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The UN's 'Zionism is Racism' Resolution: From Passage to Repeal and Beyond
by rivkaht November 13, 2020 November 13, 2020 0133
BY DOV LIPMAN
November 10, 1975: 45 years ago today. This was a very telling moment regarding the United Nations' — and the international community's — stance on Israel.
Twenty-five states sponsored Resolution 3379, which "determine[d] that Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination." Seventy-two states voted in favor, 32 abstained and 35 were against the motion. The resolution referenced the 1963 UN Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; the 1973 resolution condemning "the unholy alliance between South African racism and Zionism;" and the August 1975 Conference for Foreign Affairs of Non-Aligned Countries, which called Zionism "a threat to world peace and security," and urged world capitals "to oppose this racist and imperialist ideology."
Prior to the vote, Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Chaim Herzog told the General Assembly:
I can point with pride to the Arab ministers who have served in my government; to the Arab deputy speaker of my Parliament; to Arab officers and men serving of their own volition in our border and police defense forces, frequently commanding Jewish troops; to the hundreds of thousands of Arabs from all over the Middle East crowding the cities of Israel every year; to the thousands of Arabs from all over the Middle East coming for medical treatment to Israel; to the peaceful coexistence which has developed; to the fact that Arabic is an official language in Israel on a par with Hebrew; to the fact that it is as natural for an Arab to serve in public office in Israel as it is incongruous to think of a Jew serving in any public office in an Arab country, indeed being admitted to many of them. Is that racism? It is not! That … is Zionism.
Herzog then pulled out a copy of the text of the resolution, held it up, and declared: "For us, the Jewish people, this resolution based on hatred, falsehood and arrogance, is devoid of any moral or legal value. For us, the Jewish people, this is no more than a piece of paper and we shall treat it as such."
Herzog then tore the document in half.
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May 01, 2007 09:35 UTC
Britain's 'Mastiff PPV'
April 25/07: According to the European Defence Agency, Britain's "Specialist and Utility Vehicles (SUV)" Integrated Project Team is seeking tenders for about 180 "Medium Protected Patrol Vehicles" for "a wide range of patrol tasks" under solicitation EDA-1064. The MPPVs will be wheeled vehicles with a gross weight fully loaded of around 14 tonnes (about 36,000 pounds), offering "very high levels of protection against a number of known and emerging threats of a varied nature including Ballistic, Blast, Mine and Fragmentation" and "a degree of cross country mobility" despite being slated mostly for road and rough track use.
Delivery into service is expected in early 2009, at an estimated cost of GBP 20-100 million. Indications of interest must be in by May 11, 2007 at 12:00 GMT.
The new RG-33L
These specifications closely match the Cougar variant "Mastiff PPV" vehicles Britain has bought before to fill this role, though some have criticized the modified design's lack of visibility. The approximate contract value for all 108 Mastiffs purchased to date is $70.1 million, currently around GBP 35.1 million. This contract may well see renewed competition, however, as options like BAE's RG-33/RG-33L are also available on the market these days; furthermore, the solicitation is being specifically described as a "risk reduction measure to investigate the possible options available" under a funded "Cat D Capability Concept Demonstration (CCD) programme." The DVD 2007 event on June 27-28 will provide manufacturers with an opportunity to show equipment or concepts for informal assessment; when/if funding is released, the program will transition to normal Category C procurement procedures.
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\section{Introduction}
Given a multiplicative function $f : \mathbb{N} \rightarrow \mathbb{C}$, for each $x \geq 2$ let its summatory function be
\[
S(x) := \sum_{n \leq x} f(n), \text{ and  }   F_{x}(s) := \prod_{p \leq x} \left(1 + \sum_{k=1}^{\infty} \frac{f(p^{k})}{p^{ks}} \right)
\]
 denote the corresponding truncated Euler product.

In this note we shall prove the following form of Hal\'{a}sz's theorem on mean values of multiplicative functions taking values in the
unit disc.

\begin{thm1}
For $f, F_x$ and $S(\cdot)$   as above, suppose that $|f(n)| \leq 1$ for all integers $n\geq 1$.  Define the quantity $L(x)$ by setting
$$
L(x)^2 :=  \sum_{|N| \leq \log^{2}x + 1} \frac{1}{N^{2}+1} \sup_{|t-N| \leq 1/2} |F_{x}(1+it)|^{2}  .
$$
Then we have
$$
 |S(x)| \ll x \frac{L(x)}{\log x} \log\Big(100\frac{\log x }{L(x)}\Big) + x \frac{\log\log x}{\log x}  .
 $$
\end{thm1}

This is essentially the same as the version of Hal\'{a}sz's theorem proved by Montgomery~\cite{montmult} (if we note that $|F_{x}(1+it)|^{2} \asymp |F(1+\frac 1{\log x} + it)|^2$, where $F(s)$ denotes the full Euler product over all primes), and is known to be quantitatively sharp (see the papers of Granville and Soundararajan~\cite{gransoundmean} and Montgomery~\cite{montmult}). See Hal\'asz's papers~\cite{Hal1, Hal2} for his original arguments which were refined by Montgomery~\cite{montmult}, and see Chapter III.4 of Tenenbaum~\cite{tenenbaumintro} for a textbook treatment.

\vspace{12pt}
Our proof here is, hopefully, more intuitive and easier to motivate than the existing proofs, although it also has important features in common with several of them. We begin by expressing $S(x)$ as a triple Dirichlet convolution, and using Perron's formula to relate our triple Dirichlet convolution  to the Dirichlet series $F_{x}(s)$ and two other Dirichlet polynomials. This is done by analogy with the circle method, as we want to use a pointwise bound for $F_{x}(s)$ and obtain a mean square bound for the remaining two Dirichlet polynomials. To carry everything out with little loss, we break the Dirichlet convolution into subsums which depend on the size of one of the variables $p$.   Our proof avoids the ``average of averages'' step in many other treatments of Hal\'{a}sz's theorem, and in particular it avoids the arguably slightly obscure ``integration over $\alpha$'' device from many of the treatments.

Our   longer companion paper~\cite{granharpsound}  uses a similar strategy  to prove various generalisations of Hal\'{a}sz's theorem,  including for multiplicative functions bounded by divisor functions, and treating sums over short intervals and arithmetic progressions.  However we give here the original argument, stripped of   the   technicalities in the more general argument of
~\cite{granharpsound} (compare, for example, the more complicated but more easily generalisable triple convolution in ~\cite{granharpsound}).

\section{A lemma concerning prime numbers}
We will need some basic information about the integrals of Dirichlet polynomials supported on the primes. We record a suitable result here.

\begin{lem1}
Uniformly for any complex numbers $(a_n)_{n=1}^{\infty}$ and any $T \geq 1$, we have
$$ \int_{-T}^{T} \Biggl|\sum_{T^{2} \leq n \leq x} \frac{a_n \Lambda(n)}{n^{1+it}} \Biggr|^2 dt \ll \sum_{T^{2} \leq n \leq x} \frac{|a_n|^2 \Lambda(n)}{n} . $$
\end{lem1}

\begin{proof}[Proof of Lemma 1]
This follows by inserting a smooth weight $\Phi(t/T)$ into the integral, expanding out, and applying a Brun--Titchmarsh upper bound for primes in short intervals at a suitable point. See Lemma 2.6 of \cite{granharpsound}, for example, for a full proof.
\end{proof}

Mean value results and majorant principles of this kind  are often used in multiplicative number theory, and proved in very similar ways (see, e.g., the Lemma in section 2 of Montgomery~\cite{montmult}); some would be sufficient for our purposes. However the most standard mean value theorem for Dirichlet polynomials, which implies that $\int_{-T}^{T} |\sum_{n \leq x} \frac{a_n}{n^{it}} |^2 dt = \sum_{n \leq x} |a_n|^2 (2T + O(n))$, would {\em not} suffice because in Lemma 1 it would yield a multiplier $\Lambda(n)^2$, rather than $\Lambda(n)$, on the right hand side.

