Chester County GOP Purging Conservatives?
Jane Ladley, the retired teacher and GOP Area 19 chairwoman facing a party inquisition.
Chester County GOP Purging Conservatives? — So what's going on in Chester County?
Elected small-government, anti-corruption committeepeople have been sent letters calling them before a Jan.11 county Republican inquisition with the intent to remove them.
Donna Ellingsen, the committeewoman who represents Elk Township in Area 19 for the GOP party, and her committeeman, are accused of violating party bylaws for supporting a candidate other than the nominated one. Oh the horror. The violations, by the way, are not specified in the letter.
Donna did tell us that she supported a challenger against Estace Walters, an Oxford Good Government candidate who won the 2015 May primary for township supervisor. Of course, Donna notes that Walters was seen actively colluding with the Democrats, and was featured as the Dem/Rep candidate on the November ballot.
She also noted that Walters was helped by Mark Plaugher who actively worked alongside the Democrats in the May 2015 primary polls to have Walters elected as the Democrat candidate.
"They used a very close facsimile of the official Republican sample ballot which employed a very close facsimile of the GOP elephant logo and made it seem that Walters was the GOP-endorsed candidate to the GOP voters," she said.
Also receiving notices of violating bylaws in Area 19 were the two committeepeople in East Nottingham, Jane Ladley and her committeeman.
Ms. Ladley chairs the Chesco GOP's Area 19 which includes Elk Township, and is also a strong conservative.
Contributing to the Byzantine brou-haha is Mark Plaugher who was previously the GOP chair for Area 19 before being replaced by Ms. Ladley in 2014.
Plaugher started the Oxford Good Government in 2015 which specifically ran candidates against the legitimate Area 19 Committee-endorsed candidates in the May 2015 primaries, Donna says. He was assisted in his efforts by several well-known operatives with ties to the Chesco GOP.
The group raised a not-inconsiderable sum of money and was successful in taking down the conservative Area 19 endorsed candidates in several townships including Elk and East Nottingham in this past November election.
"The money trail ends in Harrisburg at 121 State St.," Donna says.
The address belongs to State Street Strategies, a political consulting firm owned by Ray Zaborney and his wife, Jennifer.
Plaugher has a Delaware County connection. At the turn of the Millennium, he was executive director of the Southwest Delaware County Municipality Authority which deals with sewage waste. You can read about Plaugher's tenure and why he left at this link.
You think maybe the problem isn't with the committee people — all of whom are popularly elected — but with the candidates handpicked by the county party leadership?
This is sounding like more of a purge rather than an attempt to maintain necessary order.
Consider that GOP Chesco Treasurer Paul Andriole even signed the petition for a Democrat candidate to get on the Republican ballot for the 2015 Primary.
Meanwhile, the guy running Area 1 for Chesco and a reputedly close associate of the Chesco GOP Chairman Val DiGiorgio, has a long history of supporting big government causes. His name is Alex Rahn and he is reputed to be the brains behind a shadow group calling themselves the United Republicans of Chester County that has been trying unsuccessfully since 2012 to take out the county GOP grassroots factions such as the Elk and East Nottingham committeepeople.
Rahn directed political activities for Republican/Democrat Senator Arlen Specter in 2003/2004 before becoming vice president of government affairs with Rajant Corp., founding AKR Government Solutions and becoming a senior associate with Wanner Associates, a government relations consulting firm.
His most recent venture is a Farmers Insurance agency in Thorndale with his wife Kara.
And this brings us to Kara.
Kara has been a Democrat active in liberal causes. In 2012 she gave $2,000 to Bob Casey For Senate Inc. — a pretty generous contribution considering her job at the time was Delaware County Transportation Manager. In 2010, she doled out $4,600: $2,000 to ActBlue, $2,000 to Sestak for Senate and $600 to Democrat Congressman Rob Andrews.
Besides the insurance agency, Kara was hired recently as assistant director at Voter Services and even more recently became acting director of Voter Services of Chesco, where the reliable Jim Forsythe is no more the director. An abrupt change not previously foreseen by anyone on the outside.
This incestuous bipartisan nepotism appears to go all the way to the top.
Chairman DiGiorgio's wife, Carolina, landed a nice job in February as head of the Commerce Department of Democrat-controlled Montgomery County. Carolina's salary is $105,000 not including benefits. We are sure she is putting in the full 40-hours per week doing the brutal, thankless work that Commerce Department heads do.
And we're sure there's no conflict of interest in wives of top operatives in the Republican party working hand-in-hand with Democrats.
Thanks for shining the light on this issue.
I guess one conclusion we can come to is that the grass-roots conservatives are just too open and honest. They say what they mean and mean what they say. Whereas the Democrat-light "Republican" establishment lets others do the "dirty work." Perhaps Ms. Ladley and Ms. Ellingsen would have been shielded from this witch hunt if they had had their spouses do whatever they are accused of, instead of allegedly doing it themselves.
Mr. Rahn's wife makes the contributions to the Democrats (and I don't mean Scoop Jackson Democrats) while he does his establishment Republican thing. Funny, too, how Mr. Rahn's wife gets a cushy County job despite those Democrat donations and the fact that the County government is "Republican." Oh, but Montgomery County is run by the Democrats and Mr. DiGiorgio's wife gets a cushy county job there. Funny how that all works out so well –maybe not for everyone but for them.
Follow the Money or should that be Cherchez La Femme? It appears that both Val DiGiorgo and his crony Alex Rahn are profiting from politics.
Purging committed grassroots Republicans unwilling to enable cynical Cronus to enrich themselves at government expense benefits Val DiGiogio and Alex Rahn while fracturing party unity and effectiveness.
Di Giorgio Rahn are attempting to purge committed grassroots winning Republican leaders from Republican county Committe in order to build their opportunistic network to enrich themselves, their families and their cronies at the expense of party unity. What sense does that make?
"Bipartisan"; another name for "Cronyism".
The Montgomery County Democratic Commissioners (Democrats Shapiro/Arkoosh) hire Val Di Giorgio's wife, a Republican, and ChesCo Republican County Commissioners (Republicans Terence Farrell /Michelle Kichline) hire Mr. Rahn's wife, a Democratic cash contributor.
Alex Rahn is on ChesCo Republican Committee; Val DiGiorgio is chair of that committee.
Purging grassroots activists close to the Republican voter base from the Republican county committee may not make sense for a Republican organization but it does make sense for a committee run to benefit a few insiders.
For the establishment "Republicans," it is all about their pocketbook and their power. Ideas don't matter. Good government doesn't matter. Integrity doesn't matter. And they will do anything and everything to get those who threaten their pocketbook and their power. Witness what they are trying to do to Ms. Ladley and Ms. Ellingsen.
Mr. Lawrence, please post when (time, I see the date of January 11) and where this "Inquisition" will be held. I would hope that many would seek to attend to monitor it for proper procedure and fairness; to give moral support to the heroes who stand against the bullies; and to give pause to those persecuting people trying to give a voice to citizens.
The hearing is scheduled for 7 p.m., Monday, Jan. 11 at the Republican Headquarters, 15 S. Church St., West Chester, Pa. 19382.
Go get 'em Donna. Thank you for your enlightening post.
It appears that a political machine has taken over a good portion of Chester County. Thank goodness for the alertness of the Tea Party.
Thank Mr. Lawrence for this, Charlie. He asked, I answered.
I can personally vouch for both these women being hardworking conservative republicans. If Donna endorsed a candidate other than the estabishment pick it is because she believe in them. The candidates that Donna endorses are working you the voter not the coffers of the GOP establishment. Jane Ladley has been under attack for unseating Mark Plaugher as Chairman of Area 19. Mark has employed the assistance of the GOP to reestablish himself in their graces by feeding their insatiable bank account by establishing a group called Oxford Good Government who continues to fundraise for the Chester County Headquarters and their agenda.
