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What's happened to the 8 Utahns charged in the US Capitol riot?
By Jacob Scholl, KSL.com | Posted - Jan. 6, 2022 at 6:21 a.m.
A mob of supporters of then-U.S. Pres. Donald Trump fight with members of law enforcement at a door they broke open as they storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. (Leah Millis, Reuters)
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SALT LAKE CITY — One year ago, a mob of supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to interfere with the certification of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States.
Since the Capitol insurrection, over 700 people across the United States have faced federal charges, with charges ranging from entering a restricted building to assaulting police or employees, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia.
As of Wednesday, a total of eight Utahns have been arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, and only one has pleaded guilty. All of their charges are based at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Listed below are each of the eight Utah residents charged and the allegations they face.
John Sullivan, of Sandy, is charged with being on restricted property, civil disorder and violent entry or disorderly conduct in connection with riots at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Photo: Tooele County Sheriff's Office)
The first Utahn arrested was Sandy resident John Sullivan, who was booked into the Tooele County Jail on Jan. 14 after he was taken into custody by FBI agents. Initial charging documents say Sullivan was in Washington to film the "Stop the Steal" rally earlier in the day, and he entered the Capitol to capture footage.
Among the events Sullivan captured on camera was the shooting of Ashli Babbitt, who was fatally shot by a Capitol Police officer as she tried to climb through a door into the speaker's lobby. He was also interviewed by multiple news organizations, including CNN, after the riot. Court filings later showed NBC and CNN paid Sullivan $35,000 for his footage.
FBI agents obtained video of Sullivan saying he had a knife and was later heard yelling at police, "I want you to go home," according to an affidavit.
Sullivan was originally charged with six counts, including obstructing an official proceeding and entering a restricted building. However, a superseding indictment filed later in the year charged Sullivan with carrying a weapon inside the building and lying to federal investigators. Federal law enforcement is also trying to seize over $90,000 from one of Sullivan's bank accounts, as they believe Sullivan obtained that money in connection with his alleged criminal action.
On Tuesday, Sullivan pleaded not guilty in Washington's federal court to the eight charges against him. His next hearing in the case is scheduled for March.
Sullivan also has ongoing criminal charges in Utah in connection with a protest in downtown Provo that resulted in a shooting in June 2020. Sullivan pleaded not guilty to charges of riot, a third-degree felony, and criminal mischief, a class B misdemeanor. He is slated to face a jury trial on those charges in April.
In a screenshot of Michael Hardin's federal complaint, a photo provided to the FBI by a tipster shows a man the tipster says is Hardin posing next to a bust of Abraham Lincoln in the U.S. Capitol Crypt on Jan. 6, 2021. (Photo: U.S. District Court)
Michael Lee Hardin
Kaysville resident and former Salt Lake police officer Michael Hardin was arrested in April after two tipsters shared information with the FBI that led to Hardin being identified as an alleged rioter.
According to charging documents, one tipster described him as a "friend" and told the bureau that Hardin sent the tipster text messages that day stating, "We stormed the Capitol, I am in here now!" After learning of Hardin's identity, FBI agents searched law enforcement databases and found he was a Kaysville resident and former police officer.
Days later, a second tipster sent the FBI a photo allegedly showing Hardin posing inside the U.S. Capitol with a bust of Abraham Lincoln in the Capitol Crypt. The tipster told the bureau that they got the photo from one of Hardin's family members. Photos from inside the Capitol that day show Hardin in the building, according to the charges, and investigators later obtained GPS data from Google that showed a mobile device linked to Hardin's email account was inside the Capitol during the riot.
Hardin faces four misdemeanor charges, including entering and remaining in a restricted building. His next court appearance is a plea agreement hearing set for Jan. 21.
Brady Knowlton, of St. George, who investigators have circled in red, faces criminal charges for allegedly entering the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot in Washington. (Photo: U.S. District Court)
Brady Knowlton
St. George resident Brady Knowlton was the third Utahn arrested in connection with the attack. Charging documents show that an FBI agent interviewed a tipster in St. George who identified Knowlton in a Jan. 6 photograph of three men standing outside the Capitol.
Security cameras from inside the Capitol showed that same man moving throughout the building, appearing to be holding his phone with the camera out as he entered the building, the charges allege. Later, Knowlton can allegedly be seen holding out his phone while standing in the Senate Gallery.
Knowlton faces multiple charges, including violent entry and disorderly conduct in a Capitol building. Knowlton pleaded not guilty to all charges on Dec. 6. His next hearing is scheduled for Feb. 16.
Willard Peart
FBI agents in Salt Lake City were notified that Willard Peart, of Toquerville, Washington County, had allegedly entered the Capitol during the riot and wanted to speak with agents. Peart and his attorney met with agents on Jan. 20, where Peart told them he had gone inside the building on that day, according to charging documents.
Security footage showed Peart move throughout the building, though the charges say Peart did not assault anyone or damage property while inside. Peart also provided his cellphone to FBI agents, which showed a photo he took of himself outside the Capitol. He was eventually escorted out of the building.
Peart was later charged with one misdemeanor count of parading or demonstrating in a Capitol building. Though he pleaded not guilty to the charge in December, Peart's next court appearance is slated for a plea agreement hearing on Jan. 12.
Landon Copeland, who investigators have circled in red, is accused of assaulting Capitol Police during the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: U.S. District Court)
Landon Copeland
The first Utahn to be charged with assaulting police during the incident was another Washington County resident, Landon Copeland, of Apple Valley, who had been arrested by FBI agents in April.
Copeland entered Capitol grounds on Jan. 6 and assaulted officers outside of the building while police were trying to push back rioters, charging documents allege. Footage from Capitol Police depict Copeland grabbing a riot shield from an officer and pushing back against a police line, according to the charges, and in separate footage, Copeland and others are seen grabbing a metal barricade and trying to move it away from police. At least one officer used pepper spray on the crowd, including Copeland. In response, Copeland is accused of pushing the fence toward police.
On Feb. 11, FBI agents interviewed Copeland, where he admitted to fighting police during the attack, the charges state. He also told investigators that he did not enter the Capitol that day.
After being charged, Copeland had repeated outbursts during a May court hearing where he used multiple expletives and called a court clerk "evil." A judge later ordered a mental health evaluation.
In September, a judge ordered that he be held in jail without bail until his case is resolved, saying, among other reasons, that Copeland had threatened a probation officer. The judge also pointed to Copeland's statements to reporters, including one report in which Copeland allegedly said he would "willingly do it again" when asked about the Capitol riot.
Copeland — who pleaded not guilty to charges in November — remains jailed at the Washington County Jail in Hurricane, according to jail records. His next court appearance is scheduled for March 30.
Jacob Wiedrich
Jacob Wiedrich was arrested in Salt Lake City on July 29. Days after the attack, law enforcement had received a tip that Wiedrich had been inside the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Investigators compared surveillance footage to a photo of Wiedrich from the Utah Department of Motor Vehicles, and they believed it was a match. FBI agents also reviewed videos posted to a Snapchat account that appear to show Wiedrich filming during and after the attack, charging documents state.
In one Snapchat video, investigators say Wiedrich said, "We marched to the Capitol, broke a few windows" before he allegedly went on to claim that the 2020 election was fraudulent. In other videos, charging documents say Wiedrich can be seen moving with a crowd toward the Capitol building and yelling and at one point, he complained of being tear gassed and shot with rubber bullets. One video includes Wiedrich being heard yelling, "We ride for Trump, we die for Trump," according to court records.
Security camera footage from inside the Capitol shows Wiedrich just outside of the building and yelling at police inside, according to federal investigators. He later allegedly got inside, where he is accused of screaming at and taunting police. "At one point, Wiedrich is so confrontational that another member of the mob physically restrains him," charging documents state.
Wiedrich was later charged with misdemeanor parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building. On Oct. 14, Wiedrich pleaded guilty to the charge. So far, he is the only Jan. 6 defendant from Utah who has pleaded guilty. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 19.
Janet Buhler
As FBI agents were investigating Michael Hardin, they said they began to notice a woman next to him in security footage. Agents later learned the woman was Janet Buhler, Hardin's stepmother-in-law, according to charging documents.
After reviewing more footage, investigators saw Buhler with Hardin in different areas of the Capitol. Agents later asked a tipster who knew Hardin, and they said a family member identified her. She and Hardin allegedly traveled together to Washington.
Shortly after news of Hardin's arrest broke in April, FBI agents reported receiving a tip from someone who worked with Buhler's relatives saying Buhler was in a photo being circulated in the news. The tipster identified Buhler as allegedly being in the same photograph as Hardin. In addition to the tips, FBI agents used GPS data to find that a phone linked to Buhler's Facebook account was inside the Capitol that day, according to charging documents.
Buhler was arrested on July 30 and is charged with five misdemeanors, including entering and remaining in a restricted building. She pleaded not guilty to charges in August. A plea agreement hearing is set for Jan. 13.
Gary Wilson, of Salt Lake City, was near Brady Knowlton when they both entered the Capitol on Jan. 6, according to charging documents.
Body camera footage from that day shows Knowlton yelling at police while Wilson was not far away, federal investigators say. Just after Knowlton's co-defendant, a Colorado man named Patrick Montgomery, allegedly assaulted a police officer, Wilson can be seen on body camera footage talking to Montgomery.
Later, Wilson was just behind Knowlton and Montgomery as the three could be seen on security cameras walking into the Capitol, according to the charges, and the group then walked up a flight of stairs, and Wilson was later seen inches away from a group of rioters assaulting a Capitol Police officer who was trying to prevent them from accessing the Senate Gallery. After the assault, Wilson, Knowlton and Montgomery allegedly went into the Senate Gallery.
Later, body camera footage from a Capitol Police officer captured Knowlton and Wilson yelling at police, the charges say.
"All you gotta do is step aside. You're not getting in trouble. Stand down. For the love of your country," Knowlton said, according to court records.
"We came all the way from our jobs to do your job and the freaking senators' job," Wilson allegedly said.
Wilson was arrested on Aug. 13 and is charged with multiple counts, including a charge of obstructing an official proceeding. Wilson is not being held in jail, and his next court appearance is scheduled to be a preliminary hearing on March 3.
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The UAL assessment criteria working group is evaluating UAL's current assessment matrices in order to develop new criteria that will be launched in Autumn 2019. This work is part of wider developments to enhance students' experience of learning, assessment and feedback.
The assessment criteria that UAL launches in 2019 will meet the needs of the emergent classification approach that counts elements of credit at level 5 in degree classification calculations.
UAL will be introducing assessment matrices for each level of undergraduate study as well as one for postgraduate study. This will help us support students' transition to HE and lead improvements in attainment by carefully differentiating expectations from level 4 to level 7.
Early consultation feedback suggests that some colleagues want unit learning outcomes to be recorded on OAT to support students' understanding of the learning outcomes relationship to assessment criteria. The group are currently scoping how we might do this.
The group is exploring the extent to which our assessment criteria can reflect the behaviours, values, knowledges and practices we seek to inculcate and as a consequence we will align the assessment criteria to our Creative Attributes Framework.
We are currently developing a prototype set of matrices to pilot in the autumn term so we can get feedback from staff and students. If you would like to be part of this pilot then email me and I can send further information.
This entry was posted in News on June 11, 2018 by Teaching and Learning Exchange.


