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David W. Guion (December 15, 1892, Ballinger, TexasOctober 17, 1981), Texan composer, was best known for his arrangements of cowboy tunes, African American spirituals, and original compositions often inspired by the soundscape of west Texas.

Early life
David Wendel Guion (some sources show him as David Wendel Fentress Guion) was born in Ballinger, Texas on December 15, 1892 to John I. and Armour Fentress Guion. Guion began to play the piano at an early age. He was intrigued by the cowboys, former cattle drivers, who worked on his father's ranch, and also by the spirituals that he heard whenever a family servant brought him to the services of an African-American church. As a young boy, he was sent by train each Saturday to San Angelo, where he took piano lessons with Charles Finger, who later became a prolific author and literary magazine editor. In the fall of 1907 he studied at the Whipple Academy in Jacksonville, Illinois, after which he continued his studies in Fort Worth at Polytechnic College (now Texas Wesleyan University) under Wilbur MacDonald. After MacDonald's death in 1912, Guion went to Vienna, where he studied at the Imperial Academy of Music with Leopold Godowsky until the spring of 1914. Returning to Texas, Guion taught piano at Daniel Baker College (now Howard Payne University) in Brownwood, and also turned his attention to composition. One of his first major successes, a virtuosic arrangement of "Turkey in the Straw", was performed by many famous pianists, most notably Percy Grainger.

From pianist to cowboy-composer
After Guion's father died in 1920, the family left Ballinger and moved to Dallas. Guion's father, John Isaac Guion II, was the son of a Mississippi governor (John I. Guion), and served as President of the Board of Directors at A&M College (now Texas A&M University), where Guion Hall was built in his honor. In the following decade, David Guion taught at Southern Methodist University, various private music schools in Dallas, Chicago Musical College, and in summer programs at Estes Park, Colorado. He won first prize in rodeos at Estes Park and Cheyenne, Wyoming. Guion was married briefly to Marion Ayers, daughter of the owner of a Dallas department store.

Fame on Broadway and on the radio
In 1930 at the Roxy Theater in New York City, Guion starred in the cowboy show Prairie Echoes, featuring several of his cowboy songs, including his own version of "Home on the Range". It was Guion's arrangement that transformed "Home on the Range" from a little-known cowboy tune to one of the most famous and popular of all western songs, proclaimed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as his own favorite. Guion did two series of weekly radio shows featuring his own music exclusively: Hearing America with Guion (June–September 1931) and David Guion and Orchestra (January–March 1932). These programs, which were carried across the country in a coast-to-coast hookup, contributed to the vogue for singing cowboys that continued on radio and television through the 1940s and early 1950s. Guion's ballet Shingandi, originally written for two pianos but later orchestrated by Ferde Grofé and introduced by Paul Whiteman's orchestra in November 1931 both in a live concert and in a nationwide radio broadcast, is one of the most significant American dramatic works in the style of primitivism. Concluding his two-year stay in New York, Guion returned to Dallas in the summer of 1932. Theodore Kosloff choreographed Shingandi and gave the work its first performance as a ballet in 1933.

Later career
Guion's "My Cowboy Love-Song" was the theme for the show Cavalcade of Texas, which ran for six months as part of the Texas Centennial Exposition in 1936. His mother died later that year, after which Guion largely retired from public life, moving to an estate that he called "Home on the Range" along Pohopoco Creek in the Poconos in Pennsylvania. He lived here until 1965, when his property was condemned for a dam to be constructed along the creek to create Beltzville Lake.

The first week of February 1950 was declared David Guion Week and was celebrated with numerous performances across Texas. Climaxing this celebration was a ceremony at Howard Payne University in which Guion received an honorary doctorate. That same year he received a commission from the Houston Symphony Orchestra to write the fourteen-movement Texas Suite, which contains several newly composed pieces along with orchestrations of some of his previous works.

Returning from Pennsylvania to Dallas, Guion lived the rest of his life in the same house that had belonged to his mother. He died in Dallas on October 17, 1981 and was buried in his hometown of Ballinger.

Compositions
Among the approximately 200 works by David Guion (some of which are arrangements of folk songs and African-American spirituals) are:

Piano works
"The Arkansas Traveler"
"The Harmonica-Player"
"Minuet"
"Sheep and Goat"
"Turkey in the Straw"
"Valse Arabesque"
"The Texas Fox Trot" (1915)

Songs for voice and piano
"All Day on the Prairie" (1930)
"At the Cry of the First Bird"
"The Bold Vaquero"
"Embers"
"Home on the Range"
"How Dy Do, Mis' Springtime"
"I Talked to God Last Night"
"Mary Alone"
"My Cowboy Love-Song"
"Nobody Knows de Trouble I Sees"
"De Ol' ark's a-Moverin'"
"Prayer"
"Some o' These Days"
"They've Taken My Lord Away" (1974)
"The Crucifixion"
Two Songs of the South: "Little Pickaninny Kid" "Greatest Miracle of All" (G. Schirmer copyright 1919)

Ballets
Mother Goose
Shingandi

Orchestral works
Prairie Suite
Texas Suite

References
Dick, James, "Guion, David Wendel." The Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association.

Primary sources
David Guion Collection, Crouch Fine Arts Library, Baylor University.
David Guion Collections, Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
David Guion Collection, International Festival-Institute, Round Top, Texas.
David Guion, My Memoirs (unpublished), 1975. The Southwest Collection, Texas Tech University.

External links
Dick, James. "Guion, David Wendel." The Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association.
David Wendell Guion Collection and Addition to the Collection at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin
Thompson, Bill. David W. Guion (resource page)
Midi version of "Texas Fox Trot"
Cylinder recording of "Texas Fox Trot" by Jaudas' Society Orchestra, 1918