Should headquarters in West Chester feign innocence to all this, I can assure you that Val DiGiorgio was made privy to this at a meeting for Area 19 in September. He and Joel Frank turned a blind eye to everything stated above and acted as though it did not concern them. Perhaps if they had listened they would not be reading about it right now. Hindsite is 20/20 and can effect their political careers going forward. Shocking, I wonder why people like Donald Trump instead of the favored GOP guy Marco Rubio? Donald Trump should have made the republican party sign something saying they would endorse him if he is the nominated presidential candidate instead of attacking him. The system is corrupt and needs to be fixed! It was made to serve and leave not make a lifetime career out of it. George Washington is probably rolling in his grave!
Donna may have endorsed a candidate because, "she believe in them." but you are completely missing the point. The time for Donna to do that was the May Primary, at which time Republicans run against Republicans. The simple fact is that the voters in Elk Township chose Estace Walters (who might I add has worked extremely hard for township residents the last 12 years) over Raymond Ramberger. Not willing to accept her constituents choice, Donna took it upon herself to then support Joe Raffa in the General Election. This was a dirty and underhanded move on the part of Donna Ellingsen. Donna should be free to support whoever she chooses, however the Republican Committee of Chester County is an organization which operates with clear bylaws, if Donna wanted to support Joe, all she had to do was resign her committee seat.
What I meant to say was that Estace Walters is corrupt, not Donna Ellingsen. Donna is doing the right things for the people of Chester County. Meanwhile, Estace Walters is taking money from the Open Space Act, to keep farmland undeveloped. SOMETHING HE WAS GOING TO DO ANYWAY!!! What a waste of good money. Corrupt, corrupt, corrupt. Vote Estace out!!! He is stealing money from the people of Chester County! He is corrupt, unethical, immoral, and a scoundrel. Thank you to Donna Ellingsen for all the patriotic and heroic things she has done for Chester County!
And thank you to Jane Ladley for getting another corrupt politician rightfully voted out!!!
Then she will lose her election for committee. Don't count on it.
Republican pre-nomination endorsements mean that no true Conservative will get "endorsed", only party hacks.
I wonder where all the official inquisitions were when the GOP establishment insiders refused to support Tom Smith financially and with their hard work after he won the primary. This kind of double standard is what causes people to leave the Republican Party because they have become not much different than the Democratic Party. The precincts and areas staffed with folks like Mrs. Ladley and Mrs. Ellingson are the ones that always turn out high percentages of voters for Republicans. It seems to me the inquisition should be asking them how they are doing it so they could duplicate it elsewhere rather than trying to oust these true small government conservatives.
Glen, you are exactly right. There is a double standard.
The establishment routinely fails to support great candidates (like the wonderful Tom Smith, tragically recently passed away), but that is fine. Apparently when these two young ladies do not do the establishment's bidding (or so it is claimed) for candidates who do not believe in limited and efficient government, that is a "crime." That sounds like selective prosecution.
I hope that is explored in the "hearing" that is scheduled (thank you to Mr. Lawrence, above, for letting us all know the date, time, and location of the "hearing"). I suspect, though, that the "hearing" will be run more like the show trials of North Korea than what we would hope to see in Chester County.
Jane Ladley and Donna Ellingsen are truth tellers. They are women of integrity and good moral character. Don't be fooled by the name "Oxford Good Government"…I say it's anything but. "Establishment" Chester County Republican committee members have their own agenda, and the tactics they use to get what they want can be alarming.
These two women are under scrutiny for doing the right thing. I am not shocked at this, as I have seen intimidation, threats from all sides of this party. If people can show up to support these two ladies, I'm sure they would appreciate it. If we don't stand up for people trying to make a difference, then people will get frustrated and the party will continue to get away with this.
Seeing all of the "payback" to people who are not qualified to hold office is all anyone needs to know. If you want to do what is best for your area, you are ostracized for having an opinion other than "party first". These women are hardworking, no pay, paying for items out of their own pocket, doing what is best for the community. They are not allowed to support "real candidates" who have the same morals, convictions and willingness to "serve" the community. Val discredits anyone who wants to actually work for better government. Having candidates who deserve to be supported is never allowed; the area chairs are let loose on the committeepeople to intimidate anyone who will not go along. You can see this in the County "row" elections, they are rewarded for their endeavors. Republicans need to leave this corrupt party and join with like minded conservatives to actually get a true Conservatives Party. Bye RHINOS and Big Government, you need to go the way of the Whigs. I'll be there on the 11th. This is deeper and more corrupt than even I experienced. Look at the collusion of Dems with these Repubs.
The Republican Party from West Chester to Harrisburg is stuffed with RINO cronies. They don't believe in a conservative agenda unless it is election time where they then stand on the grave of a Ronald Reagan and claim moral authority. The people need to get engaged. We have no more physical town halls because these people are cowards. They promote a Progressive, big statist government agenda once elected. When you follow the money it is easy to see where their loyalties lie. Unions is one big area.
The heads of the party will not endorse or help any from outside "the club" they have constructed. They even undermine such candidates. I saw it personally with Tom Smith and in other local elections. The "party" doesn't even know what their stupid candidates stand for and scream, "They are conservative" which is far from the truth.
THE RNC leadership at the county and state levels needs a total evisceration. They seem to think that this vote for the lesser of two evils narrative will somehow continue to play out and that is why we see Trump. The people are starting to wake up to the cynicism and understand we are ruled by crooks and criminals and it really is only one big party here in the USA and they are totally fed up with the "system".
Hope you can attend the "hearing" and expose what you know. Shedding light is the biggest disinfectant!
That post was perfect, spot on.
If the Chester County Conservative movement begun winning committee seats and continued winning those elections till they had a majority. They would control the coarse of events. If they controlled the agenda this sort of thing could not happen. That is how a political movement prevails, by WINNING ELECTIONS and gaining a MAJORITY, then those in the majority choose the leadership. It is the losers of elections who go out on the street corner and protest. Because they are trying to influence the people who won the election. The winners of elections have no reason to protest because they won. The winners of elections earned political authority….BY WINNING THE ELECTIONS. Consequently, they simply do what they want done. The Chester County Conservatives need to get to work to systematically, methodically win a majority of Committee seats and thereby EARN the political authority to set the political agenda and choose the County leadership. If the Conservative movement is unable to win elections but the Rinos are, then why should anyone listen to the Conservatives? The solution really is quite simple and obvious, if the Conservative movement wants to gain influence, credibility and the ability to implement thier political ideology they need to EARN IT by winning elections and they need to continue winning elections until they attain a MAJORITY. It's Government 101……Stop complaining, get to work…..GO WIN THE ELECTION!!!
I know Donna Ellingson and will tell you that she is extremely hard-working and genuinely cares about Chester County and Republican values. It is a real shame that a few people in power apparently hope to get rid of her voice. The actions are petty and she does not deserve this.
Don't give up the fight Donna.
You're right; they're wrong; end of story.
Thanks, Dave. Appreciate your support.
It's quite simple. You can't be a committee person and also work against the candidates that the Republican voters choose in the Primary Election. Why does Donna and Jane believe they know better than the Republican voters?
And, taking shots at the wives of political figures is disgusting. Bill, you must be a real loser to post that. You also lack character.
You know those wives are political figures right?
Or are you some kind of Neanderthal who thinks woman can't be political figures and what they do doesn't matter?
What "shot" was taken at their wives. Saying who they work for?
And the name calling is juvenile at best. Are you projecting?
It's a talking point, and lame one. They should ask for their money back from State Street Strategies LOL.
If what you state was at face value I would agree. However the WC Republican Party heads are throwing funding at "their" wanted candidates and not those the local comittee put forth based on door to door voter feedback.So your will of the people argument is being taken by WC and not these woman.
