As has been noted so many times in the past on this site, revolutions always eat their own. Always. Inevitably. Inexorably.
To wit, the most recent Girondist/Menshevik conciliar revolutionaries to have sat in the conciliar presidential seat, Karol Josef Wojtyla/"Saint John Paul II" and Joseph Alois Ratzinger/Benedict XVI, have had their support of the dogmatically condemned and philosophically absurd of dogmatic evolutionism (which Wojtyla/John Paul II termed as "living tradition" and Ratzinger/Benedict called "the hermeneutic of continuity") used against them by "Pope Francis," who is a Jacobin/Bolshevik revolutionary in the mode of Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini/Paulus Infirmorum Inveniantur, in recent years.
There is a delightful irony in this as both Wojtyla/John Paul II and Ratzinger/Benedict used their own variations of dogmatic evolutionism to dismiss the condemnations of liberal principles by Popes Gregory XVI and Pius IX and the condemnations of Modernist principles, including dogmatic evolutionism by the [First] Vatican Council and Pope Saint Pius X.
Indeed, Ratzinger particularly noted the supposed necessity of examining past dogmatic statements, especially those on Modernism by Pope Saint Pius X and those issued against Modernist Scriptural exegesis by the Pontifical Biblical Commission during the latter's reign, in light of the historical circumstances which, the now nonagenarian antipope emeritus contended, that produced those statements, which must be subject to further modifications once circumstances change. In other words, dogmatic statements are never the "final word" as it is impossible to express truth adequately in a permanent way given the limitations of human language and the specific circumstances that may have contributed to a specific dogmatic formulation.
Like Martin Luther before them, neither Wojtyla/John Paul II nor Ratzinger/Benedict XVI could see the teleology of their own false beliefs, namely, that it would be just as easy for one of their antipapal successors to make short work of their own pronouncements as they, Wojtyla/John Paul II and Ratzinger/Benedict, did of much of Holy Mother Church's condemnations of their own false, Modernist presuppositions.
Thus it is that Ratzinger/Benedict's Summorum Pontificum, July 7, 2007, while still on the books, is being taken apart brick by brick, shall we say, as "Pope Francis" has waged unremitting warfare against the Franciscan Friars and Sisters of the Immaculate while appointing many "bishops" who are decidedly unfriendly to the modernized version of the Immemorial Mass of Tradition.
More to the point of this particular commentary, however, however Jorge Mario Bergoglio has torn up Karol Wojtyla/John Paul II's Familiaris Consortio, November 24, 1981, which, although couched in terms of personalism, itself condemned by Pope Pius XII in 1944, reiterated the inadmissibility of divorced and civilly remarried Catholics to the reception of what purports to be Holy Communion in the Protestant and Judeo-Masonic Novus Ordo liturgical service, in one of his "paradigm shifts" that have been possible by Amoris Laetitia, March 19, 2016.
Yes, even "Saint John Paul II's" "teachings" have a shelf-life in the Modernist world of theological relativism that is the counterfeit church of conciliarism whem "circumstances" dictate an "adjustment" based on how people live rather than how they ought to live in accord with the binding precepts of the Divine Positive Law and the Natural Law.
Montini/Paul the Sick's Humanae Vitae, July 25, 1968, which was a revolutionary document (see today's companion study, which was published on this site on July 25, 2011, for a detailed explanation) introduced a subjectivist element into the marital bond that has wound up providing Jorge Mario Bergoglio with the very weapon that he needed to give conciliar "clergymen" the green light to let Catholics use artificial contraception without any qualm of conscience whatsoever.
Amoris Laetitia is merely making explicit what was implicit in Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini/Paul VI's revolutionary Humanae Vitae, July 25, 1968, that gave formal sanction to the inversion of the ends proper to marriage while at the same time calling for what the population controllers themselves had long advocated: "responsible parenthood," a phrase that would be used also by Karol Josef Wojtyla/John Paul II as a means to endorse "natural family planning," a subject that was addressed at length on this site nearly five years ago and about which not word needs to be taken away or added.
Well, Jorge Mario Bergoglio is using his theological surrogates to make it clear that the "historical circumstances" justifying his beloved Montini's reiteration of the Catholic Church's prohibition of artificial contraception have changed, thus making its use morally licit, if not mandatory in some situations, by married couples.
Father Charles Curran, who is still alive at the age of eighty-three and teaches at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, was one of the most prominent dissenters from Humanae Vitae, fifty years ago. This moral relativist has lived long enough to find a "pope" who has vindicated his entire career's work in behalf of situation ethics.
"Pope Francis" is himself a moral relativist despite all of the sophistry he employs to deny that this is the case, and he does not care one little bit that "the pill" is an abortifacient as the time will come before too long, perhaps with a Bergoglio clone in the counterfeit church of conciliarism's presidential aluminum folding chair, that surgical baby-killing itself will be justified in light of the "concrete circumstances" in which women find themselves. It is only a matter of time that the late Father Richard McCormick's moral theory of proportionalism, which contends that a variety of extenuating circumstances can make an objectively evil act licit, if not necessary, to be pursue, will be endorsed at a conference held at the Jesuit-run Pontifical University of Saint Gregory, the Gregorianum.
Revolutions always eat their own. Always.
Once again, you see, the blame for this "paradigm shift" rests entirely on the shoulders of Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria/Paul VI as he endorsed the concept of "responsible parenthood" that had been promoted by the likes of Margaret Sanger (who died on September 3, 1966) for fifty years prior to the "Second" Vatican Council.
Truly responsible Catholic parenthood is founded in a love for God's Holy Will and by training however many or few children in the truths of the Catholic Faith, which require parents to eschew worldliness and to arm them with the supernatural and natural means to live in a "popular culture" devoted to the glorification of the very thing that caused Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to suffer in His Sacred Humanity during His Passion and Death and that caused those Seven Swords of Sorrow to be pierced through and through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, that is, sin. That's truly responsible Catholic parenthood. Not that which is represented by "Paul the Sick" and Humanae Vitae, and that remains the foundation of the revolution against the family that Jorge Mario Bergoglio and friends have been using to undermine the indissolubility and fecundity of marriage as they "accompany" fornicators and sodomites on their respective paths to eternal perdition.
Thus it is that the phrase "natural family planning," which refers to a concept that was foreign to the mind of the Catholic Church at any time in her history, as was noted at length two days ago, has become so commonly accepted as a part of popular discourse as to be used by Catholics all across and up and down the vast expanse of ecclesiastical divide, therefore signifying that "family planning" without use of contraception is part of the patrimony of the Holy Faith, if not part of the Sacred Deposit of Fait Itself.
The use of the phrase "natural family planning" has thus ceded ground to the "population control" movement to such an extent that the acceptance of "family planning" by "moral" means has become so widespread amongst Catholics today Catholics who reject it and the ideology it represents are considered to be suspect of having defected from the Holy Faith.
What was that I was saying six and one-half years ago about undercurrents in at least some of those old 1940s and 1950s theology manuals?
The "Second" Vatican Council and the Protestant and Masonic Novus Ordo service did not materialize out of thin air. The groundwork had been prepared, proximately speaking, over the course of many decades, including by means of the liturgical changes of the 1950s that were meant, even though Pope Pius XII did not realize it as he accepted the false representations made to him about those changes by Fathers Annibale Bugnini, C.M., Ferdinando Antonelli, O.F.M., to lead to what Montini/Paul VI himself called the "contemporary mentality" when promulgating the Novus Ordo missal on April 3, 1969 (see Missale Romanum). Theologians bided their time. They got the "opening" that they had been hoping for with the "election" of Angelo Roncalli/John XXIII on October 28, 1958.
Father Ford, as bravely as he worked against contraception and abortion, was in the forefront of theological thought that resulted in what is called today "natural family planning," a term that he lived long enough to see used and which he himself endorsed according to the "teaching" of Giovanni Montini/Paul VI. He helped to pave the way for the "contemporary mentality" of family limitation by "natural" means that has hoodwinked Catholics all up and down the vast expanse of the ecclesiological divide as the adversary once again uses those who think they are opposing him to his bidding for him.
Father Ford took a view of marriage and the family, although decidedly different than that of Dietrich von Hildebrand and Father Herbert Doms, that is contrary to Catholic teaching.
Man proposes, but God disposes! While this truism applies to all human efforts, it appears to be particularly so in the matter of the procreation of children. God's Master Plan for marriage and family life is revealed in Nature, in Holy Scripture and in the magisterial teachings of the Catholic Church.
Noting that "Children mature parents more than parents mature children," Ratner makes a persuasive case for young couples to have their children early in marriage when the sexual urge is at its peak and when Mother Nature, genetically and physically, favors youthful child-bearing and child-rearing.(5) Breast-feeding provides the nursing mother with a normative spacing of two years before other offspring come along. Such is God's plan for the human family!
The irony is clear as those Catholic theologians who were pushing for "family planning" in the 1950s were doing so even though Pope Pius XII had condemned the very mentality that is at the root of what it is known and practiced as "natural family planning."
Can. 1055 §1. The matrimonial covenant, by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole of life and which is ordered by its nature to the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of offspring, has been raised by Christ the Lord to the dignity of a sacrament between the baptized. Canon 1055.1.
The schedule for a Study Day titled "The Code: A Reform Desired and Requested by the Council" was unveiled Tuesday to journalists in the Vatican Press Office. It will take place on 25 January, in the Pius X Hall, Rome, marking the 30th anniversary of the promulgation of the Code of Canon Law.
The study day has been organized by the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts and the International Institute of Canon Law and Comparative Studies of Religion in Lugano, Switzerland and is sponsored by the Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI) Vatican Foundation and the John Paul II Foundation. Participating in the conference were Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio, president of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta, secretary of that dicastery, and Msgr. Giuseppe Antonio Scotti, president of the Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI) Vatican Foundation.
The president of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts then cited various examples of the strong bond between Vatican Council II and the Code of Canon Law.
A final example of doctrine and innovation provided by the Council in the area of ecumenism "resides in the conciliar documents 'Lumen gentium', 'Orientalium Ecclesiarum', and 'Unitatis redintegratio', which show the doctrine of ecclesial communion as still imperfect yet real and existent between the Catholic Church and other Churches or non-Catholic communities. This is also a fact of incalculable value and scope already found in the Council and then later in the Code (cf. canon 844), with the possibility of welcoming non-Catholic Christians, even if under specific conditions, into the sacraments of the Catholic Church.
Well, there you have it, direct the mouth of a conciliar revolutionary, who even said that the "new ecclesiology" was the brainchild of the first of the current line of antipopes, Angelo Roncalli/John XXIII. Each of conciliarism's heresies and errors have brought this false religious sect to the point of internal schism and to the point of endless caricature by extending invitations to the likes of Dr. Paul Ehrlich, a sworn enemy of the binding precepts o the Divine Positive Law and the Natural Law.
Alas, those binding precepts have been undermined long before the emergence of Jorge Mario Bergoglio on the balcony of the Basilica of Saint Peter on Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Bergoglio is simply putting the final touches on this apostasy by showing himself to the world to be what he has been throughout his career as a lay Jesuit revolutionary: A Man of Sin.
It must be understood, of course, that the Modernists and the men who aided their efforts did not expect the Catholic Church to repudiate its age-old formulas of belief. They did not want the Church to reject or to abandon the ancient creeds, or even any of those formularies in which the necessity of the faith and the necessity of the Church are so firmly and decisively stated. What they sought was a declaration on the part of the Church's magisteriumto the effect that these old formulas did not, during the first decade of the twentieth century, carry the same meaning for the believing Catholic that they had carried when these formulas had first been drawn up. Or, in other words, they sought to force or to delude the teaching authority of Christ's Church into coming out with the fatally erroneous proposition that what is accepted by divine faith in this century is objectively something different from what was believed in the Catholic Church on the authority of God revealing in previous times.
Behold the non-doctrinal religious body that is nothing other than a kind of humanitarian institution, vagely religious and pantheistic, a veritable tool of Judeo-Masonic global naturalism.
Yes, revolutions eat their own, and the Modernist revolution is using its embrace of dogmatic evolutionism to do away with what is thought to be semblances of "Catholic" teaching by supposedly "conservative" "popes," thus making the counterfeit church of conciliarism's transformation into an ape of the heretical and schismatic Anglican sect clearer and clearer for those yet unconvinced of this fact to see and to accept.
Invoking the intercession of Saint John Bosco, Father and Teacher of the young, on his feast day today, January 31, 2018, may we ask him to beg the conversion of the conciliar revolutionaries to the true Faith before they die, asking Saint John Bosco as well to help us to make reparation for our own many sins by giving everything do and everything we suffer to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, especially by our fidelity to Our Lady's Most Holy Rosary.
We need to beg Our Lady, to whom Saint John Bosco was so tenderly devoted under her title as the Help of Christians, to send us the graces won for us by her Divine Son by the shedding of every single drop of His Most Precious Blood on the wood of the Holy Cross so that we can be courageous enough to eschew all human respect for the love and honor and glory of God, recognizing that the Catholic Church and none of her true popes can ever give us anything that places in doubt the integrity of her immutable teaching on Faith, Worship and Morals.


