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Gold Extraction Techniques
World history is full of changes, but there has always been at least one constant – get as much gold as possible! Gold has built empires, maintained the world economy, and revolutionized technology. Not many people think about it, but in many ways, gold is critical to our way of life. Unfortunately, it's not abundant. Gold that can no longer serve its original purpose must be recycled. When new sources of gold are discovered, none of it can be lost or wasted. That's why humankind has continually evolved the process of extracting gold over the centuries to the point where every gold molecule in a sample of ore can be accounted for.
One of the earliest methods for extracting gold, salt cementation, was perfected through the Iron Age. When the Lydian Empire was standardizing the purity of the gold and silver they were using for the world's earliest coinage, this was the method they relied on. When mined, gold is commonly merged with silver as an alloy called electrum. Although primitive, salt cementation could separate the two elements and yield gold exceeding 90% purity.
Most pre-19th century placer mining operations relied on mercury to retrieve the maximum amount of gold. By mixing mercury with crushed ore, even the finest particles of gold could be collected. After heat-treating the resulting slurry, miners could separate the mercury and gold for processing.
Gold cyanidation dates back to 1783 when Carl Wilhelm Scheele discovered that gold could be dissolved in an aqueous cyanide solution. In 1887, this knowledge was applied to gold mining with the development of the MacArthur-Forrest Process. As the most efficient gold extraction technique of the time, it gained widespread popularity in the mining industry, and is still used by some mines today.
Unfortunately, gold cyanidation was ineffective on refractory gold ores – which are made up of sulfide minerals that block the cyanide solution extracting the gold. An older, and very hazardous, extraction process called roasting was adapted and improved to work with this type of gold ore.
During the 19th century gold rushes, borax flux extractions became very popular because of its inexpensive ingredients, effectiveness, and ease of use in the fields. Like cyanidation, borax flux is still popular today, among individual prospectors and small-scale mining operations.
But, the most efficient method for gold extraction is froth flotation. Along with mechanized mining, froth flotation allowed the best recovery of gold from much lower grade ore than before – making it perhaps the most important mining industry innovation of the 20th century.
All of these gold extraction techniques utilize complex chemical reactions to work, but our infographic below should give you a basic understanding of the science behind each of their processes.
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i arrived in venice rejuvenated. the peace and solitude of nice in the winter time had been exactly what i needed, and now i entered italy with a vigor and excitement. but i also spent a lot of time reflecting in the french riviera, and i was now even more aware of the effects the journey was having on me. i was more in tune with my reactions and emotions, and rather than shy away from the "why" of things, i was now embracing and dissecting it all. i was more open to experiences and people, and less intent on "conquering" locations and checking off list items, and more content to patiently absorb. i was indeed slowing down, but it wasn't a bad thing.
i collected my pack at baggage claim and took a bus across the bridge and into venice. a thick, damp fog had descended from the dolomite mountains down to the floating city, limiting my visibility and relegating me to watching the raindrops collect and race each other from one side of my bus window to the other. when the bus pulled in, new instincts kicked in as i oriented myself directionally and then crossed east over a bridge and into the heart of venice.
i was confused and startled as i crossed the bridge. the wet haze from the fog was beginning to clear and separate, revealing a strange, snaking system of stage decks on small stilts winding its way through the city streets. i walked curiously alongside the narrow platforms, doing my best to avoid puddles that riddled the streets. had there been some sort of fashion show or weird progressive, movable theatre production that had taken place? what was the purpose of this makeshift elevated walkway? i wondered to myself as i tried to make my way north toward my hostel. men with gloves and yellow plastic bags over their boots appeared and began stacking the decks and loading them onto carts, rolling them away and out of sight. suddenly i realized these decks were walkways for people to commute on when the tide rose too high and flooded the city. i must have just missed a high tide flood. i had read previously that venice was slowly sinking and might someday be underwater if something wasn't done to address it, and this must be a short-term solution for the people of the city.
i walked with a sense of bewilderment as i ambled in the general direction of my hostel. again, still without a phone gps, i was navigating old school with a map, but i was finding it hard to pay attention to a small piece of paper when the mystical romance of the venetians was calling to me at every old building facade and minorly amazing arched bridge. i wandered for hours with my pack still on my back, i had forgotten i needed to get to my hostel and check in. i was already in love with venice.
as i wandered i had the naive thought that it might be a cool thing to attempt to cross all the bridges in venice, so i began crossing every little tributary and footbridge i could find. to my amazement i would later discover that there were 477 bridges in venice, far too many for one little man to conquer in a few days. it was a nice thought though.
i finally found my hostel, l'embarcadero, located on the south bank of the grand canal in the center of venice, just opposite of cannaregio. it was a quaint little place with only a few rooms. i was sharing a 6 bed room with 4 koreans and one kid from new jersey, of indian descent. we chatted idly while i got settled in, as the koreans had no interest in joining in. they were all attached to their laptops and cellphones. it had begun to rain outside again, and rather than explore around in the wet dark, i decided it best to bunker down for the night and read a book. my good friends sam and jenna from amsterdam had long ago suggested i pick some books to read on the lonelier parts of my trip, possibly informative books that were related to the destinations i was traveling to. i had tried to pick up some historical books, but they had been a little too dry for me, and i had instead elected for the likes of hemingway's "the sun also rises" in spain, coehlo's "the alchemist" in morocco, and in nice i had started reading krakauer's "into the wild." into the wild was probably not the best selection for my time in italy, but it had been something i'd wanted to read for years. i devoured a few chapters and drifted off to sleep.
i awoke the next morning and tore off into the city, energized by the clear skies and sunshine. i walked mile after mile, unable to satiate my wanderlust. venice was a treasure. where some people had told me "venice is dirty," i only saw beauty. an old leaning building with graffiti on it was incredible to me. because it was FLOATING. i laughed at the arrogance it must take for an ancient group of people to simply decide "no this is good. we'll just build a city on the water." without modern science or technology to aid. venice was built on sweat and determination (probably slave labor too, let's be honest). it defied logic and my comprehension.
city. for 3 days i covered as much ground as i possibly could have, walking at least 15 miles each day.
on the second night, i had wandered all the way to the far southeast of the city to a park called parco delle rimembranze. it had beautiful sideways leaning trees that i sat down underneath as the sun began to go down. i watched two young boys play soccer on a nearby soccer pitch. after a peaceful while, i wandered back over by the docks to the northwest as the sky began to burn orange and then pink, and then fade to purple, a brilliant display adding vibrant color to a city that already boasted plenty from its own palette. i happened upon a happy couple sitting on a bench overlooking the breathtaking sunset with the city in the foreground. i kept my distance, not wanting to ruin their moment, but also taking in my own perfect moment from afar. their romance was my perfect postcard frozen in time. it was december, and venice was free from the obnoxious cruise ships and tour groups that plagued and polluted its rivers and streets. the docks, normally full with oversized tourboats and water taxis, were completely empty, and the visibility was wide open. if one wasn't careful, they could walk unmolested right off the walkway and into the water, due to the lack of obstacles.
that night i went to a traditional venetian restaurant not far from my hostel. it was a small mom & pop place that likely was packed during tourist season, but tonight it was about half full, all patrons packed into one room while the adjoining room was dark and unused, giving the dining experience a more lively yet intimate experience. i was alone, and still a little self-conscious about it, but i forced myself to go in anyway.
"how many?" the maitre d' asked politely.
"just me," i replied sheepishly. she led me into the main room and to my dismay, sat me at a tiny table placed directly in the middle of the room, surrounded by all the couples and families all dining at their tables, happily chatting the night away. i had hoped to be more inconspicuous, a fly on the wall, but that would not be happening tonight. i took my seat at my solitary little space, a few people glanced over at me momentarily before going back to their meals. oh well, i thought, might as well make the most of it. i ordered a liter of wine and a big plate of pasta and bread, and put my headphones in and listened to some music. a romantic dinner for one.
about 30 minutes later, while i was finishing up dinner, a blonde woman suddenly sat down at the empty seat at my table. i looked up from my plate, startled, unsure what to do. after a moment i quickly yanked my headphones out of my ears to hear her repeating herself to me.
"what's your story?" she asked enthusiastically in a british accent, perhaps lightly drunk.
