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Teamwork and tenacity got a beloved husband into a clinical trial to test what has become the first approved drug for metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma
April 19, 2017 • By Tom and Karen Judd / as told to Mary Engel
Karen and Tom Judd have been married for 37 years. When Tom was diagnosed with Merkel cell carcinoma, Karen put aside her heartbreak and leapt into action. Jungmayer / Fred Hutch News Service
Tom Judd, now 66, entered a clinical trial at Fred Hutch in March 2015 to test an experimental drug for a rare and deadly cancer, Merkel cell carcinoma. Today the drug, avelumab, has become the first treatment for metastatic MCC to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Judd credits his survival to taking part in the trial — and to Karen, his wife of 37 years. This is their story.
KAREN: A small bump that looked like a pimple showed up on Tom's face in October 2012. We were wintering in Portland, Oregon, where our daughter was about to give birth to our first grandchild. Since Tom was an old hat at basal cell and squamous cell skin cancers, this little bump did not raise a big red flag. By the time we got back to [our home in] North Idaho in March, he went to the doctor, who burned it off. It did not go away, so three months later, it was burned off again.
TOM: Finally, on the third try, they biopsied it. I was like, 'Come on, something's not right here.' Then when they came back with the results that it was Merkel cell — I didn't have a clue. I'd never heard of Merkel cell, and obviously most of them hadn't either. Karen, being the great researcher that she is, found out all about it.
KAREN: It was diagnosed as Merkel in August 2013. Luckily, my Internet research brought me to Dr. Paul Nghiem's website and to the Merkel cell carcinoma Google group, which confirmed that we should definitely get an appointment with him. We did after Tom had a wide-excision removal of the bump at the Seattle Veterans Hospital along with a sentinel node biopsy, which was positive. He was staged at 3b. This was followed by six weeks of radiation at the Seattle VA, completed in December 2013.
TOM: When we came up [to Seattle], we made an appointment to see Paul just on our own. That was probably the best thing we ever did, truly. I was still overwhelmed. Thank goodness my other set of ears was there, because Karen was much better at processing it.
KAREN: It was good to talk with somebody who hadn't treated just one or two or three cases of it. By the time we saw Paul, he had seen over 1,000 cases. We just figured it would be good to touch base with him, and going down the road, if our doctors at the VA would consult with him, we'd be ahead of the game.
[After the radiation] Tom had a follow-up scan back here at the Seattle VA. It showed no new tumors. But that scan was only from the chest up, and after consulting with Dr. Nghiem, he said the next follow-up scan should be the whole body. So at the end of May 2014, Tom had a whole-body scan. It showed a large mass in his abdomen, which was biopsied and found to be MCC. He was now stage 4.
TOM: I had already gone back to work and was ready to get on with life. I still had plenty of fight in me. But it was hugely deflating.
KAREN: Dr. Nghiem was hoping to get Tom into a trial for people who had not yet had chemo. [But because the trial's start date was uncertain], Paul said he thought we needed to start chemo to buy us some time until another clinical trial for a different immunotherapy may be coming to Seattle. Tom started chemo at the Spokane VA in July 2014.
TOM: I was frightened of it. My oncologist called it 'salvage chemotherapy.'
KAREN: Hearing the word salvage was a little hard. And it was the first time we'd heard the word terminal. Even though I would read it on Paul's website — Tom didn't always want to know all the dirty details.
TOM: Karen is a 'knowledge is power' kind of person. This has definitely been a team effort, and I'm so fortunate. To go through it on your own would be pretty rough.
Karen: At this point it became clear that we would have to close down our landscape maintenance business as it was a very physical job and one I could not do without Tom. There wasn't a lot of hope and not any options for treating MCC.
TOM: I decided, well, if my life is going to be this short, I want to go live next to my daughter and my granddaughter and my son-in-law. So in the middle of chemo, we sold our home, Karen packed up all our stuff and we moved to Oregon. The oncologist at the Portland VA was on board with the whole idea of a clinical trial. So it was just a matter of time. But before the trial started, my bile duct pinched shut because of a tumor. I got super sick. I turned yellow. I itched all over. That was truly the lowest point of my life. I really thought that was it.
Karen: It was December 2014. By that time, the clinical trial for the experimental immunotherapy drug had begun in Seattle, but Tom was very sick. I called his family and a few close friends and said, 'If you want to visit with him, you should probably come now.' Tom is a very optimistic, positive person, and this was the first time he told me he didn't know if he could go on. I was heartbroken. I told him to just try and hold on a little longer. We had just celebrated our 35th anniversary.
TOM: Then a bile duct was stented — twice — to make it flow again, and they did one radiation treatment to my pancreas to hit that big tumor that was pushing on the bile duct. And it worked. That allowed me to become eligible for the trial.
Karen: We met with Dr. Nghiem and Dr. Shailender Bhatia to discuss participation in the trial and sign the paperwork, and a week later we went back up for his baseline CT scan. On March 30, 2015, we went for his first infusion of what we now know as avelumab. But first we had to review the baseline scan results. There were many new tumors.
TOM: It was awful. They said, you have all these tumors. I thought, 'Oh my goodness.'
KAREN: It was like we got hit by a freight train. We were so excited about starting the trial, but we were totally blown away that there were so many new tumors. Besides the large one in his abdomen and the pancreas, he now had tumors in his kidneys and liver and lungs. But we had struggled so hard to get to this point for Tom to start this trial. Tom just said, 'Hook me up.'
TOM: Trust is part of it. Paul is such a positive guy. You just feel like you're with someone who really has your best interest at heart. Dr. Bhatia as well. I was like, 'Let's do it.' The trial truly felt like a last-ditch effort.
KAREN: In six weeks, we had the first follow-up scan. Dr. Bhatia was running a little late. So Dr. Nghiem came in, and his assistant. Remember, they all came in the room, with their assistants? I thought, 'This is really good news or really bad news.'
TOM: My anxiety was really high.
KAREN: Dr. Bhatia came in and said, 'Good news!' That's something Dr. Bhatia does right away on scan days. He always lets us know right away. No waiting, no small talk. Paul wrote '35%' [how much the tumors had shrunk] on a piece of paper and they held it and they took a picture.
TOM: We were packed in a little exam room. I was about in tears when they told me the way it was going. It was so emotional.
KAREN: That was around late April 2015. Tom has been coming in every two weeks since [for infusions]. The tumor status right now is about 92 percent reduced.
TOM: I've gained all my weight back. My energy level is great again. My happiness level is great again.
KAREN: We watch our 4-year-old granddaughter once or twice a week. She keeps us running at the park and playing.
TOM: I thought she would never be part of my life.
KAREN: When we moved [near Portland], Tom really wanted to buy a house. I was like, 'I don't have a job. I don't know if I could afford a house if you were gone.' I was thinking we should move to a condo. But that would just be soul-crushing for Tom. He needs to dig in the dirt. Now I'm glad we did buy a house.
TOM: She did a lot of things to please me. I know that.
KAREN: Besides being really grateful to Dr. Bhatia and Dr. Nghiem, we feel super grateful to all the hardworking researchers who work on developing these drugs in their labs, sometimes for years without any breakthroughs. It takes a lot of hard work and determination that doesn't always get recognized.
TOM: I feel very lucky, if that's a word that can be used, that I'm living in this time and in this area, that this trial could even happen. And I feel so grateful to my wife, especially, who truly was the driving force that even got me here and who helped me fight to be here. If it all went sour tomorrow, I've had a couple of years past the lowest point of my life where I can ride bikes, I can go on hikes, I can play in my garden, I can love my grandkid. It's a wonderful time.
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0 Kelley Armstrong, author of MISSING, on refusing her editor's suggestion
We're glad we didn't miss the opportunity to chat with Kelley Armstrong, where we learned more about her latest novel MISSING.
Kelley, what was your inspiration for writing MISSING?
I love Southern gothics, and within a short space of time, I read an article on small town Appalachia and saw a blurb for a movie about a boy being found in a forest. Those three things coalesced into an idea for a story, about a girl growing up in one of those towns, who finds a boy in the forest and starts unraveling deep, dark family secrets.
What scene was really hard for you to write and why, and is that the one of which you are most proud?
One of the toughest scenes wasn't emotionally difficult but just very, very tricky to get right (or to a point that I was comfortable with it.) When Winter first meets Jude, he holds her captive, demanding answers about his missing brother. But Jude is the male lead, not the villain, so I had to walk a very fine line with that scene. Winter is justifiably furious, and it must be clear that Jude thinks she's involved in his brother's disappearance and that he'd never do this otherwise. I edited and finessed that scene a lot to get it where I wanted it.
Is there a scene you particularly love?
The church scene, where Winter and Jude have their "breakthrough" moment. He just saw her at her most vulnerable, dealing with her abusive father, and in trying to forget that, she asks him about piano, which turns out to be a very sensitive subject for him, something he loved and abandoned. To help cheer her up, though, he offers to show her a few chords. Now, in edits, one of my editors asked me to cut the piano part, because apparently, there's a piano scene in Twilight. I refused, and my early readers pinpointed this as being one of their favourite scenes, so I'm glad I kept it.
What do you hope readers will take away from MISSING?
I hope they're entertained. I hope they find it a satisfying read. Those are always my goals. If they see more there—issues of poverty and privilege, insights into violence and dark impulses—then that's great, but my primary goal is giving them a good, enjoyable read.
I just finished another standalone thriller, due out next year. The easy way to describe it would be to say it's about a school shooting. Except it's not—not about the shooting itself, that is. Skye Gilchrist and Jesse Matin are middle school friends about to embark on their first date when there's a shooting at the local high school. Skye's beloved brother is killed, as is Jesse's brother, who has tormented him all his life. But only Jesse's brother is a victim. Skye's was one of the shooters. Skye's family leaves town quickly, and the story really begins when she's forced to return at sixteen and deal with her brother's legacy…and with Jesse.
by Kelley Armstrong
The only thing Winter Crane likes about Reeve's End is that soon she'll leave it. Like her best friend did. Like her sister did. Like most of the teens born in town have done. There's nothing for them there but abandoned mines and empty futures. They're better off taking a chance elsewhere.
The only thing Winter will miss is the woods. Her only refuge. At least it was. Until the day she found Lennon left for dead, bleeding in a tree.
But now Lennon is gone too. And he has Winter questioning what she once thought was true. What if nobody left at all? What if they're all missing?
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Kelley Armstrong has been telling stories since before she could write. Her earliest written efforts were disastrous. If asked for a story about girls and dolls, hers would invariably feature undead girls and evil dolls, much to her teachers' dismay. All efforts to make her produce "normal" stories failed.
Today, she continues to spin tales of ghosts and demons and werewolves, while safely locked away in her basement writing dungeon. She's the author of the NYT-bestselling "Women of the Otherworld" paranormal suspense series and "Darkest Powers" young adult urban fantasy trilogy, as well as the Nadia Stafford crime series. Armstrong lives in southwestern Ontario with her husband, kids and far too many pets.
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Colombia ratifies the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
