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No "Politically Correct" Himmacanes here in Louisiana
I don't know about you, but I sure am confused about all this current debate over gender equity, gay rights, and transgenders, especially with new rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court. I keep reading in the newspaper about LGBT. I had to look up the lettering to even know what the abbreviation means. Being "politically correct" has become an obsession with much of the country as well as right here at home in Louisiana.
Drew Brees, the latest sports political correctness fumble
While there are plenty of different leagues for various sports, there is one that transcends all of them, The NCA (No Conservatives Allowed).
Professional sports in our country has been captured by a radical, leftist ideology that refuses to tolerate other points of view. In fact, anyone daring to express a contrarian opinion is automatically ridiculed and castigated as a racist. The offending party will be either ostracized and criticized and forced to grovel and apologize or will be terminated from any association with the league.
Of Musk and Masks: Trump takes US to new heights and new lows
Today, if the weather prevails, America will hit two milestones. The first is our return to space with the first launch in nearly ten years of a US man-occupied spacecraft. The second did not take a decade. Nor did it take ten months. Within less than three months, this country has witnessed the most destructive population genocide in American history, thanks to Covid-19. On leap year day, the first corona-virus death was recorded. The virus which we were told would suddenly disappear has resulted in the morbid and jaw-dropping disappearance of 100,000 loved ones.
Way too much Political Correctness in US and Louisiana
I don't know about you, but I sure am confused about all this current debate over gender equity, gay rights, and transgenders. I keep reading in the newspaper about LGBT. I had to look up the lettering to even know what the abbreviation means. Being "politically correct" has become an obsession with much of the country as well as right here at home in Louisiana.
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Baby, It's liberal politically correct tempest outside, this Christmas
In this holiday season, the leftists who constantly promote politically correct causes have been working overtime. Their first victim was the innocent special that airs on ABC, "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving." According to critics, it displayed racism because the show's only black character "Franklin" was seating alone on one side of the table while three white characters were on the other side. This nonsensical charge was especially ridiculous because "Franklin" is seated right next to white characters in another "Peanuts" show and the creator of the cartoon, Charles Schultz, was very proud of the "Franklin" character and added him to the cartoon after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Schultz fought to integrate his cartoon, exactly the opposite of the type of criticism that was leveled by the politically correct police.
After public roasting to Philly arrest, Starbucks brews racial sensitivity PC with every cup
Today, all Starbucks locations around the nation are closing as their 175,000 employees will be given several hours of racial sensitivity training. This exercise in political correctness is in response to an incident in a Philadelphia Starbucks store that was captured on a cell phone video. Two African American customers were arrested after they were denied the use of a restroom after refusing to order anything or leave the store. After the video went viral and people across the nation expressed outrage, Starbucks settled with the men by paying them an undisclosed amount of money and giving them an offer of free education.
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Boy Scouts will be girls too as PC destroys American institutions
Another one of our great national institutions, the Boy Scouts of America, has officially lost its way. This week, the Boy Scouts formally opened their doors to girls. This act of inclusion was wisely not followed by the Girl Scouts, who will remain an exclusively female organization.


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Jim Montgomery's return to Denver.J.T. Compher and Mikko Rantanen scored 45 seconds apart late in the third period Seth Griffith Jersey Womens , and the Avalanche rallied to beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 on Saturday night.Rantanen also had an assist, and Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist for the Avalanche. Colorado has won four in a row and is 6-0-1 in its last seven games.The Avalanche had to overcome a third-period deficit to get this victory after cruising in its last three wins."There's always belief in this team, in this locker room. We know if we go down, we know we can come back," Rantanen said. "It's shown a lot of times this year."Rantanen leads the NHL in points (38) and assists (28), while MacKinnon is second in points with 35.Radek Faska and Jamie Benn had goals, Alexander Radulov had two assists and Anton Khudobin stopped 33 shots for the Stars. Dallas has lost three of its last four and couldn't get a win in Montgomery's return to Denver. Montgomery, who was hired in May, coached Denver University for five seasons and led the Pioneers to the 2017 national championship."It was great to be back in Denver. I've got a lot of friends here," Montgomery said. "If DU wasn't playing I'd have tons more. And if we weren't playing I'd be at DU."The Stars nearly pulled out a win for their new coach. They trailed 1-0 when Faska and Benn scored in a span of 3:31 to give Dallas a 2-1 lead with 4:57 left. The Avalanche tied it on Compher's goal at 17:18.Colorado got the tiebreaker when Rantanen knocked in Erik Johnson's rebound at 18:03 of the third period for his 10th goal."It was on a rush and Nate found E.J. coming late," Rantanen said. "E.J. got a shot there and I was just trying to get in front of the net. I got a fortunate bounce right on my tape and I had an empty net."Semyon Varlamov stopped a furious rally in the crease in the final seconds and finished with 27 saves."We battled hard in the third Jack Roslovic Jersey Womens , got a lead and (kicked) it away at the end," Benn said. "We need to learn how to manage the game when we have a lead."The Avalanche scored first after Dallas killed off the first of two Colorado power plays in the second period. Gabe Landeskog controlled the puck down low and floated a pass to Rantanen at the bottom of the right circle. Rantanen sent a pass to the other side of the crease to MacKinnon, who beat Khudobin on the short side at 13:11.It was his 15th of the season."I thought (MacKinnon's) line was outstanding all night," Colorado coach Jared Bednar said. "They created a ton of chances off the rush, using their speed and little slip plays in the middle. They came up with a big one at the end."NOTES: Compher has three goals in the last two games after missing 16 games with a head injury. … The Avalanche hosted two survivors of the bus crash in April that killed 16 members of the Humboldt Broncos of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. Defenseman Ryan Straschnitzki and goaltender Jacob Wasserman were honored before the game and participated in the ceremonial puck drop. … Colorado forward Sven Andrighetto was a healthy scratch for the second straight game. He played in three games after missing six with an injury.UP NEXT:Dallas: Continues its four-game road trip at Edmonton on Tuesday night.Colorado: Travels to Nashville on Tuesday night. A funny thing has happened after the Dallas Stars ran into injury troubles.They have managed to keep pace in the Western Conference playoff race. Now, the Stars (13-10-3) have a chance to improve their fortunes as top goaltender Ben Bishop returns from injury Saturday in Vancouver against the Canucks (11-14-3)."The best part of our game has been our goaltending," Dallas coach Jim Montgomery told reporters after a practice Friday. "It doesn't matter which one (Bishop or Anton Khudobin) is in nets. They always give us an opportunity. When Bish is in there, it's a different feeling behind the bench. He gives us more control, positioning, poise and, obviously Scott Mayfield Jersey Womens , the puckhandling is really good."Article continues below ...Bishop sports an 8-5-1 record, .923 save percentage, 2.33 goals-against average and two shutouts this season. He has missed the past five games with an undisclosed lower-body injury.Montgomery confirmed that he will start in goal against the Canucks.Perhaps not coincidentally, the Stars have only two wins in the past six games as Khudobin has carried most of the netminding load. Temporary backup Landon Bow was returned to the Texas Stars of the AHL on Friday.Khudobin earned praise from Montgomery for his competitiveness. The Stars have lost four of their past six games, but Dallas currently si
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You crawled into bed with me this morning after the sun rose. My arms wrapped around you and I breathed in your hair. You smell of the shampoo you didn't wash out of your hair last night when you giggled in the shower with your brother.
I would never say those words aloud, of course, because parents aren't allowed to have favorites.
But, at that moment, in that space, my heart was full of you.
My attention was 100% focused on you and only you as if we were the only two people in existence. I allowed myself to think that you were my favorite because, for that moment, you were.
Later today, you and your brother played at the playground while your Daddy and I sat on a rocky cliff overlooking the Baltic Sea.
Worn down over time by rain or by couples sitting in that exact same spot for hundreds of years, the rocks were smooth and surprisingly comfortable for rocks.
A while later, your brother climbed up the rocks to join us. His head found my lap, and I stroked his hair.
His blonde, floppy hair that so desperately needs a cut but is so wonderful for running my fingers through.
You see, all of you are my favorites. You each hold a special place in my heart that only you can keep.
When I was a kid, I thought that a person could only have one favorite. As a mother, I know now that I can have an infinite number of favorites.
You're my favorite, and so is your father, and so is your brother, and so on and so on. And the special love I feel for each of you magically doesn't detract from the love I feel for any of you. My heart is full of favorites.
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The Ranger boys' basketball team started their season off on the right foot Tuesday night with a 60-36 victory over Proctor.
Joe Stockman led the way for C-I with 14 points. Jonathan Jacobson notched a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds.
The team's next game is December 13th at Aitkin.


