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Between Iraq and a Hard Place
posted on October 14, 2020 by Joseph Ozmer
University of Georgia Tagged With: Iran, iraq, Middle East, protests
October marks the one-year anniversary of Iraq's anti-government protests. These protests have shaken Iraq while it still recovers from the devastating war with ISIS. Iraqis are furious with the Iranian interference, ineffectual governance, violent militia impunity, and crippling corruption in their government. These issues must be addressed by an accountable, open government if Iraq is to be saved from sliding back into civil war and dictatorship. However, with a pandemic, a tense international environment, and powerful armed interests, even well-meaning reformers in the Iraqi government face a momentous challenge.
Like many protest movements, the catalyst was a small injustice. Lieutenant General Abdul-Wahab al-Saadi- a war hero revered by millions of Iraqis- was stripped of his command and kicked upstairs to a desk job. The reason was clear- as commander of Iraq's counter-terrorism service, al-Saadi had formed a working relationship with the US military to fight ISIS. Now that ISIS was largely defeated, this relationship was unacceptable to the pro-Iran elites dominating Baghdad.
To many Iraqis, al-Saadi's removal was a symbol of everything wrong with Iraq's politics. It has become a system riddled with corruption, that values factional loyalty over merit, is beholden to foreign interests, and disregards the will of the average citizen. The economy has grown steadily since 2003, and yet public services are decaying, unemployment remains high, and security remains low, with a military kneecapped by its own government. The Iraqi government is consumed by politicking while neglecting the actual business of governing. It is not surprising, then, that al-Saadi's dismissal served as a lighting rod for Iraqi anger at the state, with protests quickly boiling over into a public revolt.
Facing a clear condemnation of its performance, the notionally elected government in Baghdad responded as one might expect an unelected government to: with massive violence and a propaganda offensive. Hundreds of protestors have been killed and thousands wounded by security forces. The response by powerful pro-Iranian militias has been even more vicious, engaging in a campaign of assassination, kidnapping, and general terrorism against the protest movement. These militias spearheaded a propaganda drive to delegitimize the movement, portraying protests as an Israel/American/Saudi conspiracy. All these efforts failed, instead convincing protestors that the regime really had become a sham democracy.
Under siege, Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi agreed to resign pending a replacement. As has become so typical of Iraq's factional politics, finding that replacement proved torturously drawn out. After two potential candidates were vetoed for being too pro-American or too pro-Iranian, intelligence Director Mustafa Al-Kadhimi was finally sworn in as Prime Minister in May 2020.
Al-Kadhimi seems genuinely interested in reform. He made immediate concessions, freeing imprisoned protestors, and restored Lt. Gen. al-Saadi's position. Before working for Iraq's intelligence service, Al-Khadimi had a long career in journalism and activism. He is not strictly beholden to Iraq's myriad factions, and has a more secular, liberal outlook than the country's previous leaders. In short, Al-Kadhimi is perhaps as much of a political outsider as the current ruling class in Baghdad can stomach.
Unfortunately, Al-Khadimi faces a difficult task in trying to shift Baghdad's course. Iran and its powerful militia allies, skeptical of Al-Khadimi's western outlook and contacts, nearly vetoed his appointment. The coronavirus pandemic has slammed Iraq's already sickly economy, and the crisis between American and Iran has given Baghdad little room to maneuver in foreign affairs.
Nonetheless, it seems a window has now appeared for some change in Iraq. If the Al-Kadhimi government can polish the judiciary, protect civil rights, ensure a free election, and restrain the militia movement without provoking Iran, there may be a path to improving Iraq. That is a tall order, but is it impossible?
Iraq's large, well-organized, and well-armed militias are perhaps the biggest obstacle any reformist government must face. These powerful groups have a vested interest in further corrupting Iraq's political system and subjecting it to Iranian hegemony. They frequently engage in banditry against everyday citizens and terrorism against their comparatively unarmed political opponents. Formed in the darkest days of the war with ISIS, after the Iraqi army was overwhelmed, the militias have now long outlived any useful function to the Iraqi state and people. They serve only to leech off government corruption and enforce Iran's will in the country. In short, the pro-Iran militias must be tamed if Iraqi democracy is to survive, and the protestors' demands addressed.
Getting a foreign-backed army under control is, of course, no easy task. Al-Kadhimi can at least count on popular support, given how far the militias have fallen in the esteem of the Iraqi public. This is a minor factor, however, when reformists lack the strong political organization and infiltration of government that the militias enjoy. America, naturally hostile to Iran's proxies, has been a mixed blessing at best. On one hand, the killing of militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani in January 2020 did weaken both the organization of the militias and Iran's control over them. However, in pushing Al-Kadhimi to crack down, the United States risks forcing him into a confrontation with Iran too early; a confrontation Al-Kadhimi would likely lose.
A better policy would be to support the Al-Kadhimi government in gradually weakening the position of militias while strengthening the government. Rather than a massive purge of the government or an armed crackdown on militia groups, the Iraqi government could move to reassert state authority in areas like customs and border control, helping to limit illicit funding. Foreign actors should selectively engage with and aid only those institutions over which the government enjoys more control, such as the Counter Terrorism Service.
The government could also move to build a more diverse pro-reform political coalition and provide more protection to anti-militia dissidents, giving the government a stronger political base to fall back on. This will require economic negotiations and foreign aid to improve Iraqi livelihoods in the face of the pandemic. A broad media effort to counter the propaganda engine of Iran's militias could also strengthen the political position of the Iraqi reformists and their allies.
Improving the state of civic rights is also vital to ensuring the success of Iraq's reform movement. At least somewhat polishing Iraq's tarnished judiciary would reduce graft and improve the functioning of government, including the delivery of services. Ensuring freedom of the press and protecting it from militia violence will help reformist political movements organize and put pressure on the government to fulfill its promises of transparency. Finally, ensuring a fair electoral commission will help stop upcoming elections from putting the same corrupt elites back in control of parliament. With a somewhat cleaner government elected, Iraq could finally begin the long, arduous process of fully addressing the protestors' demands for a fairer system.
The stakes could scarcely be higher. The Iraqi democracy established after 2003, always heavily flawed, is now broken. Without reform to establish a new democratic system, Iraq risks falling back into civil war as groups fight to dominate a new autocracy. Iraq's pro-democratic movement faces a mammoth task list and must accomplish it in the face of searing opposition. This effort will be exceedingly difficult, but if handled with tact and caution, it should not be impossible.
Leonardo Moraveg
I find this article to be very engaging. After the attack near Baghdad and its International Airport in 2020, the Iraqi government condemned it as an act of aggression and a violation of the agreement on the presence of US forces in Iraq, and since then there have been calls for the removal of US troops. US influence has waned and citizens desire to reconstruct their country without the foreign policy agenda of Western powers. While I understand our interests sometimes align, there are concerns with Al-Khadimi and his responsiveness to citizens. Despite his promises of bringing security force personnel to justice for the deaths of nearly 600 protesters and activists, there has been almost no progress in arrests. Additionally, no one has been brought to justice for the murders of journalists and political activists. He has few allies in government and parliament has many pro-Iranian MPs.
While I agree that the rule of law, freedom of the press, and good fiscal policy is important, I do find it peculiar that there is no mention of American sway in the Iraqi government. I am rather curious to see how exactly Al-Kadhimi can reconcile with the public as he has extensive contact with western powers. Much of the demands of Iraqi citizens is self-determination without the political influence of a foreign power. The US has obviously steered the relationship to combat Iran through proxy conflicts. The goal is to make them independent and slowly loosen our grip, I find that hard for US officials who are more concerned in keeping Iraq as a partner for regional influence.
