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Newsmax's campaign to undermine COVID-19 vaccination
Written by Jason Campbell
On the July 9 edition of Newsmax's Rob Schmitt Tonight, host Rob Schmitt said vaccines go "against nature" and some diseases are "supposed to wipe out a certain amount of people." Schmitt was speaking to guest Dr. Peter McCullough about the COVID-19 vaccines, and his comment drew widespread condemnation.
Citation From the July 9, 2021, edition of Newsmax's Rob Schmitt Tonight
ROB SCHMITT (HOST): When it comes to vaccines, and I really do want to make this clear, I mean, I'm not an anti-vaxxer. I'm not a pro-vaxxer. I'm somebody that's looking at this thing and trying to figure it out. I've got people in my family, very close to me, who I thought should get vaccinated because when you weigh the risks. But when it comes to vaccines in general, are you of the consensus that it could potentially take a long time to really know what a vaccination does to people in some cases?
SCHMITT: You know, one thing I've always thought, and maybe you can guide me on this because, obviously, I'm not a doctor. But I've always thought about vaccines, and I always think about just nature, and the way everything works. And I feel like a vaccination in a weird way is just generally kind of going against nature. Like, I mean, if there is some disease out there -- maybe there's just an ebb and flow to life where something's supposed to wipe out a certain amount of people, and that's just kind of the way evolution goes. Vaccines kind of stand in the way of that. Do you follow what I'm saying? Does that make sense to somebody in medicine?
DR. PETER MCCULLOUGH (GUEST): Well, there are some reports that support what you're saying. There's one by Nissan and colleagues from Boston and the Mayo Clinic that shows among vaccinated populations the diversity of different strains is narrowing. So it's going to be fewer numbers of strains. Right now in the United States, we're about 40% UK variant or the Alpha variant, and we're about 30% now Delta, which is the Indian variant. They get progressively weaker, but the diversity is changing with vaccination. And I think, probably, the best way to think about it is vaccines really ought to be targeted to protect the highest-risk individuals. A young person like you, if you got COVID, it's very easily treatable. You get through it. Natural immunity, for sure, is superior.
SCHMITT: Yeah, you know, that's -- you make a good point there. Again, it's like if you've got this big risk, I think it might be worth whatever it is. But if you don't have a risk, I just, I can't comprehend why you would take something -- they start learning about the heart inflammation and stuff like that. I just don't understand why it's being pushed so hard on people that are very young. And now they're trying to give it to kids. You saw today, you know, the CDC saying that going back to school in the fall, it looks like if your kid's not vaccinated, they're going to have to wear a mask next year.
After Media Matters flagged this comment, Newsmax sent us a statement that read:
Newsmax as a network strongly supports President Biden's efforts to widely distribute the COVID vaccine. It is important for the safety of all and especially those at high risk, such as the elderly. Medical professionals who have appeared on Newsmax have strongly encouraged Americans to get the vaccine. From time to time a guest or host may not be as supportive of these efforts, however they do not reflect the position of Newsmax.
But Schmitt's comment was not an isolated occurrence; it was part of a broad Newsmax campaign to dissuade people from taking the COVID-19 vaccination. At least two hosts, including Schmitt, have publicly said on air that they have not taken the COVID-19 vaccine. And they're not the only ones on the network casting doubt.
On July 12, Cortes and Pellegrino host Steve Cortes condemned potential vaccine mandates in the armed services. He went on to speculate that the vaccines were being used as a "filter to cull the military ranks of people who might resist the brass's insistence that the military prioritize political correctness over martial lethality."
Citation From the July 12, 2021, edition of Newsmax's Cortes and Pellegrino
STEVE CORTES (GUEST): Wow, outsourcing the tyranny. But in the case of the military, there is no command structure outside of government. And so government actually has to make this decision. According to the Army Times, the Pentagon internally informed Army commands to be ready to inject everyone who has chosen to forgo the treatment, starting September 1. So far, 70 percent of the Army is vaccinated and just over 60 percent of the Marines. So, that means hundreds of thousands of military members have chosen — they have chosen, used their freedom — not to get the vaccine. Now, what is the medical reason to compel it then? When the CCP virus is so minimally dangerous to them, and the long term effects of such a new treatment, they are still unknown. Now, how many of those troops will simply refuse and decide to leave our military? Polling of the private sector shows that a consequential minority of Americans — it's a minority, but a consequential minority of Americans — say they will never get the vaccine. So, are the woke leaders of the Pentagon using this, this device, as a filter to cull the military ranks of people who might resist the brass's insistence that the military prioritize political correctness over martial lethality? We don't know the answer yet, but a mandatory vaccine rule would suggest that there is, in fact, a broader agenda at work here.
On July 12, Wake Up America host Rob Finnerty warned of a "socialist Democratic gestapo that could be going door-to-door in white coats to vaccinate people." (This comment came in response to a statement President Joe Biden made about trying to increase vaccination rates, which conservative media have been relentlessly fearmongering over.)
Citation From the July 12, 2021, edition of Newsmax's Wake Up America
ROB FINNERTY (HOST): We did learn a little more about the socialist Democratic gestapo that could be going door-to-door in white coats to vaccinate people. It sounds like they are serious. They'll -- you know, it's not just going to give people information about getting vaccines. But if this door-to-door thing does happen, they will come with shots in hand for anybody that's unvaccinated that wants to get vaccinated. What do you make of that?