"my story?" i asked with a confused smile. i had no idea what to make of the situation.
i took a quick inventory of myself. i had a form-fitting plain white t-shirt on that probably made me look more muscular than i really was, and dark hiking pants to go with my hiking shoes. my beard had now grown in thick, and it's shades of blonde on the chin and upper lip were accentuated by the bright red hairs on my cheeks and neck. the beard was now plunging an inch below my jawline, giving me a worn and almost apocalyptic look. i quickly looked about the room. everyone was dressed sharply, with collared shirts or ties on the men, fashionable dresses and scarves on the women. aesthetically, i was completely out of place.
"yes, very much. this city is incredible" i shot back.
"more or less, yes. but i've met a lot of amazing people along the way, so…" i couldn't even finish my statement, as she cut me off, but i didn't really have anything to say after that so i wasn't upset.
after an hour of reading in the dark with my little reading light, i came upon a passage that struck me rather unexpectedly.
and there it was. i had always wondered why i had perpetually had a difficult time in relationships, particularly my romantic relationships. and now, for once, above all suspicion or theory, i could finally see with partial clarity that it all came back to my childhood and my family. all the trauma and strife and conflict i had grown up in had taught me sub-consciously that the ones you love are the ones who hurt you the most. and the ones i loved had hurt me a lot. the environment i grew up in was emotionally hostile, and never was there a point where i felt i could share my true feelings without either being told they were wrong or fear that they'd later be used against me. so i bottled them up, kept them to myself. when i left home at 19 i went as far away from home as i could get, to arkansas. ever since then, i'd been systematically working to minimize contact with them so that i could focus on finding my own happiness and avoiding the pain and chaos that they had routinely brought into my life. i personally redefined words like "happy," or "love," using them only when i truly meant it, to my core. i went on a neverending crusade for authenticity. i stopped trusting almost everyone around me, letting people only see what i wanted them to see, trying to control people's perception of me. very seldom did i let people in. it explained why i had only directed the word "love" toward another human less than the number of fingers i had on one hand. i had only told 3 women in my life that i loved them, and two of them were my mother and my sister (and even then it took me years to say again after i left home). the one time i told another woman i loved her was amid a confusion of emotions right as college was ending to someone whom i really did care about, but she was unaware of my feelings when i sprung this verbal outpouring of affection on her, and her only reply was shocked silence. my inexperience and emotional retardation at that point had only cemented my misunderstanding of the word and emotion of "love," and this painful moment had only confirmed my worst suspicions of it. it wasn't another 8 years til i felt as strongly as i did about another woman, and even then, when the affection was mutual, i couldn't bring myself to tell her i loved her. i was too afraid of the ramifications. i was scared of what it might do to me. to us. so instead, i slowly let the relationship deteriorate. i did everything in my power to save the relationship except acknowledge how i truly felt. i thought i could slap bandaids on an open wound. i failed, and eventually the relationship did too, leaving me even more confused than i had ever been. instead, i continued on my aimless journey for authenticity, mistakenly certain that my misfortune thus far had simply been bad luck.
we can see that an avoidant infant might very well develop into a person whose principal need was to find some kind of meaning and order in life which was not entirely or even chiefly, dependent upon interpersonal relationships.
the difference between me and chris mccandless/alexander supertramp was that chris had looked toward nature for fulfillment and deeper meaning. i had searched first in musical composition (i wrote songs tirelessly from age 18 til about 28 for hours on end of each day. lots of them, few of which i ever shared with anyone. i thought someday i might become famous or something, and that people liking my music might somehow make me understood and happy), and then in career (throwing myself into the corporate world, trying to climb the ladder.) but mainly, throughout all that, my main hope was that any of these successes would lead me to the right person who would make me happy. it still always came back to an unreasonable expectation that i could find fulfillment in another person's affection, and because of that, i had been running in circles since the day i had become an adult. refusing to let anyone get close to me, but singularly directing all importance toward finding an impossible someone who would need to get close to me. i was so fucked up and lost that i thought i had been walking in the right direction the whole time.
i closed the book. i didn't want to read anymore. part of me wished i hadn't started reading any book at all, but part of me had a sense of exhausted relief. it felt like i may have just solved a great riddle that had been haunting me ever since i could remember. i still didn't know exactly what to do with all of this. a few light tears began to make their way down my face, and i didn't fight them in the darkness. i couldn't see a damn thing, but for once, blindness felt kinda nice.
i woke up the next morning in venice. i was still in venice, the same place i had been when i fell asleep. but i felt like i had come a long way since i had arrived in the floating city just days before.
I'm so glad this extraordinary insight is now Yours. Painful, I know…but I assume worth it in the end. Thanks for Your vulnerability.
If a year on the road led you to this truth about yourself, it was a year well spent indeed.
thanks katy, i agree! hopefully there are many more truths to be learned!
It is quite interesting how much about ourselves we can learn, when we pay attention. You got to a conclusion that is key to your self-development. Congrats on that, not many people ever reach that point.


In The Thought of Creation, Rav Yehuda Ashlag describes the process of the original Creation, which is highly relevant today because life is a continuous replication of the original Creation. With this wisdom we can take personal responsibility in handling our affairs, create positive events, and ultimately design a better future.
Each of us has a responsibility to help recreate this world, says Rav Ashlag, and by using the tools of Kabbalah and the Zohar we can bring it to perfection with peace, love, joy and fulfillment resounding in every corner of the universe.


Information flow is an important ingredient that enables our contemporary society to function daily. There is no doubt that without information flowing from all corners of the globe, the world would come to a standstill. Just imagine a day without the flow of information – whether in the form of news, or motion pictures such as films. Again, figure out waking up one morning only to find that all telephone lines are dead, the Internet is gone, and cable networks – CNN, Al-Jazeera, or NBC can't transmit news that an Iraqi reporter hurled two shoes at President Bush in the middle of a news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad. Or, you can't catch up with the news about golf star Tiger Woods' apology for his infidelity. All said, however, the important thing isn't the mere flow of information, but also how this information flows. How the information flows around the globe is crucial in all facets of human life, because it has far-reaching ramifications – culturally, socially, economically, and politically. Information is power. Pember and Calvert (2009) observe that "……those who control the flow and content of information exercise considerable power." It should be noted that "media flows" are one of the "flows" that dominate our world as noted by Manuel Castells in The Information Age. Thussu (2007) quotes Castells saying: "Our society is constructed around flows; flows of capital, flows of information, flows of technology, flows of organizational interactions, flows of images, sounds, and symbols" (p. 11). Thussu divides the main media flows into three broad categories: global, transnational and geo-cultural (p. 11). These flows can be consolidated into two main categories: "Dominant flows", largely emanating from the global North, and "Contra-flows", originating from the global South. See Table 1 below for the main categories of media flows around the globe.


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How the zipper merge can help beat bottlenecks—and be the polite thing to do
We've all been there. A sign warns of a lane closure ahead and you're faced with two options: immediately merge into the bottleneck and secure your spot in line, or drive to the end of the closing lane before making your move—in front of drivers who waited their turn.
As it's put in the AMA Insider, there are two driver types—the "line-uppers" and the "late-mergers"—and each tends to be equally convinced their way is best. The former because their behaviour seems polite and less stressful; the latter because their strategy leverages empty road real estate and saves time. But who's right?
For years, the question has been up there with pineapple on pizza and the series finale of Game of Thrones in its ability to spark debate—especially during BC's busy construction season. A possible answer is the "zipper merge".
When there's a bottleneck, drivers use both lanes fully and proceed to the point of closure (or defined merge area), filling both lanes of traffic rather than merging early to line up in a single lane. That means every car in the lane that's ending can remain in that lane.
At the source of the merge, drivers then alternate, like the teeth on a zipper, into the open lane so that no line of traffic is held up. This technique maximizes available road space, which results in less time spent in line. In fact, research shows it can reduce congestion by as much as 40% (Wow!). And with both lanes filled, no one can zoom past which, let's admit, is what makes many drivers feel annoyed and cheated.
So why do some drivers zipper merge and others don't?
The challenge is that as Canadians, our natural instinct to form one lineup and wait for our turn is baked in pretty deep. To many of us, it seems unfair and pushy to rush to the front of any line and overtake anyone who's been waiting. So, drivers in the closing lane who are practicing the zipper merge properly, mistakenly appear to be merging late and are seen to be cheaters.
While this can hold true in many lineup situations like those at retail or grocery stores or the bank (oh the havoc that would create!), it's not the case when it comes to zipper merging in traffic. The system is meant to use all the available road space for as long as possible which helps to ensure both lanes are filled and end up moving at an equal pace.