May the Lord bless you and keep you Jane & Donna!
The overwhelming number of emails that I am receiving, all showing support and prayers, has been overwhelming. I haven't been able to keep up with them all, but I thank you all for your encouragement and will let you know the progress and outcome of it all.
Bill, Thank you for alerting us all to these atrocities being perpetrated on Jane & Donna. I personally know Jane & Donna & can attest to their high ethical & moral character. They are God fearing, God loving women, with strong conservative values (as were the founding fathers of this country). How anyone who calls himself a republican can persecute these ladies is a very concerning indicator of how some fellow voters & leaders of our republican party have digressed. I have often observed Jane & Donna upholding core republican conservative values. One such observation concerns their pro-life stance. They uphold these values not just with their votes, but with their time & energy as well, as they pray peacefully outside abortion clinics to be a voice for the voiceless. I have also seen them live honest & conservative lives & raise their families with biblically based values. I have seen them faithful in their churches & personal spiritual lives a well. I have even been a part of praying with them & , yes, even praying for the very people who are accusing & persecuting them, because as Christians, we are to pray for our enemies (i.e. Rick Orner). I have seen them work tirelessly as committee people for a non-paying (by the way) republican cause & given more of their private time & lives to the republican cause than any republican I know. During election times & throughout the year, they both are out there doing the ground work, going to hundreds of doors to "get out the republican vote". This is a fact & can be easily proven by the high percentage of republican voter turn out in their townships. These ladies not only "talk the talk", but more importantly, the "walk the walk" of dedicated republicans. Why anyone who claims to be a conservative republican can persecute them is a mystery to me. Isn't what they are doing by sacrificing to get good conservative political candidates on the republican ballot what the republican party of "old days" was all about? If your views as a republican are not aligning with these values, maybe you need to search your heart & get back to the political values that once made the republican party something to proud of & to aspire to! Jane & Donna, (& your persecutors), you are in my prayers. May God bless you & keep you & may God continue to bless & direct the republican party!
You touch my heart. I am indeed blessed to have your encouragement and support.
I know a number of God fearing righteous women who are not setting a poor testament by how they choose to conduct themselves politically. Think about it.
How Estace Walters in Elk Township and Shelley McLeod in East Nottingham Township were treated in the November election by their committee people is despicable and not in accordance with Republican values. They were chosen by their respective voters in the Primary despite Area-19's wishes. To actively hand out sample ballots that are in opposition to these candidates is a cheap political trick Democrats would pull. Shame on you Donna and Jane for not having the 'character' (that all these other posts claim you both have) to stand up on May 20th and support your alternate candidates. Instead you waited until the morning of November 3rd to lay your deceptions.
Good to learn the hearing was postponed. The Republican Party cannot build unity by using technical reading of administrative rules to remove an elected and very popular committee person. It is evident that Alex Rahn with the enabling complicity of Chair Val DiGiorgio is attempting to marginalize effective Republican activists to maintain an illusory control of power.
The lessons of Montgomery County have not been learned.
I would add that DiGiorgio-Rahn are fracturing the party making Pat Toomey's re-election all the more difficult. Pat Toomey won by 75,000 votes in a year where Tom Corbett won wide margin.
Donna's main objective has always been to support conservative candidates that will make good decisions for the people , not decisions that will benefit them personally or their families. Donna is one of the hardest working committee person I know and none of what she does is for her own benefit. There are plenty of people involved in the political process that are employed by the taxpayer ….a conflict of interest if you ask me.
It is a shame that the Republican Party cannot embrace and work with the tireless grassroots conservatives instead of trying to impune them. If they would embrace these hardworking true conservatives and actually try to put forward true conservative candidates instead of putting people up for endorsement because it is "their turn" then the Republican Party would be unstoppable. Instead they choose to run a kingdom, berating their lowly members into submission; The ones that actually know the constitution and try to elect people of integrity , honor and good moral courage. Paraphrasing from The Patriot : The RNC has never trusted their own voters and committee people. Change needs to happen here. If not, I truly believe this party is doomed through its own actions.
Regarding the Star Chamber for those in the 19th District. Have we truly not moved forward from the 15th century? The founding fathers intended to abolish this English Institution. American Colonists were the loudest voices raised in opposition. However, here we are in 2016 still enduring this secretive body.
Donna and Jane are TOPS. Their primary goal is to do God's will. As we say, they are not paid or coerced by anyone; least of all, by Rinos that try to force their corrupt agendas on everyone. I pray that Val and all his like-minded cronies would stop and ask God what they "should" be doing—like supporting Godly candidates that put others first(not self seeking). God loves each of us infinitely. He needs to be first in each of our hearts. If you prefer not to do God's will, then join the democrat party. Fighting good Godly people like Donna and Jane is ludicrous. Let's join forces and do God's will. Go Donna and Jane. And the rest of us need to get out there and fight for the TRUTH right along side of them. It's the only way to get the right things done.
The so called inquisition was postponed at the request of the accused according to the RCCC.The new date is January 26th. For the record.
Just a thought, what if Bill Lawrance and Donna Ellingsen ( who I have never met) have led you all down the wrong path. Has anyone actually seen the complaint on Jane Ladley that went to the RCCC and the District Attorney. Just a thought. Trust but verify.
I would also like to thank all of your bloggers for the prayers. For 12 years myself and ENTCOHG have been fighting to eliminate the corrupt, unethical, selfserving croonies from East Nottingham twps. We need all the prayers we can get. Democrat, Republican, and even conservative tea party leadership do not get a pass in ENT. And yes I am the enemy to those who fail to uphold there oath of office. PLEASE KEEP PRAYING FOR ME. CONCERNED REPUBLICAN who ever you are .
Are you saying that Mrs. Ladley — a retired teacher — is now involved in criminal activity and this is not just a mere private political dispute?? Heavens, I never knew. I'm certainly glad good citizens such as yourself have contacted authorities. What has the District Attorney done about this transgression?
That is a question for the DA.
We most certainly will, good citizen!!
You refer to this as a mere private political dispute.Shame on you.You and Donna have turned our local issue into a first class statewide circus act. If any of you had any credibility or integrity you would issue and apology for your actions. Just a thought , why is it most of your bloggers use screen names while naming other people in their post.What are they afraid of.Oh maybe it is the truth. You have given the grass roots movement a black eye on this one. God does not like deception.
You are too kind. Neither I nor Ms. Ellingsen had anything to do with creating the circus act. And that the matter is now before the entire state has far less to do with us and far more to do with state legislators, state legislative candidates, and even other counties feeling obliged to get involved in your tiff. Frankly, that they would do so I truly find puzzling.
Regarding the description as to it being a "private, political matter" that was my understanding as to what it was until you revealed that you reported nefarious doings by the retired school teacher to the district attorney. Excellent work!!
If Ms. Ellingsen had nothing to do with creating the circus act, then why did she send an email far and wide throughout Chester County about this situation? Furthermore, where did she get those emails?
By the time she informed the various other parties, it's pretty safe to say that act had started.
Further, I have been told that it was another party in opposition to Ms. Ellingsen that sent the initial email.
Why isn't Evelyn Spencer in this group. She openly supported Matt Seavey who was also not the nominee????
does Mr. Rick Orner have a personal vendetta against Jane Ladley?
Of course he does. If I were Jane Ladley I'd sue him for libel and defamation of character. He should be cautious in what he says and posts publicly.
Rick Orner just a professional gadfly trying to take down anyone he perceives as not up to his moral authority.
To get a real understanding of what is going on in ENT and Area 19, click on the link below to read a full page ad, paid for by ENTCOHG, that ran 1 week BEFORE the November Election. ENTCOGH members knew then Jane would never support one of the voters choices at the polls.
