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Italian Mob Revenue Surges to $167 Billion From 2007
American organized crime groups included traditional groups such as La Cosa Nostra & the Italian Mafia to modern groups such as Black Mafia Family. Discuss the most organized criminal groups in the United States including gangs in Canada.
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VostokSila
What city do you live in now?: City of brotherly hate
Re: Italian Mob Revenue Surges to $167 Billion From 2007
Unread post by VostokSila » February 10th, 2009, 1:57 pm
dont think Dutch Shell Company should be counted as Dutch OC. In that regard, we can say that the American Mafia is the strongest because most of the bussinesses in America are the biggest in the world.
YOu forget that in America, it is not necesarly that big companies (like the ones in the links) are owned by mafia... its not like in Europe.
CheGuevara
What city do you live in now?: Nunaya
Unread post by CheGuevara » February 10th, 2009, 2:07 pm
VostokSila wrote:
Dutch Shell Company is not controlled by the mafia. Or is it?
DutchGangster69
If in the United States: Arkansas
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Unread post by DutchGangster69 » February 10th, 2009, 4:16 pm
The Dutch government keeps a close eye on companies like shell so I doubt organized crime has any influence on Shell or any other Big Dutch companies like ING Bank, Philips, etc.
Its mostly small businesses like restaurants and non big chain stores that OC groups operate.
Maybe some OC groups control some branches of the company that were opened up in Russia or other corrupt places. But I doubt any OC group holds sway over the entire company itself.
Italian Mafia are ripping off there own race
Lee23Claire
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Unread post by Lee23Claire » February 10th, 2009, 9:34 pm
thewestside wrote:
Lee23Claire wrote: So, his power is relative as far as the news is concerned, but he hasn't secured his position as of yet? Do you think there's any chance of a new Mafia war?
It's not even clear if Messina Denaro is attempting to become the new "boss of bosses." In the Mafia of today, there really couldn't be one. There is no single group that has defacto control over the entire Mafia like the Corelonesi did. Provenzano was the last that could be considered the boss of bosses. His main subordinates were the two most powerful bosses in Palermo - Antonio Rotolo and Salvatore Lo Piccolo. Messina Denaro, along with Rotolo and Lo Piccolo, were seen in the past as the most likely to succeed Provenzano. Rotolo and Lo Piccolo are in prison now so that leaves Messina Denaro. But like I've said, he is based in Trapani, which is removed from the Mafia's main powerbase in Palermo. He does have substantial contacts, however, with both Italian officials, as well as international connections to the 'Ndrangheta and Colombian cartels for drug trafficking. He reportedly was one of the leaders behind the recent attempt by the Mafia to reestablish the Commission, which has been defunct for years now. That led to a number of arrests a few months ago. In recent years, there have been a few killings, some fairly high level. But I would be surprised if there was ever another war like there was in the 1980's when the Corleonesi took power. The Mafia has learned that wars, as well as killing public officials, only brings heat from law enforcement and the public. One of the things Provenzano was most successful at was getting the Mafia to become more low key and much more in the shadows than it had been previously.
Ah. What's the status of the Corleonesi today? I've read before that the Corleonesi themselves never had more than ~50 actual members, even at their height. They were just violent/influential enough to gain power over the Mafia. Any truth to that?
thewestside
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Unread post by thewestside » February 11th, 2009, 7:17 pm
DutchGangster69 wrote: Italian Mafia are ripping off there own race
Italians are an ethnic group, not a race. And the Italian Mafia, like all others, preys on it's own people first and foremost.
Lee23Claire wrote: Ah. What's the status of the Corleonesi today? I've read before that the Corleonesi themselves never had more than ~50 actual members, even at their height. They were just violent/influential enough to gain power over the Mafia. Any truth to that?
The DIA estimated that the nucleus of the Corelone clan was 39 members in 1993. Of course they, like most clans in the Sicilian Mafia, had a high number of affiliati (affiliates or associates.) It's also important to remember that not every Mafia member who was a "Corleonesi" was actually a member of the Corleone clan. All the top bosses were of course, like Luciano Leggio, Salvatore Riina, Leoluca Bagarella, Bernardo Provenzano, etc. But there were many others, including bosses of other clans, who were considered "Corleonesi" because they aligned themselves with the Corelone clan when it took over the Sicilian Mafia.
The Corelone clan no longer holds defaco sway over the entire Mafia like it did. Provenzano was the last Coreleone boss that could be considered the "capo di tutti capi" or boss of all bosses. Much of the power has shifted back to Palermo and the Mafia, overall, is more fractured and descentralized now.
The head boss of the Mafia in Canada or atleast Montreal was trying to build a billion dollar bridge in Italy to the sicilian Island so he could collect all the bridge fairs. The Montreal mob has billions. They control the Montreal harbour where all the heroin and cocaine comes in.
Unread post by thewestside » February 11th, 2009, 11:58 pm
DutchGangster69 wrote: The head boss of the Mafia in Canada or atleast Montreal was trying to build a billion dollar bridge in Italy to the sicilian Island so he could collect all the bridge fairs. The Montreal mob has billions. They control the Montreal harbour where all the heroin and cocaine comes in.
You're referring to the bridge across the Straight of Messina that would connect Sicily to the mainland. It was a multi-billion dollar project that involved both the Sicilian Mafia and Calabrian 'Ndrangheta from the start. The Rizzutos were one of the Mafia groups seeking to bid on the project.
For the record, Rizzuto is the boss of the Mafia in Montreal, which is the main powerbase of the Sicilian Mafia in Canada. Technically he is a made member of the Bonanno family of New York but his loyalties and family ties go to the Cattolica Eraclea clan in Sicily. While the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta has now become the most powerful Italian syndicate in other parts of the world, the Sicilian Mafia is still the most powerful in Canada and is said by authorities to hold a strong influence over the 'Ndrangheta there.
The Rizzutos are at the top of the drug chain in the region. It was they who reportedly formed "The Consortium," a group of Italian Mafia bosses, the leaders of the Hells Angels, Russian mob leaders, the heads of Irish mob known as the West End Mob, as well as the Colombians, to work out territories for drug distribution, fix the price of drugs, and arbitrate disputes between rival gangs.
I think some might be underestimating the scale of the Italian Mafia. 80% of businesses in Sicily pay protection money to the Cosa Nostra. Not just small shops but also big construction companies. 60% of those in Calabria and 50% in Campania also pay the "pizzo" to the 'Ndrangheta and Camorra. Recent reports have concluded that combined, Italian businesses pay 250 million euros a day in protection money. This is just extortion alone. When you add up all of the Mafia's other illicit interests like drugs, gambling, loansharking, stolen goods, counterfeiting, illegal waste disposal, arms trafficking, prostitution, fraud, etc.; as well as all of it's legitimate businesses interests in Italy, Europe, and around the world, $167 billion for the four major syndicates is not unreasonable by any means. But like I said above, not all of it is going into the pockets of the mafiosi alone.
Okay, let me prove that you are just as fast to use a souce if you like it as I am. Let me show you how you're source is dead wrong and just totally 100% completely ridiculous but you use it as a fact... whats more, you use it to say, "SEE SEE! I TOLD YOU ITALIAN MAFIA WAS STRONGER THEN EVERYONE!"
Extortion: As of 2007, the workforce in Italy is 23,350,000 people and that is being generous. Now lets say that all of those people make $30,000 per year which I think is very generous for Italy but just for the comparison. Lets say they each make $30,000. 23,350,000 people making $30,000 per year = $700,500,000,000. Now let us divide this number by 10%. That amounts to $70,000,000,000. So for the Italian mafia to make $70,000,000,000 they have to extort 10% of the entire Italian workforce population. That means that every single worker in Italy is paying 10% of his earnings to the mafia. Even, if we lived in Kansas and such a crazy, ridiculous thing could happen, it would only amount to $70,000,000,000. But you're source is claiming they make $118,000,000,000 just on extortion alone.
http://bonoboathome.blogspot.com/2008/0 ... italy.html.
Drug trafficking: You're source claimed they made $59bn just on drug trafficking. Now lets review the facts. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime reported that in the year 2006, 568 tonnes of cocaine was produced that was not seized and was potentially consumed in the year 2006. Now for the sake of comparison, lets do the math quite again. 568,000 kilos of cocaine X $100,000 [hypothetical, imaginary retail price of kilo] = $56,800,000,000. In the same year, an estimated 464 tonnes of heroin was available for consumption. Now lets say 464,000 kilos of heroin X $119,500 [average between American and European retail prices] = $55,448,000,000. In total at about $110,000,000,000 for the global profits of the heroin and cocaine trade. So this source is claiming the Italian mafia responsible for 50% of the heroin and cocaine trade in the entire world. Nice to hear this source is reliable.
http://www.unodc.org/documents/wdr/WDR_ ... market.pdf
Arms trafficking: You're source claimed they made $7.48bn USD on arms trafficking alone. That would mean they sold 12,466,666 Kalashnikovs in a single year or in other words, enough Kalashnikovs to arm the entire population of the greater London area.
http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/files/sa ... ary_en.pdf
Conclusion: If we were to take the entire profits of GLOBAL heroin and cocaine trade, we would amount to $111,000,000,000 USD. If we were to tax every single worker in Italy by 10%, it would amount to $70,000,000,000 [AND THAT IS BEING EXTREMELY GENEROUS]. Together they would make $181,000,000,000 or just under $10,000,000,000 of what the Italian mafia makes.
