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Finally the past caught me. It's like a voice murmuring behind my ears: "You ran too fast, you went too far, slow down, look back and wait". So, like a lone cyclist on the run, I have been finally reached by the group. And this was not a bad news at all. I found back a lot of people that probably I left behind me too early. I discovered again people who were my life and always so they will be.
I wrote on this blog more than 6 weeks ago last time. It's a very long and unusual time. But it has been the necessary time to let the smoke and ash fall down on the floor to be swept away then. And so I did.
I am back in Istanbul since 1 day. And I already tasted how it's hard to be ubiquitous and some good thing is simply gone. But no matter.
I also should complain because after all my efforts still the path didn't reach the summit of the mount, but on the contrary, I see that this time in Italy was a kind of extra-time given my life to live again like 10 years ago and put on the table this fateful question for me: was all done what you left? Sometimes the answer is: let's try. Let's try to go back to certain places (or should I call them battle grounds?) and see what happens now that I have grown. Anyway I think this is not a lack of time, I think this is a privilege.
I spent most of these 6 weeks in Milan, then Rome and Bari. I will try to collect here some pictures of this journey. I was fine. Well, actually, I am feeling good.
Hell Istanbul
13/04/2010, Milan - Italy (map)
I finally see that Istanbul is a damned city. It's a living hell. It can happen living there to face really absurd situations, open holes to the flames of the hell. Life is hard there. Like in any megalopolis the struggle for life is hard and the differences are so near to each other that you can see the opposites at the same sight. And even the opposite of the worse things often is not the better things, but still something which is imprisoned in a standard mood and bravely is only trying to preserve itself. My best friends here turned normally (or were since the beginning?) into idiots, psychopaths and motherfuckers, but this you can not see at the beginning, you discover only later, after you start to trust them, (here they are professional hell citizens).
But of course I still have daily proofs of pure and amazing friendship. And like a flower on the shit, a light in the dark, a fountain in the desert, like a virgin in a brothel, it is something that you will never exchange for nothing else.
Hope is a trap
Can you see this picture? I took it a few days ago in the suburbs of Izmir. I like to take pictures of animals, especially horses. So, as soon as I saw those horses I took my camera and I shot. I shot first the horses. Then I saw a donkey, alone, on the opposite side of the field. So I took a picture also only of him. Then I took a photo of the whole scene, the horses on one side, the donkey on the other side, to catch the distance between them.
Then I watched again the picture and I saw there is a barbed wire in it. Finally I stopped and I thought if this picture wants to tell me something.
The day I decided to give the movie this name, "Katırlar doğurunca" (when the mules will give birth), I was only thinking of a tale of Herodotus, where he is mentioning the story of the siege of Babylon by Xerxes, the king of Persians. One citizen of Babylon, after years of useless siege, shouted at the king outside the walls: "Xerxes, it's better if you go back to Persia, because you will be able to conquer Babylon only when the mules will give birth".
Dancing on the railways turnouts
From the cold fields of olive trees in Adelfia to the nice cold gardens in Neukölln. It's not easy to summarize what happened between. I feel like I am living without breath, dancing on the railways turnouts, running fast, without exactly knowing where I am going. It is not that I don't have clear ideas of what I would do. Oh, clear ideas I have a lot. But many things seem out of my control. But still I am dancing, because the run is fast and the chance to turn suddenly direction is so high.
In a few hours I will take a flight back to Istanbul after 5 weeks. Things there have changed a lot. I don't have a place, for instance. But some good friend will host me. Then some people decided to go, to get out of my life. Farewell, in any case.
Probably I will watch the city for the first time as a place which could be not mine anymore. Maybe I will feel a stranger, and it would be the first time after so long. I don't know. Maybe I will watch Istanbul as a love to conquer again and for this reason she will seem even more beautiful to me. Since november 2008 I have never spent so much time far from Istanbul. In any case, this 5 weeks trip through Europe signs the end of an era and a new beginning. Every new beginning is marked by a big backpack full of stuff. Like a turtle I am back to live with all of my things on my shoulders, changing bed every few days, dreaming of a roots ground that maybe really doesn't exist.
Present and absent friends
Nothing better when you have to recover than to find a quiet place full of new and old friends. That's what is happening in those days. Sweet weather, good food, mother and father, amazing countryside, some work not to lose contact with reality and lots of dear friends. One new friend I found is Zazà. He is a thoroughbred horse "murgese", from Murge, the hills around Bari. He is black and muscled, he is 4 years old, so it means he is just a young boy, and it seems he is very bad, he looks like always angry and he wants to bite everybody. But it's not true, he is so sweet and sociable, just at the beginning he wants to appear rude. And then I give him lots of apples, so he must love me...
You know, the first time I climbed on him, he also reared, but I can understand him, too much confidence at the beginning can be suspected. But then we became very good friends..
Another friend instead came from far, by flight. Once I am in Italy for a few weeks, it's better not to lose the chance to find me, you never know. So Laura took a flight from Bergamo in the north of Italy and came to visit me. How many things we had to tell us, Laura, after all these years? And we chose some good place as background of our long tales: Matera, Polignano a mare. She just left yesterday. Now I feel like I know a little bit more who I have been, who I am. But who will I be? Too much to know by now.
Human intelligence wanted
Now I will tell a story that hardly I could imagine one day to tell. However the details will remain kept in the suffering depths of my remote memory. You will never imagine that a friend, or a so-called friend, could go so far. Far where any thin glimpse of trust is forever shut down. Far where to be bored, or perhaps to be secretly used to think himself allowed to do everything, leads him to rob a contact behind your shoulder, use this contact to full his dramatic loneliness, spend your name to get closer to this third person, always behind your shoulder, and finally abuse of her, of her trust, of your trust, first of all, and finally leave her in a bed of impotence, psychologically raped and almost phisically, under confusion of too much alcohol.
And, after not feeling to have gone too much far, when you discover that and ask him about it, replying to you with threats of lawyers ready to take care of me. If in this page there are no names it's not for fear but for respect. That respect which is something belonging not to those who receive it but to those who use it as something you should never neglect. Respect to human intelligence, which is what this person is completely missing.
Success is one of the saddest illness, especially when it's gone and it's nothing more but an excuse to abuse of any personal relation around.
And so I left Istanbul, until when I don't know. I am saved from the shipwreck of Titanic and I landed on the hospitable shores of Puglia.
So, the end has come. I don't know if it is an end or a new beginning. Anyway the end of something has come. In these hours is like to be on the Titanic in the last moments before the sinking. This is my last connection from this house, still watching the Galata tower outside the window while I am writing.
It's not easy to keep the hand steady on the rudder when the wind is blowing hard and the massive waves are crashing against the boat. But I will not sink with the boat (and this wooden flat really seems like the room of a big boat). I will not sink and I will leave the boat just a second before to sink. Because I can not die here. I have to save something. I have to save 3 hard-discs full of loving efforts. That's why I take them and I run away, once again. To Berlin first.
We got to be strong, right? We must stand up and be good people even when people all around seem to turn crazy. But sometimes it's hard. Sometimes I wonder which is my fault. I got so many problems from those who called themselves "friends of mine". There must be something wrong somewhere, but I can't see. I will ask my nostalgia of Istanbul for an answer in the coming weeks. But I guess I am still not ready to hear that answer.
Hoşça kal, Istanbul, acı dolu olsa bile sevdim seni..
Kesik minare
07/02/2010, Antalya - Turkey (map)
Antalya raining day, spent at home with friends because of the hard rain outside. But the concert yesterday was great. As all the concerts with "Kara Güneş", you know when you start, you don't know when you finish. Normally we are always the last ones leaving the place. And until there are just a few customers, we still keep on playing. Yesterday we started at 21 and we finished almost at 4 in the morning. We make a lot of breaks, it's true, but it's a neverending playing. After all they have hundreds of songs in their background coming from the turkish popular and traditional songs. We normally work on 20-30 songs, but then normally we play half of them and for the rest they start other songs, many of which I don't know, but played on similar patterns that I can easily follow. I wait them to play one time the melody and then I start and follow. Anyway musically is a great experience for me bathing in the deep turkish traditional music, but also a pleasure to be among these friends.
Ah, by the way. In these days some musical turkish tv channels are broadcasting the video-clip I shot for Sultan Tunç: "Bir yol hikayesi".
Amazing surprises
Last friday, january 29, it happened really something unexpected: I was witness at the wedding. Arezoo and Kaveh were married. Kaveh is a new member of the diaspora from Iran, after the heavy demonstrations in Tehran last summer. Arezoo left Iran many years ago and now she is living in Canada. So, when by chance you are stuck in a country for reasons of visa, it's possible that you need to marry whenever and wherever it is possible. So, by chance, they were married here in Istanbul. And now they are already far apart but Kaveh will hopefully join Arezoo soon.
I was very honored and I wish you happiness and long life!!!
I met Kaveh a few months ago. We know what it means to leave a country behind. But of course I am luckier than him, the opponents in Italy are not executed by hanging and I can go back to Italy whenever I want.
Meanwhile, in these days "our" 2 roosters, respectively the president of Iran and the premier of Italy, are fulling the sky of Middle East with their threats. It's comic, isnt' it?
It's snowing since 3 days!!! Crazy. It's not something rare in Istanbul, but certainly something unusual.. Sometimes people just leave the car on the side of the street and go on by foot. Especially the first day, when it was a surprise. People don't use to have chains for the wheels in the car. So, for example, here, coming down the hill, cars were just skating down and some guys holding the car by the sides trying to push it into the street. Crazy things...
Now it's still snowing and the tower out of the window is surrounded by flurries of snow flakes.
I upload some pictures below, but beside this extraordinary event, I would like to spend a few words about some video-works produced in Italy which I feel somehow linked with.
I speak today about this because since today it will be possible to watch on italian version of Current Channel the documentary "Una montagna di balle" (= a mountain of balls), produced by InsuTv in Naples, which also I collaborated for.
