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George H.W. Bush Has Died
Posted on Fri Nov 30, 2018 at 09:08:00 PM EST
Former President George H.W. Bush has died at age 94.
This may be the longest obituary I can recall (I didn't finish reading it) but the Times has probably been working on it for years. It mentions that his son, GW, put out a call for eulogies in 2013. It's also mostly a puff piece.
In the spirit of refraining from negative comments on the occasion of one's death, I have finally thought of something to praise about the former President: He refused to endorse Donald Trump.
Condolences to the Bush family.
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George H.W. Bush Has Died | 62 comments (62 topical)
Didn't Bush say (5.00 / 1) (#16)
by fishcamp on Tue Dec 04, 2018 at 07:14:39 AM EST
he knew nothing about the Iran Contra situation while he was the head of the CIA?
And then (5.00 / 1) (#17)
by CaptHowdy on Tue Dec 04, 2018 at 07:25:27 AM EST
Pardoned everyone
Lawrence Walsh, Independent Counsel, (5.00 / 2) (#21)
by KeysDan on Tue Dec 04, 2018 at 12:31:41 PM EST
for the Iran/Contra investigation stated: "In light of President Bush's own misconduct, we are gravely concerned about his decision to pardon others who lied to Congress and obstructed official investigations."
Walsh was referring to Bush not turning over his own "highly relevant" notes regarding the operation.
It was former DOD Secretary, Caspar Weinberger, who was convicted of hiding/denying his notes (the notes where found in the Library of Congress and indicated that he knew in advance of arms for hostages) which, according to Walsh, "forestalled impeachment proceedings against President Ronald Reagan and formed a pattern of deception and obstruction."
(Weinberger's aide, General Collin Powell, earned Walsh's harsh comments, but no charges, knowing that Weinberger not only kept a diary, but also, actually, helped maintain the diary and lied about it.")
Worth noting (none / 0) (#60)
by CaptHowdy on Fri Dec 07, 2018 at 05:25:38 PM EST
William Barr, Trumps nominee for AG is the very person behind all those pardons Bush granted in that mess to stop investigators from getting to Bush himself.
The very person.
Republicans (none / 0) (#61)
by FlJoe on Fri Dec 07, 2018 at 05:38:00 PM EST
always circle the wagons.
And,, Barr (none / 0) (#62)
by KeysDan on Sat Dec 08, 2018 at 10:44:47 AM EST
recently stated it was OK to fire Comey, and supported further investigation of......yep, Hillary. Also, wonder when the media will start using photos of Barr more recent than his First Holy Communion pictures?
Bush was Ford's CIA Director in 1976-77. (5.00 / 3) (#34)
by Donald from Hawaii on Tue Dec 04, 2018 at 09:18:07 PM EST
He was serving as Reagan's vice president when the Iran-Contra scandal broke. And yeah, he went all Sgt. Schultz on us back then, and said he knew nothing. Nudge, nudge. Wink, wink.
Independent Counsel Lawrence Walsh had deposed Bush on January 11, 1988 when he was vice president. After he became president, Walsh learned that Bush was a meticulous diarist, and so Walsh asked him to produce his diary entries for the period in question (May 1985 - December 1987).
Bush refused, and since he was the sitting president, and because criminal prosecution was deemed unlikely, Walsh did not subpoena him. Walsh eventually received the diary entries in December 1992. A few days later, Bush pardoned everyone, rendering Walsh's inquiry moot.
Interestingly, when Bush learned that Secretary of State George Schultz had turned over his notes to Walsh, he wrote:
"Shultz had kept 700 pages of personal notes, dictated to his staff [...] Notes on personal meetings he had with the President. I found this almost inconceivable. Not only that he kept the notes, but that he'd turned them all over to Congress [...] I would never do it. I would never surrender such documents and I wouldn't keep such detailed notes."
In his final report, Walsh identified quite a few issues about which he had hoped to question Bush, in which evidence seemed to conflict with his previous testimony. These issues included:
His knowledge of Israeli arms sales to Iran;
His 1986 meeting with Israeli official Amiram Nir;
His knowledge of quid-pro-quo dealings with countries that pledged to support the Contras; and
His and Vice Presidential National Security Adviser Donald Gregg's meetings with National Security Council staff member Oliver North.
George H.W. Bush was a$$-deep in Iran-Contra.
You know what else I'm really f-ing sick (5.00 / 1) (#25)
by CaptHowdy on Tue Dec 04, 2018 at 04:32:29 PM EST
Of hearing?
I don't want to hear one more f-ing story of how chummy H.W. was with this reporter or that reporter. Or how another reporter was invited to Kennebunkport for lovely weekend with the Bush family.
Or hear from Tweety how he was so f-ing nice to his parents he could never say anything bad about him.
As if to "in yer face" this point (none / 0) (#26)
I was amazed CNN dug up Bernard Shaw yesterday.
oddly this was not mentioned in the panel discussion
Agreed. I was (none / 0) (#27)
appalled by the telling of that story by Tweety. An invite for dinner at the WH for wife and parents. Apparently, the co-opting of key media figures was a modus operandi of enduring value. Maureen Dowd, who still cannot find anything to write about that somehow does not manage to include jabs at the Clintons, always finds something nice to say about Daddy Bush, to this day.
And, last night, on Chris Hayes, the really smart, anti-/never Trump, Jennifer Rubin, got into it with Charlie Pierce, over HW's merits/demerits. She acknowledged that unpleasant Iran/Contra matter, but reminded Charlie that Bush was not a saint. And, besides, he signed the Americans with Disabilities Act, don't ja know.
I saw that too (5.00 / 1) (#28)
Charlie looked like he was going to have an aneurysm.
I'm sad to say he seemed double teamed in order to shut him up.
It is a tradition (none / 0) (#30)
to speak well of the recently departed. Eulogies, always present the side of the angels, even if it takes some effort. However, it does not seem to me that, in the case of a public figure such as a former president of the USA, and when speaking extra-cathedral, a degree of truth is not irresponsible. George HW Bush may have contributed to the nation, but he also was a human being, with all the frailties that go with that.
If that was the plan (none / 0) (#32)
Inviting Charles Pierce was ill advised
They shouldn't invite you or me, either. (5.00 / 1) (#37)
by Donald from Hawaii on Wed Dec 05, 2018 at 02:05:04 AM EST
;-D
I can sort of understand the media with their (none / 0) (#36)
by vml68 on Tue Dec 04, 2018 at 10:36:19 PM EST
H.W. anecdotes and hagiography. But, I don't get why Michelle Obama seems to have so much love for the Bushes, Dubya in particular.
Dubya made Barack look good by comparison. (5.00 / 2) (#38)
Of course, if that's the standard, then Michelle ought be rendered positively orgasmic by the hot mess that's succeeded her husband in the Oval Office.
But on a more serious note, while I was watching the live coverage yesterday of the arrival of the late President Bush's body at the U.S. Capitol to lie in state, I was struck by the obvious pain and sadness I saw in son Dubya's face, as he clearly tried to hold it together for the family's sake.
No doubt, it's been a very tough past eight months for him emotionally, losing first his mother last April and now his father last Friday. I found myself quite moved by the scene and had I been standing there at the Capitol entrance, I'd have likely given him a big hug -- which felt odd given my general disdain for the man. I guess there's some residual reservoir of empathy still left in me, after all.
I know what you mean. I watched the coverage (none / 0) (#45)
by vml68 on Wed Dec 05, 2018 at 01:15:34 PM EST
of the funeral service today and choked up when Dubya lost his composure towards the end while giving the eulogy.
Also, when the cameras panned to James Baker when the minister mentioned him.
I did get some perverse enjoyment watching the Clintons completely ignore the Tr*mps.
Pretty sure I saw Bill (and the Obamas) (none / 0) (#46)
by sarcastic unnamed one on Wed Dec 05, 2018 at 03:05:08 PM EST
shake Melania's hand when the Trumps entered and sat. It would have been quite a stretch for either of the Clintons to have reached across both of the Obamas and Melania to reach the Don, even if any of them had wanted to do so. And, of course, the Don didn't pay any attention to Bill and Hilary.
I only saw about 10 mins of it today, and this is what I saw...
The front row, for some time, camera left to right: Barack, Michele, Bill, Hilary, Jimmy, Rosalynn.