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package org.apache.commons.collections4.queue;

import java.util.Queue;

import org.apache.commons.collections4.Predicate;
import org.apache.commons.collections4.collection.PredicatedCollection;

/**
 * Decorates another {@link Queue} to validate that additions
 * match a specified predicate.
 *

 * This queue exists to provide validation for the decorated queue.
 * It is normally created to decorate an empty queue.
 * If an object cannot be added to the queue, an IllegalArgumentException is thrown.
 *

 * One usage would be to ensure that no null entries are added to the queue.
 *
Queue queue = PredicatedQueue.predicatedQueue(new UnboundedFifoQueue(), NotNullPredicate.INSTANCE);

 *
 * @since 4.0
 * @version $Id: PredicatedQueue.java 1477765 2013-04-30 18:37:37Z tn $
 */
public class PredicatedQueue<E> extends PredicatedCollection<E> implements Queue<E> {

    /** Serialization version */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 2307609000539943581L;

    /**
     * Factory method to create a predicated (validating) queue.
     *

     * If there are any elements already in the queue being decorated, they
     * are validated.
     *
     * @param <E> the type of the elements in the queue
     * @param Queue  the queue to decorate, must not be null
     * @param predicate  the predicate to use for validation, must not be null
     * @return a new predicated queue
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if queue or predicate is null
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the queue contains invalid elements
     */
    public static <E> PredicatedQueue<E> predicatedQueue(final Queue<E> Queue,
                                                          final Predicate<? super E> predicate) {
        return new PredicatedQueue<E>(Queue, predicate);
    }

    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * Constructor that wraps (not copies).
     *

     * If there are any elements already in the collection being decorated, they
     * are validated.
     *
     * @param queue  the queue to decorate, must not be null
     * @param predicate  the predicate to use for validation, must not be null
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if Queue or predicate is null
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the Queue contains invalid elements
     */
    protected PredicatedQueue(final Queue<E> queue, final Predicate<? super E> predicate) {
        super(queue, predicate);
    }

    /**
     * Gets the queue being decorated.
     *
     * @return the decorated queue
     */
    @Override
    protected Queue<E> decorated() {
        return (Queue<E>) super.decorated();
    }

    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Override to validate the object being added to ensure it matches
     * the predicate.
     *
     * @param object  the object being added
     * @return the result of adding to the underlying queue
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the add is invalid
     */
    public boolean offer(final E object) {
        validate(object);
        return decorated().offer(object);
    }

    public E poll() {
        return decorated().poll();
    }

    public E peek() {
        return decorated().peek();
    }

    public E element() {
        return decorated().element();
    }

    public E remove() {
        return decorated().remove();
    }

}

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Yassmin and Karim // Wedding Story // Cleveland, OH from Lucky Lemon Films on Vimeo.


Gene Cernan, Last Man To Walk On The Moon.
Many people know who the first man on the moon was, but even less know whom the last man on the moon was, Gene Cernan. Gene flew on both Apollo 10 and Apollo 17 missions and was part of other space programs such as Gemini 9A. During those missions to space the NASA astronaut spent a total of 23 days 14 hours 15 minutes in space, and he enjoyed a 4 EVAs (Extravehicular activity) for a total time of 24 hours and 11 minutes.
While on the moon during Apollo 17, Gene and Harrison Schmitt captured the most panoramic images of the lunar surface out of any other Apollo mission. Below are only four of the fourteen panoramic images the astronauts captured with their chest mounted Hasselblad cameras.
Apollo 17 Lunar Panoramic Images.
Our friends with the michaels camera Social Media Team were the invited guests of Live on Stage Australia on Gene's Melbourne Stop with "The Last Man On The Moon" Documentary Film Tour. They had a chance to talk Space Photography with Gene and even show him new Ricoh Theta S Panoramic camera. Technology has come a long way since the time of Apollo 17 and having to shoot Panoramic Images manually with the medium format Hasselblad camera strapped to your chest of the space suit. You can find more images from the movie tour at michaels on their Facebook page.
Gene Cernan recently passed away in January 2017 at the age of 82 in Houston, Texas.


