Wrinkles around the eyelids are a telltale sign of facial aging. Fine wrinkles occur in the twenties and are usually exacerbated by sun exposure and UV light. As we age, genetic influences may cause further wrinkling and droopiness of the eyelids, leading to a loss of our peripheral visual field and heaviness of the eyelid skin.
Dr. Raffy Karamanoukian at Kare Plastic Surgery + Skin Health Center in Santa Monica specializes in the surgical and non-surgical management of eyelid wrinkles. Treatments include upper eyelid blepharoplasty, lower eyelid blepharoplasty, Thermage skin tightening, Ultherapy eyebrow lift, and fractional CO2 laser skin resurfacing.
A blepharoplasty, or eyelid surgery, can restore youthfulness to the eyes and can remove excess skin and fat from the upper and lower eyelids. The surgery is usually performed under twighlight sedation or general anesthesia in an ambulatory surgical center in Santa Monica.
Blepharoplasty surgery is one of the most effective facial rejuvenative procedures available in plastic surgery. Taking less than one hour to perform, blepharoplasty surgery can remove excess skin, reduce unwanted bulging of eyelid fat, and reduce droopiness of the upper and lower eyelids. Cosmetic surgeons have long touted the advantages of blepharoplasty in making men and women look more youthful.
Outpatient blepharoplasty surgery can be performed in our licensed operating room with patients resuming normal work duties within days of the procedure. There is limited downtime with blepharoplasty, with patients experiencing mild bruising and swelling after surgery.
All patients considering eyelid surgery are optimized with non-invasive skin tightening options in order to minimize the scope of surgery. Thermage and Ultherapy are excellent non-invasive tools to tighten eyelid skin and uplift the lateral eyebrows. Dr. Raffy Karamanoukian can help you decide which combination of treatments is most appropriate for your specific skin type, ethnicity, and age.
Not everyone is a candidate for surgical eyelid lifts. As such, Dr. Raffy Karamanoukian has non-surgical eyelid lift protocols available at Kare Plastic Surgery in Santa Monica to help reduce fine lines and wrinkles around the eyes without surgery. The process uses either fractional laser resurfacing of the skin or nano-fractional RF treatments to tighten upper and lower eyelid skin.
Fractional laser resurfacing is ideal for patients who have excessive looseness and fine wrinkles on the eyelids. The fractionally-ablative laser stimulates collagen contraction and stimulation, thereby reducing the fine wrinkles and inducing contraction of the skin.
Dr. Karamanoukian is also pleased to introduce Nano-fractional RF to help tighten lower eyelid skin tone. RF energy can stimulate collagen contraction and thus tighten lower eyelid skin.


