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Phenomenal World
Bruised Grid
— Phenomenal World
Jutta Koether, A Bar at...#4, 2013.
HOW TO HANDLE BAD CONTENT
Two articles illustrate the state of thought on moderating user-generated content
Ben Thompson of Stratechery rounds up recent news on content moderation on Twitter/Facebook/Youtube and makes a recommendation:
"Taking political sides always sounds good to those who presume the platforms will adopt positions consistent with their own views; it turns out, though, that while most of us may agree that child exploitation is wrong, a great many other questions are unsettled.
"That is why I think the line is clearer than it might otherwise appear: these platform companies should actively seek out and remove content that is widely considered objectionable, and they should take a strict hands-off policy to everything that isn't (while — and I'm looking at you, Twitter — making it much easier to avoid unwanted abuse from people you don't want to hear from). Moreover, this approach should be accompanied by far more transparency than currently exists: YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter should make explicitly clear what sort of content they are actively policing, and what they are not; I know this is complicated, and policies will change, but that is fine — those changes can be transparent too."
Full blog post here.
The Social Capital newsletter responds:
"… If we want to really make progress towards solving these issues we need to recognize there's not one single type of bad behavior that the internet has empowered, but rather a few dimensions of them."
The piece goes on to describe four types of bad content. Link.
Michael comments: The discussion of content moderation—and digital curation more broadly—conspicuously ignores the possibility of algorithmic methods for analyzing and disseminating (ethically or evidentiarily) valid information. Thompson and Social Capital default to traditional and cumbersome forms of outright censorship, rather than methods to "push" better content.
We'll be sharing more thoughts on this research area in future letters.
Hunter Walk, former director of consumer product management at Youtube, describes the process of user-generated content moderation at large sites. Link.
On new attempts to use AI to spot fake news: "Testing a demo version of the AdVerif.ai, the AI recognized the Onion as satire (which has fooled many people in the past). Breitbart stories were classified as 'unreliable, right, political, bias,' while Cosmopolitan was considered 'left.' It could tell when a Twitter account was using a logo but the links weren't associated with the brand it was portraying. AdVerif.ai not only found that a story on Natural News with the headline 'Evidence points to Bitcoin being an NSA-engineered psyop to roll out one-world digital currency was from a blacklisted site, but identified it as a fake news story popping up on other blacklisted sites without any references in legitimate news organizations." Link.
With a sexpartite fake news typology, researchers present initial analysis and visualizations pertaining the the 2017 French Presidential election: they found platform disparities (more elaborate fake news like conspiracy theories and fact-manipulation dominated on Twitter, while all forms of misinformation, and clickbait in particular, circulated widely on Facebook), and party disparities (Asselineau and Le Pen supporters distributed the lion's share of suspiciously sourced content). Link (in French). ht Margarita
Related to the above, a possible attempt at promoting accuracy from the middle: "Researchers from Aalto University and University of Rome Tor Vergata have designed an algorithm that is able to balance the information exposure so that social media users can be exposed to information from both sides of the discussion." Link. ht Margarita
Tangentially related: Gobo from MIT Media Lab. "Sign up for Gobo, link it to your other social media profiles, and you can take control of your feed. Want to read news you aren't otherwise seeing? Use our 'Echo Chamber' filter to see what we call 'wider' news." Link.
‡ recsys digital_curation algorithms
NEGATIVE EMISSIONS
"Has the world come to rely on an omaginary technology to save it?" Climate models depend on a carbon-negative technology that barely exists
"But here's where things get weird. The UN report envisions 116 scenarios in which global temperatures are prevented from rising more than 2°C. In 101 of them, that goal is accomplished by sucking massive amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere—a concept called "negative emissions"—chiefly via BECCS [bioenergy with carbon capture and storage]. And in these scenarios to prevent planetary disaster, this would need to happen by midcentury, or even as soon as 2020. Like a pharmaceutical warning label, one footnote warned that such 'methods may carry side effects and long-term consequences on a global scale.'
"Indeed, following the scenarios' assumptions, just growing the crops needed to fuel those BECCS plants would require a landmass one to two times the size of India, climate researchers Kevin Anderson and Glen Peters wrote. The energy BECCS was supposed to supply is on par with all of the coal-fired power plants in the world. In other words, the models were calling for an energy revolution—one that was somehow supposed to occur well within millennials' lifetimes."
ABBY RABINOWITZ and AMANDA SIMPSON provide a thorough overview of the key players and technologies in this emerging field. Full piece here. (Some classify these approaches as carbon geoengineering, others use the term "geoengineering" to refer only to solar.)
"Now scientists are documenting how sequestering carbon in soil can produce a double dividend: it reduces climate change by extracting carbon from the atmosphere, and it restores the health of degraded soil and increases agricultural yields." Link.
See also the New Yorker piece we sent last month. Link.
‡ climate geoengineering
WHERE MATTERS
A review of place-based development policies
"The general thrust of the evidence does not point to enterprise zones creating jobs or reducing poverty. Notwithstanding the difficulties mentioned above, careful analysis has found mixed results of place-based policies (as discussed in my research note). Studies generally do not find increasing employment in response to these policies. There is even less evidence of reduced poverty in these zones and there is also some evidence of rising housing prices which could hurt those who rent and live in those areas, as opposed to property owners who may not reside in the Enterprise Zone. The types of place-based policies that may be more effective support infrastructure investment or higher-education institutions. The Tennessee Valley Authority emphasized the construction of hydroelectric dams to bring power generation to the region it covered. This was a classic case where a place-based policy fostered economic growth, in this case through industrialization. More recently, there is evidence that university research facilities attract high-tech, innovative firms which, in turn, can form industry clusters that benefit from agglomeration economies."
Full post here.
AEI recently hosted a conference on rural education. Conference materials here, including "Statistical Portrait of Rural Education in America."
"Interstate mobility nationwide has slowed over the last 30 years. But, more specifically and of greater concern, migration has stalled in the very places with the most opportunity." Link. ht Jenny
Larissa MacFarqhuar on the small-town American Dream. Link.
"MANY ANALYSTS, ONE DATASET"
Quantifying the consequences of using different analytical frameworks
"Overall 29 different analyses used 21 unique combinations of covariates. We found that neither analysts' prior beliefs about the effect, nor their level of expertise, nor peer-reviewed quality of analysis readily explained variation in analysis outcomes. This suggests that significant variation in analysis of complex data may be difficult to avoid, even by experts with honest intentions. Crowdsourcing data analysis, a strategy by which numerous research teams are recruited to simultaneously investigate the same research question, makes transparent how defensible, yet subjective analytic choices influence research results."
Full study available here.
A narrative post about making the study. Link.
‡ metaresearch
From Wired, a summary of discussions about AI and Ethics from last week's Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS) conference. Link.
Related to the above, video of Kate Crawford's NIPS keynote, "The Trouble with Bias," and a few key points in a Twitter thread.
"An overarching constraint for free human mobility is that international political borders are only selectively permeable. Drawing on Ernst Bloch's work on the possible, the author examines open-borders and no-border arguments and explores the conditions of their possibilities." Link.
Considerations on a robot tax. Link.
In Nature, famous statisticians give opinions on how to fix statistics. Link. (JFI favorite Andrew Gelman is featured; his excellent blog is here.)
Addressing bias through datasets: "We have to teach our algorithms which are good associations and which are bad the same way we teach our kids." Link. ht Margarita
A new study from the People's Policy Project: "During the Obama presidency, the homeownership rate crashed by 4.4 percentage points, erasing all the increase of the mortgage bubble, eventually falling to the lowest level since 1965, before slightly rebounding. It was the greatest destruction of middle class wealth since the Great Depression, and its impact disproportionately wounded black wealth." Link. ht reader Patrick S.
"In an effort to improve our understanding of how political information changes as it propagates from the media to one person to another, I conduct a novel online experiment in which I track information diffusion through individuals in communication chains. I then use content analysis to examine how the information is actually changing, finding that the amount of political information communicated decreases as the number of people in the chain increases. Furthermore, the information is increasingly distorted as the length of the chain increases." Link.
"During the summer between high school and college, college-related tasks that students must navigate can hinder successful matriculation. We employ conversational artificial intelligence (AI) to efficiently support thousands of would-be college freshmen by providing personalized, text message-based outreach and guidance for each task where they needed support." Link. ht Will
A special issue of American Behavioral Scientist on "The role of state education policy in ensuring access, achievement, and attainment in higher education," with several articles. Link. ht Will
"This paper provides evidence of the long-run effects of a permanent increase in agricultural productivity on conflict. We construct a newly digitized and geo-referenced dataset of battles in Europe, the Near East and North Africa covering the period between 1400 and 1900 CE. For variation in permanent improvements in agricultural productivity, we exploit the introduction of potatoes from the Americas to the Old World after the Columbian Exchange. We find that the introduction of potatoes permanently reduced conflict for roughly two centuries. The results are driven by a reduction in civil conflicts." Link.
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View of the Cataract of Niagara
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William Byrne (1743-1805) after Wilson
Published February 1774
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A broad waterfall, with turbulence filling the middleground and spray rising above the fall, seen across tree-covered banks in the foreground. Seven figures are admiring the view on the left.
Purchased from Louis Bihn, 67 rue Richelieu, Paris, 1881
Lettered below the image with the title, incorporated into a dedication from Pierie to Lady Susan O'Brien, continuing 'This Stupendous Cataract, is near a Mile wide, and falls over a perpendicular Rock of 170 Feet high, which interrupts the Passage of the River Niagara for some miles, between the Lakes Erie and Ontario, on the Frontiers of the Province of New York in North America', the size of the painting and 'Richard Wilson pinxt. | From a Drawing taken on the Spot by Lt. Pierie of the Rl. Artillery, 1768. | William Byrne Sculpt. | Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, Feb. 1774, by the Author, and sold for him at Mr. Dodsley's, Pall Mall, and Mr. Knox's, in the Strand'.
P178 The Falls of Niagara, Wolverhampton Art Gallery P178A Wilson and Studio, The Falls of Niagara, Tate, London
P178 The Falls of Niagara, Wolverhampton Art Gallery
P178A Wilson and Studio, The Falls of Niagara, Tate, London
Edwards 1808, p. 88; WGC, p. 230, pl. 126b
William Byrne (1743-1805) after Wilson, View of the Cataract of Niagara, with the Country adjacent, The British Museum
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782), The Falls of Niagara, Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782) and Studio, The Falls of Niagara, Tate, London
William Byrne, 1743-1805
Edward Edwards, Anecdotes of Painters who have resided or been born in England; with critical Remarks on their Productions