See you later thewestside, you have proven to be a worthy opponent but its time someone exposed you.
For once CHE makes a good argument.
DutchGangster69 wrote: For once CHE makes a good argument.
I always make a good point Dutch. My claims can always be proven by logic or by official sources. And when I am wrong, I will admit it if anyone has the evidence to prove me wrong. Thewestside lacks that evidence and in this case. He is exposed of believing a totally crazy source. Which should show everyone on this forum just what his "15 years of research" really means.
I hope you read my entire post Dutch. Anyone who reads it will agree.
Check thisook out guys.
http://books.google.ca/books?id=uF62van ... &ct=result
don't forget a drugdealer can get a couple million out of a few kilos of high purity cocaine by watering it down alot.
By doing the calculations, the Italian mafia makes $3,835,390,000 on their cocaine importation and wholesale activities... How did I come to this conclusion? I will explain. According to the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime as of 2005. The cocaine market in Europe was worth $18.1bn. The Italians are responsible for 80% of cocaine importation into the continent. According to the same source, the wholesale level is worth 21.1% of the entire market for drugs. So what I simply did was found out what 21.1% of the entire cocaine market in Europe was worth. And it amounted to that.
http://streetgangs.com/billboard/viewto ... 91&t=40439
Now that does not mean that is the total revenues of the Italian mafia in drugs as they are active in other drugs and sometimes, are on the retail level as well. But that should be a good estimation of their cocaine importation profit.
By doing the same calculations, the Albanian mafia is making $7,840,300,000 annually on their heroin importation and wholesale level being as they are estimated to bring in about 80% of the heroin destined for Europe.
(this are the estimates for 2005).
Unread post by thewestside » February 14th, 2009, 1:44 am
Actually he doesn't and I'll explain why.
First, the figure of extortion cited by the two reports, as anyone can see who has read them, came from all types of extortion. Not simply the classic extortion of the Mafia shaking down a business. It also came in the form of "exortionate collection of interest," i.e. loansharking - one of the mob's biggest businesses. There are also various other types of extortion, ranging from labor racketeering, business racketeering, extortion through kidnapping, extortion through blackmail, etc.
Second, Johnny is trying to use the United Nations 2005 Drug Report (which I provided by the way some time ago) and plug it into these latest reports. But it doesn't work that way. But it is a good example of Johnny's elementary approach to organized crime figures. He sees the UN estimates for the heroin trade in Europe, knows the Albanians control about 80% of that, and simply figures 80% of the UN figure as the amount the Albanians are making. Once again it doesn't work like that.
Read back earlier in this thread. These estimates come out from two, sometimes three separate, think-tanks that use official data every year. Every year the Mafia's income has been steadily growing. The 40% jump cited in some articles is due to the fact that they are comparing the estimated income last year from one source to the estimated income of two years ago from another source. But in any event, notice what Johnny did. His response was simply "Well I think that's too high" and then gave his own figure for what he thought the Mafia's income was. Where did he get this figure? Out of thin air as usual. He constantly makes up his own numbers, and crunches them in ways that don't apply as you can see above, to come out with whatever result that he wants.
In short, the kid has but the slimmest grasp on organized crime and understands nothing about the economics of it.
[quote=""CheGuevara"]I always make a good point Dutch. My claims can always be proven by logic or by official sources.[/quote]
Sorry pal, you may think you can pull the wool over the eyes of Dutch because he's new here but he'll see soon enough there is a reason why you have the reputation you do. You always make good points? Then why are you known as the biggest bullshitter on this forum? Why does nobody take you seriously? Logic? You mean like your asinine logic above that made no sense whatsoever? Official sources? Yeah, ones that you've cherrypicked because they happen to agree with you.
And when I am wrong, I will admit it if anyone has the evidence to prove me wrong. Thewestside lacks that evidence and in this case. He is exposed of believing a totally crazy source. Which should show everyone on this forum just what his "15 years of research" really means.
When you're wrong you'll admit it? One of the biggest lies you've told yet. Anyone who's been here for any length of time knows that you almost never admit when you are wrong, which is quite frequently. It's like pulling teeth to get you to admit when you are wrong. I could list a half dozen examples from just the past few weeks where you never admitted where you were wrong.
A crazy source? Hmmm....let's see here. SOS Impressa, a respected Italian think-tank that uses official sources. Eurispes, another respected Italian think-tank that also uses official sources. And Confesercenti, the small business association of Italy. We're just supposed to dismiss what they say because Johnny (and his voodoo numbers) don't agree?
Who Johnny? Who agrees with you on this board? Name a single poster that has EVER agreed with you?
Also allow me to point out a few things about the UN Report, which once again I provided simply as a general reference source, and which Johnny is so fond of citing even though he knows nothing about it.
The UN is dependent upon self-reporting by member states. In some cases, seizure data and flow estimates are pretty well-developed, other times reporting states have very little capacity or inclination to report on the circumstances in their territory. With every illicit commodity, there is never perfect data available. You have to extrapolate from best available evidence. Officials can do a pretty good job at estimating amounts of drug crops produced in the ground, as they can be seen from the air growing, as well as ground surveys in some cases. Officials have a decent chance at estimating finished drug production from this (differences in processing methods can create decent significant discrepancies, however). But they have a less accurate estimate of how much of the total crop transits particular countries; seizure data is all they can go on, and it is notoriously fickle. Some states catch more than others because of more effort, better results; does that mean that more drugs are going through in sum? Not necessarily. Then, there are signfiicant discrepancies in street-price, and in middle-man fees through the retail and wholesale brokers. You get the picture; in some cases, it's a crap shoot. But the UN does the best they can.
In short, the UN figures are at best a general guideline and shouldn't be taken over what official sources in Italy estimate is the income of the Italian Mafia when the subject of the study - and the discussion here - is not the UN's estimate of the overall drug trade in Europe, but the income of the Italian Mafia! But that's exactly what Johnny is trying to do because A) He doesn't like the fact that the Albanians are not making the most money and B) he tries every chance he gets to discredit me but ALWAYS ends up failing.
Unread post by CheGuevara » February 14th, 2009, 10:27 am
Did you even bother to read what I said? CAREFULLY????? Or did you just skim through it real quick and answered to what you wanted.
Also, there have never been any estimations of the Albanian mafia's profits except for that interpol estimate that said they went from $38bn in 1999 to $70bn in 2001 just on drug trafficking alone. But I do not believe that estimate as IT IS TOOOOOOOOO HIGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! I have no reason to believe the Albanian mafia does not equal to more, the same or a little less then the Italian mafia in annual profits. They are the most dominate group in a continent of 600,000,000 people. They put up serious numbers.
Unread post by thewestside » February 14th, 2009, 11:03 am
CheGuevara wrote: Did you even bother to read what I said? CAREFULLY????? Or did you just skim through it real quick and answered to what you wanted.
Yes, I read your little "computations" and as usual they made no sense because you were simply trying to compare apples to oranges.
I agree there are no estimations of Albanian profits like these ones for Italian OC, so it's hard to compare.
How so? I went through alot of trouble to calculate that. I found out the workforce of Italy. I gave them each a pretty generous annual wage of $30,000. 10% of the entire workforce's profits would equal to $70bn. But you're source is claiming they made $118bn just on extortion alone. Come on now. You know that is just madness.
Second, you're source said they made $59bn on drug trafficking. But that would account for like 20% of the entire GLOBAL drug market. You have to be realistic. This source in my eyes does not know what the hell it is that they are talking about. $171bn anually, where would they put all of that money? They could have bought Italy by now completely. This is source is almost as crazy as Vostok's source saying the Russians invest $20bn annually into Germany.
I also agree.
CheGuevara wrote: How so? I went through alot of trouble to calculate that. I found out the workforce of Italy. I gave them each a pretty generous annual wage of $30,000. 10% of the entire workforce's profits would equal to $70bn. But you're source is claiming they made $118bn just on extortion alone. Come on now. You know that is just madness.
You obviously didn't bother to read my response above. I said that the extortion estimates came from all types of extortion - not just shaking down businesses. It also included loansharking, extortion involved in labor and business racketeering, extortion by kidnapping and ransom, extortion by blackmail, etc. Of course your "calculations" don't add up because you are looking at it all wrong in the first place.
Once again, you didn't bother to read what I wrote above. In any event, I won't just dismiss these sources because Johnny doesn't agree with them.
I read you're calculations very but what I am saying 10% of the entire workforce's annual income amounts to $70,000,000,000. $700,000,000,000 is what is circulating in Italy annually based on the income people receive from work. How do the Italian mafia groups manage to consume $118bn of it? Come on man, you know that is anarchy.
Once again, I have read you're response thoroughly but the Italian mafia making $59bn on drug trafficking means they are making like 20% of the total drug profits in the world. That is insane and totally untrue.
