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CBC Radio Nerdz V
As a state radio outlet it is mediocre and as a public broadcaster (its claim) it is abysmal.
George Victor
Farmpunk
Summer programming is over.
Apprently regional highlights will be replayed as a show in the spot The Point used to occupy. I think it's a good idea.
Other changes to national or regional in your area?
Scott Piatkowski
Radio Two is running [url=http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/songquest/]The Great Canadian Songquest[/url] to determine which Canadian places need their own song (if they don't already have one). It's part geographical trivia and part musical celebration, something that only the CBC could pull off.
Naomi Klein is interviewed on Q this a.m. on her TIFF position.
And Naomi was not given the time to properly address the charges of anti-Semitism from the slimebag Israeli filmaker in the minute and a half left to her, as she observed .
2010 AGE OF PERSUASION SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED. We're thrilled to say we'll be starting our new season in January. Our Monday time remains the same at 11:30am, but our Saturday slot has changed to 10am. We'll be on Sirius Satelli...te four times a week in 2010: Saturdays 9am, Mondays 4:30pm, Thursdays 1pm, Fridays 3pm. (All times ET)
I've been neglecting this thread.
Back to T-P. You must have been listening to Tapestry. Franti was featured on the show around that time. Pretty cool episode, and an very under-rated show. I like Hines' style.
I have just started listeing more to Radio 2. And... I know earlier variants of this thread smacked the change in format, but it's very listenable. I'm tuning it in more and more to escape from the incredibly scripted music formats of big private stations - and there are very few indies left. Tefry and Drive is pretty good for a wide variety of tunes.
The biggest change in radio 1 seems to be the new, nationally gathered, early afternoon show. Can't even remember it's name, but it just gathers interviews and pieces and whatnot from regional shows. A great idea, really, given the budget conditions.
The political panel was back on As It Happens, then it wasn't there last Friday, unless it was early on. I used to love the old political panel, despite Peter Denolo (sp err likely) annoying the hell out of me.
The Current has ran some nice pieces, too. Tremonti did a solid set of interviews about the pork situation.
Tommy_Paine
I was listening to Gomeshi for a bit the last couple of days. Dang, he was interviewing a woman whose name I can't remember right now, on Wednesday morning. She was really interesting.
But for some reason I can't really identify, Gomeshi has been getting under my skin in a bad way. Probably more me than anything he's been doing.
After doing a number on Naomi Klein, Sept. 11, by leaving her without time to refute a nasty, Gomeshi is not to be trusted. Perhaps it's also what he's not doing?
I'll try to listen more closely, next week. Then again, if I have a predisposition to take issue, then I'll tend to remember the hits and forget the misses.
Maybe it's how he's both smug and self effacing at the same time that sets my jaw a certain way.
By the by (he said in his best Jim Bachus voice)
Did you happen to hear a woman talking about bugs and nature in general this morning. In and out of the car, doing a bunch of things this morning, I came in at the tail end.
I think she was talking about Sexton Beatles, which if so, would be kind of cool, because the youngest and I were watching a pair on a dead mouse last saturday. I'd never seen them before, and had to look them up in one of my insect field guides so I could tell her what they were, and what they were doing.
If it was about Sexton Beatles, I'm going to have to re-watch "Repo Man" with particular attention to the lattice of coincidence.......
Didn't catch the bugs and nature bit, TP. But you have stirred my interest in beatles - and Darwin's observations on the importance of cats as mouse catchers. And I envy your proximity to youth - where you can do the nature thing together. There's not so much opportunity as a grandad. Doing guided reading in a Grade 2 classroom is also missed. The perfect age for curiosity.
I kinda like Gomeshi. But I'm not a big Q listener. It seems like regurgitated pop culture stuff, with an emphasis on big names. The Billy-Bob thing was neat, but if that's the highlight of your show....
I didn't hear it but Gomeshi interviewed Douglas Coupland and I understand it was more like a stroke session. I'm not the biggest Coupland fan, to say the least. He could have showed as much a backbone by actually interviewing Coupland. He didn't really write a novel about Generation A, did he?
Missed the bug talk, T-P.
Now I have a bitch with the Current. Surely the CBC can find someone better than Jan Wong to be the regular co-host. Helen Mann, anyone?
toddsschneider
These days, Radio 2 is just all-hit radio with an alt-itude. Don't their pop-music hosts have more scope for tracks, than the same ones they recycle from each other's shows? I hold out hope, but it's getting threadbare.
Jan Wong was used and abused by the powers-that-be for her "pure laine" column on the Dawson College shooting.
She's a brilliant journalist, if a middling radio host. She deserves a decent engagement wherever she can find it.
I like Jian Ghomeshi but as I've said before and I'll say again: Q is not the kind of program I want to hear in the morning. It is very much celebrity-driven (and as often as not, it's American celebrities) and I miss hearing about what people across our country are up to -- not the "newsmakers" but the regular people in their communities doing interesting things. "This Country in the Morning" was an unwieldy title and I'm not feeling nostalgic for that particular program but the sentiment expressed in the title appeals to me.
Tommy_Paine wrote:
Regina Spektor?
Yes, thank you Unionist.
and I miss hearing about what people across our country are up to -- not the "newsmakers" but the regular people in their communities doing interesting things. "This Country in the Morning" was an unwieldy title and I'm not feeling nostalgic for that particular program but the sentiment expressed in the title appeals to me.
Funny you should say, Sharon. It's a bit of a sadurday morning tradition here, after I've caught up on dishes I've put off doing on friday, to get that done, clean something else, post here at babble and listen to CBC radio, and start yelling at the jerks being interviewed on "The House."
It riles me to no end how none of them are called on bullshit. To top it off, these guests get access to media all the time to get thier point of view across.
Is this really what a publically owned broadcaster should be doing? Sure, we need to listen to experts on this issue or that, and I think the CBC does a good job there. But it's inevitable that the "experts" have thier own agendum, and quite often there's no one there to represent the public, or gainsay what they say for gain.
("gainsay what they say for gain" copyright 2009 Tommy Paine inc.)
Aside from emails and Cross Canada Check up, there seems to me little public involved in our public broadcast, but lots of podium time for the establishment.
A couple things that I think have helped that syndrome, T-P, is a couple new shows. One pm on 93.5 features a solid hour of regional stuff that will play well nationally. It's good.
And right now I'm listening to a show that I can't seem to dig up on the net. It's called "In the field", hosted by David Gutnick. Radio documentary stuff for those inclined.
Interesting programme on Sunday Edition this morning on guaranteed income and how spending to reduce poverty lowers costs overall. Pacific listeners would still have time to catch it.
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I heard that. Never heard of it before. Wish I had. Also wish the NDP would pick it up - the poverty issue plus the possible solutions - but I don't suppose it's an election winner. I believe the Green party's policies include a guaranteed annual income connected to the collection of carbon tax and resulting reduction of income tax but I doubt they're aware of the experiment in Manitoba.
I heard most of that chat with Hugh Segal and some of the interviews with the Manitoba experiment people after. Segal sounded quietly frustrated by the inability of government to deal with poverty and the working poor, despite the glaring facts. He was a red tory on a roll.
His point that the gov spends more money administering the bureaucracy of its anti-poverty programs - some of which work against the goal of reducing poverty - is strong but I don't see how that system can be changed. My experience is more centered around agricultural programs, and I see the same trends: big money being poured into ill-considered programs that are administered by legions of gov workers (or farmed out to contract companies, paid for by the public) with little benefit to anyone not employed directly by the program's bureaucracy. These are job creation and income supplementation programs for people who manage to get hired by the gov - generally white collar people with fancy educational backgrounds and employment records with gov.
Which blended in well with one of Segal's final points - that poor people tend not to vote. He didn't have the stats to back that up, mind you. But his point is valid: the pols put public money into the programs which help people who in turn vote them into office. The public service of these various and very expensive programs is fairly suspect.
Segal on people "gaming" the system was good, too.
Later in the day, while tractoring soybeans to the mill, I caught parts of Spark. Where to start with this poor excuse for a show. I love Nora and can listen to her for hours... but this show needs to be cut and the funds reallocated somewhere, somehow. Grammar Girl is cute but do we really need lessons on how to write better email subject lines? Spark is supposed to be about technology and how we deal with it. But it's basically a show about the internet and the dorks who buy into the power of things like crowd-sourcing.
Get out of the office and unplug, Nora!
You have changed my mental image of the Ontario farmer "goin' down the road" , Fp.
And don't forget that these contract companies or consultants undoubtedly turn some of thier income from these projects into political contributions to the party in power who gave them the contract. One could call it "Family Compact" politics, or one could call it money laundering by a criminal organization. Or fraud.
Or, the status quo.
I'm remembering back to Massey's biography of Peter the Great, and how distressed and embattled Czar Peter was when it came to taxation and government spending. Peter figured he had to tax way above and beyond what was actually needed, in order to account for the traditional corruption.
Anyway, the thing is Segal breaks bread regularly, no doubt, with the very people who are screwing the system.
I'm sure Dante has described the appropriate section of Hell for people like him.
Well, the experiment in Dauphin apparently worked. The money went to the people eligible for the program (people whose income fell below a certain line). I can't remember all the trends that were observed in the years the program was running, but the education rates stuck out: that high school students tended to stay in school and complete it, and college/university enrolments increased during these years. I guess this is documented somewhere.
Yes, his comments about poor people not voting because they're, for the most part, too preoccupied with survival.
The HSC researcher made some point about women that I didn't full catch. Something about one would expect higher divorce rates with women freer from the worry of poverty, but in fact that didn't happen, the opposite happened? If anyone here remembers that point...
I believe she said the women with young children chose to stay home rather than work.
There's some more info here: http://ottawa.indymedia.ca/en/2009/10/10790.shtml
I thought that individual men and women received the payments but according to the above, not so in the Canadian experiment so families tended to stay together in Dauphin. There was an increase of separation and divorce in similar experiments in the USA, in which individual men and women received the income.
I'm looking forward to learning more about this when Evelyn Forget finished her work.
al-Qa'bong
George Victor wrote:
Wasn't Goin' Down the Road a story of Newfies who moved to Toronto?
In an effort to help you break your stereotyped image of farmers, I should tell you that I used to listen to Morningside on the tractor in the mornings, then switch to listening to stuff like Big Youth, The Angelic Upstarts and King Sunny Adé in the afternoons. I'd usually go back to CBC after 4:00.
This is the CBC Radio Nerdz thread but feel free to post comments here about the "New" CBC News. I haven't caught a minute of the tv but I have been listening to the radio a fair bit.
I'm not all that happy with the music change.
Peter Armstrong is now the morning caster. He led with a story about the NHL selling the Coyotes this morning. And he sounds bombastic, like he's used to talking to a tv screen. Hmmm.
Mike Crawley seems fucked up somehow. I used to listen for him but he's had some uneven reporting of late. He sounds confused - at best ill or somehow uncomfortable - and I have to think the CBC changes have been larger than what we're hearing on the radio and it's affected the provincial affairs reporter.
I've noticed that there are more reporters talking and fewer "stories", something that is apparently being replicated on the tv screen.
I'm hearing tv people on the radio, and seeing radio people on tv - apparently Jian Gomeshi was on the National last night.
Ontario Morning's show host, Wei Chen, sounded sad all morning.
The Current and As It Happens are, to my ear, unchanged. Without a search, I'm not entirely sure what's playing on weekday afternoons. I heard Spark today.
"Grammar Girl... should we be capitalizing...."
And I turned it off.
My ideas of freedom of speech are apparently not as hidebound as yours, al. My "goin down the road" was not presented in upper case for exactly that reason...yes, it appeared bout 50 years ago. And I have not only gone down the road behind many a farm tractor but actually had conversation with enough of their number - in the distanct past as a farmpage editor - to know that it was a safe observation. Of course, that ws before the age of political correctness, the great stultifyer.
And, finally, the observation was directed to farmpunk, as the initials indicate, hoping that he might come back with a guess as to the number of farmers who have, like him, quite eclectic tastes.
How about you, al? Are your tastes in radio perhaps representative of the farm community in your area? It would be good to know. Or would you fear making an observation without serious social study for fear of going "stereotypical"?
Since you've talked to so many farmers you probably found that their tastes are no less eclectic than those in any other occupation.
I find the new format for The National to be pretty superficial. I don't watch the news with a stopwatch in hand, but I swear that each story is shorter than it used to be. Did anyone else think so?
quote: "Since you've talked to so many farmers you probably found that their tastes are no less eclectic than those in any other occupation."
Perhaps they have become so, in recent years. It was once not the case.
I dunno about eclectic, but I occasionally get electric when I stand in a puddle and try to hot-wire a stubborn tractor to life with a screwdriver crossing the starter nodes...
I'm not going to comment on the new CBC tv news. I haven't watched a minute of it. I get most of my news from CBC radio, local radio, and online. I haven't had a tv in my place for eight years. But I think I may need to get a moron box to see what's happening. I know for a fact that CBC tv does not exist in my area and that CTV is going under fast and Global never was around....
While ranting off topic a little... I predict a return to community tv, small stations, with low operating costs. It may not necessarily be "news" but there will be shows and stories.
Back to Ceeb radio.
I understand that World report is now significantly shorter. A person who listens to more quality radio programming than I do referred to Peter Armstrong and the report as "yelling" tidbits of news at the listener.
I haven't listened to much afternoon programming. I understand that Enright and Shelagh Rogers have new shows... Anyone listening?
I dunno. It's all a little depressing. To me, the Ceeb should be - and sound - quite different from private radio. That is the corp's mandate, right? Ditto for tv. But the trend is not going that way. I really hope that some of the regional radio current affairs shows are able to keep going.
Yep scott and more infotainment than news.
Windsor will be on Vinyl Cafe Nov 16th we had a good crowd, hope you can hear us when it comes on!
"Friends" Ian Morrison put out this appeal re community TV :
You may have seen the full-page ads and TV commercials from the cable monopolies and from the broadcasters about who pays for television. "What's going on?" is a question I often get from supporters of Friends of Canadian Broadcasting. "I don't know whom to believe."
Have your Say:
Tell the CRTC that Local Television is important to you.
I want to offer you a few facts, and invite you to make yourself heard when the CRTC considers the future of local television. Next Monday, November 2nd is the deadline to express your opinions to the CRTC on this matter.
First, the facts:
Cable TV distributors pay nothing to conventional broadcasters like CTV, Global and CBC for the national and local programs they provide. Yet, the cable companies earn substantial revenues distributing these programs.
Public opinion research confirms that Canadians care about local news on television more than any other kind of programming.
Changes in the advertising market have taken all the profit out of local television. In smaller cities TV stations are closing down, and more closures are likely.
The most recent CRTC data show that Canada's private conventional over-the-air television networks made a profit before interest and taxes of only 0.4% in the broadcasting year ending August 31, 2008.
And that was before the onset of the recession. CanWest is now in bankruptcy protection, CTV has lost more than $100 million in the past year and CBC, as you know, is short $171 million.
Local news is expensive for the broadcasters because it requires staff, cameras, and facilities in each city, rather than a national feed from a single location.
Meanwhile, CRTC data reveal that the big cable monopolies, Rogers, Shaw, Videotron and Cogeco had a combined profit before interest and taxes of 32% in 2008: that's almost $2 billion - much larger, for example, than the CBC's budget.
All that money is travelling from the pockets of cable subscribers right out of the Canadian broadcasting system into the hands of cable shareholders.
So we have a crisis in local television at a time when the cable monopolists are laughing all the way to the bank.
CTV, Global, CBC as well as other local TV broadcasters have told the CRTC that they can no longer afford to provide their local signals to the cable monopolies without compensation.
Cable refuses to pay, and says that if the CRTC forces them to do so, they will pass on their payments along with a mark-up to their customers.
The CRTC has the power under the Broadcasting Act to force the cable monopolies to pay the local broadcasters for their signals and to regulate cable's basic rates so that they are not able to pass on these costs to the customers.
The question is: "Does the CRTC have the gumption to do this?"
This is where you come in...
I invite you to write to the CRTC and tell them in your own words why local television matters to you and and why you rely on the CRTC to protect your interests against the cable monopolies. In this special case, we believe that personal messages will be much more effective than any form letter.
This decision by the CRTC will shape the future of local television in Canada. It will only take you a few minutes to participate.
Ian Morrison
FRIENDS of Canadian Broadcasting
P.S. Even if you don't subscribe to cable, you may still have an interest in the survival of local TV in your community. Please take action now.
I don't think it's in the best interests of the CBC to ally themselves with CTV\Global in this debate. The Ceeb gets funding and is traditionally at odds with the privates because of it... and now it's buddying up with them? To squeeze money from the cable-sats, which means the people paying the bills? Double dipping, anyone?
As I've said before - Rogers actually creates local tv programming of a kind that none of the others do. Perhaps it's a cynical ploy to deflect criticism, but around here, in smaller communities, it's the shrinking local newspaper and Rogers and some variable quality radio programming, most of which cannot be labelled as "news".
This is not to put Rogers and the cable-sats on a pedestal, in any way.
Farmpunk wrote:
As much as I dislike the idea of getting my CBC drive home show broadcast to me from Toronto... I gotta say Here And Now is some good listening. Robert Fisher is a good newscaster. And Here and Now isn't just about the GTA.
CBC Radio needs to realize that it has an audience outside of the 416 area code and reflect that in its program and newscasts.
A typical example: Yesterday, Jill Dempsey read a story that started out, "There could be a change to how we elect members of Toronto City Council..." The story was about proposed changes to Ontario's Municipal Elections Act (regarding expenses, campaign surpluses and voting day). Of course, those will affect every municipality in the province, not just Toronto.
I've been busy this week, and trying to listen to both CBC radio and CBC T.V. news. I haven't been able to watch CBC T.V. news much. Saw Mansbridge trying to do personable chit chat for a fleeting moment. I hate that. Watched a good bit of Power and Politics thisaft', not impressed at all. But Solomon is trying to find his feet, I'm inclined to cut him slack. He needs to slow down just a bit. The H1N1 coverage was confusing, as it seemed to be trying to cover it as a news story, which is out of place on his show. I think they were trying to give background for discussion later. I don't think it worked well. The "Power Panel" seemed odd, also. I think if one is going to have an openly partizan participant on the panel, then one should include partizans from all five political parties.
But, it's very early going yet. Let the show find it's feet, then I'll criticize what an establishment toad Solomon has become.
(hey, I'm fair-- you know it's inevitable.)
Radio. Hmmm. I think all my likes and dislikes from before are intact.
But, as I said, I have been distracted this week.
On AIH tonight Carol and Barbara joked that they had done the entire show standing, in honour of their TV colleagues
Excuse me but did they change newsworld to CBC News Network....um is that copywrite infringement of CNN....and do they think renaming the channel will do anything for it? Just noticed and not a big fan of the new name. I guess we know that the creative portion of job requirements isn't required anymore.
Haha, Budd and Off actually said that? Sweet.
I haven't seen any of the new National, but I did catch parts of Solomon the other day while at the gym. I don't mind him and I'll give the show a chance... if and when I start watching.
There are some vicious comments floating around the net about the new CBC tv. There's this particular picture of Mansbridge talking with someone, a wide far away camera angled shot, and they're standing on a platform of some sort surrounded by a weirdly designed set. It looks moronic, like a modern design PHDer with a budget ran amok with the primary pastels while seeking to slap a brave new world spin on the Ceeb....
Back to AIH. In early September the show announced the return of the Friday political panel. The panel was in place for one week and has never returned. I may write the show and see what happened. I used to really enjoy the old political panel before it was disbanded.
The reason why I bring this up is because Peter Donolo used to be on that panel, and I always remember him as a very intelligent slippery eel, a perfect Liberal apologist. He used to drive me insane. And now he's Iggy's puppeteer. So I wouldn't be surprised to see Iggy start performing less like a mistake.
Y'know, I'm a little fed up with CBC tv and Radio's reliance on panels that are made up of representatives from this political party or that, or one professional lobby or another. These guys have pretty good access on thier own account to buy air time for their views, and they get news coverage where they get to spew their party line spin or biz agenda's.
To be fair, I think CBC does do a better job than anyone else giving a voice to issues and people who couldn't buy or find a podium anywhere else in the MSM. But really. I think if Robin Sears or Peter Donolo want to get their advertising across, they can bloody well buy it on the private networks, and stop having us subsidize their lies on the CBC.
A great CBC morning with Michael Enright, who announced that next Sunday will include Gerry Adams of Sinn Fein fame.
I still have yet to catch all of the CBC radio changes. I haven't had a chance to listen to any of the afternoon programming.
Newscasts in my area haven't changed much. Peter Armstrong in the morning is growing on me. He's getting better, smoother. I don't have a lot of editorial comments on his story selection, etc. I do dislike tossing the cast to a reporter chit-chat right away. And some of these QandAs have been shakey.
Having said that... CBC London's Gary Ennet was on the 6 pm cast, about the Bandidos trial results last week. So maybe some more local stories and reporters will get on air. It's nice to hear from places and voices around the country on the national casts and programs.
A big change to Radio 2 is the new Strombo show. He used to be on private radio with a three or four hour show. But he's moved to Sunday nights at eight on R2. I listened last night and it was, as advertised, a wide range of music. The kind of show I like, because I'm just that into music to dig up new tunes, but I like listening.
I shudder to think what they're paying him and his crew. I suspect there are many other people and CBCers who could have done the job just as well. Admittedly, I'm not a big Strombo fan and never watch The Hour. But he has a following... I think.
T_P, Donolo was a Liberal apologist and defended the Cretien era with a vengence. It's not his fault the other people on the panel weren't able to break him down. I have noticed fewer pundits and so forth on the air. The Ceeb current affairs shows used to regularly interview pollsters on political matters... I always disliked that, worse than having party loyalists and PR people on air.
Annabel Lyon, author of The Golden Mean (bet she wins the Giller...and more) , a "rewind" of Paul Robson singing to 40,000 miners and their families and friends, and Michael Enright's live interview with Gerry Adams made for a marvelous Sunday a.m.
I keep missing the Sunday Edition. And I haven't found time to listen to the podcasts, either.
Has anyone listened to Strombo's new Radio2 show on Sunday nights? I tried it last weekend, the debut, and it was okay. I'm not a big Strombo fan so maybe I'm being excessively fair.
Gomeshi's Wednesday show will feature Al Gore and David Suzuki in conversation. (might have to catch the evening repeat).


