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Nanaimo-Ladysmith: the most interesting race in BC
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UPDATE: (11pm, October 18) This original post was published on Oct 15. Events continue to evolve, including new national and BC poll results. My take on the Nanaimo-Ladysmith race as of the 15th may have been overtaken by events. Feel free to comment.
UPDATE: (10pm, October 17) Seeing lots of traffic via Facebook to this post. I encourage visitors to leave comments if you agree/disagree with observations and add any 'colour commentary'.
Nanaimo-Ladysmith is the most interesting race taking place in BC. It has not received as much attention as Vancouver and Victoria area ridings, but it is one of the few ridings that can claim to have a four-way race, with my definition being that four parties are in the 20% territory.
Nanaimo is known for its world-famous bathtub race. These bathtubbers intently discussing strategic boating.
There may be some dispute with the idea of a 4-way race, but let me explain.
It is a new riding with no incumbent
Until this election, the City of Nanaimo was previously split down the middle with the CPC representing the north end and NDP representing the south end
The Green candidate is the son of a former NDP MP and was rejected by the NDP based on his views on Israel-Palestine issues. By many accounts, he is in contention and displayed a show of force when he hosted a September townhall of an estimated 1,000 attendees in Nanaimo
The Liberals have been poor fourths in recent elections and have the weakest organization, but in the not-to-distant-past routinely netted 20% – can Justin's appeal extend the Liberal brand into a contender? It may only take 26% to win (and in the recent Alberta election, an NDP MLA was elected with 29%).
Where is Nanaimo-Ladysmith?
It's a new riding formed after the latest redistribution. The City of Nanaimo (pop. 83,000) is included in its entirety along with outlying feeder communities of Lantzville, Ladysmith, Cedar, and Gabriola Island. It's a cohesive boundary that is a considerable improvement over the split ridings that had been the case for decades.
What's the local flavour?
Olden days – employer/labour conflict in the coal mines that led to the election of Socialist candidates. Today, the only physical remnants of King Coal are slack piles in the small community of Extension and on Transfer Beach in Ladysmith. Yet a legacy of labour politics persists in South Nanaimo and some surrounding areas and pride remains that Tommy Douglas represented Nanaimo for a time. Unionized forest workers are an important bloc but are not as plentiful today; there is a stronger public sector union base, including the head office of BC Ferry Union.
The labour politics dissipate as one travels north across the Millstone River which bisects Nanaimo – NDP votes evaporate and Conservative votes flourish. North Nanaimo votes BC Liberal provincially and Conservative federally.
Nanaimo also has growing population of retirees; it has a very strong retail and tourism sector, mostly non-unionized; and it has an underrated university – Vancouver Island University – which is a regional hub for employment, research, and a considerable First Nations enrolment.
There's a lifestyle element with Gabriola Island and rural areas having an eclectic brew of artists, blue collar workers, country squires, and back-to-the-landers living not-quite cheek to jowl on their five-acre lots, but having the common talking point of well water and septic tanks.
The riding is a potpourri.
How did Nanaimo-Ladysmith vote in past elections?
Transposed onto the current boundaries, the results of previous elections were:
NDP 40 38 45
CPC 34 38 40
LIB 18 14 7
GREEN 5 8 7
Based on electoral history, how can this be a 4-way race?
Good question! Let's start with the Greens. As stated, the Green candidate Paul Manly is a serious candidate who has mounted a serious campaign. When parties don't mount serious campaigns, voters will abandon them as they don't want to waste their vote. This time, the Greens have a candidate who is funded, built a strong campaign team, and has his base excited.
Just so you know I'm not making this up, two strategic voting polls in September and October both have the Greens north of 20%. The strategic voting brain trusts must be wincing that Paul Manly is upsetting their carefully constructed storyline.
What about the Liberal? The Liberals had been in the midst of an inexorable decline on Vancouver Island since 2004. The demographics of Nanaimo-Ladysmith are similar to other ridings in Canada that do elect Liberals but they have barely raised the flag in successive elections. This time, the Liberals have a spring in their step. They have the weakest organization in Nanaimo of the four campaigns but they have Justin Trudeau, and Justin compared to Michael Ignatieff and Stephane Dion is a major step up on Vancouver Island. It is certainly conceivable that the Liberals could return to their traditional 20% level and possibly higher if voters catch a wave. Those same strategic voting polls had Liberal Tim Tessier lurking at 17-18%, and that was before the latest 'Liberal surge'. Electoral politics in Canada is certainly chock-a-block full of surprise MPs (see Quebec 2011, Alberta 2015) and the Liberal chance rests on the Leader's shoulders. In a four-way race, as little as 26% could deliver victory.
NDP candidate Sheila Malcolmson is an experienced local politician, but not particularly high profile. She's not a City politician – she's from the islands. She follows popular incumbent NDP MP Jean Crowder who had very high personal support and name recognition. From what I understand, Malcolmson is not a drag on NDP support, but she's had to establish herself.
Conservative candidate Mark MacDonald is a true blue conservative. He was a longtime publisher of Vancouver Island's business newspaper and more recently had served as editor of the Nanaimo Daily News. He's tenacious and straight forward. A majority of voters won't agree with him, but he'll be quite happy with 35% thank you very much (or less as long as he's first). He's the one candidate in the race that I know and I'm sure he's working his tail off.
These two parties shared 85% of the vote in Nanaimo-Ladysmith in 2011. This time, they both will see their share of the vote cannibalized.
The Greens will hurt the NDP candidate. This makes sense intuitively and is also what I'm hearing anecdotally. You can see it in the strategic polls too, even if they are only roughly accurate.
The Liberals will hurt the Conservative. The rise in the Liberal vote coincides with drop in Conservative support. The question is – how much?
The Conservative brand does not resonate on Vancouver Island as well as more populist right-wing brands. In 1993, the Reform Party stormed this area and were re-elected in 1997 and 2000 (Canadian Alliance). Clearly, provincial NDP voters were supporting Reform and the Canadian Alliance federally. This type of cross-over appears less frequent now. The Conservatives have retrenched into a narrower base while the NDP have reclaimed most BC NDP voters. (NDP federal candidates do poorly when the BC NDP is in power – ie. 1974, 1993, 1997, 2000 elections; they do better as memories fade)
Strategic Voting
This is one riding where I question the proponents of strategic voting. Yes, I get it, "STOP HARPER". That's their point. But here you have a Green candidate who is positioned for an historic breakthrough – isn't that strategic? Ends-justifying-the-means tactical fights to win a seat in a close election is clearly understood as an objective, but it seems like strategic voting organizations are eating their young. I'm not a Green supporter by any stretch but I relate to their situation – I was a Liberal in the dark days of the 1980s. Manly is running against the odds. If Manly does win, he's a nationally-significant politician as one of maximum three Greens that get elected.
There's no question that Manly's candidacy is a boon to the Conservatives. I don't think they would have a chance without it. While the Liberal gain is coming at some expense to the Conservatives, those votes were likely lost to the Conservatives anyway in this election. Three parties might be fighting over upwards of 70-75% of the votes while the Conservatives have a hard core. They need that core to be in the high 20s to have a chance and likely over 30%.
The Upshot – my unscientific guess
My sense is that the race today is (1) NDP; (2) CPC; (3) GREEN; (4) LIB but that less than 15% separates 1 to 4. NDP are likely leading at this point and probably a little above 30%; the Liberals are probably pushing 20%, with CPC and Greens in the mid 20s. The Green factor is a huge wildcard. Voters like having MPs and MLAs that are seen to "make a difference" and stand out. Once a tipping point is reached, voters can defy convention as we saw in Oak Bay-Gordon Head and Delta South provincially, and Saanich-Gulf Islands federally. That tipping point would typically be reached late in the campaign, but I'm not sure Manly has reached it.
Feedback from the Street
Don't take my word for it. I put a request out to friends who live in the riding and asked them to give me their ranking and whatever insights they would like to share. Here are some comments – and of course, my friends are completely unrepresentative of the population, but they follow politics and were giving honest views. Their comments represent a contradictory mix of assessments and judgments, and reflect why I find this the most interesting race in BC.
I have witnessed a tremendous amount of people from across the political spectrum rallying behind the Green banner….with a sizeable portion of what I understood as traditional NDP's working on the local Green campaign. However, Sheila is doing very well and running a strong campaign with still a large army of volunteers.
None of these parties are taking votes from the CPC, only from each other, and I doubt too many LIBs or GRNs will strategically vote NDP – these people want to vote LIB or GRN. I'm not sure the same is true for N-Dippers – I think they're more likely to lose votes to Libs and Green, giving the win to CPC.
I think the Green factor is certainly real…they have run an impressive campaign. Paul Manly has been very active and visible. They've been everywhere with signs, social media ads and movies theatres – their graphic novel short was hilarious. Not sure this will result in a win, but I think they will be rewarded with support from unlikely corners. Not surprisingly, many NDPers are quite unhappy about this fact – hostile even – as they feel they should easily win the riding. I still think they will prevail at the end of the day but not without bitterness.
None of the candidates appear to have much community profile, the NDP and Greens have had the best sign coverage. The Conservatives are getting a lot of vandalism and they seem slow making repairs.
The Greens appear to have a good candidate and strong appeal in this riding. I have been somewhat surprised by the folks from various backgrounds that have indicated they are voting Green.
I strongly suspect Green rally drew people from all over the Island to show support in a winnable riding. Greens have more lawn signs on private property than NDP. Not the biggest sign war. CPC seeing a lot of sign damage. I haven't seen a Liberal sign on private property. Some Green supports I think will chicken out at last minute. Conservatives will be quiet until ballot box
All four parties have a strong external presence, however, the NDP seems to have the most yard signs.
I attended the All Candidates Forum last week in Ladysmith. Afterwards I discussed the performance of the various candidates, with others who attended. There seemed to be a consensus… the NDP were first, followed closely by the Green, then followed by the Liberal, and the Conservative was at the bottom.
I attended an all candidates meeting and was really impressed with the Liberal candidate. More than I thought I would be. However, Green and Orange appear to be running neck and neck. Manly has had some impressive public events and very public shows of support, but you can never discount (as you know better than anyone) the Pavlovian response of the dippers on election day.
I have to say that I think the Justin factor is not in play to any extent and I do not see the emergence of a four way race. Nor indeed do I see a three way race.
This election is interesting here in Nanaimo, having a good feel for this town it will be between Paul and Sheila. We all know this is NDP country but the way the NDP handled the Manly nomination, many have jumped ship to Green. Federal Liberals have not appeared to have made much noise and [the Conservative] is guilty by association re to Harper. I have heard more chatter around Sheila and Paul but would say NDP will narrowly defeat Green and distantly followed by Libs then Conservatives.
It is clear that the NDP is clinging with its fingernails to its traditional base with a weak candidate. So I think the battle is between Manly and MacDonald, with MacDonald likely to win because of the Green/NDP split. As per provincial politics, conservative strength lies in North Nanaimo and in Saltair. I think the Liberal candidate is a pleasant guy, and he seems to have more money and organization than previous candidates, but he is ploughing a tough row here. So in summary, my prediction is CPC/Green/NDP/Lib/Leninist Marxist (how could you forget him?)
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PW October 15, 2015 at 9:37 am
"Strategic Boating" – classic!
Tony Clifton, Esq October 15, 2015 at 11:18 am
Have you broken into Tilray in Nanaimo!? NDP would win?!? Clearly my friend you have been taking advantage of the lax medicinal marijuana laws and safe injection sites of our country. CPC voters are going where with their votes? Liberal? HA! HA! Justin maybe a contender in Canada and win … BUT here on Vancouver Island … ON VANCOUVER ISLAND … he is a punk! A PUNK you hear me? CPC votes will stay close to home. There may not be a big sign presence with Conservatives but that's because normal law-abiding citizens are afraid of the sign damage that drug fueled NDPers and Quinoa gobbling Greens are doing to signs. NO RESPECT!
CPC will will win!! hear me? Put your latte down And read this: CPC will win! Green and NDP fight for number 2 and Liberal will demolish the Marxist Leninist for fourth place send those commies back to the dust bin of history – thank you Mr Trotsky. (i bet he still regrets asking room service for more ice.)
I am surprised Harper did hang with Rob Ford. I thought ankle bracelets interfered with wireless mics. Maybe just my experience
What real undecided people go to all candidate meetings as undecided? Who? Name that person. Why was he allowed out? here in Nanaimo people go to all candidate meetings for the same reason people go to NASCAR races: What is the newest style in belt buckles and hopefully see a wreck. Sad but TRUE!
Didn't a tree fall in Stanley Park recently? Don't you need to organize a big fundraiser for it.
Emily zetterberg October 15, 2015 at 4:02 pm
I found your remarks offensive. I don't do drugs and I do not eat quinoa. Please do not pigeon hole voters into inappropriate stereotypes.
Russ Barling October 15, 2015 at 2:13 pm
Notwithstanding the typical myopic bluster of my Tory predecessor on this board, I have to disagree with a couple of your council of elders. I gave Manly a chance to tell me why I, a lifelong Greenie, shouldn't vote strategically this election. He's a great candidate, but his answer was not compelling. So … no, it would not be 'strategic' to have a great Green candidate sitting in Harper's house; Harper ignores the majority of the eligible electorate and international condemnation of his policies. Why would Manly have influence. Harper has to go, so I'm voting for the candidate who's party has the best chance get it done.
Evil Steve October 17, 2015 at 10:08 pm
I would say the only thing missing in this article is why Mark MacDonald is no longer the editor of the Nanaimo Daily News and it's kind of a big thing. Thinking it's acceptable to publish letters racist against aboriginal people, oddly enough not in his biography. This was so egregious is created protest by aboriginal people and non aboriginal people alike. When I think of MacDonald it's all I can think about.
Also "He's the one candidate in the race that I know and I'm sure he's working his tail off." He's actually been ducking interviews with the media (I know that for a fact) and debates because he knows that people are only going to ask him about it. It would be one thing if this was done decades ago but it was 2 years ago. It's so recent it's to the point that it makes no sense that the Conservatives even vetted him, unless they have no issue with that. It's bad enough that a lot of people consider the Conservative party to be a "racist party" with the whole Niqab debate, the treatment of aboriginal issues as a whole, Bill C-24, the Syrian immigrant debate, "old stock Canadians", Surrey's Dianne Watt's "Fear Mongering" flyers, the list sadly goes on and on, but this guy is your candidate? What were they thinking? Personally I almost think they already figured the riding was either going to the NDP or Green so it didn't matter.
LM October 18, 2015 at 1:39 am
"I strongly suspect Green rally drew people from all over the Island to show support in a winnable riding."
More than 1000 people attended the Green Party town hall meeting for Nanaimo-Ladysmith on Sept. 8th. The event was not promoted in other areas of the island and no call was put out to draw supporters from other ridings. So while there may have been a few people from outside Nanaimo-Ladysmith, the overwhelming majority were locals.
How do I know this? I know this because I am the person who was in charge of all the advertising and promotion for that event.
I feel it's important to set the record straight, because this is not the first time I've seen this assertion. As much as some would like to try to diminish the surging support for Green Party candidate Paul Manly, their efforts are being frustrated by the reality on the ground here.
green machine October 18, 2015 at 4:07 am
This is a well written and researched article. Hard for people to wrap their heads around the green party winning. The stakes are too high we can not elect an MP to represent the billionaire class. That is why I predict the strong volunteer power of the green party will prove all the doubters wrong. I hear they have raised more money than any other in Nanaimo's history! That should make the old boys blush!
Gary October 19, 2015 at 9:21 am
I agree that "voting Green is strategic". If Nanaimo/Ladysmith goes Green there is a chance our riding would have great influence in a minority government. I find the Green closer to the centre than the NDP and have wise, balanced policies. Paul has,by far, more knowledge about world issues.
PW October 21, 2015 at 11:19 pm
Reading this again a few days after the election – you really nailed it with all parties having at least 20%. Ya just wrote it a bit too early to have national momentum move the Liberals up in the final order. Hope you keep blogging, though maybe at a pace that is more compatible with your lifestyle. Do you do music too? Ha.


