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Supreme Court Ruling on Free Speech to Produce Liberal Conniption Fits
RUSH: Amidst all of this delusional, self-delusional happiness that the left is immersed in today — 'cause it is delusion. They've really got themselves convinced now (because of the ABC/Washington Post poll and the 7.1 million sign-ups) that you just now love Obamacare, and they've turned the corner.
"My gosh, oh gosh! This is just wonderful!" And they're deluding themselves just like they did it in 2010. But there's something else that's happened today that's gonna bring 'em down to earth, and it won't be long before they're all on TV having conniption fits. "Supreme Court Strikes Down Overall Limits on Political Contributions." This is just unacceptable.
"The Supreme Court has struck down limits in federal law on the overall campaign contributions the biggest individual donors may make to candidates, political parties and political action committees. The justices said in a 5-4 vote Wednesday that Americans have a right to give the legal maximum to candidates for Congress and president, as well as to parties and PACs, without worrying that they will violate the law when they bump up against a limit on all contributions, set at $123,200 for 2013 and 2014.
"That includes a separate $48,600 cap on contributions to candidates. The case, McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, did not call into question the maximum amount an individual can donate to a single candidate or political party in a two-year election cycle — those limits are $2,600 to a candidate, $32,400 to a national political party and $5,000 to a political committee."
Those are unchanged. The case did not call those maximum amounts into question. It's the overall limit that all of your donations add up to that the justices struck down. "Chief Justice John Roberts announced the decision, which split the court's liberal and conservative justices. Roberts said the aggregate limits do not act to prevent corruption, the rationale the court has upheld as justifying contribution limits."
The thinking always has been that the more money you have, the more corruption. And of course the correct view is that money is speech. It takes money to buy ads, takes money to express your opinion. No matter who's spending it, it takes money for that to happen, and money equals speech. That is the enlightened view, but the left hates that.
It's just like if you say, "Corporations are people."
"Oh, no, they're not!"
It's like showing Dracula the cross to say, "Corporations are people."
Well, the court in Citizens United said corporations are people, and the liberals got ticked. Now the court has further underlined and exclamation pointed the notion that speech equals money. When they figure this out today, when they come off their high from celebrating Obama's phony victory lap, they're going to be fit to be tied.
Now, "Justice Clarence Thomas agreed with the outcome of the case, but wrote separately to say that he would have gone further and wiped away all contribution limits." He would get rid of this $2600 limit to candidates, for example. He'd just blow it all up. He said, "This case represents yet another missed opportunity to right the course of our campaign finance jurisprudence by restoring a standard that is faithful to the First Amendment.
"Until we undertake that reexamination, we remain in a 'halfway house' of our own design." He's right. He's right on the money. "Justice Stephen Breyer, writing for the [minority] dissenters, took the unusual step of reading a summary of his opinion from the bench." That lets you know how ticked off the four lib justices are over this. You know as well as I do, Citizens United has sent them over the edge, 'cause that meant the Koch brothers or any other corporation could give as much as they want.
And the corporations are people.
They just can't stand it when you tell 'em that. They just flip. It's amazing. It's funny to watch a liberal when you say that. Next time you're with a liberal anywhere, just out of the blue, blurt: "Corporations are people!" Blurt it out. Don't lead up to it. Don't lead into it. Just blurt it out. "Hey, Fred." "Yeah?" "Corporations are people!" Watch what happens. Cover your face, or other body parts you fear being damaged, and hang around and watch.
Now, we do have one little sound bite to give an indication the way this is gonna go. Carol Costello on CNN today spoke with the senior legal analyst at CNN, Jeffrey Toobin. Was he speaking from the cockpit simulator of the Malaysian airliner? (interruption) He wasn't? (interruption) Well, they put everybody else in there. She spoke to Jeffrey Toobin about this, and this is a brief summary of what they said…
COSTELLO: These rulings continue to surprise me only because so many Americans are concerned about the money factor, who gets elected to public office. They think it's a real problem, and these kinds of rulings seem to only exacerbate the problems.
TOOBIN: The four dissenting justices led by Justice Stephen Breyer said, in effect, that's all a bunch of nonsense, that speech is not money, that money is not speech, that this should be regulated. But they only had four votes, not five.
COSTELLO: So now we know corporations are people and money is people, too!
RUSH: Oh, no! See? They just can't stand it. "So now we know corporations are people and money is people, too." I don't know, folks. It's a contradiction every day. I'm entertained by these people but at the same time, they're actually doing destructive things. (interruption) They're not into freedom of speech is why it's so hard. (interruption) What do you mean?
Snerdley says, "What is so hard for them to understand about freedom of speech?" They're not into freedom of speech. These are people that created political correctness, which is censorship. They're not into freedom of speech. Not for you. The only freedom of speech that exists is if you say something or anything they want to hear or agree with. If you don't, you don't have freedom of speech.
They're not interested in a level playing field.
They want to rig every game.
They can't win on a level playing field.
This is what they all know.
Washington Times: Supreme Court Strikes Down Overall Limit On Campaign Giving