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International and regional organizations, state and local government agencies, nonprofits, and the private sector play unprecedented roles in shaping security—positively or negatively—in this rapidly changing strategic environment, challenging old definitions of what security means, who is or should be involved, and what role national governments play. The interactions of these forces informs IGCC research as to how technological innovation works and what the security implications of new technologies might be. Of particular interest is China's ambition to catch up in science, technology, and innovation, both civilian and military, in the next one to two decades.
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Neil Patel candidly breaks down what it takes to find a dream job in hard times.
Discovering your ultimate passion in life can take more than one test run. At times, that search for a life passion can be a costly one -- especially when you dedicate years of loans and schooling to discover you never enjoyed the profession and industry in the first place.
Entrepreneur Network partner Neil Patel takes us behind the scenes of his video series to talk about a friend in his life who was struggling to not only find his passion, but also pay down substantial loan debt from graduate school. When money is tight like this, Patel recommends first addressing the need for funds by finding a quick job that will help to lower financial stress. A job that forces you to devote your time to pay the bills and get to a more financiall stable point can have a two-prong effect: It helps contribute to your bank accounts and your time. A job that serves as strict money-making endeavor can free up your schedule and mental resources to figure out a true passion.
The goal, in Patel's words, is to experiment with different activities and ventures and see if any sparks an interest. Areas which you find yourself particularly good at are often tied to lasting interest. Trying out a myriad of undertakings creates the space to eventually discover a profession that not only satisfies you but will keep you excited for years into your career.
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Big Data Comes To Boston's Neighborhoods
David Scharfenberg
In the spring of 1982, social scientists James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling published a seminal article in The Atlantic Monthly titled "Broken Windows."
The piece focused public attention on a long-simmering theory in urban sociology: that broken windows, graffiti and other signs of neighborhood decay are correlated with — and may even help cause — some of the biggest problems in America's cities.
Wilson and Kelling focused on the link to crime, in particular; an abandoned car, they argued, signals that illicit behavior is acceptable on a given block.
But the literature has ballooned in recent years, exploring links to depression, cardiovascular disease and other public health concerns. One prominent paper in the field: "Broken windows and the risk of gonorrhea."
Some researchers have poked holes in the theory — arguing that broken widows, known in academic circles as "physical disorder," are more symptom than cause. But there is no disputing the idea's influence: it's inspired reams of research and shaped big city policing from New York to Los Angeles.
The trouble for researchers, policymakers and community activists is there has been no practical way to track the spread of neighborhood dysfunction in a major American city over time.
Researchers cataloguing physical disorder in Chicago in 1995 sent a sport utility vehicle down thousands of city streets at five miles per hour, a pair of video cameras and note takers documenting everything in view — not an easily replicable process.
But a new study out of the Boston Area Research Initiative, a Harvard University-based collaborative of academics and city officials, suggests a new possibility: a cheap, sprawling and easily updated map of the urban condition.
Mining data from Boston's constituent relationship management (CRM) operation — a hotline, website and mobile app for citizens to report everything from abandoned bicycles to mouse-infested apartment buildings — researchers have created an almost real-time guide to what ails the city.
"In this whole scheme of big data," said Dan O'Brien, research director at BARI and co-author of the study, "this is the first time, to our knowledge, that someone sat down and developed a methodology for how we measure neighborhood conditions."
The Findings
Some of the initial findings are unsurprising. Researchers, for instance, found housing issues like inadequate heating and bed bugs are more prevalent in poorer pockets of the city.
On this map, darker colors indicate areas with greater housing issues.
But a first-of-its-kind measure of civic engagement — how likely are residents of a given block to report a pothole or broken streetlight? — yields more meaningful results.
One early finding: language barriers seem to explain scant reporting in neighborhoods with large populations of Latino and Asian renters; that's already prompted targeted flyering that's yielded modest improvements.
The same engagement measure points to another, more hopeful phenomenon: clusters of citizen activists show up not just in wealthy enclaves, as expected, but in low-income areas.
In this map, darker colors indicate areas more likely to contact City Hall about a problem.
The explanation, in the end, is intuitive: O'Brien said homeownership, regardless of income, drives use of the city's reporting system.
But it provides a starting point — a building block — for city officials looking to boost civic participation in struggling neighborhoods.
Justin Holmes, director of constituent engagement for the city, said a 2011 survey of residents using the city's hotline, website and app found a high level of satisfaction: 89 percent said they would recommend the service to friends and family.
"We in government sometimes benefit from very low expectations," he said. "And when people say, 'Hey, I called the city about a pothole and two days later it was filled,' in some ways, they're jumping up and down on the street about it."
The challenge, he said, is getting frequent users — the homeowners identified by O'Brien and fellow researchers Robert Sampson and Christopher Winship — to spread the word through neighborhood and social networks.
One way to increase participation and build more engaged neighborhoods, he said, may be to redesign the city's Citizens Connect app.
Researchers at the Emerson College Engagement Game Lab argue that Citizens Connect and CRM systems across the country encourage a narrow sort of interaction: report a problem to City Hall and log off.
Gamifying the process — and providing users with real-life rewards — could help, they argued in a recent paper. But redesigned apps, they wrote, should also force users to see their reports in a broader social context.
That could mean placing those reports on a map highlighting other service requests in the neighborhood. It could also mean enhancing social media features and building campaigns on Facebook and Twitter.
"I reported a pothole at Tremont and Boylston," the Emerson researchers noted, is very different than "I, along with 150 other Bostonians, contributed to the smooth streets campaign."
The possible applications for a living map of the city's broken windows, though, extend beyond improvements to the CRM system.
For a city working to build civic life in troubled neighborhoods like Bowdoin-Geneva, the engagement map — which can be refreshed every two months — could serve as a measuring tool for officials: a way to monitor evolving (or static) vitality.
For community activists looking for evidence of gentrification or decline, the map could provide a window on a neighborhood's shifting character.
And O'Brien said he sees an opportunity to answer bigger questions about how, precisely, neighborhood decay unfolds.
The Boston model includes more measures of "physical disorder" — 29 in total — than any that preceded it. A researcher driving down the street at five miles per hour can only see so much, after all. Residents reporting problems to the city -- from bed bugs to faulty plumbing — offer a glimpse behind closed doors.
"If you have different pieces you can start to think about, well, do people park on their front yards more often in response to the fact that their house is falling down — they're renters and...they think, 'OK, well I can just do whatever I want here, so I'll park on the front lawn,'" he said. "Or is it, people see other people parking on their front lawns and they think to themselves, 'Well, people don't really take care of the spaces in this neighborhood, maybe I shouldn't care so much about taking care of my house.' Or does that relate to street litter? And how does this relate to graffiti? Is it all of these factors or is it none of them?"
These are the sort of questions that have been tugging at academics and anti-poverty advocates and elected officials for more than a generation.
Big data, O'Brien suggests, just might provide some of the answers.
This program aired on July 3, 2013. The audio for this program is not available.
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After an eventful day, it was wonderful to come home to a warm and welcoming condo. An eye for detail and the serenity of the interior, we had the best nights sleep in the super comfy beds and it was great to wake up feeling refreshed. We had the option to cook anything we'd like in the comfort of the kitchen or use the outside grill anytime we'd like.
Stunning base in a stunning town! Truman annex is brilliantly located for access to all the delights of Key West - all within easy walking distance. The apartment itself is perfectly equipped and beautifully presented.
Our week in Paradise. Shipyard Treasure is a well equiped home and very well maintained. We found everything we needed to make our stay complete, comfortable beds, complete living room including a music system for our ipod and a flat screen for when we wanted a little tv. The front and back decks were an added bonus and a wonderful place to relax in between our adventures. The location could not be better, a short walk to town in one direction and a short walk to Zachary Taylor State Park in the other. We really enjoyed the park making several day trips there. It is clean, well equiped and offers some wonderful swimming and snorkling.


Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will begin to use blockchain technology to verify NAFTA and CAFTA certificates of origin next month, American Shipper reports.
Speaking at a conference on Wednesday, CBP Business Transformation and Innovation Division Director Vincent Annunziato reportedly said that the pilot aimed at free trade agreement certificate verification will begin in September, but he also explained several other applications for the blockchain that CBP is exploring.
Annunziato added that if blockchain gets the buy-in from all players — which include the private sector and CBP's 47 partner government agencies — it could lead to paperless borders.
Since foreign documents carry a plethora of seals and marks to prove their authenticity, a central, incorruptible distributed ledger that can prove the authenticity of the document itself could grease the skids at borders.
In addition to more effectively and efficiently verifying physical documents, blockchain technology could also increase the security of CBP's data and networks. And the agency also hopes the technology will be helpful in identifying trademark violations and other intellectual property abuses.
In June, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate awarded a Texas blockchain startup, Factom, $192,000 to begin beta-testing its software with CBP, reported NextGov. The award was part of DHS's Silicon Valley Innovation Program, which is designed to help speed the development and adoption of technologies that could contribute to the U.S. national security.
Factom is using blockchain software to secure CBP's cameras and sensors from duplication or "spoofing" in an ongoing pilot study.
It's yet unclear if Factom is involved in next month's pilot and CBP did not respond to Supply Chain Dive's request for more information regarding technology partners for the September pilot in time for publication.