The photo
If I were to just take a picture of these days I should take a photo while riding a bicycle I'm climbing the hill that leads from the Galata tower to Tünel, just down my house after all. Which is a climb of all respect, indeed, it is a chore! It takes about 3 minutes to climb. With the occasional car traffic coming down the narrow alley and me hardly balancing to not stop and lose the rhythm between cars and pedestrians. And passers-by, of course, many of them tourists, who look at me a little strange (someone did not resist taking a picture).
But this is just an imaginary picture, because who knows in which far corner of the world is now that picture, who knows where came from the tourist who has taken it.
Cycling in Istanbul is a form of active resistance. Sure, because the city is full of dramatic height difference, but mainly because the traffic is often fierce, and there is no culture of cycling. That is why cycling in Istanbul for me is a form of active resistance, because it means to express by facts another idea of world endangering myself.
So, this imaginary picture I can not show. But today I have so many more photos. Francesca and Nicola (Nice) came to visit me. And when old friends see each other again years later (as in the case of Nicola and me) is inevitable to try to take a photo of themselves and others.
How much it cost me to admit my defeats? Leave the battlefield, fleeing. A sadness that I carried within me for over a year. And I spent everything I had to open another route to avoid a direct confrontation which was an unequal struggle and to start again to imagine a new assault later. Or the end.
It cost a lot.
Because I lost too many things to make this movie, because it cost me really a lot in every sense.
But what is love if not to be ready to lose everything for love?
And like for all the births, we need so much love because the mules are about to give birth.
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I wish for all a 2010 of mental health and good faith!
Sometimes reality breaks out in a very not understandable way. Especially when violence takes place instead of dialogue. I am really stunned by things happened in these last days.
In Turkey seems that a new era (the darkest imaginable) has begun. After the decision of the Constitutional Court to ban the DTP party, riots and anger poured out in the streets. Even here in Istanbul, in Tarlabaşı, the district where I lived until last August, people came down and fought the police just to express their frustration. In the streets where I used to go and shop, meet friends and, after all, live, I saw scenes of unspeakable violence. It was only a miracle if nobody was dead.
Bourgeois justice has faded
Today 40 years after the massacre of "Piazza Fontana" in Milan. 17 people died. The perpetrators and instigators of the massacre are still unknown.
The same situation applies also to all the other Italian massacres. Yesterday we saw a comedy, yes, it was. Filippo Graviano said he never met Marcello Dell'Utri. His brother, Giuseppe Graviano, has exercised the right to silence.
Yesterday night, the Turkish Costitutional Court shut down DTP, the Kurdish party. This decision will exacerbate the war in Kurdistan.
"Bourgeois justice has faded", sing Banda Bassotti.
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Live from the night of the Republik
Ascolta in diretta la deposizione di Gaspare Spatuzza. CLICCA QUI!
Ore italiane: 12.32: "Graviano mi disse: quello che ci garantisce è quello di Canale 5. Graviano mi fece il nome di Berlusconi e mi disse che grazie a lui e al compaesano nostro ci eravamo messi il Paese tra le mani. Graviano mi disse che avevamo ottenuto tutto quello e questo grazie alla serietà di quelle persone che avevano portato avanti questa storia, che non erano come quei quattro 'crasti' socialisti che avevano preso i voti dell'88 e '89 e poi ci avevano fatto la guerra".
Live of the deposition of the Mafia repentant Gaspare Spatuzza.
Italian time: 12.32: "Graviano told me who ensures us is the one of Canale 5. Graviano mentioned Berlusconi and told me that thanks to him and to our neighbor we had put the country in our hands. Graviano told me that we get everything and this is due to the seriousness of those people who carried this story, who were not like those 'assholes' socialists who had taken our votes in '88 and '89 and then we had war".
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Video: Red carpet re-opening for landmark Burnley town centre pub
Published: 16:29 Updated: 16:46 Monday 25 November 2019
Customers, suppliers and guests gathered for the red carpet re-opening of a landmark Burnley town centre pub.
Former Burnley manager Stan Ternent was given a huge cheer as he cut the ribbon at the opening of The Brun Lea, one of the town centre's most popular and iconic pubs, which was recently purchased by a consortium of local businessmen and women.
Former Burnley manager Stan Ternent performs the honours of cutting the ribbon at the re-opening of The Brun Lea pub in Burnley.
Stan, who managed Burnley Football Club between 1998 and 2004 and who is a popular figure in the town joined loyal customers and local suppliers to share in the excitement of re-opening the pubs doors to reveal its fantastic makeover.
A spokesman for the new owners said: "Following an incredibly smooth acquisition of the pub, thanks to local solicitor, Paul Mayson of Maysons Law, we started the plans for an exciting makeover.
"And we are thrilled with the refresh and refurbishment, owing huge thanks to Kelly Jackson, Head of Design at Cheshire Estates, who managed, with all hands-on deck, to bring the new look Brun Lea to life in just five days.
"We were overwhelmed with the support from local people and businesses who have been extremely patient while the work has been going on.
Exciting plans are in the pipe-line for The Brun Lea pub in Burnley which re-opened last week.
"The Brun Lea has a strong and loyal customer base, and they have shown great support and shared many ideas for change. Our team has listened with care, and we hope the improvements made, and will continue to make, will be over and above expectations.
"Our over-riding desire is to deliver the great people of Burnley better value in these uneasy times of economics, greater service, more memorable experiences and an environment in which everyone can chill and relax – whatever the time of day."
Guests were welcomed by the new general manager, Stuart Wiggan, at last Thursday's re-launch including long standing customers Alan Hayhurst and Ian Hayhurst who have been regulars at the pub since 2002.
Representing the suppliers were John and Eileen Haffner of Haffners Pies, Michael Whittaker of Worsthorne Brewery, Elaine Burnett and Dale Gouldsbrough from Reedley Hallows Brewery and Molly Jones who represented Batch Gin.
Two of the youngest guests, Alice and her baby sister Florence, at the re-opening of the The Brun Lea where they were happy to sport their Clarets tops.
The spokesman added: "We have stood by our promise to retain customers' favourite dishes and now look forward to being able to demonstrate our commitment to raising the bar in terms of service and value for
"Not only are there exciting new theme nights on the menu, but new experiences to suit all moods and occasions, including an area for sports enthusiasts and a Batch Gin Corner for gin lovers."
Is this the future of elderly care in Lancashire?
And the grand opening marked the launch of the Brun Lea's own charity beer, Jerry's Craft Lager, with 20p sold from every pint donated to Pendleside Hospice.
An image of the well stocked bar at the re-opened The Brun Lea pub in Burnley.
The hospice is the Brun Lea's chosen charity and Lisa Pearson and Andrea Orme-Wright were there to represent it.
Exciting plans are also on the cards to build a huge rooftop garden next year in time for the Euro 2020 Football Championship.
The spokesman added: "The entire team has put in a tremendous amount of effort to get the project to this stage, and everyone is excited and thrilled to be open.
"The Brun Lea lies at the very heart of Burnley's town centre, and we are confident that the plans and changes that we will continue to implement will be well received by customers and the wider community.
"There are likely to be teething problems, but we will continue to listen to the community and welcome customer feedback."
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The evening includes performances by the MHS Jazz Ensemble, the Twilighters, Sterling Jazz, and the middle school stage band.
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Sens. Cruz, Hawley & Lee Show How To Take A Good Bill Idea And Make It Blatantly Unconstitutional
from the seriously-guys? dept
Wed, Apr 14th 2021 9:34am — Mike Masnick
Senators Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, and Mike Lee, all hold themselves out to be "constitutional" lawyers. All graduated from law schools and went on to clerk for Supreme Court Justices (Cruz clerked for Rehnquist, Hawley for Roberts, and Lee for Alito -- though before he moved to the Supreme Court). And yet, all three have shown that their support for the Constitution they swore to uphold and protect is a little wishy washy when they can build a culture war around it and get some silly press attention. The latest move is their new bill to strip Major League Baseball's antitrust exemption.
Now, I've explained this before, but let me be explicit about it here, because it's the part that people keep getting tripped up on: I think this is a good idea. It's silly that Major League Baseball has an antitrust exemption and it should be gotten rid of. There's no need for it and it's bad policy that it exists. And if Senators Cruz, Hawley and Lee had simply introduced such a bill, I might even cheer it on.
But... that's not what they did. They announced it in a manner that makes it blatantly unconstitutional, because they flat out admit that they're doing it to punish MLB for MLB's political expression (namely moving the All-Star Game out of Atlanta to protest Georgia's new voting law). And the Senators don't even try to hide this or come up with some Potemkin-style façade. They just out and out admit that they're doing this for unconstitutional reasons:
Following Major League Baseball's (MLB) decision to relocate the All-Star game from the state of Georgia, U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) will hold a press conference today outlining their legislation to end MLB's special immunity from antitrust laws.
Here's the thing that many people are missing: you can do constitutional things for unconstitutional reasons, and it makes the things you do... unconstitutional. In this case, Cruz, Lee, and Hawley are actually making it more difficult to remove MLB's antitrust exemption, because they've just handed MLB an easy response should this bill go anywhere. They can run to court and say that this was clearly vindictive behavior by Congress in response to protected 1st Amendment speech.
So even if you support removing MLB's antitrust exemption, you should be against this. Because this action, in this way, simply guarantees that if it got traction, it would get tied up in court for years solely due to the statements of Hawley, Cruz, and Lee.
It's quite likely that none of the three actually care, of course. They're all just grandstanding for an ignorant base who wants these Senators to embrace "cancelling" Major League Baseball for daring to... care about voting rights. And, in doing so, these three Senators show (yet again) that they're not interested in actually doing what's right, or what's constitutional. They're only interested in frothing up some grist for an ignorant base who revels in the politics of petty grievances.
Filed Under: 1st amendment, antitrust, exemption, free speech, josh hawley, mike lee, retaliation, ted cruz, voting rights
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The First Word
Republican lawmakers: "Fuck cancel culture! Grow some thicker skin, assholes! Stop being so offended by everything!"
Also Republican lawmakers: "We're cancelling these fuckers because they hurt conservative feelings. Don't they know that's illegal?"
—Stephen T. Stone
