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Russia, the Neoconservatives, and the Real Issues Involved
"For the Neoconservative leaders of what passes for "conservatism" these days, it is as if nothing has changed since 1991, since the ignominious fall of Communism. It's even arguable that their hostility to Moscow has increased since then."
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Almost one year ago the United States Congress (with only a handful of "nay" votes) adopted new and severe sanctions against Russia for its supposed attempt to influence and interfere in the 2016 national elections. Included in that legislation was a provision—specifically placed there by Russophobe Senator Lindsay Graham (R-SC)—that President Trump cannot alter or lift any of the sanctions without future Congressional approbation.
The government of Vladimir Putin, in response to this provocation, announced that the American diplomatic presence in Russia would be reduced by 755 persons, a drastic move by any standards. But we cannot say it was unexpected—or undeserved.
A Jewish bolshevik shutting down an Easter midnight service. Detail from a larger monumental painting from 1999 by Ilya Glazunov. (Click for full image)
That sanctions vote was fascinating as it illustrated during the first year of the contentious Trump presidency a rare point of political unity between the socialist Left, the Democrats and the mainstream media—formerly noted for their "soft" and favorable attitude to the old and unloved Soviet Communist Russian regime—and the conservative/GOP mainstream, dominated by the Neoconservatives.
Of course, perspectives and approaches to the question differ, whether it was the Trump campaign that was colluding with Moscow, or if it was Hillary and the Clinton Foundation that had collaborated in some way, but their target remained the same: that man in the Kremlin and the country he governs.
One thing was clear: the result of the 2016 presidential election had the most unheard of and remarkable result in recent American political history: a de facto alliance of these supposedly antipodal political forces. And what we have witnessed is a phalanx of the pseudo-Right Neocons and the formerly pro-Soviet Left linked together, competing to see who could be more "anti" and who could come up with the more far-fetched Russia conspiracy theories, and—as with the 2017 sanctions—the latest unwarranted, over the top legislation.
Consider the recent—but largely unreported—formation of an umbrella group, the Renew Democracy Initiative (RDI), with the goal of "uni[ting] the center-left and the center-right." Its leaders include former John McCain foreign policy advisor Max Boot, The Washington Post's Anne Appelbaum, Never Trumper Bill Kristol, former chess wizard Gary Kasparov, and Richard Hurwitz of Council on Foreign Relations. [See "Neocons & Russiagaters Unite!," April 27, 2018]
RDI's manifesto calls for "fresh thinking" and urges "the best minds from different countries to come together for both broad and discrete projects in the service of liberty and democracy in the West and beyond…. Liberal democracy is in crisis around the world, besieged by authoritarianism, nationalism, and other illiberal forces. Far-right parties are gaining traction in Europe, Vladimir Putin tightens his grip on Russia and undermines democracy abroad, and America struggles with poisonous threats from the right and left."
Or, recall those on-camera Fox News Russia experts—think here of General Jack Keane or the unhinged Colonel Ralph Peters who literally foamed at the mouth when talking about Putin, calling him "the new Hitler," and who asserted that Putin had committed "worse crimes" than the German dictator. (Peters is so anti-Russian that he finally left the Fox News network in March 2018)
When Tucker Carlson on his prime time program last July 11, 2017, demanded that Peters provide facts and figures for his accusations, Peters immediately explodedand implied that program host Carlson was a "Hitler apologist." It was a classic argument and instance of reductio ad Hitlerum.
Of course, such examples aren't rare in the establishment "conservative movement" media. Pick up any issue of National Review or The Weekly Standard or listen to the Glenn Beck radio program and you can find the same hysteria, largely laced with faked quotes or disinformation (e.g., "Putin wants to re-establish the Soviet Union" or "Putin was head of the KGB" or "Putin has had his enemies assassinated," and so on, ad nauseum).
Indeed, another ploy by Neocon pundits (and Congress) has been to parade Bill Browder, the grandson of American Communist Party boss Earl Browder, as a star witness to President Putin's nefarious dealings. Of course, it should be noted that Browder fils lost big time financially in his manipulations in Russia, as investigative journalists Philip Giraldi and Robert Parry have documented, and he is engaged in a vicious personal vendetta against Vladimir Putin.
For the Neoconservative leaders of what passes for "conservatism" these days, it is as if nothing has changed since 1991, since the ignominious fall of Communism. It's even arguable that their hostility to Moscow has increased since then.
Let me suggest several reasons for this: First, many of the more prominent Neoconservatives descend from Russian Jews from the Pale of Settlement, whose memories go back to the pre-Communist days of persecution and pogroms under the Tsars.
They originally welcomed Lenin and the Communist regime as liberators and formed some of its staunchest supporters and apparatchiks in the regime of terror that followed (especially in the Cheka and KGB) until Josef Stalin unleashed a wave of anti-semitism after World War II. [See the partially translated excerpts from Solzhenitsyn's Two Hundred Years Together at: https://200yearstogether.wordpress.com, and the commentary]
Putin, despite his strong support from native Russian Jews and from the Moscow Rabbinate, is a Russian nationalist and fervent supporter of the traditionalist Russian Orthodox Church, and those two factors bring up painful memories of the "bad old days" of discrimination and Jewish persecution for the Neocons.
A prime example of this comes in a recent volume authored by prominent Neocon journalist and homosexual activist (yes, the two traits often seem to go together), James Kirchick: The End of Europe: Dictators, Demagogues, and the Coming Dark Age, 2017). In his jumble of Neocon ideology and prejudice, Kirchick evaluates what for him seems to be happening ominously in Europe.
He is deeply fearful of the efforts to "close borders" against Muslim immigrants from the Middle East. He blasts Marine Le Pen as a racist—and most likely a subtle "holocaust denier!"—and attacks the attempts in places like Hungary and Poland to reassert national traditions and Christian identity; for him these are nothing less than attempts to bring back "fascism."
Russia comes in for perhaps his harshest criticism, and the reason is unmistakable: Russia seems to be returning to its older national and pre-Communist heritage, to its age-old Orthodox Christian faith. Russians are returning by the millions to the church and the "old-time" religion. For Kirchick this can only mean one thing: the triumph of bigotry, anti-semitism, and "extreme right wing" ideology, and the failure of what he terms "liberal democracy and equality" (including, he would no doubt include, feminism, same sex marriage, across-the-board equality, and all those other "conservative values"!).
Kirchick's critique, shared by many of the leaders of the national Republican Party and dominating the pages of most establishment "conservative" publications and talk radio these days, joins him arm-in-arm with globalist George Soros in efforts to undermine the Russian state and its president…all in the name of "democracy" and "equality." [See, "George Soros Aghast as Collapsing EU, while Russia Resurgent," January 19, 2018]
But, just what kind of "democracy" and what kind of "equality" do Kirchick and Soros defend?
Beyond the ideological foundations for their hatred of nationalist Russia are economic considerations and the issue of who controls and manages the Russian economy: Wall Street and Bruxelles, or Russia, itself. Unlike the weak and pliant Boris Yeltsin, Putin the nationalist ended the strangle-hold of Russian industry, in particular control of Russia's important energy sector, by those few international businessmen, the oligarchs (many of them Jewish), most of whom fled the country. That could not stand! How dare Russia—and its president—oppose the economic diktats of Bruxelles and Wall Street!
Lastly, we should add one more reason for hostility, and that is Russia's remaining international presence, in particular, in Syria. It is very simple: you don't go from being one of the world's two "superpowers" to all of a sudden a second-rate, economically-handicapped "has been" without some remorse.
As a patriot and nationalist President Putin has, understandably, attempted to reassert Russian prosperity and power—certainly, not as much or in the same manner as the old Communist leaders. But, from his reasonable point of view, the largest country in the world does have interests, and not just in what goes on in neighboring nations where millions of Russians (formerly within Russia) reside, but also with long-time allies such as Syria.
Is not this same criterion true for the United States and its dealings with its neighbors and allies?
More, for the past twenty-five years Russia has experienced the poisoned tip of Islamic terrorism, domestically, including the brutal war in Tchechnya in the Caucasus region and the horrid bombings in the heart of the country, Moscow. From the beginning of his tenure Putin has offered to cooperate with the United States in the fight against international Islamic terror, but each time it was the United States—us—who refused, including famously Paul Wolfowitz during the George W. Bush administration who replied to one such offer:
"We don't need your assistance or intel." And thus, the revealing files on the Tsarnaev brothers (Boston bombing) were not received. But, as Neocon Charles Krauthammer once declared: "We live in a unipolar world today, and there is only ONE superpower, and that is the United States." That attitude was not received with equanimity by post-Communist Russia, a Russia that has discovered its heritage and its traditions and has asked for partnership with the United States, and not the hysteria we have witnessed in the United States sweeping aside all rationality.
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AUSTIN (KJCE) -- Waves of sleet and graupel passing through the area Friday afternoon and evening are continuing to cause some slick road conditions, even on Saturday morning, according to officials.
Parts of Central Texas were under two Winter Weather Advisories - the first issued early Friday afternoon, and another issued late Friday evening that stretched into Saturday morning. Both of those advisories have long since expired, but conditions remain hazardous - especially in portions of Williamson County.
Saturday morning, Round Rock police say a pileup involving at least 10 vehicles just after 6 a.m. closed State Highway 45 westbound just east of Interstate 35. TxDOT crews treated the road surface and the lanes have since re-opened to traffic.
Williamson County Sheriff's deputies worked several collisions Friday afternoon and evening, including a 10-car pileup on Highway 195 near Florence Friday night. Two people were transported to a nearby hospital with critical, life-threatening injuries.
Earlier Friday afternoon, Sheriff Robert Chody tweeting out a photo from near the intersection of Highway 95 and Highway 29 in the northeast portion of the county just after 1:45 p.m.
TxDOT said its crews were working to treat bridges on major roadways throughout the area ahead of the Friday evening rush. Just before 3 p.m., a crash on northbound Interstate 35 at McNeil Road closed the northbound lanes; officials re-opened all but one lane before 3:30 p.m.
Temperatures are expected to reach into the lower 40s Saturday, melting away any lingering precipitation. Periods of light rain will continue through Tuesday when a weak cold front moves through the area.