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Democrats give special interests a role at convention
By Matea Gold, Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — As a candidate in 2008, Barack Obama vowed to squelch the role of special interests in financing the party conventions — so he barred corporations and lobbyists from contributing money to this year's national convention in Charlotte, N.C.
But even as Democrats tout the three-day event in September as a populist gathering, organizers have found ways to skirt the rules and give corporations and lobbyists a presence at the nominating convention. That suggests they can't raise the $37 million for the political extravaganza without at least some help from moneyed interests.
Despite the ban on corporate money, for example, convention officials have encouraged corporate executives to write personal checks, according to sources familiar with the fundraising. And they have suggested that corporations can participate by donating goods and services to the convention, and by giving up to $100,000 through a corporate foundation.
They have also quietly explained to lobbyists that while they can't make contributions, they can help raise money from their clients — by soliciting personal checks from executives or in-kind contributions from corporations. Lobbyists who bundle high sums will get perks like premium credentials and hotel rooms.
Labor unions, meanwhile, are not specifically prohibited from giving. They provided millions of dollars for the 2008 Democratic convention in Denver.
The role of special interests at the convention reflects Obama's broader struggle to fulfill his 2008 vow to limit the influence of money in politics.
"What they're doing sounds like the old forms of raising money that they claimed they were not going to do," said Fred Wertheimer, president of the campaign finance reform group Democracy 21. "They may not be violating the letter of their own rules, but they certainly are not complying with the spirit of their own rules."
Obama's defenders say he has gone further than others in trying to reduce the clout of special-interest money. Unlike his GOP challengers, he doesn't accept campaign contributions from lobbyists or political action committees, and he discloses the names of bundlers who solicit major donations. And while the Democrats have set rules for who can finance their convention, the Republicans have not adopted similar restrictions for their convention in Tampa, Fla.
"We've done more to promote reform than any convention in history," said Democratic convention spokeswoman Kristie Greco. "Republicans are still operating under the status quo, playing by the same old rules that cater to the highest bidders."
But in his 2008 campaign and statements as president, Obama promised more than just to do better than his opponents. He cast himself as a reformer — leaving himself open to criticism from both the left and the right when he strays from the ethical high ground.
The Republican National Committee pounced last month when Vice President Joe Biden hired a former lobbyist, Steve Ricchetti, despite a White House ban on hiring people who have worked as lobbyists in the last two years. (Ricchetti de-registered as a lobbyist in 2008, though he still was running a lobbying shop.)
Earlier this year, Obama reversed his long-standing opposition to outside political groups and gave his blessing to an independent "super PAC" backing his reelection. He was responding to unfettered spending in the GOP presidential primaries, made possible by a series of court rulings in 2010 that allowed massive donations by billionaires and corporations to super PACS.
"You've got a campaign and a candidate who showed his ideals and intentions in the 2008 campaign, but the political reality of how the Republicans changed that landscape have forced them to become more pragmatic," said Democratic strategist Joe Trippi.
The latest example involves the party conventions, which the Federal Election Commission decided in 1977 could be produced in part through unlimited donations to a local host committee charged with promoting the host city.
Four years ago, organizations such as corporations and unions gave 86% of the $61 million Democrats raised for their convention in Denver. Nearly three-quarters of the donations were in amounts of $250,000 and up, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics and the Campaign Finance Institute.
"If you want to go rub shoulders with elected officials and give them your 30-second elevator speech, the convention is the place to go. It's like shooting fish in a barrel," said former Democratic lobbyist LeeAnn Petersen, whose consulting firm Conventions 2012 arranges logistics for corporate clients seeking a presence at the events.
This year, "the rules are making it a little harder, but we've still got tons of interest," she said.
Under terms set by the Democratic National Committee, individuals are limited to giving $100,000 to the host committee, the organization raising money for the convention. Donations from for-profit corporations, political action committees and lobbyists are prohibited. Corporations that have not repaid money from the Troubled Asset Relief Program or other bailout programs cannot make in-kind contributions.
The host committee is emphasizing its efforts to attract small contributions; a promotion that launched Wednesday will plaster the names of $5 donors on a NASCAR stock car.
But lobbyists can still bundle large donations and qualify for special perks, such as platinum credentials, concierge services and VIP tickets to special events for those who raise $1 million.
"They have a policy of encouraging ineligible people to help them raise money," said Tony Podesta, a top Democratic lobbyist who is soliciting contributions from interested clients. "I don't take it personally."
Corporations that provide in-kind services can also receive the goodies donors crave: hotel rooms and convention passes.
In addition, the Charlotte host committee set up a separate fund that is accepting unlimited sums from corporations. That committee, called New American City, is covering administrative costs and welcome parties for the media and delegates. Although donors won't get convention passes, they could still get prominent exposure.
Convention Chief Executive Steve Kerrigan and Jim Rogers, chief executive of Duke Energy and co-chairman of the host committee, met with Democratic fundraisers and lobbyists on Dec. 15 at Washington's posh Jefferson Hotel to lay out the ways corporations and lobbyists could help raise money, according to sources familiar with the briefing. The meeting was first reported by Bloomberg News.
The approach irritated some who attended, who said that the organizers still want the help of lobbyists even while claiming they are not involved.
Convention officials said the meeting was an effort to educate people about the new rules, not to recruit lobbyists as bundlers.
It is unclear how the restrictions are affecting fundraising. Charlotte officials refuse to reveal how much they have brought in, saying only that they are on track.
But several Democrats involved in helping the effort said the rules had made it hard for organizers, particularly because executives of publicly traded companies aren't eager to personally give $100,000.
Some party strategists said it might have been unrealistic to try to finance the convention through small donors.
"There is no history of these conventions not being dependent on money from all kinds of corporate entities," said Democratic consultant Bill Carrick. "They've always been involved — there's no other donor base for it."
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While the researchers, led by Shaun Marcott of Oregon State, conclude that the globe's current average temperature has not exceeded the warmth that persisted for thousands of years after the last ice age ended, they say it will do so in this century under almost every postulated scenario for greenhouse gas emissions.
The last century stands out as the anomaly in this record of global temperature since the end of the last ice age…. This research shows that we've experienced almost the same range of temperature change since the beginning of the industrial revolution as over the previous 11,000 years of Earth history – but this change happened a lot more quickly.
The hockey stick climate analogy arose from a variety of studies of the last millennium or two of temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere, Arctic and planet. There's a general pattern of a sharp warming from the 20th century onward. The shaft of the "stick" has a lot of wiggles and warps and still comes with substantial uncertainty, but the general pattern is well established. The Wikipedia entry is a reasonable starting point for reviewing varied views of this body of science.
Below, you can also review an e-mail exchange among some climate scientists familiar with the paper. Finally, there's a second part to my Skype conversation with Shakun in which he turns the tables on his interlocutor, asking me some questions about my view of that state of climate science and the complicated role of scientists thrust into public discussions not only of their work, but the options facing society.
While folks have long talked of "abrupt climate change" (as in NRC reports) as a plausible prospect, this paper builds on the idea that we've been in the midst of abrupt climate change since the early 20th century.
This is an important paper. The key take-home conclusion is that the rate and magnitude of recent global warmth appears unprecedented for at least the past 4,000 years and the rate at least the past 11,000. We know that there were periods in the past that were warmer than today, for example the early Cretaceous period 100 million years ago. The real issue, from a climate change impacts point of view, is the rate of change –because that's what challenges our adaptive capacity. And this paper suggests that the current rate has no precedent as far back as we can go with any confidence — 11,000 years arguably, based on this study.
My only real concern is that their data and approach (e.g. the use of pollen records in the higher northern latitudes) seems to emphasize the higher latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, during the summer season. This is an issue because we know there is a substantial long-term natural cooling trend for high-latitude summers because of Earth orbital effects, but the trend is nearly zero in the global annual average. One gets the sense from looking at their reconstruction that there is a very strong imprint of this orbital cooling trend — stronger than what one would expect for the global annual average.
The interesting thing about that, is that it suggests that the true conclusions might even be stronger than their already quite strong conclusions, regarding the unprecedented nature of recent warming. That is, it may be that you have to go even further back in time to find warmth comparable — at the global scale — to what we are seeing today. If you look at their tropical stack for example (Figure 2J) [a particular set of data], the modern warmth is unprecedented for the entire time period (i.e, the past 11,000 years). That's why I said that there results suggests recent warmth unprecedented for at leaat the past 4,000. It's possible, given the potential seasonality/latitudinal bias, that there is in fact no precedent over the past 11,000 years (and likely longer, since the preceding glacial period was almost certainly globally cooler than the Holocene) for the warmth we are seeing today. In that case, we likely have to go back to the last interglacial, i.e. the Eemian period (125,000 years ago) for warmth potentially rivaling that of today.
But, again, the take-home conclusion: the rate of warming appears to be unprecedented as far back as the authors are able to go (to the boundary with the last ice age). And the rate of warming appears to have no analog in the past, as far back as the authors are able to go.
Regarding the resolution issue, this was my main concern initially when I looked at the paper. But I'm less concerned now that I have read the paper over more carefully, because I think that Figure 1a and 1b give a pretty good sense of what features of higher resolution reconstructions (specifically, our '08 global reconstruction which is shown) are potentially captured. Based on that comparison, I'm relatively convinced that they have the resolution to capture a century-long warming trend in the past were there one comparable to the recent trend.
I found the Marcott et al. paper interesting and read it with some care. There are many details, such as proxy data locations and the exact method of averaging, that are not presented in the main text of the paper. In all likelihood many of these factors are discussed in the supplemental material, but since I don't have access to that I can only comment on the parts that I can immediately see.
That caveat aside, I have long believed that the last 10,000 years was a time period ripe for further study, and the authors seem to have approached the problem in much the same way I might have imagined doing it myself. Their results should help provide an important context for understanding the history of climate change.
The Marcott et al. results may refine our understanding the last 10,000 years; however, the broad picture of Holocene climate does not seem to have been significantly changed by their findings. Previous work had already pointed towards a period of early Holocene warmth somewhat higher than recent centuries. Similarly, earlier studies had also revealed some of the same details, such as warming peaking earlier in the South than the North, for reasons likely related to changes in the tilt of Earth's axis. The scientific community has also known for some time that the predicted future global warming in most climate models (more than 2 degrees C.) would probably be well above the long-term average temperature present at any time during the Holocene.
Hence, the Marcott et al. results are for the most part not surprising, and generally confirm the previous understanding of the Holocene. That said, the details are still important. Having better constraints on the timing and magnitude of past climate changes should ultimately lead to better constraints on climate sensitivity and the role of natural variability in the climate system. Like Crowley, I find the magnitude of estimated warming during the early Holocene to be somewhat larger than I would have expected based on prior work and known forcings, and if that magnitude holds up to further scrutiny then it may offer an important insight into past climate dynamics.
In discussing their result, there is one important limitation that I feel deserves more attention. They rely on proxy data that is widely spaced in time (median sampling interval 120 years) and in many cases may also be subject to significant dating uncertainty. These effects will both tend to blur and obscure high frequency variability. They estimate (page 1, column 3) that only 50% of the variance is preserved at 1,000-year periods. This amount of variance suppression is roughly what you would expect if the underlying annual temperature time series had been smoothed with a 400-year moving average. In essence, their reconstruction appears to tell us about past changes in climate with a resolution of about 400 years. That is more than adequate for gathering insights about millennial scale changes during the last 10,000 years, but it will completely obscure any rapid fluctuations having durations less than a few hundred years. The only time such obscuring might not occur is during the very recent period when dating uncertainty is likely to be low and sample spacing may be very tight.
Because the analysis method and sparse data used in this study will tend to blur out most century-scale changes, we can't use the analysis of Marcott et al. to draw any firm conclusions about how unique the rapid changes of the twentieth century are compared to the previous 10,000 years. The 20th century may have had uniquely rapid warming, but we would need higher resolution data to draw that conclusion with any certainty. Similarly, one should be careful in comparing recent decades to early parts of their reconstruction, as one can easily fall into the trap of comparing a single year or decade to what is essentially an average of centuries. To their credit Marcott et al. do recognize and address the issue of suppressed high frequency variability at a number of places in their paper.
Ultimately, the Marcott et al. paper is an interesting addition to the study of millennial scale climate variability during the Holocene. Their results are broadly consistent with previous findings, but the details are interesting and likely to be useful in future studies. However, since their methodology suppresses most of the high frequency variability, one needs to be cautious when making comparisons between their reconstruction and relatively rapid events like the global warming of the last century.
The new paper looks like a great effort. Mike Mann and others have commented on the resolution issue—even higher time resolution would be even better—and the weighting towards particular places and seasons—we'd like to be able to get data from even more places and times. And, just as the original Mann et al "hockey stick" was followed by additional work leading to the "spaghetti diagram" of the IPCC in 2007 showing numerous similar reconstructions, with a robust common signal, we can expect that this new paper will for now serve as the standard, but will stimulate additional studies that motivate even stronger conclusions.
I think it is worth remembering a few things for how this fits into the bigger picture. Whether the past was naturally warmer or cooler than recently, and whether the changes were faster or slower than recently, are of great interest to climate scientists in learning how the climate system works, including the strength of feedbacks. But existence of a warmer climate in the past doesn't mean that the current warming is natural, any more than the existence of natural fires rules out arson in some recent warehouse blaze. And, existence of a warmer climate in the past also doesn't mean that we'll like a warmer climate in the future. Nature has made places and times colder, and warmer, than most people like. Our high assessed confidence that the recent warming is mostly human-driven, and that the costs will become large if the warming becomes large, do not primarily rest on how much warmer or colder today is than some particular time in the past, or even on how fast the recent changes are relative to those in the past.
Furthermore, because the feedbacks in the climate system often respond similarly to warming with different causes (warmer air will tend to melt more snow and ice, and to pick up more greenhouse-gas water vapor from the vast ocean, whether the warmth came from rising CO2 or increasing solar output or alien ray guns or a giant hair dryer), data showing larger climate changes in the past in response to some estimated forcing actually increase the concerns about future warming. If, for example, scientists had somehow underestimated the climate change between Medieval times and the Little Ice Age, or other natural climate changes, without corresponding errors in the estimated size of the causes of the changes, that would suggest stronger amplifying feedbacks and larger future warming from rising greenhouse gases than originally estimated. Any increase in our estimate of the natural climate responses to past forcings points to a more variable future path with larger average changes.
The first thing that strikes me is that the error estimates look insanely tight, and constant…. The second is the sparsity of sites, compared to Mann et al. I'd also whinge about the latitudinal bias of the the sites, too, except as the figure shows that also applies to Mann et al. too.
Steve McIntyre at Climate Audit has been dissecting the Marcott et al. paper and corresponding with lead author Shaun Marcott, raising constructive and important questions.
Comparing the clarifications made by the authors of the Science paper with the paper itself, related news releases and the authors' comments in news reports, Roger A. Pielke, Jr., of the University of Colorado posted a tough critique tonight of what he called the authors' (and National Science Foundation's) "gross misrepresentation of the findings" and the credulous reporting that amplified the misrepresentations.
A: Our global paleotemperature reconstruction includes a so-called "uptick" in temperatures during the 20th-century. However, in the paper we make the point that this particular feature is of shorter duration than the inherent smoothing in our statistical averaging procedure, and that it is based on only a few available paleo-reconstructions of the type we used. Thus, the 20thcentury portion of our paleotemperature stack is not statistically robust, cannot be considered representative of global temperature changes, and therefore is not the basis of any of our conclusions.
. . . the 20th century portion of our paleotemperature stack is not statistically robust, cannot be considered representative of global temperature changes . . .