My question is therefore how can Iraqi citizens depend on and support Al-Khadimi if much of his agenda is geared towards his relations with the UK and US over counter-terrorism and security issues?
Joseph Ozmer
Hello Leonardo, thanks for your reply and your compliments!
In all countries, but especially one with politics as byzantine as Iraq's it's important to look below the immediate surface and get into the gritty details.
Certainly, America is not very popular in Iraq. There is still a lot of resentment from the 2003-2011 war. However, the energy of Iraq's protest movement has very seldom been directed towards the United States. When it is, it is framed as general rejection of foreign interference, rather than specific anti-Americanism. Right now, Iranian influence and interference in Iraq is much greater than America's. Iran is also hostile towards the protest movement, while America's reaction has ranged from neutral to quietly supportive. The armed militias shooting and killing protestors are allies of, or even one and the same as, those lobbing rockets at US military postings.
To put it simply: the interests of the protestors and the interests of the United States, while far from identical, currently overlap. The interests of Iran are diametrically opposed to the protestors. Most Iraqis, I believe, recognize this reality. That's why we've seen the anger of the protestors spill over and directly target Iran, rather than America.
As for the responsiveness of al-Kadhimi, we have to recognize political realities. Those who kill the protestors and attack civil society are backed by powerful political, paramilitary, and military actors. If al-Kadhimi moved as fast as the protestors wanted him to, a coup- be it armed or legislative- would depose him rather quickly. Iraq is a parliamentary democracy. Even though al-Kadhimi was able to squeeze his election through parliament, as mentioned above, his parliamentary support is limited. Moving to fast could quickly result in him losing a vote of confidence, and then it would be over. Alternatively, the pro-Iranian militias might try to assassinate him or even attempt an armed coup.
As for al-Kadhimi's relations with the West, this is currently more a problem for political, rather than popular support. As mentioned above, many Iraqis (and certainly the protest movement) are more worried about Iranian militias shooting at them than al-Kadhimi being friendly with some Americans. Al-Kadhimi's main worry is to avoid alienating too much of the government elites and parliament, many of whom are willing to use America as a red herring to redirect popular anger. Parliament asking the US to leave is an example of this- humorously, it was done with a deliberate loophole so that the US didn't actually *have* to leave. Though it was in Iraq's power to demand this, they didn't do it. That's because though America is a popular punching bag, many in the Iraqi government still value America's support, which is vital to Iraq's security and counter-terrorism efforts.
The hardline pro-Iran parties and Sadrists both want America out now, but they haven't been able to do so. This is a good sign- it means that Iran's stranglehold over Iraq isn't complete. Iraq can still become a sovereign and democratic country, dominated by neither America or Iran and free to forge its own path.
I hope this answers some of your questions!
Maggie Habib
I really enjoyed reading this piece, Iraq certainly faces a lot of challenges and I think you did a great job assessing them in a cohesive manner. It seems like the biggest challenges facing Iraq are ones of effectiveness and legitimacy. Lipset argues that these two things are crucial for democratic stability. The fact that the Council of Representatives has still not ratified the early election date that Kadhimi proposed and the weakening of the CTS (i.e. their letting go of Kataib Hezbollah fighters and their inability to hold tribes in Nasriyah accountable for a kidnapped civil activist) make me worried that this crisis of effectiveness and legitimacy is far from over. Let me know what you think about these events!
Hey Maggie Habib, thanks for replying!
I agree, both these events are worrying. The release of Kataib Hezbollah members by the CTS shows that Al-Kadhimi is still to weak for the fight the Trump administration has been trying to push him into.
With Trump departing in January, Al-Kadhimi will likely feel relief from this pressure, but if it is replaced with sheer disinterest from the Biden administration, that would also be concerning.
Al-Kadhimi and other potential reformers need external support to strengthen their position. After all, supporters of the militias and the clientalist system enjoy external support of their own (primarily from Iran). If Iraq's reformers can only count on themselves, then they will face in absurdly imbalanced playing field. As such, the United States and other sympathetic foreign powers should support Al-Kadhimi with financial, diplomatic, and security aid.
This aid could also give Al-Kadhimi more leverage over the Council of Representatives, pushing reluctant members to ratify early elections. Al-Kadhimi will also likely have to make painful compromises with different parties to get ensure these elections not only occur, but are reasonably fair.
The current Council, filled with a mix of pro-Iranian militants and clientelist politicians, has no reason to change the status quo. A newly elected Council, with a more pro-reform composition, is an absolute necessity to pass any of the substantive reforms demanded by the protest movement. This is necessary to really begin improving government effectiveness and legitimacy.
Sam Frankel
Hey Joseph,
I thoroughly enjoyed reading your post. I read this piece and learned quite a lot more than I expected to based on just the length. It is very clear that Iraq faces many challenges and they were ordered and laid out in a very effective blog post. I was very interested to learn more about the country of Iraq and how it has been falling victim to more democratic erosion. This crisis of legitimacy and effectiveness is very interesting to me because, as you pointed out in your blog post and as Maggie also commented it seems as if this crisis is far from being over. There is more and more reason to be worried about this region. To be honest I do not know that much about the conflicts here within Iraq. I do think that this provided me with enough information to get by. I really enjoyed reading it. I would like to know what you think may happen if there is no settling of this conflict? What will that look like comparatively? As Maggie said earlier it is very frightening that the council has not yet ratified the early election date. What could compel them to do so? Might it just never happen?
Lauren Alvarez-Romero
First off- great title! I thought it made the overall post very eye catching and interesting! I never really knew a lot of the details of the Iraqi government and its politics, so I found your post to be very informative. The part that I found most interesting was how impacted Iraq is by foreign aid and influence. For example, you talk about how the United States and Iran both have hands in influencing and impacting the Iraqi government. I am sure that this only makes things more difficult for Al- Kadhimi, who is "genuinely interested in reform," as you said.
I also like your policy suggestion about supporting the Al-Kadhimi government in weakening the militias. I agree with you and think that you make a very good point at this part by stating that foreign actors must be very picky in their selections of where, when, and how to give aid, especially in Iraq's delicate case.
I have one brief clarification question: Why do Iraq's "large, well-organized and well-armed militias" have such an interest in subjecting it to "Iranian hegemony"? In other words, what is motivating these militias to "enforce Iran's will" in Iraq? Is this because Iran is compensating them for their fighting? For me, I think it is fascinating that someone would risk their lives to receive compensation from Iran or to push an Iranian agenda in Iraq.
A few final questions about which I am very curious: what kind of an impact is the COVID-19 pandemic on the Iraqi citizens given the militia attacks? How are people able to quarantine in areas that are not exactly safe from the pandemic or these attacks? Also, how has the government handled the pandemic? Has the Iraqi government made things better or worse?
Overall, excellent post!
Patrick McGovern
This was a great post and a topic that I've been really interested in as of late. Iran has faced a lot of issues in the recent past and a divided government is heavily to blame. After Saddam Hussein was overthrown in 2003, Iraq transitioned to more of a republic. While Iraq is governed more secularly, the blocs and groups in place in the Iraqi government have led to corrupt systems that have caused unrest in Iraq. It is very unfortunate, however, that this oppressive government system has such a powerful militia in place that reform seems like an impossibility. With change so difficult, maybe impossible, it begs the question for me what kind of options Iraqi's have to see real reform in their country.
My initial thought is a change of staffing in the current council because of the unhealthy mix of pro-Iranian militants and clientelist politicians. The issue is their current situation does not give them much reason to want to change this, so reform doesn't seem likely internally. A newly elected council is key to fixing some of these issues Iraq is facing.


