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Sprint and T-Mobile are already putting plenty of price pressure on the market.
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As if the wireless carrier industry wasn't doing a good enough job of driving prices and its business into the ground — now Google may be here to speed up the process.
The Information reported this week that Google is expected to tap the networks of Sprint and T-Mobile to create a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) and essentially offer cell service under its own brand.
The two carriers might enjoy a short-term boost in revenue and traffic from the Internet giant, but they may also have let a brand new deep-pocketed competitor into the cutthroat business of stealing each others wireless customers.
Both Sprint and T-Mobile are leading the U.S. wireless business in trying to snatch customers from larger rivals AT&T and Verizon by offering ever sweeter deals. Just this week, Tim Hoettges, CEO of Deutsche Telekom, the majority owner of T-Mobile U.S., told Re/code the business was simply unsustainable in the long term without greater scale.
Google likely cares little about being in the business of offering wireless service for its own sake. But as a company that generates new business from people accessing content, its interest is in driving the cost of network access as low as possible while encouraging the service providers to improve their networks. That's why Google has entered the business of offering high-speed broadband to the home with Google Fiber.
If it were simply out to drive prices lower, why bother acting at all? The industry is already doing a fine job of setting its business on fire.
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Cavendish Asset Management has announced changes to the structure of the TM Cavendish funds and the people who run them. Tom Donneky, previously of Russell Investments, and Asian equities expert Liz Evans have taken over as managers of the TM Cavendish UK Balanced Income Fund and International Fund, respectively. In his new role, Donneky will discontinue his US involvement. Evans previously managed the TM Cavendish Asia Pacific Fund from launch to its merger with the TM CavendishInternational Fund, while Donneky has had a leading role helping in the management of equities and in investment strategy. They take over from Julian Lewis, who remains in his position as Chief Investment Officer.
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LETTER FROM DR. E. P. FOWLER.
EDITORS AMERICAN HOM. REVIEW,
I observed in the Nov. No. of your REVIEW, a notice by Dr. J. R. Coxe, Jr., of Hempel and Beakley's Manual, just issued by Mr. Radde.
You will please pardon me for intruding a few additional remarks. I shall not dilate upon "the difficulty attending the production of a Domestic Physician." Judging from their numbers, however, one might easily fell into the conclusion that, conception, gestation and parturition of these beings were attended with no unusual degree of hazard; their subsequent existence, however is quite another question.
In looking over this new manual, I noticed on pages 98-9, this curiosity in the way of calculation.
"If every body now living," he says, "would at once discard the use of animal food, and confine himself to the use of vegetables and fruit, an universal state of starvation would ensue; for there would not be a sufficency of vegetable food to supply the demands of our own country, much less the population of the whole globe. The existing poverty of the globe is one principal, and probably the principal, objection to the introduction of a strictly vegetable diet in all families and countries. Man would consume immensely more vegetables than he now does, and if every spot of the globe's surface were cultivated, it is not probable that, with our present means of producing, tee should be able to make the surface of the globe yield enough to satisfy the wants of all its inhabitants. "
The first reading of such announcement in regard to the animal economy of our earth, awakened within me quite a sentiment of surprise; and when I paused for a moment, to reflect upon the relative proportions of land and human beings, and took into my hand a work on agricultural statistics. I confess that I stood appalled at the idea of becoming, in common with the whole world, a vegetarian; that is, provided we were to consume all that the earth would produce: for I found that every human being would be obliged, (after deducting one half for animal consumption,) to accommodate his stomach to the trifle of more than one ton of food per diem!
Fancying myself in the middle of that distant period, the Millennium, when all nations shall become one, and under the rule of a Vegetarian Autocrat, I found, according to Dr. Hempel's statement, that every human fated to live in that period was doomed to digest more than ten times his own weight (200 pounds) of food per diem. And this is the process by which I arrived at this solemn conclusion.
According to ordinary computation (1) [Black's General Atlas.] there are upwards of fifty millions of square English miles of land-surface upon our globe, and the same authorities estimate a human population of less than one billion, which would allow one square mile to every twenty inhabitants, or thirty-two acres to each individual.
With ordinary care in farming, the average crop of cabbage is from thirty-five to forty tons per acre; and of parsnips from thirteen to twenty-seven tons, (and some vegetables average still more);of the two mentioned the mean gives upwards of twenty-eight tons of vegetable produce per acre. (2) [Farmers Guide, vol, I p207, by H, Stephens, F, R, S, E,] Now this would allow to every human individual, a daily quantity of nearly fifty hundred pounds of food. But a good man (all will in that day be good,) should be kind and generous to his beasts, so let us deduct, say twenty hundred pounds of this daily allowance, with which to support three or four animals, leaving for every man, woman or child, nearly thirty hundred pounds per diem.
The capacity of the author of the first part of this Manual, however, is such, that under even these circumstances he fears starvation!
Another point:-our author recommends a continuation of the use of animal food, not because it is best, or was so intended by Nature, but because of necessity-as a matter of economy. Let us investigate, and perhaps we shall find here developed a new principle of economy.