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The Demise of a Highly Respected Doctrine
By Neva R. Deardorff, January 12, 1918
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR PHILADELPHIA BUREAU OF MUNICIPAL RESEARCH
LAISSEZ-FAIRE is dead! Long live social control! Social control, not only to enable us to meet the rigorous demands of war, but also as a foundation for the peace and brotherhood that is to come. This was the theme that ran strongly through all the annual meetings of the learned societies of the social sciences(1) which were held holiday week in Philadelphia. Education in idealistic concepts of service, toleration, justice, are in the future to underlie this social control and to make possible an enduring world democracy. New faith was everywhere manifest in the ability of democratic governments, and of our own in particular, to rise to occasions and handle gigantic enterprises both efficiently and with a view to benefitting society as a whole. While most of the contributions were in the nature of analyses of fundamental social forces which are now at work, suggestions, often quite specific, were not lacking as to how those forces can be directed to secure the maximum of human welfare. Everywhere there was a proud loyalty to the best that American life has produced, but nowhere the fatuous assumption that the promise of America has been achieved. Criticism was searching, frank and kindly; the spirit of genuine helpfulness abounded. Men and women, young and old, brought a fine spirit of toleration and mutual respect which stands in sharp relief against the acrimonious dissension which now characterizes so much of the discussion elsewhere of the issues which were before these meetings.
The political scientists were mainly concerned with new bases for international relations and with questions of improving the governmental machinery in nation, state, county and city. Prof. Munroe Smith of Columbia pointed to the new evidences, produced by the war, of the vitality of international law which, now in its infancy, seems to be following the same line of development that national law has pursued. The German government's disregard of international law has affronted the whole world, while the allies now represent a stupendous vigilance committee organized to punish the offender and to uphold that law. In future the fabric of international law will need to be strengthened by new provisions for arbitration, for delaying the resort to force, and for joint action, short of war, to show approval or disapproval of some nations for the action of other nations. New laws of war will be forthcoming as a result of the new conditions of air and submarine fighting; "military necessity" will need definition and some proportion established between injuries and reprisals. It is probable that eventually the nations of the world will be federated. Prof. Robert M. McElroy of Princeton, as well as several other speakers, maintained that there is no essential conflict between national and international ideals just as there is no essential disharmony between loyalty to family and to nation. All of the political science teachers seemed convinced of the necessity for cultivating in their students an international-mindedness as a basis for peace.
As for government at home, the professors seemed very diffident about the part they have, until very recently, played in shaping its course. The older teaching of government was referred to as rapt contemplation of the theoretical structure of government with no regard for its actual workings. Prof. A. R. Hattonsof Western Reserve University characterized political science to date as descriptive anatomy of political institutions and legalistic concepts. The pathology of politics, together with hygiene and prevention of political ilk, are the big opportunities of political scientists today. Everywhere it came out in the discussions that civic and political education for the mass of people is the sine qua non of the kind of democracy to which the United States is now committed and that this education is to be socio-economic rather than historico-juridical. Prof. Guy S. Ford, now of the Committee on Public Information in Washington and one of many teachers who have gone into public service since the war began, explained how the federal government is now educating, with millions of pamphlets, with pictures, films, four minute-men, etc., the mass of people on public affairs. Altogether the political scientists showed a refreshing regard for truth, a wholesome independence of judgment, and a sincere, though perhaps too modest, desire to be of service.
The discussions of constitutional law brought out very clearly the temper and spirit with which existing institutions are being examined. Decisions and judges of the Supreme Court were appraised with the utmost candor and in general the conclusions were by no means laudatory. Dissenting opinions were pointed out as evidence of the somewhat unsanctified character of the court and the fact that constitutional law frequently changes its mind lends color to the suspicion that politics is not wholly divorced from that high tribunal.
The economists, like the political scientists, have progressed from the detached, dehumanized study of the phenomenon of wealth to the consideration of the psychology of men in relation to the possession of wealth. Prof. E. C. Hayes of the University of Illinois, in what was considered the star session of the economic association's meeting, cleared the ground tor the new approach by calling attention to the fact that every age has had its philosophy to justify the existing order and that laissez-faire had until recently performed that function for our time. Our present order makes life and labor the cheapest commodities on the market and results in conditions that ill befit a democracy. As wealth is now distributed in the United States, the top 1 per cent of the population receives as much income without work as the lower 50 per cent obtains for its labor, and the top 2 per cent own three-fifths of the property. The middle class is declining. A better distribution, rather than equality of income, is the practical aim of those who would arrest the cleavage of classes that is widening, but the class-control of schools and press now makes very difficult the organization of a liberal party and tends to preserve the two old political parties, both of which are conservative.
Prof. John R. Commons of Wisconsin, in the presidential address of the economic association, pronounced the obsequies over the laissez-faire or rather the "let's grab" doctrine, and at the same time knocked the bottom out of the "pork-barrel" as the great objection to government ownership and control. The special assessment of benefits to private property from public.improvements can be depended upon to correct whatever tendency localities may have to dip unduly into the public treasury. Through such a system of taxation the basic utilities and such improvements as irrigation, land-reclamation and railroad extensions can be promoted. Rural credit can be extended and subsidies given to roads and education. Quite as important as obtaining the capital with which to do these things is the fact that by keeping capital at home one of the irritants which cause war will be removed. Capital which hunts in backward countries for high profits and big increments influences diplomacy, demands military protection and breeds international disputes. For the job of directing through taxation, the most beneficial use of our surplus, the government is becoming rapidly more expert. Indeed, our public inefficiency is even now little more than a state of mind.
The "economic man" of the classical economists was ushered off the stage by Prof. Carleton H. Parker of the University of Washington, who introduced the new discovery of the psychological man. This newly found being has some sixteen separate instincts which cause him to behave as he does. As Professor Parker had been testing his ideas among strikers in some of the lumber camps of Washington, the report of his observations of the motives of economic life represented considerable rugged reality.
Health Insurance by Common Consent
Health insurance and the conservation and mobilization of the labor supply of the country were the main topics of discussion in the meetings of the American Association for Labor Legislation. Relatively little time was devoted to the question of the advisability of health insurance legislation in the United States, it being quite generally agreed that we should have taken steps in this direction long ago. The great obstacle to be overcome in securing the adoption of health insurance laws would appear to be the lack of popular understanding of the subject, and this obstacle can be removed only by a campaign of education. The main participants in the discussion were members of state legislative investigating commissions appointed to inquire into the question of health insurance and to recommend appropriate legislation. Representatives of six such commissions were present - those of California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Views were exchanged regarding the lines of inquiry that commissions ought to follow and also regarding the methods of conducting public hearings. A comparison of the experiences of the various commissions revealed that in nearly every state the first impulse of employers and wage-earners alike is to oppose the idea of government health insurance, but as both groups come to understand its operation and benefits more thoroughly, their opposition tends to give way. Private insurance companies are usually against the scheme, and physicians and surgeons seem to be divided on the question. Opposition has come also from Christian Scientists, and in agricultural states it is difficult to obtain the support of farmers.
The Labor Difficulty Analyzed
In The discussions on the conservation and mobilization of the labor supply of the country there was general agreement that we are not at present confronted with a shortage of labor. Our real ailment is that of maladjustment and improper distribution of our available man power. In order to correct this state of affairs, a more complete and better coordinated system of employment agencies was advocated. Opinions differed as to the advisability of securing this end by establishing cooperative relations between the federal and local systems or by bringing all government employment agencies under national control and operation. How to provide the farmer with the help he needs received considerable attention. To a great extent the farmer himself seems to be to blame for his predicament. He does not yet realize that wages generally have gone up and that it is no longer possible to obtain men for the wages he has been accustomed to pay. The conditions of labor on the farm also are such that men generally prefer city work. Relief for the shortage of farm hands might be brought about, partly by improvements in the system of employment agencies, partly by the transfer of men from cities and industries to the farm during the harvest season, partly by inducing retired farmers, women and other unemployed persons to take part in agricultural work, and partly by the offer of better wages and working conditions to farm laborers. The use of city school boys of working age during vacation also was recommended.