Baron von Robber, 14 Apr 2021 @ 9:42am
A shame we don't have a Constitutional test for all incoming congress critters. 1/2 of them would fail.
Only half?
I'm feeling generous today. But I see lots more of it from one particular half.
David, 14 Apr 2021 @ 10:01am
You are insinuating that those people don't know what they are doing, or they'd not do it.
The question governing their behavior is not "what would be the moral thing to do?" or "what would be the legal thing to do?" or "what did I swear an oath on?" but "what can I get away with?".
That's sort of the same competency question relevant for a crime lord, except that in politics the populist element of answering this question has a larger weight.
Baron von Robber, 14 Apr 2021 @ 10:18am
For Hawley, he certainly knows better. But idjits like Marjorie Taylor Greene are genuinely stupid.
Stephen T. Stone (profile), 14 Apr 2021 @ 9:55am
If there is one thing they're consistent about its hypocrisy.
That One Guy (profile), 14 Apr 2021 @ 12:28pm
The only reason hypocrisy isn't listed as a core republican party principle at this point is that honesty most certainly isn't.
mvario (profile), 14 Apr 2021 @ 9:57am
Three of the many congress critters who don't care about legislation, just making a name for themselves. The real point of this was just to appease and fire up their base, doesn't matter if it passes or not.
In other words, what they're doing with this legislation is feeding steak, jerky, and burgers to their base.
Anonymous Coward, 14 Apr 2021 @ 10:24am
Burgers all around, I think.
Take good legislation, grind it up and add filler until it no longer resembles steak.
And not Jerky, because they don't want their constituents to have to really chew on the legislation.
"Three of the many congress critters who don't care about legislation"
Yeah, and to be fair, by now the words "hawley & cruz" just tells you all you need to know about the proposed bill. It's like seeing that Nathan Bedford Forrest just proposed a new novel idea on racial equality. You already know what it'll be about without reading it.
What is this "League Baseball"? Is it a children's game that people watch, like Texas Holdum or Balkan Underwater Synchronized Tiddlywinks? I don't have a TV or cable network access: is there anything else I must do to never hear about it again?
I have a TV but I also have Roku access, and the MLB even has their own streaming service.
I choose not to subscribe because I'm not a baseball fan, but that's what makes Streaming better than cable: I can decide the services and content I want and not some cable company.
Koby (profile), 14 Apr 2021 @ 10:47am
Works Both Ways
Here's the thing that many people are missing: you can do constitutional things for unconstitutional reasons, and it makes the things you do... unconstitutional.
There is no intent clause in the first amendment. The senators are similarly entitled to their opinions. Any elected officials that vote to eliminate the antitrust exemption are allowed to do so because they think it's a good idea, while also holding the opinion that MLB are a bunch of jerks. Laws cannot be declared unconstitutional on the basis of lawmakers being insufficiently friendly.
Re: Works Both Ways
The senators are entitled to their opinions. However, the first amendment explicitly says "Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech…". The MLB moving their game from Atlanta to Denver was a decision for political reasons, and Cruz, Hawley, and Lee are making it clear they are making a law to punish political speech.
Oh, and don't you argue that moving a game from one location to another isn't speech, because the same arguments were made about flag burning and the Supreme Court struck down an anti-flag-burning law on first amendment grounds (with Scalia concurring in the majority).
Koby (profile), 14 Apr 2021 @ 12:43pm
Re: Re: Works Both Ways
"Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech…"
The proposed legal change would not abridge speech, but would instead change the interpretation of a 1922 court decision regarding the scope of interstate commerce. MLB would still be free to swap all-star site locations for political purposes as much as they want.
Re: Re: Re: Works Both Ways
It's impressive how intentionally obtuse you are.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Works Both Ways
It is difficult to get a person to understand something when their argument/position depends upon their ignorance or 'ignorance' of it.
The proposed legal change would not abridge speech
But it would punish a corporation for its speech — and last I checked, that counts as a First Amendment violation.
Back here in the real world, the chilling effect exists.
Stephen T. Stone (profile), 14 Apr 2021 @ 11:07am
A lawmaker has said they intend to punish Major League Baseball for its speech by crafting a law that aims to do exactly that. You may not care about that, but federal judges — whose opinions carry the weight of law — will absolutely care.
I mean, I get it: You think the government is on the side of the righteous here. Maybe it is. But doing the right thing for the wrong reasons means you're doing the wrong thing. The government can remove the antitrust protections for MLB for reasons that won't violate the First Amendment — but now it can't, at least not for the foreseeable future, because three Senators decided to say the quiet part out loud.
radix (profile), 14 Apr 2021 @ 12:58pm
It's legal to fire an employee.
It's illegal to fire an employee as retaliation for reporting harassment.
'nocuos leader
'cause my FIRST comment is caught and not let out
Hawley also just proposed a laughably stupid bill that proposes blocking all mergers for companies above an arbitrary market cap.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/04/hawleys-antitrust-bill-targets-big-tech-but-experts -worry-about-collateral-damage/
Nothing but a political ploy.
I'm sure it would only apply to companies in a certain sector.
Not according to the article itself, though I imagine insurrection-supporter Hawley is only thinking about a particular sector, and even more specifically companies within it that don't pledge allegiance to the cult of Trump as I have no doubt he'd have no problem with any mergers by companies he sees as on his side.
In relying on it, Hawley's bill would ensnare companies in a wide variety of industries that go well beyond Big Tech, including banks, pharmaceuticals, retailers, automakers, telecoms, and more. Nearly 150 companies would qualify today.
morganwick (profile), 14 Apr 2021 @ 6:57pm
It would be glorious if this passed and ended up blocking a merger involving a key Republican donor. But then, I'm sure Hawley would back off the instant he noticed Democrats were lining up to support the bill, including Fox's biggest punching bags.
It wouldn't surprise me if he's already gotten a few unpleasant phone calls from 'donors' cracking the whip and pointing out that if he's going to meddle into their business by blocking any mergers they might want to engage in they might need to cut back on any 'donations' in return.
Huh, yeah, speaking of the news-o-sphere, are there any people and/or companies with insane amounts of market control in that sector?
So the claims are made. Where was this concern previously, i wonder, particularly from the conservative / republican zone?
So my guess is that somehow such a law is enforced selectively. I realize that is a shocking thought. ;)
Bloof (profile), 14 Apr 2021 @ 10:56am
It's the republican way, don't govern, don't even pretend to, just create an enemy, create laws that your colleagues will never allow to pass into law to fight said enemy and fundraise on it. Meanwhile, the next generation of republicans will grow up brainwashed by their parents into believing that this is the heart of the party platform, and what as initially a grift becomes an entrenched belief. All the while, they attack the constitution, fill the halls of power with people who you wouldn't trust to run a used car dealership and pump raw sewage into the court system and their grifty notion creeps closer to becoming law. See overturning abortion rights, the attacks on LGBQT+ rights, Christian dogma overriding science and the rule of law...
It's basically legislate via spite.
pump raw sewage into the court system
And the environment
David, 15 Apr 2021 @ 5:38am
At some point of time they will have to explain Lincoln. And Eisenhower. Maybe they can arrange with the Democrats to swap a few politicians. It would make the history books less puzzling to read.
Tanner Andrews (profile), 18 Apr 2021 @ 8:00am
At some point of time they will have to explain Lincoln
It is not much of a stretch from ``good people on both sides'' in Charlottesville back to Abe Lincoln, who during the debates said he would not allow negroes to vote, or marry whites, or integrate socially, or serve on juries.
AC one-liners only, eh? it'll cramp my style...
obviously Maz can't stand actual dissent
techflaws (profile), 15 Apr 2021 @ 11:42am
Re: AC one-liners only, eh? it'll cramp my style...
No, he just can't stand obvious asshats.
and I'm in! maybe...
What? Mentions antitrust AND exemption? ...
OMG! Pop the champagne cork! Maz actually unequivocally states one of my favorite views!
It's silly that Major League Baseball has an antitrust exemption and it should be gotten rid of.
Re: and I'm in! maybe...
Yep, after hammering for several minutes, like a switch was flipped, all goes in.
The obstacle is that "Held For Moderation" is for me a LIE. My comments never come, besides that TD has gamed the system by dealying effect.
You wouldn't know of the viewpoint discrimination done out of sight if I didn't mention it, often as can.
Mike Masnick (profile), 14 Apr 2021 @ 11:20am
Re: Re: and I'm in! maybe...
The obstacle is that "Held For Moderation" is for me a LIE.
As has been explained to you multiple times, it is not a lie. We will release all the non spam comments that get caught in the filter when we get to them. The only reason we don't release the 300 or so that you put in every FUCKING day is because you KEEP ON SPAMMING until you figure out some way to get around the filter. So you ALREADY got your comment in at which point there's no need for us to release the other 300 comments, even though that would demonstrate to our community how truly insane you are.
Your problem is that you're like a 2 year old who demands instant gratification. You can't wait until someone goes through them, so you fill them up with more and more garbage, which actually makes it MORE DIFFICULT for someone to review comments and release the ones that were incorrectly caught.
Stop being a such a fucking asshole.
If we were trying to "censor" you, we'd just delete all your fucking comments, because you're an unhinged, totally ignorant, blatantly stupid, hypocritical oaf. But if you just commented normally, and then if they got caught in the filter, we'd release them when we had a chance to review them. But you can't accept that and go through your paranoid delusional state, filling up our filters with even more garbage to sort through.
If you don't like it, go the fuck away. I have no problem with dissent. I have a problem with totally deranged idiots wasting my time. You are that person.
Re: Re: Re: and I'm in! maybe...
Clearly you ask too much of him.
Mike, at the point where at I'd just classify all his posts as spam and be done with it. I know your stance on allowing anonymous people to post freely, but in regards to this "person", just delete his comments since he isn't actually contributing anything worthwhile to the discussions.
I dunno, i might go for a one-off post that just lists all the comments that weren't released on a given day. Or a "best" of...
Content Moderation Case Study: 300 Comments in One Afternoon From a Deranged Wackaloon.
Re: Re: Re: Re: and I'm in! maybe...
There's already a slew of comments from the longer threads blue has spammed. Including the Devin Nunes memo thread, and the original "ignorant motherfucker" thread that blue himself keeps linking back to.
A study wouldn't be hard to run, blue himself keeps generating content. For a website that he absolutely hates the guts of.
He's a constant reminder of how brain damaged copyright fans are, it's genuinely fucking disturbing.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: and I'm in! maybe...
