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Maruti Nexa S-Cross sold over 24,000 units in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. NEXA's flagship S-Cross has recorded an 89% growth clocking over 6000 unit sales
by Chethan Thimmappa
in Cars, Maruti Suzuki
Maruti Suzuki NEXA with 28 outlets spread across 15 cities in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh continues to reinforce its presence in these two states. The two states are amongst the fastest growing automobile markets in India. S-Cross, NEXA's flagship product is a strong model that has driven sales in this region. S-Cross registered a striking performance in the financial year making its way to the top 10 selling models in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. A highly positive word of mouth feedback from actual user has driven sales as reflected by the fact that over 30% of S-Cross sales are driven through references
While S-Cross leads the referral sales, NEXA's premium hatchback Baleno too has clocked over 13,000 unit sales in the year. Baleno constitutes around 55% of NEXA sales in the two states. Premium Sedan Ciaz and the hatchback IGNIS together sold over 4,500 units. Ciaz, coincidentally is the highest selling premium sedan in the region.
Mr. Shashank Srivastava, Executive Director, Marketing and Sales, Maruti Suzuki India Limited said
NEXA continues to cater to the needs of aspirational customers. With NEXA, we look forward to offering products with the best in-class quality, features and technology. In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, S-Cross has recorded an impressive 89 % growth, and clocked over 6,000 unit sales. It is our endeavour to deliver the best in class products and services to our NEXA customers.
To offer a differentiated experience to its customers, NEXA has adopted a digital technology for potential buyers of its NEXA range of cars. The customers can explore models through interactive touchscreen units and tablets. The stores also exhibit a dedicated 'Personalization Zone' where customers can pick and choose accessories and personalise their car easily. Some of the other upgrades to the brand's NEXA dealerships include amenities such as touchscreens for customers to view personalisation options and an elaborate range of accessories and add-ons, and a VR (Virtual Reality) simulator that helps the potential buyer to experience their car through interactive screen.
Sold over 24,000 units in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
NEXA's flagship S-Cross has recorded an 89% growth clocking over 6000 unit sales
About NEXA:
NEXA is Maruti Suzuki's pioneering initiative to create a new format of premium automotive retail. It marks the first-of-its-kind initiative by an automobile company to go beyond selling cars. Today, it is a lifestyle brand that believes in creating exciting experiences for NEXA customers. NEXA brings alive the world of fashion for the fashionably conscious customers by associating with notable Fashion Weeks and organizing style Workshops for customers. It has engaged with customers through musical events like IIFA and also launched NEXA Music, a one-of-its-kind music platform for emerging artists.
Designed for an emerging segment of customers who value innovation, personal touch and pampering in their car buying experience, NEXA was launched in July 2015. Currently, it is spread over 200 cities with more than 360 showrooms. NEXA contributes about 20% of total Maruti Suzuki sales. Customers can choose across four different cars sold at NEXA – S-Cross, Baleno, IGNIS and Ciaz.
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NORTH FRANKLIN TWP. — Joe Rock may never forget May 30.
Last year on May 30, he pitched a no-hitter in leading Hopewell to victory in what the WPIAL calls the consolation third-place game.
This year on May 30, he pitched a one-hitter as the Vikings again won in the 4A consolation round, again earning a berth in the PIAA tournament, which begins Monday.
"Same exact date. Same field. Making it to the states for the second straight year," Rock said Wednesday after a 4-1 win over Greensburg Salem at Ross Memorial Park, the home field of the W&J Presidents. "It must be something about this field. I like pitching here."
Actually, Rock tends to pitch well regardless of what field he's playing on. The 6-foot-4 left-hander now has an 8-2 record this season for the Vikings (14-10). But in his two appearances at Ross Memorial Park, he's been spectacular. One run and just one hit in 14 innings with 17 strikeouts.
Last year in a 1-0 over Deer Lakes, Rock threw 83 pitches, or 17 less than the mandatory 100 pitch-count limit.
On this May 30, he again threw 83 pitches, including 58 for strikes. He faced 24 batters, and only four times did the ball leave the infield. One of those came on the only hit he allowed, a fourth-inning triple by center fielder Andrew Rosenburg.
"It always helps having Joey doing what he does out there," coach Mike Shuleski said. "It never gets old seeing him out there on the hill. Hopefully, we'll get to see him out there a couple more times this year."
With the score tied 1-1, Hopewell took the lead for good with two runs in the top of the fifth inning. Center fielder Jake McGovern led off with a triple and then scored on a sacrifice fly by catcher Mitch Heranic. Later in the inning, left fielder Alex Kunzmann got an RBI on a walk with the bases loaded.
The Vikings tacked on another run in the seventh after third baseman Tyler Sabo walked, stole second, moved to third on a throwing error and scored on another throwing error.
"It's great to get another win and to make it to the states," said Rock, an Ohio University recruit. "It means a lot to all of us, but especially to the seniors. We get a chance to play another game together."
In the upcoming PIAA playoffs, three WPIAL teams get in. South Fayette and Ringgold qualified as WPIAL champion and runner-up. Hopewell gets in as the No. 3 seed.
On Monday in the first round of the state tournament, the Vikings will play Grove City, the District 10 champion. That game may be played at Slippery Rock University.
Once again, Rock will draw the starting assignment for the Vikings.


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Tony Pace born on 4 June, 1946. He comes from Ħamrun. He is a classic guitarist.
He is married to Carme and got two children Sandro and Alison.
Started playing the guitar during the last years of the fifties and during the sixties started playing with local bands, and dance bands. In 1966 he was invited to play in a London Night Club and also while there took a few jazz lessons,
During the seventies he started to study the Classical Guitar at first alone and after with sponsors from The Maltese and Austrian government and the British Council. He studied with the American classical guitarist Gregory Bonneberger and attended several summer classical guitar courses in England with Leading classical guitarist such as Chris Kilvington, John Duarte and from Venezuela Alirio Diaz.
In Malta Tony studied Theory and Harmony with, Mro.Carmelo Pace, Mro.Carmelo Schembri and Mro.Charles Zammit and solvego with Mro. Freddie Mizzi.
In 1971 he join the Armed Forces Of Malta as a bandsman, playing guitar and flute.
For several years he was a teacher at the National School Of Music and from 1992 – 1995. Tont was a classical guitar tutor at the Mediterranean Institute / University Of Malta.
During this period he opened his guitar studio for students who wanted to study the guitar, Classical or Electric and also lessons on theory and improvisation.
During all these years besides teaching he was playing with bands and as a soloist in Hotels and Night Clubs and also doing TV and Radio Programs as a performer and educational TV programs.
At the moment he playing solo guitar at different restaurants and hotels including the Hilton and produce a Radio program on Radju Malta called Jazz Styles besides from time to time he perform on the TV.
Besides playing in Malta, he also play in England. Sicily, France, Greece, Ireland. Can Cun in Mexico and Brussels. For ten years he thought guitar and music topics to visually impaired students.
Obtained an ALCM, and LLCM (TD) diplomas in Classical guitar playing and teaching from the London College Of Music.
In 1986 Tony was awarded by the President Of Malta at that time Miss Agata Barbara the Phoenicia Cultural Award,
In 1997 he was accepted as a member of the England RGT (Registry Of Guitar Tutors). And at 2006 Loyal Service Award from Thames Valley University London.
My Repertoire consist of music from the Renaissance to Rock, Italian tunes. Tunes from films and musicals. Standard numbers, Latin American tunes, Bossa Nova, Pop tunes, Spanish tunes and Maltese tunes.