As with any well-intentioned system, all drivers need to be on the same page when it comes to zipper merging. The system won't work if drivers who remain in the closing lane are shunned, as no one will dare do the very thing that makes the zipper merge efficient.
Zipper merge and traffic congestion in BC
In various parts of BC there are "Merge like a zipper" signs in place, such as along Highway 91 within the Lower Mainland. The BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure also provides details on how to properly zipper merge.
A CAA study, "Grinding to a Halt, Evaluating Canada's Worst Bottlenecks", concluded that bottlenecks are the single biggest contributor to road delays. The study showed that Canada's worst bottlenecks are as serious as those in major US cities such as New York and Los Angeles. In Vancouver, the four identified bottlenecks listed below cost drivers half a million hours in lost time due to delays and $13 million in lost productivity each year. It also results in an additional four thousand tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions, which is approximately the same weight as two thousand cars!
Granville Street at SW Marine Drive
West Georgia Street between Seymour Street and West Pender Street
Broadway Street and West 16th Avenue
George Massey Tunnel on Highway 99
So, maybe it's time to change our views on the zipper merge and those so called "cheaters"? While it's difficult to get past our philosophies around line ups, there are cases when two lines are better than one.
As the debate around zipper merge continues, one way for all of us to help take the edge off when congestion happens is to maintain driver courtesy and share the road. Acknowledge whenever someone lets you through even if it's your right of way—a friendly held up hand and head nod can go a long way in keeping everyone relaxed. In the end, each of us has somewhere to go and we all want to get there safely—and still in a great mood.
Tips for a safe and successful zipper merge (when conditions allow):
The zipper merge works best in traditional congestion situations like construction zones. If a lane closure is due to a crash or vehicle breakdown, follow the Slow Down Move Over law when you see orange cones, or any vehicle stopped alongside the road that has flashing red, blue or yellow lights to keep emergency workers and/or tow truck operators safe.
Driving in the closing lane
Drive consistently. Don't rush ahead, only to slam on your brakes later.
When getting close to the source of the merge, signal your intent which gives other drivers time to notice and react. Then merge in an alternating fashion.
If there's no bottleneck and traffic is moving, feel free to make an early merge if it makes sense.
Driving in the open lane
Leave extra room between you and the car ahead and drive consistently.
At the source of the merge, give enough room for the car from the closing lane to merge into your lane in an alternating manner.
Practice driver courtesy
When driving in a Cone Zone, slow down safely, pay attention to the placement of the cones and watch for roadside workers or sudden traffic changes.
Always give other drivers enough space.
Avoid aggressive driving behaviours such as tailgating, weaving in and out of traffic, abrupt braking and jack-rabbit starts.
Photo credits: Getty Images
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"Super Green" It seems envy is in the air for everyone but Scarlet, who is still on a high from her new romance with Dr Lexie. Scarlet's loving the lovin' feeling, but Alex isn't thrilled with this sudden and Scarlet-typical move. Will Scarlet heed her friend's advice or will tensions flare between the two best friends? Meanwhile Kym discovers secrets that could threaten Alex and Scarlet's friendship forever, but now that she has this knowledge, what will she do with it? French Subtitles by univers-l.com - thanks Lou Morin!


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The hottest Chicago business stories that have yet to be written
What does the new year hold in store for Boeing, McDonald's, Exelon, marijuana entrepreneurs and a slew of others? Joe Cahill checks his crystal ball.
Joe Cahill
There's no telling what the new year will bring, but here are five Chicago business stories likely to hold our attention in 2020.
Graduated income tax referendum. Illinois voters will pass judgment in November on a state constitutional amendment that allows higher income tax rates on wealthier residents. Approval of the graduated income tax would mark the most significant revamping of state taxes in decades, with a multibillion-dollar impact on Illinois' economy. Expect an epic battle as powerful forces on both sides pump cash into pro and con campaigns. Billionaire Gov. J.B. Pritzker's recent $5 million donation to a committee backing the amendment is only a down payment, and business interests opposing the measure can match him dollar for dollar. Rarely, if ever, have Illinoisans had a direct say in a matter of such immense economic significance. Their choice will affect not only Pritzker's ability to carry out his policy agenda, but also the state's fiscal profile and the cost-benefit calculus of anybody deciding whether to live or do business in Illinois.
Boeing 737 Max. 2019 ended without an answer to one of the biggest questions in business: When will Boeing's bestselling jet fly again? Regulators grounded the 737 Max last March after the second of two crashes that killed 346 people. Hopes for a return to service last year faded as post-crash investigations unearthed flaws in 737 Max flight control software while raising questions about regulatory oversight and Boeing's disclosures during the plane's original certification process. Boeing directors fired CEO Dennis Muilenburg in late December after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration rebuked the company for failing to provide timely and complete responses to investigators while pressuring the agency to recertify the plane quickly. Once expected last fall, clearance from the FAA isn't likely to come until February or later. More important than the timing of regulatory approval is what happens afterward. The grounding created a huge opportunity for Boeing archrival Airbus to capture market share in the lucrative single-aisle jet market. Orders for the 737 Max after regulators sign off will show how much the episode has hurt Boeing's business. The answers to many of these questions will be in the hands of David Calhoun, who takes over from Muilenburg on Jan. 13.
Exelon. Federal prosecutors investigating Springfield lobbying by Exelon subsidiary Commonwealth Edison likely will show their cards this year. Amid intensifying scrutiny, top executives including former Exelon Utilities CEO Anne Pramaggiore left the company last fall. Pramaggiore ran Commonwealth Edison during much of the time it was buying its way into the good graces of powerful Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. But the possibility that the company or some of its current or former execs might be indicted isn't Exelon's biggest worry. Even worse would be a loss of clout in the state Capitol, a central pillar of Exelon's business model and strategy. Political foes already feel emboldened; a bill introduced last month calls for re-examination of the Legislature's 2016 bailout of financially ailing Exelon nuclear plants. Admittedly a long shot, the bill nevertheless augurs poorly for Exelon's ability to push through legislative priorities such as the new nuke bailout it hopes to pursue in the next session.
Weed. Recreational marijuana sales became legal in Illinois on Jan. 1 amid high expectations on many fronts. Entrepreneurs see a big new market waiting to be tapped. Social activists see an opportunity to make Illinois' economy a bit more equitable by giving minorities a ground-floor shot at a business that appears to have strong growth potential. State and local officials see a new source of tax revenue. Over the course of 2020, we'll begin to discover how well recreational marijuana can fulfill those hopes. Don't draw conclusions from the early surge in sales when marijuana shops start serving recreational customers. More revealing will be the subsequent growth trajectory that emerges after pent-up demand is met. That trend line will reveal the long-term value of legalizing weed.
New bosses. Four of Chicago's biggest companies will have new CEOs in 2020. Calhoun replaces Muilenburg at Boeing. Chris Kempczinski took over at McDonald's in November after predecessor Steve Easterbrook stepped down over a relationship with a subordinate. Robert Ford succeeds Miles White at Abbott Laboratories in March, and Scott Kirby takes the controls of United Airlines from Oscar Munoz in May. While Calhoun walks into a full-blown crisis, the other three take charge of companies that are doing well but face challenges that will test their new leaders. Corporate boards are much quicker to pull the plug on underperforming CEOs these days. That means early stumbles could lead to short tenures for the new honchos.


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Data privacy is the new normal
Vivienne Artz Chief Privacy Officer
Privacy will grow from being about compliance to a set of behaviors that businesses and individuals must embrace.
The debate around privacy and its importance has really come to the fore through social media – once you could be anonymous on the Internet. Now everything you do on the Internet is tracked, recorded, monitored and detailed. Whole industries have grown up around Internet usage, such as ad tech, which is a phenomenon of the Internet. We have seen social media literally bringing privacy from the backroom to the boardroom because of the huge increase in data usage and potential breaches, fines and risks to reputations and trust. No one can miss the current debate around the use of personal data in relation to the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica issue.
The surge of data
When you look at the world of privacy and how regulations have evolved over time, it's important to look at some bare facts about data. Every second we create new data. In fact, more data has been created in the past two years than in the entire previous history of the human race. Staggering! For statisticians, it is worth noting that by 2020, 1.7 megabytes of new information will be created every second for every person on the planet. Furthermore, our digital universe of data will grow from 4.4 zettabytes today to around 44 zettabytes (or 44 trillion gigabytes).
