3D printing metal parts in the comfort of your own home, on your easily accessible desktop and without having to take out a second mortgage on your house. It sounds completely unrealistic, but it could become a possibility in 2017. While most metal 3D printers in the world are room-filling industrial machines that literally cost as much as a house, startup Ability3D is working on a desktop alternative. Called the 888 3D printer, it combines welding and milling principles to 3D print accurate metal parts.
Not a lot is known about this mysterious 3D printer just yet, but Ability3D's Ben Willard recently appeared at Maker Faire Orlando to show off their working prototype. As he revealed, this 3D printer is their attempt to make metal 3D printing affordable and suitable for desktop use, and they certainly seem to be delivering on those two fronts. Expected to cost less than $3,000 during a crowdfunding campaign in early 2017, it reaches the price range of most professional-grade FDM 3D printers, and is only slightly larger than most of those machines.
But you could rightly be skeptical about how that is achieved, as previous desktop metal 3D printing initiatives hardly delivered on many of their promises. In fact, using metal-based PLA filaments or lost-wax mold 3D printing are some of the only currently available desktop metal 3D printing options out there. But none of those options come close to the majesty of professional metal 3D printers, which are revolutionizing aerospace engines already. In fact, you could call true desktop metal 3D printing the Holy Grail of the desktop making hobby.
So how do they do it? Well, the 888 3D printer is essentially a welding machine – loaded with aluminum, steel or stainless steel wires. These are laid down in whatever shape you desire, and each layer is subsequently milled to remove imperfections and optimize part resolution. "The MIG welding wire itself isn't very high resolution, but that's okay because after every layer we do a slight trim with the little end mill to make every slice perfect. You add up a bunch of accurate slices, and the result is an accurate part," Willard explained.
It's a method that is more frequently used in factories around the world, and the 888 3D printer is essentially a scaled down version made suitable for home users. But as Willard revealed, the 888 also includes a regular extrusion print head for FDM 3D printing. The same machine also has the ability to do trimming work on wood and other 3D printed plastics, making it a potent all-purpose making tool.
While we'll have to wait for the crowdfunding campaign to go live to see if this machine actually lives up to its promise, the 888 3D printer seems to have all the ingredients to make low-cost metal 3D printing a possibility. Keep an eye on the Ability3D website for more info.
A blok of aluminum. I think it would be cheaper to buy an aluminum bar and cut it. Why not show us how it handles thin walls instead?
It's so great to see more and more women in engineering.


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WBAI Justice & Unity Campaign Dissects
Steve Brown's Karl Rove-Style Accusations
and Racial Code Language Against Opponents:
Alliance for Community Elections (ACE) Seeks to Reverse Decades of Progress
Toward An Activist and Anti-Racist Focus at WBAI
1. Steve Brown's Attacks Latest in Decades-Long Struggle at WBAI Over Inclusion of Working Class Communities of Color
2. Brown Falsely Claims Bernard White Instituted "Anti-White" Programs
3. Brown Offers Racially Homogenous Station in Boulder, Colorado as Model
4. Brown Uses False Charges to Evoke Racist Imagery of Alleged Violence by Black People at WBAI
5. Brown Makes Nonstop Defamatory Attacks on Bernard White
6. Core of the Issue: Brown Seeks to Turn Back the Clock at WBAI
7. Brown's ACE Allies Join in Vilifying Bernard White and Calling for Drastic Programming Changes
8. Brown Calls for a Purge of Opponents at WBAI
9. Final Note
Whether our politically correct and apparently militant anti-white, anti-middle-class, anti-liberal Program Council (or Program Director) wants to face it or not, this station owes its financial underpinnings -- its very existence -- to the relatively small, continually insulted, and lately increasingly alienated group of aging, white, middle-class, and mostly college-educated "old lefty-liberal" types who love the station and have supported it with their substantial contributions for more than 50 years, even though huge swathes of the daily schedule have now been deliberately programmed with hosts who ridicule their background, question their good faith, and attempt to instill the same poisonous attitude in their listeners.
-- WBAI Local Station Board member Steve Brown, public email,
It is hour after hour of "reparations" programming in the same day, marked by a flitting and fleeting but multitudinous, subliminal, half-veiled hostility to all white people.
-- Steve Brown, public email, Nov. 15, 2003, responding to a request for
examples of "anti-white" programming added by Program Director Bernard White
In recent weeks, Local Station Board re-election candidate Steve Brown of ACE (Alliance for Community Elections) has launched almost daily attacks on the Justice and Unity Campaign and has escalated his three-year campaign of vilification and defamation of WBAI Program Director Bernard White, demanding his firing. Brown, a multimillionaire and former marketing executive, orchestrates a barrage of Karl Rove-style accusations and ad hominem attacks -- many of them based on exaggerations, distortions and sometimes outright falsehoods, often appealing to age-old offensive racial stereotypes. But in actuality, this is simply one side of a longstanding ideological fight over the direction of the station.
It's important to note that the other current and former board members who are endorsed by ACE -- Carolyn Birden, Mitch Cohen, Paul DeRienzo, and Alex Steinberg (as well as other ACE allies on the board) -- while they may not have used such incendiary language as Brown (except for DeRienzo; see #6 below), have waged similar political attacks on Bernard White and the direction of WBAI programming. They have also consistently condemned any efforts to hold board members such as Brown and DeRienzo accountable for their outrageous, abusive statements.
In addition, these ACE candidates have denounced the motion passed by the Pacifica National Board last spring to establish a committee to review allegations of racism and sexism by local and national board members. They have viciously stigmatized the committee by nicknaming it "PUAC" (Pacifica UnPacifican Activities Committee), with the obvious allusion to the repressive HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee) of the McCarthy era. The Pacifica committee would simply create a forum for a fair examination, with due process, of allegations of misconduct that, if true, are serious breaches of the Pacifica mission to further understanding among different racial groups. It is telling that an effort to move towards serious accountability for board members would meet with such vitriolic attack by ACE supporters.
Steve Brown's attacks -- and those of his ACE colleagues -- must be placed in the larger context of the decades-long battles within WBAI, Pacifica, and indeed progressive movements overall (such as anti-war, labor, and environmental movements) over self-determination of communities of color and the white racism it is met with. The 1960s upsurge of the Black liberation movement, Puerto Rican independence, and other movements of people of color spurred a struggle to transform WBAI from a purely free-form radio station run almost totally by whites with occasional hosts and guests active in communities of color to a station with significant roles in management, paid staff, and on-air hosts for Black, Latino/a, Asian, and indigenous people closely connected to their communities and committed to airing those voices and cultural expressions.
The struggle to change WBAI lasted on and off for some 20 years, led by the few Black and Latino producers already there and their white allies, with much community support. Reflecting arguments in the New York City area over community control of schools (serving mainly students of color), affirmative action in hiring, and justice for Palestinians, the old guard at WBAI and their external allies claimed that those seeking inclusion were "anti-white" and "anti-Semitic." Gradually throughout the 1980s and ultimately by the early 1990s, the struggles brought significant changes in the makeup of the management, staff, and program schedule, with strong representation of people involved with struggle in oppressed communities.
But some producers and listeners always felt threatened by these changes and wanted to reverse them, and the battle was often bitter and personal. When Bernard White was reinstated as Program Director in 2002 after the victory of the mass listener/staff movement against illegal staff changes beginning in December 2000 (including the installation of Interim General Manager Utrice Leid over the objections of the local board and staff and the subsequent removal of 29 staff members), he broadened the program schedule to serve even more communities and air vital issues and cultural expressions. He approved the addition of more than a dozen new shows that year and since then has authorized many others. Their hosts range across numerous population groups in New York City -- including white people -- and they cover numerous topics: the environment, prison/criminal justice, women's issues, healthy homes, NYC issues, youth, Latino issues (programs in English and Spanish), and Haiti, just to name a few.
Here is what Steve Brown wrote in November 2003 about those changes on a public email list:
In my opinion, WBAI management...has been deliberately and relentlessly tampering with the programming mix for the purpose of alienating and ultimately removing the middle-class elements of our audience, and replacing them with an audience consisting entirely of the (no doubt deserving, but financially impecunious) voiceless, downtrodden, and oppressed.
He explained why he thought these alleged program changes were harmful to the station's survival:
...there is not just "one" WBAI audience -- but "two." The first of these audiences, we have always sought to attract -- it comprises the voiceless, the downtrodden, and the oppressed. But we must be careful not to indulge in an orgy of misguided nobility and political correctness by convincing ourselves that this should be our ONLY audience, or even our "main" audience. That would be a terrible mistake -- and doom the station. It is a mistake precisely because an audience that is voiceless, downtrodden, and oppressed is unlikely to have sufficient financial resources to fund our station....
...Why should these listeners be wooed at all? Because they are the people best suited to help WBAI empower the voiceless, the downtrodden, and the oppressed.
When pressed to provide examples of the "anti-white" programming that he claimed represented "huge swathes of the daily schedule," he replied:
I am simply too tired to "supply examples" of the programming I am talking about. Everyone in New York understands what I am talking about.
