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Fort Worth real valuations up, TAD's chief appraiser says
By Scott Nishimura snishimura@bizpress.net
Increased home sales and limited supply, rising commercial occupancies, higher apartment occupancy and rents, and better return rates on real estate investments based on projected income are combining to push values up, the Tarrant Appraisal District's chief appraiser told Fort Worth City Council members Tuesday.
Preliminarily, TAD has the city of Fort Worth's tax roll up 5 percent overall, not including minerals and the impact of taxpayers' protests, Jeff Law, the chief appraiser and executive director, told council members.
"I'm honestly not that comfortable with it," Law said in an interview after his presentation, adding that TAD is still completing the sending out of commercial appraisals.
Law, invited by the city to present preliminary TAD projections for 2014 property taxes, told the council that TAD currently sees a 9 percent increase in commercial values and 10 percent or more in apartments.
But he said in the interview those numbers are highly preliminary and potentially unreliable.
TAD expects to certify the city's tax roll by July 25, as the city prepares its 2014-2015 fiscal year budget.
On residential real estate, "sales are up in Tarrant County," Law told the council. "There's demand for residential real estate, and there's very, very limited supply."
A friend recently put a home up for sale and quickly received six offers, Law said. One sent family photos to the seller in hopes of swaying the decision, he said.
Law also said investors' capitalization rate are down, a measure that divides projected income by the price the investor paid for the asset.
"When cap rates are down, that tends to reflect a higher valuation," Law told the council.
TAD has no mineral-related data yet to use in making appraisals.
"I don't expect there to be a big rise," he said, noting there's been no notable increase in drilling.
TAD saw a $1.1 billion increase in new construction on the tax rolls as of Jan. 1, reflecting construction that occurred in 2013, Law said.
"We're seeing some good growth," he told the council.
Apartments got a boost from residential foreclosures, he said.
When foreclosures occurred, those homeowners "didn't go live in a box under a bridge somewhere," he told the council. "They went to an apartment complex, and apartments filled up."
Law warned the council of potential lawsuits against TAD that could remove property value from the tax rolls.
In 2012, TAD had 252 lawsuits filed against it, reflecting $2.9 billion in value, he said. In 2013, TAD had 206 suits filed against it, involving $2.3 billion in value.
The basis of such lawsuits typically involve either a dispute over market value, or valuation compared to neighboring property values, Law said.
TAD views plaintiffs' comparisons against neighboring properties to be faulty in some cases, Law told the council.
In one case, the owner of the Highlands shopping center in Arlington sued the appraisal district, seeking to have its value compared to that of the of the neighboring Parks at Arlington's.
"It's becoming an issue," Law told the council, asking for a meeting with the staff and council to discuss it further.
"I think there is value that can be possibly removed from the tax roll (via the litigation) that probably should be maintained," he said.
In a related matter, the City Council continued for 30 days a vote on whether to hire an outside firm to audit the city's homestead and over-65 property tax exemptions.
TAD raised questions, Mayor Betsy Price said. It's TAD's legal obligation to determine who qualifies for exemptions, "and we're going to sit down and talk about how this affects them," Price said.
TAD runs audits "all the time," Price said. Among other things, it follows sales activities, and even newspaper obituaries for continuous review of the over-65 exemption.
"We have ladies that look at the newspaper every day for obituaries," Law told the council.
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Home Entertainment We have no oil in France, but we have a lot of American filming
We have no oil in France, but we have a lot of American filming
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While the Cannes series revives the seventh art worldwide, international box office color picks and theaters are reopening, with France preparing to host several U.S. shootings. Considered an attractive region for cinema, France seems to be the new favorite destination for big American productions outside the studio.
We think of the example of Ridley Scott, who was filming his new film a year ago The last fight In Dortogne, with Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Adam Driver. Since then, Paris has not held large American shoots for more than a year because of a health crisis that has severely imprisoned capital.
From April, the mini-series Queen of the Serpent Filmed by Justin Heidey in the studio of Provence Studios in Marseille, south of France. As this large and long production of Lionscate TV is a historical series centered on Catherine de Medici, Chato de Clemencio is still filming.
Accordingly in the short term Variety, Welcome to the Paris team John Wick4. Keenu Reeves, who is the head of the rights, is already in France and lives in the luxurious George V, according to US media. Chad Stohlsky's film We will penetrate the Persian systems such as Sean and its bridges. Munich Presented by Steven Spielberg. After filming in Berlin, the crew will stay in France for a few weeks to complete filming.
The Russo brothers will drop their cameras in the capital for their new project The Gray Man. The film stars Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans and Ana de Armas, led by Netflix, and is funding one of its most ambitious projects. Filming will take place in the 19th-century Chatto de Chandeli.
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In my work, I mainly use PHP 5.6 and 7.2. To learn more about the subject area, I decided to find out how the development of PHP was going from 5.0 to 7.2.
To structure the information, I decided to write this post about the most noticeable changes between versions. I hope this post will be useful for someone too. All documentation links are at the end.
In July 2004 PHP 5.0 was released. This version introduced a set of cool changes. For me, the most important changes are object-oriented programming enhancements. Thanks to this, object-oriented development has significantly increased its influence in PHP.
New functions in various extensions and built-in functionality.
Support for namespaces has been added.
Support for Late Static Bindings has been added.
Support for jump labels (limited goto) has been added.
Support for native Closures (Lambda/Anonymous functions) has been added.
There are two new magic methods, __callStatic() and __invoke().
Nowdoc syntax is now supported, similar to Heredoc syntax, but with single quotes.
It is now possible to use Heredocs to initialize static variables and class properties/constants.
Heredocs may now be declared using double quotes, complementing the Nowdoc syntax.
Constants can now be declared outside a class using the const keyword.
The ternary operator now has a shorthand form: ?:.
A garbage collector for circular references has been added, and is enabled by default.
Support for traits has been added.
Short array syntax has been added, e.g. $a = [1, 2, 3, 4]; or $a = ['one' => 1, 'two' => 2, 'three' => 3, 'four' => 4];.
Function array dereferencing has been added, e.g. foo().
Class member access on instantiation has been added, e.g. (new Foo)->bar().
Support for generators has been added via the yield keyword. Generators provide an easy way to implement simple iterators without the overhead or complexity of implementing a class that implements the Iterator interface.
Variadic functions can now be implemented using the … operator, instead of relying on func_get_args().
Type declarations for parameters and return values can now be marked as nullable by prefixing the type name with a question mark. This signifies that as well as the specified type, NULL can be passed as an argument, or returned as a value, respectively.
The shorthand array syntax () may now be used to destructure arrays for assignments (including within foreach), as an alternative to the existing list() syntax, which is still supported.
In this article, I tried to describe all the most important changes that have been made to PHP from 5.0.
Design patterns. Short and clear. Part 1: Generating Objects.
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FIGHT! Guess Which Love and Hip Hop Atlanta Cast Member Gets KNOCKED OUT!!!
A Love and Hip Hop atlanta fight happened already in the new taping for season 3. Our sources close to the show tell us many of the reality stars suffered CRAZY INJURIES like bloody cuts … after fists and bottles were thrown!
Believe it or not somebody threw a bottle at Momma Dee, hitting her in the face and we hear that one of the cast-mates above was KNOCKED ALL THE WAY OUT!


