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Best of The Program | Guest: Nikki Haley | 4/26/22
Glenn sets the record straight about what fascism means — and which side fits the definition— after the Washington Post attacked his book, "The Great Reset." Glenn looks at how Japan's inflation death spiral could tank America next. Former Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley joins to discuss how President Biden's fear of Putin is lengthening the war in Ukraine, why she endorsed Sarah Palin for Congress, and why Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter is a "win for freedom."
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In return. Yeah wow left back is back wow. It was that leak yesterday. It was really really great show. Today we defined fascism for the left, and the media talked a little bit about elon musk has Nikki haley stopped by a lot of good stuff on today's podcast, which, by the way, is brought to you by relief factor. If you're, one of the millions of americans who suffer everyday from pain, listen up, there is hope, and it comes in the form of relief factor every day on the radio. I I read testimonials from real life people just like you that have tried really factor for their pain and got their life back. I know it can happen firsthand because it happened to me. I didn't.
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the only thing stew. Thank you so much for filling in for me yesterday. It had horrible allergies last week and A turned into something when my vocal cords and I've got the weeny is full courts in the world, and add took a couple of days off and I feel it better today. So thank you for that. Yeah back and thank you boy. There's a lot you missed one. I know and we ve got a lot on the plate, and I just I want to start with this, and I dont want to make this self serving. I want make sure that this is understood that we are. We are making sure that everyone understands base. Sick terminology bay
six systems of government, and you can come out with the absolute facts and you decide which is which ok, The washington post came out yesterday with a story. Glenn back is resurrecting rhetoric that is long, falsely targeted, democratic president's. This is strangely, after what twelve weeks out fifteen weeks out the book of the great reset, the washing posted decided to do a book review clause is pretty clear that I didn't read the book it, but it's not a book review. Its instead. An attack on me. Again, calling me father coughlan, which I if anybody, but you progressives, knew who he was, it would be so effective, but only You guys know who he is because you gave birth to him anyway
the washington post says according to the right wing commentator glenn back press and Biden is a fascist. Initially this book back in co, author justin haskins warn that britain is aligned with a ball of international elites, plotting to create a new kind of fascism. Resembles not see era controls on businesses in germany, by promoting this take over as far beckoned haskins are concerned its through. build back better economic plan. Is that ridiculous? There was just F leads to combat climate change, corona virus mask and vaccine mandates. Is that what the build back our plan is because I think the people you know maybe all around the world involved in the economic forum. Let's say
the prime minister of Japan, who also ran on his pale back. And her plan or the build pact better plan there, Boris Johnson ran on? I don't gets about mask mandates, but maybe that's just me this alleged plot not an alleged blood. It's right there. If you read the book, you'd see the about fifty page of fine print, footnote, quoting them you not having look at it. Can spirits the theory and obvious, quoting Whitehouse stock of treasury dot guff w e l, w e, F dot. Org that that's all I'm doing so it's not really. My theory anyway would delay plot, would probably surprise Biden and is surprised every day he's still wakes up.
His support for labour unions, increase corporate taxes and higher minimum wage are widely opposed by The very same bankers in big businesses that back in asking assert search our backing the fascist scheme. This guy has this guy is living in nineteen. Seventy two He has no idea, what's happening, the current business world or he's just he's either a useful idiot or he's propagandist I even live back claims, don't make sense, they don't make sense. How do they don't make sense? That's weird. You know it doesn't make sense that it's the number one best selling book in the nation has been for weeks and yeah, I'm fifteen on the new york times best seller list that doesn't make sense. The fox news host. is the sixth most popular talk radio show in the country now. Actually I,
Think I'm fifteenth in the new york times and I believe, I'm twelve in talk, radio I blah blah blah blah equally important, back his tapping into deep historical vein of conservative thinking right wing media used remarkably similar and sometimes even harsher. Rhetoric against franklin delano roosevelt in the nineteen thirty's concern. but if commentators frequently compared roosevelt to the tyrannical of hitler, benito mussolini and Joseph Stalin, who were terrorizing their countries and menacing the world during his bread, pregnant presidency? First of all, You wouldn't know that Joseph Stalin was terrorizing his people because the new york times covering up all of the atrocities. The new times was saying that Stalin was great time. I gesine mussolini. He great.
so before we move on, let's figure out what fascism actually means now for Miriam Webster. have a political philosophy, a movement or regime such as this as the fascists d that eggs lt nation and often race above the individual, and stands for centralize autocratic government headed by dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation and forcible suppression of opposition, ok, whose suppressing the our position, who's, the one call parents who stand up and say I don't think they should be taught who the one defining them as terrorists, who's the one that says now. I've love pesos what age
by the way, have you seen as new building in virginia than the new, its again phallic shaped. I dont know what the deal is with this guy, but it's more like a pig, it's like a anyway. So I dont know what it is about. These guys were. They seem to miss. In fact, just yesterday do we have Jen saki on twitter and how we really should are. We can still talk to these people. Are we still can make lists of who should be banned and not listen.
The surgeon general has said that misinformation about covert amounts to a public health crisis. Yet I'm wondering, regardless of ownership, what the white house be interested in working with twitter, like it has in the past, to continue to combat this kind of misinformation, or are we in a different part of the pandemic, where that kind of partnership is no longer necessary? Well, I think we engage regularly with all social media platforms about steps that can be taken. That has continued and I'm sure it will continue, but there also were flop. What is she saying? What did she say why contact social media regularly and they have set it in the past give them lists of names of people that should not be taken seriously, and maybe the algorithms regions, by the way Who did you see? I gained a hundred thousand followers on twitter just last night. Isn't that great isn't had not
now. I do not see that yeah, while our people all over the country, conservatives are finding that their twitter numbers chest went up overnight? Huh, it's really weird anyway. Fascist believed others is according to Wikipedia now tell me this is Wikipedia, remember, run by marxists okay, this Wikipedia help me. Stu on what do you think? Maybe the washing in power first is missing here she's believe that liberal democracy, let me defined that liberal dogma. Creasy means people who believe in them maximum amount of freedom before anarchy guy, like liberal and art current political. No, that was casting are the change that guy. He changed it to get rid of the car. The traditional argument, so I ll
brill democracy is what I believe in kay the e fascist believe that a liberal democracy is obsolete. Which side is it that says, that's an old does the document. The founders, you know are irrelevant all The constitution is a relevant. Who is that second sentence? they regard the complete listen to this. They regard the camp wheat mobilization of society under it, took solitary in one party state as necessary to prepare a nation for armed conflict and to spawned effectively to economic difficulties. Now how many times have you heard them say. Global warming, vis. is a war many times. Have you heard the Biden administration say about that
great reset that this is going to be a war that lasts for decades Why is he saying that because he needs to see comply. mobilization of society under totalitarian one party state does any we doubt does anybody doubt that the fascists- or I should say, The progressives in either party wouldn't and offering the our party and just say it's all, republicans and all Democrats You'D- have few republicans but you'd have the, Majority of the Democrats, certainly have a yo see Bernie and everybody else. Ok, They also say a fascist state is led by a strong leader on they got me. They're, ok, and martial law government composed of the members of the governing fascist party, defeat
forge national unity, and entail a stable and orderly society We say that that's what happened during cove id. fascism rejects, ascertain actions that violence, automatically negative and now, like violence on January sixth was negative but violet four b, a lamb was not negative vote. Few political violence and war as a means they can achieve national rejuvenation, whom mark my words That's gonna become very important. This fall it might. Happen after the supreme port issues all of its rulings. They are gonna, go bad, crap, crazy. And I believe they're gonna just try to burn this whole thing down. They also
advocate a national economic self efficiency through protectionist. an economic interventionist policies. But even hearing lately, though I from them, global thing is not working. We ve gotta, we ve got a really come by. to our nation. I mean I'm saying that for common sense, What they're saying is: that's why we have to mobilise even more through the great reset. There seeing the terminology, but there's but we're gonna we're gonna globalize, even more we're just gonna cut half the globe out They, the extreme authoritarianism, ism and nationalism, often manifests a belief in racial purity, or a master race now I think the fascist, that's why the book says twentyth first century
fascism, not twentieth century, because the fascist then worse jews and by the way for chisholm doesn't always include race? Doesn't it off? leads to that, because people are a gentle the evil that want to rule: everybody's lives. and generally knots, and so they have to get. Of people, and so they just get rid of more more people anyway, you don't have to do that, but it So depends on who the fascist is hitler, was crazy. Nuts hated the Jews, so he did on the jews that job really comes from a socialist standpoint. We know MA system, hatred of the Jews it kind goes hand in glove Mussolini didn? misleading, didn't the Jews fact. He really really, despite
he's dead, learn for that You know it's weird it's almost library, this again the x. emma authoritarian and nationalism of fascism often manifest in a police of racial purity and a master raise kind of like white people our bad, no matter what they do, and black people or people of color good, no matter what they do so we ve lost all reason and we ve martin, luther kings, idea of race, doesn't matter whose pushing race matters, and that there is a bad race whose pushing that is that the left or is that the right
Also, a fascist regimes have been led to commit genocide, massacres for First sterilization who was at the left or the right was healthy life democratic personal reset. The progressive that tint there I don't know what you're missing washington post other than logic facts history but it's good to know that. I I'll be getting under your skin. I mean I have for you to get a call to say: hey. Would you write something on this book? for you to get that call from I dont know who you're overlord is. It must mean that this is causing them some problems and I would just like to say, The book is available. Where ever you buy books, you can
added on line or go to glens new book dot com and get it it's called the great reset Joe Biden. and twenty first century fascism, you're listening to the best of the global problem. I know what you're thinking Glenn, you see more confident today. Yes, well, my friends that started last night, I appeal I'd my new secret weapon for confidence. I call it sweat block. Guess
