Why it's critical to America's future to implement policies that ensure working people share in U.S. economic gains.
Everyone knows there are winners and losers when capitalism is functioning without government interference. A good example is the top 1% of U.S. households' share of total wealth, which grew to 7% in 1975 to 24% in 2016. During the same time, almost everybody else's income stagnated or declined.
The middle class knows there has been a tremendous shift in wealth, and they wonder why they have to sacrifice and learn to live on less, while the wealthy accumulate more gold then they can carry.
Typical of what happened to manufacturing workers in the last two decades is what happened to those working at the Carrier plants in Indiana. The 2,400 highly skilled workers had built high quality air conditioners for many years in Indiana, and the plant produced a 10% profit for its parent company, United Technologies Corp. (IW500/19). However, when UTC held its annual meeting with stock analysts in New York, the investors demanded a higher return (around 18%). UTC management decided they had to reach this new goal. To do so, it decided to close the Carrier plant and send the production to Mexico. There was no consideration for the loyal families who had given their best years to Carrier. In one decision, they had been declared losers of free market capitalism.
In the case of Carrier, President-Elect Donald J. Trump intervened, convincing the company to keep around 800 jobs in the U.S. But the problem is so widespread that most economists agree that such a company-by-company approach is not viable on a larger scale.
However, Trump also has made numerous promises to adopt policies that will, among other things, stop U.S. manufacturers from moving production jobs offshore.
I am trying to make the argument that it is in the interest of the wealthy and corporations to find ways to reverse this decline and allow working people to share in the prosperity and successes of the economy. The Free-Market Absolutists will never go along with this idea because they simply believe that capitalism creates winners and losers, and that is how it should be.
Free Market Absolutists also believe that neither capitalism nor the government is responsible to help the losers. In their free market economy, everybody has a chance to participate in getting a piece of the market pie, but if you can't, it is your responsibility. The free market view is that if you cannot make enough money to live on, the market has determined that you aren't worth enough. If others make millions of dollars they must be worth it and deserve it.
But I think this view is shortsighted and strategically naïve.
There is a tipping point in society where the problems of the losers simply cost too much and are politically unacceptable--they become a threat to both the country and capitalism. In addition to the social problems created, lower consumption means lower GDP growth and less wealth.
It is in the interest of all parties to find ways to reverse this decline.
To get a sense of the scale of the problem, here are a few excerpts from the book Nothing But Blue Skies. In it is the is the story of Nadine, a secretary who wanted to get the income of a blue collar auto worker. She was hired at the General Motors Lordstown, Ohio, plant as a temporary worker and at 70% of the full time rate of $28 per hour. After six months, the union representative called her in to announce that she would be a permanent employee, but she would have to take a temporary pay cut. This was the new two-tier wage program at 50% of the $28 fulltime rate. If she didn't sign the contract, she would be fired and could not apply for unemployment. She had no choice, and signed the agreement.
She had gone from a job which paid a decent wage of $48,000 per year to a job paying $26,880 per year (below the poverty level).
The two-tier wage system happened everywhere in the auto industry forcing thousands of workers into poverty level wages.
Another example from the same book was the A. E. Staley plant in Decatur, Illinois. The company had been a family-owned for three generations, but the fourth generation sold it to a British multinational corporation called Tate and Lyle. The new company wanted to get rid of the union, so it offered a new agreement that would force employees to work more hours for less money and on rotating shifts. Ultimately, Tate and Lyle locked out the union and hired replacement workers for the 800 union jobs.
What Dan didn't know was that the problems at A. E. Staley were happening all across America. Since the 1980s, multinational corporations have employed strategies to get rid of unions and lower their labor costs. It has been a flashpoint for the new economic globalization that discarded family and community values in the name of profit.
After five years of protests, the union lost all 800 jobs, and the workers in Decatur had to find other forms of employment.
The U.S. Census data on poverty in 2012 shows that 46.2 million people live below the poverty line, which is the highest figure in 52 years.
It also shows that 16.4 million children also live in poverty, the highest number since 1962.
Its data also shows that 55.3 million households make less than $50,000 per year.
The average household income has fallen by over 10% in the past 10 years.
More than 25 million middle-class families are living paycheck to paycheck, with a median income of $41,000 and median assets of $41,000.
Since 2008, many Americans have lost their houses, jobs, and retirement savings. In the Economic Malaise, Charles A.Kupchan says, "Never before has the median household income dropped during an economic recovery." These setbacks came on the heels of back-to-back decades of stagnation in middle-class wages.
The middle class lives in a world of Social Darwinism where there is a permanent threat of unemployment and insecurity. The decline of the middle class does not appear to be ending or even slowing down. And more losers will be created by our freewheeling free market approach to capitalism.
So the losers of free market capitalism have been the victims of globalization and the question is, do they have any power to do anything about it? Those on the losing side represent a large group of citizens with, cumulatively, a lot of political power. If a charismatic politician comes along who can show them how they are all in the same boat, big changes are probable. And along came Donald Trump to win the presidency by appealing to the problems of millions of losers.
"We will make America the best place in the world to start a business, hire workers, and open a factory."
The Trump transition team indicates the Trump administration would consider renegotiating NAFTA or even withdrawing from it.
He will invest a trillion dollars to repair or replace our infrastructure.
Trump said, he would take the side of American workers against the economic elite.
While campaigning in Pittsburgh, he said he would bring back the steel industry, and he promised the autoworkers in Michigan that he would bring their jobs back.
The losers seem to have been literally invisible to most citizens until the surprise win by Donald Trump. The middle class has more than 100 million workers who are also voters and millions of these workers are blue collar workers. It is very dangerous for politicians to ignore this fact (as Hillary Clinton found out).
If we are to avoid government solutions, then it is time to think of new ways to govern and ways to share some of the prosperity with working people. This possibility should create genuine concern in the hearts of Free Market Absolutists--because the middle class and the "losers" now have the votes.
There is nothing more dangerous in society then someone who has nothing left to lose.
Conservatives will not want to subsidize this underclass. So, the alternative, quite simply, is to find ways to create an economy where there is more shared prosperity, but it won't be simple.
Just like in the depression, millions of people have been suffering from the free market strategy. These people saw their chance for change and voted for Donald Trump. They are still out there suffering, and will be patiently waiting for Trump to keep his promises (with fixed bayonets).
If Mr. Trump cannot keep his promises, a second uprising is inevitable--and the "losers" have proved they are a political force to be reckoned with.


BUT MOST OF ALL... I AM HERE TO "MAKE A DIFFERENCE"
UNIVERSITY LIFE IS THE FOUNDATION OF OUR GLOBAL COMMUNTIY.
WE NEED TO MAKE CHANGES TO ENHANCE OUR STUDENT EXPERIENCE AND EMBRACE OUR FUTURE. WE NEED TO REACH OUT AND CONNECT STUDENTS WITH INDUSTRY/COMMERCE/ACADEMIA AND SOCIETY. WE NEED TO MAKE OUR UNIVERSITY A BETTER PLACE.
A LOT OF US COME FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS, INCLUDING MYSELF. WE ALL SEEK TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY THAT WILL ENABLE US TO BECOME CITIZENS OF THE WORLD, TO STAND OUT AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE, NO MATER WHERE WE COME FROM. I WANT TO ESTABLISH THIS IDEA AND HELP ALL OF US AT KCLSU BLEND TOGETHER FOR THE CAUSE.
GIVEN THE FACT THAT I AM VERY COMMUNICATIVE, NOT AFRAID TO SPEAK MY MIND AND ULTIMATELY EXPRESS ALL OUR IDEAS ABOUT AMELIORATING OUR COMMUNITY MAKES ME A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR THIS ROLE.
LET US STAND UP TOGETHER AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE... ?VOTE FOR ME AND WE'LL ALL MAKE IT HAPPEN!


