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Thurs 3rd Oct - Industry Talks
Editing Masterclass
11.00 am - 12:00 pm
Editor and Colourist Andrew McKee joins us for this masterclass on editing, breaking down some of the decisions made in the edit suite whilst.
Andrew works predominantly on feature films in the Manchester area and has worked on films including "Eaten by Lions", "Bonded by Blood", "Age of Kill", "Tamla Rose" and "The Zombie King" to name just a few.
Keynote - Phil Chalk
12.30 pm - 1:30 pm
Factory is an independent, innovative, multi-genre animation studio working with global clients, broadcasters and partners including , delivering world class immersive content to thrill, excite and engage audiences of all ages.
Factory has extensive experience in both multi-genre animation and live action production, delivering visually rich styles that make Factory's creative content and production values stand out.
Venue : Light Cinema: Screen 9
Can be bought as part of
the Day pass (£15)
or Full Festival Pass (£30)
Matt Richardson
The Farm continues to provide the very best post production talent and facility solutions for award winning programmes in London, across the UK and in Los Angeles. Farm North in Salford supplies the in house gallery, technical, creative post production and management teams for BBC Sport and BBC Sports News. Matt Richardson from their VFX team joins the festival to talk about his work.
Light Cinema: Screen 6
Kilogramme
Jon Turner
Kilogramme is a character animation studio based in Manchester, England. Their work is a design led mix of 2D and 3D producing commercials, medical, technical, and educational work, titles, bumpers, public information films and animation for children. Jon Turner the director of Kilogramme joins us to talk about "Personality and Emotion" in animation.
Masterclass with Alex Gregson
Sound Designer Alex Gregson from 344 Audio will discuss the process of building an excellent Audio Mix for your film, from pre production to final deliverables. Demonstrating both creative and technical practices, this talk will help demystify the complete audio process for your film by covering the workflow used on a daily basis at 344 Audio.
Venue : Neo Gallery
Model Making/Costume and set design
Jim Costello
Tricking our minds into believing the unreal often relies on a hint of the real – genuine models and props provide anchors that help audiences suspend disbelief. From alien spaceships to samurai swords, and body parts to ancient statues, special and visual effects uses physical artefacts to inject reality into a scene as well as provide a sense of place, time and atmosphere for actors and audiences. Jim Costello reveals some of the secrets of setting the scene.
Known globally for visual effects Framestore have a proud history creating extraordinary images and scenes for some of Hollywood's biggest pictures, collecting every possible industry award along the way. Collaborating with directors and producers across the complete film-making process to help design, plan and create beautiful images, their creative team focuses on finding innovative creative solutions to set new standards for visual effects in cinema. Credits include Spiderman: Far from Home, Avengers: End Game, Blade Runner 2049, Deadpool 2, Fanastic Beasts and many more...
Sarah Cox, (Exec. Creative Director Aardman)
Tracy Shaw (Animation Producer)
Candy Guard (Animator)
Liz Bishop (Litmos Heros)
A panel of distinguished animation creatives join our host Sarah Anne Kennedy to discuss the issues surrounding Women in Animation.
Venue: Light Cinema: Screen 9
Distribution, Sales & Marketing
Masterclass with Deborah Rowland
Deborah Rowland has over 24 years' experience in entertainment marketing and all aspects of film distribution. She has held senior marketing and distribution positions at Koch Media, Artificial Eye, Curzon Cinemas, Icon, Contender Entertainment (now EOne), Twentieth Century Fox, Disney, Medusa Pictures and The Pearson Group.
Join Deborah as she rants about the critical do's and don'ts of preparing your film for distribution and giving your film the best chance of success. A must-attend session for any filmmaker or anyone looking to work in the business side of the industry.
Venue: Neo Art Gallery
Barry Purvis - Animator
3.30 pm - 4.30pm
With a career that spans over 25 years, Barry Purves is one of the UK's most revered animation directors, with over 60 international awards (including BAFTA and Oscar nominations). Throughout his prestigious career he has masterfully utilised puppet animation in his films to explore themes as varied as history, sexuality, language and music.
Venue : Light Cinema : Screen 9
Women in Film & TV
Producers April Kelley (Mini Productions), Dana Bruce (Northern Order), Tania Feimuth (D.O.P) and Amanda Graham (Writer) come togeher for a conversation on the issues surrounding Women in Film.
Campaigns like "#Me Too", "#Times Up", "ReclaimTheFrame" and "#StrongFemaleCharacter" have done a lot to raise the disparity and challenges for women in film, but is anything really changing ? Our panel will discuss the past, present and the future.
Host : Maggie Ellis (Film London)
Venue: Bolton Museum


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Madonna, inocencia perdida (título original en inglés: Madonna: Innocence Lost) es una película dramática estadounidense de 1994 dirigida por Bradford May y escrita por Michael J. Murray. La película está protagonizada por Terumi Matthews, Wendie Malick, Jeff Yagher, Diana Leblanc, Dean Stockwell y Nigel Bennett. La película se estrenó en Estados Unidos en el canal Fox el 29 de noviembre de 1994.

Sinopsis
Basada en la biografía no autorizada de Christopher Andersen Madonna Unauthorized, la película narra la vida de la cantante estadounidense Madonna, desde su infancia en Detroit hasta su presentación en los MTV VMAs de 1984, cuando interpretó «Like a Virgin» con el icónico traje de novia.

Reparto

 Terumi Matthews como Madonna
 Stephane Scalia como Madonna (4 años)
 Maia Filar como Madonna (10 años)
 Wendie Malick como Camille Barbone
 Jeff Yagher como Paul
 Diana Leblanc como Ruth Novak
 Dean Stockwell como Tony Ciccone
 Nigel Bennett como Bennett
 Dominique Briand como Toussant
 Don Francks como Jerome Kirkland
 Tom Melissis como Stu
 Christian Vidosa como Emmerich
 Rod Wilson como Mitch Roth
 Dino Bellisario como Brad Raines
 Gil Filar como Christopher Ciccone
 Diego Fuentes como Salvador
 Matthew Godfrey como Peter Barbone
 Ephraim Hylton como Thom Hillman
 Evon Murphy como Bette Ciccone
 Jenny Parsons como Madonna Louise Ciccone I
 Cynthia Preston como Jude O'Mally
 Chandra West como Kelsey Lee
 Jeff Woods como Flynn

Véase también

 Historia de Madonna en el cine
 Anexo:Filmografía de Madonna

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Películas dramáticas de los años 1990
Películas dramáticas de Estados Unidos
Películas biográficas de Estados Unidos
Obras sobre Madonna
Películas ambientadas en los años 1980
Películas ambientadas en Estados Unidos
Películas sobre música y músicos

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Osteonectin is a phosphoglycoprotein exclusively located in bone and platelet alpha-granules. Human platelet-derived osteonectin is released into plasma after thrombin-induced activation. Recognizing the unique distribution of the osteonectin pool, we first sought to investigate whether osteonectin could serve as a sensitive marker of platelet activity, and identify patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The second objective was to define the effects of thrombolytic therapy in these patients on the plasma concentrations of osteonectin at prespecified time points following attempted reperfusion. Osteonectin levels by ELISA were determined in AMI patients before thrombolysis and at 3, 6, 12, and 24 hours thereafter and compared with 12 healthy controls. At baseline, soluble osteonectin plasma levels were similar between controls (447. 7+/-20.6 ng/ml) and AMI patients (425.7+/-43.3 ng/mL; p=NS). A significant increase of the soluble osteonectin was observed at 3 hours after thrombolysis (519.4+/-26.9 ng/mL; p=0.03), and was followed by a decrease to baseline levels at 6 hours after attempted reperfusion. Contrary to expectations, the plasma osteonectin level in our pilot study was not a sensitive marker distinguishing patients with AMI. The early peak of soluble osteonectin at 3 hours after thrombolytic therapy is most likely not related to coronary thrombolysis per se but rather to the phasic changes of platelet activity during myocardial ischemia-reperfusion. The unquestionable platelet origin of this protein and the lack of elevated plasma levels of this alpha-granule constituent, challenge the postulate of uniform platelet activation in AMI patients.


