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Buddy Greco
"Buddy can make anything swing – nobody comes close in that department" Frank Sinatra
"Buddy Greco's world is a very swinging world" Sammy Davis Jr
"Buddy is always a perfectionist, always a great musician, always contemporary."Jimmy Webb
Since the release of his first single in 1946, legendary singer and pianist Buddy Greco has experienced a truly incredible career that has seen him forge one of the longest recording histories of any living artist, encompassing international touring, millions of record sales and countless appearances on radio, television and in films. He has performed at some of the most prestigious venues around the world with some of the most famous artists and bands of all time including Dizzy Gillespie, Cole Porter, The Beatles, Dusty Springfield, Marilyn Monroe and his close friends Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr.
Born in South Philadelphia in 1926, Greco started playing piano at the age of 4 and by the age of 12 was a professional musician, earning money by performing in bars and clubs. He got his break when aged 20 he signed to the Music Craft record label (home to the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan and Mel Tormé) and soon thereafter had his first hit with Oh Look-A-There Ain't She Pretty, which sold over a million copies. As his profile increased he began to gain attention from some of the leading musicians of the time and in the late '40s Greco spent two years on the road as pianist, arranger and vocalist for the revered band leader Benny Goodman.
Releases on numerous labels including Capitol and Columbia followed and as his popularity soared Greco was soon widely regarded as one of the preeminent performers, arrangers and composers of his generation. In 1963, he topped a Royal Command Performance performing for The Queen on the same bill as The Beatles, Marlene Dietrich, Max Bygraves, Tommy Steele and Harry Secombe.
Throughout the '60s Greco was regularly invited to perform long stints in Las Vegas with his 18-piece band and it was during this period that he became acquainted with some of the most famous personalities of the time and where he would record one of the best "live" albums at The Sands Hotel, "Live at The Sands."
While recording for Columbia records Greco scored a hit in 1960 with a unique version of The Lady Is A Tramp, which came to be a signature tune of his. This was a successful recording period for Greco and other hits during this time included Around The World, Girl Talk, MacArthur Park and I Ran All The Way Home. He signed for Frank Sinatra's label Reprise in 1965 for which he recorded three albums including the popular Big Band & Ballads, which was released to widespread critical acclaim in 1966.
Greco continued to tour and record in the years that followed, tailoring his style to suit the constantly changing shape of the industry. He recorded a number of jazz/pop albums including Hot Nights for Applause Records (home to Steve Lawrence, Sammy Davis Jr, Eydie Gorme) before returning to what he loves best – playing popular standards from the Great American Songbook. From The Wrists Down which was recorded with the 60-piece London Symphony Orchestra and demonstrates Greco's ability to arrange for large ensembles, 1990's Buddy Greco and his Jazz Friends which featured Grover Washington Jr, Ernie Watts, Jack Sheldon and Toots Thielemans, and Fever a double album featuring the accomplished vocalist Lezlie Anders which celebrates the music of Peggy Lee, all received high praise on release.
Having recently turned 86, Greco continues to record and perform prolifically and has achieved renewed popularity with generations of listeners who hadn't been born when he first appeared. A true legend from the golden era of entertainment, he will go down in history as one of the great performers of the 20th century.
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Landuse effects on surface soil metal and nutrient concentration in Washington, D.C.
Abstract: Soils located in metropolitan areas are known to be contaminated by metals. In this poster, we evaluate soil metal and nutrient concentrations in Washington, D.C. as part of a study involving Urban Forest Effects Model, a computer model that analyzes the structure and environmental effects and values of urban forests. We investigated the spatial distribution of the metals Al, P, S, Ti, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Mo, Pb, Cd, Na, Mg, K, Ca, As, V, B, Cr, Zn, Sr, Li, Be, Sb, and Ba in surface soils of 129 plots randomly stratified by landuse. Each plot was categorized as one of nine land-uses: federal/institutional, park/recreation/open space, local public, industrial, commercial, mixed, residential low-density, residential medium-density, and residential high-density. The Piedmont region contained 54 plots, and 75 plots fell within the Coastal Plain region. Soils were collected in the summer of 2004 and digested with a strong acid, which provides an indication of the environmentally available fraction. We found that average concentrations of Al, Fe, Ni, Pb, and As differed significantly among land-uses. The highest concentrations of Fe, Ni, Pb, and As were associated with industrial plots, whereas Al was shown in the highest concentrations for both high- and medium-density residential plots. Furthermore, Washington, D.C. results were compared to Baltimore city soil metal and nutrient concentrations from past studies. Our results showed that the median concentrations of Pb, Ni, Ca, and K were higher in Washington, D.C.


The guesthouse Karkonoski Lawendowe Wzgórze offers you comfortable accommodation in a carefully restored and eclectic villa with well-kept park, rhododendron species, heather and lavender ... This is a magical place for your holidays in the heart of the Giant Mountains. Once you wish Discover the charm of the Karkonosze all year round!
Zachemmie is a place where all the attractions of the Giant Mountains are literally within easy reach. It will make a good base for hiking or cycling on countless Karkonosse trails. From Zaché? Mia near the simple and flat approach to the Podgórne waterfall in Przesieka. From Zachęta you also start a high mountain hike to the highest peak of the Karkonosse (1602 m above sea level).
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Enjoy living in this extra-wide townhome in the fabulous South Loop. This 3 bedroom 2.1-bathroom home is located in a very special, gated courtyard development on Indiana Pkwy. Hardwood floors, upgraded kitchen, fire place, crown molding, electric custom blinds, generous outdoor space and much more. Gracious master suite with beautifully built-out custom closet and private terrace. Office complete with wet bar and wine fridge. Bonus family room on top floor with a large terrace equipped for grilling. This town home is eligible to purchase a membership to museum campus pool and party room. Walk to Lake Michigan, Shedd Aquarium, Field Museum, Planetarium, Soldier Field and so much more! Nothing like it under $1 million in the South Loop!!


Charlotte Bell has written for Catalyst since 1998. A yoga and meditation teacher since 1986, she writes columns based on these principles, as well as branching out occasionally to write about diverse topics, from kitten rescue to music and art. She has published two books—Mindful Yoga, Mindful Life and Yoga for Meditators—with Rodmell Press. Her third book, Yoga for Healthy Hips, will be published by Shambhala Publications in 2018. Charlotte also edits Hugger Mugger Yoga Products' blog and is editor for Yoga U Online. A lifelong musician, she plays oboe and English horn in the Salt Lake Symphony and in the folk sextet, Red Rock Rondo.


Digital applied sciences are used for a lot extra than just making workout arrangements; they're also used to watch and optimize training. Wearables and sensible watches measure the key bodily capabilities, with information now being analyzed in real time and feedback given to the wearer.
Know what's sizzling, and what's not, in the health and fitness discipline. ACSM's Well being & Fitness Journal , a bimonthly journal for members of ACSM's Alliance of Well being and Fitness Professionals, responds to the sensible information needs of health instructors, personal trainers, train leaders, program administrators and different entrance-line well being and health professionals.


