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Summary: Bella races toward a clock tower, desperately trying to save the l'amour of her life. This section follows what Bella assumes will be her last thoughts.
Characters Involved: Bella Swan, Alice Cullen, Volturi Guard
Character Mentioned: Edward Cullen
Places Visited: Volterra, Italy
Memorable Quotes:
"My legs seemed to déplacer slower and slower as I fought my way through the callous crowd, but the hands on the huge clock tower didn't slow. With relentless, uncaring force, they turned inexorably toward the end – the end of everything."
~Bella Swan
"I was glad something bloodthirsty waited in the wings. For in failing at this, I forfeited any desire to live."
Important Information learned:
Bella is once again fighting to save, not only her life, but the life of someone incredibly dear to her.
Even though she isn't being hunted directly this time, something is waiting to kill her if she fails in her task.
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In the beginning of the book, Bella is very upset because it is her birthday and it will make her older than the "permanently" 17 an old Edward. Much to her dismay, the Cullen family throws her a birthday party. She, then, receives a present from Alice and Edward.
At the birthday party, Bella gets a paper cut when opening a present and then Jasper attacks her which then led to her being accidentally smashes into a mess of glass that cuts deeply into her arm, Carlisle gives her stitches. Jasper does not harm Bella, as the rest of the Cullens hold him back. This reminds Edward of the danger he puts Bella in because of their relationship. Edward leaves the small town of Forks, attempting to keep Bella sûr, sans danger from a world of vampires. He does this par telling Bella he no longer loves her. As soon as he leaves, Bella enters a deep depression, becoming a zombie with no Friends and no life. She seeks comfort with Jacob Black, an old family friend who clears the haze of Bella's pain.
Bella soon finds out that Jacob is a werewolf, a secret that had always been in his family's genetics but reveals itself only when vampires, the werewolves' natural enemies, are around. It is a secret he is forced to keep from Bella at first, but he eventually finds a way around it, making Bella guess what he is. As soon as Bella figures it out, Jacob reveals as much as he can without betraying his clan. Bella and Jacob begin to spend plus and plus time together.
Bella soon discovers that rushes of adrenaline in her system yield hallucinations of Edward's voice. Desperate to hear him, she purposely places herself in dangerous situations. She rides a motorcycle and even approaches strange men in Port Angeles. She wants to try cliff-jumping, a recreational activity, participated in par Jacob's friends, but Jacob tells her it is not sûr, sans danger par herself and cannot find time to take her, since he and the other loups garous are busy protecting the town against Victoria. However, Bella grows tired of waiting for Jacob. She jumps and gets caught in a riptide in the water. After a few minutes, Jacob rescues her and brings her to safety. When they return to Jacob's house, they learn that Charlie's friend, Harry Clearwater, has passed away because of a cœur, coeur attack.
At the same time, Alice Cullen, Edward's vampire "sister" who has visions of the future, has a vision of Bella jumping. However, loups garous are invisible to her foresight, and she does not see Jacob rescuing Bella. Presuming Bella is dead, Alice rushes to Forks to check on Charlie, Bella's father, after his daughter's supposed death. When Alice gets there, she finds Bella is alive and well. When, Edward calls, Jacob picks it up and informs Edward, who is impersonating Carlisle Cullen, that Charlie is at the funeral, referring to Harry, but Edward draws the conclusion that it is Bella's funeral. Having Lost the will to live, Edward flees to Italy to see the Volturi, peace-keeping vampires who would be able to kill Edward, thus granting him leave of a world without Bella.
Bella and Alice finally figure everything out and rush to Italy to stop Edward. Bella stops Edward from stepping into the sunlight, an act that would have revealed the existence of vampires and invoked the wrath of the Volturi. Instead, all three of them are brought before the Volturi for judgement. Aro, the most exuberant of the Volturi, was very curious about Bella and her power to block Edward's mind reading. So he set up tests for her, and finds out that neither he nor Jane can affect her. Aro is very excited about this and asks if she wants to rejoindre the Volturi when she is a vampire, but she refuses. The Volturi say that Bella must be killed because she knows too much about vampires and could be a threat to their secrecy. The three are free to leave on one condition: Bella must be turned into a vampire, and soon.
When they all return to Forks, Bella wakes up to see Edward and believes she had drowned ou is dreaming and starts going into hysterics. Edward tells her what he was doing before he heard about her dying, but she still believes that he is a dream. He finally manages to make her believe he is real par s'embrasser her. He also explains that he will never leave her again. She is happy to have him back, but he upsets her when he says that he won't damn her soul par turning her into a vampire. She then tells him that she is going to ask his family to vote on the matter. Everybody says yes to her being a vampire except Edward and Rosalie (who then says, "Let me explain, I don't mean that I have any aversion to toi as a sister. It's just that...this is not the life I would have chosen for myself. I wish there had been someone there to vote no for me."). Edward takes Bella home, and tells Bella that he will turn her himself if she will marry him first.
The book ends with Bella being grounded for leaving Forks without permission. Because she hadn't gone to La Push in a while, Jacob thinks that Edward was keeping Bella away, so he drops off the motos at her house, which makes Charlie furious. When Bella and Edward come back and find this out, Jacob confronts them. Bella explains that she didn't go to see him because she was grounded before, and Jacob (who thinks Edward plans to change Bella into a vampire) reminds Edward that if he ou any of his family bites a human, their treaty with the loups garous will be broken. Jacob is shocked when Bella reacts angrily toward this revelation, and realizes that Bella wants to become a vampire. He leaves looking hurt and angry, and Bella gets the feeling that he now counts her among his enemies. The novel ends with Bella contemplating all the problems that she has: Victoria, Jacob's mistrust, the Volturi, and the threat of a war with the werewolves.
<<Stephenie Meyer has stated that the fleur on the cover of New Moon has no significance to the story, as she had no part in choosing its design. This is stated on her website under the "New Moon : FAQ" heading However, some fans have theories like the "flower is drooping because their l'amour is failing" and "the white and red mean Bella is adjusting to vampire life." Some say "the fleur drop means that drop of blood in the beginning of New Moon that changed everything"
The titre refers to the darkest phase of the lunar cycle, indicating that New Moon is about the darkest period of Bella's life. >>
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Renesmee Cullen's Story, Chapter 9
posted by renesmeblack
(Jacob)
Renesmee was outside, waiting to surprise me for a reason I don't know. I watched tv to kill the time, not really paying attention to the flashing couleurs that should be The Simpsons. I wish she was still in my arms, right now. Hard to believe she was yelling at me last night. She was excited this morning, which made me a little suspicious. But all she did was Kiss me with a lot of force, as though she will cease to exist if she didn't, and whisper, "Not now. Later." When I asked. Now I'm just sitting here.
"Oh, Jacob!" came Renesmee's...
Sunrise Part 2
posted by Bella_Swan3
-Edward-
"It will be fine," Bella says again.
I don't answer. I don't need to.
Renesmee turns, as if sensing my thoughts, and, gathering from her own, she has.
"Dad, I am not going to cease to exist."
"I know."
"So please stop worrying." Her brow creases slightly, just as Bella's used to.
Drifting up the stairs slowly, the sound of the piano playing the particular song I had composed for Renesmee, sounded.
"Ready to go?" Bella asks Renesmee.
"Almost," she replies. "Just give me a seconde to stop hyperventilating."
"Great," Bella says, giving Renesmee one last hug before she hurries downstairs. Rosalie...
Emmett Story Part 23
posted by just_bella
Here's the chapter of the 'Happier' story. I'm really glad I didn't end this story like I was going to last mois ;)
End of Part 22
Esme put on her veste and handed Rosalie one before turning to face Carlisle and I.
"Now be nice, remember he's new and doesn't fully understand anything yet." She demanded.
Rosalie looked from me to Carlisle and back before coming over and s'embrasser me softly. She then walked back to Esme who was smiling from ear to ear. I heard something about 'perfect' and 'love' but couldn't make out anything else.
I stood there for a few minutes after they left, watching the...
Breaking Dawn Parody.
posted by Brown_x_Eyes
Bella is driving her brand new bullet/tank/bomb/vampire proof car.
Bella: OMC, like everyone is staring at me cuz I'm getting married! The shame, the shame!
Random Guys: Sweet car. Can we get a picture with it?
Bella (because this is in no way awkward at all): Sure
-Flashback-
Bella, Edward, and Charlie sit in the cygne living room.
Bella and Edward: Charlie, we have something to tell you!
Charlie (gasps): You're pregnant.
Bella: Of course not, silly! That comes later on in the book.
Edward (hands wedding invitation): We're getting married whether toi like it ou not!
Charlie (jumping up and down...