What do we miss when we hurry down the sidewalk, run to the bus or just walk but don't pay attention? I discovered we miss a great deal.
I arrived at Eloise Butler Wild Flower garden to find a completely different garden than last week. The snow was gone and it was rolling hills of brown trees, brown leaves, just plain brown. The garden had changed from snow-white to tree brown.
Excited and still buzzing for school I headed off in the wild garden to see flowers, a new color in this field of brown. Walking quickly I arrived at the "fork" in the path (the place where the path goes in two different directions) but did not see any flowers. I stopped and thought for a minute. What am I missing? I re-traced my steps and just stood still. I reminded myself to look as if I was a naturalist, or a scientist, a writer. What do they do? They all use careful observation.
Wow- I had missed so much. There at my feet were a bunch of tiny pinkish white flowers blooming. They were right at the edge of the path and could easily be stepped on if I was not watching carefully. I continued my walk more slowing and the "all" brown woods began to show off its true colors. There was the deep burgundy of the skunk cabbage, the bright fire truck red of the dogwood bushes, a little plant called Trout Lily was showing its gray-green leaves with spots, and another lime green set of leaves was just peeking out of the ground.
The wild garden was full of color but you needed to look closely. Sometimes just standing still and looking around showed hidden treasures.
What hidden treasures can you find when you use careful observation?
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#include "ordered_list/hdr_lazy.h"
#include <cds/container/lazy_list_nogc.h>

namespace ordlist {
    namespace {
        struct NOGC_cmp_traits: public cc::lazy_list::type_traits
        {
            typedef LazyListTestHeader::cmp<LazyListTestHeader::item>   compare ;
        };
    }
    void LazyListTestHeader::NOGC_cmp()
    {
        // traits-based version
        typedef cc::LazyList< cds::gc::nogc, item, NOGC_cmp_traits > list   ;
        nogc_test< list >()  ;

        // option-based version

        typedef cc::LazyList< cds::gc::nogc, item,
            cc::lazy_list::make_traits<
                cc::opt::compare< cmp<item> >
            >::type
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        nogc_test< opt_list >()  ;
    }

    namespace {
        struct NOGC_less_traits: public cc::lazy_list::type_traits
        {
            typedef LazyListTestHeader::lt<LazyListTestHeader::item>   less ;
        };
    }
    void LazyListTestHeader::NOGC_less()
    {
        // traits-based version
        typedef cc::LazyList< cds::gc::nogc, item, NOGC_less_traits > list   ;
        nogc_test< list >()  ;

        // option-based version

        typedef cc::LazyList< cds::gc::nogc, item,
            cc::lazy_list::make_traits<
                cc::opt::less< lt<item> >
            >::type
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        nogc_test< opt_list >()  ;
    }

    namespace {
        struct NOGC_cmpmix_traits: public cc::lazy_list::type_traits
        {
            typedef LazyListTestHeader::cmp<LazyListTestHeader::item>   compare ;
            typedef LazyListTestHeader::lt<LazyListTestHeader::item>  less    ;
        };
    }
    void LazyListTestHeader::NOGC_cmpmix()
    {
        // traits-based version
        typedef cc::LazyList< cds::gc::nogc, item, NOGC_cmpmix_traits > list   ;
        nogc_test< list >()  ;

        // option-based version

        typedef cc::LazyList< cds::gc::nogc, item,
            cc::lazy_list::make_traits<
                cc::opt::compare< cmp<item> >
                ,cc::opt::less< lt<item> >
            >::type
        > opt_list   ;
        nogc_test< opt_list >()  ;
    }

    namespace {
        struct NOGC_ic_traits: public cc::lazy_list::type_traits
        {
            typedef LazyListTestHeader::lt<LazyListTestHeader::item>   less ;
            typedef cds::atomicity::item_counter item_counter   ;
        };
    }
    void LazyListTestHeader::NOGC_ic()
    {
        // traits-based version
        typedef cc::LazyList< cds::gc::nogc, item, NOGC_ic_traits > list   ;
        nogc_test< list >()  ;

        // option-based version

        typedef cc::LazyList< cds::gc::nogc, item,
            cc::lazy_list::make_traits<
                cc::opt::less< lt<item> >
                ,cc::opt::item_counter< cds::atomicity::item_counter >
            >::type
        > opt_list   ;
        nogc_test< opt_list >()  ;
    }

}   // namespace ordlist

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Loma Lookboonmee working on becoming more well rounded as she waits for UFC call
By: James Goyder | January 9, 2021 4:39 pm
Everyone knows that it is not easy to make a living out of Muay Thai in Thailand. But it is much tougher for female fighters like Loma Lookboonmee who earn a fraction of the amount their male counterparts do.
So signing an extension to her UFC contract earlier this year was a huge moment for Loma,
"I am very happy to sign the UFC contract, I want to be a UFC champion. It's difficult to make a living out of fighting in Thailand for everyone and it's even more difficult for women. Having this UFC opportunity has really motivated me because I want to help my community and bring pride to my country," she said.
She can expect to earn more from a single fight than some Muay Thai fighters will in their entire career. Loma has reached the pinnacle of the sport and is making sure that people in her home province of Buriram are also benefitting,
"It has definitely changed my life for the better when I go home people come to meet me at the airport and everyone I go people know who I am and I am able to give some donations to try and help the community."
As well as being in a better financial situation Loma has also gone through some big physical changes. The UFC does not have an atomweight division, so in order to compete for the promotion the 24 year old has had to bulk up,
"Before I fought at 48kgs but I actually weighed 47kgs because I didn't understand about strength and conditioning. Today I am 60kgs."
The coaching team as Tiger Muay Thai has overseen her development, both from a physical and a technical perspective. Loma is coming off a win over Jinh Yu Frey at UFC Fight Island 4 and says she had to start training for this bout in Buriram,
"I had to train at home to begin with because the provinces were shut so I couldn't come to Phuket but as soon as Thailand opened up I flew to Phuket. It did affect my training a little bit but I worked hard to make sure I was ready."
The normally bustling tourist island of Phuket is extremely quiet. But the fight team at Tiger Muay Thai continue to train together every day and Loma is staying active while she waits for a call from the UFC.
Coming from such a strong Muay Thai background she is extremely confident in her striking. But Loma sees this as an opportunity to work on the other areas of her game,
"I don't know when I will be fighting so at the moment we are working on my weaknesses and trying to improve. I'm not preparing for anyone specific, just working on becoming more well rounded."
Topnoi Tigermuaythai wants a Kai Asakura rematch in 2021
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Ali Motamed pledges not to take a backwards step in ONE Championship debut
By: James Goyder | December 9, 2020 12:44 pm
Tiger Muay Thai: the Phuket powerhouse that became a global fitness destination
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Loma Lookboonmee outclasses Jinh Yu Frey at UFC Fight Island 4
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"The human rights community has focused very narrowly on political and civil rights for many decades, and with reason, but now we have to ask how can we broaden the view. "
— Paul Farmer
The purpose of the Social Justice Action Committee is to address civil rights issues relating to political, educational, social and economic equality, with an emphasis on women's, LGBT+ and minority rights in Hawaiʻi, the U.S. and abroad; to facilitate a free exchange of ideas and views regarding civil rights issues; to provide educational and training opportunities for organizers regarding both the appropriate enforcement of civil rights laws as well as the defense of civil rights claims made on behalf of the people; and to disseminate information on updates, emerging issues and best practices in the civil rights arena.
The 2019 legislative priorities include (but are not necessarily limited to):
Eliminating cash bail. As part of our ongoing campaign to reform the so-called "criminal-justice" system, YPDA is calling on the State of Hawaiʻi to abandon the failed policy of reliance on cash bail. A preponderance of research shows that cash bail is highly problematic on multiple levels: it creates a tiered system whereby the wealthy are able to buy their way out of jail, while the poor languish behind bars without being proven guilty of any crime. Underlying racism means that cash bail is disproportionately used against people of color, exacerbating racial disparities and injustices throughout the system. With so many poor people locked up, the rate of increase in our incarcerated population is exploding, leading to real health and safety concerns and opening the state up to potential lawsuits. It's also costing the taxpayers an inordinate amount of money to house this growing population.
Replacing cash bail with a risk assessment tool, overseen by the courts and administered by trained social workers, is more fair, more effective, safer and significantly cheaper than keeping people locked up. Under risk assessment, persons—regardless of wealth—who are found to be a danger to society or a flight risk are detained. All other people who enter the criminal justice system are released, either on their own recognizance, or to a program where they can receive treatment for drug addiction, mental healthcare issues or whatever other need they are lacking that led to their arrest in the first place. Along with risk-assessment, a simple text message-based alert system will work for most people to remind them to show up to court. This system has been proven to be more successful than cash bail in states like Kentucky and jurisdictions like Washington, D.C., without destroying people's lives over, usually, nonviolent mistakes they have made. It offers people a second chance to make things up to their friends, families and neighbors, rather than dooming them to a lifetime of contact with the criminal justice system.
Legalizing responsible adult-use marijuana. Dovetailing with our efforts to eliminate cash bail, this common sense policy would also reduce our incarcerated population by removing one of the more common nonviolent offenses people are booked for: possession of marijuana. If done properly, where tax rates and retail prices are intelligently set to outperform black market sales, such a policy would effectively cut the legs out from under illicit black markets and the cartels that profit from them, further reducing criminal activity as consumers flock to legal retail points instead of soliciting potentially dangerous, back ally drug deals.
At the same time, taxing and regulating marijuana usage—which will continue to be popular in Hawaiʻi regardless of whether or not it is legal—would open up millions of dollars of badly-needed revenue for the state each year ($20 million in the first year alone) which ought to be invested in education and public health initiatives to educate and inform consumers about the risks and benefits of cannabis use and help empower youth to make informed decisions. Whether we're talking about abstinence-only sex education or a ban on pakalolo, prohibition never succeeds at curbing human behavior. People are going to smoke weed. It's just a fact. Let's make sure they do it in the safest manner possible.
And while we're talking about human behavior, recent studies have shown that states with legal cannabis, or easy access to medical cannabis (not Hawaiʻi) have, on average, a 14 percent lower rate of opiod prescriptions and a 25 percent lower rate of accidental overdose. Further, studies have shown that there is no statistical difference between the rate of traffic collisions in states where cannabis is legal and states where it is not. Finally, while the act of smoking is certainly a public health risk, it is undeniable that tobacco use is worse for public health than marijuana. Alcohol, similarly, causes millions of deaths a year, while marijuana use is the primary culprit in almost no deaths per year.
Title X and The Domestic Gag Rule. Title X currently allocates federal funds for organizations like Planned Parenthood to provide family planning services, and prohibits any of those funds from being spent on actual abortions. The Trump administration is in the process of enacting rules that will prohibit any Title X funds from being allocated to organizations that provide any information or education about abortions. This action has been branded as the "Domestic Gag Rule," and it is illegal and unethical for the federal government to prohibit doctors from talking to patients about healthcare, especially potential lifesaving treatments. YPDA is partnering with Planned Parenthood to ask the state of Hawaiʻi to cover the $2.1 million that may be pulled by the Domestic Gag Rule policy.
Sign up with the Social Justice Committee to help with legislative efforts and community organizing.