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The Ancient Sounds of Ireland
35 English Street, Downpatrick, County Down, BT30 6AB
A fantastic uplifting experience hosted by the gifted young Irish harpist Maria Boyle who is passionate about keeping the tradition of this UNESCO designated instrument alive. In the historic setting of Down Cathedral, Maria shares the history of the Irish harp with touching performances of an Irish repertoire that revives and honours this ancient cultural tradition passed through generations for over a thousand years. Experience the therapeutic effects of the ancient sounds and the harps bell like tones echoing through the historic cathedral. Learn to play some basic harp techniques and enjoy clapping out the rhythms of Irish tunes awed by the magical quality of the Irish Harp.
A remarkable young musician with a talent for the Irish Harp, Maria Boyle is deeply passionate about the preservation of the harp tradition, its' ancient repertoire and its' impact on Irish culture through the centuries. Taught to play from the age of 7 on a small harp crafted by her grandfather, Maria quickly fell in love with this ancient instrument.
A student of music, Maria is driven in her pursuit to keep the tradition of this UNESCO listed instrument alive and has started to pass on her skills to her grandfather in a beautiful intergenerational exchange. A musical form of storytelling, the harp allows Maria to connect and share stories in a way that will lift your spirit and set you free.
In the spectacular setting of the historic Down Cathedral, Maria shares the history of the Irish harp with personalised performances of the instrument's ancient Irish repertoire. Learn to play some basic harp techniques on Maria's little and large harp and enjoy clapping out the rhythms of a variety of Irish tunes. Highlights include:
• Maria Boyle | young harpist | a student of music in County Derry | fell in love with the harp at the age of 7
• The Irish Harp | one of Ireland's national emblems | UNESCO designated Intangible Cultural Heritage
• History | learn about the historical background, features, and ancient repertoire of the Irish Harp
• Performance | personalised spine-tingling performances | from ancient to contemporary tunes
• Audience Participation | clap along to various Irish tunes using your newly learned rhythm rhymes and enjoy other immersive activities
• Learn | learn how to play some basic harp techniques taught by Maria on her little and large harp
Station nearby
Ticket £26.00 per ticket
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Seems like a simple definition; yet, there is a lot to be said about gratitude. Much of the wellness and happiness in my life can be attributed to gratitude. Trust me, it will always be an evolving practice but the results are fascinating and very empowering. In fact, I think the quality of gratitude (in many facets) is really the key to self-discovery. From gratitude comes compassion for yourself and others; from gratitude wells credibility, positive energy and karma – these are the bridges to wellness and happiness!
Over the last 10 years I have been slowly taking power away from my ego and false-self through continued mindfulness. It has been a gauged process with many triumphs and setbacks along the way. I am speaking for myself here, but I think we all tend to learn the hard way when it comes to life lessons. This road to self-discovery is long and challenging; and knowing this, we also should understand that life is not perfect and either are you and I; ….and trust me; I am okay with that notion…. Still, through the pitfalls and successes, a measurable quality of passive narcissism and shallow self-confidence has been disappearing from my actions and reactions. Again, it took time, but I am far more mindful and aware than I was a decade ago. Proof tends to be in the experience. As an example, the materialistic things that pleased me years ago no longer govern my happiness and wellness today. I am more reverent for what I have and not what I don't have. This change in personal philosophy is a defining benchmark in my life as I continue to walk toward the light.
We all gain our energy from inward and outward qualities. Energy is gained by how we interact with others in society and our environment. This energy can be positive or negative depending on its source and our most basic perceived and conditioned needs. When we react through ego (many times unknowingly), we care what other people think and base our self-esteem on elements in life that are not fixed or permanent (like money, objects and effluent friends). The common result is suffering. Yet, when we exhibit all facets of gratitude in our lives, there is only room for true authentic energy and dynamism to spring forth. Every act of gratitude is projected out into this Responsive Universe; only to return as positive energy and karma. Every act of gratitude pushes the ego and its influences farther away from intention – the result is genuine, clear concise actions in life that allow us to live under the warm and healing illumination of self-discovery.
…but a life full of gratitude is a life rich with promise with a destiny more in the hand of optimism and less in the shadow of ego and false-self.


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Q: Can I obfuscate a PHP function call I have a JavaScript function like this:
function delPhoto(thisPhotoID) {
  $("#php").load("delphoto.php?id=" + thisPhotoID);
}

This PHP function deletes the appropriate photo from a MySQL database, however anyone who looks at the source for the webpage could maliciously call the delphoto.php script with any number and delete random photos from the database.
Is there a way that I can obfuscate this function call so that this can't be done, or is there a way for the PHP function to refuse calls made to it from outside of the webpage?

A: I am wondering if I can implement some kind of checksum such that delphoto.php would know that it was a valid call,
Eg:
delphoto.php?id=13&checksum=A4F8W9

where 13 equates to A4F8W9 and without the correct checksum it wouldn't be a valid call? So if someone wanted to try to delete image #14 they would need to figure out how to compute the correct checksum.

A: Security Issue 1:
Never expose your back-end in this way : build a contoller;
Front-end must communicate only with controller, so all of your PHP scripts will be hidden for users
Security Issue 2:
Use the system of token for this kind of operations
1- Generate a random number, ex: using uniqid(), store it in list or associative array (User, Token) and push it in Memcached, ANYEM or Redis Data Server
2- Generate your Link :
"controller?action=delete&imageId=" . $photoID . "&token=" . $tokenId";

3- When method DELETE is executed, verify the received $tokenId, if action is allowed, delete the stored Token from Data Server (it must be used only once)

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however anyone who looks at the source for the webpage could maliciously call the delphoto.php script with any number and delete random photos from the database.

If I wanted to screw with your website, or even if I was just curious and poking around, having numeric ID's for your photos available to the world is a great place to start. Especially with something like "delphoto". If I wanted to place load on your server as well as mess with you in general, I would setup a script to hammer every single ID I could in parallel. Not only would this cause massive headaches for the user from data loss, but depending on if this call is deleting the photo from disk it could tie up server resources as well.

Is there a way that I can obfuscate this function call so that this can't be done, or is there a way for the PHP function to refuse calls made to it from outside of the webpage?

It's good that you're conscious enough to understand that what you have currently is not secure. But obfuscation is no replacement for actual security. Any administrative function on a website should be secured by both a user system, and by a role management scheme. There should be a clear cut difference between a user and an admin as far as who can do what on a site.
I don't know if you're using a framework, but obviously we can't tell you how to secure the endpoint without seeing any code on how your user system works. But if you have one you need to look into the documentation and determine how to check if a user is:

*

*Logged in

*Has permission to run the action

Depending on what your system does, this might need to change. For example, an admin should be able to delete anything. But a user should only be able to delete their own photos. So part of the "permission to run the action" would have an ownership check.

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The setworldspawn command sets the game spawn point in Minecraft PE. The command was first added to Minecraft PE in version 0.16.0.
When not set the command defaults to the player's current x, y and z position.
Success: The game spawn point is set.
Failure: If the command is malformed or a non-numeric or invalid x, y or z coordinate is supplied the command fails and the game spawn point remains at the location it was set to before the attempt to update it.
To use the setworldspawn (or any other command) in Minecraft PE cheats must be enabled.
As of version 1.2.0 /setworldspawn fails when a negative y coordinate is supplied.