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The Encore Career Movement Barrels Into Building Businesses
At the Encore.org conference, social entrepreneurs aimed to do well by doing good
By Chris FarrellUnretirement ExpertNovember 20, 2018
By Chris Farrell
At the national Encore.org conference I just attended in Los Angeles, focused on ways people in the second half of life can make the world a better place, I was struck by what I heard at one particular session.
"There has to be a demand in the marketplace. Start with small bets," said the speaker on a panel. "What is your niche?"
The participants in the room soon broke into small groups to share ideas about funding and sustaining social entrepreneurship startups. The large white papers glued to the walls of the conference room were soon covered with sticky notes. Discussions revolved such topics as crowdfunding campaigns and developing relations with high-net-worth individuals and their wealth managers.
Entrepreneurship Was Big at the Encore Conference
Those kinds of conversations are unremarkable at places like startup gatherings in Minneapolis and accelerators in Nashville, let alone high-tech epicenters such as Silicon Valley and New York City. But this was a nonprofit conference where the 40 or so session participants mostly came from nonprofits determined to learn how to bring their entrepreneurial dream to life or diversify their funding for faster growth.
Encore.org, the San Francisco based social enterprise founded by Marc Freedman two decades ago, is known for promoting practical paths for people in the second half of life. Lately, though, the group has been dedicated to starting a social movement aimed at older adults mentoring younger generations. The tone of the conference was set by the title of Freedman's new book with a tongue-in-cheek name: How to Live Forever: The Enduring Power of Connecting the Generations.
The session I attended highlighted a striking shift in America's entrepreneurial culture: the lines are now blurred between business startups and new social enterprises.
For instance, here's how Bevan Gray-Rogel — founder and president of Encore Tampa Bay — responded when I asked her about her entrepreneurial experience with her startup which launched in 2013: "It has been a journey of a million pivots and experiments, asking where my customer is, where are the gaps, what is the mission."
Are those the reflections of a business entrepreneur or a social entrepreneur? Can't tell the difference, can you?
Business Entrepreneurs Blend With Social Entrepreneurs
My suspicion is that business entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs in the second half of life are behind much of the current blending. Second-life business entrepreneurs and their social enterprise peers share a common language these days emphasizing innovation, sustainability, digital tools, storytelling, partnerships, earned income and mission.
These days, many people in their 50s and 60s share a strong desire to do something that makes a difference and (hopefully) leaves a legacy. Whether the enterprise is organized as a nonprofit or for-profit turns out to be more about tactics then purpose.
I've attended several Encore.org conferences and found that this one ranked high on the aspirational scale.
For one thing, the goal of deliberately working at promoting intergenerational engagement for the common good seems particularly valuable at a time when America's civil discourse is eroding, and social pessimism is rising.
For another, I came away with a much greater appreciation of how important scrappy startups are to the grassroots movement rethinking and reimagining the second half of life.
Two Inspiring Encore Career Entrepreneurs
"Most of the folks that are part of the encore community are entrepreneurs," says Henry Rock, 66, the founder and executive director of City Startup Labs in Charlotte, N.C. and a former Encore.org Purpose Prize Fellow.
Rock is a great example. He had a long career in sales and marketing in the media business before coming up with the idea of teaching entrepreneurship to black male millennials in 2006. The idea sat on the shelf for years until he moved to Charlotte and, in 2014, launched City StartUp Labs. The organization, backed by foundations, corporate philanthropy and sponsors, has since expanded its mission of teaching the basics of entrepreneurship to include young black women. City Startup is also piloting an initiative targeted at offering parolees in Charlotte the opportunity to develop and exercise their entrepreneurial capabilities.
Rock aims to develop strategies and diverse funding sources so the group can stay in business for the long haul. "I am at the place right now, not quite an inflection point, but close to it," he says.
Then there's Jeff Tidwell, 59, who is also a social entrepreneur. The high-tech veteran has worked in Silicon Valley and New York for various digital companies. He's currently Entrepreneur in Residence at Boxador in Venice, Calif., where he has launched a cool for-profit company called Next For Me.
The early-stage business is focused helps people 50 and older find good work and manage their finances well for the new longevity economy. "Profit is part of it. Sustaining the business is part of it," Tidwell says. "But it is also about the social good."
As Rock, Tidwell and many others I spoke with at the Encore progress made clear: Doing well and doing good is no longer an oxymoron, if it ever was.
Chris Farrell is senior economics contributor for American Public Media's Marketplace. An award-winning journalist, he is author
of the book, Unretirement: How Baby Boomers Are Changing the Way We Think About Work, Community, and The Good Life.@cfarrellecon
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Jeanne Blasberg
[SWP: Behind the Book] Eden
Read more by Jeanne Blasberg
My debut novel, Eden (May '17), is a family saga. It is clearly a work of fiction, but it is also a kaleidoscope of experiences, memories, and characteristics I've witnessed firsthand. Before I explain some of my inspiration for the book, let me give you the synopsis:
Becca Meister Fitzpatrick, wife, mother, grandmother, and pillar of the community is the dutiful steward of her family's iconic summer tradition… until she discovers her late husband squandered their nest egg. As she struggles to accept what is likely her last season in Long Harbor, Becca is inspired by her granddaughter's boldness in the face of impending single-motherhood, and summons the courage to reveal a long buried secret: the existence of a daughter she gave up fifty years earlier.
Eden is the heartrending account of the days leading up to the Fourth of July weekend, as Becca prepares to uncover her secret and her son and brothers conspire to put the estate on the market, interwoven with the century-old history of Becca's family, her parent's beginnings and ascent into affluence, and her mother's own struggles in the grand home her father named "Eden."
In the span of four generations, between 1920 and 2000, so much changed in the United States. There were enormous industrial and technological advancements, economic shifts, and the impact of world wars, but my book shines a spotlight on the additional changes women faced. My characters, women from the same family, have lives that span a century and experience extremely different education and career opportunities, and especially different choices when it came to their reproductive rights.
Their summer home, EDEN, connotes permanence and inheritance, bringing generations of Meister's together. It was built to be a haven, a place of comfort in a chaotic world, but it has unintended effects as well. For my characters, Sadie, Becca, Rachel, and Sarah, the evolution of social mores cause mother and daughter to clash summer after summer. And yes, their names allude to the biblical matriarchs to accentuate the timelessness of that theme.
I first set out wanting to compare two scenarios: one where a woman gives a baby up for adoption in the 1940's, and the other where a woman keeps her baby, entering into a bad marriage (albeit in the 1970's) in order to "do the right thing." I took it another step, thinking about the world we live in now where a nuclear family unit can come in all shapes and sizes, and portrayed a character in the 1990's who decides to have a baby as a single mother. Then I thought backwards to the 1920's when even the most affluent and privileged women in the country had little access to birth control.
I planted all of these women in the same family, one that kept secrets, resulting in them looking forward and backward with a clouded lens of envy and misunderstanding. Mothers and daughters and mothers and daughters, some things never change. I also decided to make theirs a once wealthy family (one that was now losing its shine) in order to emphasize the burden of keeping up appearances. For example, her mother secretly sends Becca to a maternity hospital in Kansas City to have her child, while everybody else is told she is attending finishing school.
The novel is one woman's story, echoing four women's' stories, and is, at the same time, all women's story. It creates a collage of female experience around the drama of introducing Becca's long lost daughter and her impending financial despair. I wrote the story from multiple points of view, and wove together the past and present in alternating chapters. It has biblical allusions and mystical references. Undoubtedly an ambitious structure for my first novel, but I was determined to write the type of book I enjoy reading.
Some readers ask if the characters in Eden represent people in my family. While my family is replete with stories of adoption and hasty marriage to serve as inspiration, my characters are a definite departure from real life. Nonetheless, some of my family members have been surprised the novel contains personal and painful topics. To them, I constantly affirm this is a work of fiction. There is no doubt, my main inspiration was the compassion I feel for the women who came before me, both in my family and beyond, to tell the narrative so many of them were forced to keep secret. I also wrote the book for younger generations of women so that they may better appreciate their choices and have empathy for their mothers.
Although there have been multiple derivations of this maxim, "Write what you know," it was my first invitation as an aspiring novelist. I was fortunate because I had this story taking shape inside of me, and I had to get it out. It burned strongly, staying with me while I slept, staying with me for eight years of writing, and through at least a dozen revisions. It pushed me to keep trying when I thought several times it was a lost cause, to find an agent and a publisher and then it pushed me to find advanced readers and seek out blurbs.
Just like a baby turns a woman into a mother, Eden has turned me into an author, a woman with a new vocation. I'm so proud to share this story and to have my matriarchs spark conversation and continue pushing me on this journey.
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Hemiscorpius egyptiensis est une espèce de scorpions de la famille des Hemiscorpiidae.

Distribution
Cette espèce est endémique d'Égypte. Elle se rencontre en Nubie égyptienne.

Description
Le mâle holotype mesure .

Étymologie
Son nom d'espèce, composé de egypt et du suffixe latin , « qui vit dans, qui habite », lui a été donné en référence au lieu de sa découverte, l'Égypte.

Publication originale
 Lourenço, 2011 : More about the African species of Hemiscorpius Peters, 1861 (Scorpiones: Hemiscorpiidae), and a description of a new species from Egypt. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, ,  (texte intégral).