Colombia ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) on 29 January 2008. This brings the total number of Treaty ratifications to 144. "- This is an extremely important event", Tibor Tóth, the Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), said: "Colombia's ratification creates a tipping point and brings the Treaty one step closer to taking effect. We welcome Colombia's move and expect other ratifications from Annex 2 countries to follow suit." Colombia belongs to the group of 44 countries listed in Annex 2 of the CTBT whose ratification is required for the Treaty to enter into force. These 44 countries participated in the negotiations of the Treaty in 1996 and possessed nuclear power or research reactors at the time. Thirty-five of these States have now ratified the Treaty, including the three nuclear weapon States France, Russian Federation and the United Kingdom. The nine remaining States are China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel, Pakistan and the United States of America. "- All peace loving countries must ratify the CTBT", Ambassador Rosso José Serrano Cadena, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Colombia to the CTBTO, added: "We are sure that this will happen. Also the Latin American and Caribbean region are now close to becoming a complete CTBT continent." "- This is in the spirit of the Tlaltelolco Treaty," Tóth said, referring to the first nuclear-weapon-free zone treaty from 1967, now encompassing all of Latin America and the Caribbean: "In the last six months, Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Barbados and now Colombia have ratified the CTBT, making 28 out of 33 countries in the region ratifying States." The five remaining States are Cuba, Dominica, Guatemala, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago. The CTBT bans all nuclear explosions. A verification regime is being built to monitor compliance with the Treaty. 337 facilities world wide will monitor the underground, the oceans and the atmosphere for any sign of a nuclear explosion. Today, over 220 facilities, including the Colombian primary seismic station PS14, have been included in the global alarm system.
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Huntington Bay author Alyson Richman discusses new book, 'The Secret of Clouds'
Author Alyson Richman at her home in Huntington Bay. Her new novel is "The Secret of Clouds." Credit: Newsday / J. Conrad Williams Jr.
By Stav Ziv Special to Newsday Updated February 19, 2019 3:00 PM
Alyson Richman is a local girl. She grew up in the Setauket/St. James area, and basing her latest novel there, she says, "was a way for me to capture how I experienced my childhood." "The Secret of Clouds" (Berkley, 357 pp., $26) tells the story of a Long Island teacher and student who change one another's lives, and the details are homegrown. Maggie picks up a pumpkin at Wicks Nursery on Route 25A to cheer up her young charge, Yuri, and drives down "the leafy, serpentine roads" to visit her parents in Strongs Neck. Richman, a resident of Huntington Bay whose previous books include "The Lost Wife" and "The Velvet Hours," will discuss and sign copies of the book at Book Revue in Huntington on March 1. She spoke with Newsday by telephone; the conversation has been edited for length and clarity.
What inspired this project?
One summer day at a friend's house on Long Island, she offhandedly mentioned that every year she assigns students to write a letter to their 18-year-old selves, and she holds onto those letters until they graduate from high school. One [story] in particular struck me — about a child she'd tutored at home because they were too sick to attend school. [So] I invented a story of a child who's too sick to go to school.
And I had a Ukrainian baby sitter for my son who had been a neonatal nurse in Kiev. She'd told me that when Chernobyl happened the population wasn't told immediately. For three days they had unseasonably warm weather — everyone was sunbathing and bathing in the river. Unbeknownst to them, they were soaking in invisible radiation, and years later children were born with all sorts of rare health conditions. I started to think, could I fuse that historical element into this novel, having a child who's an immigrant from Ukraine, with a teacher who's called in to tutor him?
You call the book "a love letter" to teachers you've had. Why?
My first memory of really thinking about storytelling took place when I was six. Mrs. Goldberg, my first grade teacher at Saint James Elementary School, put a blob of paint on our pieces of paper. She told us to fold the paper, open it up, and write what we saw. I wrote a story that I saw a flying pickle, and I remember she wrote, "You have a gift with words." Sixth through [eighth] grades I had the same English teacher at Harbor Country Day School, James Swink. I always credit him for being the most instrumental influence on my writing career. He never said, "If you're a writer, you're going to need to know how to do this." He'd always say, "When you're a writer." Teachers are the first people outside our homes that believe in us and make us believe in our potential.
Long Island is baked into this novel. What role did it play?
In the past [I've] always [had] to travel to different countries to do my research. What was so wonderful about this book was that I made all these connections within the Long Island community, whether it was a Romanian ballet dancer who teaches in Huntington or a young man named Sam Menzin, who now works for the Detroit Tigers. My daughter takes violin lessons at the Long Island Violin Shop in Huntington, and in the back they have in-house luthiers crafting and repairing violins. I liked this idea of creating this retired businessman, Maggie's father, who's making violins in his basement. Their stories became threaded into the novel.
Can you talk about the origin of the title?
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Metal Muthas: Enrique Sagarnaga (Crypt Sermon, Relapse Records)
March 18, 2019 Justin Norton
Metal Muthas Crypt Sermon, Metal Muthas, Relapse Records.
Every so often, we take a little time on Mondays to pay tribute to the Muthas! That is, reprinting the adorable metal/maternal Q&As that run in the magazine. Today, enjoy Justin Norton's chat with Maria Jose Wendt, mother of Enrique Sagarnaga (Crypt Sermon/Relapse Records).
Can you tell us a little about yourself?
I come from a traditional Bolivian family of politicians and poets. My grandfather was vice president of the country and was a literary figure during his time. Literature was a means to discover new horizons, challenges and cultures. I've always considered myself a worldly person. I've been lucky enough to live across different countries and cultures. This helped enrich my life and gifted me with a diverse group of friends and incredible experiences. I was living in the USA when Enrique was born in 1988. That year would forever change my life and cement my career as a mother. I play acoustic guitar and have enjoyed singing since I was six. Presently I live in La Paz, Bolivia, the highest capital of the world—approximately 12,000 feet above sea level.
What was Enrique like growing up?
Growing up in La Paz, Enrique went through various moods and phases. When he was a young boy, he was hyperactive but very affectionate. He loved the guitar. He started elementary school in La Paz, but also learned English during a brief time living in Florida. We went back to Bolivia where Enrique spent the rest of schooling. During this period, he found a passion for playing drums.
What did you think when he started drumming?
When Enrique communicated his intent to play drums, he was around 10. It was a dream come true for me! I always wanted to instill my passion for music to him, and Enrique developed this innately. I immediately got him a tutor.
Was your son a good student or a troublemaker?
Enrique was characterized by a rebellious nature. He always excelled in social sciences, not so much exact sciences. In school he was always a rebel and had a very tight knit circle with his closest friends.
Are you surprised he has made a living in the music industry?
Yes, I'm very surprised! I always thought that music would be his passion and hobby.
Do you like Crypt Sermon?
Of course, I do! They are a very talented band, and you can tell that they dedicate a good amount of time to this, hours and hours of practice and team work.
What about your son makes you proudest?
I couldn't have asked for a better son. He's shown me that despite our long distance, he can still maintain a relationship with his family and make things better.
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Cartography—that is, mapmaking—has been a huge part of human history for many thousands of years. Maps give us directions. They tell stories. They make it easy to share things in a way that crosses language barriers without losing impact or information. And they are one of the strongest tools we have at our disposal to communicate with each other visually. We've come a long way from using brushes and parchment—today's maps can be layered with data over satellite imagery, with accuracy down to your corner store, back up to planet-wide, and everything in between.
Non-profit organizations, indigenous communities, and many other groups are learning how to harness the power of digital storytelling with new media. One of the best methods of telling their collection of local stories is to share them on a map.
One such map we've developed is Standing Ground—an interactive web-map that showcases BC-based stories of environmental stewardship and struggle. Embedding videos and stories directly into the map give a site visitor the context that helps them connect the story with a real place instead of just the name of a town. The Standing Ground map makes sharing local stories easy, and viewing them in context easier.
We've also been working closely with Kwusen Research and Media on behalf of many first nation communities in western Canada on a customized online mapping and data management system used to support consultation, environmental research, traditional land use studies and archiving. Community KnowledgeKeeper is designed to meet common data management and mapping needs of indigenous communities who are faced with complex issues of land and resource management.
Some things are best explained with the help of a map, be it the growth of an organization and its reach over time, or the spread of an industry, story, or project. SumOfUs.org came to us when they needed to tell the story of how they grew from a small, local organization into the five million member worldwide movement working to make the world a better place. The SumOfUs Five Million Members map was the final result: showing the organization's growth from zero to five million members.
Certain types of information need to be recorded and displayed on a map to help people understand the full impact of the data and know what happened, when, and most importantly where.
Projects like the TarSandsSOS, mapping the progress of tar sands tankers through sensitive regions of the BC coast, show the power of these communications. Knowing, to the minute, when and where a ship with the potential for an environmental disaster (in the worst-case scenario) helped visitors see the immediate effect and constant impact of shipping through these areas. The proposals by oil companies to increase the ships passing through these regions by 700% suddenly became a much more immediate and arresting thought, with the help of the map.
Coastal Guardian Watchmen Network is a project that allows First Nations Guardian Watchmen to record commercial and recreational activities on the North and Central coast of British Columbia. Our system takes information from the GPS devices from the patrols and places it onto maps.
We are developing another project with custom data driven map tiles generated from provincial road permit and industry reported road safety data. This data gives resource companies an overview of the state of their roads so they can easily address problems and keep their employees and others using the roads safe—maps with the potential to save lives.
Working with Vancity, we developed a mobile website that encourages individuals to look for and shop locally at small businesses. Localty, currently running as a pilot project in the Victoria market, grants points and badges to its users for supporting local shops and businesses, and helps them find the businesses they need using geo-location services on their mobile phones.
Peacegeeks and Affinity Bridge have worked together on two separate mapping projects. The first was for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), that uses mapping technology to show the locations and types of aid and services available to Syrian refugees in Jordan, known as Services Advisor.
The second collaboration has been on the mapping aspects of Peacegeeks' Project Amani. We built an integrated data mapping system used to track critical issues in developing and conflict-afflicted areas of the world. In addition to tracking these issues, the map is also being used in exciting initiatives on mapping positive stories like safe zones.
One of our earliest mapping projects was working with the Vancouver Aquarium on the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup. The project included geolocation and map-based searching functionality, showing cleanup sites with details on the status of each site, whether it needed cleaning, and whether or not a group had chosen to work on that area.
But enough about us. It should be obvious by now that we like working with maps to help connect people and information. What are you working on? How can we use our mapping expertise to help you? Let us know what stories you want to tell.


