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After seeing Becoming Dr. Ruth last week, I was even more intrigued by the real Dr. Ruth than before. Everyone knows Dr. Ruth Westheimer from her career as a pioneering radio and television sex therapist. Few, however, know the incredible journey that preceded it. From fleeing the Nazis in the Kindertransport and joining the Haganah in Jerusalem as a scout and sniper, to her struggles to succeed as a single mother coming to America. I recently asked her a few questions about the show, her life and more.
TCM: What is it like seeing yourself portrayed on stage in the city you love and have lived in for many years?
DR: Every time I see the show I pinch myself.
TCM: The show takes place in a NYC apartment. How similar is it to your own?
DR: Thanks to Nate Berkus my apartment is in much better shape but originally I used to have a lot of stuff around.
TCM: You're a Holocaust survivor. How often do you think about the family you lost and that time in your life? Did that experience formulate your desire to work in a profession where you can change lives?
DR: I think of my family every day. I wanted to be a doctor but the war took that away. Yes, I did want to be in a helping profession and luckily I've been able to help a lot of people.
TCM: In Israel, while serving in the Haganah, you were badly wounded when a cannon shell fired from Jordan fired into your student residence. How did that incident impact your future choices and how did living Israel during the War of Independence shape your life?
DR: I love Israel and go back every year. Between not being killed by the Nazis and almost being killed by that blast, I make sure to live life to the fullest.
TCM: When you came to America, you immediately started studying to prepare yourself for your future career. Were you as passionate then as you are now about what you do?
DR: When I came to America I had no idea that I would be a sex therapist.
TCM: Your 1980 radio show broke records.How come people were so hungry for someone to talk about sex then? And how have things changed?
DR: In the 1980s, my show was 15 minutes late at night and who knows how many people listened. It was not until it went live the next year that I started to have an impact. People have learned a lot about sexual functioning and while I wasn't the only one giving this message, I'm proud of the role I did play. But people still have questions and there remain too many un intended pregnancies so there's more teaching to be done.
TCM: Do you think you would have been given the same opportunity today? How do you think the times have changed for women in the past 85 years? Do you consider yourself a feminist?
DR: Since I was one of the first to talk openly about sex on the air, and today it's much more common, it's difficult to say what would happened if I just arrived on the scene. I certainly wouldn't have made the splash I did. The word feminist has many connotations, some of which I don't agree with and some I do but I am certainly thankful for the progress women have made.
TCM: In this age of hyper-sexualized media (like Miley Cyrus), and kids experimenting at a younger and younger. What is the message we need to send to our kids?
DR: To slow down. Kids these days are rushing into sex thinking that they're ready just because their bodies are capable of having sex but in many cases they're not ready. Many young women are engaging in sex but not getting sexual satisfaction. To me that says they are not ready.
TCM: How do you stay current? Have you read "Fifty Shades" or watched "Masters of Sex" on Showtime?
DR: I most definitely read "Fifty Shades" and I try to stay as current as possible, at least when it comes to sex. I'm not as familiar with pop culture but I'm delighted when stars like Paul McCartney or Elton John or Bono recognize me.
TCM: What are your hopes for the show and how many times have you seen it?
DR: I've seen it at least a dozen times, probably more, and I'll be seeing it a lot more. My hopes for the show is that it continues for a long, long time. Even if it closes in NY it has a chance to go on the road so I hope many, many people see it because I think Mark St. Germain did a great job and I really
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I remember what an impact Dr. Ruth made on television; making it easier than ever before to talk about sex, and doing so in a way that wasn't threatening to anyone. Wonderful interview.
Oh my goodness- what a cultural icon. Great interview!
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Often I have found that no matter how hard I work that I'm unable to accomplish my objectives, even though I've set aside personal comforts and ignored proper life balance. The Bible says, "Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard will prosper." So why, if that is the case, do I often almost get there only to have it evaporate at the last minute? Proper intention, emotional acceptance, and living in accordance with God's will is the definition of a well-balanced individual who generally accomplishes objectives.
Let's start with intention. As Simon Senek, author of Start with Why, says, "For values or guiding principles to be truly effective, they have to be verbs. It's not integrity, it's always do the right thing. It's not innovation, it's 'look at the problem from a different angle. Articulating our values as verbs gives us a clear idea of how to act in any situation." When we think of intention as the foundation of behavior from a spiritual point of view, then we are on the right track.
For example, say you want to lose weight. Why? Will being fit attract more attention from the opposite sex? Make you a better athlete? Are those your only reasons? What about a more well-rounded approach? I want to lose weight and be more fit to honor my God-given body, to be able to more fully enjoy life, to be physically available when others need help. Our "why" should be something we want strongly enough to work for it.
It's important to be emotionally clear with ourselves. We should be truly aware of why we want a particular objective, and what it will take to attain it. For example, if we are overweight, we will have to make life-style changes to lose weight and keep it off. Giving up comfort foods can be challenging. Sugar is as addictive as cocaine, and carbohydrates provide that rich and calming effect that feels so good. It takes commitment to give up what feels good in the moment, even when we know it's for our long-term good. To cross the finish line, we need the will power to control our emotional desires.
Sadly, most choose to remain fat. Just look around. We are the most obese society on the planet. It boggles my mind that anyone would choose to be disabled, but then I remember that I have 25 percent body fat–who am I to point a finger? Tony Robbins says that we often don't obtain our goals because the pleasure we imagine getting from success is outweighed by the pain of the effort. But I think the process doesn't have to include pain if we have a well-balanced perspective.
Take time to take stock through prayer and meditation. Is your goal truly best for you in terms of God's will? Is my goal in the best interest of those around me, of my family, friends, co-workers? That matters.
Many years ago, one of my friends was severely overweight. He was a great, fun-loving person, but as a child he was a depressed social outcast because of his weight. To make him feel better, his mother baked him a pie every day. He loved his mom and her home-baked pies, but her method of fighting her son's depression caused an eating disorder that he never overcame. He wanted to be healthy, he wanted to rock climb with his friends, but mostly he sat on the sidelines. He died in his 30's. What a loss, and for what? A little pie? His mom wanted to make her son happy, so she focused on gratifying his immediate desire to feel loved and accepted and her need to feel she was being a good mother. I don't think she ever considered what was truly best for him and he felt obligated to eat the pie as to not disrespect his mother. Both had good intentions, but didn't take time to really consider what the long-term effect would be for either of them.
When we have a proper understanding of intention, when we are emotionally clear about our goals, and when we live in accordance with God's will, we make life much easier for ourselves and for those around us. We must continually challenge ourselves not only to be better than we are, but to consider how our actions affect others.
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Join us in person on Tuesday, March 28 at 7 PM as Catherine Lacey talks about her new novel, Biography of X. This is the March selection of the Odyssey First Editions Club.
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From one of our fiercest stylists, a roaring epic chronicling the life, times, and secrets of a notorious artist.
