel and toothpaste tablets which come in a recyclable jar.
Find out about our approach to the circular economy and how we're rethinking plastic packaging.
... launched new water-smart products that use less water or no water at all
Our fragrant, easy-to-use odour-killing spray reduces the number of times toilets need to be flushed.
Elizabeth Mokwena, Domestos Marketing Manager
Domestos Flush Less is a toilet spray that disinfects and eliminates odours without the need to flush, launched as a response to severe water shortages in South Africa. Day2, our new dry wash spray that revives clothes to look, feel and smell 'just-washed', is made with only 0.02% of the water used in a normal laundry load. And our Love Beauty and Planet range in the US and Europe uses fast-rinse technology in its conditioners – saving time and water in rinsing.
Read more in water-smart products for water-stressed living.
... harnessed TV commercials to change handwashing habits on a massive scale
Achieving our target two years ahead of schedule
Since 2010, we have reached 1 billion people through our handwashing programmes
Our on-ground Lifebuoy handwashing programmes have reached 459 million people since 2010. And by 2018, we'd reached a further 587 million people through our Lifebuoy TV commercials designed to change handwashing behaviour.
We've long understood the power of TV commercials but wanted to test this out. So we ran a randomised control trial in India to examine our adverts' effectiveness. Our study, which was peer-reviewed and published in the Journal of Health Communication, showed a significant increase in the frequency of handwashing with soap – especially before eating, after people had watched our adverts. And via our innovative partnership with Gavi (the Vaccine Alliance) we've boosted the reach of Lifebuoy's handwashing programmes even more.
Read more in healthy handwashing habits for life.
... unlocked growth for small-scale retailers through game-changing distribution models
A novel distribution system that empowers women
Kasha helps women in urban and rural areas, of all socioeconomic levels, overcome issues of social stigma, so they can purchase the health and personal care products they need
A pioneering partnership between Unilever and the UK's Department for International Development is supporting social enterprises to pilot and test innovative business models that meet low income household needs. Projects funded include Kasha, a mobile e-commerce platform in Rwanda and UJoin, a mobile-friendly online community in Nairobi, Kenya, for owners of small shops, known as dukas.
We're also using the power of digital to unlock the potential of our distribution network through our Jaza Duka partnership with Mastercard in Kenya which uses a combination of innovative technology, targeted training and the strength of our relationships with our distribution network to free retailers from the constraints of cash.
Read more in empowering small-scale retailers for growth.
... pioneered innovative approaches to make our supply chain more transparent & sustainable
Complete transparency is needed for radical transformation. We want this to be the start of a new industry-wide movement.
Marc Engel, Chief Supply Chain Officer
Palm oil mills mapped and published in 2018
Satellite data helps us detect deforestation and assess risk. Mobile platforms mean we can reach farmers with critical information. And digitalisation helps us lead the way on transparency in critical areas such as palm oil. In 2018 we were the first consumer goods company to publicly disclose our palm oil supplier list. And by getting closer to thousands of smallholder farmers, we're bringing much-needed improvements to their livelihoods while driving our policy (PDF | 167KB) commitment to 'No deforestation, No development on peat, No exploitation of people and communities'.
Read more in transforming the palm oil industry.
... developed a new scenario model to understand climate change risks
Understanding the future of soy
We evaluated the impact of climate change on one of our priority crops, publishing the findings to support our commitment to the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)
Our work to reduce emissions is based on solid evidence − two of our carbon reduction targets have been officially approved by the Science-Based Targets Initiative. But we also need scenario analysis of the potential impacts of climate change on us, and our supply of agricultural ingredients.
Building on previous scenario model work, we extended our analysis to study direct risks from climate change to the price of soybean oil. Our forecast for soy suggested that climate change may lead to higher yields and lower prices in future – we shared more details in our Annual Report (PDF | 4MB). But we know that this is only the start of our analysis to understand the impact of climate change on our key agricultural commodities, which we're now extending to palm oil and tea.
Read more in greenhouse gases and our approach to sustainable sourcing.
... advanced human rights for workers across our own business & supply chain
New guidance to keep women safe
With our support, UN Women developed a Global Women's Safety Framework in Rural Spaces to help tackle harassment
Of procurement spend through suppliers meeting our Responsible Sourcing Policy's mandatory requirements
We know there are challenges to human rights for workers in every value chain – including ours. We're creating change for the better through our Responsible Sourcing Policy, and we've made further progress through our new internal policy on the Sustainable Employment of Temporary Workers, new guidance to tackle poor working conditions in the trucking industry and our work with UN Women to develop a Global Women's Safety Framework in Rural Spaces. We've also made progress on our Framework for Fair Compensation, five principles which deliver compensation to our employees that is open, fair, consistent and explainable.
Read more in fairness in the workplace.
... used the power of our brands to break down barriers that hold women back
Academies of Shine for skills
Fear of failure is a major cause of women not starting their own businesses. But after participating in our Academy of Shine in Brazil, 98% say they are going to launch their own business
Young people reached through the Dove Self-Esteem Project
Dove launched the 'No Digital Distortion' mark, which guarantees that the women featured in brand images are just as you'd see them in real life - a natural part of the Dove Self-Esteem Project, which has reached more than 35 million young people around the world.
TRESemmé created The Presence MasterClass™, a free seven-part MasterClass designed to help women succeed. And our Radiant laundry brands ran their Academies of Shine, reaching over 200,000 women with career, entrepreneurship and confidence-boosting skills. Not only does this support Sustainable Development Goal 4 by increasing employability, it's good for business too as we've seen particularly strong sales in the countries where the Academies are most advanced – Brazil, India and Thailand.
Read more in opportunities for women.
... stepped up our commitment to end inequality & promote diversity
Challenging harmful social norms
We're breaking down stereotypes, unconscious bias and outdated social norms
Of our managers are women
35% of our total workforce and 49% of our managers are women. We're proud of our progress – but there's more to do to make our business more inclusive. We've announced our ambition to be the number one employer of choice for people with disabilities. And because we believe that stereotypes and harmful social norms are the biggest barriers to inclusion, we're breaking them down through our #Unstereotype the Workplace initiative, just as the external #Unstereotype campaign is changing the way advertising portrays women and men.
Find out how we're doing this in advancing diversity & inclusion.
... expanded our portfolio for consumers who love plant-based, non-dairy foods & refreshment
More options, more choice
We've expanded our ice cream ranges to include more vegan and non-dairy offerings, made with ingredients such as soy and almond milk, and plant-based pea protein
More and more people want to know that the products they're buying are not only nutritious, but also have a lower environmental footprint. It's no surprise then, that vegan/non-dairy ice cream and frozen dessert is a fast-growing category.