Rick, can you please paste the complaint so we can read the details of it.
At 2:14pm yesterday someone entered a post on this blog using my name. How could that be. If anyone can post using someone else's name then that puts a cloud of deception and credibility over you and Donna . Maybe this blog is just a scam by you and Donna to divert from the real issue. Simplified, Donna went against the republican voters that voted for her as their committee woman to represent them. Simple issue.as far as Jane Ladley it is more then that. Violating campaign finance laws , supporting unendorsed canidates in a general election and other alleged illegal activity are the issue's.You blame this on the Republican party when their are only 2 people responsible. JANE AND DONNA.
I apologize. The comment has been removed.
Send me an email request with your contact info and I will be more then glad to forward you any and all documentation supporting my statments. There appears to be some kind of deceptive motivation behind this blog and the individuals who started it.
Just a question to you or anyone else. What gives a person the right to vote for a committee person?
Stay tuned. You will soon see what this is all about. Cronyism, pay to play, by conservative tea party leadership.
Can Orner & Dougherty stop voicing their opinions, please? All I read and understand, is that they know each other and are speaking the words of the devil. Go back to you h—-holes. We know you are NOT good people, so go back to whatever evil place you came from. I'll pray I never hear or read anything from you again! Be gone devils!!
Wow KAT! What a comment. I've never spoken with or met Mr. Orner – just through comments on this blog. I have, however, followed this "story" as a concerned citizen. Is the truth considered the word of the devil if it's not what you want to hear? I hope that's not what you're teaching your children. Donna broke the rules and went against the voters in her township. People lodged complaints and per their bylaws, the RCCC has to respond. Please tell me, KAT, what is devilish about those facts? The only person you should be condemning is yourself for the disgusting way you've carried yourself in this forum. Shame on you.


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When I look at all the years of telemedicine experience among our management team, this is the most unique time any of us have ever encountered in the industry. It wasn't until this pandemic that the idea of 'telemedicine' became mainstream in Romania and now we believe it is here to stay. The Covid-19 virus we face today is likely going to remain a menace for quite some time but it is only one of many reasons why telemedicine is so important. Telemedicine can help combat the pending doctor shortages and long wait times as it helps people make the most of their healthcare resources. Telemedicine is fast becoming the first line of defense in healthcare and it is best equipped to treat the simple health issues and help direct people to the right level of care when appropriate. The future of telemedicine remains bright as it starts to become a 'normal' part of our personal healthcare ecosystem. Many exciting enhancements are around the corner as telemedicine more closely integrates with clinics and embraces the upcoming medical revolution that will be enabled through the deployment of 5G internet. The best is yet to come.
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Sanaṭrūq I. oder Sanatruk war ein Herrscher von Hatra in Mesopotamien, der von 23 Inschriften bekannt ist. Er war der Sohn seines Vorvorgängers Naṣrū. Seine Regierungszeit wird zwischen 140 und 176/177 n. Chr. gelegen haben. Es ist jedoch nur eine datierte Inschrift bekannt, die in das Jahr 176/77 fällt und von dem Bau eines Gebäudes berichtet.

Sanaṭrūq wird dort meist als mlk'  - König bezeichnet. Er wird nur noch einmal mry'  genannt, nach ihm verschwindet dieser Titel.

Im Irak-Museum von Bagdad befindet sich eine Statue des Königs aus dem 2. Jahrhundert n. Chr.

Literatur
 Michael Sommer: Hatra. Geschichte und Kultur einer Karawanenstadt im römisch-parthischen Mesopotamien (= Zaberns Bildbände zur Archäologie. = Antike Welt. Sonderband). von Zabern, Mainz 2003, ISBN 3-8053-3252-1, S. 23.

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Hatra
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Keyboardist Erin Helyard has been practising the seminal works for twenty years, and will be performing them for the first time with the Australian Chamber Orchestra this August – on the harpsichord for which they were written.
"There's a wonderful phrase by the writer Harold Bloom – 'the anxiety of influence'. You feel the weight of all these amazing artists who have trod that path before you … I definitely feel that anxiety there," says Helyard.
And in addition to that, Hannibal (2001), Before Sunrise (1995), Sofia Coppola's Somewhere (2010), Slaughterhouse-Five (1972), The English Patient (1996) and Solaris (2002).
The thirty-one pieces, now affectionately referred to as 'the Goldbergs', each hold their own character and genius. Published in 1741, Bach wrote them to ease the insomnia of Russian diplomat Count Hermann Karl von Keyserling. It's believed that Johann Gottlieb Goldberg was the first to perform the works. Over the centuries they've spawned an immeasurable number of versions, some inviting praise and others controversy, including transcriptions (the iconic Glenn Gould piano recordings), arrangements (by a Japanese saxophone quintet), and interpretations (Max Richter's eight-hour Sleep).
The harpsichord isn't an instrument recognisable to most people's ears. For Helyard, director Richard Tognetti and the ACO, Bernard Labadie's arrangement transcribes the arrangement to an ensemble for strings and harpsichord, with taste.
Not all arrangements are listened to favourably by fans of Bach, and the definition of 'arrangement' itself can be questioned (technically, piano performances of the Goldbergs, like Gould's, are transcriptions of the original harpsichord works).
"I would argue actually that modern pianists are transcribing the Goldbergs," says Helyard. "They have to make adjustments for the modern piano, but they're not necessarily changing the musical text very much. But a good arrangement does change the text quite a bit to suit the new forces for which it's arranged.
He goes on to praise Leopold Stokowski's arrangement for full symphony orchestra (a version which purists may hate). This, however, is just the tip of the 'Goldberg': there's Jacques Loussier's version for jazz trio; Karlheinz Essl's 2003 arrangement for strings and live electronics (read: laptop); and Joel Spiegelman's 1988 transcription for the Kurzweil synthesizer.
The ACO's programming for the evening is as experimental as much as it is respectful: opening with Stravinsky, Adès, the Australian premiere of Labadie's Goldberg Variations, as well as Tognetti's own arrangement of the canons (a baroque form where a melody is repeated, overlapped and expanded throughout the piece) that he found scrawled at the back of Bach's original score for the works.
In an interview with online magazine VAN, harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani describes the state of his instrument today: "I've heard leading figures in the harpsichord world give recitals that were played as if someone had died." Esfahani and his colleagues like Helyard are confident the humble keyboard is making its comeback.
"Because the piano is much louder it's had a longer tradition of being played in recital halls," says Helyard. "You don't really hear a harpsichord as much as a piano. And if you think about it, when you grew up, there were a lot of pianos about but there weren't really many harpsichords.
The Australian Chamber Orchestra are touring Goldberg Variations nationally. They play the Sydney Opera House on 12 August 2018. Get tickets here.
The Australian Chamber Orchestra presents Bach's iconic keyboard work in a celebration that brings together the old and the new in an utterly unique and illuminating way.
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Home > Drama, Theatre and Dance home > Research > Profile > Publications > The Mask and the Self
The Mask and the Self : A historical exploration into the ways in which the phenomena of selfhood and the theatrical mask can illuminate each other. / Cawson, Matt.
2013. 264 p.