When X—an iconoclastic artist, writer, and polarizing shape-shifter—falls dead in her office, her widow, wild with grief and refusing everyone's good advice, hurls herself into writing a biography of the woman she deified. Though X was recognized as a crucial creative force of her era, she kept a tight grip on her life story. Not even CM, her wife, knew where X had been born, and in her quest to find out, she opens a Pandora's box of secrets, betrayals, and destruction. All the while, she immerses herself in the history of the Southern Territory, a fascist theocracy that split from the rest of the country after World War II, as it is finally, in the present day, forced into an uneasy reunification.
A masterfully constructed literary adventure complete with original images assembled by X's widow, Biography of X follows a grieving wife seeking to understand the woman who enthralled her. CM traces X's peripatetic trajectory over decades, from Europe to the ruins of America's divided territories, and through her collaborations and feuds with everyone from Bowie and Waits to Sontag and Acker. And when she finally understands the scope of X's defining artistic project, CM realizes her wife's deceptions were far crueler than she imagined.
Pulsing with suspense and intellect while blending nonfiction and fiction, Biography of X is a roaring epic that plumbs the depths of grief, art, and love. In her most ambitious novel yet, Catherine Lacey, one of our most acclaimed literary innovators, pushes her craft to its highest level, introducing us to an unforgettable character who, in her tantalizing mystery, shows us the fallibility of the stories we craft for ourselves.
Catherine Lacey is the author of the novels Nobody Is Ever Missing, The Answers, and Pew, and the short story collection Certain American States. She has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Award, the New York Public Library's Young Lions Fiction Award, and a New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship. She has been a finalist for the Dylan Thomas Prize and the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, and was named one of Granta's Best of Young American Novelists. Her essays and short fiction have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, The New York Times, The Believer, and elsewhere.
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Wayne Rooney has thanked David Moyes for playing him as a forward this season, insisting he is happier at Manchester United as a result.
The England international has revealed his "disappointment" at being played as a midfielder under Sir Alex Ferguson last season, which led to rumours he was hoping to leave Old Trafford in the summer.
Rooney believes he has benefited from playing up front and would only like to drop back into the midfield later in his career.
"You can clearly see I'm playing and I'm happy in my football," Rooney told reporters. "David Moyes has come in, he's playing me up front, and I'm enjoying it. I've had no problem playing out of position in the past, but I'm a forward and I felt I deserved the right to play in my position.
"That wasn't happening. Naturally I was a bit disappointed and maybe that affected some of the games I played because last season wasn't my best.
"Everyone at the club knew where I wanted to play. Maybe I will play in midfield when I'm a bit older if I have lost my legs a bit but I didn't want to play there.
"I'm not saying I am going to throw my arms up in the air and not do it if we were hanging on a bit in the last 10 minutes of a game if and I got asked to drop back. But there came a point where I had to be a bit selfish for my own career."
Rooney also commented on speculation linking him with a move away from United in recent months and denied he ever planned to walk out on the club.
"To be honest I've been settled all summer," he added. "I know from the outside looking in it might not have seemed like that, but I have. I spoke with the people who matter at the club and we knew what we were doing. The club made that clear.
"My wife had a new child and I've been really happy. I'm not going to go on saying I wanted to stay or I wanted to leave. I just want to concentrate on my football. We'll see what happens after that."
Despite United's disappointing start to the season, Rooney insists Moyes has his side well conditioned and will reap the rewards as the season progresses.
"The training has been so hard. We've done a lot of different types of training, a lot more running; long running, quicker running, sharper running. That's been of benefit to me. I feel as fit as I have done at any point."
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Emily Koh
Emily Koh (b. 1986, Singapore) is a Singaporean composer and educator.
Dr. Koh holds a Ph.D. in music composition and theory from Brandeis University, MM degrees in music composition and music theory pedagogy from the Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University, and a BMus in composition from the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore.
Prior to moving to Georgia, Dr. Koh taught at Walnut Hill School for the Arts, and at Brandeis, Harvard, MIT and Longy School of Music, Bard College. She is a member of ASCAP and is on the executive committee of the Composers Society of Singapore.
Dr. Koh's music is characterized by inventive timbral extremes. Described as 'the future of composing' (The Straits Times, Singapore), she is the recipient of awards such as the Yoshiro Irino Memorial Prize, ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award, Prix D'Ete, and PARMA competitions, and commissions from the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition, Composers Conference at Wellesley College, and the Paul Abisheganaden Grant for Artistic Excellence.
She currently serves as assistant professor of composition at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music at the University of Georgia.
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By Bwog Staff	on Aug 09, 2008 15 Comments
Happy Olympics, Columbia! It's that time again for (undangerous) nationalism and spectacle and sport. To help get you in the spirit, Weekend Rental correspondent Brandon Hammer has suggested three Olympics films. GO USA!
Chariots of Fire (1981): [Cue the theme music.] Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Picture, Chariots of Fire is perhaps the epitome of the classic Olympics movie. It's based on the true story of two British runners who competed in the 1924 Paris Olympics, Harold Abrahams (Ben Cross) and Eric Liddell (Ian Charleson), both of whom attempt to use running in order for some greater purpose. On the one hand, Abrahams, the son of a Jewish immigrant, wants to do well in order to spite society's prevalent anti-Semitism. Liddell, on the other hand, as an ardent Christian and Scot, wants to compete because he feels it is necessary to fulfill God's will. Even, according to Roger Ebert, if you don't like running movies, it's still a very inspiring film.
Cool Runnings (1993): Cool Runnings is hilarious and thoroughly enjoyable. Based again on a true story in five Jamaican men who seek respect in the face of complete resentment and disdain from the world community by forming a bobsled team. They train in order to compete at the 1988 Calgary winter games, despite the fact that there is no snow in Jamaica, in fact, the mention of winter provokes character to remark, "You mean 'winter' as in Eskimos and igloos and penguins and ice?".
Munich (2005): While this Spielberg film is not really about any Olympic competition or sporting event, it's a reminder that while the world appears to take a break from politics during the Olympics, political tensions lie just beneath the surface. Beginning with an incredibly powerful recount of how Black September, a Palestinian terrorist organization, captured and eventually murdered Israeli Olympic athletes at the 1972 Munich games, the film's main focus is Israel's response. The leader of Israel's Massad response team, played by Eric Bana, is assigned to assassinate those responsible for the attacks. In hunting down different suspects, however, he begins to question the legitimacy of his actions. Though it certainly did not get enough praise when it originally came out, Munich is an essential film for the Olympics.
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satisfied says:
12 years ago at 6:12 pm
@satisfied came here to comment "fuck you for not picking cool runnings you pretentious prick" but it seems bwog stepped off its ivory tower. kudos.
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a yid says:
12 years ago at 11:37 pm
@a yid your suggestions promote an unrealistic ideal for us
so many jewish athletes?
glad you clarified says:
12 years ago at 6:42 am
@glad you clarified your identity, because otherwise you would have been slaughtered.
SEAS '09 says:
@SEAS '09 They also have their own Blue. But so do we.