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Yelp Filter Not Catching Biased Reviews
It may be a new year, but there are still problems with Yelp's review filter. We've been tipped to some research finding reviews featuring promo codes, which would seem to violate Yelp's guidelines, showing up for Uber and Lyft, as well as a competing taxi service. Yelp's filter has long been the subject of controversy with small business owners, and these findings highlight yet another issue with it.
Are you happy with Yelp's review filter? Do you think it does a good job of eliminating spam? Let us know what you think.
"We conducted some research that found many customers of Uber are spamming Yelp's review in order to promote their promo code. These codes work as an affiliate program so whenever a new customer uses the code, then the person gets $5 in Uber credit," Strategy Response tells WebProNews in an email. "In smaller markets, most of the 5-star reviews for Uber are clearly biases as they are promoting a code. These codes allow the person to receive credit when someone else uses their code."
These promo codes got some attention last year when celebrities like Lindsay Lohan, Snoop Dogg, and Neil Patrick Harris were promoting their codes on social media.
Use my Uber promo code, 8g4wy, and get $20 off your first Uber ride. Redeem it at http://t.co/xQT4Q6134x.
— Lindsay Lohan (@lindsaylohan) January 12, 2014
As Strategy Response notes, such a conflict of interest on the part of reviewers is a clear violation of Yelp's guidelines. This is what Yelp actually says under the "Conflicts of interest" section:
Your contributions should be unbiased and objective. For example, you shouldn't write reviews of your own business or employer, your friends' or relatives' business, your peers or competitors in your industry, or businesses in your networking group. Business owners should not ask customers to write reviews. Emphasis added.
While this sort of thing might be fine on a platform like Twitter, Yelp is a different animal. It has direct influence on whether or not people use a business. That's the whole point. It's easy to see why reviews with these promos would be a violation of Yelp's guidelines. They're obviously biased. The problem is that the filter isn't doing its job in eliminating them.
Strategy response found examples in a variety of cities across the U.S. In Louisville, there's only a single review for Uber, and that review gives the company a five-star review and includes a promo code.
The same goes for Kalamazoo. In Charleston, 3 of the 4 reviews include a promo code. In Des Moinses, 2 out of the 3 reviews promotes a code.
You can see an example for Lyft in Raleigh-Durham here.
Yellow Cab in Austin, which has a one-and-a-half star review, displays this review promoting an Uber user's code:
So this is also something that could potentially have an impact on competition.
"We believe that this is a serious issue as it brings into question Yelp's filter," Strategy Response tells WebProNews, noting that in many of our previous articles about Yelp, readers mentioned their frustration and anger with Yelp's 'recommended reviews' section. "Also, Uber is gaining an unfair competitive advantage from an artificially higher Yelp review based on these biased reviews. A Harvard study found that restaurants are able to get a 5 to 9 percent increase in business based on an increase of one-star on Yelp. With some markets only have a single 5 star review for Uber based on a reviewer promoting their own code, this gives them an unfair advantage that Yelp has been unable to address."
In its report, Strategy Response says:
What we do want to highlight is that Yelp's filter system is not perfect. These reviews got through the filter, and once they were posted, it appears as if there were no further quality control investigation by Yelp. There has been many articles written about Yelp's filter. If you have a small business, you have probably express anger, frustration, and fear when the filter prevents customers from leaving a glowing review. However, in addition to worrying over your own profile, it is also very important to check your competitors profile to see what has gotten through. In these examples, the competing taxi companies and ride-sharing apps in these markets should have flagged these reviews to get them removed. Regardless of the true intentions of the reviewers, the fact that it included a promo code should have prevented them from being displayed.
Last month, Yelp launched a new app for business owners aimed at enabling them to better manage their Yelp reputations and respond to consumers more quickly. Based on our reader response, businesses aren't very impressed.
Do you think Yelp's filter is adequate, or is it detrimental to businesses? Share your thoughts in the comments.
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Q: Skorokhod space with uniform norm is Banach Let $D := D([0,t])$ be the Skorokhod space of right-continuous functions with left limits taking values in $\mathbb{R}^d$. Equip $D$ with the supremum norm $||f||_\infty = \sup_{s \in [0,t]}|f(s)|$. How would one go ahead and show that this is a Banach space? I have thought about that for any Cauchy sequence $(x_n)_{n \in \mathbb{N}}$, then $s \in [0,t]$ $x_n(s)$ converges pointwise to a limit $x$, but I am not sure if that is useful at all.  Any hint would be greatly appreciated.

A: If $(f_n)$ is a Cauchy sequence then $f_n$ is uniformly Cauchy, so there exists $f$ such that $f_n\to f$ uniformly. You only need to show that $f\in\mathcal D$. This follows by exactly the same argument as one uses to show a uniform limit of continuous functions is continuous...


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FF5 ANNOUNCES 5TH ANNUAL "FAMILY FORCE 5'S CHRISTMAS PAGEANT" TOUR
TOUR PARTNERS WITH CURE TO GIVE THE GIFT OF HEALING
SPECIAL GUESTS FLAME, WE AS HUMAN AND V ROSE
NASHVILLE, TENN. –November 13, 2013 – Family Force 5 announces their 5th Annual "Family Force 5's Christmas Pageant" tour in partnership with CURE International. The tour will feature the newly announced FF5 line-up plus special guests Flame, We As Human and V Rose. The 11-city tour will begin on December 2 and conclude December 15, dates listed below.
This tour will have a special cause as Family Force 5 is hoping to help give the gift of healing to one child each night through CURE. CURE shares the good news of God's love in 29 countries, where the organization provides surgical healing for kids with curable physical disabilities. Click here to watch a quick video about CURE.
Throughout the tour, participants will have the opportunity to financially partner with CURE and Family Force 5. Their funds will go to a specific child in one of their hospitals to receive the surgery he or she needs in order to be healed. Click here to see an example of a child that Family Force 5 is helping.
This holiday tour extravaganza started in 2009 with the release of Family Force 5's album The Christmas Pageant. In traditional Family Force 5 fashion, "The Christmas Pageant" promises an evening of classic holiday tunes in their incendiary dance-rock style as well as possible snowstorms, over-sized presents, outrageous costumes and more fun-filled surprises with the goal of making a difference in a child's life.
The 2013 Christmas Pageant Tour Dates:
December 3 New Castle, PA
December 4 Milton, PA
December 5 Williamsport, MD
December 6 Columbia, MD
December 7 Cincinnati, OH
December 8 Newark, OH
December 11 Evansville, IN
December 12 Tomah, WI
December 13 Elgin, IL
December 14 Clyde, MI
December 15 Parkersburg, WV
About FAMILY FORCE 5: Crouton (Jacob Olds), Fatty (Joshua Olds), Nadaddy (Nathan Currin), Chap Stique (Derek Mount) and new addition Hollywood (Teddy Boldt) continue to evolve and create music that take their fans on a journey. This journey includes their energy-driving live show, which has become the most significant live experience of the 2012-13 festival season with Family Force 5's late night DJ sets and dance parties. Their music videos capture the live-show energy and have received more than 16 million YouTube views collectively between their most popular videos ("Cray Button," "Zombie," "Chainsaw," and "Dance or Die").
FAMILY FORCE 5 has earned a loyal following culled from its endless touring, chart-topping albums, and strong success at radio. Singles "Superhero" and "Not Alone" enjoyed considerable time in 2013's CHR Top 10, while the video for "Wobble" reached number 1 on mtv.com. The group's previous album, 08's Dance or Die, debuted at #30 on the Billboard Top 200 chart and at #8 on the Modern Rock chart with 13,000 copies sold in the first week. An Alternative Press magazine cover story followed and the group co-headlined the completely sold-out "Alternative Press Fall Tour" with 3OH!3 and The Maine. Family Force 5 is fresh off a tenacious campaign on the 2013 Rock and Worship Roadshow, and is primed and prepared for another year of party-rock mayhem.
CONNECT WITH FAMILY FORCE 5
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About CURE: CURE International's mission is to heal the sick and proclaim the kingdom of God. It is the largest provider of reconstructive surgery to disabled children in the developing world. Since opening the doors of its first surgical teaching hospital in Kijabe, Kenya, in 1998, CURE's focus on bringing healing to developing nations has resulted in more than 2.1 million patient visits and over 150,000 surgeries to correct physically disabling conditions. CURE hospitals are located in Afghanistan, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Niger, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, and Zambia. The Tebow CURE Hospital is also currently under construction in the Philippines. CURE has also trained more than 6,600 medical professionals, raising the standard of care in the countries where it operates. Please visit http://cure.org for more information.
For more info on Family Force 5 visit the JFH Artists Database.
For more info on Flame visit the JFH Artists Database.
For more info on We As Human visit the JFH Artists Database.