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A few weekends ago, with nothing on the calendar (I'm intentionally keeping our weekends free, lately, and it's absolutely incredible), Matilda asked if we could spend the night in Duluth. She wanted to throw rocks in the lake. She offered to pay. How could we possibly say no?
Throwing rocks in the lake is one of my favorite things. The big blue skies, the water that goes on for days. Nothing to do but wait. Of course I said yes. I hesitate briefly, because I was on day 3 of the Whole30-ish and traveling sounded absolutely terrible. I mean, whatever. Yolo. Pack some carrots and almonds and just roll with it.
We spent Saturday exploring, we started at Gooseberry Falls, hit up our favorite Two Harbors beaches on our way back, and made it back to Duluth just in time for check in.
We squeaked in to the last available room at Comfort Inn on Canal Park. It was gorgeous. We'd stayed at The Inn on Lake Superior last summer, and, while those balconies are dreamy, they had a two night minimum and it was out of our budget. After staying in the recently remodeled Comfort Inn, I'd definitely go back. The kids loved the beds and their supreme jump-ability. I'd pay extra for a room with a balcony next time. Their free breakfast was quick and had something for everyone.
We checked out Canal Park, which was kind of a mess after the giant blizzard the week before. It was absolutely beautiful. We always head north in the summer, along with everyone else in the state. Somehow we lucked out with sunny, 50's, and no wind. A quick trip to refresh and recharge.
We're staying in a lakeside townhome in Lutsen in July and can't wait! What are your favorite things to do along the North Shore?
January 9th, sleeping in late. Exploring new possibilities. Dreaming big dreams. Dancing in puddles and soaking up the 40 degree sun. Couch surfing, because we didn't hear the please do not jump on the sofa. Bike riding and welcome home's. Puddle jumping. Sink fixing.
A million little unimportant moments make up childhood. That's all it is. Dirty noses, messy hair. This year, I'm working on documenting the in between. Telling the familiar stories, knowing that one day soon, they won't be familiar and I'll be missing them. They visitor who crawls in to bed sometime before 6 am. The angry eyes. The laughter. The inquisitiveness and eagerness and curiosities.
One day these little moments will be the big moment.
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Uncomfortable. It's something I've literally always avoided. I'd rather just not, and stay in my comfortable and familiar place.
This year, you guys, it's all about being uncomfortable.
Things don't change without discomfort. Trying new things isn't easy. Growth isn't easy, learning, failure. You have to be uncomfortable first. Trying new things is scary. It's hard to change.
I tell my kids that they need to try new things. That it's okay to fail. That they don't have to be perfect. Here I am, avoiding new things, afraid to fail. What is this? Why am I afraid? Who am I afraid of? A bunch of strangers on the internet scrolling past my photos instead of stopping and liking them? Nonsense.
This year, it's going to hurt. That good hurt that you get after a really good workout (which is also on my 2018 to-do list…). It's going to be a year of stretching out who I am, what I know how to do. Adventuring past familiar.
I'm teaching a class next week. You guys. I'm teaching. A. Class. Who said I could teach my own class? What makes me qualified? Why am I enough of an expert in anything to tell anyone else what to do? Well, I'm not. And I guess I said I could teach a class. And sure, it's new. And scary. And I could fail miserably, but I'm doing it anyway.
I am not one for resolutions. But I can see things that I would like to improve on this year, areas for growth and reflection. Spots than I can strengthen. Like the BeachBody spot, for one. I'd like to make it to the part where I can sit down the day after PIYO and get back up again. See, uncomfortable goals.
I'd like to say no. And say yes. To say, hey, I think we should not to some relationships in my life. Close some open doors. Open some closed doors. Hell, let's work out all those hard feelings in 2018.
2017 was a big year for me. I finally became comfortable knowing who I am in a whole bunch of ways. I found my creative voice, my place in this noisy world of photography on the internet. 2018 is all about growing that comfortable to who new uncomfortable levels.
So let's do this. Let's go further than we thought possible. Let's try new things. Let's say yes, and more importantly, let's say no. Let's know who we are.
In an attempt to winter as hard as we fall'ed, we did our first ticketed holiday event of the season. We're working our way through a to-do list of Minneapolis and St Paul holiday festivities to get us through winter. Back in October (way to plan ahead, self! High fives!), I purchased tickets to the Union Depot North Pole Express. When we were discussing dates, we opted for a Friday afternoon, thinking that 1. the kids would be less of a hot mess and 2. it wouldn't be as busy.
In hindsight, I was a little right, but what else is new. Wilson woke up a hot mess, it wasn't busy (we did upgrade to the First Class option, though), but looking at the schedule of events today, I really wish we'd done the mid-afternoon option so we could hit up the European Christmas Market and the Tree Lighting. Most of the Union Depot was blocked off for the movie night, so space to run and play was limited. We did appreciate the train tables by Choo Choo Bob's to play with while we waited. We're definitely adding a stop to that shop in the very near future.
The event was fun. Staff was really, really wonderful and friendly. The train ride was slow and pretty quick. Wilson was a little angry that we did not go to the North Pole, as promised by the conductor. Matilda enjoyed the entertainment from Choo Choo Bob's Engineer Paul, and the free face painting. We sipped hot cocoa and snacked on cookies.
If we did it again next year, I'd definitely consult calendars a little closer. I'm not sure if tree lighting and movie nights and European Markets are planned in October, when tickets go on sale, but I'm hoping I'll remember to book the mid-afternoon outing instead of the early afternoon.
Next weekend, we're checking out the Minnesota Transportation Museum's Santa Train. We went last year, but forgot until about an hour before it ended, so it was a bit rushed. At roughly a third of the price of the Union Depot event, I have high hopes that this one will be our favorite of the two.
Have you done both Santa Trains? What are your thoughts? I'll compare my favorites of each next week!
Have you been to Rosedale Center lately? Because it's gorgeous. As a former weekly mall-walker, I can safely say that I would definitely walk this mall willingly. Wilson, on the other hand, has long outgrown his stroller, and would prefer to run it. Anyway. It's gorgeous – bright, airy, clean. Matilda and I can shop here, aimlessly wandering and coffee dating for as long as she thinks I'm cool enough to hang out with (and then I'll push it a few more years). Rosedale, two huge thumbs up.
We spent a few days hanging out with their Santa in their new Winter Castle. I'm sure some of you felt a big hole of holiday happenings with the closing of Macy's Downtown. We were so bummed we wouldn't be able to see our annual Santa display. That was (along with many Minnesotans) our holiday tradition.
While Rosedale Center isn't Santaland, it's pretty fun. Santa took time to get Wilson to warm up. He listened patiently to all of Matilda's stories. He did a great job.
We really enjoyed finding the other hidden holiday displays throughout the mall. My personal favorite was the giant, Christmas light ornament that you can stand in for photos ( I think I take my ornament photos a little differently than most visitors). Wilson really like jumping under the giant star.
Overall, Rosedale Center was a really doable and fun family outing for the holidays, without dealing with driving down to the Mall of America. I'm crossing my fingers that updating their play area is next on their to-do list.
Here we are, at the end of August. I can count the days left of summer vacation on one hand. We did first grade orientation yesterday, we had our meet the teacher today (where I had to describe my indescribably wonderful human in 20 words or less.).
You guys. I'm so bummed. I mean, I'm less bummed at 7 am when they're fighting over who gets which frozen waffle or whether or not Matilda can walk through Wilson's construction site in the middle of the hallway.
But right now, I'm sad. I'm sad that someone else will get to spend more time with my tiny human every day than I will. That she'll adventure without me. That I'll adventure without her.
As an adventurous mother, I will stare Tuesday in the face and say OH HELLO TUESDAY. GREAT TO SEE YOU. LETS DO THIS. But as a stay at home mom, I'll swing by the Caribou drive through, order my usual hot drink, and cry in the car a bit while Wilson and I jet set somewhere for the day.
I'm excited to introduce myself. To recap our summer. To share our grand adventures.