This is one of the most dynamic and illuminating films (39 min.) I have seen for quite a while. It follows the lives and struggles to save seeds – families, small farmers, communities, nations. It brilliantly facilitates deepening our understanding on several fronts – the predatory core and corruption of global capitalism in the seed industry, the incredible resistance of farmers and peasants in 8 countries to having their seeds and thus food supply deemed illegal, and, how they are acting to preserve their food and cultural commons, and their basic human and cultural rights. I will definitely use this in educational settings to help people grapple with the multiple levels the struggle for transformation must contend in. So inspiring. The video is in Spanish but has subtitles in French, English and Portuguese. I think my colleagues in the food, commons, solidarity economy and cooperative movements will find this a useful resource.
Jointly produced by 8 Latin American organisations and edited by Radio Mundo Real, the documentary "Seeds: commons or corporate property?" draws on the experiences and struggles of social movements for the defence of indigenous and native seeds in Ecuador, Brazil, Costa Rica, Mexico, Honduras, Argentina, Colombia, and Guatemala.
The main characters are the seeds – indigenous, native, ours- in the hands of rural communities and indigenous peoples. The documentary illustrates that the defence of native seeds is integral to the defence of territory, life, and peoples' autonomy. It also addresses the relationship between indigenous women and native seeds, as well as the importance of seed exchanges within communities. Exploring the historical origins of corn, and the appreciation and blessing of seeds by Mayan communities, this short film shows the importance of seeds in ceremonies, markets and exchanges.
Local experiences of recovery and management of indigenous seeds demonstrate the significant and ongoing struggles against seed laws, against UPOV and the imposition of transgenic seeds. Whilst condemning the devastation that such laws bring, this film captures the peoples' resistance to the advancement of agribusiness.
The documentary is available in Spanish; with English, Portuguese and French subtitles. We invite you to watch it and to share it widely in order to continue defending the seeds which have become both peoples' heritage, and which serve humankind on the path towards food sovereignty.
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Scenes From the Border: Asylum Seekers Wait Their Turns in Tijuana
Published at 1:21 pm on April 29, 2018
Asylum seekers wait in Tijuana, across the border from San Diego, for U.S. authorities to signal that their time has come. Lines at border crossings in California, Texas and Arizona are so busy with asylum seekers that some have to wait days, even weeks, to present themselves to U.S. border inspectors.
TIJUANA, MEXICO - JUNE 21: Migrants (BOTTOM) wait in line on their way to the port of entry to ask for asylum in the U.S. on June 21, 2018 in Tijuana, Mexico. The Trump Administration's controversial zero tolerance immigration policy led to an increase in the number of migrant children who have been separated from their families at the southern U.S. border. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has added that domestic and gang violence in immigrants' country of origin would no longer qualify them for political asylum status. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
TIJUANA, MEXICO - JUNE 21: A migrant mother walks with her two daughters and their belongings on their way to the port of entry to ask for asylum in the U.S. on June 21, 2018 in Tijuana, Mexico. The mother, who did not wish to give their names, said they were fleeing their hometown near the Pacific coast of Mexico after suffering a violent carjacking of her taxicab. The Trump Administration's controversial zero tolerance immigration policy led to an increase in the number of migrant children who have been separated from their families at the southern U.S. border. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has added that domestic and gang violence in immigrants' country of origin would no longer qualify them for political asylum status. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
A migrant mother sits with three of her four daughters in a shelter for migrant women and children on June 20, 2018 in Tijuana, Mexico. The mother, who did not want her name published, said they are seeking asylum in the U.S. after being forced from their home due to death threats. President Trump signed an executive action reversing a decision on the separation of migrant children today. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
A migrant mother (CENTER R) waits with her two daughters and other asylum seekers (BOTTOM R) on their way to the port of entry to ask for asylum in the U.S. on June 21, 2018 in Tijuana, Mexico. The mother, who did not wish to give their names, said they were fleeing their hometown near the Pacific coast of Mexico after suffering a violent carjacking of her taxicab. The Trump Administration's controversial zero tolerance immigration policy led to an increase in the number of migrant children who have been separated from their families at the southern U.S. border. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has added that domestic and gang violence in immigrants' country of origin would no longer qualify them for political asylum status. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Local residents walk along the Mexico side of the U.S.-Mexico border on June 19, 2018 in Tijuana, Mexico. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
A woman walks past images of those who perished attempting to migrate from Mexico into the United States along the Mexico side of the U.S.-Mexico border fence on June 19, 2018 in Tijuana, Mexico. U.S. President Trump's Mexican border policy has raised worldwide controversy in recent days as Republicans attempt to pass an immigration reform bill. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
In this June 13, 2018 photo, an organizer speaks to families as they wait to request political asylum in the United States, across the border in Tijuana, Mexico. In Tijuana, Latin Americans fleeing drug violence in their countries are camped out and waiting to apply for U.S. asylum - undeterred by the new directive from Attorney General Jeff Sessions this week to bar victims of gang violence from qualifying. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
In this June 13, 2018 photo, an organizer, foreground, speaks to families as they wait to request political asylum in the United States, across the border in Tijuana, Mexico. In Tijuana, Latin Americans fleeing drug violence in their countries are camped out and waiting to apply for U.S. asylum - undeterred by the new directive from Attorney General Jeff Sessions this week to bar victims of gang violence from qualifying. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
In this Monday, June 4, 2018 photo, volunteer Carlos Salio, left, interviews people seeking political asylum in the United States in Tijuana, Mexico, just across the U.S. border south of San Diego. The Trump administration's fighting words for asylum seekers don't appear to be having much impact at U.S. border crossings with Mexico. Lines keep growing, so much that U.S. authorities can't take them all at once. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)
In this Monday, June 4, 2018 photo, volunteer Carlos Salio, second from right, interviews people seeking political asylum in the United States in Tijuana, Mexico, just across the U.S. border south of San Diego. The Trump administration's fighting words for asylum seekers don't appear to be having much impact at U.S. border crossings with Mexico. Lines keep growing, so much that U.S. authorities can't take them all at once. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)
In this Monday, June 4, 2018 photo, a volunteer interviews people seeking political asylum in the United States in Tijuana, Mexico, just across the U.S. border south of San Diego. The Trump administration's fighting words for asylum seekers don't appear to be having much impact at U.S. border crossings with Mexico. Lines keep growing, so much that U.S. authorities can't take them all at once. Some volunteers tell people they might have to wait up to three weeks. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)
In this Monday, June 4, 2018 photo, volunteer Carlos Salio, right, interviews people seeking political asylum in the United States in Tijuana, Mexico, just across the U.S. border south of San Diego. The Trump administration's fighting words for asylum seekers don't appear to be having much impact at U.S. border crossings with Mexico. Lines keep growing, so much that U.S. authorities can't take them all at once. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)
A migrant who traveled with the annual caravan of Central American migrants plays with a soccer ball as the group waits for access to request asylum in the US, at a camp they set up outside the El Chaparral port of entry building at the US-Mexico border in Tijuana, Mexico, Monday, April 30, 2018. About 200 people in a caravan of Central American asylum seekers waited on the Mexican border with San Diego for a second straight day on Monday to turn themselves in to U.S. border inspectors, who said the nation's busiest crossing facility did not have enough space to accommodate them. (AP Photo/Hans-Maximo Musielik)
Migrants cheer and celebrate after hearing the news U.S. border inspectors allowed some of the Central American asylum-seekers to enter the country for processing, in Tijuana, Mexico, Tuesday, May 1, 2018, ending a brief impasse over lack of space. (AP Photo/Hans-Maximo Musielik)
Migrants wait for access to request asylum in the US, at the El Chaparral port of Entry in Tijuana, Mexico, Monday, April 30, 2018. bout 200 people in a caravan of Central American asylum seekers waited on the Mexican border with San Diego for a second straight day on Monday to turn themselves in to U.S. border inspectors, who said the nation's busiest crossing facility did not have enough space to accommodate them. (AP Photo/Hans-Maximo Musielik)
A migrant child from El Salvador plays under a tarpaulin at the El Chaparral port of Entry, in Tijuana, Mexico, Monday, April 30, 2018. bout 200 people in a caravan of Central American asylum seekers waited on the Mexican border with San Diego for a second straight day on Monday to turn themselves in to U.S. border inspectors, who said the nation's busiest crossing facility did not have enough space to accommodate them. (AP Photo/Hans-Maximo Musielik)
A two-year-old child from Honduras gets treatment for an ear infection after sleeping in the open in front of the El Chaparral port of entry, in Tijuana, Mexico, Monday, April 30, 2018. About 200 people in a caravan of Central American asylum seekers waited on the Mexican border with San Diego for a second straight day on Monday to turn themselves in to U.S. border inspectors, who said the nation's busiest crossing facility did not have enough space to accommodate them. (AP Photo/Hans-Maximo Musielik)
Central Americans who travel with a caravan of migrants they walk towards the border before crossing the border and request asylum in the United States, in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, April 29, 2018. A group of Central Americans who journeyed in a caravan to the U.S. border resolved to turn themselves in and ask for asylum Sunday in a direct challenge to the Trump administration - only to have U.S. immigration officials announce that the San Diego crossing was already at capacity. (AP Photo/Hans-Maximo Musielik)
Central Americans who travel with a caravan of migrants embrace in Tijuana, Mexico, before crossing the border and request asylum in the United States, Sunday, April 29, 2018. A group of Central Americans who journeyed in a caravan to the U.S. border resolved to turn themselves in and ask for asylum Sunday in a direct challenge to the Trump administration - only to have U.S. immigration officials announce that the San Diego crossing was already at capacity. (AP Photo/Hans-Maximo Musielik)
Central Americans who travel with a caravan of migrants embrace in Tijuana, Mexico, before crossing the border and request asylum in the United States, Sunday, April 29, 2018. U.S. immigration lawyers are telling Central Americans in a caravan of asylum-seekers that traveled through Mexico to the border with San Diego that they face possible separation from their children and detention for many months. They say they want to prepare them for the worst possible outcome. (AP Photo/Hans-Maximo Musielik)
Members of a Central American family traveling with a caravan of migrants prepare to cross the border and apply for asylum in the United States, in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, April 29, 2018. A group of Central Americans who journeyed in a caravan to the U.S. border resolved to turn themselves in and ask for asylum Sunday in a direct challenge to the Trump administration - only to have U.S. immigration officials announce that the San Diego crossing was already at capacity. (AP Photo/Hans-Maximo Musielik)
Central American migrants sit on top of the border wall on the beach in San Diego during a gathering of migrants living on both sides of the border, Sunday, April 29, 2018.
Central American migrants traveling with a caravan sit momentarily on top of the border wall during a gathering of migrants living on both sides of the border, on the beach where the border wall ends in the ocean, with Tijuana, Mexico at left and San Diego at right, Sunday, April 29, 2018.
Central American migrants sit on top of the border wall on the beach during a gathering of migrants living on both sides of the border, Sunday, April 29, 2018, in San Diego.
Central American children who are traveling with a caravan of migrants, look at the border wall from a bus carrying the group to a gathering of migrants living on both sides of the border, in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, April 29, 2018.
A Central American child who is traveling with a caravan of migrants, peers at the border wall from a bus carrying the group to a gathering of migrants living on both sides of the border, in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, April 29, 2018.
A Central American child who is traveling with a caravan of migrants, peers from a bus carrying the group to the border wall for a gathering of migrants living on both sides of the border, in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, April 29, 2018. The sign reads in Spanish: We're all brother countries from the Americas. Free transit. Stop the deportations." (AP Photo/Hans-Maximo Musielik)
A member of the Central American migrant caravan, holding a child, looks through the border wall toward a group of people gathered on the U.S. side, near the beach where the border wall ends in the ocean, in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, April 29, 2018.
Central American migrants sit on top of the border wall during a gathering of migrants living on both sides of the border, on the beach where the border wall ends in the ocean, Sunday, April 29, 2018, in San Diego.
A father and his son await tutorship by immigration lawyers in Tijuana, Mexico, Friday, April 27, 2018.
Migrants walk to the place where met with immigration lawyers before attempting to enter the United States from Tijuana, Mexico, Friday, April 27, 2018.
A migrant child from Honduras looks across the US-Mexico Border from Tijuana, Mexico, Friday, April 27, 2018.
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This isn't all that surprising. For one, email marketing has been around for years. Businesses have been sending marketing emails long before Apple invented the iPhone. At that time, this question wasn't relevant. Businesses assumed that they had to optimize emails for desktops and laptops.
However, when smartphones became more popular, things started changing. People started reading more and more emails on their mobile phones. And then came the tablets, which just complicated things further.
Now, we're seeing mobile devices becoming more important than desktops in terms of email marketing strategy. When you send marketing emails out to subscribers, you should assume that they'll open it on a smartphone or tablet.
"At one time, technologists might have recommended you deploy a regular email and offer a mobile-friendly option through a clickable link. Today's savvy email marketers are thinking mobile first. Software can help you control the layout of your email, making sure your text and images fit within the space of the user's screen."
Does this mean that your business should immediately change its email marketing strategy? Of course not. Whether you should send mobile or desktop emails entirely depends on your target market.
If your target market includes a younger demographic, then you should absolutely send mobile emails, if you're not doing so already. But if you target an older demographic, you'll probably want to send out hybrid emails, which can be viewed from either a desktop or smartphone.
Just a few years ago, almost all businesses optimized their emails for desktops. In a few years, we're not sure if anyone will be doing that.
Learn more about how Act! emarketing can help you get started on creating your next mobile friendly email marketing campaign.