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Department for Education pulls all Learndirect contracts and funding
Move comes after privatised adult training agency accused of paying owners millions despite 'catastrophic' decline in standards
A leading thinktank said the alleged mismanagement at Learndirect was symptomatic of the systemic failure of public policy. Photograph: Monty Rakusen/Getty Images/Cultura RF
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Wed 16 Aug 2017 10.19 EDT
First published on Tue 15 Aug 2017 15.03 EDT
The Department for Education is to cancel all contracts with Learndirect, the adult training provider that tried to suppress a damning regulator's report into its poor standards.
The Department for Education said on Tuesday that it would withdraw all funding from the organisation, which is responsible for almost 73,000 trainees, by July 2018 and that it had already banned it from taking on new apprentices.
Learndirect, which was privatised by David Cameron's coalition government in 2011 and is majority-owned by the private equity arm of Lloyds Bank, has said it could collapse into administration if the DfE withdrew its funding, which was worth £158m in the year to July 2017.
Learndirect branded inadequate in Ofsted report it tried to suppress
After the DfE announcement, a Learndirect spokesperson said the Education and Skills Funding Agency "issues 12-month adult education budget contracts to the sector, with the current round scheduled to end in July 2018. This is just one source of funding into Learndirect Limited".
The company, which has paid out tens of millions of pounds to its owners and managers since privatisation, had sought a court injunction to prevent the publication of a highly critical report by the education regulator Ofsted.
In its application to the court, Learndirect said publication could lead to the "catastrophic" withdrawal of government funding, according to the education publisher FE Week, which successfully lobbied for the lifting of reporting restrictions.
Learndirect had said publication of the report, which gave the provider the lowest possible rating, would create a risk of "irreparable damage including financial consequences".
Angela Rayner, the shadow education secretary, called on the government to step in and protect trainees and apprentices and ensure they could complete their courses.
"It is clear that something has gone seriously wrong since the coalition government privatised this service, and the future education and training of thousands is now at risk," she said.
"If necessary, ministers should be prepared to step in directly and ensure that trainees and apprentices are protected, their courses are completed and adult education is placed on a sustainable footing. Relentless cuts and incompetence by successive Tory governments have left adult education in a mess."
Learndirect's owners and managers were accused earlier this week of raking in millions of pounds of taxpayers' money while overseeing a "catastrophic decline" in standards.
The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) thinkthank calculated that the company has received £631m of public money since its controversial privatisation. An FT/FE Week investigation this week found that in the four years since it was sold off, its parent company spent 84% of its cash generated by the operating business, most of which came from the taxpayer, on payments to managers and financiers.
Joe Dromey, a senior research fellow at the IPPR, said it was "truly shocking" that Learndirect's owners, which ultimately include Lloyds Bank, appear to have "raked in vast amounts of public money, extracted tens of millions of pounds from Learndirect, loaded the company with debt, overseen a catastrophic decline in standards, and tried to stop the truth coming out".
"The owners of Learndirect have some very serious questions to answer," he said. "This should be investigated by the Public Accounts Committee, and if Learndirect goes down, government should seek urgently to reclaim as much public funding as possible from their irresponsible owners."
Dromey said that not only was the alleged mismanagement at Learndirect shocking, it was also the result of the systemic failure of public policy. "It was the government which privatised Learndirect, encouraged competition, reduced controls on quality and slashed funding in the system. They set the conditions in which this disaster played out. Government must urgently learn the lessons of the scandal at Learndirect, and act to ensure it never happens again."
Ofsted said was it was "very pleased" that the company's application for a judicial review to prevent publication of the report had been refused.
Among its criticisms, Ofsted said the management of apprentices was ineffective, while about a third of learners on apprenticeships "do not receive their entitlement to off-the-job learning" and fail to develop "the skills they require to progress to the next step in their career".
Learndirect said it challenged Ofsted's inspection over concerns the process did not give a true reflection of the company's training quality and performance. "In particular, we felt that the sample size of 0.6% used by Ofsted to arrive at its conclusions is not sufficient to judge the quality of Learndirect's training," it said.
A Learndirect spokesman defended its financial position and deflected criticism about millions paid in shareholder dividends. "Learndirect Limited's underlying business remains stable and we continue to be focused on supporting our learners as usual," he said. "Normal dividends were paid to our shareholders when the business was growing rapidly, generating significant profits of more than £25m in 2013, and the sector outlook was positive.
"In addition to this, there were significant intra-group dividends paid as part of a group reorganisation. None of these resulted in cash leaving the group. No further dividends have been paid since."
Lloyds Development Capital, the private equity arm of Lloyds Bank, which owns 65% of Learndirect, said: "Over the last six years and under private ownership, the business has helped more than half a million learners. We provided £37m of additional funding in the last three years to support the company during a period of severe public sector funding cuts."
• This article was amended on 16 and 17 August 2017. The Department for Education, rather than the government has pulled all Learndirect contracts and funding. This article was further amended because an earlier version referred to Learndirect's parent firm's income, when cash generated by the operating business was meant.


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NEWS CREATION SCIENCE UPDATE ALL LIFE SYSTEMS WERE CREATED BY GOD LIFE WAS CREATED FULLY FUNCTIONAL BOTANY ZOOLOGY PLANTS AND ANIMALS ARE DISTINCT
Secret Life of Moths Vital to Plant Life
BY JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D. * |
God's handiwork is not just apparent in the amazing complexity of individual creatures, but also in how they interact to form vital parts of entire ecosystems and even to keep life on this planet functioning as a whole. In light of this ecological paradigm, scientist have just revealed the previously hidden and indispensable role that moths play in the nighttime pollination of flowers.1
Pollinators are an important part of the global ecosystem and also one of the key features of successful agriculture. In fact, it has been estimated that approximately 30 percent of the food and fiber crops grown around the globe depend upon pollinators like bees, butterflies, and other insects for reproduction.2 The fruits and seeds from these different pollinated crops provide 15 to 30 percent of the foods and beverages that humans consume.
New research just published in the journal Biology Letters shows that pollen transport networks for moths in the dark hours of the night are larger and even more complex than networks for daytime pollinators such as bees. The scientists discovered that the moths transport pollen between a large number of plants visited during the day by bees, hoverflies, and butterflies. And not only was this eye opening, but the moths also pollinated the flowers of plants not typically visited by typical daytime insects.
The research also revealed that the pollen transport occurred most frequently on the hairy thorax (chest) of the moths, rather than on the proboscis (tongue) which allowed it to be easily transferred between plants. One of the researchers noted,
Previous studies of pollen transport among settling moths have focused on their proboscis. However, settling moths sit on the flower while feeding, with their often distinctly hairy bodies touching the flower's reproductive organs. This happy accident helps pollen to be easily transported during subsequent flower visits.3
I would add that this is not a "happy accident" of evolution, but the creative ingenuity of our mighty God in designing these moth bodies and innate behaviors for such a specific purpose.