There seemed to be no sentiment in favor of labor conscription. Some attention was given to the efforts of the federal government to conserve human life in the war industries by safeguarding workmen against accident. At the last meeting of the association the applicability of the British munitions act to American conditions was discussed briefly. The suggestion of adopting these provisions in the United States, however, met with the immediate objections that, our conditions were different from those in England and that even in England the munitions act had been the cause of much dissatisfaction and unrest. According to an investigator of the London Times, it had been the cause of driving one-half of the workers of England to the verge of revolution.
As has been said, all the associations had turned "social." so that in point of view, the sociologists were but a vaguely defined group of thinkers at the big conference. Their most distinguishing mark consisted in that, while most of the other associations talked about social control somewhat in general, they took it for granted and discussed applications of it in particular. Both Profs. George E. Howard of Nebraska and Charles H. Cooley of Michigan submitted thoughtful analyses of the elements of social control of international relations - Professor Howard, the ideals that must guide, and Professor Cooley, the psychological and social machinery through which it is even now working, and will work, it is hoped, much better in the future. Among the false ideals which now make so difficult amicable relations among the nations are overdeveloped nationalism, territorial aspirations, the notion of war as a good in itself, race and sex conceit, the supposed necessity for economic and political oppression of the masses, and contempt for the idealist. The teaching of world-wide brotherhood must supplant these narrow concepts and democracy must be made to mean something tangible to all.
Of the more concrete suggestions for the better adjustment of social machinery was that of Prof. Arthur J. Todd, of the University of Minnesota, for the control of immigration based upon the true demand for labor. Briefly, his plan calls for information as to the true demand for labor, organization of the labor market, abolition of the contract labor provision and the illiteracy test in the present immigration laws and the introduction of the sliding scale as a guide to admitting immigrant labor, with a bonding of the employer who imports labor to cover deportation costs for any laborers who may become public charges and with a provision for the employer to carry unemployment insurance for his laborers. Prof. Carl Kelsey of the University of Pennsylvania thought that the need for conscription of labor is now imperative and that the time is coining when strikers should be treated as traitors. On the other hand, the laboring class must, of course, be protected from low wages and other abuses.
Perhaps the group which assumed the reality of social control with least question was the statisticians, for they simply went ahead planning how to forge the tools with which society is to work out better opportunities and protection for all. Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale cited the recent stock-taking in health of the men within the draft age as a confirmation of what had been known to a few interested people for some time. He drew the conclusion from the large number of rejections that we ought to have a national department of health to conserve the physical well-being of our people. Nation-wide recording of vital statistics should take the place of state action, which at present covers only about two-thirds of the population of the United States. Prof. Allyn A. Young of Cornell demonstrated the urgent need of coordinating the statistical work now being done by the United States government. The war found us in a state of statistical unpreparedness. Since last April, independent investigations have sprung up in many departments and bureaus, which frequently failed to make use of the permanent statistical bureaus. Much work was duplicated and business organizations have been bombarded with questionnaires. The results have been far from satisfactory. A general war statistical bureau to serve all the other bureaus was suggested as the orderly way out of chaos and as a means to obtain a comprehensive view of our national assets, labor, resources and goods.
Better Government Statistics Wanted
From the discussion of present conditions as regards the vital statistics of our army and navy, it would appear that there is now much room for improvement in the record-keeping systems of the military establishments. Frederick L. Hoffman, the well-known statistician of the Prudential Life Insurance Company, deplored the lack of anthropometric statistics of the army and in the absence of any scientific knowledge of physical growth and development, he considered a lowering of the age limit of drafted men little short of a crime.
Committees were provided by the American Statistical Association to assist the government in systematizing the federal statistics and in planning for the census of 1920. An interesting and valuable suggestion came from the Children's Bureau that the material in regard to family groups which is recorded on the census schedules should be tabulated, i. e., the number of motherless families, the number of fatherless families, the number of mothers at work, etc. Hitherto the published data on population have related only to individuals.
History on the Heels of Current Events
The historians were quite as interested in the present as in the past. The Russian revolution, the recent Massachusetts constitutional convention, present day politics of China and Japan, found places on the historical association's program. At the closing session of the conference, held jointly by the political scientists, the economists, the sociologists and the historians, Prof. Wallace Notestein of the University of Minnesota described the uses which German magazine writers, geographers, politicians and others have made of history to engender hatred of the British empire, to glorify Germany's history, to magnify her wrongs, to point to her manifest destiny of colonial expansion and reunion of all the German peoples of Europe. The partial truth of that which they taught has made it extremely difficult to combat their conclusions. While the British empire is a solid fact, Professor" Notestein was inclined to doubt that John Bull had been the consistent villain "through five acts" that he had been depicted in Germany. Anyone who believes that England's methods of acquisition were cunning plots, faultlessly executed, has only to stay a little while in the British Foreign Office, said R. H. Brand, deputy vice-chairman of the British War Mission to this country, to realize that British foreign affairs are not handled that way. Mr. Brand viewed the "British commonwealth of nations" as the one successful experiment in internationalism which the world has thus far produced.
Edward P. Costigan, of the United States Tariff Commission, ably represented the administration's position in regard to economic alliances. The "war after the war" policies will find little or no support in this country', and the United States is distinctly against selfish and exclusively economic leagues and economic discriminations which impose such stubborn barriers against world federation.
The farm managers conferred very largely with the economists and those interested primarily in labor legislation. The accounting instructors likewise flocked with the economists. Indeed, the tendency of each group of specialists to harmonize its views and teachings with those of its brothers in the allied sciences was one of the outstanding features of the conference and one of the best omens for the successful growth of the new culture of knowledge of and interest in the socializing processes now going on in the world.
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Who was the first liberal journalist?
In the wake of Rolling Stone and its activist being found guilty of manufacturing a fraudulent rape hoax story, I wanted to start back at the beginning.
Who was the first liberal journalist? Everything has a beginning. Where can you find that very first yellow brick in the road? Well, the first thing is making sure that we get the question right, otherwise we will produce garbage answers. In computer science, that falls into the category of "Garbage in, garbage out".
So, "Who was the first liberal journalist in the age of objective journalism?".(meaning, when they started hiding their biases) I think there might be an even better question. "Who was the first liberal journalist in the age of objective journalism, as the liberal media's monopoly was being built?" This question really nails it, because as modern media came to be ABC, NBC, and CBS, and the newspapers, how they all came to largely be one reporting entity is crucially important. Even though we ultimately only want to know who is the man who started it all.
His name is Walter Lippmann. Walter Lippmann stands at the center of a perfect storm when journalism becomes a profession - at his request and leadership - while at the same time journalism becomes a taught study in colleges - where, you know, the students will be indoctrinated en masse - and where Lippmann's own tactics of manipulating the news become both the de-facto as well as de-jure way that journalists operate - at the same time the big modern media entities that we have all known for so long were being built. Modern objective journalism largely came into existence in the 1920's/30's, as did the completely one-sided media monopoly. Lippmann's book Public Opinion was published in 1922.
Walter Lippmann has been called the "Father of Modern Journalism" by people in the industry for a long time, for good reason. That's not my designation, and his book "Public Opinion", a book for which every single conservative should be reading, is a public domain book that is free to download. The audiobook is also for free in the public domain.