Liens externes
 The Scorpion Files : Jan Ove Rein, Trondheim, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Notes et références

Hemiscorpiidae
Espèce de scorpions (nom scientifique)
Faune endémique d'Égypte


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White Supremacist Provocateurs Are Tipping America's Protests Into a Race War
In the George Floyd protests, white supremacists are using the same playbook as the race war accelerationists of the 1960s. But it's coinciding with widespread unemployment, a deep recession and an ambiguous administration in the White House
Stuart Wexler
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Protestors form a human chain in front of police officers during a demonstration to call for justice for George Floyd. May 30, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.Credit: AFP
Four years ago, amidst the civil unrest that followed five years of well-publicized reports of shootings (by law enforcement) of unarmed black men, a growing chorus of public commentators suggested that America was on the verge of experiencing "another 1968" – waves of violent, political protests with military and law enforcement responses, specifically over ongoing issues with racial oppression.
As a historian, I myself rejected the characterization that America was heading towards a race war, arguing that improvements in race relations and economic opportunities for African Americans, while far from perfect, mitigated against any kind of ongoing, widespread unrest along the lines of what we saw in 1968.
I am no longer as optimistic.
As in 2016, 1968 was a culmination of several years of violent, political upheaval in the United States, though in late 60s it was on a much greater scale. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 did very little to address the ongoing concerns of black Americans outside of the south, who could already vote and who faced de facto rather than de jure discrimination.
Few issues highlighted the ongoing racial oppression more than policing with widespread reports, especially in urban centers outside of the south, of abusive and discriminatory law enforcement practices.
Demonstrators protest the killing of George Floyd outside of the city's 5th police precinct on May 30, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.Credit: AFP
Even rumors of excessive force against black citizens spurred violent rebellion in many instances, lighting powder kegs of frustration in adjacent cities. Economists William J. Collins and Robert A. Margo identified 11 urban riots in 1965; 53 in 1966; 158 in 1967 and 289 in 1968.
But even after 1968, political violence continued (230 more riots by 1971) and arguably increased as it took different, non-racial, forms. Between 1971 and 1972, according to the FBI, Americans experienced on average more than three domestic-terrorist bombings per day, often from radical, anti-war groups.
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It is worth noting that this occurred during a period of economic growth. Real GDP grew from between 2.5 percent to 6.5 percent all but one year from 1964 until 1974, with unemployment rates going no higher than 6.1 percent; even in the black community, with structural limits on opportunity, unemployment peaked at ten percent in the period I teach my students to call "The Age of Social Upheaval."
But now we are facing social unrest amidst a backdrop of coronavirus-induced mass unemployment and increasing food scarcity, conditions that most experts see as persisting for months and that will likely only exacerbate the potential for violence and unrest. The drop in economic growth (to - 4.8 percent from 2.1 percent) and the levels of unemployment (14.7 percent) have one precedent – the Great Depression – which also is the last time, prior to the 1960s, when outbreaks of civil unrest were common.
Economic uncertainty and food scarcity have fueled mass domestic violence throughout history – from the French Revolution, through the Russian Revolution through the Arab Spring. There is no reason to think that Americans are immune from two of history's most impactful change agents.
Add to this one additional and troubling factor – provocations by white supremacists and white nationalists – and the potential for chaos magnifies. Even back in 2016, I worried about this possibility. In my books, I documented an ideological thread among certain white supremacists and racist groups, going back to the end of World War Two, that sees racial conflict as a normative good.
White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the alt-right in Charlottesville, Virginia. August 12, 2017Credit: JUSTIN IDE/REUTERS
Indeed these individuals – modern scholars of terrorism refer to them as accelerationists – want to start a race war, that they hope will "purify" America through ethnic cleansing. Some even see provoking such a race war as a religious imperative.
These individuals were major players in the violence of the 1960s. With their obscure religious ideas and unconventional targets (they wanted attacks on Jews as much as they wanted attacks on people of color) they tended to present a conventional, reactionary racist public persona while hiding their proactive, accelerationist goals.
Their likes included J.B. Stoner and Reverend Connie Lynch, whose speeches inflamed white audiences to violence in counter-rallies against civil rights marches; Sam Bowers, leader of the most violent Ku Klux Klan group in the country – the Mississippi White Knights; and Willam Potter Gale, who formed paramilitary groups to prosecute such a race war. They did not succeed. But their ideas and their tactics did not die in the 1970s and, instead, reemerged among smaller cell-based groups in the 1980s.
Researchers who monitor racist social media forums say that the current crop of white supremacist is considering the same playbook, and anecdotal evidence from several cities suggest they may already be making good on those plans.
It is still too early to tell and would represent a new tactic – infiltrating a mass march posing as an ally – but it would be consistent the general approach, described by one-time (and now reformed) racist terrorist Tommy Tarrants, regarding his white supremacist compatriots' agenda in the 1960s. The goal was "to produce racial polarization and eventual retaliation. This retaliation would then swell the ranks of whites who would be willing to condone or employ violence as a viable response to the racial problem."
Demonstrators confront secret service police and Park police officers outside of the White House on May 30, 2020 in Washington DC, during a protest over the death of George Floyd.Credit: AFP
That response, then and now, would include federal, military intervention that many, such as Tarrants's one-time "boss," Mississippi KKK Grand Wizard Sam Bowers, believed would 'fortuitously' intensify the violence. According to a government informant, Bowers believed a federal intervention would draw in leftist agitators who would renew the cycle of violence by exploiting people of color.
Those sentiments echo today. Attorney General William Barr, without citing any evidence, suggested that antifa vigilantes are the real provocateurs, even as local officials on-the-ground point to white supremacists. Echoing those sentiments, President Trump has promised to federalize the National Guard or even the military to quash the protests if they continue to become rowdy; he paraphrased the civil rights era racist police chief Walter Headley and the segregationist presidential candidate George Wallace in a tweet where he warned, "when the looting starts, the shooting starts."
The unforeseen consequence might be to encourage white supremacists in their efforts to amplify the chaos.
Organized group activity is not even necessary to exploit the unrest. So-called lone wolves, like Dylan Roof and John Earnest, marinating in fantasies of a future race war, engaged in horrific acts of mass murder in far less charged times. In the context of ongoing unrest, the appeal to deranged racists would likely be greater, and their crimes more inflammatory. A military presence seems unlikely to deter someone of that ilk.
If white supremacists are changing their tactics, it is not surprising. But their success at subverting protests bourne of genuine grievance is not not inevitable. If we are cognizant of the possibilities for manipulation and the responses – including from law enforcement – are restrained, perhaps greater violence could be avoided. Absent this, 2020 may end up being closer to 1968 than to 2016.
Stuart Wexler is a historian and a teacher. His books, "America's Secret Jihad:The Hidden History of Religious Terrorism in the United States" and "Killing King: Racial Terrorists, James Earl Ray, and the Plot to Assassinate Martin Luther King Jr." (co-authored with Larry Hancock), explore the history of Christian Identity terrorism. Twitter: @wexlerwriting


Everything Beagle WA is an online group of Western Australian beagle owners. The community offers friendship, advice and activities for group members and owners of beagles.
They also have a charity that further aids in fostering and rehoming beagles that are in pounds and rescue shelters across Western Australia. Everything Beagle is always looking to better their charity and contributions to the Beagle community. Through their work, they would like to find every beagle in Western Australia a friendly forever family and will assist these beagles with ongoing support in regard to veterinary care, training and long-term friendships. Every Western Australian beagle owner should feel supported and appreciated by the organisation.
FurBaby has dedicated itself to providing the community with a unique and dedicated dog café. The delicious food, available for FurParents, can be eaten alongside fresh treats from the 'barkery' which is available for FurBabies. They also provide services such as grooming, boutique FurParent and FurBaby items, Very Important Dog (VID) function area, Breed Specific Playdates and even Doggy Daycare for all your FurBaby needs.
Here at FurBaby, we know the importance of having a supportive community, so we are proud to be hosting the Howl-O-Ween Quiz Night to raise money for Everything Beagle WA!
We are hosting a Howl-O-Ween Quiz Night on the 31st of October. An amazing night filled with ghosts, ghouls and furbabies galore. Come and test your general knowledge with tickets for $20 per person and six people per table. Hurry and purchase your tickets while you can! Prizes will be given to the winning teams, as well as best dressed human and dog to raise funds and awareness for Everything Beagle WA! For more information and to purchase tickets click here!
We are holding a silent auction during October leading up to the Quiz Night. There are many different paw-some prizes to be bid on and won! All auction items have been donated generously by business across Australia and all proceeds will go to Everything Beagle WA! The winners of the silent auction will be announced on the 10th of November and informed via phone/email.
Happy bidding!! Click here to bid.
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> RAMON"MON" TULFO FILED CHARGES AGAINST RAYMART SANTIAGO, CLAUDINE BARRETO ET AL.
RAMON"MON" TULFO FILED CHARGES AGAINST RAYMART SANTIAGO, CLAUDINE BARRETO ET AL.
Veteran Journalist and broadcaster Ramon " Mon" Tulfo said that he filed charges of grave coercion and physical injury against Raymart Santiago, wife Claudine Baretto, et al, before at the Pasay City Prosecutor's office after getting involved in an brawl at the NAIA Terminal 3 yesterday, May 6, 2012.
Ramon " Mon" Tulfo said he initially does not want to file a complaint against the Santiago's but changed his mind after an alleged further verbal abuse from Claudine Barreto at the police headquarters following the altercation in NAIA 3.
Ramon " Mon" Tulfo's left and right temples as well as his right jaw are still swollen. He is also complaining of pain in his neck. Tulfo maintained he was the victim in the incident.
The journalist said he only wanted to document and take a picture of Claudine Barreto's alleged outburst at a Cebu Pacific Airline representative after the arrival of their luggage got delayed.
He filed a case of grave coercion against actor Raymart Santiago after the latter allegedly tried to take his cellphone camera from him.
Ramon " Mon" Tulfo also filed charges of physical injuries against spouses Raymart and Claudine Baretto-Santiago, their companion Eduardo Atilano, and several other John and Jane Does.
He said airport security is also culpable because he sustained further injuries when they physically subdued him.