While this is driven by the use of social media, increasingly under the spotlight, it is also the accessibility and ownership of communications devices and the sharing or transferring of technology that has seen huge growth. By 2020, there will be over 6.1 billion smart phone users globally and within 5 years, 50 billion devices all developed to collect, analyze and share data.
We are reminded almost every day of the risks that poorly handled and treated data can bring. While social media takes its share of the blame, it is the legacy of an unruly and unwieldy regulatory backdrop (often referred to as the "Wild West") from where problems have stemmed. Regulation was badly needed, whether in the form of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, the largest change in personal data regulation for over 20 years) or other regulations and laws around the world, and the big data players must evolve fast to reflect this better.
This is the beginning and not the end, and privacy will grow from merely being about compliance to a set of behaviors that businesses and individuals must embrace and reflect in all they do.
Regulation while ensuring business can prosper
The real challenge for businesses is to develop trust with your customers and engage responsibly in legitimate uses of data. There is a data revolution which means we must embrace data usage while respectfully taking care of it.
What we find is that legislation tends to be reactive rather than forward looking, often focused on fixing things in the past, rather than paving the way for the future, and thereby failing to create a suitable environment for business to flourish. There are also significant cultural differences when one looks at the approaches to data privacy around the world. In the US, for example, the transaction value of data is a very strong theme, whereas in the EU, it's more about privacy and data, with personal data seen as a fundamental human right. This creates a lot of tension – particularly in the context of cross-border data flows, around different cultural value mechanisms, what privacy means, and how it interacts with business. Asia, again, has a very different cultural perspective on privacy from both the EU and the US.
At Thomson Reuters, we launched a program last year called Privacy Matters, principally to prepare our business, our customers and our people for the introduction of the GDPR. It is, however, so much more than this; what the GDPR does is draw a line in the sand for everyone to take privacy seriously, build it in to everyday practices and design, or face serious fines and penalties in terms of reputation. After May 25, GDPR is business as usual, and privacy becomes the new normal.
For us here at Thomson Reuters, data privacy is fundamental to our business and for our customers. Data drives our products and services, and we pride ourselves on providing answers to our customers throughout the world on our many products. We rely on the trust that our customers place in us and we work hard to earn this.
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Alarmed Mosque-Goers Turn FBI Informant over to FBI
Mosque Infiltration Feeds Muslims' Distrust of FBI
Jerry Markon
Informant: FBI operative Craig Monteilh was sent to spy on Muslims but was thrown out and reported to his handlers for extremist behavior. (Al-Jazeera)
IRVINE, CALIF. - Before the sun rose, the informant donned a white Islamic robe. A tiny camera was sewn into a button, and a microphone was buried in a device attached to his keys.
"This is Farouk al-Aziz, code name Oracle," he said into the keys as he sat in his parked car in this quiet community south of Los Angeles. "It's November 13th, 4:30 a.m. And we're hot."
The undercover FBI informant - a convicted forger named Craig Monteilh - then drove off for 5 a.m. prayers at the Islamic Center of Irvine, where he says he spied on dozens of worshipers in a quest for potential terrorists.
Since the 2001 terrorist attacks, the FBI has used informants successfully as one of many tactics to prevent another strike in the United States. Agency officials say they are careful not to violate civil liberties and do not target Muslims.
But the FBI's approach has come under fire from some Muslims, criticism that surfaced again late last month after agents arrested an Oregon man they said tried to detonate a bomb at a Christmas tree-lighting ceremony. FBI technicians had supplied the device.
In the Irvine case, Monteilh's mission as an informant backfired. Muslims were so alarmed by his talk of violent jihad that they obtained a restraining order against him.
He had helped build a terrorism-related case against a mosque member, but that also collapsed. The Justice Department recently took the extraordinary step of dropping charges against the worshiper, who Monteilh had caught on tape agreeing to blow up buildings, law enforcement officials said. Prosecutors had portrayed the man as a dire threat.
Compounding the damage, Monteilh has gone public, revealing secret FBI methods and charging that his "handlers" trained him to entrap Muslims as he infiltrated their mosques, homes and businesses. He is now suing the FBI.
Officials declined to comment on specific details of Monteilh's tale but confirm that he was a paid FBI informant. Court records and interviews corroborate not only that Monteilh worked for the FBI - he says he made $177,000, tax-free, in 15 months - but that he provided vital information on a number of cases.
Some Muslims in Southern California and nationally say the cascading revelations have seriously damaged their relationship with the FBI, a partnership that both sides agree is critical to preventing attacks and homegrown terrorism.
Citing Monteilh's actions and what they call a pattern of FBI surveillance, many leading national Muslim organizations have virtually suspended contact with the bureau.
"The community feels betrayed," said Shakeel Syed, executive director of the Islamic Shura Council of Southern California, an umbrella group of more than 75 mosques.
"They got a guy, a bona fide criminal, and obviously trained him and sent him to infiltrate mosques," Syed said. "And when things went sour, they ditched him and he got mad. It's like a soap opera, for God's sake."
FBI and Justice Department officials say that the Monteilh case is not representative of their relations with the Muslim community and that they continue to work closely with Muslims in investigating violence and other hate crimes against them. Officials also credit U.S. Muslims with reporting critical information in a variety of counterterrorism cases.
The bureau "relies on the support, cooperation and trust of the communities it serves and protects," FBI spokesman Michael Kortan said, adding that agents conduct investigations "under well-defined investigative guidelines and the law, and in close coordination with the Department of Justice."
Officials said they have gone to great lengths to maintain good relationships with Muslims, including meetings hosted by Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. Last week, FBI officials met to discuss law enforcement and other issues with predominantly Muslim Somali community members in San Diego and Minneapolis.
Steven Martinez, assistant director in charge of the FBI's Los Angeles field office, declined to comment on Monteilh, citing Monteilh's lawsuit. He said that in certain circumstances, if there is evidence of a crime, FBI agents may "conduct an activity that might somehow involve surveillance in and about a mosque."
But he said the agency does not target people based on religion or ethnicity.
"I know there's a lot of suspicion that that's the focus, that we're looking at the mosques, monitoring who is coming and going. That's just not the case," he said.
The 'chameleon'
Monteilh's career as an informant began in 2003. Like many other informants, he was familiar with the inside of a prison cell. He had just finished a sentence for forging bank notes when local police officers he met at a gym asked him to infiltrate drug gangs and white supremacist groups for a federal-state task force.
"It was very exciting," Monteilh said in an interview with The Washington Post. "I had the ability to be a chameleon."
Monteilh, who stands over 6 feet tall and weighs 260 pounds, had worked as a prison chaplain before he was incarcerated. Married with three children, the Los Angeles native said that after he became an informant, an FBI agent on the task force sought him out. Law enforcement sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about informants, said Monteilh was promoted from drug and bank robbery cases because his information was reliable and had led to convictions.
In early 2006, Monteilh said, he met with his FBI handler at a Starbucks.
"She asked if I wanted to infiltrate mosques," he said. At a follow-up session at a doughnut shop, he said, his new handler told him that "Islam is a threat to our national security."
Law enforcement sources said that the FBI trained Monteilh and that he aided an existing investigation. Monteilh, however, said he was ordered to randomly surveil and spy on Muslims to ferret out potential terrorists. Agents, he said, provided his cover: Farouk al-Aziz, a French Syrian in search of his Islamic roots. His code name was "Oracle."
Monteilh said he was instructed to infiltrate mosques throughout Orange and two neighboring counties in Southern California, where the Muslim population of nearly 500,000 is the nation's largest. He was told to target the Islamic Center of Irvine, he said, because it was near his home.
FBI tactics were already a sensitive issue at the Irvine mosque, a stucco, two-story building that draws as many as 2,000 people for Friday prayers. With tensions rising between law enforcement and Muslims over allegations of FBI surveillance, J. Stephen Tidwell, then head of the FBI's Los Angeles office, spoke at the mosque in June 2006.
"If we're going to mosques to come to services, we will tell you," he said, according to a video of his speech. ". . . The FBI will tell you we're coming for the very reason that we don't want you to think you're being monitored. We would come only to learn."
Two months later, in August 2006, Monteilh arrived at the same mosque. He had called earlier and met with the imam. That Friday, he took shahada, the Muslim declaration of faith, before hundreds of worshipers.
