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Blind activist who staged plane protest released on bail pending appeal ruling
James Brown on top of a plane
A former Paralympic athlete given a 12-month jail sentence after supergluing himself to the roof of a British Airways plane at London City Airport in a bid to draw attention to the climate crisis has been released on bail pending a ruling on an appeal.
Extinction Rebellion activist James Brown, 57, from Exeter, Devon, was jailed by a judge at Southwark Crown Court in September after being convicted of causing a public nuisance at an earlier trial.
Lawyers representing Brown, who has been registered blind since birth, on Wednesday challenged his conviction and sentence at a Court of Appeal hearing in London.
They said there had been no reason to charge Brown with causing a public nuisance, questioned the proportionality of the decision to bring the charge, and said he could have been charged with aggravated trespass.
Protesters blocking the road outside City Airport during an Extinction Rebellion climate change protest (Kirsty O'Connor/PA)
Lawyers representing Brown also told appeal judges that custody was not justified on the facts of the case.
They said the 12-month term was "manifestly disproportionate" and said he was suffering "unique hardship" in prison because of his disability.
Three appeal judges, Lord Burnett – the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Justice Singh and Mr Justice Goss, said they would deliver a ruling on the appeal on a date to be fixed.
But they said Brown, who watched the appeal hearing via a video link from prison, could be released on bail pending the delivery of their ruling.
Judges imposed a bail condition that bars Brown from entering any airport where commercial flights operate.
Judge Gregory Perrins, who had jailed Brown, said when passing sentence that Brown had "cynically used" his disability and put his "own life at risk" to carry out the stunt at London City Airport on October 10 2019.
The double gold medallist climbed on to the plane, which was destined for Amsterdam, before gluing his right hand to the aircraft and wedging his mobile phone in the door to prevent it from closing.
Northern Ireland-born Brown, who represented Great Britain in cycling and athletics before going on to represent Ireland in cross-country skiing, livestreamed the protest until he was removed after an hour.
Southwark Crown Court heard that 337 passengers had their flights cancelled, missing birthday celebrations, important business meetings and family events, with the disruption costing the airline around £40,000.
Brown, who represented himself at his trial, denied one count of causing a public nuisance, claiming he had "to do something spectacular" to draw attention to the climate crisis.
But he was found guilty in July after a jury deliberated for less than an hour.
Judge Perrins had told Brown: "It is important that those who are tempted to seriously disrupt the lives of ordinary members of the public in the way that you did and then seek to justify it in the name of protest understand that they will face serious consequences.
"There is a clear dividing line between legitimate protest and deliberate offending, and you knowingly crossed it."
After the appeal hearing, Brown said, in a telephone conversation with the PA news agency from Wandsworth prison: "I am thrilled, I am relieved, I am excited to be going home.
"And I am tired. It's been a hard slog.
"I'm looking forward to the ruling with interest."
He added: "I have not changed my mind about the absolute need to protest.
"I cannot see what else is going to bring about change.
"All the gains we have made throughout history have come about through peaceful protest."
He went on: "I think further protest will be necessary."
Brown's daughter, Alice Brown, 27, from Stroud, Gloucestershire, said after the ruling: "I am delighted.
"I am not exactly sure what it means in terms of the appeal judgment. But the inescapable stresses he has been under in prison – they are over now."
She added: "I was amazed by the sentence – and I wasn't. I was amazed because it was a necessary protest. But I feel this is the way we are heading with this Government."
Comments are closed on this article.