Lust CHAPTER NINE part 2 of 2
posted by BuffyFaithFan1
Blood Lust
by: BuffyFaitnfan1
CHAPTER NINE:
TURN AND FACE THE STRANGE...
BACK WITH JACOB...
I watched as Ili left the room, and felt the lights go dimmer. And then everything went black. And I then realized...my life...is now over.
"I'm sorry. . . .Bella!" I choked out and my head slumped to the side. And I heard the door open just as the bar went into a straight line. The door closed, and someone was at my side. There hand was cold. They hooked me back up, and air rushed into my lungs. And I could start to see spots! couleurs of sorts....
stephenie meyers spoiler!!!!!!!!!!!!!
posted by fanpire101
no i did not write this, its from entertainment weekly @ www.ew.com, when i read this i was SO EXCIDED can't wait till saturday!!!!!
With the understanding that this spoiler will send the blogosphere into either a tizzy of celebration ou outrage, EW.com hereby reveals a major plot point from Stephenie Meyer's Breaking Dawn, the fourth and final installment to her Twilight series. And no, the forthcoming information is not from a fever dream ou a filched copy of the book found in the dusty stock room of a Barnes & Noble. This exclusive spoiler comes straight from Meyer herself, with her explicit...
Valentines...Twilight style
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Are Libertarians "Holding the Door Open for the RADICAL and RABID Left?" A Response to Black Pigeon Speaks Save for later Reblogpost
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Are Libertarians "Holding the Door Open for the RADICAL and RABID Left?" A Response to Black Pigeon Speaks Members of Antifa Plan to Silence Opposition by ForceWe've all seen it coming for a long time. First there was the Adpocalypse of 2017. We all cringed when we saw Alex Jones kicked off just about every social media platform within a matter of days. Now Google has been ... Members of Antifa Plan to Silence Opposition by ForceWe've all seen it coming for a long time. First there was the Adpocalypse of 2017. We all cringed when we saw Alex Jones kicked off just about every social media platform within a matter of days. Now Google has been caught red-handed. In a leaked document, Google admitted that they are moving away from a platform of free speech and towards one of active censorship. This is truly disturbing, especially to those of us on the political right who know all too well that big tech firms like Google, Twitter, and Facebook are actively collaborating with the left to censor opinions that conflict with the progressive agenda. Many commentators have made a living using these platforms, and the fear that their primary methods for content distribution and income could disappear at a moment's notice is daunting. For a long time, conservatives and libertarians were largely in agreement about the right of private businesses to do business or not do business with whoever they pleased. However, many conservatives and even some libertarians are now saying that big tech has gone too far. We tried to play fair and let market competition work, but big tech is simply too powerful. Unless we want to be silenced forever, we need to abandon free market principles and fight for direct government regulation in order to save our place in public discourse. In particular, the YouTube commentator Black Pigeon Speaks (BPS), with a following of nearly 400,000 subscribers, released a video this past week calling for the government to begin regulating social media as publishers. In doing so, such platforms would lose their legal immunity regarding content posted by their users and then bare liability for any and all content that appears on their platforms. If platforms like YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter are going to censor some content, they might as well be held liable for what they censor and fail to censor just like CNN, Fox News, or any other publisher. At least, this is how the argument goes. Other commentators such as Styxhexenhammer666 and Paul Joseph Watson have likewise called for an internet bill of rights to provide for free speech on big tech platforms. Their message is clear. Libertarians are simply naïve and will be promptly done away with by progressive elites unless they stand up and utilize the power of government to fight back. As BPS stated in his video, libertarians are, "Holding the door open for the RADICAL and RABID left."Tweet from BPS's Twitter Account @navyhatoBefore I explain why this response is misguided, I'd like to say that I have a great deal of respect for BPS. While I have a number of significant disagreements with him, I enjoy his content very much, and no one can deny that his videos are well researched and very informative. None the less, I believe that he, and everyone else advocating for government intervention to save online free speech, fails to recognize why this type of government intervention will give the left exactly what it wants in the long run. All the arguments for government intervention in big tech boil down to some variation of the arguments for so called "natural monopolies." There are certain utilities such as water, electricity, and now the internet that are simply more profitable and efficient when everyone is using one centralized delivery system, or so we're told. As a result, one large monopoly inevitably forms due to convenience for the users and profitability for the owners. However, once that monopoly has had an opportunity to function free of competition, they realize that they now have significant sway over society in that they have the power to double prices at will, or deny service to certain citizens in order to manipulate them. As a result, these natural monopolies must be allowed to exist, but only under heavy regulation from the state to protect the citizens. This argument has led to the rise of many so called "public utilities." Be it water, electricity, or the internet, we are told that the market simply cannot stop these powerhouses from forming and gaining control over society once their services become a necessity to live day to day. Google, Facebook, Twitter, and the rest of the big tech world have become de facto public utilities, and now the only way we can save right wing speech is to introduce the same sorts of government regulations that prevent the electric companies from turning the lights off in homes with the wrong political views. However, the evidence from history simply does not demonstrate that natural monopolies are the result of the market. After thoroughly examining the history of the electric, telephone, and cable television industries, author Thomas Dilorenzo concludes,"The theory of natural monopoly is an economic fiction. No such thing as a 'natural' monopoly has ever existed. The history of the so-called public utility concept is that the late 19th and early 20th century 'utilities' competed vigorously and, like all other industries, they did not like competition. They first secured government-sanctioned monopolies, and then, with the help of a few influential economists, constructed an ex post rationalization for their monopoly power" (DiLorenzo, 1996, p. 58). Does the evidence suggest that big tech resulted solely from free market forces, or like DiLorenzo suggests, did it result from government intervention, thereby resulting in ex post facto calls for legal status as a public utility? The evidence would suggest the latter. It's well documented that Google and other big tech firms benefit from generous tax credits and government subsidies not available to their competitors. While providing tax credits is not necessarily the same as direct subsidies, the government choosing to tax certain industries more heavily while drastically cutting the tax rates for corporations like Google ends up tipping the scales heavily in the favor of those corporations and not allowing market competition to function as it normally would. Combine this with the receipt of lavish government contracts, and big tech firms become confident that they will be considered "essential" by the government. If they ever cease to be profitable, they can rest easy knowing that the government will keep them afloat as they did with Chrysler and General Motors between 2008 and 2014. It's also worth noting that big tech firms were some of the biggest proponents of net neutrality and other FCC regulations. As with other regulations pertaining to so called natural monopolies, the American public was told that net neutrality was for their own safety and to prevent Internet Service Providers (ISPs) from having control over what they could and could not view on the internet. However, it went virtually unnoticed by masses of people as to just how much big tech stood to gain from net neutrality. See articles here and here to learn more. This isn't to say that big tech firms became the powerhouses they are solely because of government intervention. Obviously, millions of people use these services because such services are useful and were found to be more effective than other competitors (i.e. Bing, Yahoo, AOL, MySpace, etc.). It is to say, however, that unlike industries in a free market where even the most successful businesses must constantly be wary of the threat of losses, these big tech firms are significantly more likely to be swayed by political pressure and not by the sentiments of their user base. Take for example the ban of Alex Jones from YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, etc. Jones had more than 2 million subscribers on YouTube with monthly earnings of up to $68,200. Since the YouTube Partner Program allows YouTube to pocket 40% of all earnings from participating channels, it is ridiculous to think that YouTube would've banned one of their highest earning channels if they were operating solely from a standpoint of trying to ensure profits instead of losses. In fact, YouTube would stand to make far more profits if they allowed advertisements to be played on a higher volume of videos without demonetizing "controversial" content. Consider also a sort of reverse scenario. What if a committed white nationalist restaurant owner decided to act on his convictions and ban all non-whites from his restaurant even though some of the most regular and highest paying customers weren't white? Even assuming the government took no action, ridding himself of paying customers could only result in a restaurant with lower profits, even if there were no ensuing boycotts from the white customers. The restaurant owner may feel better about himself, but he is none the less worse off. To be clear, I am not saying that big tech firms are not profitable or were never profitable. It may be the case that they currently remain profitable even without people like Alex Jones. I'm saying only that ridding oneself of paying customers and partners only makes sense if a business has more to gain from doing so than will be lost in profits. In the case of big tech, there is definitely something more to gain. Predictably, as with every other discussion of natural monopolies in history, the drama of internet censorship has led to calls for the internet being regulated for the safety of the people. Content creators like BPS are understandably concerned about losing their primary sources of income. However, economist Greg Jarrell's research has suggested that the actual results of these types of regulations will be higher prices for consumers and guaranteed profits for the regulated industries (Jarrell, 1978). Even if an internet bill of rights is passed and big tech is forced to allow right wing voices back onto their platforms, this will only give credence to the idea that big tech firms are "essential" services and must be guaranteed by government as a public utility. This will finally give government the complete control of the internet that they crave, and leave big tech firms without any incentive to do things in the best interest of their customers. In the short term, commentators like BPS may see their income saved, but they stand to lose far more in the long term. As the saying goes, "The same government that has the power to give you everything you want is a government that has the power to take everything that you have."As a final point, it is simply wrong to say that competition cannot mitigate this problem. After Alex Jones was banned from big tech, he reported that traffic to his website and number of subscribers hit record highs. In addition, the user base of the alternative platform BitChute nearly doubled overnight, with more and more users agreeing to donate to their platform. Even if someone like BPS was kicked off YouTube, I seriously doubt that his 400,000 subscribers would simply say, "Oh well," and move on as though he never existed. If they truly enjoyed his content, the loyal fans would follow him to a new platform and support him with crowd-funding. It's also worth noting that in their current form, big tech is not in fact immune from going under. Ironically, one day after publishing the video that this article is a response to, BPS posted another video noting that big tech firms are now on the decline. The bottom line is that libertarians are not holding the door open to be run over by the left. We are simply trying to avoid solving a problem by invoking the very entity that made this problem possible. That entity is of course the government. It always is. We don't need an internet bill of rights or any other form of government regulation for big tech. We need to get the government to remove its dirty fingers from the industry entirely.I hope that more people will come to see the state for what is, a cancer that destroys everything it touches. And that is my 2 cents. Take it for what it's worth. Citations:Dilorenzo, T. J. (1996). The myth of natural monopoly. The Review of Austrian Economics, 9(2), 43-58. Jarrell, A. G. (1978). The demand for state regulation of the electric utility industry. Journal of Law and Economics, 21(2), 269-275. Note: It is worth noting that websites like YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter are not entirely in the clear simply because they are private corporations. In many cases, they have defrauded their users by banning them for "hate speech" even though they have failed to offer a consistent definition of hate speech. These platforms also defraud their customers by not being forthright about their explicit banning of right leaning content. As such, I believe banned users may in fact be able to bring civil suits against these platforms. Share this: ...