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https://apnews.com/article/cairo-violence-lifestyle-middle-east-arrests-177cc6fde1566c76b8c7b803f1b1b1ac
Group: Egypt police arbitrarily arrest, torture LGBT people
October 1, 2020 GMT
CAIRO (AP) — A prominent human rights group Thursday accused Egyptian police of arbitrarily arresting and torturing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, and urged authorities to end prosecutions for adult, consensual sexual relations.
Security forces routinely make random arrests of people based on their gender expression, unlawfully search their phones and entrap them through social media sites and dating applications, said a statement released by New York-based Human Rights Watch.
Detainees face torture and sexual violence, including repeated beatings, water-hosing and forced anal and vaginal examinations, the rights group said. It also accused security forces of extracting forced confessions from LGBT detainees, denying them access to legal counsel and medical care, and inciting fellow inmates to abuse them.
"Egyptian authorities seem to be competing for the worst record on rights violations against LGBT people in the region, while the international silence is appalling," said Rasha Younes, LGBT rights researcher at Human Rights Watch.
Attempts to reach a government spokesman for comment were not immediately successful.
Homosexuality is highly taboo in Egypt among both majority Muslims and the Christian minority, but is not explicitly prohibited by law. In practice, however, the state regularly seeks to prosecute individuals under alternative charges including "immorality" and "debauchery," which are normally reserved for prostitution.
Since 2017, Egyptian authorities launched a crackdown on the LGBT community following a concert in Cairo by a pro-LGBT Lebanese band. At the event, some of the audience raised the rainbow flag, a gesture that authorities saw as an attempt to promote homosexuality.
HRW said it interviewed 15 people, including LGBT people who were prosecuted between 2017 and 2020, two lawyers and two local LGBT activists.
The rights group statement quoted one of the victims as saying that he was picked up by police in downtown Cairo in 2019 and after a "senseless" beating by police was forced to stand for three days in a dark and unventilated room with tied hands and feet.
Another woman quoted in the HRW statement said she underwent three forced vaginal and anal examinations during her detention, a procedure that authorities call "virginity tests."
"Morality and public order are hijacked, not preserved, when security forces arbitrarily arrest people and subject them to life-altering abuse in detention," Younes said. "Egypt's partners should halt support to its abusive security forces until the country takes effective steps to end this cycle of abuse, so that LGBT people can live freely in their country."


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the unauthorized saved by the bell story
Expect To See A Lot More Of Those 'Unauthorized' Lifetime Movies About Stuff From The '90s
August 18, 2015 by: Brian Grubb
Lark Voorhies Did Not Watch 'The Unauthorized Saved By The Bell Story'
September 2, 2014 by: Stacey Ritzen
One Person Who Will Not Be Watching 'The Unauthorized Saved By The Bell Story' Is Mr. Belding
August 26, 2014 by: Stacey Ritzen
You Can Now Watch The First Five Minutes Of Lifetime's 'Unauthorized Saved By The Bell Story'
August 23, 2014 by: Jessica Toomer
Screech Throws Down In The Latest Trailer For Lifetime's 'Saved By The Bell' Movie
Poor Dustin Diamond Doesn't Understand Why Everyone Hates Him
A Breakdown Of The First Footage From 'The Unauthorized Saved By The Bell Story'
August 7, 2014 by: Brian Grubb
Lifetime's Unauthorized 'Saved By The Bell' Movie Has Found Its Mr. Belding
June 25, 2014 by: Brian Grubb
R.I.P. Your Childhoods: Here Comes A Lifetime Movie Titled 'The Unauthorized Saved By The Bell Story'


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What did you end up getting? Are you happy? I am looking at new tires for my 94 Jeep Grand Cherokee. What did find out about sizes on stock rims?
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Somebeachsomewhere Heads for Top Honors
In harness racing, the Breeders Crown is the most prestigious event of the year and always attracts the most spectacular horses in the industry. With twenty-five years of Breeders Crown action to look back on, Saturday 29 November 2008 most definitely became a harness racing event for the history books. With a purse of $500 000, the Breeders Crown Pace is a race for three-year-old colt pacers and many were excited to see how Deweycheatumnhowe would perform in his trotting event, while Somebeachsomewhere was gearing up to pace into history, as both were scheduled for retirement after Saturday's race.
Somebeachsomewhere will no doubt be remembered as one of the racing greats of harness racing, and as a magnificent three-year-old. By winning the Breeders Crown event for three-year-old pacers, he has pushed his career statistics to twenty victories off twenty-one starts and has set four world records. It is believed that by his spectacular win on Saturday, he has secured the Three Year Old Horse of the Year Award and that his only competition for the overall Horse of the Year will be Deweycheatumnhowe.
Ray Schnittker, trainer and driver of Deweycheatumnhowe, was concerned while taking him out in the Three Year Old Trotting event, as his horse had suffered a terrible mouth and throat infection last week. It was evident that the illness had affected Deweycheatumnhowe more than anyone could have anticipated as the always fiery colt showed none of his usual fight and flair. He faded in the race and finished his last career race in third place. He will now be retired to stud after winning twenty-two races off twenty-five career starts, which is still an achievement to be proud of.
Connections of Somebeachsomewhere have confirmed that even though he was scheduled to be retired on Saturday, they have made the decision to race him one last time, on 15 December 2008, at Dover Downs. This will give harness racing enthusiasts the final opportunity to see this racing great in action before he retires to stud and joins the distinguished list of legendary horses in the history of harness racing.


