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Has Social Media Ever Been More Important Than It is Right Now? [Content Made Simple]
Also, reactions to the Black Lives Matter movement is tearing apart Facebook groups from the inside out.
THE TIKTOK HOUSE WREAKING HAVOC NEXT DOOR
YET AGAIN, INFLUENCERS MAKE FOR BAD NEIGHBORS…BUT IT'S ALL FOR THE CONTENT
"I feel bad when I'm like, 'You don't belong here,'" Ms. Acevedo said, acknowledging that she too is a "guest" in the neighborhood. "But I wish they cared more about anything other than getting famous on the internet."
The Sway House is hardly the first house full of influencers that has proven that no amount of fence can, in fact, make good neighbors. Jake Paul and his Team 10 house, if they have any legacy at all, will leave the legacy of being the progenitors of the influencers-as-bad-neighbors-because-of-content phenomenon. Reading this story about TikTokersbeing bad neighbors was sad, but not really surprising. When you give a bunch of teenagers a ton of money and an LA mansion, well, what do you expect? Fascinating view into social media culture right now. TikTok isn't just silly videos of teenagers doing trendy dances. It's a major force in social movements as well.
Social Qs #008: Has Social Media Ever Been More Important Than It Is Right Now?
This week on the podcast, we talk about whether or not social media has ever been more important for Americans than it has been these past few weeks and months. Between the coronavirus pandemic and the latest iteration of the Black Lives Matter protests, social media has seemed more essential than ever.
Link #1: Facebook Groups Are Falling Apart Over Black Lives Matter Posts
This is an interesting phenomenon. Many Americans are split over the legitimacy of the Black Lives Matter Movement (though seemingly fewer oppose it today than have opposed it in the past). I saw one reporter tweeting about conflict within a Facebook group for wealthy moms in an area of Manhattan over BLM content.
Boss-Moms is one of many Facebook groups grappling with inadequate moderation policies as members attempt to discuss Black Lives Matter. The groups, which range in focus from video games to music to local communities, are moderated by other group members. The moderators have no formal training from Facebook or outside sources and make their own decisions about what content is and is not allowed. Most groups have no reference point for how to give everyone a voice, and that's led to fighting between members, people leaving, groups temporarily shutting down, and splinter groups breaking off.
Link #2: The Most Important Social Media Advice I Give People
A right answer to a wrong question is actually a wrong answer. If social media managers are going to create content their audiences actually want to read, we have to ask the right question.
One of the most chronic problems I run into in world of social media and content strategy is this: self-centeredness. Let me explain what I mean.
Most brands/companies/organizations/churches go into a social media strategy with either an implicit or explicit posture that says:
"What can I post today to help people want to be more engaged with us?"
That's the wrong question.
Link #3: QAnon Is More Important Than You Think
This is a long article, but it is one of the best reads I've had in a long time. If you watch the news or monitor social media chatter at all, you have likely heard of QAnon. What is it? It's more important and influential than you can imagine.
One phrase that serves as a special touchstone among QAnon adherents is "the calm before the storm." Q first used it a few days after his initial post, and it arrived with a specific history. On the evening of October 5, 2017—not long before Q first made himself known on 4chan—President Trump stood beside the first lady in a loose semicircle with 20 or so senior military leaders and their spouses for a photo in the State Dining Room at the White House. Reporters had been invited to watch as Trump's guests posed and smiled. Trump couldn't seem to stop talking. "You guys know what this represents?" he asked at one point, tracing an incomplete circle in the air with his right index finger. "Tell us, sir," one onlooker replied. The president's response was self-satisfied, bordering on a drawl: "Maybe it's the calm before the storm."
"What's the storm?" one of the journalists asked.
"Could be the calm—the calm before the storm," Trump said again. His repetition seemed to be for dramatic effect. The whir of camera shutters grew louder.
The reporters became insistent: "What storm, Mr. President?"
A curt response from Trump: "You'll find out."
Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson
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Down at The Den the Lions are roaring again. Neil Harris has restored pride as the team has fought it's way past three Premier League sides to reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup. This latest win was against the reigning Champions no less and what a classy way to do it. Down to 10 men, it was Division 1 Millwall pressing when, in the 90th minute, right back Shaun Cummings burst into the box, held off a defender and coolly slotted the ball home. Absolutely magnificent from the whole team.
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Coccolith age determinations, leg 2, Deep Sea Drilling Project, (Chapter) 13 in initial reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project - v. 2, leg 2 of cruises of "Glomar Challenger", Hoboken, N.J., to Dakar, Senegal, Oct.-Nov. 1968
Bukry, David
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Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project
Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, Vol.2, p.349-355. Publisher: Texas A & M University, Ocean Drilling Program, College Station, TX, United States. ISSN: 0080-8334 CODEN: IDSDA6
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Biostratigraphy, Chapter 19 in initial reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project - v. 2, leg 2 of cruises of "Glomar Challenger", Hoboken, N.J., to Dakar, Senegal, Oct.-Nov. 1968
by Cita, Maria B.; Nigrini, Catherine; Gartner, Stefan
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Initial reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, covering leg 2 of cruises of the drilling vessel "Glomar Challenger", Hoboken, N.J. to Dakar, Senegal, Oct.-Nov. 1968
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X-ray mineralogy studies, leg 2, (Chapter) 11 in initial reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project - v. 2, leg 2 of cruises of "Glomar Challenger", Hoboken, N.J., to Dakar, Senegal, Oct.-Nov. 1968
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redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


CHKN — new additions to the world of designers, where you will play the role of the creator of various forms of life. The fact is that here you can fully express your, even the craziest, fantasy. Create your own pet, unlike any other, and then go on exploring the vast world. In the course of the game you can find a lot of useful gizmos that will be useful to you in survival. Yes, there is also the topic of protecting your own life from all sorts of rivals. To continue your experiments on the creation of animal species, you will wander around the world and look for new units with the help of which you will be able to translate ideas into reality. Combinations to create just a huge amount, and each creature will have distinctive abilities, external data and characteristics.
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San Francisco Man Pleads Guilty To Abusing Puppy Causing Multiple FracturesA San Francisco man pleaded guilty this week to the abuse of a golden retriever puppy that left the dog with multiple fractures, authorities said Thursday.
Cal Football Coach Justin Wilcox Signs Contract Extension Through 2027California football coach Justin Wilcox has signed an extension through the 2027 season.
30 Players: Braves' Dansby Swanson Top Candidate For Rookie Of The Year
Filed Under:Atlanta Braves, MLB
Credit: Jim McIsaac/Getty Images
By Rich Arleo
CBS Local Sports, in our 30 Players 30 Days spring training feature, profiles one young player from each Major League Baseball team leading up to opening day.