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Tag - #NeverTrump
A Good Reason To Hate 2016
by Steve Berman
This presidential campaign will be over in 76 days. Thank God. I've said it before, this particular year is exhausting. Friendships have been strained, and some even broken, not over Democrat vs. Republican, or even liberal vs. conservative. This year, it's mostly over one man and some people's devotion to him, and others' revulsion of him.
On November 9, people who used to associate and agree on most things will have to learn to live together, or reach an amicable parting. The likely scenario is awaking from a Trump trouncing, but much can happen in 76 days, so I'm not willing to close the door. (Washington Post The Fix writer Aaron Blake responded to John Oliver's suggestion that Trump drop out and become a "hero"…this is what the race has come to. Erick sighed "I hate this year.")
The Republican Party, as an organization, may never recover from Trump. Once the RNC went all-in and ensured his nomination, the lobster trap snapped shut, and now there's no exit. But will relationships and friendships survive?
Even in 2008, when the liberal wing of my family went ga-ga over Barack Obama, I still loved them, and I still spoke to them. We didn't usually discuss politics, but even when we did, we realized we're still family. It's the same with many of my liberal friends. People in the armed forces still trust their lives to their battle buddies, regardless of who those people support, politically. The guys who pack parachutes are not vetted for their political stance.
But the tone here is somehow different. People are coarser. Jonah Goldberg lamented with a tinge of anger, at his friend Bill Bennett, who said this to Megyn Kelly.
There's a lot of people and there are still undecided people. [Trump] does not need to speak to the NeverTrump person — some of my friends, or maybe former friends, who suffer from a terrible case of moral superiority, and put their own vanity and taste above the interest of the country.
Wow. That smarts. It's this way for many–those who are not NeverTrump see those who are as sanctimonious pricks. And it's really hard to reconcile with someone after you call them a sanctimonious prick.
Everything that Trump does or says for the next 76 days will now be seen through the lens of "take that, you sanctimonious prick!" for many who walked together with us on every issue.
Trump just said on @FoxNews he's going to enforce the immigration laws on the books. Any #NeverTrump folks have an issue with that?
— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) August 23, 2016
To Todd Starnes: nope. I don't have an issue with it. How many NeverTrump people do you think there are? Do you think it's more important for Trump to gain the trust of Latinos and African-Americans than to win over some tiny number of publicly-declared NeverTrump writers and radio hosts? If every single NeverTrump figure suddenly switched to full #MAGA warrior mode, would that make even the tiniest difference in the polls?
If National Review came out with a cover "The Case For Trump: Make America Great Again" featuring hagiographic essays from Goldberg, Glenn Beck, David Boaz, Brent Bozell, Ben Domenech, Erick Erickson, Bill Kristol, Dana Loesch, Andrew McCarthy, Michael Medved, Russell Moore, Katie Pavlich, John Podhoretz, Thomas Sowell, and Cal Thomas, would that win the election?
No. It wouldn't. Neither will those same people being against Trump cost him the election–it didn't even cost him the nomination! But people like Starnes are not about to admit it.
This is really a bigger split than many people acknowledge. It's not really over Trump and his politics (such as they are, if anyone can actually define them). It's over the role and ground rules of party politics, and what Republicans–even conservatives–actually stand for.
One reader of this site emailed me. "Republicans need to focus on the economy, the debt and not ever speak of social issues," he wrote. "From my point of view, they were on the wrong side of gay and abortion issues for too long. I don't know of any Republican that is anti-gay or anti-pro-choice. They may be for traditional marriage and pro-life but are not opposed to others living their life as they so choose."
Many people feel this way. Even many people who agree with my social and religious views agree that Republicans are too focused on losing social issues. This would happen to include leaders like Jerry Falwell, Jr., Dr. Robert Jeffress, Wayne Grudem, and Bill Bennett. For them to choose Trump (or hold their noses, like Dennis Prager) indicates their desire that the GOP focus on economic, trade, and personal liberty over social agendas.
This is the great divide that threatens to smash longtime friendships and associations.
It doesn't matter if Trump wins or not. If he wins, there will be another four years of apologizing for him nearly every day. At some point, many will declare their disappointment and regret, and may realize they bet on the wrong horse. My sister–an Obama acolyte in 2008–now despises the man for what he's done the last 8 years. Maybe that's the best course–I've even thought about that as a reason to support Trump–to preserve those relationships.
In other words: I'll vote for Trump for your sake. Now shut up.
But it's too big a stretch for me. Not because I'm a sanctimonious prick, but because my conscience tells me something that other people's consciences don't necessarily tell them. And just like the Bible says, I don't condemn Christians who support Trump for believing what they believe. I don't think supporting Trump will send a Christian to hell. It's just wrong, to me, and to many (most?) others. I do, however, expect those Christians to be accountable when the election is over.
I agree with Ramesh Ponnuru:
Most people who work in Republican politics want Donald Trump to win but think he will lose. They hope that afterward the party will unify in opposition to President Hillary Clinton. They are, however, underestimating the divisions in their party that Trump's campaign has revealed.
From the standpoint of Republican unity, the worst possible outcome of the November election would be a narrow defeat for Trump. The nominee's Republican supporters would be enraged at those Republicans who balked at Trump, and the party would be consumed by recriminations.
I think the Republican Party, as an organization, will be consumed with all kinds of handicaps, from donor disengagement, to a lack of new volunteers, that recriminations will just be the icing on that particular cake of awfulness. But from the standpoint of friendships, relationships, and conservative thought, will be in danger from those recriminations.
There is a place for social agendas in politics. In fact, I believe that's the primary foundation beneath all the policies and trade and economics. Ideals are far more important than execution. The schism that faces post-Trump conservatives is this: Do we place our shared ideals above policies, programs, and political goals, or does upholding those ideals at the cost of party goals make those who do so into sanctimonious pricks?
If it's the latter, it's going to be a very long time before certain "former friends" break bread again without that awkward tension. That's a good reason to hate 2016.
Will the Real Donald Trump Please Stand Up?
by Suni Leinart
After weeks of deteriorating polls, it seems Donald Trump finally surrendered to the whimpers of defeat emanating from Republican party elites. Seemingly out of the blue, the campaign welcomed a seasoned and well-respected political operative, Kellyanne Conway—and in true "Trumpian" style, the executive chairman of Breitbart News, Stephen Bannon, a man detested by many as an alt-right street-fighter. Then several days later, the scandal-mired former campaign chief, Paul Manafort, quietly resigned.
Perhaps more shocking than a campaign shake-up in mid-August, is that for an entire week, Trump was largely able to stay on-message. After months of promising to act more presidential, and failing, the long-awaited 'pivot' finally came to fruition. While still unapologetically controversial at times, Trump managed to make a surprisingly effective case against Hillary Clinton and long-failed Democratic Party policies both foreign and domestic.
The republican nominee and his running mate were the first to visit the flood victims of Louisiana, where they handed-out toys for children who had lost everything, and much needed supplies for those staying in shelters. He then flew to Milwaukee amid the violence following the police shooting of an armed man, to meet with police and veterans in the area. There, Trump made his first appeal to black voters, becoming the first national republican candidate in recent memory to boldly come out and ask for their vote in November.
This sort of outreach is great… but what about all the voters Trump has already alienated?
For example, Shawn Branch, 38, of Mesquite Texas, has voted republican his whole life. Initially, Branch was open to supporting Donald Trump in the General.