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Who was considered for The African Queen?
Top choice for the role of the prim missionary "Rose Sayer" when the film was to first to be made in 1938. When the project didn't come together until 1949, Davis was again offered the role but couldn't accept due to pregnancy.
Kerr had hoped to play the role of Rose Sawyer, but MGM knew another studio had the property and did not encourage her to be cast.
When this long-delayed project re-materialized in 1949, after coming apart in 1938, the velvet-voiced superb actor Mason was the choice to play "Charlie Allnut."
The debonair Niven would have played "Charlie Allnut" had the movie been made in 1938, as originally planned.
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← The Power of the Jury — the Beginning of the End
Stunning Leaked Footage of Bunkerville Standoff at Bundy Ranch →
A federal jury in Las Vegas refused Tuesday to convict four accused gunman in a 2014 standoff with federal authorities near the Nevada ranch of states' rights figure Cliven Bundy.
In a verdict that delivered a stunning setback to federal prosecutors, the jury acquitted Ricky Lovelien and Steven Stewart of all 10 charges against them.
Defendants Scott Drexler and Eric Parker were found not guilty of most charges against them. The jury did not reach verdicts on four charges against Parker and two charges against Drexler.
The results stunned a courtroom full of the defendants' supporters, many of whom broke into applause when Chief U.S. District Judge Gloria Natwovarro ordered Lovelien and Stewart freed immediately.
The judge set a hearing Wednesday to decide whether to free Parker and Drexler pending a decision by prosecutors whether to try them a third time.
Prosecutors said the two men conspired with Bundy family members and wielded weapons to threaten the lives of federal agents enforcing lawful court orders to remove Bundy cattle from public land after he failed to pay grazing fees.
Each man standing trial in Las Vegas faced 10 charges including conspiracy, interstate travel in aid of extortion, weapon possession and assault and threatening a federal officer.
Combined, the counts carried the possibility of more than 100 years in federal prison.
The four were among 19 men arrested in early 2016, nearly two years after the confrontation near the rural town of Bunkerville, about 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas.
All 19 remained in federal custody, despite pleas from family members and attorneys for the release of those who have not been brought to trial. Bundy's attorney, Bret Whipple, notes that his client is now 71.
Bundy stopped paying grazing fees decades ago, saying he refused to recognize federal authority over public land where he said his family grazed cattle since before the U.S. Bureau of Land Management was created.
The dispute has roots of a nearly half-century fight over public lands in Nevada and the West, where the federal government controls vast expanses of land.
Calls for action have grown louder and more frequent in recent years with internet bloggers protesting federal agency decisions to designate protected areas for endangered species and set aside tracts for mining, wind farms and natural gas exploration.
Prosecutors characterize the standoff as an armed uprising by self-styled militia members who answered a Bundy family call to take up arms to prevent the lawful enforcement of multiple court orders to remove Bundy cattle from what is now the Gold Butte National Monument.
Defense attorneys cast the tense standoff as an ultimately peaceful protest involving people upset about aggressive tactics used by federal land managers and contract cowboys.
They point to skirmishes days earlier involving armed federal agents using dogs and stun guns against Bundy family members; the closure of a vast range half the size of the state of Delaware to collect Bundy's cattle; and corrals set up as protest "First Amendment zone" protest areas for people.
A first trial earlier this year involved men who carried guns, but who prosecutors characterized as the least culpable of the co-defendants. It lasted two months and ended in April with a jury unable to reach verdicts for the four men while finding two other defendants guilty of some charges.
https://m.lasvegassun.com/news/2017/aug/22/jury-refuses-to-convict-in-bundy-ranch-standoff/
Good news, Paul!
Just yesterday jurors in the retrial of four defendants involved in the standoff near the Bundy ranch in Bunkerville, NV sent a RESOUNDING message to the government: NOT GUILTY!
Jurors found Ricky Lovelien and Steven Stewart Not Guilty of all 10 charges against them and Scott Drexler and Eric Parker Not Guilty of most charges against them. Although they were undecided on a few charges, the jury delivered ZERO convictions.
This was particularly telling in light of the drastic restrictions imposed on the defense by the judge, including prohibiting them from delving into:
● how well-armed Bureau of Land Management (BLM) agents were or how frightened defendants were of a potential attack,
● any mention of bullying or physically violent behavior of BLM agents leading up to the protest,
● any reference whatsoever to Constitutional First or Second Amendment rights, and
● any testimony from five prospective defense witnesses, whose testimony Judge Navarro pre-screened outside the presence of the jury and ultimately rejected.
Additionally, the judge very dramatically threw one of the defendants off the stand near the end of the trial, struck the entirety of his testimony from the record, and instructed jurors they were not allowed to consider it in their deliberations.
FIJA Advisory Board member Dr. Roger Roots, who attended much of the trial and was present when the verdict was delivered, chalks these verdicts up to jury nullification. "This was almost certainly jury nullification. I see no other realistic interpretation. I say that because the defense pretty much did not put on a case, and in fact, were not allowed to put on a case."
Click below for more details on this monumental victory for fully informed jurors and jurors' rights!
Jury Smacks Down Kangaroo Court in Bundy Trial
For Liberty, Justice, and Peace in Our Lifetimes,
Kirsten C. Tynan


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Q: How to restore JQuery events on removed element? With this PHP I add the following HTML. I use PHP because I retrieve information from the database, but it's irrelevant in this question.
<?php
    echo "

My bio

    ";
?>

This is the script I have. When the user clicks the bio paragraph, it stores the inside of the paragraph in a variable, then empties the container and adds a form. If the form is cancelled I want to remove the form and add the previous HTML I had in the paragraph. The problem is that when I try to do so the new paragraph does not respond to events (mouseover, click...).
    $('#user_bio_edit').css("display", "none");
    $(document).ready(function(){
        $("#user_bio").on('mouseover', function(){
            $('#user_bio_edit').css("display", "inline");
        });

        $("#user_bio").on('mouseleave', function(){
            $('#user_bio_edit').css("display", "none");
        });

        $("#user_bio").on('click', function(){
            var actualbio = $("#user_bio_container").html();
            $('#user_bio_container').empty();
            var user_bio_form =
            "<form id='change_user_bio'>" +
            "Cancel"
            "</form>";
            $("#user_bio_container").append(user_bio_form);

        //Button decision control
        $("#cancel_user_bio").on('click', function(){
            $("#user_bio_container").empty();
            $("#user_bio_container").append(actualbio);
            $('#user_bio_edit').css("display", "none");
        });

        });

    });

I have tried using hide() and show(), but after two cancelled forms it stops working and I keep adding forms to the HTML that are not shown. I also tried moving the button decision control code outside the click event, but it does not work either.

A: This is a scope issue. actualbio is not available outside $("#user_bio").on('click', function(){..}
Change this

var actualbio = $("#user_bio_container").html();

to
actualbio = $("#user_bio_container").html();

and use
var actualbio = '';

just below
$(document).ready(function(){

this way the variable actualbio is available in all events handlers inside $(document).ready
Regarding the events not working issue
You need to attach events like this since #user_bio is removed from dom along with all attached events when you cleared the html.
$("#user_bio_container").on('mouseover', "#user_bio", function() {......})

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Sidmouth handicap final a real nailbiter
Published: 10:30 AM June 19, 2009 Updated: 6:31 PM November 7, 2020
The Sidmouth June mid-summer tournament was held all last week in generally good croquet playing conditions.
The Sidmouth June mid-summer tournament was held all last week in generally good croquet playing conditions. A rather disappointing entry of 20 competitors, mainly from Sidmouth and Budleigh Salterton, were placed in four Class blocks consisting of players with roughly similar handicaps, but playing on level terms. In addition, and at the discretion of tournament manager, Julie Horsley, those players requesting to play handicap singles games were entered in a two block all-play-all competition with block winners proceeding to the final. Julie was also kept busy organising non-block games for those wanting to play in their 'free periods'. Some keen players could even be seen taking part in "fun doubles" games as late as 8.30pm!The Handicap Singles final was played between Julie Horsley (Sidmouth) and Robert Hammond (Sidmouth) who won their block games in style. Robert eventually came out the winner +6 after a close game in which both players made good progress in the early stages but, with three clips on the peg and with Robert needing three attempts to peg-out, the final turns provided quite a nailbiting finish. As a result of his performances during the week, Robert's handicap was reduced from seven to six.Winners of the Class events were as follows: Block A: Challenge Cup - Richard Mills (Sidmouth); Block B: The David Rawkins Cup - Richard Williamson (Bristol); Block C: The Fortfield Cup - Brian Pollock (Budleigh Salterton); Block D: The Dwerryhouse Cup - Jeannette Pollock (Budleigh Salterton).The fun doubles event was won by the partnership of Richard Williamson (Bristol) and Mitch Watts (Cheltenham), whilst the Egyptian competition was won by Ken Wood (unattached).As is happily becoming the norm, caterer Gill Hodge, groundsman Colin Whitehall and the hoop-setting team were praised for their invaluable contribution to an enjoyable week.l After a good start to the season against Cornwall, Sidmouth's B league team were brought down to earth with a crash, suffering a 6-1 defeat at the hands of Budleigh Salterton. Nevertheless, all was not lost - Sidmouth's captain, Muriel Philpott, managed to salvage a good +9 win, the weather was fine, the hosts friendly and the tea excellent!