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Johnnies romp Bulldogs 69-57 in must-win victory
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"We're just tired of losing" was the line sophomore guard Julian Champagnie quoted following the St. John's Red Storm (7-6, 2-5) victory over the Butler Bulldogs (3-7, 2-5) by a score of 69-57 inside Carnesecca Arena on Tuesday night.
Head Coach Mike Anderson and the Red Storm were in the midst of coming off a pair of losses on the road, with one of them, being at Creighton, and allowing a season high 97 points to the seventh best team in the nation.
During the victory tonight, the Red Storm put together multiple runs, including a 14-6 run to secure its second conference victory of the season. During the run, the Johnnies were able to secure a pair of 13 point leads, while junior forward Josh Roberts added eight points. Roberts, as most know, hasn't been playing for the Johnnies in his normal role as a post player. But Anderson sees the vision differently this time around.
"I think it's his time." said Anderson following the game. "This is his opportunity." Last season, Roberts ranked fourth in the BIG EAST in blocks, averaging 1.5. While averaging 5.5 rebounds-per-game last season, which was good for 12th in the conference.
Additionally, Brooklyn native and sophomore guard Julian Champagnie added a team high 18 points, to add to his career day on the scoresheet, just 72 hours ago in Omaha. Champagnie also grabbed five rebounds and blocked one too.
At the end of the first half, the Red Storm were able to string together a 9-0 run, and conclude the first 20, with a Vince Cole 35-footer to put the Red Storm ahead 41-31, and head into the locker room with a double-digit lead.
Here are my five takeaways from this evening's must win contest:
1. Posh Alexander - Defender...and Shooter:
It's simple. "40 Minutes of Hell" was on display tonight, and you can thank Brooklyn native, and freshman guard Posh Alexander for a good chunk of that. Alexander contributed three steals, as well as four boards, and registered 10 points to the scoreboard. The freshman guard was able to help contribute to Butler turning the ball over 16 times during the game. Lavall Jordan's Bulldogs average 11 turnovers a game, while the Red Storm's opponents, this season, have averaged roughly the same as Butler committed tonight.
2. Have a Day, Josh Roberts:
Why are we commenting on an eight-point day from a proven junior forward? Because he hasn't really played during the COVID 2020-21 campaign. He hasn't played because he was out of Mike Anderson's rotation. There have been contests that include Creighton, Xavier, Georgetown, and Seton Hall, where Roberts didn't play or played for a mere two or three minutes. During tonight's game, Roberts was able to come away with eight points in three-of-four shooting, grabbed three rebounds, and added a pair of free-throws. As Mike Anderson said in the post-game press conference, he thinks it's his time. Do we believe its because freshman forward Isaih Moore is out? Time will tell.
3. Isaih Moore "Not Meeting Standards of the Program":
A win is a win, yes. But this could become a problem. Freshman forward Isaih Moore did not suit up for the Red Storm tonight due to "not meeting standards of the program." according to Zach Braziller of the New York Post. Anderson was asked about it following the game. "We talked about not living up to team standards…I'll address it with him in the next couple days."
Moore averages 9.7 points-per-game, and averages 5.8 rebounds-per-game. The latter ranks second on the Red Storm this season. Moore also is 6'10" and is the tallest student-athlete on the squad. Moore did register a career-high 26 points on the hardwood at Georgetown on December 13.
4. Must win games will continue through the weekend:
As previously notes in point #3, the Red Storm did get a victory. Yes, a win is a win, but in order to compete in a tough BIG EAST conference that now features the UConn Huskies. The Johnnies travel to Connecticut to face the Huskies on Monday, January 18 inside Gampel Pavillion, but first, St. John's welcomes Marquette to Carnesecca Arena this coming Saturday. Right now, the Johnnies sit tied for eighth place within the league, and own the tiebreaker over tonight's opponent, Butler.
5. Full team effort, and it showed:
We can't continue to preach this enough. Look at the numbers from redshirt senior Rasheem Dunn. Seven points, five assists, four rebounds, four steals. Junior forward Marcellus Earlington grabbed three-boards and added seven points down low in the post to contribute to the team's seventh victory of the season. The Johnnies also grabbed 15 points off 17 turnovers. The biggest notable statistic, was the fact that St. John's did not allow over 50% from behind-the-arc this evening. They allowed just six triples in 24 total attempts by the Bulldogs. St. John's did in fact, obtain 10 fast-break points in addition.
St. John's welcomes the Marquette Golden Eagles to Carnesecca Arena on Saturday, January 16 for a 2 p.m. opening tip. The game can be viewed on FS1.
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He has had more final programmes than Frank Sinatra had farewell tours, but it seems Sir David Attenborough is still not prepared to hang up his microphone just yet, with the BBC announcing that he will front two more natural history series.
BBC Vision director Jana Bennett has confirmed that a series about the evolution of life and a follow-up to last year's Planet Earth will be Sir David's next projects.
It is not known whether the 81-year-old veteran presenter will appear in the two series, although he is expected to narrate them.
Frozen Planet, which is expected to air on BBC1 in 2009, will look at life at the Earth's freezing extremes.
It will follow the huge success of last year's Planet Earth, which launched with 9 million viewers, and 2001's Blue Planet, which peaked at 8.9 million.
Sir David's second new series will be Life, which is being billed as a "major anthropology series about life on Earth", which is also set to air on BBC1 in 2009.
Life will be one of a series of programmes to mark the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species.
Other programmes will include Human Race, which will tell the story of homo sapiens, and Human Planet, about anthropology and vanishing peoples. Both will air on BBC2.
Sir David will next be seen on screen early next year in Life in Cold Blood, which will look at reptiles.
It is the final instalment of his Life in ... series, which has previously looked at mammals, birds, plants and insects.
Ms Bennett also unveiled a raft of other new factual programmes at a Royal Television Society event last night, including an un-named peak time science strand for BBC1, which is in development.
The first "definitive" BBC history of science since 1973's famous The Ascent of Man is also planned.
The History of Science is due to air on BBC2 in 2009 to mark the founding of the Royal Society - the first time the subject has been tackled in such a way since Bronowski's famous Ascent of Man series, which is often hailed as one of the landmark shows from the "golden age" of television.
Andrew Marr will also return for more authored landmark factual series on BBC2; while in business programming on the channel there will be new series on the story of the City and how technology is reshaping business.


The New York Times has added to the concerto of reports hinting at the arrival of an iPad with a 7.85" screen this fall. Two weeks ago, Bloomberg offered a similar report, also citing anonymous sources. iMore reported something similar back in May.
Amazon has seen some amount of success with its 7" Kindle Fire, while Google recently launched its Nexus 7 tablet. A so-called iPad Mini, priced aggressively by Apple, could prevent other companies from flanking Apple with cheaper tablets equipped with a smaller screen.
In October of 2011, Tim Cook said on an earnings call that he was "very confident about our ability to compete and extremely confident in our product pipeline."
Another day, another iPad mini rumor.
Why do I keep gettingthe feeling that these are controlled leaks?
Already ordered a Nexus 7.
With Apple iOS products, you are really just buying for the superior ecosystem nowadays, unless you absolutely need a Retina display. Good for some people, not necessary for others.
At this point give me one good reason why apple shouldn't make a "mini" iPad?
The main things I want a tablet for are reading Google Reader and browsing the web. Nexus 7 does both of these just as well as iPad, but it's £159 instead of £399.
I opted for Nexus 7. I think a lot of others will be doing the same when they realise just how good value it is.


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Q: How to pass max iterations to fmin in scipy brute optimization I am trying to do a brute force optimization in SciPy.
(imported scipy.optimize as spo)

res_brute = spo.brute(self.minimize_this,
  rranges, full_output=True, finish=spo.fmin)

My question is: How do I make sure spo.fmin stops after N iterations? I can't seem to pass it any arguments.