After some time, the Trumps arrived and Melania sat on the left next to Barack, and the Don sat next to her on the end of the row.
Clearly, had anyone involved thought it would have gone well, the Don and Melania could have started at the Carters and greeted everyone in turn down the row...
The Carters, at the end, camera right, might as well have been in outer space. No one, including Hilary and Bill, who were closest, paid any attention to them at all.
Bill, seated next to Hilary, paid no attention to her at all.
Bill spent the entire time leaned over in Michele's ear with a big ol' sh*t eating grin on his face constantly talking to Michele, and occasionally Barack when Barack gave him some attention. Michele looked somber and kind of uncomfortable that the guy next to her was yukking it up at a funeral. Barack also looked somber.
After being completely ignored for some time Hilary found someone behind her to talk to, turning away from the Carters to do so.
Of the dozen or so people behind the "formers" I don't think I saw a single person chitchatting.
Gotta say, I bet Bill tells some great stories, and I bet it would be a blast having a beer or three with him. But dam, this really was a funeral.
I clearly watched a different ten (5.00 / 3) (#51)
by caseyOR on Thu Dec 06, 2018 at 06:19:50 PM EST
minutes than you. Actually, I watched a bit longer. I saw Hillary and Jimmy Carter smiling and chatting with each other. And Bill leaning toward Hillary, telling her something, and Hillary smiling at him as she responded. Bill then took hold of her hand.
Neither one of the Clintons greeted Trump. Neither did either of the Carters. And given Trump's unrelenting attacks on Hillary and the disparaging remarks he has made about Jimmy Carter, I don't blame them.
I suspect the Obamas felt forced to shake hands by their physical proximity to the Trumps. It was quite awkward.
That's the way it looked. (none / 0) (#53)
by Ga6thDem on Fri Dec 07, 2018 at 06:30:30 AM EST
It looked like the Obamas were kind of forced to shake hands with the Trumps while Trump waved to those further down the aisle and Hillary nodded. All the talking etc. was going on before the funeral started.
No arguments there. (none / 0) (#55)
by sarcastic unnamed one on Fri Dec 07, 2018 at 11:39:44 AM EST
The TV station I was watching showed a camera shot that sat on the "formers" in the front row for the basically the whole 10 minutes or so that I watched before I left for work.
After the Obamas shook hands with Melania, Bill shook hands with Melania and it was a bit of a stretch for the both of them across the two Obamas. Donald, being on the other side of Melania, was even farther away from Bill, not that either seemed at all interested in making the effort.
Too funny. Yes, we must have watched a (none / 0) (#54)
completely different 10 minutes...
Saw this and thought you'd be interested. (5.00 / 2) (#58)
by Donald from Hawaii on Fri Dec 07, 2018 at 01:41:14 PM EST
"The Carters, at the end, camera right, might as well have been in outer space. No one, including Hilary and Bill, who were closest, paid any attention to them at all."
This is why I've learned over the years to take anything offered about the Clintons by the east coast punditocracy with a grain of salt, a slice of lime and a shot of Cuervo. That little video clip from the National Cathedral services was apparently from C-SPAN, not the cable networks.
To quote newspaperman Maxwell Scott in "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," when the legend becomes fact, you print the legend. For over 25 years now, the east coast media has never let the actual facts about the Clintons get in the way of their preferred storyline. And that's how so much misconception and misinformation about the couple, from Whitewater to Benghazi, has since become embedded in the public consciousness.
Well, there ya go. Fair enough. (5.00 / 1) (#59)
by sarcastic unnamed one on Fri Dec 07, 2018 at 01:58:21 PM EST
When I tuned in they must have finished talking.
The Blind Men and the Elephant.
Not gonna lie (none / 0) (#56)
by CST on Fri Dec 07, 2018 at 11:41:20 AM EST
It's stuff like this that makes me know for sure I'd never want to be famous.
I can't imagine what it's like to have your every move/facial expression scrutinized like that.
Like what if someone has an itch in the middle of their back that they can't scratch and someone thinks the face they are making is because they hate the person next to them.
Heh. Ya, life is tough for those POTUSs. (none / 0) (#57)
I have to imagine (none / 0) (#39)
by CST on Wed Dec 05, 2018 at 11:32:09 AM EST
That at the end of the day being in the Whitehouse is a uniquely difficult experience.
I can also easily imagine that W. was very gracious and helpful to the Obamas during that transition in a way that had a big impact on their personal lives.
Those interactions tend to have an impact on you whether or not you agree with someone's politics.
The press is different (5.00 / 2) (#40)
by CaptHowdy on Wed Dec 05, 2018 at 11:52:51 AM EST
They are NEEDED to be adversarial
You can't spend "lovely time with the Bush family" and do their f-ing job.
Sure. They were nice. They were gracious. They were almost certainly lovely hosts.
Sorry. F that.
You want to be a DC reporter? Do your f-ing job.
Clearly if only the Clinton's had invited legions of White House reporters to weekend with them and stroked and cultivated them the Clinton years might have been very different.
They did not.
And God bless them for that.
The blatantly incestuous relationship of the press and the Bush family is outrageous. It's fu@ked up in the most insidious ways.
a bazillion stars for this comment (5.00 / 3) (#41)
by leap on Wed Dec 05, 2018 at 12:06:35 PM EST
You are so right about the media and the politicians they are supposed to cover...cover up...kiss up...fluff up
Yea (none / 0) (#43)
by CST on Wed Dec 05, 2018 at 01:03:27 PM EST
I was talking about Michelle Obama.
No arguments from me about the press.
I agree wholeheartedly with your comment. (none / 0) (#44)
When I said I understood the media's behavior I did not mean to imply that it was acceptable but that given the current state of the media, I really can't see them behaving any other way.
Agreed. (none / 0) (#48)
by Donald from Hawaii on Wed Dec 05, 2018 at 05:26:09 PM EST
The logical conclusion to that incestuous relationship you talk about is actually found in our country's sports media, in which the major networks have signed exclusive contracts with various major college conferences and pro sports leagues which their correspondents are ostensibly supposed to cover as journalists.
As a result, we've already seen a few high profile instances in which questionable or outrageous behavior by athletes, coaches and / or administrators at SEC- and ACC-affiliated universities was consciously ignored by ESPN, because that network has an exclusive multi-million dollar contract with those conferences to broadcast their football and men's basketball games.
Can you imagine a world where Wells Fargo or Ford Motor Company could literally purchase favorable coverage on ABC News? Well, that world already exists at ABC's sports affiliate ESPN.
I'll admit I have trouble separating the person (none / 0) (#42)
from the politics, particularly when I don't personally know the people. From all accounts the Bushes seem to be very gracious people.
The spouse attended a conference where Dubya was the headline speaker but he skipped Dubya's speech, so I did not get a first hand account of his impression of Dubya. Last week he was at a dinner where Jeb was in attendance and he told me that he was really surprised by how much genuine love and affection there was for Jeb by the other attendees. Jeb was all about civility and keeping an open mind and listening to the other side even when you do not agree
As for Tr*mp, apparently crass and vulgar is it, even at private functions.
I have my own odd 6 degrees of separation (none / 0) (#47)
by CaptHowdy on Wed Dec 05, 2018 at 04:40:36 PM EST
Thing there. A former spouse of mine later got involved with a (sort of black sheep) member of the family that owned the Beeville ranch. If you lived through the period you probably remember that name.
He encounter several members of the family. I don't think he ever met H.W. Possibly. But he met W and Laura and Barbara and others.
He said they were genuinely nice people. In the way old money can be. Not needing to make a show of who they were or what they had.
A friend of mine's (none / 0) (#49)
by Ga6thDem on Thu Dec 06, 2018 at 04:28:31 PM EST
ex-husband went to some conference where George W. Bush was the speaker. I guess whenever Bush gets in front of people he's perhaps different than in private because her ex-husband said Bush Jr. came off as an arrogant little sh*t.
We went back and forth (none / 0) (#50)
by CaptHowdy on Thu Dec 06, 2018 at 04:31:45 PM EST
A lot about W. Because I hated him at the time. He wouldn't shut up about his different he was in person.
Well (none / 0) (#1)
by CaptHowdy on Sat Dec 01, 2018 at 10:07:04 AM EST
He certainly looks like a statesman compared to what we have now but Trump makes that too easy to deserve much credit for.
I think he was way better than both Reagan and W.