An ox, at four years of age, (and tough proofs often remind us that thin animal not unfrequently survives this age by some years,) and weighing two thousand pounds, (3) [And this is unusually large weight, see Farmers Guide, vol. II, p. 700.] is obtained at a vegetable expense of not less than forty thousand pounds, or every pound of such flesh costs twenty of vegetable. (4) [Op. Cit. vol. II, p, 144.] This is counting the whole weight of the animal as he stands alive; but every one hundred pounds of this "live weight," gives less than sixty percent, (57) of batcher's meat, (5) [Op. Cit. vol. II, p, 144.] so that every pound of eatable beef costs over thirty ave pounds of vegetable food.
According to the army and navy diet-scales of France and England, about two and a half pounds avoirdupois of dry food per diem are required for each individual, (6) [Drapers Phys., p.11] three quarters vegetable and one quarter animal.
Now one pound of flesh per diem will not support an active man, and this one pound, as we have shown, costs over thirty-five pounds of vegetable matter, of which not more than five pounds per diem can be digested by one ordinary man, so that one days living upon beef (one pound) costs seven days of vegetable living, (5 lbs. per day.) Verily the present is a new era in the annals of economy! Who knows but that our temperance friends may be unconsciously precipitating us into a world of trouble; for upon the same manner of induction a scarcity of water might ensue were we to abstain from the use of liquors, coffee, &c.
It is truly (wonderful, to conclude our remarks upon the proceeding quotation), how any one with the ninth part of a rightful claim to knowledge of Comparative Anatomy and Physiology can totally disregard and ignore the foundation principle of the entire science, namely; that Nature adapts every part to its normal use; and canine teeth, and the construction of man's digestive organs belong to no purely herbivorous animal.
But this lop-sided theory, sometimes designated the 'Bran-Bread Philosophy,' requires no human opponent to overthrow it. To those who have eyes and understanding and are willing to use the same, Nature every hour proclaims it false. Therefore it is a waste of time and patience to employ one moment in demolishing the straw-man.
Reverting to pp. 15-16 we read as follows:-
"The treatment of disease is not only much more positive and certain than formerly, but it is likewise much less complicated, and the most enlightened members of the medical profession are constantly endeavoring to render it so simple, that it requires but an ordinary degree of intelligence and education to administer medicines in a successful manner, without much previous preparation in the class-room or hospital. The discovery of homoeopathy favors the adaptation of medical science to the plain, non-professional understanding. Homoeopathy is destitute of the technical jargon of the old school of medicine, of its Latin formulas and the undecipherable scrawls of pedantic practitioners: and all attempts to engraft the superannuated gibberish of the past upon the lucid science of the present, and of the future, should be discontinued."
Then why, pray, does our good friend, Dr. Hempel, in the capacity of a professor in a college avowedly devoted to instruction in the practice of Homoeopathic Medicine, take money and give in return that which can be no earthly use? What possible excuse, in conscience, has he for abstracting the money from, and trifling with the time of those mortals that would waste their years in vain study of Medicine, when they are just as successful and just as beneficial to their race "without much previous preparation in the class-room or hospital?" Why does he not honestly inform them that no such preparation is necessary, and advise them to go about their business and save their time and means?
With a mind and education such as I know Dr. Hempel possesses, and occupying the position which he does in the school of Homoeopathy, I have regretted this more than any thing else which I have ever seen emanating from his pen.
Homoeopathic physicians number largely and are yearly increasing; and such paragraphs as the above, from a teacher and a voluminous writer in homoeopathy, are calculated to instil into this large class a stagnating indolence and thereby to produce a state of ignorance which would degrade its adherents and render the school an object of merited contempt. Great heavens! how long must education be thus protested, and the arteries of Science be thus wounded by those who are nourished from them, and for the ignoble purpose of flattering the unlettered public with the idea that by purchasing a Domestic Manual they may at once rank in skill with Hippocrates, Galen, Hunter or Hahnemann? How can the quotation last made become reconciled with the following which I take from page 14?
"The study of the nature, course and relation of these phenomena (morbid phenomena,) has, from time immemorial, been a subject of high interest to man, and now constitutes one of the most important branches of human knowledge."
Or how does it compare with this, from pp. 88-9?
"Physicians who proceed in this manner seem to ignore the fact that diseases are disturbances of the organism, and that the symptom simply reveals the nature of these disturbances to those whose intelligence enables them to interpret the phenomenal signs of disease."
And again this:
"The whole science of practical medicine resolves itself to these two questions: What ails a patient? and, secondly, what means have to be employed to care him? The first question implies a knowledge of all the various diseases that mankind are subject to; and the second, a knowledge of the remedial agents that Nature has furnished us against disease, and of tha curative virtues inherent in every particular medicine. Hence, in order to obtain this knowledge, it would seem as though a person ought to study medicine as a science, by attending lectures, visiting hospitals, dissecting dead bodies, and the like.
And this is certainly indispensable to a man who does not mean to content himself with the practice of medicine for a livelihood, but who has the highest interest of medicine at heart and is anxious to perfect it as a Science."
Between these, and the extract from pp. 15-16, others may be able to trace some element of compatibility; I confess I can not.
And now in regard to the "technical jargon of the old school of medicine:"will the author be so kind as to inform his readers wherein "Homoeopathy is destitute" of such "jargon?" If there be not as much of "technical jargon," "Latin formulas" and "superannuated gibberish," incomprehensible to the layman, in the two volumns of the Symptomen Codex, translated by Charles Julius Hempel, M. D., as there is in the two volumns of Allopathic practice by Dr. Watson, then I mistake the meaning of these terms.