In stating the importance of the new data, the lead author of the report, Richard Walton, also said,
Nocturnal moths have an important but overlooked ecological role. They complement the work of daytime pollinators, helping to keep plant populations diverse and abundant. They also provide natural biodiversity back-up, and without them many more plant species and animals, such as birds and bats that rely on them for food, would be at risk.3
Once again, I would say this is the obvious providential design of God - who created the diversity of moths to sustain the ecosystem in multiple ways. Walton also went on to say,
In recent decades, there has been a lot of science focus on solitary and social bees driven by concerns about their dramatic decline and the strong negative effect this has had on insect-pollinated crop yields. In contrast, nocturnal settling moths—which have many more species than bees—have been neglected by pollination research. Our study highlights an urgent need for them to be included in future agricultural management and conservation strategies to help stem declines, and for more research to understand their unique and vital role as pollinators, including their currently unknown role in crop pollination.3
When most people think about moths, the first thing that comes to their minds is the pesky critters that hover around their porch light at night or perhaps fly through cracked doors as unwanted house guests. But in reality, moths have proven to be the unappreciated powerhouse pollinators that take the night shift while we are all sleeping. Once again, ecological research has shown that the Creator's complexity not only exists within the amazing design of individual creature systems, but also in their complex and critical biological networks. These networks operate at systems of interdependence and levels of complexity that we are only just beginning to understand. Psalm 150:2 aptly says, "Praise Him for His mighty acts; Praise Him according to His excellent greatness!"
1. Walton, R.E., C.D. Sayer, H. Bennion, J.C. Axmacher. 2020. Nocturnal pollinators strongly contribute to pollen transport of wild flowers in an agricultural landscape. Biology Letters. 16 (5): 20190877.
2. Pollinators 101. Native Pollinators in Agriculture Project. Posted on agpollinators.org, accessed May 19, 2020.
3. Staff Writer. Moths have a secret but vital role as pollinators in the night. University College London. Posted on ScienceDaily.com May 12, 2020, accessed May 21, 2020.
*Dr. Tomkins is Life Sciences Director at the Institute for Creation Research and earned his doctorate in genetics from Clemson University.
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Does anyone know if there was any commemorative ware made at the time of the Anglo-Zulu War. Or of any commemorative ware made since the end of this war?
There was a bust produce in parren of the Prince Imperial, issued in 1879. It depicts him in evening wear and wearing his Legion of Honour.
It is the only object I've come across of that ilk from the period.
Some plates were produced for the 100th & 120th anniversaries mainly in South Africa.
Does anyone know of these plates and whether or not they can still be bought?
Sorry my ISP is going to get some stick from me over this it is not the first time they have decided to cut me off while I am in the middle of something.
Indeed, it could well be something that Alan looks into..
Is it worth approaching one of our Brewers to produce an Anniversary Ale. Wouldn't make much money but would generate interest.


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WEBVTT THEY ARE STILL NOT SURE WHETHER THE BUILDING WILL OPEN FOR BUSINESS TOMORROW. >> ON ARRIVAL, THEY HAD A HEAVY, HEAVY SMOKE CONDITION. >> THAT SMOKE BUILT UP QUICKLY IN THE BASEMENT OF 245 SUMMER STREET. >> TRANSFORMER, ELECTRICAL FIRE IN THE BASEMENT. >> FIDELITY EMPLOYEES WERE TOLD TO GET OUT OF THE 12 STORY BUILDING IMMEDIATELY. 2500 COULD ONLY WATCH ON AS FIRE CREWS GOT TO WORK. THE ELECTRICAL FIRE IN A BASEMENT VAULT PROVED STUBBORN AND WAS EVEN SMOLDERING AFTER FIREFIGHTERS INITIALLY KNOCKED IT DOWN. >> THERE WERE SOME REPORTS O EXPLOSIONS. I CAN'T CONFIRM THAT. THAT IS COMMON WITH ELECTRICAL FIRES. >> THE SMOKE, SO BAD. >> THEY'VE USED SMOKE EJECTORS. >> MANY EMPLOYEES WERE ONLY ALLOWED TO RETURN TO COLLECT THEIR BELONGINGS HOURS LATER. ONE FIREFIGHTER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR SMOKE INHALATION AND EXHAUSTION, BUT IS EXPECTED TO BE OK. EVERSOURCE WILL HAVE TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING ITSELF, BUT CREWS ARE THANKFUL THEY CONTAINED THE FLAMES BEFORE THEY SPREAD. >> WITH AN OCCUPIED BUILDING AND THAT TYPE OF SMOKE, OF COURSE , THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS FOR THE OCCUPANTS OF THE BUILDING -- THE BUILDING. OFFICIALS WITH EVERSOURCE ARE STILL WORKING TO DETERMINE JUST HOW BADLY THE BASEMENT AREA AND THE REST OF THE BUILDING WAS DA
Boston firefighters safely evacuated employees from heavy smoke at Fidelity Investments downtown headquarters Wednesday afternoon. "This is a busy area of the city, and any time (you have) a building of this size, (you are) going to have some serious concerns," said firefighter Marc Sanders, of the Boston Fire Department. "Fortunately, in this situation, everyone got out safely."Officials said the smoke alarm at 245 Summer St. was triggered at 12:14 p.m.Upon arrival, firefighters found heavy smoke in the rear of the 12-story building and struck a second alarm to call for additional resources. The building was evacuated safely, fire officials said. The fire was contained to an electrical vault inside the building, and the fire was knocked down in about two hours.Eversource Energy was called to respond, officials said. Officials said there were reports of explosions and that ejectors were needed to clear the smoke.The approximately 2,500 Fidelity employees who were evacuated were later able to collect their belongings before heading home.Police were also in the area to control traffic, officials said. Officials said one firefighter was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation and exhaustion but will be OK.An official from Fidelity said the building will be open for business Thursday.
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Boston firefighters safely evacuated employees from heavy smoke at Fidelity Investments downtown headquarters Wednesday afternoon.
"This is a busy area of the city, and any time (you have) a building of this size, (you are) going to have some serious concerns," said firefighter Marc Sanders, of the Boston Fire Department. "Fortunately, in this situation, everyone got out safely."
Officials said the smoke alarm at 245 Summer St. was triggered at 12:14 p.m.
Upon arrival, firefighters found heavy smoke in the rear of the 12-story building and struck a second alarm to call for additional resources.
The building was evacuated safely, fire officials said. The fire was contained to an electrical vault inside the building, and the fire was knocked down in about two hours.
Eversource Energy was called to respond, officials said.
Officials said there were reports of explosions and that ejectors were needed to clear the smoke.
The approximately 2,500 Fidelity employees who were evacuated were later able to collect their belongings before heading home.
Police were also in the area to control traffic, officials said.
Officials said one firefighter was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation and exhaustion but will be OK.
An official from Fidelity said the building will be open for business Thursday.
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Bill O'Reilly and Harvey Weinstein may have come from different ends of the political spectrum, but it turns out they have a lot in common.
They rose to positions of power around the same time and used their big, bullying voices to secure for themselves leading roles in American culture. Both men worked in industries that put up with gross behavior from male executives for decades, and both now stand accused of lording their status over women who have stepped forward to say that the men sexually harassed or otherwise abused them.
Mr. O'Reilly, late of Fox News, and Mr. Weinstein, late of the Weinstein Company, share something else. They kept their alleged misconduct under wraps with the help of the nondisclosure agreements included as part of the numerous out-of-court settlements that allowed them to admit to no wrongdoing.
The sums they paid their accusers bought them silence. A full, public airing did not come to be until those meddling reporters came along.
The report in The New York Times this weekend that Mr. O'Reilly paid $32 million in a single settlement with the former Fox News analyst Lis Wiehl in January brings to $45 million the amount that has been paid to six women who accused him of harassment.
With those settlements, Mr. O'Reilly was not only able to hold onto his top-rated, prime-time television show, an engine for his book and speaking empire, but he was also able, in February, to land a new $100 million contract from Fox News, the network that made him a star.
