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package org.apache.spark.ml.feature

import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path

import org.apache.spark.annotation.Since
import org.apache.spark.ml.{Estimator, Model}
import org.apache.spark.ml.linalg.{Vector, Vectors, VectorUDT}
import org.apache.spark.ml.param.{ParamMap, Params}
import org.apache.spark.ml.param.shared.{HasInputCol, HasOutputCol}
import org.apache.spark.ml.util._
import org.apache.spark.mllib.linalg.{Vectors => OldVectors}
import org.apache.spark.mllib.stat.Statistics
import org.apache.spark.sql._
import org.apache.spark.sql.functions._
import org.apache.spark.sql.types.{StructField, StructType}

/**
 * Params for [[MaxAbsScaler]] and [[MaxAbsScalerModel]].
 */
private[feature] trait MaxAbsScalerParams extends Params with HasInputCol with HasOutputCol {

   /** Validates and transforms the input schema. */
  protected def validateAndTransformSchema(schema: StructType): StructType = {
    SchemaUtils.checkColumnType(schema, $(inputCol), new VectorUDT)
    require(!schema.fieldNames.contains($(outputCol)),
      s"Output column ${$(outputCol)} already exists.")
    val outputFields = schema.fields :+ StructField($(outputCol), new VectorUDT, false)
    StructType(outputFields)
  }
}

/**
 * Rescale each feature individually to range [-1, 1] by dividing through the largest maximum
 * absolute value in each feature. It does not shift/center the data, and thus does not destroy
 * any sparsity.
 */
@Since("2.0.0")
class MaxAbsScaler @Since("2.0.0") (@Since("2.0.0") override val uid: String)
  extends Estimator[MaxAbsScalerModel] with MaxAbsScalerParams with DefaultParamsWritable {

  @Since("2.0.0")
  def this() = this(Identifiable.randomUID("maxAbsScal"))

  /** @group setParam */
  @Since("2.0.0")
  def setInputCol(value: String): this.type = set(inputCol, value)

  /** @group setParam */
  @Since("2.0.0")
  def setOutputCol(value: String): this.type = set(outputCol, value)

  @Since("2.0.0")
  override def fit(dataset: Dataset[_]): MaxAbsScalerModel = {
    transformSchema(dataset.schema, logging = true)
    val input = dataset.select($(inputCol)).rdd.map {
      case Row(v: Vector) => OldVectors.fromML(v)
    }
    val summary = Statistics.colStats(input)
    val minVals = summary.min.toArray
    val maxVals = summary.max.toArray
    val n = minVals.length
    val maxAbs = Array.tabulate(n) { i => math.max(math.abs(minVals(i)), math.abs(maxVals(i))) }

    copyValues(new MaxAbsScalerModel(uid, Vectors.dense(maxAbs).compressed).setParent(this))
  }

  @Since("2.0.0")
  override def transformSchema(schema: StructType): StructType = {
    validateAndTransformSchema(schema)
  }

  @Since("2.0.0")
  override def copy(extra: ParamMap): MaxAbsScaler = defaultCopy(extra)
}

@Since("2.0.0")
object MaxAbsScaler extends DefaultParamsReadable[MaxAbsScaler] {

  @Since("2.0.0")
  override def load(path: String): MaxAbsScaler = super.load(path)
}

/**
 * Model fitted by [[MaxAbsScaler]].
 *
 */
@Since("2.0.0")
class MaxAbsScalerModel private[ml] (
    @Since("2.0.0") override val uid: String,
    @Since("2.0.0") val maxAbs: Vector)
  extends Model[MaxAbsScalerModel] with MaxAbsScalerParams with MLWritable {

  import MaxAbsScalerModel._

  /** @group setParam */
  @Since("2.0.0")
  def setInputCol(value: String): this.type = set(inputCol, value)

  /** @group setParam */
  @Since("2.0.0")
  def setOutputCol(value: String): this.type = set(outputCol, value)

  @Since("2.0.0")
  override def transform(dataset: Dataset[_]): DataFrame = {
    transformSchema(dataset.schema, logging = true)

    val scale = maxAbs.toArray.map { v => if (v == 0) 1.0 else 1 / v }
    val func = StandardScalerModel.getTransformFunc(
      Array.empty, scale, false, true)
    val transformer = udf(func)

    dataset.withColumn($(outputCol), transformer(col($(inputCol))))
  }

  @Since("2.0.0")
  override def transformSchema(schema: StructType): StructType = {
    validateAndTransformSchema(schema)
  }

  @Since("2.0.0")
  override def copy(extra: ParamMap): MaxAbsScalerModel = {
    val copied = new MaxAbsScalerModel(uid, maxAbs)
    copyValues(copied, extra).setParent(parent)
  }

  @Since("1.6.0")
  override def write: MLWriter = new MaxAbsScalerModelWriter(this)
}

@Since("2.0.0")
object MaxAbsScalerModel extends MLReadable[MaxAbsScalerModel] {

  private[MaxAbsScalerModel]
  class MaxAbsScalerModelWriter(instance: MaxAbsScalerModel) extends MLWriter {

    private case class Data(maxAbs: Vector)

    override protected def saveImpl(path: String): Unit = {
      DefaultParamsWriter.saveMetadata(instance, path, sc)
      val data = new Data(instance.maxAbs)
      val dataPath = new Path(path, "data").toString
      sparkSession.createDataFrame(Seq(data)).repartition(1).write.parquet(dataPath)
    }
  }

  private class MaxAbsScalerModelReader extends MLReader[MaxAbsScalerModel] {

    private val className = classOf[MaxAbsScalerModel].getName

    override def load(path: String): MaxAbsScalerModel = {
      val metadata = DefaultParamsReader.loadMetadata(path, sc, className)
      val dataPath = new Path(path, "data").toString
      val Row(maxAbs: Vector) = sparkSession.read.parquet(dataPath)
        .select("maxAbs")
        .head()
      val model = new MaxAbsScalerModel(metadata.uid, maxAbs)
      metadata.getAndSetParams(model)
      model
    }
  }

  @Since("2.0.0")
  override def read: MLReader[MaxAbsScalerModel] = new MaxAbsScalerModelReader

  @Since("2.0.0")
  override def load(path: String): MaxAbsScalerModel = super.load(path)
}