Some of you may not realize, or even argue against the notion that Walter Lippmann's way of journalism is at the heart of what Rolling Stone did, and I only have one question for you:
"What stereotype was Rolling Stone hoping to supply to its readers?" For those of you interested in journalism, the left wing aspects of journalism, etc, this question is a whopper. Lippmann was obsessed with stereotypes, and in particular how to manipulate them to effect. Let's examine the answer to the question first. Rolling Stone was hoping to play off of various stereotypes about how evil men are, about the victimization of women, rape culture, and several others. Other commentators who are much better at dissecting this can and have already done the job, so I'll move on.
So along comes Rolling Stone, hoping to supply a stereotype about fratboys and their mass rapes. How does that relate to Lippmann? Here's what he wrote: (page 355)
It is a problem of provoking feeling in the reader, of inducing him to feel a sense of personal identification with the stories he is reading. News which does not offer this opportunity to introduce oneself into the struggle which it depicts cannot appeal to a wide audience. The audience must participate in the news, much as it participates in the drama, by personal identification. Just as everyone holds his breath when the heroine is in danger, as he helps Babe Ruth swing his bat, so in subtler form the reader enters into the news. In order that he shall enter he must find a familiar foothold in the story, and this is supplied to him by the use of stereotypes. They tell him that if an association of plumbers is called a "combine" it is appropriate to develop his hostility; if it is called a "group of leading business men" the cue is for a favorable reaction.
It is in a combination of these elements that the power to create opinion resides. Editorials reinforce.
Did Rolling Stone intend to provoke feelings in its readers?
Did Rolling Stone intend to induce its readers to feel a sense of personal identification with the story?
Did Rolling Stone intend to offer the opportunity to its readers to introduce themselves into the struggle?
Did Rolling Stone intend to see people participate in the news, in other words, did it think protests may occur because of this article?
Did Rolling Stone intend to label the fratboys (in an equivalent fashion) as a "combine" instead of labeling them as a "group of leading business men"? In other words, were they just boys having a good time? Or were they rapists?
Did Rolling Stone's editorials reinforce the original article? In the first few days, I bet they did.
People who are tired of the left wing bias constantly ask, "How can we do damage to this media" and the answer to your question is that you should be reading Walter Lippmann. He built the blueprints for all of this. You have questions, his books are where the answers reside. Particularly, the book "Public Opinion". How does this machine work? Ask it's creator.
It would be best, by far, if people read Lippmann's book in full. If an audiobook is preferred, click here. I can only scratch the surface, and even then, it is hard in this format to cover every single detail.
But, if you're simply looking for a small write up, I have one here. There is no substitute for a full read.
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This is how Theodore Roosevelt's cult of personality stays alive
Hey, did you know that Teddy once killed a lion? It's true. And they are going to put it on display again soon. People haven't seen this lion for two decades.
Hey, did you know that Teddy really loved football?
Hey, did you know that Teddy was a really avid outdoorsman?
Hey, did you know that Teddy once was giving a speech, someone shot him, and he kept on speaking?
Hey, did you know (pick your favorite wholly-divorced-from-governmental-policy-related-trivia and place it here)?
I could just imagine if Ronald Reagan had shot a lion. The Washington Compost certainly wouldn't be celebrating it, that's for sure. They would put quotes from some PETA whacko in the first paragraph, in the second paragraph, and that's how they would close the article in the last paragraph. In short, it would be a hit piece. But what makes Reagan so different than Teddy? Why would progressive journalists treat the two so differently? For starters, the two men had completely opposing viewpoints of the constitution. One man wanted to respect the constitution, and the other wanted to shred it.
Every time some progressive journalist (unrelated to elections) trots out Ronald Reagan, it's so that they can take a crap on his grave. But every time some progressive journalist trots out Theodore Roosevelt, (unrelated to elections) it's so that they can puff him up and parade him around like it's a sequel to Weekend at Bernie's. Did you read the article?
I read the article. Man I feel good. That was some good crack, man. I feel so good about myself. I feel so good about life. I feel so good about killing lions. I feel good about taxidermy. I feel good about the Smithsonian, because you know, it's a government institution. It's a great institution, the government owns it. I really feel good about the Washington Post and that Sarah Kaplan, she's a great writer. But most of all, I really feel good about our 26th president - the puff piece worked. I feel great! Wow he was a good man, it's a good thing he never was in a position to actually govern. All he did was shoot lions and go out on safari! He was a man with a plan! He wasn't one of those crazy whackjob Tea Partiers, you know, with their old dusty constitutions, you know! He made a lot of sense!
So how do you keep small government people loving a big government man? Keep the big government man's big government views a secret - and more importantly, keep the big government man's big government activities a secret. That's why his cult of personality has persisted for over 100 years. If the truth about TR were ever told in a wide-scale fashion, only progressive democrat voters would want anything to do with him. Ask me this question: If Lyndon Baines Johnson shot a lion, why should I care about that? In the article, it says:
"What story did this lion and Roosevelt want to tell us?" Harvey wondered. That's what he aims to conserve.
Of course, the only stories that we should allow to be out there, are all of the puff piece, human interest stories. Get Theodore Roosevelt as far away from any notions of government as you possibly can. And these are the same people who still, still can't get over Iran Contra!!! The exact same people. I can guarantee you, that your children's children's children will know all the details about Iran Contra, but they won't know a thing about Theodore Roosevelt's policies - not deep in the details. They will only know the surface-level stuff. The flowery stuff. That which they can make smell good. Hey did you know TR was a conservationist? Yeah, it's great.
NO! Conservation is not a direct pre-cursor to radical environmentalism. We can't have people making that connection! Let's get back to the fluffy stuff.
Hey, did you know that Teddy once killed a lion? I hear he really loved football too. It's really great. Life's great. Hey, did you know that Teddy once killed a lion? And he loved the outdoors, too. That's about all I know. Why am I repeating myself? Well, that's all that matters. Because Teddy once killed a lion.
I couldn't tell you how many executive orders he issued, I couldn't tell you how he related to congress. I couldn't tell you the contents of his New Nationalism speech, nor could I tell you anything about the Progressive Party. I couldn't tell you if he stayed within the constitutional limits placed on the executive branch or if he worked to undermine those safeguards. I just couldn't tell you. I just know he was a manly man. That's all I know. I only know that he killed a lion. What else is there to know? What else matters?
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Every quarter we publish a newsletter, the Sea Swells Log, which includes reports on our recent and upcoming activities. Many of the recent issues are available on-line.
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Above are the remaining club dive trips for 2019. However, local trips are planned including a trip to the "Thousand Islands" in September as well. You may visit our website, TheScubaSportsClub.org and be placed on the mailing list as a guest/friend of TSSC. Once again, our club meetings are held on the second Wednesday of the month at Sir John's Restaurant on Route 22 in North White Plains, NY. Meetings begin at 7PM but please come early and socialize. Please check our website for any changes to the schedule.
The next regular meeting of The Scuba Sports Club will beheld in North White Plains, NY on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. Meetings are open to guests and will meet at 7PM at Sir John's Restaurant on Route 22.
Tonight's guest speaker is the Hudson River Riverkeeper.
In addition, TSSC will be attending "Beneath the Sea" in Secaucus, NJ from March 30-31st. Please visit us at Booths 207-208 and see what exciting trips and activities that we have planned for 2019 into 2020.
Non-members are welcome at our meetings. Why not come to our next one on February 13, 2019 and meet new dive buddies?
Our next regular meeting will be held at Sir John's Restaurant in North White Plains, NY on January 9, 2019. The meeting begins at 7PM. Guests are welcome.
The next regular meeting of The Scuba Sports Club is Wednesday September 12, 2018. It will be held at Sir John's Restaurant in North White Plains, NY. Guests are welcome to join us. The meeting begins at 7PM.
The upcoming meeting will be held at Sir John's Restaurant in North White Plains, NY on Wednesday, August 1, 2018. This is a departure from the normal 2nd Wednesday of the month as many members will be on a dive trip to San Salvador, Bahamas. Our meeting will not have a guest speaker this month. It will be a "member meeting" featuring a presentation by one of our own.
The next regular meeting of The Scuba Sports Club will be held at Sir John's Restaurant in North White Plains, NY on July 11, 2018. Guests are welcome to attend.
Please join us on July 11th.
The next regular meeting will be held at Sir John's Restaurant in North White Plains, NY on April 11, 2018. Please check out our website for information regarding the meeting. Non-members are welcome.
Am I missing something or is the last post on here really from 2011? Miss you all but PA ain't for me. Coming back this spring. It's all but fer sher (WV talk; for sure). See you all at BTS if not before.