Two months later, Fox News and its parent, 21st Century Fox, forced Mr. O'Reilly out.
What changed? The allegations against Mr. O'Reilly, once conveniently swept aside, had suddenly become a problem. They had become a problem because they had become public (through the same Times reporters who first wrote about the $32 million payout, Emily Steel and Michael S. Schmidt).
In a similar turn of events, earlier this month, Mr. Weinstein did not last a week at his company after The Times and then The New Yorker detailed sexual harassment and abuse claims against him going back decades.
Now, a national reckoning is underway. Allegations of harassment and abuse have prompted action at Amazon Studios, where a female producer's accusation forced the resignation of its chief, Roy Price; at the APA talent agency, where allegations from at least three men against the agent Tyler Grasham led to his firing; at Vox Media, which dismissed its editorial director, Lockhart Steele, after a woman accused him of misconduct on Medium without naming him; and at Nickelodeon, which severed ties with "The Loud House" creator Chris Savino after several women leveled accusations.
But it is a reckoning long delayed. And a big reason for the delay has to do with the out-of-court settlements and the nondisclosure agreements that go with them.
It was a nondisclosure agreement that turned off the spigot of accusations against the comedian and actor Bill Cosby, who was forced to grapple with women's complaints when a former Temple University athletic department employee, Andrea Constand, accused him of drugging and sexually assaulting her in 2005. After some dozen others made similar charges in support of her case, Mr. Cosby and Ms. Constand reached a confidential settlement.
And it was a nondisclosure agreement that brought to a close the flurry of media attention that followed the lawsuit filed against Mr. O'Reilly by the former Fox News producer Andrea Mackris in 2004. Her silence — along with agreeing to the public statement that there had been "no wrongdoing whatsoever" — went for about $9 million.
Those are only the best known examples. The entertainment news and gossip archives are filled with reports of celebrity sexual harassment cases written in disappearing ink.
I reached out to Ms. Allred on Friday to discuss what many people were coming to view as the systemic silencing of women — a stratagem that, yes, compensates the accusers, but also enriches the lawyers who arrange the deals and, arguably, leaves other women vulnerable. Wasn't that system, I asked, stifling a broader discussion?
For a number of women, she said, a confidential settlement is the right outcome. "Some clients want to protect their privacy — they don't want anybody to know," she said.
In most cases, Ms. Allred said, if there is no confidentiality agreement, there is no shot at a settlement. And she disputed the notion that out-of-court settlements somehow let the alleged harassers off scot-free.
In return for the $32 million he was said to have paid Ms. Wiehl, Mr. O'Reilly bought more than her silence. As part of the deal, the Times reported, all text messages and other communications between them were destroyed, and he got an affidavit, signed by Ms. Wiehl, in which she attested that she had "no claims" regarding the allegations in her initial complaint.
Binary, by the way, was protected by another form of legal silencing — nondisparagement clauses attached to employment contracts, which, as The Times reported in July, the company sought to use to keep complaints from going public. The Weinstein Company had a similar provision.
The New York State Legislature is considering legislation that would void contract provisions that keep employees from bringing harassment and discrimination claims.
Jaclyn Peiser and Doris Burke contributed research.


FordPass Connect is an optional modem that uses 4G to give you a range of features that keep you connected on the go, from Live Traffic and eCall to providing a Wi-Fi hotspot for up to eight devices.
If you're worried that you may not have locked your car, it's ok, as the FordPass app has remote locking and unlocking so you can ensure it is locked from where you are. And you'll never forget where you parked as the FordPass app shows your car's parking location.
On vehicles with automatic transmission, you can start your engine from your phone wherever you are so if you want to get your car warmed up before you head home or to the office, you can do it from inside. When using this feature, the doors will automatically lock when the engine is on and will require your key before it can be driven so your car will be safe.
While many cars in the Ford range have been produced with a fantastic safety feature called Ford Assist, this latest level called eCall goes that one step further !
The brand new eCall function that is launching on the All New Ford Focus is potentially lifesaving. In the event of an accident, FordPass Connect can automatically place an eCall to the emergency services, providing them with your vehicle's location and therefore reducing the time between an accident and the emergency services arriving. If you witness an accident or require emergency assistance, you can also press an SOS button in your car which will contact the emergency services directly.
FordPass Connect links to your phone via an app that can be downloaded from your smartphone's app store.


The International Office along with the collaboration of the Centre for Policy Studies and Humanities Department COMSATS University Islamabad arranged an interesting panel discussion on the topic: "Extremist and Security Narratives" at COMSATS University Islamabad, Video Conference Hall, Junaid Zaid Library on August 3, 2018 from 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm.
The Panel discussion included a lecture by Dr. Julian Droogan, Senior Lecturer, Department of Security Studies & Criminology, Macquarie University on the topic "Social Media and Terrorism". The Session also included a lecture of Dr. Imran Syed, Head, Centre for Policy Studies, COMSATS University Islamabad on the topic "Narratives of Terrorism & Security" and this was followed by a lecture by Dr. Sohail Ahmad, Assistant Professor, International Relations, COMSATS University Islamabad.
A question answer session was also conducted at the end of the session. The Session was well attended by CUI faculty members, staff and students.
Keeping in view the significance of coming elections 2018, Center for Policy Studies (CPS) CIIT, Islamabad organized a Roundtable Discussion on Electoral Processes and Public Policy Issues in Pakistan on May 3, 2018 from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm at BIC 1st floor CIIT Islamabad. The Aim of the session was to raise awareness amongst CIIT students and faculty members about Election procedures and processes, public policy issues and creating a research agenda in the field of electoral studies and public policy. The Session were moderated by Dr. Kalsoom Sumra and Dr. Shakeel Ahmad from CPS. The session was well attended by CIIT student, faculty members and dignitaries from civil society.
Professor Ijaz Shafi Gillani, Gallup, Pakistan talked about "Electoral Systems and Processes in Pakistan". Dr. Faqir Hussain Ex- Registrar, Supreme Court of Pakistan talked about "Legal framework of Election, 2018". Mr. Muhammad Khizer Aziz, DG (IT) ECP briefed about "Use of I.T in Electoral Management and Governance for coming election 2018".


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So one day not too long ago I was exceptionally good. Not only did I clean my bathroom drain, I also wrote on my book. And in one of those rare instances of instant karma, I immediately got my reward: an increadibly charming letter from a young woman in Russia. She had read my book, found my adress on my webpage, and decided to write a real letter, since far too few people do that nowadays. She wrote that she was convinced that my book could only have been written by a person who believes in miracles (very true), and that it had inspired her in her own creativity. She writes prose and poetry and makes beautiful postcard from her home town, Penza, and prints them at the local print shop. And she included with her letter three amazing photos of coffee, plums and a paris wheel over beautiful autumn trees, and she hoped they would be a reason for me to smile.
And while I was sitting there, grinning like an idiot over the postcards, I got a message on Facebook from a teacher in Kansas. She told me that every Monday she began the week by asking her young students what they had done during the weekend, and when the time came for her to tell them, she said that during the weekend she had travelled to Iowa and met a friend from Sweden, Sara. Sara was in Iowa to meet a pen pal, but unfortunately, when she got there, the pen pal had already died!