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This paper estimates the short- and long-run effects of universities on geographic clustering of economic activity, labor market composition and local productivity and presents evidence of local spillovers from universities. I treat the designation of land-grant universities in the 1860s as a natural experiment after controlling for the confounding factors with a combination of synthetic control methods and event-study analyses. Three key results are obtained. First, the designation increased local population density by 6 percent within 10 years and 45 percent in 80 years. Second, the designation did not change the relative size of local manufacturing sector. Third, the designation enhanced local manufacturing output per worker by $2136 (1840 dollars; 57 percent) in 80 years while the short-run effects were negligible. This positive effect on the productivity in non-education sectors suggests the existence of local spillovers from universities. Over an 80-year horizon, my results indicate that the increase in manufacturing productivity reflects both the impact of direct spillovers from universities and general agglomeration economies that arise from the increase in population.


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The hypothetico-deductive model,  or method is a proposed description of scientific method. It was popularized by Karl Popper. According to it, scientific inquiry proceeds by formulating a hypothesis in a form that could conceivably be falsified by a test on observable data. A test that runs contrary to predictions of the hypothesis is taken as a falsification of the hypothesis. Otherwise the hypothesis is corroborated. It is then proposed to compare the explanatory value of competing hypotheses by testing how stringently they are corroborated by their predictions.
Qualification of corroborating evidence is philosophically problematic. The raven paradox is a famous example. The statement that 'all ravens are black' would appear to be corroborated by observations of only black ravens. However, 'all ravens are black' is logically equivalent to 'all non-black things are not ravens'. 'This is a green tree' is an observation of a non-black thing that is not a raven, and therefore corroborates 'all non-black things are not ravens'. It appears to follow that the observation 'this is a green tree' is corroborating evidence for the hypothesis 'all ravens are black'.
This problem is related to the problem of induction, and arises because a general case (a hypothesis) cannot be logically deduced from any series of specific observations. Since it appears that virtually any observation can be seen as corroboration of any hypothesis, the choice of which observations should be taken seriously seems to be open, rather than a matter of the application of a strict method. The argument has also been taken as showing that both observations and theories are embedded in our overall understanding (holism), and thus it is not possible to make truly independent observations.
Evidence contrary to a hypothesis is also philosophically problematic. Such evidence is called a falsification of the hypothesis. However, under the theory of confirmation holism it is always possible to save a given hypothesis from falsification. This is so because any falsifying observation is embedded in a theoretical background, which can be modified in order to save the hypothesis. Popper anticipated this, noting that the falsification of a hypothesis is a matter of choice on the part of the scientists involved.
Despite these philosophical problems the hypothetico-deductive model remains perhaps the most popular and best understood theory of scientific method.
Deduce a consequence of that explanation. (A prediction) Formulate an experiment to see if the predicted consequence is observed.