But the denunciation of Latin is simply a popular species of talk for "Buncombr." Dr. Hempel knows very well that the terms of all Science, in all parts of the civilized world, are from Latin or Greek; and why should they be discarded, and new terms constructed in every language, thus rendering the acquirement of a new set of technics in each language necessary, before scientific works, upon the same subjects, in the different tongues, could be understood.
This mode of gaining popular applause may grace the speeches of a "stump orator," but they ill befit a work of science.
Under the head of "WHEN MAY PALLIATIVES BE USED," page 47, is the following:-
"Strictly speaking, man's whole life is a system of palliation. Man eats to satisfy his hunger; this is, so to say, a palliation, for after a certain period, the hunger returns and has to be appeased or palliated a second time, and so on until death. The same is true in regard to thirst, sleep, and all the other animal functions."
The term palliation, signifies not a fulfillment or satisfying of demand, but only a concealment of such demand leaving it nevertheless really unanswered. Food is the proper demand of hunger, and therefore food is not a palliation of hunger, but an absolute and real cure of it. The same of thirst, sleep, rest, &c., so that to say the least, the term palliative is here misapplied.
Passing to page 49, he thus gives poor bungling Nature a hit:-
"But it is well known that nature, unassisted by art, is generally powerless and insufficient to cure disease, or if she does cure, she does it bunglingly."
In some of the French hospitals Nature seems to have been in better humor than during her interviews with the doctor.
In the work are perpetuated many symptoms as pathogenetic of certain remedies, which symptoms are evidently chance occurrences; as, for example, (and I opened the book at random for the examples,) on page 228 he informs us that Hyoscyamus is indicated when one "acts as though he were chasing peacocks;" and on the opposite page Mercurius is indicated when she "heats the stove in the middle of summer, places candles in one corner of the room and boots in another;" also when she "laps up cow-dung," &c.
Is it not high time to disarm the opponents of Homoeopathy by the disuse of such (in some cases disgusting) nonsense?
There is one point at least, in the book, which is not stultified by contradiction; namely, the applicability of Aconite to every known disease.
The foregoing remarks may seem censorious: they are made however, with no ill will towards the author, Dr. Hempel, for I really respect his talents and learning, and, as exhibited in some of his productions, am proud of him as a writer. One's best friends however are never those who most successfully flatter, and with the kindest of feelings towards Dr. Hempel, whom I have formerly had the pleasure of knowing, I conclude these observations.
EDWARD P. FOWLER. M. D., 20 West 11th St., New York.
Fowler, E.P.
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South Africa: Black Govt bought 4,000 white farms – Only 10% are still functioning!
About 4000 farms have been acquired by the dept of land reform since 1994 at cost of R10 Billion, of which only 10% are productive.
This is the first time I've seen an actual figure. The figure still seems a little low. I once saw the land claims in the TAU (Transvaal Agricultural Union) head office (many years ago when I visited Jack Loggenberg). The blacks have put in MASSES of land claims everywhere.
I can believe that only 10% of the farms taken over are functioning. The failure rate is very high. But the reason for seizing the farms is nothing economic. The blacks are doing it for political reasons. Its to destroy the white farmers probably because the white farmers will form the CORE of the RESISTANCE to BLACK RULE. That's the real issue.
As always they lie about the real reasons. In Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) the white farmers nearly unseated Mugabe by creating the MDC (Movement for Democratic Change). Those 5,000 farmers nearly destroyed Mugabe and his power structure. In South Africa there used to be 60,000 white farmers and no doubt they were seen as a BIG THREAT to the ANC.
Farmers resisted Jewish communism in Bolshevik Russia too.


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0339-1011 Community Based Re-entry Programs 0 5,000,000 I am reducing this item to the amount projected to be necessary.
0640-0300 Massachusetts Cultural Council 13,950,699 16,154,982 I am reducing this item to the amount projected to be necessary.
1450-1266 Academic Detailing 0 150,000 I am vetoing this item because it is not consistent with my House 2 recommendation.
1595-6368 Massachusetts Transportation Trust Fund 355,686,175 358,546,448 I am striking language which earmarks funding for programs not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.
1599-0026 Municipal Regionalization and Efficiencies Incentive Reserve 11,450,000 10,935,000 I am striking language which earmarks funding for programs not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.
1599-4417 EJ Collins Jr Center for Public Management 125,000 550,000 I am reducing this item to the amount projected to be necessary.
2000-0100 Energy and Environmental Affairs Administration 8,229,990 9,590,558 I am striking language which earmarks funding for programs not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.
2330-0100 Division of Marine Fisheries 6,487,632 6,989,289 I am striking language which earmarks funding for programs not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.
2511-0100 Agricultural Resources Administration 5,877,248 6,281,785 I am striking language which earmarks funding for programs not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.
2800-0100 Conservation and Recreation Administration 4,687,378 4,634,615 I am striking language which earmarks funding for programs not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.
2800-0501 DCR Seasonals 15,560,192 16,067,412 I am striking language which earmarks funding for a program not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.
2800-0700 Dam Regulatory Office 642,579 720,361 I am striking language which earmarks funding for a program not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.
2810-0122 Special Projects in Parks and Recreational Areas 0 5,020,000 I am striking language which earmarks funding for programs not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.
4000-0014 Edward M Kennedy CHC 100,000 200,000 I am reducing this item to the amount projected to be necessary.