Which means that a smile has been sent all the way from Penza in Russia, via a short stopover in Stockholm, to Linn Valley, Kansas. I went a bit overboard with the postcards and the greeting (but I did TELL the pupils not to swim to Stockholm, since their parents might not like it), and the teacher told me afterwards that one pupil had decided to travel to Sweden by way of pirate ship.
People travel much too seldom by way of pirate ship, if you ask me.
I have just finished reading The Readers first Broken Wheel .Your Book has been a pure delight,kept me up late in the night while the wind from a ferocious snowstorm pounded the siding.Your characters were just like the people here in Nova Scotia just wait for a cause to come along.I hope you write many more books.I am recommending this book to my sister in Lloyminister Alberta and my daughter who lives in Prague…who aches for good books to escape her real live with toddlers.


INDORE, INDIA, October 16, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ — According to the OMR analysis, the global alternate transportation technology market is growing at a significant rate during 2018-2023. The global alternate transportation technology market is expected to witness significant growth in the coming years owing to the shift towards use of electricity as a source of propulsion. The global alternate transportation technology market is segmented on the basis of transportation mode, fuel type, application and geography. The report provides detailed and insightful chapters on market overview, key findings, strategic recommendations, market estimations, market determinants, key company analysis, market insights, company profiling, market segmentation, geographical analysis and analyst insights.
As the global population is increasing across the globe, the demand of energy efficient transport alternatives is increasing across the globe. This is expected to be one of the prime reasons which is expected to drive the growth of the alternate transportation technology market in the near future. Moreover, as the emphasis on increasing investment in research and development of new battery technology across the globe is expected to further drive the growth of the market in the near future. According to the International energy association more than 1 Million electric cars were sold in the year 2017, which puts a light on paradigm shifting towards electric vehicles across the globe. Moreover, the fleet of electric cars on the road surpassed 3 Million units, with a growth of more than 50% from the year 2016.
The market on the basis of geography is divided among four major regions – North America, APAC, Europe, and Rest of the world. APAC is the leading market. The market is expected to grow at a stable CAGR. Increasing sales of electric vehicles in China is one of the prime reasons which is expected to drive the growth of the APAC market over the forecast period. In addition, Europe is also expected to show promising growth in terms of growth of alternate transportation technology market owing to the increasing sales of electric vehicles in the European countries such as Norway, Iceland, Sweden and Germany. Asia-Pacific market is expected to have the highest CAGR amongst all regions during the forecast period of 2018-2023.
Comprehensive research methodology of Alternate Transportation Technology market.
Analysis of regional regulations and other government policies impacting the Alternate Transportation Technology market.


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!NOTES:Obituary of John Muller from the Moravian records (sent to me by Cecilia Brown).
which is housed in the Moravian Archives, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Translated by Elizabeth Marx, August 1987.
that he moved with his family to the South Fork, not far from Muddy Creek.
2 males over 16 (bef 1774) = 1. Son?
!CENSUS:1810 Rowan Co, NC pg 282 John MILLER age 45+ (bef 1765) "22101-21110"


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Has Bachmann Met Her Waterloo? - New Hitchen's Article - June 30, 2011
Posted by Robert Karp on June 30, 2011 at 12:45pm in In Hitchens We Trust
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Hitchen's is still writing and is as strong as ever. Ok so this is not exactly TA topical in nature but so many of us on here care about his well-being I thought everyone wouldn't mind if I shared it. His wit and dialect are as sharp as ever. What would we do with Hitch in this world.
Has Bachmann Met Her Waterloo?
The old parochialism meets the not-so-new isolationism in Michele Bachmann.
By Christopher HitchensUpdated Wednesday, June 29, 2011, at 12:45 PM ET
Michele Bachmann. Click image to expand.Michele BachmannThat was actually three dripping custard pies, rather than just the one, with which Rep. Michele Bachmann assailed her own face by bragging to Fox News about her small-town Iowa roots. Having hymned the incomparable Dairy Queen and Wonder Bread facilities boasted by the sturdy small town of her girlhood, she went on to claim that "John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa," adding, "That's the kind of spirit that I have, too."
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John Wayne was from Winterset, Iowa, which can be found about 150 miles to the southwest of Waterloo. It was his namesake John Wayne Gacy, serial rapist and killer of 33 teenage boys and young men, who spent time in Waterloo. (I long ago pointed out that having "John Wayne" in your lineup of given names is a bad predictor: John Wayne Bobbitt was reduced by an infuriated partner to hunting in the weeds for his abruptly severed penis.)
Traditionally, the phrase "to meet your Waterloo" means to encounter a final and unarguable defeat. Perhaps it's too early to say that, but really. In one stroke, Bachmann shows that she can't tell one folksy Iowa town from another. Then she compounds the error by confusing a folk hero with a villain and psycho. Finally, and having never done or said anything that would stand a second's comparison to the spirit of The Duke (whatever you may think of him), she tries to borrow the mantle of a husky gunfighter in the very week that she is pathetically advocating that we leave Col. Qaddafi alone. The old parochialism meets the not-so-new isolationism. A very shaky start.
Where does it come from, this silly and feigned idea that it's good to be able to claim a small-town background? It was once said that rural America moved to the cities as fast as it could, and then from urban to suburban as fast as it could after that. Every census for decades has confirmed this trend. Overall demographic impulses to one side, there is nothing about a bucolic upbringing that breeds the skills necessary to govern a complex society in an age of globalization and violent unease. We need candidates who know about laboratories, drones, trade cycles, and polychrome conurbations both here and overseas. Yet the media make us complicit in the myth—all politics is yokel?—that the fast-vanishing small-town life is the key to ancient virtues. Wasilla, Alaska, is only the most vivid recent demonstration of the severe limitations of this worldview. But still it goes on. Hence one's glee at the resulting helpings of custard.
Of course, if you are Bill Clinton and you really did draw breath in some stricken hamlet by the name of Hope, Ark., it's hard to resist the temptation. Even if you actually grew up in the rather more wide boy's town of Hot Springs. I once thought of writing a speech for Al Gore, who was largely raised in a luxury hotel in Washington, then named the Fairfax and owned by his aunt. "When we were hungry—and we knew hunger—we would call room service. When we were tired, and our clothes were dirty, we dropped them on the floor ..." I thought this would position him nicely as a man on whom Washington had already exerted all its seductions, a candidate who knew the capital as a president must. But, no, he insisted on stressing his short time spent in Tennessee looking at a plough over the wrong end of a horse. Whom did he think he was fooling? It was like the Bushes pretending to be Texan pioneers and wildcatters when they were Connecticut Yankees. Had John Edwards, who made John Mellencamp's song "Small Town" into his annoying campaign anthem, spent more quality time in the bright lights and the big city, he might not have fallen so abjectly for the first pickup line—"You are so hot"—tried on him by a desperate siren who was growing familiar when Jay McInerney was young.
This is dispiriting. But not as small-time and small-minded as the recent line adopted, from Dennis Kucinich to John Boehner and by the National Conference of Mayors, to the effect that any expenditure overseas is a theft from the good people of Waterloo (or, if you insist, Winterset), Iowa. You have heard it: A bridge or a well in Kandahar is one less facility for our hurting heartland. We should be tending to business in our own backyards. But it's interesting that, on the zero-sum continuum, domestic concerns are balanced only against the needs of counterinsurgency and nation-building. There are many other controversial and costly programs that could serve to illustrate the same point, from the wasteful arsenal of nuclear weapons to the uncontrollable and unaccountable outlays on the "war on drugs." But to propose these for cuts instead would involve making political choices that involved some arguments and necessitated some courage. And they wouldn't have the easy appeal that derives from the image of lazy and ungrateful foreigners feasting on our largess. It is as if we had no stake—to put it no more nobly—in the welfare of other peoples and societies. The whole American experience since Marshall aid testifies to the contrary.