"I went into the primary open-minded. I wasn't going to quickly lock-in on just one candidate," Branch explained. "I was pretty much wanting Cruz, but then I saw Trump pulling ahead. Just something made me cautious about him. I was trying to make the best of things however, so I wanted to try to convince myself to support him."
He remained undecided until the weeks surrounding the Iowa Caucus, when Trump started doubling-down on inflammatory tactics. When it came to supporting him in the primary, or even keeping an open-mind for the general, "Trump talked me out of doing both himself," exclaimed Branch.
Branch withdrew all support of Trump once he realized he was working with Paul Manafort and Roger Stone. Pointing to their history, Branch concluded, "He proved he was all smoke and mirrors," adding, "both are evil guys."
"Stone is a career character assassin and trickster." After some in-depth research, Branch believes that all "Trump's grotesque lying and false attacks, all of that was fed to him by Roger J. Stone, Jr."
Trump's behavior was not the only issue for Mr. Branch this election. "I voted for Cruz in the primary and not one second did I believe the lies being peddled by Trump. And I knew I didn't want to vote for Trump before the convention." He said, adding "(but) I don't know about the RNC and GOP now. I feel they broke the RNC rules at the convention right before our eyes. They were too easily taken over by a closet liberal."
The same sentiments offered by Mr. Branch are repeated over and over when talking to other republican voters disaffected with Trump. Going forward, it seems the campaign had better tread-lightly if they hope to pick-up voters dissatisfied with the last 8 years and looking for an outsider. Perhaps enough Americans will be willing to put the past aside in hopes of a better future. But if recent trends repeat, even the best operatives cannot save a campaign when the candidate is the problem.
Mainstream Media & Bipartisan Corruption Created Trump. Here's Proof They Haven't Learned a Thing.
For decades, mainstream media cronies and their political allies were able to control both the domestic and international news narrative through selective reporting and spin. Then, out of the internet's creation (thanks Al Gore), the information age was born. While still in it's infancy, keeping undesirable stories and/or damaging facts out of the headlines was mostly successful. The bulk of the American electorate continued to rely solely on the traditional press for their worldview, and when expedient, the half-truths propagated by so-called journalists. Over the next 15yrs, that dynamic slowly began to shift. Every year that passed, more and more people gained access to the web and quietly discovered these inaccuracies by simply turning on their home computer.
According to Gallup, in 1999, overall public trust in media was 55% compared to 40% in 2015. Trust in the media continues to be significantly lower among younger Americans aged 18 to 49 at a measly 36%.
Technical innovation continued to boom, introducing consumers to even more-affordable computers then laptops; cell phones then smart phones; broadband then Wi-Fi; and iPod then tablets. For the first time in history, news around the world became effortlessly accessible within seconds. Brand-new media sources of all political persuasions began popping up as new websites, podcasts, and social media platforms evolved. To maintain their own relevancy, advertising revenues and grip over public opinion, network/cable news outlets, newspapers and magazines were painfully forced to adapt and thus compete with these new mediums.
Coupled with diverse, emerging new-sources were propaganda outlets, unreliable and unsubstantiated faux-news, gossip sites akin to supermarket tabloids, and fantastical bloggers out to prove any number of conspiracy theories. Confusion and frustration with unsubstantiated claims inadvertently caused the inception of partisan echo-chambers, and within those, willful blindness.
Old and new mainstream media continued to feverishly employ a range of outdated practices and new highly-effective tactics to enshrine their preferred political ideology into every level of government, corporate boardrooms, education systems, intelligencia and even pop-culture. All appeared to be going as planned— until the election of 2015-2016 when millions of enraged citizens put their support behind the one man openly cursing the media bias and political class corruption.
His rabid anger, by and large, seemed appropriate. Finally, someone powerful could see what was happening and wasn't afraid to fight back. It did not matter that he was not always factual. For years the citizenry has busted US Government officials intentionally mischaracterizing the facts or bald-face lying, and those constitutionally entrusted to fact-check them by way of a "Free Press" weren't always factual either. Underestimating the public's sheer disgust with politicians and the press, the left-leaning media succumbed to both their addiction to ratings, along the pleasure it brought watching Trump terrorize 17 GOP competitors and the republican party nationwide. Supposing they could take him out before he did any real damage (to their interests), they donated billions worth of free media exposure to his campaign. As media attention and Trump's support base grew, the more politicians, celebrities, and private sector figures across the political spectrum bestowed legitimacy to the idea of Donald Trump serving as President.
By the time anyone realized he was getting way too close for comfort, and therefore needed to be stopped, it was too little too late. Trump would become the GOP nominee. And sadly, just as many of us had long suspected, the GOP establishment feared losing their power over losing their decency.
Now, here we are. A turbulent narcissist might very well become most powerful man on earth. And, how does the US media and the political opposition respond? Just as expected, they're attempting to wholly ignore, stall, spin and downplay any and all problematic reporting on Democrats. Exactly the same plan as before, but this time with more fervor in effort to destroy Trump. The problem is, that while many are "Never Trump", the majority of GOP voters are not. So, although polls appear to show defeat now, will the media and political elite once again overstep the bounds of public tolerance and disrupt the current dynamic? Quite possibly.
Here's an example: As social media is bustling with outrage over the treasure trove of cronyism and corruption uncovered, all of mainstream media was not. And, when they finally did, their short-lived indignation quickly shifted away from DNC and twisted into blame of Russia. Yes, they seriously expect voters to overlook the numerous incognito democrat-operatives posing as journalists in the media. Please disregard all those culturally insensitive and nasty things said by Democratic Party leaders when they thought you couldn't hear. Hillary's campaign immediately rescuing 'disgraced DNC Debbie' with a highly-coveted, make-believe role inside the deified Clinton machine is no big deal. Standard practice. And 42% of the party who supported Bernie by showing up at the polls, knocked-on doors, made calls, and donated their hard-earned money under the assumption he at least had a chance of winning? When can they expect their well-connected, powerful, multi-multi-millionaire gov't insiders to emerge in defense of their faux-honor? Sorry, not sorry. Hear me lemmings? Get over it, All of it. Now "unite" as you've been instructed to beat Trump!
And, the GOP's battle-plan? Capitulation, exile, and mass-defection to arguably the most dishonest, contemptable politician alive in the US today, Hillary Rodham Clinton. Yesterday, it was over 50 GOP security officials who worked in the George W Bush Admin. Today, it was long-time Senator Susan Collins from Maine. Who will it be tomorrow… at this rate, God only knows.
The US electorate is fed-up with the corruption, nervous about their future, and concerned for their country. If the media sticks to their past behavior, they'll once again risk Trump appearing as if he's a champion of the people. Attacking every insensitive, unmannered and nonsensical thing Trump says, while practically ignoring legitimate scandals such as the $400M in unmarked cash to Iran, is dishonest and unethical. And the American people know it. Now more than ever before, the lack of impartiality and honestly in media coverage is gambling the fate of our republic. Let's hope they prevent the world at large from resting in Donald Trump's tiny hands.
The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Enemy
Now that the GOP has officially declared #NeverTrump conservatives an enemy of the party–wait, how, you ask–we need to consider how to respond. How we are enemies of the party? Republican party leadership did everything possible to find the weak link; cajole, threaten, and deal for Donald Trump to "crush" any attempt to free the delegates.
Trump then did his usual "I dance on your grave" two-step.
#NeverTrump is never more. They were crushed last night in Cleveland at Rules Committee by a vote of 87-12. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
It wasn't #NeverTrump that was crushed at the convention's rules committee. It was #FreeTheDelegates, which was a long shot in any scenario. I, for one, fully expected the convention to be a coronation of the King of the Orange Throne. This is the reason I didn't go as a delegate when I had the opportunity.