Yesterday when I came home from work I saw a huge "peace" sign made from an old wagon wheel that our friend John made for us. Today, my husband, Greg, got me a cute faucet with a crystal droplet and pail for my birthday.
Today my friends and I had tea in a lovely schoolhouse that has been turned into a quaint tea house.
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Don't you just love cherries? I do. Their bright red colour, their taste, their texture and the fact that they are just the perfect size for popping in your mouth make them irresistible.
Not only are they versatile in cooking they have numerous health benefits too. Being a rich source of antioxidants, they can help with diabetes, sleep disorders even weight loss. And if that isn't enough their stones have the ability to hold heat making them a great filling for heat pillows.
These pickled cherries will keep for up to 6 months. They make tasty nibbles for cocktails, a colourful addition to a cold buffet and can be turned in to a quick and impressive salad, simply by tossing a few with some tasty greens such as rocket or watercress and using a little of their liquid as a ready made dressing.
Put the water, vinegar and sugar in a saucepan and bring to a simmer over a gentle heat.
Divide the bay leaves and peppercorns between sterilised jars then pack in the cherries as tightly as you can without squashing them.
Pour the vinegar mixture over the cherries, leaving 1.25 cm of head space. To remove any air bubbles gently tap the jars on a towel-lined counter top so that the bubbles rise to the surface.
Seal the jars and store until needed.
oh yes, I have to remember making them this year. Forgot to do it last year.
If you ever try these, open a bottle before you share them with your friends, you might want to offer them something different and keep the entire bottle to yourself 🙂 Trust me they are too awesome to share with just anybody !