Caesar cider is an added value product initiated to support farmers and decrease rural migration in response to the 5 year apple crisis!
Caesar Cider is a fresh fizzy apple cider filled in 330 mL and 750 ml bottles. Its mission is to develop the Apple Value Chain (AVC) in response to the apple crisis that has been prevalent in Lebanon for the fourth year now and the need to process the apple produce. AVC development is made through an added value product that can benefit the sector and bring in economic return to the farmers and the company itself. This is done through working with rural apple farmer cooperatives by buying their apple juice and fermenting it. Hence, the process will increase sales of non-marketable apples at the farmer level, moreover it increases shelf life of an apple by-product up to 16 months and reaches a wider diversity of consumers.
Caesar cider started in November 2016 with an idea in response to the apple crisis. As apple cider is well known in Europe, mainly United Kingdom, and is consumed in large quantities, the founders found a market penetration gap in the Lebanese market with a new product that can work on solving the apple crisis that is happening. As Lebanon produce more than 320,000 Tons of fresh apples/ year more than 40% of the production either goes to waste or is in the non-marketable form. This loss is shared with more than 170,000 farmers in the sector out of which 85% are small-scale.
Having a product that is derived form 100% fresh apple juice and is demanded by the market population proves as a solution. Each 1 liter of apple juice is converted from 2.5 Kg of apples making 3 bottles of cider!
Yes Lebanon is known for its party scene so lets toast over a cider to revive the Lebanese apple sector!
Increasing Caesar cider production capacity will directly increase purchases of Fresh Apple Juice from "2" apple farmer cooperatives. Purchasing non-marketable apples from the market will bring in lost economic return to the benefited farmers (estimated around 170 farmers) and will open the doors to upscale the processing line to handle larger apple surplus quantities. Additionally, apple farmers are enticed to sustain their orchards and farming revenues when we are witnessing the abandonment of apple orchards.
When farmers experience an economic return from wasted apples, and a positive shift in market price they will be motivated to tend better their orchards and improve their agricultural practices. This will lead to robustness of jobs in the agricultural practices related to apple growing (estimated at 5 labors per farmer), the involvement of young farmers in the apple sector, in addition to creating job opportunities at the cooperative level and the Caesar ciders company leading to a decrease in rural migration.
Milestone 1: $5,600 will be used to purchase glass bottles to help increase juice filling at cooperative level.
Milestone 2: $21,000 for purchasing glass bottles + a pasteurizer. This will enable us to expand our work with diverse cooperatives that only have a juicing press, and the pasteurizer will be an added value helping them to increase the shelf-life of their juice up to 2 years.
Milestone 3: $56,000 for purchasing glass bottles + a pasteurizer + brewing tanks. This will increase our cider production volumes increasing apple juice sales and the total impact on the apple sector as a whole.
by contributing up to $50 you are a HERO! starting this step you are contributing for a national cause, we will send you a thank you email expressing our gratitude!!
by contributing up to $200 you are a MAJOR Contributor for our cause! you will get a thank you email as we express our gratitude! and you are welcome to pick up a 6-pack of our fresh cider!
By contributing up to $500 you are an MAIN contributor to our cause. by this you will get a personalized hand written thank you note by mail! and a complimentary 12 bottles of cider picked up from our brewery!
By contributing up to $1000 you are an honorary contributor to the cause! by this you will get a personalized hand written thank you note by mail and a complimentary 12 bottles of cider picked up from our brewery! in addition, YOUR NAME will be published on all our social media as an honorary contributor to Lebanese apples.
IT'S YOU! By contributing an amount between $1000 and $5000 you will have your name carved on a placket to be displayed in our micro-brewery as a platinum contributor! In addition, you will get a personalized hand written thank you letter by mail and a one-day visit and tour including lunch and drinks to our micro-brewery!!


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InsurMark Announces Barclays Bank and Yale Economist Robert Shiller Research Showing Fixed Indexed Annuity With CAPE Index Would Have Outperformed Bonds
(Barzinga) InsurMark, a leading independent distributor of retirement solutions, announced new academic research from Barclays Insurance Solutions team and renowned economist Professor Robert Shiller, "Investment Characteristics of FIAs." The research outlines an approaching crisis for Americans nearing retirement and finds a potential solution in fixed indexed annuities (FIAs).
Shiller, Sterling Professor of Economics, Professor of Finance and Fellow at the International Center for Finance at Yale University, has written on financial markets, financial innovation, and behavioral economics among other topics. Listed by Bloomberg as one of the 50 most influential people in global finance and one of the world's 100 most influential economists, Shiller and John Campbell created the CAPE ratio, a primary benchmark for many value investors worldwide.
Today, Shiller and Barclays' new research finds that a well-designed FIA can address both market risks and behavioral traps, offering a solution to the nation's retirement savings problem.
"There's lingering cynicism among investors who still bear financial and emotional scars from the Market Crash of 2008 – they're extremely averse to market exposure," the report says. "Low yields in more conservative investments give them few attractive alternatives. Innovation is needed."
The team at Barclays analyzed 10-year returns for stocks, bonds and an FIA linked to the Shiller Barclays CAPE™ US Sector USD Index, a smart beta index that incorporates Professor Shiller's value investment philosophies.1 The simulated series of returns accounts for the interest rate environment and index performance and found that:
In every 10-year period, the FIA outperformed bonds
The long-term nature of FIAs constrains irrational investor behaviors
By providing a principal guarantee and market participation, FIAs offer a unique risk/reward profile
In simulations, FIA returns were less correlated to the broader economy than stocks or bonds, offering a potential diversification benefit
"The academic validation of FIAs as part of a modern retirement portfolio continues to grow," said Don Dady, Co-founder of Annexus, a leading designer of FIAs. "This new research highlights the value of smart beta indexes like the Shiller Barclays CAPE™ US Index to reshape the profile of the FIA and provide greater long-term growth potential."
"It's great news when Professor Shiller, a leading academic, confirms the unique potential of an FIA to improve risk-adjusted returns across the entire retirement portfolio," said Annexus Co-Founder Ron Shurts. "This is another reason for advisors and clients to take a fresh look at FIAs."
InsurMark is an exclusive distributor of Annexus-designed FIAs featuring indices created by Professor Shiller. More detailed findings, as well as a full methodology, can be found in the white paper, "Investment Characteristics of FIAs." Financial professionals can request access to this research by calling InsurMark at 800-752-0207.
1 Stocks were represented by the S&P 500 Price Return Index, and bonds were represented by a generic bond fund.
About Robert Shiller
Shiller is an American economist, best-selling author and Sterling Professor of Economics, Professor of Finance and Fellow at the International Centre for Finance at Yale University. Professor Shiller is one of the world's 100 most influential economists, and Bloomberg ranks Professor Shiller as ranked one of the 50 most influential people in global finance.
Barclays is a transatlantic consumer and wholesale bank offering products and services across personal, corporate and investment banking, credit cards and wealth management, with a strong presence in the U.K. and the U.S. With over 325 years of history and expertise in banking, Barclays operates in over 40 countries and employs 83,500 people. Barclays moves, lends, invests and protects money for customers and clients worldwide.
About InsurMark
InsurMark, established in 1983 and headquartered in Houston, TX, specializes in providing safe retirement and asset protection solutions through financial professionals using annuities and life insurance. As an Advisor Development Organization™, InsurMark provides solutions to meet the ever-evolving needs of financial professionals with a mission to protect and enhance the financial security of every home in America.
About Annexus
Annexus is the leading independent product development provider of fixed indexed annuities, indexed universal life insurance and index-based wealth management solutions. Annexus partners with industry thought leaders, leading insurance carriers and the world's largest investment banks to drive product innovation. A handpicked network of elite financial professionals have exclusive access to Annexus solutions that help clients take control of their retirement.