Our Ben & Jerry's range, made with almond milk and certified vegan, has expanded to 11 flavours. Cornetto and Magnum have introduced vegan variants while Breyers launched two non-dairy options in the US. In total, we've added the European Vegetarian Union's logo to over 1,000 of our products, including Hellmann's and Knorr. And we've acquired The Vegetarian Butcher who have ambitions to become the largest butcher in the world.
Read more in plant-based options.
Since we launched the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan in 2010, we've been committed to providing comprehensive reporting on our progress against each of our targets.
See our latest Sustainable Living Report.


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World Cup Gets Closer To Coming Home As England's Win Over Sweden Scores 80% Share
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The World Cup is getting increasingly closer to coming home after England beat Sweden to reach the semi-final.
The game drew an 80% share of television viewers on BBC One on Saturday afternoon, similar to England's penalty shoot-out win over Colombia in the quarter final. However, total TV viewers were down on the last round as the game averaged 15.8m, reaching a peak of 19.9m during the last few minutes. This compared to an average of 16.6m and a peak of 24.4m for the Colombia match.
This number would not have captured the millions of Brits watching the game, which saw Harry Maguire and Dele Alli score in a relatively comfortable win, in pubs or in public spaces. Given the scenes in the streets of Britain's major cities and towns, it was clear that there was a huge communal viewing for this match.
Some 3.8M people also live-streamed the match online, making it the BBC's highest online-viewed live program ever. However, the corporation's video-on-demand platform iPlayer crashed during the final moments of the game. While this was not ideal, luckily the game had been largely sewn up. The British public broadcaster has apologized for the failure. A BBC spokesman said: "We're aware that some people were experiencing technical issues and are looking into the cause. We apologize to anyone who was affected."
The game was also well up on England's dead-rubber loss against Belgium in the group stages, which drew a peak of 18.6m and a 72% share. That game averaged 13m and a 62% over the course of the match. It also beat England's narrow win over Tunisia, which peaked with 18.3M and a 69% share.
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Indian birds › Brown-backed needletail › Stork-billed kingfisher - Pelargopsis capensis.
The stork-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis) is a tree kingfisher belonging to the family Alcedinidae.
These kingfisher species are distributed in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei. The stork-billed kingfisher has a large red stork-like bill. There are fifteen recognized subspecies of these kingfishers.
Pictures of Stork-billed Kingfisher Distribution & Range
Stork-billed kingfisher - Overview
Scientific name: Pelargopsis capensis
Species author: (Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms/Protonym: Alcedo capensis Linnaeus, 1766, Halcyon capensis
Family: Alcedinidae › Coraciiformes › Aves › Chordata › Animalia
Vernacular names: English: Stork-billed kingfisher, Chinese: 鹳嘴翡翠, French: Martin-chasseur gurial German: Storchschnabelliest Spanish: Alción picocigüeña, Russian: Аистоклювый гуриал, Japanese: コウハシショウビン, Malay: Burung Buaya
Other names: Brown-headed Stork-billed Kingfisher
Distribution: India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei
Diet and feeding habits: fish, crabs, crustaceans, lizards, rodents, young birds, insects
The stork-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis) is closely related to black-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis melanorhyncha).
The fifteen recognized subspecies of stork-billed kingfisher are: P. c. capensis, P. c. gigantea, P. c. osmastoni, P. c. gouldi, P. c. intermedia, P. c. floresiana, P. c. burmanica, P. c. javana, P. c. malaccensis, P. c. innominata, P. c. cyanopteryx, P. c. isoptera, P. c. simalurensis, P. c. nesoeca and P. c. sodalis.
The stork-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis) is a large kingfisher, measuring about 35 cm in length. The males weigh about 140 to 180 grams and the females weigh about 180 to 220 grams.
Except for the size difference, both the sexes of these kingfishers species look alike. The head is pale olive brown and the back is greenish. The neck, breast and underparts are buff. The wings and tail are bluish.
The bill is large and red with purple distal end. The legs are bright red. The irises are dark blackish brown. The bare skin around the eyes is pale red. The kingfisher call is a distinctive cackling "ke-ke-ke-ke" sound.
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The stork-billed kingfisher species are distributed in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei. Vagrant birds have been observed in mainland China.
The stork-billed kingfisher subspecies P. c. gigantea is distributed in central and southern Philippines. The subspecies P. c. floresiana is distributed in the Indonesian islands, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa and Flores and Pantar. The subspecies P. c. gouldi is distributed in western Philippines.
The stork-billed kingfisher subspecies P. c. javana is distributed in the Indonesian island, Java. The subspecies P. c. innominata is distributed in Borneo. The kingfisher subspecies P. c. isoptera is distributed in western Sumatra. The subspecies P. c. nesoeca is distributed in western Sumatra.
The stork-billed kingfisher subspecies P. c. sodalis and P. c. simalurensis are distributed in northwest Sumatra. The subspecies P. c. cyanopteryx is distributed in the Indonesian islands Sumatra, Bangka and Belitung. The subspecies P. c. intermedia is distributed in Nicobar Island (India).
The stork-billed kingfisher subspecies P. c. malaccensis is distributed in Kra (Thailand) and the Indonesian islands Riau and Lingga. The subspecies P. c. burmanica is distributed in Myanmar, Thailand and Indochina. The subspecies P. c. osmastoni is distributed in Andaman Island (India).
The stork-billed kingfisher subspecies P. c. capensis is distributed in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. In India, these kingfisher subspecies are distributed in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka. Goa, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura and Mizoram.
The stork-billed kingfisher species are moderately forest dependent. These species occur in altitudes from 0 to 1200 meters. They inhabit natural aquatic, forest, marine and wetland ecosystems. They also inhabit artificial aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
Their artificial ecosystems include arable lands, plantations, water storage lakes, canals, drain canals and large water holding pits and ditches.
The natural ecosystems of stork-billed kingfisher include subtropical and tropical forests, moist lowlands, emergent mangrove vegetation, rocky shoreline, sandy or pebble shoreline, beaches, sandbars, natural freshwater lakes, rivers, streams and creeks.
The diet of these stork-billed kingfisher species is mostly marine and freshwater fish. Frogs, fish, crabs and shrimp are the primary food. They also feed on lizards, rodents, young birds, large insects and several terrestrial and aquatic invertebrates.
The breeding season of these stork-billed kingfisher species is from January to September in India. The breeding season is from January to May and also from August to September in Sri Lanka. The breeding season is found to be in April in Philippines and Nicobar Islands.
Like most of the kingfishers, these species are also cavity nesters. They dig tunnels into the earth banks on the sides of rivers and lakes. They may tunnel into decaying trees, or tree termite nests. These stork-billed kingfisher species are monogamous and highly territorial.
The incubating chamber is at the very end of the tunnel. The typical kingfisher clutch contains 2 to 5 white round eggs. Both the kingfisher parents incubate the eggs during the day. During the night, the female incubates the eggs.
The stork-billed kingfisher is a non-migrant sedentary bird.
