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Wild Wisdom by Dr Margi Prideaux
Margi Prideaux an international wildlife policy writer, negotiator and academic, with a PhD in wildlife policy and law. She has worked within the conservation movement for 28 years, writing to inform policy audiences in more than 20 different international conservation processes. Her recent books Global Environmental Governance, Civil Society and Wildlife and Birdsong After the Storm speak to the need for local community participation at the international governance table to secure what is precious in the face of an unprecedented 'storm' of environmental and political change facing the world. Two new books, Shock and Awe: The global assault on wildlife and where to find hope, co-authored with Donna Mulvenna, and Wild Tapestry: Weaving Wildlife Survival, will be released in 2018. Her articles are published on openDemocracy, Global Policy, AlterNet, Zoomorphic and Ecologist and a number of academic journals. As well as writing, Margi divides her time and affiliation as the Policy and Negotiations Director with Wild Migration, and as a Research Associate with the Indo-Pacific Governance Research Centre. Find more about Margi's work and her writing at www.wildpolitics.co
Photograph by Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE (Elephant (Loxodonta africana)) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
There is a wisdom that comes with age–if you are an elephant.
As she steps over the crest of the hill, her old ears catch the deep roar vibrate over the plains. She stands granite still, while the breeze flows over her massive frame. Ears stiff and extended, she raises her giant head, listening and thinking. With experience and seasons behind her, she is the head of her clan–their matriarch, their leader. She knows, even a single male lion is formidable when hunting their largest prey—young elephants and buffalo. Long ago, mothers and aunts showed her there was a subtle difference in lion roars. As seasons passed she became adept at detecting the danger each carries. Listening, she knows the sound is not lionesses on the hunt. It's a male, and she signals the clan to bunch together. Everyone obeys. Their combined strength and dangerous weaponry are a formidable opponent to any hunting male lion; if they are prepared. Less experienced, younger matriarchs, not yet tuned to the subtle cues, often mistake the danger, and suffer the loss of the clan's babies.
She is confident and sure about this threat and so much more. She has wild wisdom. Where to find water in difficult times. The individual calls of at least 100 other leaders. When a suitable bull elephant is in musth. This is wisdom born of experience and accumulated knowledge, from mothers and aunts and the passage of her long life. This frames the culture of her clan.
Until recently, the scientific community would scorn this form of short story as emotional–attributing human behaviour to animals. Serious biodiversity science counted and tracked the components of an ecosystem, maintaining genetic diversity as a sheer numbers game. They viewed animals as little more than instinctual automatons. Now this elephant story can be accepted as a creative interpretation of fact, because science has recently evolved.
When a person watches the wildlife around them, they don't reduce the birds or beavers to numbers. They don't see wildlife as organic machines. They watch and enjoy the interplay between the individuals. They recognise communication, embarrassment, and empathy. Sometimes a clear hierarchy between individuals can be seen. What they are probably watching is what scientists call social complexity. They may also be watching a unique culture within that small population as well. Culture is the information or behaviour shared by a community and gained through social learning from other members of the same species.
While the event of the elephant matriarch protecting her clan from a lion might be quite different to normal human life, the relationships within the clan have similarities we can recognise. We learn from each other as we grow. We act as a group to protect what is important to us. We respect the knowledge of wise elders.
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How close you stay to your mother matters. Although weaned and no longer needing her mother's daily care, she hugs close as the group moves through the icy waters. Her white, torpedo body is thick with blubber to protect her from the deep cold of the sea. Leaving the shallow estuarine bay where they spend the summer, her pod is travelling north, to spend the next season diving deep to fish. The beluga pod comes alive with clicks, pulses and whistles as they set of. She's been on this journey twice already, but there is still so much to learn, and she watches and listens to the cues of elders around her. While she may not suckle from her mother any more, she still needs help to forage, to stay safe, and to not become lost in the pack ice.
This year is different to the previous two. The sea ice has retracted, and her pod follows the ice into deeper open water. She has never ventured here before. This is not the route she knows. She is learning it is important to follow the ice. Her family's knowledge allows flexibility and plasticity in the face of dynamic conditions. Her mother and her mother's mother have already experienced dramatic physical changes within their lifespan. The culture of their migration may include changes in course, but journey's end remains the same.
For a long time scientists seeking to break from the automaton mould, focused on measuring animal intelligence against our own, reasoning if they could demonstrate scales of intelligence respect might be attributed to the species being studied. In labs and zoos, they conducted mirror recognition and tool-use tests, with experiments designed to evaluate how well animals completed these tests compared to humans. Elephants and dolphins had dots painted on their heads and were enticed to look at themselves in mirrors. Monkeys were given puzzles that needed them to use a tool to uncover the treat contained within a box. These trials were all foreign to the animal's innate abilities–elephants and dolphins don't come across mirrors in the wild, and monkeys don't routinely play with boxes–but the tests were what could be done in captivity. It was a start.
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Studying wild animals requires a different form of science that considers the complexities of wild lives in their own right. No appropriate human comparison exists for the annual migration of whooping cranes, the foraging behaviour of a dolphin pod, or the way gorillas travel sideways around mountains, from one location to the next, foraging and making beds each night as they go. To uncover social complexity and ultimately culture in these and other species, scientists had to investigate the mysteries of songs, play, group movements, and communication. They discovered displays of social sophistication are more common among animals than science previously thought.
For instance, culture in whales and dolphins expresses through songs, migration patterns, foraging techniques, play, and coda dialects. Their socially learnt behaviour forms a rich tapestry of difference between families, pods and species–it forms cultures. And, culture matters. It affects how well social groups respond to change. It allows them to make use of resources that differ over large areas and long time frames. It allows groups to adapt to changing conditions. There is strong evidence that the quality and nature of social relationships has measurable fitness consequences for a range of species. For some, protecting individuals that are the repositories of social knowledge, such as knowledgeable elders, may be just as important as protecting critical habitat.
Peace is survival. He knows this in his core.
The day was bright and the ground covered in fresh white snow. It crunched with each step as he'd circled his elder. As he had grown over the past two seasons, the same alpha male had been leading the wolf pack. Bellies were full. Pups were born, and were growing strong. The pack's territory was secure. But, today he felt youthful power in his frame. It was time to challenge the older male. Confidence soaring, tail high, he asserted his contest. The alpha, annoyed, gestured for him to stand down. Overconfident, he didn't heed the advice. With lightening speed, the stronger male launched towards him. Chest full of vibration with a deep menacing growl, the alpha's weight had rained down. Pushed to the ground, snow sprayed into the air, as the two animals rolled into a fighting embrace. The alpha grabbed the rough of his neck and bit down hard. Fear coursed through his body. He was outmatched and in grave danger. Desperate to bring the fight to a stop, his heart pounded. He knew he must twist onto his back, belly and neck exposed, tail clamped tight and submissive between his legs. He did. The older male stood, hackles up, and towered over him for a heartbeat, then two, before turning away.
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Bruised and sore, he now rolls carefully onto his belly, and creeps towards the alpha, body lowered, and ears turned back. Greeted with a warning snarl and exposed teeth, he reaches out his nose to the other, and licks around his elder's muzzle. 'I am sorry. Please forgive me,' his gesture asks. Permitting the approach, the alpha replies 'your apology is accepted'. The wild wisdom within the pack knows dissipating tension avoids further violence. It is wisdom he has learned. Minutes later a chorus of howls rolls across the snow covered hills, as the pack readies for the hunt. He has deep pain in his shoulder and along his side, but he lifts his nose gratefully towards the sky to join the song. Peace is survival.
In April 2018 a group of international experts in behavioural ecology and conservation biology met for a workshop under the auspices of the Scientific Council of the United Nations Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), in Parma, Italy. This was their second meeting, and they were there to examine the implications of wildlife culture and sociality for conservation. Not surprisingly, they agreed that human activities that disrupt the social fabric of socially complex species can have severe impacts–because individuals matter. It might be a dam we erect, or the animals we hunt. It might be fishing nets left to float in the sea. Where social information is important to the survival of a social group, if we remove an individual holding important social information it can have consequences beyond simply reducing absolute numbers of the species. It can have repercussions for the transmission of threat knowledge, migratory routes, or behaviours critical for populations to thrive. We have likely been exacerbating the impact of our actions, by killing those that hold wisdom in the population.
Looking at groups of animals in this way is a profoundly different approach to wildlife conservation. It means we can't reduce populations of animals to mere numbers. We can't presume anything at all. We have to understand the social complexity and culture in play. At the close of the meeting Bradnee Chambers, CMS Executive Secretary, remarked the pioneering work of this group of scientists 'could have fundamental repercussions on how we approach conservation.'
It is an exciting time to watch conservation science evolve, and for the complexity of wild wisdom to be acknowledged and respected. The science shouldn't really be a surprise to anyone who has watched wildlife interacting. We all see the breathtaking array of learned behaviours, interactions, and wondrous communication. We've just had to wait for science to catch up to our unscientific observations. That day has arrived. Science is following our path.
As the philosopher Durant said in the 1930s, '[s]cience is organised knowledge. Wisdom is organised life'.
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Bates, LA., Byrne, Richard, Lee, Phyllis C, Njiraini, Norah, Poole, Joyce H, Sayialel, Katito, Sayialel, Soila, & Moss, CJ (2008), Do elephants show empathy?, Journal of Consciousness Studies, 15 (10-11), (pp. 204-25).
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Hauser, DDW., Laidre, KL., Stafford, KM., Stern, HL., Suydam, RS., & Richard, PR. (2017), Decadal shifts in autumn migration timing by Pacific Arctic beluga whales are related to delayed annual sea ice formation, Global change biology, 23 (6), (pp. 2206-17).
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McComb, K., Moss, C., Durant, SM., Baker, L., & Sayialel, S. (2001), Matriarchs As Repositories of Social Knowledge in African Elephants, Science, 292 (5516), (pp. 491-94).
McComb, K., Shannon, G., Durant, SM., Sayialel, K., Slotow, R., Poole, J., & Moss, C. (2011), Leadership in elephants: the adaptive value of age, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences).
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North Carolina State Representative Pricey Harrison attended the President's remarks in Jamestown, NC.
The President has been traveling across the country to show how the American Jobs Act will help modernize our schools, rebuild our infrastructure, and put Americans back to work. Earlier this week, the President visited Jamestown, NC as a part of his three-day American Jobs Act bus tour.
I spent part of Tuesday with President Obama as he met with and spoke to teachers, students, staff, and other citizens of Guilford County while in Jamestown on the campus of Guilford Technical Community College. The President was there to promote the American Jobs Act, which is projected to create more than 2 million jobs nationwide and help rebuild our middle class and an economy that works for all of us.
The Piedmont Triad has been hit particularly hard by the loss of tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs over the past decade and this year's state budget did further damage to the state's economy by making cuts that will result in a net loss of more than 30,000 jobs statewide over the next two years. These job losses have been felt hardest in the education sector, where 2,418 jobs were cut this school year (and more than 9,200 since 2008), primarily teachers and teachers assistants.
The President's plan would do much to help our state and our country recover from the extended recession. The plan proposes to invest $35 billion to prevent layoffs of up to 280,000 teachers nationwide, while supporting the hiring of tens of thousands more and keeping police officers and firefighters on the job. These funds will provide over $900 million to North Carolina to support up to 13,400 educator jobs. .
The plan also provides a $25 billion investment in school infrastructure, over $675 million of which would be available to North Carolina to support as many as 8,800 jobs.
The President also spoke about how his plan is fully paid for. He emphasized how the wealthiest among us should pay their fair share .
It is time to pass the American Jobs Act.