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Q: How to setup Sails.js routes to support pushstate with a SPA on the frontend How to setup SailsJS routes to support pushstate, but still be able to serve requests prefixed with /api along with serving static assets as well?
Using:

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*Backbone 1.x with pushState: true

*Sails 0.10.x

Suggested solution from this thread is to use the /* wildcard and redirect all to the index view.
/path/to/app/config/routes.js
'/*': {
  view: 'index'
}

The problem is that this will redirect everything to index. including static file assets, the express.static middleware doesn't seem to have an effect, this route is somehow taking precedence.
Also, this prefix below doesn't have any effect, since the route above takes precedence, however the prefix works if I just remove the wildcard i.e '/': { view: 'index' }
/path/to/app/config/blueprint.js
module.exports.blueprints = {
    ...
    prefix: '/api',
    ...
}

Obviously, this does not seem as a core SailsJS issue, but rather my minimal knowledge the expressjs router, since that's what sailsjs is using.
Theoretically, I could explicitly just list out all the assets prefixed routes and have a controller to serve all, since they are well known and static i.e.  '/js*': { controller: 'AssetsController', action: 'serve', and so on for '/styles*', '/images*', '/templates*', '/fonts*', but I'm really hesitant on doing so, I'm hoping for a better practice solution.
Also that won't solve this routes /api problem with the wildcard '/*'

A: If you're willing to use the development version of Sails from GitHub, you can use the skipRegex route option to let your wildcard route ignore API requests, and the skipAssets option to have it ignore asset URLs:
'/*' : {view: 'index', skipAssets: true, skipRegex: /^\/api\/.*$/}

Otherwise, you can create a controller to serve your view, and add the code to skip unintentionally-matched URLs in the action code:
// api/controllers/StaticController.js
module.exports = {
   index: function(req, res, next) {
      if (req.path.match(/\..*/g) || req.path.match(/^\/api\/.*$/)) {
         return next();
      }
      return res.view('index');
   }
}

Then in /config/routes.js:
'/*': 'StaticController.index'

......

A: Try updating your config/404.js file.

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*Remove the following:

  res.status(result.status);
  res.render(viewFilePath, function (err) {
    // If the view doesn't exist, or an error occured, send json
    if (err) { return res.json(result, result.status); }

    // Otherwise, serve the `views/404.*` page

    res.render(viewFilePath);
  });

*Add this: res.redirect("/");
Cheers

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The viola organista is a musical instrument designed by Leonardo da Vinci. It uses a friction belt to vibrate individual strings (similar to how a violin produces sounds), with the strings selected by pressing keys on a keyboard (similar to an organ). Leonardo's design has intrigued instrument makers for more than 400 years, but though similar instruments have been built, no extant instrument constructed directly from Leonardo's incomplete designs is known. Sometimes it is mistakenly referred to as the harpsichord viola, which is a different instrument.

Description
Leonardo designed many different and elaborate models of viola organista, as preserved in his notebooks of 1488–1489 and in the drawings in the Codex Atlanticus and Manuscript H.

The first known instrument actually constructed using Leonardo's concept, is Hans Heyden's Geigenwerk of 1575. While the concept is the same, the design is very different; modern versions of the instrument have been more or less based on Heyden's design. An etching of the Geigenwerk from 1620 shows an instrument of about the stature and shape of a harpsichord (i.e., a piano-shape with flat sides and hard angles). The fully chromatic keyboard appears to have 44 keys, extending about three-and-a-half octaves from low E to a high B. (see illustration) This keyboard range is consistent with harpsichords of the day, although harpsichord keyboards more typically started on low C or low F. The number of strings can't be directly determined, but the design implies one string per key, or 44 strings.

In the etching there appear to be five bow-wheels in the instrument, and a foot-pedal, presumably for turning the wheels. A scale given below the drawing has numbers from one to six; if it assumed these refer to feet, then the instrument is a bit over 6 feet long, which again is a scale in keeping with harpsichords of the day. The actual tuning of the instrument is not specified, but given the number of keys and the size of the instrument, it probably extended from around E2 to B5. Variations on this design have been produced over the past four centuries, with varying range, number of keys, and number of bow-wheels.