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2016 season (Minors): 105 G, 411 AB, .275 BA, 9 HR, 55 RBI, 13 SB, .787 OPS
2016 season (Majors): 38 G, 129 AB, .302 BA, 3 HR, 17 RBI, 3 SB, .803 OPS
When John Hart took over the reins as President of Baseball Operations for the Atlanta Braves after the 2014 season, there wasn't much to be excited about as a Braves fan both at the Major League level and in the Minors. Hart went to work and transformed the team in just two seasons, accelerating what looked to be a long and arduous rebuild with a number of big moves. The highlight? Trading their young ace Shelby Miller to Arizona for an incredible haul headlined by the No. 1 pick in the '15 Draft, shortstop Dansby Swanson.
Swanson played just 22 games in the Diamondbacks' system before being shipped off, becoming the first No. 1 overall pick to be traded the year after he was drafted. That short stint in the Minors was impressive, too, as he had a .289/.394/.492 line with 11 of 24 hits going for extra bases.
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After the trade, Swanson began his Braves career with an invite to Spring Training. He played well, but he was ticketed for the Minors no matter what as he entered his first full pro season. Listed as the No. 8 prospect in baseball by MLB.com entering the year, Swanson tore up Class A Advanced Carolina before bumping up to Double-A after only 21 games. He spent much of '16 with Mississippi, where he began to show off some power (eight homers) to go along with his speed and slick defensive skills. On Aug. 17, he vaulted straight from Double-A to Atlanta, where he made an immediate impact with two hits in his debut.
Swanson made the transition to the Majors look easy at the plate, slugging 11 extra-base hits in 28 games and continuing the great plate discipline he showed in the Minors with a .361 OBP. At shortstop, there were some struggles. Swanson committed six errors (three fielding, three throwing) and finished with a negative UZR (Ultimate Zone Rating). Despite the issues, he did show off what scouts rate as plus range and a strong arm. He still projects as a shortstop defensively at the big league level and the Braves don't have any plans to try to move him.
Swanson is off to a hot start in Spring Training (7-for-16 in his first six games) and on track to start at shortstop on Opening Day. Swanson has found himself all over the lineup this spring; hitting lead-off, second and near the bottom of the order. Given his lack of experience, the Braves may start him low in the lineup, but with his high average and on-base ability he could quickly find himself No. 2 in between Ender Inciarte and Freddie Freeman.
Projections on Fangraphs are on the low end average-wise, which is fair considering he has just 165 games of professional baseball. Steamer, Depth Charts and ZiPS projections all have him hitting under .260 but have his OBP over .320 with a strong BB% (walk percentage) around nine percent. Given his plate discipline and contact rate, Swanson should continue to find success at the plate. The team's No. 1 prospect is ready to help lead the Braves into their next generation this season.
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Rich Arleo is a freelance sports writer and editor who covers Major League Baseball and fantasy sports. You can follow him on Twitter, @Rarleo.
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Covid-19 Helped to Catapult ESG into the Spotlight
Ben HernandezAug 20, 2020
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing has been anything, but all sizzle and no steak. The ESG space has been outperforming even amid the Covid-19 pandemic and is actually helping to further catapult the space into the limelight.
"Prior to COVID-19, the potential fallout from the upcoming climate crisis was too esoteric for many to grasp," wrote David Rachelson in a Green Biz article. "Some organizations saw enacting sustainability best practices within their business as a "nice to have" rather than an essential element of their competitiveness, profitability and their future success. Despite report after report indicating that today's consumers look to a business's sustainability practices before making purchasing decisions, some organizations chose to look the other way in a misguided attempt to maximize revenue in the short term, without a thought to the long-term corporate health and, indeed, the long-term profitability of their organization."
"The economic benefits of sustainability and the circular economy never have been more clear. According to the deVere Group, a leading independent financial advisory, ESG investments have come to be regarded as safe havens for 56 percent of investors," the article noted.
Get ESG in ETFs
ETF investors looking for plays in ESG can look to funds like the FlexShares STOXX US ESG Impact Index Fund (ESG ). For investors who want ESG exposure, as well as global diversification, can look to the FlexShares STOXX Global ESG Impact Index Fund (ESGG ).
ESG seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the STOXX® USA ESG Impact Index. The underlying index is designed to reflect the performance of a selection of companies that, in aggregate, possess greater exposure to ESG characteristics relative to the STOXX® USA 900 Index, a float-adjusted market-capitalization weighted index of U.S.- incorporated companies. Under normal circumstances, the fund will invest at least 80% of its total assets in the securities of the underlying index.
ESGG seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the STOXX® Global ESG Impact Index. The index is designed to reflect the performance of a selection of companies that, in aggregate, possess greater exposure to environmental, social, and governance characteristics relative to the STOXX® Global 1800 Index, a float-adjusted market-capitalization weighted index of companies incorporated in the U.S. or in developed international markets. The fund will invest at least 80% of its total assets in the securities of the index and in ADRs and GDRs based on the securities in the index.


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University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS), Lahore Admissions 2018-19
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Admissions Open For Spring 2018 At UVAS Lahore Campus
Last date to apply is Thursday, November 29, 2018
Admissions Open at University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences's City Campus, Lahore for the batch Spring 2018. UVAS offers admissions in different fields of study for Master and PHD Programs.
University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS), Lahore Admissions 2018-19 Offers in M.Phil and PhD Degree Programs.
Diploma Coursescurrently no course offered for Diploma at UVAS, keep visiting the Computer Zila For Latest Admissions
Bachelors Coursescurrently no course offered for bachelors at UVAS, keep visiting the Computer Zila For Latest Admissions
Masters CoursesM.Phil - Master of Philosophy
Diploma Eligibilitycurrently no course offered for bachelors at UVAS, keep visiting the Computer Zila For Latest Admissions
Bachelors Eligibilitycurrently no course offered for bachelors at UVAS, keep visiting the Computer Zila For Latest Admissions
Last Date To ApplyThursday, November 29, 2018
Admission Test DateMonday, December 17, 2018
Interview DateThursday, December 20, 2018
Commencement of ClassesCommencement of Classes date is not mentioned in newspaper
University NameUniversity of Veterinary & Animal Sciences
University DescriptionThe University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore (UVAS), is a public, research university located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It is accredited by the Pakistan Veterinary Medical Council (PVMC). It has additional teaching campuses in rural areas of the Punjab, Pattoki and Jhang. Established in 1882, it is one of the oldest institution of veterinary sciences and microbiology in Asia and is one of the institution founded by the Great Britain. Since its inception, it maintained its reoccupation as one of the famous and renown institution Veterinary and animal sciences and conducts wide range of research in microbiology and development of human resources.It was also affiliated with University Of Agriculture, Faisalabad for some years and then become a distinct entity. The university offers undergraduate, post-graduate and doctoral programs in diverse fields of animals health, food irradiation, security and safety
University TagUVAS
University URLhttp://www.uvas.edu.pk/
University Admission URLhttp://www.uvas.edu.pk/Admissions
Admission CampusCity Campus, Lahore
City Campus, Lahore Information
Campus NameCity Campus, Lahore
Campus AdressUVAS, Syed Abdul Qadir Jillani (Out Fall) Road, Lahore - Pakistan
Campus Websitehttp://www.uvas.edu.pk/
Campus Phone no.+92-42-99211374
Campus Phone no. 2+92-42-99211449
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There will be no shortage of online shoppers during the back-to-school frenzy of shopping between July and September, but those shoppers are less likely to be looking for items for college-aged children. That, according to Deloitte's 2018 Back To College Study, which found an 11% decreased in intended online shoppers.