But I just heard the history of his political life which I guess I never cared enough about to be very aware of.
Born into a life of wealth and privilege, sent to the best schools. Got into the oil business. In 1964, the year he turned 40, he ran for the Senate. He lost. Later won a House seat. Ran again for the Senate in 70, with help from Nixon. He lost. Nixon appoints him ambassador to the UN. Then became chairman of the republican party. During Watergate. Escaped Watergate and Ford made him his envoy to China. Then director of the CIA. Bush said "..I loved the CIA. I loved defending the culture when everyone [you and me] were "down on it." You can probably remember as well as I why "everyone was down on it".
Then he runs for president. He lost. Regan picks him for VP. Then he runs for Reagan's third term and won. Then he ran for another term. He lost.
Now I will abide by the rules of not saying anything "bad" about him.
But it seems to me other than saying he was better than Trump, Reagan and W the thing this story most illustrates is that if you have enough money and hang with the right people you can launch a "political dynasty". And that the only office he ttruly won on his own was a House seat and I would guess the oil money played a role in that.
Still you can't help appreciate how low we've come listening to the man. Who would have believed we could be nostalgic for the good ole days when good old fashioned money won elections.
VooDoo economics (5.00 / 2) (#3)
by jmacWA on Sat Dec 01, 2018 at 03:38:35 PM EST
The absolute best thing about HW was his term for what Reagan was selling as his economic plan during the 80 primaries.
A policy he embraced completely (none / 0) (#7)
by CaptHowdy on Sat Dec 01, 2018 at 04:23:35 PM EST
"I didn't say it.
It was never said."
Never said it.. (none / 0) (#8)
by jondee on Sat Dec 01, 2018 at 04:41:45 PM EST
Maybe that's the big difference between him and Trump: the kinder, gentler lying.
i always liked him (none / 0) (#2)
by nyjets on Sat Dec 01, 2018 at 02:30:31 PM EST
Bush senior was a moderate for much of his career. He only became more conservative after his association with Reagan.
I am not saying I agreed with all of his policies but he was fa, far from being our worse president.
Well he gave us a great quote... (none / 0) (#4)
by desertswine on Sat Dec 01, 2018 at 03:46:23 PM EST
I do mind, the Dude minds. This will not stand, ya know, this aggression will not stand, man.
Not easy for me to (none / 0) (#5)
by KeysDan on Sat Dec 01, 2018 at 03:47:18 PM EST
find a lot good to say about George HW Bush; not the worst president, if you grade on a curve. Maybe, being an historical role model for Trump would be considered a good point---by Whitaker.
Bush swept away the arms for hostages scandal of the Reagan era, by undermining Special Prosecutor Walsh, with pardons as he was going out the door,for one convicted, three guilty pleas, and two pending cases. And, up to and including the last election, paved the way for Republicans, with attack ads that raised fear (cf. Willie Horton).
Many of his colleagues have offered kind words, although I am looking for those of April Glaspie and Elliot Abrams. And, the sudden illness that resulted in Bush throwing up on the Japanese was, at that time, considered the worst foreign policy gaff. Bush did nominate David Souter which is a good point, if we skip over Clarence Thomas.
He did not believe (none / 0) (#6)
by Chuck0 on Sat Dec 01, 2018 at 04:18:58 PM EST
that I, as an atheist, should be considered a citizen. He also did not believe I could be a patriot. So, meh.
Secularists are welcomed (none / 0) (#9)
with open arms in the GOP as long as you view unregulated market forces like the mysterious workings of divine providence.
He's with Barbara again. (none / 0) (#10)
by Donald from Hawaii on Sat Dec 01, 2018 at 07:55:32 PM EST
And that's the nicest thing I can think of at the moment to say about him.
If I have to say something good about him (none / 0) (#11)
by lawyerjim on Sun Dec 02, 2018 at 07:57:48 PM EST
I would have to dig deep but he did disavow david duke in the 91 election.
He enlisted immed after graduating (none / 0) (#12)
by oculus on Mon Dec 03, 2018 at 01:02:47 PM EST
from Yale. He had a distinguished military career. During Desert Storm he declined to take out Saddam Hussein. He signed the ADA.
Not Yale. Bush enlisted as soon as he (5.00 / 1) (#15)
by caseyOR on Mon Dec 03, 2018 at 06:34:02 PM EST
graduated from prep school at age 18. He was a WWII fighter pilot whose plane was shot down. IIRC, he was the only survivor.
He attended Yale after the war ended.
Thank you. My daughter also (5.00 / 1) (#22)
by oculus on Tue Dec 04, 2018 at 01:34:35 PM EST
corrected me.
You have to wonder (none / 0) (#13)
by CaptHowdy on Mon Dec 03, 2018 at 04:46:03 PM EST
If the idiotic tv bobble heads understand that the fact they make virtually every conversation about how Bush is not Trump makes Trump happy because every conversation is still about him.
A more grounded opinion (none / 0) (#14)
May I just say (none / 0) (#18)
The political exploitation of the amazing service dog is revolting and disgusting
Come (none / 0) (#19)
by FlJoe on Tue Dec 04, 2018 at 12:15:56 PM EST
on, I am quite sure he is enjoying his 15 minutes of fame.
You don't have a dog (none / 0) (#20)
to what is this referring? (none / 0) (#23)
by leap on Tue Dec 04, 2018 at 02:42:09 PM EST
Google Sully (none / 0) (#24)
Well, Sully made a statement (5.00 / 1) (#52)
by leap on Thu Dec 06, 2018 at 10:19:10 PM EST
on his own
oh for crying out loud, (1.00 / 1) (#29)
as my Mom would say. The mediawhores really are. And now tomorrow is a national holiday to celebrate the death of that nothingburger. I'll be celebrating, all right. Another one down.
I mean (none / 0) (#31)
The dog is great. All service dog are. He is/was doing his job. He didn't care Bush was media/political royalty. Sully would have been every bit as loyal and attentive to any schmuck who needed him.
If they want to talk about the wonder and value of service dogs I'm totally down with that.
But that makes me ill.
Pretty funny (none / 0) (#33)
FOX NEWS story
Whining about being called out for the exploitation
The best part is the top pic of the dog who looks like he is asking "um, ok, what am I doing here again?"
I haven't been watching the news, so missed (5.00 / 1) (#35)
all the talk of Sully. He is a beauty. I guess the media have never seen a service dog in action before.
The clip of Sully at the State Capitol is cute. He seems to be interested in everything but the casket.


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Chushingura: Other Depictions of the 47 Ronin |
Isoai Juroemon Masahisa
Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Mirrors of the Each Loyal Retainers
Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga
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Horikoshi
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The son of silk dyer, Kuniyoshi Utagawa was born into the Igusa family in Edo. Little is known about his very early years, though he is said to have shown remarkable talent from a young age. Kuniyoshi began his ukiyo-e career as a pupil of Shunei. At age 14 he was accepted to study the art of woodblock printing under Toyokuni I and, in time, would become one of his most successful students. In 1814, he left Toyokuni's studio to pursue a career as an independent Japanese ukiyo-e artist. Initially, he had little success, selling tatami mats in order to support himself. However, his fortunes changed in 1827 with his dramatic series 108 Heroes of the Suikoden. From that point on, the public hungered for his portrayals of famous samurai and legendary heroes. Kuniyoshi worked in all genres, producing some brilliant landscapes and charming bijin-ga (pictures of beautiful women). He died in the spring of 1861 from complications of a stroke.
In direct contrast to the peaceful views of a scenic Japan provided by Hiroshige and Hokusai, the following decades saw a rise of the fierce, fearsome and fantastical in ukiyo-e. Kuniyoshi welcomed this changing public taste. He had a ravenous imagination and the full scope of his work reveals an aesthetic sensibility capable of assimilating almost any experience. No doubt, however, his particular genius felt most at home in the world of martial glory, where epic battles decided the fate of empires and fierce warriors clashed to the death. His imagery was so popular in his time that he received requests for tattoo designs.