Post breeding, the kingfisher juveniles may disperse and establish in new locations within the range. They may make local movements for feeding and breeding within their range.
The global population size of the stork-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis) has not been quantified. The overall population size of these kingfisher species is considered to be declining. Throughout its range it is reported to be widespread and generally sparse but locally common. The generation length is 5.7 years. Their distribution size is about 16,800,000 sq.km.
The stork-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis) does not approach the thresholds for being Vulnerable either under the range size criterion, or the population trend criterion or under the population size criterion. Deforestation and loss of habitat are the main threats that may endanger the survival of these kingfisher species.
The IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) has categorized and evaluated the kingfisher species and has listed it as of "Least Concern". CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) status is 'Not Evaluated' for the stork-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis).
Taxonomy and scientific classification of Pelargopsis capensis
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Subfamily: Halcyoninae
Genus: Pelargopsis
Species: P. capensis
Binomial name: Pelargopsis capensis
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In a big breakthrough, a team of researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City has successfully reversed congenital blindness in mice by turning dumb cells in the retina into seeing ones.
They did this by using gene therapy to reprogram base retinal cells into functioning rod photoreceptors. (Photoreceptor cells are light-sensitive cells on our retinas that respond to light and signal the brain, which allows us to interpret what we are seeing).
It's a major finding since retinal degenerative diseases have no cure currently.
In our body, cells are constantly dying and being replaced by new ones, but with age, the rate with which cells die speeds up. The rate of replacement, however, slows down.
Neurons, including light-sensitive photoreceptor cells, won't regenerate on their own if they're damaged.
Scientists found that some animal species, such as zebrafish, can convert structural cells called Müller glia into new, functioning photoreceptors to restore lost vision. This new study has now shown the way to do the same in mammals.
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Little Mix Star Perrie Edwards Reveals She Was Left HOMELESS Following Zayn Malik Split
'I had nowhere to go.'
Matt Bagwell
Head of Entertainment, HuffPost UK
22/10/2016 11:25am BST | Updated October 22, 2016
Little Mix singer Perrie Edwards has revealed she was left homeless after she was dumped by former One Direction star Zayn Malik in 2015.
Opening up about the split in the band's new book, 'Our World', Perrie admitted she had "nowhere to go" when they went their separate ways because she was living with Zayn at the time.
She wrote: "After I split with my partner, out of the blue, I had nowhere to go, which was incredibly stressful. For a while I had no idea what to do.
"I thought about renting but I've got dogs and cats, so that was no good. At the time we were promoting Black Magic, and while I was in America, things really hit me and I panicked.
She added: "I realised I was homeless. I was crying every day, dreading coming back."
Earlier this week Perrie confirmed reports that Zayn ended their four-year relationship in a text message.
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She said: "It was horrible, the worst time in my life. A four-year relationship, two-year engagement ended by a simple text message. Just like that.
"Even though things in my career were going really well, it was incredibly difficult for me.
"I feel like I'm stronger and happier than I've been in a long time… it's like I've found my independence after going through a really rough time."
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Meanwhile, Perrie and her Little Mix bandmates have plenty to celebrate this week after their latest single, 'Shout Out To My Ex!', written about Zayn, went straight to No.1 on the singles chart.
Tickets for their 'Glory Days' tour, which will take place next year, also sold out in a matter of hours, with more than 200,000 tickets sold.
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Stanford, Vandy face Christmas showdown for Diamond Head title
Stanford and Vanderbilt will meet in the championship game of the Diamond Head Classic on Saturday in Honolulu.
The Cardinal defeated Liberty and Vanderbilt beat BYU in their respective semifinal contests.
Spencer Jones had a career-high 25 points and Brandon Angel scored 17, including 10 in the final nine minutes, in Stanford's 79-76 win over Liberty.
Harrison Ingram added 13 points and seven rebounds and Michael O'Connell matched his career-high with eight assists to go along with eight points.
The Cardinal (8-4) trailed 28-15 with less than six minutes left against the Flames in the first half.
"For us, honestly, it's a statement win in some ways," Stanford coach Jerod Haase said. "We were resilient to get back in the game and then really resilient to keep fighting in the second half."
Stanford, which has won two in a row and four of its past five, is led by Jaiden Delaire, who averages a team-high 12.3 points and is second in rebounding at 4.8. Ingram averages 12.2 points and a team-high 6.9 rebounds per game, with Jones adding 9.3 points per game.
However, no other Cardinal player averages more than Angel's and O'Connell's 7.3 points per game.
Vanderbilt (8-4) extended its winning streak to three games with a 69-67 win over BYU behind Scotty Pippen Jr., who scored the Commodores' final 16 points during the last seven-plus minutes and finished with 23 points.
Myles Stute had 14 points and seven rebounds, with Jordan Wright adding 13 points and four rebounds and Quentin Millora-Brown grabbing a game-high 10 rebounds to go along with four points.
"It's the most important game we've played this season because we were able to come out with the W at the end of it," Pippen said. "Everyone stepped up when they needed to.
"We know we can beat teams like this and teams who are even better than this. I don't think confidence is a problem for the team right now. It's just a matter of executing the small things and the details."
Pippen leads the team with 18.1 points, 2.5 assists and 1.8 steals per game, with Wright second on the team with 12.6 points per game to go along with a team-high 6.1 rebounds per game.
BYU (10-3) and Liberty (8-5) meet in the third-place game earlier on Saturday.
U.S. Supreme Court asked to hear Confederate statute case
by DENISE LAVOIE, Associated Press / Jan 19, 2022
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Two Richmond residents living near the site where a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E.Lee stood for more than a century have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling by the Supreme Court of Virginia that let state officials remove the towering monument.
In a petition filed with the high court Wednesday, lawyers for the landowners argued that former Gov. Ralph Northam did not have the authority to revoke an agreement to maintain the statue on state-owned land on Richmond's Monument Avenue.
GENEVA (AP) — The International Committee of the Red Cross, which is best known for helping war victims, says hackers broke into servers hosting its data and gained access to personal, confidential information on more than a half-million vulnerable people.
The Geneva-based agency said Wednesday the breach by unknown intruders this week affected data about some 515,000 people "including those separated from their families due to conflict, migration and disaster, missing persons and their families, and people in detention." It said the information originated in at least 60 Red Cross and Red Crescent chapters around the world.


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A "savage" petition to stop actor Will and Jada Smith from having interviews has racked up thousands of signatures.
The petition titled 'Stop interviewing Will and Jada smith!' and launched on Change.Org, has jumped from a few signatures to well over 2,000 at the time of writing. It was shared after the couple's open take on their personal life matters.
Some of those that signed their petition, agreed that the couple's interviews have caused much distaste among viewers.
"Everything I learn about this couple is against my will. Free us," one wrote with their signature.