Yeah, i have read far too many of them. And probably i have responded to too many as well. Sometimes he provides those sort of "arguments" which could use a response for other people who might read a thread at any time. The downside is he barely engages with any response except to repeat the same stuff he spams even when no one is responding, or he is talking to himself about a giant conspiracy that won't let him post.
Honestly, yes, i find him to be one of those reality-challenged and discourse-impervious sorts who is rather disturbing. I've seen plenty elsewhere, but only a few his sort of persistence, and i can't think of another that also combines the paranoia that the site/internet is magically affecting their systems. That's usually a thing by itself.
Of course a study is hardly required. One can simply look for high comment-count posts, a scroll to the sections where a lot of comments are hidden by default and read them. They are like bloody meta-bookmarks. Then apparently extrapolate that number i guess, given Mike's comment.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: and I'm in! maybe...
At that point there's really only one kind of response to blue, and those of his ilk: remind them of their failures, constantly. Just like Trump's failure to secure the latest round of elections.
Your problem is that you're like a 2 year old who demands instant gratification.
You'd think that someone with such a vested opinion against pirates would understand, but no - copyright is brain damage.
Just post, "I'm a dumb cunt." Not only will that get thru, it will be upheld as the first truthful post you've made here.
here's a HOWEVER
However he quickly goes wrong on the UN-Constitutional claim:
A) Corporations do NOT have "1A rights". They're NOT "persons" in the Constitution.
B) Corporations have ONLY a lawyer-granted "legal doctrine" to treat them as "persons".
C) Therefore, the GRANT of exemption to a legal fiction can be removed without least Constitutional question.
Re: here's a HOWEVER
Maz's real goal here is to protect corporatism, as always, by claiming raises Constitutional questions.
My bet is that Maz's view doesn't apply to the NFL and other sports leagues: he's simply not a basebally type.
Maz is also actually giving nothing because this is likely not going anywhere.
Do you have a map that leads us to the fucking point, or are you endlessly rambling so you don't go to sleep from a concussion?
His point is exactly as he labeled it: that he keeps coming with scams that deny the constitution (such as "corporations do nothave 1A rights").
Re: Re: here's a HOWEVER
protect corporatism
Said the RIAA fanboy.
'Welp it's been five seconds, time for a reminder...'
While trusting them in general would be an insanely bad idea you can at least trust republican lawmakers to remind people how grossly hypocritical they are and how much they hate the first amendment when it's used by anyone else on such a regular basis you could set a clock by it.
Upstream (profile), 14 Apr 2021 @ 12:43pm
Re: 'Welp it's been five seconds, time for a reminder...'
Hypocrisy and hating the 1st Amendment when used by others are traits not limited to Republicans. They just happen to have a momentary lead in the never-ending race to the bottom.
Re: Re: 'Welp it's been five seconds, time for a reminder...'
Oh I wouldn't argue that they're the only ones with those traits just that they are working overtime these days to make sure that they're at the top of the list and the first group people might think of anytime hypocrisy and loathing of the first amendment come up.
Anonymous Coward, 14 Apr 2021 @ 12:44pm
yet another one-liner
to show that I can get bits in... longer is blocked
Cruz, Hawley, and Lee: do they time share the one brain cell available to them on an hourly or daily basis?
It's like time-sharing. These days we call it "The Cloud".
The only brain cells available to the entire Republican Party belong to their rich corporate overlords.
Explains how Trump got them to abase themselves before him - he just grabbed the brain cell as they passed it around, like some deranged, populist Perseus.
nasch (profile), 16 Apr 2021 @ 7:14am
You're too generous. They're not stupid, they're evil.
A hypothetical scenario: let's say a bill that goes against a corporation's interests comes up in the Senate and get passed barely by one vote and before the vote, one of the bill supporters was on the record as saying he is voting because he wants to punish the corporation for saying things the senator does not like. According to the logic employed here if I understand correctly, if the bill would not been passed but for that person's support, would the law that the bill becomes be then deemed "unconstitutional" even though the provisions in the bill are inherently not unconstitutional? If that vote does not matter then how about two of the bill supporters on record of saying they are voting because they dont like the corporation's political speech? Would the two votes matter? No? How about five? ten? where's the line?
Sounds absurd to me, the logic of yours. I think the provisions in the law per se should be the sole criteria used to deem whether the said law is unconstitutional regardless the political motivations of some of the lawmakers. (on record or alleged) Just my two cents.
You either need to reread the article several times until you grok what it actually says or work on your honesty, because your 'hypothetical' has nothing to do with what's going on here. This isn't a case of a valid bill passing due to a handful of politicians with rotten motivations supporting it it's a bill that's unconstitutional from the outset due to it being a blatant attempt to punish someone for legal speech, which is just kinda a no-no when it comes to government action. Motivation and context matter, all the more so when the government is involved, so the idea that the only thing that should be looked at is what a bill says/does and not why it's being applied is to ignore a vital detail.
As the article noted even if you think that stripping the MLB of it's anti-trust exemption is a good idea you shouldn't be supporting this, not only because it's unconstitutional but because it just handed the MLB a perfect counter to any valid attempts to strip that exemption by allowing them to raise questions regarding the motivation behind the attempt.
That One Guy already picked your shit apart, but for the sake of actually answering your insincere bullshit question with a sincere answer (which is…really something I should probably stop doing):
let's say a bill that goes against a corporation's interests comes up in the Senate and get passed barely by one vote and before the vote, one of the bill supporters was on the record as saying he is voting because he wants to punish the corporation for saying things the senator does not like. According to the logic employed here if I understand correctly, if the bill would not been passed but for that person's support, would the law that the bill becomes be then deemed "unconstitutional" even though the provisions in the bill are inherently not unconstitutional?
The intent of those who wrote/sponsored/introduced the bill matters more. But in this specific example? The corporation that decides to fight the new law could point to that Senator's vote as a means of declaring legally null the passage of that law. ("They voted for this to fuck us over for something we said — how is that not a First Amendment violation?") Whether that argument succeeds would depend on numerous variables, not the least of which would be the political leaning of the court hearing that case.
If that vote does not matter then how about two of the bill supporters on record of saying they are voting because they dont like the corporation's political speech? Would the two votes matter? No? How about five? ten? where's the line?
The number of lawmakers who vote in favor of the bill for the reason you outline increases the relevance of their reasoning. One Senator going "fuck their speech" would be disturbing, but ultimately outweighed by the other Senators going "nope, not passing this because of their speech" (regardless of whether they're lying about that position). But multiple Senators going "fuck their speech" before the vote would, at a bare minimum, increase the likelihood that the new law would be found unconstitutional.
In an ideal world, no lawmaker would attack any corporation for its political speech by passing laws designed to fuck over that corporation. But we don't live in that world. That's why we have courts of law.
Thanks for your sincere answer. You unfairly misjudge me. My question was sincere and I'm sorry I dont fully understand all the nuances here. I have no dog in this fight, given that I'm not an American and not living in the states anymore. I was just questioning whether the motivation should be a factor besides the letter of the law in determining whether a law is constitutional or not because I see a slippery slope there. You have led me to see that this case illustrates that motivation of the lawmakers matters or should matter as in determining the constitutionality of a law. Thank you.
Look, it's just that we have a lot of trolls arguing in bad faith coming here. While I cannot speak on That One Guy or Stephen T. Stone, if we are rude to people, it's because said trolls come here and ask questions like yours (which you did in good faith), but in a cynical manner to get a rise out of people.
Please don't hold it against us, it's just that a lot of trolling can indeed train one's behavior.
oops, should have been
While I cannot speak on behalf of That One Guy or Stephen T. Stone,
If that was an honest question on your part then sorry if my comment came off unfairly aggressively, as Samuel noted TD suffers from a number of grossly dishonest trolls and the hypothetical you proposed struck me as so different from what was actually happening that it came across as a deliberate strawman and I have basically zero patience with those I perceive as arguing in bad faith.
As for your question motivation absolutely matters(as noted by Radix above firing someone is legal, firing someone as retaliation for reporting abuse is not), the thing is while usually politicians are smart enough to cloak any unconstitutional or sleazy motivations behind grand and legal justifications the trio here were stupid enough to say the silent part out loud and admit that this is about punishing the MLB for speech, which is a huge no-no when the government's doing it and took a legal action(removing an anti-trust exemption) and made it a not so legal action(punishing a group for legally protected speech).
Had they simply proposed removing the anti-trust exemption and found a legal justification for it the timing would have been questionable but it probably wouldn't have been enough to tank the bill, but by admitting to their motivations they've not just tip-toed into unconstitutional territory they made a jet-pack assisted vault into it.
"According to the logic employed here if I understand correctly, if the bill would not been passed but for that person's support, would the law that the bill becomes be then deemed "unconstitutional" even though the provisions in the bill are inherently not unconstitutional?"
You need to learn to read. A bill doesn't change constitutionality no matter who comments on it.
Cruz and Hawley, however, have changed the bill.
"Sounds absurd to me, the logic of yours."
Classy move, Baghdad Bob. Claim the OP said something which - looking back to the OP - they didn't say at all. Then chew them out for it. As if we needed further proof that you're a troll...
Should have been; "A bill doesn't change constitutionality no matter who comments on it. Cruz and Hawley, however, have changed the legal classification of the bill."
Antitrust legislation in itself is not bad. Punitive measures however, over speech? Suddenly the bill isn't antitrust anymore. It's a violation of 1A.
Why politicians study Constitutional Law
There is a disturbing lack of correlation between a background in constitutional law and not trying unconstitutional shit. It is like the reason they studied it was to try to find ways to bypass it.
Re: Why politicians study Constitutional Law
Example: Barack "Constitutional Scholar" Obama.