Matt Cawson PhD Thesis
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http://www.maskwork.co.uk/
Matt Cawson
Department of Drama, Theatre and Dance
This is a historical and philosophical investigation into western theatrical mask practice, looking at the mask in Greek tragedy, focusing on Euripides' Bacchae, at the commedia dell'arte, focusing on the mask of Arlecchino, and at the neutral mask, focusing on the masque neutre of Jacques Lecoq. This thesis explores the historical and philosophical conditions under which these masks emerged, and enquires into how attitudes to the concept of selfhood and theatrical mask practice are related. The methodology combines the apparently disparate theories of Carl Jung and Michel Foucault in addressing the essential, archetypal factors informing mask practice alongside the historical and the epistemic. From a philosophical perspective, my central thesis is that the mask provides a "third thing" that allows a union of opposites, in this case the self and the other, particularly in the form of the conscious and unconscious self. From a Foucauldian perspective, I argue that the development of the modern concept of the self can be characterised by three historical moments of epistemic crisis that are accompanied by significant developments in the theatrical mask. The mask, at these moments, provides, in Jungian terms, compensation for the rupturing sense of self. The apparent incompatibility of Jung and Foucault belies their common Nietzschean heritage, and I argue for a degree of functional (though not ideological) complementarity between them.
I elaborate my argument to maintain that the theatrical mask has played a previously unacknowledged yet important role in the development of the western psyche, and can provide a unique insight into the development of the self. Within this context, I argue that the mask is poised to make a return to the stage, but that it has yet to find a theatrical form that transcends novelty and revivalism. I argue for the fundamental vitality of the mask as a potential force in contemporary theatre.
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Seeded with alfalfa, grasses offer nutritional benefits and the opportunity to extend stand life.
From contacting colleagues in other U.S. regions, Dennis Cherney estimates that alfalfa-grass mixtures are something less than 10 percent of all seeded alfalfa. The Cornell University forage specialist said that's quite a bit different than the 85 percent mixed stands found in New York.
"The most important reason that we do more alfalfa-grass is suboptimal soil drainage," Cherney explained. "Our winter weather is another issue. About every other year it's common for alfalfa to break dormancy in the middle of January and this adds stress to our stands," he added.
Both farmers and nutritionists in New York have a comfort level with feeding alfalfa-grass mixtures. "Our feeding trials, as well as those from the University of Wisconsin, indicate that we can get the same or better milk production with mixtures," Cherney said.
Cherney had been telling producers for the past 10 years that the best grass to seed with alfalfa was improved tall fescue. Always seeking a better mousetrap, Cherney currently recommends meadow fescue based on numerous research trials. "Meadow fescue is consistently higher in quality than tall fescue," the forage specialist said, referring to performance research completed in multiple states.
In assessing other grass options for alfalfa mixtures, Cherney noted that he and Mike Casler, a grass breeder at USDA's Dairy Forage Research Center in Madison, Wis., have been working the past 10 years on a sparse-heading orchardgrass variety. One of the problems with orchardgrass is that it heads out long before the alfalfa is ready to harvest and the quality of the mixture suffers.
"Orchardgrass loves the Northeast," Cherney said. "We're now down to seeding 1 pound of seed per acre and still often get way too much orchardgrass in our mixtures. I guess we're going to have to go down to 1/2 pound per acre for a seeding rate," he chided.
In many parts of the United States, alfalfa is cut three to five times per year for three to five years; then the stand begins to lose productivity and it is rotated to another crop. For operations that only want to intensively manage and feed pure alfalfa, three- to four-year rotations generally make good economic sense.
There is, however, another road to take.
"As an alfalfa stand begins to thin, consider interseeding grasses into it," said Bruce Anderson, extension forage agronomist with the University of Nebraska. "Not only might you extend the useful life of your alfalfa field by several years, you will develop an excellent hay or grazing source for livestock," he added.
In his area, Anderson recommended seeding cool-season grasses into thinning alfalfa fields from mid-August to early September if soil moisture is adequate. It's during this time that alfalfa growth is slowing, which provides less competition for the grass seedlings, and temperatures are beginning to moderate.
Orchardgrass is often the grass of choice when interseeding into alfalfa, but Anderson also suggested species such as novel endophyte tall fescue, meadow bromegrass, and festulolium.
This practice has been put into place on farms as a routine, foundational strategy for extending the useful life of an alfalfa stand.
Clayton Geralds, a Munfordville, Ky., hay farmer, was highlighted in the January 2017 issue of Hay & Forage Grower. Geralds, along with his son Christopher, grow and harvest 720 acres of hay for the horse market. Over 500 of those acres are alfalfa-orchardgrass fields that began their life as pure alfalfa.
Geralds no-tills 8 pounds of orchardgrass seed in his alfalfa fields after two or three years. This is usually done in September and extends the life of the fields by five to six years. He uses a late-maturing orchardgrass variety that better complements the maturity of alfalfa.
At Hedgeapple Farm in Buckeystown, Md., they finish 150 head of grass-fed beef per year. To get the desired 1.8 to 2.2 pounds of gain per day from weaning to finish, they rely heavily on alfalfa as a grazing and hay crop.
Pure stands of alfalfa are established and grazed by the growing and finishing cattle. After two or three years, orchardgrass is interseeded to extend alfalfa stand life by three or four additional years. Those mixed stands are grazed but also harvested and wrapped as baleage for winter feeding. Dry bales are also made for maintaining mother cows during the nongrazing months.
Alfalfa may come to the dance alone, but there is opportunity to find it a partner in the form of a cool-season grass and keep fields producing for an extended time.
This article appeared in the November 2017 issue of Hay & Forage Grower on page 29.


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DRES student victim of double homicide
Joe Sneve, and Danielle Ferguson
Authorities released the name of a 7-year-old boy killed Sunday, Nov. 20, in a double homicide in north Sioux Falls.
The name of Brayden Robert-Emil Otto, a student at Dell Rapids Elementary School, was released Wednesday, Nov. 23, by the Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office at the request of his mother.
The boy was being temporarily cared for by his grandmother, Carol Simon, when authorities said her son and the boys' uncle, Heath Otto, took their lives.
The suspect is in custody at the Minnehaha County Jail on a $5 million cash-only bond.
Visitation for Simon, 48, and her grandson, Brayden, 7, was Sunday, Nov. 27, at Miller Southside Chapel. Funeral services were Monday, Nov. 28, at the Quarry Rock Church in Dell Rapids.
Brayden "touched anyone's life who came into contact with his beautiful smile and infectious laugh," his obituary read.
Simon loved to make people laugh and worked hard and joyously in her nursing career. She was a nurse at the state penitentiary since 2002.
The 48-year-old was the type of person who showed up to a 5 a.m. sweat session with a bright smile and a spunky sass every morning, said Jennifer Ambrosius Peterson. Peterson met Simon when she was a coach at Farrell's Bodyshaping, where Simon attended a 10-week fitness class.
"She had an awesome attitude," Peterson said. "She worked so hard and always had a big smile on her face."
In lieu of flowers, donations are being accepted to help the family cover funeral and other expenses. Donations can be made at any First Premier Bank location in Sioux Falls to the "Carol Simon and Grandson" account.
Online YouCaring donation pages have also been set up for both victims.
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MWC 2018: Desperately seeking a business case
Executive Briefing Service — March 2018
This article is part of: Executive Briefing Service
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IoT, 5G, edge computing and AI showed they were maturing as technologies at MWC 2018, but it's harder to see yet how the first three make much money for telcos. AI has a different problem: the field is developing so fast that best practice is changing all the time. In this report we outline what we found, and a pragmatic approach for telcos to successfully harness these technologies and create value beyond connectivity.
What we found at MWC 2018
STL Partners were delighted to again be official partners of the GSMA for the Mobile World Congress (MWC 2018). Our team decamped to Barcelona for the week, and the following is an extract of our analysis of what we saw, heard and thought – and what telcos should do.
No big surprises, but plenty of nuance
As we expected (see MWC2018: 5 things to watch out for), IoT, 5G, NFV/SDN, edge computing and AI were the main topics of discussion, alongside telcos' continuing struggles with the challenges of managing digital transformation and creating new revenues.
With consumers, and especially in more mature markets, telcos are fighting to retain and regain relevance with their customers, and struggling to justify why they should pay any more for data, lower latency or the insights IoT data can bring.