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Maseru, Jan 14 (The Night's Watch) – Opposition parties gathered at the former ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LDC) head office on Monday and joined the chorus of calls for Prime Minister Thomas Thabane to step down.
Trouble for Thabane started brewing last year when he refused to work with the party's new deputy leader Professor Nqosa Mahao who was elected at the party's elective conference in February, apparently against Thabane's wishes.
This climaxed on January 5 this year, when the Commissioner of Police Holomo Molibeli implicated Thabane in the murder of his estranged wife Lipolelo Thabane.
Lipolelo was shot dead by unknown assailants as she was about to drive into her Ha 'Masana home on 14 June 2017. The incident occurred just two days before Thomas Thabane's inauguration as prime minister.
Molibeli revealed that Thabane's phone was used to communicate with another phone at the crime scene.
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"Observing that the prime minister Thabane has been requested to clarify the use of his phone during the murder of the former first lady and that the prime minister's wife 'Maesaiah Thabane is now under spotlight and has been issued a warrant of arrest, and noting with concern that the prime minister while being investigated, attempts to dismiss the Commissioner of Police, by so doing interfering and obstructing justice, which is the abuse of his powers, we therefore demand the prime minister and the entire government of 4×4 step down with immediate effect," leader of opposition in parliament Mathibeli Mokhothu said yesterday.
Mokhothu is the leader of the main opposition Democratic Congress (DC).
He said parliament, currently in annual summer recess, should be recalled "to pave way for the country's crisis with immediate effect".
Mokhothu further indicated that there was a political crisis in Lesotho "which needs to be addressed with immediate effect as a result of the unfortunate and regrettable incidents that are clear display of government's inabilities to take charge of the affairs of the country".
He added: "The other suspects, in particular those who participated in the killing of the former first lady Mrs Lipolelo Thabane have not been summoned, arrested or charged, and there is no explanation whatsoever."
On Monday, a few hours before the opposition parties held their press conference, Minister of Small Business development, Cooperatives and Marketing Chalane Phori said Thabane will not resign but will put up a fight. NW
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In the Gospel we meet the principal Scripture passage which mentions the three divine Persons. Christ gives His apostles the command: "Go . . . baptize in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." Our own selves should be the gift dedicated to the Blessed Trinity at the Offertory. During the distribution of holy Communion the Church says to us: This Bread from heaven is a love-token from the triune God. Christ effected your salvation, the Father preordained your redemption by calling you, the Holy Spirit is infusing grace after grace to insure your perseverance.