People from Ballinger, Texas
Musicians from Dallas
1892 births
1981 deaths
American male classical composers
American classical composers
20th-century classical composers
Texas Wesleyan University alumni
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna alumni
Southern Methodist University faculty
20th-century American composers
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Investment of pension fund assets in FBN equities: Leadway didn't breach our regulations, PenCom clarifies
CenturyPost Send an email November 22, 2021
PenCom DG Mrs. Aisha Dahir-Umar
The Commission's attention has been drawn to several publications in the media alleging breach of its Regulation on investment of pension fund assets by Leadway Pensure Ltd, a licensed Pension Fund Administrator (PFA), in the equities of FBN Holdings Plc.
The National Pension Commission has debunked allegations that its regulation has been breached in the investment of pension fund assets by Leadway Pensure Ltd in the equities of FBN Holdings Plc.
It stated categorically that the allegations were not correct and must have been made based on the lack of understanding of the Investment regulation it issued.
"For the avoidance of doubt, the Commission wishes to clarify that the equity investments in FBN Holdings made by Leadway Pensure Ltd on behalf of the pension funds under its
management are in the name of the pension fund and belong to the RSA holders.
"Therefore, the equity investments in FBN Holdings Plc as stated in (1) above, cannot be appropriated or classified
as shareholdings of any related party to the PFA.
PenCom further clarified that Leadway Pensure Ltd is not in breach of the Investment Regulation by investing pension funds in the equities of FBN Holding Plc.
"Records which can be confirmed from the Securities and Exchange Commission show that the equity investments in FBN Holdings Plc are in the name of the Pension Fund on behalf of the RSA holders.
"Pension fund assets are managed by licensed PFAs and held in custody by Pension Fund Custodians (PFCs)
on behalf of Retirement Savings Account holders and other beneficiaries of the Contributory Pension scheme
(CPS), in line with the provisions of the Pension Reform Act 2014 (PRA 2014).
"Section 69 (b) of PRA 2014 stipulates that the PFA and PFC shall take reasonable care that the management
or custody of the pension funds is carried out in the best interest of the retirement savings account holders.
Therefore, all investments made by licensed PFAs in eligible securities and corporate entities are "ring-fenced" and belong to the RSA holders and other pension beneficiaries. Accordingly, these pension assets cannot be appropriated directly or indirectly to any individual or related party of the PFA.
c. The provisions of Section 6.1(iii) of the Investment Regulation dealing with conflict of interest, stipulate that
"The PFA or any of its agents are prohibited from investing Pension Fund Assets in the shares or any other
securities, issued through public or private placement arrangements, by related party/person of any
shareholder of the PFA."
Related persons/party as defined in Section 1.10 of the Investment Regulation "includes natural persons related by blood, adoption or marriage; legal entities one of which has control or
significant influence over the other, or both of which are controlled by some other person or entity; a corporate
entity where any of the aforementioned holds 5% or more beneficial interest; and any other relationship that can be reasonably construed as related persons or parties."
6. In view of the foregoing, the Commission reiterates that there was no breach of its Investment Regulation
whatsoever and invites the general public to be guided accordingly.
7. The Commission restates its commitment to fulfilling its regulatory and supervisory functions as well as ensuring the safety of pension assets and the soundness of the Pension Industry.
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Already popular in the commercial sector and growing in popularity in the domestic field, metal proves to be a great type of roofing material as it is long lasting, energy efficient and durable. However, despite all these benefits, there are some misconceptions circulating about metal roofs, and we're going to uncover some of those myths in this article to give you a more rounded view of metal roofs!
The most popular misconception about metal roofing is how they can be extremely loud when it rains. This is a complete myth and in fact, they silence any noise created from the elements such as rain, hail, sleet etc. If insulated correctly with the addition of special sound deadening underlays, they can actually be a lot quieter than other roofs such as an asphalt shingle roof.
Firstly, it is very uncommon that lightning will ever strike a building. Lightning strikes whatever object it comes into contact with first, which is more likely to be the highest point in the area such as a tree, pole or anything other tall object.
In terms of material, metals do conduct electricity, but lightning is not especially attracted to metal so this should not cause reason for concern. However, if you are in doubt then you can fit a lightning conductor for peace of mind.
Many people worry whether a metal roof will make their homes colder. The simple answer to this is no, it will not. As long as the correct insulation and vapour barriers are used where required then your metal roof should do quite the opposite and actually help insulate your home, keeping it warmer and more comfortable during the colder months of the year, as well as keeping your heating bills down.
If you need to have access to your roof in order to clear your guttering systems out for instance, then you can walk on your metal roof, just as you can any other roof. However, we always advise caution and recommend consulting the company who installed your roof before you go ahead, just in case there are any special instructions to follow or things you should be aware of.
Most metal roofs have a Class 4 rating, meaning it has tested by a 2-inch steel ball being thrown at it in the same spot, twice, and the roof failed to break or even crack. So long as you have a strong decking, you don't have to worry about potential damage from hail or any heavy rainfall, snow or any other extreme weather type.
This may have been true for older style metal roofs, but today's modern roofing systems are built to last. Steel metal roofing is coated in either a combination of zinc and aluminium or just zinc on its own. This coating acts as a barrier against any rusting, so you can still enjoy the benefits of a pristine looking metal roof which will last 2-3 times longer than a non-metal roof.
The only exception to this is when migrant rust can occur. However this only happens when metal cutting is carried out in the vicinity and the dust settles and is rained upon.
So now we've revealed the most common metal roofing misconceptions that seem to be floating around, you don't have to worry about any of these standing in the way between you and your brand new metal roof!
If you're in need of a new roof, either for a commercial or a domestic property, then why not get in touch with the metal roof specialists at JTC Roofing today. We can provide you with a high quality metal roof that will last you well and improve the look of your property. Simply get in touch with our team today for more information and advice.


Kilikili, which in Kannada translates as the warbling laughter of a child, is a registered Trust formed by parents of children with special needs with the aim of creating inclusive play spaces that are accessible to all children, regardless of their ability. Kilikili has been partnering with the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (the Muncipal Authority in Bangalore), volunteers, parent groups, residents associations, disability organisations, special schools and community groups since 2006 towards inclusion in public play spaces. Six public play spaces in India have been made inclusive: Bangalore, supported by the BBMP: Coles Park (Frazer Town), Gayatri Devi Park (Rajajinagar) and M. N. Krishna Rao Park (Basavangudi); Mangalore, with the Mangalore Municipal Corporation and a citizens' group; Mumbai, with Hope Foundation, a parents' group, and Nagpur, with ESAF, an NGO working to build child friendly cities. The impact of the initiative has been seen at various levels. It continues to aid in developmental growth of children with disabilities, fosters awareness in typically growing children and communities, thereby breaking barriers, instills joy and comfort in parents, and inspires other groups to towards similar initiatives in the walk towards a more inclusive society.


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Stephan Schmidheiny, asbestos billionaire murder trial underway
Written By mediavigil on Wednesday, March 02, 2022 | 9:59 PM
The report below is about the murder trial of asbestos billionaire Stephan Schmidheiny for 8 death of eight persons in Naples. It has been written by attorney Laura D'Amico representing AFeVA, the association of asbestos victims and their relatives. The trial is nearing its conclusion.
translation by Vicky Franzinetti (English)
The closing arguments started today at the Naples Court of Assizes in the trial where Stephan Schmidheiny stands accused of voluntary murder of eight workers and citizens of Bagnoli (just outside the city) where one of Eternit spa Italian plants was. Such a small number of plaintiffs is tank to the previous trial with the Judge of the preliminary hearing in Turin (aka GUP) who decided to turn the Turin PP's indictment of voluntary murder into manslaughter which meant a lot of the cases fell under the statute of limitations [The Naples Court of Assizes, as the Novara one decided to reinstate the count of voluntary murder].
The Prosecution spoke for about 5 hours touching upon the evidence gathered on the hygiene and environmental conditions in the plant, the diagnosis of each case and the causal link between death due to mesothelioma and the defendant's lack of measures that would have avoided the damage to the citizen and workers' health.
The wilfulness or intention of the defendant, who had foreseen the possibility of deaths, became clear when presenting the false information circulated to quell the increasing concerns in the media, by the trade Unions and the Authorities, foreseeing and imposing his will on the top management of the company to follow a protocol of answers aimed at manipulating public opinion and free himself of any responsibility and liability. The Prosecution asked for a 23 year and 10 month sentence. The plaintiffs closing arguments then started, including the Casale Monferrato Afeva's. On March the 23rd the defence and then the verdict.
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Venero-Velez, I M.. "Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosol Laboratory." Puerto Rico, 2015.
Venero-Velez, I M., O. L. Mayol-Bracero, and J Anderson. Composition and Morphology of Major Particle Types from Airborne Measurements during ICE-T and PRADACS Field Studies In 33rd PUERTO RICO INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENTIFIC MEETING 48th JUNIOR TECHNICAL MEETING. Universidad del Turabo, Gurabo, PR, 2013.
Vila, C. P., A. R. Ruiz, S. Raizada, C. Tepley, F. Zurcher, I M. Venero-Velez, and O. L. Mayol-Bracero. Aerosol Optical Thickness in the Presence and Absence of African Dust using AERONET and Microtops II Sunphotometers In Puerto Rico Louis Stokes' AMP Junior Technical Meeting. University of Puerto Rico, Carolina, PR, 2012.
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Venero-Velez, I M., O. L. Mayol-Bracero, and J Anderson. Composition and Morphology of Major Particle Types from Ground-Based and Aircraft Platforms during ICE-T and PRADACS Field Studies In Puerto Rico Louis Stokes' AMP Junior Technical Meeting. University of Puerto Rico, Carolina, PR, 2012.
Ruiz, A., S. Raizada, C. Tepley, F. Zurcher, I M. Venero-Velez, and O. L. Mayol-Bracero. Aerosol Optical Thickness in the Presence and Absence of African Dust using AERONET and Microtops II Sunphotometers In 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU. San Francisco, Calif., 2011.
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Q: after kernel-upgrade: missing keyboard events After a kernel upgrade (3.19 to 4.4) key map of my keyboard mouse buttons was partially broken.
While others still work as intended, the middle button just fires after key release (then both keydown and keyup).
Tested:
sudo cat /dev/input/event22
sudo evtest /dev/input/event22
sudo showkey

Suggestions? Is there a way to go to a deeper layer than "/dev/input/event22"?