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Some property owners oppose proposed Waasigan Transmission Line
A family in the Kaministiquia area says the project will have numerous adverse impacts on their property
Gary Rinne
1 / 1 Residents of the Thunder Bay area attended a recent open house to learn more about plans for the Waasigan Transmission Line
THUNDER BAY — Hydro One's preferred route for a new high-voltage power line between Thunder Bay, Atikokan and Dryden is meeting opposition from some people in the Thunder Bay area.
"Residents and landowners feel blindsided and misled without proper disclosure," Michelle Hamer said in a news release announcing a meeting this week for concerned property-owners.
Hamer's family, which owns one of the oldest original homesteads in the Kaministiquia area, believes if the Waasigan Transmission Line Project goes through their property, it will cause "severe undue hardship and irreversible damage in all aspects of life," and that "no monetary compensation will be reasonable."
She declined to be interviewed prior to the meeting, which is scheduled for Wednesday evening at the Kam Community Centre.
But in a summary of concerns distributed to news media, Hamer outlines a broad range of issues related to environmental degradation, the potential adverse effects on human health, and the impact on her manufacturing business based on natural plant medicine.
She also alleges that Hydro One's preferred route would violate the constitutional right to enjoyment of one's property.
The new power line will run alongside an existing transmission line through the Kaministiquia area.
The project, which is a 50/50 partnership between Hydro One and eight First Nations including Fort William First Nation, will provide 350 megawatts of additional electricity to the region.
Former Fort William Chief Peter Collins stepped down last year to take on a leadership role with the project on behalf of the First Nations.
Hydro One recently held a series of open houses to discuss the proposed route and other elements of the project.
"We want as much feedback as possible because that gives us the confidence because, in the end, we are going to be a neighbour and we are going to be a member of the community just like any other building or business," vice-president of stakeholder relations Daniel Levitan said.
Levitan referred to the construction jobs and purchase of supplies from local companies that will be required for the project.
Hamer, though, is far from satisfied with the nature of the consultation to date, saying that when the family's concerns were raised with a Hydro official, he advised them to talk to the utility's real estate section.
After TBnewswatch reached out to Hydro One for a response to her concerns, it replied with a statement from Levitan.
The statement said Hydro One is committed to ongoing, meaningful and open engagement with residents and communities.
"Since 2019, Hydro One has regularly engaged with residents to share updates and developments about the project. This includes several rounds of community open houses with the most recent ones held in Thunder Bay, Atikokan and Dryden last week where the preliminary preferred route was announced," the statement reads.
"The preliminary preferred route for the Waasigan Transmission Line was chosen based on feedback from Indigenous communities, insight from impacted residents and communities, and data from completed studies. Now that the preliminary route has been selected, we will be engaging more directly with landowners along the route to learn more about the unique features of their property as we continue to finalize the Waasigan transmission line. We encourage residents to continue sharing their feedback with us."
About the Author: Gary Rinne
Born and raised in Thunder Bay, Gary started part-time at Tbnewswatch in 2016 after retiring from the CBC
Updated: Jan 31, 2023 10:28 PM


Bill joined the Kolter team in 2001 and has served in various accounting and finance roles, culminating with his promotion to Chief Financial Officer in 2019. He oversees the company's overall finance and accounting functions, including Treasury, Tax, Reporting, Information Technology and Investor Relations.
Bill brings more than 30 years of financial experience in both the public and private accounting sectors, including nine years with Deloitte Touche in their financial services audit practice. Bill earned a Business Administration degree with concentrations in Accounting and Finance from Florida Atlantic University and is a Certified Public Accountant.


What does this mean for employers? It means that many of your employees are working parents with at least one minor child in their home. No matter what the gender breakdown of your company is, you likely have numerous working parents in your company.
Some working parents in your office are going to be the only workers in their families, with their partner or spouse staying home. Others are part of two-worker households. Still others are single parents. Every parent in your company has needs that are unique to them.
For example, a single parent or one whose partner also works may need some additional flexibility in terms of taking time off to care for a child who is sick. Parents of children with disabilities may benefit from telecommuting arrangements that allow them to work away from the office when they are traveling for appointments.
Figuring out how your company is going to accommodate working parents is such an important step in building a workplace culture, and we're here to give you some advice in how to make that happen.
One of our most important pieces of advice? Don't treat this like a list of things you need to change about your company in order to satisfy your employees who also parents. Yes, working on this list will make certain employees happier and more excited to work for you. But that's not what we like to focus on. We want you to focus on accommodating working parents as a recruitment tool!
We are currently in a candidate-driven market, and that means that job seekers have a lot of options available to them. There are more open positions than candidates to fill them, and so top tier talent can be highly selective as they decide where to apply for jobs, and whether or not to take what is offered. Being an office that is friendly to working parents isn't just about making your current workers happy; it's about being an outstanding workplace for the best possible job candidates out there!
PTO is one of the best ways to appeal to working parents, especially working moms, according to surveys. Working parents want to take a vacation from time to time, sure, but that's the same as anyone else. The big difference with working parents is that they have additional people who sometimes need extra care.
A sick child needs a parent or caregiver during the day, and most schools and daycares don't allow children to return until they have been symptom free for 24 hours. Having a good PTO policy lets prospective employees know that they will have the flexibility to care for their children when they need to!
Many parents don't want to take time off when their kids are sick, but would like to have the flexibility to work from somewhere other than the office. Being flexible about where people can work is a great way to accommodate working parents.
If someone doesn't need to be physically present in order to complete their job requirements, why not let them have some days when they can work out of the office? This allows them to be more productive, even on days when they are needed elsewhere.
Not all parents want the same things. It will be important for you to put time and effort into understanding what benefits working parents are currently prioritizing, especially in your geographic area.
Of course, a great health care plan with dental coverage is always in high demand, and that benefit alone can help you stand out compared to your competitors who may offer less impressive policies.
Paid parental leave is not a requirement in the United States, although some states are starting to require it. More probably will in the future. If you're not in one of the states that requires employers to provide paid parental leave, why not make yourself stand out among the crowd by offering an incredibly competitive policy?
You may need some extra guidance when it comes to recruiting the top working parents in your industry. Check out our free Employer's Guide to Pay Gaps and Gender Equity, and let us know if you have any questions about hiring working parents, recruiting top talent, managing the candidate-driven market, and creating strong policies that improve your workplace culture.


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Q: iOS 8 Multitasking Snapshot / Screenshot and sensitive information In the App Programming Guide for iOS Apple Says
Remove sensitive information from views before moving to the background.
When an app transitions to the background, the system takes a snapshot of the app's main window, which it then presents briefly when transitioning your app back to the foreground. Before returning from your applicationDidEnterBackground: method, you should hide or obscure passwords and other sensitive personal information that might be captured as part of the snapshot.
However, if you try to remove sensitive data dismissing a View Controller:
- (void)applicationDidEnterBackground:(UIApplication *)application {

    [[self.window rootViewController] dismissViewControllerAnimated:NO completion:^{
        NSLog(@"Dismissing");
    }];

    NSLog(@"method returning");
}

The screenshot is taken before the View Controller is dismissed.
At the next application launch you will see the correct View Controller (the initial one, without the sensitive data).
This happens because dismissViewControllerAnimated seems to be async, so it's enqueued and really executed after applicationDidEnterBackground returns.
The problem is that, as specified in the Apple docs, the screenshot is taken when applicationDidEnterBackground returns, not after.
I'm sure that this wasn't happening in the previous versions of iOS (maybe before iOS 7).
The dismissViewControllerAnimated: method was completed before applicationDidEnterBackground returned.
I know that:
- I can move this logic into applicationWillResignActive (but this will trigger even when a reminder fires, or the user opens the control center)
- I can create a view that covers my sensitive data and add it to the main window
But I don't want this. I simply want it to work like before. I want that dismissViewControllerAnimated is executed and completed before the applicationDidEnterBackground returns.
I filed a bug about that (but reading around I'm not the only one, during these last years)
Any trick to do that?