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First patient dosed in the FRAMES phase 2 trial in Friedreich's Ataxia
Post by: glenncv@gmail.com in Minoryx Press Release
Mataró, Barcelona, Spain and Charleroi, Belgium, June 4, 2019- Minoryx Therapeutics, a company specializing in the development of new drugs for orphan diseases, today announces that the first patient has been dosed with its lead candidate, leriglitazone (MIN102), in the phase 2 FRAMES clinical trial in Friedreich's Ataxia.
This first patient was dosed at the end of April at the Hospital La Paz (Madrid) by a team headed up by Dr. Francisco Javier Rodríguez de Rivera. Additional sites, led by Prof. Alexandra Durr (ICM, Paris, France), Dr. Alexandra Darling (Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain), Prof. Massimo Pandolfo (Hôpital Erasme-ULB, Brussels, Belgium), and Prof. Jörg Schulz (Universitätsklinikum RWTH, Aachen, Germany) are now also open for enrollment.
FRAMES is a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with the aim of assessing the efficacy and safety of leriglitazone in Friedreich's Ataxia patients. Principal investigator is Professor Alexandra Durr from the Brain and Spine Institute of La Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital (ICM), Paris. The trial will enroll 36 patients aged 12 years or older with a treatment duration of one year.
Several studies have shown that the PPARγ/PGC1α pathway is downregulated in Friedreich's Ataxia, making this pathway a therapeutic target with disease modifying potential. In preclinical models leriglitazone was able to upregulate PGC1α, increase neuron survival, improve mitochondrial function and biogenesis, and restore energy production.
Leriglitazone has also shown good in-vivo efficacy in models of other central nervous system (CNS) diseases and is currently in a phase 2/3 clinical trial for the treatment of adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN), the most common phenotype of X-linked Adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD). This trial completed enrollment of 116 patients in 2018 and about 25% of patients have now received treatment for over one year.
"We are pleased that enrollment in the FRAMES trial has started," said Marc Martinell, CEO of Minoryx. "Based on preclinical studies there is a strong rationale for developing leriglitazone in this indication and we are currently exploring a number of additional conditions affecting the central nervous system, where leriglitazone may provide potential benefit for patients."
"I'm delighted to see that Minoryx's leriglitazone is being assessed in multiple rare CNS diseases, an area where there is a high unmet medical need for novel treatments," said Prof. Alexandra Durr, principal investigator at the Brain and Spine Institute of La Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital (ICM), Paris, and coordinator of the study. "I'm looking forward to the completion and a positive outcome of this clinical trial, which could bring a long-awaited treatment option for Friedreich's Ataxia patients."
More information on the trial
INFORMATION FOR THE EDITOR
About eTheRNA immunotherapies
About Friedreich's Ataxia Friedreich's Ataxia is a rare genetic disease characterized by loss of coordination and muscle strength resulting from the degeneration of nerve tissue in the spinal cord and damage in the nerves that control muscle movement. Symptoms range from the inability to coordinate movements to gait instability with imbalance, muscle weakness and tremors. Within 10 – 15 years of onset patients lose their ability to stand, sit and walk. Friedreich's Ataxia becomes fatal, mainly due to cardiac failure. Friedreich's Ataxia is caused by a genetic defect leading to frataxin deficiency which affects male and female children alike and is passed down as a recessive trait. It affects approximately 1 in 40,000 people. Currently there is no known curative therapy and existing treatments solely address symptoms.
About leriglitazone
Leriglitazone (MIN-102) is a novel, brain penetrant, orally bioavailable and selective PPAR gamma agonist, able to engage the target receptor at the levels required for efficacy within the CNS. It showed robust preclinical proof of concept in animal models of multiple diseases modulating pathways leading to mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, neuroinflammation, demyelination and axonal degeneration. Leriglitazone has the potential to treat several CNS conditions including orphan diseases such as X-ALD and Friedreich's Ataxia. A phase 1 clinical study was successfully completed confirming that leriglitazone is well tolerated and is able to cross the blood brain barrier and engage PPAR gamma within the CNS at an equivalent level as in preclinical studies. Leriglitazone has received Orphan Drug Designation for the treatment of X-ALD in both the EU and the US.
About Minoryx Therapeutics
Minoryx is a clinical stage biotech company leading the development of new therapies for orphan CNS diseases with a high unmet medical need, such as X-ALD and Friedreich's Ataxia. The company's lead program is leriglitazone (MIN-102). The Minoryx team is made up of a group of drug discovery and development experts with several decades of experience in biotech and pharma. The company is backed by a syndicate of experienced investors and has support from a network of other organizations. Minoryx was founded in 2011 and has operations both in Spain and Belgium. It has raised a total of €50M. – www.minoryx.com
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Of Mice, Rats, Birds and Men
Facts are often stranger than fiction.
A case in point: The Animal Welfare Act (AWA) that provides basic protections for animals used in laboratory research doesn't cover 95% of those animals, including mice, rats, and birds. While dogs, cats, guinea pigs, hamsters, rabbits, and nonhuman primates must receive appropriate food, shelter, and medical care, the majority lack any such consideration.
Instead, researchers can subject them to excruciating procedures without anesthesia, house them in overcrowded conditions or in isolation, and dispose of them as they see fit.
It verges on a horror story.
What is the Animal Welfare Act?
The AWA is the federal law that regulates the treatment of animals in research, exhibition, transport, and by dealers by setting minimal acceptable standards. In regards to research, the AWA requires suitable housing, veterinary care, and research being conducted in compliance with the "three R's": replacement, reduction, and refinement.
Replacement: Where possible, researchers should perform experiments on a replacement, such as computer simulations, mathematical models, and in vitro.
Reduction: Researchers should reduce the number of animals used to the smallest amount possible.
Refinement: Researchers should design experiments to minimize the animals' pain and suffering.
A 1970 amendment to the AWA covered all warm-blooded animals. The federal anti-cruelty law did not specify protections but directed the USDA to adopt regulations to protect the animals.
Despite direction from Congress, the Secretary of Agriculture promptly excluded the majority used in research. In 2002, the late Sen. Jesse Helms, R-NC, amended the Farm Bill (H.R. 2646) to legally seal the deal to exclude these animals. Why? His top contributors included tobacco companies that experiment on these animals.
So, USDA veterinary inspectors do not oversee their care. Their numbers are not even reported (though estimated to be up to 100 million).
The economics also make the circumstances worse for these animals. Cheaply bred and sold by laboratory supply companies, they're used en masse. With higher priced animals—say rhesus monkeys —the ledgers require more carefully designed research methodology to minimize variables. The higher costs of these animals also ensure they're better treated because, by golly, they're more expensive to replace.
Cheap animals are disposable. You can have a study involving a thousand mice with fewer controls for variables, because the large numbers themselves will ultimately bear out statistically significant results. (Apparently, some studies are so unconstrained that they cannot be replicated in different labs.)
"Ethically Indefensible"
Many researchers themselves, including the American Association for Laboratory Animal Sciences and the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, say the treatment of these animals is "ethically indefensible."
The lack of regulation even goes against the intent of Congress. Former Sen. Bob Dole, R-KS, stated, "When Congress stated that the AWA applied to all warm-blooded animals, we certainly did not intend to exclude 95% of the animals used in biomedical research laboratories."
The current law is even out of whack with the National Institute of Health's voluntary industry standards to consider alternatives and minimize and avoid pain for all vertebrates (including cold-blooded animals, such as fish and frogs), as well as the National Academy of Sciences' Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals.
U.S. Rep. Gerald Connolly, D-VA, introduced a bill (H.R. 6693) last year* to include rats, mice and birds under the AWA, basically restoring it to its 1970 scope as the bipartisan framers intended. Unsurprisingly, the bill now lingers in the Committee on Agriculture.**
While Utah does not have a representative on that committee, petitions are available on the internet to weigh in on the issue and help bring it to a vote. Don't let Congress Mickey Mouse around on this.
*First published in Pets in the City Magazine, October 2013.
**UPDATE: This bill died in Congress. Of course.