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Turkey's 'anti-Erdoğan' deserves Nobel Peace Prize (written by Stephen Kinzer)
January 22, 2019 Politico
Senior Fellow Stephen Kinzer in Politico, "Now a group of exiled Turkish writers, journalists and political reformers has launched a campaign to win the Nobel Peace Prize for their country's most prominent cultural activist."
Costs of War Project on BBC
January 18, 2019 BBC
Stephanie Savell, co-director of the Costs of War Project, appeared on BBC to discuss their recent map that shows the U.S. combatting terrorism in 40% of the world's nations.
When scaring the regime runs in the family (written by Stephen Kinzer)
January 14, 2019 The Boston Globe
Senior Fellow Stephen Kinzer in The Boston Globe, "Pedro Joaquín Chamorro was the most outspoken dissident in Nicaraguan history. He relentlessly attacked the Somoza family regime, which ruled the country for four decades beginning in the 1930s. The regime returned his animosity."
Two Watson Faculty Make The Political Science 400 List
January 11, 2019 Cambridge University Press
Professors Peter Andreas and Mark Blyth are mentioned in an article published by the Cambridge University Press that "identifies the 100 currently most-cited scholars, the 25 most-cited in each PhD cohort and subfield, the 40 most cited-women scholars, and the 25 most-cited emeriti."
Adam Posen on central banks, China and the enduring power of the dollar
January 11, 2019 Financial Times
Mark Blyth, director of the Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance, spoke with the Financial Times about the politicking of central banking, the hurdles to finding a U.S.-China trade war resolution, and how China can manage the financial risks building in its economy.
Executive Suite: Shawmut; Opportunity Atlas (interview with John Friedman)
January 11, 2019 WPRI
Associate Professor of Economics John Friedman, sat down with WPRI's Ted Nesi to discuss the interactive mapping tool he co-created called the Opportunity Atlas.
Once a nation of joiners, Americans are now suspicious of those who do (comments by Marc Dunkelman)
January 11, 2019 Christian Science Monitor
Fellow Marc Dunkelman offered commentary on the changing landscape of social interaction in the U.S. "Naturally, the desire to find people who fit our niche will expand to include people who have a different viewpoint, a different experience."
Brown University's Timothy Edgar talks government shutdown, border wall on State of Mind
January 7, 2019 Dan Yorke State of Mind
Senior Fellow Timothy Edgar joins Dan Yorke on WPRI's State of Mind to discuss the impacts of the government shutdown and the border wall.
What will Democrats do with control of the House? (interview with Wendy Schiller)
January 4, 2019 Minnesota Public Radio
Political scientist Wendy Schiller joined Minnesota Public Radio to discuss what the Democrats will do now that they have control of the House.
This Map Shows All the Places in the World Where the U.S. Military Operates (research by the Costs of War Project)
January 3, 2019 Smithsonian Magazine
A new infographic released by the Costs of War Project reveals that the United States is now combatting terrorism in 40% of the world's nations.
Watson Senior Fellow Among Authors of Letter for Architecture of OECD/DAC
January 3, 2019 Brookings Institution
Senior Fellow Brian Atwood is among the authors of a letter to the OECD/DAC on efforts to give countries Official Development Assistance (ODA) credit for private development expenditures.
Time to Get Out of Afghanistan (research by Costs of War Project cited)
January 1, 2019 The New York Times
Recent research by the Costs of War Project is cited in an opinion article in the New York Times. "The total cost of the war could reach as high as $2 trillion when long-term costs are factored in, according to Brown University's Cost of War Project."


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Q: Why is Express taking so long between console logs on AngularJS $http.get? Using Express, Node, and Angular, I set up a HTML button on my site that runs a get request to Express which subsequently runs a function that console logs a predefined message. The first time I hit the button, the log appears instantly in my terminal. The problem is any time I hit it after the first time, there is a huge delay in printing the console message. Thanks in advance for any help!

MY FILES
analysis.server.routes.js => Express file that handles the routes for the analysis page.
'use strict';

module.exports = function(app) {
    // analysis routes
    app.route('/image_analysis')
        .get(function(req, res) {
            console.log('I\'ve been hit!!!');
        });
};

analysis.client.controller.js => AngularJS controller. When HTML button is pressed, sayHello function runs
'use strict';

angular.module('analysis').controller('AnalysisController', ['$scope', '$http', '$location', 'Authentication',
    function($scope, $http, $location, Authentication) {
        $scope.user = Authentication.user;
        $scope.sidebarCollapsed = false;

        // redirect to homepage if user isn't logged in
        if (!$scope.user) $location.path('/');

        $scope.sayHello = function() {
            $http.get('/image_analysis');
        };

        // highlight open chevron on mouseover

        $scope.toggleSidebar = function() {
            /* jshint ignore:start */
            $("#wrapper").toggleClass("toggled");
            /* jshint ignore:end */
            $scope.sidebarCollapsed = !$scope.sidebarCollapsed;
        };
    }
]);

A: I think it is because you are not ending the response in the route's get hanlder.
Try this.
module.exports = function(app) {
    // analysis routes
    app.route('/image_analysis')
        .get(function(req, res) {
            console.log('I\'ve been hit!!!');
            res.end();
        });
};