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I think it's really important. pan said that they would be the first great reset full adopter day and that may be curious? A few months ago, when I found that out alike who why, what I now know why they are in serious, serious financial straits they have been for. While this is. This is not a new problem. This has been going on the decline. Japan, since the nineties, I read a story. What was it, thursday, friday that the japanese yen has far and to its lowest level against the dollar. In more than twenty years, this means it takes more yen to buy a dollar as friday, the twenty? Second, it was. more than a hundred and twenty five yen to buy a dollar Normally only people
or like trading in currencies actually care about this, but the why? Behind the crap ash is why you need to care day because it could very easily lead to the crash of treasury bonds- and let me explain how treasure, but our debt, We issue treasury bonds, air time our government spends money and we religions of these out and oh buddy is buying them kay, The days of us live in high on the haug and Nobody will take this crap. Those days are over the The japanese are the largest holder of u s: treasury bonds in the world. They hold more than china, more than any european country more than any other entity, except the who federal reserve. Why
he does the? U s federal reserve on so many treasury bonds. They never did that before they have to start. Do it doing it because no one in the world would would raise. Their hand, an option and say I'll, take some of that american crap kay so no one was buying it, so the fed put brilliance of dollars of our debt and they bought them. debt by printing money guy japan is number to Japan holds two trillion dollars of our debt. Now the story that I read on thursday friday was that the prime minister had called JANET Yellin and called the press. and said we need a bail out. You you gotta help us out, but you you have to shore up the yen or we are done well. We didn't do that. We said we can't do that and theirs.
Couple of reasons why we can't so We then being the largest holder they ve been. They are they're playing a game here to show the whole world is on the shell game. They have two trillion dollars in treasuries and their forced to sell those bonds to show rub their currency, this would cause our fed more money to put Feel are trillions into buying those bonds which would now be on the market, so in nation could go to twenty percent. That's the story you'll hear if you pay attention to Bloomberg, but that's that's just a small part of what's going on. We know that jap. Japan has the worst demographics in the world. It's the old the population in the developed world, three point: five
we're retirees over the age of fifty five for every one worker under the age of thirty, so at one worker, is expected to work to support three point. Four people. nobody's entering the workforce. If you're young you're not going into the marketplace, the japanese stop having kids after the asian miracle ended and ninety nine and japan. economy crash. Remember the stories where they can go to be even interested in sex. Consider this toyota and honda to best made best selling brands in the world right testaments too japanese ingenuity and manufacturing, except the japanese devil fix are so upside down. Virtually no hunters are toys. Are actually made in japan anymore, more than a kate ago? Both companies realize they couldn't find any workers, and that's why
they're here in the: u s: indonesia and the philippines, these companies were not alone in the past, twenty years. Japan is lost almost its entire manufacturing base. Does any of this sound familiar. save a few technology sectors like mother boards and microchip microchips. Everything else is not in japan the means their taxable income is gone and as they move overseas, where labour is available in costs were lower. Some of the profits flow home to japan, but me most of the revenue generated stays in countries where manufacturing is occurring, so they had to make up the shortfall. What do you do? They had a plan, They started selling more and more japanese his bonds to cover their deficits
between the massive welfare state and the tax base, so they they just started selling since this is where we are at japan, has the purse, the highest personal income, taxes in The g, seven. It also has the highest debt to gdp in the developed world. Our debt to gdp He is one hundred and thirty percent the highest we ve seen since world war to Japan and debt to gdp is too hundred and fifty three percent. That's double hours Though their economy was collapsing. They had to sell by stan they got to the place we are and they were like nobody's buying our bonds. So what did they do? now remember this. Just
was stated by the Biden administration as something that is coming our way, what they did so the country wouldn't collapse. They were and, and they sold japanese bonds to india asters in japan at zero. percent interest? Now why would a concussion company take something? Well, I'm not gonna grow up my money and lock my my into a japanese bond for ten years. Why would you do that, because the government, mandated it. if you were a retirement fond, you had anything to do with Japan. You are investing. You had to put a percentage in two government bonds, so They bought these government bonds, which are them to then print more yen and then what did they do? They took that money
and they bought our government bonds, which were returning two percent interest to them. Now that too percent interest. Think of this that's coming your pocket so we're paying them. Interest on two trillion dollars in treasuries is about forty billion dollars a year. so we are sending forty billion dollars and that's fine. That's a deal were buying turtle tunnels, I mean you know we need those things, but Japan, The entire defence budget is forty seven billion dollars, so we are in effect, funding forty forty billion of their forty seven billion in defence, but then we also provide about two billion dollars a year and discounts for guns and Amy, everything else, so we are paying one hundred percent of their military
this isn't by accident, and it's not a bad deal actually. Our government is more than happy to do that because Japan, is the most important strategic defence partner when it comes to containing china or deferred Ding, taiwan, we have fifty Five thousand? U s! Troops stationed in Japan! Japan is the only foreign country in the world, out of which the? U S has permanently operate, a: u s carrier battle group so back to the and being in freefall. To keep their bonds at zero percent and then make that arbitrage thing work. Japan has to continue to by its own bonds, but that's require tat of easing printing, so they pay.
And more yen to buy their bonds and meantime. The yield goes above zero. Therein trouble there creating artificial demand for their bonds Wendy when the yield on the japanese governor of government bonds went to one percent, two percent, ten year bonds would not be able to service that debt, so our bonds? they no longer have the forty billion dollars for their military, etc, etc. They have a debt of two hundred, the three percent. It would cause then it would ask them to pay interest on their debt. More then they gave her collect in taxes so to paid that they have to print currency by the bonds. by ours and we buy there's an age,
start all over again because we have to print money, they have to print money, and so it into this inflation death spiral and that where they are right. Now there, the beginning The inflation death spiral so here's the problem with all of this if they collapse. I mean really collapse. Who can bail them out. We can't. We'll we're close to a death spiral, who bales them out and why happens when next september President Z goes in of his european pulls congress. And says? Ok, everybody vote. I am tater for life when that happens in japan,
And if Japan is out we are so weak, everything else that is going on- do you think we're gonna? Save Taiwan How would we even do that? How would the west protect australia. by the way. All of this is happening because the fed said and the treasury said we can't bail you out, but what you probably? You don't know that we reported on by about three months ago the fed did bail the bank of japan out the ed, gave them seven trillion dollars. that was in Q. Three, an queue for of last year, wherein cue to.
Seven trillion dollars they burn through already prepare for impact prepare for impact, because. It is happening. The reason why they said they'd be number one. On the on the boat for the great reset his beak If we say jump, they are forced to say how high But we no longer have enough juice to tell anyone to jump, because we all of that juice ourselves at the best of the best program well the programme nicky early hour. You thank you my friend, it's great to view. It is good to see you. to see you. So I want to talk to you about a couple of things. I got a lot to run through with you, but
Let's start, let's start with The noose around the world, I tell it happening with ukraine. This does not feel right. It doesn't feel cut its and feel right and it shouldn't feel good you know this is a bigger fight than just russia, ukraine. This is a fight for freedom and how we handle this matters? You know we saw how horrible we handled afghanistan. We cannot continue to have those blunders, because when, after stand fell it let every corrupt dictator around the world say this is week, america, we better move now, while we can and that's what we're seeing. How, though so, do you think we should fighting a actually in their fighting and should not be in their fighting. No ukrainians have asked us to, but when you see a freedom, loving country trying to protect her own turf, we
give them every ounce of ammunition they need. We should be pulling in and I'm glad to see nato pulling in their weight, because that was hugely yoda. They need be giving everything- and we all need to go and support a to win this fight on freedom and when he wins, no other dictator will try and do s. So I agree that we should not go in. I am a little concerned that Joe Biden was saying: hey, we let anybody take these old airplanes, because at my rope us into it, and then we are now openly saying: oh yeah, we're just leave at the bus. Stop there in ukraine I mean what are wheat, what hat and to its foolish binds running. Scared he's been running scared from the beginning. If he had done sanctions before Putin moved in, we wouldn't have seen this prison. tromp had said that we would send them equipment and ammunition in march of last year, when they had already started Biden stopped it. We were
to send another group in june of last year, Biden stopped it. All because he thought it would cause Putin to react what happens when you don't stand strong? If you stand strong before conflict, the conflict never happened You keep saying that were on the edge of nuclear war because he has nothing laughed I mean look is: are we got a date? Ebbing did so does that make it more believable, he doesn't want to die, and he listen, but at the same time, It's not ignore him. This a real danger. This is something that serious. It's why ukraine needs to win and when strong, if Putin feel like there's a window, he's gonna keep going. If we can stop him where he sat, then helstone retreat? The key to that is one making sure that ukrainians are begging for help that they get the help that they made, including the planes, including the anti air defence systems at their constantly begging for, but
also making sure we hit Putin where it hurts? can't continue, a wharf he's got the money to fuel at and we have to sanction the energy companies. Abiden still won't do ok, so so there is. There was talk last week that, after the french election that europe going to say no more oil from from russia. Do you believe that is that the works. I think to u: s needs to be pushing them. That way, there is not an option for them to continue getting oil from russia. It puts us all in danger for them to do that or they can struggle, yeah little bit. Can we double down and start. You know exporting qualified natural gas can we help them go and find other avenues to get it just like poland and lithuania are getting it from australia. Yes, we can that's what has to happen. It's not they're, not gonna. Do that that this by an administration will not release any kind of Sanctions, if you will on our own companies too,