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Make UK Launches National Manufacturing Conference 2022
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Manufacturing News Wales , 15th April 2022
Make UK, the manufacturers' organisation, will hold this year's National Manufacturing Conference in London on Tuesday 3rd May 2022. The flagship annual event will once again bring together leading politicians, senior industrialists and manufacturing innovators against a challenging economic landscape.
With global supply chains still under pressure and energy prices at record highs, this year's conference will look at how companies can best adapt to Net Zero and a changing world. A number of high-profile speakers are lined up, including Kwasi Kwarteng, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy who will talk to Make UK members about the opportunities and challenges facing business in the current climate. And Minister for Industry Lee Rowley will join delegates in the evening to give unique insight and perspective on current Government priorities and agenda.
The day session will also see journalist and broadcaster Andrew Neil take attendees through the political horizon and by popular demand the conference will be chaired once again by broadcaster Steph McGovern, herself a former engineer. William, Baron Hague of Richmond, has been confirmed as the conference's keynote speaker. As a former Foreign Secretary, he is ideally qualified to talk about the challenging international situation in which companies have to operate and how the global outlook may develop in the near to medium term. He will also outline his thoughts on how the domestic political situation may play out in the run up to the next election.
Again, we will run a series of workshops throughout the conference day to help minimise potential risk going forward and show companies how to take advantage of the opportunities arising in the ever-changing market.
Key themes for this year's discussions include "Net Zero and Manufacturing – what can we do to achieve the goal", looking also at the benefits for businesses of embracing a low carbon strategy.
Workshop number two looks at "Building resilient workforces and leading successful businesses", examining how manufacturers can address the current and future skills gaps in their companies, and how to recruit and retain the talent that they need to unlock growth. The third workshop drills down into international supply chains, "Volatility vs Efficiency – Managing global supply chains". The last years of pandemic have highlighted strengths and weaknesses in supply of raw materials and inputs. This workshop looks at building resilience and best practice in resetting international trade.
"Social Values in Defence: A Green, Diverse and Local Future", presented by Make Defence, looks at how to create a more sustainable, diverse, equal and ultimately more competitive business. This workshop will sit against the background of the Social Values Public Procurement Notice introduced in 2020 which fundamentally changed all defence procurement processes.
UK Steel will run an in-depth session, "A Material World", bringing together a range of thought leaders from industry and academia to examine global challenges from climate change to resource scarcity within the steel sector and the fragile global chains which will fundamentally change the way we use materials in the future.
The day will conclude with a celebratory manufacturing dinner at the QEII Centre which will be compared by business journalist Declan Curry, with after dinner speaker Ed Balls, broadcaster and economist who served as Secretary of State for Children Schools and Families from 2007-2010 and as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2011 to 2015.
Stephen Phipson, Chief Executive of Make UK, the manufacturers' organisation, says:
Our conference comes at a critical time for industry, with the ongoing uncertainty over energy prices and other global supply chain pressures.
This conference provides an important collaborative platform for industry and Government to work together – and it is that which during the last two years of crisis has helped assure the future success of manufacturing to ensure we protect the 2.7 million jobs our sector provides across the UK.
Going forward, it is essential that we look to build resilience across the sector to protect our supply chains and at the same time looking to grasp new trade opportunities as we continue to build free trade agreements with the rest of the world.
For more information or to register your place at the conference, visit https://eu.eventscloud.com/manufacturing2022/
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The eyes of the Adventurer Guild's patrons widened when they saw the mother and her two daughters walk through the door.
The only adventurers whose eyes weren't bulging were the ones who also stayed at the Deficit House. Everyone else turned their heads and stretched their necks to get a look at the similar-looking family with their distinctive snow white hair.
At first glance, the family looks like a group of sisters, and the adventurers gaze at them as they made their way to the request board.
Unlike Shirley who seems completely unfazed, Sophie and Tio aren't used to this and seem a little fidgety getting so much attention.
That's not actually true, they had been in the guild many times back when they were infants, but right now those two girls were feeling a touch overwhelmed by the hustle and bustle of the guild that was very different to that of the Deficit House.
But, those two are secretly aspiring adventurers. They do their best to ignore the eyes on them and put on a brave face.
When adventurers receive a request, they don't necessarily have to immediately go out into the field to complete it. Depending on the circumstances, it might require some preparation in advance, so it's quite common to accept requests several days in advance of starting them.
The dragon-slaying expedition she embarked on the other day is more an exception than a rule. Even putting aside the bad bonobos, Shirley is the only person in this remote town who would consider adventuring to a dragon's lair with so little preparation.
As she was looking at one of the requests at the edge of the board so as not to get in the way of the other adventurers, Tio pointed out a request to gather herbs which are often taken by rookies.
Shirley gives the two a light smack over the head.
They're lying. In fact, they've been wanting to imitate her for quite some time. Even if she says that the outside world is filled with dangerous monsters, they won't lose heart.
Those rude adventurers suddenly stopped gossiping out of fear of the Demonic White Sword, who seemed to be exuding a slightly menacing aura, although that adventuring mother took a request from the board as if nothing had happened.
She only chose the request because she can complete it in a single day. Truth be told, the bear is actually a horned monster known as a Demon Bear, but that makes little difference to Shirley.
Thinking that she'll be able to blitz the quest if she borrows the riding dragon Rangitz from the guild, she brings the request form to Yumina at reception, who is glaring at her for some reason.
Yumina leans towards Shirley, and whispers in her ear.
The reply contained no malice, but also absolutely zero interest.
The receptionist gulped and looked down, Sophie and Tio don't really understand what's going on but even they feel pity for her.
Yumina knew that Shirley doted heavily on her daughters, but she believes that other things should be a higher priority for her.
Yumina clicked her tongue in frustration. Apparently, the pressure on her from the higher ups in the guild is still intense.
Without even a vague verbal agreement to provide a glimmer of hope of appeasing middle management, Yumina sighed heavily as she accepted she was fated for another tongue lashing.
Curious as they were, there's no way the twins weren't going to be drawn to the sound of wooden and steel swords clashing.
On the guild premises, there is a basic training square. Although a dedicated facility will be built sometime next year, for now, the square is filled with training adventurers, from the freshest of rookies to veterans in between requests.
As Shirley went to take a peek with her daughters, she noticed Asterios leading a rookie party in training.
The Minotaur isn't going easy on them… Making swings and slashes left and right at Kyle and Cudd, the two of them are twisting and turning this way and that in a desperate attempt to dodge his attacks.
From Shirley's point of view, the swings aren't fast enough to be killing blows, they are measured attacks… But to an untrained eye, it would seem like he was seriously trying to kill the two of them.
Even if it wasn't truly a life or death situation, this kind of training would help prepare the two of them for when they did face one.
It's hard to say whether or not this training will really keep them alive, but if they gain anything from it then it's not wasted effort.
Being far too slow on his feet for a scout, Cudd tumbles to the ground after having his legs swept out from under him, and as he rolls the belt holding his trousers up comes loose and they slip off.
Leia was crying with laughter as she pointed at Cudd. Shirley, meanwhile, covered Tio and Sophie's eyes with her hands whilst also turning her eyes away from such an unsightly scene.
Leia's screams were soon added to the cacophony of the training square. Tio watched the adventurers from A-rank veteran and the E-ranked rookies training together and murmured quietly.
As Sophie looked at her, she nodded in response.
She hasn't had any training herself, but she can realize just how extraordinarily talented he must be to swing around a heavy weapon like an axe and not hurt the rookies.
Shirley can't help but be proud of Tio, who managed to learn so much from watching in such a short span of time.
Although, deep down, she's a little worried about how fast she took to understanding something as dangerous as combat.
Asterios, who hasn't even broken a sweat in contrast to his pupils who were doubled over, noticed Shirley.
Asterios knelt down to look at the two of them and nodded gently with a smile.
Even if they can't remember meeting him, flowers seem to be blooming around this unlikely reunion. Although it is a very mismatched scene, with the incredibly muscular and tall Minotaur smiling at the two beautiful young girls.
She looks at Kyle, and his eyes bulge as he shakes his head vigorously.
She wanted to say that she was spending time with her daughters, but the words didn't come out.
She felt a gaze on her from below, and she looked down to see the excited faces beloved daughters with their eyes shining as if they were expecting something great.
Shirley sighed, telling herself that she had no choice, and two swords appeared in her hands as her answer to Asterios.
She realizes she should go easy on them since it's only training, but since she wants to look good in front of her daughters, she's going to try a little harder than she perhaps should.
After this, the screams of the rookie adventurers increased ten-fold, but that's a story that need not be told.
Peaceful days… Even though Shirley still took requests, for the most part, she lived quietly.
At the same time, Sophie and Tio were informed about an event that would change everything.
For the first time in three years of school, parents would finally be able to see their child's day at school first hand… A day where the children could hardly focus because of the tension… A gloomy event called Parent Visitation Day.
A short chapter, but I liked it.
Higher priority…Aside from the fact that you're thinking that infront of a doting mother, that's seriously what a single person too focused on work would have thought for themselves.
I'm kind of hoping that Kyle had ended up falling for one of the daughters at a glance, but really couldn't act on it from having just been beat up. Maybe from a PoV from his side, then realizing just how much balls he'll need to survive their mother.
It is weird, but the minotaur is the most father-like figure there, while the boys(at least Kyle is not even 18) are pretty much horny dogs, chasing around girls. Probably no character can be a partner for our daughter-con OP MC.
Thanks for the chapter, and dose of cute daughters!
The minotaur guy, to be honest, seems like an alright father figure for the kids. I wouldn't prefer romance in this novel, but if it did have it, ignore Kyle and go for minotaur lad. He seems like he knows his stuff.
Lemme guess – the father will appear? Or the children will fall into the eyes of some stupid horny noble?