Does anyone else think it's really funny to see Che try so hard, but fail so miserably? I'd actually be more entertaining than annoying if he wasn't so intent on "proving" that AOC was the greatest organization to ever exist in the history of the universe.
Anywho, westside:
I finished reading "Gomorrah" a few days ago, and from what I remember Saviano lays out the Di Lauro clan's hierarchy as -- at the time -- Paolo Di Lauro as the top boss, Cosimo as his second-in-command, and below him his underbosses. Below those underbosses were capo in varying levels of power/responsibility. I think he said they were organized in tiers. Is this how most Camorra clans are made-up, with variations here and there, or would this be distinctive of only the the Di Lauro clan?
Speaking of them, is the Di Lauro family still in control of that clan, or has another family/faction taken the reigns?
I am not trying to prove that AOC is the greatest in history. I am just trying to prove how this source claiming the Italian mafia made $171bn in 2008 is madness. It can not happen, it will not happen. Organized crime in total is estimated to be worth about $1,000,000,000,0000 globally. So the Italians account for 17.1% of the entire profits of organized crime? I dont think so. You have to be real man. Look at my above posts. I did the calculations very carefully, take a look at them and I know you will agree if you read it thoroughly.
The numbers have to be real. I am not trying to prove anything except for the fact that thewestside boosts and brags about a source that has been proven to be wrong while I have three official sources claiming the same thing but thewestside does not acknowledge or care about them.
How can he do that? Ask yourself. How can thewestside throw away official statements from the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, United States Department of Justice, and Belgian Police Department but rely on some crazy source saying the Italian syndicates made $171bn annually.
CheGuevara wrote: I am not trying to prove that AOC is the greatest in history. I am just trying to prove how this source claiming the Italian mafia made $171bn in 2008 is madness. It can not happen, it will not happen. Organized crime in total is estimated to be worth about $1,000,000,000,0000 globally. So the Italians account for 17.1% of the entire profits of organized crime? I dont think so. You have to be real man. Look at my above posts. I did the calculations very carefully, take a look at them and I know you will agree if you read it thoroughly.
I take it you missed the part where your numbers came from statistics that were compiled 2-4 (probably more) years ago?
I quoted very visibly that the Global drug reports was from 2005. But I also used data from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Annual Global Drug Report that came out in 2008.
Also, the data I used for the extortion number was from the latest data available. If you read my post very carefully. You will have no choice but to agree as it is a functional and normal calculation. It cannot be proven wrong.
Lee23Claire wrote: Does anyone else think it's really funny to see Che try so hard, but fail so miserably? I'd actually be more entertaining than annoying if he wasn't so intent on "proving" that AOC was the greatest organization to ever exist in the history of the universe.
As I've explained before, it all comes down to his ethnic inferiority complex. Which isn't surprising being as he hails from a small, insignificant, almost third-world country in southeast Europe that many people couldn't even find on a map. There isn't much to say about Albania so Johnny brags about it's crime. What's funny is, on one hand he'll say that Albanians have the "mafia gene," have a high level of criminality, and have one of the biggest mafias in the world for such a small population. But on the other hand he'll say Albanians are the "most honorable" people you will ever meet? Just one of his many contradictions.
Generally speaking, the Camorra is less organized and therefore less stable than both the Cosa Nostra and 'Ndrangheta. The clans are much more "porous," to use Saviano's word, as the rules for joining are less restrictive. As such, each clan might vary somewhat differently but the general makeup is what you described above. A boss, as well as a second in command, followed by several lietenants (which could be called underbosses I suppose) who oversee certain specific operations. But these lieutenants could also simply be called soldiers who have supervision over one activity or another. It's more a matter of semantics than anything.
Yeah, it's safe to say they are, despite the arrests in the last few years.
CheGuevara wrote: I am not trying to prove that AOC is the greatest in history.
Sure Johnny. Nevermind the fact that just about every single one of your posts says otherwise.
I am just trying to prove how this source claiming the Italian mafia made $171bn in 2008 is madness. It can not happen, it will not happen. Organized crime in total is estimated to be worth about $1,000,000,000,0000 globally. So the Italians account for 17.1% of the entire profits of organized crime? I dont think so. You have to be real man. Look at my above posts. I did the calculations very carefully, take a look at them and I know you will agree if you read it thoroughly.
That $1 trillion figure for worldwide organized crime is about as "ballpark" as you are going to get. And you're using that as the measuring stick to determine whether the estimates of the Italian OC profits are correct? That is even more ridiculous than your lame calculations above.
LOL, when there is nothing left. Turn to insults. Anyway I wont even respond to this insult because being Albanian is really the best thing in the world. Whatever you're view on Albanians are, no one cares because you havent amounted to anything in life and no one knows you or cares about you. Hell, you arent even married, you live alone. Albanians are some of the most honorable people in the world. Their history proves it. If you knew anything about Albanian history you would know. Hell, you can even see what they do in you're own country. They are business men. Look at how much real estate they own, look at much many businesses they own.
As for Albania itself, the entire world knows where Albania is, the only people I have come across that do not know where Albania is are Western Americans and Western Canadians meaning Americans and Canadians living in the west side of North America. That is simply because they are ignorant in the first place, hell once an American kid in my class said Afghanistan is a state of America. Even a Chilian kid told me he knows exactly where Albania was, I was surprised really. I wont make fun of anyone as it wont get me anywhere but Americans kids are ignorant and lazy compared to others. In Albania, 25% of the population has a university degree and the number increases ever year as living standards increase. Albania is far from a third world country.
Sure Johnny. Nevermind the fact that just about every single one of your posts says otherwise.[/quote]
The popular belief is that organized crime generates $1 trillion USD annually.
Anyway, did you even bother to see how I got my calculations? My calculations are not lame and cannot really be proven wrong.
Azure9920
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Unread post by Azure9920 » February 15th, 2009, 10:58 am
That is simply because they are ignorant in the first place
Ironic.
In Albania, 25% of the population has a university degree and the number increases ever year as living standards increase. Albania is far from a third world country.
Even if that # is correct, it still places you about 10-15% behind the United States. If Americans are ignorant, I wonder what that makes Albanians.
Azure9920 wrote:
Not really. Americans lack the knowledge other people in different parts of the world have.
It doesnt matter. There is alot more going on in Albania then in the United States. What good is a college education in Albania? There is no work, no industries, etc... In America, if you have a college education you can get a good job, in Albania you need to have a college education, learn a different language fluently, travel outside the country and start work there. Its alot harder and sometimes is not even worth the while and work.
Besides, Americans fall behind immigrants in grades and ahead in failure rates. I mean honestly, whats there to be proud of if you are American? Half of you get divorced. You guys have no morals [letting you're daughters date, letting you're wives have guy friends, letting you're wives control the marriage, etc...] and yet somehow you guys hate on immigrants and try to make them feel bad. I mean honestly, what the fcuk is an American? Where do Americans come from? Europe. How do Americans try to put down immigrants when they are immigrants for themselves?
I also find it funny that a Native American would be trying to defend white Americans. Lol, thats like a Serb defending Albanians.
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/* Dataset callbacks */
H5_DLL void * H5VL__native_dataset_create(void *obj, const H5VL_loc_params_t *loc_params, const char *name,
                                          hid_t lcpl_id, hid_t type_id, hid_t space_id, hid_t dcpl_id,
                                          hid_t dapl_id, hid_t dxpl_id, void **req);
H5_DLL void * H5VL__native_dataset_open(void *obj, const H5VL_loc_params_t *loc_params, const char *name,
                                        hid_t dapl_id, hid_t dxpl_id, void **req);
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL__native_dataset_read(void *dset, hid_t mem_type_id, hid_t mem_space_id,
                                        hid_t file_space_id, hid_t plist_id, void *buf, void **req);
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL__native_dataset_write(void *dset, hid_t mem_type_id, hid_t mem_space_id,
                                         hid_t file_space_id, hid_t plist_id, const void *buf, void **req);
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL__native_dataset_get(void *dset, H5VL_dataset_get_t get_type, hid_t dxpl_id, void **req,
                                       va_list arguments);
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL__native_dataset_specific(void *dset, H5VL_dataset_specific_t specific_type, hid_t dxpl_id,
                                            void **req, va_list arguments);
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL__native_dataset_optional(void *dset, H5VL_dataset_optional_t opt_type, hid_t dxpl_id,
                                            void **req, va_list arguments);
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL__native_dataset_close(void *dset, hid_t dxpl_id, void **req);

