Known problems are listed below, organized by CESM version. This document refers to "series" of CESM, or version numbers like "1.2.z". These terms refer to groups of CESM versions that all have the same first two version numbers, and have generally the same scientific features (e.g. same climate). For example, the terms "CESM 1.1.z" and "CESM 1.1 series" mean the same thing, and include model versions 1.1.0, 1.1.1, and 1.1.2.
Which version of CESM should you run?
Two incremental updates have been released in 2014, CESM 1.0.6 and CESM 1.2.2. All users setting up new runs should use one of these two versions, especially for specified chemistry cases.
These new releases contain bug fixes preventing data loss, model crashes, and namelist configuration problems.
In the case of SC-WACCM, there are many fixes involving the default namelist settings and forcing files, including five new SC-WACCM fully coupled compsets.
For runs that must be comparable to CMIP5 configurations, you should run the most recent version of CESM 1.0.z.
Because the CESM 1.0 series will be supported through at least 2018, longer-term research projects may prefer to use CESM 1.0.z.
However, use of the 1.0 series is highly discouraged for projects that must make major modifications to CESM code.
Users who want to experiment with recent model development should use the highest released version number (as of this writing, CESM 1.2.z).
Collaborators involved with model development may contact the co-chair of the appropriate working group to request access to pre-release versions of CESM.
DO NOT run diagnostic scripts that create files or directories in a short term archive, if the model is still running at the same time.
In versions of CESM before CESM 1.2.z, there is a rare but serious bug that can cause the loss of all data in the short term archive, potentially affecting centuries of data.
In CESM 1.2.z, the data loss is prevented, but the data may appear to be lost because it is in a hidden directory in the short term archive.
CESM 1.0.6 also has this safeguard, but earlier versions of CESM 1.0.z, such as 1.0.5, do not.
When running with the FV dycore on yellowstone, we recommend removing the setting of MP_EAGER_LIMIT, which allows the system setting to be used instead. This can be done by removing the relevant lines from env_mach_specific in your case directory, or from the env_mach_specific for yellowstone in the source code in Machines. (There are actually two lines setting it, and the second in particular should be removed or commented out.) See here for more.
Molecular diffusion of heat was accidentally disabled when WACCM-X was added, causing the temperature profile in the mesosphere to become jagged. This problem can be fixed by using SourceMods to add the appropriate file from the main bug post.
RESUBMIT, timing files, and long-term archiving have a bug when short-term archiving is on. A simple fix can be found here, but the fix must be added to each case's run script.
The WACCM/CARMA nuclear winter compset is replaced with a generic WACCM/CARMA black carbon compset in this version of the code. The default initial conditions will yield a climate equivalent to a control run for the nuclear winter case in previous CESM 1.2.z versions.
Running SC-WACCM in DEBUG mode on the XLF compiler will crash at the beginning of the run, due to uninitialized flags being used. Details and a workaround here.
The PIO build fails on pleiades due to a netCDF detection error. Details and a workaround here.
While the new SC-WACCM compsets should work out-of-the-box, due to an oversight, the old FWSC compset will not run out of the box. Details and a workaround are found in this notice.
There may be an issue with POP2 restarts on some machines. We have not been able to reproduce this.
This post contains information pertaining to releases that are no longer officially supported. It may or may not be fully up-to-date; the bug reporting forums may have more information.
Below is an unofficial summary of that document's implications.
Some series may no longer be supported at all. In this case, no further versions will be released, and CSEG may not be able to answer questions about these versions. CCSM3 and earlier versions fall into this category, as does the CESM 1.1 series.
Other series may be supported, but they have specific versions listed below that are out-of-date. CSEG will generally respond to questions about these versions, but many problems cannot be addressed without upgrading to an updated version that provides the same functionality. For instance, we cannot address many of the issues with early versions of CESM 1.0.z, but the newest versions of CESM 1.0.z are supported and have the same scientific features.
Some code bases are not official releases of the model at all, but are supplied for reference purposes, because of the importance of individual experiments that used them. Since they are not official CESM releases, they have limited or no support from CSEG.
CCSM4 is treated as an old CESM 1.0 version for support purposes; CSEG maintains the capabilities of CCSM4 within the CESM 1.0 code base.
The code used for CCMI WACCM runs done in 2013 is not supported at all, neither by CSEG, nor WAWG, nor CCWG. The scientific features of this tag are slated for a future supported CESM release, but the details are not yet determined.
The code used for the 2013 large ensemble runs is supported only by maintaining a functional version of the code on yellowstone.
All issues listed above for CESM 1.2.2 also apply to this tag, except that there is a different nuclear winter compset issue, mentioned below.
The history file output "kp" is actually the value that "ap" should have. The value "ap" is never set. A workaround can be found here.
The QBO forcing module requires the FV dycore to be used, and the namelist option do_circulation_diags to be .true.
This is the default for all WACCM-FV runs.
A run with do_circulation_diags = .false. and qbo_use_forcing = .true. will produce invalid results!
The WACCM5 B1850 compset has a wrong use_case. Fix this by using "./xmlchange CAM_NML_USE_CASE=waccm_1850_cam5" in your case directory.
WACCM5 experiences occasional crashes (for some cases, as frequently as every few years) in eddy_diff and RRTMG. This is due to these parameterizations making assumptions that become invalid near the WACCM5 model top.
The WACCM/CARMA nuclear winter compset, BNUKE_C4WBC_L40CN, starts from the wrong refcase (RUN_REFCASE in env_run.xml).
The corrected refcase is "b40.rcp4_5.2deg.wcm.carma.bc0tg.002". With this change, the compset should produce a control run without a nuclear winter scenario. To get a nuclear winter, you should additionally change the initial conditions file, by setting "ncdata" to point to the file "b40.rcp4_5.2deg.wcm.carma.bc5tg.IndPak.002.cam2.i.2013-01-01-00000.nc". This file is present in inputdata in the directory "ccsm4_init/b40.rcp4_5.2deg.wcm.carma.bc0tg.002/2013-01-01/"
WACCM-SE can crash if threading is enabled, particularly with DEBUG set to TRUE on with the Intel compiler. The problem is very similar to the problem with WACCM-X that was present in CESM 1.1.1.