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Have you ever wondered what a personal trainer eats throughout the day? We asked our own Jodi the Trainer to take us through her typical day to see what she eats, and offer up some great nutrition advice and tips for a healthy eating plan.
1) The first tip I have for anyone looking to improve their eating habits is to eat small meals throughout the day and don't deprive yourself. If you are craving chocolate, eat it, just don't overeat it. It's about portion control and balance. I also make sure to fuel regularly. My calorie goal is somewhere between 1700 and 2000 calories per day. If I am training all day I eat more. When you eat whole food even 1700 calories can be a lot of food, and by eating smaller meals throughout the day instead of a couple of big meals, that becomes much more manageable.
2) Next, I always say that a little planning goes a long way. When you have a plan, you don't have to think when your ability to make choices may be compromised. Without planning, I would be surviving on protein shakes.
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Show: Swashbuckle "Wish every day was Talk Like a Pirate Day? Then you'll want to check out Swashbuckle, a New Jersey thrash trio who swab the deck with metal mundanes," writes Monica Kendrick.
6 PM, Reggie's Rock Club, 2109 S. State, 312-949-0121 or 866-468-3401, reggieslive.com/rockclub, $20, $18 in advance.
Dinner: Three Happiness Standout Chinese immortalized by the foodie message board LTHForum.
209 W. Cermak Rd., 312-842-1964
Show: Throne of Blood Akira Kurosawa's remarkable 1957 restaging of Macbeth in samurai and expressionist terms is unquestionably one of his finest works—charged with energy, imagination, and, in keeping with the subject, sheer horror. Incidentally, this was reputed to have been T.S. Eliot's favorite film.
5:30, Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State St., 312-846-2600
Dinner: Bijan's Bistro This reincarnation of the venerable late-night hangout Bijan is amazingly unsullied by tourists. Regulars crowd around the gleaming mahogany bar, and Ralf, the courtly host, seems to know half the tables in the joint. My martini came in a flash, as you might expect from a place where dead soldiers of Absolut line the tops of the windows.
663 N. State St., 312-202-1904, bijansbistro.com
Show: Ricky Francois Ozon, director of such realistic dramas as Swimming Pool (2003) and Under the Sand (2000), ventures into fantasy with this French feature; this is among Ozon's most lyrical and daring films.
5 pm, 7 pm, 9 pm, Facets Cinematheque, 1517 W. Fullerton Ave., 773-281-4114
Dinner: Kith & Kin Chefs David Carrier and Andrew Brochu both worked with or under Grant Achatz at one time or another—the former first at the French Laundry, then at Trio—though there's little that immediately brings to mind those fine-dining icons. Instead what you have is an attractive and affordable menu served in a room that suggests all of the comforts of neighborhood pubbery without resorting to the usual cliches clumsily adopted from the Irish or British.
1119 W. Webster Ave., 773-472-7070
Show: Casino Jack and the United States of Money The crimes of conservative superlobbyist Jack Abramoff are already receding into the hopeless murk of congressional history, so this epic documentary by Alex Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) is even more welcome for its reach.
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Dinner: Bolat African Cuisine African restaurant serving a range of soups and stews with traditional starchy sides like fufu; after a recent renovation, there's now a full bar.
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Show: Chaste It's hard to think of a theatrical team more in sync than director Kate Hendrickson and playwright Ken Prestininzi. For their third outing at Trap Door Theatre, they turn an arcane historical curiosity—the chaste "Winterplan" commune that German intellectuals Friedrich Nietzsche, Paul Ree, and Lou Salome formed briefly in 1882—and turn it into a heady, intoxicating swirl of screwball comedy, philosophical debate, and lecherous fever dream.
8pm, Trap Door Theatre, 1655 W. Cortland St., 773-384-0494, trapdoortheatre.com, $20
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The trade only show runs from 15 - 17 January and is held at Olympia, London. This design led and carefully curated show has four distinct worlds: Home | Gift | Fashion | Craft.
Within the craft area, we will have on display a range of pieces, including a number of new lines as part of our Pop / Deco range. Our stand will be within an area curated by the Society of Designer Craftsmen.
Made By 68º is pleased to announce - we will be showcasing some of our exquisitely made pieces at the Society of Designer Craftsman show. Pop along to The Mall Galleries in London from 12th Aug - 21st August to view our work. For more information take a look at the SDC site here.
The latest edition of Furniture and Cabinetmaking, focuses on the design and build process of our exquisite Le bureau de l'agent console desk.
A little closer look at the exploded diagram outlining the intricacies of the build.
Fellow designers and craftsmen at the Hatfield House Living Crafts Show.
The team at Made By 68º had a great time at the Living Crafts Show. The event ran smoothly and we had lots of interest in our collection.
Made By 68º will be exhibiting at the Living Crafts Show at Hatfield House. The show opens on Thursday 5th May and runs until Sunday 8th May. Tickets can be purchased at https://livingcrafts.ticketsrv.co.uk/.
Made by 68° has been selected to exhibit in the emerging designer-maker pavilion which is very exciting http://www.livingcrafts.co.uk/emerging-designers it is sponsored by Craft&Design Magazine.
We will be showing some of our most recent work including the Pop / Deco Chest of Drawers and the Bureau de l'agent console desk.
We would like to thank Good Woodworking for featuring our Le bureau de l'agent Bespoke Console Desk as their centre spread. You can read a little more about our ground breaking desk here.
Thanks to Soft Shock for featuring our Origami Coffee Table on their blog.
Fantastic news. Against very stiff competition our Pen Portmanteau has won Woodland Heritage Award at The Celebration of Craftsmanship & Design. A fitting tribute to the 5,300 year old Bog Oak the Box is made from.
Our Pop/Deco Chest is breathing live back into Memphis Art Movement with a little help from Art Deco.
We will be exhibiting our Pop/Deco Chest along with several other pieces. We have just heard that CCD will be featuring our Chest. If you are at the show please do say hello.