Bozeman was featured on the Today Show along with a few other cities across America.
When things were great and your commercial property was 100% leased there were few worries. Operating Expenses were a necessary evil and besides, your brother in-law was handling the landscape maintenance and janitorial.
Black Bull, the new Family and Golf Community in Montana, is one of only 10 new communities that made it on the list of the "Top 100 Golf Communities in America" by Travel + Leisure Golf.
The distressed loan situation in commercial real estate is taking a striking turn for the worse, according to a CoStar Group analysis of December loan information on more than 83,000 loans in commercial mortgage backed securities.
Having trouble deciding what to get your sweetheart this Valentine's Day? Support your local Museum by joining Jack Horner and friends at the 2009 Museum Ball fundraising event on Valentine's Day, Saturday, February 14th from 6pm–midnight.
REALTORS® recognize the need to sustain and enhance the quality of life enjoyed by Montana's citizens. We belive we can build better communities by supporting quality growth and seeking economic and housing opportunities that embrace the environmental qualities we value, while protecting property owners.
Virginia City, Montana has been named #2 on True West Magazine's Top 10 True Western Towns with Cheyenne, Wyoming coming in at first place. Among Montana on the list was Silver City, New Mexico and Austin, Texas.
Read True West magazine's article here.
As the Snow Continues to Fall, ERA Landmark and The Biggerstaff Company Team Up to Offer Customer Service at the base of Big Sky Resort.
As a rather news-worthy year in real estate is now in the books, it's a good time to look briefly at what actually transpired in 2008. The media had its heyday with gloom and doom nationally while we enjoyed a somewhat sheltered version of the market "correction" here locally. But with all of the information posted, it's important to stay familiar with "just the facts" regarding some of the terminology and changes that are the real estate market of 2009. Let's look at three "headliners" and their definition.


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The committee of the UNESCO International Forum on preservation of cultural and historic heritage and development of the world heritage sites in the Republic of Tatarstan
Chairman of the Committee:
Shamil Gafarov
Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan – Chief of Staff of the Office of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan
Vice-chairmen of the Committee:
Ilshat Gafurov
Rector of Kazan Federal University, Chairman of the Tatarstan Rectors' Union
Tatyana Larionova
Vice-chairman of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan, Executive Director of the non-profit organization "Republic Fund for Historical and Cultural Monuments Revival of the Republic of Tatarstan"
Members of the Committee:
Irada Ayupova
Minister of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan
Rafael Valeev
Vice-President of the Russian National Committee of ICOMOS, Deputy director for Research of the Institute of International Relations of the Kazan Federal University
Ivan Gushchin
Chairman of the State Committee of the Republic of Tatarstan on preservation of cultural heritage sites
Andrey Egorov
Deputy Minister of Transport and Road Construction of the Republic of Tatarstan
Sergey Ivanov
Chairman of Tatarstan State Committee for Tourism
Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze
Secretary-General of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO, Ambassador at Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry
Andrey Pominov
First Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Tatarstan
Myakzyum Salakhov
President of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan
Airat Sitdikov
Director of A. Kh. Khalikov Institute of Archeology, Dean of the Higher School of Historical Sciences and World Cultural Heritage of the Institute of International Relations of Kazan Federal University
Rashid Syunyaev
Head of Department of High Energy Astrophysics at RAS Institute of Space Research
Dmitry Tayursky
Vice-Rector for Education
of Kazan Federal University
Ramil Khayrutdinov
Director of the Institute of International Relations of Kazan Federal University


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The Federal Trade Commission has charged 12 defendants with laundering millions of dollars in credit card charges through fraudulent merchant accounts. According to the complaint filed by the FTC, the defendants arranged for a deceptive operation known as Money Now Funding (MNF) to obtain and maintain merchant accounts that allowed it to process almost $6 million through the credit card networks.
In September 2013, the FTC charged MNF with running a deceptive business opportunity scheme that promised consumers they would make thousands of dollars helping small businesses get loans. The court in the MNF matter determined that MNF's promises were false.
Today's case alleges that the defendants – an Independent Sales Organization (ISO), sales agents, and their principals – provided the MNF scheme access to the credit card networks by submitting and approving fraudulent applications in the names of more than 40 fictitious MNF companies. According to the FTC's complaint, the defendants did so despite obvious signs that the companies were likely fictitious and being used to conceal the true identity of the underlying merchant. By processing the fraudulent MNF scheme's transactions through merchant accounts opened in the names of fictitious companies, the ISO defendants allegedly also evaded the anti-fraud monitoring efforts of the credit card networks.
In the case announced today, the defendants are charged with violating the FTC Act and the FTC's Telemarketing Sales Rule.
The ISO defendants are Electronic Payment Systems LLC, Electronic Payment Transfer LLC, John Dorsey, Thomas McCann and Michael Peterson. The sales agent defendants are Electronic Payment Solutions of America Inc., Electronic Payment Services Inc., KMA Merchant Services LLC, Dynasty Merchants LLC, Jay Wigdore, Michael Abdelmesseh, also known as Michael Stewart, and Nikolas Mihilli.
The Commission vote authorizing the staff to file the complaint was 2-0. It was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.
Electronic Payment Solutions of America, Inc., et al.


The Melbourne Storm have suffered consecutive losses with Cronk, Slater and Smith in the line up for the first time since 2010. They are an amazing sporting team, no doubt that they will be back to their best soon.
Storm just got up today over the Knights, good teams always find a way to win.
True. We seem to have bounced back well after a bit of a lull a few rounds ago. Though losing guys to Origin again soon wont help. Still rightfully flag favourites though!


text: Daniel Franklin is currently serving as US editor, as well as executive editor. He has been executive editor since 2006. From 2003 to 2019 he was editor of The Economist's annual publication on the year ahead (at the time called "The World in…"). Daniel published Megatech: Technology in 2050 in 2017 and his book on long-term trends, "Megachange: The World in 2050", was published in 2012. He joined The Economist in 1983 to write about Soviet and East European affairs. As the newspaper's Europe editor from 1986 to 1992 he covered the great European upheavals, from the collapse of communism to the signing of the Maastricht treaty. After a stint as Britain editor he moved to the United States as Washington bureau chief, covering the first Clinton term. In 1997 he moved back to London as editorial director of the Economist Intelligence Unit. From 2006 to 2010 he was editor-in-chief of Economist.com. For the following four years he was business affairs editor, running the paper's coverage of business, finance, science and technology. Before the pandemic he was diplomatic editor, shuttling between Washington and London.


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Interesting development news crossed our desk this morning from the Japanese headquarters of camera giant Canon. The company says it has developed a new 35mm full-frame CMOS image sensor intended specifically for video capture. If you fancy shooting ambient-light video under the stars, prepare to control your excitement.
With even Full HD video equating to just 2.1 megapixels, the relatively low resolution allows an extremely generous 19 micron pixel size, which is around 7.5 times the size of the pixels in the EOS-1D X. The pixel structure and readout circuitry is also said to further control noise levels. That, suggests Canon, translates to high ISO and low-light performance to match. According to its maker, the new sensor allows "clearly visible" video in light levels down to 0.03 lux, a level at which even the human eye would struggle. By way of comparison, full moonlight is in the region of 0.27 to 1 lux on a clear night.
Canon's new sensor explained, along with some very impressive sample output.
The new sensor, then, would allow shooting under the light of a crescent moon without additional illumination, as demonstrated in the clip above. Video shot under a full moon looks as bright as day, after boosting sensitivity. Even more impressively, Canon is showing sample footage with an easily-identifiable human face, captured in a room illuminated only by burning incense sticks (0.01 to 0.05 lux).
The new sensor will be of particular interest to astrophotographers. (It may be aimed at video, but that doesn't mean you can't shoot Full HD stills with it, too.) Canon says that, while a typical electron multiplying CCD sensor can capture magnitude six stars, its new chip can manage magnitude 8.5 and above. This, too, is demonstrated in the sample video, which also has a clip of the Geminid meteor shower.
So... why must you temper your enthusiasm? Well, this so far is only a development announcement; no specific product plans are stated. Canon does suggest that it expects to commercialize the chip, but you likely won't be seeing it in your next video SLR any time soon. It's being launched at the Security Show 2013 in Japan, and is expected to be aimed at security, surveillance, medical research, and astronomical / natural observation.