What Does an Algorithm Look Like?
We know that Facebook, Google, and Amazon have algorithms that give us updates, search results, and product recommendations, but what does that actually mean? What qualifies as an algorithm? Can you write one down? What would it look like if you did? Since they run so many parts of our daily lives, it's important to have a basic sense of what exactly is going on under the hood – and it's really not as intimidating as it often seems.
At its most basic, an algorithm is simply a set of well-defined steps that you can follow, generally taking some inputs and producing a different set of outputs. A cupcake recipe can be an algorithm. So are the directions to a friend's house, playing a piece of sheet music, or the process of looking up a word in a dictionary. Raymond Queneau even printed a book of ten sonnets with lines that can be mixed and matched seamlessly to create 100,000,000,000 original poems. How these algorithms are implemented varies widely, but you don't need to be familiar with any programming languages to understand the basic logic behind them. For example, the following is an algorithm for giving simple walking directions.
After walking out of your door, turn right.
When you reach Market Street, turn right.
Walk straight until you see a brick building.
Go in the front door.
That's a very simple algorithm that uses a lot of inputs that humans can easily process; we already know about walking, streets, materials, entering, and all those other things. If we were creating a directional algorithm for a robot, it would have to be a lot longer and more specific, which is what makes many algorithms look so confusing to humans.
One algorithm you probably use every day is Google's PageRank algorithm, which looks at hundreds of factors about a webpage, runs them through its formula, and assigns it a score. The search results you see in response to your search term are a direct result of that score. It works so well because it follows a clearly defined set of rules that tell it what to look for, what to ignore, and what to do with the information it finds.
To visualize a very simple search process, here's a linear search algorithm looking for the number 3 in a list of numbers.
Check each item in the list.
As soon as one of the items equals three, return its position.
In Python code, a linear sorting algorithm would look like the following image.
All that code is doing is taking a list of numbers, looking at each element in the list, and checking to see if it matches the search term. If nothing does, it just returns "False." This is an extremely simple algorithm, but whether it's one line of code or a million, every algorithm in existence operates on the same basic principle: take information, process it according to some preset logic, and get results.
Most of the algorithms that actually run our everyday lives aren't open source. We don't know exactly how Google determines what search results to show or how Facebook puts your news feed together, but we can still see the results of those computations. Nonetheless, they are important, and we have a pretty good idea of the basic logic behind them.
Google PageRank works by looking at the number and quality of links leading to and from a webpage, though there are a large number of secret criteria that are constantly being updated to improve results and prevent anyone from gaming the system.
Facebook's News feed measures the strength of your relationship with people and groups based on your activity, then uses these and some other factors to generate your news feed.
Amazon and Netflix use recommendation algorithms that look at user data, figure out things that each user might want, and show the user those things.
UPS's ORION system is a huge (1000+ pages!) algorithm, but it can calculate the most efficient route for any delivery while also taking into account all kinds of real-time data and operational parameters, like requested delivery windows.
Artificial intelligence applications like self-driving cars, facial recognition, natural language processing, predictive analytics, and many more rely on algorithms that can take in visual, audio, or digital data, figure out what's going on, and return appropriate results.
Advertising algorithms are everywhere. While humans are the ones who come up with the ads you see, it's an algorithm that ultimately decides if you're the right audience.
Once you know what an algorithm looks like, you can't stop noticing them. They're not only in our technology, as, after all, they're in our brains. Everything we do is a result of receiving inputs, processing them, and producing outputs. Most of these processes are stored inside a constantly rearranging black box, but they're there, behind the scenes, helping us walk around, understand language, and make decisions about things. Humans are equipped to understand algorithms at an instinctual level, so even if computer algorithms are written in indecipherable mathematics and code, they can all be translated into terms we understand.
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If you have not been to Meherabad lately or visited the Museum on the Hill, you might be interested to learn that there have been wonderful changes afoot! Every display case has been updated with new items, many of which have never been on exhibit before. But, we get ahead of ourselves, because today we want to share what happened during the several months leading up to these changes.
In the museum world it is important to change items on display. Just like His lovers, Baba's precious belongings also need rest. They get that in the cool dark environment where many are cared for at Manzil-e-Meher, the collection management building on Meherabad Hill.
Several months ago the Trust Archives team began preparations to rotate various items and in some instances completely revamp the contents of the display cases. Below is a photo story showing two of the items as they were removed from their "resting" places and two other items as they were prepared for display.
Lace Garland: This garland now adorns one of Baba's pink darshan coats on display. It was given by a close one from Madras during one of the Meherabad Sahavas programmes in the 1950s, who reported that it had been hand-made by "rescued" women. The garland is made of white cotton cut-lace with red crocheted flowers.
Western Style Coat – This western-style wool coat had belonged to Dr. Goher's brother Jal. Mehera liked it and wanted Baba to wear it, which He did.
New Life Puppets: During the New Life Baba asked the women to make puppets, saying they could earn money by putting on shows. Mani later recalled that she made the faces and hands and Mehera and the others made the clothes. Eventually they did not put on the shows, but today we have two beautiful puppets for the New Life display case.
Crowns: Mehera, the women mandali, and even the Prem Ashram boys loved to dress Baba in beautiful crowns. After Baba wore these crowns they were kept safely for His future lovers.
Please visit the Museum next time Baba brings you to Meherabad, but in the meantime, in an upcoming Tavern Talk you will see photos of the new displays and a special sharing by someone whose heart was deeply touched upon first seeing all the newly displayed treasures. Jai Baba!