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Russian-American Fixes Sign Board on his Car That Reads: Looking for Wife
By Drishya Nair
June 25, 2013 12:35 BST
A 37-year-old Russian-American man, Alexander Gorbunov from Florida, USA, drives along the highways with the rear of his car bearing a board which reads: "Looking for Wife." Also written below is a number for any interested woman who may want to call.
However, Gorbunov, a Hollywood mechanic and Hummer tour operator is not looking for love for himself. This unusual kind of marketing is a result of his hobby to play a matchmaker for his friends and family, reports Miami Herald.
"I have a lot of single friends," Gorbunov told the publication. "It's for fun. I like to bring people together."
One woman, Erika Santos had called up on the number after seeing it on Gorbunov's car and is now dating his uncle Michael Korol.
"I couldn't be happier," Santos said.
It has been about eight months since Gorbunov started displaying the board and since then he has been getting a minimum of 15 to 20 calls and messages a day.
Also, the women approaching him are not restricted to the local area. Thanks to some people who have posted pictures of the board on Facebook, he has got calls from women who are from California, Georgia, Michigan, and even Brazil, France and China.
The report further says that from among all the calls that he receives; about 80 percent of them are serious about finding a match. He has even got calls from women calling on behalf of their daughters, and also one 85-year-old woman looking for a match for herself.
Gorbunov himself is single and is looking for love but says that he is looking for some sort of an adventure just like his parents who got married in one week of meeting each other.
"I don't look at the superficial. I'm looking for intelligence, for the right feeling. So far, I haven't felt it. It'll come to me on its own," he said.
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Tareq Sweidan: Israel cannot withstand the will of the people. Ultimately, there will be a decisive battle. We must postpone this battle, because we are not ready, but we will get to this battle.
The entire nation, and especially the countries bordering with Israel, must provide direct support to the armed resistance, and not just pay it lip service. Secondly, the Palestinian youth must realize that it has no alternative – and indeed, none of us have – other than armed resistance. That is the only solution for this nation.
Tareq Sweidan: You are not responsible for this… I'd like to say one thing, with your permission. The Palestinian Authority, with its spineless positions, has a major part in the loss of the Palestinian cause. When the PA is replaced, and becomes serious about confronting the Zionist enemy, and about the option of resistance – that's when we will have hope. That's why I call upon the Palestinian youth to adopt the slogan: The people wants to change the PA to an authority that views resistance as its strategic option.
The other day, I was asking myself: why shouldn't I personally go on Jihad? First of all, my body cannot stand it. Secondly, is what I am doing any less important than Jihad?
Tariq Al-Suwidan is one of the most important leaders of the Kuwait Brotherhood as well as the General Manager of Al-Resalah Satellite TV, the brainchild of Saudi businessman Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal. In May 2007, Al-Suwaidan was listed by federal prosecutors in a group of U.S Muslim Brotherhood members named as part of a large group of Unindicted Co-Conspirators in the terrorism financing case against the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, convicted of providing funds for Hamas. Al-Suwaidan is also the author of the anti-Semitic "Encyclopedia of Jews." A previous post discussed both his background and the struggle to control his Wikipedia page. Given his role as manger of Al-Resalah TV, Al-Suwaidan is well positioned to conduct "media jihad" and another post discussed the possible role of Al-Resalah in a media campaign aimed at influencing world opinion to lift the Israeli blockade of Gaza.