The #NeverTrump movement lives on, hopefully with the new goal of making Trump suffer a catastrophic loss in November, to teach the GOP an object lesson on selling its soul in the future. Dogs don't respond to scolding unless you punish them in the act of misbehavior. Lining up behind Trump then shouting "bad dog!" when all is lost will accomplish nothing.
Speaking for myself alone–I realize some conservatives who find Trump to be loathsome will still support him to keep Hillary Clinton out of office–I think the option is to save at least one party to live on in some form, and that means Trump losing. I prefer The Samson Contingency, which is a Trump loss in all 50 states while preserving down ballot races in the Senate and House for the GOP.
The media calls the GOP the party of obstructionism, preventing "progress." Good. We are especially good at that, and if we lose the Senate (which is a looming probability at this point), we lose a whole lot of leverage stopping Hillary. If we lose the House, we're back to 2008, but much worse. Backing Trump almost guarantees a loss of the Senate–and in 2018, the House.
Hillary Clinton must be stopped. If she can't be stopped in the general election (and I don't think she can against Trump), then she must be stopped in office. Even if Trump makes it (by some confirmation bias of conspiracy theories) into office, the Democrats, and many Republicans will join to thwart his insane economic suicide agenda. The GOP will be destroyed.
At least temporarily, the GOP under Donald Trump has declared itself my enemy. Hillary Clinton is my enemy. The enemy of my enemy is my enemy. The false dichotomy of "Trump or Clinton" doesn't play in the real world, and everyone in Washington D.C. knows it. They only use it to raise money.
Trump in the White House with a Democratic congress is infinitely worse for the future of conservative thought, small government, and economic growth than having Hillary opposed by a Ryan-led House, with Cruz and Rubio in the Senate. This has been the #NeverTrump position all along. The party and Trump supporters have done nothing–zero–to assuage those concerns. I have to conclude it's because they have no answer.
#NeverTrump lives on, and its effect will be seen at the ballot box in November–or it won't be, and America will moe into a less favorable position, and conservatives will have to find another party to carry the banner.
Evangelicals Threw In The Towel On #NeverTrump
Evangelical leaders who pray for revival, miracles, signs and wonders demonstrating the power of the Holy Spirit, have doubts about Trump. But when faced with the certainty of Hillary Clinton as president, they throw in the towel.
If you're old enough to never wear skinny jeans or Birkenstocks to work, you might remember the lyrics to "American Pie" (the song, not the movie) by Don McLean.
And the three men I admire most,
Father, Son and the Holy Ghost;
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died.
The Christian teacher I admire most (still living) is Dr. Michael L. Brown. Dr. Brown was on the platform at my own baptism in 1999. He earned a Ph.D. (not honorary) in Near Eastern languages from New York University. He studies the Torah and the New Testament in the original Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek; he is a Jew who follows Jesus, converted at seventeen in the early 1970's out of a life of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll.
To say I'm a close follower of Dr. Brown is severely understating his impact on my life. The few times I've met him in person, the power of God was manifest in his presence, in his prayer, and in his knowledge of God's Word. There are few people on the planet in whose wisdom regarding God's plans and purposes I trust as much as Dr. Brown.
That being said, I was beyond shocked to read Brown's latest article: "Why I'm Actually Rooting for Donald Trump." The subhead was even more a sucker punch for me: "Maybe, just maybe, the words of the godly Christian leaders Trump surrounded himself with will sink in, even just a little bit."
I thought: It's over. This is the end. The fact that Brown began his essay by asking the reader not to overreact to the title did nothing to cure my involuntary gasp and heart palpitations. If someone of Brown's stature has succumbed to the "maybe Trump is inevitable" virus, then surely evangelicals have thrown in the towel on #NeverTrump.
Nonetheless, when I say that I'm actually rooting for him, what I mean is that I could not possibly vote for Hillary Clinton, and with Trump surrounding himself with so many godly Christian leaders, I'm hopeful that something will sink in and that God will deal with him in a radical way. Perhaps he is listening to some of the solid evangelical leaders who have become close to him?
That failing, I'm hoping that even in his Christian ignorance, even with his glaring character faults, even with his waffling on major positions, he still desires to be a champion of Christianity and genuinely desires to see America turned around and will therefore make the right decisions if elected.
I feel like how Jonah Goldberg felt when Newt Gingrich went all-in for Trump. First it was political conservatives, then it was political evangelical Christians, and now it's solid-as-a-rock evangelical scholars moving to the argument that Trump is inevitable for the GOP.
I feel an air of inevitability building among many strong, church-going Christians and Christian leaders. These are not the ones to whom Erick was referring in his warning "You Are Not Daniel." Brown similarly rebuked those charlatans and milquetoasts. No, this is a different air–one of resignation.
These are Christians who pray for nations to repent, who commission missionaries to go into Muslim nations and preach the Gospel only for the reward of hopefully returning alive (many do not); who pray for revival in America and miracles, signs and wonders demonstrating the power of the Holy Spirit, and for the breaking of our hearts over the scourge of abortion.
But when faced with the certainty of Hillary Clinton as president, they throw in the towel. They cite words of prophetic vision about Trump's being raised up as King Cyrus, which Erick correctly equated to idol worship. Dr. Brown admitted he asked himself if that specific prophecy could be true–without endorsing it. Before Trump, these holy people stand gob smacked and scratching their heads in puzzlement.
The fact is that Trump's popularity against all wisdom seems preternatural. It's either ordained of God as our national salvation, or it's ordained of God as our national judgment, or it's as Don McLean wrote and God has uprooted His standard from America and left the lights on for us to see what happens in His absence.
The latest Rasmussen Reports poll shows Trump has rebounded nationally, leading Clinton 43 to 39 percent, with 12 percent going for another candidate (Gary Johnson?) and 5 percent undecided. Granted, the RCP average shows Clinton with a 4.8 percent lead head-to-head and a 4.9 percent lead with Johnson polling at 8 percent. But Clinton's lead has indeed narrowed since last week.
Dr. Brown's capitulation to the inevitability of Trump is troubling, even though he tempers it with honest, heartfelt prayer for Trump's soul.
But as the one real alternative we have to Hillary, I'm hoping for the impossible and praying for God to do something radical in the life of Donald Trump for the good of the nation of the Church.
Stranger things than this have happened in history, and given the bizarre nature of the current presidential elections — more importantly, given the nature of God — all things are possible.
I also pray fervently for Trump, but I'm truly disheartened that evangelical leaders have abandoned what should be the focus of their prayer.
Going into the GOP Convention in Cleveland, church-going, solid evangelicals will have an outsized representation on the floor, with plenty of Cruz supporters in attendance. These are the people who have within their power to deny Trump the prize he seeks and avoid the nightmare scenario of having to embrace Trump as God's choice (for good or ill).
Why not pray for the delegates to have supernatural strength and resolve? Why not pray for that group to see the presence of God manifest in Cleveland?
Let's assume that we are faced with an oncoming train driven by a blind engineer as we are stalled on a one-track bridge. Do we pray that the oncoming train engineer would suddenly see us and stop; or do we pray for our own engine to start to move out of the way? Or do we pray for the bridge to open up before us so the oncoming train plunges into the chasm below?
Hillary is the chasm, Trump is the blind engineer, and the GOP is stalled on the tracks. I think praying for the blind engineer's eyes might just be as useful as praying for bridge failure. But the blind engineer is surrounded by Godly people, so maybe, just maybe, God will heal him.