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Digitally Transforming Wealth Management
WealthArc is the smart solution for professionals
who seek a competitive edge
WealthArc was founded on the belief that Wealth Management can and should benefit from the latest technologies and digital innovations, in line with other industries, to accelerate growth and attract new generations of clients.
Using automation and smart data consolidation technology, we came up with a way to increase efficiency for wealth management professionals by drastically reducing the amount of time needed to complete data consolidation, reporting, compliance and other administrative tasks.
We developed an easy-to-use and affordable wealth management platform that does not require installation neither long and often costly set-up. WealthArc uses a robust API engine to fully automatically consolidate and unify data from various custodian banks and is accessible anywhere anytime and from any device with Internet access.
The smart solution for digital transformation allows wealth managers to focus on growing their business and staying competitive in a rapidly changing world.
With backgrounds in engineering and finance, Chris Gogol and Radomir Mastalerz were uniquely placed to form a company that uses technology to make life easier for wealth management professionals.
CEO Chris gained his insight into the finance industry during his time at globally respected Swiss bank Vontobel in Zurich whilst CTO Radomir was privileged to realize his technological expertise whilst working for UBS in London.
Together they created WealthArc and were honoured by the speed at which customers have adopted their unique platform that makes digital transformation simple for wealth managers.
WealthArc is run in adherence with Chris and Radomir's core values of efficiency through automation, affordability through transparent pricing that never includes hidden costs, and accessibility through easy-to-use and simply maintained web-based products.
What started as a small team has quickly grown into a flourishing company of dedicated innovators committed to increasing customer benefits through intelligent product development.
WealthArc is proud and delighted to have a steadily rising number of partners and ambassadors who believe in our wealth management solution.
Chris Gogol
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Meet The Team Behind WealthArc
Founder of WealthArc, CEO
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I started my career as a software engineer at a global investment bank. I quickly realized how hard it is to keep up with rapid technological development, even for large organizations. Together with Chris, we spotted a technology gap between small and large players in the wealth management sector. We founded WealthArc to bring all sophisticated tools available for banks to smaller wealth managers. As software engineers, we also aimed to use cutting-edge technology and make it easy and accessible for Wealth Managers.
We're believers in the power of big data and quantitative analysis, and wanted to create a platform for wealth managers to harness these innovations in automation, portfolio management and smart trading. Our goal has always been to create solutions that any wealth manager can use, without having a rack of supercomputers and large IT staff in their office.
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Founder, CEO
We're waiting to lead you into the future of wealth management whenever you're ready.


If your neighbor's land stands at a higher elevation than yours, you may be experiencing problems with excessive moisture on your property. You need better yard drainage, and the professionals at Green Acres Landscaping & Aquascaping can help.
Typical drainage system cross section.
French drains are one option to address drainage issues. These drains get their name from Henry French, a judge and farmer from Concord, Massachusetts, who wrote a book titled "Farm Drainage" in 1859. These drains are simple trenches about 6" to 24" wide and 10" to 24" deep. A trench is excavated and lined with filter fabric. A 4" perforated pipe is placed in the bottom of the trench, and then the trench is filled with washed gravel. Surface water will drain through this gravel and run through the pipe to a determined runoff point.
The typical price range for a French drain system is $15 to $25 per lineal foot.
The curtain drain can be a good option for groundwater issues that are affecting both the yard and house. A curtain drain is essentially an oversized French drain, often 6' deep and 2' wide. Its job is to lower the water table downgrade in order to protect the house. Installing one on the upgrade side of your property can yield a significant improvement if you are experiencing a very wet yard and/or water entering your crawlspace or basement due to excessive groundwater issues. It is usually only necessary to intercept water moving through the ground toward the house to eliminate the moisture problem. The curtain drain method is an important consideration particularly for retrofit installations as it can reduce site disruption and the resulting cost of excavation.
The typical price range for a curtain drain system ranges from $30 to $75 per lineal foot.
If you are getting water in your crawlspace or basement, then foundation waterproofing and an integrated drainage system may be the solution.
To do this, the perimeter of the foundation is excavated to expose the foundation wall and footing. A waterproof membrane is then applied to the foundation wall and wrapped down over the top of the footing. Foam board insulation is then applied to the foundation wall to both protect the waterproof membrane and to add insulation value to the home's exterior. A 4" perforated pipe is installed around the footing of the house. The trench is then backfilled with one foot of 2" drain rock and covered with filter fabric. The remaining excavated area is backfilled with native soils from the site and finish graded to provide for proper surface drainage away from the house. Ideally the 4" pipe is then extended to a place on the property in which it can exit at the surface grade. If the property does not have enough grade change to achieve this, then a water collection area will be excavated to add a wet well and filled with drain rock. A submersible pump can then be installed in the wet well to remove water from the system.
Foundation waterproofing and footing drain projects often range from $10,000 to $15,000.
Green Acres has extensive experience and has had great success in drainage systems and water management strategies, but we are not engineers. Depending on the severity and complexity of your water issues, you may want to consult with an engineer to perform a site evaluation and provide a proposal for a specific drainage system that Green Acres Landscaping could then install.


Earlier this week, a leading IT solutions provider Tech Mahindra, announced its partnership with Microsoft to build a blockchain-based robust ecosystem meant to tackle unsolicited commercial communications in India. This blockchain solution will be developed based on Microsoft Azure, and will comply with the regulations issued by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
TRAI has been working with both these companies and other stakeholders to curb the profusion of spam calls and messages so widely spread across the country. While the initial step of introducing a "Do Not Disturb" registry in 2010 seems to be a success with 230 million listed subscribers, the telemarketers still manage to find fraudulent workarounds to obtain consent and continue delivering spam calls.
"Blockchain as a technology is a powerful tool to combat the issue of spam calls and fraud risks, to protect user information, as well as the integrity of the telecom sector. This Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)-based solution will enable enterprises to stop financial frauds and perpetration of misleading financial information by unregistered telecom marketers who rampantly use the SMS service of Telcos," commented Tech Mahindra's Global Practice Leader for Blockchain, Rajesh Dhuddu.
The new ecosystem should bring all relevant parties together and help telecoms and telemarketers administer the processes of obtaining subscriber consent, handle complaints, and manage preference registration and configuration, all in line with TRAI regulations.