Members of Antifa Plan to Silence Opposition by Force
We've all seen it coming for a long time. First there was the Adpocalypse of 2017. We all cringed when we saw Alex Jones kicked off just about every social media platform within a matter of days. Now Google has been caught red-handed. In a leaked document, Google admitted that they are moving away from a platform of free speech and towards one of active censorship.
This is truly disturbing, especially to those of us on the political right who know all too well that big tech firms like Google, Twitter, and Facebook are actively collaborating with the left to censor opinions that conflict with the progressive agenda. Many commentators have made a living using these platforms, and the fear that their primary methods for content distribution and income could disappear at a moment's notice is daunting.
For a long time, conservatives and libertarians were largely in agreement about the right of private businesses to do business or not do business with whoever they pleased. However, many conservatives and even some libertarians are now saying that big tech has gone too far. We tried to play fair and let market competition work, but big tech is simply too powerful. Unless we want to be silenced forever, we need to abandon free market principles and fight for direct government regulation in order to save our place in public discourse.
In particular, the YouTube commentator Black Pigeon Speaks (BPS), with a following of nearly 400,000 subscribers, released a video this past week calling for the government to begin regulating social media as publishers. In doing so, such platforms would lose their legal immunity regarding content posted by their users and then bare liability for any and all content that appears on their platforms. If platforms like YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter are going to censor some content, they might as well be held liable for what they censor and fail to censor just like CNN, Fox News, or any other publisher. At least, this is how the argument goes.
Other commentators such as Styxhexenhammer666 and Paul Joseph Watson have likewise called for an internet bill of rights to provide for free speech on big tech platforms. Their message is clear. Libertarians are simply naïve and will be promptly done away with by progressive elites unless they stand up and utilize the power of government to fight back. As BPS stated in his video, libertarians are, "Holding the door open for the RADICAL and RABID left."
Tweet from BPS's Twitter Account @navyhato
Before I explain why this response is misguided, I'd like to say that I have a great deal of respect for BPS. While I have a number of significant disagreements with him, I enjoy his content very much, and no one can deny that his videos are well researched and very informative. None the less, I believe that he, and everyone else advocating for government intervention to save online free speech, fails to recognize why this type of government intervention will give the left exactly what it wants in the long run.
All the arguments for government intervention in big tech boil down to some variation of the arguments for so called "natural monopolies." There are certain utilities such as water, electricity, and now the internet that are simply more profitable and efficient when everyone is using one centralized delivery system, or so we're told. As a result, one large monopoly inevitably forms due to convenience for the users and profitability for the owners. However, once that monopoly has had an opportunity to function free of competition, they realize that they now have significant sway over society in that they have the power to double prices at will, or deny service to certain citizens in order to manipulate them. As a result, these natural monopolies must be allowed to exist, but only under heavy regulation from the state to protect the citizens.
This argument has led to the rise of many so called "public utilities." Be it water, electricity, or the internet, we are told that the market simply cannot stop these powerhouses from forming and gaining control over society once their services become a necessity to live day to day. Google, Facebook, Twitter, and the rest of the big tech world have become de facto public utilities, and now the only way we can save right wing speech is to introduce the same sorts of government regulations that prevent the electric companies from turning the lights off in homes with the wrong political views.
However, the evidence from history simply does not demonstrate that natural monopolies are the result of the market. After thoroughly examining the history of the electric, telephone, and cable television industries, author Thomas Dilorenzo concludes,
"The theory of natural monopoly is an economic fiction. No such thing as a 'natural' monopoly has ever existed. The history of the so-called public utility concept is that the late 19th and early 20th century 'utilities' competed vigorously and, like all other industries, they did not like competition. They first secured government-sanctioned monopolies, and then, with the help of a few influential economists, constructed an ex post rationalization for their monopoly power" (DiLorenzo, 1996, p. 58).
Does the evidence suggest that big tech resulted solely from free market forces, or like DiLorenzo suggests, did it result from government intervention, thereby resulting in ex post facto calls for legal status as a public utility? The evidence would suggest the latter.
It's well documented that Google and other big tech firms benefit from generous tax credits and government subsidies not available to their competitors. While providing tax credits is not necessarily the same as direct subsidies, the government choosing to tax certain industries more heavily while drastically cutting the tax rates for corporations like Google ends up tipping the scales heavily in the favor of those corporations and not allowing market competition to function as it normally would. Combine this with the receipt of lavish government contracts, and big tech firms become confident that they will be considered "essential" by the government. If they ever cease to be profitable, they can rest easy knowing that the government will keep them afloat as they did with Chrysler and General Motors between 2008 and 2014.
It's also worth noting that big tech firms were some of the biggest proponents of net neutrality and other FCC regulations. As with other regulations pertaining to so called natural monopolies, the American public was told that net neutrality was for their own safety and to prevent Internet Service Providers (ISPs) from having control over what they could and could not view on the internet. However, it went virtually unnoticed by masses of people as to just how much big tech stood to gain from net neutrality. See articles here and here to learn more.
This isn't to say that big tech firms became the powerhouses they are solely because of government intervention. Obviously, millions of people use these services because such services are useful and were found to be more effective than other competitors (i.e. Bing, Yahoo, AOL, MySpace, etc.). It is to say, however, that unlike industries in a free market where even the most successful businesses must constantly be wary of the threat of losses, these big tech firms are significantly more likely to be swayed by political pressure and not by the sentiments of their user base.
Take for example the ban of Alex Jones from YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, etc. Jones had more than 2 million subscribers on YouTube with monthly earnings of up to $68,200. Since the YouTube Partner Program allows YouTube to pocket 40% of all earnings from participating channels, it is ridiculous to think that YouTube would've banned one of their highest earning channels if they were operating solely from a standpoint of trying to ensure profits instead of losses. In fact, YouTube would stand to make far more profits if they allowed advertisements to be played on a higher volume of videos without demonetizing "controversial" content.
Consider also a sort of reverse scenario. What if a committed white nationalist restaurant owner decided to act on his convictions and ban all non-whites from his restaurant even though some of the most regular and highest paying customers weren't white? Even assuming the government took no action, ridding himself of paying customers could only result in a restaurant with lower profits, even if there were no ensuing boycotts from the white customers. The restaurant owner may feel better about himself, but he is none the less worse off.
To be clear, I am not saying that big tech firms are not profitable or were never profitable. It may be the case that they currently remain profitable even without people like Alex Jones. I'm saying only that ridding oneself of paying customers and partners only makes sense if a business has more to gain from doing so than will be lost in profits. In the case of big tech, there is definitely something more to gain.
Predictably, as with every other discussion of natural monopolies in history, the drama of internet censorship has led to calls for the internet being regulated for the safety of the people. Content creators like BPS are understandably concerned about losing their primary sources of income. However, economist Greg Jarrell's research has suggested that the actual results of these types of regulations will be higher prices for consumers and guaranteed profits for the regulated industries (Jarrell, 1978).