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A currency union (also known as monetary union) involves two or more states sharing the same currency without them necessarily having any further integration (such as an economic and monetary union, which would have, in addition, a customs union and a single market).
The theory of the optimal currency area addresses the question of how to determine what geographical regions should share a currency in order to maximize economic efficiency.
A currency union helps its members strengthen their competitiveness in a global scale and eliminate the exchange rate risk.
Transaction costs among member states decrease.
The possibility of monetary crisis is lower.
The member states lose their sovereignty in monetary policy decisions.
The risk of assymetric "shocks" may occur.
Implementing the new currency causes high financial costs.
Note: Every customs and monetary union and economic and monetary union also has a currency union.
Zimbabwe is theoretically in a currency union with four blocs as the South African rand, Botswana pula, British pound and US dollar freely circulate, the US Dollar was until 2016 official tender. .
Additionally the autonomous and dependent territories, such as some of the EU member state special territories, are sometimes treated as separate customs territory from their mainland state or have varying arrangements of formal or de facto customs union, common market and currency union (or combinations thereof) with the mainland and in regards to third countries through the trade pacts signed by the mainland state.
The European currency union is a part of the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union (EMU). EMU was formed during the second half of the 20th century after historic agreements, such as Treaty of Paris (1951), Maastricht Treaty (1992). In 2002, Euro, a single European currency, was adopted by 12 member states. Currently, the so called Eurozone has 19 member states. The other members of the European Union must adopt the Euro as their currency (with exceptions, such as the UK and Denmark), but there has not been a specific date set. The main independent institution responsible for stability of the Euro is the European Central Bank (ECB). Together with 15 national banks it forms the European System of Central Banks. The Governing Board consists of the Executive Comitee of the ECB and the governors of individual national banks, and determines the monetary policy, as well as short-term monetary objectives, key interest rates and the extent of monetary reserves.
/Caribbean ? It is planned to begin as an electronic currency involving all countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas.
Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Khaleeji Arabian Peninsula c. 2013-2020 Oman and the United Arab Emirates do not intend to adopt the currency at first but will do at a later date.
Latin Monetary Union (1865–1927), initially between France, Belgium, Italy and Switzerland, and later involving Greece, Romania, Spain and other countries.
between West Germany and East Germany between 1 July 1990 and 3 October 1990, as part of a temporary, so-called "Monetary, Economic and Social Union" prior to German reunification.
between what ultimately became the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom, between 1928 and 1979. The Irish Pound was held at exactly the same value as Sterling for this period, although it was not accepted for payments in the UK.
^ Anguilla and Montserrat are members of OECS currency union, but not of the CSME.
^ To all intents and purposes a monetary union. They are the last two nations whose dollars have remained at par and mutually interchangeable since the days when the Spanish Dollar was the united currency of large areas of the New World and South East Asia.
^ Not official, but freely used as a tender in Nepal, due to primarily the economic flux with India and also the instability caused by that country's civil war.
^ Zacharia, Janine (2010-05-31). "Palestinian officials think about replacing Israeli shekel with Palestine pound". ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
^ "Compact- Title 02 Article 05". www.fsmlaw.org.
^ EU Overseas countries and some other territories participate partially in the EU single market per part four of the Treaty Establishing the European Community; Some EU Outermost regions and other territories use the Euro of the currency union, others are part of the customs union; some participate in both unions and some in neither.
Territories of the United States, Australian External Territories and Realm of New Zealand territories share the currency and mostly also the market of their respective mainland state, but are generally not part of its customs territory.
^ a b Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta; Tchamyou, Vanessa (2016-08-01). "A Literature Survey on Proposed African Monetary Unions". Journal of Economic Surveys. 31 (3): 878–902. doi:10.1111/joes.12174. ISSN 1467-6419.
^ "Kuwait sees GCC currency union taking up to 10 years". arabianbusiness.com.
^ Not currently on any political agenda, based mostly off conspiracy theories.
Acocella, N. and Di Bartolomeo, G. and Tirelli, P. , 'Monetary conservatism and fiscal coordination in a monetary union', in: 'Economics Letters', 94(1): 56-63.


Dr. Martin Strohbach is a Senior Researcher at AGT Group (R&D), Darmstadt, Germany where he is responsible for Big Data systems research. He received his PhD in computer science from Lancaster University, UK in the area of ubiquitous and pervasive computing and holds an MSc in Computing from Karlsruhe University, Germany. Martin's research interests are centred around IoT and Big Data systems and includes sensor based systems ranging from smart environments to large scale distributed systems. He is particularly interested in application frameworks and programming abstractions that simplify application development. He has filed several patents and published in major conferences and magazines and has lead and supported technology transfer projects. Martin has over 10 years of experience in conducting research in EU projects in the field of Embedded Sensing Middleware, Internet of Things (IoT), context-aware systems and Big Data. Currently he is leading the Data Storage technical working group in the BIG - Big Data Public Private Forum CSA project.


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A: Try this solution:
str = "fsfsdfsdd [qwewqewe] sdfsdfdf sdfsd[sdf]";
s = str.match(/\[(\w+?)\]/g);
s.forEach(i => console.log(i));