Go and get more liquefied natural gas to to go get anything. Even for for our own self worth shipping, our own strategic gee coil reserve to europe has Biden scared of the climate change people, like he's scared of the green new deal pro. You know people that fight for that, a more seeing it and it's making america weak, I mean it's a serious issue. What we ve got right now, but weaken right the ship, that's the biggest thing I have faith, weaken right the ship and that first spy. Do we win these elections in november, but more Fortunately, what We do when we when we have to prove we deserve to be there. So when republicans take control of the house and Senate, which I am all over, the country trying to help candidates when they
take it. What do they? Do? You don't just say no to Biden. What do you say? Yes to you, say yes to making sure that we're exporting more liquefied natural gas that we're opening up our energy reserves? You say yes to we're, going to stop all this wasteful spending. You say yes to the fact that we're going to be strong abroad by having the strong voice against terrorism and all dictators that trying threaten america or say death to america, weaken stuff. Doing things. You say yes to guess we're going to take care of our children's education and we're not gonna. Let all these teachers unions, don't it we've start saying yes to a lot of things and not just say no to Biden. So how do we say yes to the end of inflation? How is that So I'm gonna be solved has hit the we're we're close to the death spiral here on it nation. I mean planet so bad that the air bridge family is spending five. Six thousand dollars more a year. Now one
I call on our raising our children. If you told us, we had to spend five to six thousand more year, do nor we get it from a credit card. And do you know what happens to families when that happens, dat's. The fear I have is what about These families, who are just trying to make it through today the way you do that first of all. Yes, we owe up our energy sector. We make sure something like that works, but you stop this wasteful Bending. Do you know when the last spending package republicans and democrats past five thousand earmarks totalling ten billion dollars. You wanna hear what some of that was. Twelve million dollars for a baseball park in new york, twice fifteen million dollars for new jersey to apply to get the world cup six
half million for golf courses and cholera. This is our republicans and democrats doing this Glenn. That is not ok, you can't say and go on tv and screamed that inflation is terrible and turn around and co sponsoring earmark and open. That back up. Where were are republicans in this, why did they allow this to happen? We had stopped earmarks was kind of where I am with the republican party in whole. I don't see I see a few that are standing up and fighting the good fight, but then you see people like miss Mcconnell. I mean you know you, you ve got to clean out the is it these federal agency time limits term limits term? While you have to just clean about, we use I'm gonna be able to do that if you have a president without the congress com, Greece has to do it and you could have no control of the congress with republicans, but do they even get it do. You know what else converse can do. put controls on our border? They can fix
this border crisis? Where is congress? That's what I'm gonna keep saying. Is we the fighters. We need those that understand that you have to make so much noise. The people will follow you if you do that, but you can Go on this run away. Spending were our debts more than our economy. Do you know we're having to borrow money to make our interest? Payments are kids and grandkids will never forgive us for this. We have got to write the ship for the good of our country for the good of the world for the good of the next generation wits it's time? this, the star. So what are the things you do near the founder of stand for america and you go out and you try to promote good policies and also the right candidates, just endorsed. Sarah Palin. Why cup reasons. First of all, when I was running for governor the first time, there were five candidates? I started as the fifth out of five heads
least amount of money, the least name I d and I got up to the second position, running against lieutenant governor congressmen and attorney general state senator got up to this I position and european without telling her staff called me the day before and said. Tied called and said, were coming to south carolina workin endorse Nicky and she did and anna life pro life speech in the morning? She didn't and are a speech in the afternoon, and she came and endorsed me in the evening and help push me over the the deep and so first I'll tell you my Guilty to her will always be strong, but, secondly, its backing I believe in her she He had a voice that matters Glenn. She was cancelled before we ever talked about cancel culture. She was vilified by the media before we ever had all this happened and she was a great governor. stood the value of over dollar she under
stood what real families went through an she, and I did called us the rock star sisterhood. We related on so many levels, because the establishment denied me and the resistance didn't think I was cool enough or fit the mould for them, and Sarah went through the same thing and you know we need her voice in congress. I would love to see her walk in the halls of congress reminding them of what the tea party was all about and how tax enough already is happening again. I would love for her to talk about what energy opening up our energy policy. and really doing that she's the right person, I'd love to have her. She in arizona where she said yeah she's in the last years back in alarm in alaska, or so who is the who's? The candidate you have seen aware they, you said oh, my gosh, This is a new breed. You know
I think, there's been a few in the last cycle. It was the victorious sparks. It was the It was the Nicole malaise talk ass. It was the nancy maize. There were a lot of just fighters, just had good fighters about it now or seeing different in terms of like morgan le trail in texas, wesley hot in texas, like those were fantastic, tony gonzales in texas, we just to him as well. Monica Dale accrues were looking at her hard do. There are some really good ones here and access, but around the country were seeing some really great ones, and so I just endorsed or tiffany smiley and washington state, nor laudable lord George Washington, stayed awake. If anybody can win in washington, state, its tiffany, smiley and so work, or not just We have to the easy races or going after the ones that can really be difficult. While we endorse jack generally in new jersey for governor he lost by,
one percentage point we almost had its while we endorse glenn yanking virginia, it's big. We know what we get in there. You got a push, these be well over the finish line like Sarah pale and push me because when you see those fighters, when you see those people that can really move the ball, that you know they're not just going to bring good policy but they're going to bring good fight and they're not going to be fraid to stand up to the establishment. Those are the people we want, so I I'm sure I disagree with elon musk on a lot of stuff. I vote for him in a heartbeat em back. Was he a he's too we start immediately. stephen care, but the The other thing is, he has a vision of where things are going. you listen to him and then you listen anybody on television, anybody and congress or in the white house and no vision there. What do you think
about him taking over twitter. I love it. It's a win for freedom, it's an absolute when for freedom of speech, but why I love is elon. Musk is not afraid to rattle the cage. Now. Maybe when you have that much money, you comrade will all the cages you want. I'm grateful for him and now my question is who's. Next, let's keep going. He nodded the lawn stop with it with him, and you know what there's there's facebook there's instagram, there's the big media. We need to go and rattle those cages. Let's do it an elon musk has been the start. Let's not that let that be the end. I don't think it will be the thing about this morning, where it the end of that of that cycle. That pendulum cycle in, I think twenty. when he for the pendulum starts to swing back to individual liberty, so we're all, there are, we just have to make it the alpha like twenty thirty. We just have to make it and things will, swing back and be good. The lawyers here
a question about education, because we seen over the past couple of years. I covert, I think, presented with all of its horrible naked a unique opportunity for conservatives to communicate what they believe is right when it comes to education in a proactive sense right people saw what was going on. They had their forced to watch the zoom classes and saw the crazy step that was being taught and also that this wouldn't open up, Conservatives responded to that by saying we gotta many schools up and of course that was the right argument. But is they're more that we can do here. Is this a unique opportunity to talk about school choice and followed him forever abolish the sick of the department of it? We have a hearing, always the department of you know, but it goes before that right. So look at pray covet pre covered sixty five percent of fourth grade we're? Not proficient and rating pre covered sixty six percent of eight greater we're not proficient in reading or math. Think about that
we had a problem before covert. Don't let them say that covered brought this on. We already had a problem with the establishment in education before so now you go and you look at the fact that in rural south carolina where I was born and raised covert hits think of a child, were both parents had to work here. Is this kid using screen he's never used before you, by way of a hot spot on a school bus down. The street now think he's in third grade. What's he learning reading fractions science We think the teachers unions are going to tell his parents to hold him back there, not so what and after two years of lost education, when we were ready behind in math and waiting who he's gonna stand up for these kids and then you get a step further than those kids in rural south carolina when all the
wealthy families got to put their kids in private schools. Where did the rest of the kids go that's my issue is one: let's go back in, fix what was already broken. You ve got some kids, don't push them through to the next great, don't push them through later. If a child can't read by third grade, therefore, less likely to graduate highschool, then we need open up school choice. We need to open up charter schools and we need to go. the blame where it belongs, which is on the teachers, unions and the Democrats that wanted coven money more than they wanted to teach our kids and we have to hold them accountable, been seeing saying lately. If you're a teacher, you could be a great teacher but if you are a member of the teachers union I'm sorry you're part of the problem, you don't to be a member of that union. Stop exactly write your voice will be loud enough without
the union, the union's just making money off a view of the union in California, basically made sure that they open schools for one day just to get the covered money one day. What did they do for a child? Now but it got them the money they wanted. We ve gotta. Start telling teachers. We want to empower you, but the unions aren't going to be the way to do that. The people are going to be the way to do that. Would you be for abolishing the department of education? I think it's completely messed up. We need to bring it down and start back over and the way we started back over to give the states control if the state's control over, because they already have that you don't need them to. I don't need an office in Washington DC. No, let me tell you as governor we did education reform. Every governor in the country could make an impact, because what the department of education does is says. If you take this money, if you teach this class, will give you this much money. You teach critical race theory will give you this much money. If you teach. This will give you this much money states,
right now or teaching to the money they're, not teaching to the children states need to control education. We don't need it controlled from DC, because one size does not fit all road and the way to do there is to abolish the department of it's no strings, nobody's answering the phone in Washington DC. Let this allows at its bureaucratic and its lost sight of children, always good to see you Nicky Nicky, Hayley, former. U S, ambassador to the united nations of former south carolina governor and founder of stand for america, which you can find It stands for america, dot com