WACCM-SE also uses a frontogenesis function about 14x too large, triggering frontal gravity waves too often and in the tropics. This is due to a unit conversion error between CAM's physics (using Pa) and the SE dycore (using hPa). A workaround is to use SourceMods to change models/atm/cam/src/dynamics/se/gravity_waves_sources.F90, and divide psurf_ref by 100._r8 when it is set from hypi.
WACCM doesn't build properly on pleiades due to a bug involving invalid XML. There is a simple fix for this.
Same list as CESM 1.2.1, except that the build on pleiades works in 1.2.0.
These releases are similar to CESM 1.1.1, which they are based upon.
The QBO forcing module requires the FV dycore to be used and the namelist option do_circulation_diags to be .true. (this is the default for all WACCM-FV runs). A run with do_circulation_diags = .false. and qbo_use_forcing = .true. will produce invalid results!
In rare cases, WACCM will crash due to a numerical instability in the FV dycore. A workaround is to set the namelist variable "nspltvrm" to 2.
WACCM-X can crash with a floating point error if threading is enabled. This is known to happen when DEBUG is TRUE on yellowstone; theoretically it could affect cases with DEBUG set to FALSE. The solution is to run without threading (NTHRDS_ATM set to 1).
The chemistry preprocessor may cause an error on some machines' batch nodes (including Yellowstone), which prevents the namelists from being updated at the beginning of each job. If you are using a custom (non-standard) chemistry, run the "preview_namelists" script after the first batch job, but before any restarts. In this case you should also run preview_namelists each time you change the namelist after building. This bug can trigger a POP error.
Changing one file in the source code will unnecessarily cause builds to recompile the entire model unless you copy this Makefile into the Tools directory of your case.
Cases will not build on pleiades unless you copy the script "ccsm_utils/Tools/taskmaker.pl" from scripts4_121129 or later. A usable version is attached to this post. This file should be placed in your copy of the scripts or in the "Tools" directory of each CESM 1.1.1 case.
Do not use this version. It has a significant bug that affects climate, and it was replaced by CESM 1.1.1.
All issues listed for CESM 1.1.1 also apply to this release.
There is a serious bug in this release involving CO2 settings in the CLM namelist. Click here for more information and a workaround.
Yellowstone support in this version was incomplete.
Will not build on pleiades at all without an update to the Machines tag.
All issues listed for CESM 1.0.6 also apply to this version, except that the FWSC compset runs out of the box (but it is configured incorrectly; see below).
Turbulent mountain stress (TMS) is not turned on by default for SC and SD compsets in this release. Users may wish to turn TMS on as specified here.
Find the line "if ( any( z_top(:ncol) < 150.0_r8 ) ) then"
Replace the number "150" with "180" in this line.
WACCM-X can crash with a floating point error if threading is enabled. This is known to happen when DEBUG is TRUE on yellowstone; theoretically it could affect cases with DEBUG set to FALSE. The solution is to run without threading.
CESM 1.0.4 is more or less equivalent to CESM 1.0.5. The main differences have to do with machine support.
CESM 1.0.3 and older do not have WACCM-X. WACCM-X was introduced in CESM 1.0.4.


Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti has summoned billionaire businessman Humphrey Kariuki and other directors of Thika-based Africa Spirits Limited over allegations of tax evasion.
Mr. Kariuki and his associates are required to appear at the DCI headquarters along Kiambu Road on Thursday, February 14, 2019 at 8am.
Also summoned are directors of WOW beverages and its associated companies, which are also accused of forgery and evasion of tax in the manufacture and processing of alcoholic beverages.
The companies on the DCI radar are among others; Signature Wines (HK) Limited, Golden Valley Properties, Gemtal Limited, Lionsbridge Limited, Kisima Management Compnay Axis Logistics Limited.
Last week, police raided Mr. Kariuki's Africa Spirits Limited plant and recovered an estimated 21 million counterfeit excise stamps and 312,000 litres of illicit products.
Information from credible source told Kenya today that the billionaire fled to Zimbabwe in a private jet.
Police said they believed Humphrey Kariuki travelled last month to Zambia, where he was reported to have business interests. "We suspect he is still there," said a senior official in the probe team.
His local associates were said to be seeking legal advice from various lawyers on the way forward. Also wanted are two of his managers.
Mr Kariuki has business interests in East and Central Africa.
LIQUOR AND SPIRITS ARE RAVAGING KENYAN FUTURE GENERATION, TURNING THEM INTO USELESS ADDICTED ZOMBIES!
Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa still remain the strongholds for the Colonial rulers who are still controlling Sub-Saharan Africa natural and human resources using the black African ruling cartels! The African cartels fiercely protect foreign economic interests in the region and are massively armed and protected using taxpayers and public resources!


Yves here. While this post makes an important point about the degree to which veterans are targets for opioid marketing, as well as the creation of a large and multiheaded "pain lobby" to promote the idea that pain was undertreated (which may have been true, but not to the degree suggested). However, the article also tries to pin the promotion of opioids in the VA system to Koch Brother via a single lobby where they were allegedly power players.
This making one of the pet targets of Team Dem the alleged moving force behind a particularly nasty form of rent extraction from vulnerable vets hangs on thin evidence. While as the article indicates, the Kochs player a role, it seems to be a stretch to describe them as the moving force. The lead actor has been the maker of Oxy-Contin, Purdue Pharma, and its owners, the Sackler family (note that there was a new Sackler building build to expand Harvard's Fogg Art Museum back in the 1980s, so they have long been wealthy). Purdue Pharma has engaged in brazen and effective marketing strategies, like targeting not-well-educated MDs in districts with high concentrations of older people and/or blue collar workers, meaning patients more likely to suffer from orthopedic problems, and also high patient loads. The drug detail men d were very effective in persuading them these doctors that OxyContin was a good way to treat a wide range of problems quickly, ie, get patients in and out quickly.
The richest newcomer to Forbes 2015 list of America's Richest Families comes in at a stunning $14 billion. The Sackler family, which owns Stamford, Conn.-based Purdue Pharma, flew under the radar when Forbes launched its initial list of wealthiest families in July 2014, but this year they crack the top-20, edging out storied families like the Busches, Mellons and Rockefellers.