Find everything you need to know about making direct reservations for all in-park lodging and camping in Yellowstone National Park. We never charge a booking fee for any Yellowstone reservations.
We also manage and maintain the in-park facilities for which we take reservations. We are committed to helping you find your ultimate Yellowstone experience, while working to protect and preserve the park for the future.
Late Arrivals: For guests who may arrive outside of our usual business hours, your reserved site information will be available via a posted envelope on the Registration Building window. The next morning, please stop by the Registration Building again to complete the check-in process.
We accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, Carte Blanche, JCB and Diners Club.
Our reservations department accepts advance reservations for in-park lodging, campgrounds, tours and activities, and dinner reservations for designated in-park restaurants.
Federal law prohibits firearms in certain facilities in this park (such as visitor centers, government offices, etc.) and is also prohibited from all Xanterra-operated facilities, hotels, restaurants, tours, activities, etc.
More information on park regulations can be found here.
Pets (with the exception of service dogs) are not allowed in our winter accommodations. Pets are also not allowed on buses or snowcoaches; this is a federal law. As during the summer, pets are not allowed on trails or in the backcountry. However, a maximum of two pets (dogs and cats only) are permitted in our cabin units only.
Park entrance fees are not included in your reservation and payable upon arrival at the park entrance. Please call the National Park Service at 307-344-7381 for more information or visit online.
All rooms and facilities are non-smoking.
Lodging rates are per night, for up to two adults and do not include tax or utility fee.
Extra adult in room is $19 per night.
There must be an adult (18 years or older) in each room.
Room occupancy is limited to the bedding configuration of the room reserved.
Children 11 and under stay free.
Special room requests are not guaranteed. We will make every effort to accommodate special requests.
Accessible accommodations are available on a limited basis and may be reserved by contacting our reservations office at 307-344-7311.
Cooking is prohibited in all accommodations.
In Yellowstone, televisions, radios, and air conditioning are not available. Internet service is limited and available to purchase at Canyon, Grant Village, Lake, Mammoth and Old Faithful. In-room phones are not available at all locations. Cell phone coverage is very limited throughout the park. Swimming pools are not available.
Future season reservations are accepted May 1 for the following summer season.
Future season reservations are accepted March 15 for the following winter season.
If you arrive at the campground/RV Park with equipment different than that for which you have a reservation, we may not have a site available that will accommodate you. Most campsites in Yellowstone will not accommodate units over 40 feet.
If you are an organized group, (church, Boy Scouts, school, university, etc.) you must reserve a group site. Groups are not permitted to stay in individual sites.
A credit card is applied to guarantee arrival for your activity reservation. Payment is required upon arrival.
Guaranteed activity reservations will be held up to the scheduled check-in time. In the event of a cancellation, 48-hour notice is required to avoid a charge of the activity cost to your credit card.
Please allow adequate in-park travel time. Guests arriving after the scheduled activity check-in time will not be allowed to participate.
Please be prepared for Yellowstone's changing weather conditions. Warm, sunny days can turn cool and rainy – please carry rain gear and/or a jacket for your safety and comfort. Scheduled activities may be canceled due to inclement weather or trail conditions.
Dinner reservations are required for Old Faithful Inn, Lake Yellowstone Hotel and Grant Village. Priority for dinner reservations is given to hotel guests. Visitors not staying at the Old Faithful Inn, Lake Yellowstone Hotel and Grant Village may make dinner reservations 60 days in advance. Please call 307-344-7311 to make reservations.
Dinner reservations are not accepted at our other dining facilities. Breakfast and lunch are on a first-come, first-seated basis throughout the park. Attire is casual in all park facilities.
A deposit of the first night's rate at each location is required at time of reservation. Advance deposits are payable by check, money order, or major credit card. We accept Visa, Master Card, Discover, American Express, Carte Blanche, JCB and Diners Club.
For Getaway Packages, 50% of package cost is due at time of booking with remaining balance due upon arrival.
For Lodging & Learning and Adventure Packages, 50% of package cost is due at time of booking with balance due 30 days prior to arrival. If booking is made within 30 days of arrival, 100% of package cost is due at time of booking.
For Lodging and Camping reservations, a 30-day notice is required to receive a full refund of your deposit amount. A $25 non-refundable fee will be charged for any changes or cancellations that occur less than 30 days prior to arrival or during your stay. For cancellations within 7 days of your summer arrival and 14 days of your winter arrival, full deposit will be retained.
Confirmed reservations will be held for late arrival on the first night of your stay. If you fail to arrive or contact our reservations office by 10:00 am of the next day, your entire park reservation will be canceled and applicable cancellation fees applied.
For Getaway Packages, a 30-day notice is required to receive a full refund of your deposit amount. Cancellations that occur within 30 to 14 days of arrival will receive full refund of the deposit amount less a $25 non-refundable reservations fee. Cancellations that occur within 14 days of arrival will result in full forfeiture of the deposit amount.
For Adventure and Lodging & Learning Packages, 60-day notice is required to receive full refund of your deposit amount. Cancellations made between 30-60 days will result in 50% forfeiture of package cost. Cancellations made within 30 days of arrival result in 100% forfeiture of package cost.
We recommend the purchase of travel insurance to help protect you against financial loss if you must cancel or interrupt your trip due to unforeseen circumstances. We encourage you to research travel insurance services to best meet your needs. You may also ask our representative when booking your reservation or learn more from one of our industry partners.
Refunds for reservations will be issued in the same payment form as tendered at the time of purchase. If payment was made by credit card, we will credit the same account. Please allow 7-10 days for a credit to appear on your credit card statement. If payment was made by check, the refund check will be issued after 10 business days from the cancelled date.


Migration law regulates who has a right to enter and remain in Australia. It is Commonwealth law, so the law is therefore the same across Australia.
Some brief information about major visa categories is provided in this chapter. The law in this area changes frequently, and people considering making a visa application will often need to seek the advice of a migration agent.


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BlocBoy JB and 21 Savage Get Grimy on New Song "Rover 2.0″
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Just about a week after letting loose a preview, BlocBoy JB and 21 Savage have unveiled their new banger "Rover 2.0."
The song is an updated version of a previous track from the Memphis rapper and a big-time slapper that definitely justifies the hype surrounding it. JB and 21 get grimy on the new cut.
"Headshot a nigga ass to see what his mind do/Catch him at a red light or a fuckin' drive-thru (that's on my mama)," BlocBoy spits. Nigga playin' with the crew like we ain't gon' shoot/Ooh-woo, now them grapes come through/First 48 and yellow tape keep you from comin' through."
For his part, 21 infuses his typically icy, monotone flow into the hard-hitting Tay Keith track. "My baby mama with it, she'll mace ya/Every nigga with me on that gang stuff," he rhymes. "Slaughter Gang, we came to shoot your kickback up (21)/Nigga disrespect me, he get shit bagged up (21)."
It's a banger for sure.
"Rover 2.0." follows BlocBoy JB's lauded collab "Look Alive" with Drake, which debuted in the top 5 of the Billboard charts and currently sits at No. 7. The video for the track has more than 80 million plays to date and put even more eyes on the Memphis rapper's "shoot dance." Next up for BlocBoy is his Simi mixtape, which is set to drop next month, and performances at Smokers Club Festival in Long Beach, Calif. on April 28 and the Rolling Loud Festival in Miami on May 13.
"Only thing you can expect is to see me. It's coming soon, real soon," he says of Simi. "It's a project. It's the best one, I think, so far."
Check out BlocBoy JB and 21 Savage's "Rover 2.0" below.
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Biografia
Al suo esordio di attrice fu diretta dal padre, il regista Carlos Diegues: impersonò la protagonista da bambina nel film Tieta do Brasil (1996). Nei primi anni Duemila fu attiva in teatro.

Dal 2008 si propose come sceneggiatrice e intraprese la carriera di regista dirigendo pellicole e cortometraggi.