\section{Proof of Theorem 1: the combinatorial part}
We begin  by expressing $S(x)$ as a triple Dirichlet convolution, up to an acceptable error. Since $\log n= \sum_{d|n} \Lambda(d)$ we have
$$
\sum_{n\le x} f(n) \log n = \sum_{d\le x} \Lambda(d)\sum_{m\le x/d} f(md) = \sum_{mp\le x} f(m) f(p) \log p + O(x),
$$
the error term arising from bounding trivially the contribution of prime power values of $d$, and the terms with $(m,d)>1$.   Since
$$
\sum_{n\le x} \log (x/n) = O(x),
$$
we deduce that
$$
S(x) = \frac{1}{\log x} \sum_{n\le x} f(n) (\log n + \log x/n) = \frac{1}{\log x}\sum_{mp\le x} f(m) f(p) \log p  + O\Big(\frac{x}{\log x}\Big).
$$
This is a double multiplicative convolution, since we have the two variables $p$ and $m$ in the sum.

We  repeat the above argument  to arrive at a triple convolution.  For technical convenience we begin by discarding those primes $p$ for which $p \leq \log^{4}x$ or $p > x/2$ from the sum, which gives rise to an acceptable error term $O(x \frac{\log\log x}{\log x})$.  For primes $p$ in the range $\log^{4}x<p\leq x/2$, we use the above argument to replace the sum over $m\le x/p$ by a double convolution; that is,
$$
\sum_{m\le x/p} f(m) = S(x/p) =\frac{1}{\log (x/p)}  \sum_{nq\le x/p}  f(n) f(q) \log q  + O\Big(\frac{x}{p\log x/p}\Big).
$$
Therefore
\begin{align}
\label{3.1}
S(x) &= \frac{1}{\log x} \sum_{\log^{4}x<p\leq \frac x2} f(p)\log p \sum_{m\le x/p} f(m) + O\Big( x\frac{\log \log x}{\log x}\Big)
\nonumber \\
&= \frac{1}{\log x} \sum_{\log^{4}x<p\leq \frac x2} \frac{ f(p)\log p}{\log (x/p)} \sum_{nq\le x/p}  f(n) f(q) \log q+ O\Big(x \frac{\log \log x}{\log x}\Big),
\end{align}
since
$$
\sum_{\log^{4}x<p\leq \frac x2} \frac{\log p}{p\log (x/p)} \ll \log \log x.
$$
 We have arrived at the desired triple multiplicative convolution.

\vspace{12pt}

The range of $q$ in (3.1) is severely restricted when $p$ is large, which will lead to bigger  error terms, so it pays to treat summands differently depending on the size of $p$. We achieve this by partitioning up the range of the primes $p \in {\mathcal P}= [(\log x)^4,x/2]$ into the intervals ${\mathcal P}_k = {\mathcal P} \cap (x^{1-e^{1-k}},x^{1-e^{-k}}]$, where $k$ runs through the integers from $1$ to $\log \log x + O(1)$.   Define
$$
S_k(x) = \sum_{\substack{pqn\le x \\ p\in {\mathcal P_k}} } \frac{f(p)\log p}{\log (x/p)} f(n) f(q) \log q ,
$$
so that (3.1) implies
$$
S(x) \ll \frac{1}{\log x} \sum_{k=1}^{\log \log x+O(1)} |S_k(x)| + x\frac{\log \log x}{\log x}.
$$

Since each $|f(p)f(q)f(n)| \le 1$, we may bound $S_k(x)$ trivially as follows:
\begin{eqnarray}
|S_k(x)| & \leq & \sum_{\substack{pq \le x \\ p\in {\mathcal P_k}} } \frac{ \log p}{\log (x/p)}  \log q  \sum_{n\leq x/pq} 1  \nonumber \\
& \leq & x \sum_{\substack{  p\in {\mathcal P_k}} }   \frac{\log p}{p \log(x/p)} \sum_{q\leq x/p} \frac{\log q}{q}   \nonumber \\
& \ll & x \sum_{x^{1-e^{1-k}} < p \leq x^{1-e^{-k}}} \frac{\log p}{p} \ll e^{-k} x \log x.  \nonumber
\end{eqnarray}
Thus the sum of $|S_k(x)|$ over all integers $k > \log(100\log x /L(x))$ (where $L(x)$ is as in the statement of Theorem 1)
leads to a bound that is acceptable for Theorem 1.

To complete the proof of  Theorem 1, it therefore suffices to show that
\begin{equation}\label{remainstoprove}
S_k(x) \ll x L(x) + x
\end{equation}
for all positive integers $k \leq \log(100\log x /L(x))$.

\vspace{12pt}
\begin{remark}
Partitioning the range for $p$ and applying the triangle inequality might appear to be wasteful. However, in the worst case, there is no loss in introducing absolute values, since the arguments of the values of the $f(p)$ with $p > x^{1-e^{-1}}$ could have been chosen, given the values $f(q^k)$ for $q \leq x^{1-e^{-1}}$, so that   $f(p)$ times the sum over $qn\leq x/p$    all point in exactly the same direction. Indeed,  extremal examples for Hal\'{a}sz's theorem can behave precisely in this way, as in the introduction to Montgomery's paper~\cite{montmult}.
\end{remark}

\begin{remark}
If the multiplicative function $f(n)$ is supported only on numbers with all their prime factors $\leq x^{0.999}$, say, (that is, the $x^{0.999}$-smooth numbers), then there will only be a bounded number of terms $k$ in our decomposition of the $p$-sum.  For such functions $f$, Hal\'{a}sz's theorem can be improved, using (3.2), to
$$
 |S(x)| \ll   \frac{x}{\log x}   (L(x)+1) ,
 $$
after taking a little more care in handling the discarded contribution from the primes $p \leq \log^{4}x$. As far as we know, this has not been noted previously.
\end{remark}

\section{Proof of Theorem 1: the analytic part}
It remains  to prove \eqref{remainstoprove}.  If $p$ lies in ${\mathcal P_k}$ then, since $pq$ must be at most $x$, the
prime $q$ is constrained to $q \le x^{e^{1-k}}$.   Therefore, using a truncated Perron formula, we get
$$
S_k(x)  \ll x\int_{1-i(\log x)^2}^{1+i (\log x)^2} \Big| \sum_{p \in {\mathcal P}_k} \frac{f(p)\log p}{p^s\log (x/p)} \Big|
\Big| \sum_{q\le x^{e^{1-k}} } \frac{f(q)}{q^s} \log q \Big| |F_x(s)| \frac{|ds|}{|s|}  + x.
$$
Using the Cauchy--Schwarz inequality, we bound the integral above by $\sqrt{I_1 I_2}$, where
$$
I_1 = \int_{1-i(\log x)^2}^{1+i(\log x)^2} \Big| \sum_{p\in {\mathcal P}_k} \frac{f(p)\log p}{p^s \log (x/p)} \Big|^2 |ds|,
$$
and
$$
I_2 = \int_{1-i(\log x)^2}^{1+i(\log x)^2} \Big| \sum_{q\le x^{e^{1-k}}} \frac{f(q)}{q^s} \log q \Big|^2 |F_x(s)|^2 \frac{|ds|}{|s|^2}.
$$

Splitting the integral in $I_2$ into intervals of length $1$, we may bound it
by
$$
I_2 \ll \sum_{|h| \leq \log^{2}x + 1} \frac{1}{h^{2}+1} \sup_{|t-h| \leq 1/2}
|F_{x}(1+it)|^{2} \int_{1+i(h-1/2)}^{1+i(h+1/2)} \Big| \sum_{q \leq x^{e^{1-k}}} \frac{f(q)}{q^{s}} \log q \Big|^{2} |ds| .
$$
Recalling that $q$ runs over primes, we can apply Lemma 1 with $T=1$, $a_q = f(q)q^{-ih}$ for primes $q$, and $a_q = 0$ otherwise, and
deduce that
\begin{eqnarray}
I_2 & \ll & \sum_{|h| \leq \log^{2}x + 1} \frac{1}{h^{2}+1} \sup_{|t-h| \leq 1/2} |F_{x}(1+it)|^{2} \sum_{q \leq x^{e^{1-k}}} \frac{\log q}{q} \nonumber \\
& \ll &  L(x)^{2} \,    e^{-k} \log x . \nonumber
\end{eqnarray}