Purdue, 100% owned by the Sacklers, has generated estimated sales of more than $35 billion since releasing its time-released, supposedly addiction-proof version of the painkiller oxycodone back in 1995. Its annual revenues are about $3 billion, still mostly from OxyContin. The Sacklers also own separate drug companies that sell to Asia, Latin America, Canada and Europe, together generating similar total sales as Purdue's operation in the United States.
The Kochs are number 2 on the Forbes richest families list, at $82 billion, but the Sacklers have more than enough money to have enormous political influence and are keenly focused on promoting their huge, addictive cash cow.
This entry was posted in Banana republic, Guest Post, Health care, Regulations and regulators, Social values on August 26, 2016 by Yves Smith.
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A Review of Cadillac Records
Cadillac Records: Forget Beyoncé
Charles Mudede
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Charles, you are my favorite whack job at the Stranger.
on December 5, 2008 at 10:07 PM Report this
How can a dumbass like Beyonce play someone amazing like Etta James. Barf on the studio exec who made that decision.
O.K., I'll see it, but the choice of Beyonce for the Etta James part deserves some scrutiny. I'm NOT going to forget it. Casting is as important to film-making as editing, and in the case of this movie it would be like casting Kate Moss in the role of Janis Joplin. It was a stupid, cynical, and ultmately anti-feminist choice based on Beyonce's power to draw at the box office (Ok, and her ability to sing). No crime there--movies need to make money--, but hardly one that elicits a nuanced characterization of Etta James.
Not that i'm a Beyonce hater, her brand of pop is great. But she's a rote perfomer, talented yes, but she never connects to what she's performing. There's a big difference between singing it soulfully vs. real feel. Soulful is learned, one can be taught soulful, one can imitate soulful. There's no faking feeling. Etta James had soul because those songs were hers, not written for her, tailor made to fit her and her life. They were her, they came out of her and her experience. Etta James sang naked and raw, you saw it in her perfomance, you heard it in that voice. Beyonce's songs are a dress she puts on. She can try and get them skintight, but it's still just her trying to fit the the clothes. Etta deserves more than Beyonces best and she wont even get that from this tribute. That's the shame here.
I saw it tonight and I'd like to say that it wasn't as bad as all that, budds. Yes when Etta heard of the casting choice, she said "I don't think she looks like me," which I'd take as a serious burn because looks aren't the half of how Beyonce and Etta are not alike. But B is an actor-of-sorts, and she didn't impose her own persona on the role. Her versions of "All I Could Do Was Cry" and "Trust in Me" were moving. But Mudede is right that the men really carry the picture. The Howlin Wolf portrayal is a revelation.
on December 24, 2008 at 12:30 AM Report this
Oops I'd also like to add that female pop stars always seem to be much more scrutinized in their crossover roles than their male counterparts... Mos did a good job as Chuck Berry but I personally still looked at him- as people look at B- and thought, "That's Mos Def." Just saying.
the movie was a lot better than advertised and promoted. it gave you a good sense of music history. Short played a very good role as Lil Walter, same for Wright. Saying that Wolf was had the complete sense of his black maleness is absurd. Or his body movements parallel a tiger is way too much. Quite offensive in my mind.
Go see the movie, enjoy the unknown history and appreciate it. The review by the columnist doesn't give it justice.
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Happy Independent Bookstore Day April 28.
Let's Celebrate Independent Bookstores! April 28 is National Independent Bookstore Day. How will you honor the day?
Cambridge, MA, where I attended both college and grad school, had to be one of the most independent bookstore-rich towns in the 80's and 90's. You could find the independent bookstore that fed your particular craving, solved your specific problem or could help you conquer your current challenge—all in that uniquely book-scented environment, each store with its singular decor, texture and ambiance.
I bought my first volume of Mary Oliver's poetry at the Grolier Poetry Book Shop in Harvard Square on the recommendation of a sales associate there—my first hardcover, full priced poetry purchase! I think it may have been 1990 and I had just rejoined the workforce after grad school. House of Light lived up to its title and I dearly loved it. I returned whenever I had the discretionary income for poetry. A google search finds that the bookstore has survived! I'm planning a visit and bringing more than my pocket change.
A bit closer to "the Square" lived The Globe Corner Bookstore, where my husband and I bought the travel guides that would determine the two Greek islands we picked to visit for our honeymoon—Santorini for its exquisite photos and Skyros for its off-the-beaten-path descriptions. Despite a 40,000 page "most comprehensive travel site on the web" (according to Wikipedia) the store closed in 2011. Thank you Globe for our personal discovery of Skyros, before it became a new age destination.
New Words Bookstore, in neighboring Somerville, raised my consciousness as a woman, helped me heal, opened my eyes to the possibility of a divine feminine. I bought Trauma and Recovery, When God was a Woman, and the The Courage to Heal. These books helped me through the darkest of times and inspired creativity and healing movement as well. New Words helped me stay healthy through my first pregancy and prepare for delivery with books like Spiritual Midwifery and The Natural Pregnancy Book. These books transformed my view of childbirth from one of absolute fear to one of a natural, miraculous, normal and wonderous event. These books gave me back my power as a woman. New Words closed in 2002, shortly after I left the Boston area for Rhode Island.
Seven Stars in Central Square fed the mystic in me. On a tight budget at the time, I often shopped the sale shelves or just browsed to be inspired. I read Carlos Castaneda and returned to Hermann Hesse. I watched the people who came into the shop, browsed the shelves and wondered about their inner lives. Was the ponytailed man a weekend shaman? The sixty-year-old woman in a gypsy skirt a wise grandmother with a knowledge of herbs?
When I moved to Rhode Island I discovered other independent bookstores. My favorite?—the incredibly magical The Other Tiger, with its enchanting children's room and rows of books on writing. My friend Tracy and I would drive down to Westerly for an indulgent book purchase on our stay-at-home mom budgets when our kids were toddlering. Closed in 2014.
I admit, today I buy most of my books on Amazon. It's cheap. It's easy. I don't waste money on gas. But I also make a point to shop locally.