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let str = "fsfsdfsdd [qwewqewe] sdfsdfdf sdfsd[sdf]";
let regex = /(?<=\[)(.*?)(?=\])/g;
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56th CMA Single Of The Year Award Winner – "'Til You Can't"
Cody Johnson walked home from the 56th CMA Awards with two trophies thanks to his massive hit "'Til You Can't" – the track was announced as the Music Video and Single Of The Year. This was Cody's first wins at the CMA Awards. Photo Courtesy of Cody JohnsonAdditional Photo Courtesy of CMA… MORE
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Congrats to Cody Johnson as his music video for "'Til You Can't" is now a CMA Award winner! Before the 56th CMA Awards broadcast airs tonight, Wednesday November 9th, the category winner was announced on Good Morning America. Tune into ABC to see the other trophies handed out this evening, starting 8/7c. Headline Photo Credit:…… MORE
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Conference: the Alphabet of Universal Grammar conference
April 11, 2019 · by Zheng
The alphabet of universal grammar
Thu 4 Jul 2019 09:00 to Fri 5 Jul 2019 17:00
The British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AH
Features—atomic units of contrast—are the alphabet of natural language. They predate the Cognitive Revolution and are central to Generative Linguistics, yet there is a hole in current understanding. Unlike phonology, syntax has no articulatory tract in which to ground its features. Consequently, the algorithms that build sentences are better researched than the atoms these algorithms operate over. Recently, however, morphology, semantics, typology, and psycholinguistics have sharpened syntax sufficiently for its foundational features to come into focus. Our conference aims to elucidate the featural alphabet of human syntax and to define a programme of enquiry into this underexplored domain.
Convenors:
Professor Daniel Harbour, Queen Mary University of London
Dr Luisa Martí, Queen Mary University of London
Dr Hazel Pearson, Queen Mary University of London
Dr Coppe van Urk, Queen Mary University of London
Dr Diogo Almeida, New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr Ana Arregui, University of Massachusetts, USA
Dr Theresa Biberauer, University of Cambridge
Professor Jonathan David Bobaljik, Harvard University, USA
Dr Patricia Cabredo-Hofherr, French National Centre for Scientific Research, France
Professor Greville Corbett, University of Surrey
Dr Jenny Culbertson, University of Edinburgh
Dr Amy Rose Deal, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Dr Peter Klecha, Swarthmore College, USA
Professor Angelika Kratzer, University of Massachusetts, USA
Dr Mora Maldonado, University of Edinburgh
Professor Lisa Matthewson, University of British Columbia, Canada
Dr Ora Matushansky, French National Centre for Scientific Research, France
Professor Peter Svenonius, University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway, Norway
Professor Martina Wiltschko, University of British Columbia, Canada
Dr Yasutada Sudo, University College London
Dr Maria Luisa Zubizarreta, University of Southern California, USA
Call for Posters:
We invite abstracts for poster presentations for the British Academy conference "The alphabet of Universal Grammar" (details here: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/alphabet-universal-grammar). The posters will be displayed on stands and presenters will have the opportunity to answer questions and receive feedback from the audience. Poster sessions will take place during breaks from the main session and during dedicated poster sessions each day.
Abstract Guidelines:
No abstract may be longer than 2 pages (A4 or letter size) with 1 inch (2.54 cm) margins. Abstracts must be set single spaced in a 12 pt font. Figures and references may be set in a smaller font, but must be within the 2 page limit. Only pdf files will be accepted. The submission must not reveal the identity of the author(s) in any way. (Note that files uploaded to Easychair are renamed by the system, but a PDF file may contain hidden information about its author or creator.)
An author may submit a maximum of two abstracts, where only one submission may be single-authored.
We have a small number of conference fee waivers available so please let us know in your EasyChair submission if you need such support in order to attend the conference (e.g., if you are a student, or in part-time employment).
Please submit abstracts via EasyChair no later than April 30 2019, 23:59 at the following link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=alphug2019
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Cameroon was horrible but they were able to sneak out of the group and go on a streak and win AFCON 2017 in spite of being a mediocre team. Anything can happen.
What is this thing, koraa?
Black stars is horrible. Anokwale.
Black stars will never win AFCON 2019.Take it or leave it.
Cameroon did not have a 'bad-luck' and an ugly president - these two things count a lot if a country stands any chance of winning a major trophy wai.
NANA BUILD OUR ROADS WAI, AND FORGET ABOUT AFCON CUP FROM BLACKSTARS WAI!
What the hell is this talk-talk president taliking about? Always nonfa nkoaa. Idiot.
I'll give you some numbers to win some money from the Powerball lottery on Wednesday.
We just need a good coach who can put players together. Somebody who can read a game under pressure and make changes. Time is not on our side. To win AFCON is a forgone dream. Not with the crop of handlers we have.
Pls, let's give respect to our leaders.
Aaaa well Anokwale I think I side with you.Just as in the case of Cameroon, Ghana might just be able to pull the chestnut out of the blazing fire.
Because of Akufo Addo,Ghana will not go far in the competition. You mark mine words.
These ntafour have no wisdom and John Mahama is a key example. Mr. Boot for boot indeed.
The Black Stars we saw against Kenya was clueless. The under 23 is far better. Good luck anyway.


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#import <XCTest/XCTest.h>

#import "GTLBase64.h"

@interface GTLBase64Test : XCTestCase
@end

@implementation GTLBase64Test

- (void)testBase64Conversion {
  NSMutableString *testStr = [NSMutableString string];
  for (unichar idx = 1; idx < 500; idx += 15) {
    [testStr appendFormat:@"%C", idx];
  }
  NSString *testEncodedStd = @"ARAfLj1MW2p5wojCl8KmwrXDhMOTw6LDscSAxI/EnsStxLzF"
                             @"i8WaxanFuMaHxpbGpca0x4PHksehx7A=";
  NSString *testEncodedWeb = @"ARAfLj1MW2p5wojCl8KmwrXDhMOTw6LDscSAxI_EnsStxLzF"
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  // Encoding
  NSData *data = nil;
  NSString *result = GTLEncodeBase64(data);
  XCTAssertNil(result, @"nil base64 data");

  data = [NSData data];
  result = GTLEncodeBase64(data);
  NSString *expected = @"";
  XCTAssertEqualObjects(result, expected, @"empty base64 data");

  NSString *str = testStr;
  data = [testStr dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];

  result = GTLEncodeBase64(data);
  expected = testEncodedStd;
  XCTAssertEqualObjects(result, expected, @"test data");

  result = GTLEncodeWebSafeBase64(data);
  expected = testEncodedWeb;
  XCTAssertEqualObjects(result, expected, @"test data ws");

  // Decoding
  str = nil;
  data = GTLDecodeBase64(str);
  XCTAssertNil(data, @"nil string");

  str = @"kjh"; // not valid base64
  data = GTLDecodeBase64(str);
  XCTAssertNil(data, @"invalid string");

  str = @"";
  data = GTLDecodeBase64(str);
  XCTAssertEqualObjects(data, [NSData data], @"empty string");

  str = testEncodedStd;
  data = GTLDecodeBase64(str);
  NSData *expectedData = [testStr dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
  XCTAssertEqualObjects(data, expectedData, @"test string");

  str = testEncodedWeb;
  data = GTLDecodeWebSafeBase64(str);
  expectedData = [testStr dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
  XCTAssertEqualObjects(data, expectedData, @"test string ws");
}
@end