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When it comes to over-the-top displays of Chrissy lights, the Hunter Valley Gardens really takes the pudding. Every year, the well-manicured greenery of these parklands is bejewelled with some three million glittering lights. This year is no exception – the trials and tribulations of 2021 could not stop this spectacular from twinkling to life.
You'd have to be a real grinch not to be charmed by the Southern Hemisphere's largest light show. And this year, the festivities will welcome several new additions, including a giant illuminated fairy, twinkling mega trees with a dynamic light show set to music, a giant bauble tree and Santa's Cave, complete with Santa himself, his elves and a photographer to capture those Yuletide shots, available until Christmas Eve. There will also be a breathtaking fireworks display that will light up the sky on New Year's Eve at 9pm.
All the fan favourites from previous years will be at the Gardens too, spread over 14 hectares of interactive displays. Dream no longer of a white Christmas, with a snowy display filled with arctic animals and frost-capped trees, have a cheeky kiss under the mistletoe at the romantic Lovers' Corner, and talk everyone's ears off about your gap year in Europe (or the places you dream of ticking off your bucket list) at the Around the World display.
While they're certainly the main event, there's more than just lights on offer. There are also rides for the little ones, including the Ferris wheel, teacups a Venetian carousel and a 35-meter super slide; roving live entertainers including festival carollers; and food and drink stalls to round out your outing. Start a new tradition with hot chocolate and churros, or feast on loaded fries, dumplings, spuds, pizza, burritos, burgers, hotdogs, crepes, pancakes, doughnuts, gelato and more.
The Christmas Lights Spectacular is open every evening from 5.30–10.30pm (excluding Christmas Day). This year, there will also be combination day-night tickets will be available, allowing guests to experience the best of both worlds with the entire Garden being open to explore during the day followed by the excitement of Christmas Lights Spectacular at night. A Covid-safe plan is in effect and all safety guidelines are rigorously adhered to, so gather up the family, the friends or someone special and set off on the two-hour-ish drive into wine country.
The lights start sparkling from November 5 until January 6, 2022. Adult night tickets are $32 – book here.
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FASHION AND FEMINISM: A LOVE STORY
On International Women's Day, we explore how fashion and feminism can be - and always have been - accomplices, not adversaries...
26 February 2018By Olivia Phillips
Missoni AW17
What did you get dressed into this morning? A sharp, herringbone blazer, perhaps? Vertiginous Manolos? A patent Saint Laurent mini? Or maybe you're more of the skinny-jeans-and-Gucci-trainers persuasion, preferring to go about your business in an ensemble that's as hardworking as you are. One thing's for sure, though – whatever it is you've chosen to pull on to face the world has had a long and chequered feminist history; each piece telling the many stories of the women who came before us.
The T-shirt that (hopefully) launched a thousand feminists
Our wardrobes are a language, meaning a blazer is never simply a blazer. It's a symbol, representing fight and freedom, evolution and revolution, what it means to be a woman today, and what we want it to mean from here on in. And from the moment we were strapped into the confines of a corset or weighed down by countless petticoats, we've been reinventing and refusing them, using them to challenge gender limitations, disrupting the status quo and causing uproar in the process. Yes, clothes have been the tools of oppression – but they've also been the tools of change, so no matter what detractors will tell you, fashion and feminism are accomplices, not adversaries. But like any good love story, they've certainly had their ups and downs.
It may not have all started with Christian Dior, but the French couturier was very much a pivotal figure in helping to usher the relationship along, starting with his debut in 1947. Cinched at the waist and dramatically cascading out from the hip, his 'Bar suits' were empowering in their structure, unapologetically exaggerating the female form. Dubbed the New Look, this deliberate abundance of fabric after years of wartime rationing scandalised polite society. There were stories of women in Dior being attacked on the street, and legend has it that King George VI even banned the young Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret from wearing the trend. It was subversive; heralding a fearless new dawn where women could send out a message of strength via something seemingly innocuous – a silhouette.
Rome, 1963
Apt, then, that it was the house of Dior that restarted this age-old conversation last season, with Maria Grazia Chiuri – in a brilliantly synergistic move as the maison's first-ever female creative head – sending out a SS17 collection whose standout piece was a T-shirt emblazoned with the words, 'We should all be feminists.' In the midst of a line-up that was inspired by fencing – fashion as armour – it struck a chord with many who felt palpable concern over the increasingly misogynistic rhetoric in the political sphere. The Trump campaign trail had evoked a discontent and fear that few had ever experienced quite so keenly, highlighting a mounting threat to gender equality that urgently needed a riposte. In place of a white knight? A white T-shirt. The very definition of a hero piece. And while fashion and politics have long since been bedfellows, it's critical times in history – like these – that designers feel most compelled to step away from their roles purely as cultural commentators and enter the ring with the rest of us, sometimes even throwing the first punch.
Christian Dior and his New Look and A-lines in 1950
Chiuri's now-iconic T-shirt – printed with the title from Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's award-winning essay – was indeed a punch. Along with the sea of knitted pink cat hats that populated the Women's Marches in January (which Missoni then cleverly commandeered, putting its own iteration on the catwalk for AW17) the T-shirt became a symbol of the movement, explicitly stamped with the rallying cry of women – and men – everywhere. Natalie Portman even wore one to speak at the march in LA, while British newspaper The Telegraph congratulated Dior for "reaching women who might not normally be receptive to any kind of socially progressive message.
But let's take a step back. Can selling a woman a Dhs2,600 designer T-shirt ever really be deemed an act of empowerment? Isn't it just cheapening the message a bit; perpetuating this world of self-imposed rules, conformity and consumerism we've created for ourselves? Some would say it's just a sordid attempt at fem-vertising; appropriating feminism as nothing but a marketing tool to sell women things they don't need. Crucially; is this a case of accessorising with feminism rather than truly supporting it?
A 1966 protest by The British Society for the Protection of Mini Skirts
Like anything, of course, there are grey areas. You could argue that buying one is a socio-economic win; women displaying complete autonomy over our purchasing power. After all, if we want to buy something, if it's made fairly, we should be able to. But really, focusing on why the T-shirt is the problem muddles the message, weakening it. It splinters the ranks when we should all be on the same team fighting for something bigger. And it asks a symbol to be a solution when it shouldn't have to be. If something sparks questions, conversations and progress, then it never will have been in vain.
But this is nothing new. Society historically panics, not when hemlines undulate or slogans get a bit too real, but when women begin to use clothes to define for themselves what it means to be female. It has happened at every turn – from the 19th century Gibson Girls rocking the boat when they appeared without gloves, to Amelia Bloomer, editor of the first feminist newspaper, The Lily, who swapped her hoop skirt for bloomers and sparked hysteria, "leaving her poor young husband pouting and weeping at home."
Chanel's SS15 feminist runway
When women earned the vote in the '20s, the ultra-short hair and visible stocking stays that became popular were met with serious resistance. Victoria Pass, a professor at Salisbury University, explains, "While cutting your hair doesn't suddenly signify your liberation, it was an incredibly powerful symbol of allegiance to a modern way of being a woman – one that terrified people who wanted to restore order after the traumatic upheaval of WWI." The women of the time were just as enlightened about their rationale, with flapper Ellen Welles Page telling Outlook Magazine in 1922, "Bobbed hair is a state of mind and not merely a new manner of dressing my head. It typifies growth, alertness, up-to-dateness… it's not just a fad, I consider getting rid of our long hair one of the many little shackles that women have cast aside in their passage to freedom. Whatever helps their emancipation, however small, is well worthwhile." The 1920s equivalent of staying woke.
Prabal Gurung and his AW17 slogan tees
Even when Chanel invented her own take on the two-piece suit in the '30s – inspired by "the strong, independent male she had dreamed of being," according to Valerie Steele, a fashion historian at the FIT – or in the '80s, when power-shouldered pant suits were worn to garner authority à la Working Girl, these, too, were deemed problematic – even anti-feminist. Why? Because they were seen to be emulating men. Happily, today these binary terms of what masculine or feminine dressing means are fading, but fashion still turns to the power suit, this season included, when the female agenda needs a push. The difference is, in the workplace, we no longer feel the need to hide our femininity to get ahead. Prabal Gurung, who sent many a feminist slogan T-shirt out on the runway this season, while legendary women's rights activist Gloria Steinem looked on from the frow, points out, "There has always been a strange sense of antagonism between fashion and powerful women. A belief that they must sacrifice femininity to gain power, authority and respect. I've never understood this notion, and I wouldn't be doing what I do today if I believed it."
Anarchy in the wardrobe: a safety-pin-pierced punk in 1977
There's still a long way to go, though. A wardrobe of new-season T-shirts does not a wave of feminism make – nor is it the congratulatory finish line of a centuries-long fight. Fashion isn't the award we get for furthering our status in society as women; it's the weapon that forces the message along. It's a sign that we still have work to do. "Clothing trends aren't reflective of change, but rather constitutive of it," Deirdre Clemente, a 20th century fashion historian explains. "Women in the '60s didn't say, 'Hey, I'm liberated, I need to go get a mini skirt!' Rather, in wearing one they lived out the identity that they were. Clothing is not reactive, but proactive." It's fighting the good fight – in whatever outfit you want to fight it in.
Photos: Getty Images, REX and Jason Lloyd-Evans
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Today Adobe has released the beta version of Lightroom4, the successor to their popular image management and RAW processing program. As regular readers will know, Adobe Lightroom 3 is my RAW processor of choice, so I'm very interested to see how the new beta release performs. Lightroom 3 was a massive update to the series with substantial updates to the RAW conversion engine, especially in terms of noise reduction. Will Lightroom 4 live up to the challenge and set a new, even higher bar for image quality?
Let's take a look at some of the more interesting of these features.
Compared to Lightroom 3, the Lightroom 4 Beta features a simplified basic editing panel. Gone are the sliders for Recovery and Fill Light, as are the Brightness and Contrast options. Don't worry, those functions aren't gone. Instead, the editing sliders now correspond more intuitively to the image tones – Highlights, Shadows, Whites, Blacks.
Instead of increasing Recovery to bring back highlight tones, in Lightroom 4 one adjusts the Highlights slider to a negative amount. While the effect is the same, the difference now is that one can also increase the highlights part of the histogram as well by dialing in a positive amount. This change effectively doubles the functionality from simple highlight recovery to a real and full tone adjustment – much more useful overall. Think of the new Hightlights slider as tugging on the tone curve, in a way. A Shadows slider similarly replaces the Fill Light slider of Lightroom 3.
With the Adjustments Brush panel, we see some big improvements and a much better granularity of what you can do with this tool. Specifically, we now have the ability to adjust essentially all the same variables as in the Basic editing panel, including Highlights, Shadows and White Balance. The latter is particularly a nice addition and a great improvement over the limited ability of Lightroom 3 to do color corrections via a color shift.
In addition, we have the ability to adjust noise and moiré locally, though not to the same degree as with the full Details panel.
I think that for power users, this ability for much better local adjustments may just be the best feature of Lightroom 4.
You can download the new Lightroom 4 Beta directly from Adobe. This is a free beta copy of the software, which will expire once the full version of the program is released.
At first glance, Lightroom 4 doesn't seem like so much a revolutionary leap as Lightroom 3 was from version 2, but I think that the update represents a very nice refinement to the software.
The ability to now have very precise local adjustments to WB and noise are especially interesting. I think the fact that nearly the entire Basic Editing panel can be applied locally is going to make post processing and retouching all the more complete in Lightroom, and that fewer and fewer photographers may be going into Photoshop to achieve what's now possible with Lightroom 4 Beta.
If you've been using the Lightroom 4 Beta, what do you think? Anything missing from Lightroom 3 that you would want back, or new features that you love?
Btw congrats on the ND filter post, I had never thought of the method you used on that photoshoot! I got try something similar with my polariser!
Thanks for the comment on this post. LR4 seems to be a great update indeed.
I did a preview post comparing the D4 in the late rumor stages to the 1D X, most all of that holds true. May do another comparison as well!
Can't find it but I'll search better when I get home.
Since I can't afford a D4 I'm really hoping Nikon doesn't introduce a D800 with 30 smth mpx as many think..
Have you messed with the D4 already?
Assuming you already own LR 3, if you update to 4b, what happens when it expires? Are you forced to then purchase 4 and LR is completely locked out until you do so?
Lightroom 4 is a separate program from Lightroom 3, so installing the new beta doesn't affect your current software at all. You will have to buy a new license for 4 when it comes out, and Adobe generally offers an discount for people upgrading from the previous generation.
What I think may become handy is the Camera Shaking Reduce Filter which should be in next PS version – CS 6.
I, personally, haven`t back to Photoshop to edit photos, sometimes just to make diptychs.
As I know you are shooting with Nikon and adobe presets(LR or Camera Raw) isnt very good with nef. How do you solve it? Especialy color and noise has drastical difference in Nikon Capture and Camera Raw in Photoshop.
With Lightroom 3, I'm using Adobe's v3 "beta" profiles for the Nikon D3 and D700. They work well, though are a little brighter than the Nikon NX rendering.
I dunno, if Adobe follows through on the Beta and dumbs down the interface to accommodate "enthusiasts" throwing pros and longtime users under the bus, I'll be moving to NX2 instead.
What's next Adobe, a "pretty" slider?