But then he went on to cite one example:
This statement is a perfect example of the racially obsessed lens through which Brown views ideological differences. The reparations programs in question never targeted the white population as a whole, but rather the institutionalized structure of white supremacy as manifest in all levels of government, corporate leadership, public schools and higher education, and so forth. Certainly the programs included a call to white people of conscience to take a stand against these institutionally racist structures and support the just call for reparations to descendants of the enslaved Africans whose uncompensated labor created wealth and privilege for many white people. This type of challenging programming is precisely what WBAI should be encouraging, not attempting to remove.
Furthermore, Brown's claim that WBAI's low-income listeners are "impecunious" (hard up) and cannot be relied upon for financial support disregards the incredible commitment shown by thousands of the station's most fiercely loyal supporters who are working class and struggling. These folks often donate greater proportions of their incomes than they can truly afford, including many incarcerated people. This comes from their passion for the unique, powerful role that the station plays as a purveyor of survival information for societal change that is suppressed by other media.
At the same time, it is also true that unemployment, declining real wages, skyrocketing rents (now averaging 51% of New York renters' income), and the destruction of the social safety net have created rising poverty in the metro area -- especially post-9/11 -- which has put the squeeze on even the most generous BAI supporter. Meanwhile, the station's basic operating costs continue their relentless rise. But the answer CANNOT be reducing the excellent service provided by current programming to working class communities. Rather, there will have to be more focus on off-air fundraising methods such as special events, concerts, grants, etc. to supplement the on-air income from listeners.
Finally, the idea that white middle-class people are those "best suited to help WBAI empower the voiceless, the downtrodden, and the oppressed" is condescending, if not insulting, to the many people of color who have not only loyally supported the station but also done brilliant work in bringing excellent programming to the airwaves on those communities' issues.
Another window into Brown's racial thinking can be seen in his public email of August 2005, in which he rhapsodizes the success of a Pacifica affiliate station in Boulder, Colorado, KGNU, due to its racially "homogenous" audience, in contrast to WBAI's diverse audience:
How much of WBAI's almost willful self-destructiveness over the last 15 or 20 years (up to and including the last 3 years during which internal strife, mistrust, nastiness, violence, and extreme interpersonal antagonism have brought the station to the brink of bankruptcy and near total meltdown) is solely and entirely due to the tensions, frictions, and politics -- of race?
Which leads to the corollary question: How much of the success of KGNU (not counting, of course, the part that your leadership and the efforts of your staff and listeners have played) has been due to an almost total absence of the tensions, frictions, and politics -- of race?
Countries like Japan and Scandinavia, that are racially homogenous, have never (though they have other problems) been crippled by racially generated strife -- as have the U.S., Britain, and France, and lately Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy and Switzerland, which used to be racially homogeneous, but now contain large "undigested" populations of foreign Third World laborers, primarily people of color, who have been imported to do the unpleasant work that their own citizens no longer wish to do.
New York mirrors the racial diversity of U.S. society as a whole, and WBAI, if anything, magnifies that diversity. Consequently, it is no surprise that WBAI -- which has always been a pressure cooker of racial mistrust, nastiness, violence, and extreme interpersonal antagonism -- has finally, and perhaps irretrievably, blown its top.
A more accurate summary would be that strong political differences over whether it is necessary -- and if so, how -- to incorporate the voices and struggles of communities of color in the station's staff, leadership, governance, and programming have always led to tensions at WBAI. Undoubtedly these ideological struggles have -- at several points in history, not just recently -- led to bitter arguments, overheated and nasty rhetoric, and insults on all sides. Those conflicts are all the more intense because of the passions felt by those who care deeply about keeping the station a key part of opposing war and racism, and their resulting anger at manipulations and false accusations used to undermine or block those directions.
But for Brown to use a few (greatly exaggerated) incidents to paint a picture of chaos, mayhem, and intimidation encouraged or even orchestrated by Bernard White and the Justice and Unity Campaign is both grossly unfounded and an appeal to the most backward racial stereotypes. Look at these examples of Brown's rhetoric from public emails in March 2006:
Bernard White froths at the mouth in WBAI's hallway... I was told that Bernard's behavior [and for the same reason] was aped by Erroll Maitland, also running through the hallway pumping his fist in the air in anger, appearing to threaten all in his path.
A few days later, a staff member who had run on the List-Prog slate with Brown refuted his purported account of what had happened, writing on a public computer bulletin board:
Michael G. Haskins [WBAI's chief announcer and afternoon engineer] has told me (and about 40 WBAI staff members at the March 15th staff mtg.) that HE, not Erroll, was there during what was an argument between Bernard and Indra. Bernard was not frothing or threatening Indra physically, according to Michael G. Erroll was not there at all, according to Michael G. Steve appears to have falsely accused Erroll. Steve has not retracted his claim.
Brown's earlier email had gone on to state:
One witness describes coming to the station these days as like living in the South Bronx, where rival gangs are shooting at each other and all you can do is keep your head down to keep from getting beaten up, knifed, or shot. He and others fear coming to the station. They claim that Bernard and Erroll and others have instituted a reign of terror in which staff members have literally been beaten up on the premises.
The racial stereotypes in the reference to the predominantly Black and Latino South Bronx are unmistakeable. Beyond that, not only has Brown failed to demonstrate that there has been any "reign of terror" at the station, but he has never offered a shred of evidence that "Bernard and Erroll have instituted" any of the handful of incidents in which staff have had intense conflicts. In fact, in the one incident of a staff member actually being "beaten up on the premises," it was Bernard White who intervened while the beating was underway, escorted the perpetrator from the building, and arranged with the then-station manager (Don Rojas) to ban him from the station. Also note that -- contrary to Brown's inference -- it was the Justice & Unity members of the board who sponsored and passed a motion in June 2005 asking Interim General Manager Indra Hardat to prepare a report on incidents and allegations of staff misconduct and conflicts, and methods to reduce such incidents and hold accountable those responsible. Despite repeated reminders, she has never produced the report.
A few days after Brown posted the "Bernard White froths at the mouth" diatribe, he responded publicly to the criticism by the staff member referred to above for making unsubstantiated charges and using demonizing rhetoric. Brown wrote:
If you were there, you should have been at her [Indra Hardat's] side whacking Bernard with a baseball bat and then calling the police.
This is just a more extreme form of the vicious, defamatory attacks that Brown has been waging against Bernard White for years. Another example from an August 2005 email:
…The question, then, is WHY -- when the cause of WBAI's problem is so obvious and the solution so simple -- neither WBAI management nor Pacifica management has taken the sensible step of replacing a program director who can't drive -- with one who can? Why do they pretend to look every which way to find the cause and solution -- except right in front of their noses? Why all this subterfuge, evasion, and misdirection simply to prop up a WBAI program director whose own listeners (as one of them said to me) "wouldn't cross the street to spit on Bernard if he was on fire." Of course, my "why" is rhetorical.
I know the answer to my own question. The reason that top management -- local and national -- won't step in and separate this incompetent, spiteful, and malicious employee from WBAI is that they are afraid. They are afraid of what one Pacifica official came right out and characterized as "the civil war [that] might break out if Bernard were fired... [and] stirred up a phony race war claiming that White racists were responsible for his firing."[…]
Note Brown's use of the convenient device (common in his writing) of cloaking his most hateful attacks -- such as "wouldn't cross the street to spit on Bernard if he was on fire" -- behind the curtain of "as one of them [the listeners] said to me."
Then there was this from an email by Brown in January 2005:
Do not underestimate the huge personal ego satisfaction that Bernard White derives from being Boss of Bosses at WBAI. He is autocratic in nature, relishes being Numero Uno, and runs WBAI like an old-style Tammany Hall precinct…There is also White's personal abuse of his own position as program director, which he uses to award plum airtime and paid station jobs to his friends and cronies -- whom he then "owns," as White indeed owns most of those behind the Justice & Unity party...
Never mind that the Program Director has absolutely no authority to hire or fire any paid staff member -- but facts don't get in Brown's way. Furthermore, Brown's reducing of Bernard White's programming decisions to "award[ing] plum airtime...to his friends and cronies" is an overt attempt to impugn Mr. White's carefully considered conclusions about the best way to serve various communities. Is it surprising that a Program Director who has been a community activist for 25 years might know or even be friends with people who share his activist views and who may also have expertise and knowledge worthy of sharing with the listeners? Furthermore, many of the hosts added in recent years will tell anyone who asks that they hardly knew Mr. White, except perhaps through being guests or doing segments on WBAI, before they were granted a program.
In any case, it was these abusive and racially insensitive statements -- and many more -- over a three-year period that finally caused the Local Station Board to pass a motion disassociating itself from such statements and urging Brown to stop making them.
Any study of U.S. history should make clear that all too often a political agenda is hidden behind unsubstantiated charges of corruption, fraud, bankruptcy, and negligence. Such slanders from the rich, powerful, and well-connected are used especially against people of color in leading roles. They have been used to remove Black representatives from Congress and mayors of major cities. Unsubstantiated charges of impending chaos, corruption, and bankruptcy have also been the basis of counter-revolutions and coups directed by the U.S. government.