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(D) or (R)? Why do you ask?
Things are so bad for the Republicans right now that many of them are running ads this year without mentioning their party affiliation. What has happened to the cocky, proud GOP? The "we're right and they're wrong, and that's why we win" party? I can't help but wonder what the Hannity's and Limbaugh's of the world will say when the House and Senate are lost to the Democrats. I suppose they can say what they want, make any outrageous claims they want, but the simple fact is that this "unitary government" idea — a government made up of and run by Republicans-only — has failed miserably. It has made the world a less-safe place, it has put tremendous pressure on the middle class and the poor, it has destroyed our good name around the globe, and it has led to a gigantic erosion of our civil liberties. Oddly enough, the "fiscally responsible" GOP who was always complaining about "tax-and-spend liberals" has also pretty much bankrupted the treasury. Well, that's how some would put it I guess. Me, I would say that many have STOLEN the treasury. After all, the wealthiest Americans have gotten MUCH wealthier over the last six years, and as far as I'm concerned, no one should be getting massive tax cuts (money that should be going into the treasury) when the deficits are so staggering. Bush was keen on saying, "it's YOUR MONEY" when there were projected surpluses. So if the surplus belongs to the rich, which is exactly where it all went, then what happens when there's a deficit? No one has to pay for that? Oh, suddenly we ALL share in the deficits. Isn't that wonderful? Imagine the richest Americans going to the country's working class to bail them out? They're not all to blame of course, some of the wealthiest Americans such as Bill Gates and Warren Buffet have gone on record as saying they didn't want these tax cuts. They didn't need their tax cuts. Aren't we lucky that an economist like George W. Bush knows better how to handle the country's money than some hack like Warren Buffet…
That Salon article shows just how bad things are for the GOP this year should the status quo hold through November. If the country had its way, Republicans wouldn't be in charge of anything after November. I can't tell you how heartening it is to see that the American people clearly saw this latest slate of "moral values" initiatives put forth on the House floor for exactly what they were — pandering at the highest and most shameless level.
A caller this morning on the Jerry Springer show asked fill-in host Jay Marvin why he should have to "put up with" gay marriage. He said he "didn't like to see that," and said the reason why it should be outlawed is because "it's been that way for so long" and that gay marriage "went against the natural order of things." Marvin took him to task on the "tradition" aspect, noting that if we did things because "that's the way it's always been," or because of tradition, we would still have slaves in this country. The caller reinforced that he shouldn't have to put up with this, and Marvin correctly mentioned that he is going to have to put up with it because that's the way the country is headed — that a majority of Americans under 40 do not want to see anyone discriminiated against because of their sexual orientation, and that it was only a matter of time before civil unions, at the very least, become recognized by the government.
The tide is turning, and there are going to be a lot of disappointed GOP-ers this November. That is assuming the Democrats don't once again shoot themselves in the foot by trying to be everything to everyone. It's time to stand up and speak from the heart rather than triangulation.
Meanwhile, Over at the Huff Post…
Been checking out some great stuff over at the Huffington Post tonight. You have to see this illustration from David Mamet's blog. Just classic. If Bush is a man of his word, he should rise to the challenge set forth by Mr. Mamet. Just brilliant.
Also, Huffington herself covers the story of Bill Clinton's endorsement of Joe Lieberman in the mid-term Senate elections over real Democratic challenger, Ned Lamont. This will, I believe, be the first time that I have ever hoped that Bill Clinton's influence on an election backfires, and it really pains me to say this. Of course, it's not surprising that President Clinton would endorse Lieberman and his position on the Iraq occupation, given Hillary's very well known stance on the issue. I've been thinking lately that Hillary and Joe are of the same mold, but I don't really think that's true. You see, Hillary does, in fact, have a Democratic challenger, but she is ahead by such a wide margin in the polls that she doesn't need to worry about running as an independent. However, I believe that even if the race for that Senate seat was tighter, Mrs. Clinton still wouldn't stoop to the levels that Lieberman has. Lieberman does not like to play on an even playing field. He was the favored candidate until recently (when Lamont's recent poll numbers have him ahead by ten points in the primary, and still he has so little confidence in his ability to be re-elected that he has to go and form an independent party (the Connecticut for Lieberman party, no less) so that he can run against Lamont should the good Democratic voters of Connecticut decide that they would rather put Mr. Lamont in that seat. Doesn't that sound a whole lot like dirty pool? But I've talked about Joe's lack of respect for the rules of the game before, so it's to be expected. I guess it's all to be expected. I was just surprised is all.
But one thing is certain. Lieberman has to be desperate to call in a favor of this magnitude. We're talking more desperate than creating a new political party to CYA. After all, it was Lieberman who couldn't get out of his seat fast enough to lash out at Clinton from the Senate floor during the whole Kenneth Starr bru-ha-ha (yes, I stole that link from the Huffington article). So much for party unity, eh? Party unity! Isn't that what Lieberman is crying about now? Democrats should rise up and support him and be "all inclusive" of candidates who decide they don't really need to carry the voice of the people they represent to the Senate? Ugh. This piece at Daily Kos spells out exactly how Clinton got called up to Connecticut, but it seems as if the truth and Lieberman's version of the truth are two very different things.
Huffington also points out an obvious error the usually eloquent Clinton made when talking about Lieberman's stance on the issues, noting that Clinton called the Iraq war the "pink elephant in the room." Um, Mr. Clinton? I guess you haven't been reading the papers or the internet, or anything else about this campaign because Iraq is the central issue here!!!
She also ends the piece with a must-read "exclusive preview" of what President Clinton was to say on the stump. All I can say is that someone must've fed her a very early version of the speech.
The shakedown happens two weeks from today.
Meanwhile, definitely check out Lieberman's Music Video over on YouTube. Great stuff.
Oh yeah, and Hannity STILL claims that we found WMDs in Iraq.
This is our Representative to the World??
Check out this video from Crooks and Liars for yet another wonderful visit into the world of George W. Bush and what happens when he doesn't know the microphones are on (transcript and WMP/QT videos are available). He speaks with his mouth full, interrupts Tony Blair constantly, reiterates his "yee-haw" style of foreign policy, shows a complete ignorance of basic geography, and swears. Nice, right? I'm so proud. Whatta guy.
Big problems over at Katherine Harris' Headquarters for her Senatorial Bid. Apparently, she's taken back $100K from her campaign to complete renovations on her house. According to the article, she's lost most of her staff because she likes to berate them and throw tantrums, and she's also not been able to raise half the amount of money of the incumbent Democrat, Bill Nelson.
If you want to get a sense of why Joe Lieberman needs to get a giant wake up call and either run as a Republican or start acting like a Democrat, check out Jane Hamsher's on-the-ground report over at the Huffington Post about the Lieberman-Lamont race. Even though Lieberman created his own party so he can run against Lamont if he loses the primary (seemingly indicating good ol' Joe feels he might be the "underdog" in this race), Lieberman still won't debate Lamont. I thought you should only resist a debate if you're pretty secure in the knowledge that you'll win the race? As I've said before, I would be out on my rooftop trying to get television signals from across the Long Island Sound if this debate happened. I'd want to see it in real time!
Hillary Clinton has reportedly taken almost a cool million in campaign contributions from the healthcare industry. Still think she's "of the people, for the people?"
And last, but not least, over at the Washington Post is some great news for liberal Democrats. The Democracy Alliance is reportedly making good on its pledge to fund liberal think-tanks in much the same fashion that conservatives have funded similar think-tanks for the past thirty years or so. We have a lot of catching up to do, but with the Neo-Con agenda being properly fingered by the general public for the weakened State of the Union right now, perhaps it won't take quite as long to reclaim the vocabulary the right-wing has been using against liberals for the past twenty to thirty years as it might have otherwise. Of course, with all this money going to liberal causes, some of the so-called "centrist Democrats" (most of whom are beholden to the Democratic Leadership Council) are getting pretty pissed that they're not getting any cash from the new pool. The article seems to judge the Democracy Alliance fairly harshly, implying that organizations like the DLC deserve funding like every other Democratic organization. But the key is, this is a liberal organization, not a Democratic organization. Funds were denied to the DLC on an ideological basis, and it would appear that many of the organizations with close ties to Washington have been skipped over. Why? Because this is about returning power to the people, where it belongs. It might seem odd that the way to return power to the people is with massive influxes of cash from donors who made their money in corporate America, but it is purely obvious to those who are behind the money and behind the project as a whole that the "establishment" is not looking out for the United States, its citizens, or its place in the global community. This is about change, and you don't enact change by continuing to fund failed, established ideas. We've tried it the DLC way. It doesn't work. Time for new blood, new energy, and that's exactly what the Democracy Alliance is funding. Hillary and Joe must be so upset.
On the Brink…
So while World War III is fast approaching (well, Newt Gingrich on yesterday's Meet The Press actually thinks it's here already), I figured I'd just post this list of possible titles from a few books I've been thinking that people in the Bush administration should write. Enjoy.
They've Got Your Number — The White House and Domestic Spying
Feeding and Care of Government Plants — The Jeff Gannon Story
A Brick Through Your Window — The Patriot Act Revealed
From Florida to Ohio — Theft of a Nation (Twice!)
Killing Kyoto — How to Demolish a Glacier in Only Eight Years
Under My Thumb — The Disappearance of America's Middle Class
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore — The "New" New Orleans
Does Not Work Well With Others — Bush vs. North Korea and Iran
You Sunk my Pension! — The Enron Connection
One Cocktail Too Many — How Cheney Shot A Man In The Face
Do As I Say, Not As I Do — The Signing Statements of George Dubya
Oedipus Revisited — Why Bush Jr. Started A War
Knock, Knock… — Dick Cheney and the Secret Energy Meetings
It's Really Good To Know The King — Halliburton and the No Bid Contract
Fleischer, McClellan and Snow — No Comment
I Wish They Would Just Stop It — Bush's Foreign Policy
Pardon Me? — Scooter Libby's Christmas Wish List
R.I.P. – Syd Barrett
It doesn't seem to be making much news this side of the pond, but Syd Barrett, the legendary founder of Pink Floyd, died a few days ago from complications arising from diabetes. The news was just announced today for some reason though. He was only 60. He spent his last years living off the royalties from Floyd's first album, "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn," gardening and creating art, some of which will hopefully see the light of day somewhere down the road.
That whole era of the late '60s sure had its casualties, didn't it? So many brilliant musicians and artists either completely immobilized or killed by drugs. Barrett, of course, suffered from severe mental illness (some say as a result of his near-daily LSD usage, but it could very well be that he was also trying to medicate himself — who knows). At the same time as the Beach Boys' "Smile," the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper" and the Moody Blues', "Days of Future Passed" were being recorded, Syd was in the studio with Pink Floyd putting together "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn." By the time he left the band (after only one album), his stamp on his 'mates had been made — sonic soundscapes, tape loops and other audio effects appeared on every Pink Floyd album that followed, to say nothing of the number of songs and album titles that were written about him or paid tribute to him.
There has to be some sense of guilt on the part of Gilmour, Waters, Mason & Wright over going on to such success after making the decision to leave Syd behind I'm sure, even though the former band leader spent the rest of his life living off royalties from "Piper," and apparently wasn't hurting for money. Must be strange. Not that they really had a choice, of course. By the time Syd was kicked out, he was staring into space at gigs or not showing up for recording sessions, so in a way you could say he quit.
Most of my favorite bands seem to have fan bases of a few thousand people worldwide. Pink Floyd is one of the few exceptions, and continues to be one of my favorite bands of all time. I especially find myself listening to the Barrett-era stuff when I'm knee-deep in deadlines, and I need to zone away from lyrics and more toward soundscapes so as not to become distracted from my work. Each time this happens I inevitably "re-discover" the band, and their CDs end up back in my car for a month or more, much to the chagrin of my wife and stepson, who are not really fans. Or perhaps they are fans, but consider most of the catalog to be "overplayed," probably thanks to rides in my car. My stepson did recently admit to me that "Pigs (Three Different Ones)," the Roger Waters tune that blasts Mary Whitehouse (another UK staple), is one song he actually doesn't mind in my car's CD rotation. Rock on.
As you can probably tell, I really don't know what to say about Syd's death. I guess it kind of just shocked me, even though I suppose these announcements always come some day. I just hope that he does get his due credit in the history of music books as time goes on. We'll miss you, Syd.
The Meaning of Patriotism
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Yes, Virginia, there is a double standard. It's called hypocrisy, and there are certain talk show hosts and reporters that are intimate with its details. You see, it's all well and good for a sitting president to "de-classify" the covert status of a CIA operative who has associates all over the world who doesn't know she's a spy. It's OK for a sitting president, back in 2002, to say we're going to track down terrorists using their bank accounts, but it's not OK for the New York Times to report — four years later — that the government may have abused their power to do so because it was targeting US citizens. It's OK for Ann Coulter and other right-wing pundits to condemn the New York Times and say she wished Timothy McVeigh had chosen that newspaper's main office as a target instead of the FBI building, but that does not stop her from asking people NOT to refer to her as a "New York Times Bestselling Author." Come to think of it, I don't think any right-wing pundit has ever had a problem with being referred to as that.
It's so transparent, is what it is… It's defensiveness… Kill the messenger, right?
On July 4th, I plan to read the whole Constitution of the United States (annotation is provided at that site as well), since I've never read it other than those sections which I studied in high school.
Perhaps the most famous amendment to the Constitution is, of course, the First, which states that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
Now, people like Ann Coulter might say she was "never a big fan" of the First Amendment, but it is that amendment that allows her to distribute her filth in the bookstores and spout it on the Today show. When the founding fathers left England, the presses were licensed from the government, and the church and state had to "approve" the content. Ann isn't a fan of the First Amendment because her hate propaganda would most likely be deemed acceptable in a climate such as the late 1600's, since it falls right in line with the message the ruling theocracy would like to send to the masses. Those of us who would like to hear and speak the truth aren't always so lucky. This is why the First Amendment was passed, and progressives should never be surprised when those who love political hate speech would like to see it go away.
I'm not saying anything new here, I know. But it just continues to amaze me how transparent the GOP's motives are… How they can continue to chastize the press for finally doing its job of revealing this administration's ever-widening web of extreme abuse of power.
As the neo-con movement dies and its remaining members clamber up its decaying hull, their cries will reach a fever pitch. Hopefully through all of this, it will be easier and easier for the public to see how hollow this whole "values campaign" charade has been. They are not out to help us, they are out for themselves — out to line their pockets with United States Treasury cash. They need to stay in power to keep their bank accounts flush, and their tactics will get ever more desperate. This July 4th, America finally seems to be watching the high drama unfolding in Washington. Congress has lower approval ratings than George W. Bush, and there is a reason for that. America knows that the Congress is spinning its wheels, paying itself big bucks to discuss issues that have little or no bearing on the daily lives of US citizens. They wonder just who are these people we're paying to send to Washington to represent us, and what are they doing with our time? Why are they talking about flag burning and rolling back a tax that affects 0.27% of the people in this country? Why did those same people refuse to give the working class a break by raising the minimum wage for the first time in ten years in the very same week they voted themselves pay raises? What is going on?
Perhaps this is part of a large agenda to raise the level of static so that we'll all be deaf to what's really going on? It's the job of the press to take away that static — to report things that really matter to us and to tell us what's REALLY going on.
That's totally contrary to the current neo-con agenda. They don't want the media to clarify the view. They want the controlled message. In their ideal world, all messages would once again be approved by the ruling class. Their propaganda would continue to speak of the grand successes of their strategies instead of revealing the truth of it all — that every one of their policies for the past six years have been total and complete failures for this country as a whole, starting with their complete dropping of the ball on 9/11 and ending with… Well, who knows where it ends. All we know is that if it wasn't for the First Amendment, they'd be getting away with murder right now.
So tomorrow, we celebrate our independence. We celebrate our independence from England, but we should also celebrate our own personal independence. I am thankful for all those who had the courage to stand tall so that I could write this today without fear of someone knocking on my door in the middle of the night (although I do see that an ever-increasing number of visitors to this site are arriving from US Government IP addresses — hello there).