To bound $I_1$, we use Lemma 1 again (noting that ${\mathcal P}_k$ only has primes larger than $(\log x)^4$ for all $k$), to
obtain
$$
I_1 \ll \sum_{p\in {\mathcal P}_k}  \frac{\log p}{p \log^{2}(x/p)} \ll \frac{e^{2k}}{\log^{2}x} \sum_{x^{1-e^{1-k}} < p \leq x^{1-e^{-k}}} \frac{\log p}{p} \ll \frac{e^k}{\log x} . $$

Combining the foregoing estimates, we obtain \eqref{remainstoprove} and therefore the bound claimed in Theorem 1.
\qed

\section*{Acknowledgements}
We would like to thank Ben Green for his insistence that ``there must be a more motivated proof'' of Hal\'{a}sz's theorem, which led to this article as well as to \cite{granharpsound}.

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Florida is the third most populous state and, because of its year-round warm climate, contains the most golf communities of all. Indeed, The Villages, a huge retirement community in the north central part of the state, can boast of 35 separate golf courses alone. During the early years of the recession that began in late 2007, Florida real estate prices crashed, with homes in many golf communities losing between 30% and 50% of their value. But now, prices have rebounded to near pre-recession levels in the most popular areas of the state, including Naples, Sarasota and Jacksonville. Because summers can be too hot for many, Florida golf communities are a magnet for second-home owners who are tired of cold winters, still enjoy spring and summer in the North and appreciate the lack of an income tax in the state. Many "snowbirds" stay in Florida for six months and a day to take best advantage of the tax situation.


The computer scientist Stuart Russell wants to ensure that our increasingly intelligent machines remain aligned with human values.
Russell, 53, a professor of computer science and founder of the Center for Intelligent Systems at the University of California, Berkeley, has long been contemplating the power and perils of thinking machines. He is the author of more than 200 papers as well as the field's standard textbook, Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (with Peter Norvig, head of research at Google). But increasingly rapid advances in artificial intelligence have given Russell's longstanding concerns heightened urgency.
Recently, he says, artificial intelligence has made major strides, partly on the strength of neuro-inspired learning algorithms. These are used in Facebook's face-recognition software, smartphone personal assistants and Google's self-driving cars. In a bombshell result reported recently in Nature, a simulated network of artificial neurons learned to play Atari video games better than humans in a matter of hours given only data representing the screen and the goal of increasing the score at the top — but no preprogrammed knowledge of aliens, bullets, left, right, up or down. "If your newborn baby did that you would think it was possessed," Russell said.
STUART RUSSELL: It's a deliberately provocative statement, because it's putting together two things — "provably" and "human values" — that seem incompatible. It might be that human values will forever remain somewhat mysterious. But to the extent that our values are revealed in our behavior, you would hope to be able to prove that the machine will be able to "get" most of it. There might be some bits and pieces left in the corners that the machine doesn't understand or that we disagree on among ourselves. But as long as the machine has got the basics right, you should be able to show that it cannot be very harmful.
There's an enormous amount of information out there in books, movies and on the web about human actions and attitudes to the actions. So that's an incredible resource for machines to learn what human values are — who wins medals, who goes to jail, and why.
One trick is to think about a short horizon and then guess what the rest of the future is going to look like. So chess programs, for example — if they were rational they would only play moves that guarantee checkmate, but they don't do that. Instead they look ahead a dozen moves into the future and make a guess about how useful those states are, and then they choose a move that they hope leads to one of the good states.
So that's one of the missing pieces right now: Where do all these high-level actions come from? We don't think programs like the DQN network are figuring out abstract representations of actions. There are some games where DQN just doesn't get it, and the games that are difficult are the ones that require thinking many, many steps ahead in the primitive representations of actions — ones where a person would think, "Oh, what I need to do now is unlock the door," and unlocking the door involves fetching the key, etcetera. If the machine doesn't have the representation "unlock the door" then it can't really ever make progress on that task.
But if that problem is solved — and it's certainly not impossible — then we would see another big increase in machine capabilities. There are two or three problems like that where if all of those were solved, then it's not clear to me that there would be any major obstacle between there and human-level AI.
The basic idea of the intelligence explosion is that once machines reach a certain level of intelligence, they'll be able to work on AI just like we do and improve their own capabilities — redesign their own hardware and so on — and their intelligence will zoom off the charts. Over the last few years, the community has gradually refined its arguments as to why there might be a problem. The most convincing argument has to do with value alignment: You build a system that's extremely good at optimizing some utility function, but the utility function isn't quite right. In [Oxford philosopher] Nick Bostrom's book [Superintelligence], he has this example of paperclips. You say, "Make some paperclips." And it turns the entire planet into a vast junkyard of paperclips. You build a super-optimizer; what utility function do you give it? Because it's going to do it.
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Maybe its time to start to clear out things in my life that add clutter. I think over the past few months I have been making an effort to do that but I have become more and more interested in the power of your mind + really manifesting what you want in life – you can do it – you just have to make room for it.
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Q: Getting an Accurate Transformed Region I would like to get an accurate plot of the image of concentric circles under the transformation $$f(z) = \log(1+z).$$
I've defined $\cal R$ as the union of a few circles:
p[x_, y_][\[Alpha]_] := x^2 + y^2 - \[Alpha]^2;
m = Table[ImplicitRegion[p[x, y][\[Alpha]] == 0, {x, y}],
          {\[Alpha], Range[7]/7}];
\[ScriptCapitalR] = RegionUnion[m];
a = Region[\[ScriptCapitalR], BaseStyle -> RGBColor[0, 0, .8, .7],
           Frame -> True];

Now the function $f(z)$ is defined in terms of its real and imaginary parts:
f = Evaluate[{1/2 Log[(1 + x)^2 + y^2], ArcTan[y/(1 + x)]}] &;

\[ScriptCapitalE] = TransformedRegion[\[ScriptCapitalR], f];
b = Region[\[ScriptCapitalE], BaseStyle -> RGBColor[1, 0, 0, .7],
           Frame -> True];

$\cal E$ is the transformed region.  We then plot $a$ and $b$ the regions defined by $\cal R$ and $\cal E$, respectively.
GraphicsRow[{a, b}]

My question is this:  All of the red curves look nice with the exception of the outermost one.  This curve should go off to infinity (to the left) as $z \rightarrow -1$ but Mathematica wants to connect it.  Any suggestions?
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Although the answers in the comments work and are expedient, there still remains a question.  Obviously, we cannot get the solution all the way out to the point at infinity.  Still what if we wanted to plot a solution valid in the region $ x \ge -10$, for example?  How can we improve the accuracy by, for example, specifying more sample points as Mathematica does its computations?

A: A method for displaying the correct part of the plot was given in the comments.  Thank you!  The Update added to the question asks if we can view more of the correct solution.
GraphicsRow[{a, Show[b, PlotRange -> {{-5, 1}, {-2, 2}}]}]

Here is another, probably more difficult question involving transformed regions in the complex plane:
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Gikaku Steere Noda ( 1892 – March 29, 1986) was a Japanese American politician, lawyer, and baseball player in the State of Hawaii.

Early life
Noda was born in 1892 at the Ewa plantation to Esaki and Suma Noda, immigrants from Kumamoto, Japan. In 1905, six years after Takie Okumura started the first Japanese baseball team in Hawaii in 1899, Noda founded the Asahi Nisei Baseball Team. The team would later grow to become the Americans of Japanese Ancestry (AJA) baseball league. At 13 years old, he was the first baseman, captain, and general manager for the team. He graduated from Mid-Pacific Institute and Hawaii High School (a Japanese language school) in 1911. He married Alice Sae Teshima in 1912. He served in the Hawaii National Guard from 1916 to 1917.