Even if an internet bill of rights is passed and big tech is forced to allow right wing voices back onto their platforms, this will only give credence to the idea that big tech firms are "essential" services and must be guaranteed by government as a public utility. This will finally give government the complete control of the internet that they crave, and leave big tech firms without any incentive to do things in the best interest of their customers. In the short term, commentators like BPS may see their income saved, but they stand to lose far more in the long term. As the saying goes, "The same government that has the power to give you everything you want is a government that has the power to take everything that you have."
As a final point, it is simply wrong to say that competition cannot mitigate this problem. After Alex Jones was banned from big tech, he reported that traffic to his website and number of subscribers hit record highs. In addition, the user base of the alternative platform BitChute nearly doubled overnight, with more and more users agreeing to donate to their platform. Even if someone like BPS was kicked off YouTube, I seriously doubt that his 400,000 subscribers would simply say, "Oh well," and move on as though he never existed. If they truly enjoyed his content, the loyal fans would follow him to a new platform and support him with crowd-funding.
It's also worth noting that in their current form, big tech is not in fact immune from going under. Ironically, one day after publishing the video that this article is a response to, BPS posted another video noting that big tech firms are now on the decline.
The bottom line is that libertarians are not holding the door open to be run over by the left. We are simply trying to avoid solving a problem by invoking the very entity that made this problem possible. That entity is of course the government. It always is. We don't need an internet bill of rights or any other form of government regulation for big tech. We need to get the government to remove its dirty fingers from the industry entirely.
I hope that more people will come to see the state for what is, a cancer that destroys everything it touches.
Dilorenzo, T. J. (1996). The myth of natural monopoly. The Review of Austrian Economics, 9(2), 43-58.
Jarrell, A. G. (1978). The demand for state regulation of the electric utility industry. Journal of Law and Economics, 21(2), 269-275.
Note: It is worth noting that websites like YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter are not entirely in the clear simply because they are private corporations. In many cases, they have defrauded their users by banning them for "hate speech" even though they have failed to offer a consistent definition of hate speech. These platforms also defraud their customers by not being forthright about their explicit banning of right leaning content. As such, I believe banned users may in fact be able to bring civil suits against these platforms.
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Nunes	• Level 0
• 1 year 3 months ago
I believe here there is a mistake, Alex Jones makes up to 818.9K annuallyReference
My 2 Cents	• Author - Level 12
He may. I was referring specifically to the average amount of advertising revenue that his YouTube channel generated on a monthly basis.
hunter81ism	• Level 0
I also appreciate BPS content, but enjoy the contrary viewpoint as well. on his recommendation i am here to check out your response. thx, i shall return. long live free speech & the free & open exchange of ideas. ;-)
Long live free speech indeed.
I believe here there is a mistake, Alex Jones makes up to 818.9K annually
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Disaster capitalism: State of extortion
NOTE: Superb commentary. If you can't be bothered to read the whole article, make sure you read from 'Food price shock: Genetic modification or starvation' onwards. The analysis is spot on.
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Once oil passed $140 a barrel, even the most rabidly right-wing media hosts had to prove their populist cred by devoting a portion of every show to bashing Big Oil. Some have gone so far as to invite me on for a friendly chat about an insidious new phenomenon: "disaster capitalism." It usually goes well "" until it doesn't.
For instance, "independent conservative" radio host Jerry Doyle and I were having a perfectly amiable conversation about sleazy insurance companies and inept politicians when this happened: "I think I have a quick way to bring the prices down," Doyle announced. "We've invested $650 billion to liberate a nation of 25 million people. Shouldn't we just demand that they give us oil? There should be tankers after tankers backed up like a traffic jam getting into the Lincoln Tunnel, the Stinkin' Lincoln, at rush hour with thank-you notes from the Iraqi government.... Why don't we just take the oil? We've invested it liberating a country. I can have the problem solved of gas prices coming down in ten days, not ten years."
There were a couple of problems with Doyle's plan, of course. The first was that he was describing the biggest stickup in world history. The second, that he was too late: "We" are already heisting Iraq's oil, or at least are on the cusp of doing so.
It's been ten months since the publication of my book The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, in which I argue that today's preferred method of reshaping the world in the interest of multinational corporations is to systematically exploit the state of fear and disorientation that accompanies moments of great shock and crisis. With the globe being rocked by multiple shocks, this seems like a good time to see how and where the strategy is being applied.
And the disaster capitalists have been busy "" from private firefighters already on the scene in Northern California's wildfires, to land grabs in cyclone-hit Burma, to the housing bill making its way through Congress. The bill contains little in the way of affordable housing, shifts the burden of mortgage default to taxpayers and makes sure that the banks that made bad loans get some payouts. No wonder it is known in the hallways of Congress as "The Credit Suisse Plan," after one of the banks that generously proposed it.
Iraq Disaster: We broke it, we (just) bought it
But these cases of disaster capitalism are amateurish compared with what is unfolding at Iraq's oil ministry. It started with no-bid service contracts announced for ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, BP and Total (they have yet to be signed but are still on course). Paying multinationals for their technical expertise is not unusual. What is odd is that such contracts almost invariably go to oil service companies "" not to the oil majors, whose work is exploring, producing and owning carbon wealth. As London-based oil expert Greg Muttitt points out, the contracts make sense only in the context of reports that the oil majors have insisted on the right of first refusal on subsequent contracts handed out to manage and produce Iraq's oil fields. In other words, other companies will be free to bid on those future contracts, but these companies will win.
One week after the no-bid service deals were announced, the world caught its first glimpse of the real prize. After years of back-room arm-twisting, Iraq is officially flinging open six of its major oil fields, accounting for around half of its known reserves, to foreign investors. According to Iraq's oil minister, the long-term contracts will be signed within a year. While ostensibly under control of the Iraq National Oil Company, foreign firms will keep 75 per cent of the value of the contracts, leaving just 25 per cent for their Iraqi partners.
That kind of ratio is unheard of in oil-rich Arab and Persian states, where achieving majority national control over oil was the defining victory of anticolonial struggles. According to Muttitt, the assumption until now was that foreign multinationals would be brought in to develop brand-new fields in Iraq "" not to take over ones that are already in production and therefore require minimal technical support. "The policy was always to allocate these fields to the Iraq National Oil Company," he told me. This is a total reversal of that policy, giving INOC a mere 25 per cent instead of the planned 100 per cent.
So what makes such lousy deals possible in Iraq, which has already suffered so much? Ironically, it is Iraq's suffering "" its never-ending crisis "" that is the rationale for an arrangement that threatens to drain its treasury of its main source of revenue. The logic goes like this: Iraq's oil industry needs foreign expertise because years of punishing sanctions starved it of new technology and the invasion and continuing violence degraded it further. And Iraq urgently needs to start producing more oil. Why? Again because of the war. The country is shattered, and the billions handed out in no-bid contracts to Western firms have failed to rebuild the country. And that's where the new no-bid contracts come in: they will raise more money, but Iraq has become such a treacherous place that the oil majors must be induced to take the risk of investing. Thus the invasion of Iraq neatly creates the argument for its subsequent pillage.
Several of the architects of the Iraq War no longer even bother to deny that oil was a major motivator. On National Public Radio's To the Point, Fadhil Chalabi, one of the primary Iraqi advisers to the Bush Administration in the lead-up to the invasion, recently described the war as "a strategic move on the part of the United States of America and the U.K. to have a military presence in the Gulf in order to secure [oil] supplies in the future." Chalabi, who served as Iraq's oil under secretary and met with the oil majors before the invasion, described this as "a primary objective."
Invading countries to seize their natural resources is illegal under the Geneva Conventions. That means that the huge task of rebuilding Iraq's infrastructure "" including its oil infrastructure "" is the financial responsibility of Iraq's invaders. They should be forced to pay reparations. (Recall that Saddam Hussein's regime paid $9 billion to Kuwait in reparations for its 1990 invasion.) Instead, Iraq is being forced to sell 75 per cent of its national patrimony to pay the bills for its own illegal invasion and occupation.
Oil price shock: Give us the arctic or never drive again
Iraq isn't the only country in the midst of an oil-related stickup. The Bush Administration is busily using a related crisis "" the soaring price of fuel "" to revive its dream of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). And of drilling offshore. And in the rock-solid shale of the Green River Basin. "Congress must face a hard reality," said George W. Bush on June 18. "Unless members are willing to accept gas prices at today's painful levels "" or even higher "" our nation must produce more oil."
This is the President as Extortionist in Chief, with gas nozzle pointed to the head of his hostage "" which happens to be the entire country. Give me ANWR, or everyone has to spend their summer vacations in the backyard. A final stickup from the cowboy President.