Dal 2014 apparve nelle telenovelas. Nel 2017, dopo più di vent'anni, recitò nuovamente in una pellicola del padre, O grande circo mistico, affiancando l'attore francese Vincent Cassel.

Morì nel giugno 2019 a soli 32 anni, per un tumore al cervello che le era stato diagnosticato qualche tempo prima.

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Here is Tony Dolan now as a cartoon made by the hands of young Jasmine Humphryis. Many thanks to you Jasmine!
This is the cartoon that young Jasmine Humphryis made for Joe Matera, an Australian journalist, musician and friend. She said that soon we'll have one for Tony! Click here for Joe's banner!
Peru has some great thing to offer, a vibrant Metal scene, beautiful scenery and food and alchohol to be merry by.
Let's not forget ROXANA,fromDEATHTHRASHER Magazine,reasons to be cheerful!
Well finally,here the famous GRINDER of OSMS and OLDSCHOOL RECORDS with his beautiful missus,JONI. NWOBHM.NET.
Here is CHAMBERED, 2006 will be the year for these guys. The US and beyond!! This site supports you !Check out links at friends page and homepage!
SOTHIS , number one Demo/Indie band as voted by Brave Words magazine!! So true, Some of the best Black Metal to emerge onto a flourishing scene!! 2006 is the year of SOTHIS!
Drogoth.....oh and Tony says thanx to Adam for the amazing artwork!
Tom Araya, Abaddon, Dave Lombardo, Rob Redhead, Tony D. & Jeff Hanaman with Ged Wolf behind ,Marquee Club, London 1985. ATOMKRAFT & SLAYER.
Lemmy and Tony. Marquee Club during,Dumpy's Rusty Nuts - 1987 approx!
Gary Young(AVENGER) centre with Jim and Steve Spence,friends of Tony but crew for the day!1985 before ATOMKRAFT opened for SLAYER.
Abaddon(VENOM) and Tony,pre his VENOM placement,happier days!
Gordon Atkinson,mainstay roadcrew member for both VENOM and ATOMKRAFT with Rob Redhead.1987 behind Dynamo festival.
Unconditional Thrash Metal, our friends SACRIFICIAL.Check 'em out @Sacrificial.dk.
Congratulations Rico on yur new addition from all here @ tonydolan.net.
Photographer and VORTEX drummer Henk'De Tank Bosma.Great live shots of ATOMKRAFT from Hardenberg Holland and the Raise Your Fist Festival,curtosy of Mr.Bosma,check out the Live section!
This is Dave Smooth Bonvivant!One of the best Lawyers in California,now based in Seattle.He's a KRAFTMAN in all sense of the word and he's a friend of Tony and this site!
Here's the first live pic of the new ATOMKRAFT 7 stringer PAYRE(Hunter/Killer,Viperine).Long live the KRAFTMEN!
Here on our right is Vladimir 'Scorpio' Osipov form The MetalList Portal with his friend in hand!
On our left? None other than Mantas with our good friend Luca Bosio, Journalist and impressario!!
Here's, JOlie Benoit , Laura Silva , Christin Noel and Mary Dollar. OK ! Why not ? This is from the San Diego Convention 2004.Sword & Stone , the company who made this armour also did the weapons on Master & Commander !
This is TONY' mate PHIL ANDERSON of KAOS2000 fame.
He's also the guy that took that famous RANDY RHODES/OZZY photograph!You know,thatone,yes!Well it's him,with Mary & Laura I believe!You Dawg!!
This is TONY' mate DAVE LING of METAL HAMMER/CLASSIC ROCK etc,etc, with his eldest son JONNO and some guy from ACDC??
I say,isn't that MARK 'The Animal' MENDOZA and JJ FRENCH of TWISTED SISTER with ARNIE,yet another of DAVE LING' off spring??
This is Tony's nephew's band,click the pic and check 'em out!
In Milan-on tour with Venom-1985-WOW!


Toledo vending account opportunity with 4 machines included. The account averages over $2,300 per month in sales and approximately $27,800 annually. The account is serviced two or three times every week and is accessible 24 hours for most of the week.
All equipment is functional and will be included in the sale. The current owner will provide training and make sure the account transfer goes smoothly.


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Niger floods leave at least 54 dead, 200 000 displaced
Thousands urged to evacuate Niger capital after rains
38 dead, 92 000 left homeless by Niger floods
11 killed and 30 000 left homeless in Niger floods
Niamey - Flooding unleashed by three months of torrential rain in Niger has killed at least 54 people and left nearly 200 000 displaced, the UN said on Friday.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said most of the deaths took place in the capital Niamey and that more than 11 000 homes were destroyed.
Niamey has been hardest hit along with Dosso in the south, Tillaberi in the west and the central-southern areas of Maradi and Zinder as Niger struggles once more with flooding which claimed more than 50 lives last year.
The recovery from the disastrous rains promises to be long.
Food production will also take a hit, with the flooding killing some 16 000 cattle and about 12 000 hectares of crops being ruined, the UN said.
With its 17 million population in a country three quarters of which comprises desert, Niger regularly is beset by food shortages caused by drought as well as severe flooding.
A humanitarian source told AFP on Thursday that exacerbating the problems were rising River Niger water levels, leading to fears of a repeat of serious flooding in 2012 which left dozens dead and some 500 000 homeless.
Last week, Niger said it had launched a campaign to destroy mosquito breeding sites to help combat the spread of deadly malaria in Niamey after the rain transformed some areas into swamps.
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Arrested on February 20, 2014 was Amanda L Pierotich. The 52-year-old Pierotich was arrested by Jackson County Law Enforcement. He is 6 Ft. 02 In. tall, weighs 190 Pounds and has brown eyes. Bond was set at unknown amount for the charge because Pierotich is presumed innocent until proven guilty. Police agencies listed here may assist with more information including court dates: Jackson County Law Enforcement.
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Who is Amanda L Pierotich?
Amanda Pierotich is a 52-year-old Male.
When was Amanda Pierotich arrested?
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Amanda Pierotich weighs 190 Pounds lbs.
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Trip to Delphi: What a Difference a Good Tour Guide Makes!
On our second Saturday in Athens, we toured the Acropolis, the most popular tourist destination in Athens, if not in all of Greece, and one of the most important archeological sites in the world. Given that this was my third guided tour of the site, you might think that I viewed the outing as an obligation more than as an exciting new adventure. That was certainly the case on my second visit, particularly since our tour guide was a holdover from the first visit. As knowledgeable, passionate, and dynamic as she was, I just assumed that she was mostly following a well-worn script. I couldn't have been more wrong. So wide and deep was her knowledge of the Acropolis, and of Greek history more generally, that I'm not sure she repeated material from the first tour even once.
Accordingly, I had high expectation for the third visit, this time with a new tour guide. Once again, I couldn't have been more wrong. I certainly don't want to disparage the qualifications of this individual, and it may have been a matter of English proficiency (or lack thereof), but the students and I agreed that she didn't seem particularly knowledgeable, passionate, or dynamic. After we passed some other English-speaking tour groups, some of the students verbalized the question that I was asking myself: Can't we join one of those groups?! I was disappointed for the students and frankly annoyed that they weren't able to have the same high-quality, engaging educational experience that I had during my first two visits.
Fast-forward to this past Saturday, when we embarked on an all-day outing to Delphi and nearby Arachova village. We were all a bit apprehensive given our previous experience, though we were fortunately assigned a different tour guide. After a two-and-a-half hour bus ride, we arrived at the ancient home of the Oracle, which according to myth was selected by Zeus as the center, or navel, of mother earth (the egg-shaped object we are touching in the photo is a representation of a navel, a replica of one the priestesses were believed to use as a sort of tactile crystal ball). As the legend goes, Delphi was later established a sacred site by Apollo, to atone for his slaying of Python, the dragon that protected the site; as the site's prophetic deity, it was Apollo that the priestesses served. Upon our arrival, we were immediately greeted by Ageliki, who quickly ushered us off the bus and made a few good-natured jokes at our expense. I knew immediately that I liked her (and I think the students concurred).
Over the course of the next two hours, Ageliki led us through the site itself and the associated museum, stopping only at the most important artifacts and ruins, while nevertheless providing a comprehensive account of the site's history and drawing a rich portrait of what daily life at Delphi (or rather monthly life, as the priestesses only worked once a month!) might have been like. Her expertise, wit, and good sense of how much information is enough reminded me what a difference a good tour guide can make!