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To fuel these two days of exchange, the organizing partners are launching a call for contributions to identify, promote and highlight urban and architectural projects and scientific work from doctoral research.
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"YOU ARE BEING WATCHED!" "The government has a secret system – a machine that spies on you, every hour of every day.
"YOU ARE BEING WATCHED!"
"The government has a secret system – a machine that spies on you, every hour of every day. I know, because I built it. I designed the machine to detect acts of terror, but it sees everything … "- says Harold Finch (Michael Emerson) in the opening lines of the American TV Show Person of interest. He seems to not only caution us about machine surveillance but also about the power of Artificial intelligence (AI). As the story unfolds, we witness a war between two machines carried out by humans. This is not the first time concerns about an AI have been raised by creating visions of the future. "The Terminator" showed us what sort of a scenario awaits Earth if an AI were to turn rogue. The movie "Minority Report" showed another aspect of how people can manipulate an AI in their favor to escape punishment.
Today, Internet of Things (IoT), the new face of AI, is booming all across the technological world where people are spending billions for its development and exploring new opportunities using it. For those who are new to the buzz surrounding the Internet of Things, the following people put the point across very simply in Quora
Benson Hougland, vice president at Opto 22, responsible for product evolution, marketing, training, and communications in the TEDx talk paints a beautiful picture of a typical day in the world of IoT.
Given the benefits, every organization wants to ride the IoT wave – IBM, SAP, Microsoft, Intel, and Cisco. Google went on a buying spree, purchasing different robotics companies, Amazon deciding it's time to get into the drone delivery (aka flying robots) business. User friendly robots are coming to hit the market soon.
It's not just the corporates; Governments want in on the action as well. They are making IoT part of their strategy and are allocating significant budget in this direction, like 'Smart cities', 'Smart Industries', etc. Some examples are as listed below:
British PM David Cameron announced a collaboration between UK and Germany on IoT
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014 announced a $1.2 billion investment to fashion urban centers with sensors that will monitor traffic flows, water and energy usage, and security, and send that information to city officials. The Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DEIT) on 17th Oct 2014 laid out a draft policy on 'Internet of things' in India, describing the government's plan of developing 100 smart cities, for which Rs.7,060 crore has been allocated in the current Central budget. This could lead to a massive and quick expansion
IoT has the potential to touch every domain, and nearly every aspect of human life. These numbers indicate the massive scale of impact IoT is expected to have:
50 billion devices connected to the Internet worldwide by 2020
7 connected devices per person by 2020
8 billion mobile broadband access points by 2019
4.5 million IoT jobs by 2020
$14.4 trillion of value over the next decade
$97 billion additional revenue in Medical device industry by 2024
70 percent a year growth through 2018 in total sales of clothing and accessories incorporating computer technology, rising from $3 billion today to $42.5 billion
$3.3 trillion market for 'Smart City' applications and services by 2025
At the core of IoT is the ever – evolving relationship between humans and machines (or things, in general) – a relationship that is being redefined through technology, narrowing the divide between the two.
But, knowing the advantages, I come back to the point where I started … You are being watched, sensed and predicted not just one time but always….!!! The machine can sense, by analyzing all your past moves, your chances in making a particular decision. A small way in which it can destroy you, is that you can be tricked into buying stuff you never wanted. On a large scale, people can only predict how destructive it can be, if left uncontrolled with no rules, guidelines or infrastructure to regulate it. It's not very far when it becomes a potential weapon for terrorism. The worst case scenario is that we will see the Rise of machines where they are more intelligent than us and they start controlling us.
The Economist has pointed out obvious concerns by some personalities. In a speech in October at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Elon Musk described artificial intelligence (AI) as "summoning the demon", and the creation of a rival to human intelligence as probably the biggest threat facing the world. He is not alone. The great Stephen Hawking too believes "AI could be a 'real danger'.
A study from Hewlett-Packard found that 70% of the most commonly used IoT devices contain vulnerabilities – or in other words, they can be hacked!
IoT – a hacker's delight!
"With most [smart devices], if you can connect to it, you can own it."
James Lyne, Head of Security Research at Sophos
Computer scientists at the University of Michigan hacked into "smart" traffic lights with nothing more than a laptop and basic radio broadcast equipment.
Hackers at the Black Hat security conference compromised a Nest thermostat in front of a live audience
BBC recently assembled a team of seven computer security experts and let them loose in a home full of "smart" devices. In short order, they cracked the security on every last one of them. "The one that people really get concerned about is the microphone on a smart TV," said one expert. "We were able to bug a living room through it."
IoT – weapons of mass disruption?
Wi-Fi pacemaker hack: In the late 2000s, scientists demonstrated a WiFi pacemaker hack with which one could take control of the device. The threat was so deadly (no pun intended), that former US Vice President **** Cheney's doctors disabled his pacemaker's wireless capabilities to thwart possible assassination attempts (This was even before the TV series 'Homeland' used it as a plot-line).
Insulin pump hack delivers fatal dosage over the air: At the Hacker Halted conference in Miami, the attack on wireless insulin pumps was demonstrated. The attack hijacks nearby insulin pumps, enabling the attacker to surreptitiously deliver fatal doses to diabetic patients.
Smart meter hacks: The best case: smart meters can be hacked to cut power bills. The worst case: A criminal who can hack your smart metering utility system can identify when usage drops and assume that means nobody is home.
IoT botnet – thingbot: An IoT botnet (or thingbot) is a group of hacked computers, smart appliances and Internet-connected devices that have been co-opted for illicit purposes
Will IoT make our homes the perfect panopticon?
Hackers who could only virtually spy on your computer until recently could now potentially spy on you in your own house! You should be scared of your 'smart' TV. With facial recognition, voice recognition built into TVs, the possibility of snooping using the TV is pretty high.
Joseph Steinberg gives you more "reasons to be scared of smart devices at home"
IoT: Measures taken in past?
Qualcomm developed a communication protocol for IoT, named AllJoyn, which is currently a collaborative open source project of the AllSeen Alliance. Open interconnect consortium is an alliance founded by Intel, Samsung and Broadcom defining its own connectivity and interoperability standards for IoT. Similarly, there are several other protocols that have been implemented.
IoT: A baby step towards Technological Singularity?
Technological Singularity is a term used to describe the theoretical moment in time when artificial intelligence matches and then exceeds human intelligence. The term was popularized by sci-fi writer Vernor Vinge, but full credit goes to the mathematician John von Neumann, who spoke of [in the words of Stanislaw Ulam] "ever accelerating progress of technology and changes in the mode of human life, which gives the appearance of approaching some essential singularity in the history of the race beyond which human affairs, as we know them, could not continue."
The question which arises is "Can the evolution of machines overtake the evolution of humans, its creator?"
Now, I guess it is too early to say if the Internet of Things would create a technological Utopia or Dystopia. But it's not too late to take the right steps in the right direction.
https://sites.google.com/a/cortland.edu/the-internet-of-things/disadvantages
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/14/technology/google-adds-to-its-menagerie-of-robots.html?_r=1
http://anandmanisankar.com/posts/IoT-internet-of-things-good-bad-ugly/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/amadoudiallo/2014/08/28/can-babolats-smart-racket-improve-your-tennis-game/#2a4de9a0f793
http://www.mckinsey.com/industries/high-tech/our-insights/the-internet-of-things
http://www.wired.com/insights/2014/11/the-internet-of-things-bigger/
http://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/business-technology/our-insights/the-internet-of-things-and-the-future-of-manufacturing
http://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2015/08/17/3-ways-the-internet-of-things-will-change-every-business/#6ffc85b7d152
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AlcRoqS65E
http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21650526-artificial-intelligence-scares-peopleexcessively-so-rise-machines
http://standards.ieee.org/develop/project/2413.html
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Houston Chronicle: Union protesters disrupt Shell chief's speech
EXTRACT: "…two union protesters posing as luncheon guests disrupted a speech by Shell Oil Co.'s president. The protesters, both with the Service Employees International Union, jumped up during John Hofmeister's speech and lectured him on the low wages janitors are paid to clean Shell's office buildings."
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Headline: Striking janitors rally at Houston police headquarters
By L.M. SIXEL and ANNE MARIE KILDAY
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle
Hundreds of members of "Justice for Janitors" rallied in front of Houston police headquarters tonight.
They gathered to protest the arrest of a striking janitor earlier in the day.
Sgt. G. Batcheler said the protest began at about 8 p.m., although striking janitors had been protesting in different locations in downtown since earlier this morning.
"It has been peaceful. We've not been having any problems," Batcheler said.
He estimated that approximately 500 janitors involved in the strike gathered in front of the building at 1200 Travis.
Although patrol cars were circling the block and three school buses were parked in the 1100 block of Travis, Batcheler said the noisy protesters remained calm.
Another group of janitors held a similar protest in front of the southeast substation where two janitors who had been arrested earlier were being held in city jail.
Men, women, and young children gathered and chanted "Up with the protest" and "Arriba, revolution."
Houston police mounted officers also were called in to ensure that the striking workers stayed on the sidewalk downtown.
Many in the crowd who were drinking bottled water and eating snacks neatly deposited empty containers in a box brought in by the striking janitorial workers.
"Their active efforts to clean up after themselves may have been a result of incidents earlier in the week where a few janitors dumped trash into some buildings downtown," Batcheler said.
"Those incidents are still under investigation by Houston police because they are considered illegal dumping, a class B misdemeanor."
Earlier today, two union protesters posing as luncheon guests disrupted a speech by Shell Oil Co.'s president. The protesters, both with the Service Employees International Union, jumped up during John Hofmeister's speech and lectured him on the low wages janitors are paid to clean Shell's office buildings.
Hofmeister gave the speech after accepting the 2006 International Executive of the Year Award from the Greater Houston Partnership and Kiwanis International.
"What are you doing about the janitors who clean your buildings for $5.15 an hour?" Peter Hanrahan, president of SEIU Local 3 of Cleveland, shouted. "You spend more money on lunch than they earn all year."
Many in the audience of 330 that included members of Houston's consular corps groaned and shouted back, "No, No," as Hanrahan hustled out of the room.
A few minutes later, another protester, Joseph McLaughlin, lead researcher for SEIU Local 5 in Houston, was also quickly removed when he shouted: "Can you have some respect for the janitors who clean your buildings?"
Neither protester was arrested.
SEIU represents 5,300 janitors, many of whom are striking the city's five biggest cleaning companies over wages and a lack of health benefits.
