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How Do You Get Your Gun Rights Restored In Michigan?
by stevejedinak | Jun 22, 2020 | Firearm Offenses |
In Michigan, a felony conviction can cause the offender to lose his or her legal right to carry a gun. A person convicted of a felony ("a violation of a law of this state, another state or the United States that is punishable by imprisonment for 4 years or more) shall not possess, use, transport, sell, purchase, carry, ship, receive, or distribute a firearm or ammunition in this state, contrary to MCL 750.224f(1) and MCL 750.224f(3), until the expiration of 3 years after ALL of the following circumstances have occurred:
The person has paid all fines imposed for the violation.
The person has served all terms of imprisonment imposed for the violation.
The person has successfully completed all conditions of probation or parole imposed for the violation.
Under these circumstances, the offender would automatically be restored the right to possess a gun after three years if all of these conditions were completed.
However, a person convicted of a "specified felony" shall not possess, use, transport, sell, purchase, carry, ship, receive, or distribute a firearm or ammunition in this state, contrary to MCL 750.224f(2) and MCL 750.224f(4), until the expiration of 5 years after ALL of the following circumstances have occurred:
The person had their rights restored by court order to possess firearms and ammunition.
A "specified felony", as defined in MCL 750.244f(10), means a felony in which 1 or more of the following circumstances exist:
An element of that felony is the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person or property of another, or that by its nature, involves a substantial risk that physical force against the person or property of another may be used in the course of committing the offense.
An element of that felony is the unlawful manufacture, possession, importation, exportation, distribution, or dispensing of a controlled substance.
An element of that felony is the unlawful possession or distribution of a firearm.
An element of that felony is the unlawful use of an explosive.
The felony is burglary of an occupied dwelling, or breaking and entering an occupied dwelling, or arson.
In the case of a "specified felony", the restoration of gun rights is not automatic. The convicted felon prohibited from possessing, using, transporting, selling, purchasing, carrying, shipping, receiving, or distributing a firearm or ammunition due to a "specified felony" MUST petition the circuit court for restoration of those rights pursuant to MCL 28.424 no matter how long it has been since the offense occurred. A circuit court judge may restore these rights if ALL of the following have been satisfied by clear and convincing evidence:
The individual properly submitted a petition for restoration of those rights as provided under this section. MCL 28.424(4)(a).
5 years have passed since the individual has paid all fines imposed for the violation resulting in the prohibition. MCL 28.424(4)(b)(i).
5 years have passed since the individual has served all terms of imprisonment imposed for the violation resulting in the prohibition. MCL 28.424(4)(b)(ii).
5 years have passed since the individual has successfully completed all conditions of probation or parole imposed for the violation resulting in the prohibition. MCL 28.424(4)(b)(iii).
The individual's record and reputation are such that the individual is not likely to act in a manner dangerous to the safety of other individuals. MCL 28.424(4)(c).
The petitioner may file in the circuit court of the county in which he or she resides, no matter where the convictions actually occurred. MCL 28.424(1) and (2). However, only one petition may be filed in any 12-month period. MCL 28.424(3). If the circuit court judge refuses to restore rights, the petitioner must wait another year before he or she can try again.
The gun restoration rights statute was amended effective October 11th, 2017. Before then, the local gun board approved or denied decisions to restore gun rights to felons. Now the authority rests solely with the circuit court. However, the trial judge has ample discretion to decide whether the petitioner is credible and whether he or she is actually reformed.
In re Kwaysee Williams, unpublished per curiam opinion of the Court of Appeals decided January 11, 2018 (Docket No. 334389) – Petitioner was denied restoration of his gun rights by the circuit court. The trial judge found that the statute was unconstitutional because it took authority away from the concealed weapons licensing board to make the decision, that the petitioner failed to provide notice to any prosecutors or law enforcement, and that his petition and testimony regarding his past contradicted his criminal record. The Michigan Court of Appeals found that the circuit court made two errors. First, the statute as amended clearly took gun restoration authority away from the concealed weapons licensing board to the circuit court, so the statute must be enforced as written. Second, the statute does not have any requirement to provide notice to the Attorney General, Michigan State Police or the local prosecutor because the authority solely rests with the circuit court to decide. However, the Court of Appeals agreed with the trial court that the inconsistencies between the petitioner's testimony and the actual criminal history does not amount to "clear and convincing evidence" as required. The petitioner claimed he only had a misdemeanor assault conviction on his court pleadings when his record reveals it was felony assault with intent to do great bodily harm. Therefore, the petition was properly denied.
In re Robert Lee Colvin, Jr., unpublished per curiam opinion of the Court of Appeals decided May 14, 2019 (Docket No. 341690) – Petitioner was denied restoration of his gun rights by the circuit court after finding that a probation violation in 1992 meant, as a matter of law, he has not successfully completed his probation. Petitioner argues that he was sent to prison for the probation violation and ultimately released and discharged from both probation and parole, meaning that he "successfully completed all conditions of probation or parole imposed for the violation resulting in the prohibition." The Michigan Court of Appeals found that, on alternate grounds, that there was no way he could be eligible for gun rights restoration anyway because no evidence was provided that he ever paid the $7,842.00 of restitution due (the parole board has previously sent communication to the circuit court that he was discharged without ever having paid the balance on the "order of restitution"). Since the court-ordered restitution was a part of his probation conditions and ultimately not paid, the petitioner did not "successfully complete" all of the requirements. As a result, on this ground alone, his request was properly denied.
A petitioner who is successful in getting gun rights restored under Michigan law should understand that he or she will still be restricted under federal law. According to 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1), it is unlawful for a person convicted in any court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year (e.g. any Michigan felony) to possess a firearm. As a result, restoration of rights under MCL 28.424 only permits the petitioner to possess certain types of firearms that do not take a modern cartridge, i.e. a pellet rifle, muzzle loader or black powder gun. In addition, this restoration of rights might not be observed if the petitioner leaves the state. Similar to recreational marijuana in Michigan, there is nothing that stops federal prosecutors from charging crimes under federal law despite the legality under the state statute. Any convicted felon looking to restore gun rights should consult with an experienced attorney to ensure that he or she is eligible, that the best evidence can be presented to the circuit court, and that restrictions under federal law are understood.
If you or a loved one is seeking restoration of firearm rights and need legal representation, do not hesitate to contact the experienced attorneys at Kershaw, Vititoe & Jedinak PLC for assistance today.