MARK HALPERIN (NEWSMAX ANALYST): I celebrate the liberty that you both speak of, but to talk about gestapos or -- having suggested people are going to have to be vaccinated at gunpoint, I think is misleading and I think is dangerous because people deserve individual liberty. People who don't want to get the vaccine, of course, don't have to get them. But there's no indication the government is trying to force people to do this. This going door-to-door is --
FINNERTY: Going door-to-door is -- that's a little different. We haven't seen something like that.
On July 12, a guest on National Report said the COVID-19 vaccination is just another way for Democrats to "control your kids from the cradle to the grave."
Citation From the July 12, 2021, edition of Newsmax's National Report
JENNIFER KERNS (NEWSMAX CONTRIBUTOR): Well, look, Shaun. Remember when public health used to be about helping people and not punishing your political opponents? Gone are those days. Look, this is no surprise, though, if you look at Dr. Anthony Fauci's history at the NIH. You actually also look at Dr. Fauci's own wife, Dr. Christine Grady, who has been at the NIH since 1985 and served for seven years on Barack Obama's presidential advisory panel on bioethics, including the informed consent and how to recruit people for — guess what, Sean? — vaccine trials. These people are committed. They are committed liberals in the health care government space. They are committed to public vaccinations. We know that liberals want to control your kids from the cradle to the grave. Vaccines are just one more way to do that. Boy, this is really demented and really sick to hear this CNN contributor speak like this. There are other ways to prevent COVID — masking, social distancing, prophylactic medications, and oh, by the way, over the counter vitamin D. Not that I'm a physician. But I do know how to read, as do most Americans.
On July 10, Diamond and Silk said on their show that they had "concerns" and "questions" about the COVID-19 vaccination and warned of forced vaccination. Silk said, "I wonder will they be wearing brown shirts and arm bands," alluding to the Nazis during the Third Reich. Diamond and Silk joined Newsmax after being ousted from Fox News in 2020 for pushing deranged COVD-19 conspiracy theories, including that 5G towers were increasing infection rates.
Citation From the July 10, 2021, edition of Newsmax's Diamond & Silk: Crystal Clear
DIAMOND (CO-HOST): You know, this seems like psychological manipulation —
SILK (CO-HOST): Yep.
DIAMOND: Being done to the American people.
SILK: That's right.
DIAMOND: Yeah. Because why is the Biden regime trying to force vaccines on the American people?
SILK: Why? Why?
DIAMOND: You know, see, this is what I don't understand, Silk. You don't get to come to my house —
DIAMOND: And tell me to take something, but dismiss my concerns about the stuff you want me to pop in my body.
SILK: In my body. That's right.
DIAMOND: You see what I'm saying? Because I have questions about this vaccine.
SILK: That's right. Well, I wonder will they be wearing brown shirts and arm bands.
DIAMOND: I have no idea.
SILK: I mean, because this seems really familiar. It's my body, my choice.
DIAMOND: That's right.
SILK: So is the Biden regime now a dictatorship?
SILK: Because that's what they acting like.
DIAMOND: They surely are.
On July 9, Schmitt said not getting vaccinated is a reasonable choice for many Americans: "As far as vaccines go, there's likely plenty to question and there's plenty that science might not know."
ROB SCHMITT (HOST): We've watched health experts who have made mistake after mistake in this country, experts who've been caught lying in this pandemic, tell us that these vaccines are definitely safe. They're working hard to pressure Americans to get vaccinated.
SCHMITT: Earlier today, the European Union acknowledged the link between heart inflammation and mRNA COVID shots, saying the conditions myocarditis and pericarditis must be listed as side effects of the two mRNA vaccines. And while for many of us, many members even of my own family included, getting vaccinated is a better choice than risking COVID. That's fine. That's fair. For others, especially people who maybe caught COVID already and were a little bit sick, why would you risk heart inflammation to get vaccinated?
Back to the Olympics, U.S. swimmer Michael Andrew is choosing not to get vaccinated before heading to Tokyo, saying, "I didn't want to put anything in my body that I didn't know how I would potentially react to." Quote, "I didn't want to risk any days out because there are periods where, if you take the vaccine, you have to deal with some days off." That's his perspective. For millions of Americans, getting vaccinated could be the right choice and is the right choice. But the high and mighty left and the media ridiculing so many people for questioning vaccines is despicable. It's become so politicized, and many liberals will pump these vaccines into themselves and to their children simply to prove their loyalty to science. Cause that's the in thing to do right now. But the truth is, as far as vaccines go, there's likely plenty to question and there's plenty that science might not know.
On July 8, John Bachman Now host John Bachman called COVID-19 vaccinations an "experimental drug trial" and said that no one should be forced to comply.
Citation From the July 8, 2021, edition of Newsmax's John Bachman Now
JOHN BACHMAN (HOST): Jack, I mean, we've had this conversation on this very show, talking about your reluctance to get the vaccine. I mean, nobody should really be felt like they're being forced to comply with a, you know, drug, experimental drug trial right now, and that's still where we are. So for Dr. Fauci to take this kind of position — I mean, I know he's on MSNBC here. But, you know, who is his audience really, Jack?
JACK BREWER (GUEST): It's the people who want to push this narrative, this liberal narrative, that is going to scare everyone to lock down their businesses and to stay afraid. You know, my biggest problem has always been there is no individual analysis done. You're talking about Dr. Fauci, who should be talking about people who are obese and the rate in which those people are affected. Or those that have preexisting conditions.