Eggshell Georgian, Replacement China, antique, collectible, china pattern made by Homer Laughlin China for your discontinued, tableware pattern.
Eggshell Georgian China Pattern - Eggshell Georgian was introduced in 1940 and was a lighter version of the Georgian Regular shape that was introduced in 1934. Georgian Eggshell was widely merchandised and many patterns can be found on this popular shape.
Eggshell Georgian and Eggshell Nautilus were the main shapes sold in the Add + A + Place plan.


Response rates are tracked meticulously by sales teams as they directly impact sales conversion rates. Sales Reps look to craft compelling sales messages to prospects to maximize response rates. They leverage a lot of intel around the leads as well as the target organizations to do so.
You would have observed it in your own company - end of the financial year is when you plan the budget for the forthcoming year. It's when you decide what tools you want to purchase and how much money you want to allocate.
When you reach out to your target prospect decision makers at a time they are actively looking to decide on buying a service/product like yours, the chances of getting a response increase. That seems intuitive enough, but few actually follow through on this. A couple of reasons why - 1) Fiscal year is something you'll need to hunt for on the internet and 2) This hasn't been an intel you've actively acted upon in the past.
It's December now and a ton of your prospects would be have their next fiscal years starting Jan.
Time to write to them? We know of a startup that can readily provide you this.
You integrate with a number of HR tools as your customers use those tools. Why not use that to your advantage? Plus, it makes total business sense as you've already done the hard work of integrating with all those tools. We've written an article that takes a deep dive into a specific kind of HR tool: Applicant Tracking Systems.
We've found that this strategy is particularly good. We've seen demo rates jump by as much as 11X (incredible, isn't it?). Experiment with this - you'll be surprised.
Want to know more about the a top ATS and what its customer distribution looks like? Check it out here.
Use blogs. People write them with the hope that others will read them. So if you tell them that you did and that you found it insightful in some way, that's a great way to get a conversation started.
This approach could take up a little more time since you are crafting individual, customized messages, but it also promises to give much better response rates.
People who've just joined companies or been promoted are more disposed towards responding to you. Why? They are enthusiastic and are gung ho about getting new initiatives rolling. They want it to be known that it was their initiative.
We'll be back with more insights that you can start tracking around your prospects that will help you get better response rates. In the meantime, do take a look at this case study of an HR tech startup that increased its response and demo rates by strategically using tech intel.


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Комми () — фамилия:
 Комми, Альфред (род. 2001) — итальянский боксёр-любитель, серебряный призёр чемпионата Европы (2022).
 Комми, Ричард (род. 1987) — ганский боксёр-профессионал, чемпион мира по версии IBF (2019).
 Комми, Руби (род. 1991) — немецкая актриса.

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it seems to me alot of domains with hyphens in them dont seem to be at the top listings no more? anyone notice somehting similiar ?
Definitely not. I'm seeing tons of domains with hyphens.
Keyword rich domains were never valued very much (directly) by Google anyways. Its not something they would tweak.
Same... infact, with all the spam results at the moment, I think I am seeing more hyphenated domains.
Still waiting for my hyphenated Google boost.
Ofcoarse, what I meant was that alot of spam sites have hyphenated url's. Not that having a hyphen boosted your ranking.
For a keyword in my industry, all the top 10 results are hyphenated domains -- all of which are owned by the same fu**ing guy!!! Fu**in' rediculous.


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Biden's been eyeing Democratic governors for Health and Human Services secretary
With President-elect Joe Biden preparing to unveil his picks to lead agencies on the front lines of the coronavirus fight, he's been eyeing Democratic governors for at least one key Cabinet position
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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks during an event to name his economic team at the Queen Theater on Dec. 1, 2020 in Wilmington, Del.
While Gov. Gina Raimondo of Rhode Island had emerged as a potential selection to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, sources told ABC News, she said Thursday she would not be Biden's pick.
"I am not going to be President-elect Biden's nominee for HHS Secretary, my focus is right here in Rhode Island," she said a her weekly COVID-19 news conference.
"I'm working 24/7 to keep Rhode Islanders safe and keep our economy moving and I have nothing else to add on that," Raimondo said.
When asked by a reporter if she had any obligation to serve the country if asked to do so by Biden, Raimondo did not elaborate.
"I've said what I said on that topic. I feel a massive obligation to the people of Rhode Island, and that's why I'm working so hard right now," she said.
The Harvard, Oxford and Yale-educated official has long been rumored as someone who could enter a Biden administration, after she was vetted as a possible pick for vice president.
Raimondo, who was elected as Rhode Island's first female governor in 2014, was seen ahead of the election as a possible nominee for Treasury or Commerce secretary, given her Wall Street background — which has also made her a target for progressives hoping to influence Biden's incoming administration.
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Governor of Rhode Island Gina Raimondo speaks onstage during Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel on Oct. 13, 2015, in Washington, D.C.
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, who was also vetted for vice president, is seen as another leading contender for HHS secretary, given her work leading a state during the pandemic, and serving as New Mexico's health secretary earlier in her career.
MORE: President-elect Joe Biden's top-level appointees and Cabinet picks
Lujan Grisham has also been boosted by Latino Democrats and advocates who want Biden's cabinet to reflect the diversity of the coalition that helped win the White House.
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks in front of solar panels during the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 19, 2020.
MORE: Republicans attack, Democrats defend Biden's outspoken pick for OMB director
Biden's pick for HHS secretary, and other coronavirus and health-related roles, could be unveiled as early as next week, sources tell ABC News.
A transition spokesman did not immediately respond to questions about Biden's consideration of the governors or the timing of any announcements. Lujan Grisham's office did not respond to requests for comment on Wednesday.
ABC News' John Santucci, Katherine Faulders and Molly Nagle contributed to this report.
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Reeling U.S. Coal Industry Sends Two More Producers to Bankruptcy
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Rain is a welcome sight to Midlands farmers. But that rainfall, along with melting snow, poses a problem when drainage carries away agricultural nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus that can build up to environmentally harmful levels.
Perhaps the nation's most troubling example is the so-called dead zone in parts of the Gulf of Mexico. The buildup of nitrogen and phosphorus harms wildlife by stimulating excessive algae growth that leaves little oxygen in the water.
Fertilizer runoff along the Mississippi River contributes to the problem, and in 2008 a dozen states along the Mississippi pledged to reduce fertilizer runoff into the river by 45 percent.
Achieving a reduction of that magnitude is a complex challenge. Iowa deserves credit for being the first in the nation to develop and pursue a coordinated statewide plan.
The Iowa plan was finalized in 2013. Known as the Iowa Water Quality Initiative, it aims to reduce phosphorous levels from wastewater plants and industrial sites by 16 percent and nitrogen by 2 percent. Iowa's ag sector seeks to reduce its levels of nitrogen by 41 percent and phosphorous by 29 percent.
Last month, Iowa Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey requested a two-year total of $7.5 million for the initiative.
Iowa's strategy is sound, having been developed by the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and Iowa State University.
At the same time, it remains an open question whether it can achieve adequate progress quickly enough.
A recent lawsuit filed by Des Moines' drinking water utility shows the need for action. The utility, which spent nearly $1 million in 2013 to remove nitrates from water, is suing three northwestern Iowa counties over high nitrate levels in the Raccoon River. The utility alleges that the counties failed to control agricultural runoff as required by the federal Clean Water Act and triggered the costly downstream water treatment operations.
Many of the techniques to be adopted by the ag sector are familiar in modern agriculture. Among the options in the plan: Changes in the timing, rate and methods of nitrogen application. Use of cover crops and crops converted into biomass for fuel. Conversion of acres into the Conservation Reserve Program. Extended crop rotations. Techniques for drainage management.
The state has named 13 demonstration watershed projects in the initiative. In western Iowa, projects include parts of the Floyd, North Raccoon, and East and West Nishnabotna Rivers.
The plan emphasizes encouragement of "new science, new technologies and new opportunity." This is a commendable, pioneering initiative.
An additional approach in Iowa is a program called Sustain, by which United Supplies, a fertilizer wholesaler, has worked with environmentalists on ways to encourage farmers to adopt practices that reduce nutrient pollution.
Iowa deserves credit for approaching such a large problem in a focused, scientific way. Now, as the lawsuit shows, lies the challenge of moving ahead as soon as possible.