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ANDREW KREIG: At CAPA Forum, JFK Experts See Need, Momentum For Assassination Records
Forum accelerates public awareness of the assassination that changed America
JUSTICE INTEGRITY PROJECT
By Andrew Kreig
Federal Judge John Tunheim, former chair of the Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB), headlined an expert faculty this month in the nation's capital advocating for compliance with the JFK Assassination Records Act's deadline of release of President Kennedy's death records.
The law, approved unanimously by Congress in 1992, mandates the release by Oct. 26 of all U.S. government records related to President Kennedy's assassination in Dallas on November 22, 1963.
Experts at the March 16 forum at the National Press Club organized by Citizens Against Political Assassinations (CAPA) estimated that some 3,600 documents remain secret, largely because of objections, obstruction or confusion by various agencies.
Judge Tunheim, now chief federal judge for Minnesota, keynoted a news conference at the forum's beginning.
Federal Judge John Tunheim
He outlined the challenges his presidentially appointed commission overcame in reviewing and releasing some four million pages of assassination-related material in the 1990s. See: Transcript of Judge John Tunheim's Remarks.
The complete conference aside from the opening welcome by this editor is available on a video by independent film maker Randolph Benson, producer/director also The Searchers and a speaker at the forum.
Part I (1:31:44 mins.) is here. That segment showed Forum and CAPA Chairman Dr. Cyril H. Wecht introducing Tunheim, as shown below.
Following that were remarks by historian and author Dr. John M. Newman, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigant and journalist Jefferson Morley and his attorney, James H. Lesar, president of the Assassination Archives and Research Center (AARC).
CAPA Chairman Dr. Cyril H. Wecht, at left
Part II of the Benson film (here, at 1:38:34 mins.) began with "Next Steps in Fact-Finding" by speakers Lawrence Schnapf, a New York-based attorney and co-chair of the CAPA legal committee, and Lesar. The final panel was "Open Government In 2017: Researchers' Guide To Documents, Witnesses & Freedom of Information." The session focused on practical solutions to document research on topics beyond JFK research.
CAPA organized the news conference The American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP) founded Sunshine Week to foster open government via events like this throughout the nation. All photos above were by Noel St. John except for the historical photo of President Kennedy.
Andrew Kreig, Esq.
Andrew Kreig is Justice Integrity Project Executive Director and co-founder with over two decades experience as an attorney and non-profit executive in Washington, DC. An author and longtime investigative reporter, his primary focus since 2008 has been exploring allegations of official corruption and other misconduct in federal agencies. He has been a consultant and volunteer leader in advising several non-profit groups fostering cutting-edge applications within the communications industries.
As president and CEO of the Wireless Communications Association International (WCAI) from 1996 until 2008, Kreig led its worldwide advocacy that helped create the broadband wireless industry. Previously, he was WCAI vice president and general counsel, an associate at Latham & Watkins, law clerk to a federal judge, author of the book Spiked about the newspaper business and a longtime reporter for the Hartford Courant.
Listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World from the mid-1990s and currently, he holds law degrees from the University of Chicago School of Law and from Yale Law School. Reared in New York City, his undergraduate degree in history is from Cornell University, where he was a student newspaper editor, rowing team member, and Golden Gloves boxer.
Contact the author Andrew Kreig.
The Public Enemies Of World Truth
CNN, MSM globalist fake news purveyors will wind up paying the ultimate price for their lies and warmongering propaganda disguised as "news"
By Phil Butler
In this Guardian piece disgruntled Russian journalist and notable Putin hater Alexey Kovalev is a fine example of frog-croaking.
Most readers of NEO would simply blow off "In Putin's Russia, the hollowed-out media mirrors the state" as just another fake news bit attacking Putin and Russia. But Kovalev, the former RIA Novosti editor (turned globalist freedom fighter) provides contrast for my story today. In the west the neo-liberal media lambasts Russia and independent media as "propaganda", when in reality it's the mainstream that is propagating the lies about Trump, Putin, Le Pen, Farage, or anybody in opposition to a system of control that is, quietly frankly, unbelievable.
WikiLeaks revelations about massive CIA and intelligence community surveillance scarcely makes headlines in America, but Donald Trump slicing a wedge shot at one of his golf courses is a Russian conspiracy. It's all sensational, unbelievable, crazy, and scary.
But the craziness gets even scarier once we see how it's all planned, rather than simply grass roots activism and idealism.
Manufacturing Fake News
There's a lot of nonsense floating around about Vladimir Putin having an army of "trolls" doing his messaging. Alexey Kovalev is one of those propagating this message. As one of the world's best known "Kremlin trolls", I can absolutely destroy any notion such a paid army even exists. But I can also show you a globalist army that is paid, does exist.
While RT and Sputnik, and other state funded media do promote a nation's best side (Germany and the UK included), the real manufacturers of your truth are far more powerful and widespread. Vladimir Putin's media geniuses, Dmitry Kiselyov and Margarita Simonyan would take over the universe with the budgets of this New Democratic Order. Let me reveal for you one billion dollar arm of this monster – the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism and its offspring.
You never heard of this organization, I'll bet. Funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and affiliated with the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism, this organization has a network of vast proportions established mainly thru donations, grants and fellowships in the industry. Like billionaire George Soros' societal tentacles inside European nations, he creates a breeding ground for the "right" ideas, a path to controlled messaging paved with influence and dollars. At the head of this organization, Alberto Ibargüen is one of the most connected and powerful media persons on Earth – and another somebody I'll bet you never heard tell of.
But this story on Inside Philanthropy tells of this influence, and of a Donald Trump enemy far more deadly than a spying Barack Obama. Ibargüen is more or less a Rockefeller captain, an extraordinary media genius who dictates the distribution of hundreds of millions of dollars in grants (over $1.0 billion since 2005). Alberto Ibargüen is Trump enemy number one when it comes to leveraging younger journalists to hate conservatism and love the New Democratic Order. I'll give you some examples.
MSNBC's Joy-Ann Reid was a 2003 Knight Center for Specialized Journalism fellow. I made this connection by tracking down NATO trolls who had accused me and other independent journalists of being the world's worst Kremlin trolls (interestingly). And while I am actually proud of my leading role as Putin praetorian (it tells the right people I'm no sellout), the nasty folks tied to western Fake News should be ashamed. Reid is an unapologetic Obama groupie, a bombastic myna bird set in place at MSNBC just to squawk the part line. She makes some money compiling Obama speeches and selling them on Amazon, and gains neo-liberal following by slamming Melania Trump for a speech goof, Ivanka's role at the White House, and casts dispersion on Christians who are conservative. She's a perfect example of this Knight Fund's underlying intention. But to cement this idea, allow me to quote from David Callahan's Inside Philanthropy piece on a new initiative by Alberto Ibargüen:
"The new First Amendment effort was launched before Donald Trump won the presidency, and if the next administration does veer in an authoritarian direction, you can see Ibargüen and Knight stepping up with new funding to defend free speech and civil liberties."
Reid is but one of hundreds of examples, as is the Knight Center's current boss. In the decades since the fall of the Berlin Wall, these New Democratic Order forces have gone unchecked. We now have a true army of minions, hammering at the foundations of real democracy. The Knight Foundation, Open Societies, the Rockefeller or Ford Foundations, the Clintons or Bill Gates, technocrats running the Washington Post, what you see is a takeover basically, only Donald Trump has made a big deal out of it. And Putin is blamed for St. Petersburg "troll factories" – the idea is ludicrous.
Ibargüen, the former CEO of PBS, board member at American Airlines, director of AOL and Pepsico, and member of the Council of Foreign Relations is bent on protecting our rights – by investing in cheating us out of them. His most recent tweet about "tyranny" made him think, and it made me think too. "How did I find this guy searching the first follows of globalist/NATO trolls?" – this was my first thought. The answer was a trail of breadcrumbs from a nefarious Twitter operator @SkeddyRuxypin – who it just so happens followed Joy Reid first, and then Newsweek madman Kurt Eichenwald second. I won't dig further into this "rabbit hole", but Ruxypin is a NATO troll that recreated an account in 2016. I only include this footnote for the purposes of exposing the real "troll armies" out there.
Another critical intersect here is one with the founder of Internet Haganah, Aaron Weisburd, who is behind making "lists" of Kremlin sympathizers for the purpose of labeling them "terrorists". Weisburd is a subject too deeply tied into the NATO troll and Israeli intelligence network to discuss here. I first became familiar with him when I was labeled a Putin Praetorian on one of his charts. The point here is that the Kremlin's organic support network is miniscule when compared to the forces arrayed against a peaceful order. The networks are established and they sit in direct opposition as in the case of Weisburd following Alexey Kovalev and several hundred others collaborators across real and fake social accounts.
The reader should walk away from this article in a bit of a state of wonderment, actually. Look at the far-fetched nature of all this. If anyone had told me 5 years ago this kind of collusion and polarity were possible, I'd have laughed myself. And it is the "polarization" we see that is the biggest telltale sign our reality is being manufactured – that the one side is demonizing the other more vehemently. How could so many would be advocates (or trolls) come into being over left versus right wing ideals? This is the question everyone should ask. In truly diverse societies (and story lines) myriad perceptions and goals emerge. Not today though. And this is unnatural in the human experience.
The powerful forces behind pushing the world toward a major crisis. I see the "aggressor" in all this as the force making the greatest expenditure, the force waging all its assets for creating some new order of things. And that force is not Vladimir Putin. The list of actors arrayed against is extensive, and includes lesser known moguls like RT and the other media in question have a miracle working for them. The other side has almost all the money and infrastructure – this is undeniable. As more and more revelations come out about potential collusion in between the intelligence community and corporate interests like Google, Apple, Microsoft and others, people need to take the steps to take sides. We are seeing a gravitational pull on humanity – a splitting of everything we were told is true.
America Digs Its Own Afghan Grave
The Afghans have never lost a war in recorded history and will not lose this time around: time to bring our exhausted military personnel home and put an end to this Bush/Obama disaster
Fifteen years and counting. America's longest war keeps getting longer.
Bush, Cheney, Obama criminals responsible for each
and every U.S. military death in Iraq and Afghanistan
The very duration of the expedition, with an end no more in sight now than it had been at any of several points one could have chosen over the last several years, ought to indicate the need for a fundamental redirection of policy. And yet there continue to be calls, including from influential members of Congress, to sustain and even enlarge the U.S. military campaign in Afghanistan.
That campaign has now continued under three U.S. presidents, two Afghan presidents, too many U.S. military commanders to count, and a variety of operational strategies associated with the different generals.
Different levels of U.S. troops also have been tried, with the peak of just over 100,000 American troops reached in 2011.