Worshipers said that in Monteilh's 10 months at the mosque, he became almost manic in his devotion, attending prayers five times a day and waiting in the parking lot before the 5 a.m. prayer. Monteilh said he was told by the FBI to take notes on who opened the mosque each day.
Worshipers said his Western clothes gave way to an Islamic robe, a white skullcap and sandals, an outfit Monteilh said was chosen by his handlers. As he grew closer to Muslims, he said, the FBI told him to date Muslim women if it gained him intelligence.
Worshipers noticed that Monteilh often left his keys around the mosque, said Hussam Ayloush, executive director of the Los Angeles chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, who speaks often at the mosque.
"It seemed strange to people," Ayloush said.
Inside the car remote on the bundle of keys was a microphone that recorded Muslims at the mosque, in their homes and at a local gym. Monteilh, who told people he was a fitness trainer, used the gym to seek out Muslim men.
"We started hearing that he was saying weird things," said Omar Kurdi, a Loyola Law School student who knew Monteilh from the mosque and gym. "He would walk up to one of my friends and say, 'It's good that you guys are getting ready for the jihad.' "
Worshipers said Monteilh gravitated to Ahmadullah Sais Niazi, an Afghan-born Arabic-language instructor who was a regular at Friday prayers.
In May 2007, Monteilh said he recorded a conversation about jihad during a car ride with Niazi and another man. Monteilh said he suggested an operation to blow up buildings and Niazi agreed. An FBI agent later cited that and other taped conversations between the two in court as evidence that Niazi was a threat.
A few days later, Ayloush got an anguished phone call from Niazi and the other man in the car.
"They said Farouk had told them he had access to weapons and that they should blow up a mall,'' Ayloush recalled. "They were convinced this man was a terrorist."
Ayloush reported the FBI's own informant to the FBI. He said agents interviewed Niazi, who gave them the same account, but the agency took no action against Monteilh.
Still, Monteilh's mission was collapsing. Members of the mosque told its leaders that they were afraid of Monteilh and that he was "trying to entrap them into a mission," according to Asim Khan, the former mosque president. The mosque went to Orange County Superior Court in June 2007 and obtained a restraining order against Monteilh, court records show.
Soon afterward, Monteilh said FBI agents "told me they wanted to cut me loose." After he vowed to go public, he said, he met with three agents at the Anaheim Hilton, where an FBI supervisor threatened him with arrest.
"She said, 'If you reveal your informant status to the media, it will destroy the Muslim community's relationship with the FBI forever,' " Monteilh said.
The FBI declined to comment on Monteilh's allegation.
At a subsequent meeting, Monteilh said, he signed a non-disclosure agreement in exchange for $25,000 in cash. An FBI letter to Monteilh's attorney, on file in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana, says Monteilh signed the non-disclosure agreement in October 2007.
But Monteilh was arrested in December 2007 on a grand-theft charge and ended up back in jail for 16 months. In January, he sued the FBI, alleging that the bureau and Irvine police conspired to have him arrested, then allowed his informant status to become known in prison, where he was stabbed.
The FBI and police have denied the allegations, and the lawsuit was dismissed on jurisdictional grounds. But the judge allowed Monteilh to file an amended complaint, with similar allegations, in September. The case is pending.
A case unravels
In the meantime, the case against Niazi unfolded. He was indicted in February 2009 by a federal grand jury on charges of lying about his ties to terrorists on immigration documents. In court, prosecutors said that jihadist materials were found on Niazi's computer and that he had wired money to an alleged al-Qaeda financier. Prosecutors said he is the brother-in-law of Osama bin Laden's security coordinator. Much of the evidence was FBI testimony about Niazi's recorded conversations with an FBI informant, who sources say was Monteilh.
"Frankly, there is no amount of bail or equity in a home that can protect the citizens of this community" from Niazi, Assistant U.S. Attorney Deirdre Eliot said in arguing for his detention.
Within days of Niazi's indictment, Monteilh revealed his informant status in a series of interviews with Los Angeles area media.
"I think the FBI treated me with the utmost treachery," he said in the interview with The Post.
In subsequent months, Monteilh sought out Niazi's attorneys and told them he was ordered to entrap their client.
A year and a half later, on Sept. 30, prosecutors summarily moved to dismiss the case against Niazi, and a judge agreed. The U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles cited the lack of an overseas witness and "evidentiary issues." Sources familiar with the decision said Monteilh's role - and his potential testimony for the defense - was also a factor.
Niazi declined to comment. His attorney Chase Scolnick said he is "very pleased with the outcome. It is a just result."
In recent weeks, Monteilh said, he has been approaching Muslims at a local gym and apologizing for "disrespecting their community and religion." Monteilh, who is now unemployed, says he regrets his role in the Niazi case and was glad when the charges were dropped.
On a recent Friday, more than 200 men sat on the carpet for prayers inside the Irvine mosque, most of them in khakis or jeans. During the sermon, the imam offered some advice.
"If an FBI agent comes in and says, 'You're under arrest,' " he told the crowd, they should pray to Allah - and then call a lawyer.
As worshipers milled around outside, they said they support the FBI's role in fighting terrorism but feel betrayed by the infiltration of their sacred place.
"The FBI wants to treat the Muslim community as a partner while investigating us behind our backs,'' said Kurdi, the Loyola student. "They can't have it both ways."
Staff researcher Julie Tate contributed to this report.
© 2010 The Washinton Post


There has been a lot of controversy in the past regarding the issue of whether or not mortgage servicing, or a foreclosure action is an attempt to collect a debt, are the attorneys claiming to represent the foreclosing party debt collectors and are they subject to 15 USC Chapter 41, also known as the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act or "FDCPA".
A "debt collector" is defined by 15 USC 1692(a)(6) as (paraphrased), a person whose "principal business" is debt collection, or a person "who regularly collects or attempts to collect" "consumer" debts. In addition, the court in Glazer supra further opined that the definition of a debt collector should include the collection or enforcement of a security interest without regard to the state's judicial or non-judicial foreclosure status (Id. 464) all of which are key elements to foreclosure. The court further opined, "In fact, every mortgage foreclosure, judicial or otherwise, is undertaken for the very purpose of obtaining payment on the underlying debt" (Id. 461). There is more to the statutory definition as prescribed in subsection (a)(6) and there are exceptions such as an original creditor, but for sake of brevity in this article I will forego the rest. Note: I will always recommend someone reads the whole of the law for themselves in order to come to a fully informed understanding. This is called "your due diligence".
15 USC 1692(c),(d),(e) place strict prohibitions upon a debt collector, some of which are that a debt collector may not contact a consumer by telephone accept between the hours of 8 o'clock AM and 9 o'clock PM local time; they may not contact a consumer at their place of work if they know the consumer's employer prohibits such communications; the debt collector may not use any form of false or misleading representations, threats, coercion, oppression, intimidation, harassment, abuse, or foul language of any kind; nor may a debt collector communicate directly with a consumer if the consumer is represented by legal counsel.
15 USC 1692(e) also requires a debt collector to provide full disclosure to a consumer by identifying himself as a debt collector and, "that the debt collector is attempting to collect a debt and that any information obtained will be used for that purpose". Failure to disclose is a violation of this chapter.
If you have received a communication from a third party debt collector, usually a law firm, you may have noticed this disclosure in the communication. They will usually claim that they are not subject to the FDCPA because they are a law firm representing a client. This claim would be repugnant to the court's opinion in Glazer.
Keep in mind that according to Glazer a mortgage servicer would also fit the definition of a debt collector as they are 1, not entitled to "receive" payment, but only to "collect" payment, 2, that the mortgage servicer is not the original creditor, and 3, the mortgage servicer is collecting on a "security interest" therefore the servicer is a third party debt collector. A request, or demand to validate an alleged debt as provided in 1692(g) subsection (b) allow an alleged debtor to stop making payments unless or until said alleged debt is validated in a timely manner. "If the consumer notifies the debt collector in writing within the thirty-day period described in subsection (a) of this section that the debt, or any portion thereof, is disputed, or that the consumer requests the name and address of the original creditor, the debt collector shall cease collection of the debt, or any disputed portion thereof, until the debt collector obtains verification of the debt or a copy of a judgment, or the name and address of the original creditor, and a copy of such verification or judgment, or name and address of the original creditor, is mailed to the consumer by the debt collector." If the debt collector has a legal obligation to "cease collection of the debt, or any disputed portion thereof" then the alleged debtor is under no legal obligation to pay until or unless the request or demand to validate is satisfied.