Evangelical leaders have lost their faith in God stopping Trump, so now they pray he won't discard Christians if we help him win the presidency. As one trusted pastor has said, and I've quoted many times: "if we elect this man to the White House, the first time Christians disagree with Trump, we will get everything that is coming to us."
Only GOP Delegates Can Avoid the Trump-Terror-Train-Wreck
Donald Trump is counting on another terror attack on U.S. soil. Without it, there's absolutely no possible way he can beat Hillary Clinton. And President Obama is obliging Trump's request against his own party's interest by tolerating acceptable losses and turning the focus to gun control.
Trump's numbers paint a brutally stark picture of disaster. In one chart, the Washington Post spoke ten thousand words of Trump's toxicity.
Worse, the orange-maned Manhattanite doesn't care. He doesn't care about having a national organization, or a ground game, or a campaign staff to handle a billion-dollar run for the White House. Trump has farmed that out to the GOP, and even then, he's phoning in his part, dealing with large donors and fundraising. He has no intention of doing anything that any previous nominee did. Instead, Trump is counting on the terror bump to win him the White House.
Imagery and news have an incredibly powerful effect on our notions of good leadership and opinions on people. Vanity Fair (of all media) pointed out how President George W. Bush's approval rating went from 51 to 90 percent in the two weeks from September 10, 2001 to after the attacks. The president standing on rubble with a megaphone, dealing with a national crisis, and declaring we as a nation will win was strong medicine.
Trump, it's clear, seems to understand this reality. In fact, he appears to view it as a political opportunity. He has found a way to conflate an actual attack with the mere threat of one. After declaring that he "would bomb the SHIT out of" of ISIS, or articulating that "when you get these terrorists, you have to take out their families," Trump recently went on National Border Patrol Council's Green Line radio show and claimed that refugees entering the United States will launch a massive terrorist attack against America. "Bad things will happen—a lot of bad things will happen," Trump said. "There will be attacks that you wouldn't believe."
This article was written on May 18.
Trump misfired on his response to the Orlando terror attack, and came off smug with the humblebrag declining "congrats." In the wake of his Judge Curiel remarks, he played right into Team Clinton's trap of confirmation bias that Trump is a racist.
But Trump's terror-based confirmation bias is much stronger than Clinton's. It's because Trump, in fact, really isn't a racist. He just puts up with them–and probably understands them–much more than SJW-inculcated Democrats (many of whom are actually racists). Clinton, however, is a certifiable featherweight on national security.
Knowing that the GOP candidate is waiting for an opportunity to appear "presidential" in the wake of a national crisis, in which people die, and is actually counting on that to happen as a campaign strategy, is rebarbative. It's like eating at a barbecue and coming across a pit where they've discarded the pig's decomposing carcass, filled with maggots. One's appetite is killed.
The shaft of light in this morbid tunnel is the fact that the train wreck is avoidable. That other people in the GOP, who have also arrived at the sickening truth are openly talking about dumping Trump at the convention.
About 1,000 Republicans nationwide participated in a conference call Sunday night discussing the effort to prevent Donald Trump from getting the Republican presidential nomination at the party's convention next month, according to organizers.
The figure would represent a sharp rise from the roughly three dozen people who were said to have taken part in a similar call last week, according to CNN. News outlets were unable to independently confirm the number of people on the call.
The Trump-terror-train-wreck can be avoided, and there's still time to field a candidate who can beat the weakest Democratic candidate since Walter Mondale. The very existence of the Republican Party is at stake, along with the role of conservative values in America for the next 20 years. Only the delegates can stop the Trump Train.
They Pretend They Don't Get #NeverTrump
"Let me say it one more time, for the umpteen-thousandth time: Donald Trump is not fit for the office of President of the United States. No political argument can ever or will ever change that fact."
Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer made sure that she was dead. I get it. #NeverTrump is dead. There's zero chance of a miracle (short of the divine kind) that would prevent Donald Trump from being the Republican nominee. We're down to two choices: Hillary Clinton or Trump.
But every time we wax metaphysical, non-political about Trump, they creep up from behind again…
This time it's the Wall Street Journal.
Conservative pundits say Mr. Trump has authoritarian tendencies, but then they should want principled leaders in positions of power to restrain him. This week Mr. Ryan and his GOP colleagues are starting to roll out their own agenda for governing next year. It includes tax, health-care and financial reforms, as well as measures to reduce poverty and restore Congressional authority.
This is smart politics, not least because it gives GOP candidates for the House and Senate something other than Mr. Trump to promote and talk about. Voters will be able to see that Republicans stand for something beyond Mr. Trump's passions.
Agreed. It's smart politics to keep the House and Senate, and secure conservative victories with a Republican White House.
It isn't clear what Mr. Ryan's critics want him to do in any event. Do they really expect a House Speaker to deny support to the GOP nominee, making the Trump-Ryan division a running story through November? There's nothing like a bloody Republican civil war to dampen turnout and produce an election rout for the other side. As for a third-party run, no one has volunteered for that duty precisely because it has almost no chance of success.
In a word: Yes. We expect someone of Speaker Ryan's cut of cloth to understand that statesmanship goes beyond politics. We expect him to "get it."
Let me say it one more time, for the umpteen-thousandth time: Donald Trump is not fit for the office of President of the United States. No political argument can ever or will ever change that fact. And it is a fact.
One of my favorite writers on the question-and-answer site Quora, physicist and author Richard Muller, nailed the reason it's so hard for #NeverTrump-ers to explain our position to those who don't get it.
Many people in the United States (and around the world) believe that it takes no particular skill or knowledge to be President of the United States, or the head of any government. These are people who believe that intuition and feeling is more important than expertise.
In this line of thinking, it doesn't matter what Trump says or does, or how clearly he demonstrates his ignorance. The man's (probably) a billionaire, a reality TV star, a bona-fide celebrity with his own Boeing 757.
But people who think this way are terribly, terribly wrong.
Those who support Trump out of party loyalty, political calculation, or brazen self-interest can be forgiven for their error. But the more grievous, perhaps mortal sin, is the one made by intellectual conservatives who have calculated that it's worth giving Trump a try for four years, because, they think, how much damage could he do?
These people play stupid and stand aside while those of us who remain #NeverTrump are thrown under the bus again and again–or to continue the metaphor, Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer came down upon our heads. Back to the WSJ:
The criticism of Mr. Ryan comes with particular ill-grace from the conservatives who seeded the ground for Mr. Trump. Many of the most devout Never-Trumpers have spent years fanning grassroots hostility against immigration and Mexicans.
Ill-grace? Seeded the ground? Maybe we plowed the ground, but Trump was not the seed we planted. He was the weed, the equivalent of Kudzu that grew and choked out the real conservatives like Sens. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. And conservatives like Newt Gingrich and Ryan chose to pretend that this is a matter of mere politics. As Erick wrote, damn them for that.
I realize Ryan is between a genuine Scylla and Charybdis. There's precious little room to maneuver. But the course he's chosen is impossible: Trump is either owned fully, racist statements and all, or not at all.
Trump himself sees nothing in terms of statesmanship. Everything political is a game to him, which is why he could support Renee Elmers (who thankfully lost), nearly the closest thing to a Democrat in the GOP congressional caucus, while claiming positions she almost 100 percent opposed. Hypocrisy is irrelevant to Trump and many of his core supporters, because they see the entire system as corrupt (read Muller's answer from above).