A: I answer to my own question in a Q&A style because I found a solution myself.
The first thing I tried was to use semaphores to stop the execution of the code after the dismissViewControllerAnimated method
dispatch_semaphore_t sema =  dispatch_semaphore_create(0);

    [[self.window rootViewController] dismissViewControllerAnimated:NO completion:^{
    NSLog(@"Dismissing");
        dispatch_semaphore_signal(sema);
    }];

    dispatch_semaphore_wait(sema, DISPATCH_TIME_FOREVER);

This obviously doesn't work, because the semaphore stops the main thread, which is needed to complete the dismissal of the view controller (the dismissal is enqueued on the main thread).
So I remembered about runLoops. One of the things that a runLoop does is to executed the task queued by GCD on the queue of its associated thread.
So I ended up with this code:
- (void)applicationDidEnterBackground:(UIApplication *)application {

    [[self.window rootViewController] dismissViewControllerAnimated:NO completion:^{
        NSLog(@"Dismissing");
    }];

    NSCalendar *calendar = [NSCalendar currentCalendar];
    NSDateComponents *comps = [calendar components: NSCalendarUnitEra | NSCalendarUnitYear | NSCalendarUnitMonth |NSCalendarUnitDay | NSCalendarUnitHour | NSCalendarUnitMinute | NSCalendarUnitSecond fromDate: [NSDate date]];
    [comps setSecond:comps.second+2];
    NSDate *endDate = [calendar dateFromComponents:comps];

    NSLog(@"Before Runloop");
// make the runLoop run for the next two seconds
    [[NSRunLoop currentRunLoop] runUntilDate:endDate];
    NSLog(@"After Runloop");

    NSLog(@"method returning");
}

This method produces this output:

2015-01-27 09:30:21.923 TestBackground[60867:1741136] Before Runloop
  2015-01-27 09:30:21.941 TestBackground[60867:1741136] Dismissing
  2015-01-27 09:30:23.002 TestBackground[60867:1741136] After Runloop
  2015-01-27 09:30:23.003 TestBackground[60867:1741136] method returning

The enqueued dismissViewControllerAnimated is executed before the method returns and the correct screenshot is taken.
This happens because I tell the current runLoop to start again from that point. The runUntilDate methods makes that call not return until the specified date (in my case: 2 seconds after), but has the "collateral effect" that it continues to execute the enqueued tasks. After 2 seconds, the method returns and applicationDidEnterBackground can return.
I used two seconds but it should work even with a smaller amount of time. But remember that the whole applicationDidEnterBackground method should not exceed about 5 seconds, or the app will be killed by the system.
I don't know if I will release this code in production for my apps, however I think it can be a good alternative to the guys having problem with this issue.

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Spokane native Chad Little's son, Jesse, has been working towards the goal of being a full-time NASCAR driver just as his father was for many years. The third generation driver has been signed to join the prestigious Coulter Motorsports for a run towards the NASCAR K&N Pro Series championship in 2013 and a shot at the series Rookie of the Year award.
Sherrills Ford, N.C. (August 16, 2012)-Third generation NASCAR driver, Jesse Little, has been signed to drive for Coulter Motorsports in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East. The high school sophomore will make his debut on Labor Day weekend at the historic Greenville-Pickens Speedway as the half-mile hosts the Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 140.
Little has made selected starts in the series in 2012 including Richmond International Raceway in April where he became the youngest driver to ever take the green flag in NASCAR's premier development series. Posting an 11th place finish in the Blue Ox 100 gave Little his highest finish in his brief K&N Pro Series career.
While the focus will be on the upcoming Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 140 at Greenville-Pickens, Little will be building for a run towards the 2013 K&N Pro Series East championship and Rookie of the Year honors, he explained.
Leading Little's team at Coulter Motorsports is Kris Bowen, a veteran crew member of the organization.
"Jesse Little is a proven racer who I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with," Bowen said. "He has excelled at every level to date and I know with our (Coulter Motorsports) guidance and mentoring Jesse will be a strong force in the NASCAR K&N Series. Our racing family grew with the addition of Jesse and his family and we look forward to developing his young career."
Little has had Bowen's leadership in the past and sees a reuniting of the pair as a positive step towards his entry into full-time K&N Pro Series competition, he added.
With confidence in the team and his ability to compete at any level, Little was a natural choice to join Coulter Motorsports, according to team owner Joe Coulter.
Little will continue to race out of the Team Little Racing shop with his NASCAR Whelen All-American Series late model as time allows. The late model experience gained since joining the series in 2010 has been beneficial to Little's approach to racing on the NASCAR K&N Pro Series, he explained.


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John Orchard (15 November 1928 – 3 November 1995) was an English actor. He is probably best remembered for playing Australian anesthesiologist "Ugly John" Black in the first season of M*A*S*H.

Career
Orchard guest starred as Sgt. Walters on Hogan's Heroes Season 1 entitled "The Prisoner's Prisoner". He also played the minor character "Billet" in a guest spot in Hogan's Heroes Season 2 entitled "Klink's Rocket". Lastly, he appeared in the Hogan's Heroes season four episode "My Favorite Prisoner" guest-starring as Captain Sears.

Orchard returned to M*A*S*H years after Ugly John was dropped from the series, albeit only once, playing Muldoon, an Australian non-commissioned officer and regular at Rosie's Bar who allowed the establishment to operate provided he received free liquor when he ordered "coffee". Maj. Winchester, who was tending bar in that episode, was unaware of this little game and had the audacity to charge Muldoon for his drink, soon after which Rosie's was temporarily closed down.

Orchard also played a Kaos agent, Mr Snead (a take-off from The Avengers) on the season 3 Get Smart episode "Run Robot Run".  He also was in an episode in the 2nd season of Mannix entitled "All Around the Money Tree".

Personal life
Married to Carol Randall, father to Sarah Orchard, grandfather to Kayleigh and Jason Pennington.

Born in Kennington, London, Orchard lived in California from 1963 until 1977. He died in Beckenham, Kent in 1995.

Partial filmography
 1952 I Believe in You as Braxton
 1952 The Gentle Gunman as Sentry (uncredited)
 1956 The Feminine Touch as (uncredited)
 1965 Strange Bedfellows as Radio Dispatcher
 1965 King Rat as Gurble
 1967 The Whisperers as Grogan
 1968 The Thomas Crown Affair as John, Crown's Butler (uncredited)
 1968 The Split as Guard (uncredited)
 1968 Ice Station Zebra as Survivor
 1970 The Molly Maguires as Man In Court Room (uncredited)
 1970 The Revolutionary
 1971 Raid on Rommel as Garth
 1971 Bedknobs and Broomsticks as Portobello Vendor
 1972 Madame Sin as Revolutionary
 1972 Columbo: Dagger of the Mind as Country Constable
 1973 Cleopatra Jones as British Agent (uncredited)
 1973 That Man Bolt as Carter
 1975 Capone as Dean "Dion" O'Banion
 1976 Gus as Pemberton Captain
 1982 The Letter (TV film) as Annoyed Man
 1985 Rustlers' Rhapsody as Town Sheriff (final film role)

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English male film actors
English male television actors
1928 births
1995 deaths
20th-century English male actors
Male actors from London

