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Columbia County shows interest in acquiring Edwards school
HUDSON — Columbia County is considering merging its offices under one roof at the former John L. Edwards Primary School.
The Columbia County Board of Supervisors Space Utilization Committee tabled a resolution at its meeting Wednesday to accept a contract to conduct a feasibility study of moving multiple county agencies to the primary school. The school is across the street from the Board of Supervisors building at 401 State St.
The elementary school, at 360 State St., closed its doors after the end of the 2017-18 school year. Students in kindergarten and first grade started school Wednesday in a new wing of the Montgomery C. Smith Intermediate School at 102 Harry Howard Ave.
The Hudson City School District is looking to sell the Edwards building, which is 89,500 square feet in size, for $4 million, Hudson 4th Ward Supervisor Linda Mussmann said Thursday.
Stuyvesant Town Supervisor Ron Knott, chairman of the committee, consulted with the firm Rhinebeck Architecture, which the school district has hired for past projects. If the committee votes to conduct the feasibility study, the firm would look at the available space in the school and determine how the county could utilize it. The work would cost about $35,000.
"I spoke with the Rhinebeck firm because the school district used them in the past and they know the building already," Knott said. "This will help us decide what we are going to put in that building and what space will be left and what to do with it."
The county has about 88,131 square feet of total, usable space across multiple buildings, according a letter Knott send to Rhinebeck Architecture.
County offices are located at several locations throughout the city of Hudson and one in Philmont, according to Knott's letter:
• The building at 401 State St. has about 30,918 square feet and houses the board of supervisors, the board of elections, the Civil Service Department, the county attorney, county controller, human resources, veterans services and county planning.
• The building at 610 State St. has 18,095 square feet and houses the probation department, public defender's office and the county historian.
• The building at 560 Warren St. has 15,000 square feet and houses the department of motor vehicles and the county clerk's office.
• The building at 6 N. Fifth St. has 10,400 square feet and houses the treasurer's office and the real property department.
• The Philmont Nutrition Center, at 93 Main St., Philmont, has 10,000 square feet. The county facilities department has 4,500 square feet between administration offices, shops and storage space.
"These buildings require so much excess costs and we are just surviving in these buildings," said Mussmann, a member of the committee. "401 State St. has almost 31,000 square feet... do we really need all that space? There is a lot of wasted space."
The amount the county spends to keep its buildings up and running increased to more than $3.75 million in 2016 from more than $3.62 million in 2015, according to the county's 2016 Space Occupancy Analysis.
To keep the buildings up and running in 2016, the county spent $204,424 for 401 State St.; $157,809 for 610 State St.; $244,011 for 560 Warren St.; and $955,644 for the other locations.
The former primary school provides enough space for the county's needs, but Hudson is looking to be included in the possible consolidation project.
CITY EYES FORMER SCHOOL
Hudson Mayor Rick Rector and Common Council President Thomas DePietro were in attendance at Wednesday's committee meeting.
Hudson's Common Council passed a resolution Tuesday to join the county in a feasibility study for the possible acquisition and use of the school building for combined municipal offices.
Much of the meetings discussion was centered around incorporating the city into the county's plans going forward — a possible project that would fall within the category of shared services.
The city needs about 15,000 square feet of space in the building, if that, city officials said, but that's if the Youth Department is also moved into the school building.
"The youth department is critical," Rector said. "15,000 feet would suffice for the city's needs."
Knott asked Rector and DePietro if the common council would support the city paying for a third of the cost of the school, if that is the space the city needs. Rector and DePietro replied yes, the city would.
Committee members debated whether or not to include the city in the county's feasibility study, or bring the city in after enough space is identified to meet the city's needs.
If the county chooses to buy the school building, the school district would have to put the sale up for voters' approval in a public referendum.
Hudson 5th Ward Supervisor Rick Scalera asked if Hudson voters would approve such a referendum without the city included in the building's final plans.
Mussmann argued the city and the county share needs, which the school building may solve.
"People in wheelchairs cannot get into a lot of these buildings, which is an issue for both the county and the city," Mussmann said. "This is happening now. The time to make a decision is coming down the pike and it is getting down to the wire."
Scalera argued the buildings at 560 Warren St. and 6 N. Fifth St. are in good shape and could be removed from the project if more space is needed to include the city in the former school. Doing this, he said, would also solve the issue of a lack of parking space at the school building.
The committee unanimously voted to table the resolution. Committee members asked Knott to discuss the project with the Columbia Economic Development Corporation about funding the feasibility study and finding a firm to conduct it.
The next committee meeting is scheduled for Sept. 6 at 401 State St.
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TARA Biosystems, Inc., a company offering "heart-on-a-chip" tissue models for drug discovery and risk assessment applications and Insilico Medicine, an artificial intelligence company developing end-to-end drug discovery pipelines for age-related diseases, have announced the launch of a collaboration to discover and develop novel therapies for cardiac disease and diseases associated with cardiac muscle aging.
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Q: How do I write to the input stream of an already running java program? I have a CentOS server which is currently running a java jar application. I need  to write a php script to communicate with this running program via its input stream.  The java program outputs its output to a log file so I don't need access to the output stream.
I don't want to restart the program,  just access the running process and interact with it.
Can someone point me in the right direction?

A: First, find the ProcessID of the application. You may do it using:
ps -Af | grep java

Since you are using java, you may feel more convenient with the jps command for finding the PID.
I'll assume PID of the running application is 12345. It suffices to issue the command:
cat >/proc/12345/fd/0

And whatever you type in will be put in the standard input of that application. Note that fd contains the file descriptors used by the application, and I suppose the 0-th file descriptor would always be stdin.
Using PHP for writing into the file (and thus being consumed by the application as input) is possible as well.

A: If portability is not a big matter for you, why not creating your own pipe(s)? I don't know much about the java application but have a look at the "mkfifo" function/command.

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Sept. 26, 2016 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Grand Rapids Community College and Ferris State University are celebrating a successful partnership as they mark the 25th anniversary of the Wisner-Bottrall Applied Technology Center.
GRCC President Dr. Steven C. Ender and FSU President Dr. David L. Eisler will speak at the celebration, which runs 4:30-7 p.m. Sept. 29 in the ATC, 151 Fountain St. NE. Additionally, FSU alumnus Paul Flynn, Gentex Corp. vice president for operations, will share his story and the benefits of the partnership between these institutions. Representatives of GRCC and FSU will also re-sign an agreement committing to continued learning opportunities for West Michigan students.
While the ATC is the most visible result of the partnership between the schools, the success of the relationship also is reflected in student achievement, Ender said.
"Whether they start at GRCC and transfer to Ferris, or earn their FSU degree here on our campus, students have an easier path to their goals because of the partnership we have fostered throughout the years," he said.
Working together has led to growth, Eisler added, saying: "The development of the Applied Technology Center 25 years ago was an inspired, innovative collaboration between education, business and industry.
Gov. James Blanchard announced joint funding for the $27 million project in 1986. In addition to $13 million provided by the state, a capital campaign chaired by Fred Keller raised almost $5 million in cash and in-kind contributions of equipment and furnishings from 173 individuals and companies. Area business and industry leaders and college faculty participated in the building's planning process, with the ATC dedicated on June 17, 1991.
The GRCC and FSU partnership was conceived by Grand Rapids Junior College President Richard Calkins and Ferris President J. William Wenrich. It was the first two-year, four-year partnership of its kind. In 2001, the institutions signed a concurrent enrollment agreement. Continued collaboration between them includes a reverse transfer agreement signed in 2011, in which coursework completed at a four-year university is transferred back to a community college to satisfy associate degree requirements. Additionally, the schools have partnered to offer 2+2 and 3+1 programs that allow students to move more efficiently toward degree completion.
In 2008, the ATC was renamed to honor the financial support of Tom and Joyce Wisner and David and Michelle Bottrall. It houses labs for CAD; plastics technology; computer applications; electronics; robotics; energy management; machine tooling; air-conditioning, heating and refrigeration; materials testing; hydraulics and pneumatics; the Secchia Institute for Culinary Education; nuclear medicine; molecular diagnostics; respiratory care; digital animation and game design; and digital media software engineering. In 2007, a "green" roof was installed on the building as part of GRCC's sustainability efforts.
Ferris State University is a four-year public university with campuses in Big Rapids, Grand Rapids and satellite campuses across the state of Michigan. Ferris offers more than 180 educational programs, including doctorates, master's, bachelor's and associate degrees, through eight academic colleges: Arts and Sciences, Business, Education and Human Services, Engineering Technology, Health Professions, Kendall College of Art and Design, Michigan College of Optometry and Pharmacy.