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The Port of Long Beach welcomes ONE.
JV consolidates container shipping units of three companies.
For three Japanese ocean carriers combining their shipping container business into ONE, the future is bright and it comes in magenta. The future arrives this month.
ONE stands for Ocean Network Express, a joint venture of "K" Line, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and NYK Line that consolidates the three companies' container shipping units into a single, integrated company. ONE chose the vibrant mix of purple and red to convey the energy and excitement of the new business model with a color that pops amid the muted blue and brown containers crossing the docks.
"We have this moment to combine the best practices of our former companies with new technologies to support our customers," said Maria Bodnar, Senior Director of Beneficial Cargo Owner Sales for ONE North America Inc. in Richmond, Va. The regional office is one of five supporting ONE's global headquarters in Singapore.
At the Port of Long Beach, ONE customers also will benefit from the fact that "K" Line, one of the three legacy lines, has longstanding operations and investment in International Transportation Service (ITS) Inc., Bodnar said. ITS operates the 246-acre marine container terminal at Long Beach's Pier G where ONE vessels call.
Formed in July 2017, ONE has an integrated fleet deployed in all major trade lanes with service to more than 100 countries. The new venture has emerged as the world's sixth-largest international shipping company, with more than 1.44 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) of containers, including 10,000 new boxes in ONE's branding colors of magenta and gray. An additional 100,000 new containers are on order, and all new ships entering ONE's fleet will sail with magenta hulls.
ONE's network operates more than 250 vessels, including 31 container ships with 14,501-TEU or greater capacity, and connects shippers to more than 200 of the world's major ports. ONE also remains a member of THE Alliance with Hapag-Lloyd and Yang Ming, continuing the vessel-sharing relationship previously established with each legacy line.
Since February 1, ONE has been taking bookings and signing contracts. Containers are being staged ahead of service starting this month.
ONE's new business model is a great fit with the terminal's operations and the ongoing improvements ITS is making to add value to its services, said ITS Chief Operating Officer Sean Lindsay. The consolidation allows ITS to increase efficiencies on numerous fronts, Lindsay said.
The improvements have already boosted the volume of cargo moving through the ITS on-dock rail yard to about 30 percent, Lindsay said. The rate exceeds the Port's current average of 24 percent and supports its goal of optimizing operations and reducing emissions by using on-dock rail to move 35 percent of containers.
Likewise, the efficiencies of ONE's new business model are in harmony with the technology improvements ITS has made to its drayage appointment system. In January, ITS upgraded its eModal software with new features that pinpoint the date and the shift when import cargo will be discharged, five days before it arrives. The upgrade also streamlines the process for making appointments, which customers embraced. Advanced reservations quadrupled in the first month and are now up to 15 percent of all import pickups.
ITS partnered with Advent Intermodal Solutions, which specializes in supply chain information technology and cloud-based software solutions, to develop and implement the upgrade. Advent operates eModal, the world's largest software platform connecting ports, terminals and the trucking industry.