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Q: Azure Functions Route binding with unknown URL I'm trying to construct the function.json file where the url has a custom ending that we don't know. This customer ending may include forward slashes so I can't be guaranteed this will be one parameter. My current code :
    {
    "bindings": [
      {
        "authLevel": "function",
        "type": "httpTrigger",
        "direction": "in",
        "route": "{param1}/customer/{param2}/{restOfUrl}",
        "name": "req",
        "methods": [
          "get"
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      {
        "type": "http",
        "direction": "out",
        "name": "res"
      }
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    "scriptFile": "../dist/src/handlers/myScript.js"
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this works fine when for example the url is:
...123/customer/456/rest-of-url

however if the rest of the url contains forward slashes eg:
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I get a 404 not found.
How do I correctly define the route if the url is unknown and will likely include forward slashes / ?

A: After trying the suggested solution I discovered this doc in Azure documentation. The solution was to * the remaining parameter which returns the remainder of the path as a string. The change looks as so :
 "route": "{param1}/customer/{param2}/{*restOfUrl}"

A: There is an appsetting to disable the url encoding so that it will match a full path. By default slashes are encoded as %2F
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OMERS's Huge Stake in a Texas Pipeline?
By Leo Kolivakis August 21, 2018
The Canadian Press reports, Pension fund for Ontario city employees invests $1.87 billion in Texas pipeline:
The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System has an agreement to pay $1.87 billion for a 50 per cent stake in BridgeTex Pipeline Company, LLC, which owns a pipeline system that carries crude oil from West Texas to Houston.
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The BridgeTex pipeline currently has capacity to carry 400,000 barrels per day from Colorado City, where it collects crude oil from two pipeline systems owned by Plains, and delivers it to Magellan facilities in Houston.
The companies say capacity on the BridgeTex pipeline will be increased by 10 per cent to 440,000 barrels per day by early 2019.
Michael Ryder, a senior managing director for OMERS Infrastructure, said the BridgeTex investment is consistent with a strategy of building significant, long-term investment partnerships.
"We're very excited to join Plains All American and Magellan as co-owners and look forward to working together to support future operations of the BridgeTex pipeline," Ryder said.
OMERS put out a press release, OMERS Infrastructure Announces Investment in BridgeTex:
OMERS Infrastructure Management, Inc., the infrastructure investment manager of OMERS, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire a 50 percent interest in BridgeTex Pipeline Company, LLC ("BridgeTex") for $1.438 billion. BridgeTex is the owner of the BridgeTex pipeline, a key provider of crude oil transportation from Colorado City in West Texas to refineries in Houston and Texas City as well as for marine export through the Houston Ship Channel.
Upon completion of the transaction OMERS, the defined benefit pension plan for municipal employees in Ontario, Canada, will become the largest shareholder of BridgeTex, with affiliates of both Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. ("Plains All American") and Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. ("Magellan") retaining 20% and 30% owned interests respectively and an affiliate of Magellan continuing to act as operator of the pipeline.
"OMERS investment in BridgeTex is consistent with our strategy of building significant, long-term investment partnerships with leading corporations, and marks our re-entry into the attractive U.S. midstream energy sector," said Michael Ryder, Senior Managing Director, Americas, for OMERS Infrastructure. "We're very excited to join Plains All American and Magellan as co-owners and look forward to working together to support future operations of the BridgeTex pipeline."
"Around the world, OMERS Infrastructure is singularly focused on owning vital, large-scale infrastructure assets that will best position our portfolio to deliver strong, consistent returns to OMERS members for many years to come," said Ralph Berg, OMERS Infrastructure's Executive Vice President and Global Head. "BridgeTex is yet another example of this strategy and brings another high-performing energy asset into our growing North American infrastructure portfolio."
BridgeTex will be OMERS third major investment in U.S. energy infrastructure in 2018. In March, OMERS Infrastructure executed agreements to acquire Leeward Renewable Energy, LLC, a leading U.S. wind power project owner, operator and developer. Earlier this month, OMERS also announced the planned acquisition of a 24% stake in Puget Holdings LLC, owner of Puget Sound Energy, Washington State's oldest regulated energy utility providing electric and natural gas service to millions of customers in Western Washington.
Globally, the OMERS Infrastructure portfolio continues to expand with approximately $17 billion of assets under management in high quality investments in transportation, energy and critical social infrastructure worldwide at the end of 2017.
About OMERS and OMERS Infrastructure
OMERS Infrastructure invests globally in infrastructure assets on behalf of OMERS, the defined benefit pension plan for Ontario's municipal employees. Investments are aimed at steady returns to help deliver strong and sustainable pensions to OMERS members. OMERS Infrastructure's diversified portfolio of large-scale infrastructure assets exhibits stability and strong cash flows, in sectors including energy, transportation and government-regulated services.
OMERS has employees in Toronto and other major cities across North America, the U.K., Europe, Asia and Australia. OMERS is one of Canada's largest defined benefit pension funds, with net assets of more than C$95 billion. Visit www.omersprivatemarkets.com for more information.
I read more on BridgeTex Pipeline Company on the website of Shawcor, a world leading integrated energy services company that helps keep construction projects and operations running smoothly and to specification through proprietary, technology-based products, services and solutions organized into four distinct groups:
The 300,000 barrel-per-day BridgeTex Pipeline begins in Colorado City, Texas, and transports Permian crude oil to the refining market along the Houston Gulf Coast. The integrity of these critical assets has been assured from the beginning, thanks to Shawcor's Integrity Management services.
Our experts deployed conventional radiography services, x-raying each girth weld along the entire 450-mile, 20" pipeline. With the local support of multiple Shawcor service branches throughout Texas, we were able to execute our inspection services rapidly, supporting the successful installation of the pipeline.
Focusing on safety, quality and service, the skilled technicians with our Shawcor Integrity Management group provided a thorough inspection of the BridgeTex Pipeline, complying with all necessary regulations for increased pipeline safety at the onset of operations.
And people worry that pipelines are very dangerous! I trust pipelines a lot more than any other way of transporting crude.
Anyway, this is a huge deal for OMERS. Almost $2 billion of a total $95 billion in assets is going into this deal so I'm sure they conducted thorough due diligence.
OMERS is taking a 50% stake which is huge but Plains All American and Magellan Midstream will control the other 50% and OMERS needs them as partners to run operations at BridgeTex Pipeline.
Pipelines are great investments over the long run because they provide good yields. Investors often make the mistake of equating pipelines to energy companies but the price of crude doesn't really impact pipelines.
As shown below, the Alerian MLP ETF (AMLP) is up 10% YTD and it offers an attractive yield of 7.66%:
And here are the charts for Magellan Midstream Partners (MMP) and Plains All American (PAA) over the last five years:
Both companies offer attractive yields, as do all pipelines.
But high-yield stocks got hit earlier this year when there was a tantrum over the bond teddy bear market and long bond yields rose. They now seem to be making a comeback as defensive stocks are taking leadership in this market.
As far as BridgeTex pipeline, earlier ths year, Bryan Sims of Reuters reported, Crude volumes on BridgeTex pipeline seen up 16 percent this year:
Magellan Midstream Partners LP expects crude volumes this year to increase 16 percent on the BridgeTex pipeline to accommodate shipments of more oil from the Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico, the largest U.S. oilfield, to exporters and refineries in the Houston Gulf Coast area, executives said.
The pipeline, which moves crude oil from Midland and Colorado City, Texas, to East Houston, Texas, is expected to average about 315,000 barrels-per-day (bpd), up from about 270,000 bpd all of last year, executives said on the company's earning call on Thursday.
The pipeline was recently expanded from 300,000 bpd to a capacity of 400,000 bpd. Magellan is expanding the pipeline system again, for a new capacity of about 440,000 bpd, expected to be operational in early 2019.
The company recently set new committed shipping rates to move crude on the line after it completed a supplemental open season and secured additional volume commitments for the new expansion capacity.
All in all, this is another solid investment for OMERS Infrastructure Management. They have a lot of experience in pipelines and they know these investments very well, partnering up with the right partners.
Last week, I discussed how AIMCo, BCI and OMERS invested in Puget Holdings [no LLC], the parent company of Puget Sound Energy Inc., a regulated utility company in Washington state.
The fact that OMERS is investing in utilities and pipelines tells you a lot about where they think this market is headed and why they want to focus on stable long-term cash flows.
Below, Jim Cramer sits down with Magellan Midstream Partners Chairman and CEO Mike Mears, who pushes back on recent weakness in the pipeline stocks (April 2018).
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Going Beyond Belief
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December 25, 2013 December 2, 2013 | Abby Kelly
Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that my sisters are popping out babies fast enough to exhaust the alphabet this year. Names and all their meanings have been on my mind, lately.