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Should The Euro Ryder Cup Team Consider A Task Force?
The European post-Ryder Cup press conference had, overall, a pretty light feel to it. Despite losing the biennial matches 17-11 and failing to retain the cup for the first time since 2008, the Euros were largely positive of the experience and chalked up the loss to being outplayed. A European Ryder Cup elder statesman, however, had a different view.
Tony Jacklin, widely considered to be the greatest Ryder Cup captain in Europe's history, is credited with turning around Europe's fortunes in the event, having claimed victory in 1985 at The Belfry and again in 1987 at Muirfield Village. To say his opinions on the Ryder Cup hold water would be an compliment to water.
.@JackNicklaus and Tony Jacklin kicked-off our #RyderCup Opening Ceremony. https://t.co/ZSpZ1tZvr0
— Ryder Cup USA (@RyderCupUSA) September 29, 2016
So, when Jacklin spoke up following Europe's defeat, rest assured his words won't fall upon deaf ears. Tony Jimenez of Reuters had the interview.
"I don't think Darren had the best team," Jacklin told Reuters in an interview after holders Europe lost 17-11 to the United States at Hazeltine National on Sunday.
"The likes of Casey and Knox should have been in the team. Future captains need to have the 12 best players at their disposal — we need to look at the system.
"The European Tour should have rules that are conducive to being able to pick anybody born in Europe," said Jacklin who was described by ESPN last week as the man who saved the Ryder Cup when interest was waning at the start of the 1980s.
"Having to be a member of the tour in the modern-day game is a bit confining."
The 72-year-old Englishman believes the team should comprise eight automatic selections from the world rankings and European money list, with the captain having four wildcard choices rather than the existing three.
"If you've got four picks you're not keeping anyone out," said 1969 British Open and 1970 U.S. Open winner Jacklin.
"You want good match players and it gives the captain options.
"You can't afford to waste any places in the team. The Americans had a better side this time, no doubt about it."
Don't expect Europe to go the same route as the United States, enacting a "Ryder Cup Task Force," but on the same token, don't expect that Jacklin's concerns won't be considered at the next meeting of their committee in charge.
[Reuters]