We're still at least a few decades away from being able to send humans to Mars, but we've learned a lot about the planet thanks to robotic probes and scientific satellites like Mars Pathfinder, Mars Exploration Rovers, Mars Science Laboratory and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
In the imaginary future depicted in this poster, we're so long past the initial human exploration phase that the sites of various Mars exploration milestones are now "historic sites" visited by space tourists. If you look carefully, you can even see what looks like grain crops growing on the red planet (and if there's one thing that we've learned from "The Martian," it's that growing plants on Mars is hard).


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By: Annie Dieu-Le-Veut November 4, 2016 January 29, 2020
Mystery Teachings9/11, Aleister Crowley, Anthony Weiner, child sex abuse, Hillary Clinton, Satanic rituals, Spirit Cooking, World Trade Center
9/11 was the biggest mass Spirit Cooking of all time
The recent revelations from the Clinton camp's emails about "Spirit Cooking" rituals will be coming as a huge shock to many Americans. Added to that, reports of the Clintons visiting Jeffrey Epstein's paedophile island on his "Lolita Express" private plane are all adding fuel to this bonfire of the vanities.
We in the UK have already gone through such trauma when, soon after the death of the BBC disc jockey Jimmy Savile, a horrifyingly dark picture began to emerge about the extent of paedophilia and Satanic ritual murder of children being almost openly practised in certain parts of society here, and how the intelligence services routinely film such activities to use for blackmail. And so I'm fully cognisant of the trauma that this apocalypse of information sparks. I've been through it myself. But I think it's now time to get it all out on the table, so we can start to deal with it.
Now that the American public is going to be hearing about Spirit Cooking orgies, they might be more readily able to understand what a huge and real Spirit Cooking mass ritual took place on September 11th 2001 at the World Trade Centre, in New York.
All the information is laid out in an excellent book* by Kurt Bain, which although it was published towards the end of 2012, has had very little publicity. After extensive research, Bain came to the conclusion that the events of 9/11 were a Black Mass along the lines of a ritual described by the early 20th century magician, Aleister Crowley.
Perhaps it is no surprise to find Crowley's ghostly fingers reaching from beyond his grave to play a part in what must have been the biggest psy-ops event of the millennium. As the self-declared avatar or messiah of his invented "new Age of Horus", he was at the centre of so many events of the 20th century, including the Space Race and the birth of the New Age movement.
In fact, this whole piece of Theatre of the Macabre seemed to be a tribute to Crowley, and when you look at the synchronicities – the numbers and the symbols used that day – there can be little doubt that whoever organised this event was cognisant with Crowley's work, and must have had it planned for a long time.
For a start, Bain notes that this mass black ritual was based on numbers and symbols that would be recognisable to any Thelemite worth the name, worldwide. (Thelemites are the devotees of Crowley) …
Bain says:
"…the picture that emerges is that of 9/11 as an ultra-powerful occult programming – a psychological warfare tool of enormous proportions – infused with techno-sorcery and deep level occult programming. 9/11 as a Mega Ritual, and the painstakingly reconstructed occult script for the event contained herein convincingly shows this."
There's a lot to this theory; so I thought I'd give a flavour of the book here by showing just a few of the Crowleyesque synchronicities that Bain discovered.
Theatre of the Macabre
However, I should first quickly point out that this blog won't be about what's intrinsically true of magic; it's about what Crowley and his fellow contemporaries in those secret societies (the Golden Dawn, the Astral Argentum – aka, the Kabbalists) believed to be true of magical operations. In actuality, these people barely made it any further than the astral planes, and even then only with the help of ether or other drugs. These days, they have no real powers – apart from the power to shock and terrorise. This is known as Theatre of the Macabre.
In other words, the use of occult symbols and numbers during the Spirit Cooking of 9/11 was more about theatre and performance than about having the ability to effect any change in this world through magic. They are just very sick, sexually perverted people who get their rocks off by imagining that they are in contact with certain gods – usually called Lucifer or sometimes Molloch.
From an email sent from Cheryl Mills to Hillary Clinton – 28th October 2009
So the 9/11 Theatre of the Macabre ritual by a death cult, which was beamed worldwide into our living rooms, was more about what seemed to be than about what actually was. But this still can give a very potent kick in the stomach to the psyches of those watching on the rolling loop of television coverage, because of the numbers and symbols that were used which our subconscious mind might recognise.
First off, the most obvious symbol in this ritual were the Twin Towers themselves, resembling the Pillars of Hermes, the Jachin and Boaz of the Temple of Solomon.
And then we have the struck Tower of the Tarot, with flames bursting from it.
But first of all, we need to take a bit of detour into understanding how numbers were regarded by the Kabbalists.
Understanding numbers
Here is Madame Helena Blavatsky (1831 to 1891) from her Isis Unveiled.
"Numbers are key to to ancient views of cosmogony – in its broad sense, spiritually as well as physically considered and to the evolution of the present human race; all systems of religious mysticism are based on numerals. The sacredness of numbers begins with the Great First Cause, the One, and ends only with the naught or zero – symbol of the infinite and boundless universe."
And Carl Gustav Jung in Man and His Symbols:
"Numbers are not concepts consciously invented by men for the purposes of calculation. They are spontaneous and autonomous products of the unconscious."
With none of that will I disagree, but I do not agree with the Kabbalists on their meanings for certain numbers. However, it doesn't matter here what I think… only what they think, which is what this article is all about. If you can get into the minds of these evil-minded, psychopathic sadists, a lot of what's happened over the past 50 years starts to make some kind of sense.
So … the Kabbalists regarded the number 11 as evil – "all that is sinful, harmful and imperfect," according to William Wynn Westcott, the co-founder of the Golden Dawn.
To Crowley, the number 11 was "the number of magic itself…[and] therefore suitable to all types of operation," as well as "the sacred number par excellence of the new Aeon," [the Aeon of Horus, of which Crowley believed he was the avatar and messiah].
The 11 was also mirrored in the twin tower Pillars of Hermes. Hermes is the Greek god associated with boundaries between worlds, like the boundary between the realms of the living and the realms of the dead, otherwise known as the underworld. Hermes is also regarded as a psychopomp – in other words, he guides the dead into the underworld, like the Egyptian Anubis. Hermes is also the Roman god, Mercury, which this merchant Death Cult revered.
As Kurt Bain says:
"The Twin Towers and the space between represented a gateway and their destruction signified the rending of the barrier between worlds, the symbolic tearing of the Veil of Isis – creating a portal, unveiling the Holy of Holies. The idea of the Twin Towers as gateway further links to the Zodiacal sign of Gemini, the Twins, and its position [within the saltire cross] as a celestial gateway…."
And then of course, we have the struck, flaming Tower of the Tarot, the sign that a whole world is being destroyed. Perhaps the world that was destroyed that day was the one we used to live in before the War on Terror and its attendant mind programming was inflicted upon us. It certainly felt very different to how this one does now.
The occult gateway between the worlds
The next piece of this jigsaw is to be found in Crowley's Liber 175 (which is the number of the second plane which hit the South Tower) in which we find the description and explanation for what is to follow that day, September 11th, 2001.
Of Liber 175, Crowley writes:
"This is the book of Uniting [Oneself] to a particular Deity by devotion. Concerning the ceremonies…prepare a powerful Invocation of a particular Deity… let it be known that this method is adaptable to the necessities of all …let him take anything whatsoever and consecrate it … let him consecrate each thing that he useth to the service of that particular Deity."
And so we have this occult gateway between the worlds of the living and the dead, also signifying the world of magic, positioned as the grand ceremonial altar upon which Liber 175, a black mass, would involve the sacrifice of thousands of humans – in other words, a mass Spirit Cooking of innocents being incinerated and pulverised in offertory and consecration to their non-existent deity.
The flight numbers
The flight numbers of the two planes which hit the grand ceremonial altar of the Pillars of Hermes were AA 11 and AA 175. The AA of American Airlines also stood for Astrum Argentum, the name of the occult society which Crowley set up after he was kicked out of the Golden Dawn.
The flight number of the plane that was supposed to have hit the Pentagon was AA77… the number seven needing no further explanation here. Neither does the five-sided Pentagon representing Earthly power and wealth in the Tarot. But what I didn't know, and which Bain explains, is that the Pentagon building sits on the 77th Meridian West and is 77 feet tall. Not only that, but the groundbreaking ceremony for the Pentagon was held exactly 60 years to the day before 9/11.
The number 77 is also a Masonic signal, the number of the Revenge of Lamech, ancestor of Hiram Abiff, the Master Mason of Solomon's Temple.
If there's anyone reading this that is still wondering whether it's all coincidence, then hear this …
The number of the fourth plane, the one that was brought down over Shanksville, was 93 – which Kurt Bain describes as 'an airmail greeting to Thelemites worldwide'. He says:
"The central philosophical concepts of Thelema are encapsulated by two phrases from Crowley's Liber AL: "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law" and "Love is the law, love under will." The two key terms in these sentences are "Will" and "Love"; in Greek, Thelema and Agape. Employing isopsephy, which is the Greek practice of assigning a numerical value to letters of a word and then adding them to obtain their sum (similar to gematria), the value of both words equals 93.
"It is common for Thelemites to greet each other with "93" in person as well as in the opening and closing of written correspondence. This custom derives from Crowley's instruction that Thelemites should greet each other with the Law of Thelema by saying: "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law." Since saying the entire Law can be cumbersome, using 93 has become a kind of shorthand."
Crowley writes in The Confessions of Aleister Crowley:
"The matter is of extreme importance; because Aiwas in dictating The Book of the Law [which introduces the new Aeon of Horus, of which Crowley sees himself as messiah] repeatedly makes use of correspondences in Greek, such as Thelema, Will, 93 – Agape, Love, 93… his own name spelt in Hebrew has the value of 93….. 93 is also the number of the Secret Word of the Neophyte of the Astral Argentum, a word indicating symbolically the whole course of existence."
Manhattan – a massive ceremonial ground
But the Pillars of the Hermes, the struck Tower of the Tarot, and the flight numbers being of great magical significance is just the start. Kurt Bain finds so many more synchronicities … for instance, he manages to unearth two people who played a significant part in the day's events with the surname of Crowley, and a dog called Sirius (the Dog Star) …
Sirius rises in the dark, liquid sky
On summer nights, star of stars,
Orion's Dog they call it, brightest
Of all, but an evil portent, bringing heat
And fevers to suffering humanity.
Homer, The Iliad.
And this is all before we get to Building 7, behind the Pillars of Boaz and Jachin (the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center), also known as Salomon's Temple after the Salomon Brothers that had owned it. In terms of where they were positioned, the Twin Towers could almost have been the pillars for this Salomon's Temple. As Bain quips:
"Solomon's Temple and Freemasonry go together like terrorists and hi-jacked planes."
Kurt Bain goes on to describe how Manhattan itself as a massive ceremonial ground complex with super-sized sacrificial altars, and he goes into some detail about this. For instance, the World Financial Center, lying directly adjacent to the World Trade Centre on the west side, comprises of an unfinished pyramid, a stepped pyramid, a square pyramid and a dome.
The author Cort Lindahl (whether he subscribes to Bain's theory, I don't know) has shown that there are azimuthal lines linking significant government buildings to those in Manhattan.
But where were the remains of the thousands of human victims taken afterwards … the limbs and other body parts that had been so pulverised that they were unrecognisable as belonging to any identifiable person? The name of their final resting place is called Fresh Kills Landfill on Staten Island.
*The above article was developed from The Most Dangerous Book in the World by Kurt Bain.
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Author of books on shamanism, sacred sex magic, dragon mysteries and fairy lore, including The Glastonbury Chronicles.
Reclaiming Sovereignty: Dancing with the mind of God
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Las elecciones en Cantabria son los comicios que se celebran en la comunidad autónoma de Cantabria (España). Las elecciones autonómicas son cada cuatro años, coincidiendo con las elecciones municipales. De esta forma, en las elecciones autonómicas se eligen los diputados del Parlamento de Cantabria. Los 35 diputados que constituyen el Parlamento de Cantabria actualmente son elegidos por sufragio universal, igual, libre, directo y secreto. Las primeras elecciones al Parlamento de Cantabria se celebraron el 8 de mayo de 1983. En anteriores legislaturas se elegían 39 diputados.