Mental health services will increase in the Tamworth region, following a $2 million boost in funding from the Australian Government, the Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing, Senator Brett Mason said.
The region's new centre-based and outreach services, which will have seven new mental health professional staff, were launched by Senator Sandy Macdonald, who represented Senator Mason.
"This funding will ease the difficulties that people who live in rural and remote areas experience when they need mental health services," Senator Mason said.
Senator Macdonald said the funding was an urgent and important investment, as the North West Slopes region had a significantly higher rate of male suicide than that for all men residing in NSW.
"The increased funding is part of the first stage of the Australian Government's $72.3 million investment in the Mental Health Services in Rural and Remote Areas initiative," he said.
"The Government is funding selected support organisations that are able to deliver mental health services in identified geographical areas-of-need. These organisations will deliver services provided by professionals including psychologists, social workers, mental health nurses, and Aboriginal health and mental health workers.
"The North West Slopes Division of General Practice will provide mental health services to the Tamworth region, including Quirindi, Walcha, Kootingal, Nundle and Werris Creek.
"As well, a new model of community-based mental health care will be developed in the region by the Northern NSW University Department of Rural Health and its partner organisations".
At the outset, the Australian Government is providing more than $21 million for areas of high need - providing funds to organisations including Divisions of General Practice, Aboriginal Medical Services and the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
Stage two of the initiative will provide mental health services in areas where capacity for service delivery is low. It will also focus on drought-affected areas across Australia, with $20.6 million specifically earmarked for mental health services in these areas.
The Mental Health Services in Rural and Remote Areas initiative is part of the Australian Government's $1.9 billion contribution to the Council of Australian Governments' National Action Plan on Mental Health.


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NCAA can claim victory after losing federal antitrust case
Plaintiffs touted the ruling as "monumental."
March 9, 2019, 3:34 PM UTC / Source: Associated Press
The NCAA was able to claim victory Friday night after a judge ruled against the governing body for college sports in a federal antitrust lawsuit.
U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken in Oakland, California, said college football and men's and women's basketball players competing at the NCAA's highest level should be permitted to receive compensation from schools beyond the current athletic scholarship, but only if the benefits are tied to education.
The NCAA cannot "limit compensation or benefits related to education," Wilken wrote. That opens the door to athletes receiving more scholarship money to pursue postgraduate degrees, finish undergraduate degrees or study abroad. The NCAA could not, under the court's injunction, limit schools if they choose to provide athletes items that could be considered school supplies such as computers, science equipment or musical instruments.
"Technically the plaintiffs won the case and the NCAA will not be happy that they were found to be in violation of antitrust law, but ultimately this allows the NCAA to keep the bulk of their amateurism rules in place," said Gabe Feldman director of the Tulane University sports law program.
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The plaintiffs in the so-called Alston cases were seeking much more.
Plaintiffs had asked the judge to lift all NCAA caps on compensation and strike down all rules prohibiting schools from giving athletes in revenue-generating sports more financial incentives for competing. The goal was to create a free market, where conferences set rules for compensating athletes, but this ruling still allows the NCAA to prohibit cash compensation untethered to education-related expenses.
The claim against the NCAA and the 11 conferences that have participated in the Football Bowl Subdivision was originally brought by former West Virginia football player Shawne Alston. It was later merged with similar lawsuits, including a notable case brought by former Clemson football player Martin Jenkins.
Plaintiffs argued the NCAA illegally restricts schools from compensating football and men's and women's basketball players beyond what is traditionally covered by a scholarship. That includes tuition, room and board and books, plus a cost-of-attendance stipend to cover incidentals such as travel.
Plaintiffs touted the ruling as "monumental."
"We have proven to the court that the NCAA's weak justifications for this unfair system are based on a self-serving mythology that does not match the facts," said Steve Berman, the Seattle-based lead attorney for the plaintiffs. "Today's ruling will change college sports as we know it, forever."
Feldman, though, said: "The remedy is relatively narrow and this is certainly not the sea change that the plaintiffs were looking for in college sports."
The NCAA argued altering amateurism rules would lead to pay-for-play, fundamentally damaging college sports and harming academic integration of athletes.
"The court's decision recognizes that college sports should be played by student-athletes, not by paid professionals," NCAA chief legal counsel Donald Remy said in a statement. "The decision acknowledges that the popularity of college sports stems in part from the fact that these athletes are indeed students, who must not be paid unlimited cash sums unrelated to education. NCAA rules actively provide a pathway for tens of thousands of student-athletes each year to receive a college education debt-free.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has already said it expects to take the case. It is possible the injunction will be stayed until the Ninth Circuit rules. Feldman said both sides could have incentive to appeal the ruling.
"We believe the ruling is inconsistent with the decision by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in O'Bannon," Remy said. "That decision held that the rules governing college athletics would be better developed outside the courtroom, including rules around the education-related support that schools provide."
Wilken is the same judge who ruled on the so-called O'Bannon case, which challenged the NCAA's right to use athletes' names, images and likenesses without compensation. The case also produced a mixed ruling that eventually went to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
In O'Bannon, Wilken ruled schools should be permitted, but not required, to compensate athletes for use of their name, image and likeness, with payments capped at $5,000 per year. The appeals court overturned that and said payments "untethered" to education were not required by schools."
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Wilken also ruled the NCAA was required to allow schools to factor in their federally determined cost of attendance into the value of an athletic scholarship. That is now common practice in major college sports, though schools were already moving toward NCAA legislation allowing for cost of attendance when Wilken made her ruling.
The plaintiffs argued in the Alston case that implementation of cost-of-attendance stipends prove paying athletes even more would not hurt college sports.