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The idea to make these easy sew fabric pumpkins with thrift store shirts came to me out of a need for a less expensive way to have a ton of groovy pumpkins. First stop for more ideas was Pinterest. There are a ton of ideas about how to make easy sew fabric pumpkins. I get so excited just imagining cooler weather and all the outdoor-activities that are too hot to do in the Florida summers. Fall beckons cozy sweaters, hot apple cider, and fun crafting and decorating projects like these cuties. I planned my shopping day at the thrift store on an extra discount day, hence more savings. You get more fabric with a larger sized shirt, therefore I choose the largest size in the plaids I loved. I even purchased two sweaters (will try those for the next tutorial). The first thing I did when I got home with my loot from the thrift store was to wash and dry the shirts.
Use the back of your shirt to cut out your larger sized pumpkins. I used a dinner plate for my pattern for one style, then used the sleeve for the other style. Both ideas were super fast and easy. As I cut the sleeve pumpkins I used the plaid as my cutting line guide. It turns out so pretty with the plaid forming a circular pattern around the pumpkins.
Next step in making thrift store pumpkins requires a thread and needle, but no worries, it is super quick and easy. I used heavy upholstery thread, however, you can also use doubled over dental floss. Cut your thread longer than you think you need so it is easier to sew and gather. Then run a gathering stitch around the cut edges about 3/8″ from the edge. The sleeve pumpkins have to be gathered at both ends, but the cut circle pattern pumpkins only have one edge to gather.
After you have your gathering stitch all the way around both top and bottom turn it inside out and gather up the bottom (larger end) by pulling the thread by both ends and tie off. Then I take a few stitches in an X shape to secure the bottom tie it off and cut your bottom thread. Turn the pumpkin inside out.
Now it is ready to stuff with fiber fill. By pulling the top gathering thread you can test the pumpkin to see if it is filled to your liking. Once filled next pull the gathering thread and repeat the tying off and sewing the X. I use a long needle to sculpt the indention in the center of the pumpkins. First tie a knot in the thread and run it from the center top through the pumpkin to the center bottom and then turn the needle around and go back through the pumpkin center to the top. Pull until you like the shape and tie off. The indention provides a valley for the stem.
Using a dinner plate or the easy sew fabric pumpkins pattern place it to the outer most part of the back of the shirt then cut out your circle. This style of pumpkin is faster to make since it requires only one row of gathering. Thread your needle with more thread than you need and run a gathering stitch all the way around the circle. Pull the gathering thread to form a little cup to allow you to stuff with fiber fill and then pull the gathering thread from both ends tie off and take some stitches in an X shape to secure your closure then tie off.
I use a long needle to sculpt the indention in the center of the pumpkins. First tie a knot in the thread and run it from the center top through the pumpkin to the center bottom and then turn the needle around and go back through the pumpkin center to the top. Pull until you like the shape and tie off. The indention provides a valley for the stem.
The sticks I used I cut off of a tree in my yard with a pair of nippers. Then hot glued them to the pumpkin in the valley formed with the sculpting stitch. While the glue is still hot I add the leaves and curly vine.
The curly vines add a touch of whimsy to your easy sew fabric pumpkins and are easy to make too. Cut the cord longer than you need and only glue the part to be curled. I used Mod Podge, but white glue will work just as well. I pulled part of the cut cord through the glue while using my fingers to squeeze off any excess glue. Then I wrapped the cord with glue around a pencil and secured with clothes pins. Set your timer for 15 minutes then test to see if it is holding shape but still damp. I learned the hard way if you wait until it dries it is a mess to get off the pencil. At this semi damp state you can reshape and glue or tie the cord to the pumpkin stem.
I put together my fabric pumpkins, pumpkin block sign, and the versatile one-board-bench to welcome FALL. This would be so cute in a foyer or on a porch too. The pumpkin block sign instructions are from another post see that here. The one board bench is another one of my DIY projects checkout those instructions here.
Happy Crafting Friends. Please leave me a comment below I love to hear from old and new friends. Are you ready for FALL? Any exciting crafting projects planned?