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Megan R. Underhill, Ph.D.
Race, Family, and Inequality Scholar
Megan R. Underhill earned a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Cincinnati in 2016. Since then, she has been employed as an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina Asheville where she teaches courses on race and racism, social inequality, and social and cultural theory.
Megan is a race and family scholar whose research examines how white parents make sense of issues of racial and class inequality and how they communicate these ideas to their children. Her scholarship has appeared in numerous peer-reviewed, academic journals including City and Community, Contexts, Ethnic and Racial Studies, and Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. Dr. Underhill has also published in public outlets such as The Washington Post and had her researched profiled in articles appearing in The Conversation, The Harvard Business Review, Pod Save the People, and Slate Magazine, among others.
Megan is also an active member of her professional community. She serves on the editorial board of Sociology of Race and Ethnicity and Social Problems and is an executive committee member of the Southern Sociological Society. She presents her research at several academic conferences a year and is frequently invited to give public lectures or organize workshops about parenting and race and institutional racism more broadly.
Dr. Underhill is currently in the process of completing her book manuscript White Parents in the Era of #BlackLivesMatter Activism.
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Murray archives
by Maud | March 25th, 2004
In 1768, John Murray established "perhaps the most influential of all British publishing houses, with an unrivalled list of authors. The ensuing seven generations of his publishing family have maintained an archive that includes original manuscripts of works by Murray authors, 150,000 letters, give or take, and journals, dating from 1768 through to 1920. The archive holds the largest collection of Byron letters, manuscripts and journals in the world.
Humphrey Carpenter has spent the last year researching for a book about the Murray publishing legacy. In the current issue of the U.K. Sunday Times, he wrote about the experience of combing through the archives:
I am sitting in one of the most beautiful rooms in London. Outside, the Mayfair traffic snarls and hoots, but the room maintains the same delicate calm it has displayed for nearly two centuries. Presiding over it is the fine portrait of Byron by Thomas Phillips.The poet displays no awareness that his memoirs will be burnt in the fireplace beneath the portrait – and burnt by a group of friends including his publisher, John Murray, whose house this is, and whose own likeness hangs in the next room.
Other authors observe me from the walls (Coleridge, Southey, Walter Scott, George Crabbe, David Livingstone and Washington Irving), but in front of me, on a table, are even greater riches. A letter from Dickens, apologising that he is stuck in Broadstairs, and cannot come to town to join Murray, who is leading a delegation to the Board of Trade to see Mr Gladstone about the new copyright Bill, aimed to stamp out the piracy that deprives Dickens of rightful earnings. Next to it, a letter from Gladstone himself, making suggestions for a guidebook to Sicily that Murray publishes. Next to that, another letter about the same series of guidebooks (the famous Murray Handbooks that predated Baedeker) – this one is from John Ruskin, who thinks the Murray Handbooks to Italy don't come up to scratch when they deal with works of art (he wants the job himself, of course). And next to that, a letter from a musician in Leipzig, who wants a particularly good Alpine hotel added to the relevant handbook. It is signed: "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy."
When I say letters, I don't mean photocopies or transcripts. These are the originals – and it is fair to say "priceless". I gather that a single letter from Charles Darwin was sold recently for £60,000. The John Murray Archive, owner of the letters I have just described, has almost 100 letters from Darwin, plenty from Dickens, and from most of the key people of the 19th century. There are even a couple of sheets in the impeccable, slightly schoolgirlish hand of Jane Austen, whose Emma was published by Murray. The value of the archive has been put at a minimum of £45m. The collection will, all being well, soon be transferred to the National Library of Scotland for much less than that.
My own presence in this gilded drawing-room is because I am writing the history of the Murray family and their publishing achievements. There have been eight John Murrays, seven of them publishers. The first, an expatriate Scot who could drink six bottles of claret a night and then go out whoring, opened a bookshop at 32 Fleet Street in 1768. Why such a rumbustious character should have decided to become a bookseller is mysterious. His son moved the business to Albemarle Street, in the posher West End, and had a complex relationship with Byron that could occupy an entire book in itself.
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Nostalgia remembers the popular musical partnership of Wigan's Georgie Fame and fellow piano-player Alan Price
Posted by Henry Hochland | Dec 29, 2021 | 1910s, Industry, Liverpool, Politics | 0 |
Believe it or not, it's 50 years since Wigan singer-songwriter Georgie Fame teamed up with Geordie musician Alan Price in the early 1970s.
Georgie Fame (LEFT) and Alan Price (RIGHT) , musicians, singers and songwriters, pictured together in the North East of England.
Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames are known for their hit song Yeh Yeh, and Alan Price was a member of The Animals with their hits including House of The Rising Sun. Together as a duo, George and Alan had a 1971 hit single with the song Rosetta.
Picture taken 15th February 1971
The pair regularly appeared on national TV, each playing a grand piano side by side. They even commanded a weekly spot on the BBC's flagship Saturday night show The Two Ronnies.
It was certainly a far cry from the origins of the two performers. Fame played piano for Joe Brown, Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran before backing Billy Fury in the Blue Flames.
Price was the keyboardist for British band the Animals, playing organ on classic hits like The House of the Rising Sun and Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood.
Pop group The Animals in their dressing room at Newcastle City Hall. (L, to, R) John Steel, Chas Chandler, Alan Price and Hilton Valentine.
22nd December 1968.
Born a year apart – Fame in June 1943 and Price in April 1942 – the pair got together in 1971 to release the single Rosetta which climbed to No. 12 in the UK charts.
Rosetta was written by Mike Snow, formerly of the Blue Aces and the Checkmates, while the single's B side, John and Mary, was composed by Price.
An album quickly followed on the CBS label. Its awkward title – Fame and Price, Price and Fame Together – belied its musical quality.
Produced by Mike Smith, the album contained 10 tracks in addition to Rosetta. They included Yellow Man, the Dole Song, Blue Condition and Ballad of Billy Joe.
In spite of the national exposure enjoyed by Price and Fame, including an appearance on the Morecambe and Wise show, the album never made the Top 40.
Rehearsal of Morecambe & Wise Television Show, North Kensington Community Centre, London, 20th October 1970. Ann Hamilton with Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise.
After the partnership split, Price recorded the autobiographical album Between Today and Yesterday in 1974. It included the Top Ten hit Jarrow Song which reached No. 6 in the UK singles charts.
Fame reformed the Blue Flames in 1974 and extended his range to sing with big bands and European orchestras as well as writing jingles for radio and TV adverts.
He also composed music for the 1970 movie Entertaining Mr Sloane, starring Beryl Reid and Peter McEnery, and The Alf Garnett Saga in 1972.
Born Clive Powell in Cotton Street, Leigh, Fame took his first music lessons at Leigh Central County Secondary School.
He was a cotton weaver before winning a singing contest at Butlins in Pwllheli, North Wales, where he was instantly offered a job by band leader Rory Blackwell.
The name Georgie Fame was coined when Powell was 16. It was the idea of his new manager, well-known impresario Larry Parnes.
Price was born in Washington, County Durham, and was educated at Jarrow Grammar School. He taught himself piano before becoming a founder member of the Alan Price Rhythm and Blues Combo, later renamed the Animals.
Fame's career really started to take off in 1961 when singer Billy Fury decided to end his association with the Blue Flames.
At the age of 18, Fame fronted the new group – Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames – who were heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and played every week at The Scene in London's Soho.
Pop stars Georgie Fame and Alan Price pictured in Newcastle rehearsing for a concert at Newcastle City Hall
The band's first album was recorded live in another London club The Flamingo in September 1963. It was aptly named Rhythm and Blues at the Flamingo.
Singer Billy Fury at 'Idols on parade' show at the Hippodrome, Manchester.
16th November 1960. *** Local Caption *** watscan – – 05/03/2010
It failed to chart, but the next album – Fame at Last – peaked at No. 15. The band also managed to make five appearances on the ITV pop show Ready Steady Go!
In 1964, Fame's popularity went into overdrive when he knocked the Beatles off the top of the UK singles charts.
The Fab Four had been at Number One with I Feel Fine for five weeks before Fame and his band weighed in with the Latin soul tune Yeh, Yeh.
Fame then made music history by becoming the only British pop star to achieve three Number Ones with his only Top Ten chart entries.
He followed up Yeh, Yeh with Get Away in 1966 and The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde in 1967. The latter became his biggest hit, going to No. 7 in the US charts and selling more than a million copies.
Fame had split from the Blue Flames in 1966 to pursue a solo career, while Price left the Animals in 1965 to form the Alan Price Set.
Singer Georgie Fame (left) with Alan Price 24 February 1972
In 1966, Price enjoyed chart success with the single I Put a Spell on You, which reached No. 9 in the UK singles chart followed up Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo which peaked at No. 11.
Simon Smith and His Amazing Dancing Bear went to No. 4 in 1967 while Don't Stop the Carnival reached No. 13 in 1968.
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Laying the foundation for yeast-based opioid synthesis
Nature Chemical Biology
An engineered yeast that can complete the early steps of opioid synthesis, producing (S)-reticuline from glucose, is reported in a paper published online this week in Nature Chemical Biology. Previous studies have shown that engineered yeasts can complete the final steps of opioid synthesis. Future research to refine and bridge these pathways may eventually allow for large-scale, low cost production of opioids.