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Stanford UniversityOne of the free online learning platforms like Udemy that provides a wide range of educational possibilities for students from various age groups, geographical locations, and educational backgrounds is Stanford University.
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The open yale classes, like the other websites on the list, are a well-liked hub for free online education. The course resources include high-quality, downloadable video lectures as well as prescribed readings from the syllabus, tests, and problem sets. History, geology, chemistry, astronomy, and other subjects are also offered as courses. It is a fantastic substitute for Udemy.
1. What is better than Udemy?
The well-known Udemy rival Coursera has a huge selection of online courses, many of which are taught by top academics from top universities around the globe and industry experts. This is the best site if you're looking for Websites Like Udemy.
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A wide variety of free, in-depth classes on technology, languages, science, financial literacy, soft skills, entrepreneurship, and more are available through ALISON.
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Both main companies in the e-learning space, Skillshare, and Udemy offer platforms that can help you advance your knowledge. But after thorough deliberation, we've concluded that Skillshare is the undisputed champion if you want to put what you've learned into practice, connect with peers, and receive instructor feedback.
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It's a difficult choice because Coursera's courses are of a much higher caliber and Udemy's are more plentiful and easier to locate resources.
As various fields are shifting to online mode for increased efficiency, so is the field of learning and teaching. The above-mentioned Websites Like Udemy are as good as Udemy and deserve a shot in case you liked the interface of Udemy.
Hopefully, this article will help you narrow down to the perfect e-learning platform for you to grow in your desired field of profession or studies.
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Teaching Hard History: American Slavery
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The Code in India makes a distinction between financial creditors (FC) and operational creditors (OC). FCs make a resolution plan; which should bind all- including OCs. FCs sit and decide whether and how much would OCs get; the downside protection is that OCs will get the liquidation value, but obviously, liquidation value is the least and the worst, if the company goes for liquidation. The company is not liquidating; it is being rescued, and obviously, there is better value in rescue than in liquidation. Is it alright for a law providing the right of decision-making to one class of creditors, to decide the fate of another class?
Resolution or arrangements under insolvency laws are obviously different from arrangements under Companies Act [say, sec 230-234, or sec 391-394 of the 1956 Act). Under corporate laws, every class of creditors has a separate meeting, and unless the plan is voted upon by a supermajority of every class, the plan does not succeed. In insolvency resolutions, both in USA and UK, there is no class voting. Yet Indian law brought a statutory demarcation of classes, by creating a class of OCs and FCs. Interestingly, even if the OC happens to be a secured creditor, the OC has no right of voting.
Is this distinction keeping in view principles of natural justice? Can someone's property right (right in receivables) be decided upon by someone else except by authority of law. Is the distinction between FCs and OCs an intelligible distinction? The BLRC seems to say that OCs do not have risk-taking or negotiating abilities; however, at the same time, the OCs are facing the risk. Is such a distinction between FCs and OCs there in any other country in the world, or India is the solitary exception?
We invite thoughtful, well-researched articles from law students on this very interesting topic. Our objective is academic; we think we are contributing to the ever-evolving philosophical foundations of insolvency law, and more so in the present Indian context with such questions looming large in mega resolution proceedings.
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Bush calls for unity. Trump attacks Bush. And then a host of others
By Peter Baker
May 4, 2020 — 12.49pm
Washington: US President Donald Trump had a quick reaction on Sunday, in the US, after former president George W. Bush called for national unity. He attacked Bush.
National unity, Trump made clear, was not on his agenda for the day, even as the death toll from the coronavirus pandemic that has ravaged the country passed 67,000 and tens of millions of out-of-work Americans struggled to get by.
US President Donald Trump speaks during a Fox News town hall at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. Credit:Bloomberg
Amid the death and devastation, the President was busy not only assailing Bush but another predecessor as well, embracing a fringe conspiracy theory to accuse former president Barack Obama of masterminding a "hoax" to take him down.
Trump also attacked a prominent Democratic congressman, denigrated the media and threatened to withhold aid to states hard hit by the virus unless they bowed to his demands on immigration policy.
Then he planned to end his day with a long appearance on Fox News aimed not at speaking to the country as a whole but to his political base six months to the day before the November election, headlining a virtual "town hall" on the pandemic at the Lincoln Memorial, named for another previous president who famously once warned that "a house divided against itself cannot stand".