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Bill Richardson was a participant or observer in the following events:
April 17, 1998: US Official Meets with Taliban; Promote Afghan Pipeline
Bill Richardson. [Source: BBC]Bill Richardson, the US Ambassador to the UN, meets Taliban officials in Kabul. (All such meetings are illegal, because the US still officially recognizes the government the Taliban ousted as the legitimate rulers of Afghanistan.) US officials at the time call the oil and gas pipeline project a "fabulous opportunity" and are especially motivated by the "prospect of circumventing Iran, which offers another route for the pipeline." [Boston Globe, 9/20/2001] Richardson tries to persuade the Taliban to hand over Osama bin Laden to the US, promising to end the international isolation of the Taliban if they cooperate. [Reeve, 1999, pp. 195; US Department of State, 1/30/2004]
Entity Tags: Taliban, Osama bin Laden, Bill Richardson
February 15, 2004: Bush Administration Has Done Little to Secure US Nuclear Facilities, Expert Says
Rich Levernier, a specialist with the Department of Energy (DOE) for 22 years who spent over six years before the 9/11 attacks running nuclear war games for the US government, says that the Bush administration has done little more than talk about securing the nation's nuclear facilities from terrorist attacks. If Levernier and his team of experts (see February 15, 2004) are correct in their assessments, the administration is actually doing virtually nothing to protect the US's nuclear weapons facilities, which certainly top any terrorist's wish list of targets. Instead of addressing the enormous security problems at these facilities, it is persecuting whistleblowers like Levernier. Indeed, the administration denies a danger even exists. "Any implication that there is a 50 percent failure rate on security tests at our nuclear weapons sites is not true," says Anson Franklin, a spokesman for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), a DOE agency that oversees the US's nuclear weapons complex. "Our facilities are not vulnerable."
Too Strict Grading? - James Ford, who is retired, was Levernier's direct DOE supervisor in the late 1990s. He says that while Levernier was a talented and committed employee, the results he claims from his mock terror attacks are skewed because of what Ford calls Levernier's too-strict approach to grading the performance of the nuclear facilities' security personnel. Ford says that Levernier liked to focus on one particular area, the Technical Area-18 facility, at the Los Alamos nuclear facility in New Mexico, though the site is essentially indefensible, located at the bottom of a canyon and surrounded on three sides by steep, wooded ridges that afforded potential attackers excellent cover and the advantage of high ground.
Complaints of 'Strict Grading' Baseless, Squad Commander Says - "My guys were licking their chops when they saw that terrain," says Ronald Timms, who commanded mock terrorist squads under Levernier's supervision. Timms, now the head of RETA Security, which participated in many DOE war games and designed the National Park Service's security plans for Mount Rushmore, says Ford's complaint is groundless: "To say it's unfair to go after the weak link is so perverse, it's ridiculous. Of course the bad guys are going to go after the weakest link. That's why [DOE] isn't supposed to have weak links at those facilities." In one such attack Timms recalls, Levernier's forces added insult to injury by hauling away the stolen weapons-grade nuclear material in a Home Depot garden cart. The then-Secretary of Energy, Bill Richardson, ordered the weapons-grade material at TA-18 to be removed to the Nevada Test Site by 2003. That has not happened yet, and is not expected to happen until 2006 at the earliest.
Rules of Engagement - The failure rates are even harder to understand considering the fact that the rules of engagement are heavily slanted in favor of the defense. A real terrorist attack would certainly be a surprise, but the dates of the war games were announced months in advance, within an eight-hour window. Attackers were not allowed to use grenades, body armor, or helicopters. They were not allowed to use publicly available radio jamming devices. "DOE wouldn't let me use that stuff, because it doesn't have a defense against it," Levernier says. His teams were required, for safety reasons, to obey 25 MPH speed limits. Perhaps the biggest flaw in the DOE's war games, Levernier says, is that they don't allow for suicide bombers. The games required Levernier's teams to steal weapons-grade nuclear material and escape. It is likely, though, that attackers would enter the facility, secure the materials, and detonate their own explosives. DOE did not order nuclear facilities to prepare for such attacks until May 2003, and the policy change does not take effect until 2009. Levernier notes that three of the nation's nuclear weapons facilities did relatively well against mock attacks: the Argonne National Laboratory-West in Idaho, the Pantex plant in Texas, and the Savannah River Site in South Carolina.
Bureaucratic, Political Resistance - So why, asks Vanity Fair journalist Mark Hertsgaard, doesn't the Bush administration insist on similar vigilance throughout the entire nuclear complex? They "just don't think [a catastrophic attack] will happen," Levernier replies. "And nobody wants to say we can't protect these nuclear weapons, because the political fallout would be so great that there would be no chance to keep the system running." The DOE bureaucracy is more interested in the appearance of proper oversight than the reality, says Tom Devine, the lawyer who represents both Levernier and other whistleblowers. "Partly that's about saving face. To admit that a whistleblower's charges are right would reflect poorly on the bureaucracy's competence. And fixing the problems that whistleblowers identify would often mean diverting funds that bureaucrats would rather use for other purposes, like empire building. But the main reason bureaucrats have no tolerance for dissent is that taking whistleblowers' charges seriously would require them to stand up to the regulated industry, and that's not in most bureaucrats' nature, whether the industry is the nuclear weapons complex or the airlines."