Ceasar'10 says:
@Ceasar'10 Except theirs isn't putrid.
@James mikheil saakashvili, newly-invaded president of georgia, recieved his LLM from columbia in 94. i expected bwog to let me in on this before wikipedia, no?
ps i hope he took betts' class on war and peace?
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@dfsasa Yale has their own font…
http://www.yale.edu/universityprinter/typeface/
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@Seems like a waste of time, although the font does capture their aristocratic culture
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@feel the rhythm i'm pretty sure there were only four jamaican men in Cool Runnings.
we got de one Derese
and de one Junior
Yul Brenner
and Sanka
The fastest of the fastest of Jamaican sprinters
Go to Olympics, fight for Jamaica
unless the coach counts. and i don't think he does.
GET YO FACTS STRAIGHT BWOG
Munich says:
@Munich sucked – Cool Runnings was awesome though.
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@filmster skip munich, double skip chariots and watch cool runnings tres times.
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@umm... You forgot one EXTREMELY important movie, "The Cutting Edge"!!!
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@agreed. add it to the vancouver winter olympics edition please?
@luis But with kim's closing, where to rent?


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The rare flower smells like dead mice or dirty diapers.
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This is just part of the Nashville Zoo's blooming corpse flower.
Just in time for the spooky season, a "corpse flower" is in bloom at the Nashville Zoo.
Officially known as Amorphophallus titanum or titan arum, the plant earned its nickname for its decidedly foul aroma when it blooms.
The Nashville Zoo's corpse flower just hit full bloom and visitors are enthralled with the massive flower, lining up to catch a glimpse and a whiff.
"To me, it smells like dead mice," Jim Bartoo, the zoo's marketing and public relations director, tells Treehugger.
Other people have likened it to dirty diapers or rotting meat.
But fans don't seem to care so much, he says.
"While we did see a few kids holding their noses, for the most part the smell did not seem to bother anyone."
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It can take as long as a decade for a corpse flower to develop enough energy to start its bloom cycle, according to the Chicago Botanic Garden. After that first bloom, it might take three to seven years before it blooms again.
There have been stories of corpse flowers growing as big as 10 feet (3 meters) high with blooms as large as 3 feet (.9 meters) wide).
Corpse flowers are classified as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List with their numbers decreasing.
It's Not the Smell
The corpse flower is located inside the Nashville Zoo's aviary, which had been closed for social distancing. Patient visitors are waiting to see and smell the giant rare bloom.
"For most people, it is the largest flower they have ever seen and probably will ever see again," says Bartoo, explaining the flower's appeal.
"The name itself is intriguing but the smell really isn't the fascinating part. It's the size and rarity of the bloom."
The plant usually only blooms for a day or two and, fortunately for zoo employees and guests, the smell only lingers for six to 12 hours.
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According to the World Health Organization, human error causes more than 90 percent of traffic accidents across the globe. Some 1.25 million people die in crashes, and 20 to 50 million people are injured each year. Automakers are scrambling to develop cars with advanced driver-assistance systems that are so good they're "crash-proof," or fully autonomous vehicles, each safer than the next. But the automakers are somewhat limited by the computational resources onboard their vehicles.
Now, a startup out of Mountain View, Calif. called DeepScale has raised $3 million in seed funding to help automakers use industry-standard low-wattage processors to power more accurate perception. Alongside sensors, mapping, planning and control systems, perception, (sometimes referenced as "computer vision") enables vehicles to make sense of what's going on around them in real time.
While he did not have permission to name the companies, he said DeepScale is already working on pilot projects with some major original equipment manufacturers in automotive. With the market for automotive systems, data and services forecast to reach $70 billion in revenue annually by 2030, DeepScale is focused strictly on automotive for now. But, the CEO said, the technology could be adapted over the long term for use with unmanned drones or robotics, which also need to accurately understand and respond to changes in their environment.
DeepScale is competing for a share of this burgeoning market versus some 800-lb. gorillas in automotive tech, like Mobileye, now owned by Intel, or Bosch, but also other funded startups like Comma.ai, Argo and Drive.ai, which are trying another approach of building their own, fully autonomous vehicles or retrofit systems.


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Sagittarius is in charge of the liver, kidneys and lower body parts.
Health picture: It is indispensable for Sagittarius to keep their body in good shape and be fit. Their body feels great in motion and sports and starts to protest and destruct when it doesn't get enough workout. Sagittariuses tend to gain weight as well as they gain years. For women representatives of this sign it is usual to have heavier lower parts like thighs or hips. They are prone to have problems in hips areas, accompanied by arthritis and pains in hips.
Jupiter is a planet that governs Sagittarius and influences our liver and hypophysis. Sagittarius' liver is an all-times sufferer from the unhealthy lifestyle and alcohol. So this sign is prone to have hepatitis.
Sagittarius's biological cell salt is silica. It works to improve the quality of brain work by transmitting brain commands to the organs and regulating blood pressure.
Eating tips: Silica is very important for a healthy and shiny look of a person. Its lack causes hair loss and waning, bad nails, tired look and feel. He most rich in silica foods include all fresh fruits and veggies, greenery, all kinds of berries, apples, melons, oats, wheat, basmati and brown rice, granola and cereals. Sagittarius should get enough proteins from steamed poultry, fresh vegetables, seafood, especially salmon, eggs, avocados, green sprouts and seaweed. Don't forget about usage of dairy and steamed vegetables. Try to experiment with rice. Drink clean water, not coffee or juices, but water, to keep your digestive system active and organism hydrated.
Avoid: It is better to refuse from gravies, hot sauces and really fat or junk food. Eat more vegetables and poultry and you'll see how fast your organism can restore itself. Say no to liquors, they really damage your liver, which heals very slowly.


Did Europe sleepwalk into the Great War?
A Stygian night descended upon Europe in August 1914. It shattered nearly a century of sunny peace the Continent had experienced since Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo in 1815. This peace was fragile, to say the least. The century was marked by portents like Bismarck's limited wars against Austria in 1866 and against France in 1870-71, which led to the ascendancy of Prussian arms in Central Europe; the Crimean imbroglio of 1854-56 (which cost half-a-million lives); the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78 and the Balkan Wars of 1912-13. Further, the breath of the French Revolution spurred the upheavals of 1830 and 1848, which irrevocably altered the social fabric of Europe. At the same time, advancements in military technology and greater economic interdependence were thought to have created deterrents to prevent the sort of cataclysm that finally erupted in 1914. Was this inevitable?
Jack Beatty, an American news analyst, emphatically does not think so. He buttresses his engrossing counter-factual history with scrupulous facts, delineating five flashpoints buried under the avalanche of World War I that might have altered the course of 1914. While tomes on the Second World War and Nazi historiography continue to thrall readers, the Great War isn't exactly in the shade either. A staggering 25,000 books, monographs and pamphlets are estimated to have been published till date as we enter the centenary year of the 'War to end all Wars'.