Dataset Agents are mapped so that there is 1 dataset agent per instrument. The agent needs enough information to load appropriate tools to find and parse all of a particular instruments data from a dataset. Engineering values for individual platforms, profilers, moorings, etc. will each have their own dataset agent gathering data.
Dataset inputs (piles of files or other streams of data) can be rather involved with several directories and files to be sorted through for both science and status/engineering information. Timing sequences and various data types may be combined or separate depending on the needs of the platform or instrument. In order to deal with this variety in data structure, the data needs to be gathered in a coherent, yet flexible way.
Agents: Dataset Agents are specific sub-types of Resource Agent that handle basic control of a dataset ingestion (mostly configuring, starting, and stopping), along with the actual publishing of the ingested values into the ION system.
Harvesters: These are logical entities that find and gather the correct source of data for ingestion, while also tracking what data has already been ingested. They can find files, walk through directories, take in streams, open URIs, etc.
Drivers: The drivers tie the harvesters and parsers together. The driver is responsible for connecting the right harvester to the right parser to get the stream of raw data parsed, then back to the agent where it is published. The drivers are also responsible for making sure the harvester and parser position are recorded for the last published data point.
Parsers may choose to load blocks of data from a stream (perhaps for efficiency or limit working memory usage). If they do, they will need to handle the possibility of getting fragments or duplicate records. Using the chunker is common as this is what the chunker is designed to do. However, parsers may choose to load records individually, doing the sort of behavior of the chunker as characters come in. Which approach is used may depend on the parser's needs or dataset layout.
was last published, where it came from in the dataset, and what other state might be associated with that data value (probably a timestamp at least). By tracking this information correctly. data wont easily be re-published into the system.
mi/dataset/parser – A place for parser code that can be used by drivers working with specific sites, nodes, or data sources. Module name may indicate the entity that the parser works with. Multiple similar parsers may be included in these modules if appropriate.
mi/dataset/driver – site-specific driver code and configuration (ie a particular mooring type), largely metadata/status/engineering parsers and harvesters here. Files related to the type may be here, plus some tweaks for individual instances of that platform.
The SPP pressure instrument has logic specific to this installation of SPP (see the module). It may pull that logic out by subclassing something in the mi.dataset.instrument hierarchy if it is similar enough and worthwhile enough. It also apparently needs a special format (see the dataset_format flag).
The CTD could be pretty generic with the bulk of the logic (everything but the particles, really) being inherited from a base parser (probably one for binary values, regexes, CSV, NMEA, etc. formats). Different base parsers are not currently written as of 8/2013.
When the egg package is created the dependent files are staged with non-python resource files. Then all staged python files are automatically updated with the new namespace to ensure the proper version of the module is imported.
Agent has an entity called a dataset driver that handles the integration of the harvester and parser to load and parse each data in the right way. The driver runs the control loop to do the following: Get next off Harvester, feed to parsers, callback to DSAgent for publishing, stash the last successfully processed position with the agent.
with system configuration, messaging, archiving, and publishing.
and accepting publish messages from it when something needs to be published.
data has already been processed.
whatever source there is. It may be files, URLs, network sockets, etc.
The idea is that it takes data from the source and makes it available as a stream.
In the process, it keeps track of what data files were last opened.
pushes it to a parser, then sends the result to the parent agent for publishing.
out of the parser if it really needed to.
Dataset agents are started in the container using the same mechanism as any other resource agent. The agent then dynamically loads a dataset driver plugin. A driver will contain one or more harvesters and each harvester will spawn and manage their own thread. The driver will also launch a publisher thread where all parsing and particle publishing will occur. While the driver manages the thread processing and polling the driver writer is responsible for overloading the _poll() method to actually do the work in the thread.
Exceptions that occur in this thread are likely software bugs and are not expected error conditions or configuration errors. In either case the DSA execution will stop.
All harvesters are passed a callback which is used when an exception is detected in their thread. This is treated as a connection loss and we kick into our lost connection routine. The agent will transition to a lost connection state and we will begin a progressive retry scheme where the retry time is calculated using a constant value multiplied by a value returned from a factorial sequence with a 60 minute maximum.
It is likely that we will transition out of the lost connection state successfully, but the error condition hasn't been cleared. This is because we can't detect a correction until the driver is started up again which can only happen in a streaming state. Therefore we will only clear the retry counter once we have not received an exception in double the current retry time. If we have retried three times then the retry counter will not be reset until we have gone 80 seconds without an exception detected.
When a harvester exception is detected a ResourceAgentLostConnectionError alert is published and the message is the serialized version of the exception. The exception is also logged with exec information as an error.
When the driver object is created the agent passes a callback for publishing data which is passed through to the parsers. When an exception occurs in this callback the exception is trapped and the particle to be published is ignored. The agent connection id is also reset to ensure we can re-insert any missed samples if the exception was due to malformed data.
An alert is published, ResourceAgentSampleError, and the exception is logged.
Sequencing data is no longer needed, since ION can now handle out of order data.
Reference to egg packaging work Edward did.