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Charlottesville Three Years Later: The First Amendment Confronts Hate and Violence
By Stephen Rohde, Nadine Strossen
"JEWS WILL NOT replace us!" Three years ago, on Friday, August 11, and Saturday, August 12, 2017, the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazi organizations, and prominent white supremacists led two violent "Unite the Right" rallies in Charlottesville, Virginia. During the orchestrated melee, at least 30 people were seriously injured and Heather Heyer was killed.
Before the rallies, one federal judge ruled that, regardless of their hateful ideas, the white supremacists had a First Amendment right to proceed with their planned August 12 rally. Yet after the rallies turned out to be violent — and evidence later showed that that had been the clandestine plan all along — another federal judge ruled that the First Amendment did not preclude victims of that violence from suing the organizers for damages in a civil lawsuit.
As free speech advocates, we agree with both rulings. The First Amendment protects "the right of the people peaceably to assemble." The two decisions underscore that the First Amendment correctly distinguishes rhetoric laced with violent overtones, which is protected, from overt action furthering a conspiracy to commit violence, which is not.
The civil lawsuit Sines v. Kessler was developed by a nonprofit organization, Integrity First for America. It alleges that the 14 individuals and 10 organizations that orchestrated the rallies conspired to engage in violence against racial minorities and their allies in violation of the little-known, and rarely used, Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871. As the lawsuit alleges, "the violence in Charlottesville was no accident."
The KKK Act, prompted by lynchings and violent vigilante attacks against African Americans and their supporters during Reconstruction, was signed by President Ulysses S. Grant. It was designed to enforce the 13th and 14th Amendments, which abolished slavery and guaranteed equal rights. The Act provides a civil claim for damages to anyone injured as a result of two or more persons conspiring to deprive "either directly or indirectly, any person or class of persons of the equal protection of the laws" or "equal privileges and immunities under the law." The Charlottesville case is set to go to trial in October 2020.
The white supremacist defendants have argued that they were simply engaged in lawful, if unpopular, political protest, and thus the First Amendment protects their conduct. As former presidents of the ACLU of Southern California and the national ACLU, respectively — speaking here for ourselves and not for the ACLU — we champion robust protection of First Amendment rights. We have defended free speech rights for people and groups espousing hateful and odious ideologies. But the First Amendment right to "peaceably" assemble does not bar plaintiffs' recovery of compensatory damages for injuries that individuals and organizations deliberately conspired to inflict upon them. And such a conspiracy is exactly what the plaintiffs' 111-page complaint lays out through detailed factual allegations.
Two of the defendants are the primary rally organizers, white supremacists Richard Spencer and Jason Kessler. Defendant James Fields is the one who drove his car into a crowd of counterprotesters, killing Heyer and injuring many others. Many of the individual defendants who helped plan the events are members of white supremacist organizations that are themselves defendants, including The Daily Stormer website; Vanguard America; Identity Evropa; Traditionalist Worker Party; League of the South; Fraternal Order of Alt-Knights, which is the military wing of the "Western chauvinist" group "Proud Boys"; Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan; East Coast Knights of the Ku Klux Klan; National Socialist Movement, and the Nationalist Front, an umbrella organization that includes many of the other defendant organizations.
I. Based on Kessler's Sworn Promise of a "Peaceful Rally," the ACLU of Virginia Defended His Free Speech Rights, and a Federal Judge Upheld Them.
In February 2017, the City of Charlottesville voted to remove a statue of General Robert E. Lee from Lee Park, a small park in downtown Charlottesville. The new name is Emancipation Park. In May 2017, white supremacist groups, including some of the defendants, led a torchlight march around the Lee statue to protest the proposals to remove it. Capitalizing on the perceived success of that event, Kessler submitted an application for a follow-up rally to take place in the park on August 12. On June 13, the city granted the permit. In the following weeks, the City also granted permits for two planned counterdemonstrations opposing Kessler's messages in other public parks a few blocks away from Emancipation Park.
But on August 7, just five days before the event, the city revoked Kessler's permit and told him he could only protest at McIntire Park, which is a mile away from the Lee statue. The City claimed that "many thousands of individuals are likely to attend the demonstration" — referring to anticipated counterdemonstrators, as well as Unite the Right supporters — and that it would be "unable to accommodate" such a large crowd in Emancipation Park, which is smaller than McIntire Park.
The next day, Kessler asked the ACLU of Virginia and the Rutherford Institute to represent him in challenging the City's action. On August 10 and 11, respectively, the groups filed a complaint and an expedited motion for preliminary injunction on Kessler's behalf. The complaint, which Kessler verified under penalty of perjury, reaffirmed what he had told CBS19News on July 12: that he "absolutely intends to have a peaceful rally" and that his supporters would "avoid violence."
On the afternoon of August 11, US District Judge Glen Conrad held an emergency hearing. Later that evening, he issued a six-page opinion granting Kessler's motion. The judge stressed the "eleventh-hour" nature of the City's decision to relocate the Unite the Right protesters, but not the counterprotesters. Likewise, he emphasized that his decision was necessarily "based on the current record," which was "scant" and "circumstantial," given the rapid pace of the proceedings triggered by the City's last-minute action.
In terms of the tragic violence that would unfold on August 11 and 12, the most noteworthy aspect of the City's effort to relocate the scheduled August 12 Unite the Right rally was — as Judge Conrad's opinion noted — that the City did not allege any specific safety risks or planned violence, let alone provide any evidence. While the City cited unspecified "safety concerns" associated with the large number of anticipated demonstrators and counterdemonstrators, the judge stressed that the City "cited no source for those concerns and provided no explanation for why the concerns only resulted in adverse action being taken on Kessler's permit." Nor did the City explain why it would be unable to safely manage the expected large crowd at Emancipation Park, where many events drawing large crowds had previously taken place with no problem.
Far from adducing evidence of a genuine safety rationale for the attempted relocation, City Attorney S. Craig Brown conceded that the City's general concerns about risks of violence were the same at both Emancipation and McIntire parks. Indeed, he acknowledged that the City's police chief "never cites as a reason" for supporting the relocation "that the risk of violence will be less at McIntire."
In contrast to specifying safety concerns for the attempted relocation, the City — as well as some downtown merchants who supported the City's position — primarily relied on general concerns about the total crowd size: the difficulties of accommodating a large crowd in the relatively small Emancipation Park, and of keeping the City's streets and walkways open to traffic; and the potential adverse impact on the merchants' property and business interests.
While the City maintained that its rationales for seeking to relocate the Unite the Right demonstrators were viewpoint-neutral concerns about crowd size, Judge Conrad concluded that the relocation actually reflected disapproval of the Unite the Right messages. This raised a strong presumption of unconstitutionality. As the Supreme Court declared, in a much-quoted opinion by Justice Thurgood Marshall, the legendary civil rights champion:
[A]bove all else, the First Amendment means that government has no power to restrict expression because of its message, its ideas, its subject matter, or its content. […] [G]overnment may not grant the use of a forum to people whose views it finds acceptable, but deny use to those wishing to express less favored or more controversial views. […] There is an "equality of status in the field of ideas," and government must afford all points of view an equal opportunity to be heard.
In the context of Charlottesville, Judge Conrad held that the City directly violated this core First Amendment edict. Although the crowding problem was caused at least as much by the large number of counterdemonstrators as by Kessler's supporters, the City sought to relocate only the latter. Moreover, Emancipation Park was an especially important venue for the Unite the Right ralliers to express their messages: opposing the removal of the Robert E. Lee statue. Therefore, by seeking to relocate these demonstrators, the City was undermining the content of their message.
Reinforcing the conclusion that the City's major motive for seeking to relocate the Unite the Right demonstration was to mute their message, Judge Conrad cited statements that various City Council members had made on social media "indicating that [they] oppose Kessler's political viewpoint."
Based on the record before Judge Conrad, not only would the proposed relocation fail to avert any general public safety risk posed by large groups of demonstrators and counterdemonstrators, but worse yet, that relocation could well undermine public safety, by requiring a dispersal of law enforcement personnel at two different locations. As Judge Conrad explained:
As both sides acknowledged during the hearing, critics of Kessler and his beliefs would likely follow him to McIntire Park if his rally is relocated there. Thus, changing the location of Kessler's demonstration will not separate the two opposing groups. Moreover, given the timing of the City's decision and the relationship between Kessler's message and Emancipation Park, supporters of Kessler are likely to still appear at the Park, even if the location of Kessler's demonstration is moved elsewhere. Thus, a change in the location […] would necessitate having [law enforcement] personnel present at two locations in the City.
All told, Judge Conrad concluded that "an injunction protecting the plaintiff's rights under the First Amendment is in the public interest."
II. The Civil Lawsuit Details the Secret Violent Conspiracy Behind the Unite the Right Rallies.
Notwithstanding Kessler's repeated public and sworn pledges to act in a peaceful, orderly manner, and notwithstanding the City's pre-rally failure even to contest those pledges, let alone to identify any contrary evidence, Integrity First for America subsequently uncovered damning evidence demonstrating that the pledges were blatantly false. The Verified Complaint in Sines v. Kessler describes in detail how Kessler and the other organizers carefully planned the Unite the Right rallies with the specific intent of causing violence. Key defendants met in person several times in advance. According to Sines v. Kessler, two organizers met in Charlottesville on August 9 and again with KKK leader David Duke on August 11 — the very day Judge Conrad was considering Kessler's sworn statement that he "absolutely intends to have a peaceful rally" and would "avoid violence."
The plaintiffs obtained hundreds of leaked screenshots from multiple chat threads revealing the defendants' meticulous planning, most of which occurred online, often using a program called Discord, an "invite only" platform. Two defendants moderated and managed Discord, while many others participated on the platform. Organizational defendants were able to maintain private sub-forums for their own members. Conversations on Discord included not only mundane planning details, such as information about shuttle services, lodging, and carpools, but also racist "jokes." One defendant posted "General Orders" for "Operation Unite the Right Charlottesville 2.0."
Other corners of Discord were significantly darker. One user posted a fake advertisement for a pepper-spray-look-alike called "Nig-Away," described as "a no-fuss, no muss 'nigger killer,'" which promised to "kill[] on contact" in order to "rid the area of niggers." Another frequent Discord user asked whether it was "legal to run over protesters blocking roadways?" He confirmed he was not joking: "I'm NOT just shitposting. I would like clarification. I know it's legal in [North Carolina] and a few other states. I'm legitimately curious for the answer." Other Discord users made similar references to running over counterprotesters.
Elsewhere on Discord, users clearly conveyed their intent to act violently at the events, saying things like, "I'm ready to crack skulls." Plaintiffs allege that Kessler coyly told users: "I recommend you bring picket sign posts, shields, and other self-defense implements which can be turned from a free speech tool to a self-defense weapon should things turn ugly." Vanguard America told its members "to arrive at the rally in matching khaki pants and white polos." One member even went so far as to say it was "a good fighting uniform." One defendant wrote in a League of the South Facebook group that he wanted "no fewer than 150 League warriors, dressed and ready for action, in Charlottesville, Virginia, on 12 August." Kessler posted the names of counterprotesters over Discord, allegedly to threaten them. Likewise, several defendants shared the names and addresses of stores in Charlottesville that had put up signs supporting diversity and equality, allegedly in an attempt to have attendees intimidate them. In fact, some of these businesses did receive threats.
III. Just as They Intended, The Unite the Right Organizers Wreaked Havoc and Death on Charlottesville.
On the night of Friday, August 11, several defendants organized a non-permitted torchlight march at the University of Virginia. The plaintiffs allege that defendants' intended their torches to evoke the torches that historically have been associated with the Ku Klux Klan and the Nazis. The marchers proceeded two-by-two "up the Lawn, around the Rotunda, and towards the Thomas Jefferson statue" — all of which are at the heart of the UVA campus. As they marched, they chanted various racist slogans and gave Nazi salutes. Approximately 30 counterprotesters, including three plaintiffs, linked arms and surrounded the statue, facing away from it. As they rounded the Rotunda, the white supremacists charged toward the statue and surrounded the counterprotesters.
Fighting erupted, with marchers kicking and punching the counterprotesters. Someone in the crowd threw an unidentified fluid at counterprotesters, which three plaintiffs feared was fuel and that they would be burned. One defendant shouted, "The heat here is nothing compared to what you're going to get in the ovens!" A photo shows one defendant spraying a counterprotester with pepper spray. The night ended with "Kessler, Spencer, and other Unite the Right organizers celebrating the evening's events and encouraging their followers to come to the following day's rally."
Almost all of the defendants attended Saturday's Unite the Right rally. They entered Emancipation Park in military formations, armed like paramilitary forces. The Complaint alleges they "brought with them semi-automatic weapons, pistols, mace, rods, armor, shields, and torches." Organizations marched with "matching uniforms, coordinated shields, and regimental flags." As the military formations entered the park, they assaulted and knocked over various counterprotesters, including two plaintiffs, with shields, flags, and fists.
Once the Unite the Right marchers entered the park, the violence escalated. One defendant ordered League of the South members to "charge," and the group streamed past him to attack counterprotesters. Some marchers also yelled antisemitic and Nazi slogans while passing a synagogue. Another defendant carried a banner that read, "Gas the kikes, race war now!" An anonymous demonstrator threatened to "torch those Jewish monsters." One plaintiff and her son were counterprotesting outside the park. Wearing a Star of David and carrying a rainbow flag, she was harassed by a rally attendee who shouted, "Oh good, they are marking themselves for us." Another rally attendee threw an open bottle with a "foul liquid," hitting the woman.
At 11:22 a.m., Charlottesville authorities declared the gathering an unlawful assembly. Several defendants moved to McIntire Park, and violence continued there as well as on Charlottesville's downtown mall. At 1:40 p.m., Fields drove his car into the downtown crowd, killing Heyer and injuring at least 19 others.
After the event, several defendants posted messages approving of Fields's car attack. One said it was an honor "to stand" with his allies at the rally and referred to them as "true warriors." Spencer celebrated the rallies as a "huge moral victory." Many defendants stated they would like to return to Charlottesville for a similar event in the future. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump infamously observed that there were "some very fine people on both sides."
IV. Federal Court Rejects Unite the Right Organizers' Move to Dismiss the Civil Lawsuit on First Amendment Grounds.
Several of the defendants moved to dismiss the civil lawsuit, primarily on First Amendment grounds. On July 9, 2018, in a comprehensive 62-page opinion, US District Judge Norman K. Moon found that while "ultimate resolution of what happened at the rallies awaits another day, […] the Plaintiffs have plausibly alleged the Defendants formed a conspiracy to commit the racial violence that led to the Plaintiffs' varied injuries," thus violating the KKK Act. Furthermore, the judge held that the First Amendment affords no defense for plaintiffs' conspiratorial conduct, even though that conduct also conveyed a message. After all, even conduct that clearly constitutes a heinous crime — such as assassinating a political leader — conveys important messages, it is not therefore immune from punishment.