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Jon's practice covers all aspects of commercial real estate work and he has wide experience of development, investment and funding work, acting for developers, investors, banks and major corporate occupiers. He has considerable experience of acting for overseas investors in relation to investment property and multi-national companies who are major occupiers of property in various sectors. In particular, he acts for clients in the IT, financial services, leisure, retail and transport sectors. Jon has specialist knowledge of leisure property, data centres and railway related property development. Unusually for a lawyer, Jon also has a Masters Degree in Real Estate from Henley Business School.
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We invite you to find the Friedrich Naumann Foundation Scholarships in Germany for the academic year 2023-2024.
Find all the requirements and conditions to be able to apply for this scholarship in Germany .
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Every year, several German universities offer hundreds of scholarships to study in Germany for international students.
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Indeed, you can also find undergraduate scholarships in Germany , master's scholarships in Germany , and doctoral scholarships in Germany for foreign students.
Scholarship Name: Friedrich Naumann Foundation Scholarships
Organization: Several universities
Specialty of the scholarship: Humanities and social sciences, Basic sciences, Computer science, Law, Several
Grant amount: Up to €1,200
Deadline to Apply: October 31, 2023
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Applications for the Friedrich Naumann Foundation Scholarships for Masters and PhD are currently being accepted.
The scholarship aims to support German students, EU and non-EU students to study a Masters or PhD in any field.
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Indeed, the Freedom Foundation defends the principles of freedom, responsibility and market economy, rule of law, tolerance and human rights.
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The foundation currently supports more than 850 university and doctoral students from Germany and abroad to study in their desired fields of interest at German universities.
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Unregular Pizza hits different: How to barter for a slice of heaven
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During the weeks under lockdown, Gabriele Lamonaca created his one-of-a-kind pizzas in his apartment, today you can buy or barter for a slice of Unregular Pizza, at his store by Union Square.
Lamonaca has made a name for himself on Instagram for bartering his homemade Roman-style pizza with New Yorkers during the pandemic.
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Topped with a whole ball of burrata cheese and other uncommon garnishes, Lamonaca's out-of-the-ordinary pizzas are more than just good looks.
From the very moment, you take your first bite, the pizza melts into your mouth. The savory sauce paired with the bold burrata cheese taste was satisfying.
Lamonaca decided to bring Roman-style pizza to New York because he believed that this is what the big apple needed. Instead of challenging the already established New York-style pizza, he managed to do his own thing by adding a personal flavor of his childhood and sharing Roman-style pizza.
What sets Roman-style pizza apart from New York Style pizza is two things. The first is the dough, Roman-style pizza at Unregular Pizza is leavened for 72 hours to create a crispy crust. The second characteristic is the creative and insane amount of delicious toppings you wouldn't find at any other pizzeria in New York.
Bored and in need of a creative outlet, Lamonaca experimented with different ingredients to create pizzas and after several DM's from his friends, he began making them per order. The more he posted, the more people were asking him to sell them his pizzas, however, money isn't what he wanted.
"The barter is made so people can share what they want to express or they can share what they're good at," said Lamonaca. "So what we want to return is not money. It's an experience or it is worth something too, you know, something that makes me experience the background of the culture."
Unregular Pizza is bringing back the barter system
The bartering system dates back decades, before Unregular Pizza's founding. People from all walks of life across the globe have participated in the bartering system, especially Lamonacas's Grandmother who would bake bread and exchange that for eggs with the neighbors who owned chickens.
"That was a practice that really held up small communities," said Lamonaca. "It's amazing to see that practice like that came back in a different form in a different formate, but it went from a very small village in southern Italy to a very big city, a cosmopolitan city that is New York."
In the very short time since his first barter, Lamonaca and Unregular pizza have done about 600 barters. Each New York City barter would be unique from the other, but all remained to give Lamonaca an enriching learning experience.
Unregular Pizza and Gabriele Lamonaca have received so many different material objects, however, it's the experiences that are the most interesting, such as a horseback riding lesson or a night in a penthouse in downtown manhattan.
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MERA Lawsuit Update
Campaign to Save the Boundary Waters
We have entered into an agreement with the DNR on a process for how to move forward with review and possible revision of state mining rules. This is a first step in the right direction. The mining rules guide how sulfide-ore copper mines are sited, and we believe there should be no such mines in the BWCA watershed. Donate now to help us continue the fight to protect the Boundary Waters.
On November 18, lawyers for Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness (NMW) signed an agreement called a Stipulation for Remand with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The stipulation agreement is a result of NMW's lawsuit challenging the state's non-ferrous mining rules filed pursuant to the Minnesota Environmental Rights Act (MERA) on June 24, 2020. NMW alleges that the current mining rules - adopted 27 years ago - fail to protect the Boundary Waters. The current rules allow for sulfide-ore mining in the upstream half of the Rainy River Headwaters, next to and outside of the Boundary Waters. Polluted waters from sulfide-ore copper mining in the upstream half of the Rainy River Headwaters would flow directly into the Boundary Waters and also put at risk the downstream protected areas of the Quetico Provincial Park and Voyageurs National Park (see map, below).
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This is the first-ever lawsuit brought under Section 10 of MERA (MS116B.10). The first step in a Section 10 MERA lawsuit provides that the plaintiff (NMW) has the burden of proving the existence of material evidence that the challenged state rules are inadequate to protect the state's natural resources from pollution, impairment, or destruction. In other words, NMW had the burden of proving with material evidence that allowing sulfide-ore copper mining in the upstream half of the Rainy Rivers Headwaters fails to protect the Boundary Waters from pollution, impairment,or destruction. The Minnesota DNR and NMW have agreed that NMW has met this requirement of material evidence. In the stipulation agreement, the Minnesota DNR and NMW have agreed to a process to address the adequacy of the rules.
The process as provided in the stipulation agreement is as follows:
The DNR will provide a public comment period concerning the adequacy of the siting provisions of Minnesota's nonferrous mining rules to protect the Boundary Waters and the Rainy River Headwaters as natural resources. The public comment period will likely be held in early 2021.
After reviewing the public comments, scientific evidence submitted with the comments, and any additional information available to the DNR, the DNR will issue an order and findings of fact by September 30, 2021 concerning the adequacy of the siting rule.
Any party to NMW's lawsuit - and Antofagasta's Twin Metals has intervened in the lawsuit and thus is a party - may challenge the DNR decision and request a contested case hearing, which is a trial before an administrative law judge. Therefore, we anticipate that there will be a contested case hearing on the adequacy of the nonferrous mining regulations to protect the Boundary Waters and the Rainy River Headwaters. If the administrative law judge finds that the siting section of the Minnesota nonferrous mining rules is inadequate to protect the Boundary Waters, the DNR will commence the formal rulemaking procedure to amend state regulations.
After final rulemaking, the matter will return to district court in Ramsey County to address any challenges by any party to the lawsuit.
The entire process for NMW's MERA lawsuit will take several years. Success would mean that sulfide-ore mining would be prohibited in the entire Rainy River Headwaters, including and specifically the upstream half that is currently unprotected.
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I was a crafty mummy last Friday. And Saturday too, but the building site got the best of me.
There does come a point however, where you have to Let it Go.
"Put down that screwdriver and step away from the Renovation, ma'am".
For two months in between school runs I've found myself sanding and retouching paintwork. Breaking screw heads off into the back of wardrobe handles, shopping for taps and tiles and so much more.
Last Friday we encountered a bunch of warped tiles in our lot which added a rat-run across town to the tile shop (just before school run) to my schedule. I also had to 'be there' for the shower-screen measuring guy, to tell him please just make the damned thing fit (and when he did it looked too big). Then my Saturday was held to ransom by the rubbish removal guys. Who left that pile of broken tiles and debris in the middle of the lounge????
But somehow I reached deep down into my self - got in touch with my inner-Nanna and I managed to cough-up a little creative couture for our lovely friend Blythe.
This was a promise to She-Who-Worships-Pink-and-Now-Also-Blue. An overdue promise at that.
But our little poppet has been so understanding of my newest preoccupation. She's even been helping out - on the weekend helping cleaning, sitting quietly drawing while I screwed and filled, sanded and attached things in other rooms. She's given advice (good advice) on colour schemes and fixtures.
Today she chose the handles for the new bathroom vanity - OK I vetoed her first choice of brass teddy bears. But since we've discovered she has she has quite a good eye for aesthetic balance (except when it comes to bear handles) we gave her final say on whether they should be attached vertically rather than horizontally and she chose well.
She sat on the new toilet bowl - not yet attached - to see if there was enough leg-room between the loo and the larger shower screen. Then we made the tallest of the cabinet makers sit on it too just to be sure.
Just quietly, I really enjoy making my builders do embarrassing things.
Anyway my girl deserves a little treat and this teeny-tiny costume was it. She's a beautiful and unique doll our Blythe and she makes a wonderful Elsa. Now Pinkster has a friend with a matching costume to hers.
I've been asked by another mum, where you get this lovely creature and you still can although mine is vintage (from 1971 the year they were both launched and spectacularly flopped).