Despite the Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less bumper stickers, drilling in ANWR would have little discernible impact on actual global oil supplies, as its advocates well know. The argument that it could nonetheless bring down oil prices is based not on hard economics but on market psychoanalysis: drilling would "send a message" to the oil traders that more oil is on the way, which would cause them to start betting down the price.
Two points follow from this approach. First, trying to psych out hyperactive commodity traders is what passes for governing in the Bush era, even in the midst of a national emergency. Second, it will never work. If there is one thing we can predict from the oil market's recent behavior, it is that the price is going to keep going up regardless of what new supplies are announced.
Take the massive oil boom under way in Alberta's notorious tar sands. The tar sands (sometimes called the oil sands) have the same things going for them as Bush's proposed drill sites: they are nearby and perfectly secure, since the North American Free Trade Agreement contains a provision barring Canada from cutting off supply to the United States. And with little fanfare, oil from this largely untapped source has been pouring into the market, so much so that Canada is now the largest supplier of oil to the United States, surpassing Saudi Arabia. Between 2005 and 2007, Canada increased its exports to the States by almost 100 million barrels. Yet despite this significant increase in secure supplies, oil prices have been going up the entire time.
What is driving the ANWR push is not facts but pure shock doctrine strategy "" the oil crisis has created the conditions in which it is possible to sell a previously unsellable (but highly profitable) policy.
Food price shock: Genetic modification or starvation
Intimately connected to the price of oil is the global food crisis. Not only do high gas prices drive up food costs but the boom in agrofuels has blurred the line between food and fuel, pushing food growers off their land and encouraging rampant speculation. Several Latin American countries have been pushing to re-examine the push for agrofuels and to have food recognized as a human right, not a mere commodity. United States Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte has other ideas. In the same speech touting the US commitment to emergency food aid, he called on countries to lower their "export restrictions and high tariffs" and eliminate "barriers to use of innovative plant and animal production technologies, including biotechnology." This was an admittedly more subtle stickup, but the message was clear: impoverished countries had better crack open their agricultural markets to American products and genetically modified seeds, or they could risk having their aid cut off.
Genetically modified crops have emerged as the cureall for the food crisis, at least according to the World Bank, the European Commission president (time to "bite the bullet") and Prime Minister of Britain Gordon Brown. And, of course, the agribusiness companies. "You cannot today feed the world without genetically modified organisms," Peter Brabeck, chairman of Nestlé, told the Financial Times recently. The problem with this argument, at least for now, is that there is no evidence that GMOs increase crop yields, and they often decrease them.
But even if there was a simple key to solving the global food crisis, would we really want it in the hands of the Nestlés and Monsantos? What would it cost us to use it? In recent months Monsanto, Syngenta and BASF have been frenetically buying up patents on so-called "climate ready" seeds "" plants that can grow in earth parched from drought and salinated from flooding.
In other words, plants built to survive a future of climate chaos. We already know the lengths Monsanto will go to protect its intellectual property, spying on and suing farmers who dare to save their seeds from one year to the next. We have seen patented AIDS medications fail to treat millions in sub-Saharan Africa. Why would patented "climate ready" crops be any different?
Meanwhile, amid all the talk of exciting new genetic and drilling technologies, the Bush Administration announced a moratorium of up to two years on new solar energy projects on federal lands "" due, apparently, to environmental concerns. This is the final frontier for disaster capitalism. Our leaders are failing to invest in technology that will actually prevent a future of climate chaos, choosing instead to work hand in hand with those plotting innovative schemes to profit from the mayhem.
Privatizing Iraq's oil, ensuring global dominance for genetically modified crops, lowering the last of the trade barriers and opening the last of the wildlife refuges... Not so long ago, those goals were pursued through polite trade agreements, under the benign pseudonym "globalization." Now this discredited agenda is forced to ride on the backs of serial crises, selling itself as lifesaving medicine for a world in pain.
Naomi Klein is the author of The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. This column has appeared in The Nation.


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This article examines the scientific and political background and the multiple changes in ownership of the Aboriginal artefacts from Australia collected by the German physical anthropologist Hermann Klaatsch. Originally, Klaatsch travelled to Australia in 1904 in search of the origins of humanity. However, the lack of evidence for the 'Out of Australia' theory and the requests by German Museums of Ethnology to collect artefacts for their institutions led to Klaatsch becoming a full-time collector of cultural artefacts, especially during his time in the Wet Tropics. He inscribed the artefacts and sent them to Germany in several shipments to various museums where they were later re-united, displayed and redistributed. Upon his return to Germany in 1907 Klaatsch was appointed professor of anthropology at Breslau University. He took there a portion of his artefact collection for his own teaching and study purposes. Due to political changes in central Europe after the Second World War, this collection was transferred to Warsaw, Poland, in 1953. New ownership insignia were applied while others were (partly) erased. Through these transformations the artefacts became encoded with a rich history and new meanings. A detailed study of Klaatsch's historical documents allows cross-referencing of the artefacts to the original localities and circumstances of their acquisition. Thus, more than one hundred years after first being collected, the artefact transactions and property claims can be re-assessed.


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AllHipHop's 15 Best Hip-Hop Albums Of 2018
byChuckCreekmur
This was a great year for Hip-Hop. Check out some of the brightest, dopest 2018 talents from AllHipHop's perspective.
(AllHipHop Features) Straight up: this has been one of the best years for Hip-Hop in a long, long time. If you didn't find something you liked, banged or just enjoyed. you probably weren't trying very hard. The truth is, year-end reviews, recaps and best-of lists don't fully encapsulate the magnificence that was the year 2018. Albums have suffered to some degree with the advent of streaming services that allow for the great works to be broken down into digestible playlists.
However, many, opuses emerged head-and-shoulders above their peers, despite the overall fanfare. If anything, this year showed us who was who. We learned who is able to operate at a high level and maintain a sense of their artistic self. We learned who was able to craft classic material without having to rely on social media, beef or gimmicks. There is something about years that end in "8" - 1988, 1998, 2008 and now 2018 has joined the predecessors in the history books of greatness.
Compiled, written and edited by Micah Drago, Chuck "Jigsaw" Creekmur and Rashad D. Grove.
Daytona- By Pusha T
Pusha T has made a lot of great music between his solo career, and his epic days with The Clipse, but no project has had quite the same feel to it that Daytona had. At a time where Kanye West was seemingly at the center of every controversy, the Virginia rapper came through with a handful of really great beats for Pusha T's third solo album. Couple that with the fact that this album was the audio ending of Push's now-fabled beef with Drake and it's hard to argue against Daytona for album of the year.
2.Victory LapBy Nipsey Hussle
Neighborhood Nip is one of the hardest working rappers in the business, so it's not surprising that he put together a great motivational album in Victory Lap. The LA rapper not only found a way to combine great lyricism with some of the best production we heard all year, he did it all while giving us fans free game and what feels like a cup of coffee in audio form when we're feeling lethargic. It is hard to believe, but this is Nip's first official commercial album. We salute, Nipsey Hussle!
3.Book Of RyanBy Royce Da 5' 9"
Royce Da 5' 9" gave fans options in 2018. He presented us with a duet album with, [PRhyme]( 2, as well as his magnum opus, Book of Ryan. We knew book of Ryan was going to be special when the Detroit legend was promoting it before PRhyme 2 was even a week old. We all know Royce is a great emcee, but this album offered much more than multi-syllabic bars. More autobiography than album, Royce offers astounding emotional depth, revealing storytelling and clarity on Ryan. Through engaging beats, he explains how he's evolved, largely through sobriety. He brings Eminem, J. Cole, Ashley Sorrell, Pusha T, Jadakiss, Fabolous and Marsha Ambrosius along for the roller coaster ride.
4.KODBy J. Cole
It seems like J Cole gets a spot on every album of the year list dating back to his 2013 album Born Sinner, and each of them has been well deserved. Cole's 2018 album KOD was absolutely one of the best projects of the year, receiving critical acclaim from just about everybody and offering some of the best songs of the year. With guys like Cole and Kendrick leading the charge, Hip-Hop should have no problem excelling another 45 years.
5.Astroworld- By Travis Scott
Houston rapper Travis Scott's Astroworld took us to other worlds and dimensions, while other rappers were decidedly Earthly*.* While Travis Scott's music clearly fits with the newer sound, you don't have to love autotune or singing to love Travis Scott's music. In fact, I'd go as far as to say you don't have to be a rap fan to enjoy Astroworld—as long as you enjoy music that sounds great, you'll love this album from front to back.