Meanwhile, Qaddafi's sick intransigence in Libya threatens the local population, the evolving neighboring countries of Tunisia and Egypt, and—by a potential crisis of emigration and refugees—the stability of Europe's southern frontiers. This is why we have had such frank appeals, from Europe as well as from the Arab League, to contribute more to what is in any case ineluctable—a post-Qaddafi future. For Bachmann to choose this moment to say that the loony of Libya poses no threat is to disqualify herself from any consideration for high office. She evidently knows nothing about the four decades of dictatorship and depredation that have led up to this. But then, when you come to notice it, she doesn't seem to know her Iowan derrière from an artesian well, either.
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He's spot on here. Michelle Bachmann: you've been Hitch-Slapped.
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Right: Sale items are sometimes offered at the Marketplace.
The main shopping area on Norwegian Escape is on Deck 8. There are two large shops selling jewelry, clothing, souvenir items, and sundries. In addition, there are counters in the hallways selling other items. Also, Escape differs from her predecessors by having two name brand boutiques: La Coste and Carolina Herrera.
The Art Gallery is along the hallway on Deck 6. It is operated by Park West, which also conducts art auctions and seminars.
A new feature is the Perspectives Studio on Deck 6 (above). Guests can arrange to have a consultation with a photographer and a private portrait session.
The Photo Gallery (above right and right) sells cameras and equipment as well as the souvenir photos taken onboard and in the ports of call.
Above left: Escape has a traditional library, which also has tables for playing cards.
Above right; One of Escape's conference rooms.
Norwegian Escape is a family-friendly ship and has extensive facilities to entertain young passengers. The Splash Academy on Deck 5 has counselors to oversee the youth program, which is divided according to age. Escape also has facilities for the care of tots six months to two years of age. At the other end of the spectrum, teens have their own large lounge on Deck 17 (below).
Above: The Kids' Aqua Park.


Codeivate is a tool which you can integrate with several editors like PhpStorm and Sublime Text and which will track the kind of files you are working on and award you points for that. In the end, you can see a complete profile of what you have been programming in and which languages you are using the most. See my profile on Codeivate for an example.
Integration with several editors is easy. In this article we will have a look at the integration with PhpStorm and Sublime Text. Do note, however, that more editors are currently supported and coming soon.
Before we can start, we first have to register on the Codeivate website. After registration, make sure you log in and go to the page that contains your token. The website is pretty hard to understand, so here is a direct link.
Before you can configure Sublime Text, make sure you installed the package control. Open up package control and choose to install a package. Search for Codeivate and install the appropriate package.
Open up preferences -> package settings -> codeivate -> settings - user. Within this file, change the user_id and token_id to the values that you found on the token page of the Codeivate website. Change the machine_name field to any name you like. If you are using multiple machines, this will be the identifier to see the difference between those machines.
Restart Sublime Text and you are good to go. In the status bar, you will see feedback from Codeivate from time to time, indicating what your current streak is and which language you are currently programming in. Do note that Codeivate checks the syntax of the file you are working on, so use the set syntax commands from Sublime Text to make sure the file is properly defined.
Open PhpStorm and click file -> preferences. Within preferences, go to the plugin section and click browse repositories . Search for codeivate and install the appropriate plugin. When installed, a new settings page named codeivate settings will appear. Open up this settings page and fill in the user ID and user token. You can also define a machine name if you prefer. By defining a machine name, you can easily distinguish multiple machines from each other. You could also use a different machine name per editor if you prefer.
In the status bar, you will now see a welcome message from Codeivate. Whenever you start typing, it will display which language you are currently using and how long your current streak is.
If you set up your editor and do your first code changes, you will be able to view your progress on the Codeivate website. For instance, on the summary page, you can see your current standings. You can see your most active languages, how much you program per machine and what your best streak is.
On the leaderboard page you can see the list of top programmers. If you search for your name, you can find on which position you currently are.
The Codeivate website has some more neat features. Unfortunately, the website is rather unclear and you really have to dig through everything to find them. For instance, on this page you can view my statistics for the last 7 days. You want to see yours? Just change your username in the URL.
There is also a battle page where you can select 2 users which then battle on various aspects of what Codeivate tracks.
Codeivate is a really nice tool to keep track of things, especially if you like achievements. I have been using it for months now and it's really nice to see what I have been up to so far. However, most of the current plugins and pages have been in BETA for months. Next to that, the website is very unclear by having all kinds of links to new pages scattered around. I think this tool really has some potential, but there is clearly a lot of work to do for the developer to get everything going. Are you using Codeivate? What do you think of the tool? I would love to hear from you in the comments below.


"Bringing your Songs to Life" with Jenny Bienemann is an 80-minute class on Thursday nights at 8:30 pm, offered by the Old Town School of Folk Music.
Join us for a new series of songwriting classes led by singer/songwriter Jenny Bienemann. Each 8-week session or module, Jenny offers a variety of approaches to different aspects of the art of songwriting. Using a multi-disciplinary method, participants explore the terrain of creativity both musically and lyrically and engage in the process of ripening one's songs. The series is set up so that one can enter it any session. Students will participate in weekly guided writing exercises and song assignments. We will share the creations that emerge. Open to anyone who's ever written a song or even started one.


Silver is an affordable and the most often used metal in jewellery. However, it is not only the jewellery where silver is so popular. Its industrial use is just as important, if not more. It is used in electrical engineering, astronautics, medicine, construction industry and many other fields. Pure unalloyed silver cannot be used in jewellery because it is too soft and therefore it is mixed with other metals, especially copper.
Hallmark expresses metal purity which is also expressed by a purity number. It is a three-digit number that denotes a minimum content of precious metal in jewellery. It is measured according to the number of weight units of precious metal to a thousand of weight units of an alloy. It is a content of precious metal in a jewel, expressed in thousandths (1/1000). No piece of jewellery consists of pure unalloyed metal.
Hallmarking act does not apply to products made of silver with purity lower than 800/1000.
Pure silver is harder than gold. However it is still a soft metal.
The most often used alloy in jewellery is 925 silver. It is an alloy of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% copper. The copper adds hardness to silver. To enhance the shine and durability of silver jewellery is often plated with a rhodium layer.
Silver, as a soft metal, has a tendency to scratches and therefore it is necessary to wear it carefully. It is not durable enough for everyday wear and so it is not recommended as a metal suitable for engagement or wedding rings.
Very frequent phenomenon is silver blackening or tarnishing. It is the natural reaction of silver with the air. Silver reacts by its oxidation. You can eliminate this reaction by proper care. The tarnish can be easily removed using products for silver cleaning (you can get them at drugstore).
Long lasting beauty and shine of silver surfaces is often guaranteed by rhodium finish that delays the process of oxidation.


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Agreement Reached to End Sale of Chlorpyrifos in California by February 2020
Use in agriculture to be prohibited after next year
Alternatives to Chlorpyrifos Work Group to hold public meeting in January
Alex Barnum, (916) 324-9670
Alex.Barnum@CalEPA.ca.gov
Charlotte Fadipe, (916) 445-3974
Charlotte.Fadipe@CDPR.ca.gov
SACRAMENTO – The California Environmental Protection Agency announced today that virtually all use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos in California will end next year following an agreement between the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) and pesticide manufacturers to withdraw their products.