Stiff Resistance from Bush Administration - Devine acknowledges that both of his clients' troubles began under the Clinton administration and continued under Bush, but, Devine says, the Bush administration is particularly unsympathetic to whistleblowers because it is ideologically disposed against government regulation in general. "I don't think President Bush or other senior officials in this administration want another September 11th," says Devine, "but their anti-government ideology gets in the way of fixing the problems Levenier and [others] are talking about. The security failures in the nuclear weapons complex and the civil aviation system are failures of government regulation. The Bush people don't believe in government regulation in the first place, so they're not inclined to expend the time and energy needed to take these problems seriously. And then they go around boasting that they're winning the war on terrorism. The hypocrisy is pretty outrageous." [Carter, 2004, pp. 17-18; Vanity Fair, 2/15/2004]
Entity Tags: Bush administration (43), George W. Bush, Rich Levernier, RETA Security, National Nuclear Security Administration, James Ford, Bill Richardson, Anson Franklin, National Park Service, Ronald Timms, Mark Hertsgaard, Tom Devine, Vanity Fair, US Department of Energy, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Evening August 29, 2005: New Mexico Governor Sends Search and Rescue Team, Orders 200 National Guard to Depart for Louisiana
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson will later report that this evening, New Mexico's Urban Search and Rescue Team leaves for Baton Rouge, where they will receive specific instructions on deployment. He also orders 200 members of the New Mexico National Guard to leave immediately. [New Mexico, 8/30/2005; Newsweek, 9/14/2005] New Mexico's National Guard will be held in New Mexico, however, until they receive the required mission assignment from the Pentagon late Thursday, September 1 .
Entity Tags: Bill Richardson, New Mexico National Guard
Timeline Tags: Hurricane Katrina
August 30, 2005: New Mexico, Florida Governors Offer Assistance
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson will call Governor Blanco today to offer assistance by providing National Guard troops from his state. Paul Shipley, Richardson's representative, later recalls, "We were ready to go. We had offered our help." [National Public Radio, 9/9/2005] Florida Governor Jeb Bush and state emergency officials also reportedly offer their assistance to both Louisiana and Mississippi. [Palm Beach Post, 9/10/2005] New Mexico will deploy an urban search and rescue team to Louisiana on Monday (see Evening August 29, 2005), but its National Guard will not arrive until Friday.
Entity Tags: Paul Shipley, John Ellis ("Jeb") Bush, Bill Richardson, Kathleen Babineaux Blanco
November 8, 2007: Email Falsely Claims Obama Refused to Say Pledge of Allegiance
Presidential candidates Barack Obama (left), Tom Harkin, and Hillary Clinton stand for the singing of the National Anthem. [Source: Time]A chain email circulating around the Internet falsely claims Senator Barack Obama (D-IL), campaigning for president, "refused" to say the Pledge of Allegiance during an event and failed to put his hand over his heart. A photograph with the email shows Obama standing in front of an American flag with his hands clasped just below his waist. Fellow presidential contenders Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and Bill Richardson (D-NM) stand beside him with their hands over their hearts. The email, noting Obama's middle name is Hussein, claims Obama "REFUSED TO NOT ONLY PUT HIS HAND ON HIS HEART DURING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, BUT REFUSED TO SAY THE PLEDGE… how in the hell can a man like this expect to be our next Commander-in-Chief????" The photograph was not taken during the saying of the pledge, but during the singing of the "Star-Spangled Banner." It was taken on September 16, 2007 in Indianola, Iowa, at the Harkin Steak Fry, an annual political event hosted by Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA). The photo was printed in Time magazine; the caption said Obama and the others "stand during the national anthem." Matt Paul, who helped organize the event, confirms that the photo was taken as someone sang the national anthem. Additionally, an ABC News video of the event confirms the photo was taken during the anthem. The email claims that "the article said" Obama refused to say the pledge and would not put his hand on his heart, but the article said nothing of the sort. PolitiFact, the nonpartisan, political fact-checking organization sponsored by the St. Petersburg Times, attempts to find another article making the same claim, but only finds blog postings repeating the email's original assertion. Obama has said the email is false, and that he was singing during the anthem, a claim verified by the ABC video. "My grandfather taught me how to say the Pledge of Allegiance when I was two," Obama recently said on another campaign stop in Iowa. "During the Pledge of Allegiance you put your hand over your heart. During the national anthem you sing." He called the email "irritating" and likened it to others that have falsely said he is a Muslim (see October 1, 2007, December 19, 2007, and January 11, 2008). The Obama campaign has received strong support from a number of retired military leaders. "Senator Obama's attackers are peddling lies and smears because they disagree with his strong opposition to the war in Iraq and the rush to war in Iran," writes former Secretary of the Navy Richard Danzig, in a letter cosigned by retired General Merrill "Tony" McPeak and General J. Scott Gration. "We have served this nation for decades and we know a true patriot when we see one. Barack Obama is a patriot." Some conservative bloggers have noted their belief that federal law for "patriotic and national observances" says that during the Star-Spangled Banner, "all present except those in uniform should stand at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart; men not in uniform should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold the headdress at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart." The citation is not a formal law, and experts say it is somewhat obsolete, though it is still cited in some military manuals. Modern custom does not require a hand over the heart, says Anne Garside, director of communication for the Maryland Historical Society, home of the original manuscript of the Star-Spangled Banner. "I think the bottom line is that you show respect with your demeanor," she says. "Whether you put your hand over your heart, hold your hat at shoulder level or waist level, is really in this day and age irrelevant." [Time, 9/16/2007; ABC News, 11/7/2007; St. Petersburg Times, 11/8/2007]
Entity Tags: Tom Harkin, Tony McPeak, Richard Danzig, Matt Paul, ABC News, PolitiFact (.org ), Anne Garside, Bill Richardson, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, J. Scott Gration
Timeline Tags: Domestic Propaganda