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Interconference Play 2018 – September Results (Excluding September 1)
September 30, 2018 by Mark Leave a Comment
September (excluding September 1)
East Record 9-3-3
At Home 6-2-2 (10 games)
On Road 3-1-1 (5 games)
Goal Differential +12
East Points 30
West Points 12
Season to Date – 97 Games
East Record 53-48-24
At Home 38-16-9 (63 games)
On Road 15-32-15 (62 games)
East Points 183
West Points 168
Dominant month by the East, building a comfortable cushion with just 8 interconference games remaining (of which 5 are at Home for the East teams). The East had the benefit of 10 Home games and only 5 Away, but the 3-1-1 Away record was impressive also. As noted in the prior Interconference Play entry, the East will end with 3 more Home games than the West when the season is over.
Three of the East's win's this month were by Atlanta, who finished 7-3-2 against the West.
Red Bulls are 9-2-0 against the West, with one game remaining in San Jose.
NYCFC finished it's Western slate of games at 6-4-2. NYC started the season 5-1-0 against the West, and then went 1-3-2.
Filed Under: Interconference 2018
NYCFC Weekly Updates By The Numbers – MLS Week 30 September 25, 2018
NYCFC's PPG before the Vieira to Arsenal rumor 2.43
NYCFC's PPG since
– the Arsenal rumor 1.43
– the Nice rumor 1.53
– Dome took over 1.47
– Eloi first took the field 0.60
This Bad Run
The projected final point total went down by 13. Last year's slump was either 11 points and 2 wins in 9 games, or 7 points and 1 win in 7, depending on how you define when it started. The team PPG dropped in the 7 games from 1.852 to 1.676 for a 0.175 (math seems off due to rounding) reduction.
This year the slump to date is an easily identified 9-games (so far) with just 7 points and 1 win in the 9 games. The team PPG dropped in the 7 games from 2.048 to 1.667 for a 0.381 reduction.
Last year's slump coincided with injury to Villa, the team's only reliable goal scorer in the second half of the season. This year, the slump has a multitude of arguable causes, which both diffuses responsibility yet should be more damning.
Vieira, Torrent, and the Blame Game
NYCFC played 15 games under Viera and now has 15 under Torrent. The Viera schedule included 8 Away and 7 Home, and the Away games included SKC, Portland, LAFC, Red Bulls and Atlanta. NYC also faced Atlanta at home, which was the toughest Home matchup given Atlanta's Away record this year. Dome's schedule has had 8 Home and 7 Away. The toughest matchups were Away to Seattle, Columbus and Philly, none ranked higher than 4th in their conference.
NYC under Vieira lost 3 games, earned 28 points, scored 30 goals and conceded 20.
NYC under Torrent lost 5 games, earned 22 points, scored 22 goals and conceded 19.
The idea that losing Herrera had no effect on team defense but killed the team's offense is counterintuitive at best.
You can blame it on Viera jumping ship, Dome unable to pick up on the fly, or bad luck.
You can blame it on the rain, blame it on Rio, or you can blame it on me Terry, it don't matter to me now.
But the team scored 27% fewer goals against a much, much easier schedule since Dome took over, and won 21% fewer points.
Other teams with one win in the last 9 games, or worse.
Chicago* (one win in eleven) 20
Houston (one win in twelve) 18
New England (one win in twelve) 16
Orlando (one win in twenty) 21
Minnesota** 17 and San Jose 23, both one win in eight games.
The other number next to each team is their place in the Supporters' Shield standings.
* Hey, we play them this week. Maybe there's hope.
** Hey, we play them this week, too. OTOH, six of their last 8 have been Away and we play them in Minnesota.
Playoff Seeding Update
Three point lead on Columbus; four point lead on Philadelphia. All three teams have 4 games left.
NYC has 1 more win. If they tie on points they likely end up tied on wins as well. NYC currently has a +12 GD advantage.
Teams are tied on wins. If they tie on points the Union likely ends up with more wins. NYC currently has a +15 GD advantage, FWIW.
Home games in CAPS:
NYCFC plays CHICAGO, Minnesota, DC United, PHILADELPHIA
Columbus plays PHILADELPHIA, Montreal, Orlando, MINNESOTA
Philadelphia plays Columbus, MINNESOTA, RED BULLS, New York City
The Columbus schedule is easiest. The NYC and Philadelphia schedules are close in difficulty, with the advantage to NYC since they play each other in the Bronx (or maybe Queens). But it is best if the Union is disposed of before then. Best case scenario is if NYC can beat Chicago midweek, and Columbus beats the Union on the weekend. That's a 7-point lead over the Union with 2 games for each before the H2H on decision day. Then, if NYC can just draw 1 of the 2 Away games, the Union would need to win both of its home games, including against the Red Bulls, to have a shot. A win and a draw for the Union in those games would leave them 4 points back going into the last game. If NYC could win one of its Away games (plus the best case scenario) then it will have clinched over the Union. Basically, any combination of NYC wins and Union losses that adds up to 3 will clinch*** 4th Place for NYC, and that almost has to start with a win over Chicago on Wednesday, and if so, it could wrap up by Saturday.
Maybe I will go Wednesday night.
*** Technically, DC, Montreal and New England have to be dealt with also, but the scenarios where any of them survive while the Union is eliminated are quite unlikely.
Apart from everything else, I really wanted 60 points this year, regardless of where the team finished. And it seemed so likely for so long.
Filed Under: 2018 Weekly Updates
Short update with no NYCFC action this week.
While standing still, NYC gained a little ground looking both up and down at Red Bulls and Columbus. Catching RB would still take a Red Bull slump, while the cushion over the Crew is a bit more comfortable.Montreal's win over the Union makes dropping to Fifth much less likely, avoiding an Away single game elimination.The Impact win also put pressure on DC, who has to win both games in hand now to stay just ahead of them.
Looking West, the LAFC tie dropped them from just above to just below NYC, and the Dallas draw with Columbus made catching them a bit easier as well. Still, passing FCD or SKC will be tough and if NYC turns itself around and makes a run to the MLS Cup final, the game might very well be in the Central Time Zone.
Finally, here is how NYCFC can clinch by beating Montreal this week. NYC has already clinched ahead of TFC, CHI, and ORL. If NYC wins that's 52 points. A corresponding Montreal loss drops their max to 51. That's four. New England's max is 52, but even if they get that by winning all of their remaining games, they will only have 14 wins while NYC will have 15 with the win over the Impact and total wins is the first tie-breaker. That puts NYCFC ahead of 5 teams no matter what and that is a clinch.
NYCFC has just 6 points in its last 8 games. The last 8-game stretch as bad or worse than that was in the club's first season, 2015, when they finished at 1.08 PG overall. For those wondering, the first 8 games of 2016 earned 7 points.
NYCFC has 33 points in its last 23 games. To find a 23-game stretch that bad you also have to go back to 2015. You can select the first 22 games of 2016 plus the last 1 of 2015, which yielded the same 33 points. If you want a 23-game run in one season, you have to go to the last 23 games of 2015, which generated 30 points.
So it is fair to say this team has had both its worst medium length run of games and worst extended run since its first season, which until now has seemed to be an aberration which never again needed to be revisited. NYCFC has never been so bad for so long since Kreis and a hideous roster forced on us by rules that were abandoned immediately afterwards.
But it is also fair to point out that the team's best 6-game run this year came at the very beginning, which lends itself to corresponding longer runs of poor, or at least mediocre play. Historically, this team has previously always had its best run around midseason.
Best 6-games of 2015 – 13 points games 14-19
Best 6-games of 2018 – 16 points games 1-6
(A note about all such streaks- there is often some wiggle room to choose the best 6 on either side of a 3-4 game core).
I don't think there is any reason why the best streak happened in games 1-6 this year instead of the usual time. So maybe that's driving the perception of 2018. Yes, you can point to the coaching instability and transition, which coincidentally started with the Arsenal rumors after Game 7 as the reason for the falloff (and I have so pointed), but that also cannot be the reason why the club had its best ever 6-games just before those rumors started. The club could easily have been its regular pretty good self during those early games, instead of its best ever 6-games.
It is also interesting that the club had its best ever second-best-non-overlapping-6-game-run in 2018. Games 16-21 (right around mid-season again) earned 15 points, which is also as good or better than the first best 6-game sets of all prior seasons. The second-best-6-games in 2015-17 earned 9, 11, and 13 points in order.
One more thing: the team's PPG in the games left after you back out the best-6 and next-best-6 is as follows:
This is a bit unfair to 2018 because it has only 17 games instead of 22 after excluding that pair of 6-game sequences. Maybe the club does get better in the last 5 games left and this improves. But for now, it is fair to say that in 2018 there has been a greater disparity between the best and worse, and more of a roller coaster effect, than any year after 2015, which is pretty much an outlier that I think most agree can be ignored for purposes of interesting comparisons.
Here are the charts. NYCFC is down to 6th in PPG, though just barely behind LAFC.
Remember when 64 points seemed a more than reasonable goal? Now it is the best that can be done.
The rolling 5-game PPG tells an ugly story.
Columbus has an opening to catch NYC. Philadelphia has an outside shot. If the Union wins both extra games – which is by no means a gimme – it is still 3 points back. The DC-Montreal-Revs race looks like it could come down to the final weekend.
Final note: NYC has the hardest remaining schedule except for Colorado. NYC's H/A adjusted opponents' PPG is 1.60. NYCFC's weakest Away Game opponent is Minnesota at 1.92 PPG. They also face Montreal 2.00 PPG and DC 2.20 PPG.
NYCFC's 12 months of Sort-Of-Good.
September 4, 2018 by Mark Leave a Comment
Last year NYC finished the season very poorly, with just 7 points in the final 7 games. So unless the current very poor run continues, the 2018 version is likely to outperform 2017, by a small bit probably.
But another way of looking at it is that NYCFC is basically a good but not very good team over it's last 34 regular season games, and just mediocre with the exception of the 5-0-1 start of this year. In the last 34 games NYCFC is 15-9-10 for 55 points and 1.62 PPG. Back out the first 6 games of this year, and NYCFC is just 10-9-9 for 39 points over 28 games, and a weak 1.39 PPG.
As I've said multiple times lately, it is unfair to exclude any team's best run of 5-8 games from it's record, but I also think this demonstrates that following this team has been has been very disappointing, compared to expectations, for an entire year now, alleviated by just 6 good weeks in March-April this year. There was another nice run driven mostly by playing 6 of 7 at home, fully offset by the times when we played mostly Away. Really the only time this team has looked like it could be excellent in the last 12 months — both home and away — was a month and one-half at the start of this year. EVen including those best 6 games, 55 points is basically "best of the rest" after you exclude the top 2-3 teams each year. It is also a team that has not shown meaningful improvement since its 54-point 2016 campaign.
Throw in the playoff loss and USOC failure, and, this does not look anything like an elite team. It's a good team, but not elite. NYCFC fans reasonably expected an elite team in 2018 and it has not happened.
NYCFC Weekly Updates By The Numbers – MLS Week 27 September 3, 2018 (Rashomon Edition)
NYCFC started the season with an unbeaten 5-0-2 run of 7 games for 2.43 PPG. Since then, they are just 9-7-4 in the most recent 20 games, for 1.55 PPG, which would be just 52.7 points if done over a full season. A playoff team, but worse than last year. Still, the first 7 games count, and you should not discount them just because of timing. Remove any club's best 7-game stretch from the season and they look much worse.
NYCFC started the season with an unbeaten 5-0-2 run of 7 games for 2.43 PPG. Then the Patrick Vieira to Arsenal rumors started. Since then, the team's PPG is 0.88 lower than it was before Patrick became distracted. The club never really recovered.
NYCFC started the season with 1.91 PG through 11 games, of which only 4 were at home. It was a brutal schedule to begin, and NYCFC managed 2 Away wins, plus impressive road draws against Atlanta and LAFC (with a clinker in Harrison mixed in). Still, they were poised to start a run through the easiest part of their schedule when the Vieira to Nice rumors started on May 15. Since then they earned just 1.69 PPG despite playing 2 more Home than Away games.
Patrick Vieira had the club playing well through the first 15 games before he left. The team PPG was at 1.87, and his last game, though only a draw, was perhaps the best game the team played all year, thoroughly dominating Atlanta in Yankee Stadium in all areas except finishing. Since then the team has tread water under new coach Dome Torrent, earning a respectable if mundane 1.67 PPG.
NYCFC dominates at home, benefiting from an extreme home field advantage due to the uniquely small field. Conversely, they flounder away, where they concede 3.85 times as many goals per game as they do at home [0.54 GA/g Home, 2.07 GA/g Away].
NYCFC started extremely well, but then settled into a pattern of winning at home while struggling on the road, until a series of ridiculous travel games, injuries, and red cards, cursed them to a streak of 5 points in 6 games, and facing 2 upcoming games with further players unavailable due to international call-ups. For the first time they are lower than they were after the same number of games in 2017, and also are at risk of finishing below their point total from the year before, which has never happened to date. The circumstances are a combination of bad luck, possibly poor training methods, and poor roster construction over-reliant on injury-prone players and mid-range national team roster fillers more than any issues regarding the coaching staff or player performance.
Interconference Play 2018 – August Results (Plus September 1)
August + September 1
At Home 4-1-1 (6 games)
Goal Differential +1
This includes the September 1 games, which avoids breaking a week into separate months, and simplifies my record-keeping. The East had a mildly good month, winning 1 more than it lost in a month where the West had 1 extra home game. Overall, the West has 1 more win than the East, having played 4 more Home games, while the East has a +3 Goal Differential.
Looking ahead, I count 23 more games for 133 total. I believe this is correct, even though an odd number. If the 11 teams in the East played each of 12 West teams once that would be 132 games. It turns out Vancouver plays Montreal twice. What is further odd is that the East will finish with 68 home games to just 65 for the West. This is doubly odd because we know that NYCFC plays 7 Away to only 5 at Home against the West this year, so other East teams must play cumulatively 5 extra homes games to balance it out and make the numbers work. I presume all of this unbalance is done to offset existing unbalance due to have one more team in the West this year.