A: brute doesn't have an option to pass additional arguments to the minimization function, so to override the default behavior, you'll have to create a wrapper of fmin and in the wrapper, set the maxiter argument.  The wrapper is then passed to brute as the finish argument.
For example, suppose we want the minimum of
def func(x):
    return np.cos(3*x) + 0.25*(x-5)**2

on the interval [0, 10], and we want to limit the maximum number of iterations of fmin to 4.  Here's how that can be done (in an ipython session).
First, the imports:
In [102]: import numpy as np

In [103]: from scipy.optimize import brute, fmin

Define the objective function:
In [104]: def func(x):
     ...:     return np.cos(3*x) + 0.25*(x-5)**2
     ...:

Call brute, using a lambda expression for the finish argument.  The lambda expression just passes its arguments on to fmin, along with full_output=True and maxiter=4.  (Instead of a lambda expression, you could define a separate function that does the same thing.)
In [110]: brute(func, [slice(0, 10, 0.1)], finish=lambda func, x0, args=(): fmin(func, x0, args, full_output=True, maxiter=4))
Warning: Maximum number of iterations has been exceeded.
Out[110]: array([ 5.2325])

For comparison, here's the result when maxiter=100:
In [111]: brute(func, [slice(0, 10, 0.1)], finish=lambda func, x0, args=(): fmin(func, x0, args, full_output=True, maxiter=100))
Optimization terminated successfully.
         Current function value: -0.986810
         Iterations: 13
         Function evaluations: 26
Out[111]: array([ 5.2235498])

And when we don't use maxiter in the call to fmin in the lambda expression:
In [112]: brute(func, [slice(0, 10, 0.1)], finish=lambda func, x0, args=(): fmin(func, x0, args, full_output=True))
Optimization terminated successfully.
         Current function value: -0.986810
         Iterations: 13
         Function evaluations: 26
Out[112]: array([ 5.2235498])

As expected, that result is the same as not overriding finish:
In [113]: brute(func, [slice(0, 10, 0.1)])
Out[113]: array([ 5.2235498])

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I have just realised via a diary mishap, that I have mixed up the dates 11th & 12th January. My apologises to the author, publisher and publicist.
Faking Friends is an unusual novel for me to read. I rarely read contemporary fiction, based on modern day relationships.
But with this novel, I was looking forward to reading something different. I regularly jump between novel genre's.
I was drawn to the psychological element of the synopsis.
Aspiring actress Amy, returns to London to surprise fiancé Jack. Unbeknown to her, the surprise will be on her! As she arrives to find a woman's things in her place, in her flat.
And not just any woman's things, the items of her best friend Melissa……..
I was immediately drawn to the WOW factor of a shock surprise, of the ultimate betrayal. Amy is left devastated, how could her best friend from childhood betray her? How long has this love affair been going on? Why would Jack do this to her?
Amy cannot bring herself to face up to the answers to these questions. At least not just yet! She begins to plot her revenge. What follows is a toxic friendship on full display.
Amy's inner-feelings of hurt at the betrayal are moving, you get a real sense of a woman in deep emotional pain.
As Amy comes to terms with the mess, that is her life. We learn that Mel is an extremely vicious woman. Who will destroy anyone or anything, to get what she wants.
I took an immediate dislike to Mel and her selfish behaviour. I felt myself, become more and more drawn into the plot. Almost as if I was on Amy's side cheering her on!
This isn't just a story of revenge and the emotional damage of cheating. It also shows a woman, determined to pull her life back together.
Ooh this sounds quite good…will keep an eye out for it.


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Ramos and Marcelo are two games away from writing another chapter at Real Madrid
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Real Madrid – La Liga Could equal 23 trophies won by Gento
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Sergio Ramos and Marcelo have the opportunity to lift their 23rd trophy as Real Madrid players, as Los Blancos look to win the Supercopa de Espana.
Last year's LaLiga Santander title allowed the duo to pull in front of Manolo Sanchis' 21, so now they can equal Paco Gento's record of 23 titles with success this month.
However, the record comes at a time when both players are in possibly their most difficult time experienced at the club.
Marcelo has lost his place in the starting line-up to Ferland Mendy and has only played seven times, with his level of performance falling far from of his best.
The Brazilian left-back, who has a contract until 2022, has only been on the winning team just twice this season, losing four games and drawing one.
Despite not having any problems on the pitch, Ramos' future at Real Madrid is up in the air. While it is true that almost all Real Madrid's captain's contract renewals have been expensive and have been preceded by a lot of toing and froing on both sides, the club has never been in such an extreme situation with a captain in the past.
Now, with just five and a half months left on his contract, Ramos is able to negotiate with other clubs if he likes.
With the Supercopa semi-final tie against Athletic Club on Thursday, the two players will look to park these problems and enjoy going for a historical record in which they have experienced together.
Although they didn't start their Real Madrid career together, Ramos and Marcelo did start to win trophies at the same time, winning their very first one in 2007 under Fabio Capello.
Their record with Real Madrid is as follows: five LaLiga Santander titles, four Champions League trophies, two Copa del Rey titles, three European Super Cups and four Supercopas de Espana.
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Can an At-Will Employee Sue for Fraud Arising from a Termination? The Texas Supreme Court Will Decide.
The Fifth Circuit has certified two interesting questions regarding the at-will employment rule to the Texas Supreme Court. Curiously, the case arises out of a union dispute over which the Texas Supreme Court would normally have no jurisdiction.
The plaintiffs are 63 former employees at DuPont's La Porte, Texas facility. Most of the plaintiffs were union members and were protected by a collective bargaining agreement. DuPont announced that it was spinning off part of its operations to a subsidiary (DTI). Any employee who transferred to DTI would no longer be protected by the CBA.
DuPont and the union began negotiations over how to handle the spinoff. Because of the seniority provisions in the CBA, many of the plaintiffs would have had the right to transfer to another position within DuPont rather than working for DTI. DuPont was concerned that so many employees would elect to remain with DuPont that DTI would not have enough trained employees.
DuPont and the union agreed to a process under which the employees at the unit in question could (1) choose to stay with DuPont and continue to be covered by the DuPont CBA, or (2) move to DTI and be covered by a new DTI CBA that was identical to the DuPont CBA. If too many employees elected to stay with DuPont, then DuPont and the union would begin another round of negotiations.
At these meetings, the Terathane Unit employees expressed concerns that DuPont might sell DTI to a third party. Many of the employees had worked for DuPont for a long time and wanted to protect their compensation and retirement packages by remaining a part of the DuPont family. Appellants allege that they were repeatedly assured that DTI would remain a part of DuPont. The parties agree that Phil Anderson told the employees that a sale of DTI was "highly unlikely." Anderson used charts and graphs to show that DTI was too large to be sold because it was bigger than any of its potential buyers. He often explained, by way of analogy, that "we're the whale, and fish don't eat whales."
Virtually all of the employees elected to move to DTI. Just over two months later, DuPont announced that it was selling DTI to Koch Industries. The sale was completed a year later.
The plaintiffs did not claim that that DuPont's promises formed an enforceable contract. Instead, the plaintiffs sued for fraud, seeking damages for the reduction in their future benefits. The district court granted summary judgment for DuPont. The district court held that at-will employees could not sue for fraud because they had no guarantee of future employment with DuPont. In other words, they could not rely on a promise of continuing employment with DuPont because DuPont had the power to fire them at will.
The Fifth Circuit initally affirmed this ruling. The Fifth Circuit noted that, even though the CBA provided that DuPont could terminate the employees only for "just cause," DuPont had the power to cancel the CBA on 60 day's notice. Therefore, the court reasoned, DuPont could fire all of the employees without cause in 60 days. The court concluded that the Texas courts would regard the employees as at-will employees under those circumstances, and therefore concluded that they could not bring a fraud claim.
1. Under Texas law, may at-will employees bring fraud claims against their employers for loss of their employment?
2. If the above question is answered in the negative, may employees covered under a 60-day cancellation-upon-notice collective bargaining agreement that limits the employer's ability to discharge its employees only for just cause, bring Texas fraud claims against their employer based on allegations that the employer fraudulently induced them to terminate their employment?
The Texas Supreme Court accepted the question and ordered supplemental briefing. The court heard oral argument in February 2013.
While the case is likely to focus on the CBA (the plaintiffs conceded that the answer to the first question is probably "no"), this case should provide clarification concerning the scope of the at-will employment rule in Texas.