Home/Videos/Are All Witnesses Equal in a Criminal Case?
All witnesses are supposed to be equal in a criminal case. Just because someone has a badge doesn't mean they are more credible than anyone else. Unfortunately most people don't feel this way.
My name is Eric Benavides and I am a Texas criminal defense lawyer.
In the state of Texas, all witnesses are created equal. What I mean by that is, in a jury trial, all witnesses start on a level playing field. That means that if there's an officer testifying, or a witness who might have a criminal record testifies or just a normal citizen testifying, all witnesses start on a level playing field.
The jury is instructed that no one witness starts at a higher level of credibility just because of their authority.
So in other words, just because the police officer has a badge, doesn't mean he starts higher than a witness with a criminal record. Everybody starts on a level playing field and by their testimony, the jurors are the judge of credibility.
That's the way the laws in Texas regarding the witnesses works – so that no one starts at a higher level than the next witness. It's an opportunity for everybody to be given a fair chance to be heard.


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Mahindra Jeep Stunts
In the Tollywood film Alluda Mazaaka! (1995)
Alluda Mazaaka! (or Alluda Majaka ) is a 1995 Indian film in the Telugu language, directed by E.V.V. Satyanarayana, with "Tollywood" megastar Chiranjeevi in the lead role. I haven't been able to find an English translation of the title.
The film opens with the hero Sitaramudu, who has been unjustly sentenced to death, being transported in a police van escorted by a Mahindra Jeep.
Continuity is not the strongest element; moments later, the Jeep is sporting extra lights on the front, and the paddy wagon has a roof rack.
After they happen to pass a wedding ceremony where the love of his life is preparing to marry somebody else, Sitaramudu breaks out of the van and dives for freedom as police Jeeps close in from all directions.
He is inexplicably able to send one of the Jeeps flying, in the first big stunt of this famous chase scene featuring numerous CJ-3B stunts and mistreated horses.
Mounted police arrive to round up our hero (60K JPEG) but he manages to get his hands on one of the horses, and is seen here in the background racing toward the camera, being chased by the rest of the horses and one of the Police Jeeps. A flatbed truck pulls across the road, blocking their path.
The policeman driving the Jeep looks worried about the truck. Meanwhile, horse and rider, in a series of fake-looking shots, are able to slide right under the flatbed.
As the horse (left) slides under, the policeman somehow manages to use body English to launch the Jeep over the truck.
It's clearly a real stunt, not a fake visual effect. As the Jeep touches down, the front tire folds and the frame flexes under the impact. The hood almost pops open (110K JPEG), but amazingly the Jeep stays upright.
C.N. Sreejith is a visual artist who works in the business in India and has seen a few of these stunts. He comments on the horse-under-the-truck sequence:
"The stunt of a CJ-3B flying over a flatbed truck is not uncommon in the Indian mainstream cinema, especially those in the regional languages of Telugu and Tamil. The actor riding the horse is Chiranjeevi, who is well-known for such stunts. "
"The stunt performed with the CJ-3B is quite real. You get hold of a dilapidated Jeep, with or without an engine. If it has an engine, it is first driven fast onto a ramp to gain altitude and jump over the flatbed truck. In this case, the ramp is hidden by the cabin of the truck. If it doesn't have an engine, it is towed by a fast and powerful vehicle, using black steel ropes which can be easily erased digitally from the film, and forced on the ramp, to gain altitude and fall on the other side. Usually, the Jeep does not survive the impact. If it survives, it gets another chance in another movie.
"The Jeep that the police officer is driving is not the same as the one which does the stunt. It just has the same drab blue color, that's it. The stunt vehicle, if it does not have an engine, may not even have a driver. I assume this was the case in this clip, as the jump was not a balanced one. If they had an experience stuntman driver, the vehicle would land on both the front wheels, which is far less damaging to the vehicle, as well as the driver.
"How it is capable of standing upright after the impact, I don't know. My experience with CJ-3Bs, no matter how old their design is, they have, like cats, an inherent capability to fall upright. You may break your front leafsprings and crack your chassis, but usually it manages to keep its upright position. Probably because it doesn't have a proper crumple zone which gets shattered on impact.
"Why do they not use digital technology to recreate it? Simple -- it's much costlier than the real thing. This sequence would have cost the producer something like INR 100,000 (rupees) if he had approached a digital animation firm, and he would have received poor results. In this case, he gets good results, images of a real jump, and he spends less than INR 20,000 on it: INR 5,000 for a dilapidated Jeep, INR 5,000 for an experienced stuntman (an hour's work), INR 5,000 as rent for the flatbed truck (an hour's work), INR 5,000 as rent for another truck which towed the Jeep (an hour's work)."
Rows of small cars are constantly getting in the way, and two 3B's are both able to leap over them in this one shot.
A police Jeep manages to block the horse's path, forcing Sitaramudu and the pursuing posse to ride through a huge china shop with many glass doors, causing predictable destruction.
Even one of the Jeeps winds up coming through a display window.
The cops bring their newer, white vehicle into the chase; maybe it's the chief's car. We soon learn it can jump (100K JPEG) just as high as the 3B's.
But both vehicles are totalled when they do cartwheels on landing, and Sitaramudu rides off to the wedding amid numerous exploding small cars.
The next two hours of the movie are completely different, with lame, confusing dialogue scenes alternating with bizarre dance routines (70K JPEG).
At the very end of the film there is another set-piece action sequence with plenty of explosions, as villains in boats chase our hero riding a jet-ski (50K JPEG).
Two police Jeeps (50K JPEG) show up on the pier, as well as a helicopter and the first full-size American car seen in the film.
At the last minute Sitaramudu, dangling from the helicopter, is able to pluck his girlfriend from the sunroof of the car as it careens off the pier, and Alluda Mazaaka! ends with them living happily ever after.
The complete film is now on YouTube. -- Derek Redmond
See also a Mahindra Jeep in Ladakh (4 MB QuickTime video) from a documentary I photographed. Not quite as wild, but still pretty nervy driving.
See more Mahindras in the movies in:
Bandit Queen
September Tapes
Return to The CJ-3B in the Movies.
Last updated 27 February 2014 by Derek Redmond redmond@cj3b.info
https://cj3b.info/Movie/MahindraStunt.html


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It was good to see LOTS of people at Worldcon, but I just wasn't up for the sort of parties at this one. 40 years of W'con isn't too much. I've missed 4 in that time.
I had a good birthday, thank you, including dinner with athenais.
The two weeks on BOUNTY went well, starting in Tacoma, with port calls at Port Angeles, Port Alberni, and Astoria, and much sailing, including 11.6 knots SOG, probably the fastest recorded speed for the boat. After we logged the speed, I went aloft and furled the main royal, then took the helm while we took in everything else (except the main course). It took two of us on the helm to keep her on course, but were still making 9+ knots. We sailed through the Farallones, seeing black and white dolphins, whales, and seals (including them leaping out of the water), as well as lots of birds. And arrived in SF on the 21st.
I came home and did a bit of motorcycle riding for some errands and to catch up with and then grab the photo tag. I also got both generators working and tested, and only have to set up an external tank on the Honda.
Now, I'm getting ready to set up a ham rig on BOUNTY for her trip to Hawaii, go on a motorcycle camping trip to the eastern Sierra (dual-sport, ride there and then ride back roads), and am taking a course for a sailing certification. And there's a good chance of a surprise DXpedition, but the destination's under wraps for now. Maybe I'll get a visit to another radio telescope.


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After Losing 7 Family Members To COVID — Karl Anthony Towns Reveals He Has The Virus
Zonnique Pullins Made Fans' Day With A Throwback Photo Since She Was A Kid
How Phil Spector's hair disappeared behind bars
Social Media Users Demand Donald Trump Be Removed From Home Alone 2
Donald Trump's presidency might be one of the most tumultuous in recent memory, and the final year of said presidency, 2021, hasn't been any different.
Hot New Hip Hop says the contentious politician is on his way out of the Oval Office in a matter of days, and the Capitol Hill riots from one week ago will forever go down in history alongside Trump's final days as the president.
Reportedly, the riots were so bad that five people were killed, including one cop. Many Republicans supposedly turned their backs on the president, including people like Senator Lindsey Graham. Other reports have claimed the president has been banned from social media platforms.
Replace him with Obama in Home Alone 2. https://t.co/fUFC37DEyN
— Mary L. Austin (@MLAustin418) January 9, 2021
Reportedly, Trump's cameo in Home Alone 2 was actually cut by Canadian censors from the CBC, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. There's a famous scene where Macaulay Culkin asks Trump for directions while he's in New York City, and this scene has supposedly been deleted on certain Canadian broadcasting channels.
Now, many Americans have begun to ask for the same thing. Reportedly, the Canadian Broadcasting Company is just one organization that chose to cut the scene, while others supposedly got rid of it just to add more commercial time.
The Walt Disney Company: Replace Trump with Biden in Home Alone 2 – Sign the Petition! https://t.co/J0IDKA4nzI via @Change
— Kathryne (@KathryneGayle) January 9, 2021
According to Hot New Hip Hop, the decision to cut Trump out of the movie has been met with big backlash from "Trump supporters" in the United States and from a few Canadian conservatives as well.
Another group of people, neither Trump supporters nor conservatives, questioned whether it should be an act of a democratic republic to delete scenes of someone out of a movie just because they don't agree with their politics.
One Twitter user wrote, "this the type of thing that's done by a communist government like what can be seen in China. You can't erase history. This is something straight out of 1984. Who controls the past, is who controls the future."
This all comes after the news that the president – who's about to leave the Oval Office in the coming days – was banned from Twitter for supposedly inciting riots.
Rob Lowe Responds To The Allegation That He Started The Prince Harry 'Pony-Tail' Rumor
Russell Crowe Goes Viral On Twitter After Social Media User Trashes His 2003 Classic Master And Commander
Ben Affleck Says That He Had To 'Re-Make' It In Hollywood After A Series Of Unfortunate Events
Brian Austin Green Gushes Over Sharna Burgess As He Opens Up About Their Relationship For The First Time – Video!
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package com.ritaja.xchangerate.storage;