Last year about 80% of shoppers said they would use their laptops/desktops and even social networks to find key back to college goods. This year, 69% of shoppers said the say. And the numbers for mobile commerce continue to be lower with only 45% of shoppers saying they'll use mobile devices.
"This decline in digital usage for back-to-college shoppers could be a sign that consumers desire innovation with their digital shopping interactions," said Rod Sides, vice chairman, Deloitte LLP and U.S. retail, wholesale and distribution leader. "It provides an opportunity for retailers to define innovation at the intersection of technology, engagement and decision making in the coming years."
How will the buys break down? According to Deloitte just over half (54%) of shoppers will make college purchases in-store, and 24% will buy online, leaving about 22% of the college spend unaccounted for. Those shoppers might push their dollars into store or online hubs, making marketing a key factor for merchants who want to grab a bit more of the back to college spend.
"According to parents surveyed, 68 percent plan to start their back-to-college shopping before August. Even more pertinent to retailers, these early shoppers also plan to spend 35 percent more than shoppers who wait until August," said Lokesh Ohri, principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP and leader of customer engagement, content and commerce offerings in the retail practice. "This is an opportunity for retailers to engage customers early and often, to not only capture the pockets of early spenders but also appear on the radar of those shoppers who plan to engage throughout the season."
The full Deloitte dataset can be accessed here.


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Charlie Rutherford is the main antagonist of the 2012 British science fiction adventure film The Dinosaur Project.
He was portrayed by Peter Brooke.
Although he is the main antagonist of the film, Charlie does not show his villainy until near the end of the film. Before then, he appears as a confident, responsible, and authoritative gentlemen who cope with Luke about the differences between him and his father Jonathan. However, Charlie's true intentions are that of a greedy and arrogant individual who shows no empathy and will easily do anything in order to earn his share of the bargain for the expedition, even if he will have a kill. Despite being fearless and courageous towards other humans, he does seem to be quite cowardly and pusillanimous towards the native dinosaurs of the island, especially towards the ones in swarms or by large sizes.
A group of explorers from the British Cryptozoological Society go on an expedition to the Congo in search for the existence of Mokele-mbembe. Among the group is their leader Jonathan, their sponsor organizer Charlie, their medic Liz, their pilot, their cameramen Dave and Pete, a local guide named Amara, and Luke, Jonathan's son who sneaks aboard their helicopter to experience his father's adventure.
Arriving at the Congo, they spot multiple flying reptiles flying across a village next to the river, one of which collides into the helicopter's blade, crashing it and killing the pilot, while also destroying most of their equipment, including their satellite phone. The remaining members make their way to the village, only to find all the villagers dead. They decide to make camp for the night in the last standing hut, discussing what to do next. Luke's security camera installed outside of the hut tracks multiple bat-like beasts outside. Charlie accidentally alerts the herd when he shuts off the computer monitor, resulting in the crew fleeing to the river with wooden boats stationed by the village, but lose Liz when she trips and is quickly killed by the swarm.
The group find themselves on an island in the middle of the river and make another camp, spotting small dinosaurs, one of which takes interest in Luke, naming it Crypto after it spits a fluid into Luke's face. He manages to attach a camera onto Crypto's neck, but it loses functionality when Crypto and the other dinosaurs swim into a cave. Charlie wants the group to go straight to the cave, believing it to be a gateway to where the dinosaurs are coming from, while Jonathan wants to return to civilization as he does not wish to lose any more comrades on the expedition.
When Luke manages to get Crypto's camera back online, showing the youngling got it off at its nesting area, Charlie convinces Luke to accompany him in finding Crypto's nest to prove his father wrong of the gateway's potential. The two attempt to escape through the second boat into the gateway, but are caught by Jonathan, who demands the two to turn around. He changes his mind once he spots a Plesiosaur, likely their discovery of Mokele-mbembe, when suddenly a Pliosaur attacks the boats, sinking one and killing Dave, with the recoil knocking Charlie and Luke towards the shore, continuing their search for the dinosaurs' whereabouts, a nearby jungle. At the top of a cliff looking up from the gateway, Luke manages to fix the satellite phone, Charlie thanks him for his help before suddenly pushing Luke down into the gateway.
Luke, surviving the fall, runs off to warn the others about Charlie's true intentions, coming across Crypto and the bats from before, only to be saved by Pete and Jonathan, both of whom ran off from Amara after she revealed they were never meant to land on the island and leaves with the last boat. Pete chases the bats off into the forest but is presumably killed in the process, while Luke and Jonathan make their way across a steep cliff way to return to their camp, but are hit by a sudden rockfall, pinning Jonathan against the cliff's edge. Luke looks up and sees Charlie holding a large stick as the source of the rockfall. Luke attempts to help his father, but knowing that his son's life is not worth risking, Jonathan allows himself to fall from the cliff to his death.
Luke follows Crypto to his nesting ground, finding his missing camera, when suddenly Charlie emerges in front of him, revealing his plan to kill off the remaining survivors of the expectation and earn all the credit of the discovery for himself. Charlie lunges at Luke and Crypto using a large leg bone but is halted by the arrival of two large dinosaurs, hearing the cries of their baby. Smelling the spit on Luke, Crypto's parents ignore him and drag Charlie off into the forest to kill their unwanted guest.


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WorksMusic of Another Present Era
Air of The Rainbow Robe and Feathered Skirt
Paul Dolden
Commission: NAISA, with support from the CCA
Today the Chinese call it the Moon Festival. In Tang dynasty, it was a time of national holidays for moon gazing, drinking and merrymaking. Not everyone agreed on what the craters and plains of the lunar surface depicted. For some the moon was the site of an ice palace for the moon goddess and her court. In the folklore of the Tang, a magician escorted Emperor Illustrious August to that palace across a silver bridge that he had conjured up by tossing his staff into the air. During his sojourn there the emperor witnessed a performance of the Air of the Rainbow Robe and Feathered Skirt by immortal maids. He memorized the music, and on his return to Earth taught it to performers at his palace. The music and dance of this work remains the most famous artifact of the Tang dynasty today.