A Blythe can cost anywhere from $300 up to $800.
But her eyes change colour! She has a world of wigs and accessories to make even Barbie turn pea-green with envy and let's face it, she's hauntingly lovely with those enormous peepers of hers.
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Plymouth shooting: Former prosecutor says gunman should have been on 'watchlist'
A former prosecutor has questioned why the offender was in possession of a shotgun licence after the tragic incident
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A former prosecutor has said the Plymouth gunman that killed five innocent people in Keyham before turning the weapon on himself should have been on a 'watchlist'.
It comes as the police watchdog confirmed yesterday that an investigation will take place into Devon and Cornwall Police's decision to grant a shotgun certificate to mass shooter Jake Davison.
Davison, 22, shot and killed a woman, now named as his mother Maxine Davison, at a property in Biddick Drive, Plymouth, before going outside and shooting dead three-year-old Sophie Martyn and her father, Lee Martyn.
Read More - Updates from Police press conference following Plymouth shooting
In what Devon and Cornwall Police described as a "truly shocking event", Davison, using what was described as a "pump action shotgun", shot and killed Stephen Washington in nearby parkland. After shooting and fatally injuring Kate Shepherd, in Henderson Place, Davison turned the weapon on himself, the force said.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has now said it will examine the force's decision-making process in relation to Davison's possession of a shotgun and firearms certificate.
The licences were were returned to him in July after being removed last December following an allegation of assault against him in September 2020.
Nazir Afzal, who was previously chief crown prosecutor for the North West said Davison, 22, was "exactly the type of person the authorities should be keeping an eye on".
When asked on BBC Breakfast on Saturday if Davison should have been on a watchlist, Mr Afzal said: "Yes, absolutely, particularly given that he had a firearms licence and given that we now learn in December it was taken off him temporarily because of allegations he was facing and returned to him.
"He was exactly the kind of person that you would be keeping an eye on or the authorities should be keeping an eye on."
Mr Afzal said none of Davison's social media posts seemed to have been taken into account when restoring his gun licence.
When asked on BBC Breakfast if a year seemed like a short period of time for the licence to be revoked, he said: "100% I agree with you.
Devon and Cornwall Police forensics at the scene of the incident in Keyham, Plymouth (Image: Matt Gilley/Plymouth Live)
"It's not just about the fact that the gun was returned to him, his licence was restored.
"In the interim there were all these social media posts talking about the violence he believed in or felt was necessary, how he felt about women.
"None of that seems to have been taken into account."
He added: "If they (the police) were aware (of his social media posts) then they have got even more questions to be asked."
Davison's social media use suggested he was involved in the "incel" culture, a following in which people describe themselves as "involuntary celibates" and feel they are being oppressed by women due to a perceived lack of sexual interest.
Mr Afzal said that Davison's social media posts painted a picture of a man who thought women were "lesser beings".
Where to get help and support
There are a number of 24-hour helplines if you need to speak to someone for support, advice or help.
We've listed some of them below;
SHOUT (85258) is a 24/7 UK crisis text service available for times when people feel they need immediate support.
By texting 'SHOUT' to '85258' a Texter will be put in touch with a trained Crisis Volunteer (CV) who will chat to them using trained techniques via text. To get help or find out more about how Shout works, visit the Get Help page.
Victim Support is an independent charity dedicated to supporting victims of crime and traumatic incidents in England and Wales.
If you want to speak to someone now, call the free 24/7 Supportline – 08 08 16 89 111 or start a live chat.
Samaritans (116 123) operates a 24-hour service available every day of the year. If you prefer to write down how you're feeling, or if you're worried about being overheard on the phone, you can email Samaritans at jo@samaritans.org.
Livewell Southwest provides integrated health and social care services for people across Plymouth and other parts of the region.
You can call the helpline on 0800 923 9323, which is the Livewell's First Response Service. It is available to contact 24/7 by calling 0800 923 9323.
Livewell also run Chathealth, a text service used by health visitors and school nurses to support families and young people.
The service is available Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm, excluding bank holidays. During out–of–hours, anyone who texts the service will receive an automated message with advice on where to get help if their question is urgent.
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Andy's Man Club now has four groups across Devon (Plymouth, Newton Abbot, Torbay, Exeter). It provides men with a safe, non-judgemental, confidential place to chat and get stuff off your chest. To gain access during lockdown, any man over 18 can email info@andysmanclub.co.uk.
He added: "We have now seen posts on various social media sites which paint a picture of somebody that has a very low opinion or had a very low opinion of women, who seemed to have a belief he was entitled to do whatever he wanted to, a real expectation that women were some kind of lesser being.
"That kind of extreme misogyny of the type we have seen here and in terms of the incel community is a threat to all women and, ultimately, to all our communities."
Anyone feeling vulnerable or wanting support can contact the Victim Support's National Helpline on 0808 1689 111.
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Wu, Public Officials Discuss Mass/Cass City in Process of Removing Encampments
by Lauren Bennett • January 13, 2022 • 0 Comments
Mayor Michelle Wu held a press conference on January 10 to provide updates on the public health crisis at Mass and Cass.
"Our efforts here at Mass and Cass have been driven by a public health and housing-led approach," Wu said, adding that the encampments "are not a safe or healthy place for anyone to be living."
There is no heat or running water and fires have broken out in the area as people attempt to stay warm.
With this week's frigid weather especially, there are "ongoing issues around frostbite and hypothermia as temperatures drop," Wu said.
The Wu administration has surveyed folks living in the Mass/Cass area and between December 6 and December 8, identified 145 people who resided in the area. She said that the city is trying to "meet each person where they are" when it comes to what their needs are regarding housing and medical care.
"Almost all individuals who were surveyed then stated that they'd like to move into low threshold housing," Wu said, " but that many of the existing shelter options were not meeting their needs."
Wu said that following the December survey, resources were provided to those surveyed on December 16 and they were also told that tents would be removed after January 12.
She said that as of Jan. 10, 83 people were living in low threshold housing, and space is available for the 62 remaining people.
Wu said that on Jan. 12, the city will take down tents that had been left as well as "begin clearing the street."
She said that the public works department will be "investing in street repairs and regular cleanings," and the Boston Police Department will "ensure a safe environment for residents, businesses, and individuals accessing care."
Wu also said that it will take "more than one day" to get rid of the encampments.
She also said that the city continues to work on longer term efforts, as Wu and city officials visited Long Island last week to assess the condition of the buildings. She said that more "regional investment" as well as collaboration with the state and other cities and towns will be needed.
Chief of Housing Sheila Dillon said that housing for 200 people "has been identified," and as of the press conference, 159 spaces were up and running and all feature 24 hour staff.
"We're taking a comprehensive public health approach to this issue," said Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, Executive Director of the Boston Public Health Commission. "The need for these services will continue and will be great even when the tents in this area are gone."
She said the approach includes "increasing access to low threshold housing," as well as "intentionally focusing on health equity."
Wu acknowledged that there are more than 62 people remaining at Mass and Cass, as there are "people constantly coming and going," but "our approach is to really understand who is truly living in the encampments and living in this area" and help provide them with services and housing, "then connect with any other folks who might be in the area."
The administration said that folks are living at the Envision Hotel on S. Huntington Ave., as well as at 112 Southampton St. and Woods-Mullin shelters. The Roundhouse Hotel is also housing folks, as are the new cottages at the Shattuck Campus in Franklin Park, though not all are ready for occupants yet because of delays in getting electricity to the units.
Dillon said that each cottage is heated individually, and that more will be "coming on next week."
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Autographed flag auction raises $6,700 for Sunnybrook Hospital
Wave that maple leaf flag high and proud this weekend, Canada. You really came through.
When the eBay auction ended Friday night, someone paid $6,700 for the large Canadian flag autographed by 50 bands and musicians sold as a fundraiser for Sunnybrook Hospital in Ontario.
Nearly 70 people bid on the 31″ by 72″ flag, signed by, among others, The Tragically Hip, Blue Rodeo (Jim Cuddy), Gord Downie and the Country of Miracles, Sarah Harmer, Sam Roberts Band, Arkells and even a few American outfits, including Counting Crows and Collective Soul.
The autographs were collected by the Big Music Fest over the past decade or so. Whatever the original purpose for collecting the signatures, the focus might have shifted on May 24, 2016, when The Hip announced Downie's diagnosis with glioblastoma, a terminal kind of brain cancer.
Starting almost immediately and continuing well past the band's last show in Kingston, fans have been raising and donating money to Sunnybrook Hospital, where Downie was treated. It makes sense, then, that the money raised from the nine-day auction would benefit the same institution.
The money will be donated on July 3- a date selected for its proximity to Canada Day – and will be earmarked for the Gord Downie Fund for Brain Cancer Research. Since its creation in 2016, the fund has received more than $1.8 million in donations, which will be used toward the Gord Downie Fellowship in Brain Oncology and the establishment and construction of the G. Hurvitz Brain Sciences Centre, which will feature clinical and research space and facilities for neurologists that specialize in treating patients with brain cancer.
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Q: determining recurrence relation for number of multiplications of an algorithm I have an algorithm
R(N)
{
    if(n<=2) return n;
    else
        sum=0;
        for i=1 to n-2
             sum+=(n-1)*R(i)
     return sum;
}