Another unhappy viewer wrote: "not everything has to be public knowledge".
"I'm sick and tired of hearing the [expletive] that goes on in their personal lives. It's exhausting. I've muted their names everywhere, AND STILL SEE THIS!! I'm sick of their weirdness. Make it STOP!!!" said another.
The Men in Black actor recently released a confessional memoir, Will, which includes personal details about the celebrity couple's troubled marriage, Smith's fantasy "harem of girlfriends", the actor's experience with psychedelic drugs, and his complicated relationship with his late father.
Pinkett Smith on the other hand, recently discussed in interviews her husband's failure to satisfy her sexually. On her Facebook chat show Red Table Talk, she has also spoken about previously being addicted to pornography, alcohol, ectsacy, cannabis, and sex.
Other recent admissions by Smith include that he was jealous of his wife's friendship with late rapper Tupac Shakur, and that he fell madly in love with former co-star Stockard Channing. Pinkett Smith has also spoken about her sexual relationship with rapper August Alsina.
Smith also recently revealed that he dealt with being cheated on by a former girlfriend by having so much sex, it made him "gag" and fall ill as a "psychosomatic reaction."


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Learning to Stay by James DeVita - Adapted by playwright James DeVita from the 2013 novel by Madison-based author Erin Celello, Learning to Stay asks what you would do when the person you're married to is no longer the person you married. Attorney Elise Sabatto is thrilled when her husband returns home in one piece from his military service in Iraq. But as the after-effects of his trauma set in, Elise must find a way to help him _ and save herself.


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The Next Step in the Trump-DeVos Plan to Send Taxpayer Money to Religious Schools
Why Florida is the new darling for school choice boosters.
Kristina Rizga
During his address before a joint session of Congress earlier this week, President Donald Trump paused to introduce Denisha Merriweather, a graduate student from Florida sitting with first lady Melania Trump. Merriweather "failed third grade twice" in Florida's public schools, Trump said. "But then she was able to enroll in a private center for learning, great learning center, with the help of a tax credit," he continued, referring to Florida's tax credit scholarship program that allows students attend private schools. Because of this opportunity, Denisha became the first member of her family to graduate from high school and college.
Trump used Denisha's story to call for his favorite education policy, school choice, asking lawmakers to "pass an education bill that funds school choice for disadvantaged youth, including millions of African American and Latino children. These families should be free to choose the public, private, charter, magnet, religious, or home school that is right for them."
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has also been pointing to Denisha and Florida in the past two weeks as a way to promote school choice. "Florida is a good and growing example of what can happen when you have a robust array of choices," DeVos told a conservative radio host on February 15. DeVos brought up the state's school choice model again during her speech to the leaders of historically black colleges earlier this week.
So what is it about Florida? For starters, the state offers many different types of school choice, including charter schools, vouchers for low-income students and those with disabilities, and tax credit scholarships. Charter schools, found in 43 states and Washington, DC, represent the most common type of school choice. Vouchers are a little more complicated: They essentially operate like a state-issued coupon that parents can use to send their child to private or religious schools. The amount is typically what the state would use to send a kid to a public school. But vouchers are difficult to implement, because many state constitutions, like those in Michigan and Florida, have what are called Blaine Amendments, which prohibit spending public dollars on religious schools. And notably, only 31 percent of Americans support vouchers.
"Democrats don't like vouchers. Republicans don't like federal programs, and would rather leave major school reform decisions up to states and local communities."
Tax credit scholarships provide a crafty mechanism to get around these obstacles. Tax credits are given to individuals and corporations that donate money to scholarship-granting institutions; if parents end up using those scholarships to send their kids to religious schools—and 79 percent of students in private schools are taught by institutions affiliated with churches—the government technically is not transferring taxpayer money directly to religious organizations.
While DeVos is best known as an advocate of vouchers, most veteran Beltway insiders told me that a federal voucher program is very unlikely. "Democrats don't like vouchers. Republicans don't like federal programs, and would rather leave major school reform decisions up to states and local communities," Rick Hess, a veteran education policy expert with the conservative American Enterprise Institute said. "Realistically, nobody thinks they've got the votes to do a federal school choice law, especially in the Senate."
This political reality is perhaps why Trump and DeVos are singling out Florida's tax credit programs as a way to expand private schooling options. While Trump and DeVos have not specified what shape this policy might take at the federal level, most of these changes will come from the state legislators. Republicans have full control of the executive and legislative branches in 25 states, and control the governor's house or the state legislature in 44 states. At least 14 states have already proposed bills in this legislative session that would expand some form of vouchers or tax credit scholarships, according to a Center for American Progress analysis. (And 17 states already provide some form of tax credit scholarships, according to EdChoice.)
This perfect storm for pushing through various voucher schemes comes at a time when the results on the outcomes of these programs "are the worst in the history of the field," according to New America researcher Kevin Carey, who analyzed the results in a recent New York Times article. Until about two years ago, most studies on vouchers produced mixed results, with some showing slight increases in test scores or graduation rates for students using them. But the most recent research has not been good, according to Carey: A 2016 study, funded by the pro-voucher Walton Family Foundation and conducted by the conservative Thomas B. Fordham Institute, found that students who used vouchers in a large Ohio program "have fared worse academically compared to their closely matched peers attending public schools."
A 2011 investigation of Florida private schools described the system as a "cottage industry of fraud and chaos."
Then there is the issue of state oversight and transparency. Many states, including Florida, have little to no jurisdiction over private schools and don't make student achievement data public, save for attendance. A 2011 award-winning investigation by Gus Garcia-Roberts of the Miami New Times described the resulting system as a "cottage industry of fraud and chaos." Schools could qualify to educate voucher and tax credit scholarship students even though they had no accreditation or curriculum. Some staffers in these schools were convicted criminals for drug dealing, kidnapping, and burglary. "In one school's 'business management' class, students shook cans for coins on the streets," Garcia-Roberts found.
Florida's Department of Education investigated 38 schools suspected of fraud and in 25 cases, the allegations were substantiated. "It's like a perverse science experiment, using disabled school kids as lab rats and funded by nine figures in taxpayer cash," Garcia-Roberts wrote. "Dole out millions to anybody calling himself as educator. Don't regulate curriculum or even visit campuses to see where the money is going."
But these on-the-ground realities in Florida won't tame the enthusiasm of a voucher booster like DeVos. As I showed in my recent investigation, her philanthropic giving shows an overwhelming preference for promoting private, Christian schools, and conservative, free-market think tanks that work to shrink the public sector in every sphere, including education. These past choices suggest that the data—or the fact that there are many stories like Denisha Merriweather's in America's public schools—doesn't matter.
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By JP Fallavollita Posted on March 28, 2016 March 28, 2016
BBP's Running Reviews Of: BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE
You couldn't have missed it.