I have attempted to create a modern version of this work, in which maidens often sing, and dance rhythms abound.
Air of The Rainbow Robe and Feathered Skirt — 4th movement of Music of Another Present Era — was realized in 2015 at the composer's studio in Val-Morin (Québec) and premiered on August 12, 2016, during the Sound Travels festival in Geary Lane in Toronto (Canada). The piece was commissioned by NAISA, with support from the CCA.
August 12, 2016, Sound Travels 2016: Two Retrospectives: Paul Dolden and John Oswald, Geary Lane, Toronto (Ontario, Canada)
2015, Personal studio, Val-Morin (Québec)
Histoires d'histoire
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1.Working on the back porch of the Hewitt house was a good way to feel relaxed and enjoy the summer weather while doing work.
2.Reaching 300 Facebook likes was an exciting milestone. We kept a poster of a thermometer on the wall when we first created the Facebook and the goal was 100 likes. And now, a few years later, we've hit 300!
and falls in love with lichens.
3.Helping with Rivers Institutes gave me a chance to get away from my desk, learn and explore state parks, and see how the Center's work with teachers was put into action. A few of the Institute attendees were my teachers in elementary school!
4.Building a database from scratch not only expanded my knowledge of relational databases from nothing, but also taught me valuable skills that I can continue to use throughout my life.
5.Working with great colleagues in a such a fun and supportive office has made my time at CGEE enjoyable and valuable.
Michaela Koopmans graduated from Hamline in May '16 with a degree in Chemistry. She started working at CGEE in the summer of 2012 as a student worker, and now works as a contractor building and managing CGEE's database. Michaela enjoys hiking, camping, archery, and finding new places to explore.


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Tragic news as bathroom industry legend Mick Nicholls dies suddenly
BathroomsNews Mon 19th Apr 2021 by KBBFocus
Bathroom industry legend Mick Nicholls has died suddenly while doing a practice lap of a Lincolnshire racing circuit on what was the first day of the racing season. Mick, 71, who was a keen motorsports enthusiast, was seen to pull the car over, where he was then found unconscious at the wheel. Tragically medical and air ambulance staff were unable to save him.
MD of successful Hertfordshire-based merchant trade and retail showroom Ware Bathroom Centre, Mick had been in the bathroom business for over 30 years. He and his director wife Diane had lovingly restored their 10,000sq ft showroom, which had over 100 displays, after it was destroyed in a fire in 2017.
Close friend, Jim Healy, MD of Essex-based Bodywash Bathrooms, who met him 30 years ago when they were on a factory visit together, remembers him as always being the life and soul of the party.
"Mick and I became good friends as we were often on the same dealer trips. Over the years our families became very close and we enjoyed many happy memories together. Mick was a very popular personality in the industry and was renowned for his singing as he had a photographic memory of lyrics and a good voice. Everyone is shocked and saddened by the loss of this larger than life character, and I will miss him dearly."
He is survived by his wife Diane, and children Stuart and Maxine.
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The Commonalities of Great Morning Shows and Morning Talent
Understanding Radio's Share of Wallet: Markets 51-60
ABC Sets Coverage For Inauguration
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The Commission is Serious About Not Deceiving Listeners
Magic Broadcasting's WILN-FM in Panama City will have to pay a fine of $125,000 for allegedly recording fake telephone calls for a contest and improper tower lighting.
The Commission received a complaint that the station recorded fake telephone calls with individuals posing as contest participants and aired the previously recorded programming during a voice-tracked afternoon show in 2019.
The Commission says Magic Broadcasting would neither confirm nor deny the allegations and maintains that it has no information indicating the station broadcast the pre-recorded programming identified in the complaint. "Magic Broadcasting has not provided any evidence to rebut the accounts given by the complainant, whose credibility the Bureau has no independent reason to doubt or question."
The Commission has long enforced the contest laws to prohibit stations from deceiving audiences by failing to fully describe the material terms of contests, or by not conducting contests in accordance with the announced contest rules. With respect to contests of intellectual knowledge, intellectual skill, or chance, section 508 of the Act prohibits a licensee from knowingly deceiving the public by engaging "in any artifice or scheme for the purpose of prearranging or predetermining in whole or in part the outcome of a purportedly bona fide contest . . . of chance." Concerning contests, section 73.1216 of the Rules requires a licensee to "fully and accurately disclose the material terms" of a contest it broadcasts or advertises, and to conduct the contest "substantially as announced and advertised." Moreover, no contest description may be false, misleading, or deceptive with respect to any material term.
To resolve the matter, the Bureau and Magic Broadcasting have entered into a Consent Decree and Magic must pay the $125,000 for both the contest matter and the tower lighting matter.
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Jason Murphy December 4, 2020 At 8:20 pm
Everyone is responsible for their own opinions and "news accuracy." If you're not satisfied with the news reporting or bias they support it's not their job to cater to your beliefs. This applies to all news coverage, not just political topics. Be grateful to live in a country that gives you the freedom of fact-checking, questioning our leadership, and challenging what you're told.
Dave Sharpe December 4, 2020 At 4:02 pm
So FCC, while we are on the subject of deception, I'd like to know when you will begin issuing fines to all the left wing TV media outlets for the false biased coverage, and the huge huge lackof coverage of the presidential election fraud news? Surly you are familiar with all these networks failing the general public with the lack and refusal of coverage, and bashing on air of President Trump. Last I knew if over the air TV and radio stations fail to serve or bias news and information there could be fines and or loss of licenses to these broadcasting companies. Regardless what political side anyone is on, your licensed networks and stations have been FAILING in doing their jobs and intentionally leaving the public clueless and having to do deep research searching online "off the grid" news to watch the court hearings and learn what is going on! The public deserves to know and be able to follow this news! Shame on you for NOT taking legal actions against these big networks! NBC, CBS, FOX, CNN are all good places to begin taking action!
G December 4, 2020 At 4:05 pm
Amen, brother!
TheBigA December 4, 2020 At 7:04 pm
"huge huge lack of coverage of the presidential election fraud"
Until someone in authority, such as the AG or the head of the FBI, confirms it's true, it's just someone's opinion. So far, even Trump appointees and supporters say there's no fraud. All we have is the loser who claims he didn't lose.
The FCC doesn't get involved in content at radio or TV.