Conservatives playing the "risk four years" game with Trump are proof positive that these Trump supporters are right. They are, like the GOP establishment, exactly who we thought they were. We expect them to get that statesmanship is a bigger sphere than politics, but they pretend not to get it.
For example, if we had foreknowledge that an actual Manchurian Candidate, a red-controlled plant, was actually running, even if the electorate fell for the ruse, the politicians who knew the truth would stop the charlatan from gaining power. If we had foreknowledge that a candidate would let the missiles fly (like Christopher Walken's character knew about Martin Sheen's "Greg Stillson" in Stephen King's "The Dead Zone"), we'd be justified in stopping that candidate at all costs (and no I'm not advocating that solution).
Here we are with thirty-plus years of history on Donald Trump. Hundreds of thousands of words written about him have painted a picture of a monster-in-waiting, a proto-despot with no moral compass, and a history of racism, sexism, cupidity and sin. We don't have to guess what the man will do in office. We know.
But many of our party leaders pretend they don't get it. Either they're genuinely stupid, or they're being willfully ignorant and intentionally obtuse. For my part, I don't think they're stupid.
And they just stand aside while the political press continues to swing their silver hammer at #NeverTrump, laying the blame at our feet. Swing away; we'll take the blame. As long as it keeps that man out of the White House. And yes, we are taking names.
Reactions To The #FrenchRevolution
The media has picked up a rumor, a tremor. There's a disturbance in the Force that keeps the tidy flow of politics confined to the love triangle of Sanders, Clinton and Trump.
Just a heads up over this holiday weekend: There will be an independent candidate–an impressive one, with a strong team and a real chance.
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) May 29, 2016
Since Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol hinted that someone is about to step up and make #NeverTrump a real thing (now that there's nobody in the GOP to do it), most of the media has been skeptical, if not cynical. Now it has leaked out that the candidate is none other than National Review's David A. French (from NBC below, CNN also picked up the story).
National Review staff writer David French is considering an independent presidential run, sources close to the #NeverTrump movement confirmed to NBC News.
French is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and attorney with a concentration in constitutional law, according to his biography on National Review.
Bloomberg Politics first reported the news.
French is considering a run at the encouragement of Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol, who has been openly courting a conservative alternative to Trump.
Personally, I don't know French other than some positive online interaction as a fellow conservative blogger and on social media. From that, I do know he's a man of faith in God and in his country's honor. I know that I very rarely disagree with a single word he's written over at NR. I know that his wife is as committed and talented as he is, and that together they are raising a wonderful family.
I know that French's family will be the focus of the attacks against him, and for that I pray for him and for them, their safety, and their peace of mind. If French is running, it's going to change his life forever. I pray that his courage never falters.
Oh, and, yes, I would vote for him.
Here's how others (and some of our own) on Twitter reacted to the news of a potential #FrenchRevolution:
https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/737752677489201153
I know David French to be an honorable, intelligent and patriotic person. I look forward to following what he has to say.
— Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) June 1, 2016
David French 2016
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) May 31, 2016
Halperin scoops aren't reliable. With that said, David French is an honorable & principled person that I'd easily pick over current choices.
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) May 31, 2016
Voting for David French over Hillary and Trump would be the easiest call ever.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) May 31, 2016
To be fair, Shapiro had some objections.
Despite the fact that I am a big David French fan, here are my general objections to a third party candidate: https://t.co/3nTM5AL3Mt
https://twitter.com/Aaron_RS/status/737768147067883520
Whatever the politics, I'm grateful for the courageous religious freedom and pro-adoption work of @DavidAFrench and @NancyAFrench.
— Russell Moore (@drmoore) May 31, 2016
David French is a class act, would be an impressive candidate. https://t.co/J9yRWhZZkD
— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) May 31, 2016
David French is a lovely person, a decent person of honor and integrity. He deserves better then snarky political twitter tearing him up.
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) May 31, 2016
If it reads like a who's who of #NeverTrump, that's because it is.
David French gives conservatives and people of decency a choice they can make without cringing. #FrenchRevolution https://t.co/ebF5uLxbrP
— (((Shining City))) (@shiningcity1776) May 31, 2016
Our own Josh Hammer had some concern about National Review and the GOP. I think that bridge was on fire quite a few months ago.
https://twitter.com/josh_hammer/status/737786813163679744
This x100. A lot of jaws flapping in all this, very few men in the arena. #FrenchRevolution https://t.co/cWD1pk6nyI
— Inez Stepman (@InezFeltscher) May 31, 2016
French's editor at NR is fully behind him.
"David French doesn't even have a Wikipedia page!" the media laughed. Nope. Just one of these. pic.twitter.com/oh5qAd6zLf
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) June 1, 2016
I know, I know, you've never heard of David French, so he must be some nobody unworthy of the Oval Office, right? pic.twitter.com/FA6wgSX5RE
The best reason for French to run? It will cause Trump's neo-Nazis to come out and proud for him like cockroaches needing to be stamped out.
If a David French candidacy gets all of America to see the Alt-Right clearly, he's done a national service. https://t.co/VqdXHuKfE8
https://twitter.com/RWDS1488/status/737808274502778881
I couldn't resist this one.
The first Twitter confrontation between David French and Elizabeth Warren shall be known as the "French & Indian War"
— Sweet Meteor O'Death (@smod4real) June 1, 2016
We will be hearing a lot more about David French in the coming days, I suspect. If he indeed is running (which seems by accounts to be true), I will do my very best to support him.
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In 1997, she was awarded the RAF Barrie Smart Memorial Award and consequently gained her pilots licence and in 2013, she won a CBI and RealBusiness First Women Award in the Tourism and Leisure Category for being the first female Head of Engineering at a major International Airport. In 2014 she was made an Honorary Doctor of Science by Staffordshire University and then by Kingston University in 2022 for her services to engineering. She was also recognised as one of the Barclays Women of Achievement for 2014. In 2015 she was awarded the Alistair Graham-Bryce Award by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers for her significant contribution to the encouragement of young people towards a career in engineering and received the WeAretheCity Diversity Champion Award in 2021. She was recognised on the inaugural list of the top 50 most influential women engineers in the UK in 2016 and is a fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, Royal Aeronautical Society, Institution of Civil Engineers, and the Women's Engineering Society. She was honoured with a Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering in October 2020 in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the engineering profession and received an iMasons 100 award in 2021.
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Cause for change
Mia Fleming left her career as a TV news anchor to pursue a project she hopes will change minds and lives.
By Emily Ann Holman
Former Fox23 News anchor Mia Fleming will appear on TV again in a different role — as host of a new series of show segments called "A Million Reasons Why."
When Mia Fleming was a little girl, she knew she wanted to save the world.
"Ever since I can remember, I've wanted to help people," the former Fox23 News anchor says. "I remember my mom saying, 'Mia, you can't save the whole world.' I just remember saying, 'Well, I want to.'"
Fleming pursued a career in journalism, where reporting allowed her to tell the stories of victims who had experienced painful tragedies, such as then-48-year-old rape victim Dee Jakubowski.
"When I first covered her story, I had this feeling in the pit of my stomach nagging me," Fleming says. "Is this the right thing for me? Am I doing enough?"
That feeling followed Fleming through her 10-year career at Fox23. The more people she met, the more she felt their pain, loss and suffering.
"I would come home to my husband crying as if I knew the victim who had been killed or hurt," Fleming says. "I have a bleeding heart I just can't turn off. Soon, telling the story wasn't enough anymore."
Inspired by Jakubowski — who used her experience to help others as a hospital advocate and advisory board member at Domestic Violence Intervention Services — Fleming set out to become a voice for the voiceless.