It would stand to good reason and logic that the age-old question, "does the FDCPA apply to mortgage foreclosures" has been answered thanks to the Honorable Justices Griffin, Kethledge, and Thapar of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Glazer v. Chase Home Finance LLC.


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Strike for the Common Good: Fighting for the Future of Public Education
"Teachers have found their power and won't go down without a fight," proclaims the newly released Strike for the Common Good: Fighting for the Future of Public Education that delves into everything from the Black Lives Matter movement and its impact on schools to fighting for fair pay.
This webinar explored education and union power in a new age of labor activism—including online organizing, anti-austerity movements, and pushing for racial justice in the classroom. We heard from Rebecca Kolins Givan, co-editor of Strike for the Common Good, as well as Jesse Hagopian, an educator and racial justice activist, who shared his story of direct action and organizing in Seattle. EPI Research Associate Sylvia Allegretto discussed what workers can learn from teachers organizing and EPI Director of EARN Naomi Walker moderated the discussion.
Purchase Strike for the Common Good: Fighting for the Future of Public Education here. Use code UMSTRIKE to receive a 30% off discount through December.
Rebecca Kolins Givan, Associate Professor of Labor Studies and Employment Relations, Rutgers University
Jesse Hagopian, Teacher and Co-adviser of the Black student Union, Garfield High School
Sylvia Allegretto, Economist, University of California, Berkeley, and Research Associate, Economic Policy Institute
Moderated by Naomi Walker, Director of EARN, Economic Policy Institute
What: A brief book discussion on Strike for the Common Good: Fighting for the Future of Public Education, followed by a discussion on labor organizing and racial justice activism among public school teachers.
For updates and to share this event on social media, use #StrikeforGood.
When: Tuesday, December 8, 2020
4 p.m.–5 p.m. ET / 1 p.m.–2 p.m. PT
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Did you know that by making a few simple adjustments to your BBOnline listing could get you more bookings? Over time, BBOnline has found a few common trends in listings that do well, get bookings, and stand out amongst others. Here are some tips that can help you out, and get you a few more bookings of your own!
When it comes to writing your Bed & Breakfast's description, be sure to keep your descriptions simple and unique. Highlight the things about your B&B that make it special and unique from others, and don't feel as though you need to write a short novel about your B&B with every detail included. Another thing to keep in mind is that it's best to not copy and paste from your site – duplicating text actually works negatively against your SEO.
Do you have a cool, snowy picture of your B&B all jazzed up with Christmas lights? Have you planted some new flowers for spring? Is there a new, cool seasonal event going on in your area? Adding festive, recent photos or by highlighting a local current event will attract B&B goers to your page because they often have a particular goal in mind when searching out a B&B.
Get on BBOnline and search for Bed & Breakfasts in your area. Take note of the way other B&B's listings are arranged- from descriptions, specials, photos, blog, etc. You can learn a lot by a quick look and you'll get some ideas on how to make your listing better and more unique than the others.
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Gore, Schumer and Pelosi: Let them eat dirt
It all started out as a simple, money-making scam. In the late 1990's, members of the UN's International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) were tasked with assessing the scientific validity of the Kyoto Protocol. They subsequently produced the Special Report on Land Use, Land Use Change, and Forestry. The report found that "carbon offsets" and "carbon trading" were viable ways to barter the right to pollute for new forestry initiatives.
But members of the panel, such as Pedro Moura-Costa (above) and Gareth Philips, had major conflicts-of-interest. They owned or worked for businesses -- such as Ecosecurities and SGS Forestry -- that would benefit from the report's conclusions. But the mainstream media did not report these conflicts and instead piled on the "global warming" and "carbon offset" bandwagons.
The carbon offset market quickly exploded. In fact, $92 billion worth of offsets are expected to change hands in 2008. But wanton profiteering alone appears to be at the very heart of "carbon offsets." Put simply, a wide range of respected scientists, environmentalists, researchers, agriculturalists, and activists believe that carbon offsets are a "scam", "fantasy", "fiction", "nonsense", "fraudulent" and worse. And they've been saying so since 2000, though to read the newspaper you wouldn't know it.
To demonstrate the fraudulence of the carbon offset market, one need only request quotes from various carbon offset sellers.
The price for offseting a flight from London to Toronto and back?
$85: from Climate Care (UK), which says 6 tons of CO2 must be offset.
$60: Carbon Neutral (UK), which says 4.3 tons of CO2 must be offset.
$195: Climate Friendly (Australia) asserts that 11.63 tons of CO2 must be offset.
$180: Green Seat (Netherlands) says 8.68 tons of CO2 must be offset.
In other words, they're all basically making it up as they go along.
The result of these frauds, with which the mainstream media has been stunningly complicit, goes well beyond what most of the scammers would ever have anticipated.
For one, food prices haves skyrocketed as biofuel production has eroded the world's ability to produce basic foodstuffs.
"Why are we putting food in our gas tanks instead of our stomachs?" asked Richard Reinwald, owner of Reinwald's Bakery in Huntington, N.Y., and an active member of the Retail Bakers Association...
...Joseph Glauber, the chief economist at the Department of Agriculture, said ethanol production has led to higher prices for corn and soybeans... [and]...George Braley, the vice president of America's Second Harvest, said food banks nationwide are having trouble stocking their shelves...
But biofuel production isn't the only culprit.
The rise in food prices is also due, in part, to high oil prices. Earlier this week, Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) described his reluctance to pump oil from the United States' Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).
What does the president do? He takes out the old saw of ANWR. ANWR wouldn't produce a drop of oil in ten years...
Unfortunately, that's exactly what Democrat Bill Clinton said fourteen years ago, when he vetoed legislation that would have permitted drilling in ANWR's coastal plain. Had Clinton signed off then, we'd have started producing oil four years ago. And billions of barrels of oil lie untouched, available to U.S. consumers, in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) areas.
The oil lies, patiently waiting for us, in areas around the US. But Democrats have "repeatedly blocked environmentally safe exploration in ANWR... We could produce plenty of oil," said Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska). "We could meet our own needs right now if we wanted to."
The red areas in the accompanying maps depict "The No Zone." These are the regions surrounding the United States in which Democrats have forbidden any oil exploration. From the tiny spit of land within the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge to the OCS, Democrats have uniformly opposed every form of exploration that would allow us to stop sending our funds overseas and given us the time to transition to clean energy technologies.
In the mean time, Cuba has leased drilling rights to foreign countries, which will permit them to drain the Gulf of Mexico of its oil. For example, Cuba recently granted China drilling rights in the Gulf. And, in fact, China will be drilling within 50 miles of Florida.
Instead of thinking strategically, Democrats have proposed various short-term fixes to address high oil prices.
"We believe there ought to be a gas-tax holiday, but Big Oil ought to pay for it," said Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.
In other words, jack up prices to consumers even more because the oil companies will be forced to raise costs in order to continue their exploration and R&D functions (and pay shareholders like you and I).
Put simply, Democrats want more expensive energy.
All that said, the real problem — and the reason Pelosi really does deserve blame — is that Democrats' political goal of reducing carbon emissions continues to trump their populist rhetoric on gasoline prices. The two stances are impossible to reconcile. Try as they might to blame oil companies for the pain Americans feel at the pump, the Democrats want higher prices for gasoline — and for all forms of energy that emit carbon. Economic barriers against CO2 emissions are a requirement for environmental progress in the Democrats' view, and this is the entire purpose of the carbon cap-and-trade system they will put before the House this summer — to create economic disincentives for emitting CO2.
There's that phrase again: carbon trading.
It all comes back to carbon offsets, the "global warming" scam promoted by the UN's IPCC. And now, a group of scientists has formally petitioned the IPCC, asking that they cease and desist marketing the message that CO2 emissions relate to warming temperatures. The scientists go on to renounce the unintended consequences of the UN's position: that the policy of burning food (to produce biofuel) has driven food prices sharply higher and is causing hunger and deforestation in countries around the world (especially the poorer countries).
The net result? In Haiti, for example, citizens have been forced to eat mud patties consisting of dirt, oil and sugar.
Furthermore, scientists are now coming to the conclusion that "green" fuels can't replace oil anytime soon.