/* Datatype callbacks */
H5_DLL void * H5VL__native_datatype_commit(void *obj, const H5VL_loc_params_t *loc_params, const char *name,
                                           hid_t type_id, hid_t lcpl_id, hid_t tcpl_id, hid_t tapl_id,
                                           hid_t dxpl_id, void **req);
H5_DLL void * H5VL__native_datatype_open(void *obj, const H5VL_loc_params_t *loc_params, const char *name,
                                         hid_t tapl_id, hid_t dxpl_id, void **req);
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL__native_datatype_get(void *dt, H5VL_datatype_get_t get_type, hid_t dxpl_id, void **req,
                                        va_list arguments);
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL__native_datatype_specific(void *dt, H5VL_datatype_specific_t specific_type, hid_t dxpl_id,
                                             void **req, va_list arguments);
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL__native_datatype_close(void *dt, hid_t dxpl_id, void **req);

/* File callbacks */
H5_DLL void * H5VL__native_file_create(const char *name, unsigned flags, hid_t fcpl_id, hid_t fapl_id,
                                       hid_t dxpl_id, void **req);
H5_DLL void * H5VL__native_file_open(const char *name, unsigned flags, hid_t fapl_id, hid_t dxpl_id,
                                     void **req);
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL__native_file_get(void *file, H5VL_file_get_t get_type, hid_t dxpl_id, void **req,
                                    va_list arguments);
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL__native_file_specific(void *file, H5VL_file_specific_t specific_type, hid_t dxpl_id,
                                         void **req, va_list arguments);
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL__native_file_optional(void *file, H5VL_file_optional_t opt_type, hid_t dxpl_id, void **req,
                                         va_list arguments);
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL__native_file_close(void *file, hid_t dxpl_id, void **req);