I want to get the recurrence for number of multiplications operations performed by R(n).
if
T(n)=0 for n<=2

what is T(n) for n>2?
In addition, how can I show an exponential lower bound on complexity of M(n)?

A: 1) For n > 2:
T(n) = sum(f(i) + 1 for i from 1 to n - 2) =
 n - 2 + sum(f(i) for i from 1 to n - 2)
  The first equation is correct because R(1), R(2), ..., R(n - 2)
  are called recursively and than one more multiplication is performed
  after each call.
2)The proof for exponential lower bound:
a) Let's assume that g(i) is such a sequence that:
g(0) = 0
g(1) = 1
g(2) = 1
g(3) = 1
g(i) = g(i - 2) + g(i - 3) for i >= 4
  Then g(i) <= R(i + 3) for any valid i, because
  a formula for g(i) is obtained by removing n - 2 and g(1), g(2),...,g(i - 4) from
  the right side of the recursive formula for R(and all terms are non-negative).
b) On the other hand, g(i) >= f(i / 2), where f(i) is a Fibonacci sequence
  (here I assume that f(0) = 0, f(1) = 1, f(2) = 1 and so on).
  Proof:
    1) Base case: for i <= 4 this inequality holds true(one can simply check it).
    2) Induction:
      g(i) = g(i - 2) + g(i - 3) >= f((i - 2) / 2) + f((i - 3) / 2) >= f(i / 2 - 1) + f(i / 2 - 2) = f(i / 2).
c) Thus, f(i) <= g(i) <= R(i + 3) so R is lower bounded by Fibonacci sequence. And Fibonacci sequence grows exponentially!