When one combines Brown's racially stereotyped attacks on Bernard White and his portrayal of the station as a dangerous place "like living in the South Bronx" with his admiration for the mostly white station in Colorado, the picture becomes clear: Brown wants to return WBAI to the "good old days" of the '60s, before there was a strong presence of managers, paid staff, and hosts who come from and attempt to represent the strivings, needs, and demands of oppressed communities of color and working class people. Or, as an anonymous candidate from "List-Prog" (the predecessor to Brown's ACE) complained in a New York Times article (Dec. 28, 2003, "The City" section), referring to the role of the Justice & Unity candidates in the 2003 WBAI election:
"They are trying to co-opt WBAI and turn it into an African-American station," said one of List-Prog's 14 candidates, who insisted on anonymity.... "To some extent, they have already done so, and have adopted identity politics as their central focus."
Of course, "identity politics" is the code word, oft-used by ACE supporters, for the politics of self-determination by oppressed groups in society.
These issues constitute the core of the difference between ACE and the Justice and Unity Campaign -- which is strongly committed to maintaining the overall direction of WBAI programming, even while advocating the improvement of areas where stronger coverage is needed.
A window into Brown's thinking -- and that of his ACE allies -- can be seen in an essay by former WBAI host Mike Feder that Brown forwarded to his public email list in February 2005 with a positive recommendation. Among Feder's comments were these:
Compare the original WBAI personalities and our programming of the 60's, 70's and 80's to what we have now. Compare the station's influence then to its influence now. It's pitiful to even think about.…So, the inevitable and final question is: Can this once great institution be saved? Can it be reborn into something resembling what it once was? Unfortunately, I'd say the prognosis was poor, given the lengths and depths to which the diseases of racism, immorality and pea-brained political correctness-without-redeeming-virtue have pervaded the studios, offices and airways of the station.
...I think a good deal of what used to be good about WBAI -- is available right now on Air America and NPR -- or the Internet (where, for instance, Gary Null's show is being broadcast).
It's telling that Feder, with Brown's approval, rhapsodizes about the offerings on commercial, Democratic Party-aligned Air America and corporate-underwritten, centrist National Public Radio, and touts a return to the period when African Americans and other peoples of color were almost totally excluded from the roster of WBAI's hosts and other staff.
Besides Brown, several other incumbent or former board members endorsed by ACE have also vilified Bernard White, made excuses for Brown's vicious statements, and called for drastic changes in the mix of WBAI programming. One case in point is former board member and current candidate/ACE endorsee Alex Steinberg, who responded to Brown's statements such as "Bernard frothing at the mouth" with the following comments on a public computer bulletin board on March 16, 2006:
If you step back and look at things in perspective, what is more important, the fact that Steve may have evoked some imagery that is racist or the fact that WBAI is being held captive by a group who abuse anyone that dares to question the wisdom of their leader? Or think of it this way: Suppose for a moment that the worst accusations of the JUC [Justice & Unity Campaign] were true -- that Steve was a racist and a secret member of the KKK. What damage is he actually doing to Pacifica? ...What Bernard White and the JUC are doing at WBAI is not only wrong and disgusting, it is also illegal....It is time to pull the plug on this charade and I for one am glad that Steve is saying it in a very loud voice, even if he sometimes is carried away with his emotions.
While Steinberg served on the board, he specifically called for Bernard White's firing as Program Director. Staff member Josh Wolinsky reported publicly that in May 2004, Steinberg told him and a group of Steinberg's political allies, "I'd love to get paperwork together so we can remove Bernard -- we have to have a good paper trail." As to Steinberg's views on programming, in his 2004 LSB candidate statement, he wrote: "Racially divisive programming should not be given airtime on any Pacifica station." Assuming Steinberg defines this term similarly to his ACE co-endorsee Steve Brown, some programs by hosts who emphasize the problems of communities of color and whose guests make passionate critiques of racism might well be cancelled if he and his allies held sway.
Meanwhile, ACE endorsee Paul DeRienzo has a long track record of not only advocating but actually bringing about drastic negative changes in WBAI programming. During the period of the Pacifica national takeover of the station, which he strongly supported, he was given a job (in violation of union rules) by Interim General Manager Utrice Leid as news anchor and co-host of the morning show after the illegitimate firing of Bernard White and producer Sharan Harper (and later of Amy Goodman), whose Wakeup Call program was widely loved by listeners. DeRienzo took to his position with gusto, regularly maligning Amy Goodman in vicious terms, supporting the purge of numerous progressive hosts, and attacking the listener movement to take back Pacifica from the corporatizers. At one of his lowest points, he conducted a long, friendly on-air interview with notorious racist Bernhard Goetz, who had shot several young Black men in the back.
The politics underlying these actions can be seen in DeRienzo's statements shortly after the victory of the "take-back" movement. In a June 27, 2002 public letter to Leslie Cagan, then chair of the Interim Pacifica National Board, DeRienzo engaged in red-baiting against those who had rescued WBAI and Pacifica from the mainstream, purging elements:
Lew Hill [the co-founder of Pacifica] was not an advocate of a radical, leftist, communalist, Socialist, anarchistic or messianic philosophy for broadcasting. People feel that this kind of frequently violent rhetoric from un-professional, non-accountable individuals who engage in personality bashing has led the stations to offering the worst type of anti-Semitism, vilification of Israel and Zionism and racism that's ever been broadcast on WBAI. This type of violent rhetoric with non-accountability offers only half-truths and substitutes for accuracy, objectivity and fairness.
Also, has there been an overt emphasis on supporting a radical leftist agenda? If so please explain how this reconciles with Lew Hill and the founders who believed that no political ideology should supersede another? Hill firmly stood for the view that both moderate and conservative voices should also be represented and that Pacifica was the foundation upon which all ideological decisions should begin.
Last year, DeRienzo was suspended by the Local Station Board for engaging in numerous abusive and discriminatory statements about his political opponents. These included gross attacks on the integrity of Black men on the board (such as calling Father Lawrence Lucas a "lame ass and a loser"), taunts of "Nazi! When are you going to open BAI's ovens?" and "Sieg Heil" against member Sara Flounders, and "F--- you!" screamed five times at board chair Vajra Kilgour. The ACE endorsement flyer dismisses all this by jokingly calling DeRienzo "surely the board's 'bad boy'!" and stating that "he enraged the Justice & Unity faction with his flamboyant speech (often naughty-to-obscene)." It must also be noted that the ACE-endorsed board members fiercely opposed the board's suspension of DeRienzo for this conduct.
Let's be clear about what Brown is calling for: a purge of those Black programmers and their white allies who support the current direction of programming. He covers this under the accusation of "race-baiting," an age-old charge most often (though not always) used to silence debate about whether people have acted in ways that reinforce the dominant societal power dynamics of white supremacy. Honest folks can differ as to whether a given statement or action is racist, but to shut down the discussion by dismissing such positions as "race-baiting" is unacceptable.
Here's what Brown wrote in his 2003 campaign statement for the LSB under "What other changes would I make?":
Remove "hate mongers" who viciously label other staff members and listeners "racist" if they're not black or if they happen to be white or Jewish or Latino or middle class. Our door should say "Come in" not "Get out!"
This is an outrageous canard -- no staff member has ever called anyone "racist" SIMPLY because "they're not black or if they happen to be white or Jewish or Latino or middle class." But it fits Brown's mantra of poor innocent white victims (such as himself) of vicious, racially biased producers who are either Black or white supporters of Black staff. In any case, the call to purge producers based on their political views is absolutely anathema to the free-expression tradition of Pacifica.
Much more recently, here's what Brown wrote in an email earlier this month, addressing Justice & Unity board member Ray Laforest:
For more than three years, the JUC has used its control of WBAI's airwaves, and the prestige of known and supposedly "trusted" radio voices such as Bernard White, Bob Lederer, Mimi Rosenbaum [sic], Ken Nash, Erroll Maitland, Dred Scott Keyes, John Riley, Vajra Kilgour, and many others, to gather support for itself both on the air and in Nuremburg-style "hate rallies" they have staged throughout the community.
...Come October 16, the listeners will throw you and all your JUC hypocrites off the board. And the new station manager -- whoever he or she turns out to be -- will probably take one deep sniff, and throw you out of the station, too.
Again, the call for a purge is unmistakable.
Also, note Brown's use of the phrase "Nuremburg-style 'hate rallies'" to describe Justice & Unity forums (a frequent feature of his diatribes). For Brown to compare Nazi propaganda fests designed to whip up genocidal anti-Jewish fury to our speaking events at which various community activists gave their descriptions and analyses of the tactics of Brown and his (then) List-Prog allies -- which even included open-mic times when List-Prog members had the opportunity to speak -- is not only a vicious lie, but a calculated attempt to instill fear and hatred itself.
It should be clear by now that Brown's stream of extreme accusations and overheated rhetoric is a smokescreen to avoid focusing on this core political difference about the fundamental nature of WBAI programming. We hope that there will now be open debate about these critical issues that will determine the future of this precious people's media resource.
For more information on the statements of Brown and DeRienzo, and on the accomplishments, positions, and proposals of the Justice and Unity Campaign, please visit our website at http://www.justiceunity.org.

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Back in a previous lifetime, when I was a mesivta rebbe, I once heard a menahel exhort our talmidim to not get carried away on Purim. As an illustration, he described how a certain Gadol on Purim simply went into his backyard and swung back and forth on a children's swing. The implication was that the Gadol hadn't imbibed much. I wasn't so sure, myself. Ad d'lo yoda can express itself in different ways.