Rachel, at Swish and Dapper, is a designer/maker, who works from her studio in West Yorkshire, making small leather accessories and jewellery.
Swish & Dapper hand make leather accessories using upcycled leather from the upholstery industry.
Working from her home studio in West Yorkshire, Rachel designs, cuts by hand and hand stitches leather accessories including leather tassel keyrings, coin purses, card wallets, cross body bags, hair accessories and jewellery.


NYS Baroque will present a program titled "Fanfare & Filigree," with the Kleine Kammermusik ensemble at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the First Unitarian Society.
Formed in 2013, Kleine Kammermusik exploires music from 17th- and 18th-century Europe with oboes, recorders and a continuo group of bassoon, cello, lute and keyboard.
NYS Baroque artistic director Deborah Fox will host a free pre-concert talk at 6:45 p.m. to discuss the music and the program.
Tickets are $35 ($30 for seniors and $15 for students; grades 3-12 get in free). Visit nysbaroque.com or call 607-301-0604.
Ithaca College Theatre invites audiences to the Kit Kat Club as it presents the classic musical "Cabaret" in Clark Theatre at 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, as well as April 24-28, with matinee performances at 2 p.m. Sunday and Saturday, April 28.
Written by John Kander and Fred Ebb, "Cabaret" is set in pre-World War II Berlin as the Nazi Party is rising to power. At the Kit Kat Club, a seedy nightclub where people hide away and attempt to escape their troubles. The musical tells the unconventional love story of two star-crossed lovers, singer Sally and novelist Cliff (played by Sydney Parra and Corey Kline).
Directed by professor Catherine Weidner, the production explores LGBTQ-related topics and features gay and sexually fluid characters, as well as characters who cross-dress. The play shows how these characters were treated in 1930s Berlin.
Tickets are $8 to $16; purchase at ithaca.ticketforce.com, by calling 607-274-3224 or at the Dillingham Center box office.
Visit www.ithaca.edu for more information.
AGIT (Association of Graduates in Theatre) Lab and Civic Ensemble will present "The Loneliness Project" this weekend.
Co-written and co-directed by Caitlin Kane, Kelli Simpkins, Reed Motz, Al Evangelista and Patrick Andrews, the documentary play was crafted in a collaboration between Chicago LGBTQIA+ artists and community members and uses verbatim testimony from over the past 20 years.
Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Saturday and 5 p.m. Friday at the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts' Black Box Theatre, and 2 p.m. Saturday at the History Center in Tompkins County. Visit http://events.cornell.edu/event/the_loneliness_project_agit_lab to learn more.
At 4 p.m. Saturday, the Kitchen Theatre will host "Natural Shocks," a reading presented in collaboration with Daughters of Troy featuring Brooke M. Haney and directed by Aubrey Saverino.
Based on Hamlet's "To be or not to be" speech, "Natural Shocks" is a new 65-minute, one-woman play about a woman waiting out a tornado in her basement. She overflows with quirks, stories and a final secret about guns in America..
For more information on the national campaign, visit naturalshocks.org. Tickets are a suggested donation and all proceeds will be donated to The Advocacy Center of Tompkins County. To reserve a ticket, call 607-272-0570.
Thursday at 7 p.m., a free night of music and literature will be offered in the Tompkins County Public Library's Ezra Cornell Reading Room, as classical music will be paired with short readings of literature written during the lifetime of each musical composer.
Music will be provided by Angela Yantorno on violin and Russell Posegate on piano.
Visit www.tcpl.org to learn more.
Cornell Cinema presents the Ithaca premiere of Robinson Devor's "Pow Wow: Ethnographic Encounters with the People of the Coachella Valley" at 7 p.m. Thursday in Willard Straight Theatre, followed by a Q&A with the director via Skype.
The film is an anthropological study of the culture in the Coachella Valley, including golfers, Native Americans, historians, real-estate developers and comedian Shecky Greene.
The Ithaca College New Voices Literary Festival will host a free staged reading of "The Wolves" by Sarah DeLappe, at the Cherry Artspace at 6:30 p.m. Friday.
The play looks at a girls' high school soccer team as they go through their warm-ups, focusing on the stories of each of the young women over 90 minutes and six scenes.
Visit www.ithacanewvoicesfestival.com to learn more.
Encore Players Community Theatre will present its spring comedy-farce," Artifice," this weekend and next.
For her work on "Artifice," playwright Anne Flanagan won the Reva Shiner Award, the McLaren Memorial Comedy Award, and the Mountain Playhouse International Comedy Award.
The story takes place at a farmhouse in upstate New York; the country home of gallery owner Maggie La Rue. Her recently deceased husband, artist Payne Showers, has left Maggie in debt, forcing her to auction off his paintings in order to avoid bankruptcy. Showers' untimely death causes his work to skyrocket in value. Two bigwigs from the city have been invited to view the collection, and Maggie is praying they will make substantial purchases. Then, Payne Showers comes home.
The production is directed by Anne Bialke and Ashley Manning. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday this weekend and next.
Performances are at Hidden Falls Barn, on the corner of Route 89 and Rocky Dock Road in Interlaken. Tickets are $15 and are available online at encoreplayers.org or at the door.
The Johnson Museum was officially dedicated on May 23, 1973. From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, the exhibit "Highlights from the Collection: 45 Years at the Johnson" will take visitors through the museum's history.
At 8 p.m. Tuesday, Cornell Contemporary Chamber Players will present Silvia Lucas (visiting from the Royal Northern College of Music), with a repertoire of new music and experiments for piano and electronics, in Barnes Hall.
Featuring music by the Cornell DMA composers, Cornell Composition Faculty, and the Royal Northern College of Music doctoral composition candidates. This event is free; visit www.facebook.com/events/695009287289675/ to learn more.
Graduate Women in Science's Science on Tap series will present "Biodiversity Through the Lens: Telling Ecological Stories with Photography" from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, at Casita del Polaris.
Photographer and professor of ecology Olivier Dangles will show case his images from his adventures in the field to illuminate ecological concepts.
The event is free. Visit gwisithaca.org to learn more.
The Ithaca College Jazz Ensemble will perform with guest saxophonist Grace Kelly at 8:15 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, in Ford Hall.
Kelly performs regularly on "The Late Show with Steven Colbert" with Jon Batiste and Stay Human, and her 10th album "Trying To Figure It Out" was voted No. 2 Jazz Album of The Year in 2016 Downbeat Magazine Readers Poll.
Ithaca College Jazz Ensemble is led by jazz studies director Mike Titlebaum. Visit www.ithaca.edu for more information.
Browncoat Cat Rescue will host a free kitten party with adoptable cats at the Tompkins County Public Library from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday. .
The volunteer-run organization focuses on unwanted and abandoned cats in Ithaca and its surrounding areas. For more information, visit browncoatcatrescue.weebly.com.