As Judge Moon pointed out, "No Defendant seriously disputes that Plaintiffs have adequately alleged Defendants possessed racial animus against black and Jewish individuals; the complaint is replete with racist statements made and affirmed by Defendants." The court added that "the Thirteenth Amendment provides plaintiffs an underlying right to be free from racial violence." He then held that the plaintiffs had "adequately pled specific factual allegations" that each defendant, with one exception (discussed below), was "part of a conspiracy to engage in racially motivated violence at the 'Unite the Right' events."
All the plaintiffs allege they suffered injuries at the rallies on Friday or Saturday. One plaintiff was surrounded and assaulted by various marchers who hurled torches at him and others, sprayed him with pepper spray, and threw other liquids on him. He later suffered a "trauma-induced stroke" and related injuries. Two UVA students, one of whom is African American, were harassed and assaulted at one of the marches. Others were injured when Fields drove his car into the crowd of counterprotesters. Two plaintiffs witnessed the car attack or narrowly escaped being hit by the car and consequently suffered severe emotional distress and shock. Plaintiff Seth Wispelwey, a minister who led an ecumenical organization called "Congregate," was confronted by one of the defendants and assaulted while engaging in nonviolent counterprotesting on Saturday.
Based on plaintiffs' detailed factual allegations, Judge Moon rejected the defendants' argument that their conduct was protected by the First Amendment. Of course, he acknowledged that peaceful picketing and marching constitute expressive activities that contribute to the "marketplace for the clash of different views and conflicting ideas," which the First Amendment clearly protects. In contrast, as the Amendment's plain language underscores, it does not protect violence. Accordingly, the Supreme Court has held that if defendants "have formed or are engaged in a conspiracy against the public peace and order," that "transcends the bounds of the freedom of speech which the Constitution protects."
The Supreme Court has also noted that speech that would have been protected in other circumstances may be used as evidence of specific instructions and plans to carry out violent acts or threats. This principle applies to the vicious racist and antisemitic epithets the Sines v. Kessler defendants used in planning and carrying out the rallies. Standing alone, these offensive remarks are protected by the First Amendment, but in the context of the civil damages lawsuit, they constitute evidence of the defendants' racial animus underlying their planned and actual violence.
It is particularly noteworthy that Judge Moon dismissed the case against one defendant, Michael Peinovich. Peinovich hosted a racist podcast, promoted the rallies, referred to the counterprotesters as "savages," set up a legal defense fund before the rallies, and helped raise money for the events. Yet in Judge Moon's careful examination of the facts alleged in the complaint, he pointed out that there were no allegations that Peinovich participated in any violent acts, and he "cannot be held liable simply for his associations."
Judge Moon stressed that when a conspiracy is alleged in the context of activity that would otherwise be constitutionally protected, "precision of regulation" is demanded. He relied on an important 1982 Supreme Court case that arose in Alabama in 1966, when the NAACP organized a boycott against white merchants who engaged in racial discrimination. Although some NAACP members had committed violent acts while enforcing the boycott, others had only exercised their right to peacefully express views that were controversial and unpopular with many listeners. As the Court ruled, "[c]ivil liability may not be imposed" on an individual "merely because [that] individual belonged to a group, some members of which committed acts of violence."
Conspiracy law originated in the infamous Star Chamber established in 1487 in the reign of King Henry VII. During World War I, the McCarthy era, and the Vietnam War, the conspiracy doctrine was wielded to criminalize political dissent, which had nothing to do with violence. As First Amendment scholar Geoffrey R. Stone put it, the "crime of conspiracy has routinely been used by prosecutors to 'get' union organizers, political dissenters, radicals, and other 'dangerous' individuals who could not otherwise be convicted of an offense." In contrast, Judge Moon's careful ruling expressly acknowledged "the weighty First Amendment interests" at stake. It did not indiscriminately lump all of the defendants together, but instead judged their alleged expressions and conduct individually, to ensure that each one exceeded First Amendment bounds.
In the same vein, Judge Moon emphasized that the complaint "is replete with specific allegations that extend beyond mere 'abstract' advocacy" of violence, which the First Amendment protects. Likewise, he explained, the physical assaults that the complaint alleged are "not by any stretch of the imagination expressive conduct protected by the First Amendment."
In sum, Judge Moon's decision rejecting the defendants' First Amendment defense, based on the detailed allegations in the Verified Complaint, was well grounded in law and fact.
V. Independent Investigation Found That Law Enforcement in Charlottesville "Protected Neither Free Expression nor Public Safety."
The extent of the violence spawned by the Unite the Right organizers might have been mitigated (but not excused) had law enforcement in Charlottesville effectively prepared for the rallies. On November 24, 2017, three months after the events, a private law firm retained by the City issued a 219-page report documenting what happened and making a series of recommendations based on 150 interviews, 545,000 documents, 300 hours of videotape, and 2,000 still images.
The report's most significant conclusion is that the Charlottesville Police Department's (CPD) planning "for August 12 was inadequate and disconnected." Commanders "did not reach out to officials in other jurisdictions where these groups had clashed previously to seek information and advice." Further, "CPD supervisors did not provide adequate training or information to line officers, leaving them uncertain and unprepared for a challenging enforcement environment." CPD command staff "received inadequate legal advice and did not implement a prohibition of certain items that could be used as weapons." The report also found that "CPD devised a flawed Operational Plan for the Unite The Right rally" on August 12, which "did not ensure adequate separation between conflicting groups." Officers "were inadequately equipped to respond to disorders, and tactical gear was not accessible to officers when they needed it."
The report further found that "CPD commanders did not sufficiently coordinate with the Virginia State Police ['VSP'] in a unified command on or before August 12." For example, "VSP never shared its formal planning document with CPD, a crucial failure that prevented CPD from recognizing the limits of VSP's intended engagement." CPD and VSP personnel "were unable to communicate via radio, as their respective systems were not connected despite plans to ensure they were." In particular, the report found that the CPD chief "did not exercise functional control of VSP forces despite his role as overall incident commander," which "undercut cohesion and operational effectiveness."
The report also found that University of Virginia officials were aware of the non-permitted torch light march on Friday, August 11, "for hours before it began but took no action to enforce separation between groups or otherwise prevent violence." Therefore, they "were unprepared when hundreds of white nationalists walked through the University grounds." The tenor of this event set "an ominous tone for the following day," according to the report. The "relative passivity of law enforcement" on August 11, with its "failure to anticipate violence and prevent disorders would be repeated on Saturday at Emancipation Park."
The breakdown of planning and coordination prior to August 12 produced "disastrous results," the report concluded. The "officers failed to intervene in physical altercations that took place in areas adjacent to Emancipation Park." Neither CPD nor VSP "deployed available field forces or other units to protect public safety at the locations where violence took place." Once the unlawful assembly was declared on August 12, the report found, "law enforcement efforts to disperse the crowd generated more violence as Alt-Right protesters were pushed back toward the counter-protesters with whom they had been in conflict." The result was "a period of lawlessness and tension that threatened the safety of the entire community."
The report concluded:
[T]he City of Charlottesville protected neither free expression nor public safety on August 12. The City was unable to protect the right of free expression and facilitate the permit holder's offensive speech. This represents a failure of one of government's core functions — the protection of fundamental rights. Law enforcement also failed to maintain order and protect citizens from harm, injury, and death. Charlottesville preserved neither of those principles on August 12, which has led to deep distrust of government within this community.
In short, as the report underscores, the conduct of the City and law enforcement officials in handling the rallies was the worst of both worlds; they protected neither liberty nor security, neither law nor order.
VI. "Your Right to Swing Your Fist Ends Just Where My Nose Begins."
Two weeks after the bloody rallies, stung by accusations that the ACLU bore some blame for the violence because it represented Kessler, Claire Guthrie Gastañaga and Steve Levinson, the executive director and president of the ACLU of Virginia, defended their actions. They explained that the decision to represent Kessler
wasn't an affirmation of his views — which we abhor — any more than our advocacy for due process rights for sex offenders is an endorsement of child abuse; any more than our advocacy for freedom of religion signals support for the use of religion as a justification for discrimination; or any more than our opposition to the death penalty indicates support for capital murder.
The ACLU leaders in Virginia clarified that they agreed to represent Kessler based on the facts available at that time and on the condition that he swear in court papers that "he intended the rally to be 'peaceful' and 'avoid violence.'" They were concerned about the "hecklers' veto" that the First Amendment rightly forbids: when "the voices opposing a person's speech can be preferred by government and allowed to drive out speech that is deeply offensive to others." They emphasized that "[f]ederal, state, and local law enforcement (including campus police) need to be able to protect events where there is protest and risk of violence and withstand the criticism that comes with affording constitutionally required protection to those with odious ideas."
Gastañaga and Levinson acknowledged that the August 12 event presented a general risk of violence, given the anticipated large crowds of protesters and counterprotesters, but they "did not know, nor could […] have forecast, how law enforcement from the city, county, and state would act to protect the public from that risk." Additionally, they asked "why weapons of any kind (even sticks on signs) have been allowed to be carried into demonstrations in Virginia when they are not allowed at presidential inaugurations, congressional town halls, sporting events, or concerts or other large gatherings."
When the ACLU opposed the City's effort to relocate the August 12 rally, it had relied on evidence demonstrating the City's "ability over many years to manage large crowds at various events in [Emancipation Park] and at other downtown locations without incident." Moreover, the ACLU expressly asked the court to order the City "to provide such security as may be necessary to protect the rights of the demonstrators and the public." Therefore, it is not surprising that no one — including the City and Judge Conrad — predicted the kind of law enforcement failures that the subsequent report documented.
The Virginia ACLU leaders called history "an unforgiving tutor" and assured their members and the general public that they would learn from the tragic events of August 12. "After what happened in Charlottesville, no one can dispute that white supremacists, Nazis, and their compatriots present a real and present danger to our democracy," they wrote.
Nonetheless, without a safe, secure, and nonviolent space for the free expression of ideas there can be no true freedom in academic, artistic, scientific, or political affairs. The decisions we make in this moment should not be ones that empower future leaders to use them as precedent in the pursuit of tyranny.
As an organization with finite resources, the ACLU necessarily must selectively decide whether or not to handle any particular case. In the wake of Charlottesville, the national ACLU, in consultation with ACLU leaders from all over the country, adopted a nuanced set of "Case Selection Guidelines" for carefully evaluating whether to accept or decline any case that presents "conflicts between competing values or priorities." Such conflicts are not uncommon, since the ACLU champions the full spectrum of civil liberties and civil rights.
The guidelines do not alter the ACLU's longstanding commitment, going back to its earliest days, to defending freedom of speech for individuals and groups that advocate views antithetical to the ACLU's own civil libertarian ideals. To the contrary, the guidelines reaffirm this commitment but spell out the procedural steps and multiple, context-specific factors to be weighed when it is asked to handle such cases. The guidelines recognize that representing a white supremacist group may well have costs to the ACLU, and more broadly to society, but they likewise recognize that not doing so may well undermine freedom of speech and the ACLU itself. The guidelines note that no single factor is determinative, stressing that "[b]ecause we are committed to the principle that free speech protects everyone, the speaker's viewpoint should not be the decisive factor."
Among the considerations that the guidelines lay out, two are directly pertinent to the Charlottesville situation: "[w]hether the speaker seeks to engage in or promote violence" and "[w]hether the speakers seek to carry weapons." The guidelines specify that "[w]hen we have reason to believe that individuals purportedly seeking to exercise their First Amendment rights are in fact intending to engage in unlawful incitement, violence, true threats, physical obstruction, or destruction of property, we should decline representation." And the ACLU "generally will not represent protesters who seek to march while armed," though it does not absolutely bar such representation. Notably, in light of the factual record at the time the ACLU of Virginia decided to defend Kessler's First Amendment rights in August 2017, it could well have reached the same conclusion if these guidelines had been in place.
The right of the people to peacefully assemble and protest deserves full protection by all levels of government, the courts, and the public, regardless of whether we agree or disagree with the cause or grievance involved. It's the Golden Rule of the First Amendment: protect the rights of others as you would have them protect your rights. But there is also an old legal saying: "Your right to swing your fist ends just where my nose begins." The First Amendment protects peaceful, not violent, protest. At the trial in October in Charlottesville, a jury will have the chance to hold accountable the white supremacists and hate groups who carefully planned and carried out the violent and deadly rallies three years ago.
Stephen Rohde, author of American Words of Freedom, is a former president of the ACLU of Southern California.
Nadine Strossen, author of HATE: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, is a former president of the national ACLU.
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We've all heard of Tuomo, but how well do we really know him? This interview allows us to be introduced to our new Student Council President on a more personal level.
My mum's Finnish, my dad's Canadian and I was born in England.
2. How long have you been at ISZL?
I'm going to go with… "Fantastic Mr. Fox".
4. A book you plan on reading?
5. Watching any Netflix shows at the moment?
I am, yeah. I'm going through "Peaky Blinders".
7. What's it been like as student council president so far?
It's been very fun and engaging, especially when we had our first meeting with the grade representatives and now having a ten person council we can really start with work. The dynamic and the people there are really amazing.
8. Big ideas you have for the school?
My main goal is just to make the school a more spirited and happy place as a community. For example, for halloween we're trying to make a big deal out of it, really bringing celebration and the whole wanting to have fun as a school altogether.
10. What's your favourite band?
I'm gonna go with just a classic: The Beatles.
12. Last photo you took?
It was a selfie with all the people in the council… on this table.
14. How's 12th grade going?
It was alright. It was very, very calm until last night… and everything hit like a train. It was work from as soon as I arrived at school until I went to bed, but it's going alright.
15. Latest country you've visited?
Probably snowboarding. That's up there for me.
18. Hardest part about being Tuomo?
Probably saying no to things. I always like to do whatever somebody sort of proposes to me, so I maybe I say yes to often.
19. What do you want people to remember you for?
Um… wow. I would like people to remember me for just being a guy that's always ready for anything that the community wants or needs, which will mainly be stuff that's fun, trying to help people actually have a good time, contrasting all the stress and work we have.
20. Something most people don't know about you?
I lived for two years in Japan. That's a good one.
21. Any hopes for the future?
I hope that as a school that we eliminate all this discriminatory ideas between the different grades because I think people, older grades especially, tease all the younger grades, and I just don't think that's what a community's about. So I'd hope to change that.