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Grandaddy ist eine Rockband aus Modesto, Kalifornien, USA.

Bandgeschichte
Die Band wurde 1992 von Jason Lytle (Sänger, Gitarrist, Keyboarder), Kevin Garcia (Bassist) und Aaron Burtch (Schlagzeuger) gegründet. 1995 kamen Gitarrist Jim Fairchild und Keyboarder Tim Dryden hinzu. Von 1992 bis 1997 brachte die Band drei Alben sowie ein Livealbum heraus, die jedoch alle von der Band selbst aufgenommen und nur auf Kassette in geringer Stückzahl vertrieben wurden.

Die Wende kam 1997 mit ihrem ersten Studio-Album Under The Western Freeway, das von Will Records veröffentlicht und von V2 Records vertrieben wurde. Die Platte wurde von Kritikern hoch gelobt, Pitchfork Media bezeichnete sie als die neuen Könige des Lo-Fi.

Der musikalische Stil der Band basiert auf dem Einsatz beider Gitarren im Indie-Rock-Stil sowie der Keyboards in einem minimalistischen Stil, der an Philip Glass erinnert. Die Texte drehen sich meist um das Thema "Isolation in einer High-Tech-Welt", oft aus dem Blickwinkel des ländlichen Amerika. Diese Kombination gibt den meist vollbärtig auftretenden Band-Mitgliedern durchaus ein leichtes Geek-Image.

Der Titel AM 180 ist Teil des Soundtracks des Horror-Films 28 Days Later.

Nach mehr als zehn Jahren kreativer Schaffenspause und verschiedenen Einzelprojekten der Bandmitglieder erschien im März 2017 das Album Last Place.

Kevin Garcia verstarb am 2. Mai 2017 im Alter von 41 Jahren an den Folgen eines Schlaganfalls.

Diskografie

Alben

Weitere Veröffentlichungen
 1997: Under the Western Freeway
 2021: The Sophtware Slump … On a Wooden Piano (20th Anniversary Edition)

Kompilationen
 1999: The Broken Down Comforter Collection (Kombination aus zwei EPs)
 2000: The Windfall Varietal
 2002: Concrete Dunes
 2011: Granddaddy

EPs
 1992: Prepare To Bawl
 1994: Recorded Live Amongst Friends and Fidget
 1994: Complex Party Come Along Theories
 1996: A Pretty Mess By This One Band
 1996: Happy Happy X-Mas from Jason
 1997: Live at the Art Factory
 1998: Machines Are Not She
 1999: Signal to Snow Ratio
 2001: Through A Frosty Plate Glass
 2005: Excerpts From the Diary of Todd Zilla
 2017: Things Anyway

Singles

Weitere Veröffentlichungen
 1994: Could This Be Love
 1995: Taster
 1998: Everything Beautiful is Far Away
 1998: Laughing Stock
 2004: Nature Anthem
 2006: Elevate Myself
 2016: Way We Won't

Einzelnachweise

Rockband
Indie-Band
US-amerikanische Band

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Hi girls.. As summers have come am facing problem with sweaty feet. Most of the time I wear close shoes which makes them sticky/smelly due to sweat. Can you girls suggest me some tips how to deal with sweaty feet!
Clotrimazole works the best!!! One of my colleagues has the same problem and swears by it.. You can get it any medical shop!!!