The first great human Armageddon in modern history is witnessing a renewed fascination with a veritable flood of first-hand accounts, 'revisionist' theses and 'forgotten' novels (the recent reissue of Gabriel Chevallier's 1930 gut-wrenching frontline classic Fear) keeping the history book trade alive and kicking.
There's nothing new about Beatty's arguments, though. From A.J.P. Taylor to David Stevenson, the most brilliant historians have long held the Great War to be a deliberate political act. Taylor's acidulous masterpieces, The Habsburg Monarchy (1948), The First World War: An illustrated history (1963),War by Timetable (1969) and most notably, the stylistically brilliant collection of essays Europe: Grandeur and Decline (1967), precede the arguments of Beatty and his like by half-a-century. Nevertheless, Beatty's book is an admirably up-to-date synthesis; engagingly presented, like an Umberto Eco novel and generously sprinkled with cartoons from contemporary periodicals like Der Wahre Jacob and Simplicissimus and drawings by wartime artists like C.R.W. Nevinson and Felix Vallotoon. Beatty remarks in his introduction that 1914 might have been remembered as a coup in Germany, a leftist ministry in France pursuing detente with Germany, a civil war in Britain or a shift in Russian foreign policy.
France's Third Republic, Beatty argues, would have followed a different course in July had a ministry led by Joseph Caillaux and the anti-war Socialist giant Jean Jaures (who would have served as Caillaux's foreign minister) formed the government, instead of the hawkish one led by the nationalist Raymond Poincare. Elements conspired to keep Caillaux (who then served as finance minister) away from the premiership after his wife Henriette, shot dead the editor of Le Figaro, Gaston Calmette, for prosecuting a politically inspired vendetta against her husband. Caillaux, who successfully navigated France out of a potential conflict with Germany over the Moroccan crisis of 1911, would have, along with Jaures, pursued a policy of detente with Germany, argues Beatty.
The United Kingdom hovered on the brink of civil war in 1914 over the Irish question in the last days of July. The 'Revolt in Ulster' was the most covered story across the world as millions followed Prime Minister Herbert Asquith's 'attempt' to grant Home Rule to Ireland. At a time when German guns were landing up and down the Irish coast, Franz Ferdinand's assassination at Sarajevo provided Asquith's Liberals the key to deflect domestic tension by clamouring for unity in the face of a common enemy, thereby putting the Irish question on the backburner. Britain's entry into the war was the singular condition for Germany's defeat.
Likewise, Beatty argues that America would not have entered the war had President Woodrow Wilson recognised the dictator, General Victoriano Huerta back in 1913 itself, as most European powers expected him to do so. But Wilson, wallowing in his nobility, shipped arms to rebel leader Pancho Villa. In his anti-imperialist zeal, Wilson, who declared that America would not seek "one additional foot of territory by conquest", paradoxically got his country embroiled into the European war by intervening in the Mexican Revolution and occupying the port city of Veracruz. The world press clamoured that the occupation unravelled American "imperialist ambitions." Germany then began wooing Mexico, which ultimately led to the infamous Zimmermann Telegram incident and facilitated America's entry into the war. The author claims to have broken fresh ground (citing evidence that became available only after the fall of the Berlin Wall) by debunking long-held myths like the "short war illusion" and the so-called "Schlieffen Plan".
Beatty cogently retells events leading up to the Sarajevo assassination, remarking that Franz Ferdinand, while possessing a thoroughly unattractive personality, was nevertheless the sole restraining force in the decaying Habsburg monarchy's lurch towards war. His death was no pretext, but a major cause of the Great War. The prime mover of bellicosity was the Austrian Chief of Staff, Conrad von Hotzendorf; it was sanctioned by the aged, lifeless, deceptively kind and eternally self-pitying Emperor Francis Joseph. The Austrians had sown the wind; Europe would reap the whirlwind as History froze its face in a terrible rictus.


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Mary Jane (Coleman) Williams, 91, of Vincennes, passed away at 2:12 pm Thursday June 8, 2017 at Good Samaritan Hospital.
Jonathon Markus Jones age two, of Shoals passed away at 7:16pm on Thursday June 8, 2017 at the IU Health Paoli Hospital.
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William W. Kessler Sr., 89, of Washington, went to his Heavenly Home on June 5, 2017 while at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis.
Frederick Joseph Schwenk, also known as "Papoose", age 70, of Washington, passed away Sunday, June 4, 2017 at his home.
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Group calls for lift of mayor's ban on WYPR reporter
By: WMAR Staff
The Baltimore Association of Black Journalists is calling for Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to lift her ban of a WYPR reporter.
In a letter addressed to Rawlings-Blake, the group asked that Kenneth Burns--WYPR's city hall reporter--be allowed to return to news conferences following weekly Board of Estimates meetings.
RELATED: Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake bans reporter from post-Board of Estimates press conferences
The mayor banned Burns last week, citing verbally and physically threatening behavior. Burns has denied the allegations.
The BABJ has been unable to verify Rawlings-Blake's claims. In the letter, the group emphasizes the U.S. Constitutional right to receive information through the free press.
"For the foregoing reasons, we are concerned that your decision appears to be in response to an adversarial exchange, and not due to any imminent threats or danger," said BABJ leaders in the letter.
The full letter can be read here.
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I am proud to be an American. (Raise your hand if you're proud, too). Americans are some of the most caring, most passionate, and most inventive people on the planet. However, we've also become a people obsessed with 'doing.' We brag about how busy we are as we pass one another and hurry off to the next activity. And in all the doing, some of us forget how and why we are doing all these things. Right now we are rushing into the bountiful feast season.
We won't remember that the first feast came only after a tremendous amount of physical work. The early settlers suffered through a two-month journey on a ship most of us modern Americans wouldn't step foot on. Those that survived the journey were challenged by winter weather, limited food, poor housing, and illness. Then they had to clear the land, build their homes, hunt for meat, and till the land to grow food. The survivors of that first harsh year had plenty of reasons to celebrate their first successful harvest.
My redheaded niece has just been diagnosed with juvenile diabetes. It's a very difficult time for her and her family: her sister and brother, her father (my brother), and her mother (my brother's lovely wife).
We all understand that there are worse diagnoses she could have had. (*Raising my hand in gratitude*). But childhood is difficult enough without the added stress of a medical condition. No matter what that medical condition is, it adds stress. Parents try to grasp that their perfect child is no longer perfect. They feel threatened by the disease, by the foreign language they have to learn, and by all the procedures that accompany that particular diagnosis.
The child cannot understand what's happening. Yesterday they could eat, play, do what they want. Today, everything has changed. And the child asks why. A question most parents, even medical personnel cannot answer.
Added to that is the stress, the knowledge, that diabetes is a very serious disease that affects your whole body. Undiagnosed or poorly controlled diabetes can lead to kidney and heart disease, massive infections, blindness, and death. It's HARD to manage diabetes around activities and illness and bountiful feasts. It is especially difficult because we Americans forgo moderation as if more is better somehow.