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Sounds of: March 2019
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In this month's Sound of: March 2019, we're switching things up. This month, we've had a few albums on repeat that's worth mentioning. If you're looking for our usual songs, you can what we've been listening to with our usual Spotify Monthly Playlist.
Acid R&B Vol. 2 | Heavy Mellow
Solo guitar riffs instrumentally layered while on acid
Heavy Mellow is back with volume 2 of Acid R&B. The premise is, he takes some acid, plays some music, and each song encompasses a trip. Honestly, it's all pretty wild and puts us in a mood of hyperfocus. Need to put on something that puts you in deep creativity? This is it.
54 + 1 | danny ocean
self-described "sexy, colorful, and simple" album
All month, this is probably the most unexpected album we've come across that we've fallen in love with. Danny Ocean, who affectionately named this debut album after the apartment number he lived in Caracas and +1 for the only additional songwriter he collaborated with in this album, brings us so much joy. Throughout each of the songs, you can see how they play with and against one another. It's simple, never in your face, but so catchy all at once.
You can read a track-by-track breakdown from Danny Ocean himself via Billboard.
Portraits | Greyson Chance
ballads unique to their own that all weave a portrait of the author
You might have heard of Greyson Chance once in a lifetime back when he first broke into fame online when he performed Lady Gaga's Papparazi. Years have passed and Greyson's a little more grown up. His vocals have matured and you'll almost not recognize him. Except, the same power, even more so comes through the ballads of portraits.
Our favorite is plains which gives you this scene leading the west texas which by far, has to be one of our favorite songs. Listen to it and judge for yourself.
Deep in a Dream of You | Joey Pecoraro
tired girls exists too
If you're familiar with Joey Pecoraro, you're probably familiar with Tired Boy. With his latest album, Deep in a Dream of You, he's back with more tracks to help you get focused, daydream, and every mood in between.
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Puerta de Tierra es un barrio del San Juan Antiguo en San Juan de Puerto Rico.
Con una población del censo de 2000 de 4.135 y una superficie de 1.55 km², Puerta de Tierra es el sub-barrio más grande y populoso del San Juan Antiguo.

Historia
Se encuentra donde se encontraba la antigua Puerta de Santiago de la muralla construida por los españoles. La Puerta de Santiago recibió el sobrenombre de Puerta de Tierra, porque era la única entrada por tierra a la parte amurallada de la ciudad, en la Isleta de San Juan. La zona se fue llenando de chozas (bohíos) y en 1771 se instalaron cerca las baterías del Fuerte San Cristóbal. En torno a 1810 fue construido el Camino Real (hoy Avenida Ponce de León), el camino de Bayamón a Cataño y en 1838 la Avenida de Covadonga (de Puerta de Tierra). A comienzos del siglo XIX vivían en la zona unas 168 personas (152 trabajadores libres y 12 esclavos) en una comunidad de trabajadores de clase humilde, el 60% negros o mulatos. A lo largo de siglo XIX se intentó convertir San Juan de Puerto Rico en una ciudad próspera al estilo europeo y se intentaba dejar a los sectores pobres en la zona extramuros.

En 1865 las instalaciones defensivas se modernizan y las murallas no se hacen tan necesarias, por lo que se plantea derribar las murallas en su parte oriental (el Frente de Tierra) y expandir la ciudad hacia el Puente de San Antonio. En 1867 se produce un terremoto que causa estragos pero tras él se inician proyectos urbanísticos aprobados en 1865. En 1878 el barrio, ya convertido en un populoso suburbio, demanda que se realice un paseo en la parte Sur del Paseo de Puerta de Tierra que recibirá el nombre de la Virgen de Nuestra de Señora de Covadonga, de Asturias, España. En 1897 la Reina regente María Cristina aprueba un plan para derribar algunas murallas y fortificaciones de San Juan para así ganar espacio, proyecto que genera buenas expectactivas en la sociedad, que incluso se implica tanto que algunos jóvenes (hombres y mujeres) se ofrecen para trabajar gratuitamente en el proyecto. Las obras comienzan en un ambiente festivo el 28 de mayo de 1897 y así fue derribada la Puerta de Santiago. A lo largo del siglo XX las casas terreras y ranchones de madera fueron desapareciendo para dar lugar a viviendas de alquiler de nueva construcción, locales de ocio, edificios institucionales y también instalaciones de ocio como el Canódromo o el Parque Luis Muñoz Rivera.

Una de las principales arterias del barrio son la Calle San Agustín y la Avenida Juan Ponce de León. En la actualidad Puerta de Tierra forma parte de la zona turística de la ciudad.

Lugares de interés
 Hotel Caribe Hilton
 Balneario El Escambrón
 Escambrón Beach Club
 Parque Luis Muñoz Rivera
 Parque del Tercer Milenio
 Hotel Normandie
 Estadio Sixto Escobar
 Tribunal Supremo de Puerto Rico
 Club Náutico de San Juan
 U.S. Navy Radio Station

Véase también
 Viejo San Juan

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Viejo San Juan (Puerto Rico)
San Juan (Puerto Rico)
San Juan Antiguo
Centros históricos de Puerto Rico

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It's predicted that automation will have a huge effect on the future of work, disrupting how U.S. companies recruit, hire and train workers, Axios reports. And without a national policy on automation's impact on jobs, or the duration of flat wages and future joblessness, businesses and municipalities across the country are trying to prepare for the possible takeover of hundreds of thousands of jobs, says Axios.
Recent reports reveal that 338,000 jobs are at risk in Indianapolis (35% of the workforce there), 650,000 in Phoenix and 40,000 in northeastern Ohio. Officials in all three cities are identifying the jobs facing the greatest risk, the skills that will be most in demand and ways to organize industry and education in a new economy, says Axios.
In Phoenix, Arizona State University is briefing students before they select a major on the jobs that will likely be available when they graduate; Indianapolis aims to link low-income workers with training programs that could provide long-term jobs; and TeamNEO, an economic development group in Cleveland, is beginning to train northeastern Ohio workers for jobs that are predicted to be high in-demand.
Cities and local businesses are increasingly teaming up to prepare for the future of work, whatever it may look like. San Diego, for example, responded to companies' requests for assistance with hiring and retention by offering businesses a recruitment toolkit to help them attract talent and proactively address recruiting, hiring and training challenges that may soon disrupt the market.
States also are getting involved: Automakers Volvo and Toyota are partnering with South Carolina and Alabama, respectively, to recruit and train workers as automation sweeps the industry. Volvo has teamed up with local colleges and Toyota has reached out to the community to staff their new plants.
Meanwhile, California and New Jersey are sponsoring record numbers of apprenticeships, to give workers on-the-job training. Partnerships with cities, states and local communities may help U.S. companies remain competitive and prepare their workforces for this expected wave of automation.


Tentatively titled Py-Lights, Aaron's project allows users to assign light patterns to MIDI actions, creating a rather lovely blinky light display.
For his example, Aaron connected a MIDI keyboard to a strip of RGB LEDs via a Raspberry Pi that ran his custom Python code.
The program I made lets me bind "actions" (strobe white, flash blue, disable all colors, etc.) to any input and any input type (hold, knob, trigger, etc.). And each action type has a set of parameters that I bind to the input. For example, I have a knob that changes a strobe's intensity, and another knob that changes its speed.
The program updates each action, pulls its resulting color, and adds them together, then sends that to the LEDs. I'm using rtmidi for reading the midi device and pigpio for handling the LED output.
Aaron has updated the Py-Lights GitHub repo for the project to include a handy readme file and a more stable build.