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Milan, following Leonardo's footsteps
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Experiences in Lombardy
Milan, ruled by the magnificent and powerful House of Sforza, played a pivotal role in the creative, entrepreneurial and financial scene of the last two decades of the 1400s.
Thirty year old Leonardo da Vinci could not resist its charm. He arrived in Milan in spring 1482, strangely as a musician. He amazed the Court of Ludovico Sforza "The Moor" by playing a horse head-shaped silver lyre which he had designed himself. He played as nobody had ever done before.
It was only a taste of what Leonardo's inventive genius was to show them during his stay in Milan and Lombardy. Even today, it is fascinating to define an itinerary following the footsteps of the great genius from Florence. The journey has to commence from the capital city of Lombardy, precisely from the refectory of the convent of the Church of S. Maria delle Grazie, where one of the most famous works in the universal history of painting, "The Last Supper", is displayed.
With its faint and mysterious persistence of shapes and hues, despite the damage wrought by both time and humans - it was miraculously saved by the friars during World War 2 bombings - it is Leonardo's only dry mural painting performed without the fresco technique. It still fascinates hundreds of thousands of visitors.
When he was about to complete "The Last Supper" in 1498, Leonardo received a vineyard as a gift from the Duke. Its pergolas survived until the 1943 bombings, a short distance from S. Maria delle Grazie, behind the façade of what used to be the Atellani House. Recent agronomic studies have recovered the roots of that 15th century vineyard, restoring one of the city's most suggestive sites associated with the artist, "Leonardo's Vineyard".
A short distance away, in the ancient Monastery of S. Vittore al Corpo, the "Leonardo da Vinci" National Science and Technology Museum presents a gallery displaying faithful reconstructions of Leonardo's machines.
From the Museum, it is possible to continue the walk through the city – using the new app LeonardoAround - towards another crucial site, the Sforza Castle that was converted into one of the most sumptuous Renaissance palaces in Europe in 1494-1499 due to Leonardo's engineering and artistic contributions.
In addition to the memory of luxurious parties at Court, such as the memorable Feast of Paradise organised under Leonardo's scenic direction to celebrate the nuptials of Gian Galeazzo Maria Sforza and Isabella of Aragon in 1490, today we have Leonardo's oil mural paintings that adorn the vault and a wall of Sala delle Asse (room of the wooden boards), on the ground floor of the north-eastern tower called "the Falconer".
Another part of the Castle, the Biblioteca Trivulziana Library, houses the Trivulziano Codex. Written in 1478-1490, it contains architectural studies and caricatures. Another precious autographed manuscript is the Codex Atlanticus comprising over 1,110 written sheets and drawings by Leonardo, preserved at the Ambrosian Library. Leonardo was amazing even after he left the city.
An impressive scholar in the field of hydraulics, he carried out complex studies of canals and lock gates that, to date, characterise the Navigli landscape, from the Naviglio Grande, towards Ticino and Lake Maggiore, to the Naviglio della Martesana, that links Milan to the Adda River running north east. Along the Adda, in the provinces of Milan, Bergamo and Lecco, you can visit the Ecomuseo Adda di Leonardo. Its outdoor path combines nature, landscape and technological sites. In Imbersago, on the Brianza shores, a ferry still connects the two sides of the river running on the dynamic principle of ropes and currents.
During his stay in Lombardy, Leonardo is believed to have provided advice for construction works of the Pavia Cathedral's dome, which was built only in the 1800s, and for the Doge's Square in Vigevano, a jewel with its adjacent castle. Today, its halls host the new museum "Leonardiana" on the life and works of the Maestro from Florence.
In conclusion, to get an idea of the shape and proportions of the largest equestrian statue in the world – which was designed and planned by Leonardo in memory of Duke Francesco Sforza – visitors can go to the San Siro Racetrack to admire a copy of it.
Take me here: Milan, following Leonardo's footsteps
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Q: Real DS to emulated Pokemon trade / Mystery Gift? I recently dug up my old DS and Pokemon HGSS cartridge.
However, I finished the game, so there is not a lot to do, that's why I wanted to start anew. Problem is, I would lose the Mystery Gift (Yellow Forest, Time Travel Celebi, and Arceus) and a lot of Pokemon I grown attached to.
While I maybe could try and search for another cartridge of that generation to save my pokemons, it would probably be faster to just emulate the game, and trade with that, with the additional benefit of backing up the pokemon themselves.
The other problem would be losing the Mystery Gift, I doubt Nintendo will (re)release those events at all, and I would love to be able to redo the Celebi storyline or travel through the Yellow Forest again. Recreating the mystery gift would only be possible with emulation anyway.
The solution I see are:

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*Buy another DS, buy used cartridge until I find one with a non opened Celebi Mystery Gift (costly and bound to fail)

*Try to find a flashcard (costly, unreliable at best since the companies all closed, and a lot of fakes are circulating, and, last nail to the coffin, illegal in my country)

*Use a action replay, which are not in sale anymore for DS, and that have no reliable seller.

*Use a PC emulator and somehow make the emulator interact with the real DS hardware and cartridge for pokemon trade and mystery gift.

Is that last solution possible at all? Is there a solution that I didn't saw?
I saw a project that tried to emulate the Trade Center, but it doesn't work anymore since authentication to Nintendo was needed anyway, and those server are now closed definitely. Even if it worked, it would only have allowed me to save the pokemon, not the mystery gift.
Note: While piracy is off topic, emulation is, at the best of my knowledge, supported. I am only interested in finding a way to keep legitimately obtained events and pokemon on real hardware.
TL:DR: I want to use a emulator (preferably open source) to trade pokemon and mystery gift with a real DS cartridge.

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While I maybe could try and search for another cartridge of that
  generation to save my pokemons, it would probably be faster to just
  emulate the game, and trade with that, with the additional benefit of
  backing up the pokemon themselves.

You're thinking backwards. That would not be faster or easier. You just a "pokemon box" type of storage for your Pokemon so you can transfer over to your newly created save on your existing cart.

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*If you have a 3DS you could use PKSM

https://github.com/FlagBrew/PKSM/releases

*Then after that you can start a new game and transfer those pokemon back to HGSS.

Optionally, you could do what you originally suggested and use TWLSaveTool. Just because it's not maintained doesn't mean it doesn't work.
https://github.com/TuxSH/TWLSaveTool
Then copy the save over to your emulator.

NOTE: Wifi emulation does work on emulated DS (melonDS for windows). It's confirmed working with Pokemon. However, I do not believe you can connect to a real 3DS at this time. Read here for more information.
https://gbatemp.net/threads/after-several-years-ds-wifi-emulation-is-back.474947/

A: Honestly, no it is not at all possible, all emulators do not suport the ds wifi connection due to fear of nintendo suing them as they thretened to do in the past, my best answer would be go with your first option

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The gorgeous Aishwarya Rai Bachchan says that she not only avoids diets but is also a complete foodie."I love food. I eat a lot. And I am not embarrassed about it. I know it is kind of impossible to believe that I love eating and indulge in all my favorite foods whenever I get the chance, but that's the honest truth." Ash said to an unbelieving audience recently.
"I love food. I eat a lot. And I am not embarrassed about it. I know it is kind of impossible to believe that I love eating and indulge in all my favorite foods whenever I get the chance, but that's the honest truth." Ash said to an unbelieving audience recently.
But in public Ash exercises restraint so that people do not stare at her. At home she gives way to her weakness.The only time Ash had to diet was to prepare for the role in Dhoom 2 in which she had to cut her weight to a miniscule 54 kilos.
"It was a painful experience. I had to be 54 kgs and so for a month I was on a strict diet. That was the most painful period for me. And to add to my misery, I had to work out" Ash remembered.At present Ash said she has a good metabolic rate and does not need to work out but she hits the gym a couple of times a week to keep fit.
Reminiscing about her movies she says she looks well fed in most movies except 'Dhoom 2' in which she looks well toned. But 'Dhoom 2' brings back unpleasant memories of her dieting.Ash revealed that during the shooting of Sarkar Raj , the Bachchan family used to carry home cooked food.
Aishwarya Rai Diet The gorgeous Aishwarya Rai Bachchan says that she not only avoids diets but is also a complete foodie."I love food. I eat a lot. And I am not embarrassed about it. I know it is kind of impossible to believe that I love eating and indulge in all my favorite foods whenever I get the chance, but that's the honest truth." Ash said to an unbelieving audience recently.