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First Fully Synthetic Organ Transplant Saves Cancer Patient
Artificial trachea built from scratch shows the promise of regenerative medicine.
by Kenrick Vezina
Surgeons in Sweden have successfully transplanted a fully synthetic, tissue-engineered organ—a trachea—into a man with late-stage tracheal cancer. The synthetic trachea was created entirely in the lab, using a scaffold built out of a porous polymer, and tissue grown from the patient's own stem cells inside a bioreactor designed to protect the organ and promote cell growth.
All new: The artificial trachea after two days of cell growth, and just before being implanted into the patient.
The surgery was performed last month by Paolo Macchiarini at Karolinska University Hospital in Huddinge, Stockholm. The patient has now made a full recovery, and will be discharged from the hospital today.
The scaffolding for the trachea was built by a team led by Alexander Seifalian, professor of nanotechnology and regenerative medicine at University College London. Tissue was grown on top of the scaffold from the patient's own stem cells using the "InBreath" bioreactor from Harvard Bioscience. The scaffold was seeded with a solution of stem cells taken from the patient's bone marrow, and kept warm and sterile as the scaffold rotated inside the bioreactor while the cells grew into tissues. The entire process took about two weeks.
The transplant is a significant moment for regenerative medicine, says Arnold Kriegstein, director of the Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research at University of California, San Francisco. "Finding ways for stem cells to be used to engineer replacement parts," is exactly what regenerative medicine promises, Kriegstein says.
However, Kriegstein notes that a trachea is "relatively low-hanging fruit" because it is primarily a mechanical organ—a conduit for air. Building something as complex as a lung or a kidney would be far more challenging, he says.
Artificial organs would be superior to ordinary donor organs in several ways. They can be made to order more quickly than a donor organ can often be found; being grown from a patient's own cells, they also do not require dangerous immunosuppressant drugs to prevent rejection.
Replacement organs have been grown, and implanted, in the past, using a patient's cells and a donor organ stripped of its tissue, with the remaining cartilage to serve as a scaffold for tissue growth. In 2006, a team at the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine in Pittsburgh successfully implanted lab-grown bladders in children with spina bifida. Synthetic scaffolding had been created previously, but it had not been used to replace a human organ.
To construct the trachea, Seifalian and his team used a polymer pitted with millions of tiny little holes to provide places for the patient's stem cells to take root.
First, Seifalian and his team created a glass mold of the patient's trachea from CT scans of the patient. Then, they cut strips of a polymer and wrapped them around the model to create the cartilage "rings" that give structural strength to the trachea. And they dipped the model into a liquid version of the same polymer, which had been mixed with salt. Finally, they washed the whole thing in a solution that dissolved the salts and caused the liquid polymer to congeal into a spongy form that resembles an organic trachea.
Once the trachea scaffold was built, living tissue was grown on top of it using Harvard Bioscience's "InBreath" bioreactor—a shoebox-sized device in which the trachea was mounted "much in the way you'd mount a chicken on the rotisserie," says David Green, president of Harvard Bioscience. A solution of stem cells from the patient's bone marrow was poured onto the synthetic trachea, and the scaffolding was rotated while kept sterile and warm. The solution included chemicals meant to coax the cells to differentiate into the types of cells found in a trachea. It took about two days for tissues to form.
Building the scaffolding was slowed by this being a first-time effort, explains Seifalian. In future, he says, they could build a complete scaffold from CT scans in two days.
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My husband and I went to Paris last summer for a week and loved it.
Here is what I found successful.
I brought food with me to feel secure.  it is not a necessity.
I brought Granola Bars from Energy Foods for breakfast.
For lunch I could have salad or an omelets.
(without flour) and baked potato.
I had excellent results.  Enjoy!
2.  Any tips for food on the plane trip?
able to get me gluten free meals on a short notice.
The minimum order time for a gluten free international meal is 6 hours.  Call 1-800-433-7300 and order with the reservationist now.  I work for American and just looked up this information in our computer system.
... I make sure I take a peanut butter sandwich, g/f crackers and cheese, protein bars, fruit, or you could even take cereal in a zip lock bag as they usually have milk.  Energy foods has two slices of bread per carton that will last up to a year in the pantry.  .... All of this to say that I depend on the airlines very little.


Nutrex Research is no newcomer to the bodybuilding and weight loss industry, they've been around for well over a decade.
While Lipo 6 Black Hers Ultra Concentrate is marketed as an energy-boosting female fat burner, women's supplements are not Nutrex's normal specialty.
Muscle gaining supplements are their main focus!
Let's see how effective Lipo 6 Black Hers Ultra Concentrate is as a fat burner.
Lipo 6 Black Hers Ultra Concentrate is marketed as a highly concentrated fat absorbing supplement that delivers outstanding weight loss while also boosting energy. As the name indicates it is aimed at women.
How does Nutrex Research Lipo 6 Black Hers Ultra Concentrate work?
Whilst the product contains a lengthy list of ingredients, we don't see anything that makes it particularly good fat burner for women. The formula looks broadly similar to their men's fat burner.
Nutrex claims the product contains clinically validated thermogenic activators. That sounds very fancy but it basically translates to: 'It will increase your metabolism'. Assuming that is the case then this should help you burn fat. The product also claims to increase mental alertness which will keep you active.
But what are the ingredients in Lipo 6 black hers and will they really help burn fat?
As we mentioned above, we found the ingredients to be a bit out of the ordinary for a female fat burner supplement.
Don't get us wrong there are some reasonable ingredients in here, it's just a lot of them are stimulants. That's not the best thing when you've designed a weight loss product exclusively for women.
Lipo six also uses a proprietary blend, this means that you are not entirely sure how much of each ingredient you are getting.
Caffeine, for good reason, is probably one of the more popular ingredients found in many fat burners. There is no doubt that it is effective for speeding up metabolism. It also gives you increased energy to help you with the exercise aspect of your weight loss efforts. But… High amounts of caffeine can react with the contraceptive pill so it's a shame that the exact amount is not marked on the box.
Does vitamin B help for weight loss? This essential vitamin is beneficial on many levels and even more so if you don't get a sufficient intake from your normal diet. It is a great energy booster and can help block the impact of carbs on the body. It's a good addition to Lipo 6 black hers.
Folic Acids is another extremely important vitamin and performs a number of vital functions in the body.
It can help generate new red blood cells in the body and support improved brain and cardiovascular health. Despite the many health benefits, there is no strong evidence to suggest it will burn fat or help you lose weight.
This is a rather controversial ingredient found in a number of fat burners. From the research we have done it is not an ingredient we are in favor of.
Yohimbine HCl stimulates the nervous system. The result of this is an increase in blood pressure and body temperature.
A review of this ingredient shows that the weight loss results have been inconclusive and there may be a risk of side effects as it can react with caffeine.
For now, we believe a lot more research needs to be done before it can be deemed a safe and effective fat burner.
This ingredient is found in many plants, most notably Cocoa Beans. It is a mild stimulant and a diuretic. 'Diuretics for weight loss' is not a new concept, they are often used in supplements because they get rid of extra water weight from the body. Studies have not proven any significant appetite suppression or fat burning benefits from diuretics like this, however.
Overall these ingredients aren't all that impressive. We give them a thumbs down.
When comparing Lipo 6 Black Hers against our top-rated female fat burner in Leanbean there isn't much comparison. Leanbean is loaded with 12 active ingredients including 4 different appetite suppressants. Compared to Lipo 6 which has 10 ingredients but most of them are either in small doses or are ineffective.
Leanbean uses proven ingredients like green tea, cayenne pepper extract, Garcinia Cambogia, Turmeric, and Glucomannan. Lipo 6 Black Hers doesn't use any of these ingredients, in fact, it only uses 1 ingredient from our list of the top ingredients for fat burners and that's caffeine. That just isn't going to get the job done.
Lipo 6 Black Hers also has side effects to take into consideration because of its use of Yohimbe which can cause anxiety, panic attacks and more.
The reviews online are much better for Leanbean as well and it's not even close.
The only area that Lipo 6 Black Hers has the edge is in price but Leanbean is a much better value considering you get a much better product.
Leanbean wins this one pretty easily.
Although Nutrex makes no specific mention of side effects, they go to great lengths to advise you to avoid combining certain stimulants with Lipo-6.
Some women have reported feeling unwell after using the supplement. Whilst it looks like the side effects are likely to be mild it's always best to be careful.
Jitters and insomnia could be put down to the caffeine content although other fat burners include it without issue, the biggest factor when it comes to potential side effects is the dose of stimulants. We can't tell how much of each is in here but we do know that the combined amount is nearly 300mg.
There were not that many reviews on this product and many people that did comment only discussed the side effects. Some people said it had little to no effect on their weight loss efforts while the odd person said it was very effective.
Unfortunately, there is not enough feedback to form a conclusive opinion whether customers though this was a good female fat burner or not.
Will Nutrex Research Lipo 6 Black Hers Ultra Concentrate Help You Lose weight?
The high stimulant content may improve your metabolism although we were startled to see next to no appetite suppressants. This means that the product's makers have taken the easy route and just stuck to what they know (i.e male bodybuilding supplements).
In fact, on the face of it, this is simply a male fat burner dressed up to look like a female product.
It is clear that Nutrex specializes in the bodybuilding market and have marketed and sold a wide range of products. We are sure many of them are probably good, however, we think they could have done a better job with Lipo-6 Black Hers. Check out our list of the best fat burners for women to see our top choices.