4000-0300 EOHHS and Medicaid Administration 99,333,530 104,535,714 I am striking language which directs payments from item 4000-0700 and reducing that item by $11.8 M because the supplemental payments for acute pediatric care are duplicative of increases already built into FY19 MassHealth base payment rates for Boston Children's Hospital and Shriners Hospitals for Children in Boston and Springfield. Further, I am striking language which earmarks funding for programs not recommended and reducing the appropriation for this item accordingly.
4000-0328 State Plan Amendment Support 0 50,000 I am striking this language because the required report is unduly burdensome.
4000-0601 MassHealth Senior Care 3,524,583,282 3,587,516,725 I am reducing this item to an amount consistent with my House 2 recommendation.
4000-0700 MassHealth Fee for Service Payments 2,952,455,632 2,646,228,033 I am striking earmark language and reducing this item by the earmarked amount for two earmarks. $1 M earmarked for the regional hospital system located in Western Massachusetts is not necessary, because that hospital system is already set to receive $5.6 M in Safety Net Provider payments as well as $9 M to assist with transition into the structure of the new 1115 Medicaid Waiver. $11.8 M earmarked for acute care pediatric hospitals, in item 4000-0300, is duplicative of increases already built into FY19 MassHealth base payment rates.
4200-0200 Residential Services for Detained Population 27,881,402 29,442,669 I am striking language which earmarks funding for a program not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.
4403-2000 Transitional Aid to Families with Dependent Children Grant Pmt 192,844,909 201,580,967 I am vetoing language in this item because it is not consistent with my House 2 recommendation.
4510-0600 Environmental Health Assessment and Compliance 3,689,992 3,905,666 I am striking language which earmarks funding for a program not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.
4512-0500 Dental Health Services 2,023,339 2,025,016 I am reducing earmarked funding for a program to the amount projected to be necessary. The reduction in the item incorporates the reduction in earmarked funds.
4513-1111 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention 3,889,853 4,059,369 I am striking language which earmarks funding for programs not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.
4513-1121 Stop Stroke Program 200,000 500,000 I am reducing earmarked funding for a program to the amount projected to be necessary. The reduction in the item incorporates the reduction in earmarked funds.
4590-0250 School-Based Health Programs 11,963,893 12,840,955 I am striking language which earmarks funding for programs not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.
5911-1003 DDS Service Coordination and Administration 69,418,555 69,038,505 I am striking language which earmarks funding for a program not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.
5920-2025 Community Day and Work Programs 200,652,473 210,704,791 I am striking language which earmarks funding for a program not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.
7000-9501 Public Libraries Local Aid 9,090,000 9,612,700 I am striking language which earmarks funding for programs not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.
7002-0010 Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development 2,656,714 2,672,026 I am striking language which earmarks funding for programs not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.
7002-0020 Workforce Development Grant 1,511,500 2,690,000 I am striking language which earmarks funding for a program not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.
7002-0036 Urban Agenda Economic Development Grants 500,000 650,000 I am striking language which earmarks funding for programs not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.
7003-0803 One-Stop Career Centers 3,722,774 4,060,051 I am striking language which earmarks funding for a program not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.
7003-1206 Massachusetts Service Alliance 3,067,250 3,240,000 I am striking language which earmarks funding for a program not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.
7004-0099 Dept of Housing and Community Development Admin 7,479,914 7,681,204 I am striking language not consistent with my House 2 recommendation and language which earmarks funding for programs not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.
7006-0011 Loan Originator Administration and Consumer Counseling Program 2,300,000 2,050,000 I am striking language which earmarks funding for a program not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.
7006-0142 Office of Public Safety and Inspections 12,337,476 14,057,504 I am striking language which earmarks funding for a program not recommended, and I am striking language not consistent with my House 2 recommendation. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.
7007-0300 Massachusetts Office of Business Development 1,367,191 1,624,803 I am striking language which earmarks funding for a program not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.
7007-0801 Microlending 100,000 300,000 I am striking language which earmarks funding for a program not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.
7007-0952 Commonwealth Zoological Corporation 4,350,000 4,675,000 I am striking language which earmarks funding for a program not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.
7008-1116 Local Economic Development Projects Earmarks 0 11,384,500 I am striking language which earmarks funding for programs not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.
7061-9401 Assessment Consortium 200,000 400,000 I am reducing this item to the amount projected to be necessary.
7077-0023 Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine Program 4,960,000 5,500,000 I am reducing this item to the amount projected to be necessary.
8000-0313 Local Public Safety Projects and Grants Earmarks 0 3,326,000 I am striking language which earmarks funding for programs not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.
8100-1001 Department of State Police 280,859,644 282,635,645 I am striking language which earmarks funding for programs not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.
8200-0200 Municipal Police Training Committee 4,822,030 4,868,930 I am striking language which earmarks funding for programs not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.
8324-0000 Department of Fire Services Administration 24,320,003 27,327,145 I am striking language which earmarks funding for programs not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.
8900-0050 DOC Fees Retained Revenue 7,479,886 8,600,000 I am vetoing this item because it is not consistent with my House 2 recommendation.
9110-1630 Home Care Services 173,749,706 175,054,124 I am striking language which earmarks funding for a program not recommended. The reduction in the item incorporates the amount of the stricken earmarked funds.