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Q: Peewee MySQL problem after upgrade to 19.10 Since the 19.10 upgrade Python peewee can't talk to MySQL anymore:
raise ImproperlyConfigured('MySQL driver not installed!')
peewee.ImproperlyConfigured: MySQL driver not installed!

But all requirements are installed: peewee, mysqlclient, pysocks
Also libmysqlclient-dev, libmysqlclient21
Update:
mysql --version
mysql  Ver 15.1 Distrib 10.3.17-MariaDB, for debian-linux-gnu (x86_64) using readline 5.2

Using Mariadb, which is running fine.
mariadb.service - MariaDB 10.3.17 database server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/mariadb.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since

What's the problem here?

A: Fixed by:
pip3 install pymysql

Apparently mysqlclient is not enough anymore.

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Q: Perspective projection matrix in OpenGL I an new to perspective division phenomenon. I am rendering a simple square in 3D space using following code :
    void MatrixPersp(Mat4& matrix,const float fovy, const float aspect, const float zNear, const float zFar)
    {
         float sine, cotangent, deltaZ;
         float radians;

         for(int i=0;i<4;i++)
             for(int j=0;j<4;j++)
             {
                 if(i==j)
                    matrix[i][j]=1.0;
                 else
                     matrix[i][j]=0.0;
             }

         radians = fovy / 2 * GLES_Pi / 180;

         deltaZ = zFar - zNear;
         sine = (float) sin(radians);

         cotangent = (float) cos(radians) / sine;

         matrix[0][0] = cotangent / aspect;
         matrix[1][1] = cotangent;
         matrix[2][2] = -(zFar + zNear) / deltaZ;
         matrix[2][3] = -1;
         matrix[3][2] = -2 * zNear * zFar / deltaZ;
         matrix[3][3] = 0;

         return;
    }

void Render()
{
    GLfloat vertices[] =
    {
        -0.8,0.6,1.0,1.0,
        -0.8,0.2,1.0,1.0,
         0.2,0.2,1.0,1.0,
        0.2,0.6,1.0,1.0
    };

    MatrixPersp(perspective,90.0,aspect,2.0,100.0);

    glUniformMatrix4fv(glGetUniformLocation(program_object,"MVPMatrix"), 1, GL_FALSE, (GLfloat*)perspective);

    glClearDepth(1.0f);
    glClear(GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);

    glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
    glDepthFunc(GL_LEQUAL);

glDrawElements();

}
Vertex Shader is :
#version 150

in vec4 position;

uniform mat4 MVPMatrix;

void main()
{
        gl_Position = position*MVPMatrix;

}

The problem here is that , when all the four vertices have same z-value nothing is rendered at all. On the other hand if two vertices have -1 as z-coordinate the projection matrix works fine.
I am not sure what is going wrong here.

A: glUniformMatrix4fv(glGetUniformLocation(program_object,"MVPMatrix"), 1, GL_FALSE, (GLfloat*)perspective);

This line suggests that your matrix is in column-major order. This is confirmed by the way your MatrixPersp function computes its matrix, depending on exactly how Mat4 is defined.
gl_Position = position*MVPMatrix;

If MVPMatrix is properly column-major, then this multiplication is backwards. The position goes on the right.