And it's just so sad that Dr. Fauci's not taking his time to educate the American people on what the real options are for, especially, for folks that don't have any conditions. I talk to athletes all the time, and now we have college athletes, we have professional athletes that are being threatened to have to put something in their body that they don't know, really, what it is, that hadn't been fully tested. And really threatening the rest of their careers because they don't want to get sick. And so, you can't keep pushing a vaccine on people that are already healthy, that are already immune. It's really immoral.
On July 8, John Bacham Now guest Dave Rubin said a "healthy skepticism" of the COVID-19 vaccines is reasonable and it is everyone's "duty" to question their efficacy.
DAVE RUBIN (CONSERVATIVE PODCAST HOST): Well, John, let me say this. I actually don't think that's overconfidence by him or somehow, like, a new, robust confidence — that shows complete desperation. What he's realizing is that despite everything that they've done, a certain amount of people have some healthy skepticism about this whole thing, which, you know, three years ago, if you had some skepticism about the government, that would be a thing that the left would care about, right? Like, you shouldn't trust these crazy, warmongering capitalists or something like that. But now we're get over it. I mean, his demeanor, as if you should never question anything that the government tells you. You have every right to do that. You have a duty do that. I mean, it's actually — I say this to you all the time, John — but this is the thing that separates us from the animals. We have the ability to think and use logic and reason. Now, I'm not saying don't get vaccinated if you want to get vaccinated, but for him to basically be like, get over it, you know, you have to just do it because we say it — and also there's a further point in that clip where his implication is that you're still going to be killing people if you don't get vaccinated — this disease, this virus, which we know 97 basically to 99.5% recovery rate for people who aren't vaccinated. They tried to scare the hell out of everybody, you know, two weeks ago with Delta variant. That didn't quite do it. Now they're working on a new one. It's like, you know what? A healthy skepticism of the government or of any system of power — I thought that was something that a free person would want to believe in. But he's using guilt, basically — you're going to kill grandma, as if it didn't happen enough in the last year and a half.
On July 7, Wake Up America guest Hogan Gidley said, "I completely understand how there are a large number of Americans" who don't trust the vaccine.
Citation From the July 7, 2021, edition of Newsmax's Wake Up America
HOGAN GIDLEY (FORMER WHITE HOUSE DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY): Look, this is a government overreach, as I think everyone clearly understands. Joe Biden wants people to get the vaccine. But as you guys talked about at the beginning of the show, it's still unclear how many people have enough antibodies who don't need the vaccine. And I'd like to just point this out — Dr. Fauci, someone on President Biden's team who's now on TikTok telling people to get the vaccine too. I understand; I have a lot of friends who have gotten the vaccine. I have a lot of friends who refused to get the vaccine. The same group of people who lied to us about whether or not we should wear masks, who lied to us about whether or not they were wearing masks just for show. Dr. Fauci, who lied about gain of function research, who lied about the Wuhan lab leak theory — all those same experts are now telling you, you have to get the vaccine. I completely understand how there are a large number of Americans who just say wait a minute, everyone who just lied to me for the last year and a half, spare me. I'm going to just wait and see, kind of, some more of the long-term effects of this vaccine, as we as we have begun to take in some of the stories of people with the adverse reactions to the vaccine.
On July 7, Newsmax contributor Eric Bolling said there were many unanswered questions about the COVID-19 vaccination and its side effects.
ERIC BOLLING (NEWSMAX CONTRIBUTOR): First of all, you know, why do they think it's OK to just start knocking on citizens' doors and pushing and peddling a product, an idea, a thought, a decision — a medical decision on top of it — to the homeowners or the people inside? I think this isn't — first of all, I think it's insane. I think it's against our constitutional rights that we don't need government knocking on our doors telling us what to do. But I also think it's dangerous to the people that they pick to do that. Cause I'm sure they're going to be a lot of people who don't like the idea of someone walking up to the door and knocking on the door saying hey -- with a syringe in their hands -- saying, hey, you need to you need to get vaccinated. I know, technically they're not going to try and vaccinate them there. I get that. But still, to push that idea is very — I certainly wouldn't want to be the person walking up to a door in some rural parts of America, where you don't know what's behind that door. I think this is insane, and it probably is a recipe for disaster. But getting back to the personal liberties — I'm a libertarian. Let me decide what I want to put in my body and not what I want to. I don't tell — and my belief as a libertarian is I don't care who you sleep with or what you put in your body. That's your choice. OK? Government shouldn't tell you what to do with it, so don't do it back to me. The final thought, John, is this — there's some recent, recent situations now where even young people on the back side of getting the vaccine, have shown scarring of heart tissue. And we don't know if that's directly related to the vaccinations or not, but it might be and if it is, why are we pushing this on Americans before we know exactly, exactly what the outcome of all these vaccines are?
Taking a cue from Fox News, which has been working overtime to undermine the public's trust in the COVID-19 vaccine, Newsmax is seeking to increase vaccine hesitancy in the United States. COVID-19 has killed over 600,000 Americans.
Newsmax White House correspondent Emerald Robinson is an anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist