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A 27-year-old man from India recently went viral after he stated that he was going to sue his parents for giving birth to him. He stated that he did not give his parents consent to have him. The man, whose name is Raphael Samuel, stated that his parents should pay him for life. He also said that anyone who is born without their consent should be paid for life.
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Viva said that even though this lawsuit is stupid, he said that there is something that people can learn from it. You have to be able to prove fault, damages and a link between the two. Viva said that this lawsuit is not going to go anywhere.
Visa also stated that the man admitted that his life has been wonderful, so he has no reason to sue his parents. Additionally, he said that newborns do not require their parents' consent. A newborn is not capable of giving consent by law.
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Citrix unveiled NetScaler 10, a landmark release that brings the elasticity, simplicity and expandability of the cloud to both enterprise and carrier networks. NetScaler 10 features the groundbreaking new Citrix TriScaleTM technology, making it easy for businesses of any size to scale their networks "up, in and out" with ease, just like the world's largest public clouds. This revolutionary new technology elevates NetScaler beyond traditional service and application delivery controllers, creating the industry's most advanced cloud networking platform. The new release ships today and will be featured prominently in the upcoming Citrix Synergy 2012 conference May 9-11 in San Francisco.
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Bristol City player gives £400 to Rovers supporters for baby's life-changing surgery
Harry Redknapp is also supporting to get baby Michael Labuschagne to America for treatment
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Michael in hospital after falling seriously ill (Image: bristol live)
A Rovers-supporting family's desperate appeal to get their 10-month-old life-changing treatment in America has seen Bristol's biggest rivalry paused - with a City player donating.
Stuart and Emma Labuschagne's son Michael has a heart tumour so rare only a handful of patients have ever been diagnosed with the condition.
Sadly there is no long-term solution offered on the NHS, but Michael's parents have found a hospital in Boston which can remove the tumour.
But for Michael to undergo the life-changing surgery, his family need to raise a staggering £120,000 - ideally within six months.
The Horfield family are keen Rovers supporters and the club's fans have already played a big part in them raising more than £55,000.
'Words cannot begin to describe the pain': Parents discover baby has tumour on heart
Big names including Harry Redknapp are also sharing their plight, but now it has seen Bristol's biggest rivalry paused - with 18-year-old City player Han-Noah Massengo stepping in to help.
Massengo signed from Monaco over the summer for £2.7m and has proved an instant success at Ashton Gate, becoming a regular in the Robins midfield. The French youth international has also endeared himself to the City faithful regularly meeting fans before and after games.
Such is the growing cult of Massengo that supporters are regularly seen wearing wigs in his honour at away matches.
He donated £400 to the cause, with Michael's mum Emma saying it's "great to see football fans putting the rivalry aside".
Han-Noah Massengo of Bristol City (Image: Rogan/JMP)
Emma said: "It's incredible. We are so grateful for his generous donation.
"It's great to see football fans putting the rivalry aside, and even having a laugh at what colour they wear.
"It just goes to show what an amazing community we have in Bristol."
Harry Redknapp has also shared the family's appeal on Instagram, saying: "Please help us, we're trying to raise money for the treatment Michael needs so urgently in America. Please donate generously.
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"America is the only place he can get the treatment he needs for this very rare tumour in his heart."
Speaking about Redknapp's help, Emma said: "We just can't believe it. We really appreciate that someone of his high profile has took the time to read our story. He is such a lovely man."
You can donate to the cause here.
The treatment Michael needs
When he was three months old, Michael woke up gasping for air and his dad had to perform CPR.
Only seven per cent of babies survive an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, but Michael defied the odds. However his parents were then given the devastating news he had a rare heart tumour.
He was diagnosed with a cardiac fibroma attached to the septum within the left chamber of his heart.
The NHS is unable to remove the tumour, but there is a hospital in Boston which can.
"It (the tumour) does hold him back," said Emma, who is a mum-of-three. "It's as big as the size of the palm of my hand and it has sharp edges.
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"Putting that inside a baby is quite uncomfortable for them.
"But he is amazing, you wouldn't know looking at him that he is fighting this."
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Despite the widespread hatred of Gwyneth Paltrow's lifestyle e-commerce brand, I'm a proud Goop enthusiast. Having said that, I'm skeptical of crystal healing and health advice from anyone who isn't my doctor.
So I welcomed the news, which WWD reported yesterday, that the brand is hiring a vice president to lead an in-house home goods category, which has yet to launch. (Goop currently sells home goods, but they are outsourced brands.)
I want more millennial pink ceramic bowls, handwoven artisanal throw pillows, and vegetable spiralizers from Goop. I want fewer detox supplements, DIY colonics, and jade yoni eggs prone to bacteria from Goop.
In other words, I trust Paltrow with my kitchen table, not my reproductive health. Let her become the next Martha Stewart, not Dr. Oz (especially since Dr. Oz, a Columbia University professor and surgeon, himself gives questionable health advice).
Goop chief merchandising officer Blair Lawson explained that the Goop brand products, called G. Label, will complement, not compete with, the 400 other brands in the fashion, beauty, home and wellness categories already sold on goop.com.
It makes sense to trust Paltrow with your throw pillows and lighting fixtures, or what you cook for your next dinner. Paltrow has discerning and worldly tastes, and her cookbooks incorporate surprisingly hearty dishes alongside the requisite green juices and avocado toast (which, to her credit, involves mayonnaise). Her personal trainer Tracy Anderson's workout methods are brutal but effective (think jumping up and down for an hour while wearing ankle weights in a basement heated to feel like a sauna). She looks great in clothes. She is a remarkably good Academy Award-winning actress, and not a bad singer, either. She has a close group of girlfriends, a healthy relationship with her ex-husband Chris Martin, two kids who appear to be thriving, and a growing company.
Goop is not shying away from the wellness category, of course, and it's easy to imagine the brand moving into the increasingly luxe and design-focused legal marijuana category. (At the recent In Goop Health summit in New York City, my colleague Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz noticed that employees were quietly polling random attendees on their thoughts about CBD, a non-psychoactive cannabinoid that's showing up in cocktails and cures.)
In any case, the investment in home goods is a step in the right direction, especially for those of us who will never get a colonic, but would totally splurge for a good salad bowl.