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This is where we are now
Jul26 by weegingerdug
Back in 2014, if independence campaigners had urged people to vote Yes warning that the British state would be stockpiling supplies of food and vital medicines, that it would be making contingency plans for the lights going out, and that ports were threatened with gridlock and planes might not fly, we would have been accused of ridiculous scaremongering. Even the frothiest and zoomiest of anti-independence campaigners who predicted all sorts of dire events for an independent Scotland didn't dare claim that the country could be facing food shortages and a return to rationing. But that's exactly where we are in the British state this last summer before Brexit.
Back in 2014, if independence campaigners had told the people of Scotland that the only way that Scotland could be certain of membership of the EU would be by voting for independence, the British nationalists would have ridiculed us and called us liars. It was only by voting to remain a part of the UK, they claimed with the certitude of the self-righteous, that Scotland could ever retain its place amongst the family of European nations. And that place was as a subordinate adjunct to a UK that punched above its weight in the corridors of Brussels. Yet here we are now, four years on, leaving the EU despite the fact that Scotland voted to remain by a much larger margin than it voted to remain a part of the UK, and the Republic of Ireland has vastly more influence on the course of Brexit than the UK government does. Scotland doesn't even get a say, never mind a place at the top table. Estonia, with a population a quarter the size of Scotland's, gets a veto, Scotland gets vetoed whenever it opens its mouth. How's that punching above your weight working out for you Scotland?
Back in 2014, if independence campaigners had warned that instead of strengthening devolution as it had promised, the British state would be doing its utmost to undermine the devolution settlement and would be taking the Scottish Parliament to the Supreme Court in order to overturn a bill that Holyrood had passed with the support of all parties except the Tories, we would have been accused of being hysterical liars. It seems highly unlikely that the current devolution settlement can survive in the unitary state that the Conservatives seem to have in mind for the UK after it has left the European Union. Yet Scotland didn't vote to leave the EU, Scotland didn't vote for the devolution settlement to be changed, Scotland didn't vote for a fundamental restructuring of the British state that harms Scotland's interests. Worse, Scotland wasn't even consulted. But that's exactly where we are in this summer of devodeath before Brexit.
Back in 2014, if independence campaigners had warned that Scottish products were going to be rebranded as British, and we'd see British shortbread, British whisky, British square slice and British Aberdeen Angus in our shops, all plastered with Union flegs, we'd have been accused of being petty minded scaremongerers. But Scottish products are at threat as never before. Brexit threatens to strip distinctively Scottish products of the protection that they currently enjoy, and any manufacturer anywhere in the world will be able to sell an alcoholic drink branded as Scotch whisky, or Stornoway Black Pudding made with genetically modified American crops. But that's exactly where we are in this last summer of Scottish shopping before Brexit.
Back in 2014, if independence campaigners had cast aspersions on the solidity of British democracy, we'd have been howled down in rage. But we've seen dodgy donations and dark money funding the Scottish Conservatives. We've seen allegations of Russian involvement in the Brexit campaign. We've seen an official leave campaign which drove a coach and horses through electoral law and which received a minor slap on the wrist in the form of a fine that was a tiny fraction of the money that it had illegally spent. This is where we are now, being dragged out of the EU on the basis of an unfair vote.
Back in 2014, if independence campaigners had told voters in Scotland that within a few short years the far right would be soaring in UK opinion polls, that the Tories would have become all but indistinguishable from Ukip, and that Tory politicians were calling for the treason laws to be extended in order to prosecute people in favour of the EU or supportive of Scottish independence, we'd have been laughed at. Better Together had told us that the UK was a bulwark of tolerance and moderation, and our only protection against political extremism. No one is laughing now, as we face the spectre of a resurgent far right, one that's wrapped in the Union fleg, one that has grown under the cover of a British nationalism whose main distinctive feature is the unshakeable belief that it's not nationalist at all. This is where we are now, because four years ago Scotland voted no.
Back in 2014, we were told by the Labour party that it stood for devolution, that it was the guarantor of Scotland's interests within the British state. And yet despite the unfolding horror, despite the utter incompetence, the sheer ineptitude, the total failure of British politics, despite the undermining of the devolution settlement, despite the thousands of jobs which might be lost, despite the hundreds of thousands of lives which face disruption, despite the humiliation of the UK on the global stage, despite the rise of the extreme right and the destruction of democratic accountability, there are still Labour politicians in Scotland who say that the worst thing to come out of all of this is that it reopens the question of Scottish independence. This is where we are now, with a Labour party exposed as a mouthpiece for the British state which abstains instead of opposing the Tories.
Back in 2014, a lot of people still believed in the promises and reassurances of Westminster. Now even those who trusted them before know that a vow from Westminster isn't worth the newsprint it's printed on. This is where we are now, on the verge of a second independence referendum, on the verge of an independent Scotland, because we were lied to, betrayed, taken for fools, taken for granted. Westminster's tragedy is that it only has itself to blame, but Westminster's tragedy will be Scotland's opportunity. This is where we are now.
Independence will come about because of the shortcomings and failures of those who say that they love the British state. In years to come we will look back on 2014 as the year that the British state threw away its last chance to keep Scotland within the UK. 2014 isn't where we are now, and that's why the next independence referendum will have a very different outcome to the first.
WEE GINGER FUNDRAISER
It's that time of year again. It's been a year since I last did a fundraiser. This year is going to be a particularly expensive one for me personally. There's a wedding to pay for, and I need to ensure that my earnings are sufficient to prove to the Home Office that I am able to import my American spouse into Scotland to live here permanently. As well as the need to demonstrate a minimum level of annual income, £18,600, there are also hefty legal and visa fees to pay.
I really don't like doing fundraisers, and I really don't like to blow my own trumpet, but I work my wee socks off for the independence movement. I publish this blog, and I do talks to local indy groups all over Scotland without asking for a fee. Don't get me wrong, I greatly enjoy it. It's a huge privilege to meet all the wonderful, talented, and committed people who make the Scottish independence movement something really special. However it takes up a lot of time and energy to keep blogging and doing public talks, time and energy that I could be using to generate an income to prove to the Home Office that I am able to support my American spouse.
The truth is that if every regular reader of this blog gave just one pound a year, I'd be pulling in well over £100,000 annually. Unfortunately it doesn't work like that. Publishing and selling books and maps helps, as does selling t-shirts, but it's pretty hit and miss. I do get paid by The National for my twice weekly articles, but that doesn't pay anything like as much as you might think it would. In order to be confident that I can meet the minimum income requirements demanded by the Home Office, cover the cost of a wedding on both sides of the Atlantic, and cover the fees required to pay the visas and associated legal costs, I need to do a fundraiser for £10,000.