Many, widely-used drugs are isolated or manufactured from plant extracts because their structural complexity precludes their cost-effective synthesis in the laboratory. Systems using engineered microbes, such as yeasts, to produce these compounds are recently becoming a reality thanks to advances in DNA sequencing and synthetic biology. Benzylisoquinoline alkaloids (BIAs) are a large family of plant-derived chemicals that include the compounds morphine and codeine. They have been difficult to produce using microbes because a key enzyme early in the pathway that can work in yeast to convert L-tyrosine to L-DOPA (a precursor to dopamine), has not been found.
To address this, John Dueber and colleagues developed a unique colour-coded biosensor which allowed them to identify the missing enzyme, which they then mutated to make it more productive. They genetically engineered the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to produce this enzyme, allowing the first demonstration of the conversion of glucose to dopamine by yeast. The authors then modified the yeast further, adding DNA from other species, so that it could perform subsequent reactions in the pathway, eventually producing the intermediary, (S)-reticuline. One more step is now required to bridge the two pathways.
Pamela Peralta-Yahya states in an accompanying News & Views that "Given that downstream BIA pathway enzymes have already been shown to express in yeast, this work opens the door to the production of complex BIAs directly from glucose."
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The war in Ukraine. Olena Zelenska wrote an open letter to the media
Sigmund Shortle March 8, 2022 2 min read
The article is being updated.
Olena Zelenska published an open letter to representatives of all media of the world. "Recently, a large number of media outlets from all over the world have requested interviews. This letter is my response to these requests and it is my testimony from Ukraine," he asserts.
"What happened a little more than a week ago was incredible. Our country was peaceful; our cities, towns and villages were full of life" – describes Zelenska. She explained that despite Russian propaganda describing the war as a "military operation", "mass killings of Ukrainian civilians" were taking place in her country.
Zelenska draws attention primarily to the tragic situation of children. "Perhaps the most terrifying and devastating of this invasion are the children's victims. Eight-year-old Alice, who died on the streets of Oshtyrka when her grandfather tried to protect her. Or Polina from Kyiv, who died in the bombing with her parents. 14-year-old Arseny was shot in the head Through the wreckage and could not be saved, because the ambulance could not reach him on time due to the severe fires," he adds, then adds: "When Russia says that it is "not at war with civilians," first I name the names of these murdered children. ".
"The first born of war saw the concrete ceiling of the basement, his first breath was the stinging air underground and they were greeted by the imprisoned and horrified society. At this point, there are dozens of children who have never known peace in their lives"- he writes.
See also Afghanistan. Women stand in front of the Republican Palace in Kabul
The war in Ukraine. Zelenska appeals to the media. "Every clue is a key"
Ołena Zelenska also appealed to the media. "I appeal to you, dear media: keep showing what is happening here and keep showing the truth. In the information war waged by the Russian Federation, every clue counts," she wrote.
"With this message, I bear witness and tell the world: the war in Ukraine is not a war" somewhere out there, she asserted. It is a war in Europe, near the borders of the Union." "If we do not stop Putin, who is threatening nuclear war, there will be no safe place on Earth for any of us. We will win. Thanks to our unity."
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Rekha, Sridevi to be honoured with Akkineni Nageswara Rao awards
November 15, 2019 Bloggers
Nagarjuna revealed that late actress Sridevi will be honoured for her contribution to cinema for the year 2018. Yesteryear actress Rekha will be awarded for her excellence in cinema for the year 2019.
The award ceremony will take place at Annapoorna Studios in Hyderabad on November 17. Megastar Chiranjeevi has been invited as a special guest to present the award to the two recipients. While Boney Kapoor will receive the award on behalf of his wife Sridevi, Rekha will make her presence felt in Hyderabad.
About ANR National Award:
The ANR National Award was instituted by the Akkineni International foundation in the honor of Akkineni Nageswara Rao. The award was given annually to recognize people for their lifetime achievements and contributions to the Indian film industry
Winners of the ANR Award:
2017: S S Rajamouli
2015: Ghattamaneni Krishna
2014: Amitabh Bachchan
2013: Sridevi
2012: Shyam Benegal
2011: Hema Malini
2010: K. Balachander
2009: Vyjayanthimala
2009: Lata Mangeshkar
2008: Anjali Devi & Jayasudha
2007: Shabana Azmi
2006: Dev Anand
Which two actress have been announced as the recipients of the Akkineni Nageswara Rao (ANR) National Award for the years 2018 and 2019? Rekha and Sridevi
Which veteran Bollywood actor was first given the ANR National Award in 2006? Dev Anand
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Can Trump Afford To Accept Qatar's "Official Request" For F-35 Jets While Ignoring Israel?
The joint team of US President Donald Trump and his senior advisor and son-in-law Jared Kushner have been successful in changing the entire balance of power in the Middle East region following the signing of historical normalisation "Abraham Accord" between Israel and United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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The peace operation has not only removed tall barriers in the diplomacy between the countries but crucially paved a way for Arab Nations to bolster their military reinforcements through the acquisition of modern machinery which has been out of their reach so far due to the discord in the Middle East.
One such fine piece of modern metal is the Pentagon's prized possession, the Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighter, which has garnered the interest from the UAE for long and has now reached its Arabian neighbour Qatar, who has reportedly made an official formal request for the coveted warplane.
According to reports, the Persian Gulf state made an official request in recent weeks, however, it is not clear as to how many aircraft are being looked for the purchase and how the approval for the deal may proceed.
There has been no official confirmation on the news reports with the Qatari embassy in Washington, DC not commenting on the situation yet.
However, according to a US State Department spokesman,
"As a matter of policy, the United States does not confirm or comment on proposed defence sales or transfers until they are formally notified to Congress."
Earlier, after the signing of the historical accords, Trump had admitted that he would be willing to sell the same weapons systems which were sold to Israel to countries in the Middle East.
"They're very wealthy countries for the most part," said Trump, while speaking to Fox News.
Commenting on a potential sale of F-35 stealth fighters to countries like the UAE, he had said – "I personally would not have a problem with it. Some people do, they say… maybe they go to war."
With Iran's UN sanctions likely to expire on October 18, Washington knows that it will be in its interest to arm Middle Eastern allies like Qatar in a bid to counter Tehran.
Qatar is a place of strategic interest to the US, with it being host to the largest U.S. military facility in the Middle East and home to 8,000 U.S. service members and Department of Defense civilian employees.
Moreover, according to Seth J. Frantzman, writing for The Jerusalem Post, Washington fears Qatar to follow the likes of Turkey.
"Not only does the US want to balance the powers in the region and balance Gulf rivalries, but it also doesn't want countries like Qatar turning to competitors. Turkey has already turned to Russia and many countries are buying drones from China, for instance. The US prefers to have these countries dependent on American weapon systems and sales." said Frantzman.
However, any such deal cannot go forward without the approval of Israel who has for long maintained a military edge over the region with the help of the US, which has exclusively sold its most advanced weapons to it.
Despite the signing of the accord, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has maintained his resolve by stating that his government will oppose any U.S. F-35 warplane sales to the UAE.
Experts believe Israel, which is one of US' real allies along with the UK and a few others, who operate the stealthy fighters, are not ready to give up superiority in the Middle East region just yet and therefore will provide stiff opposition for any deal between the US and UAE or for that matter Qatar.
Moreover, the deal with Qatar is also looked at as a possibility of upsetting other neighbouring nations.
"There will be lingering questions about why Qatar is rewarded in the same way as the UAE, despite the UAE normalizing relations with Israel.
In essence, the question is: What did Qatar do to deserve the aircraft? But if the US only sells the aircraft to one and not the other, it will show favouritism. In addition, Israel has expressed concern about preserving its qualitative military edge, and that will factor into the decision." said Frantzman.
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Audioboom secures more funding for acquiring content and audiences
Posted on February 25, 2019 by Anna Washenko
Audioboom announced that it has raised £1.5 million in support of its original programming efforts. The new equity funding stemmed from a subscription of new ordinary shares with a price of 1.3 pence per share. The audio company said it will use the money for upfront fees to secure new and existing podcast content and their audiences. Audioboom has secured content partnerships with partners such as SBI AUdio and Formula1, and it has more deals in the works. Any remaining proceeds will go toward content creation and promotion to continue expanding the Audioboom Originals Network.
"Recent corporate activity in the industry has seen high profile acquisitions and fundraises," Audioboom CEO Rob Proctor said. "The comparative valuations of these transactions could indicate that 2019 is the year that Audioboom and its shareholders will start to benefit from the foundations that we have laid down and the platform and content that we have created."
Audioboom also noted that its forward in-read advertising bookings and monthly recurring revenues from programmatic advertising and podcast subscriptions for 2019 have already surpassed its total revenue for the 13-month period ending December 31, 2018. It reportedly has a stable cash position to the end of last year.
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Q: $x^q - 1 = (x - 1) \cdot (?)$ for $q \in \mathbb R_{>0}$ As we know, for $q \in \mathbb N$ we have $x^q - 1 = (x-1) \cdot (x^{q-1} + x^{q-2} + \cdots + 1)$.
Does some kind of similar expansion exist for $q \in \mathbb R_{>0}$?
I'm not sure, but at the very least
$$\lim_{x \to 1} \frac {x^q - 1} {x - 1} = \lim_{x \to 1} q x^{q-1} = q,$$
so it would make some sense to separate $x-1$ from everything else.
My only thought is to use Taylor expansion for $(1 + t)^q$ (where $t = x - 1$):
$$\frac {(1 + t)^q - 1} {t},$$
and it'll find expression as a power series of $t$. But this power series