Well, I'm pleased to say I finally managed to complete the synopsis for my novel-length manuscript.
The experience certainly taught me to envy those who write with an outline. If I'd had one, up front, I suspect my synopsis would have been finished much quicker. But … that's just not the way I do things, because—while I'm sure it would help in synopsis creation—it stymies my story-writing something awful.
One problem this creates, is that I have a hard time wrapping my mind around the entire novel, once I've got it completed. I can grasp several parts of it, at the same time—but my mind can't quite manage to encompass the entire work at once. I wind up looking like the guy in this photo: Not the guy in the foreground; that guy in the center, behind the painting. You can only see his hands and the top of his head. He's behind and underneath the thing. If only he could stand out front, he might get a chance to see what the painting is really all about. Then, maybe he could come up, not only with a synopsis, but perhaps with a logline or something, such as John M. Floyd discussed earlier this week.
If that guy in back, could come out from under it and stand in front of the painting, he might be able to tell someone it's: "An exciting depiction of pirates infiltrating a port town they're about to raid!" As it is, however, he's really not in a position to grasp what he's talking about, if he tries to describe what he's got his hands on.
Anyway, for the use of anyone searching for a method they can use, to find their way out from behind or beneath an organically created novel, to a workable (perhaps even winning??) synopsis, I offer the following lessons I learned during the process. Will any of this work for you? No idea, buddy. But, I'm tossing it out there just in case you can use something, here.
When I posted, last year, about my trouble writing a synopsis, one of the comments people made really stuck in my mind. It warned me to be careful not to create an outline instead. I didn't really understand what that meant at the time, but have a much better—though probably still incomplete—feel for it now. In fact, I eventually discovered I was doing just that. Building an outline, instead of a synopsis.
Stymied because I couldn't wrap my mind around the entire manuscript, I finally opted to work chapter-by-chapter, distilling each chapter to a paragraph or two—not worrying too much about length, because I knew I'd cut later. When I was finished, of course, I realized I'd created the outline I was trying to avoid. It was long, very informative—but utterly lifeless.
That outline wouldn't sell a book; I knew that. But, the next morning, I began to realize that what I'd constructed might be a very valuable tool, if I could decide how to exploit it to advantage.
Most importantly, perhaps, I realized that I'd lucked-out by creating a chapter-by-chapter outline, as a first step, because this gave me a distillation of the work, which my mind could encompass. Then, as I worked on the synopsis, I felt my eyes opening to what had really been meant in that comment.
Along the way, I visited a website I found quite useful: LisaGardner.com There is a lot of information out there, about synopsis construction, but somehow I just couldn't grock what it all shook-out to mean. At this website, however, the author offers tips for successful synopsis writing (under Writer's Toolbox) which I found I could understand.
To me, the pool slide in this photo sort of demonstrates the use for the outline-tool I had created. In the photo, the rectilinear white structure supports a curved blue slide designed to facilitate rapid and exciting movement that concludes with a climactic splash (once the pool is filled, of course).
I see the chapter-by-chapter outline as serving the purposes of the white structure supporting the slide, which is the exciting path followed by our synopsis. But, notice how little of the outline structure actually touches the slide story. To streamline and curve the slide, increasing the ride's excitement, I concentrated on telling only the central core of the story, deleting all mention of any events or characters that didn't have to be there. Then, I went over that story again, polishing it to a high sheen, while ensuring I didn't add something that wasn't in the novel.
My hope is that the synopsis reader never even senses that the outline support structure is there. And, that's okay, because whoever reads the synopsis isn't going to climb the stairs on that white tower.. Instead, s/he's going to step from ground-level straight onto the slide, and—WHOOSH! Off we go to story splash-down. Hopefully.
My story had to leap several gaps, of course, because so much supporting information was left out. Look at the slide picture again. See the distance between supports? The slide rides right through those gaps, but can't sag, or the ride will be ruined. In a manner I find it difficult to explain, reinforcing to prevent sag made it possible for me to spot small places in my novel, where I needed to include a one or two sentence explanation, in order to close or tighten a loophole.
Thus, one of the most important discoveries I made was that constructing my synopsis not only created a tool for selling it, it also helped me correct problems within the story itself. I was so bowled over, in fact, that I've changed my attitude on story outlines to a degree.
I still don't plan to outline prior to writing a story or novel, however, I now plan to create an outline, and generate a synopsis, prior to final editing. I'll probably start by creating the outline and synopsis just after the first full edit, so that I can get a better handle on the entire work—as a whole—which I now believe will help me conduct better-targeted cutting and editing of the manuscript.
So, there you have it. What I learned from writing a synopsis, in a nutshell.
A good exposition of a difficult subject. I taught a novel writing workshop once for Midwest Writers for which students were required to submit a one-page synopsis. They often made a hash of this by trying to edit down a multiple-page synopsis or even longer outline. I asked them, as an exercise, to start from the other extreme: a one-sentence synopsis. Then give themselves five sentences, then ten, and so on until they'd filled their page. It got them focusing on the part of the story you illustrated with the blue slide.
Dixon, as you know, I also do not write with an outline. When the rough draft is complete or nearly there, I "outline" by writing a one or two-line summary of each chapter. That's used to examine sequence, pace, and plot sense. It helps when editing and is a big aid in spotting problems as well as writing a synopsis.
Excellent post, Dix. I learned what I know about synopsis writing from a piece by Beth Anderson years ago. She recommends what Terence said: start with the one-sentence logline or elevator pitch, build the paragraph for the query from that (or maybe she didn't mention that step, but I do), then the one-page synopsis, then the longer synopses you might need: 500 words, three pages, six pages. You can't go too far wrong if you keep answering "What's it about?" at every level. And as you say, if you remember you're a storyteller at every level (ie keep sliding!), it will engage the reader.
I loved two parts of this to especially absolute wonderfulness! OK, that sentence makes no sense so consider it poetry. The first is the idea that we are the guy behind that picture when we write, having our hands on something we can't even see. That's true for so many creative things! And it's true that no matter what we create, to fund it or sell it we have to tell people what it is -- even though we have the least clear view of that then does anyone else walking by! Yet WE are the ones who have our hands on it! And I loved, second, the slide and its supporting structures and the ride down it being the story. I have never had such a clear grasp of the relationship between story and structure in my mind before now. THANK YOU for this piece!!!
Off to explore through the great jungles of prose with a machete!
Terence and Elizabeth, I think you're right—that's a great idea. In fact, the method I finally settled on -- in order to cut myself off from the outline, and shift into "story" mode—was to create a one-page synopsis first. Then, I created longer versions, and polished until I got the product I'd been aiming for. I should have mentioned this step in my post, but I was running up against a shortened deadline. And, I didn't read John's post about loglines until I'd completed the work, or I think I would have followed your advice more closely. I think you're right: drilling down to the logline would have been a great way to focus on the central core of the story.
Anon, I'm glad you found it useful, but read the paragraph above. If you already read it, I suggest you read it again, and take it to heart. Concentrating on that logline is probably the best way to get started on the right track.
Good luck with the story, Eve. And, I love that line: Off to explore through the great jungles of prose with a machete!
Thank you, Fran, for the best wishes, etc.
Dix, keep us advised on the progress of selling your novel. I've really enjoyed your short stories and therefore look forward to reading the novel.
this is a matter of import to me because I wrote a synopsis (or possibly an outline. or an ad for tea kettles. it's all a blur now) for my novel. I loved Terence's suggestion. The elevator speech is related to what Hollywood calls high concept: sell it in a sentence. I think my piece does that, but so far nobody is knocking on my virtual door.
One thing that drives me nuts is that no two publishers/agents ask for the same thing. One page synopsis. Three page symopsis. Ten pages. Three chapters. Six bits, a dollar.
As a friend of mine who makes a living keeps asking me "Are you SURE you want to be in this business?"
Will do, R.T., and thanks!


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Dodgers place Max Muncy on injured list with right oblique strain
Luke Raley recalled from Triple-A
By Eric Stephen@ericstephen Jun 12, 2021, 6:12pm PDT
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The Dodgers placed infielder Max Muncy on the 10-day injured list on Saturday with a right oblique strain, one day after leaving Friday night's game in the second inning.
Muncy felt tightness in his right side in a swing during his first-inning at-bat against Texas Rangers right-hander Mike Foltynewicz. Later in the at-bat, Muncy hit a two-run home run, the first of a season-high five homers for the Dodgers in Friday's 12-1 win.
The Dodgers scored six runs and sent 10 batters to the plate in the first inning. Had they sent 11 batters to the plate, Muncy would not have batted a second time. Albert Pujols, who was going to hit for Muncy in the opening frame, instead took over at first base in the top of the second.
"I'm really hesitant to not say oblique, but that's kind of where it was at," manager Dave Roberts said Friday night. "We'll see. Got ahead of it early in our opinion, in Max's opinion."
No testing was done on Friday night on either Muncy or Cody Bellinger, who felt tightness in his hamstring and left the game in the fifth inning. The Dodgers planned to wait to see how Muncy and Bellinger felt on Saturday before proceeding.
"Treat him up today, see if it continues to get better. The stiffness, hopefully is starts to dissipate a little bit. I think we'll know more as time goes on," Roberts said Saturday, about two hours before the IL move was made. "I think we got it early. He's done it in the past, and it's not as significant as before."
Muncy has been the Dodgers' best hitter this season, hitting .264/.418/.528, leading the team in home runs (14), on-base percentage, slugging percentage, wOBA (.431), wRC+ (162), and Wins Above Replacement — both the Baseball-Reference (3.3 WAR) and FanGraphs (2.7) versions. Muncy leads the National League with 46 walks, and rates as above-average defensively at both first base and second base.
An ankle injury suffered last Friday in Atlanta limited Muncy to only first base for the last week, though it progressed to the point where Muncy would have started at second base on Saturday, but his injury on Friday foiled those plans.
The Dodgers called up utility man Andy Burns earlier Saturday in a separate move, and the 30-year-old Burns is starting at second base on Saturday, the first major league start of his career.
The injuries come after the Dodgers had nearly their full complement of position players active, outside of shortstop Corey Seager, who could start a minor league rehab assignment within two weeks. In the last 14 days, the team welcomed back Bellinger, Zach McKinstry, and AJ Pollock after long-term injuries.
McKinstry missed 33 games over 5½ weeks with his right oblique strain, if you were wondering about a possible return timetable for Muncy.
"That's baseball. That's part of it," Roberts said. "I'm going to kind of hold out hope that it'll be short-term, if any missed time for both guys."
The Dodgers recalled outfielder Luke Raley from Triple-A Oklahoma City to take Muncy's place on the roster.
June 12: Rangers 12, Dodgers 1
Andy Burns had an eventful first day back in the majors
Oblique strain lands Muncy on IL
Dodgers found their lefty masher in Albert Pujols