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Kamen Rider Zero-One A.I.M.S. Squad Merchandise Revealed
Premium Bandai Announces Kamen Rider Thouser Panda Mascot Plush Charm
Premium Bandai Announces Kamen Rider Zero One "MetsubouJinrai.net" Necklace and Earrings
Rider Love Podcast #126 – "I Have a Type"
Kamen Rider Gashapon Releases For January Announced
Three new pieces of A.I.M.S. Squad merchandise and a handkerchief from Kamen Rider Zero-One are available on Premium Bandai.
Premium Bandai has added new pieces of Kamen Rider Zero-One merchandise available for pre-order. These three pieces of A.I.M.S. Squad merchandise include a pin, a t-shirt, and a pair of shorts. In addition to these, a handkerchief, given to Mamoru by Aruto in episode 2, is also available on the store. All of these items are available for pre-order and are scheduled to be shipped in November 2019.
A.I.M.S. Squad Pin ¥1,650
A.I.M.S. Squad Shirt ¥4,950
A.I.M.S. Squad Shorts ¥4,950
Aurto's Handkerchief ¥1,550
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Robert Rodriguez, known for his cameo-filled presentations, now has stuffed another name into the already jam-packed roster for "From Dusk Till Dawn" Season 2 on the El Rey Network. Jeff Fahey (Planet Terror, The Lawnmower Man) will be playing "Uncle Eddie Cruickshank," and we here at Dread Central were lucky enough to score an interview with him to discuss his new role in the show, as well as some other projects he's currently working on, so settle in and enjoy.
DC: Jeff, can you give us a description of your character in the show?
JF: Well, Uncle Eddie is Seth and Richie's uncle – their father's brother. Their father died in a fire when the kids were around 8 and 10, so Eddie took them in, raised them, mentored them, and in essence, nurtured them into the thieves that they are today. He is a professional lifelong criminal, but he's one that's got a certain code of ethics within that criminal world – a man of slanted morals and principles, but within that world, he'd be considered one of the more ethical criminals. He sees the difference between Richie and Seth – one being the brains, and one being the brawn – one being the guts, and one being the thoughtful one, and at times one being more excitable while the other is too thoughtful, and he always thought with the two of them together, they were the perfect team. As we come into Season 2, we see that the brothers have not only had an emotional split, but a geographical one as well, and as they come back into Eddie's world, hopefully they'll get their grounding again, and I think there's a mixed emotion with Eddie – on one hand, he's upset about some of the things that have gone on, but on the other hand he's very excited and happy to have the boys back.
DC: Now, is this going to be a one-shot thing, or more of a recurring role?
JF: Well, without giving anything away, in Robert's world everything is always ongoing, and anything can happen – we'll just have to see how this whole thing unfolds, but let's just say that this is going to be one rollercoaster of a ride when the two brothers and the uncle get together.
DC: You've worked with Robert previously on Planet Terror and Machete – so is it safe to say that it was a slam dunk when you were offered this role?
JF: Oh absolutely! Whenever Robert reaches out to me, I'm usually off somewhere on the other side of the world, and I always say yes without even reading it, because that's just the way it is. This time, I was doing a play over in London (the revival of Twelve Angry Men) back in 2013, and Robert called and asked me if I was free next month to shoot a role that he had for me in the show, and I told him that I was committed to the play for the next six months, so he said that it wasn't a problem and he'd write something else. We then ended up getting the play extended for another four months, and after that I was in New Mexico filming "Texas Rising," and he called me again to tell me that he had something, so I wanted to know when he was going to start shooting, and luckily I was done by then – so he sent me all the material, and after I'd read it, I was in. I just flipped over the character and the relationship with the brothers and how Eddie fits into the whole story, and the dialogue is so rich – it's a mix of the old pulp writers and has this rhythm and pace to it and all these layers of mythology and these other worlds – it's just a blast to play, and it feels like a group of kids just going in and having fun.
DC: You've done quite a bit of work in both film and TV, so what would you say is the biggest challenge when preparing for a role between the two?
JF: Well first, the biggest difference between those two worlds is that TV is at a much faster pace – you'll be doing 8 to 10 pages a day which involve actions in different locations; whereas, on film you'll be doing anywhere from a page and a half to 3 pages. There's more time to prepare in one respect on film, and at the same time, in television there's a wonderful pace that happens, and if you fit into the groove, especially with your character and the people you're working with, it tweaks that machine, especially if you have that good work environment that invites creativity, and a safe zone to stumble forward – TV is great. It's two different beasts, and at the same time, theater is entirely a whole other beast, and you rock and roll at both, but you've got to be creative at a higher pace in television, while trying not to take shortcuts because you're tired, but coming up with something even more interesting because you're so limited on time.
DC: Lastly, what can we all look forward to from you in the future?
JF: I'm off to do a film now with Tom Berenger and Bruce Dern called American Dresser, and after that I'll head back over to the Middle East to the refugee camps, and then I'll be heading down to Mexico to meet up with a group of artists (Mexican actors, writers, and directors) to put together an orphanage – a little bit of this and a little bit of that.
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Pregnant Woman Gives Birth On Lawn Of Mexican Clinic After Being Forced To Wait For Treatment
David Iaconangelo | Oct 08 2013, 08:46AM EDT
Image Facebook/ Eloy Pacheco López
Controversy has erupted in Mexico over a photo depicting Irma López Aurelio, a 28-year-old indigenous woman from Jalapa de Díaz, Oaxaca, as she gives birth to a child on the lawn outside of the health clinic where she and her husband had sought medical attention. Clinic staff pointed to a linguistic barrier, saying López Aurelio did not understand directions given to her in Spanish, but Mexican authorities said last week that they were investigating possible negligence in the case. According to EFE, the Oaxaca Human Rights Commission has also opened an investigation and submitted a request for information from health authorities.
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According to Proceso, López Aurelio arrived at the Health Center in the Oaxacan town early in the morning, accompanied by her husband. She informed staff at the clinic, which was short-staffed at the time due to a partial work stoppage, that she was about to give birth - she had been awakened that morning by increasingly strong contractions, was fully dilated and her water had broken. The clinic staff told her and her husband, who are Mazatecos, something in Spanish which neither of them understood apart from the word "no". She says she waited for some two hours to be attended to until, at about 7:30 in the morning, she pushed her way out of the clinic and onto a patch of grass, where she gave birth.
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Eloy Pacheco López, who took the photo, wrote on Facebook that "after waiting and demanding attention for two hours, she gave birth in the yard of the hospital after being ignored by personnel under the direction of the supposed doctor Adrian René Cruz Cabrera". The image was picked up by a local media outlet and disseminated quickly on Twitter, where it garnered a hail of denouncements of personnel and health authorities. According to Clarin, the mayor of the town where the health center is located, Silvia Flores, said it was the second time in a year that a woman has had to give birth to a child on the center's grass - in July, another indigenous woman from a nearby village did the same.
In response to clamor over the photo, the state government released a statement in which it says it has ordered "an impartial and in-depth investigation into the medical personnel at the Jalapa de Díaz Health Center in order to delineate responsibilities with respect to the possible medical negligence in attention to Mrs. Irma López Aurelio, who gave birth to a child this Wednesday".
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Over the past 8 years, we have had many caregivers & nurses for Rabbi. During the last year of Rabbi's life, a nurse named Asfin worked for us. Asfin was a bright, friendly, & caring addition to our team. We maintained a friendly and cordial relationship with her. We exchanged the usual pleasantries but didn't know too much about her. That is, until, last Thursday.
One day I asked Rabbi to pray for me so I have a son who is a good man like him and smiles all day like he does. I think he did.
I am sending you a picture of my son. Don't know how else to say thanks to Rabbi.
Upon receiving the text, I called Asfin to congratulate her. I was also very curious as to the story behind the text. Asfin explained that she had suffered from infertility for 8 years. She had admired Rabbi so much for his strength and determination. Despite being in pain and suffering a hard life, he was always happy. She always saw a smile on his face. As she said in her text, she asked him to pray for her.
Of course, we can not explain how Hashem runs the world or why things happen. Yet, what Asfin learned from Rabbi is a lesson for all of us. She reported that her baby is the happiest little boy with a constant smile on his face.
No, his name is not Rabbi or even Yehuda! Yet, in her native language, his name means Sunshine.
That is a great story. Thank you for sharing it!
I bet Rabbi Simes is smiling right now. Beautiful!