After the first outbreak, Hofmeister said, "Houston has to solve" this issue and encouraged those on both sides of the strike to get together and talk.
Jeff Moseley, president and CEO of the Greater Houston Partnership, said after the speech that the union's efforts may be misguided.
"It would be well for SEIU to realize who their friends are before they exercise their right to free speech," said Moseley. "No leader is more understanding in the business community than John Hofmeister. … There are people in the business community who are willing to listen, willing to hear and willing to assist but they're less likely when they see things like this."
But Lynda Tran, a spokeswoman for SEIU, had a different opinion of the business community's response to the strike.
"To date, the business and the real estate community in particular have failed to step up and take responsibility to the fact janitors are continuing to live in poverty without health care," Tran said. "They will continue to hear from janitors and janitors' supporters who will urge them to step in and settle the strike."
In a statement issued later in the day, Shell said it hopes the issues between the janitorial service companies and the union will be resolved as soon as possible through the normal collective bargaining process.
However, Shell pointed out that it's not involved in the bargaining process and is not a party to any eventual agreement.
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CoLAB 2021: Feral Domestic
This winter brings restlessness as we retreat indoors, continuing to isolate to keep each other safe. But while sheltering at home, we can use this forced reduction of our world as a space in which to imagine new realities. Connecting to others, we can find new ways to be present in this moment, to learn from the suffering and instability of the past year, to transform the possibilities of the limited space we occupy and reimagine our own boundaries and futures in the process.
UnionDocs has retooled our Collaborative Studio with these goals in mind. (Read more about the CoLAB here). Our next opportunity in this ongoing experiment is shorter, concentrated, and offers participation in-residence or remotely. It's still engaged with theory, practice, and co-creation, but focused on the process as much as the products of this engagement.
The facilitators of this endeavor will be Dani & Sheilah ReStack, and the collaborative's work will take inspiration from their concept of "feral domesticity."
Doubled Inhabitation: A Mirage in The Kitchen
We aspire to "feral domesticity." The continuous desire in the work is to create a friction against boundaries of sense and norms of usage dictated by our heteropatriarchal society. Most often, this friction is made through doubling of inhabitation.
Feral is useful because it takes as its primary point a domesticated version of something—a recognizable—and holds simultaneous the deviation, the wild and untamed version of that norm.
Perhaps this strategy of doubling inhabitation is a way in which to activate a third possibility—that which exists between and has potential to destabilize. Perhaps this is a denial of recognizability, but we want to underline that it is through the embrace and (over) inhabitation of that very recognizable that makes it vibrate with other possibilities. That is why it is subtitled, mirage in the kitchen—it is a wavering vision.
Questions to Explore
How is your body your home?
Can you transform your house to be a space for unpredictable occurrences?
Can banal tasks be rituals?
What does doubled-inhabitation look like?
What are your desires?
What are you willing to do?
What are you willing to give up?
What do you resist and what are your methods of resistance?
How do you inhabit love, violence, curiosity, compassion, selfishness, vulnerability, humility, fear and trust?
With one foot in the past and one foot in the future we are pissing on today. How do we remain present?
Are you willing to be guided by animal knowledge?
How does the poison of capitalism seep into me? How can we find it when we don't know it's happening?
What does a construction of the future look like built from materials found around the house/apartment?
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Poets,
Print-makers,
Activists,
Journalists, Sculptors,
Designers, Coders, Collaborators!
The UNDO CoLAB aims to bring media artists of all disciplines together (filmmakers, animators, designers, writers, poets, audio-makers, coders, architects, sculptors, printmakers, illustrators, painters and more), for creative production and solidarity. During a 10 week focused-engagement, the group will pursue a set of short creative exercises committed to being hyper-present and in search for paths of rupture to our dominant paradigms. This work will focus on opening up creative pathways within the everyday, to find shape in expedient or inventive forms to plant seeds for larger future projects. Rather than striving towards a final singular product, we'll focus on process, opening up to trial, error and group critique, making sketches, drafts and ideas that can be immediately tested.
Five artists will be invited to become residents at UnionDocs, entering a productive bubble, living and working together in the space from February 1 – March 31. Seven artists will be invited to join remotely from anywhere in the world. All 12 will come together to form a supportive cohort to engage in artist encounters, and research sessions with radical thinkers, and regular project development meetings.
Dani & Sheilah ReStack
Artist Leads
Dani and Sheilah ReStack have embarked on an artistic relationship that is formally and emotionally adjacent to their domestic lives, a quotidian zone they share with their young daughter Rose. Both artists have established careers on their own. Neither Dani' video work or Sheilah's multimedia performance and installation work could exactly prepare us for the force of the women's collaborative efforts. – Michael Sicinski, Cinema Scope, 2017. ReStack collaborations have shown at the 2017 Whitney Biennial, Iceberg Projects Chicago, Toronto International Film Festival, Images Film Festival, Toronto, Lyric Theater, Carrizozo, NM, Leslie Lohman Project Space, Gaa Wellfleet, New York Film Festival and The Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio. They have received grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, Ohio Arts Council and Visual Studies Workshop, NY. They have been residents at The Headlands in Marin County and their newest video Ohio, premiered as part of Wexner Center's Cinetracts series fall 2020.
Dani's work is made with an emotional logic, questioning cultural, personal and animal realities. She got her MFA in Film/Video at Bard College in 2010. She has screened at the UnionDocs, Oberhausen, Rotterdam, MoMA PS1, Anthology Film Archives, Views from the Avant-Garde, and Projections.Dani is Associate Professor Painting and Drawing at Ohio State University.
Sheilah's work is a feminist, queer proposal for new systems of knowledge and narrative. She has her BFA from NSCAD University, Halifax and MFA from Goldmiths College, London. Recent solo show Hold Hold Spill was at Interface Gallery in Oakland, California (2020). Residencies include Banff Center for the Arts (2012), Struts and Faucet Media Centre (2014), Headlands Center for the Arts (2016) and MacDowell fellowship (2019). ReStack is the recipient of the Howard Foundation Fellowship for Photography (2017), and Canada Council Project Grants (2013, 2017). Sheilah is Associate Professor and Chair Studio Art at Denison University.
Opening Up Process
With technical support from UnionDocs, the group will produce a collective "show" a kind of cable-access compilation, group video diary, or guerrilla media zine, garnering inspiration from experiments in artist-run television like the VideoFreex, Joanie4Jackie, K8 Hardy and Wynne Greenwood's New Report, and others. Individuals and small teams will produce shorts, sketches, segments and interstitials during rapid two week sprints that will come together as a collective output. The ReStacks will provide artistic direction toward three themes inspired by the work of three different authors, that they have selected who will join the group for a seminar conversation and to share feedback on the sketches and works-in-progress. The thought is to document the collective production and to extend this unique experience to others interested in following along.
A lowkey, experimental live-stream will be quickly edited into short episodes, with highlights from project discussions, artist encounters, and author conversations included alongside the recent work created. The ethos will be one of eschewing perfection, understanding vulnerability as strength and as a space of open experimentation.
– 10 project development meetings (Mondays & Wednesdays @ 5:30p)
– 10 encounters with visiting artists chosen to skill share tactics and provoke new ideas (Sundays @ 3p)
– 8 seminars with radical thinkers to provoke your work (Mondays @ 6p)
– 4 episodes of the collective show
– Bi-weekly BBQs
– We estimate the program will require around 25 hours each week (7 hours in meetings, 5 hours reading/watching, 12 hours of production). Meetings will be scheduled on evenings and weekends, and production is on your own time.
– $1100 program fee (crowdfunding option available, and full 2 scholarships offered for BIPOC artists). This fee is subsidized with grant contributions and offered as low as possible given costs associated with running the studio, which include general operating, artists fees, guest honoraria, and contributions to partner organizations.
– Residency option is $1000 / month all inclusive (full details here) Dani will be joining in-residence for a period of the program!
Christopher Allen
Founder / Executive Artistic Director
Christopher Allen is a producer/director of documentary media projects and a programmer of multi-disciplinary events. After graduating from Columbia University, he co-founded UnionDocs and has been responsible for the organization's growth from grassroots as the Executive Artistic Director. The collaborative projects he initiated — including Living Los Sures, Just to Get By, Documenting Mythologies, and Yellow Arrow — unite the creative efforts of hundreds of artists, documentary makers and communities. He directed the early interactive documentary Capitol of Punk, exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art. In 2014 and 2016, Brooklyn Magazine named him one of the most influential people in Brooklyn culture. Christopher has served on the juries of film festivals such as RIDM (Montreal) and Doc Lisboa, and on funding panels such as NYSCA and LEF. He collaborates on live media performance projects such as Say Something Bunny! with artist A.S.M. Kobayashi.
Jenny Miller
Co-Artistic Director
Jenny has worked as a producer/editor/organizer dedicated to community arts programming with a penchant for nonfiction for the past 10 years. She likes to bring curiosity, care, and a strong political stake in bolstering local arts communities through collaborative practice, open dialogue and diverse programming to her work here at UnionDocs. She has called Virginia, Ohio, Chicago, and Brooklyn home and has worked and volunteered time with such communities in all of those spaces including with New Frontier at Sundance Film Festival, Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago Artists Coalition, Rooftop Films, MOMA PS1, The Nightingale Cinema, Printed Matter Inc, Renegade Craft Fair and The Dissolve at Pitchfork Media. While at The Nightingale in Chicago, she helped launch their roving, experimental documentary series Run Of Life. Jenny received a B.A. in English + Cinema Studies from Oberlin where she took an interdisciplinary approach to her studies which centered documentary arts, artists' books, pop culture and DIY publishing / exhibition practices.
Alison S. M. Kobayashi
Alison S. M. Kobayashi makes short videos and performances that have been exhibited widely in Canada, the United States and overseas. She was a guest artist at the 2008 Flaherty Film Seminar and her body of work was a Spotlight Presentation at Video Out, Jakarta International Film Festival, Indonesia and is a 2016 Yaddo and MacDowell Colony fellow. In 2012, she was commissioned by Les Subsistances in Lyon, France to produce her first live performance, Defense Mechanism. She is the creator and star of the New York Times Critics Pick, Say Something Bunny! Alison S. M Kobayashi was born in Mississauga, Ontario and is based in Toronto and Brooklyn, NY where she is the Director of Special Projects at UnionDocs.
Juan Pedro Agurcia
Juan Pedro Agurcia is graduate of the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, where he majored in Entertainment and Media Studies with a focus on Film and Television. Born and raised in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Juan Pedro has been involved in various productions and film festivals in and outside of the United States. Most recently, he's been a part of Cinema Tropical and the Tribeca Film Festival.