/* Group callbacks */
H5_DLL void * H5VL__native_group_create(void *obj, const H5VL_loc_params_t *loc_params, const char *name,
                                        hid_t lcpl_id, hid_t gcpl_id, hid_t gapl_id, hid_t dxpl_id,
                                        void **req);
H5_DLL void * H5VL__native_group_open(void *obj, const H5VL_loc_params_t *loc_params, const char *name,
                                      hid_t gapl_id, hid_t dxpl_id, void **req);
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL__native_group_get(void *obj, H5VL_group_get_t get_type, hid_t dxpl_id, void **req,
                                     va_list arguments);
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL__native_group_specific(void *obj, H5VL_group_specific_t specific_type, hid_t dxpl_id,
                                          void **req, va_list arguments);
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL__native_group_optional(void *obj, H5VL_group_optional_t opt_type, hid_t dxpl_id,
                                          void **req, va_list arguments);
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL__native_group_close(void *grp, hid_t dxpl_id, void **req);

/* Link callbacks */
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL__native_link_create(H5VL_link_create_type_t create_type, void *obj,
                                       const H5VL_loc_params_t *loc_params, hid_t lcpl_id, hid_t lapl_id,
                                       hid_t dxpl_id, void **req, va_list arguments);
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL__native_link_copy(void *src_obj, const H5VL_loc_params_t *loc_params1, void *dst_obj,
                                     const H5VL_loc_params_t *loc_params2, hid_t lcpl_id, hid_t lapl_id,
                                     hid_t dxpl_id, void **req);
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL__native_link_move(void *src_obj, const H5VL_loc_params_t *loc_params1, void *dst_obj,
                                     const H5VL_loc_params_t *loc_params2, hid_t lcpl_id, hid_t lapl_id,
                                     hid_t dxpl_id, void **req);
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL__native_link_get(void *obj, const H5VL_loc_params_t *loc_params, H5VL_link_get_t get_type,
                                    hid_t dxpl_id, void **req, va_list arguments);
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL__native_link_specific(void *obj, const H5VL_loc_params_t *loc_params,
                                         H5VL_link_specific_t specific_type, hid_t dxpl_id, void **req,
                                         va_list arguments);

/* Object callbacks */
H5_DLL void *H5VL__native_object_open(void *obj, const H5VL_loc_params_t *loc_params, H5I_type_t *opened_type,
                                      hid_t dxpl_id, void **req);
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL__native_object_copy(void *src_obj, const H5VL_loc_params_t *loc_params1,
                                       const char *src_name, void *dst_obj,
                                       const H5VL_loc_params_t *loc_params2, const char *dst_name,
                                       hid_t ocpypl_id, hid_t lcpl_id, hid_t dxpl_id, void **req);
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL__native_object_get(void *obj, const H5VL_loc_params_t *loc_params,
                                      H5VL_object_get_t get_type, hid_t dxpl_id, void **req,
                                      va_list arguments);
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL__native_object_specific(void *obj, const H5VL_loc_params_t *loc_params,
                                           H5VL_object_specific_t specific_type, hid_t dxpl_id, void **req,
                                           va_list arguments);
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL__native_object_optional(void *obj, H5VL_object_optional_t opt_type, hid_t dxpl_id,
                                           void **req, va_list arguments);

/* Connector/container introspection functions */
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL__native_introspect_get_conn_cls(void *obj, H5VL_get_conn_lvl_t lvl,
                                                   const H5VL_class_t **conn_cls);
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL__native_introspect_opt_query(void *obj, H5VL_subclass_t cls, int opt_type,
                                                hbool_t *supported);

/* Blob callbacks */
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL__native_blob_put(void *obj, const void *buf, size_t size, void *blob_id, void *ctx);
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL__native_blob_get(void *obj, const void *blob_id, void *buf, size_t size, void *ctx);
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL__native_blob_specific(void *obj, void *blob_id, H5VL_blob_specific_t specific_type,
                                         va_list arguments);

/* Token callbacks */
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL__native_token_cmp(void *obj, const H5O_token_t *token1, const H5O_token_t *token2,
                                     int *cmp_value);
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL__native_token_to_str(void *obj, H5I_type_t obj_type, const H5O_token_t *token,
                                        char **token_str);
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL__native_str_to_token(void *obj, H5I_type_t obj_type, const char *token_str,
                                        H5O_token_t *token);

/* Helper functions */
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL_native_get_file_addr_len(hid_t loc_id, size_t *addr_len);
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL__native_get_file_addr_len(void *obj, H5I_type_t obj_type, size_t *addr_len);
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL_native_addr_to_token(void *obj, H5I_type_t obj_type, haddr_t addr, H5O_token_t *token);
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL_native_token_to_addr(void *obj, H5I_type_t obj_type, H5O_token_t token, haddr_t *addr);
H5_DLL herr_t H5VL_native_get_file_struct(void *obj, H5I_type_t type, H5F_t **file);

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif /* H5VLnative_private_H */