Following last night's Committee Meeting the Club can confirm that hypnotist Ian Dee will return to Woodhall Spa with his Comedy Hypnotist Show on Thursday June 5th. Tickets for the show, to be staged in the Pavilion, will be priced at £7.50. It promises to be an enjoyable night for all the family. For further information see our Social Events page.
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I know this type of review is a little different for this site however I was extremely interested when I came across this new line of business that I never heard of before and was immediately intrigued.
The basic premise is a "meal kit" of sorts. Every week you get to chose from a variety of recipes and the service then sends you pre-portioned ingredients and the recipes to follow. As a fulltime single father who works full time, this sounded ingenious to me for a variety of reasons.
My family gets exposed to a variety of new and interesting foods that I likely never would have thought to cook on my own.
Now being a full-time, single father I don't have a lot of disposable income so I thought I would put my website to work for me. I am no stranger in writing product reviews (though admittedly they are all tech related) so I reached out to 5 services that are available in Canada to see if they would provide a trial and in exchange I would review their service and post my review on my website and all my social media platforms.
I received a response from 2 services. Hellofresh.ca and Chefcookit.com. Chefcookit.com refused the review citing financial constraints (though I don't understand how an established service cannot afford a $65 hit to their marketing budget) but Hellofresh was more than not only happy to provide 1 week free but I was able to chose whatever plan I wanted.
Hellofresh has a variety of plans and options available. You basically have 3 tiers with multiple options for each (all based on how many meals you want and how many servings you need). I chose the "Pronto Plan" that came with 4 meals of 2 servings each (a $99 value). I then got to chose what recipies I wanted (had 5 different choices). Their website is extremely easy to navigate and they make ordering extremely easy.
I ordered on Thursday and Wednesday the following week (because of Thanksgiving Monday), my order showed up at my door. The only thing I wish that HelloFresh did differently was be able to select a set time that you can receive your delivery. I work downtown Montreal and take public transit to and from my home in Longueuil so having the package delivered to my workplace is not an option. At least one other service I checked out (with limited access) allows you to set a delivery time during the evening.
Hellofresh, however, has an answer to this, which you will see shortly during my unboxing… It is worthy to note that you can leave instructions for the delivery person to simply leave the package at your door, which I tested. I worked from home today but did not answer the knock and the box was sitting in front of my door after I saw the Fedex guy leave. This won't be ideal for everyone but as my apartment is in a triplex and not a highrise, I have no issue with this.
EDIT: Mistakenly thought the above was a Welcome Brochure, which it is--kind of. It is more a information packet on how all of their packaging materials are enviornmentally friendly--right down to their ice packs (which are also reusable--AND admittedly, I had already thought of that, cleaned them and put them in my freezer lol). If you do not wish to reuse the ice packs (or cut them open and dump then down the sink--which you can also do as they are 99% water), you can freeze 3-4 weeks worth and email hellofresh to come and pick them up--completely free of charge!!
It comes with a Welcome Letter from founder Ian Brooks, Some tips for a well stocked kitchen (including ingredients not provided in your delivery--ie butter, oil (with a note that olive oil is better for cooking and extra virgin olive oil is better for salad dressings), salt, pepper--ie all things you would normally have in your kitchen anyways), yet another promotional offer that is the same on the pamphlets provide and a page with a plethora of contacts for them including email, phone, twitter, etc. a page about their phone app, some FAQ's and their mission statement.
So far, I am extremely impressed and I can't wait to try out my first recipe. The hardest part is going to be choosing which one to have tonight for supper!!
Stay tuned for Part II within the next few days as I try out the recipes!!
My pleasure. I like writing reviews. Unfortunately I got caught up tonight and did not get a chance to try one of the recipes but will be doing so tomorrow night for sure!
However, beyond the typical fast food delivery options like Pizza or Chinese, I prefer shopping for my food, because over the years I found the ideal mix of local european delis, butcher shops, bakeries and grocery stores that have what I like, for the price I want to pay.
It's similar to my discussions with my cousin, who loves to buy shoes & clothes online, only to always having to bother returning stuff that doesn't fit or it's got defects, something which you can definitely check out in the store if the clothes fit or they have a defect.
Now by any means I'm not an old man curmudgeon, I just turned 40 this summer, and I buy a shitload of stuff online, but with food & clothes I think I will remain a traditional in-person shopper. But I am also single and I have the time to do it, so I appreciate services like this that can help someone with managing their time & money.
I used to be like that but started using IGA to deliver my groceries. I order online using a combination of their digital flyer and search for items I am looking for. It only costs a few dollars for delivery and only takes minutes to do versus an hour or more of going to the store, waiting in line, etc, etc.
To be honest, I was also concerned about the quality of certain items that I'm not picking out for myself with things like meat/produce. However, I haven't been disappointed yet and on the few occasions that something has been missed, a simple phone call has them returning with it. Also, if something I order is not available, they always call to let me know and see if I want to substitute it for something else.
For clothes, though, I prefer to do my own shopping. Though there are services out there similar to this HelloFresh service for clothes as well for a weekly/monthly fee where you get a new shirt/pants, etc every week.
FYI, I changed the topic of this thread to Meal Kit Reviews as I continue to try other services as well as Hello Fresh so this will be an ongoing thread.
HelloFresh was excellent when it came to it's recipes. The instructions were easy to follow and their cooking times were spot on. I couldn't be more impressed with their service and would gladly pay to use it. They are seemingly more expensive than other services out there, however as you will read on, you will see my next interaction wasn't as pleasant.
This was the service I was originally interested for a couple of reasons. They seemed to have plans that were more inline with my budget and they also promised delivery times during hours that I could be home (between 6 and 8pm). They also promised a no commitment, no hassle, no subscription service. Being a single-father on a limited budget who worked full-time, their service seemed like a no-brainer.
I was in for quite a shock.
First off, their meal plans aren't so straight forward cost wise. They do provide an up-front cost which looks attractive. However, when you actually go through the selection process of meals (I chose 4 meals for 2 people which should cost $65 via their upfront, public facing selection menu), I discovered that cost had to grown to almost double that price of $110 plus tax. Your costs depend not on your plan selection but there are hidden costs also based on your meal selection. I was fortunate enough to find an online coupon for 50% off so I figured, no commitment, the price is still under what I was expecting to pay, so I will try it out for a week.
I selected my order and scheduled my delivery for Tuesday between 6 and 8 pm and marked no signature required just in case I wasn't home and to test out their delivery method. The next day I received a notice by email that UPS would be delivering my package during business hours and that a signature was required on the day of delivery.
This caused me to stay home from work the following Tuesday to await the shipment. I sat at home all day only for the UPS guy to drop off the shipment at my front door of my apartment without even a knock. The only way I knew it was delivered was via a UPS email notice that I signed up for after the fact.
I didn't bother to take any pictures of the packaging as it was very similar to the HelloFresh delivery. I received placards with the recipes, separate brown paper bags labelled for each recipe (though not colour coded like HelloFresh) with a divider separated the meat products from the produce.
That is where the similarities ended. While the recipes were satisfactory as far as the end product. The ingredients provided were sub-par compared to HelloFresh. Ground Turkey I received for a couple of the recipes was a pate and not a ground meat product. The cooking and preparation times were wildly inacurate. Recipes that stated would take 35 minutes took 1 hour and 45 minutes to prepare. The recipes themselves were very disjointed and were missing steps.
On top of all that, even though I selected not to receive a meal plan for the next week and made no choices for a meal plan the week after, they still billed the credit card I used with the service (I use a disposable cc for these types of services when first trying them out). I have no idea for what amount because their service charges are solely based on the meals you chose with your meal plan and I did not chose any since I had not reloaded/replace the disposable card on file. I only received an email from Chef's Plate stating the charge was rejected with no amount given!!
I will say that Chef's Plate has now been acquired by HelloFresh reported on Oct. 18th, 2018 so hopefully there will be some positive changes within the Chef's Plate organization. Change is very much needed. As it stands now, from my experience, Chef's Plate is a completely dishonest organization that promises one thing all the while knowingly deliberately deceiving it's customers and should be avoided at all costs.
I haven't gotten this for quite a while because of the holidays and then, to be honest, just forgot about it but will start again soon with one of the services.
We've had a look too. Kind of wary about the subscription model, would prefer something non-commital. Wife (vegetarian) said it looked interesting, but I'm carnivorous so it'll be a challenge.
You can mix and match your meals--at least with the couple I tested out. You get to chose what meals you want every week. I don't imagine your eating habits would differ much in choice of meals than your normal grocery shopping.
I do hear you in regards to the subscription model though. I would rather buy a set of weeks and then if I chose to continue, buy more.
-Mee Goreng with Shanghai Noodles, veggies and Spiced Peanuts.
My kids ate all of the first two without complaining, but really didn't like the third, ever though they like Pad Thai, and this is just a vegetarian version thereof... can't win em all I guess.
- Good, filling vegetarian meals, I didn't want meat after I was done eating.
Update: Total cost is $108/week for 3 meals that serves four adults, added perk is that I can take what my kids don't eat for lunch the next day, saving me from either making a lunch or going out to eat.
Still more expensive that groceries, less than eating out, but the convenience and variety make it somewhat worthwhile, especially if you're working.
I really enjoyed Hello Fresh as it just made things simple for me, took little effort to make and was cheaper than take out. Not to mention it tasted 100 times better than anything I could order in. It also gave myself and my daughter some father-daughter bonding time as we would make the meals together. Price wasn't bad as I just worked it into my current grocery bill (I knew I had 4 meals taken care of so then adjusted my grocery order accordingly). Prep times were spot on and the instructions were organized and easy to follow.
However I really soured on the idea when I tried Chef's Plate. Costs were somewhat cheaper but everything else was much worse. Prep times were wildly inaccurate--to the point that estimated 30 minute times took 1.5-2 hours and the meals themselves lacked flavor and basically all tasted like hospital food.
Never tried Good Food but will give it a shot when I get paid next week. I get tonnes of promotional emails and junk mail for 50% off so can't really lose in a trial. We are definitely not vegetarians in this household, so won't be venturing into that venue at all.