One thing is certain. Kedoshim u'tehorim on Purim, unleashed from the constraints of full daas, are more often seen singing and dancing spiritedly, even wildly, sharing divrei Torah and divrei sod that one might not ever hear from them the rest of the year.
Needless to say, and unfortunately, some who are less kadosh or tahor can overindulge on Purim and come to act very differently. They may imbibe stronger things than wine (the preferred mitzvah) in excess, even to the degree of actually endangering themselves. That is nothing short of a horrific Purim mask, an aveirah in the guise of a mitzvah.
But when the mitzvah is done right, though, even if the results are something more… well, dynamic than a placid visit to a backyard swing, something important about Klal Yisrael can be revealed. After all, Rabi Iloi (Eruvin 65b) tells us that one way a person's essence can be discerned is "in his cup," in his behavior when inebriated.
Chazal teach us (Shabbos, 88a) that something was lacking at Mattan Torah, and the lack only remedied centuries later in the Persian Empire.
Rav Avdimi bar Chama bar Chassa tells us there that "Hashem held the mountain over the Jews' heads like a gigis [a barrel]" to force them to accept the Torah. One approach to that statement is that it refers to the experience of being directly addressed by the Borei Olam. Receiving direct communication from Hashem was so overwhelming, so traumatic, so crushing – after all, it caused our ancestors' souls to leave them, and brought them to beg Moshe to be the only one to directly receive the final eight dibros – that it simply left no other choice but to accept His mission.
For it was then that the Jews chose, entirely of their own volition, to perceive Hashem's presence where there was no "mountain" held over their heads, where it was not only not overwhelming but not even obvious. Our ancestors chose to see Divine Providence in seemingly mundane, if alarming, political happenings, took the events to heart as a message from Above, and responded with tefillah, taanis and teshuvah. Thus, kiymu mah shekiblu kvar, they "completed" Mattan Torah, supplied what had been missing. The nation truly perceived Hashem, not only in thunder and lightning but in words inscribed on parchment and in a signet ring removed from a royal hand.
Moving back to what is revealed when Yidden have a proper simchas Purim, I've often wondered about Rav Avdimi's strange choice of imagery. "Holding the mountain over their heads like a barrel." Wouldn't a mountain looming above be galvanizing enough? What's with the barrel?
A gigis, however, throughout the Gemara, is a container for an intoxicating beverage. Chazal's description of the implement of coercion at Har Sinai, in other words, is a beer-barrel.
Rabi Meir in Pirkei Avos (4:20) admonishes us not "to look at the container, but at what it holds." It wouldn't seem outlandish to perceive some pertinence of that admonition to the gigis to which Har Sinai is compared. Or, in turn, to Purim, when wine allows the essence of Klal Yisrael, our truest nature, to be revealed.
Don't dwell, Rabi Meir may be saying, on our compromised acceptance of Hashem at Har Sinai in a state of coercion, but rather at our wholehearted, free-willed embrace of Him in our states of mindless purity.
This entry was posted in Holidays, Jewish Thought, Personal Reflections, PURIM on March 22, 2016 by Rabbi Avi Shafran.
On Purim, Jewish men, to varying degrees, imbibe strong drink, and Jewish women do their best to keep them safe and anchored in civilization. The holiday thus may not seem very female-centered. But it is.
Not just because its hero is a heroine and the holy book about the historical event it commemorates is named after her, but because Megillas Esther verily revolves around femininity.
The pliable, preposterous monarch we meet at the Megillah's start is a poster child (or, perhaps better, poster adolescent) for male chauvinism. His 180-day drinking party, as the Talmud describes it, was a bacchanal of arrested-development "good ol' boys" acting like louts, and entailed the debasement, and eventual execution, of his queen.
And the next action of the foolhardy king was to organize the antithesis of true respect for women: a beauty contest.
And Achashverosh, of course, ends up being manipulated by a woman, our reticent, modest heroine Esther, and led by her to dispatch the Jews' mortal enemy, saving her people from his evil plans.
But there's a good deal more here, too, although it's a good deal more subtle. Mordechai, the Midrash teaches us, was miraculously able to physically nurse the baby Esther when she was orphaned. Thus the male hero of the Purim story is rendered, at least in a way, something of a heroine himself.
And the Talmud's very exhortation that a man is to drink "ad d'lo yada," – literally, "until he doesn't know…" – can be seen as a subtle reference to another Talmudic statement, that "nashim da'atan kalos." That aphorism, often mistranslated as "women's minds are weak," is more accurately rendered "women's daas is light." That is to say that the psychological entity called daas (the root of both the words yada and da'atan) is less sharply present in women than in men (while another entity, binah, is more present in women than in men). What each of those entities precisely refers to isn't for here and now, or for the likes of me to try to fathom. But still and all, ad d'lo yada can be seen as implying some sort of "feminization" of the aspirant. So men who "successfully" achieve the spiritual goal of drinking on Purim might be said to have in some way connected with their inner female.
Surprising and sublime thoughts like those are lost, however, on many people, certainly those who imagine they are somehow taking a stand for womanhood by celebrating, of all people, Vashti.
Yes, Vashti. The villainess of the Purim story, who enslaved, beat and humiliated Jewish women, and forced them to do work for her on the Sabbath.
Well, self-regard, anyway. So did Ilse Koch, the "Beast of Buchenwald," who stood up to her accusers in a West German court. But never mind.
Although it's hardly the first time it has happened, it's sad to see a carefully preserved Jewish historical tradition sacrificed on the altar of a contemporary ism.
But something's sadder here, a tragic sort of vinahapoch hu. In their blind dedication to the contemporary notion of feminism, the sacrificers here not only mangle the Megillah and mistake a malevolent oppressor for a role model. They miss entirely the genuinely feminist message of the Book of Esther: that the true power of womanhood isn't to be found in trappings of manhood like self-regard and obstinateness, but in the embrace of the quintessentially feminine traits of modesty, selflessness, faith and courage.
This entry was posted in Holidays, Jewish Thought, PURIM on March 10, 2014 by Rabbi Avi Shafran.
The little boy was petrified, as one might imagine, by the gorilla who sat down next to him at the table in his (the child's) home. I hadn't meant to scare the kid; I was just tired and needed to get off my paws.
It was a very long-ago Purim (the child is now a father and accomplished talmid chochom) and a group of us had rented costumes to use in Purim visits to homes while collecting for a worthy charity. The gorilla suit was very realistic (and very hot).
Sheftel, as I'll call the boy (because it's his name) was around three years old at the time. I was around 19. I felt bad, and immediately removed my head—that is to say the gorilla's.
Sheftel's eyes shrunk back to their normal size and the scream that had lodged in his lungs never made it to his wide open mouth. He saw it was only me.
When, a bit later, I replaced my gorilla head, Sheftel let out a scream. I reminded him from inside that it was only me. He screamed again. I took off the head and he immediately calmed down. I put it back on and, once again, he screamed.
Children, apparently, have to reach a certain stage before they realize that a costume is only a costume, that the person wearing it remains the person wearing it even when he's wearing it. Sheftel had yet to internalize that truth.
"Yes, that Shmelkeh," Yankel says sadly.
"The fellow with the terrible skin condition, the rash covering most of his face?
"The Shmelkeh missing an eye, and with the large wart on his chin?
"Yes, yes, that Shmelkeh," Yankel confirms.
Superficial things, we come to realize if we're perceptive, are, well, superficial. Masks, in other words, mask.
The theme of misleading appearances is, of course, central to Purim. Esther, the heroine of the historical happening commemorated on the day, hides her identity from the king who takes her as his queen. Her very name is rooted in the Hebrew word for "hidden," and is hinted to, the Talmud teaches us, in words the Torah uses to refer to Hashem "hiding" Himself, rendering his providence undetectable.
Which it is in the Purim story. The absence of Hashem's name from Megillas Esther reflects the fact that His presence was not overtly evident in what happened. Yet, His "absence" was itself but a mask; Divine providence, in the form of delicious ironies, informs the story at every turn. From Achashverosh's execution of his first queen to suit his advisor and then execution of his advisor to suit his new queen; to Mordechai's happenstance overhearing and exposure of a plot that comes to play a pivotal role in Klal Yisroel's salvation; to Haman's visiting the king at the perfectly wrong time… Hashem's presence loudly hums, so to speak, in the background. If anything merits being called The Purim Principle it would be: Nothing is an Accident.
Even the very symbol of meaningless chance, the casting of lots, turns out to be Divinely directed and crucial to the Purim miracle.
Klal Yisrael, too, is "masked." The people seem beholden to an idolatrous, lecherous king, and readily participate in his grand ball where he celebrates, of all things, the finality of the Beis Hamikdosh's destruction, chalila.
But that was, as the Talmud teaches us, a merely superficial stance. In truth, behind the unimpressive Jewish veneer lay Jewish hearts dedicated to Hashem. And when events began to blow like a strong wind, the masks were ripped away. Our ancestors, in their fasting and prayers, showed their true essence.
Is it any wonder that on Purim we wear masks? And make fun—of ourselves and even (good naturedly) of others? What we mock are the masks we all wear, the particular character each of us projects. The mockery declares that such things are superficialities, camouflaging what really matters: the Jewish soul that resides in, and ultimately defines, us.
This entry was posted in Jewish Thought, OLDIES (HOPEFULLY GOODIES), PURIM on March 9, 2012 by Rabbi Avi Shafran.