Career
In 1912, Noda started working for the IRS, making him the first nisei to work in Hawaii's federal government. He later became the first nisei to work in Hawaii's judicial system when he obtained a position as a clerk for the Honolulu District Court in 1916. In 1924, he was licensed as an attorney.

During his time as an attorney Noda also worked as a sports promoter for amateur and professional athletes from the mainland United States, Japan, and the Philippines.

Noda served as member of Territorial House of Representatives from 1948 to 1958 and was a delegate to the 1950 Hawaii State Constitutional Convention. His time in the House of Representatives ended when he entered the Hawaii State Senate in 1959. During his time in office he focused on helping the working class, and helped to end the 1949 dock strike.

Throughout his life Noda did community service for the Boy Scouts and the Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce, and started the Honolulu chapter of the JACL.

Noda died on March 19, 1986.

Honors
In 1967 Noda received the La Croix De Chevalier Avec Ruban from the International Amateur Wrestling Foundation. He earned the Fifth Class Order of the Rising Sun by the Japanese government in 1968. It was awarded to him for his role in promoting goodwill and friendship between Japan and the United States. In 1970, he was given the National Award by the US Amateur Wrestling Foundation.

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Another dismissed gov't employee abducted in black van in Turkey's capital: wife
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 18, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Yet another post-coup victim was forced into a black van in broad daylight in Turkey's capital province of Ankara, according to a family member.
Cemil Koçak, an engineer who was dismissed from a government position over his alleged links to the Gülen movement, was followed by four cars (a black and a white Ford Focus, a VW Transporter van and a Fiat Doblo) at around 5.30 pm near his home in Ankara's Altindag district on June 15, a Twitter account claiming to be his wife said on Saturday.
Koçak, a former agriculture ministry employee, was dismissed under a post-coup emergency decree on Sept 1, 2016. The reason for his dismissal was his alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15, 2016 coup attempt.
One of those cars hit Koçak's own car to stop him in the middle of the day and he was forced into the black van just before the eyes of his 8-year-old son, the Twitter account said.
The abduction took place in a blind spot not covered by any of the four CCTV cameras around, according to the account. It is unknown whether the footages were provided by police or not.
Mysterious disappearances involving already-victimized opposition groups have become a common occurrence in Turkey in the aftermath of a July 15 coup attempt.
At least ten cases of alleged abduction including that of Kocak have been reported so far.
Previously, three teachers, a lawyer, a university employee, two intelligence agency officials, an Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTİK) employee and a Competition Authority employee have been reported while one of the teachers was handed over by unidentified men to police after spending 42 days out of sight.
Those not seen for quite some time all have in common in their personal histories that they have lost their jobs amid a sweeping crackdown that the Turkish government has conducted against its critics, particularly members of the Gülen movement.
In the parliamentary question meant for Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on April 25, Republican People's Party (CHP) İstanbul deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu asked why an effective investigation is not being conducted to find these people and who abducted them.
Tanrıkulu also said there is widespread suspicion about the abduction of these people by the Turkish National Intelligence Agency (MİT).


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Suspected Money Launderer Loses £10 million to Unexplained Wealth Order
21 December 2020 by Conscious Solutions
A suspected major money launderer surrendered around £10 million worth of property after being served with an Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) by investigators from the National Crime Agency (NCA).
Leeds businessman Mansoor Mahmood Hussain is believed to have acted closely with gangsters and criminals, laundering their profits through a property empire that has been operating for over two decades. The 40-year-old had never previously been convicted of a crime and investigators have stated that they were previously unable to gather the detailed evidence they needed to bring forward charges of money laundering.
However, The NCA were able to turn to the relatively new power of an Unexplained Wealth Order. This forces individuals and businesses to open up their books to prove that their wealth comes from legitimate sources.
In response to this order, Mr Hussain agreed to a settlement which saw him hand over the majority of his empire – including 45 properties, apartments, offices and homes. Once all of this property is eventually sold, the profits will be split equally between the NCA and central government.
Speaking about the case, Graeme Biggar, head of economic crime at the NCA, said: "This case is a milestone, demonstrating the power of Unexplained Wealth Orders, with significant implications for how we pursue illicit finance in the UK.
"This ground-breaking investigation has recovered millions of pounds worth of criminally-obtained property. It is crucial for the economic health of local communities such as Leeds, and for the country as a whole, that we ensure property and other assets are held legitimately."
Duncan Hames of Transparency International, an anti-corruption and white-collar crime campaign group that campaigned for the introduction of UWOs, also welcomed the outcome of the case.
"What's important is that there is a high level of transparency so people can see justice being done," said Mr Hames. "Given the challenges on the court system, we need to be grateful when cases are brought to a conclusion – but we need to see many more of them."
The NCA have also defended the outcome of the case, claiming that the settlement had left Mr Hussain with virtually nothing other than heavily mortgaged properties. The settlement also prevented the potential for lengthy and expensive court proceedings. Investigators have also stated that there are no promises Mr Hussain will not be investigated again in the future.
How Do Unexpected Wealth Orders Work?
The case is one of the first real successes of Unexplained Wealth Orders after they were introduced into law through section 1 of the Criminal Finances Act 2017, which modified the existing Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 ('POCA').
Since the orders were created, four separate cases have been launched. Two of those cases are still being fought in the courts, while the NCA lost the third after the High Court ruled the individuals being targeted had no case to answer.
Unexpected Wealth Orders are often made without notice and in absence of the respondent. However, this does not mean that there is no scope to challenge them, as each application will need to factually, evidentially and legally sound. For the order to be followed, the enforcement authority needs to have fully complied with all of the necessary requirements.
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A medical home pilot project under way in New York state is the first such pilot in the country to link primary care practice reform with fundamental changes in physician payment methodology. Data gathered from the project could "ultimately — hopefully — save primary care," according to Brian Morrissey, VP of strategy and development for […]
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Barring congressional action, phase one of a competitive bidding program for Medicare durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies, or DMEPOS, is set for implementation on July 1 in 10 areas of the country.
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Proponents of electronic prescribing were encouraged recently when the DEA proposed regulations that would allow e-prescribing of controlled substances. If adopted, the new regulations would give physicians and other prescribers the option of adding Schedule II drugs to the other medications they routinely prescribe electronically.
Feds Push to Get Physicians on Board With e-Prescribing
HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt hosted a media conference call July 21 to provide details on the federal government's latest effort to encourage physician adoption of electronic prescribing. AAFP President Jim King, M.D., of Selmer, Tenn., and CMS Acting Administrator Kerry Weems joined Leavitt on the call.