The messages of the day underscored once again that Trump does not view the presidency in the same way as its previous occupants, favouring combativeness over conciliation even in times of national crisis.
For Trump, it is a formula that has worked and one that finds him at his most comfortable and confident.
He regularly scorns the notion that he should be more "presidential", dismissing that concept as weak and boring. But it is at moments like this that his departure from the norms of his office becomes most evident.
Trump, who spent the weekend at Camp David in his first getaway since most of the nation began locking down in mid-March, seemed peeved at a three-minute video message posted by Bush that made no mention of the current President but warned against partisanship in a time of peril.
"Let us remember how small our differences are in the face of this shared threat," Bush said in the professionally produced video set against music and photographs of medical workers helping victims of the virus and of ordinary Americans wearing masks.
"In the final analysis, we are not partisan combatants. We are human beings, equally vulnerable and equally wonderful in the sight of God. We rise or fall together, and we are determined to rise."
While Bush never mentioned Trump's name, the sitting President clearly took the message as an implicit rebuke.
In a Twitter message, Trump paraphrased a Fox News personality saying, "Oh bye [sic] the way, I appreciate the message from former president Bush, but where was he during Impeachment calling for putting partisanship aside."
Trump then added in his own voice: "He was nowhere to be found in speaking up against the greatest Hoax in American history!"
US President Donald Trump. Credit:Bloomberg
Hours later, Trump went after another predecessor, reposting a tweet from a pro-Trump website accusing Obama of plotting against him. "Evidence has surfaced that indicates Barack Obama was the one running the Russian hoax," said the original message retweeted by the President.
Trump reposted a message attacking representative Adam Schiff, the leader of the House managers who prosecuted the President at his Senate impeachment trial this year. Another message vowed to deny federal money to bail out states that maintain sanctuary policies protecting some immigrants in the country illegally.
In a less feisty moment, the President did take time out to post a message praising his golf course in Scotland.
Former US president George W Bush. Credit:AP
Bush's video message was part of a series of videos aired online as part of a 24-hour livestreamed project, The Call to Unite, that also featured Oprah Winfrey, Tim Shriver, Julia Roberts, Martin Luther King III, Sean Combs, Quincy Jones, Naomi Judd, Andrew Yang and others.
Bush's office said he had no response to Trump's message.
"The video was a part of an event called A Call to Unite," said Freddy Ford, the former president's chief of staff. "I hope those covering it will resist the temptation to use it as a call to divide." Obama's office had no comment.
Former president Bill Clinton also delivered a message, speaking into a camera in what looked like a video chat from his home. "We need each other, and we do better when we work together," he said.
Attacked: Then-President Barack Obama, centre, walks out of the Oval Office of the White House with former presidents Bill Clinton, left, and George W. Bush in 2010. Credit:AP
"That's never been more clear to me as I have seen the courage and dignity of the first responders, the healthcare workers, all the people who are helping them to provide our food, our transportation, our basic services to the other essential workers."
Trump has declined to call on his predecessors to help bring the country together during the pandemic. Past presidents made a point of enlisting former occupants of the White House from both parties in times of crisis to demonstrate national resolve and unity.
Bush recruited his father, former president George H.W. Bush, and Clinton to respond to a devastating tsunami in Asia and then to Hurricane Katrina. Obama asked the younger Bush and Clinton to respond to an earthquake in Haiti.
Trump, for his part, has dismissed the idea of calling his predecessors for help, either to participate or even to offer advice. "I don't think I'm going to learn much," he said when asked about the idea in March. "I guess you could say that there's probably a natural inclination not to call."
Bush has never been a fan of his fellow Republican President. Trump defeated his brother Jeb Bush for the nomination in 2016 and has criticised the 43rd president's record repeatedly.
Bush refused to support Trump that fall, saying he had voted for "none of the above" instead.
While disturbed by Trump's leadership, Bush has largely kept quiet since then with a couple of notable exceptions, such as a speech in New York and a eulogy for Senator John McCain that were seen as implicit rebukes of the incumbent.
In his video message on Saturday, Bush recalled the difficult days after September 11, 2001. "Let us remember, we have faced times of testing before," he said as images flashed on the screen of him comforting relatives of those killed in the attacks.
"Following 9/11, I saw a great nation rise as one to honour the brave, to grieve with the grieving and to embrace unavoidable new duties. And I have no doubt, none at all, that this spirit of service and sacrifice is alive and well in America."
Bush also called for compassion, a trait that Trump has largely eschewed during the pandemic in favour of demonstrating what he considers strength and optimism. "Let us remember that empathy and simple kindness are essential, powerful tools of national recovery," Bush said.
And he added, "Let's remember that the suffering we experience as a nation does not fall evenly."