It's been a whirlwind week.
Those that follow me around the social media traps will be aware that i have been at the Australian International Airshow at Avalon. News coverage was focused on the appearance of the RAAF's new F-35A Lightning II and all manner of air power - new and old - that was on display. Intertwined were numerous civil types on the ground and in the air as well as a twilight air display that took one's breath away.
Personally, I was fortunate to sit in a Gloster Meteor F8 like my father flew in Korea and 'fly' the F-35 simulator. A past flying student, now in the RAAF, gave me an up close and very personal look at a RAAF Roulette PC-9. Still, for all of the aircraft on display and these special, there was another aspect of the week that captured my attention. The people.
Catching up with those that I taught to fly many years ago and seeing what they have achieved was one of the most rewarding feelings that a flight instructor can have. Chatting with the proud young lads and lasses of the Australian Air Force Cadets (AAFC) whose enthusiasm was infectious and whose dreams were enviable. Meeting Defence personnel across all services and all ranks who not only do such a tremendous service today, but seem very aware of their proud history. And you - the readers of my posts, books and blogs.
Without people the most amazing aircraft are a testament to engineering prowess, but it is the people that truly bring them to life. To those that came and said 'Hi' and to those who sent so many wonderful messages - thank you. You make it all worthwhile.
Yes, it was a whirlwind week.


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OTR Film Festival set to return; calling for submissions
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Disabled (LADD), is set to return in the summer of 2022 and is now accepting submissions.
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The 2021 Over-the-Rhine International Film Festival is a wrap. Here are the winning films…
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The 2021 Over-the-Rhine International Film Festival, organized by LADD, returns this summer with indoor, outdoor and virtual screenings.
OTR Film Festival looking through 'New Lens' for 2021 event
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The Over-the-Rhine International Film Festival, organized by LADD and the nation's first diversity film festival led by the disability community, unveiled its 2021 theme during its recent virtual event. The theme, "A New Lens on Life," is a nod to the transformation many…
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Taking Flight Awards salute LADD supporters
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Living Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled hosted its fifth annual Taking Flight Awards Event to celebrate the accomplishments of adults with developmental disabilities and those who have supported them on their journeys to independence.
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Living Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled will host its fifth annual Taking Flight Awards to celebrate the accomplishments of adults with developmental disabilities and those who have supported them on their journey to independence.
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Living Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled, a nonprofit that recently celebrated its 40th anniversary, hosted the grand opening of its 10,000-square-foot Center for Community Engagement on April 5.