6.G-HostBy Styles P
There are a lot of really great rappers who have stood the test of time, but few have effortlessly transitioned from one era to the next like Styles P. On what was his ninth studio album in G-Host, Styles P is still delivering some of the best bars in hip-hop with incredible consistency. Plus, a range of features from some of rap's top young talent—Nino Man and Oswin Benjamin in particular—makes this album feel like a sort of passing of the torch.
7.Drogas WaveBy Lupe Fiasco
Lupe Fiasco is somewhat polarizing in terms of his music. Some would say Lupe is one of the greatest lyricists of all time while others would point out the overall inconsistency of his music. No matter what camp you're in, it's hard to deny that Lupe came back strong with his 2018 effort Drogas Wave. Although the album was a bit long with two sides consisting of 24 tracks, there was a lot of great music to enjoy from start to finish.
8.Streams of Thought Vol. 1 & 2By Black Thought, 9th Wonder and Salaam Remi
If somebody had told you five years ago that Black Thought would have a spot on an album of the year list in 2018, you'd have probably thought they were crazy—and we wouldn't blame you. Thought has given us stellar guest appearances, but not a solo effort prior to this year. Despite making his debut 25 years ago with The Roots, Black Thought is still one of the most potent spitters in Hip-Hop. He ended 2017 with one of the best Funk Flex freestyles we've had the pleasure of listening to and transitioned perfectly into 2018 with Streams of Thought, an excellent extended play with production handled entirely by Jamla producers 9th Wonder and Khrysis. It would be easy to swap out the first for Streams of Thought Vol. 2 with Salaam Remi which is masterful as well.
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9.Tha Carter VBy Lil Wayne
2018 was the year finally got a new album from Lil Wayne that we loved. The rapper had been embroiled in a hellacious corporate beef with former mentor (and one time daddy) Baby that resulted in years of delayed greatness. When the dust settled, Lil Tune Chi was back on top with his Hip-Hop sons that have been vying for his space for years.
10.Kids See GhostsBy Kid Cudi & Kanye West
After a few projects that weren't entirely well received, Kid Cudi fans have been waiting for something that feels a bit more like the Man on the Moon series. While that's not exactly what Kanye West and Kid Cudi delivered with Kids See Ghosts, the two still came together to create one of the more creative and enjoyable projects of the year. Hopefully this will be a step in the right direction musically for Cudi who seemingly still has a lot left to offer us.
11.Dime TrapBy T.I.
These days, T.I. simply does not get all the credit he deserves for pushing the culture forward. Like Jay, he continues to operate at a high level sonically as well as lyrically, which is the blessing of Dime Trap. Dime Trap was the maturing of the dope boy on the surface, but really it was Tip exorcising his demons, evolving as a CEO, and solidifying himself as one of the best spitters rap has seen. He gave us the depth of a grown man and the passion of a trap star. Kudos.
12.BelovedBy Dave East And Styles P
While most people were complaining, Styles P and Dave East were creating. While a lot were saying New York lost its way, they dropped a jewel on the city. The dynamic duo represent what Hip-Hop needs to do to remain strong and this is definitely a "best of both eras" effort. The trade bars, but also weave in their loves and lives in a way that does not sound corny or out of place. This is pure undiluted Hip-Hop. No gimmicks.
13.FMBy Vince Staples
Some critics said Vince Staples' FM was "too California" for a modern day rap album. We completely disagree. The album, a clear nod to the West, is all that we love about Hip-Hop's distinct ability to rep, but also have universal appeal. "Don't Get Chipped", "Relay", and "No Bleedin" have Vince offering gangsta rap with radio in mind. We were here for it.
14.SwimmingBy Mac Miller
First thing's first, rest in peace Mac Miller. Despite his struggles with drug addiction and depression, the Pittsburgh rapper always found a way to deliver amazing music. Not only that, each album showed a significant amount of progression from the last. Swimming was perhaps the best example of this, an album that found Mac expanding his horizons musically and personally. This album was full of introspective tracks with great bars and solid production, a fitting way for a brilliant musician to end his career.
15.RedemptionBy Jay Rock
Jay Rock has long lived under the mighty shadow of Kendrick Lamar, but that ended with the release of Redemption. The album was critically received and universally accepted by Hip-Hop junkies and pop fans in need of a fix. And Jay Rock happily served all fiends. Clocking in at 44 minutes, the album is flawless. He tracks his course, oftentimes presenting life as bleak, but ultimately victorious. Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Future, J. Cole, James Blake, and Jeremih jump in to assist Jay Rock in fashioning his classic.On Redemption, it is clear that Jay Rock is in search of higher levels and he has achieved that.
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Sacred Heart Swimmers Perform Well at Dual Meet
Sacred Heart opened their season Tuesday night at the Sedalia Middle School Pool.
With only three swimmers, a small team left a big impression, according to head coach Ms. Michelle Steger.
The dual meet was hosted by Sacred Heart's sister school, Smith-Cotton, and participating teams included Warrensburg, Hickman, Rockbridge, Battle, Father Tolton, Smith-Cotton and Sacred Heart.
Junior Arly Ponce had a strong showing in both the 200 Freestyle and the 100 backstroke. Arly placed 5th out of 10 in the 200 free, and 7th out of 18 in the 100 backstroke.
Sophomore Kate Carney had an impressive 4th place finish out of 10 in the longest race of the night, the 500 yard freestyle. The race takes endurance and stamina, and Kate had both Tuesday night, Steger said.
Freshman Camille Schear, who comes to the Sacred Heart team by co-op from Cole Camp, took the top spot in the 100 breaststroke finishing 1st out of 21 swimmers. Camille also showed her speed in the 100 butterfly, placing 2nd out of 9.
Sacred Heart's next swim meet will be the Winnetonka Invitational this Saturday.
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Ramona Morales, 79, had to pay about $6,000 in legal bills on top of a fine because one of her tenants kept chickens in the backyard of a rental house. Some Southern California cities are prosecuting code violators and slapping homeowners with gigantic legal bills they can't afford to pay.
Garcia failed to get a permit for an addition on his house, a small room in the back his wife needed to expand her home-based child care business.
Ramona Morales' renters kept chickens, which annoyed some neighbors and was against Indio's municipal code on keeping farm animals in a residential area.
Morales finally got the tenants to get rid of all of the chickens and went to city court to clear it all up. But there she was baffled to find out she was being criminally prosecuted for her tenant's annoying chickens.
Morales is working with the nonprofit Institute for Justice, which filed a lawsuit Tuesday. The suit alleges that it's a violation of the U.S. and California constitutions for Silver & Wright and these cities to have a financial stake in cost recovery in the nuisance cases they bring.
In Indio, Calif., some residents have been charged large amounts of money and are facing liens on their homes for minor infractions. State law allows cities to recover all costs for nuisance crimes, including attorney fees, if the city has the appropriate ordinances.
As a divorced single mom, Morales worked two, even three, jobs most of her adult life to provide for her family: cleaning houses, selling Avon, working in a convenience store, and, for years before that, picking fruit and vegetables in the searing sun across the Coachella Valley's farm fields.
"Since the cost-recovery ordinance was passed, it gives us more options to do that administratively at a lower cost than actually petitioning the court for restitution," says Jason Anderson, the Indio Police Department's code enforcement supervisor. "It saves the public money."
Cesar Garcia was hit with a $31,000 legal bill after he converted his back patio into a room without a permit. "I know that I did wrong in not asking for the permit. But I think to lose my house — it's too much."
In most American towns, a loud dog or a room addition without the proper permits would get you a potential citation and fine. Indio and other Southern California cities are now prosecuting code violators criminally and slapping homeowners with bills they can't afford to pay.
The Institute for Justice is filing a lawsuit alleging that it's a violation of the U.S. and California constitutions for Silver and Wright and these cities to have a financial "cost recovery" stake in the nuisance cases they bring. The lawsuit says that as of November 2017, Silver & Wright has recovered more than $122,000 in fees in the cities of Indio and Coachella.
The steep fine stems from a change in city codes. In most American towns, a loud dog or a room addition without the proper permits would get you a potential citation and fine.
Indio and other Southern California cities are now prosecuting code violators criminally and slapping homeowners like Morales with bills they can't afford to pay.
City administrators defend their aggressive approach, saying they're simply recovering the public cost of getting people to clean up their acts.
But a nonprofit legal group filed suit Tuesday, challenging the practice.
They say it is a for-profit policy that signals a dangerous trend of criminally prosecuting people and then billing them thousands of dollars for what are otherwise minor code violations.
That's what happened to Morales.
An inspector with the Indio Police Department sent Morales a warning citation: Provide some type of front yard landscaping, get rid of the chickens and obtain a business license for her rental property, required by a newly enacted law.
She wasn't sure how to force her tenants to comply but warned them to stop with the chickens.
"I told him (tenant) lots of times," Morales says. "He say, 'Well the chickens are gone.' And I understand that he removed the roosters because they make a lot of noise early in the morning, but he doesn't remove the hens."