Despite being under construction for over a decade, the cash-guzzling Berlin-Brandenburg airport needs hundreds of millions of Euros in fresh funding to complete lingering building works, German media have revealed.
Senior executives of the Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH (FBB) corporation, which runs Berlin's airports, reportedly informed the supervisory board at the end of last year how much more money it would need to keep up with BER's construction, according to Bild.
According to a newspapaer, the airport's construction costs and lost revenues alone amounted to €25 million ($30 million) per month, meaning that some €750 million needs to be found until the planned opening set for October 2020. The newspaper article cited shareholder sources who said the BER could raise a maximum of €400 million through loans.
The rest needs to be borrowed from alternative sources, but the shareholders – the states of Berlin and Brandenburg, and also the German government – are all at odds on how to raise the rest of the sum.
Tagesspiegel quoted another figure, saying €900 million is needed to keep operations going. Otherwise – based on the newspaper's own estimates of open-source data – the lack of adequate funding may result in a construction freeze.
The revelation is probably bad news for passengers and investors eager to see the airport starting operations with the initial opening dating back to 2011.
Earlier, BER senior executive Engelbert Luetke Daldrup announced a so-called "soft launch" of Berlin's never-ending airport construction. Referred to as "BER Lite," the plan would see the airport employ the two side wings and a temporary "extension" while the main terminal is yet to be completed.
The "extension," however, called "Terminal 1E," would not be that fancy as the unfinished main terminal, designed by renowned architect Meinhard von Gerkan. Contructed from "industrial prefab," it will effectively be a large metal box to accommodate passengers, according to Spiegel.
The latest "promises" by the operating company said the air hub will open its doors for the passengers in October 2020.
Originally advertised as a cost-efficient, ultra-modern airline hub that would replace two overloaded airports – Tegel and Schoenefeld – BER has become one of the country's longest-running construction projects and a major blow to Germany's national prestige.
Construction on the airport began in 2006 and was slated to open in late 2011. Now more than six years behind schedule, the airport's original budget had already "swallowed" some €2.8 billion, according to Tagesspiegel.


With Norway now just days away from starting the switch from FM to DAB+ digital radio, the industry is giving thought to how listeners can make the most out of DAB digital radio on the go.
The DAB compatible LG Stylus 2 smartphone appears to have been a one-off, with the newly announced LG Stylus 3 back to being FM only. And some top-end mobile phones have done away with regular terrestrial broadcast radio reception altogether.
With access to broadcast radio in the event of emergency seen as essential by the authorities, when mobile networks may become congested or even disabled and when it is important that users can access the latest information, regardless of how much data they have left, a concerted campaign in the USA to get FM radios back onto smartphones has resulted in the dormant FM function being activated in some phones and devices such as the Samsung Galaxy S7 having FM included in the US model of the phone.
But in countries such as Norway, where on the 11th January 2017 digital radio switchover commences, and in places like South Tyrol (Italy) and Switzerland - the next areas planning to go DAB-only, the FM function on smartphones will become useless. And these countries lack the clout to persuade the mobile industry to adopt DAB more widely in smartphones. Additionally, many older car radios will need kitting out for DAB in order to continue working in these areas, relevant for people living there and also for the many travelling through these territories.
"Pop your phone" (pictured above), a dongle manufactured by Sahaga AS, is designed to be inserted into an Android smartphone's micro USB slot. The dongle, specifically designed to overcome the lack of DAB support in phones in Norway has been promoted by the Norwegian radio industry ahead of digital radio switchover. It converts every compatible phone or tablet into a DAB+ receiver, in conjunction with an app available to download from the Google Play store.
A number of car radio adapters providing DAB/DAB+ reception in-car are now also on the market across the UK and Europe. DAB networks have been expanded in recent years favouring coverage on motorways and major trunk roads, and it's on the move where DAB's advantage in terms of the use of single frequency networks and not needing to retune comes into play. AutoExpress tested a number of DAB adaptors in October 2016, with the Pure Highway 400 coming top.
While the car industry is continuing to move towards providing DAB support in new cars, many in the mobile industry view internet radio as the way forward which makes the likes of the "Pop your phone" dongle appear to have a short life span. But the lack of affordable, unlimited data plans in most countries and the fact that regular broadcast radio is part of local contingency plans to broadcast information to the public in the event of natural disasters or attacks, when local mobile internet connections may be down or disabled, appear to provide such dongles with a suitable niche.
Outside of the echo chambers of forums and industry groups where everybody uses internet radio on their phone and uses their smartphone data connection for in-car streaming, there appears to be an ongoing appetite by consumers to be able to access radio in their car, without chewing up data allowances and being subject to the quality of their mobile network. With mountainous South Tyrol offering 99.3% population coverage of DAB ahead of its FM switch-off, despite the tricky alpine terrain, there's hope that DAB will be able to deliver unmetered near universal coverage in other areas if there's sufficient investment in the transmitter network.
In 2017, a crucial DAB digital radio switchover criterion in the UK is likely to be triggered, when radio listening figures are expected to confirm that over 50% of radio listening is now done digitally. This trigger is expected to facilitate further DAB coverage expansion, especially among some local DAB multiplexes.
But to succeed, the DAB platform will need to show it can adapt beyond the kitchen or clock radio and continue to provide solutions such as dongles and adapters to enable reception in a diverse number of places and devices. Therefore the experiences of Norway, Switzerland and South Tyrol and how consumers in those areas embrace the currently available solutions of accessing DAB on smartphones, tablets and through car radio adapters will be of great interest to those in the UK and beyond when planning their digital radio switchovers.


Ted Cruz has endorsed Donald Trump. It's late. He should have done it at the convention. But it's a lot better than nothing.
Cruz was asked today whether he agrees with Trump's comment that Putin is a stronger leader than Obama.
Cruz said he isn't going to defend everything Trump says, and he's made his disagreements clear, but the two months before the election isn't the time to focus on those disagreements and Trump is way better than Hillary.
I don't agree with Donald about everything. But I'll tell you, I do agree with him that Obama is a weak president. And Hillary would be weak too. Donald would have the strength and stamina to lead us, and I think that's important.
The differences between Donald and Hillary couldn't be clearer. It's a productive businessman running against a career politician who is also a lying criminal. Donald is going to build a security wall and he's going to do his best to Make America Great Again. When Donald makes a promise, he always promises to do something good like appoint constitutionalist supreme court judges or help lift blacks and hispanics out of poverty by protecting their civil right to school choice.
Hillary is a stark contrast. It's a certainty that she will appoint radical leftists to the supreme court, as she has promised to. It's a certainty that she'll do her best to keep our border open, and bring in more refugees we can't vet from areas controlled by ISIS or Al Qaeda. She has promised us more of the same: high taxes, the war on coal, Obamacare, and a divisive administration that considers half the country deplorable. And she would continue the same weak policies we saw with Obama's apology tour.


thursday treat: IEMZA makes art arresting. it's not just squibbles and scrawlings you see but urban decay immortalized on broken bathroom tiles. you can't get any more spot on than that, man. and you thought it was just some french bloke trynna make it as a graffiti artist. nah uh! this dude is da shiiiiiiiteeeeeeee!
i ever told you i dig Snowden's Like Bullets? i think i did.


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Q: JHipster programatically login using cypress and JWT How can I bypass JHipster login screen programatically?
Here is what I'm trying to achieve:
let jwt_token

before(function fetchUser() {
    cy.request('POST', '/api/authenticate', {
        username: 'user',
        password: 'user',
    })
        .its('body')
        .then((res) => {
            jwt_token = res.id_token
        })
})

beforeEach(function setUser() {
    cy.visit('/', {
        onBeforeLoad(win) {
            win.sessionStorage.setItem('jhi-authenticationtoken', jwt_token);
            win.localStorage.setItem('jhi-authenticationtoken', jwt_token);
        }
    })
})

describe('test', () => {
    it('check login works programmatically', () => {
        cy.log(jwt_token);
        cy.visit('/');
        cy.get('.lead').should('have.text', 'Here is microservices catalog');
        cy.get('#home-logged-message').should('have.text', 'You are logged in as user "user".');
    })
})

I can clearly see that jwt_token is filled with correct value. Unfortunately login is still not working and 'test' fails.
Anybody have positive experience with it?