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Gousto aims to make recipe boxes 'the UK's favourite way to eat dinner'
Recipe box subscription brand has made major investments in technology to help it deliver improved choice and delivery options, brand director says.
Gousto, the UK-based recipe box delivery service, is kicking off a £3m brand campaign, two months after securing a £30m cash injection that brand director Anna Greene said is helping the business scale its technology and transform its offer to consumers.
The push, "Give it some Gousto", is the second ad createed by M&C Saatchi and with media agency the7stars, both of which were appointed last year.
It features a main brand TV spot, which will run for nine weeks from Sunday evening (1 September), supported by direct response TV ads and additional video created for social media, as well as partnerships with three brand ambassadors, Anna Whitehouse (Mother Pukka on social), Simon Hooper (Father of Daughters), and Joe Wicks (The Body Coach), who is also an investor in Gousto.
The campaign was created by Charli Plant and Laura Saraiva, and directed by Favourite Colour Black through Park Village.
Speaking to Campaign, Greene said that while Gousto had grown sales 70% in the last year – overtaking its chief competitor, Hello Fresh, in the process – and was now delivering 2.5 million meals a month, the first priority of the campaign was growing awareness and consideration, with three quarters of UK adults not yet aware of the brand, while "around half of the UK still don't fully understand what a recipe box is".
While this situation means there is still work to do to educate consumers on how recipe boxes work, Greene said Gousto's growth meant that to maximise its potential, it now needed to be able to communicate its promised emotional benefits: cutting out the pain and hassle of shopping and planning meals, and reacquainting people with the joys of cooking.
"This year we really wanted to take it up a notch," Greene said, describing the thinking behind the campaign. "We wanted to demonstrate how we can improve everything from top to bottom. We're on a mission to be the UK's most loved way of eating dinner."
The creative, which uses visual motifs related to cooking such as chopping with a knife to move between shots, was intended to be visually arresting, but also was "quite a disruptive and destructive device to contrast between old and new," Greene said.
The booming recipe boxes sector is packed with competitors – along with Berlin-based HelloFresh, which in 2017 topped the Financial Times ranking of Europe's fastest-growing companies, there are several with a more targeted approach, such as the gluten and dairy-free, low carb Mindful Chef; fresh pasta specialist Pasta Evangelists; and Simply Cook, which leaves out the fresh ingredients but comes in a package that fits through a letterbox.
Gousto lacks a key identifying characteristic of this sort, but stands out because of its superior technology, Greened claimed. This had allowed it to offer 50 recipes to choose from each week, double the number offered by Hello Fresh, to bring prices down, and to offer delivery seven days a week at a wider range of timeslots.
The big challenge for Gousto, and the sector as a whole, is that most people's usual shopping, cooking and eating habits are very well established, Greene said.
"We recognise it's a huge behaviour change we're trying to create here. People are so used to shopping in supermarkets or online, there's years of entrenched behaviours." This means Gousto needs to "give them really compelling reasons and motivating them to give it a try – that's a more powerful way to look at the sector".
Lightbox Loves: The impact of the influencer
In an age where social media is the most popular commercial media channel for 16-34s, brands are faced with the question of how best to utilise this virtual shop window. Working with content creators themselves and 'Insta celebs' seems the obvious solution; however online influencing takes many shapes and sizes and will become even more difficult to navigate as Instagram introduces hidden likes. With the disappearance of familiar visible metrics, there may be an uncertainty over the tangible reach and engagement that individual influencers can offer.
Lia Haberman, formerly VP Audience Development at Livestrong, predicts "this will likely increase the amount of ads as brands look for more exposure and make it difficult for anyone but established influencers to get a foot-hold." Brands that have worked with Mrs Hinch, the UK's biggest 'cleanfluencer' with over 2.5 million followers, attribute significant results to this macro influencer; Unilever claims that the sales of Cif Stainless Steel have grown by two thirds following Mrs Hinch's backing.
Some influencers have such large followings that they don't need to associate themselves with other brands, but instead can sell their own products to a ready-made audience. As a result of the online following she has built, influencer Grace Beverley, has been able to extend her own personal brand out into not one, but two companies (TALA sustainable activewear and B_ND vegan gym equipment).
From seeing these results, it comes as no surprise that consumers are more open to being sold products by their favourite personalities. Our quarterly proprietary tracker, the QT, revealed that 62% of 18-24s prefer product placement over traditional ads, with 24% even enjoying social influencers' recommendations. Although it seems there is a mediator: authenticity. The absence of which prevents transfer of trust for influencer to brand. Perhaps this is where the micro influencer (someone with a 10k to 100k following) shines – working on partnerships with brands who can benefit from this intimacy that accompanies a loyal following of friends and family. The likes of Glossier have grown their brands in this way.
For influencers, it is important to pick partners with which they genuinely identify, to keep their relationship with followers authentic. For brands, it is a question of which growth strategy is best for them: mass exposure from association with a big name or loyal customers from an influencer with a smaller, yet potentially more engaged, audience.
(1) https://ipa.co.uk/media/7936/touchpoints_facebookreport_2018-digital.pdf
(2) https://later.com/blog/hidden-likes-instagram/
(3) The rise of micro-influencers and why they are important, WARC February 2019
(4) https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/trend-reports/mrs-hinch-how-cleanfluencers-are-transforming-household-/592609.article
What's Hot – September 2019 Edition
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Lightbox Loves: September: is it a new year, or just new me?
It's safe to say that Brits have had an eventful Summer. July saw the hottest temperature on record, a controversial new Prime Minister entered number 10 and it was also an exciting season for sports fans. As the autumn quickly approaches, we partnered with our friends at mobile research panel OnePulse to ask Brits how they feel now they're faced with the reality of colder weather and shorter days.
What is clear is that how you frame the question is crucial to the response. Brits are sadder about the end of the summer than the idea of autumn coming. It's the finality of the season change, rather than the season itself with which they've taken their umbrage.
One group for whom autumn couldn't come quick enough is parents. A quarter of parents with primary school age children feel exhausted after the summer, and its particularly mums feeling the brunt. The same proportion treat September as the start of a new year, and see it as an opportunity to get some much-needed life admin done.
They're not alone in this. The 16-24 group are the cohort most likely to make big life choices in September, with 29% saying they do so, and 23% saying actively treat it like a new year. With the 'back to school' mentality still fresh in their minds, it's no surprise. But what are Brits trying to achieve?
Finance is Brits' number one priority for September, with 47% of those asked saying they are looking to save some money this month. This is followed by weight loss ambitions, and giving their home a (counterintuitive) spring clean, at 35% each.
For older Brits, perhaps enjoying the kids or grandkids finally being out of the house, it's a welcome opportunity to flex their DIY muscles, and 39% of this group are taking September as their opportunity to improve their home.
For parents, it could be about motivating them to do what they've been putting off as exhaustion fades, like spring cleaning or DIY. For those without children, it could be about starting the new year as they mean to go on; reinventing their careers or simply having more date nights.
Parent or not, it is clear that September is about getting back to reality and the desire to get some 'me-time' back shouldn't be ignored.
There's so much more to the autumn than 'Back to School,' and it's clear that Brits have a new energy about them, ready to re-set for the coming season. Brands should see this as an opportunity to celebrate self-indulgence, and encourage us to celebrate ourselves!
Lightbox Loves: The Power Of The Pod
Everyone is listening to podcasts. Well, not quite everyone, but the latest RAJAR data revealed that 12% of UK adults listen to a podcast weekly. While this figure may not initially appear particularly high, when contextualised it reveals there has been a dramatic growth in podcast popularity. This 12% represents approximately 6.5 million adults, a twofold increase on the 3.2 million who were listening back in 2013.
This boom has been recognised by the podcast producers, too, with Spotify recently announcing that it would be investing up to $500m in the production of their top podcasts. These figures suggest that the upwards trend in podcast popularity is set to continue, therefore opening up an exciting new avenue for advertisers to reach their audiences.
One of the most important reasons as to why podcasts can become a vital media for advertisers is the age demographic most connected with podcasts. The growth of podcasts appears to have been driven by young listeners, with 16% of 15-24 year-olds and 21% of 25-34 year-olds saying they are weekly podcast listeners. Considering how challenging it can be to engage with a younger audience, this represents one medium through which 16-34 year-olds can be consistently reached.
Further, the nature of podcast listening means the listener is fully immersed in the content they are listening to. Whether it's when travelling, relaxing or exercising, 90% of listeners said they listen to podcasts on their own, with two-thirds of respondents saying they always listen to the entirety of the episode. This sense of immersion in the podcast experience can be seen as similar to being in a cinema, and again allows advertisers to reach an audience in an environment where they are unlikely to skip forward through the podcast.
So, as Monday 30th September is International Podcast Day, it's time to find a good podcast and start thinking about how their inclusion in media plans can really help advertisers engage their target audiences through an increasingly popular media.
RAJAR MIDAS Audio Survey (Winter 2018) https://www.rajar.co.uk/docs/news/MIDAS_Winter_2018.pdf?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=podnews.net:2019-01-21
OFCOM: Podcast Listening Boom in the UK (2018) https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/media/media-releases/2018/uk-podcast-listening-booms
The Guardian: "Podcasting's Netflix moment: the global battle for domination" https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/mar/30/podcastings-netflix-moment-the-global-battle-for-domination
Lightbox Loves: How Fitness Apps Hooked Us
Many of us will be familiar with the satisfaction of watching the daily step count rack up on our smartphones and smart devices. Our obsession with tracking fitness data has grown in the past few years, with over a third of British adults now interested in using fitness tracking apps (and two thirds of Millennials).1 What's with the sudden surge in interest?
Several factors are driving the popularity of fitness tracking apps – they are cheaper than a gym, they help hold us accountable to goals we've set and quantify our progress. However the key appears to lie in the social aspect of these apps. A 2017 study found that receiving social feedback encourages users to increase their interaction on a platform.2 Strava is a prime example of how this is driving people to fitness apps; people are eight times more likely to receive feedback (in the form of 'kudos') on their Strava activities than they are on Twitter, keeping them coming back for more.
Strava's CEO, James Quarles, (a former employee of Instagram and Facebook) has recognised the importance of social interactions in driving new users to the app and has been harnessing this since he joined in 2017. He re-oriented the app around its social feed with a new feature called 'Athletes Posts', allowing people to share photos, stories, race reports or questions. This encourages people to check their feed for friends' updates multiple times a day, similar to how they would with Instagram. The strategy appears to be working for Strava, now with 46 million global users and another million joining every month.3
It's not just runners and cyclists who are migrating their hobbies from real-world to digital communities. Enter Wattpad, dubbed the 'Instagram for writers'. The social writing platform allows amateur authors to create, share and like original stories, reading lists and personal profiles with other writers.
Will the growth of these and other niche social networks ever be enough to rival the likes of Facebook or Instagram? Perhaps not, but brands should take note of the changing way that consumers are engaging with their passion points; getting involved in an interest group is not just about joining a few others in a closed-doors discussion, but about partaking in performative and competitive global networks.
1 'Prediction: who will use gamified exercise apps by 2025?', Foresight Factory, July 2019 [Available at https://ffonline.foresightfactory.co/content/prediction-who-will-use-gamified-exercise-apps-by-2025?search=372158]
2 Lindsey, Joe, 'Why Strava Is Getting More Social Than Ever', Outside Online, June 2019 [Available at https://www.outsideonline.com/2395489/strava-james-quarles].
3 'The Why Factor', BBC, January 2019 [Available at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3cswrl5]
What's Hot – August 2019 Edition
Lightbox Loves: Should brands still care about mascots?
Some brand mascots have been around for well over 100 years, although a few may have had a facelift. They're a great way of bringing brands to life and making advertising more memorable. With that being said, there has been a steady decrease in brands using mascots – are brands missing a trick here?
Mascots are generally used as a way for people to differentiate and recognise not only brands, but also groups or organisations. It is also a great way to humanise a brand and allow big corporate brands to drive awareness. Studies have shown that having a brand mascot doesn't just boost recognition, but also boosts market share by 37%.
Brand mascots that are most distinctive are proven to be most effective. Gio Compario, the Go Compare opera singer, has been encouraging us to compare insurance deals to save our money for a staggering 10 years now. However, a mascot this prominent doesn't come without its critics, and Go Compare's Gio was labelled the most annoying man on British TV, as well as being the most complained about ad in 2012. In spite of this, Gio creates cut through in a crowded market; Go Compare has been crowned most recognised insurance brand, proving even more effective than the 2 furry little mascots for Compare the Market.
Newer brands are also adopting mascots as a way to break into the market. One brand who has taken theirs to the next level is Hinge. They've used a mascot to not only increase brand recognition, but also to drive their message forward in a unique and unexpected way. Their cuddly character, Hingie, who usually acts as a fly on the wall during dates, eventually gets killed off in their ad campaigns once the couple have deleted the app. This drives a powerful message that Hinge isn't meant to stay with you forever if you've successfully found love, which is what their app is set out to do.
In a world where it is becoming even harder for brands to connect with their audience, creating a brand mascot is a great way for consumers to remember and relate to brands. In addition, brands should not fear the unknown when making a brand mascot; if Gio Compario still sings on, then there is hope for all.
https://www.sekerenews.com/research-says-brand-mascots-boost-market-share/
https://crestline.com/c/brand-mascots-and-logo-designs-that-work
https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/infographic-how-brand-mascot-recognition-has-changed-over-time/
https://www.marketingdive.com/news/hinge-kills-new-mascot-in-push-for-users-to-find-love-and-delete-its-app/560693/
Lightbox Loves: Rethinking growing up (and growing old!)
Nostalgia: Is It What It Used To Be? – the7stars and YouGov Whitepaper
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Jerrold Tarog and Paulo Avelino: Goyo is our 'biggest film to date'
By CNN Philippines Staff
Updated Jul 6, 2018 2:52:48 PM
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 6) — The anticipated historical action biopic "Goyo: Ang Batang Heneral" is Director Jerrold Tarog and actor Paulo Avelino's largest project yet.
"Well, actually to be honest it's different just for the mere fact that it's the biggest thing anyone of us has ever done. It was a constant process of trying to catch up with the scale of the thing," Tarog told CNN Philippines' The Source on Thursday.
The highly-touted historical film revisits one of the turning points in Philippine history through the life of Gregorio "Goyo" del Pilar. Avelino stars as Goyo, one of the youngest generals during the Philippine-American war.
READ: Paulo Avelino: 'Goyo' about power, responsibility
For about eight months, the cast and crew worked in grandiose sets which aim to give its viewers a realistic glimpse of the past. One of the important locations in Goyo's life was Dagupan, and the set for that was built from the ground up.
"It is actually the biggest film I've done to date, and the biggest sets I've been to as well not only because they recreated a whole town, but also the scope of our locations and the scenes, soldiers," Avelino explained.
Tarog added, "Doon sa Tarlac, we had to recreate yung town center sa Dagupan. We had to build mga facade ng churches, mga alcalde's house... lahat iyon, full size."
[Translation: In Tarlac, we had to recreate the town center in Dagupan. We had to build facades of churches, mayor's house... all of those, full size.]
The crew also shot in Mount Balagbag in Rizal, which is about 700 meters above sea level, for the scenes on Tirad Pass, the setting of a battle and the film's anticipated climax. At least 200 people had to climb the mountain regularly and face unpredictable weather conditions - especially fog.
"It was rainy season that time... minsan naglalakad nalang mga tao. Ganoon siya kahirap kasi," the director said.
[Translation: It was a rainy season that time. Sometimes people just walk. It was that hard.]
Despite these challenges, Tarog and his team committed to working on the film, especially since producers already approved it. He knew that they will also be facing financial risks.
"There was always a big risk… Well, inapprove nila eh, so let's do this," he said. "So meaning mas malaki yung kailangan niyang mabawi sa cinema."
[Translation: Well, they approved it, so let's do this. It means it needs higher earnings in cinemas.]
Tarog directed the highest grossing Filipino historical film of all time, "Heneral Luna," which had a budget of ₱80 million. It had ₱180 in million gross sales in the box office.
The 41-year-old director says "Goyo," which is a sequel to the action biopic, is a contrast to Luna's character. Instead, the film will be more relatable to its viewers as it features the "quiet" life of Gregorio del Pilar.
"I was looking for someone na internal naman ang [with an internal] conflict... Whereas Luna was more loud, this one is more introspective," said Tarog.
He said that the narrative also brushed on critical thinking and re-evaluating one's priorities.
"May isang element sa storyline about analyzing yourself and what's important to you," he explained. "Yung buhay ni Goyo that time, parang right hand siya ni Aguinaldo... Dumating siya sa point na kailangan niyang pag-isipan kung pakakawalan niya yung ego niya…'yung glory, para i-sacrifice yung sarili niya para sa bayan."
[Translation: There is an element in the storyline about analyzing yourself and what's important to you.... Goyo was like the right hand of Aguinaldo at that time. He came to a point where he had to think whether he would lose his ego and glory to sacrifice himself for the country.]
"Goyo: Ang Batang Heneral" will be showing in cinemas on September 5.
CNN Philippines intern Samantha Corrales contributed to this report.