On the first day of the Jewish month Adar, the Talmud enjoins us to "increase happiness." It is, after all, the month that holds Purim, when we express our gratitude to G-d for delivering the Jews in ancient Persia from their enemies, and when we give alms to the poor and gifts of food to one another.
In 2003, the first day of Adar brought us an early Purim present. It wasn't food, but rather food for thought.
The previous day had been the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Iosef Vissarionovich Dzugashvili, better known as Joseph Stalin. A new book on the Soviet dictator and mass murderer, "Stalin's Last Crime," was about to be published, and The New York Times ran a lengthy article that day about the book, including its suggestion that Stalin may have been poisoned. The Soviet leader had collapsed after an all-night dinner with four members of his Politburo at Blizhnaya, a north Moscow dacha, and he languished for several days before dying. If indeed he was done in, as the book's authors suspect, the likely culprit, they say, was Lavrenti P. Beria, the chief of the Soviet secret police.
The book also recounts the story of the infamous "Doctors' Plot," a fabricated collusion by Kremlin doctors to kill top Communist leaders.
That terror, however, thankfully never unfolded. Two weeks after the camps were ordered built, Stalin attended the Blizhnaya dinner and, four days later, was dead at the age of 73.
The gift that Adar in 2003 brought was the knowledge of that theretofore unrecognized salvation, of what the killer of millions of his countrymen had apparently planned for the Jews under his control but which never came to pass. That Stalin met his fate (however that may have happened) just as he was poised to launch a post-Holocaust holocaust of his own, is something we might well add to our thoughts of gratitude at our own Purim celebrations today, more than a half century later.
And we might note something else as well, especially during this season of meaningful ironies, when G-d's hand is evident "between the lines" of history to all who are sufficiently sensitive to see it.
During the feast at which Stalin collapsed, according to his successor Nikita Khrushchev, who was present, the dictator had become thoroughly drunk. And the party, he testified, ended in the early hours of March 1.
Which, in 1953, corresponded to the 14th day of Adar, otherwise known as Purim.
This entry was posted in Holidays, PURIM on March 7, 2009 by Rabbi Avi Shafran.


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Russian "Party" Ambassador to Return to Russia, Replaced By "Bull-Terrier"
by Aaron Simms
Russia's current ambassador to the United States, Sergey Ivanovich Kislyak, is set to return to Russia soon, with a going away party scheduled July 11th. He is expected to be replaced by Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister, Anatoly Ivanovich Antonov. Antonov was named as Kislyak's replacement in February and was approved for the post by Russia's Duma (literally, "House;" i.e. the legislature) in May. While Kislyak is known for his parties, Antonov has been called a "bull-terrier."
Both men are interesting.
Kislyak is 66 years old, holds a degree in physics, and is an ethnic Ukrainian born in Moscow. He is a career diplomat and has served as ambassador to the U.S. since 2008, having previously held the post of Russian Deputy Foreign Minister (like Antonov). He is known for being socially active and throwing parties, attempting to push Russia's interests through personal relationships. He had been considered for a counter-terrorism post at the United Nations, but is being recalled to Russia instead. This may because he has emerged as a central figure in the intrigue surrounding the rumored Russian interference in the U.S. election. Thus, while many U.S. politicians have met with him (which would be expected as he is the ambassador to the U.S.) most have either denied meeting him or have "forgotten." Therefore, it would be difficult for Kislyak to continue to serve in the U.S., since people are now reluctant to meet with him due to the on-going FBI investigation of Russia's involvement in the U.S. election.
Antonov is 62 years old, holds a degree in international relations, and was born in Siberia. He is a career diplomat, but also holds the rank of Army general. He is under sanctions by the European Union due to Russia's role in the Ukrainian conflict and has been called a "bull-terrier" due to his hardline stance towards the West (he has accused NATO of confronting Russia in Ukraine).
Thus, the ambassadorship will shift from a partying ambassador who seeks to wield influence behind the scenes, but who no one wants to be seen with in public, to a hardline general who seeks to confront the West. Trump, for his part, has planned to send former Utah governor John Huntsman as ambassador to Russia, replacing the incumbent John Tefft, who has served in that position since 2014.
Comey Testimony Was a Ratings BOOM
by Susan Wright
For political geeks, it was Must-See TV.
The viewership numbers are in for the Senate Intelligence Committee testimony of former FBI Director James Comey, and they are rather impressive. They're especially impressive when you consider it was mid-morning on a weekday.
According to Nielson data, approximately 19.5 million viewers tuned in to hear what the ousted Comey would say.
20 million people watched the Comey hearings. That's the same number that watched Game 3 of the NBA Finals https://t.co/9nbon4fw8Y
— Mike Memoli (@mikememoli) June 9, 2017
The winner of the day, as far as ratings, was ABC, with 3.3 million tuning in from 10am to 1pm.
CBS was a close second.
Fox News led among cable outlets, with 3.1 million viewers, while CNN scored first in the younger 25 to 54-year-old demographic coveted by advertisers, followed by NBC and ABC.
This should come as no surprise. The buildup to Comey's Thursday morning testimony was the equivalent of a heavyweight title fight.
In the heat of the congressional probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election, Comey became a key player, and politicos breathlessly awaited to see if he would deliver a bombshell, right into President Trump's lap.
The expected bombshell didn't come, with only a few surprises.
The knowledge that Comey leaked details of his own memos through a friend to the media, in order to prompt a special investigator to take over is probably the biggest news.
A close second may be that Trump asked all of his advisers and aides to leave the room, before asking Comey to let former national security adviser Michael Flynn go.
According to Comey, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and senior aide Jared Kushner hesitated, lingering as if they knew this was a bad idea, but Trump brushed them out. At that point, he asked Comey if he could see his way clear to let Flynn go.
More than anything, it prompts the question as to why Flynn was so important to Trump, that he would go to those lengths, put himself in awkward, potentially illegal positions, in order to try and make it happen.
As happened with the panel of officials on Wednesday, Comey declined to answer many questions in an open setting, preferring to keep the meat of his answers for the closed meetings.
I'm sure viewers were expecting more, and depending on whose team you're on, some are celebrating this as either a victory for Trump or an ominous sign of more to come.
Smart money says to reserve judgment until all those called to give testimony have spoken, and all the closed door hearings are conducted. We're a long way from the end.
In the meantime, fingers crossed for no new eruptions from the White House. Our nation can't move forward under the weight of this much dysfunction.
BREAKING: Comey's Statement Paints a Worried, Clueless, Untrustworthy Trump
by Steve Berman
The Senate Intelligence Committee just published former FBI Director James Comey's opening statement for tomorrow's hearing, and it's a damning document.
It's not damning in the sense of President Trump committing a crime, or attempting to obstruct justice. There's no evidence of that in Comey's account.
What it does show is a president with no working knowledge of the FBI's purpose, mandate, or value as an independent investigatory arm of the federal government. It shows a president whose understanding of what it means to be president is something akin to a king over a royal court. It shows a man obsessed with his personal image and relationships.
It shows a worried, thin-skinned, petty, and clueless man who doesn't deserve the trust of those who operate in the public interest.
In short, it makes Trump look clueless, and that's damning.
I felt compelled to document my first conversation with the President-Elect in a memo. To ensure accuracy, I began to type it on a laptop in an FBI vehicle outside Trump Tower the moment I walked out of the meeting. Creating written records immediately after one-on-one conversations with Mr. Trump was my practice from that point forward. This had not been my practice in the past. I spoke alone with President Obama twice in person (and never on the phone) – once in 2015 to discuss law enforcement policy issues and a second time, briefly, for him to say goodbye in late 2016. In neither of those circumstances did I memorialize the discussions. I can recall nine one-on-one conversations with President Trump in four months – three in person and six on the phone.
Lawyers resort to memorializing every conversation immediately following in a few situations. One is when they meet one-on-one with clients who pay them for representation (for obvious reasons). Another is when they meet with other lawyers or parties in negotiation–typically these are short notes or emails to the other lawyer to ensure everyone's on the same page.
A third scenario is when they are meeting one-on-one (without corroborating witnesses) with unreliable people, whose version of events may prove troubling in their work. Or when people in positions of power (such as politicians) attempt to manipulate or influence them improperly in such meetings. These memos are, in technical legal terms, called "C-Y-A" (I jest, but not too much).
Comey felt compelled to write a C-Y-A memo every time he interacted with President Trump. The head of the FBI felt that Trump was manipulative, using pretense to gain a "patronage relationship," and ignoring every fence and guardrail of proper lines of communication to achieve a particular result.
My instincts told me that the one-on-one setting, and the pretense that this was our first discussion about my position, meant the dinner was, at least in part, an effort to have me ask for my job and create some sort of patronage relationship. That concerned me greatly, given the FBI's traditionally independent status in the executive branch.
At an oval office meeting on Feb. 14, attended by at least four high-ranking lawyers (Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, senior adviser Jared Kushner, and Comey), the president dismissed everyone, including Comey's boss, AG Sessions, to talk to Comey alone. Not only is this beyond awkward, it's also completely improper.
Alone with Comey, Trump said he wanted to talk about Mike Flynn, who had resigned one day earlier.