"For years, environmental justice advocates have fought to get the harmful pesticide chlorpyrifos out of our communities," said Governor Gavin Newsom. "Thanks to their tenacity and the work of countless others, this will now occur faster than originally envisioned. This is a big win for children, workers and public health in California."
"The swift end to the sale of chlorpyrifos protects vulnerable communities by taking a harmful pesticide off the market," said California Secretary for Environmental Protection Jared Blumenfeld. "This agreement avoids a protracted legal process while providing a clear timeline for California farmers as we look toward developing alternative pest management practices."
Earlier this year, DPR announced it was acting to ban use of chlorpyrifos by canceling the pesticide's product registrations. The decision follows mounting evidence that chlorpyrifos is associated with serious health effects in children and other sensitive populations at lower levels of exposure than previously understood, including impaired brain and neurological development.
At the same time, DPR and the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) have established a cross-sector working group to identify, evaluate and recommend safer, more sustainable pest management alternatives to chlorpyrifos. It will hold its first meeting this month and will hold three public workshops beginning in January.
The agreement with Dow AgroSciences and other companies means that use of chlorpyrifos will end sooner than anticipated had the companies pursued administrative hearings and potential appeals process, which could have taken up to two years. Under the settlement, the companies agreed that:
All sales of chlorpyrifos products to growers in California will end on Feb. 6, 2020.
Growers will no longer be allowed to possess or use chlorpyrifos products in California after Dec. 31, 2020.
Until then, all uses must comply with existing restrictions, including a ban on aerial spraying, quarter-mile buffer zones and limiting use to crop-pest combinations that lack alternatives. DPR will support aggressive enforcement of these restrictions.
To ensure consistency for growers and for enforcement purposes, DPR is applying the terms and deadlines in the settlements to seven other companies that are not part of the settlement agreement but are subject to DPR's cancellation orders.
A few products that apply chlorpyrifos in granular form, representing less than one percent of agricultural use of chlorpyrifos, will be allowed to remain on the market. These products are not associated with detrimental health effects. DPR will continue to monitor for any exposures associated with these products.
The development of safe, more sustainable alternatives to chlorpyrifos is being supported through the current state budget, which appropriates more than $5 million in grant funding for the purpose.
DPR will award more than $2.1 million in grants to fund projects that identify, develop, and implement safer, practical, and sustainable pest management alternatives to chlorpyrifos.
CDFA will award approximately $2 million in grants to expand outreach about innovative, biologically integrated farming systems that reduce chemical insecticide inputs. Crops that have used chlorpyrifos will be a priority.
CDFA will also fund approximately $1.5 million in research to develop alternatives to chlorpyrifos that provide safer, more sustainable pest management solutions.
Chlorpyrifos is used to control pests on a variety of crops, including alfalfa, almonds, citrus, cotton, grapes and walnuts. It has declined in use over the past decade as California growers have shifted to safer alternatives.
Use of the pesticide dropped more than 50 percent from two million pounds in 2005 to just over 900,000 pounds in 2017.
In 2015, DPR designated chlorpyrifos as a "restricted material" that requires a permit from the county agricultural commissioner for its application. In addition, application of chlorpyrifos must be recommended by a licensed pest control advisor and supervised by a licensed certified applicator.
Following DPR's designation of chlorpyrifos as a toxic air contaminant in 2018, DPR recommended that county agricultural commissioners apply additional permit restrictions, including a ban on aerial spraying, quarter-mile buffer zones and limiting use to crop-pest combinations that lack alternatives.
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"Frankly, I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole feud to private industry."
Thus spoke Major Milo Minderbinder in 1943.
Was he right? Does contracting out combat support functions save money? I mean, that is not quite the whole feud, but it is some of it.
The best answer comes from study published by John McGrath, at Fort Leavenworth. Below are the figures from Table B-2 for various American wars. The figures apply only to the Army but rightfully include staging areas in Korea and both Gulf Wars: Japan and Kuwait, respectively.
So what do we got? At first glance, success! A higher tooth-to-tail ratio, awesome sauce!
We are back to the levels of World War 2! (AEF = American Expeditionary Force of WW1; ETO = European Theater of Operations in WW2.) Hooah!
Only, well, that does not include the contractors. We really should put them back into the mix, since they did jobs that soldiers did in Gulf 1 and before.
Ah. Well. Not so good.
Now, to be fair, these figures do not include the extensive host-country support the U.S. received in Korea, which would make that war look pretty bad. (Korea would fall to 28% combat troops on a BOTE calculation.)
They also do not include potential cost savings. After all, if private contractors are cheaper, then you would expect that the military would use more of them. Calculating that, however, is incredibly complex, because American operations have become far more capital and resource-intense over time. The simple calculations show ever-rising real deployment costs, but that could be a reflection of the fact that the American soldier in Gulf 2 was rather more lethal (and well protected) than the American soldier of Gulf 1, who was both more lethal and better protected (and better fed) than the American soldier in Vietnam, who was more lethal than the American soldiers who beat Hitler.
It is hard to figure.
But the headline figures should induce skepticism.
This, note, is just for outsourcing support functions; we have not gotten into questions of outsourcing actual genuine combat. You know, what Major Minderbinder really wanted to see. That is an even less-satisfying topic for another post.
Posted at 11:34 AM in Arabian Gulf, Europe, History, Indochina, Iraq, Korea, Mercenaries, War | Permalink | Comments (3)
"We are trying to do for the national security apparatus what FedEx did for the Postal Service"
Thus spoke Erik Prince in 2007.
Looks like my decision to take a look back at Blackwater was prescient. (Well, I had some inside information.) Today the New York Times reported that people within the Trump administration persuaded Erik Prince to try to sell the Defense Department on expanding the U.S. operation in Afghanistan by using private military contractors.
This proposal begs several questions, not least: would it save any money? But let's punt on that for a moment. Here I just want to briefly review America's history with private military companies.
The first clear-cut use of American private contractors to carry out a core state function — perhaps the core state function, the use of violence to defend the people — dates back to the Revolution. The fledgling United States needed to interdict British supplies and defend its commerce with its French and Spanish allies. The problem was that the rebel states had no standing navy, and lacked the time to construct one. Congress solved the problem by issuing "letters of marque" to private merchantmen. Once possessed of a letter of marque, private merchantmen would finance the outfitting of their ships with weaponry and proceed to attack British and Loyalist shipping in return for a bounty per enemy ship destroyed. The Continental Navy never numbered more than 40 vessels — Congress commissioned only 64 ships over the course of the Revolution — whereas the number of privateers peaked around 450. Almost 1,700 private vessels conducted combat operations for the United States in 1776-82.
The U.S. again turned to privateers when it again went to war with Britain in 1812, Congress having refused to appropriate money for a standing navy. In that war, privateers earned approximately $40 million — 5.1 percent of the country's GDP at the time.