A: The trick is to use quotation marks around token itself. Here is example how you can authenticate when JWT is used in your JHipster application
function login(username: string, password: string): void {
  cy.request('POST', '/api/authenticate', {
    username: username,
    password: password
  })
    .its('body')
    .then((res) => {
      window.sessionStorage.setItem('jhi-authenticationtoken', '"' + res.id_token + '"');
    })
}

You can find live example here

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import { WebResourceAsset, Config, upload } from "../src/index";

describe("uploads using username/password", () => {
    const config: any = {
        server: "https://org.crm.dynamics.com",
        username: "user@org.onmicrosoft.com",
        password: "password",
        solution: "CrmSolution",
        tenant: "org.onmicrosoft.com",
        webResources: [
            {
                path: "file.js",
                name: "File"
            }
        ]
    };

    test("uploads new web resource", async () => {
        const assets: any = [
            {
                path: "file.js",
                content: "function() {}"
            }
        ];

        await upload(config, assets);
    });

    test("uploads existing web resource", () => {

    });
});

describe("uploads using client id/secret", () => {
    test("uploads new web resource", () => {

    });

    test("uploads existing web resource", () => {

    });
});

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Tillman Breckenridge
Email: tbreckenridge@stris.com
Tillman Breckenridge is an experienced appellate lawyer whose practice includes a diverse array of appellate litigation matters at all levels. He has represented companies, organizations, individuals, and foreign, state, and local governments before the United States Supreme Court, every federal court of appeals, and several state courts, such as the Supreme Court of Virginia, the California Courts of Appeal, and the Illinois Courts of Appeal.
Mr. Breckenridge also has been an adjunct professor of law at William and Mary Law School, where he founded the Appellate & Supreme Court Clinic. His appellate successes have spanned the country, from the Supreme Court of the United States to each of the federal courts of appeals to several state supreme courts. His work has also led to numerous honors. He has been named to Savoy Magazine's Most Influential Black Lawyers in America, an honorary member of the Order of the Barristers, a Washington, D.C. SuperLawyer, and a member of Virginia's Legal Elite. He also became the youngest fellow ever—and first under 40—in the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers.
In addition to his appellate practice, Mr. Breckenridge speaks on appellate and related topics in front of various audiences. He received his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he argued, and won, his first appeal as a third-year student in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in a case that presented an issue of first impression.
Mr. Breckenridge has represented clients in a diverse array of appellate litigation matters at all levels. The matters below are representative of his experience:
McKiver v. Murphy-Brown, LLC (Fourth Circuit)
Lead counsel in successful appellate defense of nuisance cases resulting in over $500 million in jury verdicts for neighbors of hog farms.
In re Irving H. Picard, Trustee for the Liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC (Supreme Court of the United States)
Prepared petition for a writ of certiorari regarding extraterritoriality of applying Bankruptcy code Section 550(a)(2) to a foreign transaction between foreign parties.
Brennan v. Dawson (Supreme Court of the United States)
Counsel of record for a petition for a writ of certiorari requesting that the Court overturn ruling that prevents plaintiffs from asserting claims for intentional or reckless false arrest.
Massie v. Mena (Supreme Court of the United States)
Lead counsel for Respondent for case at cert. stage after being lead counsel in successful appeal in the Ninth Circuit regarding qualified immunity in a case in which a police officer thrust a non-violent non-resisting arrestee's face into a tree.
Walmart Real Estate Business Trust v. Quarterfield Partners (Fourth Circuit)
Lead counsel on appeal for Walmart in commercial real estate contract dispute.
United States v. Lebedev (Second Circuit)
Argued criminal appeal regarding bank fraud and wire fraud convictions.
Navelski v. International Paper Co. (Eleventh Circuit)
Lead counsel in appeal of claims regarding strict liability claims resulting from dam breach.
Allen v. Greatbanc Trust Co. (Seventh Circuit)
Lead counsel in appeal of dismissal of ERISA prohibited transaction claims.
PrimeSource Building Prods. v. Huttig Building Prods. (Seventh Circuit and N.D. Ill.)
Lead counsel in appeal of injunction against business practices in trade secrets case and advise regarding trial court strategy to defeat injunction.
United States ex rel. Citynet, LLC v. Gianato (Fourth Circuit)
Lead counsel in appeal regarding False Claims Act and jurisdiction over interlocutory appeal.
Wells Fargo Ins. Svcs. v. McQuate (U.S.D.C. D. Colo.)
Trial consultant for one-week trade secrets trial.
Powell v. Huntington National Bank (Fourth Circuit)
Argued appeal of case interpreting West Virginia Consumer Protection Act.
Sperrazza v. United States (Supreme Court of the United States)
Counsel of record for petition for a writ of certiorari in criminal forfeiture case.
Brundle v. Wilmington Trust, N.A. (Fourth Circuit)
Lead counsel in appeal regarding prohibited transactions under ERISA where trial yielded $30 million judgment.
Cryer v. Franklin Resources, Inc. (Ninth Circuit)
Lead counsel in opposing petition for permission to appeal class certification under Rule 23(f)
Carter v. Forhas Taurus, S.A. (Eleventh Circuit)
Lead counsel in appeal by objectors to settlement of class action regarding allegedly defective guns.
Prescott v. Seterus (Eleventh Circuit)
Lead counsel in appeal in Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case alleging that mortgage company improperly charged legal fees to consumers.
Trial Consulting
Johnson v. HCR ManorCare, LLC (Circuit Court of Harrison County, WV)
Trial consultant for three-week medical malpractice trial on behalf of nursing home company.
Lead counsel in appeal of injunction against business practices in trade secrets case and advised regarding trial court strategy to defeat injunction.
NCAA v. Alston (Supreme Court of the United States)
Counsel of record for African American Antitrust Lawyers arguing that NCAA's purported pro-competitive justification conflicts with its mission of providing opportunities for education.
Riley v. California (Supreme Court of the United States)
Counsel of record for amicus brief on behalf of 33 Criminal law professors that was relied on by the Court in its opinion. The brief discussed the potential use of Faraday bags and aluminum foil to prevent remote wiping of cell phone data.
Manuel v. City of Joliet (Supreme Court of the United States)
Amicus brief for DRI-the voice of the Defense Bar on whether malicious prosecution is a cognizable claim under the Fourth Amendment in Section 1983 cases.
Wayfair v. South Dakota (Supreme Court of the United States)
Counsel of record for an amicus brief on behalf of the State and Local Legal Center, which includes the National Governors Association, the National Conference of State Legislatures, the Council of State Governments, the National Association of Counties, and the National League of Cities.
UVA, J.D. (2001)
UVA, B.A. (1998)
All 13 Federal Circuits


Long gone are the days when being born with a cleft lip and cleft palate meant a stigma for a lifetime. Modern surgical techniques have made these malformations correctable, both in terms of functionality and aesthetics. Cleft lip and cleft palate surgery are one of the most common procedures plastic and craniofacial surgeons perform at Herzliya Medical Center with ever improving surgical solutions and complementary dental care or speech therapy options.
The treatment of this congenital disease requires a multi-disciplinary and comprehensive approach: cleft lip repair goes far beyond the surgery itself. At Herzliya Medical Center a team of specialized experts work in unison to address the complex condition and pave the way for the actual cleft lip and palate surgery.
What exactly is a cleft lip and a cleft palate?
Doctors still don't know the exact cause of these malformations, but they generally attribute it to both genetic and environmental factors, the latter mostly in association to drug and radiation exposures or dietary tendencies.
Complete cleft lip describes the separation of the lips extending into the floor of the nose and the palates.
An incomplete cleft lip means that only the upper lip is involved in the separation.
As for its laterality, it is medically described as left, right and bilateral.
A cleft lip repair may be done from the 10th week on after birth.
A cleft palate can occur in isolation in the form of a midline cleft in the secondary palate or in combination with a cleft lip. The occurrence rates of the latter are much higher, however, the likelihood of accompanying multiple defects (such as myopia, glaucoma, retinal detachment and hearing difficulties) is far greater in case of an isolated cleft lip.
Experts at Herzliya Medical Center unanimously recommend starting the treatment as early as possible to prevent the psychological impact a deformity potentially has on the child's development. The aim of the surgery is to improve the patient's capacity to speak, eat, breathe, and hear, and also to ensure a normal appearance to the face.
Doctors at the ENT Department parallel to the cleft lip and palate surgery strongly advise the implantation of a thin tube in the eardrum to ensure the ventilation of the middle ear and prevent ear infections particularly common among cleft patients.
The aim of cleft lip repair is to restore the normal anatomical structure, function, appearance and mobility of the lips, while improving associated nostril deformities as well. The operation ideally takes place between 1 and 4 months of age. After the child receives general anesthesia, the incisions are made in both clefts creating tissue flaps. Then the flaps, along with underlying muscles, are stitched together restoring proper movement and the normal appearance of the nostril floor, philtral ridge and vermilion cutaneous border.
Cleft palate repair is ideally conducted between 3 and 15 months of age. Depending on the place and extent of separation, various procedures are applied to reconstruct the muscles and the lining of the hard and soft palate. Soft palate repair can be done form the age of 3 months, however, with hard palate reconstruction it is advisable to wait until the teeth are out. During the procedure the surgeon makes an incision on both sides of the separation and gently pulls the tissues toward the center and joins them with stitches.
If the child has a cleft in the alveolar dental arch, the above operation cannot be implemented without the use of a bone graft, which is normally implanted between the ages of 6-8, depending on the process of permanent teeth growth. Taken from the iliac crest some cancellous bone is inserted into the alveolus after the proper approximation of the alveolar arch.