Moderation doesn't mean you never get to eat a treat. It means you are aware. You are aware of your body's needs and of your psychological needs. A small treat once in a while is delightful and appropriate. But a sugary snack twice a day and a dessert every night, or a menu of nothing but fast foods — not so appropriate for what our bodies need.
I have type two diabetes, or adult onset, also known as non-insulin dependent diabetes. I don't take care of myself nearly as well as I should. And for no good reason: I am tired, so I don't exercise and eat a treat 'because I deserve it.' I am partying so I eat to celebrate. I had a hard day, I had a good day, etc. etc. I always have an excuse.
HOW MANY AFFECTED BY DIABETES?
Please remember, diabetes can do damage EVEN IF YOU DON"T KNOW YOU HAVE IT.
The American Diabetes Association has a presence on Facebook also. Currently, there's a campaign they're running. It asks for you to raise your hand and make a pledge to stop diabetes.
My niece and her family live miles away from me. I can't help her the way I'd like to. I can't make her diabetes go away. But there are things I can do.
So I'm raising my hand. (*Waves to Savannah!*) I'm taking the pledge to stop diabetes. I pledge to be kinder to my body: to drink more water, eat in moderation, to test my blood sugar regularly and to exercise. These are not going to be easy for me to do. It is a lifestyle change. But I'm doing this for my niece, for my family, and for myself.
Oh, don't worry. We'll have a Thanksgiving Day feast, we'll watch parades and I'll probably watch a sappy movie. But I've made the pledge – I'll eat in moderation (we'll have plenty of leftovers!) and I will exercise and I will test my blood sugar regularly. You all will hold me accountable, won't you?
Have a HAPPY (moderate) THANKSGIVING.
But won't you also join me? Raise your hand and pledge to stop diabetes. Get tested for diabetes. Be more active. Eat right. And take care of yourself and your loved ones.
Cheers to a happy and moderate thanksgiving!
And special thoughts go out to your niece, that has got to be so hard for her and the family (my brother was diagnosed with type 1 when he was 11), but I hope her journey is a smooth and healthy one!!
Thank you so much for the good wishes for my niece. It's particularly meaningful when it comes from someone who has shared the Juvenile Diabetic journey with a sibling. Many blessings to you and your family (including your brother).
This is an excellent post. The number of people (and especially children) with diabetes just keeps climbing. I'm very sorry your niece has to deal with this. I hope the adjustment isn't too hard and that she'll live a long and healthy, active life. And sorry about you having to deal with it, too. So now I feel guilty for eating apple pie for dinner, but I plan to have chicken noodle soup tonight. I keep saying I'm going to do better, but there's always some kind of set back. Your post is a good reminder for all of us. Thank you.
Thank you, Lynn. I really appreciate your good thoughts for my niece, and myself. Don't feel guilty about the apple pie. 🙂 It's all about balance. So far I've been able to manage my diet okay. But it's easy to slowly slip into old habits so this was a reminder to me, too.
I have a hard time saying no to sweets, too. And exercising. But life changes can be made, especially if we take baby steps and don't try to do it all at once. I finally found a way to stay on track with exercise: I read while I walk on the treadmill, thanks to my Netbook and Kindle app. Now exersise is not a chore, but a treat! Good luck with your positive life changes!
Brenda Novak, whose son has diabetes, raises money every year for the organization. She has done an amazing job and if you want to check out the info, here's the link: http://brendanovakforthecure.org/.
Have a great Thanksgiving, Lynette, and take care of yourself!
Thanksgiving seems to be one of those times when we give ourselves permission to eat way more than we need. Why? Because most of us feel "food = love." So many wonderful dishes made by loving hands and presented to us at a bountiful table. Hard to resist, but we'll do the best we can, right? Thanks for your well said reminder!


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Fundstrat's Tom Lee had predicted Bitcoin price to touch the $25,000-mark by the end of 2018. The November crash prompted the crypto bull to lower his prediction to $15,000. However, against the projections, the digital currency closed the year just shy of $3,800, according to CoinMarketcap.com.
The new year also did not bring much relief to the bitcoin and the rest of the cryptocurrency market. The industry entered its most extended bear cycles in February 2019 and, according to Fundstrat, it is heading lower shortly. The bullish-turned-bearish market research firm said in an email to Bloomberg that bitcoin could now fall below its current-bottom level near $3,100.
Fundstrat posted the price action of three of its cryptocurrency indexes: FS CryptoFX 10, FS CryptoFX 40, and FS CryptoFX 250. The numbers 10, 40, and 250 reflects the ranking of cryptocurrencies in the index. For instance, CryptoFX 10 tracks price data of top ten cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, which include Bitcoin, Ether, and XRP. Similarly, CryptoFX 40 tracks the top 11 to 40 digital currencies. And so on.
Meanwhile, the Advance/Decline line is a technical indicator which plots the difference between the number of rising and falling assets every 24-hours. A rising line indicates a bullish trend, while a falling line reflects a bearish trend.
While the CryptoFX 250 index tracks the performance of the top 51 to 300 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, its negative performance plagued the market sentiment of advanced indexes as well. The CryptoFX 40 index, for instance, was heading towards its previous lows, expecting a breakdown action. Similarly, the CryptoFX 10 index, which includes bitcoin, was also hinting a double bottom scenario soon.
"A break below the fourth-quarter lows at $3,100 would imply a decline to $2,270, while a move above $4,200 is needed to signal Bitcoin is beginning to improve," Sluymer said about bitcoin.
In our bitcoin analysis published yesterday, we have found that the digital currency is resilient to bearish pressure near the support trendline of the current falling wedge formation. Bitcoin had attempted to break below the said floor on five separate occasions recently. In its sixth attempt, the digital currency is also nearing to the apex of the falling wedge, which means it could attempt a breakout action soon.
However, an extended downside momentum could lead Bitcoin to form a double bottom scenario at $3,310, which is also a bullish reversal pattern.
This article was originally published by Ccn.com. Read the original article here.


volatility – Rothko Research Ltd.
For each investor, there are several ways of measuring the market's temperature. For instance, former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan would look at the 10-year US yield, some investment managers will simply look at the VIX and currency traders will tend to watch the moves on the Japanese Yen, especially against the US and Australian Dollar (see AUDJPY and SP500 correlation here). We know empirically that a sudden move on the Yen (JPY appreciates relative to other currencies) is usually accompanied with an equity correction and hence an increase in the implied volatility. Even though we hear a lot about the VIX measure, we also need to pay attention to the implied volatility surface, presenting skew/smiles features and term structure, and compare it relative to other equity markets and asset classes. For instance, a couple of measures we like to watch are the VIX/Skew (here) and the VIX/VXV (here) ratios.