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Q: deselect radio button by click on it without clicking other radio button in Tkinter I am wondering how to deselect a Radio button by clicking on it (without clicking other radio button) as well as get rid of the function the radio button did in Tkinter (Python Gui 2.7).
I tried to make two rectangle of different color with two radio button.
(1). I need to deselect the radio button by clicking on it after selected (without clicking on     other).  And when I deselect the   associated rectangle should be removed.
(2). When I run the script one button (last one) showed selected though no function is running for that before clicking. How can I get rid of that ? I am not sure why it shows so and if I move my cursor on any radio button (not clicking) the button shows selected though no function is working before clicking.
I appreciate if somebody can help me in this regard.  I add my script here.
from Tkinter import *
import Tkinter
import tkColorChooser

def rec1 ():
    canvas_1= Canvas(r, height= 20, width = 50, bg = "blue").place(x = 150, y = 10)

def rec2 ():
    canvas_2= Canvas(r, height= 20, width = 50, bg = "red").place (x= 150, y = 40)

r = Tk()
r.geometry("300x100")

RB1 = Radiobutton (r, text = "Blue Rectangle", command = rec1, value = 1).place(x= 10, y = 10)
RB2 = Radiobutton (r, text = "Red Rectangle", command = rec2, value = 2).place(x= 10, y = 40)

r.mainloop()

A: A radio button represents an exclusive choice. If one of your valid choices is "no choice", then add another radiobutton to represent that.
You cannot (and should not) deselect a radio button by clicking on it. That's not how radio buttons are designed to work in any toolkit or in any language. If you want a single button to be able to be checked on or off, you should use a checkbutton instead of a radiobutton. Both of these widgets have very consistent and standard behaviors that you shouldn't change.