Last weekend, the latest large-popcorn, comic book superhero, cinematic-universe-builder blockbuster, dropped into movie theatres everywhere.
And much like the citizens of fictional Metropolis, none of us could escape the heavy-handed and all-encompassing fallout from both advertising and on-line word of mouth. A strange thing happened after you bought your theatre tickets in advance.
Last week the online crowd roared loader than Doomsday. People hated Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Loathed it, in fact.
But was it all that bad?
Over the course of the day, Biff Bam Pop! writers will give their high level take on the film. Check back regularly, as more contributions are added to this post of reviews that are sure to run the gamut of praise and abhorrence.
Let's not waste another bat-second. Our heroic thoughts on Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice are but a super-jump away!
JP Fallavollita:
High concept ideas, interesting takes on classic comic book superheroes, and riveting character scenes – all buried under bloated point points and overlong action sequences. That's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice in a nutshell.
It's amazing that director Zach Snyder came out nearly two weeks ago stating that the Blu-Ray release of BvS would contain an extra 30 minutes of footage deemed too intense and too long for the theatrical release to maintain a coveted PG-13 rating. Like the movie didn't have enough combat and destruction already!
It's great that the film picks up directly after Man of Steel (2013) and the role Superman played in the destruction of Metropolis. The filmmakers are tying a (potential) world of films together here. And people hate, fear or love Superman in BvS, with some even likening him to a deity. Not only is this surely a real-world reaction if earth were to come across a super-man, it's also a clever editorial on cinemagoers who were polarized after watching Man of Steel.
There are some big ideas present in BvS: who we, as humans, worship and how we do that as well as thoughts on terrorism, both by outside agencies and those that are homegrown. Releasing the film on the Easter weekend made sense for Snyder – some of the more revered comic book writers that have informed his story have always likened Superman as a God figure.
But this film is a prelude to a whole host of other, upcoming films, a veritable DC Expanded Universe of films akin to what Marvel Comics and Disney have been offering over the better part of a decade. And because of that, it proves a confusing, overly bloated movie. Yes, it is still enjoyable for some amazing character impressions and great character moments and big, over the top, visually stunning action. But the important story ideas and their corresponding celluloid moments, much like Metropolis, get buried under the weight of shoehorned Easter eggs for upcoming DC superhero films and storylines.
"Don't believe everything you hear."
Despite social media and despite its numerous flaws, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is still an entertaining movie, best enjoyed for the spectacle…with a big box of popcorn in your lap.
Ensley Guffey:
The situation: A group of terrorists somewhere along the southern border of the Sahara Desert are shot and killed. At or near the same time this happens, Superman shows up at the same place to rescue Lois Lane from the literal clutches of the terrorist leader, by using his superpowers to tackle the guy before he can shoot Lois in the head. The question: Do you automatically suspect the super-strong, super-fast, flying, heat-vision wielding, bad-guy tackling Superman of shooting the aforementioned terrorists? Apparently – and against all reason – if you live in the cinematic world created by Zack Snyder, you do. Unfortunately, this is just the first item on a long list of nonsensical plot-points that help to turn Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice into a plodding, disjointed, and at times incoherent mess that cries out for treatment by the new MST3K.
To give him credit, Snyder once again creates some truly stunning visual set-pieces here, particularly when recreating imagery form Frank Miller's iconic Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (1986) for the screen. However, he and writers David Goyer and Chris Terrio seemingly lack the ability to link these visuals together in any kind of coherent narrative. The result is a film that feels like either an unbroken sequence of trailers for about twelve very different films, or a two-and-a-half hour montage without any kind of supporting framework – Dziga Vertov's Man with a Movie Camera (1929) without the dawn and dusk sequences, or the successful non-linear cinematic experimentation and invention. Moreover, Snyder has no trust in his audience whatsoever, relying on heavy handed, overwrought dialogue, extra-diegetic music, and unnecessary flashbacks to earlier in the movie to force an awareness of obvious connections and important plot points on the viewer. It is as if he knows he can't tell a coherent tale, so he has to cheat.
On the plus side, Ben Affleck is a strong Batman, which I wouldn't mind seeing more of in another director's hands. The highlight of this a hand-held camera fueled hot mess of a movie however, is Gale Gadot as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman. She isn't given much to do, or to work with, but she effortlessly commands every scene she's in. I don't know if I have ever been as excited about a DC film as I now am about the forthcoming 2017 Wonder Woman picture. Unfortunately, Affleck and Gadot are very small treasures in this midden-heap of a movie which should finally confirm that Zack Snyder is an occasionally brilliant visual stylist, but cannot tell a story to save his life. Audiences deserve better.
Andy Burns:
I'm shocked that people didn't like this movie. I went in figuring I was absolutely going to hate it, based on my love of Marvel movies and the incredible reaction from critics who seem to hate Zack Snyder's work. But honestly, for me, this was epic film-making, operatic in scope and tone. Ben Affleck's Batman is superb, while Henry Cavill has grown beautifully into the role of Superman. I liked Jesse Eisenberg's unique take on Lex Luthor, though I could see how it would be a bit much for audiences. However, I absolutely walked out of this film loving what was up on screen (apart from the dark visual tone of the film, which I did think was a bit much.) We could have used more of Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman, of course, but we'll see that soon enough.
While I'm not a huge DC fan, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice left me excited to see this world expand into something new and unique. In the meantime, while I wait for the film's release on Blu-ray July 16th, let's check out this deleted scene featuring Lex Luthor and what appears to be some Mother Box's.
Justin Mohareb:
I didn't find BvS disappointing, but only because I didn't go in with very high expectations. I will admit that Gadot's Wonder Woman was an excellent addition to the story, and I liked Battfleck, and Eisenberg's giddy Luthor was practically the only character in the film who smiled. But Snyder's impression of Superman as this dour "Should I Superman?" figure continues to be a poor reflection of the character. That question should be answered halfway through the first film and then he should begin Supermanning. Superman, my Kryptonian Son!
Snyder made good use of imagery from Dark Knight Returns and The Death of Superman, while producing a narrative that was less satisfying than both those stories. The Death of Superman was the storyline that got me to stop reading comics for most of the '90s.
BvS and MoS seem like HR & Safety orientations before the real movies begin, which is a bit of a shame. Even the cameos were just fragments from other movies (although I like that, via the transitive properties of Joe Morton, Cyborg's sister is Olivia Pope and his brother is Skynet).
Much like Fantastic Four, I was not anticipating this film, and like that film would probably have stayed away due to low expectations and toxic word of mouth except I was taking a friend to see it as her birthday gift (Happy birthday, Colleen!) Overall, BvS was a dreary drudge. Bring on Suicide Squad and Wonder Woman. For BvS I'm looking forward to seeing the same story told in Civil War.