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Q: Rising or Falling Edge-Triggered Delayer for SIMULINK models My Problem
I want to model a block called "confirmer". The specification is that the output will SIMPLY be the delayed version of input based on an edge (rising/falling). To clarify, I will try to put the timing diagrams below:
                 ___________________________
                |                           |
Input    _______|                           |____________________________

               (Tdelay) _____________________
                       |                    |
Output   ______________|                    |____________________________

And
                        ____________________________
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Input    _______________|                           |____________________________
                                                      (Tdelay)
                        ______________________________________
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Output   _______________|                                     |_____________________

As I tried to draw above, the rising edge means that my output will simply follow the change input after Tdelay. But when it changes back from 1 to 0, there is no delay. This is the diagram for a confirmer block that is rising edge triggered.
For a falling-edge triggered confirmer, it is the opposite. When there is a falling edge, the output will follow the change in input after Tdelay seconds i.e. hold the last input for Tdelay.
My Target Platform
SIMULINK and MATLAB.
My initial solution
I know that there is way to trigger for certain actions by using a triggered subsystem block. But I am struggling to use the delay/unit-delay block in SIMULINK to implement the delay with the trigger. I have managed to use another block called resettable delayer but it does not work properly when it is a rising-edge reset; it simply resets based on an edge.
Has anyone tried this kind of problem before?
Update since @PhilGoddard's answer

I think this should work as I have managed to reproduce the timing diagrams in the question.
How I designed it:
1) Used the repeating sequence stair as my input.
2) configured the unit delay block such that the reset is enabled at rising edge or fallling edge. This will allow either of the following"
i) Input (falling edge) = Output (falling edge) [rising edge is delayed by Tdelay
   ii) input (rising edge) = Output (rising edge) [failling edge is delayed by Tdelay]
Unless I am losing my marbles, I think that this solution is okay?

A: Use an Enabled and Triggered Subsystem.
Drag that block from the Ports and Subsystems library, and make only two changes to its properties: Open the subsystem, open the outport (called Out1), and change the "Output when disabled" property to "reset" and the "Initial Output" to 0.
Then, feed your input into the enable port; feed a delayed version of your input into the trigger port (which by default is set to be rising edge); and feed a constant block (with value=1) into the signal inport.
The output of the subsystem should be as desired.

A: This is my solution for case 2 of the proposed problem. The output is the sum of two signals of opposite value which is increased at every rising or falling edge of the trigger signal. It is very likely an overkill and there is probably a much easier solution but the proposed solution did not work for me and this did.
My solution:

How the counter is created (credit to How to create a counter in simulink):

A: Try On/Off delay. It perfectly meets your demand.
(There should be its icon but It seems that I cannot post image with under 10 reputation)
The description from the help page says:

The On/Off Delay block implements the following logic when the Select type parameter is set to On delay:

*

*When the input becomes true, the output becomes true after a preset time delay. The output remains true as long as the input is true.

*When the input is false or becomes false, the output becomes false with no delay.

*When the Initial condition of previous input parameter is set to 1, and the input is true at t = 0, the output is true with no delay.
The On/Off Delay block implements the following logic when the Select type parameter is set to Off delay:

*

*When the input becomes false, the output becomes false after a preset time delay. The output remains false as long as the input is false.

*When the input is true or becomes true, the output is true with no delay.

*When the Initial condition of previous input parameter is set to 0, and the input is false at t = 0, the output is false with no delay.