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TORY ELECTION FRAUD – THE PRIME MINISTER MUST BE QUESTIONED.
'TORY ELECTION FRAUD': MP RAISES CASE FOR QUESTIONING
SNP MP Pete Wishart has again written to the Metropolitan Police regarding the 'Tory election fraud' scandal, and has said he hoped David Cameron would be interviewed in the early course of the investigation as the leader of the Conservative Party after a recent television interview where he seems to concede the Conservative Party did break electoral law.
Mr Wishart has provided a transcript of the Prime Minister's appearance on the ITN Peston show as well as further comments from Conservative Members of Parliament.
The scandal refers to allegations that the Conservative party have attempted to subvert electoral law in mislabelling 'candidate' expenditure as 'national' expenditure when declaring costs for transporting and providing accommodation for activists in marginal seats during the 2015 General Election – which is in contravention of the Representation of the People Act 1983.
There are now 29 Conservative Members of Parliament under investigation over their election expenses.
Speaking today Mr Wishart MP said:
"At some point the Conservative Party will have to start to take these very concerning charges seriously. The cavalier dismissal of these charges as 'mis-declaration', stunts or honest mistakes simply isn't good enough especially when 29 current Conservative MPs are under investigation for not correctly declaring the costs of transporting activists and putting them up in hotels.
"It is only the Metropolitan Police who can investigate the national Conservative Party and determine whether there has been systematic attempts to subvert our election laws. As such I have sent them further details where the Prime Minister, who in taking responsibility for the national activities of the Conservative Party, seems to concede that electoral law has been broken. The Prime Minister must therefore be in line to be interviewed in the course of any inquiries.
"In very similar circumstances the then Labour Prime Minister, Tony Blair, was questioned under caution by the Metropolitan Police in the cash for honours scandal. Our electoral laws are central to the integrity of our democracy. It is important that this Conservative Government did not win the last election as a result of any fraudulent activity."
Enclosed is Pete Wishart's further letter to the Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.
Dear Mr Mackey
Further to my recent communication can I supply you with further details for my request for an investigation into the Conservative Party over their failure to correctly declare costs for transporting activists and providing them with accommodation during the 2015 General election campaign, in contravention of the Representation of the People Act?
Firstly, it involves an interview with the Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party where he all but concedes that the Conservative Party did break electoral law when the party provided transport and accommodation for activists in marginal seats. In a transcript of his appearance on the ITN Peston Show on Sunday the 22nd of May, when questioned over the allegations of misappropriating 'candidate' election spending as 'national' spending the Prime Minister said:
"If there were mis-declarations or things left out we have to put those in place, but I'm confident we can answer all the questions that are being put to us."
He also went on to say on his role as Leader of the Conservative Party. "In the end, I'm responsible for everything but I'm very confident that the Conservative Party is gripping this with the chairman Andrew Feldman."
The Prime Minister describes these activities as possible "mis-declarations" in an attempt to minimise the very serious mislabelling of election expenditure. I do not need to remind you that our electoral laws are in place to preserve the integrity of our democracy and if the law was broken it is simply not good enough to try and to 'resolve' them when allegations emerge.
Here is a link to the details of that interview.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/david-cameron-admits-tories-misdeclared-8024843
Secondly, according to the Huffington Post an unnamed Conservative Member of Parliament revealed that.
"Everyone knows that election expenses are a work of fiction…you can drive a coach and horses through the loopholes."
This type of cavalier attitude to our electoral laws was also apparent when leading Conservative Party MP and former Defence Secretary, Liam Fox, called attempts to get to the heart of this matter as a 'stunt' on the Daily Politics programme on Monday the 23rd.
I also do not need to remind you that there is less than two weeks before the 11th of June deadline in which the legal deadline for prosecutions will pass. Only the Metropolitan Police are in a position to fully investigate if there was a co-ordinated and systematic effort to subvert electoral law.
Finally I leave you with a national petition which is asking the metropolitan police to investigate these allegations from the campaigning group Unlock Democracy:
http://e-activist.com/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1810&ea.campaign.id=51351
Thank you for your consideration again.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on May 27, 2016 by petewishart.
The Tory Party Must be investigated on election fraud charge.
THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY MUST BE FULLY INVESTIGATED ON ELECTION FRAUD ALLEGATIONS
SNP MP Pete Wishart has today written to the Metropolitan police asking them to fully investigate the Conservative Party and its role in the serious allegations surrounding the campaign expenditure of Conservative Party candidates in the 2015 General Election. In a dramatic escalation in what has come to be known as 'Tory election fraud' first uncovered by Channel 4, Mr Wishart says that the Conservative Party central office, and its office bearers, must be properly examined to see if there was any systematic circumvention of electoral legislation.
Claims centre on whether costs for transport and accommodation for bus-loads of Conservative activists to marginal seats should have been declared by candidates contesting their seats as part of their submissions as 'candidate expenditure'.
Where there are several police forces investigating individual Conservative 2015 candidates, Pete Wishart MP, has asked the metropolitan police to examine whether the national Conservative Party attempted to subvert the Representation of the People Act by fraudulently including this candidate expenditure as national expenditure.
Tens of thousands of pounds were spent on Conservative activists on accommodation and transport in target constituencies, in assistance of particular candidates and local campaigns. This was all subsequently accounted for as 'national' expenditure.
Speaking today Mr Wishart said.
"Where many 2015 Conservative candidates are being properly investigated by a number of police forces across England over their campaign expenditure it is now time for the Conservative Party as a whole to be looked at.
"The national Conservative party must address their role in these serious allegations and be properly investigated to see if it systematically subverted the Representation of the People Act.
"There is no doubt that the activists, accommodation, busses and other transport were co-ordinated by the party nationally and this was passed of as national expenditure, even though this activity was specifically targeted to support individual candidates.
"These are very serious allegations and the penalties for those guilty of election fraud could result in large fines and even imprisonment. There are also concerns that the 2015 election was fraudulently won with a co-ordinated breach of electoral legislation.
"I have therefore asked the Metropolitan Police to properly investigate the Conservative Party and if evidence is found prepare a submission to the Director of Public Prosecutions.
"Nothing is more important than the integrity of our democracy and the British public have to be absolutely satisfied that no party won an election by breaking the rules in place to ensure that these elections are fair."
Enclosed is Pete Wishart MP's letter to Craig Mackey, Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.
Dear Deputy Commissioner Mackey
Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police.
I am asking you to investigate the Conservative and Unionist Party and its responsible office bearers over the very serious allegations of electoral fraud uncovered by Channel 4. I am asking you to investigate whether there has been a serious breach of the Representation of the People Act 1983.
Currently there are some 10 Police forces investigating the electoral expenditure of some 28 Conservative candidates who contested the 2015 General Election. The complaint is that candidate expenditure was accounted for as 'national' expenditure in contravention of sections 73, 75, 76 and 82 [of] the Representation of the People Act 1983 (RPA 1983).
Where the ongoing cases will take their legal course the Conservative Party as a whole must be properly investigated to ascertain if there was any systematic attempt to circumvent electoral legislation defining candidate and national expenditure. If evidence is found of wrongdoing I am asking you to submit that evidence to the Director of Public Prosecutions.
I am asking the Metropolitan Police to investigate because the Conservative and Unionist is located within your jurisdiction and because of the national responsibilities you have to uphold electoral legislation.
Thank you for your consideration and I look forward to a speedy response.
I enclose a link to the detailed investigation of these complaints by Channel 4.
http://www.channel4.com/news/election-expenses-exposed
Perth and North Perthshire
The House of Commons
ONE YEAR ON. THE MAKING OF THE REAL OPPOSITION.
It's hard to believe that it's almost exactly one year since the new group of 56 SNP MPs made their own colourful and good natured way to Parliament for the first time. In a blaze of rule defying selfies and good humour the Parliamentary authorities and the metropolitan press had no idea what to expect. Some of the press suggested a resumption of Bannockburn hostilities only with chips instead of claymores and words instead of woad. It would be the much predicted 'Jockalypse' as the new tartan terror was unleashed on an unsuspecting Parliament.
What was to follow confounded all these nonsensical assumptions as maiden speech after maiden speech identified a thoughtful, articulate bunch of people with amazing back stories and incredible ambition. The maiden speeches set a pattern of considered and amusing contributions and quickly set the tone of the new SNP group.
There was a huge job to do though, and that was to quickly up-skill the sometimes ramshackle and shoestring operation that had been the minority party of 6 in to the third force of the House. In the past the small SNP presence very much worked as a guerrilla force, standing as tall as possible and trying to make effective strikes with the limited resources available. Now we had to practically re-invent how we did things with the knowledge that such size in numbers brought new responsibilities, scrutiny but more than anything else, opportunity.
I will never forget the pace in which we quickly appropriated the comforts of the Liberals with dilemmas such as 'what do we do with this portrait of Gladstone? Accommodation had to be quickly found for new MPs desperate to get down to work as quickly as possible. In the chamber Labour tried to deprive of us a front bench position to deny us the spotlight in the Parliamentary coverage. This was a war we also had to win, and did, grinding them down in the 'battle of the prayer cards'.
But it was how this incredible resource was deployed that was the key to securing the success of the past year.
Angus Robertson devised a plan that had all group members working in policy groups with many having key front bench responsibilities. Meticulously discussing with each new MP their own strengths, identifying a role, a team emerged that has gone on to dominate debate. Some new members would be immediately thrust into a critical front bench position and expected to assume all the responsibilities in an almost sink or swim basis. The result of this approach means that we have developed a skills base and knowledge set unprecedented for a third party.
It was taking full advantage of the crises in other parties that was also key. I'll never forget when I got to my feet to ask to 'rearrange the furniture' in the chamber after the latest Labour failure. Deftly sensing and taking advantage of Labour's many divisions and incoherencies few commentators would doubt that we are now the 'real' or 'effective' opposition in the House of Commons. Just the prospect of the SNP voting on some issues meant that the Government never even brought divisive issues to the House.
As we go forward we now have experienced and established Members of Parliament to rely on quickly setting agendas and dominating discourse. A Labour Party engulfed in a seemingly endless and unwinnable civil war and a Tory Party settling scores after their own EU dispute will mean that our unity and certainty of purpose will now count.
If you thought you had seen something special from the Westminster SNP group – you ain't seen nothing yet!
A 'statement' from the 'Labour Party'
"Ladies and gentlemen, comrades, members of the press. Today I will make a statement about the future of the Scottish Labour Party. After Thursday's crushing and embarrassing defeat it is time to review, refresh and look anew at where our great party and movement goes from here. This is our worse defeat for over a century and I can not even start to express how much it hurts to get beat by the Conservatives.
Comrades, because of this it simply can not be business as usual. We have to properly assess where it has gone wrong, identify and acknowledge the mistakes that we have made and then vow to put them right. It will be a painful and long process, but if we do not undertake this journey we will be marooned for ever in a hopeless no-mans land without any means of escape.
Comrades, our decline has been historic, structural and perhaps even inevitable. It may be convenient to try and blame events south of the border and our London leadership for our defeat but we would simply be kidding ourselves on. It is much more than that.
For the past 10 years the Scottish Labour Party has been at least 10 steps behind the ambitions of the people that we were once so proud to represent, and who have now deserted us. We have tried to disparage their ambition, neuter it and hold it back. We stood with their historic political opponents and we were observed with a mixture of contempt and bemusement for doing so. We must never stand with the Conservatives ever again to tell the people of Scotland what they can not do. In the first of the many acknowledgements of the mistakes we have made – let me openly apologise to our former supporters for working hand in glove with the Tories in the independence referendum.
Comrades, as we survey the wreckage of our electoral fortunes we have to go further to win back the trust of the people that we were once so proud to represent. As your leader, I pledge to you that we will now consider all constitutional options for the future of our wonderful nation. I pledge to you that I will commission a review of our opposition to independence and if it finds that this is what our nation requires I will support it wholeheartedly and redefine our party and bring it into line with the aspirations of the people we used to represent. It is time, comrades, to put our opposition to independence aside, to look at the national interest and to work for a new and better future for all the people of Scotland.