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/*
 * Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) and its related class files.
 *
 * ZAP is an HTTP/HTTPS proxy for assessing web application security.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package org.zaproxy.zap.scan;

import java.util.concurrent.locks.Condition;
import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;

/**
 * The base implementation that needs to be extended for a thread that is used to run a Scan.
 *

 * This abstract implementation handles common elements that correspond to all scans (scan progress,
 * scan maximum progress, running/paused state, start options), but should be extended to take into
 * consideration particular needs of the scan.
 *

 * An important characteristic of the scanner threads is that they are based on a set of start
 * options ({@link ScanStartOptions}) that should be used for fully specifying the configuration for
 * a particular scan. The scan options should be provided to the Scanner Thread before being started
 * via the {@link #setStartOptions(ScanStartOptions)} method. Examples of configuration required
 * might include: context and/or site node to scan, user to scan as, policy etc.
 *

 * The most important method that needs to be implemented is {@link #scan()}, but other common
 * methods should be implemented as well, calling the {@code super} implementation:
 *

 *
{@link #pauseScan()}

 *
{@link #resumeScan()}

 *
{@link #startScan()}

 *
{@link #stopScan()}

 *

 *
 * @param <StartOptions> the type of the start scan options
 * @see ScanStartOptions
 * @see ScannerThreadManager
 */
public abstract class BaseScannerThread<StartOptions extends ScanStartOptions> extends Thread {

	private StartOptions startOptions;
	private int progress = 0;
	private int maximumProgress = 100;
	private boolean paused;
	private boolean running;

	/** The pause lock, used for locking access to the "paused" variable. */
	private ReentrantLock pauseLock = new ReentrantLock();

	/**
	 * The condition that is used to wait on, when the scan is paused. When the scan is resumed, all
	 * the waiting threads are awakened.
	 */
	private Condition pausedCondition = pauseLock.newCondition();

	/**
	 * Gets the start options.
	 *
	 * @return the start options
	 */
	public StartOptions getStartOptions() {
		return startOptions;
	}

	/**
	 * Sets the start options.
	 *
	 * @param startOptions the new start options
	 */
	public void setStartOptions(StartOptions startOptions) {
		this.startOptions = startOptions;
	}

	/**
	 * Gets the scan's progress, on a scale from 0 to {@link #getScanMaximumProgress()}.
	 *
	 * @return the scan progress
	 */
	public int getScanProgress() {
		return progress;
	}

	/**
	 * Sets the scan's progress, on a scale from 0 to {@link #getScanMaximumProgress()}.
	 *
	 * @param progress the new scan progress
	 */
	public void setScanProgress(int progress) {
		this.progress = progress;
	}

	/**
	 * Sets the scan's maximum progress.
	 *
	 * @param maximumProgress the new scan maximum progress
	 */
	public void setScanMaximumProgress(int maximumProgress) {
		this.maximumProgress = maximumProgress;
	}

	/**
	 * Gets the scan's maximum progress.
	 *
	 * @return the scan maximum progress
	 */
	public int getScanMaximumProgress() {
		return maximumProgress;
	}

	/**
	 * Checks if is paused.
	 *
	 * @return true, if is paused
	 */
	public boolean isPaused() {
		return paused;
	}

	/**
	 * Checks if is running.
	 *
	 * @return true, if is running
	 */
	public boolean isRunning() {
		return running;
	}