Hence, in today's article, we present the VIX/RVX, which measures the ratio between the implied volatility of the SP500 and the Russell 2000, a small-cap stock market index. As you may know, the 'small cap premium' has been a crowded study in the empirical academic research, which started from the early work of Rolf Banz (1981) who founded that 'smaller firms have had higher risk-adjust returns, on average, than larger firms'. Then, in their paper The Cross-Section of Expected Stock Returns (1992), Fama and French found that value and small cap stocks, on average, outperform growth and large carp stocks. As you can see it on the chart, an interesting development has occurred over the past few days following the huge spike in volatility. The VIX/RVX, which has constantly been above parity since 2006, is now sitting at 0.83. In other words, according to the index, the Russell 2000 equity market carries less risk than the SP500. The question now is: what explains this sudden drop in the ratio?
If we look at the week-on-week change in both indexes, we can first notice that, at current levels, the WoW change of 11.6 in the VIX came in at 5th position in the index history, just a 0.3 'shy' of the October 1997 move (here). However, if we now look at the change in the implied volatility of the small caps, the RVX index barely changed (+2.3) over the past week, meaning that the drop in the ratio was only coming from the VIX move (here).
Hence, this leads us to an interesting conclusion: it seems that there is much more financialization going on with the VIX than with the RVX, either through the creation of single and double-levered long and short VIX ETFs products, or from a volatility-targeting and risk-parity perspectives (are those strategies more oriented towards the SP500?).
During this 'prosperous' period, nothing was able to stop the Euro despite poor fundamentals (i.e. flat growth, high unemployment rate and declining inflation). Then, Draghi's promise 'the Council is comfortable with acting in June' completely broke the upside trend and the market has been totally relying on the ECB's balance sheet expansion plan. It is clear now that EZ policymakers' goal is to see the central bank's balance sheet expend by 1.14tr Euros within the next 18 months and reach June 2012 levels (approximately 3.1tr Euros). As you can see it on the graph below (EURUSD monthly chart), the market got really excited about this news and traders and investors have completely switch to a bearish view when it comes to EURUSD (and EURGBP). We saw that Bulge Bracket banks reviewed their EURUSD forecasts for 2015. Sell-side research predicts a EURUSD between 0.90 and 1.00 within the next 6 to 12 months. Moreover, if we have a quick look at the last CFTC's Commitments of Traders report, 'net speculative' positions were approximately -186,000 in the week ending February 17, and are closely approaching June 2012 low of -215,000.
If you ask me where I see EURUSD in the long term, there is no doubt that my answer is 'South'. With the Fed considering starting its monetary policy tightening cycle (June meeting for a first 25bps shift probably), monetary policy divergence will weigh on the currency pair in the LT and parity looks like a reasonable level to me. In addition, Grexit contagion effect to 'scarier' countries such as Spain could also trigger another episode of peripheral-core yield spread divergence and therefore add more selling pressure on the single currency.
However, I think that traders and investors should be careful at the moment. Over the past two weeks, volatility has dropped in the market and EURUSD has been trading within a tight 180-range (1.1270 – 1.1450). Based on the last discussions I had, some of the traders were clearly waiting for a breakout ahead of the Greek deal, therefore the 1.1270 support was carefully watched on Friday (this is the reason why I put my take profit slightly above at 1.1300, see article Pocketful of Miracles). However, the Euro looks resilient based on current market conditions and I have to admit that I see potential Euro strength in the month coming ahead. As you can see it below, EURUSD reached a 11-year low at the end of last month at 1.11 before coming back to 1.14. The Fibonacci retracements were built based on October 200 low of 0.8230 and July 2008 high of 1.6040 range. Unless contagion risk spreads to other EZ countries (i.e. higher core-peripheral risk), the bullish trend could last for a month or two (based on previous bull consolidation after sharp sell-off).
The ECB bond buying program: Ambitious plan, disappointing results?
We are aware now that the ECB has announced a round of measures in order to counter the deflationary cycle (inflation rate of -0.6% in January) and of course support investment and consumption, the two key contributors of the 19-nation economy. The last one was of course the January announcement of additional purchases (combined monthly asset purchases of 60bn Euros from March to September 2016). This programs involves private assets such as covered bonds (safe form of debt issued by banks), ABS and public debt (bonds of national government and European institutions). However, unlike the Fed, the ECB will have to seek them in the secondary market; in other words, find the banks that will sell them these bonds. And Draghi's (and Co.) problem here is that the ECB may face unwilling sellers. As some of you know, banks' treasury desks usually buy short-term bonds and use government debt as a liquidity buffer: regulators require banks to hold high-quality liquid assets – HQLAs – against future cash outflows in periods of market stress. As some of you may know, most bonds issued by banks are excluded as they may prove illiquid during a financial crisis; however, the eligibility requirements imposed on government bonds look loose. Therefore, this implies that that government bonds currently represent a considerable portion of bank assets.
Net Stable Funding Ratio (NFSR), which requires that the amount of available stable funding (i.e. portion of capital and liabilities expected to be reliable over a one-year time horizon) should be at least equal to the required amount of stable funding or the matching assets (i.e. illiquid assets which cannot be easily turned into cash over the following 12 months).
Who will sell those bonds to the ECB?
Suppose the ECB offers good prices (i.e. good realized PnL for bond trading desks), what will traders do with this new cash with a deposit rate now at -0.2%?
To conclude, I think there is potential risk that the ECB disappoints the market in March based on their purchases as the central bank won't find the liquidity in the market. In my opinion, this scenario could play in favor of the single currency. My point is that we may see a bull consolidation before reaching the parity level that everyone seems to be talking about. The next couple of resistances to watch on the topside would be at 1.1530 and 1.1680.


The nature of a private investigator or private detective's job usually puts their lives in danger, this really is the reason why each and every private investigator and private detective ought to usually protect themselves. Protection from unscrupulous individuals might start off by keeping the private investigators' records or information, 1 sort of information that will simply be accessed by other individuals may be the audio communication between the private detective and the client. It really is due to the fact that telephone lines are effortlessly getting hacked into or accessed by anyone. Private investigators and private detectives should assure their clients that whatever conversation will transpire in between them should be kept private to guarantee the safety of the data, the private investigator and the client as well.
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Private investigators and private detectives can develop an exclusive user group that can only permit certain individuals to make use of the telephone and fax through a customised corporate code established even with no any PIN modification. The PC-based software program may also be utilised to scramble the telephone number as it generates random telephone number, which mislead recipient of the call who has a caller-id. The 200-XL makes use of a 128-bit key encryption which makes the encryption challenging to crack or by-pass.