A: Finally I got a working solution:
sudo cat /dev/usb/hiddev0 | hexdump

did capture the keydown/keypress event!
I didn't dive into the hiddev API, but recognized counter prefixes and repeating suffix values per line. Since they don't differ between keydown and keyup I implemented a toggle function in python (needs read permissions to /dev/usb/hiddev0):
import os
import time
import pyautogui as pa

DEVPATH = "/dev/usb/hiddev0"
BTNHEX = "F200A0FF00000000" # first/unique hex value of ThinkPad middle button
NEWKEY = "ctrlleft" # mapping target

def byteToHex(byteStr):
  return "".join(["%02X" % ord(b) for b in byteStr]).strip()

def waitForPathExists(DEVPATH):
  while not os.path.exists(DEVPATH): time.sleep(0.5)

def watchHandleDev(dev, isPressed):
  byteStr = os.read(dev, 8)
  currentHex = byteToHex(byteStr[:8])
  if currentHex == BTNHEX:
    pa.keyUp(NEWKEY) if isPressed else pa.keyDown(NEWKEY)
    return not isPressed
  return isPressed

def handleDevUnavailable(dev):
  print "device '%s' not readable, waiting" % DEVPATH
  os.close(dev)
  waitForPathExists(DEVPATH)
  print "device '%s' found, reopening" % DEVPATH
  return os.open(DEVPATH, os.O_RDONLY)

def main():
  dev = os.open(DEVPATH, os.O_RDONLY)
  isPressed = False
  while True:
    try:
      isPressed = watchHandleDev(dev, isPressed)
    except OSError, err:
      print "err", err
      if err.errno == 5: dev = handleDevUnavailable(dev)

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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- To a lot of writers, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has been a rock star. To me, he's always seemed more like a very proficient plumber.
I don't mean that in a bad way. Plumbers can be useful technicians when you need an expert who knows how keep the toilet from backing up. Dimon made his way to the top, in part, because he was a guy who did his homework, crunched the numbers, and made it his business to understand, well, the pipes and connections inside a securities firm.
Now he's got a $2 billion problem that's making me wonder if he's even all that good at the detail work that's made him Wall Street's most-cooed-over magazine cover boy.
That glitch would be the $2 billion loss announced Thursday, when the world learned that a JPMorgan hedging strategy had gone haywire, the result, in Dimon's words, of "errors, sloppiness and bad judgment" by his underlings. It was a whiplash-inducing turnaround from what he'd said only a month before. On April 13, when questioned during a quarterly conference call about reports of a JPMorgan "whale" who had made large credit-default swap bets, Dimon sniffed that it was all "a tempest in a teapot."
We could easily forgive Dimon and his firm for messing up in an area that so many others have messed up in before, if only Dimon hadn't made it his business to be Wall Street's noisiest critic of the Volcker Rule section of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
Dimon told Fox News in February that Paul Volcker, namesake of the rule that seeks to rein in speculative investments by banks, is a guy who -- ahem -- doesn't understand capital markets. And he poked fun at the Volcker proposal for its discussion of whether a bank trader's "intent" was to do risky proprietary trading or market making, which Volcker allows. Under the rule, "we have to have a lawyer, a compliance officer, a doctor to see what their testosterone levels are, and a shrink," he said.
His Wall Street pals have no doubt been happy to have Dimon doing the heavy public relations lifting to fight the Volcker Rule's hateful restrictions. But you've got to wonder how they're feeling about their Volcker-bashing colleague today. Ripple effects of the news swept through financial stocks, with Goldman Sachs losing as much as 4.5% and Morgan Stanley down 5.8%. JPMorgan shares tumbled as much as 9.9%.
As financial shares are falling, Dimon's reputation is taking a big hit too. But the question is whether he'll successfully summon his formidable PR skills to recover. He has, up to now, been a darling of the financial press, even making the cover of The New York Times magazine in December 2010 for his standing as "America's Least-Hated Banker." Don't strain your brain to try to think of the last time that the least-hated anything was deemed worthy of 8,000 words, because Dimon has special status. The story noted that he puts "a rare emphasis on transparency" at the bank. And that he has been an exception to the rule among Wall Street's leaders because of his "radar for trouble." Uh-huh.
Adoring reporters have sung his praises as far back as 1996, when Dimon was hailed as "Smith Barney's Whiz Kid" on the cover of Business Week. Dimon "does the behind-the-scenes grunt work to make it succeed," the story gushed of Smith Barney's CEO. Testimony to his masterful PR is that nowhere in that 3,000 word story was there so much as a mention of the stunning, headline-grabbing sexual-harassment lawsuit against Smith Barney known as "The Boom-Boom Room" case that had been filed only five months before.
That is not to say, though, that Dimon is not sensitive to discrimination. He took to Smith Barney's in-house squawk-box system a month after that "whiz kid" cover story to assure the troops that the firm was "committed to equal employment opportunity," though he was careful to add that those efforts would be based on meritocracy. And he noted that the vulgar branch manager who'd been in charge of the Garden City, N.Y., office known as the "Boom-Boom Room" was put on a leave of absence after an investigation and "soon after retired." In classic have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too style, Dimon added that "the retirement had nothing to do with the lawsuit whatsoever." So he brought up the retirement because ...?
You can't really blame an executive who figures out how to wring every drop of good press out of his every accomplishment, right down to getting kudos for being the least-hated best of a despised batch. What has been offensive to watch, though, has been how aggressive Dimon has been in defending the banks after taxpayers paid the bill for the financial crisis. He told Charles Gasparino of Fox News in January that banks should not be taking blanket blame. "I don't like that," he said. "I think that's just a form of discrimination that should be stopped." Would somebody send an urgent memo to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on this?
Whether Dimon bounces back or becomes Wall Street's new Lloyd Blankfein won't be clear until enough time has gone by to know if JPMorgan's losses are limited to what we learned about this week. One bet I'd put money on in the meantime: It's going to be a very good summer for the crisis-communications biz.
Susan Antilla is a freelance writer and columnist at Bloomberg View.


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Alissa White-Gluz (n. 31 iulie 1985 în Montreal, Quebec, Canada) este o cântăreață canadiană de metalcore, vocalistă a formației melodic death metal Arch Enemy. Ea a devenit cunoscută ca solistă și membră fondatoare a formației heavy metal The Agonist.

Cariera

Discografie

Cu The Agonist
Once Only Imagined (14 august 2007 Century Media Records)
Lullabies for the Dormant Mind (23 februarie 2009 Century Media Records)
Prisoners (4 iunie 2012 Century Media Records)

Cu Arch Enemy
War Eternal (2014)
Will to Power(2017)

Apariții ca invitată
Kamelot - Silverthorn (octombrie 2012 SPV/Steamhammer, King)
Delain - The Human Contradiction (aprilie 2014 Napalm Records)

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Alissa White-Gluz a fost aleasă de multiple ori ca una din "cele mai bune tipechicks din metal" de către Revolver Magazine.