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Q: dtrace probes missing on yosemite system ruby On a fresh yosemite install (the one you can download from the mac store) it seems that the ruby dtrace provider is missing:
$ sudo dtrace -l -P ruby
   ID   PROVIDER            MODULE                          FUNCTION NAME
dtrace: failed to match ruby:::: No probe matches description

Downloading/ installing Xcode 6.2 6C131e + CLT does not help, as does installing ruby with (rbenv|ruby-build|rvm|ruby-install) and --enable-dtrace.
I'm stuck. How can I install the missing ruby.usdt ? I'd really like to use dtrace with ruby.
Anyway, appart from that dtrace works fine.
$ dtrace -V
dtrace: Sun D 1.12.1

Ideas?

A: I think there are several things at play here. I don't think there is a ruby provider (anymore). Ruby probes will only be available if you run or have a running ruby process. For example:
sudo dtrace  -c 'ruby -v' -l -m ruby

creates the following output on my system:
   ID   PROVIDER            MODULE                          FUNCTION NAME
315346  ruby85332              ruby                   empty_ary_alloc array-create
315347  ruby85332              ruby                           ary_new array-create
315348  ruby85332              ruby                     vm_call_cfunc cmethod-entry
315349  ruby85332              ruby                     vm_call0_body cmethod-entry
315350  ruby85332              ruby                      vm_exec_core cmethod-entry

Note, the provider is 'ruby85332' where '85332' is the process id. So you have a different provider for each ruby process.
Regarding rvm, enabling dtrace is the default. So --enable-dtrace in
`rvm install ruby-2.0.0 --enable-dtrace`

is really not needed. On the other hand, if you are working on a machine where dtrace requires root/sudo privileges, the dtrace probes will still not compiled, since the compilation process cannot call dtrace.
Personally I have the SUID flag set on the dtrace executable. In my world this should work and I can indeed see in the compilation log that the install process tries to compile the dtrace probes. However, the build still fails with some error regarding 'dev/fd'. What worked for me was to use a pre-compiled version of the ruby vm via rvm mount. For example:
rvm mount -r https://rvm.io/binaries/osx/10.10/x86_64/ruby-2.0.0-p451.tar.bz2

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Section 222 order for Hessle Road dismissed following court hearing
Hull City Council has successfully applied to the county court to discharge the Section 222 injunction order regarding loitering or soliciting on Hessle Road.
It follows the outcome of a national case, which means a final injunction cannot be now be made against "persons unknown" – people who have not already committed the prohibited acts and who have not had notice of the court proceedings.
The court has today discharged the Section 222 order, which prohibited loitering or soliciting for the purpose of prostitution in Hessle Road.
The dismissal of the order takes immediate effect.
The Community Safety Partnership, Safer Hull, is in the process of developing a multi-agency strategy and plan for the area, which encompasses support for sex workers through to enforcement, and will include consultation with sex workers and the community that it affects.
Coronavirus: Hull events cancelled for 2020
Community comes together to protect wildlife on Hull nature reserve