	/**
	 * Sets the paused state of the thread and, if the thread needs to be resumed and was paused and
	 * sleeping, it gets signaled.
	 *
	 * @param paused whether the thread should be paused or not
	 * @see #checkPausedAndWait()
	 */
	public void setPaused(boolean paused) {
		// Make use of a lock when modifying the paused variable to avoid any race conditions
		pauseLock.lock();
		this.paused = paused;
		// Wake up all threads that are currently paused
		if (!this.paused)
			pausedCondition.signalAll();
		pauseLock.unlock();
	}

	/**
	 * Checks whether the scan is paused and, if it is, sleeps until it's resumed. Internally, this
	 * method makes use of threading synchronization features ({@link ReentrantLock} and
	 * {@link Condition}) to cause the calling thread to wait, if needed. Thus, it is
	 * mandatory to eventually call {@link #setPaused(boolean) setPaused(false)} from another
	 * thread to wake the calling thread.
	 *
	 * @see #setPaused(boolean)
	 */
	protected void checkPausedAndWait() {
		pauseLock.lock();

		// While the status is paused, keep waiting
		while (paused) {
			try {
				pausedCondition.await();
			} catch (InterruptedException e) {
			}
		}

		pauseLock.unlock();
	}

	/**
	 * Sets the running state of the thread.
	 *
	 * @param running whether the thread is running or not
	 */
	public void setRunningState(boolean running) {
		this.running = running;
	}

	/**
	 * Checks if the scanner thread has already run/been started. Useful as a Java Thread cannot be
	 * restarted.
	 *
	 * @return true, if successful
	 */
	public boolean hasRun() {
		return getState() != State.NEW;
	}

	@Override
	public void run() {
		this.startScan();
	}

	/**
	 * Method called when the scan is paused. The base implementation handles the update of the
	 * thread's paused state, but should be overridden if necessary.
	 *

	 * Note: Implementations must be careful to make sure the scan actually gets paused (either by
	 * overriding this method or by constantly checking the {@link #isPaused()} status or using the
	 * {@link #checkPausedAndWait()} method in the {@link #scan()} method).
	 *

	 * Note: This method is not always run on the scanner thread.
	 *
	 * @see #setPaused(boolean)
	 */
	public void pauseScan() {
		setPaused(true);
	}

	/**
	 * Method called when the scan is resumed. The base implementation handles the update of the
	 * thread's paused state, but should be overridden if necessary.
	 *

	 * Note: Implementations must be careful to make sure the scan actually gets paused (either by
	 * overriding this method or by constantly checking the {@link #isPaused()} status or using the
	 * {@link #checkPausedAndWait()} method in the {@link #scan()} method).
	 *

	 * Note: This method is not always run on the scanner thread.
	 *
	 * @see #setPaused(boolean)
	 */
	public void resumeScan() {
		setPaused(false);
	}

	/**
	 * Method called when the scan is stopped before it finished. The base implementation handles
	 * the update of the thread's running state, but should be overridden if necessary. If the
	 * thread is now stopped, also updates the paused state to {@code false}, to make sure that, if
	 * the thread was sleeping, it gets awakened.
	 *

	 * Note: Implementations must be careful to make sure the scan is stopped and the thread
	 * finishes (either by overriding this method or by constantly checking the {@link #isRunning()}
	 * status in the {@link #scan()} method).
	 *

	 * Note: This method is not always run on the scanner thread.
	 */
	public void stopScan() {
		setPaused(false);
		setRunningState(false);
	}

	/**
	 * Method called when the scan is started. The base implementation handles the update of the
	 * thread's running state and calls the {@link #scan()} method.
	 *

	 * Note: This method is being run on the scanner thread.
	 */
	public void startScan() {
		setRunningState(true);
		this.scan();
	}

	@Override
	public synchronized void start() {
		// Make sure start options have been set.
		if (startOptions == null) {
			throw new IllegalStateException("No scan start options have been set for the Scanner thread.");
		}
		super.start();
	}

	/**
	 * Method called on the scanner thread in order to perform the work required by the scan.
	 */
	protected abstract void scan();
}

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I made a sweet potato gratin of sorts for Thanksgiving. It wasn't however as delicious as the sweet potato chips Benjamin whipped up before the big meal. He continued making thin slices, sprinkled them with cinammon, fried them until crisp, and when they were done he seasoned them with some salt.
That's the extent of a recipe and pictures I have for you because we ate them up as soon as they came out of the oil it seemed. I'll be a happy Mamma if this is what Anderson will think of as chips.


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FARMINGTON, Minn — The pain is fresh, and the family of April Sterling is still very much in shock.
"It still doesn't feel real yet," said Sterling's nephew, Cody Dauwalter.
"I just want to know what happened. It just doesn't seem right. It doesn't add up," said Sterling's sister, Dara Anderson.
The 38-year-old woman was killed Saturday night at about 7:20, hit by car while crossing Highway 3 in Farmington after having drinks with a friend at Carbone's.
"She lived in Farmington for many years. She was aware of that dangerous road. If anybody can help give us answers as to why my sister was out there alone that night, will give us some closure," Anderson said.
All April's family knows is that she called her husband and asked for a ride home. They don't know what happened between then, and when she was hit on the highway.
The stretch of road where April died has no sidewalks or crosswalks. The speed limit is 45, and the mayor of Farmington tells KARE 11 News that people in the community believe the road is dangerous, but at the same time, MnDot studies the highway and has not deemed it dangerous.
April leaves behind a 15-year-old son, Caden, whom she loved watching play baseball.
"She loved him. That's what she lived for. She did everything for him too," Anderson said.
State Patrol is investigating the crash but hasn't released many details - except they say the driver was not drinking.
April's family hopes the tragedy will spark discussion for making the highway safer for pedestrians.
"If there's anything that can come out of this, maybe we can change this so this can be prevented for another family. Because that would mean the world to her," Anderson said.


Cholera is a toxin that is emitted by a bacteria. There are a couple ways for this disease to be transmitted. The first way is for the organism to be swallowed or ingested through water or food. The human can then transmit it to others through their waste (feces). Another way to spread the disease is having skin to skin contact. There are many people that don't show signs of the disease but can still carry it. This could be like any kind of illness today. This is when you have the disease, but you don't show any of the symptoms.
A very large earthquake hit Haiti on January 12, 2010. About 10 months after the earthquake there was an outbreak of cholera. The last time this disease was in Haiti was about half a century ago or fifty years. This article is under John Snow's section because it was very similar to his story of emergence and impact of the disease. There are two hypothesis' on how the outbreak started. The first hypothesis is that the disease was brought into the country by a tourist or someone who wasn't native. That person then spread it to other people and it eventually got into the water. The second hypothesis was that the bacteria was in the water and was dormant. When there was a climate shift the temperature could have activated the disease and caused it to spread throughout the country.
In 2007-09 Cholera was happening in countries like India, Indonesia, Africa, and other countries in the Middle East. They were confused on how Cholera was brought to Haiti because none of these counties traded or had contact with each other. That is when they came to the conclusion that the disease came from Nepal. There were peacekeepers for the United Nations and they were going to a military base in Mirebalais, which is located by the Meile river. This river is also connected to the Artibonite river which runs through Haiti. With this theory being found they think that this is the most likely possible explanation on how Cholera came to Haiti.
In this hypothesis they believed that the disease was kept dormant on the coast of Haiti until some disturbance in the environment activated the disease that was dormant in the water. One of the key factors on why they thought that this was a possibility was because the first victims who got the disease were people who lived along the Artibonite river.