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Make You Cry – PRESHOW RITUALS
In this Preshow Rituals segment, the indie rock band, Make You Cry, reveals what they do before taking the stage. You can check out the story, after the break.
Joshua Weidling
Jan 22, 2020 • 2 min read
I think when most people think about a band and what state they're in before they play, they summon up an image of a small group of people stood in a circle. Reminiscent of some mid 80's team huddle, all close together arm in arm, heads pressed close sharing hushed last-minute reminders. I can say with total honesty that we (Make You Cry) definitely do not do this.
We're a group of friends, which means we don't need a "yes coach" pre-game pep talk; we know what we'll do when the sound guy comes over and tells us that it's time to get ready. We'll do exactly what we always do when confronted by a moment of nerves, exchange a stupid sideways look and begin to feel the surge of excitement that anyone who performs is familiar with.
The feeling you get minutes before playing a show is a hard one to describe and I think it affects everyone differently, even in a band everyone is experiencing something different. For Me (Joe) it feels the same as waiting on a plane that's about to take off. It's relaxing into the idea of time away from the usual, paired with the illogical dread that two hundred tons of metal and fuel should never leave the floor. At this point, I can also add that all the words to all the songs will have totally abandoned me.
Conor (drums) will become suddenly excitable, finish his third double vodka and coke and begin letting people (mostly total strangers) know that we are going on soon. Callum (bass) will stand up and without a word vanish to have his ninth toilet break of the evening before finding somewhere to smoke in silence, he will always be the last one on stage. At this point, Luke (guitar) will start smiling to himself, check his phone and probably post a horribly cringy video to his Instagram story about how it's "showtime".
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The African Injury DataBase, developed by CNIS, is a virtual filing cabinet of research pertaining to injury in Africa. This research tool assembles useful case reports, local studies and general reviews of injury situations particular to Africa.
One means of addressing the injury pandemic is to evaluate and research the problem. This online database provides participants with an easy-to-use and internationally available space to compile all scholarly work related to injury for all African countries. There is a multitude of research on injury in Africa, some of which is published in gray literature, i.e. journals that are not indexed, Master's theses and PhD dissertations sitting in libraries or proceedings of conferences. Other information is indexed, but in journals that one would not readily considers as a source. Researchers post citations of journal articles, government reports, and other work to the database. Items are tagged according to WHO injury classifications (International Classification of Diseases) and the citations are edited and verified by volunteer editors.
The vision for this centralized collection of scholarly works will be to assist in producing reports wherein all the articles are systematically categorized and presented in a searchable database. The power of such information will allow African injury researchers to process data more effectively to help develop strategies and policies towards the improvement of African healthcare and awareness.
Participants all over the world can register for an account on this site. Choose one of the 53 African Union countries as a focal point or submit entries for any of them.
Once registered, participants submit abstracts with appropriate links. Submissions are then reviewed in Vancouver for accuracy. Subsequently, they are posted.
Visit the View Injury Records page.