Woo – Dating For Singles Although Woo does send you people that may have similar interests, allowing you to tick the ones you like, Woo also lets you search for people based on tags and interests.
If you like a person that you come across, you can send them a "crush" and the app will let you ask and answer questions where you can match if you like each other's answers.
The app also has a private chat for when people match up so they can have a conversation.
Zoosk There's a reason Zoosk is one of the top dating apps and it's largely in part because they have a massive following with over 35 million members globally.
happn With happn, you're alerted to potential matches with people that you've actually crossed paths with in real life.
So if you pass by another user on the commute to work, or while standing in line waiting for a coffee, the app will know you have both crossed paths and their profiles will show up in your timeline.
Coffee Meets Bagel also has things set up for the LGBTQ community.
While you can create a profile with pictures and a description, things are kept brief, and to potentially match up with other users you simply swipe right to like or left to pass. Tinder also includes private built-in chat to talk with matches, and it recently introduced a new feature called Tinder Social which revolves around groups friends swiping right to meet up with other groups of friends.
Things are pretty common here, with you setting up a profile and letting Zoosk send you potential matches based on interests and preferences.
The app also features things like advanced search options, and photo verification so you know that matches look like their photo.
They have a fairly large member set so potential matches are likely to come across the app often, and there are multiple ways to filter them including nearby users, online users, and newest users.