Any help you can give would be immensely appreciated. Help me to keep campaiging, and help me to show that Scotland is a welcoming place for migrants – at least one special migrant in particular, the man I'm going to marry in October.
You can donate by clicking the following link and donating on my Gofundme page.
https://www.gofundme.com/wee-ginger-fundraiser
Alternatively you can donate by clicking on the Paypal "Donate" button on this page, or by logging in to www.paypal.com and making a payment to me at weegingerbook@yahoo.com If you would prefer to donate by some other method, cash, cheque, or bank transfer, please contact me at weegingerbook@yahoo.com for details.
Many thanks for all your support. You've no idea how much it means to me.
If you have trouble using the button, or you prefer not to use Paypal, you can donate or purchase a t-shirt or map by making a payment directly into my bank account, or by sending a cheque or postal order. If you'd like to donate by one of these methods, please email me at weegingerbook@yahoo.com and I will send the necessary information. Please also use this email address if you would like the dug and me to come along to your local group for a talk.
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76 comments on "This is where we are now"
This is a 'keeper' Sam. A good text to hand out to others. When you see all the lies put into one story it shows how poor we are governed in the UK.
Actually it wasn't Sam who wrote this one… It was me.
But he is a very good blogger.
Jimmy The Pict says:
As are you Paul.
Floats like a butterfly, stings like a cleg.
Welcome back, slacker.
Your rapier like prose and style are unique, Paul.
WE won't be fooled again.
When Cameron resigned and May took over, I observed that we were a heart attack away from Boris as PM, and Trump would make up the set.
Never has a political and social movement ben so ready and champing at the bit to get started. By October, we'll know definitely.
They have nothing left with which to threaten bully or smother us.
The Day is at Hand, at last.
Skye was lovely. The weather wasn't great, but it was a fantastic trip. The other half has gone home to the USA now. So that's me depressed.
Have decided to organise a Wee Ginger Gathering for readers of the blog. So you can all moan at one another in person. Will post details when I have it organised. Planning to time it to coincide with the trip to Scotland of a certain Canadian reader.
A Wee Ginger Gathering sounds like an excellent plan – count me in!
Thanks for all you do to make us smile despite all the dark despressing goings on!
Got my Tee Shirt the other day – LOVE LOVE LOVE it – perfect fit! Thanks again xx
When the autumn leaves swirl and pile up like a mountain of giant corn flakes against the dry stane dyke in our avenue, when chestnuts fall, and there is a distinct nip in the air, will be ideal for The Gathering, Paul.
Let me know what you need done.
Wonderfull effort as usual Paul. The blog was well looked after by Sam. I like the idea of a Wee Ginger Gathering, but I think you will need to be the MC, to keep order among these roudy readers who frequent your blog.
A Wee Ginger Gathering sounds absolutely marvellous. Wherever and whenever it is to be held, I will throw things out of my diary to be there.
What size of a venue will you need?
It's going to be downstairs in the Yes Bar in Glasgow.
Should have checked Paul. I thought your trip to Skye was for a longer period. Hope you had a good time.
I have my T shit which will be worn in Inverness on Saturday at the AUOB walk.
Spot on as ever Paul…all the reality in one piece of writing…very clever you are!
I am preparing for the next Indy…painting yes stones to be left in various locations….read about the idea in today's national….
AnnieM says:
T shit? LOL!
Still waiting for mine in Spain. Hope it arrives soon.
It was posted a few days ago. Can take over a week to get to Spain.
Great, thanks Paul.
Ta much. 🙂
Gillie-Chriosd (@gilliecriosd) says:
Who could doubt it? Brilliant – and unflinchingly true – as ever.
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hettyforindy says:
Excellent, have shared. Thanks.
Brilliant Paul.
That one has a staccato rhythm which adds to the power of the truths it contains.
Will print it off and add to my next leaflet drop.
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This is a stonker, Paul, and I am sharing it far and wide! Sorry your break in the Winged Isle was so brief but we are glad to have you back in the fray. Mind, Sam did a sterling job in your absence, as always.
It's up to you folks. Only you can give the Scottish parliament and government the permission and powers it needs. ONLY you can make a difference.
What kind of country do you want to live in?
jfngw says:
Superb piece of writing, encapsulates the last four years of broken promises and mendaciousness of Westminster and its cronies.
Son of Perth says:
Paul, that was your finest ever post and your bar is set very high. We are on the verge of freedom, in no small part due to people like you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
katherine hamilton says:
Wee touch o' the Bolero there, Paul. Building and building and building till the inspiring crescendo. It's coming.
That's exactly what I thought, Katherine! Journalism's answer to Ravel.
Kenneth Clacher says:
Hoping you are deciding to have get to geathers in all the major cities, including my city Edinburgh.incorporating your fundraising events.
One of your very best and thanks to you and all the other bloggers who highlight the lies, deceit and sheer arrogance and stupidity of the British state.
crabbitgits says:
Excellent post Paul, it was reeking of the anger and betrayal which we all feel and if the gathering is in Glasgow count this one in. Oh, and I do hope it involves a wee bit more than ginger.
What about a ceilidh?
tintochiel says:
One of your most powerful pieces, Paul, and a great factual account, despite its emotion, of the appalling litany of lies we have been subjected to by these absolute shysters.
If only you could get regular exposure in the MSM! We'd be free in jig time.
One of yer best, Paul
Strong & able
Well presented sir, damm stirring stuff.
However the fact is as you said if us Scottish patriots suggested to Unionists or even our own folk that things would end as they are now no one would take notice
We would have been accused of acting like foaming at the mouth Yoons.
Now we are here and I can't quite believe it. I worry about my family and friends and all in Scotland.
I admit that I have supported Independence for the majority of my life and could never think of a good reason to think that English rule benefited Scotland in any way.
I know people who held views which supported our status as a colony. Never agreed with them but I believe you have to respect the views of others.
Now it is clear that Independence is not simply a political argument which half the country support but it is now an emergency.
Regardless of your thoughts on independence or overlordship by the English we all have to save ourselves and our families we all have to push for independence it is plainly a national emergency.
Well said, Sir! That is exactly what it is … and heaven help the poor souls South of the Border who have absolutely NO recourse. "They knew not what they did".
THeir only answer is English Federalism.
Lord, if only someone had warned us.
Michel says 'non'!
Ruth Davidson plunges into the 'frozen' waters of the Forth to save her dog!
An unmarked 16 wheeler articulated lorry delivers a 1000 year supply of insulin to the back door at number 10!
Nigella's recipe for Brexit soup:
Cut the tongue out of one of your Clothes Bank steel toe- capped Work For Food Stamps leather boots, boil it in a pan of water for an hour for stock, add chopped dandelions and dock leaves, mop the salty sweat from your Sweat Shop brow with a dishcloth and immerse in the Dandelion and Dock leaf soup.