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'I'M STILL JUST ME': Carlinville's Kelsey Card living the Olympic dream
Carlinville's Kelsey Card living the Olympic dream
Pete Hayes, Sports Editor
Published 4:00 am CDT, Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Carlinville native Kelsey Card has earned a spot on the US Olympic Track and field team in the discus. She was third at last weekend's Trials in Eugene, Oregon.
Photo: Wisconsin Badgers Athletics
Kelsey Card's just getting started.
It's been some five years since Card last donned a Carlinville uniform. In the time since, the former IHSA state champ has accomplished plenty. She's become one of the top throwers in the nation at the University of Wisconsin. But when she captured the NCAA discus championship last month, it wasn't the cap to a brilliant career.
You see, earlier this week, she added another notch to her growing list of accomplishments.
Kelsey Card, Olympian.
She finished third in the Olympic discus trials, earning a spot on the U.S. Olympic Track and Field team that will compete in Rio de Janeiro in August. But there's even more.
"I still have the shot put," Card said Tuesday from Eugene, Oregon, the site of the Olympic Track and Field Trials. "I'm the only competitor in the shot that has already won a spot on the team. I'm not sure if it helps or not though."
Card is focused on that next goal, Thursday's shot put competition.
Since qualifying for the team in the discus Saturday, Card has been surrounded by a whirlwind of activity.
"There is (Olympic) team processing, making arrangements to go to (Brazil) and for my parents."
Then there's that training for the shot put.
"There has been so much going on, it hasn't really sunk in that I actually made the Olympic team," Card said with a laugh. "There hasn't been time."
Once the Olympic Trials end, Card will head back home to Madison, Wisconsin and then head back to good ol' Carlinville. It's where she earned her throwing stripes - and started to catch fire.
"I'll be back home for a while before we leave (for the Olympics)," she said.
Even though she's won the NCAA crown, captured the Big Ten championship and made a name for herself in the track and field world, Kelsey still likes to look back on the days as a Cavie.
"It was awesome," she said. "I love the small-town support."
She's has plenty of that. Since her days as a youngster through a high-school career that saw her win four Class 1A state championships in the shot and discus, Card has been a household name in the Macoupin County seat.
Kelsey's Olympic experience actually began four years ago at the 2012 Trials, just a year after graduating from Carlinville High School in 2011.
"I went in 2012, mainly for the experience and to maybe set this up this year."
Evidently, the strategy paid off. It's become a familiar tale among athletes at various Olympic Trials - go to the first one to see how you stack up in hopes of coming back four years hence and making some hay.
Despite her busy schedule and her notoriety, Card really hasn't changed - at least she hasn't gotten a big head. In other ways, however, she's grown. And her parents, Tom and Andrea, as well as older sister Brittany and younger brother Daniel are no doubt proud of all she's accomplished outside track, much less in it.
Kelsey graduated earlier this year from Wisconsin with degrees in human development and family studies, as well as in gender and women's studies.
"I'm still just me. It's just that I happen to be relatively good at something" said the personable Card, sounding just like she did when she was talking about track meets in the South Central Conference those many years ago.
She said a positive she's found in her success as a thrower is that it gives her a platform to use a little of the education she hopes helps her become a marriage and family therapist. She wants to help athletes in her events have positive body images.
"Throwing has long been thought of as the fat person's event," Card said. "We are bigger - we have to be to be successful. But the body styles are changing."
A multi-sport athlete at Carlinville, Card settled on track and field - or maybe it settled on her. But whatever the reason, it's been a good match.
"Track and throwing are social events," she said. "There is down time during a meet and you get to know a lot of people.
"Of course, we have rivals and we all want to win, but we root for each other too."
Kelsey's journey has included plenty of coaches. And she said each one has played a significant role.
Her current throws coach at Wisconsin, former SIUE track coach and Troy native Dave Astraskus, has been alongside for much of the experience, including the Trials in Eugene.
"I would definitely not be here without him," Card said. "He's an amazing coach."
Technique, approach, preparation, mental toughness?
"All of the above," she said without hesitation. "I've been lucky to have him all these years as a resource."
Once this Olympic experience is finished at the end of August, Card can look at starting the next chapter. It will include marriage, hopefully getting started in her professional life - and continuing to train for the World Championships and the Pan Am Games.
Training will be a little different, since Kelsey won't be on the Wisconsin team anymore. But she's not even worrying about that yet.
She has plenty to do for now.
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I'm back with an OOTD after really really long. Recently I ordered a casual hoodie from WSDear for my go-to look because I always prefer comfort over fashion. And at times, it's a good change to see myself in loosely-fitted clothing different from curvy, figure-hugging outfits.
Here's how I paired the Korean Ulzzang Casual Hoodie Zipper Hooded with print jeggings.
The hoodie has nice detailing of diagonally adjusted copper-toned buttons and zipper in the front. Pockets are must-have in my casual wears, so I liked the hoodie for its stuff-sacks on both side.
The fabric is ultra-light and it has fleece on the inner side, so the hoodie is ideal for fall winter season.
I'm ready to shop some more trendy yet economical clothing from WSDear store online for upcoming summer season.
I love this! It looks comfortable, which I am a big fan of. All the colors are fantastic!
Cute hoodie - looks like it has a nice fit. It looks great on you. I especially love the detailing on the front - makes it special.
I love the detailing on the sweatshirt! It's amazing how polished and chic a casual item can look with the addition of a few gorgeous details and a nice pair of sunnies!
Ma'am I am loving those glasses. Really like how you put the whole outfit together.
Love the hoodie. Looks very comfortable and cute. The leggings go well with it.
Such a nice hoodie! Love the details on it!
Oh, that hoddie is cute! Can be for everyday use and also for mix and match outfit. I love your leggings too!
Cute hoodie and your eyewear screams Summer love! Thumbs up!
You have a great look here. I especially love the sun glasses.
This is a very good look for you. It simple but very stylish. For women I think the right shoes as also important.
Love your look... and the fact that how you are able to carry the cool n the chic look at the same time.. Also, love those shades.. which site..?