Construction
It is not known if Leonardo ever built a working prototype of this instrument. The first similar instrument actually to be constructed was the Geigenwerk of 1575 by Hans Heyden, a German instrument inventor. However, the Geigenwerk is not based on Leonardo's designs. It uses several friction wheels instead of a friction belt to vibrate the strings, and requires two people to play it: one to turn the crank to put the rosined wheels in motion, and the other to work the keys.

Georg Gandi, an organist in Ilmenau, constructed a similar instrument with some improvements in 1709 and called it the piano viol. In 1741, two inventors – Le Voir in Paris and Hohlfeld in Berlin – independently constructed versions of a bowed piano, similar to Heyden's design. In 1754, a horsehair covering was added to the wheels of the bowed piano, which was termed the viola da gamba piano. Other instrument makers continued to improve the design through the remainder of the 18th and into the early 19th centuries, though it never became widespread or common.

These instruments remained primarily museum curiosities until a few modern instrument builders began to take an interest in creating reconstructions of the Geigenwerk, but calling them viola organista. Akio Obuchi built several instruments as early as 1993.

In 2013, Polish musician Sławomir Zubrzycki completed the construction of another modern replica of the Geigenwerk called viola organista and played it in performance at the Academy of Music in Kraków.  Zubrzycki's instrument contains four bow-wheels (spun by a foot-pedal operated by the player), 49 keys, and a range extending from F1 to F5. In 2015, the musician Björk included this instrument – also played by Sławomir Zubrzycki – in a recording of the song "Black Lake" for the album Vulnicura Strings.

Another modern instrument similar in concept, if not design, is the wheelharp, created by Jon Jones and Mitchell Manger in 2013, and debuted at the NAMM Show that year, in Anaheim, California.

References

Further reading
 Carolyn W. Simons, "Sostenente piano", and Emanuel Winternitz and Laurence Libin, "Leonardo da Vinci," Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed April 2, 2005 at www.grovemusic.com), (subscription access)
 "Sostenente piano", The New Harvard Dictionary of Music, ed. Don Randel. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1986.

External links
 Akio Obuchi's reconstruction as used in Genoa
 Viola organista made by Sławomir Zubrzycki

Bowed string instruments
Experimental musical instruments
Italian inventions
Keyboard instruments
Leonardo da Vinci projects