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Tony began his career as a CPA with a large international public accounting firm, where he worked with clients in a wide variety of industries. Prior to joining Raymond James in 2000, Tony was co-founder of Medical Management Professionals, Inc., a national physician practice management firm. He earned a bachelor's degree in business administration/accounting from Widener University in Chester, Pennsylvania.
Tony has been active in serving the community throughout his career. He is a former board member and former chair and treasurer of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Chattanooga, a current board member of the National Center for Youth Issues, and a current board member of Ruby Falls, Inc.
In the past, he has served as a trustee and treasurer of St. Nicholas Elementary School; a board member, chair and treasurer of Hospice of Chattanooga; a board member, chair and treasurer of Hospice of Chattanooga Foundation; and a board member, chair and treasurer of the Tennessee Society of CPAs, Chattanooga chapter.
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KANSAS CITY, KAN. — The Kansas Health Foundation is teaming with local education leaders to raise awareness of student health programs and help parents get involved with wellness committees that already dot districts across the state.
Federal law requires all public schools participating in the National School Lunch Program to create local school wellness policies.
But a foundation survey found that parents are largely unaware of the committees that form those policies. The survey found most parents want more information about school wellness programs, and 40 percent of them want to participate in forming policies but don't know how.
In response, the health foundation is starting an initiative called Team Up for Kansas Kids to get information about student health practices in the hands of parents and local educators.
The foundation unveiled a website Wednesday with research studies, data and other resources for parents and educators.
The site includes statements about the positive effect that exercise and eating breakfast have on student brain activity and, ultimately, achievement.
Tammy Bartels, president of the Kansas Parent Teacher Association, said schools have an important role to play in forming children's nutrition and exercise habits, which affect their academic performance.
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Kevin Page is someone Canada listens to.
On March 31, 2015, the University of Ottawa professor and former Parliamentary Budget Officer spoke to a packed room of parliamentarians, senators, and activists, at the invitation of the Canadian Health Coalition (CHC). The CHC, an Inter Pares counterpart, was commemorating the anniversary of the end of the Health Accord, which governed federal funding for healthcare in consultation with the provinces.
Page's message was simple but powerful: Funding universal healthcare in Canada is economically viable, but it requires political will and federal leadership. His unequivocal statement directly countered the myth that our country cannot afford to look after its people's health.
It is equally true elsewhere. Our Philippines-based counterpart, Likhaan, has worked tirelessly for many years to establish low-cost, high-quality primary care facilities for women in the poorest areas of Manila. The clinics are effective models of care, reducing horrific levels of maternal mortality. However, without a comprehensive national framework for universal healthcare, these efforts have felt like a superficial response to a system that doesn't address the roots of socio-economic inequality.
However, it has been inspiring to witness what happens when the progressive ambitions of a national government and activists come together, even when resources are scarce. A new Reproductive Health Law, along with major increases in the national healthcare budget, will change millions of lives in the Philippines. The law guarantees a national plan for women's reproductive healthcare, including free family planning and emergency obstetric care. Its passage took many years of advocacy by Likhaan and allies, also withstanding an eventual Supreme Court challenge. At the same time, the government has tripled the Philippines' healthcare budget by increasing "sin" taxes on alcohol and tobacco. Much of the increased allocation is directed towards PhilHealth, the national health insurance plan which provides coverage for poor people.
Surely Canada, with our greater per capita resources, can rise to our own healthcare funding challenges.
Kevin Page is right. We can afford healthcare, but it will take political will and federal leadership. Inter Pares is committed to the goal of universal healthcare as foundational to just societies, and to supporting the CHC and Likhaan in their efforts.
It has been inspiring to witness what happens when the progressive ambitions of a national government and activists come together, even when resources are scarce.
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I cannot say this firmly enough. My family has been shell-shocked to discover the state of health care in the province of Ontario. we also have sticker shock as I have had to buy essential care and services that are missing. You can have no idea how damaging our predicament has been and continues to be.
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Welcome to the first in my series exploring the characters of The Faraday Files! To start, here's a little backstory and trivia about my narrator and arguable protagonist, Christopher Buckley.
The Deathsniffer's Assistant has been compared a lot to Sherlock Holmes — both favourably and unfavourably. I'm a Holmes fan, myself. The books, the Guy Ritchie movies, the modern adaptation on BBC… it's easy to think that the concept for the book came from those places. But in a case of truth being stranger than fiction. The Deathsniffer's Assistant started its long journey quite a while before the current Holmes renaissance. And the extent of my exposure to Holmesian media was my childhood favourite Disney film: The Great Mouse Detective. Did I absorb the concept of the brilliant eccentric and the staid companion from literary culture? Or do Olivia and Chris somehow not share a common ancestor with their most obvious counterparts at all? It's hard to say, but there's one thing that's certain: Chris didn't start as a Watson to Olivia's Holmes.
His origin was somewhere smaller and simpler. I knew that I wanted to write a detective style fantasy murder mystery. I've always loved the dynamic of a woman in a position of professional power over a male subordinate, so the idea of a lady detective and her male assistant came from that. And as the character of Olivia Faraday began to take shape, I realized that she could never function as a narrator. She'd be too strange and alienating.
So that's what I started with Chris. His relationship to the reader would be as narrator, and his relationship to Olivia would be as foil. So he had to be reasonable, nonthreatening, and unassuming. He had to be as invisible a person as Olivia was remarkable.
He grew from that seed. Where initially I wanted to make him more of an every-man, I found myself drawn to the concept of writing him as a more mannered, sensitive character. He didn't interest me me in his initial skin, as a simple, unassuming audience surrogate. I like writing characters who are flawed and occasionally unpleasant, so Chris evolved his snobbery, his close-mindedness, his judgemental nature and his prickliness from my being bored with a more conventionally likable protagonist.
Chris's relationships are really the cornerstone of the Faraday Files, especially his relationship with Olivia. I really enjoy writing him interacting with others. Because of my decision to have a single POV story, Chris is in every scene and his personal issues come to be the anchor the conspiracies, murders, and politics are tethered to. I knew I wanted him to be a character who could have interesting dynamics with everyone else, with all kinds of sparks and fireworks and potential for growth.
I've been really happy with the reader reaction to Chris so far. Some have pointed out that he feels like an actual orphan with grief and baggage — that's something I worked hard at achieving. Some have also mentioned that he's not your typical male fantasy protagonist, which I talked more about in this blog on the subject. Most have said that they felt for him, and pathos is really the minimum I ask for.
Sadly, I have less to say about Chris than I wish I could. My second book, The Timeseer's Gambit, delves a lot deeper into Chris's psyche than The Deathsniffer's Assistant does, and it's hard to talk about him without risking letting spoilers drop loose. I hope those of you who are fans of his will be excited to see how he develops and changes in the sequel.
So, what do you all think about my accidental Watson analogue? Any questions asked about Chris here, I'll try to answer in a Q&A later on!
With thirty ratings on Amazon and fifty on Goodreads, it looks like a consensus is officially emerging on the topic of my debut novel. And that consensus, to my enormous pleasure and glee and pride, is that it's pretty damn good.
The Deathsniffer's Assistant has a 4.22 average on the very specific Goodreads, and a 4.5 on the considerably less precise Amazon. I told myself if I could get into the 3.9-4.1 range, I'd consider the novel a resounding success, but it looks like I sold myself short. So far, even my most negative reviews — for which I'm grateful and learning from — haven't fallen below the 3 star mark. It's hard to argue with numbers, and as it stands, my numbers are looking very encouraging indeed.
Of course, numbers are stale and simplistic and can only ever scratch the surface of impressions. A five star rating makes my toes curl in pure happiness, but some kind or even critical words make my day complete. From meeting new fans eager for me to sign their dog-eared copies to the most amazingly encouraging words on the internet, interacting with the people, reading their feelings, and seeing the passion they can feel for my characters has been the absolute best experience of my life, and everything I ever could have hoped for.
So many years of blood, sweat, and tears went into The Deathsniffer's Assistant. And even one stranger's positive opinion has made it all worth it.
Having officially reached this threshold, I'm going to start a new weekly series about the actual content of my book. I've tried to avoid talking much about it because I don't want to spoil anything so soon after release. But I think the time has come to start unboxing some of this book that so many people have liked so much.
As a resident of the far east coast, I've seen a lot of things that most people haven't. The wild, grey Atlantic ocean. The Fundy Bay tides. Forests covering absolutely everything. The glory of that in the autumn.
Of course, there are a lot of things I haven't seen. Like, for example, a mountain.
I spent my vacation this year on the southwest coast. We touched down in Ontario, California and walked out into the world and I couldn't believe my eyes. The horizon was completely dominated by mountains! Scrub-lands! Palm trees! Wild cacti! Dry heat! I must have looked like a little kid stumbling through the area.
"Write what you know" is an incredibly overused and overrated statement. In the words of fellow fantasy author Mary Robinette Kowal, "Write what you know is what's saddled us with so many novels about English professors fantasizing about having affairs with their coeds." I've never seen a unicorn, a body, or an elemental. I've never solved a murder, ridden in a carriage, or taken notes with only my mind. But I think I did a pretty good job writing all those things. "Write what you know" should really be something more like "have enough knowledge about what you're writing that you can fake it, and throw in some personal experiences to add flavour." If people just wrote what they knew, we wouldn't have any speculative fiction at all.
But with that said, gosh there sure is some value in new experiences from a writing perspective. For instance, having spent a week driving up and down mountains, I'm embarrassed at how I've written them in the past. They're just so big that I imagined their size was a gradual thing. They look that big from far away, but up close, they must look completely different. It must take forever to drive up a mountain. Never did I imagine that we actually could drive up and down one of those San Bernadino mountains in a half hour, the car at a 70 degree angle all the while!
Despite being on vacation, I learned a lot on my trip to bring into my work. Mainly, to never discount the value of real world experiences. I've thought about writing a Gold Rush fantasy at some point, and I'm definitely realizing that I might need to spend more time in the scrub-lands before I can really tap into all those things. "Write what you know" might be oversaid and overrated, but there's value in new experiences.