Area code 567 is the area code for the northwest quadrant of Ohio. Area code 567 is located in the Eastern Time Zone and covers 28 counties of Ohio. Area code 567 was put into service on January 1, 2002, and was created as an overlay of area code 419.
Toledo is located in northwestern Ohio, just south of the Michigan border and is the fourth most populous city in Ohio. Toledo is the county seat of Lucas County and is nicknamed " The Glass City." The major interstate highways that run through Toledo are Interstate 75, Interstate 80, and Interstate 90. Toledo has a population of 287,208 and the racial makeup of the city is 64.8% White, 27.2% African American, 7.4% Hispanic, and 1.1% Asian (2010 Census). Toledo would not be a good city to reside in because it is one of Ohio's most dangerous cities. The University of Toledo is the biggest employer in the city. Industrial manufacturing used to be the core of Toledo's economy but it has been replaced with glass manufacturing and automobile manufacturing. Some of the major tourist attractions in the city include the Toledo Zoo, the Toledo Museum of Art, the Toledo Botanical Garden, Fifth Third Field, and Hollywood Casino Toledo.
Mansfield is a city in Ohio and is the county seat of Richland County. Mansfield is the largest city in the Mid-Ohio region of the state and is roughly 65 miles northeast of Columbus and 65 miles southwest of Cleveland. Mansfield is situated in the western foothills of the Allegheny Plateau and is one of the highest elevated cities in Ohio. Officially known as "The Fun Center of Ohio," other nicknames include "Carousel Capital of Ohio" and "Racing Capital of Ohio." Mansfield has a humid continental climate, characterized by hot, humid summers and cold winters. Going back in history, the area was settled in 1808 and was named for Jared Mansfield, the Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory. Samuel Martin was the first settler in Mansfield and he built the first and only house in Mansfield in 1808. The first railroad reached Mansfield in 1846 and Mansfield was chartered as a city in 1857. By 1888, four railroads had passed through Mansfield, which in turn made the city a center of manufacturing and trade in north-central Ohio. In 1913, the Great Flood of 1913 caused major flooding in Mansfield. During that same year, Mansfield experienced major economic growth when the first road across America, the Lincoln Highway, came to the city. At the end of the 20th century, Mansfield was hit with urban decay and a loss of manufacturing jobs.
Mansfield has a population of 47,821 and the racial makeup of the city is 73.3% White, 22.1% African American, 1.9% Hispanic, and 0.7% Asian (2010 Census). Unfortunately Mansfield is a dangerous city to reside in.
Before the large decline in manufacturing, the home appliances and stove manufacturing industries was the core of Mansfield's economy. Today Mansfield is still home to some manufacturers, but now the city also relies on the healthcare industry and on the three well-known food companies headquartered in the city. Home to numerous parks, the most well-known park in Mansfield is Richland Carrousel Park; the park opened in 1991 and is home to the first hand-carved wooden carousel in the United States. Points of interest in the city include Biblewalk, the Ohio Bird Sanctuary, the Little Buckeye Children's Museum, the Mansfield Art Center, and the Mansfield Memorial Museum. Annual events in the city include the Mansfield Mehock Relays, the Miss Ohio Pageant, and the Richland County Fair.
Findlay is a city in Ohio and is the county seat of Hancock County. Findlay is the second most populous city in Northwest Ohio and is roughly 40 miles south of Toledo. Findlay has a population of 41,202 and the racial makeup of the city is 91.2% White, 5.7% Hispanic, 2.5% Asian, and 2.2% African American (2010 Census). With an average crime rate, Findlay is a semi-dangerous city to reside in. When it comes to the economy, two major companies are headquartered in Findlay and two major distribution centers are located in Findlay. Findlay is also home to the Findlay Village Mall and to the University of Findlay.