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Land Trust agricultural program has widespread violations by leaseholders
Most with CHamoru Land Trust agricultural leases do little or no farming, even though it is required by law and as a condition of their lease.
Land Trust agricultural program has widespread violations by leaseholders Most with CHamoru Land Trust agricultural leases do little or no farming, even though it is required by law and as a condition of their lease. Check out this story on guampdn.com: https://www.guampdn.com/story/news/2019/09/01/widespread-violations-leaseholders-land-trust-agricultural-program/2161464001/
Steve Limtiaco, Pacific Daily News USA TODAY Network Published 6:35 a.m. ChT Sept. 2, 2019 | Updated 2:37 p.m. ChT Sept. 3, 2019
Yigo farmer Bernard Watson grows and sells more bananas on island than all other Guam banana farmers combined. He also boasts of the "Dagua" variety papaya he grows and sells. Its red flesh more flavorful than other varieties grown and sold on island, he said.
Watson, 63, a native CHamoru who owns and operates Watson Farm, uses 30 acres of CHamoru Land Trust agricultural property, digging a living out of the rocky soil in northern Guam with the help of three employees, a long electric fence and large watchdogs.
With hard limestone only inches below the surface in most places, much of the Yigo property is unsuitable for farming, Watson said, although about 12 acres of the site is now actively producing a variety of crops.
More: Some void Land Trust leases fixed, most remain a problem
He grows what will sell, switching crops as necessary to meet the demand — watermelon, bitter melon, tomatoes, bananas and papaya, among others.
"He's the best farmer on Guam," because of his productivity, his efficient farming practices under adverse conditions and his work with the University of Guam to help other farmers on island, said Jesse Bamba, an extension associate with the university's cooperative extension program. The university uses part of Watson's farm to test different varieties of fruits, vegetables and trees and also for research on harmful pests and plant diseases.
"He's never said no," Bamba said.
Watson Farm is a rare example of a Land Trust agricultural lease being put to productive use.
A tour of Watson Farm
Farmers pick and grade bitter melons at Watson Farm in Yigo, Aug. 23, 2019. Frank San Nicolas/PDN
A bunch of bananas grows on a banana tree at Watson Farm in Yigo, Aug. 23, 2019. Frank San Nicolas/PDN
Jesse Bamba, University of Guam cooperative extension and outreach, discusses the use of shredded paper during a tour at Watson Farm in Yigo, Aug. 23, 2019. Frank San Nicolas/PDN
Shredded paper is used for water retention and weed control on a cherry tomato plant field at Watson Farm in Yigo, Aug. 23, 2019. Frank San Nicolas/PDN
A bitter melon displayed at Watson Farm in Yigo, Aug. 23, 2019. Frank San Nicolas/PDN
Ken Perez, a farm foreman, picks and grades a bitter melon at Watson Farm in Yigo, Aug. 23, 2019. Frank San Nicolas/PDN
A basket of picked bitter melons is displayed at Watson Farm in Yigo, Aug. 23, 2019. Frank San Nicolas/PDN
Chris Taitingfong works on the bitter melon field at Watson Farm in Yigo, Aug. 23, 2019. Frank San Nicolas/PDN
Boxes and baskets of bananas are ready to be transported to Cost-U-Less stores from Watson Farm in Yigo, Aug. 23, 2019. Frank San Nicolas/PDN
A 7,000-volt electric perimeter fence is set up around Watson Farm in Yigo, Aug. 23, 2019. Frank San Nicolas/PDN
A field of banana trees at Watson Farm in Yigo, Aug. 23, 2019. Frank San Nicolas/PDN
Mounds of shredded paper and shown at Watson Farm in Yigo, Aug. 23, 2019. Frank San Nicolas/PDN
A papya field is seen at Watson Farm in Yigo, Aug. 23, 2019. Frank San Nicolas/PDN
Farmer Kristian Perez at work on Watson Farm in Yigo, Aug. 23, 2019. Frank San Nicolas/PDN
Kristian Perez carries boxes of bananas with his dad and farm foreman, Ken Perez, at Watson Farm in Yigo, Aug. 23, 2019. Frank San Nicolas/PDN
Little to no farming
Most Land Trust agricultural leaseholders do little or no farming on their agricultural properties, even though it is required by law and as a condition of their lease.
The Land Trust agricultural program is instead being used as a residential program by most leaseholders, many of whom also have ignored building codes. Most Land Trust properties don't have access to power, water and sewer utilities, and the island's northern aquifer is threatened with contamination from Land Trust homes which lack proper sewage systems.
More: Land Trust makes $3M mistake
The Land Trust holds about 11,600 acres of public land in trust for the benefit of the island's native CHamorus, as defined by Guam law, who can apply for low-cost, long-term residential and agricultural leases. Those who own land are lower priority for a residential lease, but there are no land ownership restrictions for Land Trust agricultural leases.
A multi-agency task force, funded by the Land Trust and headed by the university, in 2009 reviewed hundreds of Land Trust agricultural leases and visited dozens of Land Trust agricultural properties in an effort to identify the problems and come up with solutions to improve the agricultural program.
There had been a lack of monitoring by the Land Trust to that point, and the task force visits were the first site inspections for most agricultural leaseholders.
Farmers pick and grade bitter melons at Watson Farm in Yigo, Aug. 23, 2019. (Photo: Frank San Nicolas/PDN)
Discouraging, alarming
What the task force learned and reported was discouraging and alarming, with public health implications in some cases.
Although the Land Trust is supposed to issue agricultural leases only to applicants it believes are capable of farming the property, about 74 percent of agricultural leaseholders weren't meeting the minimum farming requirements, the task force found.
Leaseholders need to plant at least 50 trees per acre of leased property, the rules and regulations state. They can build a single home on the site, with Land Trust approval, but only if at least two-thirds of the property is actively being farmed, and only if the home complies with zoning and building laws.
All of those provisions were being violated on Land Trust agricultural properties, according to the task force, which found:
homes and septic systems, including outhouses with no filtration systems, built over the northern Guam water lens without authorization and in violation of Guam laws;
failure to meet the minimum production or tree planting requirements of agricultural leases;
violation of the intent of the program by unauthorized subleasing to non-CHamoru people. There appeared to be "land barons" residing on Land Trust agricultural property;
noncompliance with agricultural labor laws, especially the hiring of foreign nationals; and
unauthorized livestock operations, some of which pose a significant environmental and public health concern.
'Beyond belief'
The problems identified were so widespread and "beyond belief" they needed to be addressed systematically, otherwise agricultural leaseholders would complain they are being discriminated against, the task force concluded.
Part of the proposed solution was for the university to train agricultural experts who could then be hired by the Land Trust to properly monitor and manage the agricultural leases. Experts were needed because the Land Trust did not have anyone qualified for the job.
The university trained half a dozen people under its agreement with the Land Trust, but the Land Trust, which was restructured under the new Gov. Eddie Calvo administration, never hired them.
The problems identified a decade ago have grown worse, said Bamba, whose job with the university requires him to visit farms islandwide to assist farmers. Just driving past, it's easy to identify Land Trust agricultural lots that have been abandoned or which are not being actively farmed by the occupants, Bamba said.
"At the time the report from UOG was completed, it would have been prudent to develop a multi-faceted strategic plan with all stakeholders to address and resolve each of the problems identified. To my knowledge, that was not done."
Land Trust Commission Chairwoman Pika Fejeran
More: Attorney: Federal Land Trust lawsuit could be settled
"You've got to keep that land productive, otherwise you will be losing it all to housing," said Bamba. "A little monitoring will go a long way."
"The challenges that were revealed in the UOG report are real, and persist to today," said Land Trust Commission Chairwoman Pika Fejeran. "At the time the report from UOG was completed, it would have been prudent to develop a multi-faceted strategic plan with all stakeholders to address and resolve each of the problems identified. To my knowledge, that was not done."
Lack of resources
She said the Land Trust has suffered from the same problem since the program was implemented in the 1990s — a shortage of personnel and a lack of resources.
The Land Trust never has revoked an agricultural lease for noncompliance, Fejeran said, but it has reduced the lot sizes of some violators who refused to comply.
Sixty to 70 percent of Land Trust agricultural leaseholders never wanted a farm, according to University of Guam professor Bob Barber, who was part of the task force a decade ago.
"They wanted a house," he said, and an agricultural lease was an easier path to getting a home than applying for a Land Trust residential lease.
"Most people in the agricultural lease program should have been on the residential program," Barber said, and it's a waste of land to give a large agricultural lot to someone who only wants a home and can't or doesn't farm the property.
"Now you've got people with 10- or 20-acre leases that aren't farming them," Barber said, and are instead building several homes on those properties for themselves and extended family.
Properly managed, the Land Trust agricultural lots — hundreds of millions of dollars worth of real estate — could boost the island's economy, Barber said.
Jesse Bamba, University of Guam cooperative extension and outreach, discusses the use of shredded paper during a tour at Watson Farm in Yigo, Aug. 23, 2019. (Photo: Frank San Nicolas/PDN)
Teach farming
Barber, a professor of agricultural economics, said the Land Trust should set aside property where agricultural applicants can learn farming skills and then prove to the Land Trust they are able to farm before they are issued an agricultural lease.
More: CHamoru Land Trust, Guam Raceway, fail to negotiate new lease
Actively farming even a small piece of land requires skill, an investment in materials and hours of work each week, Barber said.
"How do you give someone 15 acres that doesn't own a tractor and doesn't have a lot of money in the bank?" he asked.
"The challenges are real and so much more work needs to be done," Fejeran said. "I truly believe that if all of us on Guam recognized the importance and value of the CHamoru Land Trust, and helped us move it forward, the entire island will benefit."
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Inspired features in Property Week for Crawley planning success
We are very proud to announce that we have completed the acquisition of 15-29 The Broadway in Crawley, taking our portfolio of London-owned properties for conversion to eight. In addition, industry publication Property Week, has taken notice of our achievements and placed a feature on our latest purchase.
The Broadway sits in a central location in the West Sussex town of Crawley. With London less than 40 minutes away, and the stunning coastal town of Brighton just a 30 minute drive, it's no surprise that the area is proving a great option for a new home. Crawley not only offers exceptional heritage, but also brilliant leisure and shopping facilities, as well as many open green spaces. It is also just 20 minutes from Gatwick airport, making international travel incredibly convenient.
We acquired the vacant building for £2.8 million and will redevelop it over the next 18 months into a 5-storey, 60,000 sq ft residential building housing 78 studio, one-bed and two-bed apartments suitable for single tenants, couples, small families and the elderly.
The ground floor will remain as a retail unit which can be divided into smaller units but will also accommodate a residents entrance lobby, cycle and bin stores. As with all of our office-to-resi conversions, each unit will include high-spec, high-tech fixtures and fittings.
The major difference with The Broadway, and what we feel you will appreciate in particular, is that every apartment will have itsown private balcony or terrace and the redeveloped building will also include a large south facing private communal terrace on the 5th floor for residents, providing a social space for people to connect, meet and interact.
"15-29 The Broadway is an attractive proposition not just for first time buyers looking to take that first step on the property ladder, but also for real estate investors looking to invest in London's affordable private housing market," explains Martin Skinner, CEO of Inspired Asset Management and Inspired Homes.