The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are delighted to share these new photographs of their family, enjoying a skiing holiday with Prince George and Princess Charlotte in the French Alps.
The Duke and Duchess invited the Press Association's Royal Photographer John Stillwell to take the photographs earlier in the week.
This was their first holiday as a family of four and the first time either of the children have played in the snow. It was very special and a fun short holiday for the family and they are grateful that John Stillwell was able to capture the moment so well.


"Red-Orthodox Project". РПЦ - Чекистославие? Правочекизм?
Stormfront Russia White Nationalists in Russia.
Re: "Red-Orthodox Project". РПЦ - Чекистославие? Правочекизм?
It seems that some in Bulgaria have a perfect understanding of what Red-Orthodox and Chekists in Cassocks mean . Also, the magnificent power of the 3D chess masters in "making friends". Later, they will whine about "CIA and Soros conspiracies" and "rusophobia".
Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov sharply criticised Russian Patriarch Kirill for seeking to impose the Kremlin's view of the Russo-Turkish War, describing the cleric as a former KGB agent – "a second-rate Soviet cop" who had no business lecturing Bulgaria's President about history.
Simeonov was speaking in a March 7 interview with public broadcaster Bulgarian National Television, the day after Russia released video of Kirill's comments to President Roumen Radev during the Russian Patriarch's visit for Bulgaria's Liberation Day celebrations.
Kirill's visit was shrouded in controversy over Bulgarian leaders referring to the other countries, apart from Russia, that fought in the war against the Ottoman Empire that led to Bulgaria's liberation.
"This Kirill is not descended from heaven…he is not the messenger of the Lord God or Jesus Christ," Simeonov said. "Kirill is known as the cigarette metropolitan of Russia. From 1996, he got $14 billion from importing non-proprietary cigarettes," the deputy prime minister said.
Simeonov said that Kirill had a private aircraft, a villa in Switzerland, a $30 000 watch "and he has the insolence to give judgment in front of the Bulgarian President".
What is he? He is not an Eastern Orthodox cleric. He is Agent Mihailov, of the Soviet KGB, that is proven. A second-rate Soviet cop coming to me to say what is true and not true? Excuse me," Simeonov said.
"Вице-премьер-министр Болгарии Валерий Симеонов резко критиковал патриарха Кирилла за то, что он пытался навязать мнение Кремля о русско-турецой войне, назвав священника бывшим агентом КГБ – "второстепенным советским полицейским", который не имел права на лекцию по истории президенту Болгарии.
Как передает издание Sofia globe, Симеонов об этом сказал в интервью 7 марта телеканалу "Болгарское национальное телевидение", после того, как Россия обнародовала видеоролики с комментариями Кирилла президенту Болгарии Румену Радеву во время визита на празднование Дня освобождения страны. "Этот Кирилл не спустился с небес ... он не посланник Господа Бога или Иисуса Христа. Кирилл известен как сигаретный митрополит России. С 1996 года он получил 14 миллиардов долларов за счет импорта безакцизных сигарет ", - сказал вице-премьер-министр Болгарии. Симеонов отметил, что у Кирилла есть частный самолет, вилла в Швейцарии, часы за 30 тысяч долларов и «он имеет наглость раздавать суждения перед президентом Болгарии».
Он спросил, что бы произошло, если бы болгарский Патриарх Неофит приехал в Москву и читал исторические лекции Владимиру Путину об истории, например упрекнул бы Путину относительно ложного заявления о том, что святые Кирилл и Мефодий пришли из Византии.
«Он не является православным восточным священником. Это агент Михайлов, советский Кгбшник, это доказано. Второстепенный советский полицай, который пришел ко мне, чтобы сказать, что является правдой, а что нет?» – сказал Симеонов про патриарха Кирилла.
Ранее на сайте Русской православной церкви появилось видео встречи патриарха Кирилла с болгарским президентом, где он в течение нескольких минут возмущался тем, что мол, роль России в освобождении Болгарии является заниженной."
Dog "racism" - not obliged to follow the white-lies of the human world, the world of canines offers obvious parallels. Study rates dog breeds by intelligence. Insurers profile "aggressive breeds". Note: "[..] less genetic difference between dogs, wolves and coyotes than there is between the ethnic groups of the human species [...]".
Academic anti-racism? Charlatans and wishful thinkers."I have used Boas's study to fight what I guess could be considered racist approaches to anthropology," said Dr. David Thomas, curator of anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. "I have to say I am shocked at the findings [of it being wrong]."
Diversity is: no cohesion, no trust, no consensus, no freedom, invasive statism, dystopia, entropy. Some of the most tyrannical, repressive and unfree societies were/are some of the most "diverse".
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Orthodox Church said on Friday it would no longer participate in structures chaired by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, deepening a row in Orthodox Christianity over the Ukrainian Church's bid to break away from Moscow's orbit.
After all these conflicts with the pesky "NATO churches" and their annoyingly accurate criticisms, maybe they will embrace even more their authentic "spiritual roots", heroes and values: Stalin, Beria, GULAG, Holy Veterans, NKVD etc.
It is also suspending all services with top priests of the Patriarchate of Constantinople and will not commemorate the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I in its services, Legoida wrote on social media, summarizing the outcome of the meeting.
30% Orthodox believers of #ROC think that there is no God.
Who needs God when you have holy Stalin?
Like antichrist jew-bolsheviks who mocked Orthodox Christianity by literally turning Lenin into a "red-saint" by artificially preserving his dead body like a "red-orthodox" unholy relic... Putin has usurped, mocked and perverted Russian tsarist/orthodox symbols for his own nefarious end.
2012 photo on Moscow Patriarch website - note the rainbow and icons of the world's different religions.
а не энти ваши Канстантинополи буржуинские. Сталин, Дидославие, Победа!
A secular humanist who embraces all religions is the same as an atheist.
Like an atheist, a secular humanist is not a true believer in any religion.
Atheist jew-bolsheviks physically, morally and spiritually destroyed Russian Orthodox Christianity.
By embracing all religions... atheist secular humanists accomplish that same goal by diluting, weakening, perverting and destroying all religions in their secular pluralistic melting-pot. The same method they use to miscegenate and destroy race.


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Q: nix-shell with R interpretter and submodules Can I use R, with required submodules (e.g., ggplot2) with nix-shell?
For example, using Python with submodules:
nix-shell -p python34 python34Packages.pandas

However, I can't seem to see how to do the equivalent with R.
nix-shell -p R

Gives me a vanilla R, but what about submodules? I'm not sure I know enough about using nix-shell to evaluate nix expressions, but could this be used from nix-shell as a command?
Note: It is my preference not to pop the expression from the above link in a shell.nix or default.nix. Rather as a single command.

A: You can pass a nix expression to nix-shell using the -E flag. So the following is valid:
nix-shell -E 'with import <nixpkgs> {}; rWrapper.override {packages = with rPackages; [ggplot2 reshape2];}'

A: You can use the same approach as in your Python example:
nix-shell -p R rPackages.dplyr rPackages.ggplot2

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Riders competing at British Showjumping's inaugural Spring Championship Show at Addington Manor (14-16 April) will now have the chance to qualify for the winter finals during classes held on the first two days of the show.
"Disappointingly low" entries have lead to a relaxation of the qualifying process of the inaugural winter finals with direct qualifiers being added to the schedule and riders being allowed to compete two horses in most of the finals.
Tim Price, proprietor of Addington Manor, explains: "As everyone will be aware, we stepped in to host the championships following a short notice cancellation of the London Spring International Horse Show at the ExCel Arena.
"We always knew that it would be a tough show to pull together at very short notice, but we felt that it was the right thing to do for British Showjumping and their members. This is still a decision we strongly stand by and are strongly committed to.
Iain Graham, Chief Executive for British Showjumping, added: "We understand that this may be a disappointment for those that have already qualified, but we trust that they will see that the changes are necessary if the finals are to go ahead.
"Addington Manor has been extremely proactive in delivering what we believe will be an superb championship show to build on and we look forward to the winter finals and the spring championships becoming an established event in the competition calendar going forward.
"By opening up the qualifiers it will enable more members to qualify for the final at the show, in addition to via the leagues, which will ensure fairness across all levels.
In addition to the qualifiers and finals, the show will also include supplementary open warm-up classes across all levels of competition.
The winter finals had been left without a venue when Excel pulled the plug on the London Spring International Horse Show. Addington Manor stepped in less than a week later to ensure that the event would take place.