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Cannon County Sheriff's Deputy Brandon Gullett investigates a two-car accident on Jim Cummings Hwy. this morning.
Two vehicles were involved in a two-car, head-on collision in the 7400 block of Jim Cummings Hwy. (53 South) this morning.
A person in of one of the vehicles reportedly received leg injuries and was transported to Stones River Hospital for treatment.
Deputy Brandon Gullett of the Cannon County Sheriff's Department investigated the accident.
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The Relationship Between Han Solo and Chewbacca
April 29, 2020 July 27, 2020 Soeren Kamperstar wars
Whether it's R2-D2 and C3PO, Obi-wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker, or stormtroopers with their poor accuracy, there are so many perfect pairings in the Star Wars universe.
None of these partnerships can hold a candle (or, in this case, a lightsaber) to that of Han Solo and Chewbacca, though. From the first appearance in the original movie to the latest trilogy, the wisecracking smuggler and the hairy Wookie remain the best duo in the franchise. In a series that's full of memorable characters, that's quite an accomplishment.
What has made the relationship between Han Solo and Chewie so endearing over the decades? While the stories of swashbuckling partners are a common sight in films, the friendship between Han Solo and Chewie is a bit more special because of the following dynamics:
The friends understand each other (when no one else could)
One of the most iconic things about Han and Chewbacca is that you can only understand half the conversation. Chewie's guttural grunts and roars, which sound like a cross between a bear and an outboard motor, are usually translated by Han's often comedic replies.
While it makes for funny scenes, it does give the two a unique connection in a way that best friends have inside jokes or conversations that no other people can understand. For Han, making his partner feel like he is being listened to is just as important as understanding him.
Let the Wookie win
While playing a game of Dejarik, which is roughly the equivalent of real-life SBOBET, Han warns C3PO of the consequences of allowing hot-headed Chewie to lose, with the latter eventually voicing that iconic line to R2-D2.
As best friends know each other's quirks down to the smallest detail, Han is fully aware of his buddy's competitive nature and adjusts his responses accordingly. In the same manner, Chewie serves as a foil to Han's impulsive actions, serving as a voice of reason no matter how indecipherable.
They have each other's backs
Han and Chewie's friendship started as a matter of survival—they were captured by space pirates and swore to help each other to escape.
Since then, the two have found themselves in and out of the stickiest situations. Even when all hope seemed lost, like when Han was frozen in carbonite during Return of the Jedi or his climactic confrontation with Kylo Ren in The Force Awakens, Chewbacca did his best with his partner's predicament.
Han and Chewbacca's friendship isn't only about saving each other, however. They also trust each other with their most prized possessions. After winning his legendary starship, the Millennium Falcon, Han appointed Chewie to be his co-pilot. In the same manner, during a shootout, the intrepid Wookie lent his trusty bowcaster (a futuristic version of a crossbow) to Han against an encroaching army of stormtroopers.
Throughout their adventures through the Star Wars franchise, the biggest takeaway we get from Han and Chewbacca is that they are there for each other even in the toughest moments. Best friends wouldn't have it any other way.
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Property Law Keyed to Cribbet
What Is Property
Attributes Of Property
Traditional Objects And Classifications Of Property
Non-Traditional Objects And Classifications Of Property
Role Of Property In Society
Creation Of Bailments
Bona Fide Purchase
Unauthorized Possession
Improving Another's Property By Mistake (Accession)
Donative Transfers
A Brief Look At The Historical Development Of Estates Doctrine
Freehold Estates
Future Interests
Concurrent Ownership
Non-Freehold Estates: Landlord And Tenant
Interests In Land Of Another And In Natural Resources Affecting Another's Land
Introduction To The Traditional Land Use Controls
Administration Of Land Use Controls
Discrimination Against Groups Of People
The Real Estate Contract
Shaughnessy v. Eidsmo 222 Minn. 141, 23 N.W.2d 362 (1946)
Burns v. McCormick 233 N.Y. 230, 135 N.E. 273 (1922)
Hickey v. Green 14 Mass. App. Ct. 671, 442 N.E.2d 37 (App. Ct. 1982)
Ward v. Mattuschek 134 Mont. 307, 330 P.2d 971 (1958)
King v. Wenger 219 Kan. 668, 549 P.2d 986 (1976)
Niernberg v. Feld 131 Colo. 508, 283 P.2d 640 (1955)
Kasten Construction Co. v. Maple Ridge Construction Co 245 Md. 373, 226 A.2d 341 (1967)
Doctorman v. Schroeder 92 N.J. Eq. 676, 7 B. Stockton 676, 114 A. 810 (1921)
Skendzel v. Marshall 261 Ind. 226, 301 N.E.2d 641 (1973)
Union Bond & Trust Co. v. Blue Creek Redwood Co 128 F. Supp. 709 (N.D. Cal. 1955)
Luette v. Bank of Italy Nat. Trust & Savings Ass'n 42 F.2d 9 (9th Cir. 1930)
Wallach v. Riverside Bank 206 N.Y. 434, 100 N.E. 50 (1912)
Bartos v. Czerwinski 323 Mich. 87, 34 N.W.2d 566 (1948)
Cohen v. Krantz 12 N.Y.2d 242, 238 N.Y.S.2d 928, 189 N.E.2d 473 (1963)
Handzel v. Bassi 343 Ill. App. 281, 99 N.E.2d 23 (App. Ct. 1951)
Kramer v. Mobley 309 Ky. 143, 216 S.W.2d 930 (1949)
Smith v. Warr 564 P.2d 771 (Utah 1977)
Clay v. Landreth 187 Va. 169, 45 S.E.2d 875 (1948)
Shay v. Penrose 25 Ill. 2d 447, 185 N.E.2d 218 (1962)
Clapp v. Tower 11 N.D. 556, 93 N.W. 862 (1902)
Eddington v. Turner 27 Del. Ch. 411, 38 A.2d 738 (1944)
Bleckley v. Langston 112 Ga. App. 63, 143 S.E.2d 671 (Ct. App. 1965)
Sanford v. Breidenbach 111 Ohio App. 474, 173 N.E.2d 702 (Ct. App. 1960)
Raplee v. Piper 3 N.Y.2d 179, 164 N.Y.S.2d 732, 143 N.E.2d 919 (1957)
The Deed
The Recording System
The Methods Of Title Insurance
Easements,Covenants,Servitudes and Related Interests
Property Law Keyed to Dukeminier
Property Law Keyed to Singer
Property Law Keyed to Kurtz
Property Keyed to Rabin
Property Keyed to Merrill
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Property > Property Law Keyed to Cribbet > The Real Estate Contract
Niernberg v. Feld
Citation. 22 Ill.131 Colo. 508, 283 P.2d 640 (1955)
Citation22 Ill.131 Colo. 508, 283 P.2d 640 (1955)
Brief Fact Summary. A husband and wife, the Niernbergs (Defendants), owned land which they agreed to sell to the Felds (Plaintiffs) under a "Receipt and Option" which provided for a $1,500 deposit. The Defendants then sold the property to another for greater than what the Plaintiffs had agreed to and thereafter refused to return the deposit.
Synopsis of Rule of Law. An executory contract involving title to, or an interest in, land may be rescinded by an agreement resting in parol. The statute of frauds concerns the making of contracts and does not apply to rescission.
Facts. The Defendants owned land, which they agreed to sell to Plaintiffs under a "Receipt and Option", which provided for a $1,500 deposit and the remaining balance was to be paid in cash and secured by deed of trust. Under the agreement, the Defendants were to provide merchantible title by May 1, and the Plaintiffs would secure the financing before May 1, and if any party failed, then any money paid would be held as liquidated damages. After this "Receipt and Option," but prior to May 1, Plaintiffs desired to back out of the deal and a meeting was held between the two husbands and in the presence of the Plaintiffs' attorney. It was orally agreed at the conference that if the Defendants sell the house to someone else for the same or greater price than agreed to by the Plaintiffs, then the deposit would be returned, but that if the Defendants had to sell for less, the deposit would be applied to the difference and any remainder would go to the Plaintiffs. The Defendants then sold the
property to another for greater than what the Plaintiffs had agreed to pay and thereafter refused to return the deposit. Plaintiffs sued for the amount of the deposit. The trial court, by jury, found for Plaintiffs and Defendants appealed.
Issue. There are three issues:
Can provisions of a written agreement be rescinded or modified by a subsequent oral agreement?
Was the subsequent oral agreement supported by consideration?
Was the oral rescission of the written agreement effective due to the lack of attendance of Defendant's wife?
Held. Yes to all. Judgment affirmed.
An executory contract involving title to, or an interest in, lands may be rescinded by an agreement resting in parol. The statute of frauds concerns the making of contracts only and does not apply to rescission.
Thus, executory contracts such as the one in this case may be rescinded by the mutual consent of the parties thereto.
The court found that there was sufficient consideration given in that a promise for a promise was given involving the release of each party from further consideration.
The Defendants received a benefit from the promise insofar as they were able to retain the deposit until the land was sold and then were to retain the amount of the deposit necessary to make up the difference between what the new buyer would pay and what the Plaintiffs were to pay.
The jury resolved the question of the fact of the oral agreement against the Defendants, thus the lack of Defendant's wife's attendance at the meeting in which the oral rescission was made is not controlling.
Discussion. This case could also be seen as a way for the court to avoid a result, which would allow the Defendants to be unjustly enriched by their dealings with the Plaintiffs. The Plaintiffs' promise to release Defendants from the written agreement to sell in effect "freed" the Defendants to sell to another. Parol evidence is evidence of intent, which comes from outside the four corners of the instrument.
Study Assets: The Land Sale Contract and Marketable Title