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New York Times Exposes The Dark Side Of 'Online Avengers' Who Go After Teen Bullies
Erin Fuchs
Rehtaeh Parsons was bullied for more than a year before she finally killed herself.
Angel Rehtaeh/Facebook
The New York Times Magazine has a disturbing article that questions the mob mentality of online activists who use extreme measures to go after teen bullies and rapists.
The article by Emily Bazelon focuses on a group of activists called OpAntiBully. These avengers use encrypted chat rooms and email accounts to publicly shame and intimidate bullies by linking their online profiles to their alleged transgressions.
The group has gone after teenagers accused of raping a Canadian teenager who later hanged herself as well others who allegedly assaulted a girl in Maryville, Mo.
"People need to learn from their mistakes," one avenger, a 25-year-old named Ash, told Bazelon. "If it takes shocking or scaring them to do that, so be it."
Of course, there are big problems with vigilante justice. For one thing, it's hypocritical to bully teen bullies and rapists. The other big problem with these online avengers is that they could "out" innocent teenagers. Unlike the police, vigilantes don't necessarily need to gather sufficient evidence before pointing fingers.
One boy, Adam Barnes, says he feared for his safety after he was falsely implicated in the case of the Canadian teen who was allegedly raped, Rehtaeh Parsons.
"It is really ruining my life because I had to deactivate my Facebook because of this. Going out in public and stuff, I always have to worry about who recognizes me ... I always have to look out, behind my back all the time," the boy told CBC News.
Another boy linked to the Parsons case had his Facebook account hacked by anonymous vigilantes after he sent a message online to the deceased girl's mother. The boy's sister came to his defense in a Facebook post, according to Bazelon.
"Your saying your sticking up for a girl who was bullied but yet you nasty people are nothing but cowards to hide behind anonymous and hack teenagers Facebook profiles," the boy's sister wrote on Facebook. "Your just as bad as the ones who bullied her."
Bazelon's story in The Times Magazine is not the first to suggest that online vigilantes may be doing more harm than good. This summer, The New Yorker's Ariel Levy questioned the tactics used by the hacking group Anonymous to try to expose boys who raped a drunken 16-year-old in Steubenville, Ohio.
Those hackers may have sought justice for the girl, but they also immortalized her most humiliating experience by bringing attention to horrific online photos of the assault.
"What the bloggers did was make sure that five hundred million people saw those pictures of her," Jefferson County, Ohio prosecutor Jane Hanlin told Levy. "I wouldn't want that picture to be seen by one person."
SEE ALSO: Social Media Makes Teen Rape More Traumatic Than Ever
More: Law and Order Rape New York Times


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In a Webinar titled "Leading Customers Through Secure Digital Transformation," industry experts at The 2112 Group, Ixia, and ProtectWise discussed cutting-edge cloud security technology being delivered by the vendors and the abundant opportunities afforded to their solution provider partners.
Whereas the cloud was a relative novelty 10 years ago, 90 percent of today's enterprises use cloud computing to augment their infrastructure capabilities, said Larry Walsh, CEO and chief analyst at 2112. "They're also using the cloud to deliver better computational capacity and improved distribution of resources," he said.
While that migration to the cloud benefits enterprises in myriad ways, it also creates performance headaches and adds a new layer of complexity to network security. Compound that with all the other third-platform technologies that accompany the cloud during digital transformation – automation, IoT, mobile, and artificial intelligence, for example – and enterprises are faced with an extremely complex infrastructure and a fast-growing attack surface.
According to ProtectWise's Kelly Brazil and Ixia's Alexander Karstens, integration of the two vendors' platforms gives enterprises next-generation visibility into networks and can stave off even the most sophisticated of security threats.
Very few enterprises are 100 percent cloud – most rely on complex hybrid infrastructures with both private/public cloud and on-premises resources, noted Brazil, ProtectWise's vice president of systems engineering. The ProtectWise-Ixia bundle allows organizations to secure their assets and applications by providing single-pane-of-glass network visibility.
While Ixia delivers that visibility with CloudLens, the ProtectWise Grid "records" network traffic via software sensors, allows users to hunt for threats, and distills down the data it collects into actionable intelligence.
Meanwhile, the vendors' solutions open multiple doors of opportunity for channel partners. There's the potential for margin in selling (and upselling) the products. And then there's the bevy of wrap-around services that partners can provide, including managed, professional, consulting, and integration.
Breaches like the recent Equifax catastrophe keep many network operators anxious about the state of their own network security. In this final webinar of our three-part series, we will show you steps to take now to get a better handle on your network security.
On November 16, Steve McGregory will present, Prepare Your People, Processes, and Tools. In the final webinar, Steve will bring prior topics together and talk about how to apply cyber-range training for your team to fully understand the strengths and weaknesses of your overall security solution. These practices must safely take place in your production networks, so you know how you are performing in the real world.
Confidence in your network security doesn't need to wane with each reported breach. Join Steve to learn more.