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Q: accept call blocking thread termination I'm having trouble terminating my server in my multithreaded program (one server, multiple clients).
When the variable global_var, which counts the number of currently connected clients, gets set to 0, the server should terminate, but it doesn't.
What I think is happening is since accept() is blocking , the code never reaches the break condition in main loop.
It's breaking correctly out of thread_func but then it blocks inside the while loop, just before the accept() call and after printing "Exiting thread_func".
volatile int finished = 0; // Gets set to 1 by catching SIGINT/SIGSTOP
int global_var = 0; // When it gets to 0, server should terminate
int server_fd;

void * thread_func(void* arg)
{
    do_some_pre_stuff();
    while(1)
    {
        if(!global_var)
        {
             close(server_fd);
             finished = 1;
             break;
        }

        if(recv(...) > 0)
        {
            do_more_stuff()
        }
        else
        {
            disconnect_client();
            global_var--;
            break;
        }
    }
    free_more_ressources();
    return NULL;
}

int main()
{
   do_initial_stuff();

   init_socket();

   listen();

   while (!finished)
   {
    if( (fd = accept(server_fd,...)) == -1)
         exit(-1);

    global_var++;

    /* Some intermediate code */
    if(!global_var)
        break;

    // Thread for the newly connected player
    if(pthread_create(&thread_id[...], NULL, thread_func, (void*)some_arg)
            exit(-1);
    }
    free_resources();
    puts("Exiting thread_func");

}

I tried the advice listed here without success (except the pipe answer, not trying to mess with pipes).
I'm new to socket programming but what I tried so far looked correct but none of the solutions worked (including semaphores, pthread_cancel,etc)
PS: synchronization has been implemented, just omitted here for readability