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Godzilla VS Jurassic Park: Which Hollywood Film Had The Best Realistic Feel?
Which movie, according to you, had the best CGI between Godzilla and Jurassic Park?
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Godzilla is a monster, and it's a mythical monster based on a Japanese myth. To date, there have been approx 30 more or less Godzilla films. People have not been able to connect with Godzilla as they did with the Jurassic Park franchise because it's a way of storytelling. It was mostly directed with the focus on the monster lurking in the depths of Pacific waters. The direction, as well as the making of the movie, mainly was shot in the pre-CGI. Many alterations have been made to the story and are told in numerous avatars, but they seem like a utopian dream.
Jurassic Park was the one franchise that Steven Spielberg got inspired by Godzilla and made the film. But it seemed more realistic because the big lizard kings seem to look more natural, and the story felt homely to the masses. There was revolutionization in a computer, and CGI developed better and; hence Jurassic franchise seemed more badass.
Compared to Godzilla, the battles from Jurassic seem more attractive, and Godzilla was merely an irrational fear of the Japanese rather than like Americans who showed trying to model with nature felt riskier.
Which of the two films have the best CGI? Godzilla or Jurassic Park. Vote Now.
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Who Are the Real Traitors?
Michael Russell Send an email June 1, 2017
The First Amendment, which guarantees freedom of speech, is undeniably the cornerstone of a free society. If you can't criticize government without fear of reprisal, you really aren't free are you? I'd never advocate changing or abolishing this right. However, like all rights, it can be abused. The question is: When does the abuse of free speech equate to treason?
The U.S. Constitution defines 3 branches of government: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial.
The news media has often been referred to as the Fourth Estate. Under ideal circumstances, it should function as an unofficial 4th branch of the Federal Government. The average American doesn't have direct access to important government government officials or important unfolding events. Therefore, it should be the job of the media to inform us of that which we don't know. Press credentials are issued which give reporters access to the corridors of power. It is a great responsibility and one that should be taken seriously. Certainly, one function should be to bring corruption to light. More importantly however, it should provide unbiased accounts of events occurring in government. The only time opinions should appear should be in interviews conducted with actual politicians and government officials who have a party agenda to promote. The goal should be to allow each person analyze events for themselves.
The liberties we enjoy are now endangered. The Presidency has accumulated too much power. Congress has become dysfunctional and more concerned about satisfying large donors (especially corporations) than individual constituents. The Judiciary has issued rulings that are tantamount to enacting new legislation. All of this is reason for great concern. If the individual branches of government start functioning in a manner not intended or if the lines between who is responsible for what become hopelessly blurred, government will cease to function properly and that has dire consequences for all Americans. To make matters worse, the media is completely complicit with these changes. If the government doesn't follow the rules and gets away with it, what's to keep them from infringing on the rights of individual citizens? It seems as though government representatives, corporate interests, and the agenda of the liberal mainstream media are all in alignment.
I find this highly disturbing. Under the Obama Administration the government, corporations, and media started to embrace an increasingly radical leftist ideology. Political correctness has been embraced with religious zeal. Those who subscribe to this liberal doctrine do so as though they are embracing a moral philosophy so superior, that religious institutions with beliefs contrary to it, should be ignored. This country was founded as a Christian country. As a people, we have committed our fair share of sins against God, but He has blessed us. How easily we forget.
Trump is the opposite of Obama. In fact he is the opposite of most Republicans. However, I truly believe the man is an American patriot. Sore losers can cry about the Russians stealing the election, but explain this: Has the DNC ever denied their hacked e-mails were fake? Did I imagine Project Veritas where DNC staffers bragged about dirty tricks? Did Putin order FBI Director Comey to re-open the Clinton e-mail investigation in the last week of the election and report it to Congress? Was it fair to Trump that Clinton was given debate questions in advance? Was it ethical of the mainstream media to give Clinton what amounted to editorial control over articles released about her? Am I supposed to be stupid enough to believe the Clinton Foundation didn't employ pay to play schemes? Did Putin make all of us forget Bill Clinton's scandals? Did the Russians force Secretary Clinton to be careless with e-mails? How about Benghazi?
The fact is this: Hillary Clinton failed to connect with the American people. Trump did. Further, it would be laughable to say she wasn't shown an unprecedented level of favoritism during the campaign. She hardly played fair. Clinton had the entire mainstream media as her cheerleading squad. She outspent Trump 2 to 1 on the campaign, and she still lost.
The Election of 2016 has been compared to the Election of 1948. Harry Truman was given no chance of winning. If you want to really understand how twisted the media has become, watch the following video of NBC's 1948 Truman election coverage:
If only we had election coverage like that today. The commentators are professional, no one is trashed, political policies aren't discussed and the election results aren't questioned. Thomas E. Dewey was heavily favored to win in the polls, but Truman shocked everyone by winning. Rather than lament on how inaccurate the polls were, the commentators in 1948 hailed the upset win as a victory for everyone as it reaffirmed democracy and showed that it's the votes, not the polls that count.
Can you imagine Harry S. Truman running under the same circumstances as Trump? They didn't call him 'Give 'Em Hell Harry' for nothing. Truman was feisty. Further, he is to date, the only President to ever authorize the use of nuclear weapons against an enemy of the United States (twice). If the media then was like it is now, he would have been treated like Jack the Ripper. Rather than see his win as a triumph for the will of the people, they would have acted like doomsday had arrived.
Is Donald Trump perfect? By no means, but he represents something of the utmost importance: Trump is analogous to a wrench being thrown into a well-oiled machine. Clinton represented a person who would have continued down the dangerous path we face: leftist ideology and a submission to globalist ideals. The machine would have gone into high gear had she won the election. Instead, Trump represents something that has disturbed the status quo at a time when we desperately needed someone to do it.
Donald Trump was legitimately elected the 45th President. There was no Electoral College controversy. Figuratively speaking, Trump stood right in front of a cannon pointed at him by the mainstream media. They opened fire and when the smoke cleared he was still standing…because there are still enough independent thinkers out there who didn't buy into the nonsense that Clinton had the moral high ground. For now, the country still belongs to the voters. This upsets the media. They want us to believe what they tell us to believe. So, now the goal is to get Trump impeached. Every day the mainstream media reports on Trump as though he has done something completely unprecedented and outlandishly controversial. They unmercifully criticize his every action. However, the man is President At what point does the media cross the line? The President is the leader of this country. It's fair to criticize him, but it's treasonous to deliberately undermine him. Impeachment is serious business. It represents overturning an election and the will of the people. If that happens then who are the real traitors?
Michael Russell
A native, of Indiana, Russell has always been interested in politics. He is a Libertarian and strong supporter of conservative causes. He has spent the last 20 years as an investment analyst. Russell and his wife Ginger have 3 children.
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If you've ever wondered when would be a good time to give to The Calguns Foundation, right NOW would be a good time.
Although it's been a disappointing summer (to say the least) for gun rights activists, CGF has multiple pro-Second Amendment lawsuits working their way through the legal system that could take away the anti-gunners' momentum.
Currently, we are entrenched in these ongoing, important lawsuits that seek to:
Strike down the DOJ's Handgun Roster and microstamping.
Eliminate the 10 Day Waiting Period for CCW licensees and current gun owners.
Allow gun dealers to exercise their First Amendment right to free speech in non-misleading advertising.
In addition to our legal work in the courts, we've revamped our education and research efforts.
We are currently assembling our county-by-county CCW database via our Sunshine Initiative, where we will analyze county sheriff's policies and practices and see whether they're infringing on your civil rights.
We're also in the production stages of our new documentary series, where we tell the stories of successful CGF plaintiffs from our previous cases, illustrating that with the right team we CAN make a difference in Second Amendment litigation.
September is ending...it's time to wake up.
Make a contribution to our pro-gun programs TODAY.
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CGF Lawyers Use California's New Gun Control Laws Against the State of California in Argument to Strike Down 'Waiting Period Laws'
In a recent letter to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, attorneys for plaintiffs Jeffrey Silvester, Brandon Combs, The Calguns Foundation, and the Second Amendment Foundation argue that a new gun control law passed this year undermines the State's defense of the 'waiting period laws' struck down by federal District Court Judge Anthony Ishii following a 3-day bench trial.
Silvester v. Harris, a federal Second Amendment challenge to California's 10-day waiting period, is pending a decision by the three-judge Ninth Circuit panel that heard oral arguments in the case in February.
Earlier this year, California Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 1235, authored by Kevin de León, which (in part) requires that the Department of Justice implement an 'instant' point-of-sale background check process for ammunition purchases that relies on the State's "Automated Firearms System" firearm and gun owner registry as well as its database of known armed and prohibited persons, also known as "APPS".
By utilizing this method, SB 1235 says it will "ensure that only law-abiding, responsible Californians who appear in the Automated Firearms System are able to purchase ammunition for their legally owned firearms while violent felons and the dangerously mentally ill who appear in the Armed Prohibited Persons System are not."
Unfortunately for Kamala Harris, those legislative findings don't square with her arguments in Silvester.
In our 10-day waiting period case, the State has repeatedly argued that its systems are so unreliable and deficient that they still need a full 10-day waiting period for individuals who have a CCW issued by a sheriff or police chief, a Certificate of Eligibility issued by the Department of Justice, and those who already have firearms registered to them and are not prohibited persons.
At trial, we proved them wrong.
And if the background check system mandated by SB 1235 – which is, in essence, the same system the District Court ordered the DOJ to implement for known gun owners – is good enough to keep ammunition out of the hands of "violent felons and the dangerously mentally ill," why wouldn't it work for guns, too?
The answer is: It would.
You can read our letter to the Ninth Circuit here.
Donate today to assist the brief.
CGF Study Finds Assault Weapons Bans Do Not Pass 'Rational Basis' Legal Scrutiny
A paper funded by The Calguns Foundation and Firearms Policy Coalition examining whether Assault Weapons Bans can survive 'rational basis' scrutiny in the courts has been published in ConLawNOW.
The author, Clayton Cramer, is a noted historian whose work was cited in both District of Columbia vs. Heller and McDonald vs. Chicago.
Cramer concluded that "There is no way to hold that AW bans which deny a fundamental right, as Heller determined the Second Amendment to protect, survives the 'rational basis' standard of scrutiny."
Legislation will pass the rational basis test, Cramer explains, if the court finds it is "rationally related to a legitimate state interest." Because AW bans apply to a segment of firearms that are among the least criminally used, are arbitrarily applied, call for irrational punishment lengths, and target a politically unpopular class of people, they are not rationally based.
While the bans (such as California's Roberti-Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989) cite a threat to the health, safety, and security of the public as justification for their existence, the banned weapons are seldom criminally misused. In a study performed to assess the effectiveness of the 1994 federal assault weapons ban, the authors had a difficult time "'discerning the effects of the ban' at least partly because 'the banned weapons and magazines were rarely used to commit murders in this country" before the 1994 ban.'"
AW bans focus primarily on name and model numbers rather than functional characteristics, since weapons banned are "functionally indistinguishable from sporting arms that have been used for more than a century by civilians in the U.S. with semiautomatic, detachable magazine feed." This arbitrary application of the law makes such bans vulnerable to an equal protection challenge.
Also, the lack of distinctive qualities makes it difficult to define specifically what an assault weapon is. In fact, Steve Helsley, a California DOJ official, wrote in a 1988 memo:
"Consequently, I believe that assault weapons cannot be defined in a workable way, by size, caliber, action type or magazine capacity. . . . Unless a realistic definition can be developed for 'assault weapons,' we should leave the issue alone."
Cramer also found that the punishments associated with violating California's AW ban (either the possession or the importation of an assault weapon) involve lengthier prison terms than possession of a machine gun, possession of a hand grenade, or forcible rape.
In addition, those crafting AW bans often display a "bigotry" toward gun manufacturers and owners, indicating that the pursuit of AW bans could be motivated by bias. After he signed the SAFE Act in 2013, New York Governor Cuomo essentially told the law's opponents they weren't welcome in his state:
"Are they these extreme conservatives who are right-to-life, pro-assault weapon, anti-gay? Is that who they are? Because if that's who they are and they're the extreme conservatives, they have no place in the state of New York because that's not who New Yorkers are."
You can read the entirety of Cramer's study here.
Please consider contributing today to further sponsor future Second Amendment-related studies.
The Calguns Foundation Issues Statement Regarding Ninth Circuit Decision in Right-to-Carry Second Amendment Litigation
SAN FRANCISCO – In response to the August 15, 2016, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision in the consolidated cases of Peruta v. San Diego and Adam Richards, et al. v. Yolo County Sheriff Ed Prieto, The Calguns Foundation issued the following statement:
While the Ninth Circuit's decision to deny reviewing its wrongly-decided opinion is disappointing, it is far from surprising.
And though the outcome of Richards v. Prieto is disappointing, CGF is absolutely committed to advancing Second Amendment rights.
The Calguns Foundation is already hard at work updating our Carry License Sunshine and Compliance Initiative research and working on pre-litigation planning.
And as part of our important ongoing program to help law-abiding Californians carry for self-defense, we are currently acquiring and reviewing the policies of all California sheriffs and major city police chiefs for unlawful or unconstitutional carry license policies to cooperatively remedy or litigate.
The Richards v. Prieto right-to-carry litigation was always about securing a meaningful and accessible way to lawfully carry handguns for self-defense in public, and The Calguns Foundation will continue doing just that in and out of the courts.
The Calguns Foundation (www.calgunsfoundation.org) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that serves its members, supporters, and the public through educational, cultural, and judicial efforts to advance Second Amendment and related civil rights.
Judge Rules 2nd Amendment Rights are Not Second Class Rights, State of CA Fights Back
The Calguns Foundation scored a major victory earlier this year in Teixeira v. Alameda County in which the Court held that the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms extends to protect gun retailers from being shut out of an area by government zoning ordinances.
But now that ruling is at risk.
Alameda County and the State of California are petitioning the court to rehear the case.
They didn't like the ruling of the three-judge panel, so they want even more judges to weigh in on the issue.
Under the challenged Alameda County ordinance, a new gun store must be located at least 500 feet away from any residentially zoned district, elementary, middle or high school, preschool or day care center, another firearms sales business, or places where liquor is sold or served.
But, according to a scientific study conducted by CGF and other plaintiffs, which included a geographic study of the entirety of Alameda County, there are no parcels within the county that meet the ordinance's requirements.
Writing for the majority, Judge O'Scannlain held:
"[The] right of law-abiding citizens to keep and to bear arms is not a second-class right, subject to an entirely different body of rules than the other Bill of Rights guarantees…"
"If the right of the people to keep and bear arms is to have any force, the people must have a right to acquire the very firearms they are entitled to keep and to bear. Indeed, where a right depends on subsidiary activity, it would make little sense if the right did not extend, at least partly, to such activity as well….Alameda County has offered nothing to undermine our conclusion that the right to purchase and to sell firearms is part and parcel of the historically recognized right to keep and to bear arms." If you can't tell already, this case is integral to our fundamental rights. We have already won once, but we need to be prepared to fight again if the court grants the wishes of Alameda County and the State.
Please make a tax-deductible donation to support Texeira v. Alameda County.
Help ensure that we have the resources to fight back against an ordinance that drove the ability to exercise gun rights out of an entire geographic area.