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A scolding from Norman Siegel about the history of the Urban Development Corporation, founded after Martin Luther King's assassination
Thanks to the full video from the January 5 state Senate oversight hearing on eminent domain, it's worth a look at the Empire State Development Corporation's (ESDC) historical explanation for its blight studies, and civil rights attorney Norman Siegel's forceful comment, in which he suggested that the spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr.--whose 1968 assassination spurred the establishment of the agency--had been perverted.
During the hearing, state Senator Bill Perkins tried to drill down to the ESDCs standards regarding blight after AKRF delivers the "study of neighborhood conditions".
"Let me ask you, what is your standard that you use, to determine blight," he asked ESDC General Counsel Anita Laremont. "Do you have like a sheet, or some other kind of measures that you use that, when you get facts, you look at them in terms of those measures and you say, OK, bingo, it has measured up to the definition of blight?"
"No," responded Laremont. "We use the standard that's set forth in the UDC [Urban Development Corporation] Act, which is that an area be determined to be substandard and insanitary. And we have always maintained, in litigation, that it is not a static kind of measurement that can be reduced to specific criteria on a sheet of paper, because it has to do with a number of different factors in various environments."
"I don't understand what you're saying," Perkins murmured, then raised his voice: "What I'm trying to get it is ways that you can assure the public, which is in great doubt right now, that your decisions are on the merits."
"Are you asking if there's a checklist?" asked ESDC VP Darren Bloch.
"Yes," Perkins confirmed.
"There's no checklist," Laremont said.
Perkins remained quizzical: "So who as a part of the team that looks at the facts of the study and says OK... and they all sort of agree. Is it one individual that reviews the study and makes the determination? Is it a team?"
"When the study is completed, the blight study itself goes into the package of materials that go to our board of directors," Laremont said. "And that is part of the analysis that the directors use to make their determination of whether or not a project is blighted."
(Remember, a crack in the sidewalk is an indicator of blight, according to AKRF's Blight Study in the Atlantic Yards case.)
History invoked
"Let me just explain to you, historically, the UDC was created in 1968 and this language in our statute has always been there," she said. "For the early years of UDC, when we did housing projects, we did take property by condemnation, with the same language. And we did not use any kind of blight study." (Here's more on the curious path from UDC to ESDC.)
"The blight studies evolved over time based on our view that it was appropriate and proper to document empirically a condition of a neighborhood," she said. "That that was much better than simply making a conclusory statement in board materials that we have found an area to be blighted. And so we view these studies as a way of having documentation regarding a neighborhood and an area such that we give our board better information on which to make the determination."
The response from Siegel
Later in the hearing, after laying out his proposals for reforms of state eminent domain laws, civil rights attorney Norman Siegel, who won a surprising Appellate Division victory in the case challenging the ESDC's pursuit of eminent domain for the Columbia University expansion, slammed the ESDC testimony. (The ESDC reps were gone by then. They expressed confidence they'd win the appeal.)
"Let me end on a personal note," Siegel said, with emotion. "Sitting here on 125th Street, walking around this building, seeing some of the names and the icons from this community, listening to the people from ESDC speak. On April 4, 1968, when Martin King was assassinated, our governor, Nelson Rockefeller, in the memory and to continue the legacy of Martin, he created the Urban Development Corporation, which is now the Empire State Development Corporation.
"There were great hopes, and great dreams, and visions of what UDC was supposed to be. I remember that. As a young kid in Brooklyn, who went south in the civil rights movement, and met with Dr. King, worked with SCLC many times--today, this agency, in the name of Martin Luther King and Nelson Rockefeller, is doing exactly the opposite of what the UDC was supposed to be set up for. The UDC was supposed to be set up in the memory of Dr. King in order to clear quote slum areas and create affordable housing for poor people and people of color."
"Now take a look at what's happening here in West Harlem, 180 degrees opposite," Siegel uttered, "and no one except you, Senator, is up there, yelling and screaming and speaking and doing the things within the system that we're taught to to to try to bring justice and fairness to the people in this community." (Of course, with Atlantic Yards, supporters cite the fact that the project would "create" affordable housing.)
"And so I commend you for your walking alone," Siegel concluded. "It's not easy to do what you do. Especially when the elected officials, from the great Charlie Rangel, to the Borough President, Scott Stringer, to the local City Councilman, Bob Jackson, go the other way. you've always gone the right way, and the left way, and, in the context of that, we applaud you. And we're here today not only to talk about these issues, we're here in tribute to you, to give you the courage and support to continue this fight, because, when all is said and done, this is a civil rights issue of the twenty-first century."
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Iowa State announces three additions to wrestling staff
Jared Stansbury, Apr 03 •	0 Comments
Image courtesy of Iowa State Athletics.
The following is a press release courtesy of Iowa State Athletics Communcations.
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State head wrestling coach Kevin Dresser solidified his coaching staff with the announcement today that Mike Zadick, Derek St. John and Brent Metcalf will join the ISU wrestling program
Hires are pending administrative approval.
Zadick and St. John were both on Dresser's staff at Virginia Tech and Metcalf was most recently the National Freestyle Developmental Coach for USA Wrestling.
Dresser, Zadick and St. John helped the Hokies record a 34-3 dual mark over the past two seasons while leading VT in its march to national prominence. In the two seasons Zadick and St. John were on staff, 11 Hokies earned All-America status and eight wrestlers won ACC individual titles.
In 2016, the Hokies finished fourth at the NCAA Championships, their first trophy-finish in program history and the best by an ACC squad ever. In 2017, Virginia Tech won its third ACC tournament title and posted its fifth-straight top-10 finish at the NCAA Championships.
Metcalf joined USA Wrestling in November of 2016 where he worked under National Freestyle Coach Bill Zadick, the older brother of Mike Zadick. Metcalf's duties included coaching the age-group men's freestyle World Teams, directing the freestyle resident athletes at the U.S. Olympic Training Center and serving as an assistant coach on the Senior national team.
Zadick, St. John and Metcalf all had stellar collegiate careers on the mat for the University of Iowa.
Zadick, who will be an Associate Head Coach for the Cyclones, was a three-time All-American (2000-02), winning the 149-pound Big Ten title in 2002. With Zadick in the lineup, Iowa set school records for longest dual unbeaten (84) and winning streaks (69).
A native of Great Falls, Mont., Zadick continued to excel as a wrestler internationally. Zadick was 2006 World silver medalist. He also was the 2009 U.S. Senior Nationals freestyle champion at 60kg, won the 2008 U.S. Freestyle Olympic Team Trials at 132 pounds (60 kg) and earned a spot in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
St. John, who won the 2013 NCAA title at 157 pounds, became the 18th four-time All-American in Iowa history in 2014. He placed fourth at the NCAA Championships as a freshman, second as a sophomore, first as a junior and fifth as a senior, claiming his spot as one of the most successful Hawkeye wrestlers of all time.
The Parnell, Iowa, native concluded his collegiate career with a record of 106-17. St. John was the 2012 Big Ten champion and a two-time Big Ten runner-up at 157 pounds. He posted a record of 31-2 in his national championship campaign of 2012-13, earning Iowa's Mike Howard Most Valuable Wrestler Award.
Metcalf is one of the most decorated wrestlers in Iowa history. He won two NCAA titles (2008, 2010) and was three-time NCAA finalist (2008-10) in his three seasons wrestling for the Hawkeyes.
A native of Davison, Mich., Metcalf won the 2008 Dan Hodge trophy, given annually to the nation's best collegiate wrestler, and helped the Hawkeyes to three NCAA team titles (2008, 2009, 2010).
Metcalf was a member of four U.S. Freestyle World Teams (2010, 2013, 2014, 2015). He won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in Canada, and claimed World Cup gold medals in 2014 and 2015 in Los Angeles. Other major international events he won included the 2014 UWW Golden Grand Prix Finals in Azerbaijan and a silver medal at the 2013 Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix in Russia.