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Feast your senses, especially your sense of taste, to the culinary offerings of one of the most unique restos in the world.
Helmed by the Mr. & Mrs. Bund chef, named Paul Pairet, his comeback has aptly connected him to the fascinating Shanghai restaurant, called Ultraviolet.
For approximately $315 for a 20-course set meal, diners are provided with a succession of uniquely created fares that are especially clustered by nature and size. You'll be welcomed by a bite-size fare, moving on to heavier dishes that will bring you to what they call as the 'pivotal moment'.
The four-hour meal is high on whimsy and imagination. Mr. Pairet's play on fish and chips (a single, battered caper berry stuffed with anchovy paste and paired with a Scottish beer) emerges in a dreary storm with images of raindrops on the walls and the sounds of thunder, before a British flag is illuminated on the table and the Beatles' "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" begins to play… Diners are transported to the beach for the steamed lobster course, surrounded by crashing waves, the cries of sea gulls and the scent of seawater from the steam of a pressure cooker the host of the dinner, Fabien Verdier, whisks around the room. With each meal priced at 2,000 renminbi per person (or $314 at 6.35 renminbi to the dollar), the success of Ultraviolet ultimately depends on the quality of the food.
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Drugmakers Blamed For Blocking Generics
Editor — May 23, 2018
Makers of brand-name drugs called out by the Trump administration for potentially stalling generic competition have hiked their prices by double-digit percentages since 2012 and cost Medicare and Medicaid nearly $12 billion in 2016, a Kaiser Health News analysis has found.
As part of President Donald Trump's promise to curb high drug prices, the Food and Drug Administration posted a list of pharmaceutical companies that makers of generics allege refused to let them buy the drug samples needed to develop their products. For approval, the FDA requires so-called bioequivalence testing using samples to demonstrate that generics are the same as their branded counterparts.
The analysis shows that drug companies that may have engaged in what FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb called "shenanigans" to delay the entrance of cheaper competitors onto the market have indeed raised prices and cost taxpayers more money over time.
The FDA listed more than 50 drugs whose manufacturers have withheld or refused to sell samples, and cited 164 inquiries for help obtaining them. Thirteen of these pleas from makers of generics pertained to Celgene's blockbuster cancer drug Revlimid, which accounted for 63 percent of Celgene's revenue in the first quarter of 2018, according to a company press release.
The brand-name drug companies "wouldn't put so much effort into fighting off competition if these weren't [such] lucrative sources of revenue," said Harvard Medical School instructor Ameet Sarpatwari. "In the case of a blockbuster drug, that can be hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue for the brand-name drugs and almost the same cost to the health care system."
Indeed, a KHN analysis found that 47 of the drugs cost Medicare and Medicaid almost $12 billion in 2016. The spending totals don't include rebates, which drugmakers return to the government after paying for the drugs upfront but are not public. The rebates ranged from 9.5 percent to 26.3 percent for Medicare Part D in 2014, the most recent year that data are available.
The remaining drugs do not appear in the Medicare and Medicaid data.
By delaying development of generics, drugmakers can maintain their monopolies and keep prices high. Most of the drugs cost Medicare Part D more in 2016 than they did in 2012, for an average spending increase of about 60 percent more per unit. This excludes drugs that don't appear in the 2012 Medicare Part D data.
Revlimid cost Medicare Part D $2.7 billion in 2016, trailing only Harvoni, which treats hepatitis C and is not on the FDA's new list. The cost of Revlimid, which faces no competition from generics, has jumped 40 percent per unit in just four years, the Medicare data show, and cost $75,200 per beneficiary in 2016.
Some drugs on the FDA's list, including Celgene's, are part of a safety program that can require restricted distribution of brand-name drugs that have serious risks or addictive qualities. Drugmakers with products in the safety program sometimes say they can't provide samples unless the generics manufacturer jumps through a series of hoops "that generic companies find hard or impossible to comply with," Gottlieb said in a statement.
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General issued a report in 2013 that said the FDA couldn't prove that the program actually improved safety, and Sarpatwari said there's evidence drugmakers are abusing it to stave off competition from generics.
Gottlieb said the FDA will be notifying the Federal Trade Commission about pleas for help from would-be generics manufacturers about obtaining samples, and he encouraged the manufacturers to do the same if they suspect they're being thwarted by anticompetitive practices.
Celgene spokesman Greg Geissman said the company has sold samples to generics manufacturers and will continue to do so. He stressed maintaining a balance of innovation, generic competition and safety.
"Even a single dose of thalidomide, the active ingredient in Thalomid, can cause irreversible, debilitating birth defects if not properly handled and dispensed. Revlimid and Pomalyst are believed to have similar risks," Geissman said.
The highest number of pleas for help related to Actelion Pharmaceuticals' pulmonary hypertension drug Tracleer. In 2016, that drug cost Medicare $90,700 per patient and more than $304 million overall. Meanwhile, spending per unit jumped 52 percent from 2012 through 2016.
Actelion was acquired by Johnson & Johnson's pharmaceutical arm, Janssen, in 2017.
Actelion spokeswoman Colleen Wilson said that the company "cooperate[s]" with makers of generic drugs and "has responded to all requests it has received directly from generic manufacturers seeking access to its medications for bioequivalence testing."
PhRMA, the trade group for makers of brand-name pharmaceuticals, said the FDA's list was somewhat unfair because it lacked context and responses from those it represents.
"While we must continue to foster a competitive marketplace, PhRMA is concerned that FDA's release of the 'inquiries' it has received lacks proper context and conflates a number of divergent scenarios," said PhRMA spokesman Andrew Powaleny.
Congress is considering the CREATES Act, which stands for "Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples" and would foster competition in part by allowing generics manufacturers to sue brand-name drug manufacturers to compel them to provide samples.
The bill's sponsor, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), said more transparency from the FDA is helpful, but more work from the agency is needed to end the anticompetitive tactic. "With billions of dollars at stake, a database alone will not stop this behavior," Leahy said.
Co-sponsor Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Judiciary Committee, expressed similar sentiments, telling KHN: "The CREATES Act is necessary because it would serve as a strong deterrent to pharmaceutical companies that engage in anticompetitive practices to keep low-cost generic drugs off the market."
The FDA hasn't come out in support of CREATES. "They should know that this is going to require a legislative solution," Sarpatwari said. "Why are they not stepping into this arena and saying that?"
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In 2012 after a 21-year break, Sunnyboys re-entered the fray at the behest of Dig it Up! the Hoodoo Gurus Invitational. Performing as Kids in Dust the band had agreed to regroup "just for fun and for old times' sake." Six years later and Sunnyboys 2.0 have notched up a resume the envy of any band – contemporary or vintage – including a co-headline appearance to 45,000 people for A Day On The Green 2015; a succession of sold-out shows at Sydney's Enmore Theatre and the Sydney Opera House and more.
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Exhuming Bob XVII: Bob Dylan, A Napoleon In Rags
Exhuming Bob XVII
A Napoleon In Rags
Hoffman, Michael, Judaism Discovered, 2008
Jay Michaelson: http://www.nextbook.org/cultural/feature.html?id=1725
Cornyn, Sean: http://www.rightwingbob.com/weblog/archives/1850
Hartley, Mick: http://www.mickhartley.typepad.com/blog/2008/10/dylans-true-message.html
Prindle, R.E. https://idynamo.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/exhuming-b0b-x-lubavitcher-bob/
How does the 'Napoleon in rags', Bob Dylan, conceive himself in his role as a reformer of Judaism because that is what Messianic Judaism is. What does this believer in the Bible as the literal word of God see as his mission? One should note that as Dylan places the Bible above the Talmud he is a Rabbinical Judaic outlaw as Michaelson says. Did Dylan really just wake up one morning and say: 'Oh L-ordy, I have crashed. I need the crutch of Jesus' as Michaelson, Cornyn and Hartley suggest or was there an ulterior motive? Perhaps a conceptual idea if not a well thought out program.
Jay Michaelson, claiming to be a 'secular' Jew takes exception to 'Messianic' Judaism. What exactly is Messianic Judaism? The notion may take many readers by surprise; those who are only familiar with mainstream Judaism and Christianity. Most non-Jews don't realize that Judaism has as many sects as Christianity.
For instance Dylan's stance smacks of Karaitism. the Karaites are a Jewish sect that denies the authority of the oral law or Talmud and hence the Rabbis. They are outlawed as a cult. Messianic Jews accepting Jesus as the Jewish Messiah and hence the New Dispensation are and always have been by definition Outlaws, being outside THE LAW.
The Rabbi David M. Hargis of The Messianic Bureau International is quoted by Michael Hoffman in his Judaism Discovered p. 844:
"Messianic Judaism" is a means for subverting Christianity by incorporated reverence for the rabbis who are heirs to the religion and customs of the ancient Pharisees as recorded in the Talmud. The claim of Messianic Judaism is that historic Christianity is "pagan" and imbued with "gentile culture" needlessly alienating and offending Judaics who might otherwise convert to Jesus Christ. Their "solution" is to fashion a supposedly pagan-free form of Judaism that allegedly believes in Jesus. 'We believe it would be the best and is ultiamtely necessary for all Jewish people to know their Messiah Yeshua, but we do not believe that God has called any Jewish person to become Gentile or Western Christian in custom. Rather, we believe it would be best and is ultimately necessary for Christianity to remove its pagan influences and return to the roots of Judaism, that is, to return to the way of Yeshua as He walked by example and set forth in His entire Word….However this does not mean that Modern Rabbinical Judaism does not have truth within it."- Rabbi David M. Hargis & Messianic Bureau International, "Basics of Messianic Judaism." www.messianic.com/articles/basics.htm (as of Feb. 25, 2008; it may be altered after that date.)
So it would appear that Messianic Jews want a return to pre-Pauline Jesusism deleting all non-Jewish influences in Christianity. These would include Platonic influences, the Dionysian Kyrios Christos, the Persian influences, Gnostic influences and the Egyptian influence that made Mary the Mother of God as patterned after Isis. In other words the Messianic Jewish Jesus would be one that Christians would scarcely recognize.
As can be seen by the title of Rabbi Hargis' organization that it is an international one; indeed, Dylan's outfit Jews For Jesus is international in scope. You can call that a conspiracy if you like as Cronyn and Hartley do.
It would be fair to assume that Mitch Glaser's and Al Kasha's organization, Jews For Jesus, also an international organization, is affiliated to, or at least is associated with the Messianic Bueau International in some way or other as like minded organizations. We know for certain that Dylan was and is associated with Jews For Jesus. A purpose of Messianic Judaism is to strip Western, that is to say "pagan" influences from the figure of Jesus returning him to the status of 'pure' Semite.
That is to say that the Greek cult of Kyrios Christos is to be abstracted so that Jesus is no longer The Christ. So the purpose of Messianic Judaism is to take back Jesus from the Christians while reuniting Messianic and Rabbinical Judaism. The messianics are willing to concede that there is some 'truth' in Rabbinical Judaism.
Dylan was not merely preaching Messianic Judaism to Jews but whiffing it past Christians also. It is true that he thinned out his audience rather quickly having apparently misjudged the religiosity of his following. As a Jew of Orthodox sensibiities Dylan, in his mission as Messiah, or King of the Jews as Michaelson styles him, would have to learn something of Christian beliefs and sensibilities. It would seem likely then that he approached Dwyer of the Vineyard Fellowship to pick his brains. The question then was Dylan exploited by the Christians as Michaelson believes or was Dylan exploiting the Christians?
A question then arises as to whether Dylan wasn't 'speaking falsely now' when he said 'he never wanted to be the voice of his generation, and he certainly never asked to be 'King of the Jews' or a vessel for our hopes and dreams.' Can we believe the denial of this self-styled 'Napoleon in rags?' If Napoleon wasn't a 'leader' who demanded following who has ever been? How mistaken could his contemporaries have been in taking this 'Napoleon in rags' as their spokesman. Can Dylan have changed direction in 1979 when he wanted to become a great Messianic spokesman leading his people to some Promised Land? What else could have been his intent in becoming a Jim Jones style religious preacher? 'There's something happening here and you don't know what is, do you Mr. Jones?'
Dylan definitely confuses Michaelson who opines 'his latest incarnation, as a mustachioed journeyman musician, is made of equal parts of authenticity and con' and 'Dylan, who always seems to be in on the con when he's not perpetrating one himself.' Indeed. Dylan does project a duplicitous character; speaks out of both sides of his mouth at once. Or once again as Michaelson understands it: '…like him, I think I can understand the appeal of authentic religious experience in the context of superficiality and doublespeak.' Uh huh!
Thus Dylan's double edged mission was and is to strip 'Christians' of their 'pagan' sensibilities- i.e. Western culture- while converting Rabbinical Jews to Messianism or Jesus. So, whether Cornyn and Hartley believe it or not, yes, there is a 'Great Bob Dylan Conspiracy.'
It is embarrassing that at this late date in the evolution of human consciousness that Bob Dylan believes the Bible to be the literal word of God. Consciousness has evolved to that level that the sham of the Religious Consciousness should be apparent to all. Both Science and Communism have been proclaiming the falsity of the religion and extreme Jewish nationalism that Dylan affects for a hundred years or more.
I certainly have to reject the Religious Consciousness. As such I feel defrauded by Dylan's early career and my attachment to it. Dylan willfully misrepresented himself, doublespeak, and cheated me as well as all his fans who thought he was enlightened. I was misled.
Sorry Bob, but you're a fraud.
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One Response to "Exhuming Bob XVII: Bob Dylan, A Napoleon In Rags"
You realized you were "cheated" and "defrauded" by Bob some 42 years ago and yet you still carry a torch bordering on obsession. As an expert Freudian, you could use some self-analysis. Baby steps… You stick a Michaelson quote in D.'s mouth and then accuse him of being disingenuous when he said it! Was this an honest mistake? I think you are too smart for that. You are grasping at straws(the last straw?) now as your fanciful theories dissolve into dust. D. never called himself Napoleon in rags, either. It was just a line in a song. "Go to him…" he sings, not "come to me". This character sounds like a crazy homeless person who thinks he is Napoleon to me. Just another poor human animal with a string of bad luck, trying to find some dignity by pretending to be someone great. Pride goes before a fall, but sometimes it comes later.