Glenn Walker:
I did not like this movie. Although, that said, I liked it better than Man of Steel, which I thought was a travesty. Let's get it out of the way. Superman doesn't kill. My Superman doesn't kill. And if he sees that might be the only way to solve a problem, he finds a way not to. That's what makes him Superman! I feel similarly about Batman. Batman doesn't kill either, and if he did, we would have been rid of the Joker and all the other psychotics of that ilk decades ago.
The killing point is just the tip of the iceberg. Superman is aware of his surroundings. He wouldn't have been unaware of the bomb in the Capitol. Superman, just in case you missed one of the greatest superhero movies of all time – Superman II, has a particular weakness. He cares. He saves people. He would not let anyone be harmed. He is not just about Lois.
Similarly I had trouble with Batman and his use of guns and his branding criminals so they would be killed in prison. Batman is not a sadist, and furthermore would not send men to their deaths anymore than he would kill them himself. Batman does not use guns. He hates guns. A gun took the lives of his parents (as we are reminded by not one, but two flashbacks to his origin in this movie) and he swore never to use them. He would not even accept them as a gift from his idol and inspiration, the Shadow. And yes, I even object to the grappling gun design from Tim Burton's films for this reason. Batman would not even approximate a design on a gun in my opinion.
There's so much more I disliked, from Henry Cavill never cracking a smile throughout the entire two and half hour film to the idea that Lex Luthor could deceive Batman even on the caped crusader's worst day, but I will go on to what I did like. I liked Batman's costume, not the armor, but the costume. I loved that the Batmobile was a car and not a tank. Ben Affleck is amazing as Batman/Bruce Wayne, and even better when matched with Jeremy Irons' Alfred. Jesse Eisenberg is nowhere near as bad in the movie as he is in the previews.
And then there's Wonder Woman, the shining moment of the movie. We get about ten to fifteen minutes of her, and even though she's in brown and maroon instead of red, white and blue, she is indeed Wonder Woman, with her lasso, and her ageless beauty, and her heroics – so lacking in her co-stars. She was worth sitting through Batman v Superman for, and I can't wait for her movie next year.
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Rita Argen Auerbach (1933- ), Towering in the Night, 2008; watercolor on paper; Courtesy of the Artist
Rita Argen Auerbach: An Homage to Buffalo's Architectural Treasures
On view at the M&T Center in Downtown Buffalo
On View Wednesday, October 12, 2011–Thursday, January 5, 2012
In October 2011, Buffalo hosts the National Trust for Historic Preservation's annual conference.
Converging to share and shape the methods and approaches to preserving Americas diverse historic treasures. Buffalo is an ideal location for this event as the city is home to examples of some of great examples of America's best architects. In recognition of this - and for the visitors to our city from around the county and the world the Burchfield Penney selected works by an artist whose love of our regional architecture is equaled by no other. Artist and arts educator Rita Argen Auerbach, a life-long celebrant of the Buffalo/Niagara region, has dedicated an incredible amount of her focus capturing the architecture of our city.
Whether representing the works of Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, HH Richardson or EB Green, Auerbach's paintings and drawings give the viewer more than a rendering of design. Her work celebrates buildings and the environment in which they are set as a portrait painter - selecting the proper profile, lighting and coloration for her subject. This approach allows for the personality of the object to be recognized.
Soft colors, juxtaposed with an omniscient sky, as in her paintings of HH Richardson's complex, present an audience with more than the majesty of great design. Hinting at the sometimes haunting history and presence of the Buffalo Psychiatric Center Towering in the Night, reinforces this feeling. The recognition of the personality in the building(s) is key. Her variety of paintings celebrating the Frank Lloyd Wright's Martin House complex take his masterpiece of prairie architecture and open it up by isolating it from its surroundings. When alone on the landscape, the combination of buildings, the Martin house, pergola, conservatory, and carriage house are married with blue sky and dappled with light.
In these thoughtful works, we can see why the National Trust for Preservation would recognize Buffalo as an ideal location for the annual conference and it is also in these works that we are able to remember what makes our community unique and beautiful. To learn more about Rita Argen Auerbach and to see more of her work, please visit her website http://www.ritaauerbachpaintings.com.
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Charles Burchfield emerged (as President Lyndon Johnson eulogized him) as an "artist to America," due to the clear-eyed landscapes of his early watercolors to the transcendental interpretations of nature embodied in his later paintings.


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Encrypt the Email
July 08, 2015 by Colin Berkshire
If eMail were encrypted and secure, your bank could email you your monthly statement. Your doctor could communicate directly with you. Your life would be a lot simpler.
It's surprising that email isn't encrypted. It's shocking.
Yes, I know that there is an S/MIME and other proprietary encryption services out there. But they are not widely adopted. So, you really can't depend upon them.
Back in the 1990s there was an RFC put forth for a single end-to-end email encryption standard. It would have provided encrypted email for everybody. The standard was proposed to the IETF, who approves Internet standards.
And, then an mysterious thing happened. The proposed standard was objected to by the US military. And, the proponents of this standard were hired by the military. And, some of them were then inserted into the IETF committee itself. And, then standard was forgotten about. We're not talking conspiracy theory here…were just talking about established facts where the military strongly objected to the encryption of emails.
Now, this is less sinister than it sounds. Remember that in this era Intel was prohibited from exporting processor chips to China because they were classified as "munitions." (Their solution: Start manufacturing the chips in China, which was not prohibited.) It was then against US law to disclose how to decrypt DVD disks. And, the DES encryption algorithm was limited to 40 bits so that civilian encryption could be easily broken.
But today it is crazy that there isn't a strong, concerted technology to provide end-to-end email encryption. It is the stuff of conspiracy theorists.
I would love being able to email my doctor. I would love getting my utility bills and bank statements via secure email. I would love knowing that every 2-bit hacker wasn't intercepting packets and reading all of my emails.
Perhaps it is time for the needs of the people to be put ahead of national security.
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Reep verLoren van Themaat (Warnsveld, 1 september 1882 - Nijmegen, 20 oktober 1982) was een Nederlands civiel ingenieur.

Biografie
VerLoren ging na de HBS naar Delft waar hij in 1908 afstudeerde. Daarna vertrok hij naar de Verenigde Staten om te gaan werken bij J.A.L. Waddell van Waddell & Harrington, bekend als bruggenbouwers, in Kansas City (Missouri). Na terugkeer naar Nederland in 1910 ging hij werken bij de Rotterdamse Gemeentewerken. In 1918 informeerde zijn schoonvader hem over een vacante plaats als compagnon bij Ingenieursbureau v/h J. van Hasselt & De Koning (het latere Haskoning); de functie kreeg hij per 1 mei 1918 en hij zou dat blijven tot zijn afscheid op 31 december 1963. Bij het bedrijf zou hij zich onmiddellijk gaan bezighouden met de bouw van gemalen en bruggen. Over bruggen zou hij ook verschillende malen publiceren.