În 2006, White-Gluz a apărut la Canadian Idol cântând un cover pentru piesa Bohemian Rhapsody de Queen. În ianuarie 2012, White-Gluz a a apărut ca antrenoare la un episod din Made la MTV.

Activism
Ca o activistă declarată pentru drepturile animalelor, Alissa a primit premiul Libby de la PETA pentru poziția sa dintr-o campanie internațională unde a pledat împotriva vânătorii de foci din Canada. Alissa White-Gluz este vegană începând cu anul 1998.

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Nașteri în 1985
Nașteri pe 31 iulie
Canadieni în viață
Cântărețe canadiene
Cântărețe rock
Muzicieni heavy metal
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I haven't written lately for a few reasons. First of all, my life is so mundane right now that it practically bores me to tears just to think about it, much less write about it. And secondly, I feel more and more like some sort of primal mammal that just wants to flee from the herd and gestate in peace and isolation.
Yes, I am still nauseated. No, I don't want to discuss it. There is really nothing else to say. The only way out of this is through.
I remember one day in January, probably after I'd thrown up about 7 times before 1 in the afternoon, suddenly all I could think about was the kitchen at the field station in Nicaragua. How it was always warm and full of activity and how after a long and exhausting day of walking through the forest, I would go in there to slice up fruit to take out with me the next day. The women who worked in the kitchen quickly caught on to how much I loved cantaloupe, or "melón" as it was called in Spanish. On at least one occasion, Doña Argentina saved a melón for me if we were running low—hiding it away from the usual assortment of fruits that they used to make snacks or smoothies for the tourists. Even in my current state of nausea, I could see myself standing there, slicing up melón at the rustic counter, packing as much of it as would fit into my Tupperware container, and putting it in the refrigerator to take out to the forest with me the next morning. Melón was the perfect thing to eat during the dry season. It was cool and refreshing and hydrated me better than water for some reason. The only drawback was that when the temperature soared into the 90's by 8am, it didn't take long for the melón to get warm and mushy and rather unappealing. Usually it didn't matter though. By that point I'd been up for a good 4 hours and would have just about eaten my whole stash—which made for many long, hot, hungry hours until dinner that evening.
I remembered all these things and thought… if I could just be in Nicaragua again, where it was warm all the time and there was always cantaloupe. Maybe Leda or Reina or Doña Argentina would take care of me and even if I didn't feel better, at least I wouldn't feel so cold or be so alone all the time. When I finally roused myself to go to the grocery store, I remember walking through the aisles with my arm over my nose and mouth (to lessen the smell of food) and with my head down, because even the sight of most foods would send the contents of my stomach to the back of my throat. In the produce section, there was a small display of cantaloupe. It was ridiculously out of season and overpriced. I stood there for a long time contemplating whether I should get one or not, and finally I did. When I came home, I sliced it open. The rind was thick. The flesh was almost white. When I ate a bite of it, it was hard and tasted like fertilizer and pesticides. I felt like crying. I said to Fig, just hold on. Just hold on until the summer when it is warm and there will be cantaloupe and it will be delicious and we won't feel sick anymore and we will be able to eat it then.
We've made it thus far. There is cantaloupe in the grocery stores again, and even though it's still not in season here, it is good. They have this kind at Meijer right now called Honey Rock; they are huge melons, so sweet and good. When I first brought one home and tried it, I almost cried it was so good. I have to ration myself or I could seriously eat an entire melon in one sitting (or just while I'm standing at the counter slicing it up). I've been waiting for this since January. With the warm weather and cantaloupes available, it's still not necessarily easy, but it definitely helps. I suppose eventually even cantaloupe will make me feel sick—the general pattern seems to be that I'll find one thing that tastes good for a while but at some point I won't be able to eat it, smell it, or even think about it again. So I figure out something else and move onto the next thing.
Less than 3 months to go.
YOU could never be boring. You are so adorable, cute, smart, funny. I'm so sorry you are having such a hard time.
Hang in there, these last couple of months will FLY.
and if you can keep a secret...I've eaten an entire melon at one setting on more than ONE occasion. Anyway, when you're pregnant, YOU'RE THE BOSS! You get to eat whatever you want and as much as you want. That's the RULE!!!
We love you. It's going to all be worth it, you'll be happy again very soon. I can't wait!


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"His Car Is His Pride": Ode to a World War I Ambulance
Even before the United States entered World War I, some young men signed up with the volunteer ambulance corps, which recruited college students and recent graduates to serve on the French and Italian fronts. Among them were such later famous writers as e. e. cummings, Dashiell Hammett, John Dos Passos, and Ernest Hemingway. Not surprisingly, many of these former ambulance drivers later wrote about their experiences in memoirs and novels. In this passage, from a book-length memoir, Robert Whitney Imbrie wrote in a humorous vein of the bond of affection and loyalty between an ambulance driver and his car.
It is difficult for one who had not led the life to appreciate just what his car means to the ambulancier. For periods of weeks, mayhap, it is his only home. He drives it through rain, hail, mud and dust, at high noon on sunshiny days, and through nights so dark that the radiator cap before him is invisible. Its interior serves him as a bedroom. Its engine furnishes him with hot shaving water, its guards act as a dresser. He works over, under and upon it. He paints it and oils it and knows its every bolt and nut, its every whim and fancy. When shrapnel and shell éclat fall, he dives under it for protection. Not only his own life, but the lives of the helpless wounded entrusted to his care depend on its smooth and efficient functioning. Small wonder then that his car is his pride. You may reflect on an ambulancier's mechanical knowledge, his appearance, morals, religion, or politics, but if you be wise, reflect not on his car. To him, regardless of its vintage or imperfections, it is not only a good car, it is the best car. No millionaire in his $10,000 limousine feels half the complacent pride of the ambulance driver when, perhaps after days of travel, he has at last succeeded in inducing it to"hit on four" and with its wobbly wheel clutched in sympathetic hands he proudly steers its erratic course.
Source: Robert Whitney Imbrie,Behind the Wheel of a War Ambulance, (New York: Robert McBride & Co., 1918), pp. 14–15.
See Also:"This Is How It Was": An American Nurse in France During World War I
Gas and Flame in World War I: The New Weapons of Terror
"Bombed Last Night": Singing at the Front in World War I
Hot Chocolate: A World War I "Canteen Girl" Writes Home
"No Negroes Allowed": Segregation at the Front in World War I


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I had the pleasure this week of both reviewing Jenny Pattrick's latest novel Heartland and interviewing Jenny about her writing. Jenny Pat trick is one of New Zealand's best known novelists. Her first book The Denniston Rose launched her career and she continues to tell amazing stories apparently with ease. I aspire to write that well. You can read about my review of her book here and my interview here.