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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 13-02-22
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From: The Cyprus News Agency at <http://www.cyna.org.cy>
[01] Presidential election campaign ends midnight Friday
[02] Cyprus' oil stocks amount to 208 thousand metric tons
[03] Cyprus participates in International Month of La Francophonie
The presidential campaign for the run-off election on Sunday wraps up at midnight and all is set for the voting process.
The two remaining candidates Nicos Anastasiades, President of the Democratic Rally and Stavros Malas, former health minister in President Demetris Christofias' Cabinet, will cross swords in the last live televised debate on Friday night.
The Election services are all geared up for the second round and everyone expresses the hope that once again everything will run smoothly. Polling stations will open at 07.00 am local time (05.00 GMT) and will close at 06.00 pm with a break between 12 and 13.00. The final result is expected to be announced at around 07.00 pm Sunday night.
The proclamation ceremony of the seventh President of the Republic of Cyprus will take place at around 10.00pm local time. In Sunday's elections a total of 1.130 polling centres will be set up, including 40 that will operate abroad.
The number of voters are 545,491. In the first round of the presidential elections held 17th of February, Nicos Anastasiades, also supported by the Democratic Party, got 45.46% of the vote, while AKEL-backed Malas got 26.91%. EDEK supported Yiorgos Lillikas failed to make it to the run-off election.
Cyprus maintains oil stocks amounting to 208 thousand metric tons, stored in the premises of the Cyprus Petroleum Storage Company in the coastal city of Larnaca and in refineries in Greece, according to the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Neoclis Sylikiotis.
The remaining of the oil stocks Cyprus is obliged to maintain is covered by operational stocks of the Cyprus Electricity Authority and rented stocks abroad.
Addressing the General Assembly of the Cyprus Organisation for Storage and Management of Oil Stocks (COSMOS), on Friday, Commerce Minister said that currently COSMOS is faced with two challenges. First its participation in the oil terminal to be built in Vasilikos where national stocks of oil will be stored and second the harmonization with the European Directive on the method for calculating stockholding obligations and the method for calculating the level of stocks held in case of emergency.
A series of events, including competitions, cinema, music, lectures, book fairs and literature, will take place in Cyprus as of March 1st, in the framework of the International Month of La Francophonie.
Speaking during a press conference, Education and Culture Minister George Demosthenous said that this year's events will take place under the slogan "The French language is an opportunity for the young people: The young people are an opportunity for the French language".
He noted that learning the French language is an important aspect of the Cypriot education system and marks a valuable opening to the modern world, allowing the enhancement of the dialogue with other countries and cultures.
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A look at how much authority the CDC actually has
By Pien Huang
The federal government is now appealing a court decision that struck down the federal mask mandate on public transportation. The Justice Department filed the appeal at the request of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Face coverings became optional this week on many planes, trains and buses after a federal judge declared that the CDC had exceeded its authority in requiring masks for travelers. The CDC has faced many such challenges to its authority during the pandemic - to what it can and can't do in the name of public health. Now, it's fighting back.
NPR health reporter Pien Huang is here. Hi, Pien.
PIEN HUANG, BYLINE: Hey, Ari.
SHAPIRO: So this mask ruling that is now being challenged by the Justice Department, will it stand?
HUANG: Well, that's still up in the air. As you mentioned, the Justice Department and CDC are now appealing to get a travel mask mandate reinstated. And the CDC says the order for wearing masks on planes, trains and buses is still needed for public health and also that appealing the decision protects their public health authority. The nationwide mask mandate on trains, buses and planes was struck down Monday by a Trump-appointed judge who thought that the CDC did not have the authority to make people wear masks, even if it might be good for public health. The Justice Department and CDC disagree, so this evening, the DOJ filed a notice of appeal in federal court in Tampa to get the ball rolling.
SHAPIRO: So if it was a question of authority whether the CDC is allowed to do this, is it clear what kinds of powers the CDC has?
HUANG: Well, traditionally, the CDC makes the most use of its soft powers; you know, using science and reason to persuade states and individuals to do things for the sake of public health. But it also has hard powers which go back to the 1944 Public Health Service Act. In the past, the agency has used these to quarantine individuals. And in this pandemic, CDC has been using them to issue broad orders on a range of things, like making travelers test and mask to banning evictions and turning migrants away at the borders. Dr. Marty Cetron, the CDC's head of global migration and quarantine, told me last year that this is new territory for the CDC.
MARTY CETRON: This has been the largest and most expansive or inclusive use of regulatory authority, given the unprecedented nature of this pandemic threat.
HUANG: No one from CDC would talk on the record now as these orders get challenged in court, and the mask ruling was just the latest defeat.
SHAPIRO: Like, what were some of the others?
HUANG: Well, the biggest blow came last August, when the Supreme Court ruled that the CDC exceeded its authority with its ban on evictions. Lindsay Wiley, a health law professor at UCLA, said that the move was a bit of a stretch for CDC.
LINDSAY WILEY: A lot of the general public and a lot of federal judges feel like, you know, this isn't exactly what CDC's role should be; this is something state and local governments are doing, and it should really be left to them.
HUANG: Ultimately, the Supreme Court said CDC didn't have the authority to do it, and they struck it down. Now, that was one ruling on evictions, but law experts say it had a ripple effect. Lower courts could use it to limit the CDC's powers too, and the judge in Florida did cite it this week as she canceled the travel mask mandate.
SHAPIRO: What would that ripple effect do? If the CDC's powers get restricted more broadly, what kind of impacts could that have on public health?
HUANG: Well, health experts told me that they worry that limiting public health powers is shortsighted. Here's Wendy Parmet, a health law professor at Northeastern University.
WENDY PARMET: You can't assume that everything in the future is going to look either epidemiologically or politically like what we have seen.
HUANG: She says that the next pandemic could be very deadly to kids or one where Republicans might want more restrictive measures than Democrats, as they did during the Ebola outbreak. She says that the CDC needs to have flexible powers to deal with health threats effectively. Now, ultimately, Congress may need to step in and spell out the agency's powers, but with the current political climate, it's not a clear path.
SHAPIRO: That is NPR's Pien Huang Thanks a lot.
HUANG: Thanks for having me, Ari. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
Pien Huang
Pien Huang is a health reporter on the Science desk. She was NPR's first Reflect America Fellow, working with shows, desks and podcasts to bring more diverse voices to air and online.
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A new UI update was hinted at though.
Microsoft's recently revealed Xbox One X is still a ways off, both in release and with some key features. Mike Ybarra, corporate VP at Xbox, talked a bit on Twitter about what remains to be done before the console's release.
He first confirmed that the Software Development Kit for the Xbox One X is still being worked on. If you love – or hate – the current UI for Xbox One, then you'll be happy or angry to hear that it's the same for the Xbox One X. Then again, there could be a new update to change the user interface before the console launches.
And despite the console's native 4K tagline, players will only be able to stream on Xbox One X in 1080p/720p resolution at 60 frames per second. The reason for this is simple – streaming 4K simply requires too much bandwidth. Capturing 4K videos at 60 FPS is still possible though.
The Xbox one X releases on November 7th worldwide. What are your thoughts on the console's feature set right now? Let us know in the comments.