The online experience pales in comparison to my visits to Wakefield Books (yes, we are so lucky in South County—an independent bookstore that fiercely supports authors and caters to those on a budget with its extensive, carefully selected bargain books). There, I recently purchased Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert (you can still order the hardcover version for only $8.98 there today!). I tend go to Wakfield books to find gifts for birthdays, holidays, a child away for the week at sleepaway camp (the latter turning up more than just books—a puzzle, a book lamp for night reading, a 3D bookmark). I know the staff will always lead me to something special—the perfect gift for the person whose tastes I describe.
As readers, independent bookstores enrich our lives and help us find books in satisfying ways. As authors, independent bookstores mean even more. It's the independent bookstores that often give a book by an unknown author its initial lift by sharing it with readers who would otherwise not find it. The independents give readers a place to find your book, not just by keyword but by staff recommendations and placement on a table of books by local authors, for example, something Wakefield Books always does.
Discoverability: Amazon and other retailers show readers books based on algorithms which tend to favor older, proven books or experienced, well-known authors.
Diversity: One can argue that there is great diversity on Amazon, but how easy is it to access? How easy will it be for readers to find your book if it doesn't fit particular keywords in a search or a particular algorithm, or the corporate decisions of a large chain bookstore?
Community: Independent Bookstore open their doors to author readers and other events, introducing you to new readers who may become lifelong fans and share your work, feeling more connection than if they hadn't met you personally.
Connection and Opportunity: Independent bookstores can help connect you in the wider community of independent stores nationally. When I presented a workshop at the Association of Rhode Island Authors a few years ago, its president and founder Steven R. Porter shared a story about a local middle school student who wrote and self-published a book which generated strong local sales. At a conference, Wakefield Books' owner told other bookstore owners of the book's success. These stores stocked the book, exponentially boosting regional and national sales and, eventually, resulting in a traditional book deal with a fancy author's advance!
I don't want to imagine a world without local, independent bookstores. Do you?
Let us celebrate and support our independent bookstores.
We are so lucky for the ones we have left. Let's remember to shop there when we can. For independent bookstores to survive, we need to support them. If you buy crazy numbers of books, perhaps you can't buy them all at your independent, but consider deciding on the percentage of your book buying budget you wish to use to support the independents near you. You can also consider buying books at Powell's online, the largest independent bookstore.
What's your favorite favorite bookstore—past and present? Do you have a story about the support you received from an independent bookstore? Or a benefit to add to my list? Please share your favorite moments—as a reader or a writer.
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A police officer wears a protective mask as he stands guard before the opening session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People on March 5, 2021 in Beijing, China (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
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China's COVID Wrongdoing Warrants Punishment by a Biden-Led Coalition
Lewis Libby & Michael R. Pompeo
A great diplomatic challenge lies before the Biden administration. Chinese Communist Party malfeasance sped the coronavirus into an unsuspecting world, killing 3.7 million people so far and inflicting global economic havoc. President Biden has an opportunity and responsibility to lead a fair, effective international response. Whether he does so will have enormous implications for the future.
Four months into his administration, Biden shows little sign of rising to this task. On May 26, he announced that he was giving the U.S. intelligence community 90 more days, working with U.S. scientists, to report on covid-19's origins in China, whether from infected animals or a laboratory leak. But he also laid down a marker that the true source may never be known.
Regardless of how this investigation turns out, the regime of Chinese President Xi Jinping has already committed more than enough wrongdoing to warrant a strong response by the world's leading democracies — a coalition that Biden should start to organize now.
The bill of particulars against the CCP begins with the overwhelming evidence that for weeks in late 2019 and early 2020, as the coronavirus was loose in China and people fell ill, Beijing covered up its dangers, exponentially accelerating international harm. Even as CCP leaders eventually imposed domestic restrictions, they allowed unwitting travelers to visit infected zones and then spread disease and death abroad.
And it was China's reckless conduct of inherently dangerous activities — whether in unsanitary "wet markets," where live animals are sold for food, or in CCP-run virology labs — that unleashed the virus in the first place.
No responsible state would have behaved so badly, as most democratic world leaders would privately acknowledge. Yet they hesitate to say so publicly, no doubt aware of what happened last spring when the Australian government urged an independent inquiry into covid-19's origins: Beijing instantly retaliated with punitive trade sanctions. Xi seems to be reviving the tradition of Chinese emperors who ended their instructions to officials, "Tremble and obey."
China already knows it can go largely unpunished for its push into the South China Sea, for its outrages against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang, for throttling democracy in Hong Kong, for intellectual property theft that costs foreign states hundreds of billions of dollars annually. If the CCP similarly escapes consequences for playing the central role in a cataclysm that strikes innocents in homes across the world, it will grow ever bolder, seeing few lines it dare not cross.
Herein lies Biden's diplomatic opportunity. Every nation suffers. Seldom does a president have such timber for building coalitions.
The leading democracies must act together. Their great economic power could do much to persuade China to curb its dangerous viral research activities, cooperate with the investigation of the coronavirus's origins and, over time, pay some measure of the pandemic's damages to other nations.
Failing that — and the CCP under Xi would surely balk — an international coalition could impose heavy costs on CCP leaders and China's economic activities. The CCP needs access to the bulk of the world economy.
The Biden-led coalition would need to ready calibrated unilateral and multilateral measures against the CCP leadership and Chinese entities. If the CCP will not act responsibly toward the world, the world should not protect CCP leaders' assets hidden abroad. The world should enforce claims against China's state-owned enterprises and improper commercial activities, and curtail preferential treatment of Chinese entities. Such measures could be phased in to give diplomacy time. New policies, new agreements or even new laws may be needed.
Would such measures be fair? In the United States, we punish destruction of evidence and consider cover-ups as indicating culpability. We hold inherently dangerous activities to strict liability. China is already clearly guilty on these counts.
The CCP would surely retaliate harshly. It might disrupt supply chains and punish people and companies most likely to unravel the democratic alliance. Like China, we have vulnerabilities — including our own supply chains — some of which we should urgently address. Finding ways to deflect the blows from China's response would be the most demanding part of Biden's diplomatic challenge.