On Friday I stated that the market was oversold and I was looking for the market to rally 200-400 points over the next couple days. Today the market rallied 237 points and the S&P 500 was up 30 points. I said I was looking at the big ETFs such as SPY, SSO, and QQQ because I thought they were the best bet for an oversold rally. Going forward into the end of the year I think the market will continue upward with some backing and filling along the way. At year's end I am expecting low-mid single digit gains in the DOW and Russell 2000, the S&P 500 to be up 3-8%, and for the NASDAQ to be up high single digits or low double digits.
I do see a slowdown worldwide. Even with all the stimulus the United States GDP is only 2-2.5%. China cut interest rates a couple weeks ago. I believe this slowdown will have a big impact on the market going into 2016. If I was a long term investor I would be looking to take money off the table at the end of the year and look for a good opportunity to reenter in 2016. I am not one to ride it out and hope for the best.
On Friday oil closed below the key level of 41.74. I now have a sell signal for oil on both the daily and weekly charts. Today oil pushed down to the low 40 level and then rallied with the market towards the end of the day. I am looking for a bounce up to the 44.50-46.50 range for a good shorting opportunity. I am waiting to see if oil can get an overbought condition on the daily chart.
Gold is dead money. At one point today gold traded up to 1091 when the markets were selling off overnight before fading and closing around the 1083 level. I am looking for an oversold bounce on gold. Once the oversold condition is worked off I will be looking for a pattern to set up.