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Thomas E. Dotson, 68, of Tiffin, passed away at 2:34 p.m. Thursday, July 27, 2017.
Thomas was born Dec. 23, 1948, in Tiffin, to Thomas and Thelma (Wheatley) Dotson.
Survivors include his daughter, Katie Dotson of Toledo; a brother, Scott Dotson of Florida; and a sister, Linda Lee of Tiffin.
Thomas worked at Quicktab, Tiffin and was a 1968 graduate of Tiffin Columbian High School.
Thomas was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Vernon Dotson; and three sisters, Debbie Dotson, Christine Paton and Kay Smith.
A funeral for Thomas will begin at 6 p.m. Monday, July 31, 2017, at Engle-Shook Funeral Home & Crematory, 135 N. Washington St., Tiffin, (419) 447-1221, with Pastor Rex King officiating. Burial will be at Fairmont Cemetery, Tiffin, at a later date.
Visitation for family and friends will be 4-6 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Volunteers of America Autumnwood Care Center.
Online condolences may be left for the family at www.engleshookfuneralhome.com.


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Well regarded -- except, apparently, by the crazies on the extreme right.
Judge Surrick is typical of the attitude of the Federal judiciary towards "We the People:" by the courts, for the courts, and of the courts - Americans need not apply. It is obvious that the Federal courts are not designed to protect the average American. They are corporate in nature and are only designed to protect government and big corporations. The Federal courts are a total waste of time in this country, as are the state courts. "We the People" need to take back the grand juries (which were usurped from us in 1946 by the prosecutors' associations). Grand juries could be empanelled by "We the People" when it was found that judges and other officials were violating the law. The grand jury kept a stringent check on the courts, the executive and even the legislative branches of government. Grand juries were the last bastion against corrupt, incompetent, dishonest and tyrannical Federal and state judges and other public officials. Plus, the grand jury was designed to control the budgets of the counties and the states. Once grand juries were usurped by the prosecutor/district attorney associations, those two responsibilities were removed from the people. We now have seen the destruction it has caused this country, in its social fabric and financial stability. It's time to take back the grand juries, or start our own parallel to the corporate grand juries run by the corporate government. For those that aren't savvy, the United States is defined as a Federal corporation (28 U.S.C. Section 3002 (15)), and the states, municipalities and other instrumentalities are subdivisons thereunder. So, any Federal judge that can be rated, is to be rated as compromised by the government and big business and has significant unconstitutional conflicts of interests wherein they cannot sit on most cases because they have financial interests in most of those cases they are involved with.
Having read J. Surrick's lengthy opinion in Berg v Obama, I find it well reasoned and consistent with the law.
(1) There must be an injury in fact -- a deprivation of a legally protected interest that is concrete and particularized and is actual or imminent, and not conjectural or hypothetical.
(2) There must be a direct causal connection between the injury and the defendant's conduct that can be traced to the actions of the defendant and not to some other third party.
(3) A favorable decision must be likely to redress the complained-of injury.
In Jones v. Bush the court (in 2000) held that individual voters did not have standing to seek injunctive relief alleging a violation of the Twelfth Amendment (since both Bush and Chaney were alleged to be citizens of Texas, and thus members of the Electoral College from Texas could not vote for both of them as it would violate the 12th Amendment). The plaintiffs claimed that their status as voters and citizens was sufficient to confer standing. The court dismissed the action, finding that the plaintiffs' alleged harm was not particularized and that they, therefore, did not have standing.
In Becker v. FEC, the court (in 2000) dismissed a suit by supporters of Ralph Nader, because they did not have standing to challenge the FEC's debate regulations that prevented Nader from participating in the presidential debates, since the party sustaining the alleged harm was Nader, not the voters who did not suffer a particularized harm.
In Hollander v McCain, the plaintiffs brought suit alleging that John McCain was ineligible to be president because he was born in the Panama Canal Zone and was, thus, not a natural born citizen as that term is used in the Natural Born Citizen clause of the Constitution. The court (in 2008) dismissed the claim for lack of standing because the harm the plaintiff alleged was too generalized, and was not a particularized harm sustained by the plaintiff.
Going back a little farther in time, the court in U.S. v. Richardson held (in 1974) that a taxpayer did not have standing to obtain information about the expenditures of the C.I.A. under the Constitution's Accounts Clause, in Article I, Section 9.
In Ex parte Levitt, the court (in 1976) held that a citizen did not have standing to challenge the appointment of Hugo Black to the Supreme Court under the Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, in Article I, Section 6.
This principle is well-established. To have standing to bring a lawsuit, the plaintiff must have sustained an individualized harm that is different than a harm sustained by all citizens or by a large group of citizens.
The only document showing Obama's birth certificate is on a website. If it is valid, why did he not simply show it to the court instead of filing for a Joint Motion for Protective Order to Stay Discovery Pending a Decision on the Motion to Dismiss. If he had proof, he should have provided it to the court, and this would have been over back in August.
Someone has stated that Obama has provided his birth certificate. No, what he has provided is a copy of the birth registration. There is a difference. What he should be providing is the long form, which shows the full name of the mother, the race, the origin, the full name of the father, the race, the origin. It should state the place of birth, including the name of the hospital.
I worked for a major life insurance company, and often requested such documents.
Hopefully, the U. S. Supreme Court will take this and give it a thorough examination, and then make a ruling.
As it is right now, this election will go down in history as not only the most expensive, but also as the one with the most fraud. It will make the 2000 election look like child's play.
I think this should be looked into. I'm just a ordinary citizen but I am asked to prove who I am all the time. Here we have a man running for President of the United States who apparently does not have to prove that he is a U.S. citizen. This whole issue has produced very negative PR for Obama. If he has a legitimate birth certificate, why won't he just produce it and put this whole issue to bed?
In the case of Berg v. Obama, the judge ruled on the standing case law. One would expect him to raise the issue of the common sense of the law. As in Roe v. Wade, there comes a time when a judge needs to consider the good of the people. As in this case, the judge should have admonished the DNC and Senator Obama for not providing good faith discovery of the information. Why drag on this lawsuit? What is behind the litigation here? Why not come forward with the basics? Rather, the judge admonished Mr. Berg for speaking on behalf of the people.
This situation is extremely outrageous. We deserve to know the truth about Senator Obama's birth and we need to know immediately who has the standing to question his eligibility before this issue becomes a constitutional crisis after the election. I am extremely disappointed with this dismissal.
With the election so close, this judge should have demanded that Senator Obama present his vaulted birth certificate as Senator McCain did. There are too many questions about where he was born. If he's discovered not to be a natural born citizen after the elections, there will be a constitutional crisis. America was embarrassed enough after the 2000 elections.
I must say I am saddened that this judge denied the American people the right to see verification that Senator Obama is indeed eligible to become Commander in Chief. The people of this country cannot even get a driver's license without an original birth certificate. We require no less than that from a potential President. I am not a firm believer that Senator Obama is not eligible, but the denial of these records for the people is despicable at best, criminal at worst. The citizens of this country have rights that supercede any one man's opinion. If the Senator has already provided these documents, then it is long overdue that those be made public. Dragging this out is suspicious. If this is not an issue, why did the Senator's campaign deem it important enough to post a digital copy of his certificate online, but failed to provide an original to the court? These are legitimate questions, and the best way to shut everyone up is provide what we have the right to see.
Sorry if I make the average rating here credible, but I suddenly felt like "the silent majority" here. Feels great, actually!
Now ask yourself if you were Obama and you had such a lawsuit filed against you, how would you respond?
A Provide the court with the three documents in question and go back to shaking hands, making promises and smiling for the cameras.
B. Provide images of one of the documents to a friendly website to post, but not to the court.
C. Ignore the request, then make a motion to dismiss the case, in lieu of providing the proof.
D. In the meantime, quietly, post a notice at your website, FighttheSmears.com that you had dual citizenship with Kenya.
E. Hire the top gun attorney from the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) to fight the case.
F. File a Joint Motion for Protective Order to Stay Discovery Pending a Decision on the Motion to Dismiss (which was) filed on 09/24/08, thereby putting the matter off until–hopefully–after the election.
Time's up. What do you do?
Most readers sensibly chose A.
Oh, my. I see the right wing religious crazies have come out in force. There's no telling what will come out from under the rocks, is there?
Sorry to see that this system is being abused by the acolytes of Berg who are insane with hate after the dismissal of the frivolous lawsuit against Obama.
When "the people" are judged to "not have standing" on a constitutional matter, it appears that a government "of the people, for the people and by the people" is "just words".
In this case, the burden of proof falls squarely on the defendant. The defendant is seeking a position that has constitutional requirements and absolute proof of those requirements has not been presented.
There are a batch of trolls upset because this judge didn't buy into a badly written lawsuit cut and pasted from lunatic websites.
The judge did the right thing in dismissing a case with no validity that was wasting the court's valuable time. And the trolls, rather than gnashing their teeth and wailing because a bad lawsuit was dismissed, should be glad that we are a nation of laws for everyone, and that the rule of law is still "innocent until proven guilty", not "guilty until proven innocent."
The judge probably knew the case would be taken to the Supreme Court and maybe that is what the judge was hoping for. It is not a state case, it is a case for the country. I am glad it has gone to the highest court in the land. They must hear this case. If the Supreme Court throws it out, then we know we are in deep trouble.
Please start living up to the your Constitutional duties and let the evidence be heard. On what legal grounds was this case dismissed? Has the evidence been heard? I pray the Supreme Court will take a serious look at your ruling and allow the case to proceed.
I don't have a legal background but think you could have done a much better job in your answer about why you have decided that Mr. Berg's lawsuit has no standing when the Constitution clearly lays out a government by the people and for the people. Yet according to your ruling "the people" have no standing and would not be injured by the total disregard of provisions laid out in the Constitution by our founding fathers. Haven't you, by your ruling, pretty much declared the tenets of the Constitution of the United States invalid?
There are now tens of thousands if not millions of Americans who cannot believe the total disregard for the truth by our judicial system. Something that could have been handled by presenting a few documents is going to turn into a national crisis. Unbelievable.
Just shows that the American judicial branch is a joke, to go along with the legislative branch, which is also a joke, and the executive branch, which is also a joke.
Surrick, shame on you. Hopefully, an appeal can be made to the Supreme Court.
It is sad that our country is deteriorating to the point where ordinary citizens have no standing. Gone are the days of government by the people for the people. It's all about power now, instead of what is best for America. Take our money, ask for our votes and then do what is in your best interests instead of ours. I had to provide original copies of my children's birth certificates to register them for school. How hard is it? I certainly hope that the Supreme Court is more concerned with the well-being of the USA!
Moderately defense oriented in civil cases. Exceptionally slow in disposing of civil cases. Pleasant to the lawyers.


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Tokyo based makeup brand Shu Uemura is now offering a lipstick engraving service, available exclusively at its stores in Omotesando and Ginza. For no additional fee, customers who purchase a lipstick can opt to have their name, initials, or any other word...
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Japanese creative director Hiroshi Fujiwara has teamed up with Italian luxury brand Bvlgari to create a capsule collection cobranded with his Fragment Design (FRGMT) label. For the collaboration, he reimagined some of the classic pieces from Bvlgari's...
Last year G-Shock announced a special Transformers collaboration watch to mark its 35-year anniversary. Now it's back with a second version that's just as cool as the original one. While last year's watch was inspired by Optimus Prime, this year's is...
Nintendo Playing Cards Exclusively for Porter
In 1902, the toy maker Nintendo became the first company to manufacture playing cards in Japan, and now it's made a special set just for the bag brand Porter. At first glance the back of the cards seem to employ a classic design, but look closely and...
Hiroshi Fujiwara's Fragment Designs Tumbler for Starbucks
After previous collaborations which included mugs and instant coffee, Hiroshi Fujiwara has once again joined forces with Starbucks Japan to release two limited-edition products. The standout in the series is a stainless steel, insulated bottle that holds...
Sacai MA-1 Pullover Sweatshirts
Chitose Abe is known for her adeptness at combining different textiles and styles into new, effortlessly cool garments. This is true for her men's collection just as it is her women's offering, and some new pullovers are the perfect blend of sporty and...
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Akwa Ibom Correctional Service receives new controller
Lovina Anthony
The Nigeria Corrections Service, Akwa Ibom State Command has received a new Controller, CC Akinlola Orisabinone into the State.
Akinlola Orisabinone, who took over from CC Alex Oditah on the 31st August, 2020, holds a Bachelor of Arts (History) from the University of Lagos and was enlisted into the service as an Assistant Superintendent of Corrections on the 24th of September, 1991.
According to the Statement signed by the Command Public Relations Officer, ASC Ogbajie Ogbajie, the newly posted controller is an indigene of Ondo State who has served in various capacities and formations such as, Medium Security Custodial Center Lagos, Owo Custodial Center, State Headquarters, Ibadan, Disciplinary officer State Headquarters, Benin, Officer In-Charge, Okitipupa Custodial Center among others.
He was thereafter promoted to the rank of Controller of Corrections and posted as a directing staff to Nigerian Correctional Academy, Ijebu Igbo in Ogun State.
He later became the Acting Commandant at the Nigerian Correctional Academy, Ijebu Igbo.
The Statement reads in parts, "The Controller General of Corrections, Ja'afaru Ahmed has posted a new Controller of Correctional Service to Akwa Ibom State. The newly posted Controller of Corrections, Akinlola Orisabinone took over from his predecessor, Controller of Corrections, Alex Oditah on the 31st August, 2020.
"The new Controller of Corrections, Akwa Ibom State Command, has served in many capacities and formations.
"He is a seasoned administrator who has attended so many courses within and outside the country. He loves reading, swimming and meeting people. Mr. Orisabinone is from Ileja LGA, Ondo State. He is happily married with children."
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Don't claim FG's projects: FCC Commissioner to NASS members
'Migrants with expired permit, visitors' pass to pay penalty' – NIS
Don Silas
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied reports that the commission is currently recruiting.
EFCC made this known in series of tweets via its Twitter handle on Saturday.
The commission tweed, "EFCC wishes to alert the public about fake EFCC Recruitment Form 2021 circulating on the social media, and to warn that the Commission is currently not recruiting.
"Fraudsters are circulating forged Offer of Employment Letters, purporting same to be from the EFCC, and extorting members of the public.
"The public should note that, there is no ongoing recruitment in the EFCC. The purported 'EFCC Recruitment Form 2021' as well as the 'official recruitment portal' and 'Offer of Employment Letters' are non -existent.
"For the avoidance of doubt, recruitment into the EFCC is a structured, transparent and merit-driven process which is always heavily advertised through the mass media and the Commission's social media platforms. It is highly automated, with no place for the so-called Employment Form.
"The EFCC is on the trail of the scammers behind this devious scheme as no efforts will be spared to bring them to justice.
"The Commission urges the public to cross check any doubtful information with the agency through: [email protected]"
Ifreke Inyang
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his sadness over the death of Hajiya Fatima (Fanta) Garba Mohammed, the immediate younger sister of late military Head of State General Sani Abacha.
In a statement by Buhari's Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the president condoled with the Abacha family.
Hajia Fanta is the mother of Senator Basheer Mohammed (Lado), Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
Buhari also said he sympathises with Lado and his siblings as well as the people of Kano State, noting that Hajia Fanta devoted her time on earth to care for the less-privileged and godly upbringing of her children.
President Buhari prayed that Allah will console all those who mourn and grant Hajiya Fanta Aljannatul Firdaus.
She was aged 75.