Historial de las elecciones

Elecciones autonómicas: Votos y escaños

Elecciones autonómicas de 1983

Se celebraron el 8 de mayo de 1983. En estos comicios la cámara estaba compuesta por 35 diputados, por lo que a partir de 18 escaños era mayoría absoluta. De esta manera Coalición Popular (que a partir de 1989 pasó a llamarse PP) formado por una federación de partidos conservadores AP-PDP-UL logró la mayoría absoluta en el Parlamento de Cantabria. José Antonio Rodríguez Martínez fue investido Presidente de Cantabria (independiente en las listas de AP). En febrero de 1984 dimitió de su cargo, y fue reemplazado por Ángel Díaz de Entresotos y Mier de Alianza Popular (AP).

Elecciones autonómicas de 1987

Se celebraron el 10 de junio de 1987. En estos comicios se estableció que la cámara tuviese 39 diputados, cuatro más que en las anteriores elecciones. Coalición Popular no alcanzó la mayoría absoluta con 19 diputados. El PRC experimentó un gran incremento en número de votos y consiguió tres diputados más que en 1983, en detrimento del PSC-PSOE que perdió dos escaños. Fue investido como Presidente del Gobierno de Cantabria Juan Hormaechea Cazón (independiente en las listas de AP). En 1988 el PRC perdió uno de sus diputados, Esteban Solana Lavín, que pasó al Grupo Mixto al crear el Partido Nacionalista Cántabro. En diciembre del año 1990 una moción de censura avalada por PP, PSC-PSOE, PRC y CDS, desalojó del cargo a Juan Hormaechea Cazón, siendo sustituido por el socialista Jaime Blanco García (PSC-PSOE).

Elecciones autonómicas de 1991

Se celebraron el 26 de mayo de 1991. Las elecciones regionales de 1991 dieron la primera victoria al PSC-PSOE en unos comicios autonómicos. La división de la coalición de centro-derecha que asistió a anteriores elecciones perjudicó gravemente al PP. La UPCA de Juan Hormaechea Cazón obtuvo unos buenos resultados. A pesar de la mayoría simple del PSC-PSOE, Juan Hormaechea Cazón repitió como Presidente del Gobierno de Cantabria al contar con el apoyo del Partido Popular.

Elecciones autonómicas de 1995

Se celebraron el 28 de mayo de 1995. El PP consiguió la mayoría simple en estos comicios. Juan Hormaechea Cazón (UPCA) fue obligado a retirarse por una decisión judicial tomada el día antes de las elecciones. Juan Hormaechea estuvo involucrado en varios procesos judiciales, y el Tribunal consideró probada su participación en hechos como mandar la fabricación de los carteles que anunciaban las obras financiadas por la comunidad autónoma a la empresa de un amigo, denominada Oyprocansa, sin publicidad, justificación ni consulta previa a otros empresarios, y por encargar con otras irregularidades un estudio sobre la situación socioeconómica de los ayuntamientos de la región.

Izquierda Unida consiguió representación parlamentaria en estas elecciones autonómicas con tres escaños. El PRC sumó cuatro escaños más, sin embargo el PSC-PSOE perdió seis. De esta manera, fue investido Presidente José Joaquín Martínez Sieso (PP) con el apoyo del Partido Regionalista de Cantabria. Sin embargo, la suma de los diputados de ambos partidos no otorgó la mayoría absoluta al conjunto, por lo que hicieron falta acuerdos puntuales para la aprobación de algunas leyes.

Elecciones autonómicas de 1999

Se celebraron el 13 de junio de 1999. En esta legislatura se repitió el mismo pacto entre PRC y PP. José Joaquín Martínez Sieso volvió a ser proclamado Presidente del Gobierno de Cantabria con el apoyo de los regionalistas.

Elecciones autonómicas de 2003

Estas elecciones autonómicas se celebraron el 25 de mayo de 2003. El PRC fue el único partido con representación parlamentaria que incrementó su número de escaños en estos comicios. PP y PSC-PSOE perdieron ambos un escaño. En esta ocasión, no se revalidó el pacto entre PP y PRC, en su lugar se sucede un acuerdo entre socialistas y regionalistas. De este modo, el PRC y el PSC-PSOE formaron gobierno en esta legislatura, y Miguel Ángel Revilla (PRC) fue elegido presidente de Cantabria, mientras que Dolores Gorostiaga, la secretaria general del PSC-PSOE, fue nombrada vicepresidenta. El acuerdo se saldó con seis consejerías para los socialistas y cuatro para los regionalistas.

Elecciones autonómicas de 2007

Estas elecciones autonómicas se celebraron el 27 de mayo de 2007. De nuevo, fue sólo el Partido Regionalista de Cantabria el que vio incrementado su número de escaños. En esta legislatura se revalidó el pacto entre socialistas y regionalistas, de manera que Miguel Ángel Revilla (PRC) volvió a ser investido presidente de Cantabria. Ambos partidos se repartieron las consejerías de la misma forma que en la anterior legislatura, y Dolores Gorostiaga volvió a ser nombrada vicepresidenta.

Elecciones autonómicas de 2011

Estas elecciones autonómicas se celebraron el 22 de mayo de 2011. El Partido Popular alcanzó los 20 diputados que otorgan la mayoría absoluta, de forma que Juan Ignacio Diego Palacios (PP) fue investido presidente de Cantabria. El Partido Regionalista de Cantabria calcó los resultados de los anteriores comicios, mientras que el Partido Socialista de Cantabria continuó su tendencia descendente perdiendo tres escaños. Se dio la circunstancia de que Izquierda Social y Ecologista obtuvo un diputado merced al sistema de atribución de escaños, pero el artículo 17.3 de la Ley de elecciones al Parlamento de Cantabria establece un mínimo del 5 % de los votos válidos en la circunscripción para acceder al parlamento, por lo que quedó fuera y el escaño pasó al Partido Popular otorgándole la mayoría.

Elecciones autonómicas de 2015

Se celebraron el 24 de mayo de 2015. Al igual que en otras comunidades autónomas, estas elecciones marcaron el inicio de un nuevo marco parlamentario con la irrupción de Podemos y Ciudadanos. Como resultado, el PRC y el PSC-PSOE formaron un gobierno de coalición encabezado por Miguel Ángel Revilla (PRC) como presidente de Cantabria, facilitado por la abstención de Podemos.

Elecciones autonómicas de 2019

Estas elecciones autonómicas se celebraron el 26 de mayo de 2019. El resultado supuso la primera victoria del Partido Regionalista de Cantabria, al que le faltaron 4 escaños para alcanzar la mayoría absoluta. En esta ocasión Vox consiguió entrar por primera vez en el parlamento autonómico, mientras que Podemos perdió todos sus diputados. Tras reeditarse el pacto de gobierno entre el PRC y el PSC-PSOE, Miguel Ángel Revilla (PRC) fue investido por cuarta vez como presidente de Cantabria.

Resumen de elecciones autonómicas

Elecciones municipales

Elecciones municipales de 2003

Este mapa muestra los resultados de las elecciones municipales de 2003, con el partido más votado de cada municipio.

Elecciones municipales de 2007

Este mapa muestra los resultados de las elecciones municipales de 2007, con el partido más votado de cada municipio.

Tras las elecciones municipales de 2007 se sucedieron diversos pactos postelectorales entre los principales partidos políticos, que desembocaron en la actual organización de las alcaldías de los 102 municipios.

Los pactos postelectorales dieron 15 alcaldías al PRC, 12 al PSC-PSOE y 6 al PP. El acuerdo entre socialistas y regionalistas para favorecer la investidura del candidato más votado de ambos partidos arrebató al PP la alcaldía de 13 municipios en los que era la lista más votada. Este pacto entre PRC y PSC-PSOE se incumplió en los municipios de Castro-Urdiales, Voto, Liendo y Ruiloba, por parte de los regionalistas.

En Castro-Urdiales la lista más votada fue la del PSC-PSOE, pero el cabeza de lista del PRC se votó a sí mismo, en vez de apoyar a la candidata socialista, María Jesús Esteban, y cumplir así el pacto entre ambos partidos. De esta forma, Fernando Muguruza Galán salió investido como alcalde de Castro-Urdiales en coalición con el PP y el Axc. Seguidamente el PRC le expulsó del partido, no incluyendo Castro-Urdiales en la lista de esas 13 alcaldías que consiguió en función del pacto con los socialistas.