The CCP has benefited enormously from access to an orderly world. Having thrown that world into disorder through its misconduct, China could have tried to right matters by embracing full disclosure and an international investigation into what went wrong. Instead, when Biden announced his directive to the U.S. intelligence community, Beijing responded with scorn.
The leading democracies may choose to swallow their losses to avoid confrontation. Biden may resolve to be tougher next time. But history shows that next time is often too late.
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Anyone who knew Max Hoffman remembers he was always up to something. Max was a busy man with more than a few hobbies throughout his life, usually revolving around family and helping others.
Iris, Max's wife, will always remember how their love story began.
"We went to the same high school," Iris recalls. "I was attracted to Max because of his fun, outgoing personality and his caring and giving character. He was also very striking with his wavy hair."
The two quickly became classic high school sweethearts. After they graduated from Lititz High School in 1955, Max went into the Navy, and Iris studied education. They got married after she graduated, and they were together for 59 years before Max passed away in March 2018.
Max had been diagnosed with vascular dementia, which was accelerated by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). As Max's dementia progressed, Iris could no longer care for him at home, even with the support she was receiving from her family.
"Entering him into memory care was one of the most difficult decisions of my life," she said.
After Max experienced several hospitalizations, Iris realized they would both benefit from hospice care.
"I wanted to have a consistent person who he would recognize, because of his dementia," Iris said.
Although their lives had changed since Max's diagnosis, and their situation wasn't ideal, Iris found great help through hospice care. Staff helped them through the decline in Max's health, and Iris found solace in hospice's recommended caregiver support groups.
Iris remembers hospice being there every step of the way. She also remembers special moments Hospice staff helped create.
"The nurses' aides were very caring and attentive," Iris said. "One of them was able to connect with Max through their shared love of music. They both loved classic rock like Bob Dylan, Neil Young and the Grateful Dead. They were also both Steelers fans.
"He enjoyed oil painting as a hobby, so we put some of his paintings in his room to make it feel more like home. He liked to paint scenery – outdoor scenery with old barns."
Hospice staff even helped create a special day for Iris and Max to celebrate their 59th wedding anniversary.
"They got us a meal from our favorite restaurant for our wedding anniversary," Iris said. "They got balloons, and someone even baked a cake, and we ate in the private dining room."
The food, purchased by Hospice for their anniversary, was from the same Italian restaurant that Max and Iris would visit each year to celebrate their anniversary. Hospice helped them celebrate this tradition one last time.
Throughout their marriage, Max and Iris traveled quite often on fishing and beach trips to Canada and Virginia. Up north, they would rent out a cabin and take their three kids along for the trip.
"Max loved to fish, so I learned to fish over the years, as well. We would also go down to vacation in Virginia and catch flounder," she said.
In retirement, they traveled to Florida for two weeks each spring and would go to spring training baseball games.
They were both lifelong fans of baseball and football, traveling to Maryland to watch their favorite sports teams, the Baltimore Orioles and the Baltimore Colts.
Max was an avid volunteer with Meals on Wheels and often ran races for charity events, a passion he took up in his 30s.
Through Hospice's veteran recognition program, Max was honored and presented with a patriotic handmade throw blanket and a certificate for his service by a Hospice staff member.
Looking back, Iris believes she made the right decision about involving hospice care. "I think when we realized that he wasn't going to get better, it was the right time," she said. "They fulfilled all of his needs."
Fortunately, Hospice extended its support system to Iris, as she worked through the loss of her husband.
"After he passed, I received great support for grieving," she recalls. "Heidi [Young, bereavement coordinator] came two or three times to my home, and I got letters every month. They realize that each grieving process is different and allow each person to process it in their own way."
Reflecting on her journey through hospice, Iris has one piece of advice for those who may be considering hospice care for a family member.
"Don't wait too long," she says. "They're available as soon as you feel they're needed."
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"Whoever it is that would agree to take that position certainly should do so with some very, very significant assurances that he or she would have authorities over the personnel of the organization — that there would be a commitment to a disciplined process and procedures," Petraeus said at the Munich Security Conference.
That pronouncement angered the White House as it deepened the sense the next national security adviser must assert authority over staff and the inter-agency process — highlighting the reason Vice Adm. Robert Harward refused to take the job earlier this week. Two sources confirmed to CBS News that Harward had demanded his own team, and the White House resisted.
The bigger surprise of this CBS update on the national security adviser sweepstakes is that David Petraeus was seriously in the running. The former four-star general and CIA director had his name included in media shortlists, but with the big, fat asterisk of having a misdemeanor conviction on his record for mishandling highly classified information. That wouldn't have been an insurmountable legal issue — if nothing else, Donald Trump could have issued a presidential pardon to wipe it off the record. Politically, though, it would have created some difficulties, and it's not certain whether Petraeus could get a high enough clearance after that to perform the job.
Nor did Petraeus seem desperate to find out. The speech at the Munich conference offered the same formulation that reportedly sunk Vice Admiral Robert Harward's candidacy, too — demanding control over personnel on the National Security Council. If Petraeus was seriously interested in the job, that's something he would have kept between himself and Trump until the decision had been made. Interestingly, Petraeus gave that speech at the same venue that Senator John McCain used to attack "Trumpism," and in which he noted the checks and balances that limit the presidency. The anger in the White House might not have been all about Petraeus' pronouncement per se, but also about where he said it and who with. Given all the other potential baggage that Petraeus would bring, the White House might have concluded that Petraeus wasn't worth it in the long run.
That, by the way, is too bad — but probably inevitable. Petraeus deserves to be remembered as a military genius who understood how to fight terrorism and insurgencies and rescued the Iraq War from collapse in 2007-8, as well as for his stewardship of the CIA. He undoubtedly still has much to offer on national security issues, but the misdemeanor conviction showed that his judgment suffered at times, and leaves him too vulnerable to political attack (at least) to be effective in formal roles.
Kellogg, a retired Army lieutenant general, became acting national security adviser after Flynn resigned Monday night following revelations he misled administration officials about his contact with Russia's ambassador to the United States. Kellogg previously served as Flynn's chief of staff and the NSC's executive secretary.
Kellogg served two tours in Vietnam and was awarded the Silver Star and Bronze Star medals. The 72-year-old also served as chief operating officer for the transitioning Iraqi government in 2003 prior to his retirement from the Army.