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Barack Obama answers questions for the press before taking his summer vacation. They grill him over the trouble with Russia and the intelligence services. Obama promises more transparency and more respect for privacy.
Frankly speaking, Rolling Stone's reporting did not 'whitewash' Dzhokhar, but, reading between the lines, wording such as 'a cute kid with a future' could evoke unfortunate sentimentality toward him.
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America ReFramed
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Every year, over a million students drop out of high school. They may complete their graduate equivalency degrees, only to find that they're still struggling to get good jobs. For some adults in Indianapolis, there's another option: a night school program that will get them their full high school diploma – if they can complete a tough curriculum that includes algebra, biology, and more.
NIGHT SCHOOL is an intimate look at a year in the lives of three students: Greg is a single father trying to make a better life for his daughter, unable to get better work without a degree. Melissa left school when she became a young teenage mother; now she's looking to complete the schooling she abandoned almost 40 years before. And Shynika never saw the value of high school until she realized she needed a diploma to fulfill her dream of being a nurse.
All three struggle with the classroom demands, but they're motivated and working hard. If they can graduate, they know they'll change their own lives and the lives of their families. As one of their teachers says, "It brings meaning and value to education and where it can get you."
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For all we know, BJJScout could be a disembodied Skynet metamind that's programmed to analyze BJJ, only to one day terminate all humankind. Is BJJScout really Keenan's split personality, a jiu-jitsu version of Tyler Durden? Or will we wake one day to find BJJScout has vanished from the world, never truly existing except in our dreams? Your guess is as good as mine.
Whatever robot or mythological creature they may be, in a recent post, BJJScout reviewed my instructional Mastering the Crucifix, calling it "groundbreaking… a bold and different approach to BJJ pedagogy" and praising Artechoke Media by saying "Passion for BJJ belies each effort they put out." BJJScout gives us credit for not doing the usual "get affiliates to cram pre-order spam down everyone's throat" routine, and praises our willingness to explore new and different ways to present information (i.e. animated gifs, multiple angles, combining animation/video with text, etc.). Read BJJScout's full review here.
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You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the good loser is that he takes his anger out on himself and not his victorious opponents or on his teammates.More [01/01/2000 12:01:00]
The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opponents than from his fervent supporters. For his supporters will push him to disaster unless his opponents show him where the dangers are. So if he is wise he will often pray to be delivered from his friends, because they will ruin him. But though it hurts, he ought also to pray never to be left without opponents; for they keep him on the path of reason and good sense.More [01/01/2000 12:01:00]
A striking feature of moral and political argument in the modern world is the extent to which it is innovators, radicals, and revolutionaries who revive old doctrines, while their conservative and reactionary opponents are the inventors of new ones.More [01/01/2000 12:01:00]
Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought.More [01/01/2000 12:01:00]
The opponents and I are really one. My strength and skills only half of the equation. The other half is theirs. An opponent is someone whose strength joined to yours creates a certain result.More [01/01/2000 12:01:00]
An important scientific innovation rarely makes its way by gradually winning over and converting its opponents. What does happen is that its opponents gradually die out, and that the growing generation is familiarized with the ideas from the beginning.More [01/01/2000 12:01:00]
A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.More [01/01/2000 12:01:00]
Hatred of enemies is easier and more intense than love of friends. But from men who are more anxious to injure opponents than to benefit the world at large no great good is to be expected.More [01/01/2000 12:01:00]
A man is not defeated by his opponents but by himself.More [01/01/2000 12:01:00]
I played some good tennis in Australia and it's good to be back in Tokyo. It's a new week against new opponents and we're all aiming to be the best.More [03/18/2006 12:03:00]
It was a pretty tricky match against a determined opponent. I better get used to playing such opponents and get ready for tougher players as the tournament advances.More [03/18/2006 12:03:00]
DuPont: The gun katas. Through analysis of thousands of recorded gunfights, the Cleric has determined that the geometric distribution of antagonists in any gun battle is a statistically predictable element. The gun kata treats the gun as a total weapon, each fluid position representing a maximum kill zone, inflicting maximum damage on the maximum number of opponents while keeping the defender clear of the statistically traditional trajectories of return fire. By the rote mastery of this art, your firing efficiency will rise by no less than 120%. The difference of a 63% increase to lethal proficiency makes the master of the gun katas an adversary not to be taken lightly.More [10/14/2007 12:10:00]
Gus Anderson:
[Joan, who's a beautician, is giving Gus a manicure] The trouble with you dizzy dames is ya don't know how to make big money.
Joan O'Day:
Hold still, willya? I suppose you do. You're nothing but a bundle-wrapper outta work.
A shipping clerk in quest of a situation,
[takes his left hand out of the soaking solution, and shakes his wet finger at her]
if ya don't mind!
Hey, quit that, willya?
Besides, it won't be long until I'm one of the biggest racketeers in the country. I'm gonna be a success, I am. Wait and see.
I don't expect to live that long.
[holding his hand and making a mock gasp]
Mr. Baumgarten, what beautiful moons you have!
Aw, now look here smarty, come across willya? All I'm askin' is for five dollars of m'own money. I'll run it up to 200 over the weekend.
Hmm, like ya ran up that last five dollars I gave ya down to fourteen cents.
[As Joan starts to trim his nails with a scissors] Well, can't a fella get a bad break? Ouch! Go easy!
Alright, Clarissa.
I shoulda known better than to play cards on a rainy Friday the thirteenth.
Ya shoulda known better than to play cards with that mob of thieves ya hang around with. Ya know they cheatcha.
Well, maybe they do, a little. But they're such nice guys. Anyhow, I hafta learn the angles, haven't I? Besides, I've got a way of gettin' even with 'em if I just had a five-dollar stake.
[Tickling her under the chin with his wet hand]
Aw, ya look so pretty today, ducky-wucky.
[Wiping her chin with a towel] You know better than to ducky-wucky me.
Alright, alright, Brain Trust, if ya don't believe me, just look at this. Right there.
[He hands her a folded newspaper showing an ad that reads "SURPRISE YOUR FRIENDS! Get a pack of Sure-Fire Playing Cards. You can tell at a glance what cards your opponents hold in their hands!"]
[reading aloud from the ad] "IT CAN'T MISS! IT CAN'T FAIL! Send $2.00 today. P. O. Box 432, Wilmington, South Dakota." Well, I must say, that's a nice surprise for your friends. Did you send the two dollars?
The cards'll be here any day. Do I get the five?
You're one of MY friends aren't cha?
Well, I've got a nice surprise for you, ducky wucky. NO!
That's the trouble with you dames, no foresight, no vision....
Alright, ox-heart, back to your pasture, I'm through with your hoofs.
More [06/16/2016 01:06:42]
Steve Aloysius Williams:
Oh, it's a fine game, football - noble game. Originated in England in 1823. An enterprising young man named William Weber Ellis - who studied for the ministry, by the way - found his team behind in a soccer game, so he picked up the ball, and ran through the amazed opponents for a thoroughly illegal touchdown. And that's how football was born - illegitimately. So, it moved to America where someone took advantage of a loophole in the rules, and invented a little formation called the Flying Wedge. So many young men were maimed and killed by this clever maneuver that President Roosevelt - Theodore Roosevelt - had to call the colleges together and ask them to make the game less brutal. He was, of course, defeated in the next election. In spite of this setback, football became an industry. The price of a good running back often surpassed the salary of a professor. And when some righteous committee unearthed this well-known fact, there was always a coach that took it on the chin. I just got tired of picking myself up.
Peter Marshall:
At a recent hearing, opponents of flourinated water argued that too much flourine in a person's system can cause an uncontrolable desire for sex.
Paul Lynde:
[excitedly] HEY, CULLIGAN MAN!
Colonel Ernesto Bella:
[in the now-occupied Calumet, Colorado] It would seem necessary to win the support of the people. As our opponents used to say in Vietnam: "Win their hearts and minds."
General Bratchenko:
And they lost, Ernesto... Morale is crucial right now. Keep the men in the secured areas. You'll see how they forget about these "Wolverines."
[Toni blows up a nearby "Soviet-American Friendship Center."] You were saying, Comrade?
Oh, shut up!
Dinobot:
You slipped... to defeat you in such a manner would have been lacking in honor. I would not have earned the right to lead. I prefer to defeat my opponents the old-fashioned way... BRUTALLY!
Understanding your opponents weaknesses is important in everything.
Emma:
Then what are yours?
None of your damn business.
I cannot renounce all of my works because they are not all the same.First are those books in which if I have described Christian faith and life so simply that even my opponents have admitted that these books are useful. To renounce these writings would be unthinkable for that would be to renounce accepted Christian truths... The second group of my work is directed aginst the foul doctrine and evil living of the Popes, past and present... Through the laws of the Pope and the doctrines of men, the consciences of the faithful have been miserably vexed and flayed. If I recant these books, I will do nothing but add strength to tyranny and open not just the windows but also the doors to this great ungodliness... In the third group I have written against private persons and individuals who uphold Roman tyranny and have attacked my own efforts to encourage piety to Christ. I confess that I have written too harshly. I am but a man and I can err. Only let my errors be proven by Scripture and I will revoke my work and throw my books into the fire.
There are many really good teams in our conference this season. Miami, Indiana and Detroit will be our fiercest opponents this year. But we just have to focus on our game and be patient with the realistic hope that we'll be on top after all is said and done.More [08/04/2011 10:08:32]
I and life: The case was settled chivalrously. The opponents parted without having made up.More [08/05/2011 04:08:24]
But just maybe sometimes being even more patient. Even though I thought I did that much better this year, and sometimes, you know, make my opponents play that one extra ball, and just knowing how to play the big points better.More [08/11/2011 07:08:11]