A: falling edge delay
rising edge delay

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package org.apache.ignite.ml.recommendation;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Random;
import org.apache.ignite.Ignite;
import org.apache.ignite.IgniteCache;
import org.apache.ignite.cache.query.SqlFieldsQuery;
import org.apache.ignite.configuration.CacheConfiguration;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.util.IgniteUtils;
import org.apache.ignite.ml.environment.LearningEnvironmentBuilder;
import org.apache.ignite.ml.sql.SQLFunctions;
import org.apache.ignite.ml.sql.SqlDatasetBuilder;
import org.apache.ignite.testframework.junits.common.GridCommonAbstractTest;
import org.junit.Test;

/** Tests for {@link RecommendationTrainer} with binary objects and SQL. */
public class RecommendationTrainerSQLTest extends GridCommonAbstractTest {
    /** Dummy cache name. */
    private static final String DUMMY_CACHE_NAME = "dummy_cache";

    /** Number of nodes in grid. */
    private static final int NODE_COUNT = 3;

    /** Ignite instance. */
    private Ignite ignite;

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override protected void beforeTestsStarted() throws Exception {
        for (int i = 1; i <= NODE_COUNT; i++)
            startGrid(i);
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override protected void beforeTest() {
        /* Grid instance. */
        ignite = grid(NODE_COUNT);
        ignite.configuration().setPeerClassLoadingEnabled(true);
        IgniteUtils.setCurrentIgniteName(ignite.configuration().getIgniteInstanceName());
    }

    /** */
    @Test
    public void testFit() {
        // Dummy cache is required to perform SQL queries.
        CacheConfiguration<?, ?> cacheCfg = new CacheConfiguration<>(DUMMY_CACHE_NAME)
            .setSqlSchema("PUBLIC")
            .setSqlFunctionClasses(SQLFunctions.class);

        IgniteCache<?, ?> cache = null;
        try {
            cache = ignite.getOrCreateCache(cacheCfg);

            System.out.println(">>> Creating table with training data...");
            cache.query(new SqlFieldsQuery("create table ratings (\n" +
                "    rating_id int primary key,\n" +
                "    obj_id int,\n" +
                "    subj_id int,\n" +
                "    rating float\n" +
                ") with \"template=partitioned\";")).getAll();

            int size = 100;
            Random rnd = new Random(0L);
            SqlFieldsQuery qry = new SqlFieldsQuery("insert into ratings (rating_id, obj_id, subj_id, rating) values (?, ?, ?, ?)");
            // Quadrant I contains "0", quadrant II contains "1", quadrant III contains "0", quadrant IV contains "1".
            for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
                for (int j = 0; j < size; j++) {
                    if (rnd.nextBoolean()) {
                        double rating = ((i > size / 2) ^ (j > size / 2)) ? 1.0 : 0.0;
                        qry.setArgs(i * size + j, i, j, rating);
                        cache.query(qry);
                    }
                }
            }

            RecommendationTrainer trainer = new RecommendationTrainer()
                .withMaxIterations(100)
                .withLearningRate(50.0)
                .withBatchSize(10)
                .withK(2)
                .withLearningEnvironmentBuilder(LearningEnvironmentBuilder.defaultBuilder().withRNGSeed(1))
                .withTrainerEnvironment(LearningEnvironmentBuilder.defaultBuilder().withRNGSeed(1).buildForTrainer());

            RecommendationModel<Serializable, Serializable> mdl = trainer.fit(
                new SqlDatasetBuilder(ignite, "SQL_PUBLIC_RATINGS"),
                "obj_id",
                "subj_id",
                "rating"
            );

            int incorrect = 0;
            for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
                for (int j = 0; j < size; j++) {
                    if (rnd.nextBoolean()) {
                        double rating = ((i > size / 2) ^ (j > size / 2)) ? 1.0 : 0.0;
                        double prediction = mdl.predict(new ObjectSubjectPair<>(i, j));
                        if (Math.abs(prediction - rating) >= 1e-5)
                            incorrect++;
                    }
                }
            }

            assertEquals(0, incorrect);
        }
        finally {
            cache.query(new SqlFieldsQuery("DROP TABLE ratings"));
            cache.destroy();
        }
    }
}


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Burcu Örskaya Üğdüler (ur. 3 marca 1988) – turecka zapaśniczka walcząca w stylu wolnym. Zajęła piąte miejsce na mistrzostwach świata w 2011. Piąta na mistrzostwach Europy w 2011. Piętnasta na igrzyskach europejskich w 2015. Mistrzyni śródziemnomorska w 2010 i druga w 2011 roku.

Przypisy

Tureccy zapaśnicy
Urodzeni w 1988
Ludzie urodzeni w Edirne

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The sun dial shape of the Batad pearlized shells adorning the frame of this mirror perfectly accent the mirrored glass. With included metal cleats, it can be hung vertically or horizontally.
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CCRKBA URGES SUPPORT FOR ARMED PILOTS, CALL DOT SECRETARY MINETA NOW
Wednesday, December 5th, 2001
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right To Keep and Bear Arms today urged all citizens, and especially gun owners, to call Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta by Wednesday, Dec. 12 and tell him to implement the Armed Pilots Provision of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act.
The Aviation Security Act is designed to prevent the kind of terrorist attack on America that took place Sept. 11. Critical to making each commercial aircraft safe is providing pilots a means of defending the cockpit. Gun owners need to contact Mineta before he begins the confirmation process for the newly-created position of Under Secretary of Transportation for Security, which will reportedly begin within the next two weeks.
"Within hours of the cowardly attack on America," recalled CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, "the Citizens Committee called upon the airlines and the Federal Aviation Administration to train and arm pilots. The Airline Pilots Association lobbied for the authority to arm pilots who volunteered to take the necessary training, and both houses of Congress agreed to include the Armed Pilots Provision in the airline safety law. It's time for Mineta to act."
Section 128 of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act defines the guidelines for authorizing commercial pilots to carry firearms in the cockpit. This section details the level of training and the appropriate type of firearm to be carried. These guidelines specifically require approval of the new Under Secretary for Security.
"Citizens, and especially gun owners who support the right of pilots to defend themselves and their aircraft, and people on the ground, need to tell Secretary Mineta that they expect Section 128 to be implemented quickly," Gottlieb stated. "The issue of guns in the cockpit is not a political football, but a matter of passenger safety and national security."
Gottlieb urged citizens to call the Department of Transportation at (202) 366-1111 and leave a message for Secretary Mineta to implement Section 128 of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act immediately. You may also contact the DOT via e-mail at: dot.comments@ost.dot.gov


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Q: Can't use EXTERNAL authentication after enabling TLS in ldap-2.4 I used the following LDIF file to activate the TLS support for the LDAP server:
dn: cn=config
changetype: modify
add: olcTLSCipherSuite
olcTLSCipherSuite: NORMAL
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add: olcTLSCRLCheck
olcTLSCRLCheck: none
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add: olcTLSVerifyClient
olcTLSVerifyClient: never
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add: olcTLSCACertificateFile
olcTLSCACertificateFile: /etc/ssl/certs/CA.crt
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add: olcTLSCertificateFile
olcTLSCertificateFile: /etc/ssl/certs/server.pem
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add: olcTLSCertificateKeyFile
olcTLSCertificateKeyFile: /etc/ssl/private/key.pem

and force the TLS usage for the client connections with the following LDIF:
dn: cn=config
changetype: modify
add: olcSecurity
olcSecurity: tls=1

After this I can't use the "-Y EXTERNAL" any more to read or modify the configuration schema. For example I get SASL error if I run:
$ sudo ldapsearch -Q -Y EXTERNAL -H ldapi:/// -b "" -LLL -s base -Z supportedSASLMechanisms
ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: Authentication method not supported (7)
    additional info: SASL(-4): no mechanism available:

and if I check for supported SASL mechanisms:
$ sudo ldapsearch -x -H ldapi:/// -b "" -LLL -s base -Z supportedSASLMechanisms
dn:
supportedSASLMechanisms: DIGEST-MD5
supportedSASLMechanisms: CRAM-MD5
supportedSASLMechanisms: NTLM
supportedSASLMechanisms: PLAIN
supportedSASLMechanisms: LOGIN

I really can't see the EXTERNAL included in the list. What am I missing here?
This is on Ubuntu-12.04 and slapd-2.4.31.

A: Without access to the running config, you'll have to stop slapd and edit the configuration offline.

*

*stop slapd: service slapd stop

*dump the config database to a text file: slapcat -F /etc/ldap/slapd.d -b cn=config -l config.ldif

*move the existing config database out of the way: mv /etc/ldap/slapd.d{,.old}

*make a new, empty config database:
mkdir /etc/ldap/slapd.d
chown --reference=/etc/ldap/slapd.d.old /etc/ldap/slapd.d
chmod --reference=/etc/ldap/slapd.d.old /etc/ldap/slapd.d

*edit the dumped config.ldif to remove your olcSecurity setting (or add olcRootDN and olcRootPW to cn=config, or any other changes you like)

*load the edited LDIF into the new empty database: slapadd -F /etc/ldap/slapd.d -b cn=config -l config.ldif
(The above assumes your configuration lives at /etc/ldap/slapd.d, which is the default in Debian and Ubuntu.)
Note that slapadd of a complete LDIF should always be done into an empty database; so if you make a mistake and slapadd fails, make sure to clear out the partial database before trying again.
You can find more information in the OpenLDAP Admin Guide as well as the relevant man pages.