Hij bekleedde verschillende bestuursfuncties: lid van het College van Curatoren van de Technische Hogeschool in Delft, voorzitter van de Orde van Nederlandse Raadgevende Ingenieurs (ONRI), bestuurslid van Netherlands Engineering Consultants (NEDECO), lid van de Raad van Waterhuishouding, lid van de Zuiderzeeraad en de Delta Commissie, lid van de Raad van Arbitrage Bouwbedrijven en bestuurslid van de Stichting Waterloopkundig Laboratorium te Delft.

Nevenwerkzaamheden
VerLoren was naast zijn werk ook elders maatschappelijk actief: hij was president-kerkvoogd van de hervormde gemeente van Nijmegen, lid van het Curatorium van het Stedelijk Gymnasium te Nijmegen, voorzitter van de Rotary Club, dagelijks bestuurslid van het Gelders Landschap en voorzitter van de Nijmeegse Vereniging voor Natuurschoon.

Waardering
VerLoren werd in 1948 benoemd tot ridder in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau en kreeg in 1964 de zilveren erepenning van de stad Nijmegen. In 1964 besloot het Waterschap van de Oude IJssel het sluis- en stuwcomplex in Doesburg naar hem te noemen: "ir. VerLoren van Themaat".

Familie
VerLoren was lid van de familie Verloren en een zoon van rechter mr. Joan Philip verLoren van Themaat (1840-1890) en Hester Geertruid Kronenberg (1848-1930). Hij was een broer van Hein verLoren van Themaat (1874-1966), later hoogleraar in Zuid-Afrika. Hij trouwde in 1913 met Hillegonda Maria (Hilda) Leemans (1888-1920), dochter van directeur-generaal van de Rijkswaterstaat, ir. W.F. Leemans; uit dit huwelijk werden vier zonen geboren. Hij hertrouwde in 1925 met Lilly Fentener van Vlissingen (1887-1980); uit dit huwelijk werden drie kinderen geboren.

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Quantity Indexes for Real GDP: Private Industries: Information: Broadcasting and Telecommunications for United States Metropolitan Portion (QGMPBRDTELEUSMP)
2016: 121.639 | Index 2009=100 | Annual | Updated: Sep 18, 2018
2016: 121.639 (+ more)
Updated: Sep 18, 2018
2016: 121.639
2012: 99.558
Quantity Indexes for Real GDP: Private Industries: Information: Broadcasting and Telecommunications for United States Metropolitan Portion 2016-01-03 2018-09-18
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Industries in the Broadcasting and Telecommunications subsector include establishments providing point-to-point communications and the services related to that activity. The industry groups (Radio and Television Broadcasting, Cable Networks and Program Distribution, and Telecommunications) are based on differences in the methods of communication and in the nature of services provided.
The Radio and Television Broadcasting industry group includes establishments that operate broadcasting studios and facilities for over the air or satellite delivery of radio and television programs of entertainment, news, talk, and the like. These establishments are often engaged in the production and purchase of programs and generating revenues from the sale of air time to advertisers and from donations, subsidies, and/or the sale of programs.
The Cable Networks and Program Distribution industry group includes establishments operating studios and facilities for the broadcasting of programs that are typically narrowcast in nature (limited format, such as news, sports, education, and youth-oriented programming) on a subscription or fee basis.
The Telecommunications industry group is primarily engaged in operating, maintaining, and/or providing access to facilities for the transmission of voice, data, text, sound, and video. A transmission facility may be based on a single technology or a combination of technologies.
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How does my closed business affect bankruptcy?
Unless you аrе hiding аѕѕеtѕ frоm your оld business, a closed business really doesn't affect you filing a bankruptcy case.
Tоdау, I was at a 341 Mееtіng of Crеdіtоrѕ іn a сhарtеr 7 саѕе, and the bаnkruрtсу truѕtее аѕkеd mу сlіеnt іf she hаd еvеr оwnеd a business. Although ѕhе аnd I had rеvіеwеd thе рареrwоrk аnd mеt many, many tіmеѕ before fіlіng (I had been wоrkіng оn hеr саѕе fоr аlmоѕt 2 уеаrѕ), ѕhе rеvеаlеd for thе first tіmе thаt ѕhе hаd bееn on hеr еx-huѕbаnd'ѕ landscaping buѕіnеѕѕ.
In аll truth, thіѕ wаѕ nоt a bіg deal. Hе went bаnkruрt over twо years аgо, and hіѕ buѕіnеѕѕ had lоng bееn сlоѕеd.
Unfоrtunаtеlу, the truѕtее dесіdеd tо make thіѕ a very bіg dеаl, threatening hеr wіth perjury and tеllіng hеr thаt ѕhе had bеttеr fіnd оut whеthеr ѕhе wаѕ thе part-owner of a dеfunсt business wіth nо аѕѕеtѕ оwnеd by a bаnkruрt еx-huѕbаnd.
In gеnеrаl, іf уоu оwnеd a buѕіnеѕѕ аnd closed it bеfоrе going bаnkruрt, wе ѕtіll nееd tо list іt іn уоur bаnkruрtсу ѕсhеdulеѕ. Sо lоng аѕ it hаѕ nо rеmаіnіng аѕѕеtѕ, nо соllесtіblе accounts rесеіvаblеѕ, аnd no rеmаіnіng vаluе, it dоеѕ nоt аffесt уоur bаnkruрtсу аt all.
Why don't you put more time into your website?
Short аnѕwеr: аwful website = low аdvеrtіѕіng соѕtѕ = I charge уоu lеѕѕ tо fіlе bankruptcy.
Mу wеbѕіtе іѕ аwful (your wоrdѕ, nоt mіnе), bесаuѕе I update іt myself, аnd I аm a 43-уеаr-оld аttоrnеу, not a соmрutеr рrоgrаmmеr оr уоung SEO specialist ("SEO" ѕtаndѕ fоr "ѕеаrсh еngіnе орtіmіzаtіоn"). I dо nоt ѕреnd mоnеу on mаrkеtіng, оn ѕеt, оn my ѕіtе, оr on аnу real аdvеrtіѕіng besides kееріng thе ѕіtе uр through Yаhоо wеb hоѕtіng and lіѕtіng it іn оnlіnе directories.
Sо, іt'ѕ аwful bесаuѕе I'm not ѕреndіng mоnеу оn іt. This gоеѕ tо thе nеxt ԛuеѕtіоn: should уоu uѕе аn аttоrnеу or firm whо оbvіоuѕlу spend mоrе mоnеу on thеіr wеbѕіtе and аdvеrtіѕіng? It'ѕ up tо you. I would аrguе, nо. My advertising cost іѕ low, whісh means that I саn afford tо be a lіttlе сhеареr and thаt dіrесtlу аffесtѕ уоu.