Hence the telco business cases for IoT, 5G, and edge computing are all eyeing the opportunity to digitalise and connect enterprise applications, sometimes hyped as 'The Fourth Industrial Revolution'. But the enterprise market is notoriously difficult to serve due to its complex demands, so success requires a good understanding of industry-specific issues, and the business cases are hard to make.
So IoT, 5G, and edge computing are (somewhat inter-related) technologies that will initially deliver the same business benefits, i.e. helping enterprises adopt more efficient, agile and data-centric processes. AI is rather different and will have a more widespread impact in telecoms as we outline below. But each faces its own challenges.
5G: patchy to start
5G should deliver more than enterprise applications in the fullness of time. But most telcos are reluctant to step straight back into a major network capital investment cycle, and still have money to spend to meet the rising demand for 4G.
So, we think the market development of 5G will look different to the other 'G's, and the initial uptake of 5G will be patchy:
The US market is looking set to talk itself into a 5G war, with each operator having its own motivation to be seen as the leader in 5G. AT&T because it wants to do everything, Verizon because it has an instinct to retain its premium network tag, T-Mobile because it wants to punch all the other operators, and Sprint because it needs to find a way to differentiate. The US market is also big enough to tempt handset vendors into production – or at least into experimentation in 5G. From a PR perspective at least, the US operators' fingers are twitching on their triggers, but it's likely that the CFOs and shareholders will need a little more persuasion that it will work economically. This means there will probably be an initial period of 'phoney war' as they work out how to play it in various tests and trials, while making increasingly aggressive claims to win the opening propaganda contest.
South Korea and Japan also seem determined to head off on the 5G path, and are probably sufficiently advanced markets that are suited to taking the technology upgrade early.
Elsewhere though, the enthusiasm for 5G is a little more muted, but the enterprise applications could well make sense for reasons we discuss later in this brief report. Having said that, much of what we saw at MWC 2018 would best be described as "technology seeking a business case" – some interesting technical developments, but little coherent economic rationale that even vaguely approaches a credible business case. "If we build it they will come" may turn out to be the most pragmatic argument, so it is again initially likely to be something of a "test and pivot" approach, as operators dip a toe in the water to see what they can make work, and where, before betting more widely.
Wider new applications such as autonomous cars and AR/VR won't move the needle until later in most markets. Autonomous cars because they won't be able to rely on a network until it's widespread and highly proven (see Autonomous cars: Where's the money for telcos?), and AR/VR because it will take significant time to develop as a widespread and highly used technology (see AR/VR: Won't move the 5G needle).
Many network vendors, notably Huawei, while hoping to bet big on 5G are sensibly taking an 'incremental' approach to 5G, and designing it as an add-on or upgrade to 4G or 4G+ solutions.
NB. We will soon be publishing a detailed report on our analysis of 5G's progress.
Edge computing: the need to move beyond technology
MWC 2018 has shown that the industry is still mainly focussing on technology-focused PoCs in the area of edge computing. Key use cases that were demonstrated typically revolved around optimised video delivery, IoT edge gateways, and control of autonomous vehicles or drones.
However, it seems that the industry hasn't got much closer to articulating viable business and monetisation models for these – technically impressive – use cases. Telcos still need to find out how to cope with three fundamental challenges and uncertainties which represent the key road blocks for success at the edge:
Commercialisation: It is – and will be for the foreseeable future – unclear which edge use cases will deliver significant commercial value to telcos (and to their customers for that matter). In addition, telcos lack clarity on which business models need to be employed to monetise individual use cases. We have addressed this issue in Edge computing: Five viable telco business models.
Operationalisation: Edge computing capabilities might be relevant for very different parts of the telco organisation – for both internal and external use cases, as well as wider efforts which are related to NFV and 5G. This calls for a certain degree of coordination within the organisation. Equally important is the need for an edge platform which ensures flexibility and speed in developing and onboarding applications.
Ecosystem orchestration: Telcos need to work out what their role in the wider distributed (multi-)cloud ecosystem should be, as edge computing is not solely a telco concept (see e.g. AWS Greengrass). This boils down to the question of who telcos should partner with and who they should compete with in the edge computing and edge cloud space. In addition, telcos are starting to acknowledge that there needs to be significant technical and commercial interoperability between operators providing edge computing capabilities to third parties. Otherwise, telcos will stumble over the usual problem of market fragmentation, which would make it unattractive for application providers and developers to offer their services through the telco edge cloud.
STL Partners is currently undertaking primary research on this topic to identify the key short-term and long-term strategic principles for telcos to overcome the above barriers and ensure commercial success at the edge. The findings will be discussed in an upcoming report.
IoT: the struggle to add value
What we saw at MWC 2018 lined up with what we said in Monetising IoT: Four steps for success. "IoT is not a quick win for telcos. The value of IoT connectivity is only a small portion of the total estimated value of the IoT ecosystem, and therefore telcos seeking to grow greater value in this area are actively moving into other layers, such as platforms and vertical end solutions."
Telcos therefore face a conundrum in IoT. At one extreme, they can focus on the connectivity, and can do reasonably well by providing SIMs plus functionality in reporting and management. Above and beyond that, which is where the bulk of the economic value lies, industries need sophisticated and evolving solutions that integrate connectivity, applications, machines and data.
Such industry solutions need to be tailored to niche demands and limitations, such as specific regulations or legacy infrastructure. As an example, hospitals want to digitalise their operations, but they can't afford to replace expensive medical equipment like 15-year-old MRI machines, which might not be compatible with the latest technologies and application programmes. On top of that, connecting sensitive medical data comes with sensitive data protection and security requirements. To make all this work well and securely is no small matter, and the province of some highly sophisticated specialist players, well beyond the appetite of most telcos. (NB. We discuss other possible healthcare approaches on page 8 of this report.)
To be successful at a wider level in Industrial IoT will take serious knowledge at both technical domain and sector level, and this is not easy to put together for even one industry, let alone several. It takes vision, commitment, time and investment.
NFV/SDN: grinding forward
NFV/SDN at MWC 2018 was again very much in line with our previous findings and expectations. Operators are making progress, but it is slow and piecemeal.
On the 'progress' side of the equation, two new open source initiatives to develop standards for RAN virtualisation were debuted at MWC: the Open RAN (ORAN) project (in which AT&T, China Mobile and Deutsche Telekom are pooling their efforts) and the Cisco-led Open vRAN initiative (vRAN and C-RAN will feature in our forward research). On the 'piecemeal' side of the equation, these developments only add to the sense of fragmentation in industry efforts to arrive at NFV standards and interoperability frameworks, which will be critical for realising the potential of NFV to support 5G use cases in areas such as IoT, edge computing and network slicing (as discussed above).
In our forthcoming reports on emerging NFV / SDN technology and use cases, we will build on the analysis in our recent report NFV/SDN deployment pathways: Three telco futures and attempt to show how strategic clarity about the type of telco they wish to be, and the social and economic functions they see their services as performing, is vital to inform operators' engagement in NFV and SDN, and their selection of NFV / SDN use-cases and associated vertical markets (see discussion of expansion into new verticals below). The first of these reports will take in the MWC 'hot topics' of 5G, edge computing and network slicing, with subsequent analyses looking at SD-WAN / on-demand enterprise networking, and industrial and telco automation.
And of course, we are continuing to build our database of information on live, commercial deployments of NFV / SDN, the NFV Deployment Tracker, with further updates adding data on deployments in the Asia-Pacific region, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America, in addition to those recently completed for Europe and North America.
AI: Strategies taking form
AI is an exception to the other technologies because it has both
Internal applications for telcos, helping to streamline repetitive and data-intensive tasks across their businesses,
And the potential to complement external enterprise solutions.