The President then made a long series of comments about the problem with leaks of classified information – a concern I shared and still share. After he had spoken for a few minutes about leaks, Reince Priebus leaned in through the door by the grandfather clock and I could see a group of people waiting behind him. The President waved at him to close the door, saying he would be done shortly. The door closed.
The cringes and breath-holding in that hallway had to be excruciating. It paints a picture of a man whom everyone is scared to tell "this is a really bad idea," lest they invite the rage of Poseidon on themselves.
The President then returned to the topic of Mike Flynn, saying, "He is a good guy and has been through a lot." He repeated that Flynn hadn't done anything wrong on his calls with the Russians, but had misled the Vice President. He then said, "I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go. He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go." I replied only that "he is a good guy." (In fact, I had a positive experience dealing with Mike Flynn when he was a colleague as Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency at the beginning of my term at FBI.) I did not say I would "let this go."
The president that Comey came to know better than the man who appointed him to office–President Obama–is, to him, a man who cannot be trusted. He's a man who doesn't know the boundaries of his own office, or the reason certain actions or statements are simply wrong or unethical.
To Comey, this is a man who values personal loyalty, relationships, and image over truth or integrity. Why else would Comey feel compelled to document, as close to the event as possible, every single conversation with Trump?
Whatever questions follow this positively devastating statement by Comey at Thursday's hearing, every lawyer, government official, or potential appointee under Trump has to get the message. To paraphrase: Be careful dealing with this man, as he's a worried, clueless, untrustworthy man who will try to manipulate you into compromising yourself.


Three suspected illegal workers were being questioned last night after immigration officers raided a popular Thetford curry house.
The owner of the Nimmi Authentic Indian Cuisine restaurant was warned that he faced a hefty fine after three Bangladeshi employees were found to have forged passports.
Ten officials from the UK Border Agency and Norfolk Police descended on the curry house in White Hart Street at lunchtime yesterday as part of an "intelligence-led" operation.
A spokesman said that immigration officers asked employees to produce documents to prove their right to work in the UK and discovered fake passports.
Three Bangladeshi men, aged 27, 31, and 35, were arrested and were last night being questioned at Thetford police station regarding the immi-gration issues.
The owner of the Nimmi restaurant, Abdur Rouf, was issued with an on-the-spot notice, warning that he faces a fine of up to £30,000 for employing illegal workers.
The spokesman for the UK Border Agency said further investigations would be carried out to establish whether proper checks were under-taken to employ the workers legally. He added that steps would be taken to remove the three men from the UK.
After the raid, Gail Adams, regional director of the UK Border Agency Midlands and East of England, said: "The UK Border Agency is determined to put a stop to illegal working in Norfolk.
The Nimmi restaurant was closed last night.
Mr Rouf, who owns a number of shops and properties in Thetford, visited Bangladesh earlier this year to hand out cash to people affected by a devastating cyclone.
Employers unsure of the rules can visit www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/ employers or call the UK Border Agency employers helpline on 0845 010 6677.
Anyone who suspects that illegal workers are being employed at a business in Norfolk is asked to contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.


Me suele gustar mucho como funcionan este tipo de combinaciones por el factor "sorpresa" que provoca el efecto de combinar prendas de estilo retro con otras más modernas.
En este caso he jugado sobre la combinación en tonos azules. Lo llevaba con una chaqueta de pelo, que nose muy bien por qué no fotografíamos jaja, pero para las que os estéis preguntando si me pelé de frío pues no (tanto) porque me quité la chaqueta sólo ese momentito! Y en los pies nunca tengo frío la verdad!
I tend to like a lot of how these types of combinations work because of the "surprise" factor that causes the effect of combining retro style garments with more modern ones.
In this case I have played on the combination in blue tones. I wore it with a jacket of hair, which I don't know very well why we do not photograph haha, but for those that you are wondering if I peel of cold because not (so much) because I took off my jacket only that little moment! And on my feet I'm never cold the truth!


Let your senses embrace the rhythm, colour and magic of the flamenco. At Tablao Cordobés, the flamenco is passionate, fast and unique. The colourful decoration, inspired by Arabic motifs, transports you to another time and space.
Considered the most important flamenco venue in Barcelona, Tablao Cordobés enjoys a privileged location right in the heart of La Rambla, the most iconic street in the city. As you walk in, the intimacy and warmth of the tablao welcomes you. Its vaulted architecture—like a cave—allows the natural and characteristic sound of flamenco to be clear and vibrant without the aid of microphones or audio devices.
The performance develops around "a sensual game" in which guitar, voice and dance play with each other, resulting in an inspiring and captivating show. Take in this legendary Spanish tradition as you sip your drink and make this an unforgettable night out.
Enjoy this passionate flamenco show while you sip your refreshing drink.
A feast for your senses with a buffet dinner serving 33 Mediterranean hot and cold dishes, desserts, fruits and unlimited drinks (wine, sangria, beer, soft drinks, mineral water and coffee), accompanied by a fiery flamenco show.
Seats together are guaranteed if you book all your tickets in the same transaction.
Really enjoyed the show, it was an excellent night.
The food and show were great! The variety and taste of the food was excellent. It was definitely an awesome experience!!
Amazing performers! It was a great show. Nice and intimate.


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PMB accidents
Bridget Siebert
A COLLISION between a taxi and bakkie on Monday morning at the Willowton and Church Road intersection in Northdale left seven people injured.
ER24 paramedics responded and found both vehicles stationary in the middle of the road. Occupants from the wrecked taxi were climbing out of their vehicle.
Paramedics discovered that seven people from both vehicles had sustained only minor injuries.
The patients were treated for their injuries, which ranged from soft tissue injuries to minor lacerations. Once treated, the patients were transported to Northdale Hospital.
A motorcycle accident at the intersection of Retief and Pietermaritz Street on Monday morning left a man seriously injured. Exact detail to the cause of the accident and preceding events is still speculative and will remain a subject for police investigation and comment.
Netcare 911 paramedics found the man lying on the ground. After they stabilised him at the scene they transported him to hospital.
Seven people were injured after a taxi, bakkie and car collided along Greytown Road on Monday morning.
Netcare 911 paramedics found the roadway obstructed with accident debris and the twisted frames of the vehicles.
The patients were found at the side of the road. After triaging the injured, it was found that five people had escaped with minor injuries while two sustained moderate injuries.
Paramedics stabilised the injured before they transported them to various hospitals.
A man sustained critical injuries in a truck accident along Market Street near the traffic offices on Monday morning. A report from the scene indicates that a truck veered across the centre median and slammed into the side of another truck. Netcare 911 paramedics, the fire department and other services found the critically injured man trapped in the wreckage . While firemen used the jaws of life to free the man medics clambered into the wreckage to stabilise him.
After 45 minutes rescuers freed the wounded man, medics immobilised him on a trauma board before he was removed from the wreckage.
After he was placed on a ventilator, a Netcare advanced life support paramedic accompanied the patient to hospital
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Леопольд Фигль (; 2 октября 1902, Руст, Нижняя Австрия — 9 мая 1965, Вена) — австрийский политик, член АНП, федеральный канцлер Австрии в 1945—1953 годах.

Биография
Родился и вырос в многодетной фермерской семье. Окончил сельскохозяйственный институт в Вене. Участвовал в работе Союза студенческих организаций под опекой церкви.

С 1931 года — вице-председатель Фермерской лиги (Bauernbund) Нижней Австрии, с 1933 — председатель. При режиме Дольфуса вошёл в состав федерального совета по экономической политике. После аншлюса арестован и отправлен в концентрационный лагерь Дахау, в мае 1943 года освобождён, работал нефтяным инженером, в октябре 1944 года вновь арестован, отправлен в Маутхаузен и в феврале 1945 года приговорён к смертной казни за «государственную измену». В том же году освобождён советскими войсками, организовывал снабжение жителей Вены продовольствием. 14 апреля 1945 года восстановил Фермерскую лигу и 17 апреля вошёл вместе с ней в состав созданной Австрийской народной партии (АНП), став её вице-председателем. 27 апреля стал и. о. премьер-министра Нижней Австрии и вице-премьером.

После проведения в ноябре того же года свободных парламентских выборов, на которых АНП одержала убедительную победу, сформировал большую коалицию с СПА, просуществовавшую до 1966 года, и стал канцлером. 26 ноября 1953 года Фигль ушёл с поста канцлера и стал министром иностранных дел Австрии в правительстве Юлиуса Рааба, подписав в этом качестве Декларацию о независимости Австрии. В 1959 году по итогам парламентских выборов, увеличивших представительство социалистов, новым министром иностранных дел стал член СПА Бруно Крайский. Фигль был избран председателем Национального совета Австрии, а с 1962 году стал премьер-министром родной Нижней Австрии, занимая этот пост до января 1965 года.

Похоронен на Центральном кладбище в Вене.

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Министры иностранных дел Австрии
Председатели Национального совета Австрии
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Is my piece worth fixing?
Is it a one of a kind or rare piece?
Does it have historical significance or sentimental value?
Is it a part of a set? Collectibles usually have a better value when they are part of a whole set.
Will it be stabilized through restoration and prevent further damage?
Can I contact you about an estimate of the repair costs?
Glue only - Some pieces look great simply glued properly back together again.
Partial restoration - Glued and missing pieces filled to match. Great for those "in use pieces" such as plates, cups, platters, ect.