A second warning citation arrived: "Remove chickens/roosters from the property."
Morales finally got the tenants to get rid of all the chickens and she went to city court to clear it all up. But there, she was baffled to learn she was being criminally prosecuted for her tenant's annoying chickens.
"And the court they told me if I know about the roosters. I say 'yes.' And they said, 'How do you plead, guilty or not guilty?' And I have to say 'guilty' because if I don't say guilty, I have to pay for the lawyers. And I said 'guilty' and I paid $225."
Morales thought that $225 fine for all the violations was the end of the chicken, landscaping and rental license saga. "We walk away thinking everything is good. But wasn't like that, no."
On top of the $225 fine, she soon got legal bills on behalf of Indio from the private law firm of Silver & Wright totaling $5,659.02. The order said "the city reasonably incurred" this money to "abate the nuisance conditions" and was entitled to reimbursement in "defending the City's cost recovery rights."
"That much money for some rooster? I think it's way too much. It's unfair," Morales says. "I don't know what to do because I don't have that much money."
As a divorced, single mom Morales worked two, sometimes three, jobs most of her adult life to provide for her family: cleaning houses, selling Avon, working in a convenience store. She saved enough to buy some property but isn't wealthy.
"I never had that much money with me," she says. "I just try to have enough for my payments, and the rest I spend it in take care of my houses and pay taxes and insurance and everything else."
She borrowed money from her son who is in the U.S. Marine Corps to get out of the chicken trap.
In California, state law allows cities to recover all costs for nuisance crimes, including attorney fees, if the city has the appropriate ordinances.
Attorneys at Silver & Wright law firm have helped about a dozen California cities rewrite their municipal codes — including Indio and neighboring Coachella — to expand the kind of property violations that constitute a public nuisance and to pursue cost recovery.
"Since the cost-recovery ordinance was passed, it gives us more options to do that administratively at a lower cost than actually petitioning the court for restitution," says Jason Anderson, the Indio Police Department's code enforcement supervisor."It saves the public money."
He says the city spent "an exorbitant amount of time and cost" bringing Morales' property into compliance, adding she was given ample time and warnings to fix the problems prior to her summons for criminal prosecution. The city is entitled to get that money back, Anderson says, "to make the public whole."
In neighboring Coachella, Silver & Wright helped rewrite the codes there, too. Just ask Cesar Garcia. His fine is $31,000.
Garcia failed to get a permit for an addition on his house, a small room in the back that his wife needed to expand her home-based child care business.
He is handy and didn't think it would be a huge deal to not get a permit. Garcia says he had heard that a lot of people don't pull permits for additions. He now deeply regrets he didn't do that and that he ignored at least 10 warning citations.
Cesar commutes about three hours round trip every day to his job as a grocery store manager. He says he just doesn't have $31,000 to spare and is now worried he could lose everything he has worked for.
"The letter that I receive, they say if I don't pay the $31,000, they're going to put a lien on my house," Garcia says. "I know that I did wrong in not asking for the permit. But I think to lose my house — it's too much."
Silver & Wright's co-founder Curtis Wright and officials in Coachella say they're not trying to take away anyone's home. Wright maintains it is rare to take the criminal route for nuisance cases. But he adds, sometimes fines and the civil process just don't work to get people to clean up their messes.
Cesar Garcia's unlicensed addition, he says, "was not a safe habitable living space in compliance with the California Building Standards Code. Each day of maintaining those violations is also a new violation for each instance."
I asked him whether he thought the "cost recover" legal bills to Garcia and Morales are proportionate to the crimes.
"No, I don't think that they are proportionate," he says. "But you have to understand that if the defendant is going to be uncooperative after they have been given notices and administrative opportunity to comply — and then we get into the criminal case and they're still not being cooperative and they're going to drag things out and drive up the public's cost — then the public is entitled to get that money back. It's not intended to be punitive at all."
But many who've been prosecuted criminally for annoyance violations say they were totally unaware and never warned that they faced legal fees on top of local fines.
"I had never run into this practice of criminally prosecuting homeowners for municipal code violations," says Shaun Sullivan, Garcia's attorney. He alleges that Silver & Wright and Coachella, which hired the firm, are trying to run up legal fees under the guise of code enforcement. He says their methods are deceitful and end up shafting working people across the Coachella Valley.
"They wait until it's difficult to withdraw your (guilty) plea and say, 'Oh, too late. By the way, you owe us money.' It's absolutely an unethical practice," Sullivan says. "They don't tell Cesar before he pleads guilty that, in fact, you're going to be paying for everything we've done up this point. And they certainly don't tell it when they initially file criminal charges. And with every new court appearance, (Garcia's) bill is getting bigger."
The cost recovery controversy here echoes the other ways the criminal justice system has greatly expanded the fees charged to criminal defendants, many of them poor, across the nation. Check out NPR's award-winning investigation Guilty And Charged.
Stories of some of the excessive nuisance fines in the Coachella Valley were first reported by the Palm Springs Desert Sun.
The city of Coachella now says it's putting the brakes on new cases with Silver & Wright until it can review what is happening, says Jacob Alvarez, assistant to Coachella's city manager.
"We are hearing that there are issues. We have hit pause. We just want to make sure there is some equity and sensitivity for our residents," Alvarez says.
Officials in Indio, however, see no problem, saying the law firm is merely recovering the cost of prosecuting violators and helping clean up the city.
Silver & Wright works on nuisance issues with more than 40 cities and towns across California.
"Whether it's a dangerous nuisance or just an aesthetic nuisance or a blight nuisance, the public is the victim of these, so we're there trying to help correct the issue for the public," attorney Wright says.
Morales, the 79-year-old with the annoying chickens, is fighting back. She is working with the nonprofit Institute for Justice, which filed a lawsuit Tuesday. The suit alleges that it's a violation of the U.S. and California constitutions for Silver & Wright and these cities to have a financial stake in cost recovery in the nuisance cases they bring.
Redfern calls it policing for-profit and charges that Silver & Wright is, essentially, asking cities to define just about any violation of their property codes as a public nuisance, "which means that things as little as faded street numbers could be treated as a public nuisance. And, if it's a nuisance, then they can abate it by prosecuting you criminally and then they can recover those costs."
The lawsuit, filed in California Superior Court in Riverside County, says that as of November 2017, Silver & Wright has recovered more than $122,000 in fees in the cities of Indio and Coachella.
Redfern hopes that those in other California cities who've been forced to pay huge legal fees for nuisance crimes sign on to his lawsuit and that it is eventually granted statewide class action status.
"We'd love to hear from other people who are affected by this," he says. "The more we hear from people, the more we can learn about what's going on. That only makes the case stronger."


Wilkes Central senior forward Kevin Moreno scored the first goal of the night Wednesday in Hays in the Eagles' Mountain Valley Athletic Conference match with North Wilkes. And he spent the rest of the night getting his teammates involved. Moreno finished with three assists and what proved to be the game-winning goal as Wilkes Central dispatched the Vikings 4-0. The match was closer than the final score might indicate. North Wilkes (1-8, 0-2) had chances in the first half to cut into the early Central lead, but ultimately couldn't connect. The Eagles led 2-0 at the half and then saw the speedy senior Jack Privette notch two straight goals after the break to put the game away. "We have a couple of guys up-top who possess a lot of speed," said Eagles' Head Coach Jim Caudill. "When those guys are possessing the ball and connecting like they did tonight, they are very hard to defend." Moreno connected first, in the 14th minute, from the right and off an assist by Privette. Then Moreno helped get Jesus Adan-Gamboa on the score sheet with an assist on a score in the 29th, as the Eagles controlled possession early. That 2-0 lead held as North Wilkes finally started to get some runs at Central keeper Michael Davis. In the 35th minute, North's Jorge Martinez appeared to score after a big push aided by Javier Ocampo; however, the side judge ruled Martinez offside, negating the goal and keeping the deficit at two. Ten minutes into the second half, Privette found the net from the right. He was fired back across the face of the goal and high; North keeper David Cornelius had decent position, but Privette's shot was too tall to handle, and the margin swelled to 3-0. Four minutes later, the Eagles were awarded a free kick just outside the penalty box, and North constructed a five-man wall to try and block a possible shot. The Vikings' defense held, and North cleared the dangerous ball out of trouble to stay within striking distance. But in the 66th minute Privette put the match out of reach. Moreno sent a through ball in on the run and Privette quickly outraced the North back line for possession. The shot was just as quick after the first touch, and the ball scooted into the net. North Wilkes had one last set play in the 76th minute that came close. On a corner kick from the left, Leonardo Ocampo booted the ball to the far side of the pitch, where Alex Ruvalcaba raced in with a nice header. The ball, tough, bounced hard off the crossbar and out. "We're very young, but we're learning to play within the team concept," said Caudill, whose team improved to 6-1-1 overall and 2-0 in league play despite losing six seniors to graduation from last fall's roster. "And we just came off a very tough match last night against North Surry," continued Caudill (the Eagles battled to a 1-1 draw Tuesday against undefeated North Surry). "So it was important that we came out strong tonight and didn't suffer any let down. We had tired legs, but I'm very pleased with the effort against North Wilkes." The Vikings were also coming off a tough match, having lost 9-0 to Starmount in the MVAC opener Monday. Head Coach Brian Holloway was happy to see a rebound from his squad. "We're still recovering from Starmount," said Holloway. "This week has been two games against two very good opponents. But the effort tonight was much better." Holloway also got another good outing from his keeper, who inherited the job after the speedy Leonardo Ocampo was moved into the pitch. "We needed Leo up top to help generate more offense," said Holloway. "He was great in goal, but he's a very good player in the field, too. "So David has stepped in and done a solid job taking over as goalie. He hasn't played the position since middle school, but he's shown over the past couple of matches that he's quickly learning how to tend goal at a high level." North Wilkes next faces East Wilkes at home Monday evening. On the same night the Eagles will try to keep their conference record spotless when they travel to Millers Creek to face bitter rival West Wilkes.