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no, I meant that because Germany blocked Nordstream 2, I don't see how Gazprom would have to pay a penalty fee.
A desire to produce conclusions that please policy-makers is a known challenge and a risk of bias amongst senior intelligence officers in most intelligence apparati the world over. The US is no different.
You're welcome. I'm sure you realize that such a risk doesn't demonstrate that the experts listed and cited on this thread are biased and incompetent, or that their post-fact analysis is comparable to the uncertainties of untested pre-fact intel.
You're conflating known failures in pre-fact intel (preceding ISG discovery of non-significant WMD stockpiles in Iraq) with post-fact hypothesization of a possible cause
I don't follow. You seem to be shifting the "fact" from "no weapons in Iraq" to "discovery of no weapons" to make your point.
Intel on "Russia invades Ukraine" would be pre-fact before Feb 24 and post-fact afterwards. This is a usage I understand.
"Iraq has no WMD" was always a fact, what you call fact ("ISG discovery") is simply the procurement of incontrovertible evidence that the US would accept, having rejected the pre-war testimony of the UN weapons inspectors. In the sense that "pre-fact" means "pre-evidence", we're at the same stage with regard to who caused the Nordstream damage.
The report format is usually such that it allows us viewers/readers to determine for ourselves whether the conclusions made by the analysts are warranted, an over-reach or unnecessarily muted given the level of intelligence they're basing them on.
Yes. Your news clips don't.
Kindly read again with thought. No shifting.
"Iraq has no WMD" was always a fact, what you call fact ("ISG discovery")
Not from an intelligence perspective. It was a conjecture just as its contraposition was. Also, to be precise, WMD was discovered but not on the significant scale the policy-makers insisted.
is simply the procurement of incontrovertible evidence that the US would accept, having rejected the pre-war testimony of the UN weapons inspectors. In the sense that "pre-fact" means "pre-evidence", we're at the same stage with regard to who caused the Nordstream damage.
You're now shifting the goal-posts by moving onto ontological fact and thereby evading the main argument. It's been obvious throughout this discussion we're discussing epistemological fact -- especially with regard to scientific and intelligence evidence.
That the big bang occurred has always been an ontological fact. But epistemologically it became a fact only in the 20th century. The pre-fact and post-fact argument discusses epistemological fact. And you haven't demonstrated errors in the argument.
My argument is they do to the unbiased and careful observer. And this is not stated to offend anyone.
From the same Moscow Times article of post #48:
One irony of the attack is that Russia's Gazprom potentially stands to benefit: it will no longer need to invent excuses not to supply Europe via Nord Stream 1. Now it can claim a force majeure, which will dramatically reduce the risk of compensation claims for non-delivered volumes. This logic, however, does not explain the damage caused to Nord Stream 2. On the other hand, the Nord Stream consortium companies and eventually Gazprom might even hope to collect some insurance for the damaged pipelines. Given that they already looked set to become a stranded asset, that would be far from the worst outcome for the giant company.
The pipelines demise may indeed help Gazprom, but I find it hard to believe this could be the main driver of the action.
A fact is independent of knowledge or opinion, not dependent on any observer. That someone becomes enlightened somehow makes no difference to whether a concept is a fact or not.
If the intelligence community has a different definition for fact, throw it out, it's not useful as it makes no distinctions that can't already be expressed and contradicts what those skilled in the language understand by the term.
Saw this article today. The claim is that a Russian Gazprom contractor had to finish the area of the pipeline that was damaged and may have preventatively set explosives at the time:
Gazprom brought in its own construction ships to complete work on a final section of the pipeline around the Danish island of Bornholm after US sanctions forced a Swiss contractor to pull out.
Last week's explosions, which ripped holes into at least three of the four pipelines that make up the two projects, occurred in the vicinity of where this construction work took place.
The suggestion was that Russia had sabotaged in recent days. But Andriy Kobolyev, who was CEO of Naftogaz up until 2021, told the Telegraph it could have been the result of explosive devices planted well in advance as a sort-of insurance measure.
He said that it was common practice in Soviet times to build explosives into key infrastructure in case it was captured in war.
"Knowing that many of these guys are ex-KGB, we shouldn't be surprised that they use this as a standard," said Mr Kobolyev, 44.
He said that all gas and oil pipelines are equipped with highly sensitive sensors that would normally detect any interference with the line once it is up and running.
"Even in Ukraine we have such sensors. Gazprom, with all its money, will have installed more sensitive ones of Nord Stream 2," he said, adding that such equipment is "sensitive enough to answer the questions we are asking."
But the noise of final construction work could have given the company the cover to place explosives on both Nord Stream 2 and the already operational Nord Stream 1, he believes.
"The most important thing to have is construction noise that you can use to hide your actions."
He added that he did not believe that Russia had planted explosives on any other infrastructure key to western Europe, saying that the consequences would be "too painful."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...am-pipelines-during-construction/ar-AA12yWlL?
Of course, this is coming from a Ukrainian guy, so who knows. But I assume someone could check and see if the claim about a Gazprom contractor working on this part of the pipeline is correct.
If the intelligence community has a different definition for fact, throw it out
This swayed me into explaining why I've decided to disengage from debating @LilWabbit . Since this is meta-discussion and doesn't concern pipeline explosions, I'll spoiler it so that those not interested in drama or epistemology can pass it by.
Spoiler: facts
It's been obvious throughout this discussion we're discussing epistemological fact
No, it hasn't.
Part of the reason for this is that you're making up your own terms. Google doesn't know "pre-fact intel" or "pre-fact intelligence", and there are some niche financial reports concerned with "pre-fact analysis", but they're referring to hard facts such as loan performance or exchange rates.
Likewise, Google does know "epistemological facts", but they're typically facts about epistemology. "Epistemic facts" are facts about what someone knows:
Metaepistemological realists at the very least accept that there are epistemic facts, and that these facts are not (non-trivially) mind-dependent. Thus, this means that, for the realist, when you say that you know that Paris is the capital of France, there is a fact of the matter—either you do or you do not know this
Source: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/metaepistemology/
However, neither usage quite matches yours. ( @FatPhil , maybe insist on @LilWabbit sourcing his terms.)
On the other hand, you have ignored the terminology I tried to introduce for your distinction ("pre-fact" vs. "pre-evidence"), which places the burden of the conversation on me: I'm supposed to follow your terminology while you ignore mine. Likewise, "Kindly read again with thought" is shifting the burden of discourse to me. It is also presumptuous.
Not only do you ignore my conversational leads, you impute meaning not in evidence, for example the "incompetence" that keeps coming up in your writing as if I had said this, when in fact I did not. It indicates to me either a lack of respect, or a lack of care in reading my posts that's well below the care you expect me to treat your writing with.
These properties of your discourse make conversing with you cumbersome and not fun for me, and due to the fact that it's not clear which parts you are making up on the go, ultimately fairly useless and frustrating. I've had the same experience with you in the past, and I don't much care about repeating it.
Thankfully, I don't have to.
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I've seen the claim before and commented on it here: https://www.metabunk.org/threads/baltic-pipeline-discussion.12685/post-280769
I think what the guy means is that the Danish section was finished last, not necessarily that exact spot; I tried to find the exact location where the pipeline was completed and gave up.
The fact of the matter is that there are two holes in Nordstream 1, not anywhere near the Nordstream 2 rupture, so associating these with the construction of Nordstream 2 seems not well supported?
It is true that Russia laid the final segment; the Swiss contractor Allseas who had laid the other parts quit due to US sanctions (see my linked post above).
may have preventatively set explosives at the time
so the question is, would Russia have thought in June/September 2021, "we're going to want to blow up this pipeline some day"? Why?
Why would they think this was a precaution and not an additional risk?
If they wanted to be able to stop Germany from receiving gas, all they had to do is shut it off.
A fact is independent of knowledge or opinion, not dependent on any observer.
Let's have another brief derail into semantics then, albeit it doesn't really change the intended meaning of "fact" in the least, and therefore has no bearing on the actual argument propounded.
...one view about facts is that to be a fact is to be a true proposition. On another, incompatible view, facts are what make true propositions true, or more generally, account for their truth.
Source: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/facts/
I was using "fact" in the former sense (epistemological, bolded) and not in the latter (ontological) sense. It's a very common usage even in ordinary parlance, albeit not the only one. When applied to observational descriptions (which are logical propositions) whereby we describe direct observations, the proposition "only non-significant WMD stockpiles were found in Iraq" is a true proposition which is dependent on observers, namely the investigators actually making the observation/finding. Not independent. This particular fact (true proposition) could not have been made before the investigation conducted by the observers indicated (implicitly by the terms 'were found') in the proposition. Leastways, not without a time machine.
As you and I have discussed earlier, in natural languages irrespective of culture, a word can have several different and even mutually incompatible meanings. The context usually reveals which meaning is intended. If the context earlier didn't, then I hope the above explanation clarifies the matter for good.
I'm not saying it makes a lot of sense and I guess I missed your post about it earlier. It was out there as one possible theory of many. It's strange that it seems every possible suspect that has a reason to want to do it, also has reasons not to.
How is it looking for you guys in Germany this winter? Actual gas shortages and shutoffs, or maybe put on sweater indoors and muddle through? I guess a mild winter might be welcome this year.
The German government's goal of filling the gas storage facilities to 95 percent by November 1 is now in jeopardy, Business Insider reported on Monday.
According to a Deutsche Bank report published by the news site, German households have to reduce gas consumption by at least 20 percent to get through the winter without shortages.
But the households have already increased their consumption in September compared to the last year, experts told the news site.
If German households reduce their gas consumption by 15 percent, the country will likely avoid shortages until early March, according to the experts.
But if the consumption drops by only 10 percent, gas storage facilities will be empty in February, experts said.
Source: https://www.trtworld.com/europe/germany-could-miss-gas-saving-targets-as-harsh-winter-looms-61339
@Mendel, for clarity:
You were using:
(1) US intelligence failures in Iraq which became apparent by means of observation of non-significant WMD stockpiles by investigators after the faulty intelligence conclusions had already been produced and relied upon;
To logically imply:
(2) An anti-Russian / US-exonerating bias compromising the experts cited by me on this thread because some of them are former US intelligence officers.
These experts, amongst many others, are hypothesizing Russia as the likeliest culprit of the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage which was, obviously, observed before positing any hypotheses.
These two are very different types of analysis where the first type did not benefit from direct observation and thereby adding an extra layer of uncertainty (i.e. likelihood of error) above and beyond the standard scientific uncertainties of the second type. The second type is closer to so-called basic research in science where we have an observed phenomenon first, followed by attempts to explain it with rival hypotheses while continuing to make more and better observations of the phenomenon in question.
Also, as already stated many times earlier, such a reasoning (i.e. you arriving from statement 1 to 2) invites the burden of proof on you to demonstrate that statement 1 logically implies, or even renders it very probable, that the cited experts in statement 2 are biased.
I will be waiting for your proof.
Thirdly:
Spoiler: Some more soap and drama
You've yet to acknowledge that your chief motive to question these experts is actually your own bias in favour of narratives that do not incriminate Russia, rather than your access to objective evidence, or sound logical proof, on these experts being biased.
To logically imply: ...
(1) is not a statement, it has no truth value. It's not even a sentence, it is a noun phrase ("US intelligence failures in Iraq") with a nonrestrictive relative clause (everything after that). A simple analogue: (1b) Apples, which contained maggots.
Something with no truth value cannot imply anything. Clarity not achieved.
Add "There were" to the beginning of statement 1 and "There is" to statement 2 if you think the whole schema falls apart because formalism wasn't properly (read: explicitly) adhered.
I don't.
The sabotage investigation is forging ahead. Some material has been seized by Säpo from the blast site which could determine those responsible.
Strengthened suspicions of gross sabotage in Baltic Sea
Published 6 October 2022
The Swedish Security Service's crime scene investigation of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines has now been completed. The investigation has strengthened the suspicions of gross sabotage.
The Security Service carried out the crime scene investigation, beginning this past weekend, with excellent support and cooperation from the Swedish Coast Guard, Armed Forces and Police Authority.
The crime scene investigation has shown that there have been detonations near Nord Stream 1 and 2, within the Swedish economic zone, resulting in extensive damage to the gas pipelines.
Certain seizures were made during the on-site investigation. The Swedish Security Service is continuously taking various measures in its investigation into these events. As part of this work, the seized material will now be processed and analysed. The continued investigation will show whether anyone can be suspected of, and later prosecuted for, this crime.
The investigation into the Nord Stream events is being conducted by the Swedish Security Service and is headed by a National Security Unit prosecutor. As the crime scene investigation has been completed, the prosecutor has lifted the cordons around the area.
The Swedish Security Service assesses the Baltic Sea incidents to be very serious, and is keeping a close eye on developments and taking the measures needed to fulfil our duty to protect Sweden and its security.
Source: https://www.sakerhetspolisen.se/ovriga-sidor/other-languages/english-engelska/press-room/news/news/2022-10-06-strengthened-suspicions-of-gross-sabotage-in-baltic-sea.html
Post detonation analysis of the energetic materials employed, assuming enough remnants/residue was found, should identify the explosive, or its chemical components. The same is true for casings, detonators, timers, batteries, etc. Explosive devices do not consume themselves entirely.
If this was "gross sabotage" committed by a nation state, that nation state would have known a forensic analysis of the damage would be undertaken. While I suspect the devices used were uniquely tailored for this application, I'd also suspect they were constructed with as much ubiquitous, C/OTS material and components as possible so as to not pinpoint a specific source of origin.
I'll go one further to suggest the responsible party, to the extent possible, might have constructed devices using components/materials identifiable from a source that would point the finger at an adversary or scapegoat. An explosive "false flag," if you will.
Bottom line, expect the Swedes to forensically identify "what" and "how," but identifying "who" will be inconclusive.... unless the perpetrating nation steps forward.
@LilWabbit While I agree with some of your points, I don't agree with others, and certainly don't understand why you accused some of us here of Russian propaganda and tribalism.
In order to try and understand your motivation, I have an side question for you.
What probability would you have assigned, at the start of the war, to the hypothesis that Iraq had WMDs?
[... did you assign ...]
We're lucky to have expertise of your calibre and experience on this thread.
Your argument for inconclusivity is very sound when it comes to determining 'the perpetrating nation' solely based on the 'source of origin' of the recovered C/OTS material and components.
But wouldn't you say there are also other variables to consider in conjunction with the analysis of the origins of the residue that, taken together, could give us the 'culprit'?
(1) The nature of the operation required to accomplish the sabotage given the nature of the residue;
(2) The timing and sequence of events involved in the execution of such an operation interpolated from the residue and the timing of the blasts;
(3) Followed by comparison of maritime traffic, nearby vessels, intel on deployment of known operatives and necessary capabilities & other evidence with the timing and sequence of events required for such an operation.
I was commenting only on the article you posted about the Swedes, but yes, there are bound to be a number of other investigative variables beyond just on site forensic findings. On top of those you suggested, there is satellite surveillance/tracking, SIGINT, undersea sensors, etc., but most of that spook stuff is well outside my bailiwick. What experience I had with those guys was all military aviation related. I learned you answer their questions, not ask them questions.
And thanks for the compliment. I try to limit comments to things I know about, or at least have experience with.
Here's a video from Danish military analyst Anders Puck Nielsen.
Source: https://youtu.be/hk-0qJXyido
First, he assumes that the pipeline explosions are part of the hybrid warfare surrounding the Ukraine conflict.
He then introduces Kilcullen's classification of hybrid warfare:
He classifies the pipeline attack as covert operation.
He notes that the attack had the effect of destabilizing European energy markets.
He proposes that if the US had wanted to disable the pipeline, they'd have chosen a clandestine operation instead and avoided this effect.
Secondly, he introduces prospect theory.
Spoiler: wikipddia on prospect theory
Consider two scenarios;
1.) 100% chance to gain $450 or 50% chance to gain $1000
2.) 100% chance to lose $500 or 50% chance to lose $1100
Prospect theory suggests that;
When faced with a risky choice leading to gains agents are risk averse, preferring the certain outcome with a lower expected utility (concave value function).Agents will choose the certain $450 even though the expected utility of the risky gain is higher
When faced with a risky choice leading to losses agents are risk seeking, preferring the outcome that has a lower expected utility but the potential to avoid losses (convex value function).Agents will choose the 50% chance to lose $1100 even though the expected utility is lower, due to the chance that they lose nothing at all
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospect_theory
He assumes that the pipeline sabotage is a big risk.
Because the West is winning the Ukraine conflict, and Russia is losing it, Russia should be more likely to choose this risk to maybe avert the loss.
I'm not really convinced by either argument. However, this seems similar to what @LilWabbit argued earlier, so here's a well-argued version of that.
I've met David Kilcullen in person and attended his seminars. A smart guy who knows what he's talking about.
what does "existence of operation unknown" mean? how do you disable a pipeline without the operation being detected?
Yeah, I wondered the same thing. A competent, capably equipped military force could disable the pipeline clandestinely without be detected or getting caught, but it seems to me the resulting disabling is going to destabilize Europen energy markets regardless of how it was done or by who.
Yeah, I wondered the same thing. A competent, capable military force could disable the pipeline clandestinely without be detected or getting caught, but it seems to me the resulting disabling is going to destabilize Europen energy markets regardless of how it was done or by who.
Contrive things so that they do not appear to have been a military operation, but merely one of those things that could happen naturally. So you avoid blasts, and consider more slow-acting insideous things like fatigue or rusting, or some other kind weakening that will increase the deleterious effects of natural wear-and-tear. Something that may not have its ultimate catastrophic results until 10^7 seconds have passed, rather than one sub-second blast.
I was only commenting on the theories and analysis presented by Anders Puck Nielsen, and subsequent posts regarding Nielsen's thoughts. That said, I think we'll know soon enough if this was sabotage or system failure. My money's on the former, but I've been wrong before.
The 'U.S. did it' conspiracy on popular American podcasts
There does seem to be a conspiracy theory growing, i.e., the USA did it.
Right-wing media Nord Stream conspiracy theories echo Russia
Right-wing media figures like Tucker Carlson have pushed speculative conspiracy theories about the Nord Stream pipeline explosions – echoing Russia's denial of any involvement
unfortunately we've been so saturated with "Russia did it" narratives here (and sometimes they did do it) that as soon as i hear "Russian disinfo" i think...eh. This is the medias fault really, not the governments per se.
That's why i was hoping someone will look up exactly what this ADM (ret) credentials are to make such a claim.
(and no, lil wabbit. I'm not a pinko, just a skeptic.)
As is typical following an event like this, conspiracy theories about who was responsible quickly proliferated online, with the Kremlin promoting a familiar trope: that the United States was responsible for a nefarious, clandestine plot. In official statements, state-backed media, and tweets, Kremlin messengers promoted the idea that the United States carried out the attack.
To track their spread and understand the role of state propaganda in such information, researchers typically examine posts on Twitter. But this only provides a partial view. In this case, as elsewhere, popular political podcasts served as an important, understudied, means through which Kremlin narratives reach American audiences.
Source: https://www.brookings.edu/techstream/u-s-podcasters-spread-kremlin-narratives-on-nord-stream-sabotage/
like people don't have brains and need Russia to tell them what to think. smh.
And I think "USA did it" is clearly silly, Biden does not have the ...
And I think "USA did it" is clearly silly
i havent heard anyone say "USA did it" i dont even see that claim on the hyperlink you provided.
do you still see that headline? (Im curious if headlines vary by country) i see:
U.S. podcasters spread Kremlin narratives on Nord Stream sabotage
Fox News interview with John Kirby, who has been serving as Coordinator for Strategic Communications at the Nation al Security Council in the White House since late May 2022:
"Did the U.S. or a proxy for the U.S. have anything to do with the explosion on the Nord Stream pipeline?" asked Baier after discussing other issues like China.
"The United States had nothing to do with it. That's just Russian propaganda and disinformation," Kirby replied, adding:
Now we know it was an act of sabotage, but there's an investigation going on right now. I don't think we're going to get into into credentialing that in terms of who was responsible. We're going to let the investigators take a look at that.
Source: https://www.mediaite.com/tv/bret-baier-clarifies-with-john-kirby-three-times-that-biden-didnt-blow-up-the-nord-stream-pipelines-day-after-tucker-carlson-declares-he-did/
(Post edited to include interview and delete reference to removed post, thanks you @deirdre for bringing it to my attention)
yea but absolute direct statements are different than not admitting it.