A: Looking into the code: on the server side, in servers/slapd/daemon.c, the authid for EXTERNAL is set up using the uid and gid shortly after the incoming connection is accept()ed. Later on, in servers/slapd/connection.c, if TLS is active, it overwrites that with the name from the client's certificate. Since you aren't providing a client certificate, at this point the authid gets overwritten with NULL, making EXTERNAL not available.
In short, if TLS is active then the uid+gid authid is not used. Depending on your perspective, this could be considered a bug; ideally it would fall back to the peercred ID.
That said, TLS on ldapi is really not necessary as the local socket already provides total privacy; so you could set olcSecurity just on your own database, leaving it not set for the frontend and cn=config (see e.g. this post), or you could use ssf= instead of tls= and set olcLocalSSF appropriately. Or you could use a different DN as the manager for cn=config, in order to not depend on the peercred feature.

A: Thanks rtandy. I really didn't want to set it on ldapi but was not aware of the fact it is going to be affected too.
The problem is the EXTERNAL was the only way I could modify the cn=config so since I've lost that access and haven't created another cn=config admin as suggested, is there any other way I can solve this?

A: Using ldappi:///  instead of ldap:// solved the issue for me after activating starttls on my system
sudo ldapmodify -Y EXTERNAL -H ldapi://  -f pwd2.ldif

works whereas
sudo ldapmodify -Y EXTERNAL -f pwd2.ldif

reported

SASL/EXTERNAL authentication started ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s:
  Unknown authentication method (-6)    additional info: SASL(-4): no
  mechanism available:


Today we have something a little different for you guys!
Last summer we teamed up with Concordia University Irvine Marine Lab to learn all about running an educational marine lab. During our time together they invited me out on a dive trip to collect some new animals for their interactive touch tanks and for research back at the lab. Stick around to watch our adventures and learn a little about the wonderful world of marine science.
We headed out of Dana Point California around 6 am.
After getting the gear loaded we motored out about 1 mile south of the harbor to a local reef.
While on the way our Journey was interrupted by a free floating paddy of giant kelp that detached from the ocean's floor.
These bunches of kelp bounce around the coast and are prime habitat for a myriad of sea life, especially baby fish which use the kelp as protection while floating amongst the ocean collecting planktonic foods. The kelp was chock-full of mysid shrimp which we collected as a special treat to feed the animals back at the lab.
One we anchored up over the reef, Sean and his partner Noah, suited up and made their way to the ocean floor.
While I manned the boat at the surface, I could not pass the opportunity to do a little fishing of my own.
Visibility underwater was rough that day but the guys managed to find a ton of interesting animals to bring back to the lab.
Upon our return, we cleaned up the boat and I stuck around to help them acclimate everything into the lab systems. What a treat it was to work side by side with these guys. My experience with aquariums came in quite handy during the process and during the down time we talked all about the different coldwater reef animals found off of our coast.
Sean also showed me a fun little project he does with the kids who attend their touch tank events using alginate, a material extracted from brown seaweed. You can find some links in the video description below to learn more.
The main intent of our trip was to restock the lab with animals for the touch tanks along with a few special animals to study in the lab, including this octopus who was not shy about expressing his discontent with the situation.
I want to send another big thank you to Sean and his crew of marine biology students over at Concordia University Irvine for letting us tag along and share this with all of you guys. If you have questions or wish to learn more, please leave us a comment below and be sure to subscribe so you can stay up to date with all of the latest Marine Depot videos.
Marine Lab Tour at Concordia University Irvine: 2000 Gallons with 50 Local Species!


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Bosco Lin Chi-nan (chinês: 林吉男 Lín Jínán; Pingtung, 14 de maio de 1943) é um clérigo taiwanês e bispo católico romano emérito de Tainan.

Bosco Lin Chi-nan foi ordenado sacerdote em 12 de abril de 1973.

Em 28 de setembro de 1992, o Papa João Paulo II o nomeou Bispo Auxiliar de Kaohsiung e Bispo Titular de Alexanum. O Bispo de Kaohsiung, Paul Shan Kuo-hsi SJ, concedeu sua consagração episcopal em 2 de janeiro do ano seguinte; Os co-consagradores foram Joseph Lin Thien-chu, Bispo de Chiayi, e Matthew Kia Yen-wen, Arcebispo Emérito de Taipei.

Em 24 de janeiro de 2004, foi nomeado Bispo de Tainan.

Em 14 de novembro de 2020, o Papa Francisco aceitou sua aposentadoria por motivos de idade. Já em 19 de junho de 2021, o Papa aceitou a renúncia de seu sucessor John Lee Juo-Wang e nomeou Bosco Lin Chi-nan como Administrador Apostólico de Tainan.

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A trend in India's intellectual thought is to blame the RSS for everything. I want Indian youths to recognize this trend. As David Headley testifies to Mumbai court in the 26/11 case, I want you to look at the faces of these individuals: Mahesh Bhatt, Aziz Burney, Digvijay Singh, Maulana Mahmood Madani, and others. These were people who blamed the RSS for 26/11 attacks and there are others. How to recognize them? Usually, they are prominent people who are masquerading as seculars, liberals, Islamists and leftists.


We, at Pierce-All, strive to accommodate any desired profile or part required by your specification. We supply the machines as well as the tools and knowledge to achieve that goal. With over 50 years of experience your success is inevitable. And like the name says, we Pierce-All.


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import { App } from "vue";
import { Router, RouteLocationRaw } from "vue-router";
import { HasSsrParam } from "./ssr";
import { HasStoreParam } from "./store";

interface BootFileParams<TState> extends HasSsrParam, HasStoreParam<TState> {
  app: App;
  router: Router;
  urlPath: string;
  publicPath: string;
  redirect: (url: string | RouteLocationRaw) => void;
}

export type BootCallback<TState> = (
  params: BootFileParams<TState>
) => void | Promise<void>;


Maria Fernanda Cardoso, Hojas Secas/Dry Leafs, 2010.
MARIA FERNANDA CARDOSO is featured in the current Camouflage Cultures: Surveillance, Communities, Aesthetic, Animals, an international exhibition presented by Sydney College of the Arts, the University of Sydney.
Opening on Thursday 8 August, from 6 to 8pm.
CAMOUFLAGE CULTURES will be on display from Thursday 8 to Saturday 31 August.
The conference and exhibition address two key principles of camouflage - concealment and deception - in relation to four themes: surveillance, communities, aesthetics and animals. The theme of surveillance includes war, defense, militaries, and conflict; communities embraces society, the everyday, government and identity; aesthetics incorporates art, architecture, film and popular culture; animals includes human and non-human beings, nature, evolution, pattern and optics. The artists convey these themes through visual representation and the contemporary world.


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Q: Accessing https://35.198.218.44/ via Chrome I subscribed to a VM and Static IP address is 35.198.218.44
I ssh into vm via cygwin.  Local port forwarding works fine.  i could ping vm and get response from my computer
I am trying to browse via Chrome by giving https://35.198.218.44/ or https://35.198.218.44:8888
I get ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED in return
Not sure why this happens.
Tried the remedies posted in web, but nothing works

A: Maybe the ports 443 and 8888 are closed at your VM. The following command can show the firewall rules.
gcloud compute firewall-rules list

https://cloud.google.com/vpc/docs/using-firewalls


Factorial design experiment was used to obtain maximum information from the least amount of experimental runs. The goal of this study was to screen the significant factors from multivariable parameters which can influence the production of red pigment by Monascus purpureus FTC 5356 under solid state fermentation (SSF) using oil palm frond (OPF). Five factors such as initial moisture content (A), nitrogen source concentration (B), percentage of OPF leaflet to petiole (C), initial pH of substrate (D), and inoculum size (E) were screened in sixteen experimental runs. To reduce cost, the feasibility of OPF as an alternative substrate was investigated. Percentage of OPF leaflet and initial pH of OPF substrate contributed significantly (P-values of 0.0121 and 0.0229, respectively). Meanwhile, other factors such as initial moisture content (P- value 0.0766) and inoculum size (P-value 0.0895) had least impact to the red pigment production.