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Q: Does raising a flag again after a LQ answer was kicked off the queue by "Edit" actually work? The rationale behind allowing the Edit button in the LQ (low-quality) review queue is if a reviewer didn't actually fix "all the problems" (what the usage guide says), it will at least bump the post for more eyes.
My experience, and others' too, is that reflagging does nothing, and unless you ask a mod to check your flag, it will eventually age away. For the time being, I'm looking for support regarding this issue.
One such answer where the flag didn't (as far as I can see) create a new review queue and the Edit button was misused:

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*https://aviation.stackexchange.com/posts/70283/timeline (Update: A moderator has now deleted the post.)

PS I come across this issue relatively a lot, so it is of concern; I can only imagine what more busy sites go through.
I already brought up the relevant part that concerns the Aviation site by asking, "Please don't make a minor edit for a low-quality-flagged post from the review page".

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My experience, and others too, is that reflagging does nothing

Well, if your intention is to send it to the Low Quality Posts review queue again, that certainly won't happen, according to this answer by Shog9:

Once reviewed, further flags do not re-add the post to the queue. At this point, a moderator will need to intervene. These flags will continue to appear in the moderator queue for this reason.

So it's up to ♦ moderators then. I know that on Ask Different where I moderate we regularly process VLQ and NAA flags, but some colleagues across the network basically ignore them and choose to let the community handle them via the review queues (which can make a lot of sense given the workload and/or the activity of the review queues on that site). I'm not sure if Aviation is one of those sites.

and unless you ask a mod to check your flag, it will eventually age away

That could certainly happen; there's no indication in the flag dashboard if a pending VLQ/NAA flag is being reviewed by the community or not, and if the moderators' strategy is to leave them alone, they'll eventually age away. IIRC we would see that a previous flag against the post has been dismissed, but not that is was edited in between flags since the only pending flag was cast after the edit was made.