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Tomorrow Night: Join Me at The Poetry Brothel!
It's almost time to emerge from move-induced seclusion, and the official occasion shall be this Saturday, June 5. See, I'm displaying my Pleiads paintings, along with a few smaller pieces, at an appropriately saucy event – The Poetry Brothel.
Please join me and featured performer Clint Catalyst at what's sure to be an unforgettable night of delights and debauchery. This installment's theme is "The Best Little Whorehouse in Los Angeles", time to bust out those tassels and spurs!
Doors at 8:00 p.m.; event concludes at 11:59 p.m.
21 & over, w/valid I.D.
Join us on June 5th for steamy readings, cold drinks and lovely ladies performing burlesque for your titillation. In the old fashioned style of everyone's favorite Dolly Parton flick, dress to the nines and get ready to be sauced and saucy.
All of the resident 'whores' are available for these sequestered readings at any time during the event. Of course, any good brothel need a furtive 'front' or cover; ours is part saloon and part salon, offering a full bar with music, burlesque dancing, fortune-tellers, and installations from our poets and other artists at each event. [In addition to the featured readers], each night we will also introduce several "New Girls"…[performers] who punctuate the evening with a few special public performances.
Bringing a new twist to the tradition of poetry reading, The Poetry Brothel showcases a diverse roster of emerging and established poets. Our events are also interactive performance art pieces based on the concept of the prewar brothels in the United States and Europe.
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Join WLOY Thursday, April 18, from 9-11 for its LAST LATE NIGHT of the school year! To show our appreciation for all attendees, this event will feature an exclusive performance by local artist, Claire Anthony and FREE + DELICIOUS bread pudding provided by Baltimore's own Café Hon!
ALSO, be sure to enter the FREE raffle onsite for a chance to win Crystal Castles tickets.
Bring a friend, your roommates, your mom, EVERYONE, and head over to the Reading Room this Thursday for an event you don't want to miss!


Syrian National Initative: Figleaf for Invasion?
The formation of the Syrian National Initiative (SNI) was announced last week with much fanfare, replacing the discredited Syrian National Council as the latest front organization for the ongoing war against the Syrian state. Naturally, it was formed in Qatar. As a leading conduit for Western arms, funding and propaganda in the region, the choice of venue was ideally suited to spell out the imperial nature of the operation to anyone who had missed it.
The timing was as indicative as the venue. Hilary Clinton's outburst that the Syrian National Council was no longer fit for purpose and that the Syrian opposition needed a 'more inclusive' body if it wanted greater Western support, was made on October 31st. The plan for the Syrian National Initiative was presented two days later by Riad Seif, having been "developed with the help of the US State Department", according to the Carnegie Endowment website. Seif, according to the same website, is a "good friend" of former US ambassador to Syria Robert Ford, himself a protégé of John Negroponte, who ran the Central American death squads out of the US Embassy in Honduras in the 1980s. David Cameron then headed to the region, announcing on November 7th, in the arrogance typical of his class, that the Western powers had an opportunity to "shape the opposition" in Syria. Various self-styled opposition spokesmen and figureheads met with US, British, French and Turkish officials in Doha the following day, and three days later the Syrian National Initiative was born.
Whatever this new 'opposition bloc' is, it is certainly not the "sole representative of the Syrian people", as has now been claimed by France, Turkey and the Gulf states. A referendum in February of this year saw 89% of voters support a new Syrian constitution which commits the government to far-reaching political reforms, including the end of the one-party state; and opinion polls conducted by Yougov last year suggested that 55% of Syrians inside Syria (as opposed to the wealthy emigres who tend to monopolise Western media coverage) want Assad to remain as President. Indeed, a Free Syrian Army commander in Syria's second biggest city Aleppo recently admitted that 70% of the population of the city support Assad, and that "it has always been that way".
The SNI cannot even claim to be the legitimate representative of the Syrian opposition; i.e. of those Syrians who want to see Assad deposed. The National Coordination Committee, comprising most of the leftist opposition to Assad, and who are opposed to Western intervention and the militarization of the conflict, have wisely not endorsed the project; and one opposition activist told Reuters that "The people inside Syria don't see in the initiative a national vision. They see it as a way to undermine the revolution." Even amongst the groups actually involved, many are clearly only there because they do not want to miss out on any Western money and weapons that may be distributed, rather than out of any commitment to its aims, or unity of purpose with other members. Even the Muslim Brotherhood, the largest political entity amongst the Syrian armed opposition, were vociferous in their opposition to the colonial nature of the initiative, with their spokesman Zuhair Salim initially claiming there was little difference between Hilary Clinton's statement and the Balfour Declaration – before jumping on the bandwagon a few days later nonetheless.
But none of this matters to the instigators of the group. Cameron and Clinton have cobbled this group together for one reason and one reason only – to provide a figleaf of legitimacy for the ramping up of their proxy war against Syria; a war they are still hoping to take all the way to an all out British-French-US bombardment.
A massive escalation is clearly being planned in London and Washington. US and Turkish officials have been speaking about placing US Patriot missiles on the Syrian-Turkish border; British general David Richards said on Sunday (November 11th) that the RAF are preparing for a Syrian mission this winter; and reports are now emerging Free Syrian Army troops – with SAS support – have been stepping up attacks on Syrian air defense systems over recent months. Without air support, the rebels cannot win; any illusions otherwise were dashed by the dismal failures of the rebel offensives in July and August. What has been holding the West back so far has been two things: Chinese and Russian intransigence at the UN Security Council, and the US President's unwillingness to get embroiled in a new war during an election campaign.
This is where the Syrian National Initiative comes in. The hope is that they will serve as the legal figleaf for the coming onslaught: if they are the legitimate representatives of the Syrians, the argument will go, and they invite us into their country, then it is not really an invasion – and therefore, not illegal. It is nonsense, of course – but the powers who argued that the WMD gossip of an Iraqi taxi driver constituted a legal basis for the war on Iraq are clearly beyond shame in such matters.