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Oct 11, 2019 - 05:09 pm
Porsche joins Boeing in Urban Air Mobility market
Porsche and Boeing signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore what they consider the market for urban air mobility (UAM). As part of the partnership, the companies will create an international team to gather insight on new mobility applications.
Boeing VTOL takes test flight as flying taxi
Boeing has absolved a successful test flight with a VTOL that they now call Passenger Air Vehicle (PAV). Boeing announced that the prototype has just completed a controlled takeoff, hover and landing during the test conducted in Manassas, Virginia.
Siemens, Valeo, ElringKlinger, LG Chem, Aurora Flight Sciences.
Siemens and Valeo form alliance: The two companies have formed a 50:50 joint venture to make high-voltage powertrains for all forms of electrified cars, including hybrids. Jointly developed electric motors, on-board chargers, inverters and power converters are said to give the companies a more favourable position in the market.
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Battery cooperation: ElringKlinger meanwhile teamed up with Sensor Technik Wiedemann. Together the German companies want to create lithium-ion battery modules and system for i.e. electric vehicles. The first projects will include energy 24 and 48 Volt energy storage systems with optimal cooling.
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LG Chem with new coating: LG Chem has purchased a patent licence agreement from company Optodot to use the latter's boehmite ceramic-coated separators for Li-ion batteries. Ceramic coating is said to improve performance, life cycle and safety of Li-ion batteries.
greencarcongress.com
Vertical takeoff: Aurora Flight Sciences has completed a first flight with a miniature model of its newly developed aircraft with hybrid-electric propulsion (we reported). The plane can take off and land vertically, making runways a thing of the past. Once airborne, it can reach up to 740 kph. The development is funded 89m dollars from the U.S. Pentagon.
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Chinese cooperative: Geely and battery manufacturer Hunan Corun New Energy are working on a new technology platform for electric and hybrid cars, which will be open to all Chinese manufacturers. Nine unnamed carmakers have expressed interest. This is the second cooperation between the companies, as they are also working on a hybrid car project set to go into production next year.
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H2 research in Hamburg: The new ZAL TechCenter of Applied Aeronautical Research in the Hanseatic city and was launched in cooperation with the city of Hamburg, Airbus, Lufthansa, the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), four universities, and twelve other partners. The R&D facility houses the Fuel Cell Lab, which will look into hydrogen applications in aviation, public transport and the automotive industry.
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Hybrid VTOL plane: Beating competitors like Boeing, Aurora Flight Sciences received 89m dollars from the U.S. Pentagon to develop an aircraft with hybrid-electric propulsion, capable of vertical take-off and landing. Called LightningStrike, it will travel at up to 740 kph once airborne.
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Pakistan beat Zimbabwe by 7 wickets.
Pakistan's opening batsman, Fakhar Zaman has praised captain Sarfraz Ahmed for his improved batting show. He slammed 38-ball 47 to take his team to the finals of the T20 tri-series. As Pakistan thrash Zimbabwe out of the tournament, they will now face Australia in the final battle on 8th of June.
Fakhar Zaman who once led Pakistan to win the ICC Champions Trophy 2017, is now battling out of form from some past few innings. Zaman who made his T20I debut in 2017 has played 20 matches at a low batting average of 25.37.
"Initially, during the T20I career I was trying to hit every ball," Zaman said after scoring a 38-ball 47 in his side's seven-wicket win over Zimbabwe on Wednesday that secured the final berths for Australia and Pakistan. "After eight to ten games, I sat with the seniors like Shoaib Malik and Sarfraz [Ahmed] and talked about my game plan. I realised that I have to play proper cricketing shots in the circle [powerplay overs]."
With Pakistan facing Australia today, The 28-year old cricketer has an opportunity to send out a message to all his critics. He had a close to decent batting performance in 2018 as he has only managed to slam two T20 half-centuries.
Recently, captain Sarfraz Ahmed has expressed his disappointment after his bowlers conceded 163 runs against Zimbabwe in the group stages. Fakhar Zaman will now onwards try to look forward and bat efficiently to maintain his spot for the World Cup squad.
He does that in the fielding," Fakhar Zaman told about his captain Sarfraz Ahmed. "He is a very good person off the field. We are used to it and he is our captain. And well, it works for us and it worked today." Fakhar Zaman concluded.