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Q: Send an form-data post request with .Net framework HttpClient class containing a file I need to recreate this request I made in Postman with C#, I found that the HttpClient class solves most of my problems, but this time I couldn't solve it on my own.
I embbeded an image with an example of the very post request.
POST REQUEST IN POSTMAN
There are three text paramethers and one file I need to send, with a content-type of form-data, the file needs to be a .json.
I tried constructing the POST request in many ways; this is my last version:
            string endpoint = $"{Endpoint}/captcha";
            string token_paramsJSON = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(v3Request.token_params);
            Hashtable ParametrosPOSTCaptcha = GetV3POSTParams(v3Request);

            UnicodeEncoding uniEncoding = new UnicodeEncoding();
            using (Stream ms = new MemoryStream()) {
                var sw = new StreamWriter(ms, uniEncoding);
                sw.Write(token_paramsJSON);
                sw.Flush();
                ms.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);

                using (MultipartFormDataContent form = new MultipartFormDataContent())
                {
                    form.Add(new StringContent(v3Request.username), "username");
                    form.Add(new StringContent(v3Request.password), "password");
                    form.Add(new StringContent(v3Request.type.ToString()), "type");
                    form.Add(new StreamContent(ms));

                    var response = await _httpClient.PostAsync(endpoint, form);
                    string ResponseTest = await GetResponseText(response);
                }
            }

With this code, I successfully establish a connection with the endpoint, send the username and password.
But the response differs from the one I get with Postman using the same paramethers:
Postman:   x=0&xx=1892036372&xxx=&xxxxx=1
The actual response I get is this:
HttpClient: {"error": "not-logged-in"}
Thanks in advance!

A: Finally, I could solve it using the following implementation:
string endpoint = $"{Endpoint}/endpointName";
        string token_paramsJSON = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(v3Request.token_params, Formatting.Indented);
        Dictionary<string,string> PostParams = GetPOSTParams(v3Request);

        HttpRequestMessage request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, endpoint);

        UnicodeEncoding uniEncoding = new UnicodeEncoding();
        using (MultipartFormDataContent form = new MultipartFormDataContent())
        {
            foreach(var field in PostParams)
            {
                StringContent content = new StringContent(field.Value);
                content.Headers.ContentType = null;
                form.Add(content, field.Key);
            }
            var JsonFile = new StringContent(token_paramsJSON);
            JsonFile.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue("application/json");
            JsonFile.Headers.ContentDisposition = new ContentDispositionHeaderValue("form-data")
            {
                Name = "\"token_params\"",
                FileName = "\"token.json\""
            };
            form.Add(JsonFile);
            request.Content = form;
            var response = await _httpClient.SendAsync(request, CancellationToken.None);
            return await GetCaptchaFromResponse(response);
        }


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Home Feature Management
Keeping Client-Side Feature Flags Secure
John Kodumal
LaunchDarkly's JavaScript SDK allows you to access feature flags in your client-side JavaScript. If you're familiar with our server-side SDKs, setup for our JS SDK looks superficially similar—you can install the SDK via npm, yarn, or via CDN and be up and running with a few lines of code. However, if you dig a bit deeper into the source code and do an apples-to-apples comparison with our node SDK, you'll see that our client-side SDK works completely differently under the hood.
There's one simple reason for this difference—security. Because browsers are an untrusted environment, our client-side SDK uses a completely different approach that allows us to serve feature flags to your users securely. While we've made our approach as secure as possible out of the box, there are three best practices that we recommend all companies follow to maximize security when using client-side feature flags.
1. Choose Appropriate Use Cases
First, in a browser environment your entire JavaScript source code is fully exposed to the public. It may be minified and obfuscated, but obfuscation is not security. This means that if you're using client-side feature flags, you must be aware that anyone can modify your source code directly and bypass your feature flags. For example, if you have a code snippet like this:
if (ldclient.variation('brand.new.feature', false)) {
// show a brand new feature
// don't show the feature
You can expect that any of your end users could inline edit the above code snippet in their browser window to show the brand new feature, bypassing the feature flag and its rollout rules entirely. This is a fact about how client-side feature flags work—not a limitation in the LaunchDarkly platform.
This doesn't mean that client-side feature flags are always a security vulnerability—it just means that there are some use cases where a client-side feature flag alone isn't appropriate. For example:
Launching a feature that is press-, publicity-, or competitor- sensitive. In this situation, having a user enable the feature early could derail a launch, or tip your company's hand. Even the feature flag key itself (e.g. brand.new.feature) could be sensitive. In this scenario, you can't even afford to push the new front-end code to production prior to launch, even if it's kept dark.
Entitlements. A client-side feature flag alone is not a sufficient control for locking users out of functionality that they shouldn't be able to access. In this case, a client-side feature flag is fine assuming it's coupled to a backend feature flag. For example, you can use the same feature flag (with the same rollout rules) on both the front-end (to disable a UI element) and the back-end (to control access to a REST endpoint triggered by that same UI element).
Using client-side feature flags securely starts with choosing appropriate use cases. Ultimately, the choice depends on whether or not you can expose your new feature's code to users that may not have the feature enabled.
2. Enable Secure Mode to Protect Customer Data
There's a corollary to the observation that all JS code is fully exposed to the public—there is no way to securely pass authentication credentials to a 3rd party API from the front-end alone. Because anyone can view source, any API key or token that you pass to a 3rd party API via client-side JS is immediately exposed to users.
One solution to this problem is to sign requests—use a shared secret on the server-side to sign the data being passed to the 3rd party API to ensure that the data hasn't been tampered with, or the request hasn't been forged. Tools like Intercom take this approach. In Intercom's case, request signing guarantees that a user can't fetch chat conversations for a different user.
LaunchDarkly follows this approach as well. We call this Secure Mode, and when enabled, it guarantees that a user can't impersonate another user and fetch their feature flag settings. Our server-side SDKs work in tandem with our client-side JavaScript SDK to make Secure Mode easy to implement. We recommend that all customers enable Secure Mode in their production environments.
3. Use a Package Manager to Bundle the SDK
There's another aspect of security that comes with using any 3rd party service in your JavaScript—protecting yourself in case that service is attacked. Our recommended best practice is to embed our SDK in your code using a package manager, rather than injecting the SDK via script tag. We offer easy installation with popular package managers like npm, yarn, and bower. This does put the onus on you to upgrade when we release new versions of our SDK, but at the same time it can reduce latency to fetch the SDK and give you control in accepting updates.
We go to great lengths to ensure the security of our customers and their end users. We follow industry best practices in the operation of our service (we recently completed our SOC2 certification) in addition to providing advanced security controls in our product such as multi-factor authentication, scoped API access tokens, and role-based access controls. This approach to security extends to our client-side JavaScript SDK. By following the practices outlined here, you can ensure that your use of client-side feature flags keeps your data and your customers' data safe.
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John was a development manager at Atlassian, where he led engineering for the Atlassian Marketplace. Prior to that he was an architect at Coverity, where he worked on static and dynamic analysis algorithms. He has a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley in programming languages and type systems, and a BS from Harvey Mudd College. He climbs rocks, ice, small boulders, and the occasional building.
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IT pros running Oracle on Itanium are happy Oracle will now support software on Itanium, but a crucial decision still awaits them down the road.
IT professionals running Oracle software on Intel Itanium processors no longer have to decide between Oracle and HP, the vendor that sells most Itanium-based servers. But it may just be a temporary fix.
In the wake of a recent court order, Oracle announced it would again start supporting customers running its software on Itanium-based hardware, something it said a year-and-a-half ago that it would stop doing. Stopping support meant future iterations of Oracle's software, such as Fusion Applications or Oracle Database 12 coming out next year, would not have been supported on Itanium. Oracle's decision to stop supporting Itanium in early 2011 led to a lawsuit from HP, which claimed Oracle had pledged to support Itanium platforms. HP won the case, and Oracle has not yet filed an expected appeal.
"Our members are most hopeful for a mending relationship between HP and Oracle, and between both companies and their customers," said Nina Buik, former president of HP user group Connect. "It was like Mom and Dad were getting a divorce and the customers were the kids caught in the middle."
Olaf Leonhardt, OpenVMS and storage-area network manager for multi-billion dollar Swiss department store chain Manor, said he was happy about recent developments, but it really doesn't change his mindset too much. He thinks that eventually he will have to migrate off Itanium or Oracle. Leonhardt has beefs with both vendors -- Oracle for balking on supporting Itanium, and HP for not porting OpenVMS, a legacy HP Unix operating system -- to x86 servers. OpenVMS and another HP Unix operating system, HP-UX, are only supported on Itanium or older HP processor platforms, such as PA-RISC.
"I'm definitely glad that we can now go forward with Oracle and OpenVMS," he said. "But I still don't have a roadmap, and I'm not sure Oracle will update [on Itanium] in a timely manner."
In the announcement, Oracle said it will release updates on Itanium at about the same time it releases updates on IBM's Power platform.
From Leonhardt's perspective, both vendors are playing games. Oracle is balking at developing for Itanium because it's a dwindling legacy processor platform that doesn't have as many customers as IBM Power or x86. In his eyes, HP is balking at porting OpenVMS to x86 because it would mean more people migrating off Itanium, which HP has sunk a lot of money into.
"My wish is that HP would say that we can have Itanium if we want, but we can have x86 (for OpenVMS) as well," he said. "Then we could work together for a long, long time. But I have no idea at this time if we'll move off Unix or not."
Dan Olds, principal analyst at Gabriel Consulting Group in Beaverton, Ore., called the Oracle announcement a temporary reprieve for Itanium customers. They will still have to eventually decide, because Olds doesn't think the Oracle-HP reunion will last.
Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group in San Jose, Calif., said he expects Oracle to be "dragged kicking and screaming" to support Itanium customers. If Itanium customers receive significant pushback from Oracle, they could contact HP, which could contact the court and force the issue that way. But like Buik, Enderle likened the situation to a broken household.
"They're going to have to pick a house to live in and then live with the outcome," he said. "Both companies are capable enough."
Mark Fontecchio is the editor of SearchOracle.com. Follow him on Twitter @markfontecchio.
VMS is not Unix. It is a proprietary OS created by DEC.