Something approaching peace and stability will come to Afghanistan the only way it ever has come to Afghanistan in the past: through deals reached among the different factions, power centers, and ethnic groups within Afghanistan. External military intervention does not negate or obviate that process, and instead becomes the object of Afghan resistance to outside interference. It is not for nothing that the place is called the graveyard of empires.
The time has come to investigate, indict and prosecute these mass-murderers of U.S. military personnel
The shape of any deals reached among Afghan factions matters relatively little to the United States. One need make no apologies for borrowing from old speeches in describing the current conflict in Afghanistan as a quarrel in a faraway country between people of whom we know nothing. Unlike the circumstances in which that phrase was first used, there is no hostile and threatening power poised to exploit passivity on our part.
The U.S.-led intervention in Afghanistan in the fall of 2001 was, at that time, a just response to an attack on the U.S. homeland by a group that was enjoying the hospitality of the Afghan Taliban, which constituted the de facto regime ruling most of Afghanistan. One of the fundamental mistakes in how Americans have viewed Afghanistan ever since — in addition to the mistake of treating as an investment the sunk costs, including 2,400 American dead — is to think that the circumstances of 2001 still prevail. They don't.
The Afghan Taliban never have been interested in international terrorism. Their focus always has been on the social and political structure of Afghanistan. The past alliance with al-Qa'ida was one of convenience, in which the payoff for the Taliban was assistance in prosecuting their civil war against Afghan opponents.
There is nothing special about Afghanistan, distinguishing it from many other strife-ridden places such as Yemen or Somalia, that connects it today with a terrorist threat against U.S. interests. 9/11 itself was the work of Arabs, not Afghans.
And with the gloves having been taken off after 9/11, the Taliban know, as everyone else does, that if anything at all like the 2001 al-Qa'ida presence were to begin being re-established in Afghanistan, the United States would promptly bomb the heck out of it.
Breeding Terrorism
The United States had an earlier experience injecting armed force into Afghanistan, with its provision of lethal aid — most notably Stinger anti-aircraft missiles — to mujahedin fighting against the Soviets in the 1980s. During that effort, U.S. policymakers showed little or no concern with the political nature and direction of the forces they were aiding, which included what we would today quickly label as violent Islamists. Those forces were used as a tool to bleed the Soviets, who got themselves stuck in a military expedition that reached a strength just slightly bigger (about 115,000 troops) than the later U.S. expedition.
Russians noticed what the United States was doing, and they remember it today. And maybe roles are reversing and the bleeding is coming full circle. U.S. General Curtis Scaparrotti, who is the top NATO commander in Europe, told a Congressional committee this week that Russia appears to be increasing its role in Afghanistan and may be providing material support to the Taliban. The situation is unclear; a spokesman for the Russian foreign ministry strongly denied the accusation, and a careful tally of other relevant Russian interests would not argue in favor of aiding the Taliban.
Nonetheless, it would not be surprising if Moscow — with irony and with what many Russians probably would consider just deserts — took a page from the U.S. playbook of the 1980s. The underlying idea would be that Afghanistan has become for America today what it was for the USSR back then.
American patriots must put an end to this, and prosecute those responsible including the CNN/MSM warmongering frauds and hacks that lied Americans into these disastrous, illegal wars
The Soviets did get out of the graveyard of empires, even with no more claim to victory than the United States would have today. The last Soviet soldier to leave Afghanistan was the commander, Lieutenant General Boris Gromov, who walked across a bridge spanning the Amu Darya River into Soviet Uzbekistan on Feb. 16, 1989. His departure marked nine years and 50 days since the initial Soviet intervention. The United States exceeded that mark years ago.
Recent TSA Molestation Video Proves Americans Have Become Authority Worshipping Slaves
Americans now consent to molestation of wives and children by TSA criminals and pedophiles, being irradiated, degraded, humiliated
By Mike Krieger
TSA treating law-abiding American citizens like livestock for the privilege of boarding a plane has been a festering problem for over a decade.
Such demeaning "security" practices represent just one of many unacceptable privacy invasions we've allowed to happen to us as a people since being overwhelmed by irrational fears of terrorism following the attacks of 9/11.
Such fears are never allowed to dissipate since they're constantly reinforced and encouraged by corporate media, hack politicians and the military-industrial-intelligence complex looking to make money from imprisoning Americans in an all-encompassing surveillance grid panopticon where we cheer on our own enslavement.
Today's story brings a very important yet unresolved issue back to the forefront of public discussion, where it must remain until this practice is done away with forever.
The Daily Mail reports:
A furious mom has blasted the TSA officers who she says gave her disabled son an 'unnecessary' and 'horrifying' pat-down in a Dallas airport on Sunday.
Jennifer Williamson says that her son Aaron, who has sensory processing disorder, was detained for more than an hour at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport despite not setting off the metal detector.
And although she asked the TSA agent not to perform a pat-down, saying it would upset the boy, the agent went through with it anyway.
Williamson then recorded the 'traumatizing' incident in a video that has now been seen more than 1.5 million times.
It's now up to 5.4 million views.
Sometimes the agent appears to pat the boy on areas that he has already checked.
In a Facebook post, Williamson said that she and Aaron were punished and made to wait 'well over an hour' because she asked the TSA agents to respect Aaron's condition.
'We were treated like dogs because I requested they attempt to screen him in other ways per TSA rules,' she said.
Now watch the video.
Yeah, it's disgusting, inappropriate and anathema to a free people, but that's the point. We aren't a free people. We've become a bunch of authority-worshiping subjects toiling on a plantation dominated by multi-national companies who write our laws and manipulate our thoughts through corporate media.
The worst part is we don't do anything about it. We elect Trump and then puff our chests out yelling stupid slogans like MAGA, as molestations from the TSA get worse.
Well done everyone.
More invasive TSA searches? What exactly am I talking about?
Perhaps you missed the recent Bloomberg article, U.S. Airport Pat-Downs Are About to Get More Invasive.
While few have noticed, U.S. airport security workers long had the option of using five different types of physical pat-downs at the screening line. Now those options have been eliminated and replaced with a single universal approach. This time, you will notice.
The new physical touching—for those selected to have a pat-down—will be be what the federal agency officially describes as a more "comprehensive" physical screening, according to a Transportation Security Administration spokesman.
Anti-TSA activist: TSA Agent Groped My Vagina
Denver International Airport, for example, notified employees and flight crews on Thursday that the "more rigorous" searches "will be more thorough and may involve an officer making more intimate contact than before."
"I would say people who in the past would have gotten a pat-down that wasn't involved will notice that the [new] pat-down is more involved," TSA spokesman Bruce Anderson said Friday. The shift from the previous, risk-based assessment on which pat-down procedure an officer should apply was phased in over the past two weeks after tests at smaller airports, he said.
WHY do Americans continue to allow this?
This from an agency that couldn't find a bomb if it was placed in its hands. Don't believe me? Perhaps you missed the following:
Big Brother Idiocy – TSA Spent $160 Million on Naked Body Scanners that Fail 96% of the Time
Just great. Unfortunately, the move to more invasive pat downs is merely one aspect of a move to even more idiotic security theater when it comes to air travel. Like the banning of electronics larger than a phone on flights from certain airpots, which a former Israeli airport security boss basically called total idiocy.
Finally, while we know the TSA isn't good at catching terrorists, we do know its agents are very good at theft and sexual perversion. How do we know this? Take a read:
TSA Agents Caught Gaming System so Male Screener Could Grope Attractive Passengers; No Criminal Charges Filed
Caught on Tape – TSA Gropes 10 Year Old Girl for Two Minutes Due to Capri Sun in Baggage
TSA Agent Caught Stealing From Passenger's Wallet at NYC Airport Checkpoint
TSA has long been a "happy hunting gerund" for pedophiles and molesters of all stripes and predilections
TSA Agent Arrested for Sexually Molesting South Korean Woman at NYC's LaGuardia Airport
Judicial Watch Obtains Documents Proving Systemic Sexual Abuse by TSA Workers at Airports Nationwide
TSA Air Marshal Arrested for Taking Photos Up Passengers' Skirts
This is not what freedom looks like.
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Nats make their pitch to Biden, invite him to throw 1st ball
November 8, 2020 GMT
FILE - In this April 6, 2009, file photo, Vice President Joe Biden throws out the first pitch prior to the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Yankees opening day baseball game at Camden Yards in Baltimore. The Washington Nationals have invited President-elect Biden to throw out the ceremonial first ball when they host the New York Mets at Nationals Park on opening day next season. (AP Photo/Gail Burton, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Nationals are making their pitch to President-elect Joe Biden.
The Nats have invited Biden to toss out the ceremonial first ball next season on opening day. Washington is scheduled to host the New York Mets at Nationals Park on April 1.
"We're excited to continue the long-standing tradition of sitting Presidents throwing out the first pitch at the home of the national pastime in our nation's capital," the team posted on Twitter this weekend.
Biden last threw out a first ball as vice president, in 2009 when the Baltimore Orioles hosted the New York Yankees on opening day at Camden Yards. The right-hander threw a high fastball that brought O's catcher Chad Moeller out of his crouch.
Biden, a Little League shortstop who later played center, has frequently been around ballfields. He saw the Phillies a few times in the postseason, including the 2009 World Series, watched Philadelphia play at Washington in 2012, has visited the Yankees at spring training and attended the Little League World Series.
William Howard Taft began the tradition of presidents throwing out the first pitch in Washington in 1910. Since then, every sitting president except Donald Trump has thrown out a first pitch when Washington had a major league franchise.
Trump attended Game 5 of the 2019 World Series at Nationals Park and was booed when introduced as Houston played Washington.
When there wasn't a team in Washington, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton tossed baseballs while in office at other big league parks.
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Founder's Gut Health Inspires Poppi, a Soda
December 10, 2022 by Martin
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It started with a stomach ache. In 2018 Allison Ellsworth, experiencing abdominal pain, searched Google with her symptoms. She read that drinking apple cider vinegar could provide relief. She tried it and hated the taste, so she formulated her own version, a healthy and flavorful soda.
She told me, "I went to my kitchen and created the first version of the soda, which I called Mother Beverage. My friends and family were excited and wanted to try it."
Fast forward to 2022 and Mother Beverage is now Poppi, a prebiotic drink with sales of $300,000 per month. It's among the fastest-growing beverage brands in the U.S.
In our recent conversation, I asked Ellsworth about the company's launch, Shark Tank appearances, plans, and more. Our entire audio conversation is embedded below. The transcript is edited for clarity and length.
Eric Bandholz: Tell us about Poppi.
Allison Ellsworth: Poppi is a prebiotic soda. It's good for gut health, glowing skin, and boosting immunity. And it tastes good. I'm the founder and chief of the brand.
I started the company in 2018 because I had health issues. My stomach always hurt. I Googled my symptoms and read that drinking apple cider vinegar could reset and detox your body. I began drinking it every day. I felt amazing but hated the taste.
I would add honey, lemon, and water. It was great but not sustainable for the long term. I went to my kitchen and created the first version of the drink, which I called Mother Beverage. My friends and family were excited and wanted to try it.