This isn't the first article we've done that bodes the opportunity to open with a Godfather Cliché. Instead of meaning you're a dead man, you can indeed reside alive, might I add, and sleep amongst the fishes. Corleone must be turning in his grave. Underwater hotels have become very popular, with high end travelers flocking to them because of their exclusivity. Manta resort off the Coast of Pemba Island in Tanzania is the perfect place to experience the latest undersea hotel room. At the time of writing this only 9 people have visited. Unlike the Poseidon Undersea Resort, currently being built in Fiji, this is a singular floating room which is submerged 13 feet below the surface. Floating may seem precarious but being designed by Swedes who designed the indestructible Volvos it's likely that it's very safe.
There are three levels of living space, with a sundeck above sea level, a living common area at and living quarters below.
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This isn't suitable for the average family holiday but would be the perfect location to go on honeymoon. The room is only accessible by boat so it boasts ultimate seclusion, with plenty of water around to dose things if they get too steamy….
Tanzania offers plenty of other excursions as staying in this room isn't going to be a week long venture. Tanzania is home to some of the world best safari parks, and if you fancy yourself as a casual rambler then you can tame Mt Kilimanjaro. With unspoiled coastline you can make your way up to parent island of Zanzibar and experience the local culture and wildlife.
The Manta resort does have more to it than a underwater hotel room. The small island of Pemba on which it's located is home to brilliant white sand beaches. If you're a waters ports enthusiast then then you're in luck, there are frequent afternoon trade winds that allow for windsurfing and kiteboarding. There is a beach bar that serves cocktails all day long, the island is a luscious sub tropical paradise and you can escape your sea fronted villa and hang out with many of the rare brown headed parrots which have been confined to the island.
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Mass shootings at two mosques in Christchurch killed 49 people on what Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called "one of New Zealand's darkest days".
Authorities have detained four people and defused explosive devices in what appeared to be a carefully planned attack.
Ms Ardern said the events in Christchurch represented "an extraordinary and unprecedented act of violence" and acknowledged many of those affected may be migrants and refugees.
She said more than 20 people were seriously wounded.
"It is clear that this can now only be described as a terrorist attack," Ms Ardern said.
Police took three men and a woman into custody after the shootings, which shocked people across the nation of five million people.
Ms Ardern at a news conference alluded to anti-immigrant sentiment as the possible motive, saying that while many people affected by the shootings may be migrants or refugees "they have chosen to make New Zealand their home, and it is their home. They are us. The person who has perpetuated this violence against us is not".
Police Commissioner Mike Bush said police were not aware of other suspects beyond the four who were detained but they could not be certain.
"The attackers were apprehended by local police staff. There have been some absolute acts of bravery," Mr Bush said.
Mr Bush said the defence force had defused a number of improvised explosive devices that were attached to vehicles stopped after the attacks.
The deadliest attack occurred at the Masjid Al Noor mosque in central Christchurch.
Ms Arden said 30 people were killed there.
Mr Peneha, who lives next door to the mosque, said the gunman ran out of the mosque, dropped what appeared to be a semi-automatic weapon in his driveway, and fled.
Mr Peneha said he then went into the mosque to try to help.
A video that was apparently live-streamed by the shooter shows the attack in horrifying detail. The gunman spends more than two minutes inside the mosque hitting terrified worshippers with bullets.
After walking back outside and shooting a woman there, he gets back in his car, where the song Fire by English rock band The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown can be heard blasting from the speakers.
There was a second shooting at the Linwood Masjid Mosque that Ms Ardern said killed 10 people.
Mr Nichols said he saw two injured people being carried out on stretchers and that both people appeared to be alive.
The man who claimed responsibility for the shooting said he came to New Zealand only to plan and train for the attack.