A little volcanic shakin' going on.
November 26, 2015: Tangkoko, Sulawesi — I woke at 3 this morning to the sound of something falling on the ground and with the distinct, unsteady feeling that my bed was vibrating. The shaking stopped in a few seconds and, after wondering sleepily what had just happened, I returned to my dreams.
It might have been a tiny one, but I was excited. My first-ever real, live earthquake! I've managed to avoid even the slightest tremor during my entire 29 years on this planet thus far (we don't get them much in Oregon), so I was stoked to get shaken up this morning.
Then I remembered something else. "Hey, happy Thanksgiving!" I said to Monal.
At 5 o'clock this morning, I found myself explaining the traditions of Thanksgiving, with Halloween thrown in for good measure, to an Indonesian audience. Both holidays began to sound pretty weird the more I described them (Black Friday… Jack-o-Lanterns…). Which brings up an interesting point: Is is still Thanksgiving if you're in a place that doesn't celebrate it, and if it's not actually Thanksgiving yet (because of the time difference) in the U.S.?
In the past few years, I've spent three Thanksgivings in Antarctica, one in the Galapagos, and one in Amazonian Ecuador, so this one had a lot to live up to. I needn't have worried. It was yet another fantastic day in the field.
The highlight came this afternoon when Monal and I boarded an outrigger canoe, a new form of transportation for me, which was piloted by two men from the local fishing village. We launched straight off the beach, crossed a bay in the sunshine, and meandered up a twisty channel into a mangrove forest at high tide. This was the realm of the Great-billed Kingfisher, a skulky Sulawesi endemic, and Monal was on high alert for this special bird.
He spotted it soon enough, perched on a mangrove branch overhanging the water. We admired the kingfisher, turned around, and floated back out to sea, where Lesser Frigatebirds wheeled overhead and Pacific Reef-Egrets dotted the rocks under the watchful eye of a White-bellied Sea-Eagle.
I have many things to be thankful for, from a supportive family to the wonderful community of birders around the world who have helped at every step of this year's adventure. My dinner today included whole fried fish, rice, and veggies. I'll save the cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie for next year—meanwhile, Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!