She used her TV know-how to create "A Million Reasons Why: Changing a Million Lives," a segment show, still in negotiations with local and national television networks but set to launch in fall 2012, that will feature philanthropic celebrity guests or local charities and their causes.
"I wanted to tell stories that make people stop, listen, act and understand that no act of kindness is too small," Fleming says.
The show will also feature a complementary website, amillionreasonswhy.org, debuting March 10, where viewers can watch the stories that aired on television, make donations, blog and learn more about the featured causes.
"If we can get others to feel that same compassion ... what a great world this could be," Fleming says.
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Chris Middlebrook offers everything from children's birthday parties to singing telegrams with his Tulsa-based company, BAM Entertainment.
The Arts & Humanities Council of Tulsa's Artists-in-the-Schools program brings local dancers, storytellers, musicians, painters and more to area schools to offer unique lessons.
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Cornwall woman feels dumped on by snow and city
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A large pile of snow sits at the end of a Fifth Street East driveway in Cornwall, Ont. on Monday, Feb. 13, 2017. The homeowner, Tracy Champagne, is upset the city dismissed her requests for help after someone dumped the pile of snow at the foot of her driveway during the weekend storm. (Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston)
CORNWALL – A Cornwall woman is upset over how she claims she was treated by city staff after a "massive" pile of snow was dumped in her driveway.
In an interview with Cornwall Newswatch, Tracy Champagne said her concerns were dismissed by a city foreman Monday after nearly five feet of snow ended up blocking in her entrance on Fifth Street East between Pitt and Sydney Streets.
Many streets have been dealing with massive piles of snow after a snowstorm which started Sunday and lasted through Monday morning.
Champagne said the city worker, who wouldn't offer his name, told her that she would have to hire a bucket truck or a backhoe to get rid of the pile and there was nothing he could do.
"I called the City of Cornwall. They told me there's nothing we can really do about it, it's obviously your neighbour who did it," Champagne said. Champagne said she gets along with all of her neighbours and she couldn't have constructed the five foot pile herself as she's off work with a back injury.
"I love my city and it takes a lot to get me mad but this upset me enough to phone the City of Cornwall," she told CNW. "They could care less about helping with anything."
Champagne ended up getting a plow company to clear the snow.
Resident Tracy Champagne comes out of her house on Fifth Street East in Cornwall, Ont. on Monday, Feb. 13, 2017 to speak with her snowplow driver, Dan Brunet. Champagne is upset the city dismissed her when she asked for help after a large snow pile was dumped in her driveway during snow clearing operations. (Newswatch Group/Bill Kingston)
But the city's response will be of little consolation to Champagne.
John St. Marseille, Cornwall's general manager of infrastructure, said the city follows a "consistent approach. We're there to clean the roads and we don't do individual driveways."
St. Marseille said this complaint is not uncommon and is just "one of many types of complaints" they receive through the winter.
"There were other individuals that spoke to this lady as well from the municipality to explain what the situation was. Unfortunately, that's the way the situation is with respect to us maintaining road clearing operations and the driveways become filled with snow. That's just a side effect of that work."
With a city front-line worker identification policy in place, Marseille said he will follow up on claims the city foreman wouldn't identify himself to Champagne.
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David Dean Mohlman, the son of Anna Marie (Dealey) and Wilbur Dean Mohlman, was born July 29, 1956, at Red Cloud. He departed this life on May 11, 2018, south of Red Cloud in a one-vehicle accident.
A lifelong resident of the area, Dave attended the Red Cloud schools and graduated with the class of 1974. Following high school he enlisted in the United States Army to serve his country and was stationed in Korea. After his discharge from service Dave completed his formal education at Hastings College. In August of 1979, he was united in marriage with Julianne Martig. This union was blessed with two daughters and two sons. They lived in Hastings, Neb., for a period of time before moving to the farm north of Red Cloud. He also did some auctioneering.
In 1986, Dave obtained his insurance license and began selling crop insurance. He represented Farmers Union Insurance and in 1999 he opened his agency in Red Cloud, which he owned and operated serving his many friends and customers in the area.
Dave's personality was pervaded by a keen sense of curiosity and an appreciation for history, philosophies and he loved to study various cultures. While in high school he had the lead role in the school musical and in later years enjoyed singing and participating in karaoke. In his leisure time he followed his passion for reading and exploring the country on his motorcycle. He was a strong and outspoken advocate for the family farmer, individuals with intellectual disabilities, and he loved the outdoors. His greatest love and enthusiasm in life was for his family and extended family.
Dave was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church, the Cowles Legion Post and Honor Guard, the National Farmers Union and he served with the Intellectual Disabilities Advocates of Nebraska.
Preceding him in death were his parents, Wilbur and Ann Mohlman.
Left to cherish his memory are his children and grandchildren, Claire (Shawn) Harding of Eudora, Kan., and children, Mason, Sawyer and Campbell; Nicole (Jon) Turner of Tecumseh, Neb., and children Eli and Anna; Ben Mohlman of Beatrice, Neb., and Sean Mohlman of Lawrence, Kan. Also surviving are his sister, Julie (Bruce) Rickertsen of Lexington, Neb.; Thomas Mohlman and Andrew (Marla) Mohlman all of Red Cloud; his many aunts, uncles, cousins, extended families and many friends.
Memorial services with military honors was held May 18, 2018, at the Red Cloud Community Center with Pastor Darrell Sutton officiating. Private family interment will be at the Highland Cemetery in Jewell County, Kansas.
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Enormous sums of federal and state funding are now available to help the country's unserved and underserved areas get access to fast, reliable internet connectivity. Experts point to the stark contrast between connected and unconnected areas during the COVID-19 pandemic as the thing that finally brought consensus among policymakers to close the digital divide once and for all.
"It really got people saying, 'OK, we need to make a difference. We need to change this now," said Brian O'Hara, NRECA regulatory affairs director and the association's point person on broadband issues.
O'Hara sat down recently to discuss the breadth of available funding and how it's changing the equation for electric cooperatives that are well-positioned to leverage these historic grant opportunities to help their communities.
Brian, can you start off by giving us a sense of the totality of federal money that's available right now for broadband and what some of those programs are?
O'Hara: Sure. The infrastructure bill had $65 billion for broadband. The biggest pot of that, $42.5 billion, is in what they're calling the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment or BEAD program. So that's going to go to the states. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration at the Commerce Department is going to set up some rules by mid-May, and then the states will have to come up with a broadband plan in line with that. So that's where that money is.
There's $2 billion going to a tribal program at NTIA; $2.5 billion going to digital equity and inclusion grants. There's a billion in middle mile grants, which I think a lot of our members, maybe even the G&Ts, could be very interested in. There's $14.2 billion going to the Affordable Connectivity Program, which is for low-income households and is already up and running. And then there's a lot of our members that are using U.S. Department of Agriculture programs. There's another $2 billion for them.
Then there's still some other programs that are out there from earlier stimulus bills. The American Rescue Plan had two big pots of funds. There was the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, and that was money that was sent directly to states and localities. That was a huge pot. That was $350 billion with the first half released last May and the second half going out this coming May. But broadband was just one of the eligible uses. It can be used for a lot of things. If they had lost tax revenue during the pandemic, they could use it to fill some of those holes. They could use it for roads and bridges. So there was a lot of competition there.
And then there was the $10 billion Capital Projects Funds, and that's through the Department of Treasury. And there are a couple things that that can be used for, but broadband is definitely one of them. They've actually just started receiving applications for that.