Complete restoration - Your piece is glued, filled, painted to match and reglazed for that virtually invisible repair. Great for those "just for show" pieces.
Can glass really be glued back together?
Yes! We use a high-strength non-yellowing epoxy resin that was developed specifically for conservation and restoration use. It cures crystal clear and has superior holding strength. Formulated to match the index of refraction of most glass, it resists yellowing and can withstand the torture of time with proper care. We can also fill and fabricate some missing glass sections. You can wash your piece, and even use it as well.
What should I do when my piece breaks?
Be sure to find as many pieces as you possibly can, check the surrounding area where the piece broke. You'd be surprised where pieces end up, under chairs, or tables, etc. It is advisable to wrap the large pieces separately so they do not bump into each other during transportation and cause further damage. Any smaller chips, or slivers should be put in a small container, small baggie, envelope, or whatever you have handy, but never use tape directly on the smaller pieces. The more pieces that we can use, the better for the piece. If some of the pieces are too small to use we can fill those missing chips and slivers.
What should I do when shipping my piece?
Either have a professional mailing service pack your piece for you, or if you want to pack the piece yourself be sure there is 4 inches of packing material surrounding your piece and make sure the contents of the package do not shift. Please include in the package your name, your return address, your phone number, and email address so we can contact you when your piece arrives and with a confirmed estimate for the cost of repairs.


Wilson disease is a genetic disorder resulting in excessive accumulation of copper in the body. Normally, the liver excretes almost all of the ingested copper except for the minute quantities required for maintaining healthy nerves, bones, and skin. People with Wilson disease are unable to excrete copper, therefore, over a period of time copper slowly accumulates in their bodies resulting in damage to various organs.
Who needs to be tested for Wilson Disease?
All brothers and sisters of a person with Wilson Disease need to be tested, even if they are normal.
Wilson Disease can be diagnosed based on a careful clinical evaluation by a neurologist or hepatologist (liver doctor) familiar with the disease and specialised tests like lab test, MRI and liver biopsy.
YES, it is treatable. With timely diagnosis and treatment people with Wilson Disease can lead a normal life. Children return to normal education and excel. Even people with severe disability improve and resume school/work.
What is the treatment for Wilson Disease?
Treatment involves avoiding food rich in copper and taking drugs to eliminate excess copper (decoppering drugs). People with symptoms as well as those who do not have any symptoms need treatment. Treatment is lifelong. It is essential that treatment be tailored to an individual patient.
Complimenting the expert clinicians is the comprehensive care we offer during diagnosis of the patients for their complete rehabilitation. Wilson Disease is curable. However, today people with Wilson Disease suffer considerable disability due to delay in diagnosis and inadequate treatment.
Kokilaben Hospital is proud to introduce a comprehensive clinic that is devoted to treatment and care of people with Wilson Disease and their families. The aim of the Wilson Disease Clinic is to ensure that no person in India goes undiagnosed or untreated.
The Wilson Disease Clinic offers a comprehensive care program including neurology and liver specialist consultation, physical and cognitive rehabilitation, psychotherapy, speech therapy and gait training. Since Wilson Disease is a familial disease we also offer family counselling services, screening of siblings and genetic counselling.
Specialised tests like serum ceruloplasmin, 24 hour urine copper and liver copper estimations are available. The hospital also offers facility of mailing-in of samples to support centres that do not have these test facilities.
This is useful to assess the extent of brain and liver injury from excessive copper deposition.
In some people, diagnosis of Wilson disease requires a procedure called a liver biopsy, wherein, a thin needle is inserted through the skin & into the liver under ultrasound guidance (USG) and a small sample of liver tissue is drawn out. This sample is then sent to the laboratory to test for excess copper.
This is a part of the hepatology (liver) department and provides specialised treatment for patients with severe liver failure or cirrhosis.
It offers comprehensive eye check including examination through microscope with high intensity light source (slit lamp) and special eye camera photography to identify copper deposits in the eye. These are useful to diagnose as well as to monitor people with Wilson Disease.
Kokilaben Hospital has dedicated 30,000 sq ft of floor area equipped with cutting edge equipment to provide personalised & goal directed physiotherapy, speech therapy and gait retraining. Our specialised physical and cognitive occupational rehabilitation program ensures that patients return to normal life as soon as possible.
The Wilson Disease Clinic provides extensive patient as well as caregiver support, counselling and education services. We believe that a better understanding of the disease paves way for early diagnosis, appropriate and timely treatment, improved compliance and better doctor patient interaction.
Kokilaben Hospital offers genetic counselling services to patients with Wilson disease to assess risk of passing the disease to their children.
A blood test called DNA Analysis can identify the genetic defects that cause Wilson Disease. This test is available at a limited number of medical centres and is done using a small sample of blood drawn from a person's arm or collected from a finger prick. This test can be useful in diagnosing Wilson Disease.
People with Wilson Disease can develop serious complications if they contact liver infection (hepatitis). To prevent likelihood of developing liver infection the Wilson Disease Clinic offers vaccination for Hepatitis A & B to all persons with Wilson Disease as well as their brothers and sisters.
Kokilaben Hospital offers the facility of mailing-in samples for serum ceruloplasmin, 24 urine copper, liver copper and genetic analysis.
Kokilaben Hospital is devoted to and brings the best in medical care at convenient & affordable packages.
This package includes consultations with Wilson Disease experts (Dr. Annu Aggarwal, Dr. Mohit Bhatt and Dr. Geeta Billa) and an array of tests to confirm diagnosis of Wilson Disease in a person.
This package is designed to screen sisters & brothers of patients with Wilson Disease. It includes consultations with Dr. Annu Aggarwal and Dr. Mohit Bhatt.
This package is designed to fine tune treatment and rehabilitate persons with Wilson Disease. It includes consultation with Dr. Annu Aggarwal and Dr. Mohit Bhatt.
This package is designed to monitor disease progression & treatment adequacy in patients on treatment. It includes consultation with Dr. Annu Aggarwal and Dr. Mohit Bhatt.
The Wilson Disease Clinic at Kokilaben Hospital is committed to support patients with Wilson Disease and their families, increase public awareness of the disease and encourage research in the field.
The clinic supports physicians and centres involved in care of patients with Wilson Disease within India as well as in the Indian subcontinent (Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka), Australia & China.
The research results have been published in leading international medical & neurological journals.


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A year after the attack on the Twin Towers, no geopolitical explanation has managed to satisfy Americans in search of an ultimate meaning. The reflections of a keen observer.
1.9.2002 Lorenzo Albacete
From the very beginning, the events of September 11, 2001, had a strong religious dimension. All terrorism, in a certain sense, has a religious basis, as the very word suggests. "Terror" is a religious experience. Anthropologists of religion describe it as the experience of "dread" before the unexplainable. A terrorist attack does not intend to bring about the military defeat of the enemy. It aims to bring about a paralyzing fear. It is a theatrical, ritual, liturgical event–a symbolic gesture, so to speak, suggesting or pointing toward the abyss of nothingness.
Religious Patriotism
It is not surprising, therefore, that the reaction of the American people to the terrorist attack of September 11th last year had a strong religious dimension to it. Indeed, the American story, the "narrative" through which the American people define their national identity and purpose, has always had a strong religious undercurrent to it, even after its fundamental terms (election, liberty, mission, etc) were secularized. September 11th awakened this dimension to an explosion of "religious patriotism," as seen, for example, in the spectacle of the members of the House and Senate on the steps of the Capitol in Washington singing "God Bless America." The President immediately assumed the status of the nation's Priest-Prophet-King, with a popular approval rating soaring above all political possibilities. (Remember that, at the beginning of his term, opponents questioned even the legitimacy of his election.) Almost every speech sounded like a sermon, appealing to sacrifice for the highest human values, defined as identical to the "American way of life" (life, freedom, democracy, and the free market!). Religious advisors–Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Islamic–appeared on the scene and became an integral part of the group preparing the American response to the attack. The American people were given frequent lessons about religion and peace, religious tolerance, and the importance of religious liberty. Churches were packed, and articles about religion and life filled the pages of newspapers and magazines—from the most intellectual journals to the purveyors of entertainment and show business gossip. One of the nation's most popular television comedians almost decided to resign from his program, but when it re-aired again a week after the attack, he explained his decision to continue almost in terms of religious duty, and devoted the week's show to an exploration of the attack's "ultimate meaning." The Mayor of New York and other political leaders encouraged the American people to reject all intimidation by praying more to strengthen the spirit of the nation, and spending more to strengthen the economy.
Outside the United States, this reaction was considered amazing, and some treated it with cynicism and scorn. And yet, it allowed the American people to recognize that the attack involved far more than a geo-political and economic struggle, that all such explanations for it were an immoral reduction of its ultimate significance.
The Nation's "Mood"
Now, a year later, this "religious" reaction to the attack of September 11th has not entirely disappeared. In many ways, things appear to have returned to a more normal situation, but that is deceiving. The economic uncertainty on the part of employers and investors, for example, is not only due to the recent scandals in the financial world, but to a change in the nation's "mood" that is still very difficult to assess, since it suggests an uncertainty at the deepest level of the experience of national purpose. This is precisely the level of the religious sense. The decision of the television networks, leading newspapers, and the largest corporations to suspend all advertising on the day of the anniversary (at an enormous economic cost) must amaze those religious leaders who were convinced that the country had lost all sense of the "Sabbath" rest and its equivalent in other traditions. (Not that long ago, this was a practice in Catholic countries, for example in Latin America, only on Good Friday. It has never been a national tradition in the United States.)