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Driver arrested after crash in Penwortham was six times over drink drive limit
Fundraiser for four-year-old Chorley girl with brain tumour originally dismissed by doctors reaches £3,793
A four-year-old girl from Chorley who was due to start school is currently being treated for a brain tumour at Manchester's Children's Hospital.
By Emma Downey
Thursday, 25th November 2021, 4:23 pm
Indie Thomas, who was due to return to Duke Street Primary and was excited to be reunited with all her friends, has recently been diagnosed with a brain tumour.
Family friend Kim Everett decided to set up up a GoFundMe Page for Danielle Thomas, 27, after Danielle was forced with no other option than to quit her job to offer round the clock care for her daughter, while dad Danny Thomas, 32, works round the clock to provide for his family.
"I am fundraising to help them with household bills and we bought Indie an iPad to watch Disney on when she is having a blood transfusion.
Four-year-old Indie who her friends and family describe as a beautiful little girl.
"We have recently held at walk at Yarrow Valley and a boxing match to raise money and Duke Street Nursery is doing fundraising with a raffle."
She added: "Danielle is exhausted. It's every parent's nightmare. I've watched my Indie's parents fall apart at this news and have their worlds turned upside down in a matter of hours.
"It's heartbreaking. I am trying to take some of the financial worries away. I just wish I could do more.
"The aim is to raise £5,000 to help keep Indie as comfortable as possible and to help towards bills and Christmas presents and to travel to and from hospital so please help me in raising some funds for this little warrior princess."
Indie was diagnosed with a large low grade (slow growing) glioma brain tumour and severe hydrocephalus which is a build up of fluid on the brain. She was given an MRI at Royal Preston on Friday, September 3, then transferred straight to Royal Manchester Children's Hospital the same day.
Indie's mum Danielle said: "We spent 13 days in hospital where Indie was operated on to fit a shunt, port for chemo and take a biopsy.
"While there Indie began chemotherapy - this course is due to last until 2023. After that they will see how quickly the tumor begins to grow again and restart chemo.
"Having a low grade glioma is treated as a chronic illness rather than something that can be cured.
"Indie has lost most of her eye sight in the left eye and the right eye is deteriorating due to the tumor being on the optic nerve."
Worrying however, when Danielle first took Indie to the doctors when she was 14 months old, she says doctors dismissed her concerns.
"These symptoms were mild and progressively got worse.
"In the last few months before diagnosis Indie lost all of her balance so could barely walk, had severe headaches, lost sight, was vomiting, had trouble sleeping and mood swings.
"Myself and my husband took her to GPs and A&E numerous times where we were told she was fine and it was just a bug.
"We had to practically beg for an MRI.
"Since being under Royal Manchester Children's Hospital the care Indie has received has been excellent."
Doctors have said that Indie, who has a big sister in the form of eight-year-old Tallulah, could be attending hospital for weekly treatment for months.
She added: "My message to parents who have a feeling something isn't right is to follow your gut, you know your child better than any doctor."
Acting Head teacher & Specialist Lead in Education at Duke Street & Highfield Nursery School Louise Cheetham said: "Indie is an absolute joy! She instantly lights up a room. Indie is the funniest little girl- we call her our comedian as she is always looking to make people laugh! Indie loves being with adults and will chat to them about anything and everything- from daddy snoring in bed (sorry daddy!), to having lunch in 'Morrys' (Morrisons). Indie is such good company to be around!
"We were all absolutely devastated to hear of Indie's diagnosis and the utter horror story which this amazing family are going through. It is heartbreaking to watch Indie and her family go through so much pain and trauma knowing that this is going to continue for a long time."
Indie's family are an inspiration! Her mummy looks for the positives in every situation and is always smiling, but behind closed doors we know that this is a different story.
"Indie means the world to us - we are on this journey with her every step of the way."
Indie will turn five on Wednesday, December 8. If you would like to donate to the fundraiser which currently stands at £3,793 visit CLICK HERE .
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POLICY INSIGHT
WIC and SNAP Feed Kids and Support Learn...
WIC and SNAP Feed Kids and Support Learning
| By Stacy Dean
Research has shown that poverty during early childhood can have lifelong consequences for children's physical, mental, and economic well-being. But SNAP (formerly food stamps) and The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (known as WIC) are helping to keep kids fed — and supporting their classroom performance, as I explain on Real Clear Policy's blog.
WIC's positive effects extend to learning. New research links prenatal participation in WIC with improved cognitive development and academic performance. Children whose mothers participated in WIC while pregnant scored higher on assessments of mental development at age two than similar children whose mothers didn't participate. And the benefit lasted into the school years, as children whose mothers participated in WIC while pregnant performed better on reading assessments.
SNAP also boosts kids' school performance. . . . A study of what happened when SNAP (then known as food stamps) gradually expanded nationwide in the 1960s and early 1970s found that disadvantaged children who'd had access to food stamps in early childhood and whose mothers had had access during pregnancy had better health and educational outcomes in adulthood than children without access. Among other things, children with access to food stamps were less likely in adulthood to have heart disease or be obese. They also were likelier to graduate from high school.
Click here to read the full post.
Stacy Dean
Vice President for Food Assistance Policy
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Mort Garson, "Mother Earth's Plantasia"
Plantasia has become a well-known record despite a limited initial 1976 release to anyone buying a houseplant from the Mother Earth store in Los Angeles. This was music for plant owners to create an environment of optimal growth - simple haunting melodies composed on a moog.
Mort Garson's musical resume is somewhat bizarre. In the 1950s and '60s, he wrote several pop hits and became a trusted arranger and composer in the fields of easy listening, film and television, working on recordings by such artists as Julie London, Doris Day, Laurence Harvey, and even the string arrangements on Glen Campbell's "By The Time I Get To Phoenix." Then Garson discovered the Moog synthesizer and took a leap into what may be termed electronic exotica, releasing such oddities as Zodiac - Cosmic Sounds, with tracks dedicated to each horoscope sign, Black Mass (under the pseudonym Lucifer), and The Unexplained - Electronic Musical Impressions of The Occult. His broad interests and experience meant that Garson was well placed to compose and record Plantasia, and also to remain a relatively obscure figure. Plantasia probably owes a good deal to the 1973 book The Secret Life of Plants by Christopher Bird (an author with previous on the topic of dowsing) and Peter Tompkins, who had served with the (OSS) Office of Strategic Services behind enemy lines during WWII, along with hundreds of first-generation Italian-Americans who voluntarily returned to Italy to help tie the enemy down with anti-Nazi resistance offensives. Bird and Tompkins's theories about plant sentience were influenced by Cleve Backster, a CIA interrogation expert who, after attaching a lie detector to a Drachea cane, was convinced that plants felt pain, fear, affection, and were capable of ESP. Backster later experimented on yogurt bacteria, eggs, and human sperm, and was probably influenced by the writings by Jagadish Chandra Bose.
The music stands up remarkably. The next disc I had cued up was Oren Ambarchi's Simian Angel and it took a few minutes into the opening piece "Palm Sugar Candy" before I realized Garson had finished. For all its apparent simplicity, Plantasia is a deceptively substantial and varied album. The sinewy synth mutations of "Concerto For Philodenron and Pothos" and "Rhapsody in Green" for example, flow through light and sinister moods like a wandering vine captured in time-lapse photography.
It is easy to imagine an award-winning short animation film wherein hip West Coast foliage grooves along to the swaying melody and plonking rhythms of "Baby's Tears Blues" and the breezy "Swinging Spathiphyllums." Equally, the creeping, swirls of "Ode To An African Violet" belong in, and indeed may already be in, a video game. I detect from "You Don't Have To Walk A Begonia" a potent whiff of seaside pier amusement arcade and cheesy bingo parlor pipe organ. The title track first made me think of refreshing raindrops watering weary leaves and tired minds, but it blooms into something of a vivid musical canopy of Moog trumpets. "A Mellow Mood For Maidenhair" and "Music To Soothe The Savage Snake Plant" hint at at the stylized world of Gnac's fantastic "Sevens" disc, with its contradictory mundane glamour, jet set travel, drab hotels, and weary secret agents - an accidental or unconscious link to the real life worlds of Backster and Tompkins.
On some obscure Venn diagram, Plantasia sits just within the point where espionage and manipulation techniques meet innocence and nature. It would make a great addition to the soundtrack of Douglass Trumbull's 1972 post-apocalyptic environmental sci-fi film Silent Running. The lilting, spaced out charm of these ten tracks transcends the backstories and slightly von Dänikenesque musings about plant consciousness - which have long been overtaken by philosophical debate on artificial intelligence, sex toy robots, and digital life. Silent Running ends with a lone remaining Earth forest floating through space in a dome, tended by a single robot. We are not there yet, but it is arguably sad to consider the less than secret life of plants in modern agriculture, where they are speed grown in relentless artificial light and never allowed to sleep. Such a fate is the antithesis of Plantasia which was also briefly distributed to those buying a Simmons mattress from limited participating Sears stores. The 2019 reissue is, naturally, available on green vinyl and the cover artwork is still hopelessly harmless.
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After primary school, students in Malawi pay for secondary education. Many families cannot afford school fees and need financial support, which results in approximately 68 percent of students dropping out of school. The Educate the Children's (ETC) scholarship fund, which is fully funded by the Nu Skin Force for Good Foundation, provides educational opportunities for these children. In 2017, the Fund provided tuition, uniforms and books to more than 190 students. From those students supported last year, 41 students graduated from secondary school and 16 graduated from college. Since ETC's inception in 2007, contributions have helped more than 860 students, and more than 120 of those students have gone on to earn college degrees in a variety of professional fields.
The Nu Skin Force for Good Foundation partners with Seacology to improve the lives of children and their families in island communities, and at the same time, help protect fragile island environments. Through this partnership local islanders are given a unique opportunity: if the village agrees to create or support a forest or marine reserve, the Nu Skin Force for Good Foundation and Seacology help build schools, community centers, water systems, health clinics or provide training to help them lead more sustainable livelihoods. Over the course of more than 20 years, 1.34 million acres of marine and terrestrial habitat have been protected, and island communities have received support to better their communities. These projects span the globe, with more than 270 projects in 58 countries around the world.
(MALAWI) Ruth Mapemba lost her father when she was in primary school. Her mother raised Ruth by herself, and with the few resources she could obtain, managed to keep Ruth in school until 2015. The Educate the Children (ETC) program then stepped in to help fund Ruth's education at Bzyanzi Seconday School, where Ruth is currently in Form 4 and completing her final year of high school. Ruth and her mother are grateful to the ETC program for helping her complete her education; otherwise, Ruth may have continued the cycle of generational poverty. Ruth's mother is so proud of her daughter, and she hopes that when she finishes school, Ruth will be the one to take care of her in her old age. Both she and Ruth are grateful to the sponsors of the ETC program for bringing them hope.
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Shop Jennifer Lopez's Sequin Face Mask
By ET Style Editors 8:02 AM PST, December 27, 2020
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Two pieces of good fashion news: Jennifer Lopez's sequin face mask is back in stock and we found a very similar sparkly alternative.
ICYMI: Over the summer, J.Lo was spotted sporting a glitzy ivory face mask during two bike rides in the Hamptons with her fiancé, Alex Rodriguez. She wore a similar mask in black while attending a Black Lives Matter protest in Los Angeles.
The stylish face mask is from the brand Katie May and aptly named the Disco Ball Face Mask. This blingy nylon mesh face mask is fitting for the glamorous star, and it's currently available on Revolve for $26. The fitted, double-layered, non-medical Katie May Disco Ball Face Mask is decked out in white or pink sequins on the exterior, and the interior has a soft, comfortable lining. It also has two adjustable ear loop straps.
While hunting for the Katie May mask online, we found a similarly sparkly face mask from Natalie Mills. The jewelry and accessories brand offers an array of fashion face masks that feature sequins. The Natalie Mills Destiny Crystal Face Mask is particularly reminiscent of J.Lo's mask, with crystal embellishments and adjustable ear straps. It's available in white, black, black and white, blue, pink, gray and beige -- and it's a smidge cheaper than the Katie May mask, at $22.50, and is available on the Natalie Mills site. This one is made with two layers of cotton, rather than nylon mesh, and comes with a free filter.
Many retailers have started offering face masks that are alternatives to true personal protective equipment (PPE), which are disposable and predominantly used by medical staff. These everyday, reusable options include face masks for adults, face masks for kids, clear face masks, face masks with matching outfits and face masks for exercising. Well-known apparel and fashion brands like Levi's, J.Crew, Athleta, Old Navy, The Honest Company, Forever 21, Gap and Kim Kardashian's SKIMS sell their own lines of masks as well. Additionally, check out ET Style's curated list of face mask accessories.
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"There is so much we love about Toast & Co in Joburg's Craighall Park. It's not just the calming sage and green décor, the peaceful atmosphere, and the buttery biscuits that accompany every cup of tea and coffee. It's also the perfect manicures (every time!), the way everyone knows your name, and the curated selection of retail therapy on offer (think classic cashmere, handcrafted bags, brogues and delicate jewels).
"We test every product we sell, from skincare to cashmere scarves", says Julie. "In this way we can sell a treatment or product to our clients knowing that it works, and that we really believe in its quality."
Along with assured quality products, Toast & Co is known for its quality therapists. In an industry renowned for its staff turnover, many of the women working at Toast & Co have been employed there for years, and are true professionals. Specialising in particular areas of interest or flair, therapists at the salon hone their skills in certain areas, be it nails, eyelash extensions, facials or massages, and clients are assured of consistent, excellent treatments every time.
"We see our staff as true professionals and trust them to deliver," says Karen. Toast & Co offers continuous training opportunities in new products and skills, allowing therapists to constantly enhance their abilities. Along with training, the sisters are good at spotting talent when they see it, and giving people opportunities.
"Everybody specialises in what they are good at," says Pearl who has been at Toast & Co since 2009 and enjoys learning about new facial techniques, new products and the latest ingredients. "It's such a confidence boost when you get a new client and you learn that they were referred by another client! It makes me feel like I'm good at what I do and that I make an impact, and that's really important to me."
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Indian Prime Minister holds telephonic conversation with PM Koirala (MEA statement)
25 August, 2015 3:02 pm
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi spoke on telephone to Prime Minister of Nepal, Shri Sushil Koirala today.
Prime Minister Modi expressed sorrow at the loss of lives in the violence in Nepal and extended his condolences to the families of the deceased and the people of Nepal. Prime Minister Modi expressed concern that political and social instability would seriously compound the tragedy caused by the recent earthquake in Nepal.
Prime Minister Modi called for exercise of restraint and restoration of peace and order. He appealed to the government, all political parties and the people of Nepal to eschew violence and maintain social harmony.
He lauded the historic progress that Nepal had made in the peace process and drafting its Constitution. He reiterated the message that the political leadership of Nepal should resolve all outstanding issues through dialogue between all political parties and through the process of widest possible consultation, including with the public, so as to strengthen the climate of trust and confidence across and between all sections of society, and arrive at solutions that reflect the will and accommodate the aspirations of all citizens of a richly diverse society within a united, peaceful, stable and prosperous Nepal.
Prime Minister Modi also conveyed that, as a neighbor, India would do all it can for security in Nepal.
Prime Minister Modi assured Prime Minister Koirala that India's one and only desire was to see the emergence of a peaceful, secure, stable, democratic and prosperous Nepal, which draws strength from its rich social diversity, enormous resources and extraordinary talent. India, he reiterated, will continue to provide all support to Nepal, in accordance with the wishes and priorities of the people of Nepal, to achieve that goal.