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Excessive explanation, part two
Posted on December 5, 2016 by ericlippert
We continue with my excessively detailed explanation of the seminal paper on the ML type inference system…
This paper is concerned with the polymorphic type discipline of ML,
which is a general purpose functional programming language, although
it was first introduced as a metalanguage (whence its name) for
constructing proofs in the LCF proof system. [4]
These bracketed numbers are not footnotes; they are references to other papers. See the original paper's list of references if you want to follow up on these references.
By "type discipline" we basically mean the same thing as "type system". That is, there is some way of determining the "type" of the expressions in a programming language, and detecting when the programs are erroneous due to violations of the typing rules.
By "polymorphic" here we mean what a C# programmer would mean by "generic". There are many kinds of polymorphism in computer programming. "Subtype polymorphism" is what object-oriented programmers typically think of when someone says "polymorphism":
void M(Animal a) { ... }
Giraffe g = new Giraffe();
M(g); // No problem.
That's not the kind of polymorphism we're talking about here. Rather, we're talking about:
void N<T>(List<T> list) { ... }
List<int> g = ...;
N(g); // No problem.
This is often called "parametric polymorphism", because the method takes a "type parameter".
ML has parametric polymorphism, not subtype polymorphism.
A metalanguage is a language used to implement or describe another language. In this case, ML was first created to be the metalanguage for LCF, "Logic for Computable Functions". The purpose of LCF was to automatically find proofs for mathematical theorems; you could write little programs in ML that described to the LCF system various strategies for trying to get a proof for a particular theorem from a set of premises. But as the paper notes, ML and its descendants are now general-purpose programming languages in their own right, not just implementation details of another language.
The type discipline was studied in [5] where it was shown to be
semantically sound, in a sense made precise below, but where one
important question was left open: does the type-checking algorithm —
or more precisely the type assignment algorithm (since types
are assigned by the compiler, and need not be mentioned by the
programmer) — find the most general type possible for every expression
and declaration?
As the paper notes, we'll more formally define "sound" later. But the basic idea of soundness comes from logic. A logical deduction is valid if every conclusion follows logically from a premise. But an argument can be valid and come to a false conclusion. For example "All men are immortal; Socrates is a man; therefore Socrates is immortal" is valid, but not sound. The conclusion follows logically, but it follows logically from an incorrect premise. And of course an invalid argument can still reach a true conclusion that does not follow from the premises. A valid deduction with all true premises is sound.
Type systems are essentially systems of logical deduction. We would like to know that if a deduction is made about the type of an expression on the basis of some premises and logical rules, that we can rely on the soundness of those deductions.
The paper draws a bit of a hair-splitting distinction between a type checking algorithm and a type assignment algorithm. A type checking algorithm verifies that a program does not violate any of the rules of the type system, but does not say whether the types were added by the programmer as annotations, or whether the compiler deduced them. In ML, all types are deduced by the compiler using a type assignment algorithm. The question is whether the type assignment algorithm that the authors have in mind finds the most general type for expressions and function declarations.
By "most general" we mean that we want to avoid situations where, say, the compiler deduces "oh, this is a method that takes a list of integers and returns a list of integers", when it should be deducing "this is a method that takes a list of T and returns a list of T for any T". The latter is more general.
Why is this important? Well, suppose we deduce that a method takes a list of int when in fact it would be just as correct to say that it takes a list of T. If we deduce the former then a program which passes a list of strings is an error; if we deduce the latter then it is legal. We would like to make deductions that are not just sound, but also that allow the greatest possible number of correct programs to get the stamp of approval from the type system.
Here we answer the question in the affirmative, for the purely
applicative part of ML. It follows immediately that it is decidable
whether a program is well-typed, in contrast with the elegant and
slightly more permissive type discipline of Coppo. [1]
This is a complicated one; we'll deal with this paragraph in the next episode!
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I have been back in Israel for three days now and I still am not able to wrap up my row thoughts, but my friend was right, I changed as well.
It took a lot of energy to understand and admit that even a free thinker like me, was hiding a dose of prejudice and fear that I did not even know I had.
I opened up. Me, a person who hates to be vulnerable or weak, let it go.
The MJC created a space where your feelings and thoughts were exposed to shining lights for everyone to see, challenge and empathize. It was pure energy.
I closed my eyes to the bitter memories of 2014, when because of the war in Israel I lost more than I wanted to admit.
I listened to stories of marginalization, of conflict, of frustration and oppression and I breathed them with those who were there.
I talked to a Syrian refugee, who left her home with a soundtrack of bombs and explosions, to reach a continent that often can't understand.
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I made new friends, and surprisingly enough, the people I connected the most were so different than me.
I, an agnostic Jew with more confusion than clarity, found myself to totally trust this gorgeous Pakistani\European religious girl, a pure soul who chose to believe in something higher and to have faith in a better world. She challenged my cynicism like few people had before, and yet we had so much to share, so many common values and expectations, even when coming from the most diverse backgrounds. What's more comforting than that?
I spoke to an Orthodox Rabbi on a personal level, after years of distance from a religious institution that I never felt like mine, and I did not feel judged, but rather respected.
I was carried away by the beauty of the Jumu'ah prayer and the happiness of the Kabbalat Shabbat, and they both assumed a much deeper meaning when shared by people of different faiths who were there to learn from each other.
I smiled when I saw the enthusiasm of people who developed the most incredible projects to make their communities a better place, to help those who have been rejected or simply to create an alternative.
I saw so much beauty, like only Beirut can be beautiful. I heard exhaustion, like Damascus is exhausted, and I shared shyness, like Islamabad or Jerusalem often are shy. I touched destruction, as Yemen is destroyed, and hope of healing, like Paris and Baghdad try to heal their injuries.
There was discordance, disagreement and even resentment, but never hate. No one forgot each other, because the base of respect is acknowledgment.
I laughed at jokes that were really not politically correct, and it was amazing.
I learned that in certain parts of the world everything is a " Yehudi sazesh".
I felt refreshed seeing that even successful, strong men were not scared to cry, and I found out that to save life there are people who try the impossible.
I embraced that sometimes the impossible does work, and because of that, I prayed again.
The Muslim Jewish Conference revealed to be one of the most incredible experiences I had in years, and not because I found myself to win most of my stereotypes, since I really did not have many, but because it allowed us to be honest with each other, to speak our mind even when what we had to say was not incredibly popular, to share our hopes and to create.
"Us" became a group of people that shares similar values and expectations, no matter what their background, faith or nationality is.
The MJC brought this "Us" together.
The future will allow us to work with "Them".


The California Legislature's Joint Committee on Rules' Subcommittee on Sexual Harassment Prevention and Response is on track to keep its earlier promise to unveil new sexual harassment guidelines for both chambers by the end of June, according to an update letter issued this week.
"We recognize that accomplishing these objectives will take time, but we must start now," said Assemblymember Laura Friedman, D-Glendale, and Senator Holly Mitchell ,D-Los Angeles, the chair and vice chair of the committee, in a statement.
The push to change the rules follows several months of revelations surrounding sexual harassment and a toxic culture for employees in the capitol. After Sen. Tony Mendoza's resignation stemming from allegations of sexual harassment, the Senate announced new guidelines that require outside investigators in such cases. The Assembly, however, did not adopt similar reforms. The subcommittee hopes to streamline these disparities.
The Joint Committee's next hearing will be on June 18.


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