The hunger and high oil prices are certain to continue until we come to grips with reality. That is, fossil fuels are required for the world to survive the next several decades. The transition to green technologies will take significant time.
Unless we wish to see mass starvation and economic ruin, Democrats must allow America to take advantage of its immense storehouse of energy.
Vote accordingly in 2008.
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Privacy changes should not hide 'OUR' client details?
When I signed up as a reseller with RSP - it was acknowledged that everyone who signed up under our reseller accounts were OUR clients. RSP provided a while label service, which kept them anonymous in the background. Many of us even pay for our own DNS clusters to further promote our independent identity.
The references to the term Your Clients is also used multiple times throughout the RSP website - it does NOT say anything about them being RSP clients. LiquidNet is the only other identity mentioned on financial docs as our payment processor.
But now it seems OUR clients details are hidden from us. How can RSP hide OUR own clients details from resellers - this goes against every principle of business proprietorship, which RSP has always promoted to resellers.
Clients sign up under OUR business identity [our reseller domain] making us the principle contact, service provider. As such they become OUR clients - as I again reiterate, is acknowledged multiple times on the RSP website.
hi index.html, I totally understand your frustration and share many of the concerns. But I also understand why RSP have been forced to introduce these changes because of the EU GDPR ( https://www.eugdpr.org ) which took effect on the 25 May 2018. The regulation was introduced by the European Commission (an un-elected body who are the sole body capable of introducing legalisation in the EU) and every one of the member countries of the union (28 vassal countries) and European Economic Area (EEA) members have no choice but to comply with it!! The problem is that this regulation has far reaching effects on everyone, worldwide. In many cases it causes more problems than it actually solves!
Basically if a company collects/processes the data belonging to a "European citizen" or a citizen living in the EEA, they must comply with the legalisation. My inboxes have been filling up with GDPR emails this past month and I am truly sick to death with it!
yav0r As you have an American registered company (LiquidNet US LLC) and a UK registered one (LiquidNet Ltd), would there be a possibility of splitting the business, Into two programmes? Basically EU and rest of the world?
That's an interesting question and suggestion except why the headache of managing 2 separate programs? Be easier on the staff just to move the whole program to the USA. When a user signing up for services select the country where they live, have the backend hide their details if they are directly affected by the EU doo-key. That's one way around it Yet that is also a lot of work for RSP DEV's.
Truthfully I dont see why this wouldn't work under the present setup too. If a user intentionally lies of where they live they are willingly circumventing the EU law themselves and that should be on the user not RSP. There again I'm not a lawyer either, just thinking out loud LMAO!
Last edited by doneritehosting; 02-06-2018, 06:15 PM.
RSP has our support in this. It's not an ideal change, but then none of us, including RSP, can control the regulatory environment. I think the team reached a great solution that allows the free reseller program to continue operating, enabling entrepreneurs all across the globe. Keep in mind, too - this new rule no doubt increased the costs that RSP has to incur and they have not raised prices. I think that's fantastic!


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The Eavesdroppers
"Accidental" searches
Banning Panorama
Secret Society and Zircon
ICIJ: Big Tobacco & Offshore Leaks
Operation Ore
Awards and miscellaneous
The former Zircon assembly plant in Portsmouth (photo credit: Matt Fowler)
Duncan's reporting has often caused controversy, but one of the most significant events of his career was the BBC Secret Society series which resulted in the Zircon Affair.
In 1985, BBC Scotland commissioned Duncan to produce a six-part investigative series, Secret Society. The programmes were old fashioned journalism - assaulting the traditions of secrecy perpetuated by the powerful - traditions heavily prevalent in British society.
In 1986, the series was ready for broadcast. Two episodes, however, were very controversial. The first, 'Zircon,' revealed the existence of a secret £500m spy satellite programme being implemented behind the backs of MPs and the Public Accounts Committee - the body responsible for overseeing government spending. The second exposed the culture of secret cabinet committees - committees made up of MPs, Lords and civil servants, who were making decisions on government policy, yet operating wholly unaccountably and void of public scrutiny.
The Conservative government became aware of the programmes' contents and ordered Special Branch to raid Duncan's home and BBC Scotland's headquarters. The two episodes were confiscated. Duncan exposed the contents of the episodes in stories for the New Statesman. The tapes were later returned and the BBC broadcast the 'Zircon' investigation along with a discussion in a programme called The Zircon Affair. The 'Secret Cabinet Committees' was held in a vault by the BBC, who refused to release or broadcast it. After numerous failed attempts to access the tapes, the episode was remade for Channel 4 in 1991.
Here you can watch the original Zircon and Cabinet Committees episodes, as well as the The Zircon Affair programme and Channel 4's remake. You will also find additional material on the subject, included Duncan's New Statesman Stories, press clippings and confidential documents released by the BBC.
The parliamentary bypass operation
The government has failed to account to Parliament for expenditure of half a billion pounds on a secret 'spy' satellite. In doing so, it has flagrantly breached a solemn promise to inform Parliament, through its public Accounts Committee, of all major defence expenditure
Parliament stands on its rights
Last week saw unprecedented and highly publicised moves by the government to prevent parliament and the press following up the New Statesman's now famous secret satellite story.
How Zircon was launched
The government has handed back material from the five Secret Society films seized from BBC Scotland in January. The Special Branch are now settling down to a long investigation of how the BBC2 Zircon programme was made.
The cost of Zircon
A 'get-out' clause now supposedly allows the government to keep Parliament in the dark about projects like Zircon. Duncan Campbell explains why the get-out doesn't work.
The banned Zircon programme in the series "Secret Society" will finally be shown by the BBC next month. Another in the series-about election dirty tricks-will not.
Debate stifled on Zircon
BBC's decision to broadcast the Secret Society episode, 'Zircon,' has been marred by allegations that the broadcaster attempted to influence the programme-makers to stifle the discussions.
Spy in the sky
Zircon, the controversial British spy satellite, may now be spying on the Soviet Union.
The day Cook saved the New Statesman
The full story of how Robin Cook thwarted Margaret Thatcher and prevented the government from suppressing an important intelligence revelation has not previously been published.
Centre for Investigative Reporting
The 10 year anniversary of the launch of the CIR, they showed Secret Society at a 'Investigative Reporting and Government Secrecy' forum in San Francisco.
Click here to see the original flyer
The BBC Story: Zircon
"An investigative programme into a 'state secret' about the funding of a spy satellite proved too hot for the BBC to handle..."
Campbell's Coup
1987 Radio Times interview with Duncan about the Zircon Affair and Secret Society.
Original Radio Times listing for Secret Society series, 29 April 1987.
Secret Society: Zircon
The original Zircon episode.
Secret Cabinet Committees
The original Secret Cabinet Committees episode
The Zircon Affair [part one]
The Zircon Affair [part two]
Cabinet Committees remake for Channel 4
The Secret Society 'Secret Cabinet Committees' episode was remade for Channel 4 in 1991.
BBC news report on the Zircon Affair
Watching Ourselves
The Zircon affair featured on BBC Scotland's Watching Ourselves. Includes interview with Duncan.


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You are here: Home / 1News / America's Wars Are Way Up; Church Attendance Is Way Down
April 25, 2019 By Sam Bushman
America's Wars Are Way Up; Church Attendance Is Way Down
by Chuck Baldwin
Published: Thursday, April 25, 2019
I realize that the vast majority of Christian conservatives will choose to totally ignore this column (just as they do most of my columns), but the stark reality is that under so-called Christian conservative presidents G.W. Bush and Donald J. Trump, America's wars are way up, while church attendance is way down. And, yes, I absolutely believe there is a direct link between these two trends.
That wars increased exponentially under Bush is not debatable. The ramifications of Bush's illegal and immoral military invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan are still strongly reverberating around the world to this very day. Much of the ongoing "war on terror" in the Middle East is a direct result of the Bush/Cheney military adventurism (putting it mildly) almost two decades ago. And Trump has escalated America's missile wars to unprecedented levels.
As I have noted several times in this column:
Trump has dropped more bombs and missiles on Middle Eastern countries in a comparable period of time than any modern U.S. President. Presidents Bush, Obama and now [2017] Trump have dropped nearly 200,000 bombs and missiles on Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Libya, Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia. Trump's rate of bombing eclipses both Bush and Obama; and Trump is on a pace to drop over 100,000 [180,000 to be precise] bombs and missiles on Middle Eastern countries during his first term of office—which would equal the number of bombs and missiles dropped by Obama during his entire eight-year presidency.