An example of a result from a long-term cooperation with Lund University (together with professor Roland Akselsson at the Department of Ergonomics and Aerosol Technology) there some of the authors. (Engström) gained extensive grants (EU-financing and Wallenberg Stifelsen regarding equipment as well as other founding from e.g. the Swedish Work Environment Found). This publication was a result of the just mentioned EU-financing.


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Q: Null value in a parameter varbinary datatype How can I add a null value in a parameter varbinary datatype?
When I execute the following code:
using (SqlConnection myDatabaseConnection1 = new SqlConnection(myConnectionString.ConnectionString))
{
    using (SqlCommand mySqlCommand = new SqlCommand("INSERT INTO Employee(EmpName, Image) Values(@EmpName, @Image)", myDatabaseConnection1))
    {
        mySqlCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@EmpName", textBoxEmpName.Text);
        mySqlCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Image", DBNull.Value);
        myDatabaseConnection1.Open();
        mySqlCommand.ExecuteNonQuery();
    }
}

I get the following System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException:

Implicit conversion from data type nvarchar to varbinary(max) is not allowed. Use the CONVERT function to run this query.

A: sqlCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@image", SqlBinary.Null);

A: You can try something like this:-
cmd.Parameters.Add( "@Image", SqlDbType.VarBinary, -1 );

cmd.Parameters["@Image"].Value = DBNull.Value;

A: try this :
mySqlCommand.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Image", new byte[]{});

A: I dont know the reason why "DBNull.Value" does not work for me.
And I figure out another solution can solve this problem.
cmd.Parameters["@Image"].Value = System.Data.SqlTypes.SqlBinary.Null;

A: i do it like this without a problem
SqlParameter image= new SqlParameter("@Image", SqlDbType.VarBinary, System.DBNull.Value);
mySqlCommand.Parameters.Add(image);

A: Set null value in your Stored Procedure. Doesn't need to do anything else.
ex. @photo varbinary(max) = null,

ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[InsertOurTeam]
    @name nvarchar(50),
    @Sname nvarchar(50),
    @designation nvarchar(50),
    @photo varbinary(max) = null,
    @Pname nvarchar(50)=null,
    @psize bigint=null,
    @id int output
    AS
    BEGIN

        SET NOCOUNT ON;
        insert into OurTeam values (@name,@Sname,@designation,@photo,@Pname,@psize);

        select @id= SCOPE_IDENTITY();
END

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We started to make our way to The Grand Canyon... we of course drove a little on Route 66. It was SO much fun to stop in some of the crazy ghost town (like) places along the way and see all the different diners and restaurants. Out of all the places to eat, we stopped and had dinner on Father's Day at "The Roadkill Cafe"... we just couldn't resist it. Such a fun detour on the trip...totally recommend it to anyone that's ever headed out this way.
You're close to our territory! Leave me a comment if you should decide to head down to Phoenix! In the meantime, enjoy the dry heat!
What a cute little place! We were going to drive across the country this year but it just didn't work out.


Empirical and clinical interest in positive body image has burgeoned in recent years. This focused attention is generating various measures and methods for researchers and psychotherapists to assess an array of positive body image constructs in populations of interest. No resource to date has integrated the available measures and methods for easy accessibility and comparison.
The focus of this review is on current research involving long-term calorie restriction (CR) and the resulting changes observed in physiological and behavioral outcomes in humans. Special emphasis will be given to the first completed clinical studies which are currently investigating the effects of controlled, high-quality energy-restricted diets on both biomarkers of longevity and on the development of chronic diseases related to age in humans.
This study aimed to continue our characterization of finger strength and multi-finger interactions across the lifespan to include those in their 60s and older. Building on our previous study of children, we examined young and elderly adults during isometric finger flexion and extension tasks. Sixteen young and 16 elderly, gender-matched participants produced maximum force using either a single finger or all four fingers in flexion and extension.
The B cell arm of adaptive immunity undergoes significant modifications with age. Elderly people are characterized by impaired B cell responses reflected in a reduced ability to effectively respond against viruses and bacteria. Alterations of immunity with advancing age (immunosenescence) have been widely studied in centenarians who are considered a good example of successful aging. In recent years, attention has shifted to centenarian offspring (CO) as a model of people genetically advantaged for healthy aging and longevity.
Epidemiological and clinical studies have clearly shown a close relationship between plasma cholesterol concentrations and vascular risk. We focused our attention on the phenotypic-biohumoral conditions capable of influencing longevity in relation to different age classes. We evaluated the lipid profile in an elderly institutionalized population of 80 subjects (20 males and 60 females divided into age classes) in the town of Catania.
The purpose of this study was to review published studies on the variability of age at menarche and age at menopause throughout the world, and to identify the main causes for age variation in the timing of these events. We first present a summary table including mean (or median) values of the age at menarche in 67 countries, and of the age at menopause in 26 countries.


At some point in her softball career at Florida State, second baseman Lisa Davidson figured to reach the College World Series was a fairly simple formula.
Practice hard, play defense, win the conference and then advance past the NCAA regional tournament.
This year Davidson and her teammates have discovered the equation has a few more variables - like hitting, politics and automatic bids.
Usually at this time, FSU is concentrating on creating a path to the College World Series in Oklahoma City, Okla., which runs May 26-30. But this year, unlike the past four, the Seminoles are facing a growing number of obstacles.
In the school's 11th season of fastpitch, the Seminoles aim for a sixth appearance in the World Series and fifth in a row.
However, losing three times to lower-rated Virginia, including twice in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament, and another loss to unheralded East Carolina have put the Seminoles' postseason future in question.
They are tied for 23rd in this week's NCAA rankings. More importantly, they are ranked third in their region, and coach JoAnne Graf believes only two of those teams will be invited to the 32-team NCAA Tournament. Bids will be announced on May 15.
"To softball people around the country, we're known to play well and get to the World Series," said Davidson, whose family recently moved to Orlando. "I think a lot of us thought, well, we'll get there. But we've got a lot of work to do to get back."
FSU, 46-17 after splitting a doubleheader Tuesday at West Florida, enters the final two weeks of its regular-season needing to convince members of the NCAA Tournament selection committee that it deserves a regional tournament bid.
With an important four-team tournament in Connecticut, Graf said the Seminoles must win at least four more games.
" . . . that would give us 50 wins, and I think we'd be pretty tough to ignore with 50," she said. "That might be a magic number."
She wouldn't mind if at least two of the five came against South Florida in a doubleheader on May 11, although this weekend's Diamond Classic in Storrs, Conn., looms large. Connecticut and Massachusetts, each of which eliminated FSU from the World Series the past two seasons, are in the tournament.
Unranked USF is significant for another reason: Bulls coach Hildred Deese is on the NCAA softball committee, which chooses half the NCAA Tournament field.
"I would like to win impressively," Graf said. "We need to show we deserve to go somewhere."
With a new selection process and with FSU's unpredictable bats, there aren't any guarantees.
Although the NCAA expanded the field from last year's 24, it also divided it in half. Sixteen teams will capture automatic tournament berths, much like they do in NCAA men's and women's basketball and baseball events.
Other teams under consideration will compete with one another for the final 16 spots.
FSU's predicament: Although the Seminoles won the ACC regular-season crown - FSU was the only ACC team to post a winning conference record - the conference doesn't carry an automatic bid. Only four ACC schools field softball teams, two less than the number required to have an automatic bid.
"Right now being in the ACC doesn't help us," Graf said. "Maryland has a club team that is being upgraded, so that would be five, and Clemson is thinking about upgrading their club team. That would get the ACC to six (softball-playing schools) . . . but that doesn't help us this year."
The Seminoles are particularly optimistic about their chances.
"We need to win a lot of games, that's what we need to do," Davidson said. "It's tough. It's kind of disappointing in a way, because we've never had to work this hard to be in the top three in our region.
"Last year was when we were so young, and we didn't think we were going to be that good, and we were. So everybody thought, 'We'll be better,' but that's not the case."
Graf traces FSU's problems in part to the team's makeup. Shortstop Shamalene Wilson, from Dade City, could become the school's first sophomore All-American, but she's too young to take on a significant leadership role.
She also is the only player hitting higher than .313.
"We've been pretty good defensively and pretty good with our pitching, but our hitting has been so off and on, so up and down," said Davidson, a senior.
In 1992, FSU batted a school-record .315 en route to winning a school-high 63 games. A year later, the Seminoles' average dipped slightly to .309.
This year the team batting average is .273. Only one player, Wilson, ranks among the ACC leaders in hitting. Davidson is among the leaders in two power categories (first in homers per game and third in RBIs).
"One thing we really haven't had much of is a killer instinct, and that's something we've always had," Graf said. "We've shown flashes. We need to show some more if we want to keep playing."