Names have always been associated with identity. Native Americans are the most obvious example, naming their children after the seasons in which they were born or aspirations for them to grow into great hunters.
It's seen over and over in the Bible, too. Jacob's name meant "deceiver", and he lived up to it. When he was a young man, he collaborated with his mother to deceive his blind father into giving him the greatest portion of the inheritance and the birthright that belonged to his older brother.
Our names define us. They single us out in a crowd, they identify us for all kinds of legal procedures; they designate our legacies long after we're gone. So it's not surprising that in the Bible, when God did big things in someone's He often changed their name. Jacob is a perfect example.
Giving someone a name is a sign of intimacy. Though not a legal procedure, as people become close and develop a unique relationship, it's not uncommon for them to bestow nicknames on each other. Sometimes, that nickname takes over and forms the identity of one person to another and no one else can use that special title.
Think of a father who named his daughter in the birthing room. But as she aged, they bonded over daddy-daughter dates, popsicles and fishing. Now, he calls her something new, a name with special significance, something no one else understands, something no else can say. When she hears that name, she instantly knows the one who summons her, and she runs into his arms.
Revelation 2:17 says, "To the one who is victorious, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give that person a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to the one who receives it."
I think that's our Heavenly Father's promise of a greater intimacy with Him than we have ever known. His love for us and knowledge of us far surpasses any human relationship. And one day, He will whisper that precious nickname that He has called you from the very start.
Names Have Been Changed to Identify the Righteous
October 18, 2013 September 27, 2013 | Abby Kelly
"I love everything about her life!"
The barista's comment startled me as I left Starbucks. I knew she was talking about me. We had just been giggling together, discussing our dogs and exchanging first names.
I almost turned around said, "No you don't! You don't know anything about my life!" But instead, I just smiled to myself and walked into the sunshine. I think I know what she loves about my life, it's what she can see. I pray she can see that God has blessed me with joy and a peace beyond understanding.
It hasn't always been this way. I used to spot a girl across the room and wish to trade her places. I used to pray each night that God would just kill me because I didn't want to do my life anymore. In the midst of a 15 year battle with anorexia and a troubled marriage, it seemed as if my life couldn't get any worse. I even feared that my loved ones had given up on me after pouring thousands of dollars into my treatment, only to still see a starving, depressed woman.
Looking into my heart, I hated what I saw. I perceived my identity as intrinsically linked to my long list of failures.
Maybe Jacob did, too. The Biblical character of Genesis lived up to his given name, "Deceiver". In fact, when God asked him in chapter 32, "What is your name?" Jacob was forced to reply, "I am Deceiver."
At that point in Jacob's life, he believed the end was near. In mere hours, he would be face-to-face with a man who once wanted to kill him. Already, Jacob had a long list of mistakes to feel guilty for. I wonder if Jacob hated who he had become.
But God is in the business of changing identities. Over and over throughout the Bible, when God did a massive work in someone's life, He also changed their name, giving them a new identity, a new way to refer to themselves, a new way to see themselves and a new way to present themselves to the world.
For Jacob, God told him, "Your name will no longer be Jacob. You have wrestled with God and with men, and you have won. That's why your name will be Israel."
Another definition of the name Israel is, "Prince of God".
According to 2 Corinthians 5:17, our identity changes too, when we accept Jesus as our salvation. "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!"
Isaiah 62 tells us that God changes our name to reflect the new identity that we receive when we accept the sacrifice of Jesus for us and the gift of His righteousness to us.
"The nations shall see your righteousness, and all the kings your glory, and you shall be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will give. You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God. You shall no more be termed Forsaken, and your land shall no more be termed Desolate, but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her, and your land Married; for the LORD delights in you, and your land shall be married."
As I sank into a chair on the patio at Starbucks, the sun's afternoon rays painted my feet a soft yellow, then shadows encroached and swept me into the early evening hours. I smiled again. I love who I am. I love the one who gave me His identity in Christ, and I dearly love the name, Jesus.
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Angela Lansbury performed with the Tabernacle Choir in 2001
Alvin M. Keeling October 14, 2022 2 min read
When actress and singer Angela Lansbury came to Salt Lake City as a special guest at the Tabernacle Choir's Christmas concert in Temple Square in 2001, she said she "felt extremely nervous" to get on stage with the choir, according to Church News records.
This feeling did not stay. She said she "belonged" to the choir.
"They made me," she said of that sense of belonging during her concerts and on "Music & the Spoken Word," adding that she had never felt before. the kind of support, the wonderful vigor and excitement that is contained within these walls. It is a very special and sacred place.
Lansbury, who died on Tuesday, October 11, played various roles in her career on stage and on screens big and small – and won several Tony Awards. She was the voice of Mrs. Potts in Disney's animated film 'Beauty and the Beast' and the voice of Grand Duchess Marie in the animated film 'Anastasia'. She also portrayed Jessica Fletcher in the long-running TV series "Murder, She Wrote."
At the 2001 concert, titled "The Joy of Christmas", she sang the title track "Beauty and the Beast", as well as "We Need a Little Christmas" from "Mame" and "Not While I'm Around", from "Sweeney Todd."
She shared "A Christmas Story" of a boy in a community Christmas pageant who, while portraying an innkeeper, can't help but offer his own room to Joseph and Mary. She also read Luke's account of the birth of Jesus.
It was during the concert that she had an experience she had never felt before: "The spirit of this place is so evident. Everything is enveloping. It's all around me. I feel inflated by this. That was one of the things I felt very strongly about being here. I did not know that I was going to be struck by this extraordinary spirit. I have never experienced this before. It's quite unique, people do something for love, not for the almighty [dollar]but just for the love of doing it, of uniting, of expressing their feelings about life and all the qualities that are inherent in the [The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]. This is something that is totally new to me. I had never been exposed to it and did not understand what it was. But I'm really fascinated by it.
Angela Lansbury performing 'Beauty and the Beast' at the 2001 Christmas Concert with the Tabernacle Choir in Temple Square
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Josh Frydenberg voted very strongly for making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
How Josh Frydenberg voted compared to someone who believes that the federal government should increase water allocations from the Murray-Darling Basin for farmers and other users
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Division outcome
4th Apr 2019, 9:24 PM – Representatives Resolutions of the Senate - Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission - Don't concur with Senate resolution
The majority voted against a motion "That the House of Representatives does not concur in the resolution of the Senate." This means it failed.
Senate resolution
The Senate transmits to the House of Representatives the following resolution which was agreed to by the Senate this day:
That the Senate—
(a) notes that:
(i) the Murray-Darling Royal Commission recommended that future water recovery for the environment, including the 450 GL, should be purchased through buyback, which requires repeal of the 1,500 GL cap on buybacks in section 85C of the Water Act 2007; and
(ii) the future environmental health of the Murray-Darling Basin relies on additional water recovery; and
(b) calls on the Federal Government to support the urgent repeal of the 1,500 GL limit on Commonwealth water purchases.
The Senate requests the concurrence of the House of Representatives in this resolution.
Yes Yes Not passed by a small majority
4th Apr 2019, 6:17 PM – Representatives Resolutions of the Senate - Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission - Concur with Senate resolution
The majority voted against an amendment to the motion "That the House of Representatives does not concur in the resolution of the Senate."
Amended motion text
That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words—
"the House concurs in the resolution of the Senate".
No No Not passed by a small majority
28th Nov 2012, 8:50 PM – Representatives Water Amendment (Water for the Environment Special Account) Bill 2012 - Consideration in Detail - Opposition amendment
The majority voted against an opposition amendment moved by Liberal MP Greg Hunt.
According to MP Hunt, the amendments guarantee: "no general buybacks to achieve the 450 gigalitres; neutral or beneficial socioeconomic outcomes; a 1,500-gigalitre buyback cap; and adequate reporting".(You can read MP Hunt's entire discussion of the amendment here. )
Background to the bill
The bill(A copy of the bill, its explanatory memoranda and amendments are available here. ) was introduced to establish an Environment Special Account to fund projects that protect and restore environmental assets of the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB) and protect water dependent biodiversity of the MDB.(Read more about the bill in this bills digest (696 KB).) The projects will include those that increase the available environmental water in the MDB by 450 Gigalitres.