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SNPTC celebrates latest AP1000 arrival
The reactor pressure vessel for the first of two AP1000 reactors being built at Haiyang in China has arrived safely on site.
The reactor pressure vessel for Haiyang 1 is transferred from ship to shore (Image: SNPTC)
China's State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC) announced the safe arrival of the major component manufactured in South Korea at the Haiyang site. The component will now be stored at the nuclear island prior to installation. It will become the second AP1000 reactor pressure vessel to be installed in a China, and indeed the world, following the installation of the pressure vessel at Sanmen 1 in late September.
Four Westinghouse-designed AP1000s are currently under construction in China, two each at Sanmen and Haiyang. The pressure vessels for the first units at each site have been made in South Korea under a 2007 contract between Westinghouse and Doosan Heavy Industries. The pressure vessels for the second units are being made by Chinese manufacturers.
The two Haiyang units are expected to enter service in 2014 and 2015.
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Mogadishu was one the most beautiful cities in the world and it can be again - Somger
Mogadishu was one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Mogadishu is the capital of the African country of Somalia, besieged by a civil war since 1991.
Mogadishu Beach, Liido Beach, Somalia
Mgoadishu Situated on the Indian Ocean, Mogadishu, locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is a historic center of trade, commerce, and culture in the region. Mogadishu was under African and Arabic control until Italy and the UK colonized Somalia in the late 19th century. Mogadishu was established as the capital of Somalia when the country claimed its independence in 1960.
Somalia joined the Arab League in 1974, a regional confederation of Middle Eastern states, but political turmoil, assassinations, and Soviet influence eventually led to governmental collapse in the 1980s and a civil war in 1991. The United Nations sent a peacekeeping mission to restore order, and in 1992, the US military entered Somalia to attempt humanitarian aid.
In 1993, two Black Hawk US military helicopters were shot down by Somali militants over Mogadishu, and the mission to retrieve the pilots resulted in the deaths of several hundred Somali militia members and civilians as well as 18 Americans. The conflict is called the Battle of Mogadishu, more commonly known as Black Hawk Down, from the title of a book (1999) and film (2001) on the subject.
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What is Mogadishu famous for?
By the time of the Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta's appearance on the Somali coast in 1331, the city was at the zenith of its prosperity. He described Mogadishu as "an exceedingly large city" with many rich merchants, which wasf amous for its high quality fabric that it exported to Egypt, among other places.
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Who founded Mogadishu?
The Sultanate of Mogadishu was established by Sultan Abubakar ibn Fakr ad-Din in the 9th century. He built the historical mosque in the year 869 C.E. in Mogadishu. Ajuran (clan) was first established administration 1320 with help of khalifa Osmania.
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Where is the fastest growing city in the world?
The fastest growing city in the world is Batam in Indonesia … or Niamey in Niger … or maybe Xiamen in China. It all depends on who you ask.
Batam is the fastest-growing city in the world by population, according to US-based consultancy Demographia, which bases its annual Demographia World Urban Areas ranking largely on the United Nations' 2010-20 world population forecasts – but only includes cities with a population of 1 million or more. Batam is close to Singapore and operates as a transport hub and industrial area, while a free-trade zone boosts trade with the island city-state. Batam had a population of 1.1 million in the latest estimate, with an annual growth of 7.4%.
Second on Demographia's ranking is Mogadishu in Somalia, with a population of 2.1 million, growing at 6.9%. Mogadishu's growth is driven by its improving security situation and economic prospects after decades of civil war – many Somalis have returned from abroad.
In third place is Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso, with a population of 2.7 million and growth of 6.8%. The country as a whole is vulnerable to fluctuations in commodity prices, but its capital is benefiting from investment in infrastructure.
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Salon de Co Opens in Spring Hill
The iconic Inchcolm's renovation features a new restaurant where white tablecloths have been replaced by share plates and plenty of colour.
Photography: Dane Beesley
by Elliot Baker
In April, Ovolo completed its $4 million makeover of The New Inchcolm Hotel in Spring Hill. Reborn as Ovolo Inchcolm, the renovation included a completely new look and feel for the hotel. It also meant the closure of the hotel's high-end restaurant, Thomson's Reserve. In its place is Salon de Co.
"Ovolo put their own spin on the [hotel]," says Salon de Co's head chef Anthony Hales, who was previously head chef of Thomson's Reserve. "It was upmarket and suiting an older clientele," he explains. The new Inchcolm is aimed at a younger visitor, and has been redesigned to be more "energetic and vibrant".
The new direction is especially evident in the restaurant. White tablecloths and heavy woods have been replaced by exposed tables, mismatched chairs, pop art and plenty of colour.
Hales's menu has remained technique- and produce- driven, but it's now more share friendly. While this approach to menus and dining is routine in Brisbane's – and Australia's – dining scene, it's rarely used at hotel restaurants. Which might be why it's something Hales has found himself explaining to people.
"If you want your steak and chips, go down the road," he says. "But if you want to taste different flavours and textures, stuff that is common and uncommon put together in different ways, then we're the place for you."
Smaller dishes are predominately vegetable-based, such as slow roasted tomatoes with lemon fluid gel, native thyme oil and tomato consommé. Larger plates include roasted drake (male duck) with house-made apricot umeboshi and pickled kohlrabi. For $75, the kitchen will craft a set menu to suit your tastes.
The drinks menu hasn't changed too much. There's a large list of Australian and international wines, as well as a short selection of cocktails. A bar menu includes charcuterie and cheeses, as well as a couple of the smaller dishes from the a la carte menu.
This story first appeared on Broadsheet on July 17. Menu items may have changed since publication.
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Yuvraj Singh Names The Toughest Bowler He Has Ever Faced
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Yuvraj Singh. Credits: AP
Former Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh has named the toughest bowler he has had to face throughout his cricketing days. Yuvraj was firepower with the bat. He was a big match player and had the ability to smash any bowling attack in the world. He has been a gem for India in the last few years and has helped them conquer the world with his explosiveness.
Yuvraj was the Man of the Tournament in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 which was won and hosted by the Indian National Cricket Team. He was also a key figure in India's maiden T20 World Cup victory in 2007 at South Africa. Yuvraj's six sixes in an over against Stuart Broad of England will forever remain as one of the most beautiful moments in the history of Indian cricket.
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However, there was one bowler against whom Yuvraj Singh was absolutely clueless throughout his playing days. Yuvi has now come up with the answer.
Yuvraj Singh Names The Toughest Bowler He Faced
"I really struggled against (Muttiah) Muralitharan. Had no clue against him. Glenn (McGrath) would trouble me a lot with the away-going delivery. Luckily I didn't play much against McGrath because in Test matches I was sitting out and cheering for the seniors," Yuvraj told Sportstar.
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Sachin Tendulkar's Advice Made It A Bit Easy: Yuvraj Singh
Yuvraj also spoke about how he finally started to tackle the world-class spin bowling from the Lankan. According to his own admission, it was an advice from legendary India batsman Sachin Tendulkar that changed Yuvraj's fortunes against Muralitharan forever.
"Sachin (Tendulkar) told me to start sweeping (against Muralitharan) and I was at ease," he added.
Yuvraj Singh, Sachin Tendulkar. Credits: Getty
India's prolific match-winner in their recent two World Cups – 2007 T20 World Cup and 2011 ODI World Cup – Yuvraj recently also stated that he got more support under Sourav Ganguly's captaincy than under MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli.
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