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Rangnick 'fully aware' Man Utd progress won't happen 'overnight'
Date published: Friday 14th January 2022 2:46 - Dan Butterfield
Manchester United manager Ralf Rangnick has admitted he is fully aware that the progress won't happen overnight at Old Trafford.
Rangnick has been in charge since the end of November and has seen a mixed start during his short time at the helm.
The club have lost just once under the German but the level of performance has been questioned, with some claiming there has been no progress from former boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Now, Rangnick has admitted that, whilst he has taken a few steps, the club are still a work in progress.
"I was fully aware this cannot happen overnight. It's a work in progress. I think we have shown we have conceded fewer goals than a couple of weeks ago, it's also about controlling the game and, obviously, we have taken a few steps but things can still get better and that's what we have to work on: to find the best possible formation," said the United boss.
"We are playing every three days and need to make sure we have the best and freshest players on the pitch and this means we might even be able to change formations during the game or one game to another.
"As I said, it's still a work in progress and there are still quite a few things and space for improvement.
"If you want to control or dominate games you can do it in two ways, one is how you do it when the other team is in possession of the ball, how proactive, how aggressive can you be. At the same time, not being weak on the counter-attack, if you allow them too many spaces from a counter-attack. And the other one is you can gain control when you are in possession of the ball.
"Those areas, I try to work and improve the team and get better. As I said, we've taken a few steps, but not as quickly as I would have hoped and wanted it to be.
"As coaches, you're always never normally patient, you always want to develop teams quicker and faster. But in the last couple of weeks and in the future, it's all about results, getting the best possible results."
Rangnick was then asked what he thought of results so far, to which he replied: "As I said, in the first instance, it was about getting results, points. We were all distracted by the defeat to Wolves. It is now about getting results and getting as many points as we can.
"It is about balance. How offensive can we play without conceding too many goals?"
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Kimberly A. Hamlin is a historian specializing in women, gender, sex, science, and politics. A recent recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Public Scholar Award, Hamlin regularly contributes to the Washington Post and other media outlets, and she lectures widely on topics related to women and gender. Her latest book, Free Thinker: Sex, Suffrage, and the Extraordinary Life of Helen Hamilton Gardener (2020), reveals the remarkable story of the "fallen woman" who changed her name, reinvented herself, and became the "most potent factor" in Congressional passage of the 19th Amendment as well as the highest-ranking woman in federal government. Hamlin is actively involved in local and national suffrage centennial activities including guest editing, together with Cathleen Cahill and Crystal Feimster, a special suffrage centennial issue of the Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. Hamlin's previous book, From Eve to Evolution: Darwin, Science, and Women's Rights in Gilded Age America (2014), analyzes the U.S. reception of Darwin in terms of gender and provides the first full-length study of women's responses to evolutionary theory. Hamlin has received the Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for Research on Women and Politics, the Margaret Rossiter History of Women in Science Prize (from the History of Science Society), and the Emerging Scholar Award from the Nineteenth Century Studies Association, in addition to research fellowships from the New England Regional Fellowship Consortium, the Huntington Library, the Sophia Smith Collection, and others. Hamlin has also published on the origins of the Miss America Pageant, the Girl Scouts, bearded ladies, women running for president, and the Equal Rights Amendment. She has appeared on various public radio shows on both NPR and CBC and contributed to multiple PBS documentaries. Since 2007, she has taught History and American Studies at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. She lives in Cincinnati where she co-hosts the Mercantile Library's Allgood-McLean "Women You Should Know" Book Discussion Series. For more information, please visit www.kimberlyhamlin.com or follow her on Twitter @ProfessorHamlin.
Helen Hamilton Gardener and the Secret History of Women's Suffrage in America
This talk reveals the remarkable story of the "fallen woman" who became the "most potent factor" in Congressional passage of the 19th Amendment and the highest-ranking woman in federal government. After being outed in Ohio newspapers for having an affair with a married man, Alice Chenoweth moved to New York City, changed her name to Helen Hamilton Gardener, and became one of the century's most famous reformers. In 1910, she settled in Washington, D.C. right next to the Speaker of the House. Next, she charmed her way into the Wilson White House and steered the 19 th Amendment through Congress. The year 2020 marks the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, and this presentation tells the larger story of the suffrage movement through the eyes of one of its most fascinating advocates.
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Emma Forrest's debut feature, Untogether, starring the likes of Jemima and Lola Kirke, Billy Crystal, and Ben Mendelsohn, is an aggressively banal film. Not all of it is necessarily bad per se, but Forrest, who owns both directing and writing credit for the film, has a better handle on the latter than the former. The filmmaking here is glossy, unfussy, and fundamentally undemanding. She relies on her coterie of established actors to propel much of the action, with Forrest providing ample space for them to maneuver within their posh L.A. settings. But as a writer, her propensity for grandiose, cliché gestures and frequent, truculent narrative twists make the whole endeavor a painfully disenchanting chore to sit through.