While 5G, IoT and edge computing seem to be all about finding the use-cases, every sector and every part of telcos' businesses, from network planning and operations, to back office functions, customer experience and product development, can be streamlined with more advanced data analytics and automation. So, it's not surprising that all telcos are thinking about how to implement AI.
Tier 1 players such as AT&T, SK Telecom, Orange, Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone already have clear plans on what they are prioritising in the short-term, and what they want to do internally versus partner with vendors like IBM. Improving customer experience is by far the priority area right now, reflecting telcos' desire to regain credibility with consumers, as well as the relative maturity and awareness of natural language processing within the wider field of AI/machine learning (ML).
Despite having clear ideas of what they want to do, most telcos are still in the early days of implementation. Any live telco chatbots still have limited capabilities and are only operational in one or two markets, so 2018 will be a year of scaling into new markets and channels.
The crucial initial promise of AI is to save costs across the business, and behind the highly hyped chatbot programmes there is evidence that telcos are taking steps towards using machine learning for predictive care (see our report AI in customer services: It's not all about chatbots), back office resource planning, and network maintenance and operations.
The major question for telcos is how they should organise their AI initiatives and skills for the highest impact, and where and with whom they should partner. Right now, most telcos are taking a decentralised approach to deploying AI, so as not to stifle or hold back progress across various business units or opcos, with an aim to shift towards becoming more centralised.
Whether this is the right approach is still up for debate. We are addressing this question as part of an interview programme with telcos on their progress and strategies around AI and will publish our findings in a forthcoming report outlining the telco AI roadmap.
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So, what should telcos do?
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The IoT is dead: Long live the I4T – the Internet for Things
It's hard to make things work in the IoT – it's anything but plug and play. This report outlines why, what is needed, and current leading-edge efforts to achieve it. To deliver the benefits of the Coordination Age, all manner of "things" will need to be able to discover each other and communicate more autonomously. For this to happen easily and securely a new enabler is needed: the Internet for Things (I4T).
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MWC19: What really happened and what to do about it
Over-focus on 5G was a distraction from fundamental changes in the world economy that telcos should prioritise in their strategies, investments and actions. What are the opportunities, and what should telcos, vendors and the GSMA do about it?
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5G: 'Just another G' – yet a catalyst of change
Our predictions for 5G, based on our assessment of the opportunities and barriers it faces, including how and when it will impact different markets. Combined with other technologies and industry trends, 5G will change the shape of the industry, but not in the way that many expect.
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Presidents' Body Counts: The Twelve Worst and Four Best American Presidents Based on How Many Lived or Died Because of Their Actions
By Al Carrol
Speak No Evil About Presidents. So say most textbooks, journalists, commentators, and even some historians. Not in this book.
An eye opening look at all the evil done by presidents, mass murder, incompetence, and terrorism, and a look at the noblest presidents also.
How many of these do you know?
-Two presidents ordered genocide, and another collaborated with genocide.
-Four presidents ordered chemical warfare. One ordered atomic warfare.
-Two presidents pardoned mass murderers, one a war criminal who murdered women and children, the other a terrorist who blew up a plane.
-At least four presidents ignored genocide. In one case he could have saved up to over a million lives.
-Two other presidents, besides Bush, ordered the mass torture of prisoners.
-Two living presidents may face war crimes trials.
-One president ran for office as the candidate for terrorists.
-Two presidents were members of the KKK, one of them initiated in the White House.
-One president was so incompetent, the White House was burned down by the enemy.
-One president holds the record for the most invasions of Latin America. Two other presidents are the only ones in the last 120 years to not try to overthrow governments in Latin America.
-Four presidents strongly despised by many were actually our greatest presidents.
-America's greatest president may have saved over a million lives.
-America's greatest ex-president saved even more lives than that. He also helped bring democracy to 25 nations.
-America's second greatest president headed off genocide, and prevented two wars.
-For almost every evil president, there were far better men who might have won the election.
-For almost every good president, there were also far worse men (and women) who could have won.
The most insightful and damning expose of the presidency you will ever see. By a historian and professor, lively and not pulling any punches.
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Northcote has assured the Magistrates of Devon that Govern- ment know the conspirators to be a small "knot" of dangerous men ; but they must have numerous sympathizers, for all Eng- land is being put in a state of defence. The special constables in London number 40,000 men and are being drilled like Volun- teers, in Woolwich every man is a constable, and almost every public building or gaswork is now specially watched. The most serious alarm seems to have been felt in Woolwich, where the garrison was all Friday night under arms expecting an attack from the river. Very strict precautions also are taken in Windsor, and the Government feel confident, says Sir S. Northcote, that the danger can be met without recourse to exceptional legislation. No outrage in England has been reported this week, though eight arrests have been made among the Irish colony in Merthyr Tydvil.


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Posted byNyar Kaheti 20th March 2022 21st March 2022 Posted inUncategorized
Muthenya wa ngū nī wa ngū or so they said. A day of firewood is a day of firewood. This a proverb used to admonish people not to leave something half done just because it has taken a longer time to complete than they deemed necessary. They should embark on completing it even though it takes the whole day, after all a day of firewood is a day of firewood.
A long time ago people would go to the forests to collect the firewood and since the forests were far away they'd go in the morning only to return in the evening their backs laden with said firewood.
However the chilling stories about encounters in the forests leave me wondering if I'd endure such real life movies.
The Ndemi age group that dates back to
(1792 – 1826) decided they'd had enough of eating bushmeat and so started tilling land. This is probably the age group we should credit for coming up with our Gītheri delicacy. So this age group cleared bushes and tilled land which meant that forest land soon became miles and miles away from people.
Have you ever been advised by someone on how to confront a lion in the jungle, alone. They'd tell you to cut a branch and sharpen it on one end and when you encounter a lion and it roars at you, you insert the sharp end into its throat. SMH.
Then there's this one about a leopard and how it would lie down on a trail wagging its tail waiting for you to pass. If you passed by without any drama, the same leopard would pass through the thickets and surprise you yet again by lying by your wayside. This would go on and on again until you reached home. It's like the said leopard was escorting you and if you remained dramaless all would be well. How I was supposed to pass by a leopard calmly and not scream at the top of my lungs is a phenomena my adrenaline glands cannot fathom.
The last tale however is the most hilarious: It's a tale of when an elephant would lift you on it's back using it's trunk. As the elephant continued to move through the thickets and bushes you were advised to cut branches and load on its back. When the load was heavy enough for the elephant to still think you were still on its back you'd surreptitiously hang onto a branch and off it would go believing it was still carrying you. Haha now Mr Elephant did you still think you were wiser than the sons and daughters of Gīkūyū and Mūmbi?
Even though I'd love to ride on an elephant in the afterlife, that is if there are elephants on that beautiful shore; I still can't think how I, Nyar Kaheti can pull such a stint on a 15,000 pounds mass of flesh.
But for now let me chill and think of what to cook with this firewood. I'm back after a whole day in the forest. Gatubia is in plenty.
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Good stories as I recall my sush used to narrate to us when we were young
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Clearly human intervention was required to compile the response to the GDPR request, and it looks like Amazon employees can get access to that.
What do they do with the video recordings from the Echo Narcissist or whatever it's called?
I think you'd be crazy to let a microphone connected to a US megacorp in your house, let alone a camera.


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La microrregión de las Chapadas del Extremo Sur Piauiense es una de las microrregiones del estado brasileño del Piauí perteneciente a la mesorregión Sudoeste Piauiense. Su población según el censo de 2010 es de 82.584 habitantes y está dividida en nueve municipios. Su población está formada por una mayoría de negros y mulatos 62.1, blancos de origen portugués y árabe 20.6, caboclos( mestizo de indios y blancos)16.9, asiáticos 232 0.3 e indígenas 0.1, habitaban en 2010 la región según el IBGE 42 indígenas Posee un área total de 17.845,741 km².