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The Story of Life in 25 Fossils
Donald R. Prothero. Columbia Univ, $35 (432p) ISBN 978-0-231-17190-8
Greenhouse of the Dinosaurs: Evolution, Extinction, and the Future of Our Planet
The Story of the Earth in 25 Rocks: Tales of Important Geological Puzzles and the People Who Solved Them
Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters
Reality Check: How Science Deniers Threaten Our Future
When Humans Nearly Vanished: The Catastrophic Explosion of the Toba Volcano
Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids
UFOs, Chemtrails, and Aliens: What Science Says
Despite his title, paleontologist Prothero (Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters) eschews a narrow focus on 25 critical fossils to instead examine sets of fossils that demonstrate the bridges between divergent groups. As he makes clear, "fossils that do not fit into modern groups, but are squarely between them, are true transitional fossils, sometimes called (improperly) 'missing links.' " Prothero presents a wealth of information about the origins of various lineages. In each case, he demonstrates the depth of the fossil record and shows that scientists have developed a deep understanding of the evolutionary changes that have occurred over time. At the same time, Prothero points out that there is still much to be learned in situations where the evidence is not completely clear. After demonstrating "that snakes did evolve from four-legged ancestors," he notes that "the mystery of the nearest relatives of snakes is still unresolved." The text's only flaw is Prothero's assertion, in the face of ample recent genomics research demonstrating otherwise, that "about 60 to 80 percent of our DNA is 'junk' that is never read or used, but is carried around passively generation after generation." Still, this is an accessible, well-done book that will better enable general readers to understand the fossil record and how paleontologists interpret it. (Sept.)


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Trinidad City Council meets to hear update on Trinidaddio decisions, address other issues
Garrett Watson The Chronicle-News
On Monday, November 25 Trinidad City Councilmembers met for a work session to start a conversation on several topics of importance to the city. Taking most of the time during the meeting was a discussion with board members of the Trinidaddio Bluesfest, a local non-profit, who recently decided to expand the single Bluesfest event in August into two additional events; one in June and another in July, featuring different varieties of music.
"As always, there are costs involved," said Interim City Manager Mike Valentine, "and the initial request was $30,000 from tourism and $60,000 if possible from the City of Trinidad. There is an issue with that, based on our ordinances around marijuana money and how we're allowed to use it."
Councilmember Karen Griego stressed that they had set a cap for non-profits at $5,000 and that continuing to make exceptions was not possible.
"We had given SCRT $30,000 last year because we gave Bluesfest $30,000 and we cannot do that again," said Griego. "It's a $5,000 cap. It was $25,000 and then we got hit that one year with 12 requests and last year that went into effect and we made an exception [for SCRT and Bluesfest] and we can't keep doing that. We have to be really careful about how we're spending our money."
Trinidaddio Board Member Jerry Campbell said that it should be considered because of the return on investment the event provides for the city.
"In August last year, there was a $116,000 bump in revenue from the previous month," said Campbell. "If we have the events in June and July as well, I would expect to see similar figures."
Campbell added that they are also asking for the city to purchase a stage to help cut down costs for the event, saving around $10,000 for the events.
"Something else I've talked with Mike and Audra about is the city purchasing a stage," said Campbell. "It's a $175,000 stage for sale used for $41,000 dollars. Something like that would be a great investment for the city and could be used not just for Bluesfest but also for Santa Fe Trail Days."
Mayor Phil Rico stated he, along with the rest of the board, did not feel comfortable having to continually supplement Trinidaddio, now asking for more than they have in the past. Rico also recommended they charge for tickets to the events.
"I believe that these events should be ticketed," said Mayor Rico. "People should pay to go to these types of events and we need to look at what kind of funds these events could generate with ticket sales. We're concerned with $60,000 for these concerts."
Campbell explained making the events free could bring in a bit more people but charging for tickets could help eliminate the need for city assistance.
"If we were to charge for tickets we probably wouldn't need any help from the city," said Campbell. "But why wouldn't you want them to be free?"
Rico ended the discussion stating they would look into what was possible for them to do and would meet again in the near future to discuss options.
Problematic plastics
Also during the meeting, Valentine brought up the issue of plastic grocery bags being blown about at the landfill and down by the river. This was an issue that all councilmembers, other than Anthony Mattie who was absent, agreed was an issue that needed to be addressed.
"It's an issue," said Valentine, "but how do we do this I anticipate will take some community meetings and talking to the major stores that use these bags to develop something. This just opens the discussion."
Councilmember Carlos Lopez stated that focus could be centered on reuse and reduction of plastic being used by charging a fee as other towns across Colorado and the rest of the US are beginning to do in small and large communities.
"We need to be reusing," said Lopez. "The recycling aspect is not as good, unfortunately, but the idea is to reduce, reuse and recycle. If we can get two out of three, that's a good start. If this had a fee structure that goes back into itself in terms of education and issuing reusable bags, it's going to eliminate a lot of waste. Steam Boat Springs just completely did away with plastic bags at their four large retailers."
The Steam Boat Springs ordinance regarding plastic bags excluded smaller mom and pop businesses and focused solely on the larger retailers like Wal-Mart, who already has plastic bag charge programs in place that could be easy to implement. Several members of council said the first step should be meeting with Wal-Mart and Safeway to see how they felt about the issue.
Mayor Rico saw value in looking at what other communities were doing to help address the issues of plastic waste in the local ecology while also noting it takes looking at multiple communities to help find what best works for Trinidad.
"One of the things that I look at is what other communities are doing something where we don't have to reinvent the wheel," said Rico. "That's something that I often hate to do. Sometimes we can pull something from here, something from here, and make it work for us."
While several city councilmembers agreed with the benefit of to not trying to reinvent the wheel, there were also those who felt that Trinidad required it's own city specific solution.
"Sitting on council, I get frustrated when I hear people compare our little town to Breckenridge or Manitou Springs," said Councilmember Joe Bonato. "We're Trinidad. We're old enough to make our own decisions. Those other places are money, money, money. We have to come up with a solution and I don't think we have to follow Breckenridge's example or Steam Boat Springs. I think we have to follow what the people of the City of Trinidad want."
Mayor Rico concluded that the ultimate goal of looking at a possible charge for plastic bags had to do with getting people to look more closely at how they disposed of plastic bags and encourage them to use reusable bags for the sake of the local environment.
"There's some ways that I believe we could do this to where it makes sense," said Rico. "It boils down to we need to make our local environment look better."
Valentine stated that the staff would start moving towards looking for a solution to bring back in front of council.
"This shows that we need to look more into this," said Valentine, "so staff will take the next step and start contacting the big stores and small stores and get some public input also."
The agenda for the work session also included an item for discussing the issue of parking along Main Street and Commercial. Councilmember Lopez brought up the possibility of charging parking fees via kiosks in municipal parking lots and potential meters throughout downtown.
"If we're running out of space, that's a good problem to have," said Lopez. "If we want growth we have to be ready for it, and welcoming of it, otherwise we're going to be scared of it. [Meters and kiosks] are a way to pay for it in it's own capacity."
Several councilmembers including Miles and Benato stated that enforcing the timed parking restrictions already in place could solve many of the issues with the lack of parking.
"I think the problem is that enforcement has to be made," said Benato. "An officer or somebody is going to have to be hired to do this."
"I'm more about enforcement that revenue generation," Miles said. "Metering is not going to be popular."
Councilmember Rusty Goodall then commented that not all the decisions council makes are necessarily required to be popular, but for the betterment of the city as a whole looking into the future as far as possible to avoid issues down the line.