The border between Schleswig-Holstein (Germany) and Denmark is hardly noticeable: many people speak both German and Danish. According to estimations, there are around 50 000 people who belong to the Danish minority, and who have German citizenship. They are well organised and form a bridge between the two neighbours Germany and Denmark.
The Danish minority in Germany lives in Southern Schleswig, which is the northern part of the land of Schleswig-Holstein. They live in the city of Flensburg, the districts of Nordfriesland and Schleswig-Flensburg and in the northern part of the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde. Southern Schleswig lies between the river Eider and the Kiel Canal in the south and the German-Danish border in the north; from the North Sea in the west to the Baltic Sea in the east (see map).
The percentage of members of the Danish minority as a proportion of the total population of specific municipalities varies very much and ranges from municipalities with only few families to about 20% in the city of Flensburg and in some small villages. The vast majority of the members of the Danish minority understand and speak Danish. The regular use and promotion of the Danish language is the basis for all the minority activities.
An uprising of the people of Schleswig-Holstein in 1848 against Denmark led in 1864 to a war between Denmark against Prussia and Austria. Since 1864 – after Denmark lost the war and Northern and Southern Schleswig were assigned to Prussia – there is an autochthonous Danish minority in Southern Schleswig (see also: Battle of Dybbøl).
In the plebiscite of 1920 Northern Schleswig (the area of the former county of Sønderjylland) voted for Denmark, whereas Southern Schleswig in majority voted for Germany. Since that time the Danish minority exists as a recognised minority, with Denmark as their motherland. Since the plebiscite of 1920 and the new border that resulted from it, there is a minority on both sides of the border.
In the period of National Socialist between 1933 and 1945 the Danish minority was victim to repressive measures, but they did not suffer from persecution like e.g. the minority of the Sinti and Roma did. On the other hand the members of the minorities were the only citizens of the Reich who were exempted from compulsory participation in the Nazi-organisations.
The first years after the war the associations of the Danish minority were immensely popular. Two years after the war already approximately 100 000 people identified with the minority. Also the number of kindergartens and schools increased rapidly. Refugees led to a strong growth of the Danish movement. People spoke of the "New-Danish movement". Among the "New Danes", there were also many people who were not familiar with the Danish culture and language. They hoped and asked for a secession of Southern Schleswig from Germany and union with Denmark. Once the refugee problem in Schleswig-Holstein was solved, also the growth of the Danish minority waned. Furthermore, it became clear that Denmark was not interested in changing the borders, as the Danish minority requested, and that Denmark also never had asked for such a change.
The atmosphere in the border region has been tense for a long time. Only in the run-up to the NATO-accession of Germany the situation fundamentally changed. In the run-up of accession by Germany, Denmark wanted to solve the minority issues in the border region as well. This succeeded in the end on 29 March 1955 and this resulted in the Bonn-Copenhagen Declarations, which are two parallel declarations that confirm the rights of persons belonging to the minorities in Northern and Southern Schleswig. Nowadays people describe the developments in the border region from "against one another" to "with one another" and "for one another": these are important steps towards equality once and for all and an expression of good neighbourly relations in the border region.
The Danish language is one of the Germanic languages of the Indo-European language family and belongs to the sub-group of Scandinavian (North Germanic) languages. Together with Swedish it forms the East Scandinavian branch.
Thraces of the influence of the Nordic languages can be found in English nowadays, in words such as for example sky (Danish sky), law (Danish lov), window (Danish vindue) or the pronouns they, them, their (Danish de, dem, deres). The geographic proximity to Germany continuously influenced the Danish language, because many words were developed from the day-to-day cross-border contacts.
A specific feature of Danish is that it has many dialects, which even for mother-tongue speakers of Danish can be difficult to understand. The Southern dialect of Jutland is called Sønderjysk. This dialect was originally spoken in the area of the current minority, but was superseded from the Middle Ages onward by Low German. Today Sønderjysk is still widely spoken in the southernmost part of Denmark, which borders on Southern Schleswig, but in Southern Schleswig itself there are only few speakers left.
There are also so-called mixed languages, like for example a multi-ethnolect, which is spoken by some members of the Danish minority. This originates from directly translating from German into Danish without changing the syntax, from using germanisms and a German (relatively hard) pronunciation of Danish words. By the members of the minority this language is called Sydslesvigsk (Südschleswigsch in German) and regarded as a Danish dialect of its own.
The legal recognition of the Danes as a national minority was laid down in the Basic Law and the German Unification Treaty.
The Bonn-Copenhagen Declarations from 1955 are considered as a model for how to deal with national and linguistic minorities in Europe. They are two separate government declarations by both Germany and Denmark, which in 1955 recognised the minorities in either state, i.e. the Danish minority in Germany and the German minority in Denmark. The declarations do not provide special rights; they confirm the freedom of identification with the minority and equal treatment of all citizens. The declarations expressly acknowledge that "the identification with the Danish nationality and the Danish culture is free" and that "it is not allowed to officially negate or examine this". Another result was that the Sydslesvigsk Vælgerforening (SSW), the political party of the Danes – like already before 1953 for the federal German parliament – was also exempted from the threshold of 5% on the level of the land of Schleswig-Holstein.
The Bonn Copenhagen Declarations are nowadays complemented on the European level by the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. The Charter was ratified by the German federal government in 1998 and entered into force on 1 January 1999. As a consequence, Germany pledges to protect Danish as a minority and regional language, whereas the measures are limited to the federal land of Schleswig-Holstein, where the language is spoken. The Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities was ratified by the German federal government in 1997 and entered into force on 1 February 1999. Since then three state reports on the Framework Convention and five reports on the Language Charter were submitted to the Council of Europe.
(1) Identification with a national minority is free; it does not release someone from the general civic duties.
(2) The cultural autonomy and political participation of national minorities and ethnic groups are protected by the Land, by the municipalities and associations of municipalities. The Danish national minority, the minority of the German Sinti and Roma and the Frisian ethnic group are entitled to protection and support.
(3) The persons with parental authority decide whether their children enrol in a school of a national minority.
The Sydslesvigloven was adopted by the Folketing (Danish Parliament) on 23 March 2010. The act guarantees and ensures Danish state subventions for among other things education and training for the Danish minority, but also for culture and public relations.
The Danish minority in the northern part of Schleswig-Holstein has an extensive network of associations and establishments, which are funded by grants from the two states. This network guarantees functional cultural autonomy for the minority.
"Sydslesvigsk Forening/SSF" (Southern Schleswig Association), which was established in 1920 as "Den Slesvigske Forening" is the main cultural organisation of the Danish minority. Its secretariat in Flensburg is the main place to go for issues related to cultural in general and for minority policy issues. As umbrella organisation SSF is coordinating the work of another 24 associations of the Danish minority. The task of SSF is to extend and foster Danish language and culture in the region of Southern Schleswig. Apart from its work in the social and cultural field, SSF and its own political party "Sydslesvigsk Vælgerforening" (SSW) represents the political interests of the minority.
Each year, the Danish minority receives grants of a total of 500 million Danish Kroner. That covers about 2/3 of the total costs of the minority. The remaining third is funded by grants from the German state and by membership fees.
The Southern Schleswig Voters' Association (SSW) The Southern Schleswig Voters' Association (SSW) was founded in 1948 as party of the Danish minority in the region Schleswig and by the Frisians in Nordfriesland. Since 1955 SSW has been exempted from the 5% threshold that normally has to be attained in order to enter the Landtag (regional parliament) of Schleswig-Holstein. For federal election in Germany this is already the case since 1953. From 1947 SSW has been represented in the Landtag in Kiel.
In the 18th Schleswig-Holstein Landtag (2012-2017) SSW is represented – as third-largest party in Schleswig-Holstein – with three members of parliament. It also holds the position of Minister for Justice, Europe and Culture, Anke Spoorendonk, in the government formed by the Social Democrats, Greens and SSW.
The political profile of the party lies in between that of the two large German parties, the Christian Democrats and the Social Democrats, and is inspired by the political and social developments in the Scandinavian countries. SSW essentially tries to achieve a decentralised policy that is as close as possible to the citizens.
Other establishments and associations coordinate their activities in "Det sydslesvigske Samråd" (The Joint Council of Southern Schleswig).
These organisations are "Sydslesvigs danske Ungdomsforeninger" – SdU (Danish Youth Association for Southern Schleswig), the "Dansk Kirke i Sydslesvig" (Danish Church in Southern Schleswig) and "Dansk Sundhedstjeneste for Sydslesvig" (Danish Health Service for Southern Schleswig), which among other things manages a Danish retirement home. The library system with several local branches is organised by the "Dansk Centralbibliotek for Sydslesvig", which has a wide supply of media and also offers cultural activities and Danish language courses. The daily newspaper "Flensborg Avis", which also includes a German-language section, has a circulation of about 5 500 (in 2011) and is the mouthpiece and source of information for the minority.
The Danish School Association for Southern Schleswig manages kindergartens and schools for members of the Danish minority. The association manages: 55 kindergartens, 47 schools (two with upper secondary education), a student residence in Flensburg (Ungdomskollegiet), a community college (Jarplund Højskole), two rural school hostels, a central office for teaching materials, a school psychological service and a travel agency for arranging holiday trips for school students to Denmark.
On 1 September 2010 the number of children in the Danish kindergartens was 1 921. On 1 September 2010 the total number of school students was 5 636. The percentage of Danish students as a proportion of the total number of students in Schleswig-Holstein is about 1.8 percent. The operative costs of the School Association are covered for 50% by the Danish state, for 43% by the German state, for 3% by the districts and municipalities and for 4% by self-financing.
Since 1955 all the schools of the minority are officially recognised by the state. They are also attended by children of people who have German as their mother tongue. Before a child can attend a Danish kindergarten or a Danish school, the parents are informed that the everyday language of the institutions is Danish and that a feeling of belonging to the Danish minority is desired.
The Danish schools have a special status according to the Schleswig-Holstein School Act, entailing that even though they are private schools in legal terms, they have the same importance for the Danish minority as the public schools have for the majority population. This special status was included in the School Act in 2007. The diplomas of the minority schools have the same legal value as those of the public schools. Therefore the state requires a degree of approximation to the curriculum of the public schools, in terms of substance and structure. German and Danish classes are both taught in the mother tongue. In the other subjects the language of instruction is Danish, whereas special attention is paid to ensure that students become familiar with the technical vocabulary in both languages.
More than 90% of the children attended a Danish kindergarten before their first day at school. Kindergarten and school build on one another and in particular in kindergarten there is much focus on language education, in order to ensure a smooth transition to the Danish school.
By these organisations and by school education in Danish the Danish language is promoted and the preservation of this language within the minority is guaranteed. The Danish language is of essential importance for the identity of the Danish minority, although it is not an indispensable criterion for the identification of the members of the Danish minority.