Bolton would make a fine choice, and one more in line with Trump's temperament on national security as well. However, Bolton would want to have the same kind of authority over the NSC as Harward and Petraeus, and for the same reason — to make sure he's really in charge of it. Bolton's a reformer who might balk at getting dropped into a position with no real top-down authority to make changes as he sees fit. Kellogg's already in place, and inertia plus a desire to get this off the front pages as fast as possible makes him the likeliest candidate for the job.


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'Dumplin' review: Dolly Parton is guiding light in heartwarming young-adult film
Maggie Jones
Dolly Parton may not star in the newly released Netflix film "Dumplin'," but she's the driving force behind its story and gives it some sparkle along the way.
Through her quotes, music and various posters of her likeness, Parton is a constant presence in the film, which centers around one of her biggest fans, Willowdean Dickson (Danielle Macdonald). "Dumplin'" released on Friday on Netflix.
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"Dumplin'" is based on the 2015 novel of the same name by Julie Murphy. The story follows Willowdean, an overweight teenager, who is introduced to Parton's music at a young age by her aunt Lucy (Hilliary Begley). The two bond while belting out Parton's songs and having a room decorated with posters of her.
Willowdean is also the daughter of Rosie Dickson (Jennifer Aniston), Lucy's sister and a former beauty queen who coordinates the annual pageant in their small town of Clover City, Texas.
The mother and daughter couldn't be more different. Willowdean isn't uncomfortable about her appearance, while her mother puts time, effort and a lot of hairspray into looking perfect at all times. Their relationship is further strained when Rosie calls Willowdean by her much hated nickname "Dumplin'."
Things come to a head between the two when Willowdean decides to enter her mother's pageant as a protest, and other not-so-typical pageant contestants Hannah (Bex Taylor-Klaus), an all-black wearing rebel, and Millie (Maddie Baillio), a sheltered overweight student, follow suit.
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A relatable cast of characters
Looking at "Dumplin's" premise, it seems like it could fall into the trap of having characters who embody stiff stereotypes: the pageant-obsessed mother, the rebellious daughter and the typical high school misfits.
It's to screenwriter Kristin Hahn and the cast's credit that the film's characters are more complicated than that. The most compelling examples being Aniston's Rosie and Macdonald's Willowdean.
While Rosie values her pageant, she also works hard in a nursing home and doing dress alternations to support her family. Willowdean starts out hating the pageant, but her experience with it teaches her to be less judgmental toward others.
The pageant's effects on Rosie and Willowdean's relationship rates as one of the best parts of the film, too, as they learn to put more effort into understanding each other.
Why Dolly Parton fit so well in 'Dumplin''
"Dumplin's" narrative on its own is inspiring, and Parton's presence through her music and her life story takes it a step further.
Parton and Linda Perry worked together on the film's soundtrack, which features new music and new versions of Parton's "Dumb Blonde" and "Jolene."
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The soundtrack helps move the story along, providing upbeat tracks for the film's highs, and the slower "Girl in the Movies," sung by Parton, at the movie's lowest point.
Another fun connection to Parton in the film is the Dolly drag queen show that takes place at the town's bar, the Hideaway. It's there that Willowdean, Hannah and Millie meet drag queen Rhea Ranged (Harold Perrineau), who later on helps the three prepare for the pageant in a hilarious montage scene.
Over the years, Parton has talked about how she has seen drag queens dress up as her and said they often look more like her than she does.
Parton's presence and music work so well in this film because she embodies both lessons learned by Willowdean in this story: there's no shame in using a little glitter and makeup to flaunt your outer beauty, and staying true to yourself is the most important thing.
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Source: United Kingdom London Metropolitan Police
A gunman who executed a mother-of-two and her nephew in their family home has been jailed for at least 40 years.
Obina Ezeoke, 28 (29.05.92) of no fixed address was given a life sentence on Thursday, 1 October at the Old Bailey for the murders of Annie Ekofo, 53, and her 21-year-old nephew Bervil Kalikaka-Ekofo. He will serve a minimum term of 40 years.
He was convicted at the same court on Wednesday, 9 September.
Police were called by London Ambulance Service at around 06:20hrs on 15 September 2016 to reports of two people injured at an address in Elmshurst Crescent, N2.
Officers attended and found Annie and her nephew suffering from gunshot injuries. Both were pronounced dead at the scene despite efforts to resuscitate them.
Four other people, including an eight-year-old child, inside the address were not harmed.
The trial heard that Ezeoke gained entry to Annie's home through the front door which was unlocked, after waiting for the communal door to the main block to be opened.
He stepped into the bedroom where Bervil was sleeping and shot him in the back of the head at point blank range.
Annie, awoken by the shot, stepped out of her bedroom on the same floor down the hall and was shot in the chest. Ezeoke then made off.
An investigation was launched by the Met's Specialist Crime Command and established a sequence of events that led to Ezeoke's arrest.
CCTV footage captured a black Vauxhall Meriva parking in Elmhurst Crescent just after 06:10hrs and leaving around 10 minutes later.
Further enquiries revealed that the vehicle had come from and returned to the Grahame Park Estate in Colindale. Investigators were able to prove that Ezeoke was at the estate immediately before and after the murders.
Forensic examination of the Vauxhall Meriva found high levels of gunshot residue. Gunshot residue particles were also found on a white polo shirt worn by Ekeoke on the morning of the shooting, as well as on other clothing and on his head and hair.
The car was traced back to Ezeoke, who had used false names and addresses to register and insure it.
Ezeoke was identified as a suspect and arrested within days, on 18 September 2016. He was charged with two counts of murder on 20 September.
A search of his property proved crucial, as items including an empty handgun case and parking tickets linking him to the Vauxhall Meriva were recovered.
Bervil – a student at the University of West London – had planned to stay at the house for just one night. Detectives believe that a relative of Annie and Bervil who was not at the property that evening and who Ezeoke and associates had a long-running feud with was the intended target. Neither Annie nor Bervil had any involvement and this was a case of mistaken identity.