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Jack Leroy "Jackie" Wilson (June 9, 1934 – January 21, 1984) was an American soul and R&B singer, born in Detroit, Michigan. His energetic stage and singing style earned him the title "Mr. Excitement" and he scored major hits with "Lonely Teardrops" and "(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher" in 1959 and 1967, respectively. Although several of his hits were written by Motown Records founder Berry Gordy, Jr., Wilson never joined the Motown group, a fact many believe contributed to his relative lack of success in his later career.
1 Career
1.1 Early years
1.2 Jackie goes solo
1.3 Slowdown in the 1960s
3 Tributes and Legacy
4 Chart Successes
Wilson led a troubled life due in part to his habitual womanizing. He nearly died after being shot by a jealous lover in 1961 and was arrested on morals charges in 1967. He suffered a major heart attack while performing in 1975 and remained hospitalized for the rest of his life due to resulting brain damage, finally dying at the age of 49 in 1984. Despite the moderate degree of his success, he was much admired by his fellow rock and R&B performers, receiving many tributes from them over the years.
Wilson was the only surviving child of Jack and Eliza Mae Wilson. He began singing at an early age and by his teens had formed a gospel quartet, the Ever Ready Gospel Singers Group. Although the group was popular in local churches, Jackie's religious roots didn't run deep enough to keep him out of trouble. Growing up in a rough section of Detroit, he was reportedly a frequent truant and belonged to a gang called The Shakers. While still a teen, he was twice confined at the Lansing Correctional Institute, where he learned how to box, becoming a Detroit Golden Gloves champion at sixteen. He dropped out of school in the same year.
Wilson hoped to be a professional boxer, but when his parents would not allow this, he began singing in local Detroit clubs. In 1951 he married Freda Hood, and a daughter was born the next month. He sang in a group that included this cousin, Levi Stubbs—future lead singer of the Four Tops. He also recorded—as "Sonny Wilson"—a few solo tracks for Dee Gee label, owned by Dizzy Gillespie.
After gaining a solid local reputation, Wilson auditioned successfully for the popular Billy Ward & the Dominoes in 1953, replacing Clyde McPhatter, who had left Ward's band to form The Drifters. The group had several moderate hits with Wilson, including "You Can't Keep a Good Man Down." Previously the group had scored a major R&B hit with Sixty Minute Man (1951).
Jackie goes solo
Wilson's solo career began with in 1957 with the exuberant "Reet Petite," written by the then-unknown Berry Gordy, Jr. While Gordy went on to tremendous success with Motown Records, Wilson would remain with the Brunswick label throughout his career.
Wilson had his first top 40 hit in 1958 with "To Be Loved." At the end of that year he had a major success with "Lonely Teardrops." Like "Reet Petite," the song was written by Gordy, and it went to number seven. A popular gospel-esque dance tune perfectly matched to Wilson's "golden" tenor voice, it became his signature tune, bringing his unique singing style to a wide audience. That same year saw Wilson release his first LP, titled He's So Fine.
"Lonely Teardrops" helped Wilson cross over from R&B to the pop mainstream. His dynamic stage personality earned him the nickname "Mr. Excitement," and his performance of "Lonely Teardrops" on the Ed Sullivan Show is considered one of the show's classics. Two more Berry Gordy songs—"That's Why (I Love You So)" and "I'll Be Satisfied"—became hits for Wilson in 1959.
Slowdown in the 1960s
In 1960 Wilson scored two additional R&B number one hits with "Doggin' Around" and "A Woman, A Lover, A Friend." He also experimented rather unsuccessfully with semi-operatic records such as Danny Boy and Night, as well as Johnny Mathis-style pop ballads. Returning to his uptempo "Mr. Excitement" style with "Baby Workout," he scored another hit in 1963.
Wilson's career began to suffer, however, in the mid-1960s. He managed a revival with "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" in 1967 charting at number six pop and number one R&B. The comeback was short-lived, however, and Wilson rarely charted in the 1970s. Considering Wilson's ample singing and stage performing talents, many analysts speculate that he might have gained much greater success in the late 1960s and early 1970s had he joined the Motown Records stable along with so many other local Detroit performers, rather than remaining with the Brunswick label.
Although married to Frida Hood since 1951, Wilson was a notorious womanizer. He was shot and seriously wounded by one of his lovers, Juanita Jones, on February 15, 1961. Wilson remained hospitalized for more than a month, and found himself in serious financial trouble when he was released. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) seized his family home and his wife soon filed for divorce. Their marriage was annulled in 1965. In March 1967, Wilson was arrested in South Carolina on morals charges after he and a friend were discovered in a motel with two 24-year-old white women. Later that year he married Harlean Harris, an old girlfriend with whom he had a son in 1963, and to whom he remained married until his death. Wilson reportedly converted to Judaism sometime in his adult life, but little is known about the circumstances of his conversion.
On September 29, 1975, while performing on stage in New Jersey, Wilson suffered a massive heart attack and was rushed to a nearby hospital after several minutes without breathing. He remained comatose for three months, and although he eventually regained consciousness, never fully recovered. Some of his medical costs were reportedly paid for by Elvis Presley. Wilson never uttered another word, but clung to life for eight additional years, remaining hospitalized until his death at the age of 49 in 1984.
Wilson is interred in the Westlawn Cemetery in Wayne, Michigan.
Tributes and Legacy
Van Morrison recorded a tribute song called "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)" on his 1972 album, Saint Dominic's Preview.
Rita Coolidge covered "Higher and Higher" in 1977; her version outpaced Wilson's original on the U.S. pop charts, reaching number two and earning a gold record.
Elvis Presley considered Jackie Wilson's version of "Don't Be Cruel" superior to his own, returning four nights in a row to see Wilson performing in Las Vegas.[1]
In 1985, the soul/funk band The Commodores recorded "Nightshift" in memory of Wilson and soul singer Marvin Gaye, who died in the same year as Wilson. Reaching number one R&B and number three pop in the U.S. it was the group's biggest post-Lionel Richie hit.
Michael Jackson honored Wilson at the 1984 Grammy Awards when he dedicated his Album of the Year Grammy for Thriller to him.
Wilson scored a posthumous hit when "Reet Petite" reached number one in the United Kingdom in 1986. This success was due in part to a popular video made for the song, featuring an animated clay model of Wilson. The following year, he hit the U.K. charts again with "I Get the Sweetest Feeling" (No. 3), and "Higher and Higher" (No. 11).