En Liendo, el PRC incumplió el pacto, y Elisa Mª Gotia Albo (PP) salió proclamada como alcalde del municipio con el apoyo del PRC, siendo el candidato socialista Pedro Salvarrey Quintana el más votado. Sin embargo, Pedro Salvarrey acabó siendo el alcalde de Liendo, tras la ausencia de un concejal del Partido Popular, en la sesión en la que sería investido el alcalde del municipio.

En Voto y en Ruiloba, el PSC-PSOE fue la lista más votada, pero no se siguió el pacto, de forma que fue nombrado José Luis Trueba de la Vega (PRC) como alcalde de Voto con el apoyo del PP, siendo repetida esta misma operación en el municipio de Ruiloba, donde Martín Remón Jaúregui (PRC) se hizo con la alcaldía con el apoyo del PP. De esta manera, el PP ostenta durante la octava legislatura 43 alcaldías, 37 de ellas con mayoría absoluta (la misma cifra que hasta ahora). El PRC 35, 20 de ellas con mayoría absoluta (dos más que en los anteriores comicios). Y el Partido Socialista de Cantabria 19, siete de ellas con mayoría absoluta (cuatro menos que en las elecciones municipales del año 2003).

El siguiente mapa muestra qué partido gobierna en cada uno de los 102 municipios que tiene Cantabria, tras los sucesivos pactos postelectorales entre los principales partidos Partido Popular, Partido Socialista de Cantabria y Partido Regionalista de Cantabria.

Elecciones municipales de 2011

Este mapa muestra los resultados de las elecciones municipales de 2011, con el partido más votado de cada municipio.

Resumen de elecciones municipales

Esta tabla resume los datos de todas las elecciones municipales celebradas en la comunidad autónoma de Cantabria desde el año 1987 hasta la actualidad. A destacar, como la irrupción del UPCA de Juan Hormaechea Cazón dañó gravemente los resultados del PP en 1991. Tras esta irrupción, el PP ha sido el partido más votado, manteniendo el mayor número de concejales en todos los comicios.

El PSC-PSOE obtuvo sus peores resultados en cuanto a número de votos en el año 1995, pero en cuanto a número de concejales en 2007. Si bien el pacto con los regionalistas le ha mantenido en el Gobierno de Cantabria desde el año 2003.

IU como tal se presentó a las elecciones a partir de 1986, ya que antes de esa fecha se presentaba únicamente el PCE. El máximo obtenido por IU ha sido de 27 concejales en el año 1995, en el que también consiguió representación parlamentaria (3 escaños).

Cabe mencionar el progresivo crecimiento del Partido Regionalista de Cantabria, llegando a ser la segunda fuerza política en el Parlamento de Cantabria tras las elecciones de 2007, superando al PSC-PSOE por dos escaños. Sólo vio disminuidos sus resultados en las elecciones de 1991. A partir de 1999 ha sido el partido que más ha crecido en número de votos (creciendo en gran cuantía de 1991 a 1995, y de 1999 a 2003).

Elecciones al Parlamento Europeo.

Véase también
 Política de Cantabria.
 Presidente de Cantabria.
 Gobierno de Cantabria.
 Parlamento de Cantabria.
 Elecciones en España.

Notas

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Resultados electorales en la web de dirección general de política interior
 Parlamento de Cantabria

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    // Otherwise, record the desired time so that it can be used once the player is initializing.
    this.seekTo = function(timeInSeconds) {
      if (this.isReady) {
        var isVideoExpired = this.getIsVideoExpired();

        // NOTE: This will only work when seekTo is called from Streamus and not from the window itself.
        if (isVideoExpired) {
          var playerState = playerApi.getPlayerState();
          var extendedVideoOptions = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(videoOptions));
          extendedVideoOptions.startTime = timeInSeconds;
          // If the player is playing or buffering - continue playback after seeking.
          extendedVideoOptions.playOnActivate = playerState === 1 || playerState === 3;
          var urlString = this.videoOptionsToUrl(extendedVideoOptions);
          this.navigate(urlString);
        } else {
          playerApi.seekTo(timeInSeconds);
        }
      } else {
        // TODO: I need to either update the URL as well, or find a way to set startTime quickly.
        videoOptions.startTime = timeInSeconds;
      }
    }.bind(this);

    // https://youtube.github.io/spfjs/
    // Tell YouTube to navigate to another video via its URL
    this.navigate = function(urlString) {
      this.isNavigating = true;
      // Pause the video so that time doesn't tick + audio doesn't continue once navigation is happening.
      playerApi.pauseVideo();

      var url = new URL(urlString);
      videoOptions = urlToVideoOptions(url);
      window.spf.navigate(urlString);
    }.bind(this);

    // Keep track of when the video was loaded so that if playback is attempted
    // after it has expired then the video can be properly reloaded.
    this.setVideoExpirationTime = function() {
      var fourHoursInMilliseconds = 14400000;
      this.videoExpirationTime = performance.now() + fourHoursInMilliseconds;
    }.bind(this);

    // YouTube videos can't be loaded forever. The server's cache will become invalid and
    // the video will fail to buffer. To work around this, reload the video when attempting to play it
    // if it has been loaded for an excessive amount of time.
    this.getIsVideoExpired = function() {
      var remainingTime = this.videoExpirationTime - performance.now();
      var isVideoExpired = remainingTime <= 0;

      return isVideoExpired;
    };

    // Receive messages from the sandboxed videoStreamView content script.
    this.onWindowMessage = function(message) {
      // Respond to navigation requests
      var navigate = message.data.navigate;
      if (navigate) {
        this.navigate(navigate.urlString);
      }

      // Respond to video command requests
      var videoCommand = message.data.videoCommand;

      if (videoCommand) {
        // videoCommands have a 1:1 correspondence with functions defined within this script.
        var videoCommandHandler = this[videoCommand];

        if (videoCommandHandler) {
          videoCommandHandler(message.data.value);
        } else {
          console.error('Unexpected videoCommand:', videoCommand);
        }
      }
    }.bind(this);

    // YouTube will fire an 'spfdone' event once it has successfully navigated to a video.
    // This event does not fire for the initial load of the first video. Only subsequent loads.
    this.onWindowSpfDone = function() {
      this.isNavigating = false;

      // Can't tell YouTube's player to pause prematurely. Need to wait for navigation to finish.
      if (!videoOptions.playOnActivate) {
        // Let the YouTube API fully load first otherwise it'll begin playback regardless of whether pauseVideo is called.
        setTimeout(function() {
          playerApi.pauseVideo();
        });
      }

      // Refresh expiration time when video changes.
      this.setVideoExpirationTime();
    }.bind(this);

    this.onError = function(error) {
      throttledWindowPostMessage({
        error: error
      });
    }.bind(this);

    this.onVolumeChange = function(state) {
      // It's important to keep track of cued commands because onVolumeChange is used for both muted and volume changes.
      // So, if volume and muted have both changed then the first 'onVolumeChange' event will contain an incorrect value.
      if (this.cuedVolumeCommands > 0) {
        this.cuedVolumeCommands--;
      }

      // Need to check document.hasFocus() to ensure that values aren't passed from Streamus to script back to Streamus.
      // Only pass values to Streamus when originating from user actions on the YouTube window.
      if (this.cuedVolumeCommands === 0 && document.hasFocus()) {
        throttledWindowPostMessage(state);
      }
    }.bind(this);

    this.onStateChange = function(state) {
      throttledWindowPostMessage({
        state: state
      });
    }.bind(this);

    // Once YouTube's API is ready to handle commands - initialize the video player's state.
    this.onReady = function() {
      this.initialize();
    }.bind(this);

    this.initialize = function() {
      this.isReady = true;

      // Configure various properties of the video so that it reflects desired state.
      if (!videoOptions.playOnActivate) {
        this.pauseVideo();
      }

      this.setVolume(videoOptions.volume);

      if (videoOptions.muted) {
        this.mute();
      } else {
        this.unMute();
      }

      this.setPlaybackQuality(videoOptions.suggestedQuality);

      // Ensure that when a song ends it doesn't auto-nav to the next one.
      // 1 is the enum used by YouTube for saying 'Autonav is disabled'
      playerApi.setAutonavState(1);

      this.setVideoExpirationTime();

      throttledWindowPostMessage({
        volume: videoOptions.volume,
        muted: videoOptions.muted,
        // TODO: I worry this value might be incorrect if pauseVideo is still being processed.
        state: playerApi.getPlayerState()
      });
    }.bind(this);

    playerApi.addEventListener('onStateChange', this.onStateChange);
    playerApi.addEventListener('onVolumeChange', this.onVolumeChange);
    playerApi.addEventListener('onError', this.onError);

    window.addEventListener('message', this.onWindowMessage);
    window.addEventListener('spfdone', this.onWindowSpfDone);

    if (playerApi.isReady()) {
      this.initialize();
    } else {
      playerApi.addEventListener('onReady', this.onReady);
    }
  };

  if (document.readyState === 'loading') {
    document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
      window.playerAPI = new PlayerAPI();
    });
  } else {
    window.playerAPI = new PlayerAPI();
  }
})();