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The Case Against ObamaRyan's TPP
January 26, 2016 by Michael Stumo
President Obama's top 2016 legislative priority is passage of his legacy-building "free-trade" deal, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). But the American public is highly skeptical of TPP and its alleged beneficial economic effects.
[Kevin Kearns| January, 26 2016 | Polizette]
The public has it right. The problems with the deal are legion.
Here are a few great reasons to oppose the deal:
TPP does not include provisions prohibiting currency manipulation or enforceable penalties for doing so. Currency manipulation has cost the U.S. thousands of factories and millions of jobs over the last two decades.
TPP fails completely to address across-the-board Value Added Taxes imposed on our goods at the border of every TPP country but Brunei. VATs raise the cost of U.S. goods and make them less competitive. Worldwide, VATs are estimated to cost U.S. firms $350 billion a year.
TPP guts Buy America provisions in U.S. law by allowing firms in any TPP country to bid on U.S. procurement, including Chinese state-owned firms located in Vietnam. Our tax dollars can thus go to China instead of to U.S. producers.
TPP has rules that allow Japanese automakers to incorporate Chinese parts in their cars and still receive favorable tariff treatment entering the U.S., thus harming the American auto industry.
TPP will produce no job growth, and add at most only 0.04% to our GDP by 2025. This is pocket change. Major studies by the Peterson Institute (2011), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (2014), the World Bank (2016), and Tufts University (2016) show little benefit — or actual job loss — from TPP. The Washington Post Fact Checker gave Obama 4 Pinocchios for claiming the TPP would add 650,000 jobs.
TPP will not prevent China from dominating Asian markets, by having the U.S. "write the rules for 21st Century trade," in Obama's words. TPP members aren't going to stop trading with China on China's terms because the U.S. has put some rules in an agreement. And China is certainly not going to follow U.S. rules anyway.
TPP will not constrain China economically. China just launched the Asia Investment and Infrastructure Bank to develop the entire Asia region. Fifty seven countries joined up, including our major European allies, in spite of Obama's telling them not to.
TPP will not complete Obama's "Pivot to Asia." We can't pivot because Obama's Mideast policies have resulted in multiple regional wars in which we are involved. And the pivot is just a PR ploy to reassure our Asia friends that we will stay involved.
One indication of public hostility is that President Obama spent only 28 seconds out of his 70-minute State of the Union speech advocating for it. This is the dog-whistle approach: Don't stoke the opposition of the average American by raising TPP's visibility. But signal the free-traders in Congress (mostly Republicans), Wall Street, and multinational corporations that the White House will lobby hard for it, so that they will too.
Another indication of TPP's unpopularity with the electorate is the reluctance of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to bring the deal up for a vote before the fall election. McConnell wants to maintain Republican control of the Senate. But a number of Republican senators are up for reelection in precarious races. Generally a big trade agreement supporter, McConnell is afraid that if he puts senators on record as voting in favor of it, they will be defeated at the polls and he'll lose his majority.
So the vote may be taken after the election in a "lame duck" session of Congress. This democracy-denying trick allows senators to escape judgment for a pro-TPP vote at the polls, and it keeps the money of TPP backers flowing into campaign chests before the election in hope of influencing senators' votes.
Also complicating passage are three issues that trouble even the pro-free trade business organizations that have recently announced support for TPP.
One, a "carve-out" provision denying tobacco companies the right to sue foreign governments using the Investor State Dispute Settlement process.
Two, the lowering of a special period of patent protection for new biologic drugs from 12 years under U.S. law to five years under TPP.
Three, the requirement that financial institutions store electronic data in the country where it originated.
These three issues mean that the U.S. tobacco, pharmaceutical, and financial industries are unhappy with TPP and may lobby against it.
In short, TPP is an Obama-created illusion that benefits select industries but will not enhance the U.S. economy or contain China. The failure of TPP will not isolate the U.S. Trade will continue, same as it does today without TPP.
The executive and legislative branches need to understand that, instead of chasing success in foreign markets, American firms need to re-take market share here in their home market, which accounts for 22 percent of world GDP. We must pass and enforce trade laws that allow them to do so. To begin the process, voters must let their senators, representatives, and local media know they oppose passage of TPP.

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Creates a component that renders nothing (`null`) but calls a callback when receiving new props.

## API
```
createSink(
  callback : (props : Object) => void,
) : Function
```

## Example
```javascript
import { createSink } from 'incompose';

const cb = (props) => console.warn('props are updated', props);

export default createSink(cb);
```


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//
// Copyright (c) 2017 Nick Rimmer. All rights reserved.
// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
//

using ApiAi.Exceptions;
using ApiAi.Models;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace ApiAi.Tests
{
    [TestClass]
    public class MainTests
    {
        private const string
            ClientAccessToken = "your_client_access_token",
            DeveloperAccessToken = "your_developer_access_token",
            ExampleEntityId = "your_exists_entity_id";

        [TestMethod]
        public void QueryTest()
        {
            try
            {
                var result = QueryService.SendRequest(new ConfigModel { AccesTokenClient = ClientAccessToken }, "some text");
                Assert.IsFalse(string.IsNullOrEmpty(result.SessionId));

#pragma warning disable
            }catch(ApiAiException ex)
#pragma warning restore
            {
                // Use debug to check this "ex" value
                Assert.Fail();
            }
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void EntitiesListTest()
        {
            try
            {
                var result = EntityService.GetEntities(new ConfigModel { AccesTokenDeveloper = DeveloperAccessToken });
                Assert.IsTrue(result.Any()); // fail you haven't any entities in the agent, it's ok (;
            }
#pragma warning disable
            catch (ApiAiException ex)
#pragma warning restore
            {
                // Use debug to check this "ex" value
                Assert.Fail();
            }
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void EntriesListTest()
        {
            try
            {
                var result = EntityService.GetEntries(new ConfigModel { AccesTokenDeveloper = DeveloperAccessToken }, ExampleEntityId);
                Assert.IsTrue(result.Entries.Any());
            }
#pragma warning disable
            catch (ApiAiException ex)
#pragma warning restore
            {
                // Use debug to check this "ex" value
                Assert.Fail();
            }
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void EntityCreateTest()
        {
            try
            {
                var NewEntityId = EntityService.CreateEntity(new ConfigModel { AccesTokenDeveloper = DeveloperAccessToken }, "test_entity_1", new Dictionary<string, string[]> {
                    { "test1", new[]{ "test 1", "test one" } },
                    { "test2", new[]{ "test 2", "test second" } }
                });
            }
#pragma warning disable
            catch (ApiAiException ex)
#pragma warning restore
            {
                // Use debug to check this "ex" value
                Assert.Fail();
            }
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void EntityUpdateTest()
        {
            try
            {
                EntityService.UpdateEntity(new ConfigModel { AccesTokenDeveloper = DeveloperAccessToken }, ExampleEntityId, "test_entity_1", new Dictionary<string, string[]> {
                    { "test1", new[]{ "test 1", "test one" } },
                    { "test2", new[]{ "test 2", "test second" } }
                });
            }
#pragma warning disable
            catch (ApiAiException ex)
#pragma warning restore
            {
                // Use debug to check this "ex" value
                Assert.Fail();
            }
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void EntityDeleteTest()
        {
            try
            {
                EntityService.DeleteEntity(new ConfigModel { AccesTokenDeveloper = DeveloperAccessToken }, ExampleEntityId);
            }
#pragma warning disable
            catch (ApiAiException ex)
#pragma warning restore
            {
                // Use debug to check this "ex" value
                Assert.Fail();
            }
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void EntriesAddTest()
        {
            try
            {
                EntityService.AddEntries(new ConfigModel { AccesTokenDeveloper = DeveloperAccessToken }, ExampleEntityId, new Dictionary<string, string[]> {
                    { "test3", new[]{ "test 3", "test three" } },
                    { "test4", new[]{ "test 4", "test four" } }
                });
            }
#pragma warning disable
            catch (ApiAiException ex)
#pragma warning restore
            {
                // Use debug to check this "ex" value
                Assert.Fail();
            }
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void EntriesUpdateTest()
        {
            try
            {
                EntityService.UpdateEntries(new ConfigModel { AccesTokenDeveloper = DeveloperAccessToken }, ExampleEntityId, new Dictionary<string, string[]> {
                    { "test1", new[]{ "test 1", "test one", "test before second" } },
                });
            }
#pragma warning disable
            catch (ApiAiException ex)
#pragma warning restore
            {
                // Use debug to check this "ex" value
                Assert.Fail();
            }
        }