Unfortunately, opponents of online speech have decided to punish our changing technological world.More [08/13/2011 04:08:52]
Our opponents maintain that we are confronted with insurmountable political obstacles, but that may be said of the smallest obstacle if one has no desire to surmount it.More [08/27/2011 01:08:48]
The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.More [08/27/2011 05:08:13]
Once upon a time my political opponents honored me as possessing the fabulous intellectual and economic power by which I created a worldwide depression all by myself.More [08/30/2011 08:08:45]
I still believe the Lewinsky investigation was way off from the focus of what Whitewater was, which turned out to be nothing at the end of the process. And I think that there were people who were determined as political opponents to not allow his presidency to succeed.More [09/11/2011 05:09:26]
My most resolute opponents believe that I am too visible, that I am a little too alive, that my name echoes too much in the texts which they nevertheless claim to be inaccessible.More [09/20/2011 05:09:20]
Another little known fact about Amazing Tennis - the computer opponents are modeled after real people. In an odd turn of events, I joined a division 3 college tennis team at age 38.More [10/06/2011 05:10:29]
I really try at least to come back and answer the question as to whether that was really the best way to do that and was I really thinking straight and how did my opponents behave and how did the judges behave was needed.More [10/14/2011 02:10:10]
We played well in attack today. We created plenty of opportunities but failed to score more than once and the opponents punished us for wasting our chances.More [11/08/2011 03:11:15]
It is in this impossibility of attaining to a synthesis of the inner life and the outward that the inferiority of the biographer to the novelist lies. The biographer quite clearly sees Peel, say, seated on his bench while his opponents overwhelm him with perhaps undeserved censure. He sees him motionless, miserable, his head bent on his breast. He asks himself: "What is he thinking?" and he knows nothing.More [11/08/2011 03:11:12]
I had to get up run in the morning for 2 hours, go to the gym and also get good opponents as sparring partners because I'm a big believer in that how you train is how you will fight at least when it came to me that's how it worked.More [11/13/2011 03:11:18]
He has said he will debate his Democratic opponents during the primary, and we're in the process of determining the appropriate time and place.More [02/15/2012 10:02:03]
We congratulate our opponents and call on them to accept our victory.More [02/23/2012 06:02:21]
DD Tournament Poker is a great game for introducing people to the world of Texas Hold'em poker, ... One of the biggest challenges for new players is to learn the game at their own pace without risking any money. DD Tournament Poker solves this problem by allowing novice and intermediate players to play against savvy computer opponents and to develop a solid understanding of the game before venturing into cash games.More [06/17/2012 06:06:01]
Cesc told me he wanted to take the fifth penalty because it was the decisive one ... Whoever our opponents are, the final will be a great match. But we don't care who our opponents are.More [07/08/2012 08:07:44]
We want to do all we can to try and pick up three points in Nürnberg. Everyone has to go the extra mile so that we can play beyond our limits. We can't give our opponents too much respect.More [09/19/2012 02:09:29]
Legal doping Wadasterol is a new invention for the victory in hay sports. Pay to WADA and your main opponents will be removed.More [01/09/2017 10:01:59]
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Occupied Palestine: Break PA Collaboration with Israel!
by Yossi Schwartz, Internationalist Socialist League (RCIT Section in Israel / Occupied Palestine), 20.2.2018, http://www.the-isleague.com
Following Trump's declaration that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, many Palestinians hoped that the Palestinians Authority would cease all forms of collaboration with Israel, especially against Palestinians engaged in military actions against armed Zionist oppressors. The case of Jarrar has proven to many Palestinians that the PA continues to collaborate with Israel.
Ahmad Jarrar, a 22-year-old, who, according to Israel, killed an Israeli settler Raziel Shevah near a Jewish-only settlement near Nablus, in the West Bank, on January 9th, was killed by the Israeli military one week ago after he managed to escape them for almost a month. Raziel Shevah was not an innocent victim of terrorism, he was one of those right wing Zionists who actively steal Palestinian lands.
According to Al Jazeera a video posted on social media shows Azzam al-Ahmad, a senior member of Fatah, being expelled from the mourning tent for the Palestinians slain by the occupation forces. Israel claims that he was killed in act of self defense but it is more likely that he was killed like many other Palestinians - in cold blood.
The relatives accused al-Ahmad of complicity in Jarrar's death, because of the ongoing "security coordination" of the Fatah-ruled Palestinian Authority with Israel.
Under the Oslo agreement, the PA is committed to sharing information with Israel about any armed resistance to the Israeli oppression. Such is the role of a Quisling - a collaborator within occupied lands, a term that originated in Norway during the German occupation in World War II.
The anger over the PA's role in Jarrar's death is part of the discontent among Palestinians over the PA role in collaboration with Israel. According to a December 2017 poll conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, 70 percent of Palestinians want 82-year-old Abbas to resign.
An increasing number of Palestinians understand that Oslo agreement only allows Israel to steal more lands with the collaboration of the PA. Already one year ago a poll showed that 65% of Palestinians no longer believe the two-state solution is viable. "The more people think the two-state solution is no longer viable, the more likely it is that they will shift and support a one-state solution" explains Dr. Khalil Shikaki, Director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research. [1]
As socialist revolutionaries who understand that only a workers revolution supported by the Fellahin and other oppressed groups and classes, will lead to the liberation of the Palestinians, we do not support nor glorify individual terrorist actions against oppression. Behind this position is the realization that in spite of what may be perceived as heroism and at times, real and spectacular demonstration of the human spirit, such actions do not lead to a socialist revolution and are exploited by the Zionists to steal more lands.
We are not pacifists and we do understand the power of the armed masses at a time of a revolution. In a different situation, Ahmad Jarrar would likely have been a dedicated socialist revolutionary. The only solution is one red democratic Palestine from the river to the sea to replace Zionist apartheid from the river to the sea.
Trotsky in his article: For Grynszpan (1939) explained our attitude today towards individual terrorism:
"We Marxists consider the tactic of individual terror inexpedient in the tasks of the liberating struggle of the proletariat as well as oppressed nationalities. A single isolated hero cannot replace the masses. But we understand only too clearly the inevitability of such convulsive acts of despair and vengeance. All our emotions, all our sympathies are with the self-sacrificing avengers even though they have been unable to discover the correct road. Our sympathy becomes intensified because Grynszpan is not a political militant, but an inexperienced youth, almost a boy, whose only counselor was a feeling of indignation. To tear Grynszpan out of the hands of capitalist justice, which is capable of chopping off his head to further serve capitalist diplomacy, is the elementary, immediate task of the international working class!" [2]
Despite many perceived similarities, Israel is not a Fascist or Nazi state, but a settler-colonialist society. It is a modern equivalent of white colonialism in North America, Australia, etc. and is most similar, although not identical, to the South African apartheid state. However, the path of individual terrorism yields the same misfortune everywhere where oppressed people struggle for freedom.
The heroic struggle of the Palestinians can win against the military might of Israel as part of the victorious Arab revolution and the Iranian revolution. It is only a question of time, that must be used to build a revolutionary leadership. The way forward is a mass Intifada as part of the world revolutionary struggle of the exploited and the oppressed.
(1) http://mondoweiss.net/2017/01/democratic-palestinians-solution/
(2) Leon Trotsky: For Grynszpan. Against Fascist Pogrom Gangs and Stalinist Scoundrels (1939), https://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1939/xx/grnszpan.htm
For the analysis of the RCIT and its comrades in Occupied Palestine of the Palestinian liberation struggle, we refer readers to our numerous articles and documents accessed from the Africa and Middle East section of our website: https://www.thecommunists.net/worldwide/africa-and-middle-east/ as well at http://the-isleague.com/. In particular we refer readers to the following documents:
Jerusalem is the Capital of Palestine! Trump's Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's Capital "Will Open the Floodgates of Hell to the West"! Mobilize for a Popular Intifada – in Palestine, in the Arab and Muslim World, Globally! Joint Statement of the International Secretariat of the Revolutionary Communist International Tendency (RCIT) and the Internationalist Socialist League (Israel / Occupied Palestine), 06.12.2017, https://www.thecommunists.net/worldwide/africa-and-middle-east/jerusalem-is-the-capital-of-palestine/
RCIT and ISL: Israel Starts Ground Offensive: Defend Gaza! Defeat Israel's War! Support the Palestinian Resistance! For a Workers' and Popular International Campaign to Boycott Israel! Down with the Regimes which Collaborate with Israel! For a Free, Red Palestine! 22.7.2014, https://www.thecommunists.net/worldwide/africa-and-middle-east/joint-statement-defend-gaza/
Yossi Schwartz: Israel's War of 1948 and the Degeneration of the Fourth International, in: Revolutionary Communism, Special Issue on Palestine, No. 10, June 2013, www.thecommunists.net/theory/israel-s-war-of-1948-1
Yossi Schwartz: Israel's Six-Day War of 1967. On the Character of the War, the Marxist Analysis and the Position of the Israeli Left, in: Revolutionary Communism No. 12, July/August 2013, http://www.thecommunists.net/theory/israel-s-war-of-1967/
Summary of the Program of the Internationalist Socialist League, February 2014, http://www.the-isleague.com/our-platform/
Michael Pröbsting: On some Questions of the Zionist Oppression and the Permanent Revolution in Palestine, in: Revolutionary Communism, Special Issue on Palestine, No. 10, June 2013, http://www.thecommunists.net/worldwide/africa-and-middle-east/permanent-revolution-in-palestine
Michael Pröbsting: World Perspectives 2018: A World Pregnant with Wars and Popular Uprisings. Theses on the World Situation, the Perspectives for Class Struggle and the Tasks of Revolutionaries, 10. February 2018, Chapter V. Middle East and North Africa: Reactionary Offensive, Wars and Popular Uprisings, https://www.thecommunists.net/theory/world-perspectives-2018/chapter-v/
RCIT: Revolution and Counterrevolution in the Arab World: An Acid Test for Revolutionaries, 31 May 2015, http://www.thecommunists.net/theory/theses-arab-revolution/