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Wii U Emulator
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Wii U emulator is considered one of the best emulators for playing classic console video games on PC and Android. Wii U emulator offers an entertaining gaming experience with great graphics and user-friendly GamePad.
Decaf Wii U Emulator
Decaf emulator is one of the best Nintendo Wii U emulators for PC. It provides the opportunity to play all the Nintendo Wii U games on PC with HD graphics. It supports almost every game, but in the end, all depends on your PC. A high-performance PC will enhance the gaming experience multiple times. Decaf Wii U emulator provides you an amazing gaming experience, you can enjoy your favorite classic games like GoldenEye, Star Wars and Star Fox 64.
If you want to play Nintendo Wii U games on your PC, then you need to get Wii U emulator and enjoy all your favorite games. Just download any Wii U emulator for PC and enjoy HD graphics on your PC.
Cemu Wii U Emulator
Cemu Wii U emulator is a smooth and stable emulator for Wii U, it provides HD graphics and good performance overall.
Let us discuss some of the performance features that Cemu Wii U emulator has to offer.
Emulators can provide extremely good graphics performance (depending on your PC). Some emulators might offer higher graphic quality than the original gaming console itself. The Legend of Zelda runs at 720p at around 30fps on Nintendo Console while Cemu can easily manage 4K at 60fps on high-end PC.
The traditional emulator requires you to install additional files and devices plugged into your TV. On the other hand, Cemu emulator provides you the facility to play games on your PC without any hassle.
Get Wii U Games legally
Emulators are commonly used to run pirated games; it is considered legal to run games you have ripped from an original disc. To rip off original games you need Nintendo Wii U gaming console so that you can brew. Home-brewing process of original games is considered complicated. Now that you have Wii U home-brewed you can rip original games using a program called DDD title dumper. You can save it on your PC and enjoy the emulator experience.
Cemu
Games like Super Mario, Captain Toad Treasure Tracker, and Xenoblade Chronicles X can run perfectly on Cemu Wii U emulator. You can expect nearly zero frame rate drop and glitches while playing your favorite games on Cemu Wii U emulator. Cemu offers a lot of configurations like graphics setting and frame rate setting so that you can adjust the graphics to your system specifications.
You can emulate either the standard Wii U remote or the Pro or Classic controller. Although many games are not compatible with touch screen, you can use external I/O devices like mouse or touchpad, you can also set the buttons however you like.
Wii U emulator has been evolving with time, now it can support games with 1080p resolutions at 60 fps.
Those types of graphic numbers come at a cost, you will need a system with 4GB of RAM and a graphics card which support OpenGL 4.0.
The main focus for some games is 100% playability, which increases the compatibility list which might attract some glitches. Games like Super Mario 3D World, Captain Toad, The Legend of Zelda, Super Smash Bros Wii U, Xenoblade Chronicles X and Mario kart 8 are fully functional and able to run at 4K resolution.
Cemu is a little meager in terms of graphics adjustments. Still, you get the option to maximize the performance of emulator at a specific resolution. Although Wii U operates at 720p, the textures are different for different games hence they are broadcasted at a higher resolution.
A number of emulators are available in the market for Wii U, but the Dolphin Emulator is the best among them for playing classic Nintendo console games on your Android device. Almost all the classic games of GameCube and Wii console are available on Dolphin emulator for PC. For even more classic feel you can connect Wii motes to your PC.
The Dolphin Emulator has an Android version which is now available on Google Play Store for free. Before that, it was not available on Google Play Store but you had to download APK version from the Dolphin Emulator's website. According to the Dolphin development team, Dolphin Emulator for Android devices is still in beta version, while Windows and Mac version of Dolphin Emulator are well known for their stability and compatibility. Beta version does not mean that it's all bad, we think if you are a fan of Super Mario and Resident Evil 4 you should definitely give it a try.
Wii U emulator supports Nintendo classic games on your Android device as well as your PC. For Android devices, we recommend Dolphin Emulator, due to Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic filtering the video quality of the game is enhanced. It is enhanced so much that its better than the original Wii console.
If you are looking to play Wii U emulator games on PC, you should go for the Cemu Wii U emulator. It is way more stable then Dolphin emulator and graphic compatibility are just amazing. If you can run your favorite console game at 4K resolution, what else do you need?


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Q: Error when trying to update SharePoint with Access update query I manage a SharePoint site, and I use Access queries to update it. I have a basic update query which keeps failing with the error message:

"There were errors executing the bulk query or sending data to the
  server. Reconnect the tables to resolve the conflicts or discard the
  pending changes"

I then have to review conflicts for all the records I am trying to update to reconnect to SharePoint. In the resolve conflicts window it shows my changes against the changes of "Another User", and it shows me that that that other user has made all fields blank.
When I click retry my changes nothing happens and I end up having to discard the changes in order to reconnect the tables to SharePoint.
If anyone could give any advice on how to solve this would be much appreciated. please let me know if you require more information.
Thanks


For the Marvel Hero in all kids.
Cool Cologne , for your little minions!
Princess Aurora by Disney is a Floral Fruity fragrance for girls. Top note is lemon; middle notes are jasmine and moss; base notes are sandalwood, musk and vanilla.
Launched by the design house of Nickelodeon. This floral fragrance has a blend of spice and notes of jasmine, along with floral cherry blossom.
Positvely Poppy is Positively what every girl needs! Now you have a reason to call them your little troll.


He did carpal tunnel surgery on both of my hands back when he first started there. He was a great doctor to me. Enjoy your time with your family and have fun. Thank you!
Dr. Paul Pace was my treating orthopedic surgeon several years ago and I was trying to reach him as to ask if I could use him as a reference for entrance to a university. He did tell me if I needed anything to get a hold of his office; however, I did not know he was retired. Is there any way to make contact with Dr. Pace?
Have a trigger finger in my right hand. Googling treatment and come along Dr Paul Pace. I'm Dr Jim Pace, a podiatrist. No relation but I did smile. Happy retirement!!


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World of Media
Journal of Russian Media and Journalism Studies
Welcome Message from the Editor-in-Chief
The journal World of Media.
Elena Vartanova
Professor, Editor-in-chief
To the authors, reviewers and readers of World of Media
It gives me great pleasure to offer you the current edition of World of Media. Published since 2009, first as yearbook and then as journal, World of Media has proved to be an effective platform for sharing knowledge, research and experiences among scholars interested in media and communication studies. The journal's close affiliation with the National Association of Mass Media Researchers (NAMMI) makes it an important means of establishing common academic ground for Russian and international researchers today.
In World of Media we strive to publish articles of the highest quality that present outcomes of original research, both empirical and theoretical. The rigorous blind peer-review process and the meticulous care taken in editing and production by the staff at Lomonosov Moscow State University ensure the journal's place as a premier venue for scholarly publishing in media and journalism.
We are fortunate to be supported by a highly professional editorial board from Russia and other countries: Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Poland, Sweden, and the U.S.A. Their professional expertise and deep knowledge of the media world ensure that the articles accepted for publication are of a high quality and originality. Let me express my sincere gratitude to editors, reviewers, publishers and other supporters who work on World of Media and contribute to its advancement.
Our aims for the next edition remain straightforward: to encourage the submission of thought-provoking and interpretive articles; to process and review manuscript submissions in a timely fashion; and to publish as swiftly as possible the results of recent communications and mass media research. Let us note that the journal welcomes innovative submissions from young scholars and hopes to continue expanding our international reach.
Finally, we thank all of the authors for their investment of research time in the current articles and for submitting their work to our journal, World of Media.
Professor Elena Vartanova,
World of Media Yearbook of Russian Media and Journalism Studies
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The Boston Diaries
The ongoing saga of a programmer who doesn't live in Boston, nor does he even like Boston, but yet named his weblog/journal "The Boston Diaries."
"There is a multilegged creature crawling on your shoulder … "
It's dark outside. The temperature is falling (64°F currently, expected low of 51°F) so the threat of our Vespoidea masters should be less. Or so I thought. The Kids were outside tearing apart an old scooter they found and asked for some help in removing some bolts.
I'm kneeling on the ground, hunched over, holding a wrench steady on one bolt while The Younger attempts to remove another one lower down on the bolt when The Older one said "Sean?"
"Yes?" I notice he has this crazed look in his eye.
"There's a wasp," he said.
I felt a slight tickling on my back. "It's on my back, isn't it?" The Older, not blinking, staring in horror as Paravespula vulgaris crawls around my back. The Older starts to get up. "For the love of God and all that is Holy don't do anything!" I calmly said.
The Kids were frozen in their tracks, staring at my back as Death Incarnate crawled around on my shirt. I for one stopped breathing, least I invoke an attack of aggression.
The seconds stretched into eons.
Eventually, I heard the buzzing of a wasp flying away.
"Is it gone?" I asked.
I was already inside, door shut tight.
"Hey! What about us?"
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You have my permission to link freely to any entry here. Go ahead, I won't bite. I promise.
The dates are the permanent links to that day's entries (or entry, if there is only one entry). The titles are the permanent links to that entry only. The format for the links are simple: Start with the base link for this site: http://boston.conman.org/, then add the date you are interested in, say 2000/08/01, so that would make the final URL:
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You can also specify the entire month by leaving off the day portion. You can even select an arbitrary portion of time.
You may also note subtle shading of the links and that's intentional: the "closer" the link is (relative to the page) the "brighter" it appears. It's an experiment in using color shading to denote the distance a link is from here. If you don't notice it, don't worry; it's not all that important.
It is assumed that every brand name, slogan, corporate name, symbol, design element, et cetera mentioned in these pages is a protected and/or trademarked entity, the sole property of its owner(s), and acknowledgement of this status is implied.
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Are you a designer or developer? Do you work freelance or inside an agency? Are you managing a project team? My Time Blocks is the essential tool for tracking time on client projects. Try it now for free.
We resist doing the things we don't like to do. And who likes keeping track of their time? My Time Blocks does away with the "task" of tracking time by providing an incredibly simple new approach to time tracking. Each task displays on your dashboard as a big, colored block. When you start a task, touch the block and the timer starts running. When you stop or switch to another task, switch the timer. It's that simple! And if you're the forgetful type, not to worry. With My Time Blocks you can set reminders to keep your timers from running over and always add or subtract time in the timesheet view.
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Join Crete Park District for some Early Childhood fun! Although your little one will think it's all about fun, we know about development and education for them and will be sure they get what they need to become successful kids. Whether you want to come and play, too, start working on the parent child separation or send them on their own, we have a class to fit your needs.
Babysitters, Grandparents or Aunt and Uncles are welcome to attend the Parent and Tot classes with your child. We understand your work hours don't always allow you to attend and we don't want your child to miss out, so send an adult who loves your little one! We are looking forward to it!
Click on the plus sign to the left for a complete list of current programs!
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The pancreatic beta-cells are the only cells in the body which can release insulin, the hormone which controls blood glucose levels.
We study pancreatic beta-cells and islets, the islands of cells in the pancreas where the beta-cells live.
We are studying islet transplantation, which is a potential cure for type 1 diabetes, as well as beta-cell survival and beta-cell function.
We are particularly focussed on ARNT and HIF-1a and their roles in beta-cell function.