The court heard that Ezeoke was stabbed multiple times in October 2015, and the shooting is believed to have been in retaliation for that incident. Ezeoke suffered life-threatening injuries and spent six weeks in hospital recovering. He was subsequently arrested and jailed for a drugs offence. He was released from prison in April 2016.
Detective Chief Inspector Garry Moncrieff, who led the investigation, said: "Annie and Bervil were brutally gunned down in what should have been the safety of their family home. It appears that they were totally innocent victims, killed as a result of escalating violence between rival groups, and the latest in a series of violent clashes dating back several years.
"This double murder has devastated Bervil and Annie's families, and I hope that they find some comfort in knowing that the man who killed them has been brought to justice and now faces life imprisonment.
"We will not tolerate the use of firearms on the streets of London, and those who carry guns should know that we will relentlessly pursue anyone involved in gun crime and bring them before the courts where they will face significant prison sentences."
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How to apply to turn your street into an occasional play street in the Lewes district or apply for street party consent in Eastbourne.
The Playing out website has general information about play streets.
We are inviting applications from residents who want to turn their street into an occasional play street. This allows children to play freely for a few hours on their own street without fear of traffic. Please refer to the play streets consultation and guidance document at the bottom of the page.
Parents and neighbours can apply for a single temporary road closure, or several at one time.
Applicants should consult with all homes and businesses affected by the planned closure. You have to demonstrate to us by collecting signatures that at least sixty percent of these agree to the road being closed for up to three hours during daylight hours on the occasional dates planned.
Parents should be available to supervise the play and ensure the road is closed off to vehicles, with suitable signs. Residents should continue to be allowed to have access to park in existing bays.
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There is an old saw in marketing that very few sales are made on the first contact. Research has shown that it takes an average of five to eight contacts with a prospect before a sale is consummated. Smart marketers know this and that is the basis of the online proliferation of auto responders. Automatically, without the need for monitoring or adjusting, such a system will issue follow up messages posted to it, on a schedule that the sender determines. Too frequently, such follow-ups are misused. The intent is to send out a series of letters highlighting different aspects of a product and the problems or needs that can be met by my acquiring it.
Yet I constantly receive a string of messages urging me to buy something, all containing the same information but increasingly strident in quoting deadlines. Do you think that repeating yourself is going to pique my interest or merely wear down my resistance? I need follow up that answers my unasked questions and helps me make up my mind about whether I really want what you're offering and if your product will really meet my needs. And while you're at it, start to build a relationship by giving me new information, new articles, or new tips, not just a recurrent hard sell. Not to receive any follow up at all can be extremely frustrating.
How often have all of us navigated to some site we liked but then forget to bookmark it? When we want to return, we can't find it. As with all "forbidden fruit," the longer it takes us to find it again, the more convinced we become that we absolutely have to find it. We wait patiently for some follow up to our initial query but nothing comes. Eventually, we give up and some inadequate webmaster has lost a profitable customer forever. Often we are offered a free trial of a product, or a service, or a membership if we sign up to continue to receive the benefits at a monthly fee. "Cancel anytime during the first 30 days" we are assured and there will be no charges tacked on to the credit card information we had to provide before receiving our freebie.
Then the contact stops. Obviously the merchant doesn't want to remind us that we are being charged monthly and make it easy for us to cancel our order. Do you think that I don't notice charges on my account? You cleverly try to conceal what the charge is for. I must have fifteen charges a month to "A Marketing," "AA Marketing," "A-1 Marketing," and various similar presentations. If I am paying a fee for "Success Hoopla" or "Traffic Blogs" or whatever, why don't the charges clearly state that? Are you so afraid I'll cancel because I'm really not getting anything out of it? Deal with me honestly in regular, courteous follow ups that allow me to cancel services I no longer need with one small click.
Make it difficult, and I'll figure out how to do it anyway. It's just that the longer it takes, and the more difficult you make it, the more certain I am that I never want to deal with you again no matter how beguiling your next offer may be. While you're doing your follow up, please clean up your lists. I don't have much respect for you if every time you broadcast to your lists, I get 3 or 4 copies of exactly the same e-mail.
You may put out a disclaimer apologizing for if I received more than one communication due to being on separate lists but, hey, that's your problem, not mine. You just told me how you are making a veritable fortune working 2 to 3 hours a day on your computer. How about joining the rest of us working slobs and spending an extra hour of your no-more-valuable-than-mine time in cleaning up your lists and eliminating duplicates? I deserve that much respect for keeping you on that easy street you have discovered and exploited.
Dr. Bola, a psychologist, sometime marketer, and always enthusiastic consumer offers complimentary copies of her book "Seven Super Simple Tips: I Am Your Customer" from which this article is taken. Enjoy!


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North Korea former senior colonel tells his story to the BBC
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The old habits of secrecy haven't left Kim Kuk-song.
It has taken weeks of discussions to get an interview with him, and he's still worried about who might be listening. He wears dark glasses for the camera, and only two of our team know what we think is his real name.
Mr Kim spent 30 years working his way to the top ranks of North Korea's powerful spy agencies. The agencies were the "eyes, ears, and brains of the Supreme Leader", he says.
He claims he kept their secrets, sent assassins to kill their critics, and even built an illegal drugs-lab to help raise "revolutionary" funds.
Now, the former senior colonel has decided to tell his story to the BBC. It's the first time such a senior military officer from Pyongyang has given an interview to a major broadcaster.
Mr Kim was the "reddest of the red", he says in an exclusive interview. A loyal communist servant.
Read the entire article at the BBC. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-58838834


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Guardian of Monarch Butterfly Grounds Eulogized in Mexico
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OCAMPO, Mexico — Hundreds of farmers and agricultural workers thronged the funeral of activist Homero Gómez González on Friday, and the homage to him was like a tribute to the monarch butterfly he so staunchly defended.
"Thanks to him many of you had work, or more work — those who sell food in the reserve, those who sell their handicrafts, those who bring their horses to carry visitors into the reserve." — Rev. Saul Saucedo
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The butterflies' annual migration, threatened by logging, avocado farming and climate and environmental change, has also represented a ray of hope and income for the impoverished, pine-clad mountains of Michoacan state.
Nobody worked harder than Gómez González — whose body was found this week at the bottom of a holding pond with a head wound — to stop logging, reforest and bring tourists to the butterflies" wintering grounds.