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You are here: Home / Press Release Wire / The Brewery Arts Center Brings the Legendary Cab Calloway Orchestra to Carson City
December 23, 2019 By Chrisie Yabu Leave a Comment
Led by Cab Calloway's grandson Calloway Brooks
Carson City, Nev. — The whole audience will be bouncing and swaying to the irresistible rhythm. Everybody singing HI-DE-HO! They're echoing the King himself, Cab Calloway, as he thrusts his baton into the air, and in his Zoot Suit, jumps, twirls and signals to the band to begin another joyous chorus. Who could forget the incredible sounds and imagery of Cab Calloway and his hot Jazz Orchestra!
This legendary orchestra will play Carson City for the first time on Feb. 8, 2020 at 7p.m. at the Carson City Community Center.
"We thought the beautiful new theater at the Community Center would be perfect for such an extraordinary act," said Gina Lopez Hill the Executive Director of the Brewery Arts Center. "Audience members will be able to choose their seat with three different pricing levels at the 587 seat theater. We know this event will draw a big crowd and we simply don't have the space for it at our Performance Hall."
The Cab Calloway Orchestra continues to delight audiences nationally from the historic jazz club "Birdland" in New York City to jazz and other venues all over the country under the baton of Cab's grandson C. Calloway Brooks. The Calloway family has been dazzling audiences since the 1920's and this year is no exception. Calloway Brooks, along with the Cab Calloway Orchestra deliver both the authentic sound of a hot Jazz Orchestra and a snazzy stage style-bringing out a Jump, Blues, and Boogie experience of "Swing that is king and Jive that's alive."
Using the Calloway bands' original vintage orchestrations as a starting point, coupled with the awesome musicians who have played with this big band for decades, The Cab Calloway Orchestra creates the authentic unforgettable sensation of a Modern Jazz Orchestra in full flight.
Cabell (Cab) Calloway became famous leading his hot jazz orchestras at the Cotton Club in the late 1920's. Among the great famous musicians who came from the Calloway Orchestra over the years were famous trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie, Jonah Jones, Doc Cheatham, and Shad Collins trombonists Tyree Glenn, and Quentin Jackson, saxophonists Chu Berry, Illinois Jacquet, Benny Carter, Ike Quebec, Ben Webster, Hilton Jefferson and Eddie Barefield, bassist Milt Hinton, drummer Cozy Cole and Panama Francis. Cab's career went on to include major films and musicals such as Stormy Weather, Porgy and Bess, The Cincinnati Kid, Hello Dolly!, The Blues Brothers and even a video with Janet Jackson in Design of a Decade. Cab Passed in 1994. in 1995 Cab was inducted posthumously into the International Jazz Hall of Fame.
This is an anticipated sell out performance. For more information or tickets visit breweryarts.org and click on the Classes, Concerts, and Events tab or call the Brewery Arts Center at 775-883-1976 and someone will get back to you.
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What is the size of a record album cover? |
The size of a record album cover is the dimensions of an LP or 12″ vinyl. The standard size for a CD case is 120mm by 80mm, so in theory an entire album would fit on one CD case if it was 132 mm thick.
The vinyl album cover size inches is the size of a record album cover. The size of a record album cover can be measured in inches.
Now you can get the measurements of a vinyl record cover. For LP records, the album covers are normally 12 inches by 12 inches. Because of the format's smaller size, 7-inch covers are prevalent for singles. The 78 rpm format used to be supplied with 10 inch covers, however this is no longer the case.
As a result, how big should an album cover be?
The LP format is still used for new releases on rare occasions, although alternative formats have mainly replaced it. The standard cardboard LP sleeve cover is 12.375 in (31.43 cm) square. The compactdisc (CD) became the most popular form of physically delivered audio goods in the mid-1990s.
What is the diameter of an LP record, for example? On June 18, 1948, Columbia Records presented the LP during a press conference at the Waldorf Astoria in two sizes: 10 inches (25 centimetres) in diameter, which corresponded to 78 rpm singles, and 12 inches (30 centimetres) in diameter.
As a result, one could wonder what size the label on a vinyl record is.
Record Templates 10 Inch Labels for 10″ records may be 3 5/8″ in diameter (7″ size record label) or 4″ in diameter (4″ size record label). (12″ x 12″ x 12″ x 12″ x 12″ For correct label sizes for your work, you'll need to contact whomever is mastering and cutting the lacquers.
What is an album cover's purpose?
The CD cover's objective is to educate the listener who the music's artist is. The cover also contributes to the genre's creation. The CD cover aids in the artist's ability to target a certain market with their song.
Is it possible to store vinyl records in milk crates?
The ancient milk box is a mainstay of easy record storage. You might easily imagine a hip-hop DJ transporting his gear in one of these, and it's easy to see why: milkcrates hold records nearly perfectly, have handles, and can accommodate 40-50 albums per crate.
What does LP stand for?
Long Play
What is the normal size of a picture album?
Yes, the 4×6 size is a conventional and widely used 35mm photo format. Other common sizes are 5×7, 8×10, 8.5×11 (letter size), 11×14, 16×20, 24×36, and so on. There are a slew of others in between the regular sizes that aren't as well-known. However, keep in mind that they are American norms.
What is the average number of tracks in an album?
A product is classed as an EP if it comprises four to six tracks and has a total runtime of less than 30 minutes. As a result, an album usually has seven songs and lasts more than 30 minutes.
What is the size of a 45 record?
The 45 or 7-inch vinyl single is the most frequent format. The names come from the 45 rpm play speed and the 7-inch standard diameter (18 cm). The RCA Victor 7-inch 45 rpm record was introduced on March 31, 1949, as a smaller, more durable, and higher-fidelity alternative to the 78 rpm shellac discs.
What is the size of an album cover in pixels?
It's usually between 1400 x 1400 pixels and 2000 x 2000 pixels. To be safe, make yours bigger than 2000 × 2000 pixels and with a resolution of 300 pixels per inch (print quality,but also looks better on retina displays). It's 3750 by 3750 pixels if you want to build a vinyl record cover (12.5 in x 12.5in).
In inches, how large is a CD?
CDs have a diameter of 120 millimetres (4.7 inches) and can store up to 80 minutes of uncompressed music or 700 megabytes of data.
What is the name of the middle section of a record?
Labels: A pressed record's paper circle in the centre. A record label, often known as a "sticker," is not applied to the face of the disc after pressing; rather, it is an intrinsic element of the pressing process that helps to chill the centre of the disc while it is being pressed.
What is the name of the center of a vinyl record?
A 45 rpm adapter (also known as a 45 rpm record insert, 45 rpm spindle adapter, or 7 inch adapter, after the standard size of 45 RPM records) is a tiny plastic or metal insert that fits in the centre of a 45 rpm record to allow it to be played on a turntable's LP or 78 rpm size spindle.
In MM, how large is a hole in a vinyl record?
A single record weighs roughly 40 grams on average. The crater. In English standard records, the hole in the centre measures 0.285 in (7.24 mm) whereas in American standard records, it measures 1,5 in (38,5 mm). A special adaptor is normally required to listen to these huge holerecords.
What are the dimensions of a record?
Vinyl records may be played at three different speeds: 33 1/3 RPM, 45 RPM, and 78 RPM. You'll virtually never have to deal with 78 RPM records, so don't be concerned. The majority of full-size 12-inch recordings will be played at 33 1/3 RPM, however some — mostly EPs and maxi-singles — will be played at 45 RPM.
Is there any value in 78 vinyl records?
Unlike many other produced items, the newest and most recent 78 RPM records released in the 1950s and early 1960s are worth the most, whereas the bulk of 78 RPM recordings made before 1950 are worth very little or nothing at all.