Comrades, the question of the constitution defines Scottish politics and it will continue to define it for decades to come. Quite simply we have to make a choice where we are in this debate. Uncertainty and a wish that it will simply go away will no longer suffice, as we have seen. Comrades, we now have to get on the right side in this debate. The side of the Union is now almost exclusively the prerogative of the Tories; of their Westminster Government and its attacks on the poor and the vulnerable, of their austerity. It was our former communities that rejected that vision, that overwhelming voted for something different, that we effectively ceded to the SNP. Comrades look at the results of the other evening, our most catastrophic defeats were in the areas that voted Yes in the referendum.
Our journey to regain their trust will be long and painful but it will begin with being on their side. There will inevitably be suspicion and mistrust and there will be lots of bridges to build but we must engineer a way back to their affections. Remaining a unionist party has almost killed us and we must now resurrect our fortunes by aligning ourselves with our former supporters.
It was the Labour Party that delivered the Scottish Parliament. It is the Labour Party that has, throughout the decades, championed the values of social justice and equality. We can build on these fine founding principles in an independent Scotland – an independent Scotland that we can shape according to our values.
We have to redefine ourselves and build new alliances to move forward. We will continue to oppose the SNP when necessary but this will not be on the issue of the constitution. Let us put the dreadful last few years behind us and start to build a new genuinely Scottish Labour Party out of these ashes. A Scottish Labour party that believes in the abilities of this nation and its people and a nation that should proudly take its place in the world as a self governing independent country. Ladies and Gentlemen, members of the press, comrades, thank you for listening"
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Why it matters: Strong relationships with our partners around the world are vital to confronting the security and economic challenges of the 21st century. Maintaining an open global dialogue helps grow our economy, advance our goals and shape policies to protect our interests—and those of our allies—abroad. A proactive foreign policy agenda has helped, among other things, reduce the trafficking of arms, narcotics and children; liberate people from religious persecution; nourish those suffering from food insecurity and assist in ending global health epidemics.
Where I stand: U.S. leadership on the world stage remains crucial to peaceful conflict resolution. In that sense, it is an essential component of our overall security strategy. At the same time, it is important to our economic growth as better relationships make for better trading partners.
The U.S. can make a difference by promoting humanitarian relief programs that channel the dedication and compassion of doers. In doing so, we can save lives and build goodwill for the U.S. around the globe. The President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) and the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)—two successful programs established by President George W. Bush in the early 2000's—are perfect examples of this idea. Taking steps as simple as providing mosquito nets, clean water and medical treatments saved countless lives and prevented global health crises from spreading across sub-Saharan Africa. Programs like these deserve the commitment necessary to succeed.
Similarly, fair trade deals, when properly negotiated, should be given a chance to succeed. The benefits from fair trade deals go far beyond just helping our economy by allowing U.S. manufacturers, agricultural producers and small businesses to compete in today's global marketplace. Fair trade agreements also help keep Americans safe. Properly negotiated agreements allow us to not only trade goods, but ideas with nations that may not always share our ideals. In doing so, we can remain competitive and create jobs at home, while pushing for human rights and democratic change.
What I've done: I've promoted U.S. coordination of relief with non-governmental organizations and our international partners like the World Food Program and the World Health Organization. Aid that has proven effective channels the dedication and compassion of doers, not takers. We should continue to promote effective programs that save lives and build goodwill for the U.S. around the globe.
Senator Boozman's Foreign Policy Accomplishments
Boozman has worked to hold China accountable for its unfair trade practices, human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang province against ethnic and religious minorities, and the Chinese Communist Party's efforts to undermine Hong Kong's autonomy and freedom.
The senator serves on the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, commonly referred to as the Helsinki Commission. He is a member of the Congressional Study Group on Europe, a bipartisan organization dedicated to frank and candid dialogue between American lawmakers and their peers in European capitals and Brussels, and is a leader of the Senate Delegation to the British-American Interparliamentary Group. He co-chairs the Congressional French Caucus, where he helps promote the enduring American-French relationship which continues to support job creation in Arkansas – French-owned businesses have created 6,300 well-paying jobs in the Natural State.
As a founder of the Congressional Caucus on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases, Boozman has worked with governmental, faith-based and private organizations to facilitate partnerships and reach populations impacted by tropical diseases including malaria. In this role, he has successfully advocated for increased funding for United States Agency for International Development (USAID) programs. USAID has been a reliable partner in identifying the needs of communities abroad.
Boozman championed legislation to tap into the proven abilities of USAID in order to help eliminate global gender-related barriers and empower female entrepreneurs around the world. He authored the Women's Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment (WEEE) Act that aims to help over one billion women who are left out of the formal financial system and to close the nearly $300 billion credit gap that exists for women-owned small and medium-sized businesses. The legislation was signed into law in 2019.
As a co-chair of the Senate Hunger Caucus, Boozman has advocated for initiatives and policies to combat hunger nationwide and across the world including the Global Food Security Act of 2016 and the Global Food Security Reauthorization Act of 2017. These legislative packages help provide the resources and tools necessary for programs to effectively fight food insecurity worldwide.
He led efforts to pass the Global Child Thrive Act that reauthorizes international early childhood development assistance programs to orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries. This program has been valuable to helping empower children to overcome adversity as well as foster stability around the world. The bill was included in the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act which became law in 2021.
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Home South African WATCH: This SA medical scientist is helping find a Covid-19 cure
WATCH: This SA medical scientist is helping find a Covid-19 cure
This doctoral candidate at the Stellenbosch University has recently joined a global organisation where volunteer scientists from different countries are working together to understand and ultimately find a cure for Covid-19.
Cape Town – Caroline Pule, a Stellenbosch University (SU) doctoral candidate is using her expertise to join a global team of researchers to understand and ultimately, find a cure for Covid-19.
Pule has recently joined as a volunteer for the CrowdFight Covid-19 initiative in South Africa. It's global organisation where volunteer scientists from different countries are working together by adding their expertise in their respective fields to support the fight against Covid-19 pandemic.
"I am willing to do anything I need to help find the cure for Covid-19. I hope we do beat this pandemic," she said.
As a medical scientist she has a strong background of working with one of the deadliest communicable diseases, Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (TB). Her expertise are based around molecular biology techniques which include drug susceptibility testing, clinical testing and immunological techniques.
CrowdFight Covid-19 is run by a group of highly experienced and qualified scientists and researchers who allocate certain tasks or experiments to other people across the world. The aim is to utilise the scientific community and to spread out the workload of finding the cure, and how to best manage the virus.
"If all scientists can work together, across the world, we can make a big difference. I urge for more scientists to join this initiative and see how they can get involved," said Pule.
For more information on CrowdFight Covid-19 visit https://crowdfightcovid19.org/.
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Home/Black Business/Meet the Founder of the 1st and Only Black-Owned Coconut Water Brand
Meet the Founder of the 1st and Only Black-Owned Coconut Water Brand
Gregory Lowe II, an African American entrepreneur from New York City, launched 100 Coconuts in 2018 after he learned about the many health benefits that coconut water has. From that point forward, he became the first and only Black owner of a coconut water brand.
Coconut water is known for its several nutrients that can help increase hydration, lower blood sugar, prevent kidney stones, and support heart health. These natural health benefits sparked Lowe's interest in coconut water, but the brands that were available in the market doesn't appeal to his taste.
That's when Lowe thought of creating his own brand of coconut water that would still provide the same health benefits without sacrificing the taste. He found the answer in Asia.
"To source the best-tasting, naturally sweeter coconuts, I had to travel all the way to the Mekong Delta province of the Ben Tre region of Vietnam, through Ho Chi Minh and into the jungles where the best coconuts are found," Lowe told Travel Noire.
"Lots of research was done before to make this an efficient process. Currently, Ben Tre has more than 200,000 families growing coconuts, accounting for about two-thirds of the total number of households in the province. Therefore, coconut groves can be found everywhere."
The water is obtained from young green coconuts that are grown with particular requirements. The water is then packaged in an aluminum can that helps to maintain its pure flavor better than the usual Tetra Pak. Because of this, it is naturally packed with lots of minerals, nutrients, and electrolytes while remaining fat-free, gluten-free, vegan, and sugar-free. Even more, the beverage only has 50 calories.
In just a few years since 100 Coconuts started, several investors including former NFL star Michael Strahan invested in the brand. 100 Coconuts has established itself as a luxury brand that is sold in over 15,000 big retail stores and the numbers are still growing. Moreover, Lowe is fulfilled the most knowing that he had created a healthy and tasty drink option for the community.
"Diabetes is a real killer in our community, I've had many family members pass and that continue to suffer from this disease. It feels great to bring a 'better-for-you' product to the market for my people to substitute for high fructose sugar options," he said.
For more information, visit the brand's official website at 100Coconuts.com and follow the brand on Instagram @100Coconuts
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The Research Cost Fund (RCF) assists with the costs directly connected to research undertaken by registered full-time York graduate students who are or have been members of CUPE 3903 within their current program of study.
Successful applicants may be allocated up to $1,600 per year. The Research Cost Fund is available in both the Spring and Fall semester each year.
Full–time registered York graduate students who are or were members of CUPE 3903 Unit 1 & 3 during their current program of study.
Students intending to travel abroad should complete the Graduate Student Risk Assessment Form and file with their Graduate Program Office.
Allocated funds are provided to successful applicants by reimbursement after eligible expenses are incurred and original, detailed receipts are provided (including incentives payments).
Reimbursement claims must match the budget line items approved by the Committee.
Services deemed essential without a quote from a certified professional.
Please note: Research Cost Fund/Fieldwork Cost Fund do not support student travel to present at conferences. However, if research plans include travel to a conference site for the specific purpose of interviewing experts presenting there, the applicant must provide evidence that interview appointments were arranged in advance of travel.
The online portion of the Spring 2019 RCF application will be available from Friday, February 1st, until the deadline of Thursday, February 28th, 2019.
Completed and signed paper applications must be submitted to the relevant graduate program office by Thursday, February 28th, 2019.
Applications received incomplete or after the published deadlines will not be considered.
Graduate program offices must submit the following to gsawards@yorku.ca in the Office of the Dean, Graduate Studies, Monday, March 11, 2019.
Information on additional sources of funding.
Technical Note: It is recommended that you complete the online portion of the application on a computer using a Windows operating system. If you are using an Apple computer, use Google Chrome as your browser.
A supervisor's statement/letter of support from their principal supervisor (may be written on actual application form or on separate page).
After graduate program directors review and rank applications for submission, graduate program offices deliver approved and ranked applications along with the cover sheet to the Office of the Dean, Graduate Studies by Monday, March 11, 2019.
Follow the instructions as specified in the notice of award.
The employer shall maintain a fund to defray research costs incurred by full–time graduate students who hold or have held a position in the bargaining unit. In 2011–2012 the amount allocated to the fund shall be $80,000. Effective September 1, 2012, the amount allocated to the fund shall be $100,000. Any unexpended monies shall be retained in the fund.
The Research Costs Fund shall be administered by a four-person committee consisting of two members of the bargaining unit selected by the union, one full–time faculty member selected by the employer, and the Dean of Graduate Studies or designate, using criteria and procedures approved by the Labour/Management Committee. All Research Costs grants shall be in varying amounts up to $1,600 per academic year. An annual report on the disbursement of monies shall be submitted in writing to the Labour/Management Committee.