Serves 6, or 4 adults and two weans, 'cos families can only produce two weans each now that the Davidson Responsible Sized Families Act has been passed in the New English parliament of the Isles of Britain.
We are engulfed in a raging out of control forest fire of madness which the MSM report with mock shock.
The EU 27 Four Freedoms are inviolable.
Everybody knows that including Dominic Raab.
England you voted to leave the EU; we didn't.
Yet the Darling Duds of May blunder on hoping that Daddy will relent and buy them a big bag of sweeties.
I am apparently now committing treason writing this.
From Kenny rogers' 'The Gambler.'
"Son, I've made a life
Out of readin' people's faces
Knowin' what the cards were
By the way they held their eyes
So if you don't mind me sayin'
I can see you're out of aces
For a taste of your whiskey
I'll give you some advice"
Dear Reader, check out the photie with Barnier out of focus in the forefront and Dominic Raab's face in full focus glancing sideways as Barnier at last mutters ' Pas de route, Jose'.
Raab's body language says it all.
His pupils are dilated and his hands are about to cover his trembling defeated lips.
I'm sure Desmond Morris' 'The Naked Ape' has a chapter on cornered human animals.
The Domini makes David Mundell at Scottish Questions look as cool and calm as Perry Como singing 'Catch a Falling Star'.
Raab is clearly 'out of aces'.
That's why he got the job and was daft enough to take it. Nobody else would touch it with a Pole, of the canal variety, or a plumber/slater/ plasterer EU ilk.
The EU 27 knows what the Brexiters' cards are all right.
A fistful of Jokers.
"A fistful of Jokers" … Excellent, Jack. You speak my mind for me … however, the Perry Como analogy dates us a bit! 😉
Wendy, if memory serves (and TG it still does) it was BB who observed about growing older:
'I have not grown old, I have ripened',
or some such words.
Our younger readers don't know who 'BB' could be, but she was a Goddess who chose to walk this Earth when I was a young bag of hormones and acne.
Sinatra was 'Songs for Swinging Lovers', Perry Como was musical comfort food.
Forever young, Wendy.
I'm surprised Jack, that you haven't mentioned Raab's latest faux pas (?) describing Scotland as being one of England's "Regions". Mistake? I don't think so.
Not that such an idea is beyond him, but the tweet apparently was a fake.
http://www.thenational.scot/thejouker/16380914.brexit-secretary-dominic-raabs-tweet-about-scotland-is-fake/?ref=mr&lp=6
gus1940 says:
Probably as much a fake as was last week's pairing 'Mistake'.
Thank you, Sam.
That went well then.
https://archive.fo/SOBys
I new this would happen Sam. I suspect WM did as well.
Not many options left for UK gov and all of them bad, both for them and the populations of the UK.
They brought all of this upon themselves, but most especially the people.
The Brit Nat Dead Tree Scrolls are already blaming the Europeans applying a sort of reverse logic/ Treaty of Versailles 'punishment' of the YooKay for daring to 'take back control' and yet somehow cherry pick the best bits of the Common Market.
References to the Weimar Republic and 'reparations' will get big licks over the coming weeks and months.
Why aren't the EU27 crumbling?
Why don't these bloody foreigners just admit that England is the most powerful and influential nation in the world and give in to her demands?
The neurosis of exceptionalism is fast giving way to the psychosis of and language of 'war'.
They are preparing the Leavers for No Deal and Eurapocalypse Now.
Soylent Green is people!
Pass the low fat creamed rice, Sam.
aitchbee says:
The Welsh are also seeing their products rebranded as British, Union fleg and all
Nigel Stapley says:
Yup, we are, and with exactly the same purpose:
http://www.thejudge.me.uk/Rants/Rants_20180726.htm
Trouble is, we have even more frothing Yoons (or as I prefer to call them – because the so-called 'Union' never existed – assimilationists) per square km than you have. And media which are 100% owned/controlled from beyond our borders
Oh, hell! Forgot to say…
Fantastic piece, Paul. As they say in Ireland, "You could sing that if you put an air to it".
One_Scot says:
It does beg the question, if we cannot vote for Independence under the current circumstances, then it would be fair to say we never will. And the BritNats will know this.
I really hope the Scottish Government and the SNP can make sure the #ScotRef referendum cannot be compromised, or we could be in a whole world of pain.
One_Scot, I hate to be pedantic, but English is an ambiguous language. 'Compromise' means to reach an agreement by making concessions. On the other hand, 'compromised' can mean fiddled or rigged. Which did you mean?
Compromised, as in open to manipulation.
This is a subject dear to my heart, and one on which much research has been done by many people since the first Referendum.
The UK voting processes are full of holes, but they can be tightened by a few simple changes. Here are the details. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1XfSlaLItloFjsBerVFN4r_e-AL4sgek1
As far as the postal voting process goes: leave the packs, as posted by the voter, sealed until the close of personal voting.
As far as the personal voting goes: count twice – once before the ballot boxes leave the Polling Place and again at the Counting Venue.
We must all lobby our local MSPs to ensure that the changes are made.
You have raised this before Les. Agree with you. I e-mailed every MPS at that time.
Andy, Thank you. I didn't know that you had done that. I was beginning to think that I was ploughing a lone furrow. Thank you again.
Meanwhile here in Aberdeen the Townhouse is proudly flying the Union Jack or "Butchers Apron" as one should term it. On enquiring as to who was behind this show of pride in our imperialist past was informed that the decision rests solely with the Lord Provost our minority Labour leader Barney Crocket who as we all know has formed an unholy alliance with the vile Tories to continue with their tawdry unionist agenda over the populace. We need to wake up soon from this nightmare.
grafter, soon we'll be tearing them down for good.
Anglo Scot collaborators determined to do their Masters' bidding for cash and power.
We know who they are.
There will be no place in Scotland for the Fifth column Brit Nats.
Those who malignantly and wilfully lie, besmirch and threaten.
The sight of the Butcher's apron incites disgust in me. I don't know about the rest of you, but I am far from 'proud' of our imperial past.
The devil lurks in the hedgerows.
England will erupt first.
Yes I suspect you are correct Jack. If a no deal is the future England will erupt first.
Andy, see Sam's reference below.
No Deal will not happen of course.
It won't will it?
How bad could it be?
This bad.
Get the popcorn out,Sam.
We need sit back now and watch it all unravel.
Over by October.
Before the Brexit vote I was aware of this having spent many years in food processing and distribution. It has the chance to destroy hundreds of farming families. We have an escape route.