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*Doesn't always converge (while the initial expression is defined everywhere)

*Is in terms of $t=x-1$. It's unclear to me how to convert it into power series of $x$ so that coefficients have a reasonable representation.


Last Friday night I was amazed/stunned/mesmerized by the Western Athletic Conference showdown in Reno between Boise State and Nevada.
– (:39 seconds in): With Boise ahead comfortably 24-7 on the third quarter, Nevada QB Colin Kaepernick rolled out of the pocket, pumped, took off, made a defender miss, and then leapt over the pylon with the ball in his hand to complete the 17 yard TD run. It was an amazing play that gave Nevada a huge burst of momentum and cut the deficit to 10. I thought it was Vick-esque and couldn't stop saying "WOW!".
– (1:10 in): After a Nevada field goal to tie it up, Boise got the ball with a little over five minutes to go. They had faced adversity in their opener at FedEx Field against Virginia Tech yet still pulled out a W. I was thinking "Could they do it again? Could they do it here?" We didn't have to wait long for an answer. On the first play of the drive, Boise QB Kellen Moore found Doug Martin on a screen pass underneath. Martin then got some stellar blocks down field, weaved through them, juked one defender, shed off another, and thanks to some poor pursuit angles by the Nevada safeties, went the rest of the way untouched for a 79 yard TD.
Talk about responding! It looked like Boise would prevail again. But Nevada had their own responding to do. They engineered a 14 play, 79 yard TD drive which tied the game up and ate up almost all of the clock. This leads to jaw dropping play #4.
– (1:41 in): Boise got one final chance with just nine seconds to play and the ball on their own 38. Moore heaved the ball deep down the field and Titus Young made a spectacular diving catch with just one second left. This was straight out of arena football, or an EA Sports video game! How could Nevada have allowed themselves to get beat deep?
Of course the end of the game was quite memorable, with Boise kicker Kyle Brotzman missing a field goal at the end of regulation and in overtime…both of which were under 30 yards.
Just an incredible game, it was as much fun watching a college football game as I can remember. It made it that much more memorable that the conclusion occurred at 1:52 a.m. and that it shook up the BCS standings (Boise entered the game ranked 4th).