Here's more perspective:
The United States Government, under the Trump administration, reportedly drops a bomb every 12 minutes, which means that 121 bombs are dropped in a day, and 44,096 bombs per year. The Pentagon's data show that during George W. Bush's eight years he averaged 24 bombs dropped per day, that is, 8,750 per year. Over the course of Obama's time in office, his military dropped 34 bombs per day, 12,500 per year. This shows that even though American presidents are all war criminals, Trump is the most vicious of them all.
Yes, Trump is dropping almost FOUR TIMES MORE BOMBS than Barack Obama and over FIVE TIMES MORE BOMBS than G.W. Bush—which included military invasions of two countries.
We also know that Trump expanded America's wars in Afghanistan and Syria (and, no, he is NOT bringing U.S. troops home from Syria) and is ramping up America's war machine against Venezuela, Iran, China and Russia. And this does not even take into account the way Trump has given Benjamin Netanyahu's raunchy racist regime the green light to expand its wars against the Palestinians, Lebanon, Syria and Iran or the U.S./Israeli proxy war (with Saudi Arabia taking the lead) in Yemen.
Then there is Somalia:
In the age of Donald Trump, wasn't that [the Battle of Mogadishu—Black Hawk Down] a million presidencies ago? Honestly, can you even tell me anymore what in the world it was all about? I couldn't have, not without looking it up again. A warlord, starvation, U.S. intervention, 18 dead American soldiers (and hundreds of dead Somalis, but that hardly mattered) in a country that was shattering. President Clinton did, however, pull out those troops and end the disastrous mission — and that was that, right? I mean, lessons learned. Somalia? Africa? What in the world did it all have to do with us? So Washington washed its hands of the whole thing.
And now, on a planet of outrageous tweets and murderously angry white men, you probably didn't even notice, but more than two years into the era of Donald Trump, a quarter-century after that incident, American airstrikes in… yep, Somalia, are precipitously on the rise.
Last year's 47 strikes, aimed at the leaders and fighters of al-Shabaab, an Islamist terror outfit, more than tripled the ones carried out by the Obama administration in 2016 (themselves a modest increase from previous years). And in 2019, they're already on pace to double again, while Somali civilians — not that anyone (other than Somali civilians) notices or cares — are dying in significant and rising numbers.
And with 500 troops back on the ground there and Pentagon estimates that they will remain for at least another seven years, the U.S. military is increasingly Somalia-bound, Congress hasn't uttered a peep on the subject, and few in this country are paying the slightest attention.
So consider this a simple fact of the never-ending Global War on Terror (as it was once called): the U.S. military just can't get enough of Somalia. And if that isn't off the charts, what is? Maybe it's even worth a future book (with a very small print run) called not Black Hawk Down II but U.S. Down Forever and a Day.
And now that I've started on the subject (if you still happen to be reading), when it comes to the U.S. military, it's not faintly just Somalia. It's all of Africa.
After all, this country's military uniquely has a continent-wide Africa Command (aka AFRICOM), founded in 2007. As Nick Turse has often written for TomDispatch, that command now has its troops, thousands of them, its planes, and other equipment spread across the continent, north to south, east to west — air bases, drone bases, garrisons, outposts, staging areas, you name it. Meanwhile, AFRICOM's outgoing commanding general, Thomas Waldhauser, only recently toldCongress why it's bound to be a forever outfit — because, shades of the Cold War, the Ruskies are coming! ("Russia is also a growing challenge and has taken a more militaristic approach in Africa.")
And honestly, 600-odd words in, this wasn't meant to be a piece about either Somalia or Africa. It was meant to be about those U.S. wars being off the charts, about how the Pentagon now feeds eternally at the terror trough, al-Shabaab being only a tiny part of the slop it regularly digests.
And, while America's wars are way up, according to Gallup, church attendance in America is way down:
As Christian and Jewish Americans prepare to celebrate Easter and Passover, respectively, Gallup finds the percentage of Americans who report belonging to a church, synagogue or mosque at an all-time low, averaging 50% in 2018.
U.S. church membership was 70% or higher from 1937 through 1976, falling modestly to an average of 68% in the 1970s through the 1990s. The past 20 years have seen an acceleration in the drop-off, with a 20-percentage-point decline since 1999 and more than half of that change occurring since the start of the current decade.
Most interesting is this Gallup observation:
Although the United States is one of the more religious countries, particularly among Western nations, it is far less religious than it used to be. Barely three-quarters of Americans now identify with a religion and only about half claim membership in a church, synagogue or mosque.
The rate of U.S. church membership has declined sharply in the past two decades after being relatively stable in the six decades before that. A sharp increase in the proportion of the population with no religious affiliation, a decline in church membership among those who do have a religious preference, and low levels of church membership among millennials are all contributing to the accelerating trend.
Obviously, America's Jewish and Muslim populations pale compared to its Christian population. The vast decline of attendance to religious services, therefore, primarily means church attendance. Notice, also, that this steep decline commenced at the beginning of this century (2000)—when G.W. Bush became President of the United States.
I tried to warn readers—and listeners to my nationwide radio talk show—that due to his insatiable war fever, G.W. Bush was going to forever warp the perception in people's minds of Christianity. And, sadly, I was absolutely right. After eight years of the warmongering G.W. Bush in the White House, millions of Americans came to associate Christianity with wars of aggression. As a result, the exodus out of America's churches began in earnest.
Enter Donald Trump.
As noted above, Trump has expanded Bush's war fever exponentially. But Trump has done more than that: He has aggressively put the United States smack dab in the middle of Israel's wars. It could even be argued that Donald Trump has turned the U.S. military into a proxy army for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
Don't get me wrong: I am very cognizant of the fact that G.W. Bush's "war on terror" was nothing more than a proxy war for Israel. But the Israeli connection was covert and completely covered up. Not anymore. Donald Trump is unabashedly and explicitly partnering the mission of the U.S. military with that of the IDF. No wonder Benjamin Netanyahu promises to name a community in the Israel-seized, Israel-occupied Golan Heights after Donald Trump. (Trumplinka would fit Netanyahu's concentration-style occupation nicely.)
So, not only are millions of Americans now associating Christianity with G.W. Bush's wars of aggression, they are associating Christianity with Donald Trump's wars of aggression for the racist apartheid State of Israel. The result: the steepest decline in church attendance and church affiliation in U.S. history.
The longer evangelical Christians continue to support Donald Trump's radical pro-Israel, pro-war agenda, the deeper America will plunge into an anti-Christian country.
The good news is that all over America, people are waking up to the Israel deception. Support for the erroneous doctrine of dispensational eschatology is in a giant free fall; the myth of Zionist Israel being a resurrected Old Testament Israel is being repeatedly exposed; the attempts by Israel's toadies to characterize people whose eyes are open to the truth of Zionism as being "anti-Semitic" is losing more and more credibility by the day; and more and more people are becoming aware of the utter wickedness of the Zionist government in Israel. Plus, more and more people are beginning to understand the plight of the persecuted people (including Christian people) in the Israeli-occupied territories of Palestine.
Ron, maybe your shipmates on the USS LIBERTY didn't die in vain after all.
From an historical perspective, overextended wars are the downfall of any empire; from a financial perspective, warfarism is the precursor to an economically depressed middle class; and from a Scriptural/spiritual perspective, God cannot and will not bless a warmongering nation.
Let's be clear: God is not building a "Greater Israel." God is not building a third Jewish temple. God is not speaking through phony prophets who are attributing some sort of divine calling to Trump's pro-Israel warmongering. God is not blessing America because we are blessing Zionist Israel. Just the opposite: The more America aligns itself with Israel's belligerence, bullying and bombing of innocent people, the more God will deliver us over to becoming an antichrist country. After all, one cannot idolize and partner with antichrists without becoming one himself.
After Trump finishes this term in office, two-thirds of this young century will have seen a "Christian" warmonger in the White House. It is no coincidence that during this same period of time, wars are way up and church attendance is way down.
P.S. I urge readers to watch this short eight-minute video clip of my Palm Sunday message. In this clip, I illustrate the blasphemy of Jewish Zionists by playing a video clip from an interview with conservative darling Ben Shapiro. I also make the observation that the foundation of the faith and fellowship of Christian Zionists is NOT Jesus Christ, but Israel. Please watch this brief video and share it with your friends.
© Chuck Baldwin
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