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Wilhelm Wattenbach (* 22. September 1819 in Rantzau, Holstein; † 20. September 1897 in Frankfurt) war ein deutscher Historiker und Paläograf.

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Nach dem frühen Tod des Vaters Paul Christian Wattenbach im Oktober 1824 zog die Mutter mit den Kindern nach Lübeck, wo Wattenbach bis Michaelis 1836 das Katharineum besuchte. Hier schloss er lebenslange Freundschaften mit den Schulkameraden Emanuel Geibel und den Brüdern Ernst und Georg Curtius, weswegen er zur Gruppe Jung-Lübeck gezählt wird. Wattenbach studierte Philologie an den Universitäten Bonn, Göttingen und Berlin. 1843 begann er seine Arbeit für die Monumenta Germaniae Historica (MGH).

Sein Hauptwerk waren Deutschlands Geschichtsquellen im Mittelalter bis zur Mitte des XIII. Jahrhunderts (1858), ein Leitfaden zu den Quellen der Geschichte des deutschen Mittelalters, der in mehreren Ausgaben erschien. Unter seiner Leitung entstand außerdem eine Neuarbeitung des Regestenwerks Regesta pontificum von Philipp Jaffé; diese zweite Auflage wird in der historischen Forschung bis heute genutzt. Er war Herausgeber der Reihe Die Geschichtschreiber der deutschen Vorzeit.