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Just the Bear Facts
To help you get your bearing in Grad School.
Welcome to Waco
Nine Things to Know before Your First Semester in Waco
August 22, 2016 / matthew_doyen / 0 Comments
You know that a new year is upon us when the moving trucks start to out-populate the professors. It's always nerve-wracking and a little scary moving to a new place, but fear not because we are here to help! We've compiled nine things that we thought would be handy for newcomers to know before moving to Baylor University and Waco, Texas.
If you hear someone yelling sic'em, then know you're around Bears.
It's a weird thing that we often yell that while sounding better than the hook'ems and gig'ems of the world, makes less sense. It usually is accompanied by a Bear Claw and originated from the football field, but has since become appropriate for just about anything Baylor. It's meaning is essentially a mixture between admiration and excitement, and you'll be saying it before you know it!
If you want a glimpse of our most famed alumni, then head to the Silo District.
To be honest, you'd have a better chance of seeing the Gaines's picking up a pepperoni pie from Shorty's than through the swarms at Magnolia. The Silo District still has a lot to offer, though. Stores like Magnolia and The Findery are bringing both tourists and fashionable home décor to the city. Also, Shorty's is real good.
If you love history, then you came to the right place.
Waco is a place of immense history that is restored, refurbished, and treasured. In fact, both Magnolia and The Findery are housed in nearly one hundred-year-old buildings. A block away is the Dr Pepper Museum, which showcases the town's most famous invention. If you're not impressed there are many more museums, as well as historic houses, hall of fames, and a National Monument.
If you've never had a Dr Pepper float, then enjoy having very happy taste buds.
A place that loves its history also strives to keep its traditions. In the Student Union, Dr Pepper Hour, which occurs every Tuesday afternoon, has been happening since the fifties. The Dr Pepper (also, never use a dot after the Dr in Dr Pepper!) floats that are served there are a heavenly combination of vanilla ice cream and the carbonated good stuff. After you're first taste you'll already be asking for seconds.
If you are still hungry after your delicious float, then don't worry.
I thought I'd play a fun game where I visit a different restaurant every time I go out to eat. It's been a year and I'm still nowhere close to the bottom of the list, which, like my appetite, is ever-expanding. There is everything here! Southern, Thai, BBQ, Vietnamese, Mexican, Indian, Mediterranean, Czech (kolaches!!) and American to name a few. The real struggle won't be finding a tasty meal; it'll be deciding what really great restaurant to go to for dinner tonight.
If you need to take a walk to digest, then head to Cameron Park.
Driving, walking, biking, running, riding, hiking through Cameron Park transports you to another world. The trees are lusciously green and overgrown providing shade from the beating sun. Lovers Leap provides an excellent view of the surroundings from its elevated position on top of one of the only large hills in the area. The Riverwalk catches the breeze from the Brazos River to make for a perfect destination year-round.
If you see a tortilla floating in the Brazos, then head to the Suspension Bridge.
If there's still a small glimmer of light left from the sunset on your way home, then you just may see something in the corner of your eye floating in the water that looks like a lily pad. Then, you see twenty more. Don't be confused, it's just a tortilla from another one of Waco's strangest traditions. People throw them off of the Suspension Bridge hoping to land them on one of the old train track pillars a few yards out into the water. Why? Because it's oddly enjoyable and you are bound to eventually agree!
If you like to stay out after the sun goes down, then walk two blocks south to Downtown.
Waco is a small town that has a lot of big city amenities. On the first Friday of every month, businesses Downtown stay open for longer hours to provide an opportunity for strolling on Austin and Franklin Avenues. There is a movie theater with excellent food, concert venues, restaurants, coffee shops, and more popping-up seemingly every other day. Once here, you won't be thinking that there's nothing to do for too long.
If you ever feel lost in Waco, then know you're around family.
The best thing to know about Waco, though, is how friendly and welcoming the people are to life-long residents and newcomers, alike. Despite all of the city's hard times, it's still truly the epitome of Southern comfort and, quite frankly, you'll never want to leave.
So, welcome, sic'em, and don't throw away that last tortilla!
By Matthew Doyen
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Contact us if you would like to contribute!
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The Fastest 180 Seconds in Grad School
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I am part of a small group of urban archivists who poke around fifty to hundred year homes on the remote north shore of our small island. Armed with only an old Dutchman's map, water, gloves, and a flashlight we roam the now forgotten remains of this islands rich historical past. Homes, old factories and the rumored remains of a Dutch tidal pond mill, though I have never seen actually it you would need a canoe to get to that one.
Recently while exploring the basement of a house soon to be bulldozed over I literally stumbled over two very old wooden trunks almost completely covered in old plaster leaves and rotted newspapers.
Much to my amazement the first box contained among other things piles of old cloths and then in the bottom to very strange weapons, which after some digging turned out to be two early Russian Space weapons. The Russian Space Protector designed in 1952 for the Russian space program a cosmonauts last line of defense an on board firearm for close in protection based loosely on the breshnacougf rifle.
The other half rotten box contained a weapon prototype that had it fallen into the right hands might have changed the out come of the civil war. On closer inspection it looked to be a one off design possibly an early prototype or a patten model.
Another view of this Confederate Combination Weapon A single shot sniper rifle or a forty shot barrel canister style rapid-fire lead ball shot when in full assault mode Pure Steam, design accredited to James Peterson a southern gunsmith and locomotive repairman. I do not wish to give to much more information as to the exact locations my secrets spots. I am still looking for the much-rumored lost Dutchman's gold mine.


text: Minnesota Twins' infielder Brian Dozier is an emerging star in Major League Baseball. In a breakout 2015 season, Dozier led the Twins in home runs (28) and runs scored (101) while earning a spot in the All-Star Game. Ten years earlier, Dozier was finishing up his final season in American Legion Baseball. Dozier fondly remembers his four seasons with American Legion Post 49's Tupelo 49ers in Mississippi. Dozier said he got to meet a lot of "amazing people" that he remains in touch with years later. "Relationships are what drive everything – especially in the game of baseball," Dozier said. "A part of your development in all sports is the way you interact with your teammates … and have the opportunity to form that kind of unity and team like we did with American Legion (Baseball). That's just as important as learning to field a ground ball."


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