So there's a lot of money floating around.
And going forward, are there more funding opportunities on the horizon?
O'Hara: Oh, there definitely are. There were other funds that were proposed in the Build Back Better bill, and it was not a small amount. That wasn't enacted, of course, but there's been discussion of cutting it into piece parts and trying to pass them as one-offs. I have not seen any serious traction on those right now, but I would not doubt that we will see some of these smaller bills start to move.
You know, one thing that we're seeing right now also in the 2023 proposed budget is more funding again for ReConnect at USDA. So there are some of these bubbling up, and I'm sure we'll be seeing more.
And what about state and local level funding? Is that something that co-ops are tapping into and something that's growing and in the same way that the federal money is?
O'Hara: Definitely. There are two things going on here. First, I mentioned some of these projects where money is going directly to the states, and they can give it out. They're also partnering federal funding with some of their own money. So yeah, we're definitely seeing that, and more and more states are getting involved.
The question that this sort of begs is, why is there such a groundswell of interest on broadband now? We talk about how we can never agree on anything in this country, but it seems like this is that rare thing that we can all agree is a national priority.
O'Hara: Yeah, people have been talking about the need for broadband for decades, and it's only gotten stronger. But really, the pandemic has been the single largest event to move the needle. When everyone got forced to work from home, and all the kids went to online education, so many kids without broadband were denied that education. It really got people moving. It got people saying, "OK, yeah, we need to make a difference. We need to change this now." We've been waiting for a long time, and that was it. Just seeing the impact on those that don't have broadband was driven home.
In your talks with folks in the federal agencies and on Capitol Hill, how are they talking about electric co-ops as fitting into the model for fixing the digital divide?
O'Hara: A lot of the federal agency folks, they really see the electric co-ops as being a key player. We have a history of going to some of the hardest-to-reach places, and they know that even with federal dollars, some of the large for-profits still won't want to go to a lot those areas. So we are definitely seen as a big savior here.
One thing I would say is, if you look at some of these rules for, say, ReConnect Round 3, there were bonus points given to any application that was filed by either a cooperative, a nonprofit or even a municipality. Companies that were viewed as not having a profit motive. And there were other programs where that was also given as an encouragement. So sprinkled throughout a lot of these is at least an encouragement for cooperatives and nonprofits to participate.
Do you have a sense of how many co-ops are currently running, building or considering a broadband project right now?
O'Hara: Yes, we do. And we're trying to always get that data better all the time. Right now, of NRECA's 830 or so distribution co-ops, over 200 are either providing broadband or deploying broadband. Because of the historic level of funding I mentioned, I would say another 100 to 200 are kicking the tires and looking at the feasibility of getting into the business either by themselves or through a partnership.
So in terms of what NRECA can offer these cooperatives, what are you hearing from them, and what are they asking you for? And how are we helping get them through?
O'Hara: First and foremost is the money—trying to figure out how to apply for it; what are the strings attached; and making sure they know what's going on. There's a the old saying that "There's no such thing as a free lunch." So if you're going to get this federal money or state money, there's going to be some strings attached. We need to educate our members as to all those strings and the regulatory requirements that come with it.
Also, we have a whole host of resources available. We have a broadband due diligence white paper that helps them sort through a litany of questions like what is their state law, what are their easements, things like that, that could be barriers that they need to make sure that they've addressed before they even get into this.
And then we also have put out a white paper on the key regulatory requirements that, if they get into broadband, these are the things they're going to have to deal with. And we need to make sure that they know what they're getting into, because that's a whole other language, a whole other set of regulations that an electric utility obviously is not used to having to deal with.
So from where you sit, where is all this heading? It is there actually enough momentum at the federal level and the state level to solve this problem that's been sort of intractable for the last 20-plus years?
O'Hara: Well, there's a lot of desire for it. You know, this is going to be very interesting, because we have enough money out there where we could solve this problem. But as we all know, these programs are not always the most efficient. And there could be areas that are very hard to serve that may not have an electric co-op in their territory. So I would like to think that we're going to get close. I don't know if we're going to get 100% there. And I think that's why there's going to be a need for funding down the road. There's always going to be a few places left.
There's a new push at the Federal Communications Commission to do better broadband mapping, and that's really what all this is going to come down to. We need better data. So FCC is looking to take those steps, and we're cautiously optimistic that the granularity and the veracity of those new maps when they come out will be good. We're a little concerned that it may not be the case, but we are going to be watching that and looking to see where the holes exist.
Explore NRECA's resources on broadband, and view a recent LiveWire episode on broadband funding.


Gabriel received his diploma in Computer Science from University of Würzburg in 2012. He has been working as an iOS and Mac Developer since 2009. In 2014 Gabriel joined the Quality and Usability Lab to deepen his knowledge about usabilty engineering.
Currently he is working on his Ph.D. on Fostering and Valuing Learner Generated Content using Social Feedback.


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We had a great time going to Packwood house with our cameras. Four of us took film cameras. This was my first time ever using a film camera, but I enjoyed it a lot. We decided to use black and white film. Each film had 36 frames on it! We all ended up using all of our film!
One of my favourite things about film cameras is when you have finished the film, and if you have the right equipment, you get to develop your film at home, but you can also send it off to be processed and scanned. In my opinion film camera's are fun and enjoyable to use.
One of the fun things about film cameras is having different types of film you can choose. There are many types of colour and black and white film. On the trip to Packwood house I took a little camera called an Olympus XA2 with Kodak Tri-X film. The camera was easy to use, I just had to remember to set the focus on the right zone.
I loved using the film camera and I'm sure you would enjoy it to! Here are some of my first few frames from film that I have taken and developed! Enjoy!


We are very excited to be returning to the Cathedral in Inverness and to the Pulteneytown Centre in Wick, both after breaks of several years.
The programme is a delight for the players, and we expect it will be for audience, too. Our own clarinettist Mhairi Callander chose the 1st Clarinet Concerto by Weber to anchor our first half, and we present for our first time the fourth Symphony by Beethoven in the second. Many of us have been remarking how under-rated this beautiful symphony is, and wondering why we have not performed it before. The first half starts with a wonderful throw-back by Maurice Ravel in his Tombeau de Couperin, which sounds like a deliberately 'modern' take on some really ancient music. Elgar's Sospiri is a peaceful end to the first half.
I will have news soon of our September programme in Strathpeffer and Ullapool, so keep up to date by logging in.


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Polyselenophenes
Asit Patra, Michael Bendikov
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Conducting polymers are an interdisciplinary research area involving close collaborations between chemists, material scientists, physicists, and engineers. The field has developed during the last 30 years due to an interest in academic research as well as in possible commercial applications. Much research has been performed on conjugated polyacetylenes, polythiophenes, polypyrroles, polyphenylenes, poly(p-phenylene vinylene)s and other conducting polymers. Polythiophenes are the most studied conjugated polymers, yet, despite the thousands of papers published on polythiophene and its derivatives, very little is known about its close analogue, polyselenophene. Polyselenophenes should have some advantages over polythiophenes, however no reasonably conducting polyselenophene was reported until recently. Oligo- and polyselenophenes have a more quinoid character, lower band gap, and, importantly, they are more difficult to twist than oligo- and polythiophenes. Parent polyselenophene has been studied, while polyselenophene derivatives were practically unexplored until lately. Significant progress in polyselenophenes has been reported over the last two years, leading to the availability of promising polyselenophene materials. This feature article gives a general overview of polyselenophenes and highlights recent progress in this field, mostly from the authors' own work.
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