Metcalf qualified for the U.S. Freestyle National Team for six straight years from 2010-16, winning U.S. Open titles in 2014 and 2015.
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D.C. Circuit Will Rehear Don McGahn Subpoena Case for the Umpteenth Time, But Only After the Election
Colin KalmbacherOct 15th, 2020, 1:22 pm
Here we go again. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Thursday agreed to re-re-litigate the never-ending battle between between the House Judiciary Committee and former White House counsel Don McGahn.
President Donald Trump's onetime advisor is still fighting against the House's long-ago-issued subpoenas sent during and related to the Democratic Party's impeachment-and-removal effort.
Initially, the controversy was heard by a three-judge panel on the powerful appeals court. That first effort was disastrous for the House–with the GOP-judge dominated panel ruling that the U.S. House of Representatives cannot enforce its duly-authorized subpoenas against the executive branch using the judicial branch.
"The Department of Justice (DOJ), on behalf of McGahn, responds that Article III of the Constitution forbids federal courts from resolving this kind of interbranch information dispute," two of the judges wrote in February. "We agree and dismiss this case."
Premised on the idea that judicial interference in a spat between the two other official branches of the U.S. government was constitutionally untoward, legal experts criticized the decision as a "lawless" ruling that suggested a trend toward authoritarianism.
The full D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals then went on to overturn themselves and rehear the case en banc—a term imported from the French that means all the judges on any given "bench" or court.
Those self-vacating efforts were unanimously interpreted as a win for Democrats who hope to have McGahn's testimony about his time in the White House—including an instance in which the 45th president allegedly ordered him to fire then-special counsel Robert Mueller.
In August, the full (en banc) panel ruled–in a 7-2 decision–that the House does, in fact, have the authority to use the courts as a method for subpoena enforcement. Later that same month, however, another panel of the same court ruled 2-1 that there is no statutory authority for Congress to enforce its own subpoenas whatsoever–setting up the second full en banc hearing in the weeks to come.
Technically the full court won't hear the case–because Trump-appointed Circuit Judges Neomi Rao and Gregory Katsas have recused themselves from the case–and this puts the GOP at a decided disadvantage in a case that has become a hallmark and potential lodestar of executive power and privilege jurisprudence during the Trump era.
But aside from the many extant and important legal merits and facts of the case as it stands, the timing of the second en banc rehearing could prove fatal for the Democrats and their legal hopes to hold McGahn–really, the executive branch itself–accountable.
In the Democrats' favor, the court has once again vacated its executive branch-deferential panel decision. But the oral arguments in the case are scheduled for well after the upcoming general election. Slated for late February 2021, the next president will have already been inaugurated by the time that the judges hear both sides' arguments. The decision will likely come well after that–raising serious concerns over whether the case is even much of a controversy by the time it's all said and done.
"As predicted, the full D.C. Circuit will rehear the controversial three-judge panel decision that the House lacks a cause of action to enforce its subpoenas—an issue that may in any event become moot on January 3 when Congress turns over," noted University of Texas Law Professor Steve Vladeck via Twitter.
University of Iowa College of Law Professor Andy Grewal agreed.
"Interesting date," he tweeted. "Arguably, the House subpoena will have expired by then and could no longer be enforced."
To that end, the court is well-apprised of the linear/legal situation it has itself had a hand in making through the numerous hearings and re-hearings–along with the parties themselves.
The court directed both sides to brief the issue of whether or not the Judiciary Committee's subpoena expires at the end of the current 116th Congress.
Read the full court's order below:
House v. McGahn (En Banc Rehearing Order) by Law&Crime on Scribd
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Facebook algorithms reportedly pushed unsubstantiated rumors about white van abductions
Tony Markovich
Autoblog December 6, 2019
Throughout the past few weeks, posts warning friends, family and readers about the dangers of suspicious white vans (the vehicle, not the shoe) have been circulating Facebook and various social media sites. The posts, many of which come with photos or video, warn of instances of these vans used for the purposes of abductions, sex trafficking and, in some extreme instances, selling body parts. Although it is a great idea to always be on high alert, the posts have a major issue: none of the claims have been proven, according to a report from CNN, and social algorithms have thrust the rumors to dangerous levels.
Viral social media posts can be great for memes, but they can also quickly create widespread paranoia. The biggest example of how these types of social media posts can shape the way people think without having hard, credible sources was displayed by Baltimore Mayor Jack Young. Young issued a warning to Baltimore that he's seen reports of people in white vans "trying to snatch up young girls," but according to WBAL, Young had only seen the posts on Facebook and did not receive any information from the police.
According to Newsweek, a spokesperson for Young relayed that the mayor was simply encouraging people to provide law enforcement with as much information as possible about potentially suspicious situations.
"The mayor has consistently talked about the need for citizens when they know of a possible law enforcement issue to share that information with police," said the spokesperson. "Information, no matter how much on its face may seem implausible, is still information that needs to be shared with the authorities. So, that's what he did. He received information via Facebook. He shared it with the authorities, and then they took it from there in terms of investigation."
Sharing information is great, but warnings such as these can have real-life consequences, as Click on Detroit detailed. A handyman who drives a white van to store all of his tools has been followed, questioned and harassed all due to a viral Facebook video of a van.
For further information on these rumors and the threat of reporting unsubstantiated claims, read more on CNN and Newsweek.
.@mayorbcyoung says, "we're getting reports of somebody in a white van trying to snatch up young girls for human trafficking and for selling body parts.
Adding, "it's all over Facebook" & "that's something that our police officers are aware of because its been reported." #WBAL pic.twitter.com/k1y1o96z7T
— Vanessa Herring (@VanessaWBAL) December 3, 2019
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Instagram adds colour and text options to Link Stickers. How to use it
Meta-owned photos and video sharing platform, Instagram, has decided to offer customization to the users sharing links and stories. The Link Sticker was launched in October to enable users to add URL in stories and now Instagram has added a bit of tailoring to it. Now going forward, they can add text and colour to make their stories more visible, interactive and lively. There are various colour combinations to choose from which makes the text and the link more prominent. Facebook (Meta) has been working on WhatsApp and Instagram to add more features recently. WhatsApp does keep rolling out new updates to remain active among the users. Last it extended the disappearance feature to the chat which allows users to select the messages to keep and discard the rest. Heads up — you can now customize the text and color of your links in Stories. 🙌 pic.twitter.com/3THDTw3QrG Similarly, Instagram goes on with adding new in-app stickers and features that keeps its users busy. Instagram is battling with Chinese apps and YouTube after the arrival of Reel feature. Instagram had said that new accounts will not get immediate access to Link stickers. In addition, accounts that repeatedly spread hate speech and misinformation will be barred from using them. The social media app provides region wise features as well. Recently, it introduced Take a Break feature in Canada, US, UK and Australia to promote mental and social well-being of the users. It is also reported that the app is working to add educational hub for parents that will arrive later next year. Facebook, the parent company, now called Meta, is in news recently for bad reasons and to do an image makeover it has been doing changes to remain practical. How to share photos, videos to Insta story: 1: Tap create new at the top or swipe right anywhere in Feed. 2: Scroll to Story at the bottom. 3: Tap at the bottom of the screen to take a photo, or tap and hold to record a video. To choose a photo or video from your phones gallery or camera roll, swipe up anywhere on the screen. You may see gallery suggestions to help you choose what to share. 4: Tap, or to draw, add text or a sticker to your photo or video. To remove text or a sticker, drag and drop it on at the bottom of the screen. 5: When youre ready to share, tap Your Story in the bottom left. Download.