The foundation of any ethical jewelry sourcing of precious metal is simple: the people of the land must be able to control and fully benefit from the resources of the land.
Indigenous land rights are the source point of truly ethical metal used in jewelry. Here, I use the term 'indigenous' in a broader sense—people who inhabit and depend upon a land where they have lived for generations, existing in real relationship to a landscape with all its history, mythology and ancestors.
On that foundation, if metal is to be ethically sourced for jewelry, we must consider fair labor, sound environmental practices, and a traceable, transparent, and independently-audited supply chain from the mine all the way to the customer.
Fairtrade Gold is the only gold which meets this criteria.
Broadly speaking, gold mining operations can come from either large-scale or small-scale artisanal mines.
The first large-scale gold mines were in California in the mid-nineteenth century. The legacy of these mines are a living memory of genocide among Native people. It is also estimated that 19 million pounds of mercury from over 55,000 abandoned mines have contaminated California's watersheds.
Unfortunately, the nefarious impact of large-scale mines has not changed much over the last 150 years: what was pioneered in California was exported to the rest of the world.
Large-scale mining today is still characterized by intensive investment and highly mechanized efficient extractive methods that wreak havoc on communities and the environment.
A large-scale gold mine might move hundreds of thousands of tons of dirt daily. Exploitation and disenfranchisement of indigenous people go hand in hand with these neo-colonial entities that often collude with corrupt governments.
Once the gold is extracted, profits are exported to shareholders around the world. Because there is already more than enough gold to serve our industrial needs, the gold often ends up in bank vaults.
Large-scale gold mining is one of the most destructive industrial activities on earth. Initially, large scale mining companies come into communities with offers of jobs and economic wages. It is extremely rare that job expectations are met. Once the mine runs its course, the community ends up even more impoverished because they no longer have a viable land base which once supported their wellbeing. Land which was once a blessing becomes a resource curse.
From an ethical perspective, large-scale gold mining should be banned and consumers should boycott jewelry made with it.
Small-scale mines are typically owned and managed by local people who've discovered and then dig for gold.
Small-scale mining is human scale, slow, and highly localized. The average woman or man with a shovel might move a ton of earth a day. While a large scale gold mine might produce over a hundred kilos of gold a day, a small mining community of forty to sixty people might produce a half kilo to a kilo of gold per month.
A kilo of gold these days is worth about $42,000.
The gold is often sold to traders, in small amounts, and it is not uncommon for the miners' gold to be discounted 25% or more.
If you add up the costs of equipment, diesel for generators, and other necessities, miners might end up making $200 a month, which is often hardly enough to pay for enough food, clothing and shelter to sustain a family— much less provide any hope of a better future for miner's children.
Small-scale mining is typically illegal, highly destructive to the environment, and characterized by poverty, child labor, and exploitation.
However, as a development initiative, small-scale gold mining has tremendous upside potential which is realized with the help of Fairtrade International.
Small-scale miners who are certified to produce Fairtrade Gold are introduced to the best practices. They agree to adhere to a published standards and principals. The environment is protected from mercury spills. Miners are able to utilize resources over a long period of time, which can build a stronger local economy.
In essence, Fairtrade Gold applies the principles of slow money to local mining and development. Small-scale mining communities are supported in their efforts to make a viable living through the resources that are on their land.
Small-scale mining, with the support of a vibrant Fairtrade Gold market, could have a transformational impact over time on millions of small-scale miners, therefore empowering indigenous communities.
The obstacle that prevents this from happening is large-scale mining interests seek to keep the jewelry buying public ignorant of their practices.
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Sidelines Spotlight: Kevin Byard
Kenneth Goit | Sports Reporter 6 years ago
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Growing up, many football players share a similar ambition: to one day play in the National Football League and earn a living by doing something they love. Young football players dream of storming the field with a professional team, but for most, it's nothing more than a dream.
After all, there are only 1,696 players on an active NFL roster at any given time, with 800 of those starting positions. The number may seem large, but when considering there are nearly 13,000 Division I college football players every season and NFL veterans are guaranteed spots, the odds of making the roster are extremely small.
However, Middle Tennessee's strong safety Kevin Byard is confident he can make the draft. This season, he has secured five interceptions and a punt return for a touchdown, even earning C-USA special teams player of the week honors. If the redshirt junior does declare for the NFL draft following this season, he could be drafted as high as the end of the first round.
"It was always a dream for me, growing up," Byard says about the possibility of playing in the NFL, "but now I think I can do it."
A life of football
The liberal studies major from Lithonia, Georgia has always been devoted to football. In high school, the only sport he participated in apart from football was track, which allowed him to stay conditioned for football and become faster. After playing quarterback, wide receiver and safety in high school, Byard was expected to play as a wide receiver for the University of Kentucky. That is, until his scholarship was pulled.
"After they pulled my offer, I knew that Middle Tennessee was the place for me," Byard said.
Byard found success in Murfreesboro after being redshirted his freshman year in 2011. Since the beginning of the 2012 season, he has intercepted 14 passes (4 for touchdowns), forced four fumbles, recovered one, defended 24 passes and blocked one kick. The five-foot-11-inch safety is now two interceptions away from tying the Middle Tennessee career record for interceptions of 16, held by James Griffin, who was drafted in the seventh round of the 1983 NFL Draft.
If Byard decides to declare for the NFL Draft following the season, he could impress NFL scouts. But, for him, that decision isn't important right now. He is focused on the task at hand: winning games for Middle Tennessee. After the season, he said he will talk to his family and make a decision.
If drafted, Byard said he would give back to his roots. He also says he would give back to his high school and buy them a new weight room, as well as give back to the Middle Tennessee community.
He's a very athletic player and knows that he "can make plays" when the ball is in his hands. He could very well be drafted by his favorite team, the Pittsburgh Steelers, between the second and fourth rounds of the 2015 Draft if the team decides that Shamarko Thomas is not their starter for the future. If that were to happen, he says he could play alongside one of his favorite players of all time, All-Pro safety Troy Polamalu.
Kevin Byard may not play very difficult opponents like the other top safety prospects, but he has the will power, talent and devotion to become become the highest drafted Blue Raider in NFL history.
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Halloween Kills Review: The Greatest Michael Myers Story Ever Told Is Still A Bitter Disappointment
Posted by Corbin Shanklin | Oct 16, 2021 | Reviews, Horror, Movies | 0
Halloween Kills is an S-tier slasher when focused on Michael Myers, but it fails to impress the rest of the runtime.
The second installment in Blumhouse's rebooted version of the Halloween franchise tries desperately to serve far too many masters, resulting in a messy, confused project that works almost exclusively because of James Jude Courtney's masterful performance as The Shape.
Before diving into the serious issues plaguing Halloween Kills, a declaration of gratitude to Courtney's work on Halloween (2018) and Halloween Kills (2021) is in order. Courtney flexes a wider range of emotions through his body movement, silent actions, and commanding presence than anyone else in the cast.
Michael Myers' very mask seems to change throughout the course of the film, with the lines around his lips and the darkness in his eyes seeming to shift according to the different brutal scenarios Michael finds himself in.
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The apparent changes in his mask's expression very well may have been a trick of the mind I experienced due to the sheer level of fearful immersion each and every scene featuring the so-called "essence of evil" featured. Whether or not the costume team utilized several different masks in the production, or digitally altered the iconic mask in post is a mystery to me.
What I do know is that Michael has never been more brutal, fascinating or horrifying, not by a long shot. The third act takes Michael's character to a new, supernatural place. Certain kills are shown through Michael's perspective, gloriously showing the audience the lethal skill and invulnerability that Michael Myers possesses.
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The nature of Michael's powers are not revealed in this film, nor are they explained clearly. Laurie Strode offers a possible explanation, claiming that Michael grows more powerful and unkillable with each life he takes, and through the terror that he ignites in Haddonfield. The issue with this narrative is that Laurie is very prominently portrayed as neither sober, nor of sound mind, throughout practically the entirety of Halloween Kills.
I would argue that the nature of Laurie's mental state in this film renders her explanation completely irrelevant. All we really know is that Michael is an avatar of death, capable of surviving fire, blood loss, and gunshot wounds at the very least. He may very well possess a healing factor, and on top of that, he can slaughter in slow-motion, allowing him to see the perfect way to end a man's life almost instantaneously.
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With a title like Halloween Kills and a trailer more brutal than most franchise contemporaries' feature films, the second Blumhouse Halloween project had a tall order to fill. By turning The Shape into an unkillable, supernatural beast and giving him easily the franchise's best butcherings, Halloween Kills objectively succeeded.
(from left) Director David Gordon Green and James Jude Courtney on the set of Halloween Kills.
Unfortunately, the only part of this film as compelling as Michael's story, is John Carpenter's musical stylings. The legendary composer is at the top of his game with Halloween Kills, delivering, in my opinion, the best score in the Halloween franchise. The horror of Haddonfield simply would not be what it is without the unsettling, macabre composition of John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies.
The rest of Halloween Kills was a far cry from the it's marvelous predecessors, Halloween (2018) and Halloween (1978). Laurie Strode does not encounter Michael once, and she spends most of the film spouting expository, unbelievable dialogue. Jamie Lee Curtis does her best with the flimsy script, but she's given tragically little to work with.
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Andi Matchitak's Allyson, Laurie's granddaughter, tries to hunt down Michael, joining the insane Haddonfield mob assembled by Tommy Doyle (Anthony Michael Hall). While this may sound interesting on paper, her entire character arc rides on the citizens of Haddonfield losing their minds due to fear. This plotline is pivotal to Halloween Kills, and it just doesn't work.
The attempts at a complex, thematically resonant examination of the mob mentality problem are reminiscent of Todd Phillips Joker, and not in a good way. It almost feels like an unintentional parody, due largely to puzzling moments like where multiple Haddonfield doctors punch out total strangers amidst the hunt for Michael Myers.
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Michael Myers (aka The Shape, left) in Halloween Kills, directed by David Gordon green.
A mental patient who escaped in the events of Halloween (2018) ends up dead due to the chaos created by the mob, and the film subsequently crawls to a halt to ponder why mobs are bad. Immediately thereafter, the mob continues to hunt Michael as if nothing happened, throwing away any chance at a meaningful dialogue about the problems addressed moments prior.
The story of Haddonfield's townsfolk killing an innocent accidentally due to their fear of Michael was executed much more intelligently and with far more brevity in the original Halloween II (1981), a film that this franchise erased from continuity.
Halloween Kills doesn't offer a particularly compelling storyline to Tommy Doyle and his unruly mob. It fails to craft believable or engaging arcs for Laurie, her daughter Karen (Judy Greer), or her granddaughter Allyson. Furthermore, the film paints it's only queer and neurodivergent characters in an arugably offensive light, and it thinks it's far smarter than it actually is.
The David Gordon Green directed feature succeeds when the spotlight is on Michael Myers or the survivors of the poor souls destroyed by Michael's hand. The violence and composure is better than it's ever been, but the character work (outside of Michael) doesn't rise to the occasion. Halloween Kills covers ground the franchise has already walked, and it runs in circles far too often.
For a long time, there was a stigma surrounding slasher movies. Critics and fans alike argued that the sub-genre was fantastic for the frights and gore, but awful when it came to intelligent, provocative storytelling. When Blumhouse brought the Halloween franchise back with Halloween (2018), they told a compelling, deep story that shattered those illusions about the potential of the slasher genre.
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If only Halloween Kills would have continued down that path, the Blumhouse quadrilogy could have been something revolutionary. Perhaps Halloween Ends will rectify things, but for now, Halloween fans can expect more of the same.
Halloween Kills is in theaters now and streaming on Peacock. What did you think of Halloween Kills? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below or on our social media!
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