A friend of mine ran a larger fіrm аnd ѕреnt $10,000 a mоnth on аn SEO соntrасt fоr hіѕ law fіrm'ѕ website. Thіѕ means thаt hе'd have tо grind through 10 $1,000 саѕеѕ a mоnth just to kеер the flаѕh images scrolling across hіѕ ѕсrееn fоr his website. Another frіеnd hіrеd $150,000 оf FTE'ѕ (full-time еmрlоуееѕ) аѕ a marketing dераrtmеnt for hіѕ one-man firm. Their wеbѕіtеѕ and marketing wеrе vеrу рrеttу, but thаt kіnd оf ongoing оvеrhеаd іѕ еxреnѕіvе аnd сruѕhіng. Evеn wоrѕе, it mеаnѕ thаt уоu hаvе to сhаrgе more реr саѕе tо mаkе уоur сlіеntѕ рау for thе marketing.
Sо, nо, I wоuldn't use аn attorney wіth obviously bеttеr аdvеrtіѕіng, because іt probably mеаnѕ that уоu'll spend a little mоrе. Thіѕ іѕ bankruptcy, and уоu nееd tо make every penny соunt.
I have a truck with equity in it, should I sell it before I file bankruptcy?
Tоdау I received a саll frоm a woman whо was lаіd оff frоm hеr jоb аftеr 20 уеаrѕ with thе same соmраnу. She wаѕ contemplating bаnkruрtсу but hаd an interesting ԛuеѕtіоn fоr me: what ѕhоuld she dо wіth hеr truсk?
Shе оwеd $4,000 on a secured lоаn wіth hеr сrеdіt unіоn. Thе truck itself was wоrth аbоut $15,000. If she filed bаnkruрtсу with thоѕе numbеrѕ, thе BK trustee would ѕеll hеr truсk, pay оff thе loan, аnd then gіvе hеr $3,000 fоr hеr trоublе (thе $3,000 vеhісlе еxеmрtіоn undеr Utаh lаw).
She wаѕ contemplating ѕеllіng іt bеfоrе gоіng bаnkruрt but wanted tо knоw if that wоuld bе considered "improper." I tоld hеr tо ѕеll іt. It іѕ реrfесtlу lеgаl and рrореr to ѕеll nоn-еxеmрt аѕѕеtѕ and соnvеrt іt tо an exempt аѕѕеt. In оthеr wоrdѕ, I tоld hеr to ѕеll it, pay оff the ѕесurеd lоаn, buy a саr for $3,000 (the numbеr I can рrоtесt), аnd use thе rеѕt fоr lіvіng expenses.
She thеn asked if the BK truѕtее would аѕk for rесеірtѕ оn her еxреndіturеѕ. Thе answer іѕ a dеfіnіtе YES! Thе BK truѕtее knоwѕ (аnd I knоw) thаt уоu really want tо рut a fеw thоuѕаnd іn уоur drеѕѕеr drаwеr fоr a rainy dау, but you cannot dо that. Yоu hаvе tо account fоr thе funds, and thе BK truѕtее will аѕk fоr рrооf, uѕuаllу іn thе fоrm оf rесеірtѕ.
Sо whеn уоu have аn аѕѕеt with thе vаluе I саnnоt рrоtесt, іt is gеnеrаllу a good idea tо sell іt аnd use thе рrосееdѕ to benefit уоur fаmіlу before you fіlе bаnkruрtсу. If you lеt thе BK truѕtее ѕеll іt, hе will uѕе іt to benefit уоur creditors instead.
Do I have to reaffirm my car loan to keep my car?
If уоu wаnt tо kеер іt, рrоbаblу уеѕ.
Prіоr tо thе BAPCA (the bаnkruрtсу law сhаngеѕ іn October of 2005), уоu соuld "drive thrоugh" or "rіdе through" thе bankruptcy wіth your саr and kеер thе vеhісlе, ѕо lоng as you kept mаkіng payments tо уоur ѕесurеd сrеdіtоr.
Now, you are required to rеаffіrm your debt (reaffirming thе debt means that уоu ѕіgn an аgrееmеnt thаt уоu wіll still bе lіаblе fоr thе lоаn even аftеr the bаnkruрtсу discharge. The bаnkruрtсу соurt has a ѕtаndаrd rеаffіrmаtіоn аgrееmеnt form hеrе.
Sоmе сrеdіtоrѕ dоn't officially mаkе уоu rеаffіrm thе dеbt, аnd уоu саn kеер mаkіng the рауmеntѕ and keep the саr, but mоѕt rеԛuіrе іt. Evеn if уоu are сurrеnt оn thе payments, thеу will dеmаnd a return оf the vеhісlе аnd/оr rероѕѕеѕѕіоn іf there іѕ nо reaffirmation agreement on file wіth the соurt.
So уеѕ, уоu рrоbаblу do nееd to rеаffіrm іf you wаnt tо keep the car.
Can you hold public office after filing bankruptcy?
Yes, уоu can ѕtіll hоld рublіс оffісе.
You're gеttіng this соnfuѕеd with not bеіng аblе to vоtе іf уоu аrе a felon. Bаnkruрtсу is nоt a crime. Fаr frоm it, асtuаllу. Bаnkruрtсу іѕ simply оnе of оur mаnу laws regarding debt.
Grаvеѕ beat outgoing Utah Cоuntу Commissioner Gаrу Anderson аt thе Utаh Cоuntу Rерublісаn Pаrtу convention іn the ѕрrіng and rаn unсоntеѕtеd until August whеn Grаvеѕ' personal іѕѕuеѕ with bankruptcy caused some mоvеrѕ аnd ѕhаkеrѕ іn Utah County tо push Freeze tо run.
Graves tоld the Dаіlу Herald that bankruptcy іѕ аn іѕѕuе for ѕоmе, but hе'ѕ аnѕwеrеd thе ԛuеѕtіоnѕ rеgаrdіng hіѕ twо fіlіngѕ.
"I'm mоrе thаn willing tо tеll thеm аbоut іt. Yоu hаvе tо be willing to bе ореn tо the public," hе ѕаіd.
Hе аlѕо ѕаіd hіѕ past hаѕ tаught hіm to dо bеttеr, and thе соuntу'ѕ spending саnnоt ѕtау аt іtѕ сurrеnt lеvеl.
I'd hаvе tо disagree wіth thе "unclean history" сhаrасtеrіzаtіоn. Bаnkruрtсу stinks, but іt'ѕ nоt "unсlеаn." Most bаnkruрtсіеѕ I deal with are саuѕеd bу mаrkеt сhаngеѕ, lоѕѕ оf business, lоѕѕ оf jоbѕ, аnd, оf соurѕе, mеdісаl dеbtѕ. A bаnkruрtсу dоеѕn't mеаn thаt one candidate is "unсlеаn," іt just mеаnѕ thаt hе has taken ѕоmе hits and is ѕtіll standing.
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