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Bucks County Lawmakers Propose Mandatory Prison for Unlawful Gun Possession in Pennsylvania
by Bradley Vasoli | Aug 31, 2022
Two state legislators with districts just northeast of violence-plagued Philadelphia announced this week they plan to introduce legislation mandating prison time for anyone convicted of keeping a firearm illegally in the Keystone State. State Representatives Frank...
Employee Who Retired Early 'Furious' After Minnesota County Scraps Vax Mandate
by Admin | Aug 31, 2022
by Evan Stambaugh A Hennepin County sheriff's detective who retired early because of the politicization of the COVID-19 vaccine is "furious" that the county has now dropped its vaccine mandate just five months later. In an email to select employees last...
Christian Group Sues Michigan Attorney General over Civil Rights Interpretation
by The Center Square | Aug 31, 2022
by Scott McClallen A Christian health care group says that Michigan's recently reinterpreted civil rights law relating to sexual orientation and gender identity violates its constitutional right to religion. Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing...
Metal Manufacturer Set to Invest $13.1 Million in Hawkins County
by Aaron Gulbransen | Aug 31, 2022
Governor Bill Lee and Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Stuart McWhorter, and Symmco Inc. officials announced that the powdered metal manufacturer would invest $13.1 million to expand and locate new manufacturing operations in Hawkins...
Ohio Supreme Court Rules for Gibson's Bakery over Oberlin College
Ohio's Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with Gibson's Bakery in its libel case against Oberlin College, declining to hear the school's appeal and permitting the family-owned establishment to collect over $36 million in damages. The litigation against Oberlin and Dean...
Mark Brnovich Joins Effort Supporting Religious Liberty of Navy SEALs to Refuse Vaccine Mandate
by Neil Jones | Aug 31, 2022
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich (R) joined a coalition of 22 states supporting the religious liberty of Navy SEALs seeking exemption from COVID-19 vaccination. "It is absolute hypocrisy for an administration that purports to embrace diversity and...
Qualifying Families Need to Apply for Free School Meals After End of Pandemic-Era Student Meals Provided to All
by Eric Burk | Aug 31, 2022
The Virginia Department of Education is reminding families who qualify for free student meals that they need to apply for the program for the 2022-2023 school year. Pandemic-era benefits providing free meals for all students expired at the end of the 2021-2022 school...
FreedomWorks Arizona Endorses Kari Lake
by Peter D'Abrosca | Aug 31, 2022
FreedomWorks' Arizona contingency endorsed Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, according to a Tuesday release. "Kari Lake is the only candidate in this race with the backing of the grassroots; for that reason and more, we are proud to endorse her for...
Forgiven Federal Student Loan Debt Is Not Virginia Taxable Income
Virginians won't have to pay income tax on forgiven federal student debt recently announced by the White House, thanks to efforts in previous years to make sure Virginians weren't taxed on COVID-19 relief. "[T]he amount of student loan debt that was...
Commentary: Biden Administration Seeks to Triple the Budget of Government Assistance Program Filled with Fraud
by RealClearWire | Aug 31, 2022
by Eric Felten Alarm bells are sounding at the Department of Energy as the Biden administration has moved to triple the budget for the Weatherization Assistance Program, which provides low-income applicants with free home and apartment renovations, such as...
Arizona Citizens Defense League's Founding President and Chief Lobbyist Dave Kopp Has Died
by Rachel Alexander | Aug 31, 2022
Dave Kopp, the longtime lobbyist and founding president of the Arizona Citizens Defense League (AzCDL), a Second Amendment organization in Arizona, passed away at age 56. Kopp fought cancer for 12 years but succumbed to the illness Wednesday. Several people in the...
Commentary: Religious Freedom Wiped Out in Afghanistan
by Susan Crabtree Two months ago, explosions and gunfire tore through a Sikh house of worship in Kabul, Afghanistan. Seven attackers, reportedly part of ISIS-K, the Afghanistan affiliate of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, tried to storm the temple on a Saturday...
Before FBI Seized Privileged Trump Memos, DOJ Filter Teams Already Tainted by Legal Controversy
by Star News Staff | Aug 31, 2022
 – – – Photo "FBI Agent" by FBI – Federal Bureau of Investigation. Background Photo "U.S. Department of Justice" by Bjoertvedt. CC BY-SA 3.0.
DHS Encouraged Children to Report Family to Facebook for Challenging U.S. Government COVID Claims
by Michael Benz In the cartoon below, you will see the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) encourage a young female protagonist to report her "Uncle Steve" to Facebook for posting "disinformation". DHS's rationale? "Uncle Steve" posted that "Covid-19 is no...
Commentary: School Choice Helps Special Needs Students
by Austin McDonald As summer comes to an end, parents are once again questioning whether neighborhood schools can give their children what they need. According to the 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), low-income students are 2.8...
Commentary: Amazon's Robot Workforce Set to Doom the American Worker
by Jason Boyce The year is 2030. Most humans have been replaced by machines in U.S. warehouses and factories. Millions of Americans are out of work and struggling to find jobs as robots pack, sort, ship, and carry out the myriad duties that just 10 years ago...
Biden Admin to Distribute Millions in Grants to Recruit 'Diverse' Farmers, Ranchers and Forest Land Owners
by Gabe Kaminsky The Biden administration will shell out millions in grants to recruit minority farmers, ranchers and forest land owners to fill the "diversity gap," according to a grant listing. President Joe Biden's Department of Agriculture (USDA)...