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The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/2012/02/21/harvards-lin-heats-up-after-joining-knicks/)
Harvard's Lin Heats Up After Joining Knicks
By The Cornell Daily Sun | February 21, 2012
After Knicks guard Jeremy Lin's step back 3-pointer over Dirk Nowitzki found the bottom of the net Saturday afternoon, die-hard Knicks fan Spike Lee leaped out of his seat as his team went up by nine in what would be an eventual New York victory over the Dallas Mavericks. However, the Brooklyn film director was not wearing his usual No. 6 Knicks jersey. Instead, the camera showed Lee sporting a Harvard Crimson jersey with the No. 4 on the back.
With Lin's recent NBA successes resounding throughout the basketball community, the point guard's time playing Ivy League basketball has essentially fallen by the wayside for most fans of the sport. Although Lin led the Crimson to a 21-8 season during his senior year, while scoring 16.4 points and dishing out 4.5 assists per game, his name went largely unrecognized.
"While Lin was here, he was just a regular guy," said Harvard Crimson sports chair Martin Kessler. "It's crazy to think that now he's blown up so much, but two years ago if he's walking down the street, people didn't think twice about it."
Crimson fans felt that Lin's senior year would be their chance at an Ivy League title and a first ever NCAA bid.
"[Lin's] senior year was when basketball became super popular here because there was hope that Harvard could compete," Kessler said.
However, the Red shattered those dreams by winning the Ivy League title with an 11-3 conference record and eventually making it to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA tournament.
When Harvard came to Newman for the first meeting with the Red that season, it was thought to be the beginning of a serious rivalry, according to Kessler. But Cornell came away with a decisive 86-50 victory, outscoring the Crimson by 22 points in the second half.
"To be honest, I wasn't super impressed with [Lin's] game," said senior point guard and co-captain Chris Wroblewski. "We paid a lot of attention to him when we were scouting them, knowing their offense ran through him, but we played them at home and ended up beating them by 36."
Though Lin put up a game-high 19 points, he only handed out one assist, and no one else on his team cracked double digits. The Red had five players in double figures, including Wroblewski, who scored 13 points and recorded four assists.
"I didn't think he was a true point guard and he wasn't a knock down shooter," Wroblewski said. "But obviously he has improved so much in both regards."
The ability to keep Lin in check and limit the touches of his supporting players helped the Red claim the Ivy League title that year. Wroblewski, who started both of those games as a sophomore, was assigned the task of guarding Lin.
"It's different with college and NBA defense," Wroblewski said. "I always had a lot of help, we had five guys always devoted to knowing where he was on the floor, whereas in the NBA the defense is more relaxed. But it's cool to watch him scoring on those guys now."
In his last 10 professional games, nine of which he started, Lin is averaging 24.6 points and 9.2 assists per game. He has outscored NBA legends such as Kobe Bryant and Jason Kidd in the Knick's 8-2 run in February.
As Lin grows accustomed to what looks to be a fairly permanent role in New York, it should not be forgotten that he began to make a name for himself in Boston, where a heated city rivalry stands rooted in time. While New York fans have quickly grown to love Lin, some Boston fans are still happy to see him succeed even if it is in their rival city.
"Everybody is becoming Knicks fans," Kessler said, despite being a die-hard Boston Celtics fan for all his life. "It's sort of hard not to root for the Knicks because they've struggled so much lately, and I think a lot of people feel the same way."
However, even though Boston fans are able to root for Lin while he plays in New York, there are still signs of the bitter rivalry, according to Kessler.
"I think if Lin were a baseball player coming out of Harvard who was playing for the Yankees, things would be a little different," he said. "Boston fans wouldn't be as accepting then."
No matter what city Lin's success comes in now, the image he has created for Ivy League basketball in general is a lasting one. Coupled with the Red's run to the Sweet Sixteen two years ago and the Crimson's Top-25 ranking for the first time in school history this year, the story of an Ivy League basketball player turned NBA star is helping to improve public perception of Ivy League basketball.
"I'm kind of biased because I'm not out of the Ivy world yet and I don't have an outside perspective," Wroblewski said. "But I think it's great in terms of gaining respect for the Ivy League and I hope it gives guys like [Jeff Foote '10] a chance at an NBA team as well."
Kessler agreed, saying that Lin's achievements in the NBA would be a definite selling point during recruitment for head coach Tommy Amaker, who has a signed Lin jersey hanging in his office.
"Cornell's run to the Sweet Sixteen two years ago, Lin's success now, all these things are legitimizing Ivy League basketball," Kessler said.
Original Author: Scott Chiusano
Cornell Tech Campus: Learning Hub
By The Cornell Daily Sun February 22, 2012
Call it Silicon Isle. Cornell's new high-tech learning center on New York City's Roosevelt Island that combine science and technology with innovation and education at the graduate student level.
SOM's Plan for Sustainability
A new architectural adage is just now emerging: not "start from zero," but end with zero. Contracted by the University, architecture firm Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill's (SOM) designed the winning tech campus proposal featuring a "net-zero energy" academic building, which generates as much energy annually as it consumes.