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Roundup of 1,000 wild horses to begin in remote Northern California
Local // News
Tom Stienstra Oct. 9, 2018 Updated: Oct. 9, 2018 4:01 p.m.
Roundup of 1,000 wild horses to begin in remote Northern...
1of4A sub-herd of wild horses near Logan Slough and Big Sage Reservoir in Modoc National Forest, among 5,000 that roam wild in the areaPhoto: Tom Stienstra, Tom Stienstra / The Chronicle
2of4Logan Slough feeds into Big Sage Reservoir in Modoc National Forest and provides habitat for wild horses, with 5,000 in the greater Big Sage-Devil's Garden region in remote northeastern California.Photo: Tom Stienstra, Tom Stienstra / The Chronicle
3of4An entry point into the Big Sage area of remote Modoc National Forest, where 5,000 wild horses now roam freePhoto: Tom Stienstra, Tom Stienstra / The Chronicle
4of4A group of wild horses, including a mare and its colt, near Big Sage Reservoir in Modoc National Forest, among 5,000 that roam wild in the area.Photo: Tom Stienstra, Tom Stienstra / The Chronicle
MODOC NATIONAL FOREST — From behind a juniper, a wild stallion stepped into a clearing. The animal's dark coat glowed in the afternoon sun, and its shoulder muscles flexed and rolled with each step. A light wind sent the smell of sage across the landscape.
Nearby, a herd of six wild horses, including two colts, followed its leader. A big gray, a palomino and its russet colt then turned to the right and trotted off, seemingly invincible across the high desert range.
If only they were. An estimated 4,000 wild horses live on the Modoc Plateau. U.S. Forest Service biologists say the habitat can support 400.
Higher numbers can cause them to eat themselves out of their home on the range, and in the process damage plant species, riparian areas and aquatic life while outcompeting native pronghorn, mule deer and other wildlife, said Ken Sandusky at Modoc National Forest headquarters in Alturas.
On Wednesday, the Forest Service plans to start rounding up 1,000 wild horses, relocating them in large corrals and offering them up for adoption, despite the protests of animal activists who fear some of the horses could end up in far-away slaughterhouses.
Horses under 10, which can still be trained as domestic animals, will be available for adoption through a process established by the Bureau of Land Management, usually for $125. Horses over 10 will be available for adoption and sale for the first 30 days with limitations, and then after that for sale for $1 without limitations.
A wild stallion takes a stand near Big Sage Reservoir in Modoc National Forest, one of 5,000 wild horses in the area
Photo: Tom Stienstra, Tom Stienstra / The Chronicle
Buyers must sign a contract and certify under a felony statute that they will provide humane care for the horses and will not sell or transfer ownership to anyone with the intent of killing the horse, such as for meat, said Sandusky, who provided a copy of the contract.
It is the first stage of a long-term plan to reduce the size of the herd on the Modoc Plateau. In two years, the Forest Service plans to remove 2,000 more. The ideal buyers, Sandusky said, are owners of large ranches where the horses can roam, just as they do in Modoc.
"The entire process is very humane," said Sally Carter, a spokeswoman for the Forest Service with a specialty in the horse program. "I love taking my family out to find them, watch them."
In time, it's possible some horses will be darted with birth control serum, as has been done with herds of wild horses near Carson City, Nev., as well as in eastern Oregon. No healthy horses will be killed, Carter said.
Modoc County is in remote northeastern California, more than 350 miles from San Francisco. The entire county spans 4,200 square miles, half the size of Rhode Island, yet has only 9,000 residents. Horses have run wild here for 140 years. Over time, they either escaped ranches or were not recaptured after being set free to graze.
Contact the Modoc National Forest, Alturas, 530-233-5811, www.fs.usda.gov/modoc.
Herds of wild horses are located in five major areas across the Modoc Plateau, a high desert of sage and grasslands peppered with junipers. A few areas are interspersed by the more typical national forest landscape of pines, cedars and firs.
The best opportunity to spot and stalk wild horses is often in the vicinity of Logan Slough, according to locals. Logan Slough is a feeder stream that pours into the north end of Big Sage Reservoir, a shallow lake that spans 77,000 acres.
The habitat is filled with lava flows and boulders from prehistoric times that span across 500,000 acres. In spring, when pockets fill with water, the region turns into a paradise for waterfowl on the Pacific Flyway, and also has some of the most spectacular wildflower blooms across the Western U.S.
In winter, the area gets sparse rain, an average of 12.5 inches a year, and the average daily low temperature is 18, with sub-zero temperatures common. In big winters, the Modoc Plateau can be covered in more than 15 feet of snow, Sandusky said, and that forces horses into areas with less snow, further stressing them.
The winter deep freeze causes vegetation to go into hibernation for nearly six months, and it is possible for the wild horses to eat themselves out of food and into starvation. An ephemeral pond near Lost Hill is called Dead Horse Reservoir, and another, east of Mowitz Butte, Deadhorse Flat.
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The wild horse roundup will help to reduce that risk, as well as benefit wildlife that share the habitat. It will also aid rare aquatic lifeforms, such as the fairy shrimp, which risk getting trampled in riparian areas, Sandusky said, where horses also need significant amounts of water.
With Modoc National Forest overseeing the roundup, crews will work with a helicopter pilot to direct herds of wild horses into large pens and ready them for transport.
"We'll do this in small groups, usually no faster than a trot," Carter said.
Horses under 10 will be taken to the Litchfield Corrals operated by the Bureau of Land Management. The base adoption fee for younger horses is usually $125, and mares with foals, $250. Older horses will then be available for as little as $1 and can be viewed at Double Devil Corrals in Alturas.
Tom Stienstra is The Chronicle's outdoor writer. His Outdoor Report can be heard Saturdays on KCBS (740 and 106.9) at 7:35 a.m., 9:35 a.m. and 12:35 p.m. Connect at tstienstra@sfchronicle.com or Facebook.
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Thank you, Marshall, for that gracious introduction, and for your service in the Department of Justice. I am also grateful to Michael Schachter for chairing this event, and to the staff of the New York City Bar for your courtesy. I think I last visited this office to speak at a tax seminar about 15 years ago.
There are many current and former colleagues from the Department in this room, as well as friends from law firms and the private sector.
I am very happy to be with you in Manhattan. You may have heard that I have been kind of busy in Washington.
After I speak with you this morning, I need to head across Times Square to participate in the annual conference about the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
I did not intend to deliver two speeches about white collar crime today. When I received the invitations a few months ago, I hoped to delegate one of them to a Senate-confirmed Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department's Criminal Division.
The President nominated a highly qualified lawyer named Brian Benczkowski to serve in that position almost one year ago. But Brian is still awaiting a confirmation vote, as are Jeffrey Clark, our nominee for the Environmental Division; Eric Dreiband for the Civil Rights Division; and Jody Hunt for the Civil Division.
Each nominee meets or exceeds the qualifications normally required for those important jobs. President Trump deserves great credit for nominating champions of the rule of law to serve in the Department of Justice.
There are seven litigating components in Main Justice. Only two of them have Senate-confirmed leaders.
When the founders drafted the Constitution in 1787, this is probably not what they had in mind.
It used to take only a few days to secure the Senate's advice and consent for presidential nominations.
Fortunately, under the leadership of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, we assembled a superb team to serve as acting heads of the Justice Department's key components, and we will keep moving forward.
We are aggressively pursuing the crimes that pose imminent danger to the American people. They include terrorism, gang violence, drug trafficking, child exploitation, elder abuse and human smuggling.
Fortunately, we have sufficient resources to enhance our commitment to our new enforcement priorities without detracting from our commitment to prosecute other violations, including white collar crime.
White collar crime undermines the rule of law, defrauds victims, and disrupts the marketplace. Our goal is to deter crime, and we can only do that by holding accountable the perpetrators who cheat in an effort to gain a competitive advantage.
Effective crime prevention requires strong relationships among enforcement authorities and law-abiding businesses. Our Department is committed to reinforcing its relationships with good corporate citizens.
That is reflected in a series of concrete policies announced by the Department over the past year. You will continue to see it in the faithful execution of those policies by our agents and lawyers.
The moral is that the solutions of the past are not necessarily the right solutions today. Circumstances change. We should be willing to reconsider our assumptions.
Whenever we mention that an existing policy is under review, defenders of the status quo proclaim that the current version of the policy is exactly right. Maybe so. Maybe some Department policies are exactly right. But sometimes we need to review whether an existing policy accomplishes its goals and best meets our current needs.
I hope that our attorneys continue to share their experiences, to accept input from stakeholders, and to make suggestions about policy changes.
Let me discuss a few recent policy changes.
In June of 2017, Attorney General Sessions announced that the Department would end the practice of directing third-party settlement payments to non-governmental entities that were not harmed by a defendant's conduct.
Last November, the Attorney General announced a Department policy to prohibit improper use of and reliance on agency guidance documents.
Also in November, we announced the Department's new Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Corporate Enforcement Policy. It promotes greater clarity and consistency in FCPA enforcement efforts, and provides stronger incentives for companies to voluntarily disclose misconduct, fully cooperate, and remediate any harm.
Today, we are announcing a new Department policy that encourages coordination among Department components and other enforcement agencies when imposing multiple penalties for the same conduct.
The aim is to enhance relationships with our law enforcement partners in the United States and abroad, while avoiding unfair duplicative penalties.
It is important for us to be aggressive in pursuing wrongdoers. But we should discourage disproportionate enforcement of laws by multiple authorities. In football, the term "piling on" refers to a player jumping on a pile of other players after the opponent is already tackled.
Our new policy discourages "piling on" by instructing Department components to appropriately coordinate with one another and with other enforcement agencies in imposing multiple penalties on a company in relation to investigations of the same misconduct.
In highly regulated industries, a company may be accountable to multiple regulatory bodies. That creates a risk of repeated punishments that may exceed what is necessary to rectify the harm and deter future violations.
Sometimes government authorities coordinate well. They are force multipliers in their respective efforts to punish and deter fraud. They achieve efficiencies and limit unnecessary regulatory burdens.
Other times, joint or parallel investigations by multiple agencies sound less like singing in harmony, and more like competing attempts to sing a solo.
Modern business operations regularly span jurisdictions and borders. Whistleblowers routinely report allegations to multiple enforcement authorities, which may investigate the claims jointly or through their own separate and independent proceedings.
By working with other agencies, including the SEC, CFTC, Federal Reserve, FDIC, OCC, OFAC, and others, our Department is better able to detect sophisticated financial fraud schemes and deploy adequate penalties and remedies to ensure market integrity.
But we have heard concerns about "piling on" from our own Department personnel. Our prosecutors and civil enforcement attorneys prize the Department's reputation for fairness.
They understand the importance of protecting our brand. They asked for support in coordinating internally and with other agencies to achieve reasonable and proportionate outcomes in major corporate investigations.
And I know many federal, state, local and foreign authorities that work with us are interested in joining our efforts to show leadership in this area.
"Piling on" can deprive a company of the benefits of certainty and finality ordinarily available through a full and final settlement. We need to consider the impact on innocent employees, customers, and investors who seek to resolve problems and move on. We need to think about whether devoting resources to additional enforcement against an old scheme is more valuable than fighting a new one.
Our new policy provides no private right of action and is not enforceable in court, but it will be incorporated into the U.S. Attorneys' Manual, and it will guide the Department's decisions.
This is another step towards greater transparency and consistency in corporate enforcement. To reduce white collar crime, we need to encourage companies to report suspected wrongdoing to law enforcement and to resolve liability expeditiously.
There are four key features of the new policy.
First, the policy affirms that the federal government's criminal enforcement authority should not be used against a company for purposes unrelated to the investigation and prosecution of a possible crime. We should not employ the threat of criminal prosecution solely to persuade a company to pay a larger settlement in a civil case.
That is not a policy change. It is a reminder of and commitment to principles of fairness and the rule of law.
Second, the policy addresses situations in which Department attorneys in different components and offices may be seeking to resolve a corporate case based on the same misconduct.
The new policy directs Department components to coordinate with one another, and achieve an overall equitable result. The coordination may include crediting and apportionment of financial penalties, fines, and forfeitures, and other means of avoiding disproportionate punishment.
Third, the policy encourages Department attorneys, when possible, to coordinate with other federal, state, local, and foreign enforcement authorities seeking to resolve a case with a company for the same misconduct.
Finally, the new policy sets forth some factors that Department attorneys may evaluate in determining whether multiple penalties serve the interests of justice in a particular case.
Sometimes, penalties that may appear duplicative really are essential to achieve justice and protect the public. In those cases, we will not hesitate to pursue complete remedies, and to assist our law enforcement partners in doing the same.
Factors identified in the policy that may guide this determination include the egregiousness of the wrongdoing; statutory mandates regarding penalties; the risk of delay in finalizing a resolution; and the adequacy and timeliness of a company's disclosures and cooperation with the Department.
Cooperating with a different agency or a foreign government is not a substitute for cooperating with the Department of Justice. And we will not look kindly on companies that come to the Department of Justice only after making inadequate disclosures to secure lenient penalties with other agencies or foreign governments. In those instances, the Department will act without hesitation to fully vindicate the interests of the United States.
The Department's ability to coordinate outcomes in joint and parallel proceedings is also constrained by more practical concerns. The timing of other agency actions, limits on information sharing across borders, and diplomatic relations between countries are some of the challenges we confront that do not always lend themselves to easy solutions.
The idea of coordination is not new. The Criminal Division's Fraud Section and many of our U.S. Attorney's Offices routinely coordinate with the SEC, CFTC, Federal Reserve, and other financial regulators, as well as a wide variety of foreign partners. The FCPA Unit announced its first coordinated resolution with the country of Singapore this past December.
The Antitrust Division has cooperated with 21 international agencies through 58 different merger investigations during the past four years.
And the National Security Division works with the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, among others, to coordinate and secure resolutions of sanctions and export control violations in which OFAC deems its penalties satisfied by a company's payments to the Department of Justice.
Coordination also will help us to identify culpable individuals and hold them accountable. We will seek appropriate corporate penalties when justified by the facts and the law. But the primary question should be, "Who made the decision to set the company on a course of criminal conduct?" Our investigations should focus on those individuals.
Our commitment to enhancing international coordination and promoting individual accountability is demonstrated by our increased cross-border enforcement. The Attorney General assigned additional attorneys and paralegals to the Department's Office of International Affairs to achieve those goals.
The additional resources help us promptly and efficiently obtain necessary evidence from abroad through Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties and other mechanisms of foreign assistance. They also strengthen efforts to return fugitives from abroad for prosecutions here in the United States.
At the same time, we will improve our ability to support our foreign counterparts by more expeditiously responding to their requests for assistance in securing evidence and fugitives located within our borders.
In 2017, our Office of International Affairs successfully returned more than 70 individuals to the United States to face fraud-related charges.
That trend continues. In March, the Office of International Affairs successfully concluded a 10-year long extradition process that led to the criminal conviction of a Canadian fraudster. The defendant orchestrated a telemarketing scheme that cheated at least 60,000 victims of more than $18 million.
We often talk about deterrence as a goal of law enforcement, but what causes deterrence?
For twelve years, I commuted 40 miles each way from Bethesda to Baltimore, mostly on Interstate 95. The speed limit is 65 miles per hour. Some people take that as a suggestion. They know the enforcement strategy.
During those long drives, I sometimes thought about how well traffic laws illustrate the mission of law enforcement.
Speed limit signs deter law-abiding people. If the rules are clear, most people obey them out of a sense of duty and honor.
But some people are not deterred by rules. If we announce a speed limit, but we do not enforce it, then law-breakers always get ahead of law-abiding people.
What if we post a speed camera? A speed camera deters many law-breakers. They slow down as they approach the camera. Then they speed up again. It is not a complete solution. Nonetheless, it does illustrate deterrence.
But some people do not bother to slow down at all. Those people are thinking one of two things. Either they do not believe the government will enforce the penalty, or they calculate that the likely benefit of breaking the rule outweighs the potential penalty.
The lesson is that deterrence requires enforcement. The rules that matter most are the ones that carry expected penalties that decision-makers are unwilling to pay.
Focusing on deterrence requires us to think carefully about what we can achieve in our enforcement actions. Corporate settlements do not necessarily directly deter individual wrongdoers. They may do so indirectly, by incentivizing companies to develop and enforce internal compliance programs. But at the level of each individual decision-maker, the deterrent effect of a potential corporate penalty is muted and diffused. Our goal in every case should be to make the next violation less likely to occur by punishing individual wrongdoers.
In order to promote consistency in our white collar efforts, we established a new Working Group on Corporate Enforcement and Accountability within the Justice Department. The working group includes Department leaders and senior officials from the FBI, the Criminal Division, the Civil Division, other litigating divisions involved in significant corporate investigations, and the U.S. Attorney's Offices.
The working group will make internal recommendations about white collar crime, corporate compliance, and related issues.
We look forward to collaborating with other agencies and regulators in implementing the new coordination policy. And we welcome input from stakeholders who share our commitment to reduce crime and uphold the rule of law.
Most American companies are serious about engaging in lawful business practices. They want to do the right thing. They need and deserve our support to help protect them from criminals who seek unfair advantages.
Corporate America should regard law enforcement as an ally. In turn, the government should provide incentives for companies to engage in ethical corporate behavior and to assist in federal investigations.
Companies can help protect themselves by using caution when choosing business associates and by ensuring appropriate oversight of their activities.
By effectively combating white collar crime and prosecuting individuals when appropriate, we can protect Americans from fraud, and reduce the risk of another corporate-fraud epidemic.
That will require us to get the policies right, articulate the policies clearly, train our agents and attorneys properly, and provide appropriate supervision.
The Department's rhetoric gets a lot of attention – the policy memos and speeches. But performance matters most.
When we are serious about wanting people to follow the law, it does no good merely to post a sign. We need to make clear our intent to enforce the law, with sufficient vigor that people fear the consequences of violating it.
That is the lesson I learned on I-95. I appreciate the opportunity to share it with you today.