Congress again turned to contractors during the Mexican-American War. When the Army needed to make an amphibious landing at Veracruz in March 1847, it chartered 54 private steamships and 249 other boats. The Army also hired teamsters, laborers, and mechanics for service in Mexico. Civilian personnel, however, refused to serve for longer than six months, demanded exorbitant wages, and many proved to lack the skills they claimed. Reports complained of price gouging. [1] An embarrassed Quartermaster-General suggested that the Army establish a corps of enlisted laborers and proposed that the Navy should operate transports: "[I was] constantly embarrassed by the want of that practical knowledge which nautical men only possess." [2] Congress did not follow his suggestion, and the Army again employed contractors against the Seminole Indians in Florida during the 1850s. [3]
When the Civil War broke out in 1861, both sides found themselves unprepared. Confederate privateers attacked Northern shipping. The U.S. side, however, broke with the past and did not employ privateers. Rather, Congress drafted 600 civilian vessels into armed service, and recruited 70,000 sailors to man them. Congress did, however, contract with civilians to move military supplies. One entrepreneurial New Yorker purchased a used ship for $12,000 and earned $833,000 from the government — the modern equivalent of $1.2 billion. [4]
The U.S. may not have employed armed contractors at sea during the Civil War, but it did on land. The Army of the Potomac under George McClellan hired Allan Pinkerton's "National Detective Agency" to gather intelligence in the South and conduct counterintelligence operations in the North. A problem arose, however, when the commander-in-chief of the U.S. Army, Winfield Scott, contracted with Lafayette Baker to provide similar services. In at least two cases, agents of one contractor wound up arresting employees of the other. More seriously, when President Lincoln fired McClellan in 1862, Pinkerton also resigned and took with him all the intelligence that he possessed about Confederate operations. [5] The Army eventually wound up bringing intelligence functions in-house. [6]
After the Civil War, military contracting went into eclipse. [7] The U.S. chartered private ships for use in the Spanish-American War of 1898, but only under strict military control. The federal government allowerd merchant vessels to arm themselves during both World Wars, but the centralized structure of the Merchant Marine bore little resemblance to the private contracting of the 19th century. In the Korean War, the South Korean government provided the U.S. Army with 50,000 civilian laborers to move supplies to the front, but the "Civilian Transport Corps" was never really a private organization, and the U.S. and Korean governments soon reorganized it into the paramilitary Korean Service Corps. [8] During the Vietnam War, the Military Sea Transportation Service hired private vessels to transport materiel to the war zone, but their crews were given Naval ranks and uniforms and came under military discipline while in-theater. [9] The Army employed private contractors to construct bases and ports in Vietnam, but military engineers outnumbered civilian ones 2-to-1. [10]
And that was that until the late 20th century. When the NATO occupied Bosnia and later Kosovo, the Clinton administration was reluctant to make the sort of mass reserve call-ups needed to sustain the occupying troops in the field. The figures are rather muddled and they include all sorts of non-support personnel, but about half of all DOD-funded people in the Balkans were technically civilians employed by somebody other than the U.S. government.
Which brings us to the modern era and another post.
Continue reading ""We are trying to do for the national security apparatus what FedEx did for the Postal Service" " »
Posted at 09:46 PM in History, Mercenaries, USA, War | Permalink | Comments (0)
Department of Things That Will Obviously End Well
Many years ago, in what seems like another life, I wrote a case about Blackwater. When I began researching the case in 2008, not long after my time in Afghanistan, the company was at the peak of its ambitions. It's training ground in Moyock, North Carolina, was very impressive — and it still is — but the amazing part of Erik Prince's vision was that he wanted the company to manufacture, deploy and operate a panoply of advanced hardware. These included the Grizzly APC (interior pictured), an armed frigate (see page 53), armed reconnaissance blimps, and a small private air force.
There is a rationale behind the idea of privatizing some military functions. Much of what is called "combat service support" has a civilian equivalent. In theory, a private company could maintain a large reserve support capacity and rent it out to various clients, including the military, for less than it would cost any of those clients to maintain such capacity internally. In practice, it's less clear that outsourcing logistical and support functions generates savings or improves readiness, but that's an issue for another day.
The issue for today is that Russian Federation appears to be deploying private organizations to take and hold Syrian territory in return for oil and mining concessions. (The link is to the New York Times.) This is bad on about a hundred different levels. The small problems have to do with the problems of outsourcing core military functions to private organizations. The big ones have to do with the incentives.
Not only do these contracts encourage Russian companies to go buccaneering, they encourage Moscow to broaden the war as much as possible. They also encourage Moscow to pressure Damascus into fighting to the bitter end and give corrupt Russian officials incentives dump public resources into subsidizing ostensibly private military operations. The officials don't even have to be corrupt in a Venezuelan bribe-taking sense; all you need is an open-door between public service and lucrative private posts in the companies that stand to benefit.
Private military forces are, sadly, a thing. Erik Prince is running a small private air force for the UAE in Libya. But I'm not sure that I've heard of mercenaries paid with contingency fees financed out of the spoils of war. That seems new. I am sure that there must be a giant hole in my logic and this experiment with profit-driven pacification will end well.
Posted at 02:00 PM in Empire, Levant, Libya, Mercenaries, The South, War | Permalink | Comments (3)
The president-elect and private contractors
On July 2nd, a Defense Department journalist interviewed Barack Obama. Here is what the then-candidate said about private contractors:
Senator Obama: "When it comes to private contractors, there is room for private contractors to work in the mess hall providing basic supplies and doing some logistical work that might have been done in-house in the past. I am troubled by the use of private contractors when it comes to potential armed engagements. I think it puts our troops in harm's way. I think it creates some difficult morale issues when you've got private contractors getting paid 10 times what an Army private's getting paid for work that carries similar risks. When it comes to our special forces, what we've seen is that it's a potential drain of some of our best-trained special forces, and you can't blame them if they can make so much more working for Blackwater than they can working as a master sergeant. That, I think is a problem."
Defense interviewer: "Blackwater would argue that they're a bargain: that you get a higher level of ability, that they can put people there, they can keep top-level talent there perpetually."
Senator Obama: "I am not arguing that there are never going to be uses for private contractors in some circumstances. What I am saying is if you start building a military premised on the use of private contractors and you start making decisions on armed engagement based on the availability of private contractors to fill holes and gaps that over time you are, I believe, eroding the core of our military's relationship to the nation and how accountability is structured. I think you are privatizing something that is what essentially sets a nation-state apart, which is a monopoly on violence. And to set those kinds of precedents, I think, will lead us over the long term into some troubled waters."
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I am so sorry on the loss of your dear Amy. My prayers are with you as you meet the days/weeks/months ahead. A comforting scripture is found at Psalms 34:17 & 18, where it tells us that Jehovah hears those who cry out to him, and he longs to be there for those who mourn. Please accept my deepest condolences, and may you find love and solace among family and friends during this difficult time.


A bit foreword of me?
The other day, while out walking the dog, I found myself composing a temporary foreword to my PhD in my head. I'm not sure why, except that it felt useful to try and set some boundaries for what might otherwise stray off into endless meandering.
It's amazing how words can be put together so easily and sound so well composed in the confines of one's own head, and yet how difficult it is to bring them out on paper (or screen), where they appear tangled, jumbled and inarticulate.
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Deepen Your Global Perspective
As the forces of globalization continue to reshape the business landscape, developing and maintaining a global perspective is a key competency for senior leaders. Yet while a survey cited on McKinsey.com revealed that 76 percent of senior executives agree that their companies need to develop global leadership capabilities, only 7 percent think their efforts are effective. This gap comes at a cost: 30 percent of U.S. companies report that they were unable to exploit fully international opportunities because they lacked qualified talent.
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