28th Nov 2012, 8:41 PM – Representatives Water Amendment (Water for the Environment Special Account) Bill 2012 - Consideration in Detail - 450 Gigalitres
The majority voted in favour of government amendments moved by Labor MP Tony Burke, the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities.
The amendments remove the reference to "up to 450 gigalitres" in the bill and change it to "450 gigalitres". MP Burke explains that the amendments also "put in place a process which gives a clear line of sight to the parliament and to the public as to whether or not enough money has been set aside to achieve the 450 gigalitres". It would then be for the government to decide whether or not to put aside additional money.(Read more of MP Burke's explanation of the amendments and the subsequent debate here. )
No No Passed by a small majority
How "voted very strongly for" is worked out
The MP's votes count towards a weighted average where the most important votes get 50 points, less important votes get 10 points, and less important votes for which the MP was absent get 2 points. In important votes the MP gets awarded the full 50 points for voting the same as the policy, 0 points for voting against the policy, and 25 points for not voting. In less important votes, the MP gets 10 points for voting with the policy, 0 points for voting against, and 1 (out of 2) if absent.
Then, the number gets converted to a simple english language phrase based on the range of values it's within.
No of votes
Most important votes (50 points)
MP voted with policy 0 0 0
MP voted against policy 0 0 0
MP absent 0 0 0
Less important votes (10 points)
MP voted with policy 4 40 40
Less important absentees (2 points)
MP absent* 0 0 0
*Pressure of other work means MPs or Senators are not always available to vote – it does not always indicate they have abstained. Therefore, being absent on a less important vote makes a disproportionatly small difference.
Agreement score = MP's points / total points = 40 / 40 = 100%.
between 95% and 100% becomes "very strongly for"
between 85% and 95% becomes "strongly for"
between 60% and 85% becomes "moderately for"
between 40% and 60% becomes "a mixture of for and against"
between 15% and 40% becomes "moderately against"
between 5.0% and 15% becomes "strongly against"
between 0.0% and 5.0% becomes "very strongly against"
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The 17-year-old drug dealer – who cannot be named for legal reasons – was grilled by the prosecution today as his trial continues.
The boy is charged with murdering 24-year-old Arnold Potter on November 15 last year and possessing a knife. He denies both charges.
He took the witness box at Hove Crown Court today and answered questions about how Mr Potter came by the two deep stab wounds that killed him.
Yesterday the jury watched video of police interviews with the defendant, in which he tearfully told officers what happened.
Answering questions first from defence barrister Michael Ivers QC, the boy described again how Mr Potter had tried to rob him but he had jumped clear and drawn a knife.
After a chase he caught up with Mr Potter, who had stopped in Watson Close, he told the jury.
He told the court he left the scene in a panic.
He denied wanting to hurt Mr Potter but accepted that he was responsible for his death.
Prosecutor Rowan Jenkins asked him what he had been feeling during moment when he and Mr Potter were fighting with knives.
The boy replied: "To defend myself, yes. It seemed the only option that I would come out better off.
The prosecutor also asked the boy about a bloody handprint that was found on the road.


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Comparison of live birth defects after luteal phase ovarian stimulation vs conventional ovarian stimulation for in vitro fertilization and vitrified embryo transfer cycles
No evidence was found of detrimental effects of luteal-phase ovarian stimulation on live-born infants at birth. Infertility itself and multiple births pose risk factors for congenital malformation.
Fertility and Sterility
Editorial Office, American Society for Reproductive Medicine
Hong Chen, M.D., Yun Wang, M.D., Qifeng Lyu, Ph.D., Ai Ai, M.D., Yonglun Fu, M.D., Hui Tian, M.D., Renfei Cai, M.D., Qingqing Hong, M.D., Qiuju Chen, Ph.D., Zeev Shoham, M.D., Yanping Kuang, M.D.
Volume 103, Issue 5, Pages 1194-1201
To assess live-birth defects after a luteal-phase ovarian-stimulation regimen (LPS) for in vitro fertilization (IVF) and vitrified embryo transfer (ET) cycles.
Retrospective cohort study.
Tertiary-care academic medical center.
Patient(s):
Infants who were born between January 1, 2013 and May 1, 2014 from IVF with intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) treatments (n = 2,060) after either LPS (n = 587), the standard gonadotropin-releasing hormone–agonist (GnRH-a) short protocol (n = 1,257), or mild ovarian stimulation (n = 216).
Intervention(s):
The three ovarian-stimulation protocols described and assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatment (IVF or ICSI, and vitrified ET) in ordinary practice.
Main Outcome Measure(s):
The main measures were: gestational age, birth weight and length, multiple delivery, early neonatal mortality, and birth defects. Associations were assessed using logistic regression by adjusting for confounding factors.
Result(s):
The final sample included 2,060 live-born infants, corresponding to 1,622 frozen–thawed (FET) cycles, which led to: 587 live-born infants from LPS (458 FET cycles); 1,257 live-born infants from the short protocol (984 FET cycles); and 216 live-born infants from mild ovarian stimulation (180 FET cycles). Birth characteristics regarding gestational age, birth weight and length, multiple delivery, and early neonatal death were comparable in all groups. The incidence of live-birth defects among the LPS group (1.02%) and the short GnRH-a protocol group (0.64%) was slightly higher than in the mild ovarian-stimulation group (0.46%). However, none of these differences reached statistical significance. For congenital malformations, the risk significantly increased for the infertility-duration factor and multiple births; the adjusted odds ratios were 1.161 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.009–1.335) and 3.899 (95% CI: 1.179–12.896), respectively. No associations were found between congenital birth defects and various ovarian-stimulation regimens, maternal age, body mass index, parity, insemination method, or infant gender.
Conclusion(s):
To date, the data do not indicate an elevated rate of abnormality at birth after LPS, but further study with larger populations is needed to confirm these results. However, infertility itself poses a risk factor for congenital malformation. A higher likelihood of birth defects in multiple births may lead couples to favor elective, single ET; couples undertaking ART should be made aware of the known increased birth defects associated with a twin birth.
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Fertility and Sterility® is an international journal for obstetricians, gynecologists, reproductive endocrinologists, urologists, basic scientists and others who treat and investigate problems of infertility and human reproductive disorders. The journal publishes juried original scientific articles in clinical and laboratory research relevant to reproductive endocrinology, urology, andrology, physiology, immunology, genetics, contraception, and menopause. Fertility and Sterility® encourages and supports meaningful basic and clinical research, and facilitates and promotes excellence in professional education, in the field of reproductive medicine.
Natural fertility and longevity
A review of the association between fertility and longevity in natural fertility populations, highlighting the sources of bias that might confound this association.
Extended fertility and longevity: the genetic and epigenetic link
The authors review the evidence connecting women's extended fertility with longevity. The connection relies on the synthesis of data from epidemiology, genomics, epigenomics, and gene expression.
Rejuvenating effect of pregnancy on the mother
Aging is associated with reduced regenerative capacity. Pregnancy, a unique model, may have a rejuvenating effect on the mother. We summarize the data supporting this idea.
Effect of fertility and infertility on longevity
This manuscript reviews the literature on the possible association among fertility, infertility, and longevity — a long-standing debate but still a pertinent question, given ongoing declines in fertility.
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Nazis, magic and McCarthyism: the dark history of early American space exploration
Frank J. Malina is a forgotten name in the history of the USA's quest for space - his story is just a part of the deeply political story of American space exploration.
By Fraser MacDonald
27th August, 2019 at 11:54
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Not all revelations about space are about exoplanets or ancient water on Mars. We're also discovering more about the history of space exploration – about how it happened and what motivated the early rocket pioneers. And it's becoming clear that some of the most important engineers have been written out of the story.
The conventional roll call of rocketeers in the United States opens with Robert H. Goddard, a secretive Clark University physicist who experimented with liquid propulsion. For Goddard, the goal of a rocket was to reach 'extreme altitudes' though he never quite managed this himself.
Next up is Wernher von Braun, the architect of the Nazi V-2 who subsequently designed the Saturn V launch vehicle that took America to the Moon.
But in between these two is another engineer, Frank J. Malina, who has been largely forgotten. Why?
Space is political
As ever in the history of science, the question of who gets remembered is not just about technical or conceptual contributions. It's also about whether the scientific story fits with the values and ideals of those with the power to tell it.