It's long been a complaint of computer users in Europe that they have to pay more for their software from companies like Adobe, Microsoft and Apple compared to prices in the US. The App Store has generally been immune to this: price tiers are based on the US dollar price, and most prices in foreign currencies are within 10% of the dollar price, for example a Tier 1 app is 0.99 USD, 0.69 GBP (equivalent to 1.07 USD) or 8 HKD (equivalent to 1.031 HKD).
In June Apple quietly introduced new "Alternate" price tiers which publishers can optionally use for their apps. I can't think of any reason for this except to allow traditional media companies to get back to their usual practice of screwing over consumers in Europe, particularly the UK.
I downloaded the price tier data from iTunes Connect, and created a small spreadsheet to show the difference in price between Price Tier 1 and Alternate Price Tier 1. Brits now have to pay 0.99 GBP, equivalent to 1.53 USD, a 43% increase on the old price. The EU price has risen by 11% so Europeans are now paying a 33% premium over the US.
Six countries, marked below, have suffered an increase of more than 20%.
I've made the data available as a Google Doc if you want to experiment.


Using a process developed by the Community Healing Network and the Association of Black Psychologists (www.communityhealingnetwork.org/emotional-emancipation-circles), the YWCA will launch a new series of groups beginning after Labor Day. There will be groups for women only, men only, mixed gender groups, and groups for families (children 10 and up can accompany an adult). The groups will meet for 8 two-hour sessions between the week following Labor Day and the middle of December. Community locations are being organized now, so stay tuned to learn more.
Group details: Group size limited to 15; open to all genders.
Registration is still open! For more information, email mferguson@ywcastlouis.org or call 314 531-1115.
Directions: West Pine is closed to vehicles between Grand and Vandeventer. To get to our building, take Laclede between Grand and Vandeventer. At the northeast corner of Vandeventer and Laclede there is a soccer field. Between the soccer field and SLU student housing is a drive with an orange YWCA sign. Turn there and follow the drive to our parking lot. A receptionist will buzz you into the building at either the accessible north door (facing campus) or the south door just off the parking lot.


Ringette is growing in Terrace, with lots of new, young players signed up this year and two teams of players under age nine.
Sarah McLeod swings around for a shot against Prince George at the ringette play weekend in Terrace Oct. 24.
Ringette is growing in Terrace, with lots of new, young players signed up this year.
Terrace has five teams and 61 players, growing from close to 50 last year and 32 players just a couple years ago, said Terrace ringette president Jacque Wilkinson.
The under 9 (u9) team has seen the biggest growth, with 22 players and two rosters this year.
"I think the interest is growing because people are hearing more about it," said Wilkinson. "People like that ringette is very team-focused. One player cannot go from one end of the ice to the other without using their team members because there is a rule you must make passes over the blue lines," she said.
She adds that ringette also has lower cost in comparison to some other sports.
Ringette teams have both girls and boys ages 4 to 18, and they practice twice a week.
They all hit the ice in Terrace for a play weekend Oct. 23 to 25, competing against teams from Houston and Prince George.
Terrace U19 team beat and then tied Houston and lost twice to Prince George, and other teams lost most games but enjoyed the weekend, said Wilkinson.
"Play weekends are a great time to get together players of all ages for games," she said.
Four Terrace ringette teams will head to Prince George November 13 to 15 for the Joy Hoffman Tournament.


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A comparative analysis of the substrate permissiveness of HCV and GBV-B NS3/4A proteases reveals genetic evidence for an interaction with NS4B protein during genome replication
B and T lymphocyte attenuator is highly expressed on CMV-specific T cells during infection and regulates their function
Publication : PLoS neglected tropical diseases
Trypanosoma vivax infections: pushing ahead with mouse models for the study of Nagana. I. Parasitological, hematological and pathological parameters
Team: Trypanosomatids Infectious Processes
Team: Archived: Experimental neuropathology
Member: Paola Minoprio
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 10 Aug 2010
Chamond N, Cosson A, Blom-Potar MC, Jouvion G, D'Archivio S, Medina M, Droin-Bergère S, Huerre M, Goyard S, Minoprio P
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2010;4(8):e792
African trypanosomiasis is a severe parasitic disease that affects both humans and livestock. Several different species may cause animal trypanosomosis and although Trypanosoma vivax (sub-genus Duttonella) is currently responsible for the vast majority of debilitating cases causing great economic hardship in West Africa and South America, little is known about its biology and interaction with its hosts. Relatively speaking, T. vivax has been more than neglected despite an urgent need to develop efficient control strategies. Some pioneering rodent models were developed to circumvent the difficulties of working with livestock, but disappointedly were for the most part discontinued decades ago. To gain more insight into the biology of T. vivax, its interactions with the host and consequently its pathogenesis, we have developed a number of reproducible murine models using a parasite isolate that is infectious for rodents. Firstly, we analyzed the parasitical characteristics of the infection using inbred and outbred mouse strains to compare the impact of host genetic background on the infection and on survival rates. Hematological studies showed that the infection gave rise to severe anemia, and histopathological investigations in various organs showed multifocal inflammatory infiltrates associated with extramedullary hematopoiesis in the liver, and cerebral edema. The models developed are consistent with field observations and pave the way for subsequent in-depth studies into the pathogenesis of T. vivax – trypanosomosis.
Published on: 10 Aug 2010 • Modified on: 11 Sep 2015