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Dame Shirley Bassey inks exclusive record deal with Decca Records
By Murray Stassen
Dame Shirley Bassey has signed an exclusive record deal with UK-based, Universal Music Group-owned Decca Records, where she will record and release her "grand finale album".
Bassey has released 70 albums and sold nearly 140 million records, in addition to recording the title tracks to the films Goldfinger (1964), Diamonds Are Forever (1971) and Moonraker (1979).
The new album, the title of which is yet to be announced, will include both brand new material written especially for Bassey.
The recording is taking place in London, Prague, Monaco and the South of France, with the team all operating under the relevant travel and recording restrictions.
The 83-year-old superstar has started singing in pubs and clubs as a teenager (whilst working in a factory), to scoring her first No.1 single in the 1950s (the first Welsh singer to ever do so).
She starred in a string of TV shows throughout the '60s which then resulted with her own BBC 1 series in the '70s.
Dame Shirley has earned an endless list of awards and accolades, including the very first recipient of a Brit Award for Best British Female Solo Artist (1977), Légion d' honour (2003) Silver Clef Award (2017), the very first musician to be awarded the Freedom of The City of Cardiff (2019) and, of course, a Damehood for her services to performing arts (2000).
She then went on to give a show-stopping Glastonbury Festival legends slot performance in 2007.
"My new album is a celebration of 70 years in showbiz."
Dame Shirley Bassey
Said Dame Shirley Bassey: "My new album is a celebration of 70 years in showbiz.
"70 years of support from my fans and 70 years of music! I've trodden the boards of many stages and kicked up many a diamante heel! The songs I have chosen all feel very personal and connected to my life. I hope they will do the same for my fans."Music Business Worldwide
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Ffridd Bunkhouse
Basic, low cost, remote bunkhouse in Snowdonia National Park.
Ffridd Bunkhouse, Ffridd Llwyn Gwerfyl, Harlech, Gwynedd, LL46 2TW
Call Wil on 01766 780329 or (07787 146 907)
Remote & peaceful surrounded by green pastures, sheep and the rugged splendour of Snowdonia, Ffridd Bunkhouse offers basic bunkhouse accommodation. Just 2.5 miles in land from the seaside resort of Harlech with its magnificent medieval castle, pubs, cafes, shops and visitor attractions, the bunkhouse is one of the last farmsteads before the mountains begin. The simple self catering accommodation comprises two separate units. The main bunkhouse in a converted stone barn has a 12 bed dorm with a separate kitchen/dining area. A homely Rayburn provides the heating and hot water and the WC is just outside. The smaller bunkhouse is on the first floor above the farm garage. It consists of one open plan area with a kitchen/dining corner and sleeping for 4/5 in bunks and a double bed. The WC and shower are outside. The shower is shared with the main bunkhouse. This awe inspiring location is popular with walkers, mountain bikers, climbers and lovers of the big outdoors. BYO bedding. The Ardudwy Way goes right past the doorstep while the around the Rhinogs walk, the Mawddach-Ardudwy Trail and the Walking Wales from End to End route are less than 1 km away. It's also just 3 km to The Wales Coastal Path and 4 km to the Cambrian Way. Well behaved dogs welcome by arrangement.
This accommodation is featured on our map of Snowdonia and North Wales and here is its own website.
18: 1x12, 1x5/6 (4 bunks/1 dbl)
All year.
£6pp. Min 4 people/£24. Discounts for large groups.
Book by phone or e mail.
On the A496 heading towards Harlech turn right at the LLandawg/LLainfair crossroads. At the next cross roads turn left then take the second right signposted Cwm Bychan. Keep on this road for approx. 1 mile, at the cross roads (with a chapel on the left) go straight ahead. After about half a mile take a right turn immediately after a small rubbish / recycling collection point. After about 200m you come to a gate in the road, go through it. After another 200m you get to another gate, go through it. The road goes down and up when the road becomes straighter and flatter there is a right turn down a narrow track ( if you get to a third gate you have gone too far) The farm and bunkhouse are at the end of the track about 400m. If using a satnav navigate to nearby village Llanfair first, or it may send you a difficult route.
Trains and buses to Harlech. Or buses to Llanfair, then it's a 3 mile walk or a taxi.
This accommodation allows dogs by arrangement, is near mountains, is in a National Park and is available to individuals. It is on a dark sky area, the Duke of Edinburgh's Award page, the Cambrian Way, the Hostels with Camping map and the Wales Coast Path.
fSleeping bags required
hSome areas heated
'Bike/equipment store (lockable)
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Escape to the mountains of Snowdonia at Ffridd Bunkhouse
Ever fancy leaving the stresses of daily life behind? Finding somewhere to rest your head where traffic, crowds, noise and stress become a distant memory?
Look no further than Ffridd Bunkhouse, hidden away at the foot of the mountains just 2.5 miles inland from Harlech. With sheep as your only neighbours, birdsong as your morning alarm and hundreds of miles of rugged mountains as your back garden you can really switch off from the rat race. There is WiFi, the challenge is not to use it!!
A walkers' paradise
Ffridd bunkhouse is a hidden gem. Open to the public for the first time, it's one of Snowdonia's best kept secrets. On one of the last farms before the mountains rise up to dominate this stunning landscape, it's remote & peaceful & leads on to an area criss-crossed with footpaths.
Around the Rhinogs, the Mawddach-Ardudwy Trail, O Fôn i Fynwy (Walking Wales from End to End) and the Taith Ardudwy Way are on the doorstep. While the Meirionnydd Coast Walk, the North Wales Castles Trail and the Wales Coast Path go through the seaside town of Harlech which is just 2.5 miles down hill! The Cambrian Way and the Snowdonia Moutain Route are also both less than 3 miles away. Don't let another summer pass by without treating yourself to a snowdonia mountain adventure. Ffridd Bunkhouse is just the place to stay.
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What Are The Effects Of Media In Education?
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Some people believe almost everything they see. For example a person asked the following question; Do polar bears really drink coke?
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What are the other answers?
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For me, media plays a negative role in getting education (and completed by 4 year bachelor degree in 5 years, its just because I wanted to become a model), for some it creates awareness, for some its just the change of mental models.
It all depends on how you think about your daily routine, if small things are influential and makes a difference then media can ignite something in your mind, whether its your education, love life, family, profession etc
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Arrowhead Provincial Park is located just west of Algonquin, and north of Huntsville. It's located right along highway 11. Such a beautiful area, full of lakes, cottages, and trees! (But not too far from the big city amenities you might need).
The entry to the park is right off Highway 11, just north of Huntsville. It's a nice paved road, winding through hills, and around Mayflower lake. After a km or two, you enter the front gate. Similar to other parks, you park your vehicle in the parking lot, and enter the office. Arrowhead lake is devided into 4 campgrounds, as seen above. Each campground is designed differently, which may be confusing and take a little longer to get familiar with. There are full bathrooms in each campground, usually at the center of each. The campgrounds surround the south and west sides of Arrowhead Lake. The park is fairly large, but all the amenities, and trails are concentrated together, making it easy to explore everything!
Arrowhead Provincial Park is in the middle of a fairly thick forest, and huddles tight to Arrowhead Lake. The main road coming in, and connecting the individual campsites is wide, and paved. It does travel up and down some large hills, so make sure your truck is in the proper gear. Depending on which area you are going to, you will cross a beautiful bridge showing you the awesome Arrowhead Lake. The roads going to each campsite are all gravel, and the base of the campsites are mostly forest floor.
I'll talk about Roe Campground first, as that's where I spent the most time. As the paved road comes in, it splits up into 7 gravel roads, with a turn-around at the end, which ends up near the central washroom. This is a decent design, as the center of all roads is connected with a trail. One thing to note, if you have a large trailer, your only turn around would be these loops at the end of each road. They are fairly large, but just use caution. I also noticed this area has A LOT of pot holes, and they are deep. The majority of the campsites here are very private, and spacious. There is a lot of forest spacing between sites, which really helps with the privacy. Road 7 has a parking lot at the end, which is right at the beach. (Again just be cautious of trailer size). There is a trail at Roe that goes right to the beach, and to the Big Bend. I would suggest getting a site close to the loops on roads 1 or 6. As then it's just a short walk to the beach. There are poison ivy signs on the majority of the loops. If you want to be near the full services washrooms, then camp nearer to the loops, as there's trails that will head to washrooms. There are also "vault" toilets scattered throughout Roe, but these are not your typical vault toilets. They have water hookups, which all real toilets to be in them, and a concrete floor. There are no smells, and 500% better then a vault toilet.
I didn't even go into East River, so can't comment on what the sites are like. I did take a walk to Lumby North and Lumby South. It's a neat area, as the canopy of the trees completely covers the sun, and it really seems like you're camping in a dark, mysterious forest. I can't really comment much about this area, but picking a sight closest to the beach is always a good idea! The below photosphere is a road inside Lumby.
The SOUTH beach is also all sandy, and really long. There's a parking lot just above that can hold a lot of cars. The beach on the EAST side of the lake is a little smaller, but is still a really nice beach. For a Muskoka lake.. these beaches are fantastic! The water stays shallow enough for the kids to play, but then get's deep enough for everything else.
Below is a parking lot for one of the beaches.
The below is the Dog Beach, and the picture below that is the parking lot. There is an additional water access spot to the right.
I noticed the Park Officers drive by twice starting around 5pm. So it's patrolled, but not overly.
The park store is located right after the office, and it has the traditional park store stuff in it. Not much candy, but does have chips, pop, and ice cream sandwhiches. I didn't buy any firewood here, but there is lots of it!
Make sure you take a walk down to the CENTER of the park. This is where the road bridge is, and the foot bridge. It really is beautiful. There is ample parking here, and two beaches on either side. You can rent water craft here as well. It's just a beautiful spot to sit and relax. You'll also see people fishing off the rocks under both bridges. I didn't notice any playgrounds for kids, but maybe I just missed it.
I can only speak for Roe campground here. I don't have specific site numbers, but all sites are fairly private. Best is to get one closest to the EAST beach area. The trail to the beach is on Road 1, at the end (loop).
Beaver Meadow Trail – This trail was closed when I was visiting the park.
Stubb's Falls Trail – This trail starts at the center of the park (near the 2 bridges), and winds along south of the river to Stubb's Falls. It's a beautiful area, with a great scenic water fall. The trail then continues north of the river, back to the starting point. The SOUTH part of the trail is smooth, and wide, and really easy to bike. You can even use a stroller on it. The north part of the trail is a little narrower, and rockier / rootier. There are some some elevation changes and mud holes. It's worth the hike, but if you have a bike, or stroller, stick to the south part of the trail. If you don't want to take the trail at all, there is a parking lot in East River that's very close to the falls. As well, be careful on the stairs down to the falls. They are steep, and metal.
-LOT'S of trails to keep you busy and in shape!
This was a great park! There are a lot of activities, and trails here. The beach areas are fantastic. The dog beach is a great area also.


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