Commentary: Pronoun Pronouncements Underscore Contempt for Students
by Hunter Tower According to the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 37.3 percent of students in grades 3 through 11 met the grade-level "proficient" standard for mathematics in statewide testing for the 2022 school year. Only 55 percent measured up in...
Hospital That Promoted Disputed Puberty Blocker Study Tried to Hide Mistakes, Avoid Questions, Emails Show
by Laurel Duggan The University of Washington (UW) and Seattle Children's Hospital (SCH) conspired to cover their tracks after falsely claiming their study had found that puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones improved mental health for transgender youths,...
U.S. Military Running Low on Ammo After Arming Ukraine
by Micaela Burrow Pentagon officials are concerned that U.S. ammunition stocks donated to Ukraine have severely depleted U.S. stocks, weakening U.S. readiness in the event of a conflict, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. The Biden administration has...
Red States to Cash In on Dems' Green Energy Bill
by John Hugh DeMastri The Inflation Reduction Act is pumping money for electric vehicle initiatives into Republican-led states with congressional representatives who unanimously opposed it. The new law will offer a tax credit for the production of battery cells...


With continued and exalting success from his last album A Color Map of the Sun and the touring he's done with his band since 2013, Pretty Lights is nowhere near to taking a break from making music for fans. Even with the release of the B-Sides album Hidden Shades featuring new originals and remixes, the Colorado hero continues to deliver tune after tune with a price tag of zero dollars. He has recently put out a free remix of the Five Knives track called "Savages" with some intricate glitch-hop that we has become our guilty pleasure.
Thirty seconds into it and Derek grabs listeners with glitchified vocals and begins hinting towards an impending intensity that PL always delivers. Around ten seconds later, the beat and rhythm kick in setting up what's to come. But the teasing ends soon after tense drum-rolls, voluminous bass, and coursing vibes send listeners on an electronic adventure in sound. This remix is a testament to the style Mr. Smith has kept true to since Taking Up Your Precious Time, while displaying his evolution in music that has lead to this magnificent remix. It is a true spectacle and talent that he is able to take a song and Pretty-Lights-ify to such an extent that fans can tell a PL piece from a mile away, while still keeping room for new sounds and originality throughout the composition's entirety.
Now this special freebie is available and a must-have item for anyone who needs a little electro boogey just before the weekend. Catch it now and leave your comments and ratings on what you thought of the remix of "Savages" by Five Knives.


The Financial Stability Board is seeking feedback on an initial evaluation of the effects of the post-financial crisis regulatory reforms on infrastructure finance. The initial evaluation focuses on infrastructure finance provided by the financial sector, for which the financial regulatory reforms are of immediate relevance. The FSB has established a framework for assessing whether the reforms are achieving their intended outcomes and whether there are any material unintended consequences to be addressed.
The initial evaluation shows the results of a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the Basel III reforms to regulatory capital and the OTC derivatives reforms. The results of a qualitative analysis of reforms that are at an earlier stage of implementation, such as investment funds rules and accounting standards, are also presented.
Feedback on the initial evaluation is invited by August 22, 2018. The FSB will consider the feedback in finalizing its report to the G20, due to be published towards the end of November 2018.


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Tag: Whole-brain map of electrical connections key to forming memories constructed by researchers
Whole-Brain Map Of Electrical Connections Key To Forming Memories Constructed By Researchers
A team of neuroscientists at the University of Pennsylvania has constructed the first whole-brain map of electrical connectivity in the brain based on data from nearly 300 neurosurgical patients with electrodes implanted directly on the brain. The researchers found that low-frequency rhythms of brain activity, when brain waves move up and down slowly, primarily drive communication between the frontal, temporal and medial temporal lobes, key brain regions that engage during memory processing.
The research, part of the Restoring Active Memory project, was conducted by Michael Kahana, Penn professor of psychology and principal investigator of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's RAM program; Ethan Solomon, an M.D./Ph.D. student in the Department of Bioengineering; and Daniel Rizzuto, director of cognitive neuromodulation at Penn. They published their findings in Nature Communications.
This work elucidates the way different regions of the brain communicate during cognitive processes like memory formation. Though many studies have examined brain networks using non-invasive tools like functional MRI, observations of large-scale networks using direct human-brain recordings have been difficult to secure because these data can only come from neurosurgical patients.
For several years, the Penn team gathered this information from multiple hospitals across the country, allowing the researchers to observe such electrical networks for the first time. Patients undergoing clinical monitoring for seizures performed a free-recall memory task that asked them to view a series of words on a screen, then repeat back as many as they could remember.
At the same time, the researchers examined brain activity occurring on slow and fast time scales, also called low- and high-frequency neural activity. They discovered that when a person is effectively creating new memories — in this case, remembering one of the presented words — alignment between brain regions tends to strengthen with slow waves of activity but weaken at higher frequencies.
"We found," said Solomon, the paper's lead author, "that the low-frequency connectivity of a brain region was associated with increased neural activity at that site. This suggests that, for someone to form new memories, two functions must happen simultaneously: brain regions must individually process a stimulus, and then those regions must communicate with each other at low frequencies."
Areas of the brain identified in this paper — the frontal, temporal and medial temporal lobes — have long intrigued neuroscientists because of their crucial role in such memory functions.