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Nokia Mobile released this week new Android builds for the Nokia 6.1 and Nokia 6.1 Plus. Users of Nokia 6.1 Plus started reporting two days ago that a new Maintenance Release and March 2019 security patch were downloading on the device. The new Pie build in question carries the version V3.51F, same as for the 7.1 and 7 plus, and is around 340MB in size.
The security update for the Nokia 6.1 started rolling out right now (12.00 CET), according to users on Nokia Community forums. The update is around half a GB in size, and contains the security patch and the MR, too, with Pie Build V3.51F.
Rumor: Nokia 2 might come along with Nokia MD-22 wireless speaker?


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Circuit Split Highlights Peaking Dispute: Title VII and Sexual Orientation Discrimination
The U.S. Supreme Court may soon have an opportunity to expand Title VII of the Civil Rights Act to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. That is, unless Congress beats them to it.
Last year, the full Seventh Circuit panel overturned its own precedent, holding that Title VII prohibits employers from discriminating based on sexual orientation in Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College. But the split among circuits continues as the Eleventh Circuit rejected, in Evans v. Georgia Regional Hospital, a complaint filed by a lesbian security guard alleging discrimination based on her sexual orientation. Ms. Evans' attorneys announced that they will appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court.
After initially ruling that Title VII protections do not cover sexual orientation, the Second Circuit will be rehearing Zarda v. Altitude Express, Inc. with a full panel of judges later this year. The U.S. Department of Justice, as "friend of the court," filed a brief Wednesday in the Second Circuit arguing that Title VII explicitly does not cover sexual orientation discrimination, and "[a]ny efforts to amend Title VII's scope should be directed to Congress rather than the courts."
So, Congress may take action to amend the statute. However, several bills aimed at expanding Title VII have been proposed already, and with Congress beleaguered from the healthcare debate, this issue may not be resolved by the legislature before it reaches the high Court. At that point, the new conservative majority could defer to the legislature before expanding Title VII's application.
Meanwhile, the Sixth Circuit will address a transgender employee's claim of sex discrimination later this year in EEOC v. R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes. While it is unclear how the Sixth Circuit or the U.S. Supreme Court will rule on this issue, careful employers are including sexual orientation in their non-discrimination policies. And municipal and city ordinances prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation, as well as state laws, indicate a trend toward serious consideration of such a claim on the federal level.
Law clerk Andrew Lehmkuhl contributed to this post. Image by Ludovic Bertron, CC BY 2.0.
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You cannot change the world your daughter is growing up in, but you can prepare her for it. On the next Building Relationships with Dr. Gary Chapman, author and speaker Dannah Gresh identifies some of the lies the culture is telling your daughter. And she has the perfect antidote to those lies—the truth that comes from God's Word. How do you communicate that effectively to help tween girls understand who they really are? Lies Girls Believe—on the next Building Relationships with Dr. Gary Chapman.


Dottie Tribe Pace Rival Crops with a Sunset Flow Tank.
For comparison - Nami Wave is a Nylon/Lycra blend, too.
Fabric content in the Dottie Tribe Wunder Under Pants. Also shown is the tag from the Deep Sea Speed Wunder Tight.
I got my Dottie Tribe Pace Rivals to day and was worried that they were too similar to the Black and White Nami Wave Pace Rivals I got last month but I think they're different enough to justify keeping both. I got the Dottie Tribe Wnder Under Pants yesterday but find them a little on the sheer side and more low key than the Pace Rivals. I'm on the fence about keeping the Wunder Unders.
Ebb to Street Tank and Dottie Tribe Hottie Hot Shorts.
Cape Red Sunset Flow Tank, Harbor Paint Storm Inspire Tights, and Easy Breeze Wrap.