Kabbage has taken root in the U.S. and UK markets as a platform where small businesses can quickly apply for and receive working capital loans — with Kabbage making fast decisions about eligibility through a mix of smart algorithms and online and offline data sources. Now the startup is growing its business on two fronts. It's kicking off a new white-label offering where third parties will power loan services using Kabbage's technology. And through its first white-label partner, it is expanding to a third market, Australia, its first in Asia Pacific.
The service in Australia will be offered through a new service called Kikka Capital that will launch in May. Kabbage — named after a slang term for money — says Kikka will license its platform to onboard customers, as well as underwrite and monitor the loans. Kikka, meanwhile, will be responsible for marketing, funding, loan servicing and other operations. The loans will be up to $100,000 and be over a term of one to six months.
The expansion to Australia and more generally the Asia Pacific region was something that Kabbage hinted would be coming last year, when it raised a $50 million Series D round led by Japanese investor SoftBank Capital.
Overall, Kabbage has raised more than $460 million in a mix of debt and equity. A large portion of that going towards providing the capital upfront for SMBs to borrow on its platform. CEO Rob Frohwein tells me that to date, Kabbage has loaned out $700 million and is on track to loan out $1 billion to SMBs this year — in addition to its newer consumer business Karrot. Altogether, the company currently has over 40,000 active customers.
This is not the first time that Kabbage has worked in partnership to scale up its business. In the U.S., the company has also been partnering with banks to provide loan services; and earlier this month it announced a deal with MasterCard to power a small business loans service that MasterCard will be offering through its merchant acquiring banks.
CEO Rob Frohwein tells me that Kabbage will be making two similar announcements along the lines of the MasterCard deal in the next four weeks. "These deals have exclusivity and bring us into banks and closely related financial services companies such as merchant acquirers," he said.
What's different about the Kikka service is that it will be the first time that Kabbage is rolling this out internationally, and also giving up its branding and involvement in the financing side of the business to another startup, acting only as the tech partner — not unlike what Paydiant, recently acquired by PayPal, provides in its mobile wallet services with CurrentC.
While this may mean that Kabbage's own cut of the commission on these loans is smaller, it has lower costs in other areas. For example, by swapping to a white-label model, Kabbage is able to bypass some of the licensing and financing that it might have needed to undertake were it to launch a full offering, leaving these parts to local providers.
That Kabbage platform's unique selling points are based firmly around data. The company currently bases its eligibility for loans on an applicant's track record and data across a lot of different services. Originally developed first for online businesses, it's heavy on using data from sites like eBay, Amazon, and Etsy where these SMBs may already be doing business, plus several other sources such as accounting software from the likes of Xero and Intuit.
Ultimately, Kabbage claims that its mix of data sources and how it is able to parse the information gives it a more accurate reading of suitable loan candidates and helps make it more certain that what gets borrowed also gets repaid (a thorny issue that has foxed other online loan providers).


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Legacy Centre Tours
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Dive into a unique audio-visual experience at Cafs Legacy Centre. Watch amazing history come to life and discover how this remarkable organisation has supported our region's most vulnerable people over the past 154 years.
Serving the Ballarat community for the entirety of our existence, we have changed and grown with the city. Our affinity with the people who have walked through our doors has been unwavering, continuously informing our actions as a welfare organisation.
We are immensely proud of the role we have played in helping some of the district's most disadvantaged and vulnerable families and will strive to continue this legacy into the future.
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The Value of Video Marketing
Jenna Steven
It's no secret that video marketing has become a larger component of major companies' marketing strategies; this year alone video marketing has exploded in a big way. Video now accounts for at least half of Internet traffic, and this percentage is projected to rise to 79% by 2018. Search engines, social media, and internet consumers all have a rapidly growing love affair with video. Within the last year, Twitter launched autoplay for in feed videos, Facebook gave advertisers the option of video ads, and live streaming video platforms, like Periscope and Meerkat, have been on the rise. Video marketing is no longer just an entertaining add-on, it has become a key factor for anyone concerned with SEO, conversion rates or brand awareness. While textual content still remain valuable, 93% of marketers have moved towards the trend of video marketing and visual content for online marketing and communications
SEO and Video Marketing
Videos are an important factor in helping drive traffic to one's site. Google loves video. Experts report, "landing pages with video are 53x more likely to rank on the first page of Google search results." Google places importance on video because they provide users with high quality content. More frequently, we are seeing videos as a result for a given query, especially any "how to" search. Possible benefits of video SEO are rich snippets, increase in conversion rates, strengthen brand awareness, and expand link and social shares.
Video Marketing on Social Media
Not only are social platforms like Facebook and Twitter saturated with video, but there are also networks developed entirely around videos, such as: Vine, Snapchat and Periscope. Video marketing on social media has proven over the last few years to be the most engaging form of content for users who share thousands of video every minute. Mark Zuckerberg projected that within five years, Facebook will mostly be made up of videos. In addition to Facebook, every major social media platform, from Twitter to Pinterest, has implemented native video services or promoted video ads.
Video Marketing for Internet Consumers
Online consumers love video because its helps bridge the gap between the experience of in-store and online shopping. Videos are an excellent to showcase products in order to give online shoppers a better understanding of what they're purchasing. According to a report from comScore, users tend to spend an extra two minutes on site which include video and are 64% more likely to make a purchase after viewing a single product video. Similarly, landing pages that feature videos lead up to 800% more conversions. With a slew of statistics about the benefits of video marketing and Internet consumer indicating rapid growth, e-commerce that fail to include video in their marketing strategies will do so at their own risk.
Video Builds Links
When trying to build links, it's important to focus on creating content that is shareable. According to Casey Henry from Moz, "having a video compared to just text will almost triple the average number of linking domains." Users are the ones who create links to your content and users are drawn to video. Rather than focusing on link building, focus on link earning around content that actually matters.
Best Practices for Link-Building for Video:
Publish your video on your site because building links to your YouTube channel won't help your SEO.
Focus your video on one topic because niche videos tend to get shared more often.
How to Incorporate Video into Your Plan
What should you video? Where should you share it? When planning to add video into your marketing strategy, it's important to keep your end goal in mind: Do you want to increase sales? Build brand awareness? Introduce a new product? Entertain? You can do a lot with a video. Start by researching how other businesses are incorporating video. Look into what gains the most attention and shares across social media platforms. Create videos with your audience and end goals in mind in order for your video content to accelerate your marketing strategy.
The power of video marketing permeates the Internet. From search engines to social platforms to retail sites, video is everywhere. If you want to create content that is relevant in the coming months and years, incorporating video into your existing strategy plan is imperative. Videos are naturally a shareable media that consistently result in increased engagement and ROI in comparison to other content. While textual blogs are still very relevant, it has become increasingly clear that visual content will play a significant role in content marketing in 2016 and moving forward.
http://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/video-marketing-statistics
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-most-effective-type-of-User-generated-Content-for-Marketing-Campaigns-or-Contests
https://moz.com/blog/what-makes-a-link-worthy-post-part-1