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David Derek Sikua (10 de septiembre de 1959) es un político de las Islas Salomón, que fue Primer ministro del país desde el 20 de diciembre de 2007 al 25 de agosto de 2010.

A lo largo de su carrera política ha ocupado diversos cargos en los distintos ministerios del país, hasta que en 2006 fue elegido diputado del Parlamento Nacional por la circunscripción de North East Guadalcanal siendo nombrado Ministro de Educación y Desarrollo de Recursos Humanos en el gabinete de Manasseh Sogavare el 4 de mayo de 2006. Se unió a la oposición en noviembre de 2007. Después de que Sogavare fuera derrotado en una moción de confianza el 13 de diciembre, fue remplazado en el cargo de primer ministro por Sikua que fue quien la propuso. Fue elegido primer ministro con el apoyo de 32 diputados por 15 del candidato del gobierno Patteson Oti. Tras las elecciones de 2010, en las que volvió a ser elegido diputado, no se volvió a presentar al cargo de Primer ministro. Le sucedió Danny Philip del Partido Progresista del Pueblo.

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Malaysia's popularity as a golf destination has grown over the years. The country certainly has what it takes to cater to the needs of avid golfers who crave for unique experiences. Indeed, golf holidays in Malaysia offer a wonderful experience no true golfing aficionados can resist.
The country boasts some world-class courses designed by the best golf course architects in the world including Greg Norman, Jack Nicklaus, Peter Thomson, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Ronald Fream and Robert Trent Jones Jr. They have brought out the best features of the environment whilst incorporating their own special signature elements.
Currently, there are 207 golf facilities in the country, ranging from short 9-hole courses to 54-hole complexes, with each course having its own special features. Golfers can play amidst the cool climates of highlands; by the crashing waves of the sea; in busy towns and cities; or in the quiet greens near jungles.
Some of the diverse golf clubs in Malaysia include The Royal Selangor Golf Club in Kuala Lumpur; Kota Permai Golf & Country Club, Glenmarie Golf & Country Club, Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Golf Club, and Saujana Golf & Country Club in Selangor; Gunung Raya Golf Resort in Langkawi, Clearwater Sanctuary Golf Resort in Perak, Sutera Harbour Golf & Country Club in Sabah, and Kelab Golf Sarawak in the state of Sarawak.
Indeed, Malaysia golf courses offer challenging fairways amidst spectacular sights, world-class facilities and amenities. They are also complemented by the many world-class luxury hotels and resorts in the country, as well as its tropical climate that is conducive for playing golf all year round, competitive and attractive green fees, friendly caddies, and warm hospitality services.
The country's good road links and transportation system including frequent flights between all major cities also make it easy and convenient for golfers to get to the best courses for a Malaysian golfing experience par excellence.
The many exotic islands in Malaysia offer some of the most luxurious holidays that any high-end tourist can ask for. The island of Langkawi, for instance, has some of the finest resorts in the country. It is home to luxury resort brand, Four Seasons, and other equally renowned names such as The Westin Langkawi Resort and Spa, Datai Langkawi, the Bon Ton, the Temple Tree, and the newly opened Seri Chenang Resort & Spa Langkawi, all noted for offering guests definitive experiences of sheer luxury.
In fact, The Westin Langkawi Resort and Spa and Datai Langkawi have just received the awards for Asia Luxury Island Resort and Luxury Island Resort respectively at the prestigious World Luxury Hotel Awards 2012, along with other Malaysian hotels and resorts such as Palace of the Golden Horses (for Luxury Golf Resort), Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur (for Luxury City Hotel), Shangri-La's Tanjung Aru Resort and Spa (for Asia Luxury Family Hotel), and Pan Pacific Kuala Lumpur International Airport (for Asia Luxury Airport Hotel).
The mention of luxury and natural beauty also brings to mind the award-winning Pangkor Laut Resort in Pangkor Island. Voted by Condé Nast Traveller UK as the Number One Resort in the World in its Top 100 List in 2003, it is still revered among the most distinguished and celebrated in the world.
The states of Sabah and Sarawak also have their fair share of luxury resorts. The Hilton Batang Ai Longhouse Resort in Sarawak is located right in the middle of lush pristine tropical rainforest, offering two-level suites for ultimate luxury.
The Shangri-La's Tanjung Aru Resort & Spa in Sabah offers a tranquil retreat with a breathtaking view of both sunrise and sunset. Luxury resort for golfing enthusiasts would definitely be the Sutera Harbour Resort. Here, you can even tee off well past sunset as the Sutera Harbour Golf & Country Club offers the only night golfing opportunity in East Malaysia.
Luxury city hotels are also in abundance in Kuala Lumpur such as the Mandarin Oriental, Hilton KL, Le Meridien, and the recently opened Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur. The country is also anticipating the arrival of several world-class luxury hotels on its shores in the next few years such as The Regent Kuala Lumpur and The St. Regis.
Besides high-end hotels and resorts, Malaysia's spa scene has also, in recent years, rebranded itself to a position of exclusivity. The award-winning Spa Village brand by YTL is the epitome of a luxury spa retreat. Also worth mentioning is The Banjaran, a 5-star luxury hotsprings retreat situated in the state of Perak, as well as The Chateau Spa & Organic Wellness Resort in Bukit Tinggi, which is simply a must-visit for those craving for an ultimate pampering with royal treatment.
Many people would agree that luxurious holidays wouldn't be complete without indulging in a high-end luxury-shopping spree. Hence, the Starhill Gallery offers the rich and famous 'A Gallery of Rich Experiences' through some of the world's most exclusive brands and labels such as Audemars Piguet, Bvlgari, Tag Heuer, Vertu, M Missoni, Bottega Veneta, Chopard, Lanvin, Louis Vuitton, Omega, Chaumet, and Dior. Other retail establishments for luxury shopping include the award-winning Pavilion Kuala Lumpur and Suria KLCC.
The Johor Premium Outlets, Southeast Asia's first Premium Outlet Centers, which opened its doors in the country last year, also offers another opportunity for high-end shoppers to indulge in a luxury shopping spree.
Indeed, the country's shopping attractions have earned a place in the hearts of international tourists, especially through its three annual sale periods namely the 1Malaysia GP Sale in March, the 1Malaysia Mega Sale Carnival in June, and the 1Malaysia Year-End Sale in November.
In addition, it is also a duty-free shopping destination where aside from cars, glass & pyrex, cigarettes, alcohol and chocolates, all other products are tax exempted in the country.
Malaysia is also a prime choice for international world conferences and meetings as business tourism has become a dynamic developing sphere in the world today.
The country's growing appeal as a business tourism destination is contributed by various factors such as the availability of award-winning convention facilities, economic stability, strategic location, the country's diverse range of fascinating tourist destinations that are ideal for pre- and post-tours, as well as its unique and rich tapestry of cultures, customs and traditions.
For those who love Malaysia so much and intend to reside in the country, there is the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme, which offers them a Social Visit Pass with Multiple-Entry into the country for up to 10 years. With great weather, excellent healthcare system, and low cost of living coupled with high standard of living, the country is indeed the perfect combination of comforts and indulgences.
Various events and programmes are also taking place annually to cater to the needs and desires of the top-tier tourists who demand for quality services and the good life. They include the F1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix and the Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix; the 1Malaysia International Shoe Festival that aims to make Kuala Lumpur the Shoe City of Asia; and the 1Malaysia Contemporary Art Tourism Festival, which is a bold and innovative initiative to establish Malaysia as a hub for contemporary art in the region.
Other tourism attractions that embrace the concept of luxury include the country's parks & gardens tourism, helicopter tourism, and bicycle and motorbike tourism.
On 15 September this year, the country welcomed the opening of international theme park LEGOLAND in Johor, which is the first in Asia and one of only six in the world. The state of Johor is also scheduled to launch a few other theme parks this year such as Hello Kitty Town, Little Big Club and Lat themed attraction in Puteri Harbour, while 2014 will see the opening of Ocean Quest and Ocean Splash water parks in Desaru.
As the country moves towards 2020, Malaysia's tourism industry will be filled with many exciting and creative tourism products and services. This is in line with its aspiration to achieve its target of 36 million tourist arrivals and RM168 billion in receipts by the year 2020.
For golf holiday packages, golfing news, course directory, and tournaments & events, kindly visit the website of Malaysia Golf Tourism Association at www.mgta.com.my.


A 76-year-old Cheyenne man is dead after driving his vehicle into a train northwest of town.
The Wyoming Highway Patrol says David Petersen was headed northwest on Horse Creek Road around 10 p.m. on April 2, when he stopped for a northbound train at milepost 17.03.
For an unknown reason, possibly fatigue or a medical emergency, Petersen allowed his vehicle to roll forward into the side of the train, which was traveling about 45 mph.
The momentum of the train spun Petersen's vehicle clockwise and pushed it off of the road. The vehicle came to rest about 20 feet north of the road.
The engine of the train had already passed when the collision occurred, so the conductor and engineer were unaware of the incident and didn't stop the train.
It wasn't until 6:16 a.m. the next morning, nearly eight-and-a-half hours after the crash, that Petersen was found lying on the ground next to his vehicle. Petersen was unresponsive and was pronounced dead at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center.
The Patrol says an autopsy is being conducted to determine if Petersen died as a result of the collision or from exposure.