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Reverse genetic analysis of a putative, influenza virus M2 HXXXW-like motif in the p7 protein of hepatitis C virus
Z Meshkat, Michelle Dianne Audsley, Claudia Beyer, Eric James Gowans, Gholamreza Haqshenas
SUMMARY: The p7 protein of hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been classified into a family of viral proteins, designated viroporins that form ion channels. The M2 protein of influenza virus is the prototype viroporin and encodes a HXXXW motif that constitutes the main functional element of the M2 channels. Alignment of different p7 proteins revealed that a HXXXW sequence (positions 17-21) is also highly conserved among some HCV genotypes. To study the putative HXXXW motif in p7, five mutants of the Japanese fulminant hepatitis 1 strain of HCV that encoded H17A, H17G, H17E, Y21A and Y21W were generated. After transfection of human hepatoma cells with the mutant transcripts, unlike H17A and H17G that produced up to 1 log lower viral titres than wild type, H17E and Y21W showed slightly higher infectivity. In conclusion, this study demonstrated that the HXXXW sequence exists in the p7 proteins of some HCV genotypes and that H17 plays an important role in virus replication.
Journal of Viral Hepatitis
Meshkat, Z., Audsley, M. D., Beyer, C., Gowans, E. J., & Haqshenas, G. (2009). Reverse genetic analysis of a putative, influenza virus M2 HXXXW-like motif in the p7 protein of hepatitis C virus. Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 16(3), 187 - 194. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2893.2008.01064.x
Meshkat, Z ; Audsley, Michelle Dianne ; Beyer, Claudia ; Gowans, Eric James ; Haqshenas, Gholamreza. / Reverse genetic analysis of a putative, influenza virus M2 HXXXW-like motif in the p7 protein of hepatitis C virus. In: Journal of Viral Hepatitis. 2009 ; Vol. 16, No. 3. pp. 187 - 194.
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Gudrat Gurbanov Ganbar oglu () is an Azerbaijani politician who serves as the Chief of State Maritime Administration of Azerbaijan Republic.

Political career
Gurbanov was appointed the Chief of State Maritime Administration on April 21, 2006 when the agency was established by the President Ilham Aliyev. Since taking the office, he has increased the capabilities of the Azerbaijani maritime transportation. An modernization of surveillance activities in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea has also been instituted by setting control over navigation through the Remote Monitoring and Control System in early 2010. In cooperation with State Border Service, Gurbanov also helped modernize the maritime security in the Azerbaijani sector of the sea for protection of borders and objects of national importance.

See also
Cabinet of Azerbaijan

References

Living people
Government ministers of Azerbaijan
Year of birth missing (living people)

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Jeon Hongjoon
Staff Sergeant Jeon Hongjoon was born in 10 Giyang-ri, Jangheung-eup, Jangheung-gun, Jeollanam-do, Apr. 20, 1947. He was assigned to 2nd Company, 26th Regiment, Tiger Division and was dispatched to Vietnam; stationed in the area of Binh Dinh Province.
Staff Sergeant Jeon Hongjoon died Dec. 29, 1968 in Dong Xuan(BR 766578), from wounds caused by small arms fire during a military action. He was awarded the Order of Military Merit Inheon. He was buried at 21-1-2267 graveyard in Seoul National Cemetry.
Park Cheongyoo
Corporal Park Cheongyoo was born in 374-1 Okhyeon-ri, Sosu-myeon, Goesan-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do, Nov. 16, 1946. He was assigned to 2nd Company, 26th Regiment, Tiger Division and was dispatched to Vietnam; stationed in the area of Binh Dinh Province.
Corporal Park Cheongyoo died Aug. 13, 1969 in Tay Son, Nui Dong Tre(BR 6138), from wounds caused by a grenade explosion serving during Operation Bungae 7. He was awarded the Order of Military Merit Hwarang. He was buried at 19-3-2718 graveyard in Seoul National Cemetry.
Kang Inbae
Staff Sergeant Kang Inbae was born in 5 Jungang-dong 1ga, Mokpo-si, Jeollanam-do, Jul. 26, 1946. He was assigned to 2nd Company, 26th Regiment, Tiger Division and was dispatched to Vietnam; stationed in the area of Binh Dinh Province.
Staff Sergeant Kang Inbae died Apr. 7, 1970 in Song Cau, from wounds caused by an explosion accident during a military action. He was awarded the Order of Military Merit Inheon. He was buried at 02-4-3018 graveyard in Seoul National Cemetry.
Kang Seonggi
Corporal Kang Seonggi was born in Gyochon-ri, Muan-eup, Muan-gun, Jeollanam-do, Jan. 14, 1948. He was assigned to 2nd Company, 26th Regiment, Tiger Division and was dispatched to Vietnam; stationed in the area of Binh Dinh Province.
Corporal Kang Seonggi died Jun. 29, 1970 in Song Cau(CQ 093683), from wounds caused by a claymore explosion during an ambush action. He was awarded the Order of Military Merit Hwarang. He was buried at 02-3-3363 graveyard in Seoul National Cemetry.
Hong Giyeong
Staff Sergeant Hong Giyeong was born in San50 Songjeon-ri, Geochang-eup, Geochang-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do, Jun. 27, 1946. He was assigned to 2nd Company, 26th Regiment, Tiger Division and was dispatched to Vietnam; stationed in the area of Binh Dinh Province.
Staff Sergeant Hong Giyeong died Aug. 21, 1971 in Song Cau(BQ 877913), of malaria. He was buried at 03-2-3815 graveyard in Seoul National Cemetry.


LET OUR HISTORY MAKE NEW BEGINNINGS!
Part Sponsored by Pretoria University and Former Residents of Claremont.
University of Pretoria and Colgate University.
On Saturday 30 March 2019, the 3rd Annual reunion will be hosted for the former residents of Claremont, former pupils of Livingstone High School, as well as those with connections to the Claremont area prior to Group Areas Act's forcible removals.


Who doesn't love summer right? Summer brings back memories (including watching the movie Grease over and over again and singing at the top of my lungs like I was in my own Broadway production) from when I actually had a 3-month long summer vacation where I could spend time outside with friends and family. But now that I'm all grown up? I can still have a blast! Days off are for re-living those summer memories we are so fond of and basking in our favorite things for summer.
So like our usual take on interactive questions, I asked around our office to find out what kind of memories people have of summer and what they enjoy most about summer…here are some of our thoughts!
And, from the UA company take, Summer 2011 scrub sales!
← Countdown to NEW Fall 2011 Scrubs!
Would love to see some of the newer styles in more solid colors. Love the style of UA50DSW but am required to wear solid Galaxy Blue. Allowed a solid trim in another color.
Good morning, Lisa! Glad you love our styles! We actually just started offering our new Fall 2011 Collection where we have a whole new selection of colors, prints and styles. We hope you can find some great combinations!


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The Bruce is a 1996 medieval historical film set in Scotland and England. The film focuses primarily on the rise to power of Robert I of Scotland, culminating in the Battle of Bannockburn in AD 1314.

This film was directed by Bob Carruthers and David McWhinnie. Parts of the film were shot at Craigmillar Castle in Edinburgh and at Peebles in the Scottish Borders.

Cast
Sandy Welch as Robert I of Scotland
Oliver Reed as Robert Wishart
Brian Blessed as Edward I of England
 Richard Brindlecombe as Edward II of England
Pavel Douglas as John III Comyn, Lord of Badenoch
Hildegarde Neil as Eleanor of Castile
Michael Van Wijk as Henry de Bohun
Dee Hepburn as Mary Bruce
Ronnie Browne as Maxwell
Barrie Ingham as Gloucester
Jake D'Arcy as Chief MacKenzie

See also
 List of historical drama films
 Wars of Scottish Independence

References

External links

1996 films
War films based on actual events
Films set in the 14th century
Films set in Scotland
Films set in England
British biographical films
Films shot in Edinburgh
Films shot in the Scottish Borders
British war drama films
Robert the Bruce
Cultural depictions of Edward I of England
1990s English-language films
1990s British films


Penobscot Fly Fishers - your local fly fishing club!
Penobscot Fly Fishers was stood up in June 1997 by a group of twenty-one anglers who were interested in promoting the sport of fly fishing. Our purpose is to promote fly fishing and conservation through education, personal conduct and volunteer service. The charter members made it very clear that as an organization PFF would not take a subordinate position to any state or national organization but would remain independent.
Basic, intermediate and advanced fly tying classes.
A"Cabin Fever Reliever" to promote our outdoor heritage.
Participate in the annual Eastern Maine Sportsmen's show.
A one-day "Introduction to Fly Fishing" seminar.
Assist the PCCA in their annual Family Field Day.
Support fly fishing and fly tying educational efforts at youth camps.
Provides at least one scholarship annually to a summer camp.
Provide fly fishing instruction at no charge to schools.
Assist Maine Inland Fisheries and Wildlife with various projects.
Tie donation flies for the "Casting for Recovery" program in Maine.
Support local food pantries and toy drives.
Present a "Gray Ghost Award" to those members who have demonstrated unusual devotion and commitment to our organization.
In 2014, the Maine Chapter of the Wildlife Society presented PFF a recognition award for excellence in Wildlife Stewardship through Science and Education. Recently celebrating our 20th anniversary in 2017, we look forward to continuing/expanding activities that support our mission.