Consider Frank Malina, an earnest graduate student at Caltech, Pasadena. Unlike Goddard, his liquid propelled WAC Corporal was the first American rocket to reach extreme altitudes. It soared to 73km compared to Goddard's 2.5km.
Frank Malina, however, is hardly known – despite his founding NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. His anti-fascist activism in the late 1930s brought him to the attention of the security services in the McCarthy era.
Dr Theodore von Karman (L) and Dr Frank J Malina (R), 1960 © Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images
In the midst of the Cold War Space Race, few wanted to celebrate an anti-racist campaigner. After all, that kind of thing looked dangerously communist. The complication? Newly declassified FBI files show that Frank Malina really was a member of the Communist Party.
Wernher von Braun, by contrast, might have been an anti-Semitic SS member but he was fervently anti-communist. His Nazi political baggage didn't seem to weigh him down: Walt Disney beamed von Braun into living rooms as FBI agents sat in a car outside Malina's house. Frank Malina finally left the United States, upset that his rocket was destined to be a weapon of war rather than a vehicle for science.
Nazis helped America reach the Moon
It isn't exactly news that the US military transferred von Braun and another 1,600 engineers from Germany to the United States after the collapse of the Third Reich. And, yes, this team did indeed make formative contributions to the Apollo programme.
These included Arthur Rudolph, the project director for Saturn V engines ("I read Mein Kampf and agreed with a lot of things in it", Rudolph told a journalist in 1985, "Hitler's first six years, until the war started, were really marvelous").
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Wally Funk: a story of sexism in the race for space
But the V-2 team, many of them unrepentant Nazis, have tended to eclipse the engineering achievements of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Many important rocket developments – successful electronic guidance systems, solid state propellants, hypergolic propellants that combust on contact – were home-grown in the United States rather than derived from the V-2.
The invention of solid rocket propellants featured magic as well as science
One of the key inventors of solid rocket propellants was Jack Parsons, a self-taught chemist, who is now as well known for his occult activities as for his contribution to practical rocketry. A devotee of English ceremonial magician Aleister Crowley, Parsons reputedly recited Crowley's Hymn to Pan while conducting static tests of his Jet Assisted Take-off (JATO) rocket devices in 1941.
Parsons' collaborator Frank Malina attributed his friend's 'poetic spirits' as an influence on Parsons' unconventional scientific thinking. In many ways, however, these unusual beliefs hark back to the Early Modern origins of science – an era when figures like Francis Bacon and Isaac Newton understood science and magic as allied, rather than oppositional, enquiries into the natural world.
Frank J. Malina and Jack Parsons, Arroyo Sec, Halloween, 1936
Malina was always keen to credit Parsons' rocketry contributions, not knowing that Parsons was, in fact, informing on Malina to the FBI. Variants of Parsons's 'castable' solid propellants are now used in everything from ejector seats to Trident nuclear missiles.
American McCarthyism propelled the Chinese space programme
Among Frank Malina's closest colleagues was the Chinese rocketeer Hsue-Shen Tsien (now Qian Xuesen) who, together with Malina and their Caltech doctoral supervisor Theodore von Kármán, pioneered some of the theoretical work on rocket propulsion.
Tsien, too, joined the Communist Party in 1938 in a bid to combat the rise of fascism abroad and racial segregation at home in California. It was a time when the rise of Nazi Germany made such political activism seem urgent.
Hsue-Shen Tsien © Getty Images
But by the late 1940s, this kind of conviction was understood very differently. The idea of 'reds' working with classified military information prompted concerns about espionage.
JPL Director Louis G. Dunn was particularly suspicious of colleagues whom he deemed 'definite leftists'. In January 1949, Dunn told the FBI that he thought some engineers in JPL may be spies, singling out Jewish and Chinese engineers – including H.S. Tsien.
There's no evidence that Tsien was involved in espionage, but his case presented a problem for the US Government: should they deport him to demonstrate their domestic toughness on communism? Or keep him in the California, lest his expertise be put to work for their communist rival China?
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The US chose deportation, handing over the expertise for China to start its own rocket programme. Premier Zhou Enlai was delighted: China went from being a country capable of producing bicycles and a simple car to being the third country to independently send humans into orbit.
It's no coincidence that, earlier this year, when China successfully landed a rover on the far side of the moon, it chose to target the von Kármán crater – a less than subtle nod to how American anti-communism propelled China into space.
What counts as 'space' and the limits of Earth have changed
Frank Malina's WAC Corporal may have soared to 73km in 1945, but it's not considered the first rocket into space. That honour belongs to the German V-2 which crossed the 100km threshold, the modern definition of space, in 1944.
There's a complication: the modern definition of space – the Kármán line – was only settled in 1963, and even this is to some degree a 'folk theorem'. It's an idea that emerged at a conference when von Kármán argued that, at around this height, the atmosphere becomes too thin to support aeronautical flight.
Even though the Kármán line has become the standard definition of space, a recent proposal by Harvard astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell suggests bringing it down to 80km. The logic is that this is the lowest altitude at which a satellite can still orbit the Earth.
None of this changes the primacy of the V-2. But when Malina's WAC Corporal was 'mated' on to a V-2 to create the two-stage Bumper Wac Corporal in 1949, it reached a record altitude of nearly 400km – the highest altitude then achieved.
Some observers at the time considered that this journey, rather than the 1944 V-2, was the first time a rocket had properly escaped from Earth, reaching into what was then called 'extra-terrestrial space'. They weren't wrong, exactly. It's just that such flights have been part of what has helped us to determine the indistinct boundaries of Earth and space.
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Q: How preventing editing a node when this node has a specific workflow status I use Drupal 7 and I would like to prevent the edition of some nodes for specific user roles when the node has a specific workflow status.
For instance, if the node has the workflow status "validated", the user having the role "contributor" is not able to edit it but the user with the role "validator" well.
If the workflow status is "to validate", both user roles can edit it.
Is it possible to implement this kind of process with the modules "Rules" and "Workflow"?

A: You probably want to use hook_node_access($node, $op, $account). Create this hook in one of your modules. To potentially deny access on edit first add a check for $op == "update" then add your validation logic. To deny access return NODE_ACCESS_DENY otherwise return nothing or NODE_ACCESS_IGNORE.
A simple example would be as follows:
function MYMODULE_node_access($node, $op, $account) {
  if (($op == "update") && ($node->type == "node_type_to_check")) {
    // Add your extra validation checks here
    // ...and if you then want to block access return the following
    return NODE_ACCESS_DENY;
  }
}

You will find more information about hook_node_access() in the Drupal 7 API docs.
WARNING: If you are logged in as the admin user (user 1) then you will be able to edit the node regardless of your hook_node_access() rules, so make sure that you test this with a "normal" user.


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Tartt named all-region
ANNANDALE – After averaging 14 points and 7.5 rebounds per game for the Northern Virginia Community College men's basketball team, sophomore Robert Tartt was named NJCAA All-Region 20 Division II honorable mention, which was voted on by the coaches and committee members.
Tartt, who played in all 26 games for the Nighthawks, hit the double figure mark 13 times in the second half of the season. He scored a season-high 35 points in the 90-87 overtime victory over CCBC Catonsville in February.
The Falls Church, native led the Nighthawks in rebounding in eight games and, also had six double-doubles this season. Tartt grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds at Anne Arundel (Feb. 9) and also scored 24 points in the win.
Tartt is the eighth Nighthawk to pick up an all-region nod since the 2013-14 season.