Wilson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
Chart Successes
"Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want to Meet)" (U.S. #62, UK #6), 1957 (re-issue hit #1 in the UK toward the end of 1986)
"To Be Loved" (U.S. #22, UK #23), 1958
"We Have Love" (U.S. #93), 1958
"Lonely Teardrops" (U.S. #7 and R&B #1), 1958
"That's Why (I Love You So)" (U.S. #13), 1959
"I'll Be Satisfied" (U.S. #20), 1959
"You Better Know It" (U.S. #37 and R&B #1), 1959
"Talk That Talk" (U.S. #34), 1959
"Night" (U.S. #4) / "Doggin' Around" (U.S. #15 and R&B #1), 1960
"(You Were Made For) All My Love" (U.S. #12, UK #33) / "A Woman, A Lover, A Friend" (U.S. #15 and R&B #1), 1960
"Alone at Last" (U.S. #8, UK #50) / "Am I the Man" (U.S. #32), 1960
"My Empty Arms" (U.S. #9) / "The Tear of the Year" (U.S. #44), 1961
"Please Tell Me Why" (U.S. #20) / "Your One and Only Love" (U.S. #40), 1961
"I'm Comin' on Back to You" (U.S. #19) / "Lonely Life" (U.S. #80), 1961
"Years from Now" (U.S. #37) / "You Don't Know What It Means" (U.S. #79), 1961
"The Way I Am" (U.S. #58) / "My Heart Belongs to Only You" (U.S. #65), 1961
"The Greatest Hurt" (U.S. #34) / "There'll Be No Next Time" (U.S. #75), 1962
"I Found Love" (duet with Linda Hopkins, U.S. #93), 1962
"Hearts" (U.S. #58), 1962
"I Just Can't Help It" (U.S. #70), 1962
"Forever and a Day" (U.S. #82) / "Baby, That's All" (U.S. #119), 1962
"Baby Workout" (U.S. #5 and R&B #1), 1963
"Shake a Hand" (duet with Linda Hopkins, U.S. #93), 1963
"Shake! Shake! Shake!" (U.S. #33), 1963
"Baby Get It (And Don't Quit It)" (U.S. #61), 1963
"Big Boss Line" (U.S. #94), 1964
"Squeeze Her-Tease Her (But Love Her)" (U.S. #89), 1964
"Danny Boy" (U.S. #94), 1965
"No Pity (In the Naked City)" (U.S. #59), 1965
"I Believe I'll Love On" (U.S. #96), 1965
"Think Twice" (duet with Lavern Baker, U.S. #93) / "Please Don't Hurt Me" (U.S. #128), 1966
"Whispers (Gettin' Louder)" (U.S. #11), 1966
"I Don't Want to Lose You" (U.S. #84) / "Just Be Sincere" (U.S. #91), 1967
"I've Lost You" (U.S. #82), 1967
"(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" (U.S. #6 and R&B #1), 1967 (UK re-releases #11 in 1969 and #15 in 1987)
"Since You Showed Me How to Be Happy" (U.S. #32), 1967
"For Your Precious Love" (with Count Basie, U.S. #49), 1968
"Chain Gang" (with Count Basie, U.S. #84), 1968
"I Get the Sweetest Feeling" (U.S. #34), 1968 (UK re-releases: #9 in 1972; #25 in 1975 as double A-side with "Higher and Higher"; #3 in 1987)
"For Once in My Life" (U.S. #70), 1968
"Let This Be a Letter (To My Baby)" (U.S. #91), 1970
"(I Can Feel Those Vibrations) This Love Is Real" (U.S. #56), 1970
"Love Is Funny That Way" (U.S. #95), 1971
"You Got Me Walking" (U.S. #93), 1972
Boland, S. R. and Linda Bond. The Birth of the Detroit Sound: 1940-1964. Arcadia Publishing, 2002. ISBN 978-0738520339
Carter, Doug. The Black Elvis—Jackie Wilson. Heyday Publishing, Inc., 1998. ISBN 978-0966942507
Douglas, Tony. Jackie Wilson: Lonely Teardrops. Routledge, 2005. ISBN 978-0415974301
Jackie Wilson at All Music Guide (allmusic.com).
Jackie Wilson history
History of "Jackie Wilson"
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COVID-19 and AIDS: A tale of two pandemics
The coronavirus pandemic has taken a large toll on the United States in the last month. To date, there are over a half million people suffering from COVID-19 and more than 22,000 deaths. Worldwide, as of this writing, there have been over 1.9 million people reported with COVID-19 and over 116,000 deaths.
Many are comparing certain aspects of this current pandemic to that of HIV/AIDS in the 1980s. According to the World Health Organization, 32 million people have died of AIDS since the beginning of the epidemic out of the 74.9 million who have been infected. 770,000 died from the disease in 2018.
Emmy Award-winning journalist Hank Plante, one of the first openly gay television reporters in the country, covered the AIDS epidemic on a regular basis.
In an interview with Press Pass Q, Plante noted individuals with COVID-19 are not being vilified the way gay men with AIDS were in the 1980s.
Hank Plante
"People with the coronavirus are being met with sympathy, but generally no one cared about people with AIDS except for gays and lesbians, a few politicians, and some — but not all — health care workers," Plante said. "Today, of course, everyone cares about this new disease because everyone's health is on the line, and it affects more than just marginalized groups like we were."
Mark Segal, publisher of Philadelphia Gay News, offered a similar take. "We were made to feel ashamed. It was the gay disease, very different than today. The major similarity is the incompetence of our government to deal with it early."
"The biggest difference is the urgency I suppose," added Troy Masters, editor and publisher of the Los Angeles Blade. "It was our crisis alone, we were pariahs, abused and largely ignored until the tide turned due to the efforts of activism. With COVID-19, the outbreak was not specific to any one group of people and the urgency has been breathtaking."
Masters sees some similarities regarding which medications are being proposed to treat COVID-19.
"Trump's promotion of hydroxychloroquine reminds me of the desperate use of AZT, the first drug that showed anecdotal evidence but turned out to be poison," Masters said. "From that experience and because there was a lack of drugs and a very slow development process, ACT-UP formed to in part urge a quicker path to approvals for drugs that showed better efficacy but did not embrace every drug that came along regardless of efficacy. Both TAG (treatment activists group) within ACT-UP and many of the actions taken by ACT-UP itself were deeply data-driven and opposed by many of the drug companies and agencies, leaders and community members that blocked progress."
During the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, added Segal, "The only information we could get was what LGBT media gave us. LGBT media was our lifeline. Today, every form of media is getting information out."
Plante also noted the difference between news coverage now and then. "The news coverage is quite different today in that it is ubiquitous. Very few of us in the mainstream media were covering AIDS in the beginning. President Trump talks about the coronavirus everyday, but that's because he sees it as a public relations battle and a re-election threat. President Reagan, on the other hand, never said the word 'AIDS' until five years into the epidemic."
Plante also pointed out that in the 1980s Dr. Anthony Fauci, now the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, "was and is the voice of scientific reason."
"Nancy Pelosi was a new member of Congress in 1986 and made her top priority dealing with AIDS in her San Francisco district," Plante added. "Senator Dianne Feinstein, who was then-mayor of San Francisco, had an AIDS budget for her city that was bigger than Reagan's AIDS budget was for the entire nation. And healthcare workers are once again risking their lives to save their patients from a mysterious virus that appeared suddenly, and whose end we can't foresee."
Washington Blade contributor from Cuba released by ICE
Media outlets persevere amid COVID-19 crisis