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"""
test_dj-jobs
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Tests for `dj-jobs` models module.
"""

from django.test import TestCase

from djjobs import models

class TestDjjobs(TestCase):

    def setUp(self):
        pass

    def make_job(self, job_label = 'test_job', runner_label = 'test_runner'):
        runner = models.Runner.objects.create(label = runner_label)
        return models.Job.objects.create(
            label = job_label,
            runner = runner,
            description = 'a test job for testing slug'
        )

    def test_creating_a_job(self):
        from django.utils.text import slugify
        job_label = 'test_job'
        job = self.make_job(job_label)
        assert job.slug == slugify(job_label), "slugify not working: %s" % `job.slug`
        assert job.run_type == job.TYPE_CRON, "run type default wrong: %s" % `job.run_type`
        assert job.enabled == False, "Should be disabled but is %s" % job.enabled
        assert job.latest == None, "There should be no runs %s" % run
        assert job.last_run == None, "should be none, but  %s" % job.last_run

    def test_starting_a_job(self):
        job_label = 'test_job'
        job = self.make_job(job_label)
        run = job.start()
        assert run.job == job, "job was not set for run %s" % run.pk
        assert run.state == run.STATUS_RUNNING, "state not switcted to running but is  %s" % `run.state`
        assert run.started != None, "stated should  when it should not be set but is %s" % `run.started`
        assert run.ended == None, "ended when it should not be set but is %s" % `run.ended`
        assert run.errors == '', "Errors should not be set  but is %s" % `run.errors`
        assert job.enabled == True, "Should be enabled but is %s" % job.enabled
        assert job.latest == run, "last run should be completed %s" % run
        running_count = job.running.count()
        assert running_count == 1, "should only be one running %s" % running_count
        run_count = job.runs.count()
        assert run_count == 0, "should only be no previous %s" % run_count
        assert job.last_run == None, "should be none, but  %s" % job.last_run

    # def test_creating_a_run(self):
    #     job =  models.Job.objects.create(
    #         label = label,
    #         description = 'a test job for testing slug'
    #     )
    #     run = models.Run.objects.create(
    #             job = models.ForeignKey('Job')
    #             started = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
    #             ended = models.DateTimeField(null=True)
    #             state  = models.CharField(max_length=1, choices= map(lambda x: (x[0],x), (STATUS_PENDING,STATUS_RUNNING, STATUS_COMPLETED, STATUS_ABORTED)), default = STATUS_PENDING)
    #             errors  = models.TextField(default='')
    #         )
    #     assert run.job == job, "job was not set for run %s" % run.pk
    #     assert run.state == run.STATUS_RUNNING, "state not switcted to running %s" % run.state
    #     assert run.started != None, "stated should  when it should not be set %s" % run.ended
    #     assert run.ended == None, "ended when it should not be set %s" % run.ended
    #     assert run.errors == None, "Errors should not be set %s" % run.errors

    def tearDown(self):
        pass


Click here to listen to MND FLO!
The birth of MND FLO began as a trio between Pianist Sharik Hasan, Bassist Alexander L. J. Tóth, and Drummer Anthony A. Tóth. For them, it was one of those stories where they met and everything just clicked from the start. The trio originally met in Boston, while studying at the Berklee College of Music – a time of endless musical experimentation, and the beginning of a meaningful friendship that has lasted throughout the years.
Enter Vibraphonist, Simon Moullier. Although arriving in Boston slightly later on, he immediately found himself creatively exploring with the now developed trio. "Again, it was that instant connection. We really felt like he added his own unique voice, and that extra layer to the music that took it to a new level".
Since then, their musical philosophy has never revolved around individual instruments or personalities, but rather as one unit, that move together and Flo together. Even as individually distinguished artists that reside in various cities, MND FLO always remains their artistic home. In a time where it seems rare to come across a band where all members are equally invested in every aspect, MND FLO emphasizes the fact that they love doing what they do, and they love doing it together.
The rich heritage between the members of MND FLO is something that's highly influential to all of them, and they often find themselves being asked about where they all come from. Hailing from vastly different parts of the world including India, France, Trinidad, Hungary, and Canada, MND FLO has found a never-ending pool of inspiration to draw from within this diversity. "To us, one of the most beautiful things about creating music is digging into those roots and incorporating elements of your own culture within the music". Another concept that the group aims to achieve within their music is the idea or interpretation of what they like to call "Flo". They describe Flo as a feeling where everything fits into place, allowing for a sense of seamlessness and being fully immersed in the music. Aside from music, they say Flo can relate to everyday life. There's Flo in the way you dress, there's Flo in the way you speak, it's in the mind, and it's almost always present when the four of them come together.
MND FLO's debut album "From Time" simply touches on the time that the group has all known each other. The four have known each other from time, been brothers from time, and have been creating music together from time. The album features an array of ethnic subtleties, as well as their apparent hunger for creating new vessels of musical expression through electronic elements and atmospheric detail.
As MND FLO puts it – "Ultimately, our main goal as a band is really to just break down the walls of whatever frame of mind someone might be in, invite them to be in the moment with us, and just let their MND FLO".
In a variety of musical settings, the members of MND FLO have individually performed at Newport Jazz Festival, Novosadski Jazz Festival, Kriol Jazz Festival, Nancy Jazz Festival, Jazz A Vannes, Panama Jazz Festival, Atlanta Jazz Festival, Tri-C Jazz Festival, Jacksonville Jazz Festival, Beantown Jazz Festival, Cambridge Jazz Festival, Toronto International Jazz Festival, International Jazz Day, Blue Note Jazz Club NY, Jazz at Lincoln Center NY, and various venues across France, Sweden, Russia, Finland, Spain, Portugal, Cuba, Italy, Austria, India, Germany, Cape Verde, Indonesia, UK, USA and Canada.
In addition, they have performed and/or recorded with internationally renowned artists including Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Marcus Miller, Terri Lyne Carrington, Ralph Peterson Jr., John Patitucci, Valerie Simpson, Patrice Rushen, Chris Potter, Walter Smith III, Donald Harrison, Darren Barrett, Bill Pierce, Billy Kilson, Tia Fuller, Sean Jones, Antonio Sanchez, Joe Lovano, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Jazzmeia Horn, Geri Allen, Vijay Iyer, Danilo Perez, Myron Walden, Warren Wolf, Gregoire Maret, Antonio Hart, Matthew Garrison, Steve Wilson, Thelonious Monk Institute, and more.


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Spurs Update: Rudy Gay, Pau Gasol reveal plans for next season
Rudy Gay averaged 11.5 points and 5.1 rebounds last season (Image Credit: JaHighlights/YouTube)
The 31-year-old Gay has a player option worth $8.8 million for the 2018 season.
by ZeeGee Cecilio (article) and Milos Kitanovic (video)
May 1, 2018 at 4:17 PM May 1, 2018 at 4:17 PM
With Kawhi Leonard playing just nine games in the regular-season, the San Antonio Spurs relied on veteran forward Rudy Gay to help fill the void left by the All-Star forward. Despite being limited to 57 regular-season games due to various injuries, The 31-year-old Gay still showed flashes of his old brilliance as he averaged 11.5 points and 5.1 rebounds per game in 21.6 minutes of action per outing. While Gay's output was far from his numbers during his stint with the Sacramento Kings, Toronto Raptors and the Memphis Grizzlies, he provided the Spurs with a reliable player off the bench. Last offseason, Gay signed a two-year deal worth $17.2 million, with a player option worth $8.8 million for the 2018 season.
The deal allows Gay to opt out and become an unrestricted free agent in the offseason.
Gay will take his time before deciding
According to Gay, per Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News, he will take his time in terms of deciding on his next move, but he wants to come back and stay with the Spurs for the 2018-19 NBA season. "After a season like this, it's hard not to want to come back and fight for a championship. I love these guys," said Gay, referring to his teammates. According to veteran guard Manu Ginobili, Gay was an integral part of the team, saying they sorely missed him when he was sidelined for two months due to a foot injury. Even without Leonard, the Spurs made it to the postseason for a record 21st straight year, but they were eliminated by the Golden State Warriors in the first round in five games.
Gay started in four of five playoff games for the Spurs, averaging 12.2 points, 5.6 boards and 2.2 assists in 32 minutes of action. In his career, Gay is averaging 17.9 points, 5.9 boards and 2.2 assists in 810 regular-season games.
Gasol wants to play for three to four years
Veteran center Pau Gasol, for his part, will be entering the second year of a three-year, $48-million deal with the Spurs next season.
Gasol, who is set to earn $16 million next season, told reporters that he plans to play at least three to four years. Per Slam Online, the 37-year-old Gasol told reporters that he has plenty of gas left in the tank despite finishing his 16th year in the NBA. Last season, Gasol averaged 10.1 points and 8.0 boards in 77 games for the Spurs. Gasol started in 63 games, averaging 23.5 minutes of action per outing.
In his career, Gasol is a six-time All-Star and two-time NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers.
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