The Interational Conference on Construction Grammar series serves as an international forum for promoting discussion and collaboration among linguists interested in Construction Grammar and Frame Semantics, as well as in related constructional research in its various models and applications. Further information about Construction Grammar can be found at Construction Grammar.
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Item is a photograph of the front entrance of the former Halifax High School, which was also the first home of the Dalhousie Law School.
Item is a photograph of the former Halifax High School, which was also the first home of the Dalhousie Law School. The building is next to a car dealership and a tower under construction.
Item is a photograph of four Dalhousie law students wearing barrister's robes. The photograph was taken during the presentation of two silver shield awards at the Dalhousie Law School.
Item is a photograph of three unidentified people wearing legal robes who are sitting at a desk with microphones. The photograph was taken during the presentation of two silver shield awards at the Dalhousie Law School.
Item is a photograph taken at the presentation of two silver shield awards at the Dalhousie Law School. The photograph shows the two award recipients holding the shields and shaking hands with an unidentified person.
Item is a photograph taken at the presentation of two silver shield awards at the Dalhousie Law School. The photograph shows the two award recipients posing with the shields.
Item is a photograph of four Dalhousie law students wearing barrister's robes. Two of them are shaking hands. The photograph was taken during the presentation of two silver shield awards at the Dalhousie Law School.
Item is a photograph of participants in the presentation of two silver shield awards at the Dalhousie Law School. Three of the peopel are wearing barrister's robes and standing at a desk.
Item is a photograph of two law students being presented with silver shield awards. The photograph was taken during the presentation of two silver shield awards at the Dalhousie Law School.
Item is a photograph of a law student being presented with a silver shield award. The photograph was taken during the presentation of two silver shield awards at the Dalhousie Law School.
File contain four photographs of the 1973-1974 first, second, and third year classes of the Dalhousie University Faculty of Law.


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2394 Folsom Street
As reported by Geoff Schmidt, on the mailing list as this post
The OQO space is available. Take a look at the flyer; it's a totally gorgeous, multi-level, fully built dot-com wonderland:
http://tric.reapplications.com/filecabinet/Contact/004418/2394FolsomStFlyer.pdf
It's listed at $1.25/ft2, which is incredible given how nicely it's built out. A little bird told me that they might take $1/ft2!
It's at Folsom and 20th. It's two separate spaces, 8000 and 9000 ft2, so we'd either need to find some more members, convince them to subdivide, or (for sake of completeness) bet on growth and run at a deficit.
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