The naval officer's badge on seaplanes was created on 31. May 1913 by King and Kaiser Wilhelm II , for all soldiers from officer to soldier, who successfully completed training on a naval aircraft station and received a naval aviation certificate.
The badge was allowed to be carried by the naval aviator only as long as the Beliehene was listed in the list of pilots. The ceremony was presented by the State Secretary of the Reich Navy Office of Tirpitz . The badge was awarded with a certificate. If the carrier was removed from the list because he no longer took or required the required inspections (services), the badge had to be returned.
The badge was worn on the left chest, in 1915 the badge for marine pilots was added to land aircraft in the navy.
Badge for Marine Pilots on Seaplanes,1913.
The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Medal also known as the Centenary Medal (German: Kaiser-Wilhelm-Erinnerungsmedaille Zentenarmedaille) was established 22 March 1897 by Wilhelm II on the occasion of the 100th Birthday of his grandfather, Emperor Wilhelm I.
The medal was awarded by Prussia to state and university officials, as well as all military officers, non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel, which were actively serving in army, navy and Schutztruppe. Medals were also awarded to the surviving veterans of the First Schleswig War, Second Schleswig War, Austro-Prussian War, and the Franco-Prussian War.
The medal is made of bronze gunmetal from captured cannon. It is 40 mm in diameter and was suspended from a ribbon 36 mm wide.
The obverse is a right facing effigy of Wilhelm I in military uniform wearing a mantle and Pickelhaube. To the left of the effigy is the inscription WILHELM DER GROSSE DEUTSCHE KAISER (William the Great German Emperor). To the right is KOENIG VON PREUSSEN (King of Prussia).
The reverse depicts symbols of royal authority including the German State Crown, an orb, sword, and scepter placed upon a pillow surrounded by oak leaves, in the lower half of the medal. To the left is an upward climbing laurel branch. In the upper half is the inscription in six lines ZUM ANDENKEN AN DEN HUNDERTSTEN GEBURTSTAG DES GROSSEN KAISERS WILHELM I. 1797 22.MAERZ 1897 (IN MEMORY OF THE HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY THE GREAT EMPEROR WILHELM I. 1797–MARCH 22–1897).
1897 Wilhelm I Centennial Medal with yellow ribbon.
Crown Prince Charles John of Sweden (Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte) – earlier a Marshal under Napoleon, after becoming regent and crownprince of Sweden, he joined the Sixth Coalition against Napoleon.
The Star of the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Stern zum Großkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) was the highest military decoration of the Kingdom of Prussia and the German Empire. It was considered a senior decoration to the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross.
The Star of the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to the most outstanding of generals who performed feats of leadership to the extreme benefit of the German state. It was awarded only twice, over a century apart, to Field Marshal Gebhard von Blücher in 1813 and to Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg in 1918. Von Blücher's award was referred to as the Blücherstern while Hindenburg's was known as the Hindenburgstern.
During the reign of Nazi Germany, it was intended to present the Star of the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross as an award to the most successful German General of the Second World War, once Germany had achieved victory. As Germany was defeated in 1945, the decoration was never bestowed under Nazi authority and has not been awarded since.
The only known prototype example of this decoration is today located at the Museum of the United States Military Academy in West Point NY.
Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia.
Kaiser Wilhelm I received the Grand Cross on June 16, 1871, and Friedrich Franz II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, received it on December 4, 1871. The Kaiser was supreme commander of the Prussian Army, and Moltke was Chief of the General Staff. The others were senior combat commanders of the Prussian Army (Crown Prince Albert initially commanded the Saxon Army as a corps under a Prussian field army, but later took command of a combined Prussian/Saxon field army).
1870 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross.
The Cup of Honor for the winner in the dogfight was a fighter award of the German aviation troupe , he was awarded for the first victory in aerial combat in the First World War and was made of silver . On the side was the silver stamp "800".
Ehrenbecher für den Sieger im Luftkampf Manfred von Richthofen's.
The Pour le Mérite ([puʁ lə me.ʁit], French, literally "For Merit") is an order of merit (German: Verdienstorden) established in 1740 by King Frederick II of Prussia. The Pour le Mérite was awarded as both a military and civil honour and ranked, along with the Order of the Black Eagle, the Order of the Red Eagle and the House Order of Hohenzollern, among the highest orders of merit in the Kingdom of Prussia. After 1871, when the various German kingdoms, grand duchies, duchies, principalities and Hanseatic city states had come together under Prussian leadership to form the federally structured German Empire, the Prussian honours gradually assumed, at least in public perception, the status of honours of Imperial Germany, even though many honours of the various German states continued to be awarded.
The Pour le Mérite was an honour conferred both for military (1740–1918) and civil (1740–1810, after 1842 as a separate class) services. It was awarded strictly as a recognition of extraordinary personal achievement, rather than as a general marker of social status or a courtesy-honour, although certain restrictions of social class and military rank were applied. The order was secular, and membership endured for the remaining lifetime of the recipient, unless renounced or revoked.
New awards of the military class (known in First World War informally as the Blue Max, German: Blauer Max) ceased with the end of the Prussian monarchy in November 1918. The civil class was revived as an independent organization in 1923 (Pour le Mérite für Wissenschaften und Künste). Instead of the King of Prussia, the President of Germany acted as head of the order. After the Second World War, the civil class was re-established in 1952. This version of the Pour le Mérite is still active today. The Pour le Mérite still is an order into which a person is admitted into membership, like the United Kingdom's Order of the British Empire, and is not simply a medal or state decoration. German author Ernst Jünger, who died in 1998, was the last living recipient of the military class award.
Pour le Mérite – Military class.
Pour le Mérite with Oak Leaves.
Richthofen wears the Pour le Mérite, the "Blue Max", Prussia's highest military order, in this official portrait, c. 1917.
Tank Crew Commemorative Badge was instituted on July 13, 1921 by Reichswehrminister Otto Karl Geßler (06.02.1875 – 24.03.1955) and not being an award was available for private purchase by veterans.
The badge was awarded to military personnel regardless of rank who participated in at least three combat actions as crew members of German and captured Entente tanks or were wounded in action. Upon approval an award document was issued to the Great War veterans still on active service as well as to retired or reserve personnel.
The badge had a vertical oval shape bordered with a wreath made of two branches, oak at the left and laurel at the right. The wreath was tied at its bottom by a ribbon. Upper part of the badge was topped by a "Totenkopf", i.e. skull and crossed bones of so-called Brunswick type.
An image of a German tank A7V moving westwards through barbed wire entanglement was situated in the middle of the badge. Three stick grenades are seen exploding above the hull.
Reverse of a badge had a horizontal pin with catching hook, no period originals are known with a screw back fitting.
The badge was worn just below left breast pocket of a tunic.
Tank Crew Commemorative Badge was made of silver or silvered bronze.
Only 99 badges were totally awarded that makes this decoration one of the rarest commemorative pieces from the Weimar-era.


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Bexhill United manager Ryan Light wants the football club to put another run together after its unbeaten start to the season ended last weekend.
The Pirates will make the long journey to Midhurst & Easebourne in Macron Store Southern Combination Football League Division One tomorrow (Saturday) eager to hit straight back following the 4-2 loss at Steyning Town.
Light said: "It was our first defeat in seven, we dust ourselves down and we go again. We didn't think we would probably go unbeaten as long as we did and we want to put another run together now.
Light is confident his players will learn lessons from the Steyning game, which Bexhill led 2-0 at one stage during the first half.
He said: "We've got to learn lessons from Saturday moving forwards and I think we will. It (the post-match discussion) was all constructive after the game.
"Steyning were the better side on the day and they know how to play that pitch. I've got a lot of admiration for the way Steyning played, but it was the first time this season we've dropped our workrate.
Light, who felt Bexhill missed the steadying influence of Chris Rea, had no qualms with the decision to dismiss midfielder Kyle Holden following an aerial challenge early in the second half.
"It was an accident and Kyle's not malicious," he said. "He's jumped high, their lad jumped at the same time and the elbow hit the side of his head. I understand why the referee's got to red card him. In my opinion it was a justified red card.
"But as soon as Kyle left the pitch, it seemed like our attitude was almost 'how many are we going to lose by'? That's what disappointed me.
Chris Rea should return for tomorrow's match and Bexhill are hopeful Gordon Cuddington will be fit. Kevin Barden is close to returning from a heel injury.
Bexhill will contest their first 'home' fixture of the season on Tuesday night when they face Lancing in a Sussex RUR Charity Cup first round tie which will be played at Hailsham Town FC. Kick-off is 7.30pm.