import org.json.JSONObject;

/**
 * Created by rsengupta on 03/09/15.
 */
public abstract class DiskStore {
	public String resourceFilepath = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir");
	/**
	 * saves the exchange rates in a stored resource file
	 *
	 * @throws StorageException
	 */
	public abstract void saveRates(JSONObject exchangeRates) throws StorageException;

	/**
	 * Parses the exchange rates from the stored resource file
	 * and stores them as a JSONObject
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	 * @throws StorageException
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	public abstract JSONObject loadRates() throws StorageException;

	/**
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	 * @return boolean truth value
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	public abstract boolean resourceExists();
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Yes, But He's *OUR* Bastard: Trump's Transactional Realpolitik in Action
Filed under: Energy,Politics — cpirrong @ 1:38 pm
So Franklin Roosevelt* allegedly responded to Sumner Welles' statement that Nicaraguan dictator Anastacio Samoza was a bastard. Despite Samoza's odiousness, Roosevelt put up with him because it advanced American interests.
Trump might as well have said the same about Mohammed bin Salman and Saudi Arabia yesterday. Despite the hue-and-cry over the Khashoggi murder, Trump made it clear that he has decided that US interests are best served by sticking with our bastards in Riyadh, rather than engaging in moralistic virtue signaling.
As I wrote before, there are no good guys in the Middle East generally, and KSA in particular. Since there are no George Washingtons waiting in the wings to replace MbS, I can say with metaphysical certainty that any replacement would be as bad, or worse, insofar as brutality is concerned. More to the point, it is almost as certain that any replacement would be less supportive of US interests that MbS. This is particularly true now, given the leverage that the murder has given Trump.
So our choice is: (a) a thug who has largely acted commensurately with American interests, and who has mitigated KSA's longstanding hostility to Israel, or (b) a thug who may be far more hostile to American interests.
This is not a hard choice to people who exist in reality. Which largely excludes most of the political and media class.
Further, will those who beat their chests in indignation please specify what would happen the day after the US destabilizes the Saudi regime? After all, the US record in intervening in Middle East regimes is so great, right? It always works out swell, no?
And as horrible as the Khashoggi murder was, let's see things for what they are. Contrary to his latter-day pose as a crusader for reform, he was in effect a middling character in Game of Thrones who was on the losing side in an internal regime struggle. You can guarantee had his side prevailed, someone on the other side would have met a grisly death too. The main remarkable thing about Khashoggi's death is we know about it. Pretty sure that there are a lot we don't know about, and wouldn't know about, regardless of which of the zillion princes wound up on top.
A friend remarked that maybe there are some princes in KSA who would not act as brutally as MbS were they in charge. To which I replied: probably so, but immaterial. Any such softer figure would not prevail in the internecine struggle for power.
Trump's remarks and the underlying policy choice reflected his transactional approach. MbS is someone he can deal with. He has negotiating leverage. He has used it. Hence the boasts about lower oil prices, which has spurred people who never gave a crap about the US oil industry before to clutch their pearls about the impact of this on US oil companies, because, well, they have to find a way to criticize Trump.
The most remarkable thing about Trump is that in contrast to Roosevelt, who justified siding with Samoza in private, Trump said he was standing by our Saudi bastard in public. This demonstrates another way in which he differs from conventional politicians. Yes, he lies and bullshits repeatedly, but he also tells blunt truths that most politicians would conceal, or wrap in vaporous clouds of hypocrisy. That's kind of refreshing, actually.
*This remark is also attributed to Truman.


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The hot-headed "macho man", who acts first and thinks later, has long been popular in movies. Now there's psychological evidence to support it.
In a guest post on our Research Digest blog, Emma Young looks at a new paper published in the journal Psychological Science.
Written by a team from Caltech, the University of Pennsylvania, Western University and the ZRT Laboratory in Oregon, it finds that a short-term rise in testosterone – as might occur when in the presence of an attractive potential mate or during competition – shifts the way men think. It encourages them to rely on quick, intuitive, and generally less accurate, judgements, rather than engaging in careful, more deliberate thought.
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After an earlier drift higher, European markets are off pretty sharply, with the major indices down over 1%.
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Here's BNP Paribas down another 5%.
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I attached each five-foot section of gutter using three 1″ screws after first drilling pilot holes through the metal and wood.
That was the easy part. Next, I filled up a pail with pebbles and gravel, hoisted it up on the pergola beam and climbed on top. I put a layer of gravel in the bottom of the gutter for drainage.
Then, I mixed up some yard dirt with some rich compost. I made sure I got a lot of worms from the garden in my soil since it'll be nearly impossible to get a worm population started up there without bringing them up there myself. It was maybe not the best idea I had, climbing up a 10′ pergola alone, camera in one hand, giant bucket of pebbles and then of dirt in the other, hand trowel stuck under my arm, chickens at my feet. But after much panting and pushing and shoving of the bucket, everything made it to the top of the pergola. Except the chickens. I spread a good thick layer of dirt and compost on top of the pebbles. I also put one of those brackets in the middle to keep the sides from buckling out with the weight and volume of the gravel and soil. (If you decide to go with plastic gutters, be aware that the kind you're using may have brackets that fit on the outside, so don't forget to bracket your gutter up before attaching it to the wood.
Tomorrow, I'll finish up the other gutters and then seed them all with lettuce and spinach and other leafy things. I've had very little luck growing leafy vegetables, and I'm hoping the distance from ground bugs and critters as well as the relative amount of shade of the pergola compared to the garden boxes will help me out on this one.
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