In an area where crime, construction work and wood cutting provide some of the only sources of income, Gómez González provided a way out, ensuring income for the communal farmers who actually own the land in the butterfly reserve.
"Thanks to him many of you had work, or more work — those who sell food in the reserve, those who sell their handicrafts, those who bring their horses to carry visitors into the reserve," Rev. Saul Saucedo said in the funeral homily.
It may sound like low-wage jobs, but it is that tenuous economy that keeps the pine and fir trees from being cut down and preserves the butterflies' marvelous migration from the United States and Canada each year.
Flowers surround the flag-draped coffin of environmental activist Homero Gomez Gonzalez at his wake in Ocampo, Michoacan state, Mexico, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. Relatives of the anti-logging activist who fought to protect the winter habitat of monarch butterflies don't know whether he was murdered or died accidentally, but they say they do know one thing for sure: something bad is happening to rights and environmental activists in Mexico, and people are afraid. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Gómez González Led Hundreds of Communal Farmers in a Demonstration
It also feeds the family of communal farmer Raúl García González,.
"When there's no work here, I go out and look for day labor jobs," said the stringy, weather-beaten García González.
Like many of the communal land owners, he fears Gómez González's death could add to the already bad reputation that drug cartel violence has given to the western state of Michoacan.
"We hope that all the people who come to the reserve will feel safe, because what happened to him was an accident," the farmer said.
But the death was not so clear. Autopsy results showed Gómez González drowned in the holding pond after leaving a party Jan. 13, but they also showed he had a head wound.
There would have been no shortage of people for whom life would have been easier if Gómez González wasn't around.
García recalled how, in 2019, Gómez González led hundreds of communal farmers in a demonstration in the nearby town of Angangueo to demand the town pay for water it receives from the mountain streams that are born on their properties.
They never got an answer.
He Managed to Reforest About 370 Acres of Previously Cleared Land
While known as a friendly, big-hearted man who liked to pose for photographs surrounded by the swarms of black and orange butterflies that roost in trees here each winter, Gómez González was a leader and a community activist — a dangerous profession in Mexico, where dozens are killed each year.
"He fought for his town, and that fills me with pride. A lot of the things we have are due to that struggle, which took many years. He fought against a thousand things." — Son Homero Gómez Valencia
Son Homero Gómez Valencia, 19, said his father could organize angry, resolute demonstrations, like the time he led farmers in taking over the state capitol building in the city of Morelia to demand development aid.
"He fought for his town, and that fills me with pride," said Gómez Valencia. "A lot of the things we have are due to that struggle, which took many years. He fought against a thousand things."
One of those enemies were illegal loggers, who threatened to punch gaps in the protective tree cover needed by the butterflies to survive winter chills. He then persuaded fellow farmers to replant cleared land with trees.
By local accounts, he managed to reforest about 370 acres of previously cleared land.
"He taught us to be a united people," his son said.
In Mexico, that can be a dangerous thing to do. London-based Global Witness counted 15 killings of environmental activists in Mexico in 2017 and 14 in 2018. In an October 2019 report, Amnesty International said 12 had been killed in the first nine months of that year.
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Workers prepare a grave in the cemetery where environmental activist Homero Gomez Gonzalez was to be buried the following day, in Ocampo, Michoacan state, Mexico, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. Relatives of the anti-logging activist who fought to protect the winter habitat of monarch butterflies don't know whether he was murdered or died accidentally, but they say they do know one thing for sure: something bad is happening to rights and environmental activists in Mexico, and people are afraid. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Autopsy Results Produced Evidence of the Head Injury
"Something strange is happening, because they're finishing off all the activists, the people who are doing something for society," said Amado Gómez, the victim's brother.
A few hours after the body was found on Wednesday, Michoacan state prosecutors said an initial review indicated a drowning and found no signs of trauma, but a statement Thursday night said more detailed autopsy results produced evidence of the head injury.
Authorities gave no other information on the injury and did not say how it might have been inflicted. They said an investigation continued, suggesting the case wasn't considered an accident.
Prosecutors said robbery appeared not to be a potential motive, since almost $500 in cash was found on his body.
On Thursday night, mourners in threadbare clothes amid a few candles and simple floral arrangements underscored the tough struggle being played out in the nesting grounds, beset by grinding poverty and gang violence.
"I would like to ask the authorities to do their job and do more to protect activists like my brother, because lately in Mexico a lot of activists have died," Amado Gómez said. "With his death, not only my family lost a loved one; but the whole world, and the monarch butterfly and the forests lost, too."
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador described Gómez Gonzàlez's death as "regrettable" and "painful" in remarks Thursday.
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A second bid from the Torstar Corp. newspaper publishing empire was born, which would value the company 14% more than the previous offer.Torstar Corp. confirmed on Thursday that a second offer to purchase the company has been made, and the company's board of directors is currently examining the unsolicited offer by an anonymous group of private investors.
Torstar "is engaged in discussions and negotiations with the new offeror regarding its non-binding proposal," the company said in a press release.
The company did not specify who was making the offer, but the Globe and Mail initially reported that the offer came from the Proud Brothers, Matthew and Tyler, who made money in the tech sector. .
The new offer would offer 72 cents per share to buy the company. This would value the company at $ 58 million, better than the offer of 63 cents in May from the company Nordstar of the Bitove and Rivett families, which valued the company at $ 52 million.
Like many newspapers, the owner of the Toronto Star, the Hamilton Spectator and 70 other publications across Canada has experienced a steep drop in paid circulation and advertising revenue, and a corresponding increase in digital output cannot compensate for it.
The company earned $ 479 million in 2019, down $ 64.4 million or 12% from 2018 levels, and spent $ 51 million more than it earned, according to his last income.
But the company has $ 42 million in cash and no debt, making it an attractive acquisition even beyond the core business.
The company's shares were halted Thursday morning on the Toronto Stock Exchange, regulators citing "pending news" as the reason for the halt.
Torstar shareholders are expected to vote on whether or not to accept the original NordStar offer on July 21.
Torstar's board of directors says it still recommends that shareholders vote for the NordStar deal, pending discussions they have with those who made the new offer.
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