        [TestMethod]
        public void EntriesDeleteTest()
        {
            try
            {
                EntityService.DeleteEntries(new ConfigModel { AccesTokenDeveloper = DeveloperAccessToken }, ExampleEntityId, "test1", "test2");
            }
#pragma warning disable
            catch (ApiAiException ex)
#pragma warning restore
            {
                // Use debug to check this "ex" value
                Assert.Fail();
            }
        }
    }
}


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The projects will deliver a mix of modern community supportive homes for older residents and general needs social and intermediate accommodation, including the provision of much-needed family-sized homes.
These projects will contribute to the council's ambitious programme to deliver at least 1,850 new affordable homes across the city by 2023.
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"This is our third contract with Westminster City Council, and I am pleased to continue our collaborative working relationship together. This is a wonderful opportunity to build further on the successful outcomes jointly achieved on our previous projects.
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Primary Children Sing Precious Version of "I Feel My Savior's Love"
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Reese and Suzy Oliveira are a mother/daughter team looking to create inspiring music and have a fun. It all began when Reese joined the One Voice Children's Choir, a special choir of children and teens known for their run on America's Got Talent. Now, they're releasing new videos together. Their latest video, "I Feel My Savior's Love" is performed by Reese, Hallie Cahoon, Blake Walker, and a score of primary children. Each of the children are holding their favorite image of the Savior.
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The kinetic energy transferred to charged particles by indirectly ionizing radiation per mass matter. It is expressed in units of J/kg (grays).
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Kerma [Internet]. In: Venes D, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. [cited 2019 April 22]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/733801/all/kerma.


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Guy Coquille (ur. 1523 w Decize, zm. 1603 w Nevers) – francuski prawnik i publicysta, autor prac z zakresu historii prawa.

Biografia
Wywodził się z rodziny, w której zajmowano się prawem. Sztuki wyzwolone ukończył w Collège de Navarre w Paryżu. W dalszej kolejności podjął studia z zakresu prawa w Padwie i Orleanie. Od 1550 był adwokatem w Paryżu, niebawem powrócił do Nevres. Tutaj w 1568 wybrano go ławnikiem, zaś w 1571 uzyskał nominację na prokuratora generalnego księstwa Nivernais. Zasiadał jako przedstawiciel stanu trzeciego w Stanach Generalnych w Orleanie (1560) oraz w Blois (1576, 1588). Dorobek pisarski opublikowano po jego śmierci.

Poglądy
W swoich analizach dał się poznać jako zwolennik feudalizmu i przeciwnik absolutyzmu, a także centralizmu państwa. Opowiadał się za współpracą władcy i ludu (który był reprezentowany przez Stany Generalne). Podkreślał rolę prawa zwyczajowego.

Prace
 Poemata, Nevers 1590
 Coutume du pays et duché de Nivernais (ok. 1590)
 Traité des libertés de l`Eglise (1594)
 Institution au droit des Français (1595)
 Histoire du Nivernais (1595)

Przypisy

Francuscy prawnicy
Urodzeni w 1523
Zmarli w 1523

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At Platt Bridge Community School we have a 24 places in our 2 Year Old Room (flexible session options) for children aged 2-3 years. Some parents/carers may be entitled to 15 hours free 2 year old funding per week, term time only, for their child.
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Paul Harvey + J. Edgar Hoover = BFF
By on	 January 22, 2010 Agencies, Justice
And now, the rest of the story, courtesy of The Washington Post.
The Post has obtained previously confidential FBI files showing a close friendship between the late broadcaster Paul Harvey and the late former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. The two exchanged frequent letters throughout the 1950s and 1960s, according to the Post.
The Post says Harvey frequently sent Hoover "advance copies of his radio script for comment and approval. Harvey wrote Hoover and his deputies regularly. Hoover, in turn, helped Harvey with research, suggested changes in scripts and showered the broadcaster with effusive praise."
The two bondered over a shared hatred of communism, the Post states. Harvey wrote to Sen. Joseph McCarthy in 1956, offering tips on "known Reds" at a Texas Air Force base. McCarthy, of course, conducted the famous hearings on supposed Communists in the federal government and entertainment industry, among other fields. The FBI protected Harvey's identity, the Post reports.
A senior FBI official added a handwritten notation to ensure that Harvey's letter not be distributed outside the bureau's top brass: "No dissemination since identity of Harvey cannot be revealed."
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Walter A. "Bud" Swasey
Walter A. "Bud" Swasey, Jr.
Portland – Walter A. "Bud" Swasey, Jr passed away peacefully at his home at 75 Seventy Five State Street.
Bud was born in Portland, the son of Bernice Coyne Swasey Kinney and Walter A. Swasey. He graduated from Deering High and served in the U.S. Navy during WWII in the Philippines. Shortly after the war, he went to work as an automotive machinist at American Gear Co, which over the years, became United Auto Parts, Autowize and Big A.
After retiring, he and his second wife, Della traveled extensively across the country, eventually living in Arizona during the winter months. He always looked forward to coming back to Maine in the summer, never wanting to be far from the ocean.
He had many hobbies over the years, including golf, bowling, square dancing and woodworking. He became very proficient at building furniture for his home. He was always available to help his neighbors fix or repair one thing or another, being known as their "MacGyver".
He is predeceased by his first wife, Betty and second wife, Della.
He is survived by a son, Alan Swasey and his wife, Brenda of Mesa, AZ; a daughter, Sharron Drew and her partner, Michael Moon of Plymouth, Maine; and daughter, Diane Warren and husband, Bruce of Portland, Maine; five grandchildren, twelve great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
At his request, there will be no service.
The family wants to express their sincere gratitude and appreciation to the outstanding staff at Seventy Five State Street for the care, compassion and love they showed for our Dad/Grampy.