"When the peak opens up and Space to Create and everything else, the amount of traffic in this town we have now is going to be nothing compared to what's coming," said Goodall. "We've got to get ahead of this now and we [as a city] don't have a lot of time to figure it out. We have a year to get something in place to start dealing with this and our traffic situation is going to get much worse. With this, no matter what we decide is going to be a popular decision, but we're going to have to address this in one form or another. We've got to have more parking lots or put in some paid parking. I'm for metering and more enforcement both."
With each of the councilmembers giving their thoughts on the subject, Valentine said that he saw a common voice for more regulation and a need for an updated inventory of existing parking.
"I'm hearing enforcement as a main thing," said Valentine. "I can have staff do an analysis and inventory of current municipal parking available."
With this as well as the other topics of discussion, the idea was to open the discussion to work towards finding possible solutions moving forward. Many expressed that they saw a need to tackle these issues sooner than later as population and tourism grows in the next few years.
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421. Why Nobody Knows How to Make a Pizza w/ Julie Borowski
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In today's flagship Lions of Liberty podcast, Marc is joined by one his very first guests, and author of the new children's book Nobody Knows How to Make a Pizza, Julie Borowksi! Julie first recaps her path to liberty, from a being a weird girl who was into gun rights to becoming a standard Republic / neocon and finally into a libertarian through Ron Paul. Julie and Marc then discuss Julie's various inspirations to write a children's book, and how she uses the process of making a pizza to teach children about basic free market economics and division of labor in a fun and interesting way! We then get into various random topics such as the Democratic Presidential candidates and immigration.
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Planning a business trip to Prague at the fairs, or travelling for fun and need to be at centre stage? Stay in the Absolutum Hotel, which you will be very pleasantly surprised with. Nothing will charm you too much, but everything fits exactly as it should. Enjoy an "absolutely" trouble-free stay with a pleasant modern design.
The local rarity is atypical hanging decorations made from pieces of birch wood, which can be found in the windows of the restaurant. It was purchased from the PPF financial group and the same decorations adorn the entrance hall.
The Absolutum Hotel´s strategic location in Prague - Holesovice is ideal accommodation for traders who intend to visit the fairs. Two main exhibitions are located close to the hotel, Prague - Holesovice and Letnany. The whole hotel design concept is perfectly aligned throughout the hotel and the muted tones and brick walls, which are a typical feature of the hotel, create a pleasant homely atmosphere.
Have your car parked and leave the rest to the closely guarded car park, enjoy the delicious food in the Salut restaurant, or let the true professionals pamper you in the Infinite wellness centre. Nothing here will prevent you from absolute relaxation.
The very nice eye for design combines modern style with traditional style and makes the hotel a place where everyone feels good.
The main elements used are bricks that are used in the restaurant and common areas, as well as in each room. Surely the hotel will be kept forever in your memory.
Each room is a different shape and size, all are modern and bright. The rooms are always decorated in pale yellow or light green in combination with bricks and other shades of beige. All rooms are also dominated by a huge marble-lined bathroom.
On the ground floor there is a light illuminated "L" shaped restaurant, where daylight penetrates the two glass walls. Modern design is emphasized by built aquariums of large-format photographs by famous photographers Ladislav Kamarad and Jiri Kolbaba. In the corridors, you can enjoy photographs of exotic journeys by both renowned photographers.
The hotel also offers a small and a larger conference room for hire.
Although the hotel is not in the centre, there are still plenty of options in and around the hotel. What's more, the centre can be reached in just five minutes from the nearby metro station.
The Absolutum Hotel itself offers the Salut which is great restaurant, where you can certainly select one of the freshly prepared delicacies from the simple menu. There is also a discounted daily menu. Food is exclusive and certainly comparable with a five-star standard, but the portions are classically large in the Czech Republic, so the main course fills you. For relaxation, the Infinate wellness centre is conveniently placed in the basement of the hotel, where you can choose from a range of massages, or you can warm up in the spacious sauna.
As already mentioned, the hotel is an ideal starting point for those wishing to visit the exhibitions and Incheba Arena in Holesovice and Expo centre in Letnany. Both exhibitions are just a few minutes from the hotel.
At the Holesovice exhibition you can visit a musical performance of the Krizik gushing fountain.
There are also many renowned clubs in the vicinity - such as Mecca, Cross Club and SaSaZu - the best club with the best Asian restaurant in the country. People that do not really like this kind of fun, can visit the nearby "Red Light district" in Holesovice market or one of the nearby casinos.
As for sports, there are indoor tennis courts and a golf resort right next to the hotel - there is a driving range (2 CZK / ball) and a free training ground for pitching and putting. The golf resort offers a pleasant outdoor seating area under the trees, so it doesn´t even feel like you´re in the city.
At your request, the hotel will seamlessly provide any other associated programs.
Very cozy hotel where you won´t have to flit around an army of employees, yet you will certainly enjoy first-class care.
In summer, in front of the hotel restaurant a pleasant summer garden is opened, which serves excellent coffee, mixed drinks or homemade American lemonade.
The massage studio of the Infinite network adds exclusivity to the hotel, where I experienced one of the best and most professional massages.
The hotel's main asset is its proximity to both the fairgrounds and the private guarded parking in front of the hotel, which is free of charge.


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Legrand, the global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures, and Domotz, the leading provider of network monitoring and remote tech support systems for integration companies and IT professionals, announced that Legrand's Nuvo Player Portfolio whole home music system is now supported by Domotz Pro remote management software.
Domotz Pro software adds remote management features to the Nuvo Player Portfolio system that enable integrators and Legrand tech support to work together in real-time to quickly troubleshoot configuration and performance issues, saving all parties significant time and money. The Domotz-Nuvo pairing is an expansion of the technology partnership announced earlier this year to provide Domotz Pro support for networking products under Legrand's Luxul brand.
Among the key features the software makes available is the ability to automatically identify and remotely reboot Player Portfolio devices and systems. Integrators can also quickly launch support sessions with Legrand, providing the manufacturer's tech team temporary remote access to customers' Player Portfolio systems. In addition, Domotz Pro offers remote monitoring of Nuvo Player Portfolio zone status, networking status and connection history, as well as network status alerts when devices are offline and when new devices are found.
According to Werder, the partnership with Domotz can be seen within the larger context of the Legrand Eliot (Electricity and IoT) Program, which mobilizes the company's global capabilities to speed its development of connected devices wherever the Internet of Things (IoT) can enhance value for professional customers and end-users.
Launching a Manufacturer Support session via Domotz PRO is easy and intuitive. A manufacturer support tile is provided for any Player Portfolio device that is found on a network. Through this, integrators can grant the Legrand support team all relevant network and device details so that they can access the customer's system.
Domotz PRO requires a software agent running on a network to continuously monitor devices and facilitate troubleshooting actions such as remote power and access functions. The Domotz Box device is recommended for professionals installing Domotz PRO on customer networks.
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Domotz PRO support features for additional hardware manufacturers will be announced in the months ahead.
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