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Cubs to add Kimbrel to major league roster Thursday
(Jose M. Osorio / AP)
Craig Kimbrel will be added to the Chicago Cubs' roster Thursday before their series finale against Atlanta at Wrigley Field.
The team made the announcement following Wednesday night's 5-3 loss to the Braves.
Kimbrel, a seven-time All-Star closer, completed his minor league assignment Tuesday and traveled to Chicago on Wednesday. He pitched in four games for Triple-A Iowa, allowing one run and two hits in 3 2/3 innings. The right-hander worked a clean ninth with two strikeouts Tuesday in Iowa's 5-1 win over Omaha, throwing 16 pitches.
Kimbrel and the Cubs finalized a $43 million, three-year contract on June 7. The 31-year-old reliever has 333 career saves, including 42 last season for World Series champion Boston.
To make room on the 25-man roster, right-hander Tony Barnette was optioned to Iowa.
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Bob Myers has accepted Kevin Durant's departure for the Brooklyn Nets with an appreciation for all the superstar forward accomplished with the franchise, even if the Golden State general manager would have loved to keep KD around a little longer.
Eastlake's Cavaco one of only two local prep players to sign pro deals
Overall, there were 31 players with San Diego ties taken in the MLB Draft — 25 of whom signed pro contracts.
An epic day of sports in London came down to two unprecedented endings a few minutes — and miles — apart.
Bob Bowlsby sat on the podium at midfield of the massive NFL stadium where the Big 12 plays its championship game, talking about the successes of the smallest Power Five conference before getting a familiar question about the possibility of expansion.
Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey considers the mental health of athletes an important issue to be considered when it comes to legalized betting on college sports.
Washington Redskins quarterback Alex Smith has finally shed the massive brace on his right leg eight months after breaking his tibia and fibula in gruesome fashion.
The Philadelphia 76ers and star guard Ben Simmons have agreed to a $170 million, five-year contract extension, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press.
Gulls hire Kevin Dineen as head coach
NHL veteran has been head coach of Florida Panthers and assistant with Chicago Blackhawks
Golf's oldest championship is all about tradition, and this is one Francesco Molinari could have done without.
MLB power rankings: Streaking into the second half
A weekly look at who's hot, who's not and how all 30 Major League Baseball teams are stacking up in 2019.
Minors: Reed, Cordoba homer twice; Abrams hit streak hits 20 games
Rounding up the action at the Padres' minor league affiliates
Simona Halep's Wimbledon championship lifted her from No. 7 to No. 4 in the WTA rankings on Monday, while runner-up Serena Williams moved up one spot to No. 9, her best placing since returning to the tour last season after having a baby.


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Ohio aims to become leader in computer science education
By Eileen McClory, Staff Writer
A state committee aims to make Ohio a national leader in computer science education, attempting to close the growing gap between the demand for computer science jobs and number of people with the skills needed to occupy those jobs.
A more prepared workforce could impact the Dayton region, with its ties to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and a large research and tech industry surrounding the area.
Ohio was ranked 37th in the nation in 2019 for producing computer science graduates as a percent of total college graduates, according to the State Committee on Computer Science. About 2.7% of graduates are computer science graduates, including Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's and doctorate degrees.
The state also did not see much growth between 2014 and 2019 in the number of computer science graduates, according to the same survey. Ohio saw a 9.5% increase in that time period, and was rated 44th in the nation for growth.
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The State Committee on Computer Science met for the first time on Nov. 17, and includes 26 members from across the state. They will create a state plan for improving computer science education.
Ohio Department of Higher Education Senior Vice Chancellor and Committee Chair Mike Duffey called on Ohioans to submit an answer to the question, "What would it take for Ohio to become a national leader in computer science education?"
ExploreCompanies skimp on cybersecurity defense at their own peril
Duffey said the committee would likely focus more on K-12 learning as those students depend on opportunities offered through their schools. In college, students have more choice in which schools they attend and are not limited by what programs their public schools offer.
Stephanie Keinath, vice president of strategic initiatives at the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce, said information technology/computer science is expected to be a high-growth industry for the Dayton region over the next 20 years.
"We're seeing increased demand in this industry in our current labor market and by 2030, we're predicting double digit growth for occupations ranging from software developers to IT security analysts," she said.
Education and training will be vital for employers to fill those roles, Keinath said.
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Dan Von Handorf, assistant superintendent of teaching and learning for Kettering schools, said it's difficult to compare Kettering schools to others in the area for their focus on computer science. But he said the district has emphasized computer learning more after the pandemic began, and kids and teachers were forced into virtual learning.
"Our kids are a whole lot more literate on their computers, because they were forced to be," he said.
Kettering schools has a pathway that focuses specifically on STEAM — science, technology, engineering, art and math — but not all schools do.
Bryan Stewart, Montgomery County Educational Service Center workforce director and a member of the state committee, said computer science is a focus of the center at the moment. The pandemic made the need for a tech-savvy workforce more evident than ever, he said.
One of the biggest things that helps with computer science education are after-school programs like CyberPatriots, Stewart said, which was created by the Air Force Association to inspire students towards careers in cybersecurity or other STEAM paths.
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"We don't exactly fixate on who's taking a computer science course," Stewart said. "As we focus on our tech worker pipeline, we are more interested in how many students are exposed to careers in computer science and IT-related fields."
Ohioans interested in sending ideas to the State Committee on Computer Science are asked to email them by Dec. 2 to computerscience@education.ohio.gov. Responses will be shared with the committee at its meeting on Dec. 15.
The committee will accept ideas on a rolling basis for future meetings.
"We want to give a voice to all Ohioans regarding computer science and the impact it can have on Ohio's future economic competitiveness," Duffey said.
Eileen McClory
Eileen McClory is the education reporter for the Dayton Daily News. She grew up in the Dayton area and returned to cover her hometown.


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98-year-old Pearl Harbor survivor recalls attack: 'We were just doing our jobs'
By Lloyd Sowers
Pearl Harbor veteran's memories of attack
Lloyd Sowers reports
SUN CITY CENTER, Fla. - Ed Socha was a farm boy from upstate New York. He had never heard of Pearl Harbor, but that would change in a dramatic way.
"Because I joined the Navy in 1939. That was my first assignment," explained the 98-year-old retired Navy commander, one of only a few thousand Pearl Harbor survivors still living.
Socha lives at Homewood Assisted Living in Sun City Center. He still remembers December 7, 1941.
"It was very quiet, and all of a sudden, the harbor erupted," he said. "Everything just blew."
Nearly 2,500 Americans died in the Japanese attack, more than 1,000 of them on the battleship U.S.S. Arizona.
The capsized USS Oklahoma lies next to a slightly damaged USS Maryland. (Records of Joint Committees of Congress)
Socha was aboard the U.S.S. Maryland, also on Pearl Harbor's Battleship Row, but that ship managed to escape with relatively minor damage and was the first of the massive ships to return to the war following the attack.
Sailors manned the deck guns to try and fight back against the Japanese warplanes.
"Nobody ran into any foxholes or things like that. There weren't any. I mean nobody expected anything like that," Socha said.
The experience didn't sour him on the Navy. In fact, he made it a career, rising from seaman to commander in a nearly 30-year career.
Ed Socha
Now, 78 years after the infamous attack, he says he wasn't a hero.
"There we were, part of history, I guess. We didn't realize it. We were just doing our jobs."
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Youth Online: Non-heterosexual Young People's Use of the Internet to Negotiate their Identities, Support Networks and Sociosexual Relations
Non-Heterosexual Youth and the Internet
Embodiment and Performativity
The Interconnected Online and Offline Experiences of Non-heterosexual Young People
Linking Virtual and Material Support
LGBT Sociosexual Networking on the Internet: Offline Foundations
Online-Offline Interconnections in Young People's Sociosexual Lives
Authored by: Gary Downing
This chapter investigates how non-heterosexual 1 1
I employ the term 'non-heterosexual' to encompass the variety of ways in which the participants defined their sexual identities. This was not limited to LGBT, but also included queer, asexual and some who felt uncomfortable identifying with any one label due to the fluidity of their sexuality. Moreover, for many young people, discourses of heterosexuality were critical in the performance of their identities – being 'not' heterosexual. Although I acknowledge that this could be seen as a negative term, by highlighting the ongoing significance of heterosexuality I hope to continue to problematize this as a presumed 'norm' in society.
youth are using the internet to construct and maintain their identities, support networks and sociosexual relations in the UK. In particular, this research explores the role of social networking websites that have been designed for non-heterosexual users, and examines young people's negotiation of these to supplement their virtual and material sociosexual relations. This responds to Vanderbeck's (2008) call for discussion of young people's access to particular kinds of media and contributes to the growing body of literature which understands online and offline realities as interconnected in young people's everyday lives (Holloway and Valentine, 2003). This chapter focuses on non-heterosexual youth, who negotiate an increasingly individualized range of sociosexual trajectories (Valentine et al., 2003; Beck and Beck-Gernsheim, 2002). Non-heterosexual young people's identities have been traditionally bound by essentialist identity categories (for example, gay, lesbian) (Wysocki, 1998), and also constrained by the dominance of heterosexual discourses in spaces such as schools and homes (Holloway et al., 2000). Moreover, in contrast to those who made their transition to a non-heterosexual identity in previous decades, young people in the UK are making their transition to a non-heterosexual identity in a society that recognizes same-sex relationships and has a greater visible presence of homosexuality in the media. Therefore, following a brief overview of previous research in this area and related methodology, this chapter will explore how non-heterosexual young people negotiate their identities, support networks and sociosexual relations online, and will analyse the connections between virtual and material realities.
Sexualities, Tropicalizatio...