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ICC complaint filed against world leaders and WHO over COVID-19
Tim Zubizarreta | U. Pittsburgh School of Law, US
May 29, 2020 08:15:18 pm
The Canadian Institute for International Law Expertise (CIFILE) has asked the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate individual world leaders and the World Health Organization (WHO) for alleged international crimes relating to COVID-19.
The group states that past disease outbreaks, including SARS, suggest that the Director-General of the WHO should have notified nations well before the initial March 11, 2020, notification date. The complaint claims COVID-19 is a "crime against humanity" under Article 7(k) of the Rome Statute. The complaint further states that the ICC may exercise jurisdiction over international crimes under Articles 12 and 13 where a member state of the ICC has been affected. Specifically the complaint cites Canada as an affected signatory to the Rome Statute.
This is one of several legal actions attempting to resolve liability for the global COVID-19 pandemic. The US state of Missouri filed a suit in late April attempting to hold China responsible for COVID-19. Several legal professionals and scholars have evaluated the success of potential COVID-19 lawsuits including Charles I.M. Lugosi, Dr. Abbas Poorhashemi and Benjamin Davis.
For now it remains to be seen how these suits will progress especially with the current limited operations of various courts.
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DeShawn Blanding: Ready to Lead
By Lydian Bernhardt / 12/09/2019 Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, Students, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
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DeShawn Blanding, a graduating agribusiness student, is already a national leader.
As Southern region vice president of the National FFA (formerly Future Farmers of America) in 2016-17, he traveled the country, visiting FFA chapters, hosting state and local conventions, and meeting FFA members. His election as a national FFA officer made him one of only six African Americans to achieve that distinction, and the first from an HBCU.
When he graduates from the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences this December, Blanding's long-term plans combine the advanced understanding of agricultural policy, inclusion and equity that these roles have given him with a law degree.
"I want to work with food policy – food deserts, food insecurity, access and availability. Law gives me the opportunity to effect those issues from the community development side," said Blanding.
To navigate the offices of policymakers and bring about positive community organization, Blanding said, he'll draw on skills he has learned at N.C. A&T.
"My professors have taught me how to think critically – how to go deeper into the issues," he said. "For example, to affect food insecurity, I have to know its history. For every food desert, there is the bigger issue of what opportunities lie in that community. That leads to bigger issues still, like education."
An 1890s USDA scholar, Blanding also served last year as president of A&T's Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences chapter, working with that organization to create a strategic plan to be more active in the community in partnership with the university Collegiate Farm Bureau.
A&T has helped him not only understand policy, but also gain perspective, he said.
"A&T taught me to see my community from another point of view," Blanding said. "A&T taught me to be proud of who I am. Being from a small town, and being a young black man, that knowledge is very important to me."
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North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is joining NBC Universal News Group and 16 academic institutions across the nation in the newly-launched NBCU Academy, a journalism training and development program for four-year university and community college students. NBCUniversal News Group announced the $6.5 million, multi-year partnership today, enhancing its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion by creating pathways for storytellers in underrepresented groups.
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Gerrard opens up on Jordan Jones speculation as Championship clubs circle
Rangers manager Steven Gerrard has confirmed that he's "aware of the speculation" surrounding Gers winger Jordan Jones – and admitted that the Northern Irishman has returned from injury "with the bit between his teeth."
Jones has been sidelined since picking up an injury in September's Old Firm defeat at Ibrox and made his comeback in the 6-1 friendly rout of Lokomotiv Tashkent on Saturday – with several English clubs credited with an interest in the 25-year-old.
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Gerrard was impressed with Jones' performance against Tashkent and challenged the winger to force his way into the starting XI after returning to fitness.
"We're aware of the speculation but we've had nothing on the table for Jordan," Gerrard said, as quoted by the Daily Record.
"He's one of probably six to eight players where there is speculation and a lot of noise around them.
"He's a good player but he's had a frustrating time. He started his Rangers career really strongly and it looked as if he was going to contribute really heavily but then he was missing 12 weeks.
"We were waiting for the real Jordan to stand up just before the break, but he probably just ran out of time. However, on the evidence of Tashkent he looks like he's come back with the bit between his teeth and that's what I want to see.
"I want to see him trying to force his way into the 11 and he did himself no harm as I thought his performance was really good."
The 25-year-old managed ten appearances for Gerrard's side before getting injured and his time on the sidelines will have done him no favours in his bid for a starting place.
Jones will likely start Friday's Scottish Cup clash with Stranraer as he looks to kick-start his Ibrox career and Gerrard's comments seem to suggest Jones isn't going anywhere this month.
The winger has several months of lost time to make up for and he'll have to really hit the ground running if he's going to force his way into the starting XI over the coming weeks.
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Green tea polyphenols and Tai Chi for bone health: Designing a placebo-controlled randomized trial
Author(s): Shen Chwan-Li | Chyu Ming-Chien | Yeh James | Felton Carol | Xu Ke | Pence Barbara | Wang Jia-Sheng
Journal: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Volume: 10;
Start page: 110;
Abstract Background Osteoporosis is a major health problem in postmenopausal women. Evidence suggests the importance of oxidative stress in bone metabolism and bone loss. Tea consumption may be beneficial to osteoporosis due to its antioxidant capability. However, lack of objective data characterizing tea consumption has hindered the precise evaluation of the association between tea ingestion and bone mineral density in previous questionnaire-based epidemiological studies. On the other hand, although published studies suggest that Tai Chi (TC) exercise can benefit bone health and may reduce oxidative stress, all studies were conducted using a relatively healthy older population, instead of a high-risk one such as osteopenic postmenopausal women. Therefore, this study was designed to test an intervention including green tea polyphenol (GTP) and TC exercise for feasibility, and to quantitatively assess their individual and interactive effects on postmenopausal women with osteopenia. Methods/Design One hundred and forty postmenopausal women with osteopenia (defined as bone mineral density T-score at the spine and/or hip between 1 to 2.5 SD below the reference database) were randomly assigned to 4 treatment arms: (1) placebo group receiving 500 mg medicinal starch daily, (2) GTP group receiving 500 mg of GTP per day, (3) placebo+TC group receiving both placebo treatment and TC training (60-minute group exercise, 3 times per week), and (4) GTP+TC group receiving both GTP and TC training for 24 weeks. The outcome measures were bone formation biomarker (serum bone alkaline phosphatase), bone resorption biomarker (serum tartrate resistant acid phosphatase), and oxidative DNA damage biomarker (urinary 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine). All outcome measures were determined at baseline, 4, 12, and 24 weeks. Urinary and serum GTP concentrations were also determined at baseline, 4, 12, and 24 weeks for bioavailability. Liver function was monitored monthly for safety. A model of repeated measurements with random effect error terms was applied. Traditional procedures such as ANCOVA, chi-squared analysis, and regression were used for comparisons. Discussion We present the rationale, design, and methodology of a placebo-controlled randomized trial to investigate a new complementary and alternative medicine strategy featuring a dietary supplement and a mind-body exercise for alleviating bone loss in osteopenic postmenopausal women. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00625391