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Summer school tabs growing for districts
By SHAYNA CHABNER - Staff Writer
ESCONDIDO -- Running before- and after-summer school programsfor students lagging behind in credits is costing school districtsmore money every year as hundreds of thousands dollars instate-promised funds fall through, officials said last week.
Escondido and Poway school district officials said they werecurrently picking up as much as a fifth of the cost of the programs-- more than $200,000 for each district -- because the state hadn'tfollowed through on promises to fully pay for them.
They said that most of the shortfalls involve programs offeredto elementary and middle school students, adding that the stateviews similar programs at the high school level as a "top priority"and provides them with full funding.
"It makes it really tough on districts," said Carol Rouse,director of fiscal services for the Escondido Union SchoolDistrict. "We just try to structure the program so we can afford totake a little hit … but the deficits have gotten larger."
Rouse said the elementary and middle school district has beenforced to squeeze money out of its already tight general fund tomake up the shortfall.
In the 2005-06 school year, Rouse said, the state funded $1.1million of the $1.3 million that was originally promised for summerschool. That left the district covering $219,532 of the programcosts.
While the books have not been finalized for the 2006-07 year,Rouse said that initial figures from the state indicate thedistrict will have to pick up $158,186 of the overall costs.
Rouse said that while the $200,000-plus shortfall from the statemay not take up a sizable portion of the district's $157 millionbudget, it's significant because that money could have been usedfor programs, staff and services elsewhere.
"If (deficits) continue year after year in such large amounts,we might have to take a look at things," Rouse said.
The Poway Unified School District had to pick up about $70,000of the costs for its summer programs last year after receiving$1.33 million from the state to cover $1.4 million in programexpenses.
For the 2006-07 school year, that amount grew to $237,699,according to Randie Allen, chief financial officer. Allen saidthat's largely because the state is funding only 60 percent of thedistrict's elementary and middle school programs.
"When they cut 40 percent, that's almost half of your funding,"she said. "It makes it prohibitive to provide this type ofprogram."
Schools are allotted money for summer and other supplementaleducation programs on an hourly attendance basis. The funding isdivided among four programs:
- classes for at-risk seventh- through 12th-grade students whoappear to be in danger of failing to meet the state's exit examrequirements for getting a diploma;
- second- through ninth-grade students who are behind in theirgrade;
- second- through sixth-grade students who had low scores onstandardized state tests;
- kindergarten through 12th-grade students who are making upcredits or taking extra classes.
The programs for second- through sixth-grade students and K-12students have funding caps in which the state only promises fundingfor 5 percent of the district's total enrollment. The otherprograms are required and are open to all students who meet theprogram's criteria, said Sandra Silva, a California Department ofEducation fiscal policy consultant.
Silva said that essentially all of the programs are underfundedby the state, especially the newer elementary and middle schoolprograms. When funding is limited, she said, resources are directedto programs for students who are in danger of failing to meet thestate's exit exam requirements, and the other programs and serviceslose out.
At the beginning of each fiscal year and long before enrollmentnumbers come in, she said, the state sets aside a pool of money formandatory and optional before- and after-school summer programs.After the final enrollment numbers have been calculated, the statedivvies up the money among schools and programs.
Silva said that since the addition of the elementary and middleschool- programs in 2000, the state has made several cuts toeducational funding and has not provided enough money to cover theentire cost of before- and after-school programs. At the same time,she said, there's growing pressure to provide programs to helpstudent catch up on credits.
"With the other pressures, like No Child Left Behind, to getkids up to speed, there has been more of a need for it," she said."There is more usage and more needs."
The federal government's No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 aimsto improve education by enhancing teacher quality and holdingschools accountable for student performance. By 2014, all studentsare expected to be proficient in reading and math.
According to the most recent estimates on supplemental programfunds, the state will come up about $45 million short of the $448million that districts earned from attendance in the 2006-07 schoolyear, Silva said. At least half of that deficiency, she said, willcome from the required programs for second- through ninth-gradersat risk of failing or falling behind, and elementary students whoreceived low scores on the state test.
In the 2005-06 school year, the state's distribution of $380million was some $35 million short of what schools earned instudent hours, Silva said, adding that about $26.5 million of thatshortfall was from elementary and middle school programs.
"It's not small potatoes," Silva said, adding that while"catching (students) early is better in the long run … it'soptional and costly."
Districts that continue to provide such programs, such as Powayand Escondido, she said, are largely left footing the bill now inhopes of saving at higher grade levels or in other supportprogramming areas later.
Some of the ways that educators said they try to mitigate costsat the elementary and middle school level is increasing class sizesand encouraging strong daily attendance. When they get to highschool, the focus is on students who have not passed the exit examor make up the 5 percent of their overall enrollment.
In the Escondido district, trustees have also promised extradollars to cover the cost of summer school classes for students whowant them, but fall outside of the state-funded 5 percent cap.
"What we have to do is make sure that we are running the classeswith a sufficient number of students per teachers," said Sharon vonMaier, the district's director of assessment and categoricalprograms. "We just have to be cognizant in order to try and make itwork."
Contact staff writer Shayna Chabner at (760) 740-5416 orschabner@nctimes.com.


Weddings at the Logan Philadelphia Hotel, formerly the Four Seasons Hotel, take on a quintessential, Philadelphia feel. Located adjacent to Logan Circle, the Logan Hotel is one of the most desirable properties in the entire city of Philadelphia. It sits across from the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, and in between Philadelphia City Hall and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. There are many museums that are within walking distance from The Logan Philadelphia Hotel. The Rodin museum, home of the largest collection of Rodin sculptures outside of Europe, The Barnes Foundation, which is home to the largest private collection of impressionistic paintings in the world, and the Mutter Museum, which displays medical exhibits and anomalies, are all within walking distance from The Logan Philadelphia Hotel.
The beautiful courtyard at the Logan Philadelphia Hotel is a terrific place for wedding ceremonies. I've had the pleasure of photographic dozens of outdoor ceremonies there, and the cocktail hour that follows has a wonderful feel, as well.
The Logan Philadelphia ballroom was recently renovated. It's simple decor is the perfect canvas for a talented decorator to provide a customized theme to each and every client that comes in. For guests staying at the Logan, they'll have the chance to be treated to Urban Farmer, one of the finest dining experiences in Philadelphia, and according to my wife, the very best breakfast, anywhere!
I shot this image from a wedding at the Logan Philadelphia Hotel fairly recently. Lindsay and Dan got ready in the hotel, and then we went for a drive shooting at various locations in close proximity to the hotel. I shot this photograph with my Nikon D5, My Nikkor 105mm F1.4E ED, 1/1250th F1.4 @ ISO 200.