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Republican Who Had Prominent Role In Redistricting To Retire
WFAE | By Bryan Anderson / Associated Press / Report for America
Published July 25, 2020 at 8:54 AM EDT
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RALEIGH — A Republican lawmaker who played a prominent role in North Carolina's redistricting process announced Friday that he will not seek reelection this fall and will instead retire from his post at the end of the year.
Citing a "great personal sacrifice and loss of valuable time with my family, as well as my livelihood," North Carolina Rep. David Lewis, R-Harnett, made the surprise move to end his 18-year stint in the General Assembly.
"The time has come to focus my energies in new directions, and to allow another capable leader to serve in this important role," Lewis said in a statement.
Harnett County Republicans will soon select someone to replace Lewis for a spot on the House District 53 general election ballot, where that candidate will square off against Democrat Sally Weeks Benson.
Lewis played a pivotal role in gerrymandering state maps to advantage Republicans. During a 2016 legislative hearing, he proposed the state "draw the maps to give a partisan advantage to 10 Republicans and three Democrats (in the U.S. House of Representatives) because I do not believe it's possible to draw a map with 11 Republicans and two Democrats."
Democrats are expected to pick up at least two more U.S. House seats after a yearslong court fight. In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2019 that partisan gerrymandering cannot be resolved within the federal court system but said state courts could intervene. A few months later, a three-judge Superior Court panel in North Carolina blocked the state's congressional map from being used in the 2020 elections. In December 2019, the panel allowed an updated map to move forward.
Lewis also played a major role in passing a 2013 election law that included a requirement for photo identification to vote in person. Federal appeals judges struck down the bill's photo ID requirements in 2016.
"Representative Lewis has been an architect of some of the most fringe, divisive legislation pushed by Republicans in the General Assembly over the last 10 years," said Austin Cook, spokesman for the North Carolina Democratic Party. "His advocacy for voter suppression and discriminatory laws has forever tarnished North Carolina's reputation."
Republicans, meanwhile, praised Lewis's record.
"I have so much respect and appreciation for David Lewis," North Carolina House Majority Leader John Bell wrote on Twitter. "He's more than a colleague and a seat mate. He's a true friend. For the past 18 years, he has fought tirelessly for his constituents and a better North Carolina and he's always done it the right way. I'll miss serving with him."
Lewis did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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My, what a fancy stamp!
Goshuin number 8★ is from the 戸隠神社奥社(Togakushi Jinjya Okusha). There are actually three shrines on Togakushi — the lower, middle and upper. These stamps are from the upper shrine (奥社). I have only been to the upper shrine, and I've heard that it provides the easiest access. There is plenty of parking, though you have to pay ¥600 for a spot anywhere close to the shrine entrance.
The walk up to this shrine is about two kilometers and passes through a gorgeous forest of giant trees. This walk is so beautiful I recommend it to everyone who will listen, even if I can't help but think of Attack on Titan when I walk among the towering trees!
The day I got this stamp was actually Japan Culture Day, a national holiday. There was no school, and plenty of people were out enjoying the good weather. I imagine that this is the reason that this stamp covered two pages and cost more (¥700) than normal stamps (¥300).
★The real reason this stamp was two pages is because it is two different stamps (duh…). One is for the Upper Shrine and one is for the Kuzuryusha which is right next to it. So while it used to be number 8, I've since updated it to say 8-9.
When my friend and I finally arrived at the shrine, I paid for my stamp and received a number before we headed up to pray at the shrine. As we stood in line, we mentally rehearsed what to do when it was our turn. This is the order I follow: money, bow, bow, clap, clap, pray, bow, leave. When it was time for us to go forward, we did this order and heard a Japanese person behind us say, 「すごい」 (impressive)! We felt pretty good about ourselves haha.