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 Cristalândia do Piauí
 Curimatá
 Júlio Borges
 Morro Cabeça no Tempo
 Parnaguá
 Riacho Frio
 Sebastião Barros

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The edge of a bluff lined river – a glassy reflection glistens and bounces onto a hill. The light touches the edges of trees and buildings in the distance, creating patterns dancing from one place to another . The deep crevices fill with darkness. The sky is magnificently dotted with wispy clouds interlaced with mauve, crimson and blue. A path of towering pines shades the heat of the sun.
Filling your heart with contentment. This little morsel of peace is just a speck in the scheme of things.
How long we for the glory of summer days. They are so few and fleeting. Soon the leaves will turn to red and gold and then fall. Like our lives. We wither and die.
The moments of joy we experience on this planet are nothing compared to what waits for us after the winter of our dying breath. Once again spring returns and we're blessed with new life when we know God.
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Thank you Dee. I love this one too.


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Duathlon - Run/Cycle/Run
Duathlon is an event in athletics which consists of running and cycling. In a format similar to triathlon, competitors run first, then cycle, then run again.
The governing body for this athletic event is the International Triathlon Union. The cycling and running parts should be done simultaneously by a team which consists of a predetermined number of participants. Only one should run, the rest of the team should be cycling. The members of the team should be together at any given point, exchange of tasks within the members is allowed.
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One of the oldest duathlon events is the 100km-Duathlon which is organized in Dresden, Germany. The largest organized duathlon was the one held at Richmond Park, Surrey in 2005, around 2,500 people participated. The race consisted of a 10-kilometer run, 20-kilometer cycling, and 5-kilometer run. The most popular duathlon is the Powerman Zofingen which is organized in Switzerland. It consists of a hilly 10-kilometer run, a hilly 150-kilometer bike ride, and the 30-kilometer two loop trail run.
Similar Sports
Aquabike — a shortened version of triathlon, with no running leg. Athletes swim followed by cycling.
Aquathlon — a continuous race involving swimming followed by running
Swimrun — involves multiple swim and run stages, with carrying of all equipment and no clothing changes.
Triathlon — a continuous event involving swimming, cycling, and running
Quadrathlon — consists of swimming, kayaking, cycling, and running.
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El Centro de Ciencias de Montreal () es un museo de la ciencia localizado en Montreal, Quebec, Canadá. Está situado en el muelle de King Edward, en el Viejo Puerto de Montreal. Fundado en 2000 y conocido originalmente como el Centro iSci, el museo cambió su nombre por el de Centro de Ciencias de Montreal en 2002.

El museo está gestionado por el Viejo Puerto de Montreal, una corporación de la corona del Gobierno de Canadá. El museo alberga exposiciones interactivas sobre ciencia y tecnología, así como un teatro IMAX.

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There is hardly a personification of a woman that has moved humanity as much as Madonna – known variously as a mother goddess, virgin, saint and most recently a pop icon. Works of art collected from over the past 11,000 years of human history outline and celebrate the career of the most female figure in history. From her religious identification as a mother goddess to the pop icon that bears her name, it has been a long journey in which Madonna has enjoyed a unique, yet triumphal march. The Landesmuseum Hannover was the first museum in the world, which had dedicated a exhibition to Madonna titled "Madonna: Woman, mother, cult figure – the image of the Madonna through the centuries".
For the exhibition [Ki] supplied wall structures to enhance the exhibition rooms, wall-mounted showcases (some having special conditioning units attached to ensure preservation), showcase lighting and painting work.
Project "Madonna" – Special exhibition
Design Nicole Westphal
Area approx. 800 m²
Period 16.10.2015 – 14.02.2016
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MAGA Cultist: Trump Must Take "Drastic Measures" to Undo Election Results November 11, 2020 Beth Stoneburner
MAGA Cultist: Trump Must Take "Drastic Measures" to Undo Election Results
By Beth Stoneburner
Convinced (wrongfully) that Democrats are stealing the election, right-wing commentator Josh Bernstein, last seen calling for the execution of a congresswoman, is urging Donald Trump to do something "drastic" to halt democracy from functioning like a democracy.
RightWingWatch · Josh Bernstein Urges Trump to Take 'Drastic Action' to Stop Dems From Stealing the Election
"I think we need drastic — and I mean drastic — measures in order to change what's going on," Bernstein said. "The first thing I would do if I was President Trump is I would call the Insurrection Act in right now. The first thing you do is you quell all violence, and you stop all violence with the military or the National Guard. The second thing you do is declare martial law in the country right now, and you send in armed military and National Guard folks into every single one of these swing states where they are counting ballots, and you force them to stop counting ballots right then and there, and if not, they are taken away by the military and arrested."
"The next thing we do is we end up having a situation where we do an immediate injunction to the Supreme Court," he continued. "We make a ruling that says any vote that has been counted after the close of the polls on election night in that respective state, every vote that was counted after the polls closed, is null and void. One hundred percent. And then what you do — it's very simple at this point — you either do one of two things: you either count the votes that you already have in to that point and determine your winner, or you get rid of the entire election — 100 percent, every state — you do a complete redo, and you have the election on January 3."
Bernstein wants a civil war against democracy and reality.
To be clear, if vote-counting stopped right now, Democrats would win. The reason many states couldn't count early votes before Election Day is because Republican lawmakers in those states prevented them from doing so… precisely so people like Trump and Bernstein could claim fraud down the road. You also can't just tell the Supreme Court to weigh in on… math.
There is no evidence of voter fraud, except what we've seen from Republicans. Plenty of Republicans also voted by mail, by the way, as did the military, so discounting those ballots would hurt Trump as well as the troops.
Perhaps the strangest thing about the fraud claims is the implicit notion that Democrats pulled a fast one against Trump… but still decided to keep Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham and all those swing state GOP senators around. The same ballots that Republicans claim are sources of fraud were used to elect GOP members of Congress without any apparent problem. They didn't cry foul after they won, did they?
Bernstein and others like him just can't face the truth: Aside from being a reprehensible bigot, Trump's own rhetoric against mail-in voting created this mess and arguably his loss. His botched handling of a deadly pandemic didn't help, either.
The country has spoken: We don't want him in charge anymore.
(via Right Wing Watch)
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John has thirty-eight years of experience in manufacturing as a Quality Technician, QA Engineer, Reliability Engineer, QMS Auditor, QA Manager, Quality System Manager and Director of Performance Excellence. He graduated from UTD (University Of Texas at Dallas) with a BSEE in Telecommunications and a MSES in Engineering Sciences from UTD in Electronic Manufacturing. He has taught refresher classes for the Dallas/Fort Worth ASQ Section for CMQ/OE, CQT, CQIA, CQI, and CQE. He has served as senior examiner for the Texas Award for Performance Excellence, a member of the Board of Governors for Quality Texas and has served as a member of the board of examiners for the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award.
John is an ASQ Fellow, the past-chair of the ASQ Dallas Section 1402, past Region 14 ASQ Statistics Division Councilor and past Awards Chair for the Inspection Division. He currently holds ASQ certifications as CQE, CRE, CSQE, CQA, CBA, CMI, CQT, CMQ/OE, CSSGB, and CSSBB. He is an Exemplar Global Certified ISO 9001:2015 QMS Lead Auditor and is certified by NARTE (The National Association of Radio and Telecommunications Engineers, Inc.) as an ESDC (ESD Control) Engineer. He is currently the Mentor Chair for the Dallas ASQ Section 1402 and the Program Chair for the DFW Audit Special Interest Group. He is currently the Quality Assurance Manager for Bowhead Manufacturing Technologies, LLC-Plano Texas, where he was instrumental in their obtaining certification to AS9100:2016.
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