1852 bewies Wilhelm Wattenbach, dass das Privilegium Maius von 1358/59 – es machte die Regenten von Österreich zu Erzherzögen und stellte sie Kurfürsten gleich – eine Fälschung war. 1855 wurde er Archivar an der Universität zu Breslau, 1862 wurde er Professor für Geschichte in Heidelberg, elf Jahre später Professor in Berlin. Nach dem Tod Georg Waitz' führte er von 1886 bis zum Amtsantritt Ernst Dümmlers 1888 kommissarisch die Geschäfte des Präsidenten der MGH. Von herausragender Bedeutung für die Erforschung der Anfänge des deutschen Humanismus waren seine Studien zu Peter Luder in Heidelberg.

Auszeichnungen
 Königlicher Kronen-Orden (Preußen), 2. Klasse (1892)
 Bayerischer Maximiliansorden für Wissenschaft und Kunst (1896)

Schriften (Auswahl)
 Beiträge zur Geschichte der christlichen Kirche in Böhmen und Mähren. Wien 1849 (Volltext).
 Deutschlands Geschichtsquellen im Mittelalter bis zur Mitte des XIII. Jahrhunderts. Berlin 1858 (Volltext).
 Anleitung zur griechischen Palaeographie. Leipzig 1867 und 1895 (Volltext).
 Peter Luder, der erste humanistische Lehrer in Heidelberg. Karlsruhe 1869.
 Anleitung zur lateinischen Palaeographie. Leipzig 1869 und 1886 (Volltext).
 Das Schriftwesen im Mittelalter. Leipzig 1871; 3. Auflage ebenda 1896; Neudruck (deklariert als "4. Auflage") Graz 1958 (Volltexte).
 Geschichte des römischen Papsttums. Berlin 1876 (Volltext).

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Mittelalterhistoriker
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Archivar (Berlin)
Hochschullehrer (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg)
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Mitglied der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen
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Mitglied der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Mitglied der Accademia delle Scienze di Torino
Mitglied der Archäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin
Träger des Bayerischen Maximiliansordens für Wissenschaft und Kunst
Träger des Preußischen Königlichen Kronenordens 2. Klasse
Person (Lübecker Geschichte)
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Gestorben 1897
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Inside The Home Of Interior Designer Rachel Laxer
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Situated in the heart of St. John's Wood, Rachel's Georgian Townhouse is suitably nestled in one of London's exclusive boroughs. Inspired by her principle philosophy of "relaxed elegance", Rachel has fused chic style with carefully chosen art pieces.
Residing at the townhouse with her husband and two daughters, the talented creator is inspired by existing collections and exhibitions, vintage discoveries and bespoke creations, whilst also encompassesing comfort and functionality throughout all of her designs.
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Speaking of her design inspiration, Rachel said: "The core philosophy of my design practice is combining the practical, luxurious and unexpected.
"My artistic sensibility is derived from my various international work and life experiences. I strive to create unique interiors marked by meticulous bespoke design details, furnishings and functional art."
The talented designer previously worked at the investment firms of some of Wall Street's greatest traders, including the likes of Michael Steinhardt and George Soros.
Her dynamic career allowed her to travel the world but it was only when she relocated to Tokoyo with her family that her interest in design developed.
Inspired by the Japanese surroundings and relocating to the UK, she began working for renowned interior designer Kelly Hoppen, before setting up her own design studio in 2007.
Today, her work is often featured in some of the most renowned interior magazines, including House & Garden and Interiors Magazine.
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Synchronize two JDBC databases

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* Enable identity insert
* Disable constraints
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* Find only tables with primary key and partitionId columns
* Execute hash-query against source and destination DBs
* Detect row state as inserted, updated, deleted, or unchanged
* Get the actual row data for changed rows
* Bulk insert updated records
* Re-enable constraints when finished
* Sync everything from non-partitionId-having tables
* Delete
* Update
* Swing UI
* Filter on any number and type of fields
* Store settings in config file
* Per row progress indicator based on select count(*)
* Only re-enable constraints that were originally enabled
* Filters with "or", not just "and"
* Filter ignore tables from the count
* Set mininum transaction isolation level

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TODO
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* Tables to ignore in config file
* AD authentication (integrated if possible)
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* Post-build step in Jenkins (dbsync.sh, dbsync.properties, zip)

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Gazit Globe Ltd. has issued bonds to refinance the company
Gazit Globe Ltd. has raised funds to refinance the company for further development.
Gazit Globe, through its subsidiaries, acquires, develops, operates, and manages supermarket-anchored shopping centers in North America and Europe. In December 2016, the company owned and operated 426 properties with a gross leasable area of approximately 6.6 million square meters in 20 countries. Gazit Globe was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Oaklins' team in Israel advised Gazit Globe and acted as a member of the distributors' consortium.
Funding, debt advisory & ECM
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Rotem Shani has completed an IPO
Rotem Shani Ltd has completed an IPO to refinance and develop the company.
Mizrahi Tefahot has issued bonds worth US$125 million
Mizrahi Tefahot Issuing Company Ltd. has completed a fundraising to refinance and develop the company.
Bigtincan (ASX:BTH) has successfully raised funds via an institutional placement
Bigtincan Holdings (ASX:BTH) has successfully completed an institutional placement. The raising was completed alongside the recently announced acquisition of ClearSlide, a sales engagement technology platform leader with over 500 customers across three continents. Funds will also be used to support the acquisition integration, working capital and future growth of the company.


This week's selection of recommended shows includes: The Hayward Gallery's new touring drawing exhibition at St Albans Museum and Gallery; magic, ritual and witchcraft at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; and the inaugural exhibition at S1 Artspace's new gallery space at Sheffield's Park Hill estate.
The second a-n Assembly of 2018, taking place at Eastside Projects in Birmingham on 15 June, will explore the impact on artists, residents and arts organisations of the city's ambitions to grow and regenerate.
The artistic, social and political challenges of working on three ceramic art projects.
Reflections on ACW "Ideas: People: Places" programme which supports projects that "test new models of regeneration and collaboration through the arts".
The debate around gentrification and the role that artists play in this contested area is increasingly being discussed and debated by artists themselves. But, asks Anna Francis in a piece originally published by The Conversation, is it right to accuse artists who work with regeneration projects of being part of the problem?
Focusing on the impact, outcomes and future of the programme following three years of this major Arts Council England funded programme.
With its longstanding city-centre home about to undergo redevelopment, Rogue studio group has relocated to a former primary school building in the east of the city.
Explores the various approaches, impacts and outcomes of art and engagement found across the CPP programme.
The NewBridge Project is bidding farewell to its current home in Newcastle city centre with a month-long exhibition and events programme featuring over 80 artist studio holders.
Evaluation of 2016 edition based on responses of the Biennial's core audience, participating artists, staff, volunteers, and key stakeholders.
The Stove Network in Dumfries, Scotland has won the 'creative regeneration' category in this year's SURF Awards For Best Practice in Community Regeneration. Chris Sharratt reports.
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As many of the city's artists bemoan their exclusion from next year's UK City of Culture celebrations, Hull-based painter Paul Collinson looks beyond the 2017 spectacle and asks what the legacy will be for those living and working there.
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As the search continues for a new home to house Rogue Artists' Studios, Bob Dickinson visits a show of work by 11 of the building's 100-plus artists and asks where next for artists in Manchester's fast-changing city centre.


Before steel, there were cedar sheds and they are still in demand in the Australian market today.
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You can certainly add character to your home now with these products instead of settling for the standard steel sheds.
All products come with raw timber, natural state giving you the choice of finish.
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