I took it to the local farmer's market in Dallas, and we started selling out. A Whole Foods buyer came by our booth and said, "I never do this, but here's my card. We need this product in Whole Foods."
Soon after that my husband asked me, "You want to quit your job and go all in with this crazy vinegar drink ?" And I said, "Yes, let's do it." But we needed funding. That's when we decided to go on Shark Tank, in 2018.
The staff at Shark Tank was trying to match us with Rohan Oza, a Shark with a lot of beverage expertise. He's behind Bai and Vitamin Water, for example. We ended up getting a deal with him.
At the time, we had a great product but not a brand. We decided to take eight months off and go through a complete rebrand. We named it Poppi — in colorful cans. We found out who we were as a company and our target consumers. In March 2020, when Covid started, we had to pivot quickly to online sales because Whole Foods and Sprouts were focused on stocking essential consumables. They kept pushing our launch. So we went all in on Amazon. It's been widely successful for us.
We were in the right place at the right time. We did an update on Shark Tank with the new brand. We filmed it in December 2019, right before Covid. The episode aired in April 2020. Then everything went crazy. Our website broke. Our monthly Amazon sales went from $9,000 the day we launched in March to over $150,000 one month later to well above $300,000 three months after that.
Bandholz: You mentioned the colorful cans. How are they packaged?
Ellsworth: We sell in 12 packs. It's $29 for 12 cans of soda. It might seem expensive, but our customers want to drink it daily. They buy it in bulk.
Bandholz: Did you have to raise more money?
Ellsworth: Yes. We've been raising money for three years now. It's never-ending. We're one of the fastest-growing beverages in the U.S. It's been a crazy ride.
We've experienced a lot of out-of-stocks, a lot of hustling, and a lot of expenses. It's not always efficient because we're scaling so quickly. Aluminum can be impossible to get. More cans. Supply chain issues. It's now a bit better. But looking back, I don't know if I could do it again.
Bandholz: What's the future for Poppi?
Ellsworth: We see ourselves as disruptive for the soda industry, which has been more or less the same for 70 years. We're revolutionizing soda. I don't see us slowing down any time soon. We're on a great trajectory. We could partner with a massive company someday. We'll see.
Bandholz: Where can people buy some Poppi and follow the company?
Ellsworth: Our site is Drinkpoppi.com. We're on Amazon and in physical retailers such as Target, Whole Foods, Sprouts, Publix, Kroger, and Albertsons. Listeners can follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter.
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More than 60,000 without power through Mackay, Whitsundays.
The storm warning issued, states there is chance of more destructive winds for Mackay all the way down to Emerald.
BOM meteorologist James Thompson said Mackay was currently experiencing what is called the "training effect".
The "training effect" is when a system circulates over the one area, Mackay receives the rains from the moisture the system collects over the seas in the north.
The system then heads out west, then north again before heading east to gather more moisture to dump on Mackay.
This was forecast to continue until Thursday afternoon.
The Mackay radar depicts the "training effect".
Renewed rises and moderate flood levels are occurring in Blacks Creek at Whitefords. Moderate flood levels are falling at Finch Hatton on Cattle Creek. Further downstream, minor flood levels are falling in the lower Pioneer between Dumbleton Rocks and Hospital Bridge. River height readings at Sarich's and Mirani Weir are currently unreliable.
There are currently no observations at Mirani. It is expected that the river level at Mirani is currently just above the major flood level (9.0 metres). Small renewed rises are likely during Wednesday evening as upstream floodwater arrives and rainfall continues.
The Pioneer River at Mackay is currently at 6.80 metres and falling. The river level in the Pioneer River at Mackay is expected to peak around the minor flood level (7.00 metres) on the high tide overnight Wednesday. Higher levels are possible if heavy rainfall continues across the catchment.
Cyclone Debbie hasn't finished with Mackay just yet.
Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce damaging winds and heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding over the next several hours in the Central Coast and Whitsundays and parts of the Herbert and Lower Burdekin, Central Highlands and Coalfields and Capricornia districts. Locations which may be affected include Emerald, Mackay, Proserpine, Bowen, Blackwater and Hamilton Island.
Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce destructive winds over the next several hours in parts of the Central Highlands and Coalfields district. Locations which may be affected include Blackwater, Duaringa and Comet.
AS the region continues to be whipped with wild winds as Cyclone Debbie tracks south, a new threat has emerged for the people of Mackay and surrounds.
Major flood levels are expected to be occurring on the Pioneer River at Mirani.
A warning was issued late Tuesday.
The Daily Mercury understands residents in the Cremorne area were door knocked overnight and told to evacuate due to flooding concerns.
Moderate flood levels are possible at Mackay late Wednesday morning, and major flood levels are expected to be continuing at Mirani.
Heavy rainfall will continue during Wednesday morning, but is expected to begin easing during Wednesday afternoon.
Major flood levels are continuing in the Pioneer River at Sarich's and Mirani Weir, and moderate flood levels are continuing in Blacks Creek at Whitefords and Cattle Creek at Finch Hatton.
The catchment is currently saturated and rivers and creeks will respond quickly to any further rainfall.
There are currently no observations at Mirani. It is expected that the river level at Mirani is above the major flood level (9.0 metres) and near a peak of 11.0 metres. Major flooding is expected to continue during Wednesday morning.
The Pioneer River at Mackay is currently at 6.50 metres and rising. The flood peak may coincide with the high tide in the Pioneer River at Mackay, and if this happens, the river level may reach around the moderate flood level (8.00 metres) late on Wednesday morning.
The river level may reach the minor flood level (7.00 m) again on the high tide overnight Wednesday into Thursday.
Residents were told to move vehicles to higher ground and to evacuate their homes by 11pm.
The action has been instigated by the Mackay Local Disaster Management Group after receiving information from the Bureau of Meteorology on the flooding threat.
Widespread rainfall totals of 100-200 mm were recorded over the Pioneer River catchment, with locally heavier falls of 330-460 mm recorded in the 24 hours to 9:00 am Tuesday. In the 12 hours to 9:00 pm Tuesday, widespread falls of 50-150 mm have been recorded, with local falls of up to 550 mm over the ranges.
Major flood levels are occurring in the Pioneer River at Sarich's and Mirani Weir, Cattle Creek at Finch Hatton and moderate flood levels are occurring in Blacks Creek at Whitefords.
Rapid river and creek level rises are likely in the upper catchment where the rainfall is heaviest.
There are currently no observations at Mirani. It is expected that the river level at Mirani is above the major flood level (9.0 metres) and continuing to rise. Major flooding is expected to continue overnight Tuesday into Wednesday.
The Pioneer River at Mackay is currently at 5.35 metres and rising. The river level is likely to reach around 7.50 metres overnight Tuesday into Wednesday. Similar levels are again likely on the high tide early Wednesday afternoon. Higher levels are possible but dependent on heavy rainfall continuing.
There is also a moderate Flood Warning for the Connors and Isaac Rivers and Flood Warning for Theresa Creek and a Major Flood Warning for the Don River and Flood Warning for the Proserpine River.
THE PIONEER River has continued to swallow up bridges in the Mackay region.
The Glenella Connection Rd Bridge is now 0.36m underwater and it is more than 3m underwater at Dumbleton Rocks.
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The Forgan Bridge is still above the watermark by 3.4m.
But despite the 5.9m high tide being more than two hours ago, there's no need to be complacent with a storm surge expected with the onshore winds pushing more water into the catchment.
Also, since Cyclone Debbie has hit landfall the wind and rain has intensified in Mackay with 10mm in the past 45 minutes and wind gusts up to 93kmhr.
THE PIONEER River is now over the bridge at Glenella Connection Rd as the storm surge continues to increase in the Mackay region.
The river is currently half a metre above the bridge on Glenella Connection Rd.
This is just after high tide at Mackay but as the winds increase as Cyclone Debbie nears landfall, creating more water in the Pioneer catchment as waves fight against the outgoing tide.
This fight is also combining with water trying to run out of the catchment as there has been more than 200mm of rain recorded around the region since Cyclone Debbie formed.
Meanwhile, the Pioneer River is just 2.95m below the Forgan Bridge and 0.93m below at the Gooseponds Bridge.
The high tide and swells has surf spray splashing over the Marina breakwater wall where it is jam packed full of boats, hunkered down for protection.
People are driving out to the marina at their own risk, with trees bringing down power lines on Harbour Rd and the traffic lights at the intersection with Evan Ave not working.
There are also large trees down in the centre of Mackay with a large fig tree closing East Gordon St at the intersection with Brisbane St.
Sarina Beach has already seen the effects of the high tide and storm surge duo, with water and foam overtaking the surrounding streets and parks.
SKY News Chief Meteorologist Tom Saunders said the weather in Mackay would continue today with wind gusts of more than 90kmhr and continual rain for the rest of the day.
He said as Cyclone Debbie was heading between Ayr and Midge Point, most likely Bowen, the threats of a storm surge in Mackay were the same as they were last night.
"Because it is a slow moving cyclone with gusts over 90km record in Mackay there won't be a lot of change in Mackay's weather until tonight," he said.
"The storm surge possibility is still there but we won't know for a couple of hours how high it will be."
He said when Cyclone Debbie hits the coast it was possible Mackay could experience stronger winds but it wouldn't be a huge increase.
Unlike Hamilton Island which has recorded wind gusts of 220 and it is not directly in the path of the cyclone.
He also said, those places in the direct path of Cyclone Debbie could be in the eye for up to eight hours.
"It is travelling at 6kmhr and has an eye that is 50km wide," he said.
"That means people could potentially have destructive weather from the south, calm weather for eight hours and then destructive weather from the north."
THE storm surge is about to hit Mackay and how high it is will determine if thousands of people's homes are flooded or more, up to 25,000.
Police Commissioner Ian Stewart told Mackay residents in low lying areas, that is those who live up to 2.5m above the highest astronomical tide, to evacuate as the storm surge would hit this morning.
The storm surge will be created by the prevailing onshore winds bringing 8m waves and pushing water against the high tide.
This is on top of more than 150mm of rain in the past two days.
The Bureau of Meteorology is warning people in areas likely to be affected by this flooding to take measures to protect their property and follow instructions regarding evacuations if advised to do so by the authorities.
Late yesterday Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Mr Stewart urged people in Mackay Regional Council's Green, Red and Orange low lying areas to evacuate.
"That modelling, we believe has now been superseded, meaning that now BOM have provided us with some greater clarification as a result of their latest track maps," he said.
"BOM tell us that the range of inundation maybe up as much as 0.8m or as much as 2.5m.
"We are asking people that can move out of those low lying areas, depicted on the council maps to move now, don't wait until tomorrow because you will not be able to move probably not after midnight (Monday)."
Mayor region mayor and Mackay Disaster Management Group coordinator Greg Williamson confirmed said there were 25,000 Mackay residents in low lying areas asked to evacuate and a further 5000 from the Whitsunday region.
"The rapidly changing track of this cyclone means we can expect a storm surge of between 0.8 and 2m in the worse case scenario," he said.
"The premier says we need to prepare for the worse case scenario," which is expected to be this morning.
"(So) the Disaster Management Group has given the advice that 25,000 people in the red, orange and green zones should evacuate."
To see the flood inundation maps head to the council's emergency management webpage.