The E28 was the first generation of BMW 5 series to produce the M5 and offer it to European and American markets. United States car market actually was blazed with the first M5s with its dynamic. American M5 E28 equipped with 256hp, while the European M5 had 286hp engine.
BMW was offering 10 modifications of E28 in Europe and 6 (excluded models was 518, 518i, 520i and 528e) in North America, and European models produced more horsepower compared to US E28 modifications.


Brian is Chairman of Capital Security Bank Limited and has been a Director since 2004. In addition to his role as Director, Brian is also a member of the Audit Committee.
Brian has had a varied career having held a number of senior positions in the public sector in New Zealand before moving to Rarotonga in 1993. In Rarotonga, Brian worked as a solicitor for a major law firm before being appointed the Assistant Chief of Staff for the Office of the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands. Following this Brian was appointed to the Cook Islands Investment Corporation finishing his tenure there as CEO. In 2000 Brian joined a large Cook Island trust company.
Brian has spent 15 years working in general practice in all fields of law including civil, commercial, equity, contract and constitutional. He has over 10 years' specialist experience within the offshore trust and banking industry.
Brian is the Chairman of To Tatou Vai Limited, a government owned company which manages the public water supply. He is also a director of the largest private business in the Cook Islands and a director of a private boutique resort in Rarotonga. He currently operates his own law practice.
David was appointed a Director in 2012.
David has over 25 years' experience in the financial services sector and has a wealth of knowledge in the area of receivership's and liquidations, asset protection and management, accounting and finance. David's previous positions were with KPMG, a publicly listed New Zealand Company, a Fonterra subsidiary in the FMCG industry and a private manufacturing business. David is also a Director of a private trustee company.
David has previously held executive positions with Capital Security Bank dating back to 1998 as Finance Manager, Director and Managing Director before becoming a non-executive Director in 2018.
Andrew was appointed Director in 2016.
Andrew's career commenced in Sydney with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, where he worked for 32 years, progressing through various managerial roles to executive and senior management positions including Sales & Network Management, Product Management and Project and Business Management.
In 2005 Andrew joined National Australia Bank (NAB) as Managing Director Global Transactional Banking Solutions – Global Institutional Banking, a role that saw him lead an end-to-end global payments business across major functions including operations and service, product development, sales and account management, procurement and strategy leading to increased revenue and numerous globally recognised awards for major successes and achievements.
In 2016 Andrew founded his own management consulting business and works with both domestic and international financial institutions with regards to international cash management and payments and primarily in supporting them to navigate the current global regulatory environment and challenges. Andrew is an advocate of great culture and team behaviours believing that the people you work with have a huge influence on your enjoyment, motivation and overall behaviours.
Brendon was appointed as a Director of Capital Security Bank Limited in November 2018 and is the Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee.
Brendon began his career at KPMG Hamilton in the audit division, with a focus on companies in the dairy and manufacturing sectors over a 3-year period. In 1999 he was appointed as the resident auditor for KPMG Rarotonga, where he was predominantly responsible for the audit of investment funds, banks and trust companies.
Brendon joined a trust company based in Rarotonga in 2001 as Company Accountant, and in 2004 was appointed as Finance Manager and Director of Capital Security Bank until 2007. After returning to New Zealand, he was appointed as Financial Reporting Manager for the publicly-listed AFFCO NZ Ltd, a major NZ meat exporter. After 5 years in this role, Brendon moved to the role of Chief Financial Officer with Porter Group, based in Hamilton, where he is responsible for the accounting and administration division for the international group.


'Experience Analytics' is a Deloitte owned, client-attended event showcasing the latest data, analytics and digital trends relating to their business strategy. The event had a focus on how organisations can design and build the right skills, approaches, technology and culture to move to 'insight-driven' decision making.
Audience were engaged by Deloitte to produce the event experience, held at Tobacco Dock over one day in November 2017. One of the main objectives was to provide an immersive event environment suitable for an audience comprising C-Suite employees, clients and partners. Moving away from traditional conferencing, Audience approached the design of the event with the consumer journey at the forefront of the mind. Through the use of the latest technology the client was able to track delegate engagement with the event.
Interactive demonstrations on partner and sponsor stands created an immersive environment in the exhibition hall, whilst two bespoke Deloitte stands highlighted their leading knowledge of the latest technology being used in business strategy. A fresh layout in the breakout sessions, leading technology and content sharing in the plenaries emphasised the educational element of the event.
Audience delivered creative solutions and created an innovative event format which went above and beyond a standard event for the client. Working within tight timelines an event was delivered that exceeded client expectation and paved the way for a new style of industry event in this sector.


New insights into the evolutionary history of photoreceptor cells.
Although the common descent of all life has been widely accepted since Darwin's time, new research occasionally provides us with arresting reminders of the unity of evolutionary history. Recent papers by Arendt et al. and Panda et al. provide one such reminder. They illustrate that the two classes of animal photoreceptors, ciliary and rhabdomeric photoreceptors, are likely to share an ancient common ancestor and have been evolving in parallel since their duplication over 600 million years ago.


Home Missing Adults Find Missing Rachelle Pilkington!
She has been missing for three weeks.
She is missing under unknown circumstances.
Find missing Rachelle Pilkington! Rachelle Pilkington was last seen around January 21, 2018. She is missing in New Kensington, Pennsylvania. She has three tattoos (pictured in the above poster). Rachelle Pilkington is a Caucasian female. She is 27 years old. Her hair is brown and her eyes are blue. Rachelle is described as an even 5'0″ tall and 145 to 150 pounds. Rachelle has a "Nathen" tattoo on the right side of her neck. She has a scorpion and a rose on her right upper arm. And Rachelle has "Julian" tattooed with a rose design on her upper right back. Rachelle has her nose pierced on the right side and she wears glasses. She never goes long periods of time without communicating with her mother. Her family and friends are concerned for her well being.
Rachelle Pilkington has been missing for three weeks. In viewing one of her latest Facebook posts, made in late 2017, she stated that she is happy with her life. She states that she is looking to God's plan for her. She talks about her hopes and dreams for the future. This does not sound like someone who was unhappy with her life and voluntarily disappeared to start a new life. She may be missing for other reasons. Her loved ones are clearly going through a nightmare. Someone (s) has information that can bring this young woman home today. Rachelle Pilkington is somewhere right now.
Do you have any information concerning the whereabouts of Rachelle Pilkington? Do you have any information concerning the person (s) responsible for her disappearance? If you have any info, please call Philadelphia Police Department at: (215) 686-3250. If you have seen Rachelle Pilkington, call 9-1-1 immediately!
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2. Slept under the stars.
3. Played in a band.
4. Visited Hawaii. If the opportunity arose I wouldn't turn it down.
I do give money, but I'm not too keen on the "more than you can afford" part - that sounds counter-productive.
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea.
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch.
15. Adopted a child. Do kitties count? Or Mary?
18. Grown your own vegetables.
21. Had a pillow fight.
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill.
24. Built a snow fort.
28. Ridden a gondola in Venice.
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset.
32. Been on a cruise.
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person.
35. Seen an Amish community.
36. Taught yourself a new language.
37.Had enough money to be truly satisfied.
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisain in person.
40. Seen Michelangelo's David in person.
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt.
43. Bought a stranger a meal in a restaurant.
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight.
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling.
54. Gone to a drive-in theater.
55. Been in a movie.
56. Visited the Great Wall of China.
61. Sold Girl Scout cookies.
63. Gotten flowers for no reason.
68. Flown in a helicopter.
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy.
75. Been fired from a job.
76. Seen the Changing of the Guard in London.
79. Seen the Grand Canyonin person.
.82. Bought a brand new car.
85. Read the entire Bible.
I have if fish count, and I think they do.
93. Lost a loved one.
95. Seen the Alamoin person.
96. Swum in the Great Salt Lake.
98. Owned a cell phone.


Our chosen charity for the Eastbourne Feastival is once again Taylor Made Dreams.
Taylor-Made Dreams will not only make dreams happen for children with life limiting illness; It will provide empathetic therapeutic support alongside their difficult journey and help leave lasting precious memories for families to cherish when time together is all far too short.
Our vision is that children with a life threatening conditions will have the opportunity to fulfil their dreams and also provide the family with support by trained therapeutic professionals.
Primarily our aim is to assist in the creation of a unique 'Bucket List' which is 'TAYLOR-MADE' to meet the specific needs and desires of the individual child with a critical illness.
Our objective is to enable children and their families to experience unique quality time and experiences together, which otherwise may not have been possible without financial and empathetic emotional support.