This work supports the RAM project goal of using brain stimulation to enhance memory.
"Better understanding the brain networks that activate during memory processing," Kahana said, "gives us a better ability to fine-tune electrical stimulation that might improve it. We're now prepared to ask whether we can use measures of functional connectivity to guide our choice of which brain region to target with electrical stimulation. Ultimately, given the size of this dataset, these discoveries would not be possible without years of effort on the part of our participants, clinical teams and research scientists."
Earlier this month, the RAM team publicly released its extensive intracranial brain recording and stimulation dataset that included thousands of hours of data from 250 patients performing memory tasks. Previous research showed for the first time that electrical stimulation delivered when memory was predicted to fail could improve memory function in the human brain. That same stimulation generally became disruptive when electrical pulses arrived during periods of effective memory function.
Next, the Penn researchers plan to examine the interaction between brain stimulation and the functional connections the latest study uncovered.
"There's still significant work to do," Rizzuto said, "before we can use these connectivity maps to guide therapeutic brain stimulation for patients with memory disorders such as traumatic brain injury or Alzheimer's disease, but we're working toward that goal."
Author Mitch BattrosPosted on November 24, 2017 Categories HealthTags Whole-brain map of electrical connections key to forming memories constructed by researchers


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CSU News Latest news Science Joining forces to study endangered parrot
Joining forces to study endangered parrot
Ecologists from CSU's Institute for Land, Water and Society have joined forces with Australia's largest almond producer Select Harvests Limited to the look for ways to better manage agricultural landscapes to maximise production and conservation outcomes.
Ecologists from Charles Sturt University's (CSU) Institute for Land, Water and Society (ILWS) have joined forces with Australia's largest almond producer Select Harvests Limited to the look for ways to better manage agricultural landscapes to maximise production and conservation outcomes.
The focus for the project is the Regent Parrot, a native bird which is endangered in NSW and only found in small pockets of River Red Gum and Mallee woodlands in NSW, Victoria and South Australia. Other populations also occur in the wheat-belt of Western Australia. At certain times each year, the parrot and other native birds feed on almonds causing significant production losses.
"It is no surprise to us to find an endangered species in an agricultural landscape, such as the almond cropping farms of Select Harvests," said the Institute's Dr Peter Spooner who heads the research team.
"Endangered species are not just found in national parks or patches of remnant vegetation. Often farm habitats can compensate for past tree clearing by providing food and other resources for a number of native species. A main aim of our research is to examine the positive and negative interactions between selected native species and the farming landscape around Robinvale in northern Victoria."
The three year project is worth $1.4 million with CSU and Select Harvests Limited, which has provided $700 000 cash and in kind support - the major partners in the project. The project has received a $255 000 Industry Linkage Grant from the Australian Research Council, as well as $150 000 to fund a parallel project with the NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change. The Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) is also a major partner.
The research team includes CSU Associate Professors David Watson and Gary Luck; Environmental Manager for Select Harvests, David Valentine; Senior Biodiversity Officer with DSE Ian Temby; two PhD students from CSU who will study the Regent Parrot and the broader concept of sustainable agriculture and ways to maximise biodiversity gains; and a post-doctorate researcher who will develop landscape design criteria to benefit agricultural production and conservation aims.
The researchers will also study other birds found in a 10 000 sq km area around Robinvale and Euston, near Mildura, Victoria, which includes agricultural and natural landscapes and is a major food producing region for Australia.
Professor Watson said the team was looking for solutions to manage the needs of native species and agriculture.
"Cne way to manage the damage caused by the birds to the almond crop could be to plant other 'sacrificial crops' or reorganise the planting of trees," he said.
"But first we need to better understand the ecology of the birds in farms. We need to find out more about Regent Parrots and develop realistic management guidelines.
"We will measure the value of almond plantations and other agricultural areas to native species generally. This is critical information for the long term management of Australia's biodiversity."
As part of the project Select Harvest employees are being trained to monitor bird occurrence in plantations and assist with studies of bird movements through the landscape. Professor Watson will run a two day training course on bird monitoring for 90 employees on Tuesday 28 and Wednesday 29 October at Robinvale.
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The power of local partnerships
Elliot Kett
Project and Engagement Manager, Food, Farming and Countryside Commission
I jumped back in the saddle for the Food, Farming & Countryside Commission UK-wide bike tour, this time headed to Cornwall. After a week of speaking to civil servants, farmers, researchers and community groups from Truro to the Tamar Valley, I saw first-hand the effectiveness of joined-up partnerships and projects tailored for the south west, but also the dissonance in governance at landscape level.
The need for local decision making is something we've heard time and time again on the bike tour. This land is different to that land. This place is different to that place. How can we have the same rules as them? With its' unique geography and cultural heritage, unsurprisingly, Cornwall was no different. Staff at Cornwall County Council told me that uplands policy is based on the moors and dales in Yorkshire, and so isn't suitable for Dartmoor or Exmoor because of the different conditions, which makes effective management more difficult. When discussing a land-use framework for England, a proposal the Commission is currently working on, a potential problem was noted; many people don't identify as English, but Cornish, which could lead to tensions in implementation. My numerous weeks on the bike, in opposite ends of the UK, revealed that such a framework would need to account for strong regional differences to be effective.