The widening underperformance between the industrials sector and related industrial ETFs to the rest of the S&P 500 could signal further market troubles ahead.
The Industrial Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLI), the largest ETF tracking industrial stocks, declined 5.0% over the past month while the S&P 500 gained 0.8%. Year-to-date, XLI fell 3.6%, compared to the 3.1% rise in the S&P 500.
Matt Maley, an equity strategist at Miller and Tabak & Co., pointed out that XLI historically has been "ridiculously, highly correlated" to the moves of the broader market, reports Olivia Schaber for Bloomberg.


ok..figured out some of it...When the unit reboots, it sends the name, serial number, and other info back to the script...I didnt filter that info out so it actually was getting added to the show stat array....causing the error...Thanks @Jojo-OP2, used the console....working now to filter the response from the unit! Thanks @jdelaney, still learning the error checking of arrays!!
Possible workaround: ControlClick($hWnd, '', '[CLASS:TPageControl; INSTANCE:1]', 'primary', 1, $g_aGuiLoc[$LOC_TAB_2][$COORD_X], $g_aGuiLoc[$LOC_TAB_2][$COORD_Y]) Where $g_aGuiLoc contains coordinates to (somewhere inside) concerning tab header (relative to TPageControl's location). Address controls by INSTANCE. First activation of each tab changes INSTANCE number of controls (cycle through all tabs first for INSTANCE to consistently relate to same control). Now it should be possible to address controls by for example [CLASS:TEdit; INSTANCE:25] (even if another tab than containing one is visible). Not all GUICtrl...() functions work for Delphi controls (most cases solvable using workarounds however).
Thanks so much!!! I was working forever trying to get this done.
Seems your string split returns more than the second dimension of you array. Add in error handling.
And what is the application you are trying to read text from ? If it is pixel based, you will need to read it thru an OCR apps.