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Exclusive Photos from STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Blu-ray/DVD release party
By SUE SCHNEIDER 10/04/2013
Paramount Pictures recently celebrated the release of STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Blu-ray and DVD release with a party at the California Science Center. The party was extra special as it took place beneath of wings of the Historic Space Shuttle Endeavour, but unfortunately the press (except for a select few) were anywhere near it. The white carpet was set up in the park area. Walking the carpet were the stars of STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS, which included: J.J. Abrams (Director), Leonard Nimoy (Spock Prime), Simon Pegg (Scotty), John Cho (Sulu), Alice Eve (Dr. Carol Marcus), Peter Weller (Admiral Marcus), Bruce […]Read On »
Exclusive Photos from STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Los Angeles Premiere
Paramount Pictures recently held the Los Angeles Premiere of STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood. The TCL Chinese, where normally premieres are held is shut down for the summer for remodeling. Closing Hollywood Boulevard from Highland to Orange to accommodate the fans for this next installment in the STAR TREK Universe. Fans were everywhere hanging over the railings in the Hollywood/Highland Complex, besides in the bleachers overlooking the gray carpet and on both sides of the street. Walking down the long carpet setup were the stars of STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS, which included: Chris Pine, Zachary […]Read On »
Movie Review: STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS
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Rating: PG-13 Stars: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Benedict Cumberbatch, John Cho, Simon Pegg, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Anton Yelchin, Peter Weller, Alice Eve Writers: Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman & Damon Lindelof, based on characters created by Gene Roddenberry Director: J.J. Abrams Distributor: Paramount Release Date: May 16, 2013 Giving any kind of plot summary of STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS runs more than the usual risk of spoilers. What can be said? Well, Captain Kirk (Chris Pine), Mr. Spock (Zachary Quinto) and the rest of the very dedicated crew of the Enterprise extricate themselves by the skin of their teeth […]Read On »
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The Paley Center For Media and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment presented the West Coast Premiere of BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, PART 2 on January 28th at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills. The film is the conclusion to the two-part adaption of the 1980s comic series by DC Entertainment, THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS. The story is about a retired Batman who dons the cape and cowl to deal with a city decaying into crime. After the showing of the film, fans were treated to a Q&A with cast members, Peter Weller (Batman), Ariel Winter (Robin), Bruce Timm […]Read On »
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FX held the premiere screening of the 4th Season of SONS OF ANARCHY on August 30th at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood. Season four begins with SAMCRO fresh out of jail and back into Charming. Upon their arrival, they encounter new law enforcement and head right back into business. The club has to make a decision that could change what SOA has always stood for and brings an unlikely alliance. Seen walking the carpet were the stars of SOA, from the current season and past seasons, which included: Michael Ornstein, Maggie Siff, Katey Sagal, Mark Boone Junior, William Lucking, Winter […]Read On »
TV Review: DEXTER – SEASON 5 – "Hop a Freighter"
In "Hop a Freighter," things come to a head, with Dexter (Michael C. Hall) discovering the surveillance equipment ex-cop Liddy (Peter Weller) has planted in his apartment. Wrongly believing the spy cameras were planted by Deb's (Jennifer Carpenter) current partner/love interest Quinn (Desmond Harrington), Dexter tries to catch him in the act. Instead, Liddy catches Dexter, but of course Liddy seriously underestimates the table-turning abilities of our guy.
TV Review: DEXTER – SEASON 5 – 'In the Beginning'
By RACHEL REITSLEFF 11/28/2010
Stars: Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, Lauren Velez, Desmond Harrington, C.S. Lee, David Zayas, Julia Stiles, Jonny Lee Miller, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Scott Grimes, Peter Weller, Angela Bettis Writer: Scott Reynolds Director: Keith Gordon Network: Showtime, Sunday nights Airdate: November 28, 2010 There is at least one jaw-dropper of a moment in "In the Beginning," and it's not the finale where Dexter (Michael C. Hall) and Lumen (Julia Stiles) finally get together and Dexter reaches the realization that he's found someone who neither sees him as nor needs him to be a monster. It's satisfying, but we've seen this coming […]Read On »
TV Review: DEXTER – SEASON 5 – 'Take It!'
Over its five seasons, DEXTER has come close to what happens in "Take It" a few times. Dexter (Michael C. Hall) found a measure of mutual understanding with fellow killers Lila (Jaime Murray) in Season Two and Miguel (Jimmy Smits) in Season Three, but neither of them had a code and both eventually became his deadly nemeses due to their differences. Now, however, Dexter has Lumen (Julia Stiles), whose motivations are sympathetic – she feels an urgent need to avenge her rape, torture and captivity at the hands of a ring of serial killers, the kind of men who are Dexter's natural prey.
TV Review: DEXTER – SEASON 5 – 'Circle Us'
The DEXTER episode "Circle Us" may be a good indicator that when Dexter (Michael C. Hall) is mulling things over rather than reaching epiphanies, the episode tends to feel like its holding back, even when its action lunges forward. Such is the case here.
TV Review: DEXTER – SEASON 5 – 'Everything is Illumenated'
"Everything is Illumenated" (the idiosyncratic spelling refers to both the character and the blood-illuminated substance) is a DEXTER episode in which a great deal, albeit not everything, is in fact illuminated. We see what gets under Dexter's (Michael C. Hall) skin, we learn a lot about Lumen (Julia Stiles), we see the dangerous double game Quinn (Desmond Harrington) is playing and Batista (David Zayas) and LaGuerta (Lauren Velez) start communicating. All this plus two murders and baby Harrison's first words make for quite a show.
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NCMIC demonstrates our "We Take Care of Our Own®" motto in many ways, including supporting chiropractic research and education projects. Since 1995, $14.8 million has been funded.
It is our goal to support projects that evaluate the impact of chiropractic care and chiropractic's cost effectiveness in healthcare. That's why we were proud to sponsor the World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC) Lou Sportelli Awards presented at DC2017 on March 18, 2017.
Here are the recipients and a summary of the important work they are doing.
Recipients of the Scott Haldeman Award for Outstanding Research for assessing chiropractic treatment for active duty, U.S. military personnel who have low back pain: a randomized controlled trial.
Recipients of the NCMIC Lou Sportelli Research Awards—First Prize for studying the relationship between spinal pain and comorbidity: a cross-sectional analysis of 579 community-dwelling, older Australian women.
Recipients of the NCMIC Lou Sportelli Research Awards— Second Prize for studying the impact of spinal manipulation on lower extremity motor control in lumbar spinal stenosis patients: a single-blind, Phase-I randomized clinical trial.
Recipients of the NCMIC Lou Sportelli Research Awards—New Investigator Award for studying the interaction between spinal manipulative therapy input parameters on the loading characteristics of spinal segments.
Learn more about the ways NCMIC supports chiropractic research and education projects, as well as some specific funding examples.
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PUBG Is Getting Cross-Play In October
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PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) is making a big addition in just a few weeks. The popular battle royale game is planning to add cross-play in October. The feature will be available between the PS4 and Xbox One consoles.
Cross-play means that players from the consoles will be able to go up against each other. The battle royale game could also allow players to team up, similar to what other games have recently done.
The Verge reports that test servers will be the first to have the cross-play feature. The feature is coming for those servers in September. The regular PUBG servers will get the cross-play update in October.
The news were first revealed by Microsoft during its Xbox Inside stream at the Gamescom event. The cross-play support won't be a complete one like there is on games such as Fortnite. The feature will only be limited to Xbox One and PS4 consoles, meaning there will be no competition from PC players.
Cecilia Lee, Community Manager at PUBG Corporation, mentioned that their first goal with cross-play was for 100 players from both communities to be able to play in the same match. She added that their second goal was to improve the times on the matchmaking, which they now expect to be shorter over the number of players available.
PUBG, which released in March 2017, is currently one of the most played battle royale games. The online multiplayer game was among the very first to become popular in the battle royale genre, which is now filled with many other games such as H1Z1 and Fortnite.
PUBG will soon join a small list of games that support the cross-play feature. For years, cross-play wasn't really a thing for the PS4. Sony's console introduced the feature months back but it is currently just available in a few games.
Among the very first to introduce this feature for the PS4 was battle royale game Fortnite. The Epic Games title had the feature but it was limited early on. Sony's announcement changed all of that, allowing PC, Xbox One, PS4, Android, iOS and Nintendo Switch players to team up or play matches against each other.
Epic Games has made a few changes since its introduction. Nintendo Switch players are now matched up with iOS and Android players. Xbox One and PS4 players are now matched together. The game does allow for people with different consoles to play together and even against each other. For example, having a PC player on your team will put you in a match against other PC players. Switch, iOS and Android players can also play against other platforms if they bring in a PC, Xbox One or PS4 players.
Rocket League and Dauntless have followed Fortnite with cross-play. The soccer car racing game introduced the feature earlier this year while Dauntless launched with it.
Cross-play is found in just a few games but several game developers have already expressed their interest in having the feature. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, a reboot of the popular Modern Warfare series, will have the feature. There aren't much details but the game will soon have a beta.
Speaking of PUBG, it has been announced that Season 4 will launch on August 27.
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