It is clear the countryside is not one homogenous space, that different communities have different needs and so require a system that allows for and accounts for this. But at what scale does decision making currently take place and at what scale should it?
Rachel from Cornwall County Council told me that there is a need to manage whole ecosystems in farming policy, and that conversations at catchment level can be very useful; something Cornwall CC already employ for flood management on the north coast, for obvious reasons – you'll remember the Boscastle flood of 2004, caused by a flash rainfall on the nearby Bodmin Moor, which torrented down in the to the village and destroyed homes and businesses. But there are inherent difficulties with decision making at a geographical scale; catchments and ecosystems don't follow county, district, town, borough or parish council lines. This complexity can lead to a fragmented approach to managing and governing land; a Cornwall Council member told me, "There are too many bodies at work - National Parks, Local Nature Partnerships, catchment-level schemes…Defra has created a fractured, inefficient system."
It's easy to see how a fragmented approach to land use and management occurs, it's something we found evidence of in our policy review; sector-based initiatives often ignore the cross-sector linkages, for example, between farming, forestry, water management, nature conservation, and economic development. There is a lack of governance at landscape scale, and yet the success of these sectors is intrinsically linked to the success of others. The definition of governance I'm using in this context is, 'the process of interaction and decision making among actors involved in a collective problem that leads to the creation and reinforcement of policies.'
The fractured, inefficient system I was told of is indicative of siloed working and a lack of interaction when decisions are being made about the 'collective problem,' in this case, how land is best managed sustainably. Perhaps the reluctance to approach issues at the landscape level emphasises how difficult it is; there are complex systems of human-nature interaction that are both geographically and socio-economically defined. To understand the system, an integrated, co-operative, participatory approach is required to work through collective decisions about an area. A start could be simply asking; who is doing what? At what level? How does this affect other sectors? Who needs to work together?
The infographic below from the FFCC progress report has attempted to ask these questions by understanding the value of resources that flow through the rural economy. There are huge efficiency savings to be had if different sectors worked together; farming and land management are deeply connected with water treatment, food waste and food related health costs. The tricky bit is creating the governance structures that require all sectors to work together.
To build in cross-sector participation in to future approaches, Cornwall Council have tried to reconcile multiple aspects of sustainability – economic, social and environmental. Three strategies extending to 2065 have been created for the county in conjunction with the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), Local Nature Partnership (LNP) and the Health & Wellbeing Board. The Environmental Growth Strategy works alongside the Strategic Economic Plan as well as the Health and Wellbeing Strategy, and vice versa. It is this kind of thinking across sectors and silos that is most effective at creating change that doesn't exceed planetary boundaries and has a strong social foundation. There are of course still difficulties – I was told that although the environment and economic strategy are working well together, it has been hard to integrate some of the preventative green care measures in with the health strategy, due to crippling NHS budget cuts.
Over breakfast at the Great Cornish Food Store in Truro, I heard of another effective partnership; the close connection between the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly LEP and LNP. The governance of LEPs is often cited as one of their main problems; they're an unelected group who have power and budget to drive economic growth, often focussing in urban areas and without a rural remit. But the close work between the LEP and LNP in Cornwall ensures decisions don't just focus on economic growth but have a strong rural and environmental remit too. Some suggested the planning system should take note of the participatory thinking; "Planning authorities don't see managing whole ecosystems as their remit – just development – and yet the planning system has a big role to play in more multi-use rural space. It's a UK-wide problem."
I travelled from Truro to the Tamar Valley to meet staff from the Stoke Climsland Duchy College and researchers at the Agritech Cornwall centre. One of the college's most successful recent projects was underpinned by strong links across sectors and networks; The South West Healthy Livestock Initiative aimed to boost farm productivity through better animal health using preventative rather than reactionary measures. It brought together vets, farmers and livestock specialists to introduce proactive farm health planning for producers across the region. In some cases, it cut calf mortality rates by 10% and boosted calf growth rates, in turn boosting profits. The project manager said, "The reason it worked so well was because of the local level it was run at. The national schemes tend to be put together at Defra for bidding."
Despite projects like the Healthy Livestock Initiative, the lack of farmer to farmer networks was an issue that came up several times whilst in Cornwall. Chris, a Cornwall county farm tenant, said, "Most information available to farmers is funded by companies that are trying to sell something. We need independent research farms run by companies like ADAS." I was told by another farmer that the younger generations are more inclined to collaborate, but that farm groups are very reliant on an active individual or external facilitator for productive knowledge sharing and co-operation.
My time in Cornwall was insightful, beautiful and…hilly! It's a county that's been shaped by natural processes; the marine influence from its peninsula position, unique geology and varied topography. Unlike many other places in the UK, Cornwall is still very reliant on its natural resources for economic prosperity; historically this was mining, but now tourism, fishing, farming, and leisure have become more significant. It is perhaps no surprise that I saw first-hand the concerted effort to manage land and resources sustainably through cross-sectoral partnerships, tailored for the south west, to preserve the unique natural resource for future generations.
Elliot is a Coordinator at the Food, Farming & Countryside Commission
This blog is part of a series for the RSA Food, Farming and Countryside Commission UK Tour. See all the places we went to on our interactive map.
Elliot Kett reflects on the effectiveness of joined-up, local partnerships and the dissonance in landscape scale governance in Cornwall, as part of the Food, Farming & Countryside Commission UK-wide bike tour.
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