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"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" er en sang skrevet af George Harrison. Sangen blev oprindeligt indspillet af The Beatles den 5. september 1968 og udgivet på The White Album. Guitarsoloen på indspilningen med The Beatles er spillet af Eric Clapton, som var personlig ven af Harrison.

Sangen er af Rolling Stone Magazine medtaget på bladets liste over de 500 bedste sange som nr. 136 og som nr. 10 på listen over de bedste Beatles-sange.

Sangen blev udgivet som B-side til "Ob-la-di-ob-la-da".

Noter

Beatles-sange
Sange fra 1968

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Q: Error Propagation in Keras DNN and/or CNN Regression Using Keras with Tensorflow as the backend, I have created both a CNN and DNN to predict three stellar parameters (Temperature, gravity, and metallicity) using the stellar spectra as an input. Both models predict very well when applied to test sets, but in order to make my results useful it is necessary to include errors in my predictions.
The input spectra each have 7000 data points and the output is 3 values. Each spectra also has an error array of 7000 data points that I would like to be able to propagate through my model so that there is a set of 3 uncertainties associated with each prediction. Does anyone have any experience or insight on how to accomplish this?
My DNN structure looks something like this:
# Define vars
activation = 'relu'
init = 'he_normal'
beta_1 = 0.9
beta_2 = 0.999
epsilon = 1e-08
input_shape = (None,7000)

epochs = 100
lr = 0.0009
batch_size = 64
n_hidden = [2048,1024,512,256,128]

# Design DNN Layers

model = Sequential([

    InputLayer(batch_input_shape=input_shape),

    Dense(n_hidden[0], init=init, activation=activation, bias=True),

    Dense(n_hidden[1], init=init, activation=activation, bias=True),

    Dense(n_hidden[2], init=init, activation=activation, bias=True),

    Dense(n_hidden[3], init=init, activation=activation, bias=True),

    Dense(n_hidden[4], init=init, activation=activation, bias=True),

    Dense(l, init=init, activation='linear', bias=True),
])

# Optimization function
optimizer = Adam(lr=lr, beta_1=beta_1, beta_2=beta_2, epsilon=epsilon, decay=0.0)

# Compile and train network
model.compile(optimizer=optimizer, loss='mean_squared_error')

early_stopping = EarlyStopping(monitor='val_loss', min_delta=0.0001,
                           patience=3, verbose=2, mode='min')

## train_X.shape = (50000,7000)
## train_Y.shape = (50000,3)
## cv_X.shape = (10000,7000)
## cv_Y.shape = (10000,3)

history = model.fit(train_X, train_Y, validation_data=(cv_X, cv_Y),
             nb_epoch=epochs, batch_size=batch_size, verbose=2, callbacks=[early_stopping])

My CNN is somewhat similar; basically replacing the first few layers with 1D-CNN layers and modifying the number of filters and filter lengths. Any thoughts on how to propagate errors through the model. I am familiar with some methods of obtaining the error of the model (through multiple trainings of the same model and/or dropout layers), but what I am looking for are errors in the actual predictions.
EDIT
Here is the architecture for my CNN
# Define vars
input_shape = (None,7000,1)
epochs = 30
activation = 'relu'
initializer = 'he_normal'
beta_1 = 0.9
beta_2 = 0.999
epsilon = 1e-08
batch_size = 64

n_hidden = [1024,512,256]
n_filters = [16,32,32,64,64]
lr = 0.001

model = Sequential([
    InputLayer(batch_input_shape=input_shape),

    Convolution1D(nb_filter=n_filters[0], filter_length=8, activation=activation, border_mode='same', init=initializer, input_shape=input_shape),
    Convolution1D(nb_filter=n_filters[1], filter_length=8, activation=activation, border_mode='same', init=initializer),
    MaxPooling1D(pool_length=4),

    Convolution1D(nb_filter=n_filters[2], filter_length=8, activation=activation, border_mode='same', init=initializer),
    Convolution1D(nb_filter=n_filters[3], filter_length=8, activation=activation, border_mode='same', init=initializer),
    MaxPooling1D(pool_length=4),

    Convolution1D(nb_filter=n_filters[4], filter_length=10, activation=activation),
    MaxPooling1D(pool_length=4),
    Flatten(),

    Dense(output_dim=n_hidden[0], activation=activation, init=initializer),
    Dense(output_dim=n_hidden[1], activation=activation, init=initializer),
    Dense(output_dim=n_hidden[2], activation=activation, init=initializer),

    Dense(output_dim=l, input_dim=n_hidden[2], activation='linear'),
])

# Compile Model
optimizer=Adam(lr=lr, beta_1=beta_1, beta_2=beta_2, epsilon=epsilon, decay=0.0)

model.compile(optimizer=optimizer, loss='mean_squared_error')

early_stopping = EarlyStopping(monitor='val_loss', min_delta=0.0001,
                           patience=3, verbose=2, mode='min')

history = model.fit(train_X, train_Y, validation_data=(cv_X, cv_Y),
                nb_epoch=epochs, batch_size=batch_size, verbose=2, callbacks=[early_stopping])

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Nuggets: merging security and convenience through blockchain
By Olivia Minnock . Feb 21, 2019, 10:53AM
Blockchain founder Alastair Johnson explains why the future of secure cashless payments lies with the disruptive technology...
Having bank details lost or stolen is something many of us have experienced, but as technology continues to disrupt the finance industry the lengthy process of resolving the problem seems increasingly archaic. This was certainly the case for Alastair Johnson, founder and CEO of blockchain startup Nuggets, upon losing his own card details. When he eventually received his replacement card, he had to re-enter new information on dozens of websites and was struck by the lack of both convenience and security at a time when data breaches were making the headlines. "You wouldn't write down your mother's maiden name, email address and national insurance (NI) number on a post-it note and leave it in every cash till on the high street – but in a digital sense we do that all over the place," he comments.
The experience prompted Johnson to found Nuggets, which promises to help customers "take back control" of their data in 2016. The ecommerce payment and ID platform allows users to store their payment details on blockchain technology to achieve a single sign-on method which means personal data doesn't need to be shared with multiple organisations. "You can transact securely and verify your identity without somebody having access to that data and being able to take over your information. If a business doesn't log the personal data in their centralised silos in the first place, it can't be breached," Johnson explains.
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With breaches at large tech companies cited as a 'tipping point', a recent study by Gartner has found for the first time that privacy is becoming more of a priority over convenience for consumers – in 2009, it was reported that consumers remained unwilling to sacrifice convenience to keep their data secure. As organisations battle to develop their cybersecurity offerings, Johnson cites two reasons for the failings we see in the headlines. "There are people who don't understand tech and are being victimised for that and there's the other side where people do understand it and they're trying to do best practices but those options where you have to log in with a username and password still exist."
A key challenge for any tech company then, no matter which platform is being provided, is to ensure convenience while also assuring customers that keeping their data secure is top priority – but for Johnson's single sign-on vision this presents more of an opportunity. "It actually gets more convenient with all the security, because you're not passing around usernames and passwords: you're verifying ID across a network. So, it's a lot more secure and convenient – you get the best of both worlds."
Staying secure in a cashless society
In an increasingly cashless landscape, Johnson explains how a single sign-on system using blockchain will enable various societies to complete the transition away from cash and even card. "Now we have the technology to leapfrog plastic with a funded digital identity which can then be associated with a digital watch or fitness band. It's crazy that we're still relying on this bit of plastic with a chip to come through in the post a week after it's been cloned," Johnson argues, adding that cashless has yet to go far enough. "Even though you have Apple Pay and Android Pay, we're still adding a plastic card of information to make that work as a secure payment source. At Nuggets, were saying 'why don't I add my digital ID to that payment app, so it allows access to my payment but I don't need a plastic card that the numbers can be copied off?'"
Tying in with the development of open banking which will involve closer collaboration and data sharing, Johnson feels that the future of ID technology should be agnostic. "In the past, you've seen a lot of wallet apps from different schemes, but wouldn't it make sense that they all tied back to the same APIs and services? When mobile phones first came out, you could only ring other people on the same network – this only lasted about six months. In the early days, everyone comes out with their version but at the end of the day, the agnostic approach is going to be a winner."
In China, fast becoming the home of cashless payments, Nuggets has entered into a partnership with mobile payment technology, service and solution provider QFPay, which is used by epayment giants Alipay and WeChat Pay, serving over one million merchants across Asia. This partnership will mean Alipay and WeChat Pay users can use a digital ID to make payments as opposed to attaching these to a bank card. "You can't compete against WeChat Pay and AliPay but you can add value to them," says Johnson. "Currently you're going back to plastic to enable them – you're basically rerouting to the old system. The potential is that you have your login and maybe your profile data within your own realm but it can be used for those products and services." In Asia and further afield, Johnson is keen to highlight the potential of ID technology for business, particularly for SMEs. "It enables small businesses, people at food festivals or taxi drivers to transact without that chunky terminal. The potential for the smaller is immediately accessible… and this can also benefit larger businesses as well."
A blockchain based future
For Johnson, blockchain technology was a clear choice in implementing a more secure and convenient platform. "We spent time looking at other solutions to get to the same point – the key one being zero knowledge storage. Existing systems that do zero knowledge storage are quite clunky, and often they've got root level access to providers and such like. With blockchain, only the user has the key to their information," he explains. "We have zero knowledge, we have the decentralised network, and we have encryption to an extremely high level – so blockchain ticked many boxes." In addition, blockchain allows a kind of credit history to be set up due to the log it takes of every activity. "If you go and do 100 different payments to different places it demonstrates proof that you are a good actor on the network to the next person – you don't have to be risk assessed."
For any blockchain founder – and Johnson isn't just 'any' founder, having been shortlisted for 'Blockchain Founder of the Year' at the 2018 BMW i UK Tech Founder Awards – it is often necessary to play the part of evangelist for this fairly new technology which is often mistrusted or misunderstood, but even in the past six months Johnson says the potential is finally being recognised. "It's not just an intriguing tech conversation now – we're starting to see real use cases coming out for blockchain and being applied. 2018 has brought the understanding of how consumers can react closely with the blockchain. In years to come, people won't know or care if they're on the blockchain; it'll be fixed into life," he anticipates.
This article was first featured in the February issue of FinTech Magazine.