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Tensions in Brazil have run high in recent years, and the country's rate of crime is following the same trend. Political corruption, economic recession, police strikes, and prison riots have been the center of attention since last year, and the dust of these chaotic events still hasn't settled.
In a new report, crime in Brazil was broken down and studied. The results were shocking, and imply an upward trajectory in the number of murders.
According to the Independent, murders in Brazil are up 3 percent compared to 2016; 61,597 homicides were committed in Brazil during 2016, which is still high. However, 2017 had that number beat. With a reported 63,880 people murdered, the number is getting higher every year.
Brazil's disturbing track record for violent crime has been a topic of discussion in the past. However, recent statistics show that the problem isn't going away, and it's getting worse.
There are 24.6 murders for ever 100,000 people in the country. While this might seem light compared to countries like Honduras and Venezuela, where the rates have respectively reached 74.6 and 62 people per 100,000, Brazil is far larger than either of these nations. In fact, Brazil makes up around half of South America's land area and population. This all adds up to quite a bit of crime — 63,880 murders and 60,018 rapes in 2017 alone.
The abuse of women is a touchy subject, especially in Brazil. The Inquisitr recently covered a story about a video featuring a man beating his wife, who later fell to her death from their balcony. This sparked a debate regarding how the country and its residents handle domestic abuse, and their lack of intervention when it happens around them.
The new study highlights another troubling trend: a rise in the murder of women. There was a reported 6.1 percent rise in the number of women murdered in Brazil, with more than a thousand of them being killed simply because of their gender. There were also 60,018 rapes in 2017, and this is only a fraction of the total. Many rapes go unreported, as the victims are too afraid or ashamed to come forward.
With domestic abuse, police violence, and the overall rate of homicide skyrocketing, many Brazilians are worried about their safety.
For millions of people, simply leaving the country isn't an option. Until the crime rate drops, many of these residents have to wait and hope for the safety of themselves and their loved ones.


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A Conversation with Joshua T Berglan & John Duffy
by Joshua T Berglan | Jan 7, 2022 | Joshua T Berglan, Live Mana Worldwide Productions, Multimedia Broadcast | 0 comments
Thank you for being a part of A Conversation with Joshua T Berglan & John Duffy.
This is one of the most uplifting and inspiring broadcasts you will ever hear and is full of surprises.
John Duffy is a Film Producer, Director, Professor, Author, and Motivational Speaker who shares a powerful message of overcoming all odds to succeed in life. John's journey took him from "The South Bronx to Hollywood" and from "The Ghetto to Greatness", dropping out of High School at age 15 to today when he is a Hollywood Producer, Film Professor, and Motivation Speaker. He has produced over 40 feature films, television programming, and commercials.
He is also very active in military veteran support and mentoring activities in the film industry. He directed two short films "The Flag" that screened at the GI Film Festival in Wash DC and at the Smithsonian Museum in DC. He recently became an Ambassador for Operation Gratitude which is a national volunteer organization that has sent over 3 million care packages to the troops and now has the campaign to write letters of support to all the police officers in New York City.
John recently Produced the Feature Film "Left Behind" in Calgary, Canada. He previously Line Produced Martin Guigui's latest film "Paradise Cove" and Kevin Sorbo's Film" Miracle in East Texas in Alberta, Canada. He also Co-Produced the feature film "The Sunday Horse" directed by Vic Armstrong and starring Nikki Reed, Ving Rhames, and William Shatner. He also Co-Produced a short film "Mercy" for Music Artist Robin Thicke's directorial debut.
John is an Adjunct Film Professor at Art Center in Pasadena and was an Adjunct Professor at John Paul the Great Catholic University and teaches Film Production classes to students in the MBA program. John also line produced the TV movie "The Wonder Girls" that aired on Teen Nick, "The Ghastly Love of Johnny X" which just premiered at the Cinequest Film Festival and "Beneath the Darkness" with Dennis Quaid which opened in theaters in January. Prior to that he line produced the Mixed Martial Arts film "Blood & Bone" with Michael Jai White. He also lines produced three feature horror films for the late Steven J. Cannell including Demon Hunter starring Sean Patrick Flanery and Colleen Porch, The Garden starring Lance Henriksen and Sean Young, and Left in Darkness.
John was also a Consultant/Producer and completed three films for IDT/Anchor Bay (owned by John C. Malone's Liberty Media). He also Produced the film "Devil's Den" for IDT Television programming includes producing a season of "UFO Hunters" on the History Channel and Frankie Muniz Hoopla LA Celebrity Basketball Event for the Starlight Foundation and Fox Sports West.
He has also line produced a series of training videos for the United States Marine Corp. (USMC) and line produced two 3D commercials for Coke.
John Co-Founded a non-profit "Vet's on Set" to help military vets obtain work in the film and television industries. He has been active in veteran support activities doing trainings for Veterans in Media & Entertainment (VME).
John started out in the entertainment industry acting in New York in theater and film. After moving to Los Angeles John made the transition into producing and
has actively been working in the film industry for the past 25 years. He has excellent relationships with cast, crew, vendors, and completion bond companies.
John has a lifelong commitment to Personal Development. Tony Robbins has been a mentor that transformed John's life and he has attended and crewed dozen of Tony's events. John has walked on hot coal over a dozen times and twice across glass. He has read over 500 books in the fields of Personal Development, Psychology, and Entrepreneurship.
He brings a passion to inspire others to their greatness and brings his education from the streets of The Bronx. John has presented keynote speeches on "Take Two – Give Your Life a Hollywood Ending at events at NASA in Houston and Notre Dame. John has written two memoirs of his life and journey that are being shopped with publishers. The first is "Black Irish – Not Your Average White Boy" and the second is "Mao to Reagan – A Born Again American".
John is an avid fitness enthusiast working out 7 days a week at the Mecca of Bodybuilding Gold's Gym in Venice CA. He is also a Basketball fanatic playing Basketball weekly. He is presently working on producing a feature film based on the incredible true story of a Houston Boxer Maurice Termite Watkins who took Iraq to the Olympics in 2004. The film is entitled "They Call Me Termite.
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