The part of the Pentagon destroyed by the attack has been repaired, and all activity resumed, now even at a higher pace than before as the nation continues its military response, apparently involving a war with Iraq. In New York City, however, the empty space where the World Trade Center stood has become a place of silent pilgrimage. Each day, thousands of Americans and visitors walk slowly and silently along the promenade that allows them to peer into the hole where the Twin Towers once proudly soared into the sky. The names, photos, and personal items of those whose remains were never found are pinned on walls and fences around the "sacred space." Even more revealing, throughout the city, many New Yorkers seem afraid to look in the direction where the Twin Towers were once visible. Someone compared it to the fear of looking into the room in funeral parlors where the corpse of a dead friend or close relative is being prepared for viewing. This is, of course, evidence of the continuing experience of religious dread, even after a year has passed from the initial shock. A passenger on a plane landing at La Guardia Airport (the closest to the Manhattan, with an approach path offering stunning views of the skyline) said: "I used to look down at the City and feel a great excitement, as if I was being energized by the awesome view, but now I feel a great emptiness. In fact, I don't even want to look, but I still feel compelled to glance at it quickly and look away, as if I had seen what should not be seen."
On the week of the attack's anniversary, the prestigious non-commercial television network PBS aired a two-hour documentary called "Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero: The Spiritual Aftermath of September 11th." I was involved in the preparation of this program, during which we interviewed over three hundred people about the religious implications of the attack. There was not a single person with whom we talked that did not acknowledge that their experience of what happened was, in one way or another, an experience of Mystery. (An atheist told us that it was a challenge to her atheism, since the attack was entirely the deed of men.) Toward the end of the program, the questioning began to concentrate on the possible meaning of the shocking view of two of the victims holding hands as they jumped to their death from one of the Towers. At the end of the show, I was able to summarize this discussion in terms of the judgments made by the Movement: The gesture of those who fell to their deaths holding hands has two possible meanings. We can see it as the tragic confirmation that death and the victory of Power have the last word about human life, friendship, and the desires of the heart. Or we can see it as a heroic affirmation, a symbolic one ("sym-bolic" means unifying, bringing together; while that which destroys through separation is called "dia-bolic"), a gesture that points to the awareness of a Mystery containing the ultimate word about the meaning and value of human life, a Mystery greater than death, the Mystery that makes human friendship and solidarity possible and, in the end, triumphant–the Mystery of Being revealed as Charity.
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NYSE:OC - Owens Corning Stock Price, News, & Analysis
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Now: $56.04▼
MA: $53.27▼
Volume1.37 million shs
Average Volume1.53 million shs
Market Capitalization$6.08 billion
P/E Ratio11.34
Dividend Yield1.53%
Beta1.3
Owens Corning, together with its subsidiaries, produces and sells glass fiber reinforcements and other materials for composites; and residential, commercial, and industrial building materials worldwide. It operates in three segments: Composites, Insulation, and Roofing. The Composites segment manufactures, fabricates, and sells glass reinforcements in the form of fiber; and manufactures and sells glass fiber products in the form of fabrics, non-wovens, and other specialized products. Read More…
Stock Exchange NYSE
Industry Abrasive, asbestos, & miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral products
Sub-IndustryBuilding Products
SectorConstruction
Current SymbolNYSE:OC
CUSIP69074210
CIK1370946
Webhttp://www.owenscorning.com/
Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.86
Trailing P/E Ratio11.34
Forward P/E Ratio12.13
P/E Growth1.52
Annual Sales$7.06 billion
Price / Sales0.86
Cash Flow$8.9521 per share
Book Value$39.55 per share
EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$4.94
Net Income$545 million
Net Margins7.07%
Return on Equity12.10%
Return on Assets5.12%
Employees20,000
Outstanding Shares108,570,000
Market Cap$6.08 billion
Next Earnings Date7/24/2019 (Confirmed)
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Owens Corning (NYSE:OC) Frequently Asked Questions
What is Owens Corning's stock symbol?
Owens Corning trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "OC."
How often does Owens Corning pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Owens Corning?
Owens Corning declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 20th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, July 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.22 per share on Friday, August 2nd. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.57%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, July 15th. View Owens Corning's Dividend History.
How were Owens Corning's earnings last quarter?
Owens Corning (NYSE:OC) released its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 24th. The construction company reported $0.54 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.56 by $0.02. The construction company had revenue of $1.67 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.68 billion. Owens Corning had a return on equity of 12.10% and a net margin of 7.07%. Owens Corning's revenue was down 1.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.80 EPS. View Owens Corning's Earnings History.
When is Owens Corning's next earnings date?
Owens Corning is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Owens Corning.
How can I listen to Owens Corning's earnings call?
Owens Corning will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, July 24th at 9:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 8883176003.
What price target have analysts set for OC?
15 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Owens Corning's shares. Their forecasts range from $45.00 to $75.00. On average, they expect Owens Corning's stock price to reach $59.3708 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Owens Corning.
What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for Owens Corning?
15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Owens Corning in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Owens Corning.
Has Owens Corning been receiving favorable news coverage?
News headlines about OC stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Owens Corning earned a media sentiment score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the construction company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Owens Corning.
Are investors shorting Owens Corning?
Owens Corning saw a decline in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totalling 6,506,400 shares, a decline of 14.0% from the May 30th total of 7,563,700 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,550,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.2 days. Currently, 6.0% of the company's shares are short sold. View Owens Corning's Current Options Chain.
Who are some of Owens Corning's key competitors?
Some companies that are related to Owens Corning include ATLANTIA SPA/ADR (ATASY), FERROVIAL S A/ADR (FRRVY), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Vulcan Materials (VMC), D. R. Horton (DHI), CHINA RWY GRP L/ADR (CRWOY), CHINA RWY CONST/ADR (CWYCY), Lennar (LEN), HEIDELBERGCEMEN/ADR (HDELY), CHINA COMMUNICA/ADR (CCCGY), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), NVR (NVR), Nippon Paint (NPCPF), Rollins (ROL) and Lennar (LEN.B).
What other stocks do shareholders of Owens Corning own?
Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Owens Corning investors own include Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Ford Motor (F), Centurylink (CTL), AT&T (T), Cornerstone Total Return Fund (CRF), Intel (INTC), Micron Technology (MU), CBL & Associates Properties (CBL), SunCoke Energy Partners (SXCP) and SandRidge Permian Trust (PER).
Who are Owens Corning's key executives?
Owens Corning's management team includes the folowing people:
Mr. Michael H. Thaman, Exec. Chairman (Age 55)
Mr. Brian D. Chambers, CEO & Director (Age 52)
Mr. Michael C. McMurray, Sr. VP & CFO (Age 54)
Mr. Daniel T. Smith, Sr. VP of Organization & Admin. (Age 54)
Mr. Julian Francis, Pres of Insulation Bus. (Age 52)
Who are Owens Corning's major shareholders?
Owens Corning's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Scout Investments Inc. (0.27%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (0.07%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.02%), Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB (0.02%), NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V. (0.02%) and Silverleafe Capital Partners LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own Owens Corning stock include Arnaud Genis, Ava Harter, Brian Chambers, Daniel T Smith, Gunner Smith, James J Mcmonagle, John David Williams, Julian Francis, Kelly Schmidt, Marcio A Sandri, Michael C Mcmurray, Michael H Thaman and W Howard Morris. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Owens Corning.
Which major investors are selling Owens Corning stock?
OC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund, NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., First Hawaiian Bank and Silverleafe Capital Partners LLC. Company insiders that have sold Owens Corning company stock in the last year include Daniel T Smith, Gunner Smith, Julian Francis, Kelly Schmidt, Marcio A Sandri, Michael H Thaman and W Howard Morris. View Insider Buying and Selling for Owens Corning.
Which major investors are buying Owens Corning stock?
OC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Fox Run Management L.L.C., Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB, Fulton Bank N.A., DNB Asset Management AS, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and OLD National Bancorp IN. View Insider Buying and Selling for Owens Corning.
How do I buy shares of Owens Corning?
Shares of OC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.
What is Owens Corning's stock price today?
One share of OC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $56.04.
How big of a company is Owens Corning?
Owens Corning has a market capitalization of $6.08 billion and generates $7.06 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $545 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.94 on an earnings per share basis. Owens Corning employs 20,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Owens Corning.
What is Owens Corning's official website?
The official website for Owens Corning is http://www.owenscorning.com/.
How can I contact Owens Corning?
Owens Corning's mailing address is ONE OWENS CORNING PARKWAY, TOLEDO OH, 43659. The construction company can be reached via phone at 419-248-8000 or via email at [email protected]
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Metallica's eponymous album, often referred to as the black album, is one of the best selling albums of all time and is rightly revered as the defining rock album of its generation. Eagle Vision's ongoing Classic Albums series is well established as the ultimate guide to the albums that have defined our lives. Featuring live and studio clips and interviews with the original band members, producers, engineers, managers and others closely associated with each project. The program tell the intimate story of the creation of these musical milestones
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