The Oscars are right around the corner. Arrival, Fences, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell or High Water, Hidden Figures, La La Land, Lion, Manchester by the Sea, and Moonlight are the latest cycle of films to be nominated for Best Picture. Only one nominee will go home with gold, but they've all generated inspiration for movie goers and artists. In celebration of coveting the big prize, here's another collection of artwork from around the web by very talented artists. Hope you enjoy!


Abstract : The chemokines CXCL10 (interferon ϒ-inducible protein 10 [IP-10]), CXCL11 (Human interferon inducible T cell alpha chemokine [I-TAC]), and CXCL12 (stromal cell derived factor 1 [SDF-1]) contribute to cell recruitment, migration, activation, and homing in liver diseases and their serum levels have been shown to be associated with the degree of liver inflammation or fibrosis in various etiologies. However, the data may be contradictory or insufficient, particularly for CXCL12, in the field of chronic HCV infection. Here, we aimed to provide evidence for these chemokines as biomarkers for chronic HCV infection.


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The complete IDiot's guide to teaching evolution
Kansas Outlaws Practice Of Evolution
In response to a Nov. 7 referendum, Kansas lawmakers passed emergency legislation outlawing evolution, the highly controversial process responsible for the development and diversity of species and the continued survival of all life. Lawmakers decried spontaneous genetic mutations.
"From now on, the streets, forests, plains, and rivers of Kansas will be safe from the godless practice of evolution, and species will be able to procreate without deviating from God's intended design," said Bob Bethell, a member of the state House of Representatives. "This is about protecting the integrity of all creation."
…"Barn swallows that develop lighter, more streamlined builds to enable faster migration, for example, could live out the rest of their brief lives in prison," said Indiana University chemist and pro-intelligent-design author Robert Hellenbaum, who helped compose the language of the law. "And butterflies who mimic the wing patterns and colours of other butterflies for an adaptive advantage, well, their days of flouting God's will are over." The Onion, Nov 28, 2006
A few weeks ago a fourth grader's science quiz went viral on the internet. It was a creationist exam and the questions and answers included:
The earth is billions of years old. FALSE
On what day did God make the dinosaurs? THE SIXTH
Dinosaurs lived with people. TRUE
What is the "history book of the universe?" BIBLE
What did Noah tell God to build? AN ARK
What caused there to be fossils? THE GLOBAL FLOOD
The next time someone says the Earth is billions (or millions) of years old, what can you say? WERE YOU THERE?
There have always been many Christians who have rejected the theory of evolution. But before 1925 it was very much a religious dispute between fundamentalists and modernists. However, as public education expanded, what high school students were learning in their science classes began to attract more attention. And it all came to head in one of America's trials of the century – a trial about an idea.
The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes is popularly known as the Scopes Monkey Trial. It took place in July 1925 and was immortalised in the film Inherit the Wind. However, this presented a rather simplified vision of events. In fact, the reality was in many ways was much more interesting. The trial, which was the first to be broadcast on national radio, was quite frankly a bit of a media circus. It was deliberately staged in order to attract publicity to the small town of Dayton, Tennessee, which had seen its local industry decimated in the years before the trial. Indeed, Scopes, a substitute high school teacher, was unsure whether he had ever actually taught evolution, but he allowed himself to be incriminated himself so that the case could have a defendant. Scopes was charged with violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which made it illegal to teach human evolution in any public school.
At the heart of the story were three larger-than-life characters – Clarence Darrow William Jennings Bryan and Henry Louis Mencken. Darrow was the big-shot lawyer and religious sceptic who, for the only time in his career, waived his usually hefty fees in order to represent the defendant. Bryan, the prosecution lawyer, was a devout Christian, a genuine radical and a brilliant orator, who had unsuccessfully stood for the American presidency three times. An opponent of laissez-faire capitalism, social Darwinism, eugenics, and militarism, he argued that the citizens had should have their say over what was taught in public schools. He just didn't trust science, which he perceived as an elitist enterprise. Finally, there was the professional cynic H.L. Mencken, who had a glorious time laying into the locals. A mob almost lynched him after he called the people of Dayton "yokels," "primates," morons," and "hillbillies." But Mencken saved his worst barbs for Bryan:
"It is a tragedy, indeed, to begin life as a hero and to end it as a buffoon. But let no one, laughing at him, underestimate the magic that lies in his black, malignant eye, his frayed but still eloquent voice. He can shake and inflame these poor ignoramuses as no other man among us can shake and inflame them, and he is desperately eager to order the charge."
Generally, when you hear about the trial you get an image of Bryan as the religious nutter. That is how Darrow wanted to portray him in his famous cross-examination. The fact that the prosecution lawyer was cross-examined by defence counsel was rather unusual. Here are some of Darrow's questions to Bryan:
If Eve was actually created from Adam's rib, where did Cain get his wife?
How many people lived in Ancient Egypt?
But, when you read that Jonah swallowed the whale – or that the whale swallowed Jonah, excuse me, please, how do you literally interpret that?
Do you believe Joshua made the sun stand still?
Do you believe at that time the entire sun went around the earth?
Darrow wanted to portray him as a biblical literalist but Bryan's views were more nuanced:
"But I think it would be just as easy for the kind of God we believe in to make the earth in six days as in six years or in 6,000,000 years or in 600,000,000 years. I do not think it important whether we believe one or the other."
We don't often hear about the textbook at the centre of the controversy. Hunter's Civic Biology, which was published in 1914, did undoubtedly reflect early 20th century mores. Here are a couple of extracts which capture the flavour:
The Races of Man. – At the present time there exist upon the earth five races or varieties of man, each very different from the other in instincts, social customs, and, to an extent, in structure. These are the Ethiopian or negro type, originating in Africa; the Malay or brown race, from the islands of the Pacific; the American Indian; the Mongolian or yellow race, including the natives of China, Japan, and the Eskimos; and finally, the highest race type of all, the Caucasians, represented by the civilized white inhabitants of Europe and America.
Eugenics When people marry there are certain things that the individual as well as the race should demand. The most important of these is freedom from germ diseases which might be handed down to the offspring. Tuberculosis, syphilis, that dread disease which cripples and kills hundreds of thousands of innocent children, epilepsy, and feeble-mindedness are handicaps which it is not only unfair but criminal to hand down to posterity. The science of being well born is called eugenics.
This makes chilling reading but it has nothing to do with whether evolution is legitimate science or not. Eugenics, which had a lot of supporters on both the left and right, but this will have to be a subject for another post. Anyway, back to the trial. Scopes was found guilty and fined $100, but the verdict was subsequently overturned on a technicality. Bryan died in Dayton less than a week after the trial, but the struggle continued. The anti-evolution statute was upheld maintained and similar measures were brought in by other states and school districts.
There has been an ongoing debate about the teaching of evolution ever since. The fist step in this battle was to ban teaching of evolution outright. And this happened until the launch of Sputnik I created a panic about the scientific race with the USSR. Evolution came back into favour in school biology classes. Now the demand was for equal time for creationism and evolution. When this was unsuccessful, creationism morphed into creation science. But in Edwards v. Aguillard in 1987 the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that a Louisiana law requiring that creation science be taught in public schools, along with evolution, was unconstitutional because the law was specifically intended to endorse a particular religion.
The final incarnation has been intelligent design. The basic idea is that the design we see is too complex to have emerged by itself. Therefore, there must be a creator at work. This assumes that design must be top-down, but evolution is a bottom-up process in which design and complexity emerge out of blind but non-random processes. If we look around us, we can see that bottom-up design all around us. Many species have genetically determined structures which appear to have lost most or all of their ancestral function. This is known as vestigiality. In whales there are small vestigial leg bones deeply buried within the back of the body. The wings of ostriches, emus, and other flightless birds remind us that their ancestors were able to fly. In humans the coccyx, is the remnant of a lost tail.
Whereas scientists do not seriously dispute that evolution is a robust theory, ordinary Americans think very differently. Opinion polls suggest that only 15% of the public believe that humans evolved without any divine help, whereas 46% think that God created humans in their present form and 32% think that humans evolved but with God's help. American fundamentalist Christians are the most notorious example but evolution is under threat from many religions around the world. There are Hindu creationists in Asia, and Islamic creationists in Turkey. There are a variety of views in Judaism with regard to creationism. Many orthodox Jewish groups accept Darwinian evolution while many conservative Jewish groups reject it. Why do we always hear about the American case? I suppose that this is partly because it is shocking that in the country with the best scientists in the world these ideas still persist. But maybe it is also considered culturally inappropriate to criticise other religions.
Creation science and intelligent design are bullshit, whatever the source. This is pseudoscience which posits supernatural causes which lie outside the realm of methodological naturalism and scientific experiment. Science can only test empirical, natural claims. By invoking miracles they go beyond what science can deliver. Their claims are not falsifiable i.e. there is no way to show the theory to be false, regardless of any conceivable observations or experiments.
But, creation science and intelligent design are also bad religion. If there is a God, it will not be through science and reason that you find Him/Her, but through faith and revelation. There is no incompatibility between evolution and religion.
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Nicely put.
As a practicing Christian, I am frequently concerned by those who try to prove scientifically that God exists. The whole point about religion is faith, and faith implies believing without having proof. If you have proof, you cannot have faith (remember Doubting Thomas?). If you have faith, you do not need to prove. But what's more, the stronger the proof that God does not exist, and you continue to believe, then the stronger your faith. Only those whose faith is weak should fear science. Those whose faith is strong should welcome science for making their faith stronger. Every time I read one of Dawkins's books – and I am willing to accept his arguments – the stronger my faith