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V-Adm Art McDonald new Canadian CDS (Jan-Feb 2021)
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Navy commander Art McDonald tapped to steer Canadian military as new defence chief
By Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press — Dec 23 2020
OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government has tapped a sailor to steer the Canadian Armed Forces, appointing Royal Canadian Navy commander Vice-Admiral Art McDonald as the next chief of the defence staff.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced McDonald's appointment during one of his regular COVID-19 updates on Wednesday, ending months of speculation about who would succeed Gen. Jonathan Vance as Canada's top military commander.
"In his new role as chief, Vice-Admiral McDonald will oversee the work of the Canadian Armed Forces, including on vaccine rollout through Operation Vector," Trudeau said in reference to the military's role distributing COVID-19 vaccines across Canada.
"I know that Vice-Admiral McDonald's leadership and expertise will be invaluable as the armed forces continue to work around the clock to keep Canadians safe."
A former frigate captain who oversaw part of Canada's humanitarian response to the devastating earthquake in Haiti in 2010 before commanding the country's Pacific fleet, McDonald will be the first naval officer to serve as the permanent defence chief since 1993.
A change of command ceremony is planned for the week of Jan. 11, when McDonald will formally take over from Vance.
Wednesday's announcement followed months of speculation around who would succeed Vance, who first announced in July that he was planning to retire after more than five years at the helm.
Much of the speculation had revolved around whether Trudeau would appoint Canada's first-ever female chief of the defence staff by tapping Lt.-Gen. Christine Whitecross for the job.
Not only was Whitecross the highest-ranking woman to have served in uniform, she also led the military's early efforts to crack down on sexual misconduct in the ranks following the launch of Operation Honour in 2015.
Trudeau also raised eyebrows when he declared in an interview last week that one of the next defence chief's top priorities would be to crack down on right-wing extremism, white supremacy and hate in the Armed Forces.
Yet McDonald's appointment speaks to another looming challenge for the military and Liberal government: the ongoing effort to build a fleet of new warships for the Navy, and concerns the $56 billion set aside by Ottawa for those 15 ships won't be nearly enough.
The parliamentary budget officer will release a report next month on the expected costs of those warships. There has been a great deal of handwringing inside the Department of National Defence and some corners of government that the price will be billions higher.
That would set off a fresh round of lobbying by defence companies — and add more pressure on the government — to abandon the project, which is supposed to see 15 Type-26 frigates built at Irving Shipyards in Halifax over the next 20 years, and go another route.
It is also likely to force some tough discussions within the military and government about whether to throw more money at the project, which was originally budgeted at $24 billion when it was launched in 2011 — or dramatically scale back the plan.
While the government made no mention of the warship project as it announced McDonald's appointment on Wednesday, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said the new defence chief will be responsible for continuing to implement the Liberals' 2017 defence policy.
That includes spending billions of dollars over the next 20 years on new equipment.
Sajjan said in a statement that McDonald will also "continue the work to transform the culture of the Canadian Armed Forces to ensure zero tolerance for sexual misconduct and harassment while eliminating hateful conduct and systemic racism from the organization."
Trudeau and Sajjan also thanked Vance for his service, including his more than five years as chief of the defence staff, the longest-ever tenure for a Canadian military officer in that position.
Vance took over as defence chief in July 2015 as the military was fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in the Middle East and struggling to deal with complaints about sexual misconduct at home. His first order was to establish Operation Honour.
McDonald will be the first naval officer to serve as the military's top commander since vice-admiral Larry Murray filled the position on an acting basis in 1996-97. The last sailor to hold the position on a permanent basis since Admiral John Rogers Anderson in 1993.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 23, 2020.
Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press
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I am genuinely curious why he would need legal advice. Because of the Parliamentary Committee? Or because he intends on suing someone?
I am genuinely confused, too.
Or be sued for defamation? Is he even allowed to start a gofunme for something like that? It kind of reminds me of that airman in Cold Lake who was busking with his helmet a few years ago.
It's a weird move. An individual acting in good faith in the scope of their duties, where there is no conflict with interest with the crown, will generally be legally indemnified at public expense. A crown lawyer handles stuff for you. It's usually in the context of civil claims.
It's not clear to me what legal expenses he anticipates. It could be he expects to hire his own counsel to protect his interests. It could be he expects having to initiate civil litigation if he is in fact subject to retaliation.
He will need to tread very carefully in how he handles himself in this situation. If he is truthful and aboveboard he should have nothing to fear.
it would be very interesting indeed to know more about the alleged phone calls. Phone calls leave records. What he alleges could potentially constitute the sort of offense for which a production order for phone records could be sought. If what he alleges is true, this could be a big ugly stink for some time yet. If it's not true, he may need that lawyer.
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Home » Insights for Government Agencies » Can Wearable Technology Improve Government Services?
Wearable technology is an emerging global market with exciting momentum. According to market research generated by IDC and reported by the Los Angeles Times, shipment volumes for wearable technology are expected to exceed 19 million units in 2014, more than tripling sales from 2013. We've experienced an explosion of wearable devices on the market, with Google Glass, Samsung Galaxy Gear and Apple's iWatch receiving the most attention based on the brand reputation of their companies and their consumer-friendly nature. As wearable technology has increased in popularity, its adoption has spread to new markets such as government and healthcare, with the implications just scratching the surface of the technology's potential.
In the government sector, this new technology has seen its most successful implementation to date in military and healthcare-based settings. Military personnel have a slim margin of error, and the importance of tracking and communication cannot be overstated. The military has seen a rise in smart clothing and sensors for such purposes as location and condition monitoring to determine physical health and conditioning. According to Wearable Tech World, BAE Systems is developing a high-tech headset system that will allow military personnel to live-stream 3D maps of battlefields and different drone feeds, among other features. We can envision a future when smart clothing and wearable devices can help snipers know the best time to fire by giving them insight into their physical conditions like their heart rate, and if they are shaking or perspiring, ultimately improving accuracy.
Wearable technology has found another logical partner in the healthcare industry, where it is revolutionizing operations by providing real-time access to electronic health records and assisting doctors in the operating room, according to the Huffington Post. As stated in a VentureBeat article, Stanford University physicians used Google Glass to view an augmented reality display that illustrated the procedure step-by-step with images superimposed over the skin of the human model. The technology is part of the growing field of telemedicine and enables doctors to monitor vital signs and provide diagnoses remotely.
While wearable technology has already made an impact in military and healthcare, plenty of opportunities still exist elsewhere in any industry, namely call centers. The technology could be embedded in headphones and used to make operations remote and adaptable, enabling agents to conduct work from home instead of just from the office. It could also assist agents when they are answering service calls and to be able to multitask with virtual displays to rapidly solve constituent issues.
Less than a decade ago, we couldn't have imagined the impact that smartphones would have in today's society. Today, we anxiously await the future for wearable technologies in government agencies, where many unexplored and beneficial opportunities await.


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Samson H. Satele (born November 29, 1984) is a former American football center. He played college football at Hawaii and was drafted in the second round of the 2007 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins.

Satele also played for the Oakland Raiders and Indianapolis Colts.

Early years
Satele attended Kailua High School in Hawaii where he was a First-team All-State Offensive lineman as a senior. He was also a three-time letterman in basketball and track, performing in the shot put and the discus. He was named the school's athlete of the year as a junior.

Regarded as a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, Satele was ranked as the No. 15 offensive guard prospect in the class of 2002. He picked his home-state team Hawaii over offers from Brigham Young, Nebraska, and Washington.

College career
Satele was a four-year letterman at the University of Hawaii. While there, he majored in Sociology.

As a true freshman in 2002, he redshirted. As a redshirt freshman in 2003, he made his first career start at Left tackle. The final 13 starts of his redshirt freshman season were at Left guard, as he earned Second-team All-Conference honors. As a sophomore in 2004, he started all 13 games, including 10 at Left guard and three at Center. As a junior in 2005, he started all 12 games at Left guard and was named a First-team All-WAC selection. He helped Hawai'i rank second in the nation in passing offense (384.25 ypg) and 11th in total offense (476.17 ypg). As a senior in 2006, he served as a team captain as a senior, while starting all 12 games at Center. He was a First-team All-WAC selection. He helped lead the offense that led the nation in total offense (559.21 ypg), passing offense (441.29 ypg) and scoring (46.86 ppg).

Satele started each of the 53 games in which he played during his college career, a streak that was the longest among active players in college football in 2006.

Professional career

Miami Dolphins
Satele was selected in the second round (60th overall) of the 2007 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins. This second round pick was acquired from the New England Patriots as part of the deal that sent Wes Welker to New England in 2007. As a rookie in 2007, he started all four preseason games and all 16 regular season games at Center. He was selected to the all-rookie team by the Dallas Morning News, NFL.com's Gil Brandt and Pro Football Weekly/Pro Football Writers of America, among others. During the 2008 season, Satele again started all 16 games at center but also guard late in the season. In the 2009 offseason, the Dolphins signed free agent center Jake Grove, prompting speculation Satele could move to right guard. Instead, the Dolphins traded him to the Oakland Raiders on March 23, 2009, in exchange for a sixth-round pick in the 2009 NFL Draft and a swap of picks in the fourth round.

Oakland Raiders

In 2009, Satele replaced Grove as the starting center, playing in 12 games. Although Satele was demoted at the beginning of the 2010 NFL season in favor of rookie Jared Veldheer, that lasted only one game. Satele got his job back the following week and started the rest of the season (15 games) for a team with their best won-lost record at 8-8 since winning the AFC championship game during the 2002 NFL season, playing on a good offensive line between Robert Gallery (12 games) at left guard and Cooper Carlisle (all 16 games) at right guard, helping Darren McFadden obtain 1,157 yards rushing and 5.2 yards per rush, the offense scoring 410 points.

On opening day of the 2011 NFL season, Satele played between Carlisle and a new left guard, rookie Stefen Wisniewski, helping Darren McFadden and others rush for 190 yards in a win against the Denver Broncos. The three linemen stayed together all year, the two guards starting all 16 games and Satele missing only one. Yet the offense was inconsistent, scoring a lower number of points (359), and the team stayed at 8-8.

Indianapolis Colts
On March 21, 2012, Satele signed with the Indianapolis Colts to replace long-time incumbent Jeff Saturday at center. On March 6, 2014, he was released by the Colts.

Second stint with Dolphins
On August 2, 2014, Satele re-signed with the Miami Dolphins after starting center Mike Pouncey underwent surgery. Satele played well enough that he kept a starting position after Pouncey returned, with the team moving Pouncey to right guard.  He was released by the Dolphins at the end of the 2014 season and despite visits to the Bears and Seahawks, was not signed.

Personal

Satele is cousin of former Dallas Cowboys' Brashton Satele, Arizona Cardinals' Hercules Satele, and Arena Football League Los Angeles Kiss' Isaac Leatiota. He is also a cousin of Reagan Maui'a, who was also drafted by the Dolphins in 2007.

References

External links
Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football bio
Indianapolis Colts bio

1984 births
Living people
People from Oahu
American sportspeople of Samoan descent
Players of American football from Hawaii
American football offensive guards
American football centers
Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football players
Miami Dolphins players
Oakland Raiders players
Indianapolis Colts players