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Sundials, fountains and glasshouses: three gems you might find in Scotland's historic gardens
Wednesday 2 June 2021
We've all got to know our local green spaces pretty well lately. But there are still hidden gems out there in Scotland's landscapes for you to uncover. Here we take a look at glasshouses, fountains and sundials.
Down to Earth: Scotland's Earth Building Past and Future
When thinking about Scotland's historic places, stone might be the first ancient building material that comes to mind. Scotland's traditional...
A Beginners Guide to Scotland's Historic Burials Sites
With a long history of expansion, adaptation, reuse and evolution, Scotland's historic burial sites contain some of the country's oldest architectural remains. But as well as the historic, they showcase modern design and craft skills. Learn how they have evolved and adapted, and how some are being used in new ways.
5 things you might not know about Robert Stevenson
Thursday 6 August 2020
Robert Stevenson was famous for designing and building many of Scotland's historic lighthouses in the late 1700s. Discover more about the engineer who constructed wonders of engineering that have stood the test of time.
How the Romans helped build Scotland
The materials used in many of Scotland's traditional buildings can be traced back to the Romans. Discover how the Romans helped build Scotland.
Hidden gems in Scotland's historic gardens
For National Gardening Week, learn all about buildings you might find in historic gardens. From doocots to bee boles, discover what they tell us about the people who once built and used them.


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Judge orders Trump to pay $2M for charity foundation misuse
President Donald Trump (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
NEW YORK — A New York judge ordered President Donald Trump to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit alleging he misused his charitable foundation to further his political and business interests.
Judge Saliann Scarpulla also signed off on an agreement Thursday to close the Trump Foundation and distribute about $1.7 million in remaining funds to other nonprofit groups.
TRUMP FOUNDATION REACHES DEAL TO DISSOLVE AMID LAWSUIT
A request for comment was emailed to Trump's lawyer.
New York's attorney general filed a lawsuit last year alleging Trump and his family illegally operated the foundation as an extension of his businesses and his presidential campaign.
Attorney General Letitia James had been seeking about $2.8 million in restitution from the president. Scarpulla cut that amount to $2 million.
Foundation lawyers have previously said the lawsuit is politically motivated.


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Letters: Social democracy and socialism aren't…
Letters: Social democracy and socialism aren't the same
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks during the Women's March Alliance, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
By Letter Writers | letters@pioneerpress.com |
Columnist Cass Sunstein is right to warn Democrats against the term "socialism." At the same time, I wish he had warned people against those who overgeneralize the term "socialism" in order to scare people.
Socialism is technically a system in which the government owns the means of production. Democratic Socialism is a system in which the worker is given equal or greater emphasis in the systems of production. Social Democracy is a system in which a well-regulated capitalism is used for the social purpose of enhancing the common good. These are not the same thing.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal was a form of social democracy aimed at saving capitalism from itself and for the sake of the future of the country. The Green New Deal is also a social democratic vision for the future of the country. It is not a manifesto for socialism. To be concerned about the common good does not make one a socialist.
There can be different approaches to achieving the goals of the Green New Deal. However, if today's free-market champions refuse to realize the consequences of increasing inequality and the increasing effects of climate change, assuming the market and individuals and corporations will take care of this, they have changed their view of human nature.
Human nature, however, is human nature. We are primarily self-concerned, but also generous. Public goods require public support if they are to be built. We need to organize our markets away from the self-destructive path we are on — greater and greater inequality and an increasingly endangered planet — to a more sustainable and equitable one. We need to pay attention to both sides of our nature. The Green New Deal is a serious proposal that deserves our attention and a fair intelligent debate.
I suggest that people read Cass Sunstein's article, published recently in the Pioneer Press. Along with that, I suggest they read or listen to U.S. Representative Joseph Kennedy III's recent talk at the Harvard Law School on moral capitalism. If they want a more thorough case for moral capitalism, I suggest they read Stephen B. Young's book, Moral Capitalism. If they have more time, they should also read his Road to Moral Capitalism. If they haven't the time for either, they can go to the Caux Road Table website to engage in ongoing conversation on moral capitalism. These resources will help further intelligent debate about our nation's future.
Grant Abbott, St. Paul
A sensitive report
I want to congratulate the Pioneer Press and Mary Divine on the writing of a very difficult story. Her account, and background work, on the Jerry Lannon, Washington County Deputy Sheriff, suicide was very special.
Just reporting the facts is necessary in many newspaper writings. Going into the detail of that which caused a deputy sheriff to take his own life, and write it with heart, sensitivity, and objectivity, is something not all reporters can do properly.
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I have remained a newspaper-in-my-hands guy for a lot of years. There is something important to me in waiting for morning delivery, actually holding and folding a paper, and then finding a story that goes beyond just reporting.
Thank you for having the sense and sensitivity to cover a difficult topic, and allow the humanity to be displayed.
Veid Muiznieks, St. Paul Park
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