The owners of Newry's Canal Court Hotel have categorically denied the business has been sold, quashing rising speculation and rumours that have been circulating in recent weeks.
In a public statement posted on the Facebook page of its sister hotel, the Carrickdale, the McParland family said it has been saddened by the "totally unfounded rumours" which have caused distress to both staff and customers and wish to state publicly that the family-owned business is not for sale.
Declaring that the announcement would be the only comment made through media channels, the statement, signed by The McParland Family, read: "Over recent weeks, we have been asked by various customers and local businesses alike if there is any truth behind the rumour that the Canal Court Hotel & Spa has been sold. We would like to take this opportunity to publicly state that this family owned business is NOT for sale.
Pointing out recent refurbishments and developments in the hotels, the statement continued: "We are continually investing in both our hotels. The Canal Court's bedrooms having been recently refurbished and our Granary Bar has just introduced a new Gin and Craft Beer Bar with live music every Friday, Saturday and Sunday night; and our Clanrye suite has been completely renovated, where it continues to be a stunning and popular wedding venue.
"We would like to thank our loyal patrons for your ongoing support of our businesses. We are fully committed to you and will continue to work hard to exceed guest expectations and make the Canal Court Hotel & Spa your 'home from home' in the heart of the city.
"We will not be making any further comment on this issue," it concluded.


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To end a season in which the Michigan women's gymnastics team hoped to contend for the national title, just three members of the team traveled to Fort Worth, Texas, for the NCAA Championships this weekend. But out of those three, two returned to Ann Arbor with second-team All-American honors.
Junior Nicole Artz and sophomore Brianna Brown both advanced to the NCAA Championships for the all-around, while junior Talia Chiarelli qualified for the meet on floor. With the tournament broken up into two sessions — one in the afternoon and one in the evening — the team was split as both Chiarelli and Artz were placed in the afternoon session and Brown was placed in the evening. Since the entire Michigan team didn't make the championships, all three Wolverines were separated to compete as individuals among other teams.
Artz kicked off the tournament for the Wolverines with a rotation on the uneven bars. Surrounded by an unfamiliar team at a high-stakes competition, she was in an uncomfortable situation — until she looked to the uneven bars.
At a different event, Chiarelli left her makeshift team for its first rotation to cheer on Artz. Just like at Crisler, she was able to help prep her teammate for the event. And while the whole team wasn't there, Chiarelli's presence was enough to keep Artz calm for the event. Artz received a 9.8125 to start the day.
However, it was Artz's floor routine that secured her All-America honors for the third straight season. She scored a 9.875 for the event, tying for sixth, which earned her a second team All-American honor. She now has a total of six All-American honors.
Despite Artz's awards and performances, that wasn't the highlight of her time in Fort Worth.
Chiarelli, who qualified to perform her floor routine at the championships, capitalized on the fact that her routine wouldn't affect a team score. Double Arabians and full-ins are both E-level passes, and only one is needed to fulfill the difficulty for collegiate gymnastics.
With no team stakes on the line, Chiarelli decided to perform both.
Chiarelli under-rotated her full-in and took a step forward on the landing. She ended her season on floor with a 9.7125, an appropriate score for the difficulty of her routine.
Brown, who competed in the evening session, also claimed All-American honors despite lacking any presence from her teammates. Artz and Chiarelli — who had already finished competing — had to watch from the stands.
Despite competing alone, Brown still managed to hit all four routines. After securing a 9.800 on bars, she had a solid routine on beam that resulted in 9.850, her best score of the night.
With Chiarelli's impressive performance on floor, and Brown and Artz walking away with additional All-American honors, they're optimistic for the 2016-17 season. They also have high hopes that next time, they'll be competing as a team rather than as individuals.


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McDonald's employee accused of putting peroxide-based cleaner in cop's drink
McDonald's employee has been charged with aggravated battery for allegedly tampering with a police officer's drink. (Allen County Police Department)
FOX News -- A Kansas McDonald's worker has been charged with one count of aggravated battery of a law enforcement officer for allegedly putting cleaner in a deputy's drink.
Trevor Hockaday, 22, was charged Wednesday by Allen County police for putting a peroxide-based cleaner usually used to clean the restaurant's counters in an Allen County Deputy's drink on September 12.
According to investigators, the deputy picked up the food from the McDonald's drive-thru while Hockaday was working. Officials say a short time after drinking the beverage, the deputy experienced flu-like symptoms, KOAM reports.
"He thought he caught the bug, but we found out two weeks later when an employee came forward and told the police department," Allen County Sheriff Bryan Murphy said to the Wichita Eagle.
According to the publication, a coworker of Hockaday came forward and said Hockaday added "four little squirts" of the cleaner to the cop's beverage.
"In today's day and age, not only us in law enforcement but citizens as a whole, there's enough going on out there that we have to worry about ... now my guys are cautious about going through that drive through," Murphy said to the Wichita Eagle. "We all chose this line of work to protect and serve. Now my guys have that concern of is my food safe."
If convicted of the felony charge, Hockaday could face more than 20 years in jail.
The Iola McDonanld's owner Glen Nichols said in a statement to KOAM that the fast food chain is working with authorities.
"In our restaurants, nothing is more important to us than the safety and well-being of our customers. We are very disappointed by the allegations made regarding the behavior of one of our former crew members. This kind of behavior goes against our food safety standards and is not tolerated. Our organization will take all appropriate measures to gather facts and will work closely with authorities in their investigation."
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These foods increase insulin levels and boost cancer cell growth.
The American Society for Clinical Nutrition journal published a study in 2006 which showed that the participants who consumed higher amounts of sugar-sweetened foods had an increased risk of pancreatic cancer.
Studies have shown that women who consumed excessive amounts of carbohydrates had an increased risk of breast cancer.
Therefore, substitute refined white flour with healthier alternatives like whole- wheat, almond, quinoa, or barley flour.
Hydrogenated oils are converted into poisons when processed and manufactured.
These oils are actually chemically extracted from vegetables in order to preserve and prolong the shelf life of processed foods.


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The cost of furnace depends upon which type system you choose. A high efficiency furnace will be expensive but will save your money in long run.
These are the least expensive furnaces but consume large amount of energy. A electric furnace uses electricity to generate heat so it will result in high electric bills. The furnace costs around 1000$ to 1500$.
Natural gas furnaces are most commonly used in a residential complex. A gas furnace uses gas to generate heat hence they consume less energy than electric furnace.
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1.	If you want to replace your old furnace with a high efficiency gas furnace a chimney line is required to be installed which costs around 400$ to 700$ and for oil furnace cost will be around 500$-2000$.
2.	Changing the fuel or the oil tank costs around 500$ to 3000$.
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She is a Communications major with an emphasis in Digital Media & Journalism and is set to graduate early in the spring of 2020, then pursue a master's degree.
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