We've been screaming to everyone who would listen for over five years Andy, both on indyref and EU ref counts about the nature of Westminster and what it considers priorities. Specifically during the EU ref both fishermen and the farming community had ample access to the same info we did. A majority in both groups chose poorly and are now about to suffer abysmally. They've been betrayed because they are viewed either as a commodity or a cost to be used in turn, but they are our own folk and they're going to need help like everyone else.
What they need to remember is that it didn't have to be this way and that as you say, there is a lifeboat available.
Ken Clark says:
Beautifully written as always, Paul. Your use of language is sharper than a scalpel, never losing it's edge.
One bonus from the current shambles is a world now unable to politely ignore the reality behind the "democratic" state known as Great Britain. Bercow's recent warning in parliament that foreign representatives were in the gallery and the House should behave accordingly, even towards Scotland's SNP MPs, amused and appalled me in equal measure.
I have no doubt governments across the world were aware, but London's arrogant sense of entitlement is now in plain sight for all to see, with Europe in particular being forced to deal with the snarling reality behind the Oxbridge mask..
The English establishment have talked of, "the Irish problem". "the Scottish problem". Now we have, "the EU problem".
Welcome to our world.
I expect more sympathy from them the next time we endeavour to join theirs.
p.s. Have sent second donation. I wish it could be more. Please don't be uncomfortable about crowdfunding. We are as close as we are to our goal because of your input, alongside others. It's the very least we can do. More power to you, and of course, the dug.
Hear,hear, Ken.
PK will be sung of in folk songs a hundred years from now.
With you all the way there, Jack.
The rise of the bloggers, breaking the establishment's controlling stranglehold on information.
It'll be an epic, with the wee ginger dug rivalling Bruce's spider in Scottish folklore. 🙂
He says, as the BBC force YouTube to remove pro-indy clips from the web.
Are they worried, or what?
See you in October.
Asty will you be there for the March in Edinburgh?
What date is that, Molly?
October 6th Asty….I'll be there!
Bill McDermott says:
# Jack
I don't know about you but seeing the Butcher's apron flown here in the Highlands is particularly obnoxious. Most tourism business here overcome these sensitive issues but displaying a range of flags from different countries but there are one or tow outlets who deliberately and provocatively display the Union flag in all its ugliness. Just in terms of textile design the Saltire gives me the impression of a clean design with a feeling of purity going back into the Middle Ages. The Union Jack in contrast is a mix-match with the knowledge of its perfidious role. If I were a soldier, I would feel unclean marching under its colours.


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GT BANK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TESTIFIES AT THE JANNEH COMMISSION
By Yankuba Jallow
The Executive Director and Head of Corporate Banking at GT Bank, Isatou Jawara, has testified before the Janneh Commission of Enquiry, set up by government to probe into the financial dealings and assets of the former president, Yaya Jammeh and his associates, on Monday 4th September 2017, at the Djembe Hotel.
In her testimony, Ms. Jawara said the Gambia National Petroleum Company (GNPC), has both dollar and dalasi accounts with the Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB); that they are five accounts and were opened on different dates and time. In her evidence in chief, Ms. Jawara said the first account was opened on September 2009; the second on 19th March 2009; the third on 5th January 2010; the fourth on 26th May 2014 and the fifth was opened on 11th September 2015. She held that Momodou O.S. Badjie, the former Managing Director of GNPC opened the accounts and was a signatory to all of them. She said the signatories include Ebrima O. Camara, Permanent Secretary, Fafa Sanyang, Commissioner of Petroleum and Teneng M. Jaiteh, the Secretary General; that this was at the time of their appointment to the above named positions.
Ms. Jawara said Ebrima O. Camara, Fafa Sanyang and Teneng Jaiteh on July 8th 2017, ceased to be signatories and Madung Sanyang, the Finance Manager was added as a signatory on September 7th 2016.
In addition, she said the former president Yahya Jammeh and the former Secretary General and Head of Civil service, Momodou Sabally, Alfred George Belford, Baboucar Njie, Lamin Manneh and Abdoulie T.B. Jarra, were all added as signatories to the accounts on different dates and times. She said the signatories are different from the two dollar accounts and that the first dollar account was opened on March 3rd 2009.
"At the time President Jammeh and S.G. Sabally were made signatories to the dollar accounts, there was 1,241,513.38 US Dollars, as balance in the accounts," she said.
She said when the two took over, 2,266,266.29 dollars was added to the account; that the current balance of the account is 81,112.19 dollars. She said Abdoulie Momodou Sallah, Kalilu Bayo, Sulayman Samba and Adama Ngom Njie, were all added to the list of signatories on different dates and were all later deleted.
In her narration about the transactions, she said on 28thSeptember 2013, there was a debit transaction of 76,379.54 dollars from the GNPC account, paid to the GICEC account, through a letter signed by Momodou Sallah and the former President; that there was a transaction of 884,000 dollars equivalent to 650,000 euros, transferred to the UN budget services signed by Yahya Jammeh and Momodou Sabally. She reiterated that there was CFA 79,687,693.00 debit transaction paid to the COSETAM account, equivalent to a tune of 151,261.47 dollars, signed by Momodou Sallah and Yahya Jammeh. She reiterated that the Bank transferred 66,064.97 dollars to GICEC account and later 21,338.30 dollars was paid to the same account on the February 26, 2014 whilst 92, 282.78 dollars was debited to the account on April 27, 2014 by the former president and Momodou Sabally. She said 28,810 dollars was paid to PIAM, who she said, were beneficiaries and it was signed by Momodou O.S. Badjie.
Further, she said an amount of 100,000 dollars was paid to the Jammeh Foundation for Peace on 8th April 2014, from the account to Trust Bank Gambia Limited, signed by ex-President Yahya Jammeh and Momodou Sabally. She said an amount of 182,982.24 dollars and 288, 982.23 dollars, was paid to M.A. Kharafi's account, in its equivalent in dalasi.
She said 129,337.00 dollars was paid to GICEC account on 23rdJuly 2014 at GTB and also a sum of 141,789.31 dollars was paid on July 3rd 2014, into the same account. She said 129,375.00 dollars was paid to T.K. Exports in the United Arab Emirates in Dubai and the transaction was authorised by Dr. Kalilou Bayo and the former President, Yahya Jammeh.
"The bank paid 1,014,169.68 dollars into the GICEC account signed by the former President and Kalilou Bayo," she said.
She said the Bank paid stipend to individuals abroad such as Musa Trawally, Basir Sarr, Lamin K. Sanyang and many others. She added that Musa received 7750 pound starlings signed by Lamin Nyabally; Basir received 2,450 dollars and Musa Trawally received 6350 dollars among the many amounts paid for stipend.
"Former President Jammeh was not a signatory to the second dollar account," she said.
All the transaction documents were tendered and admitted as exhibits by the Commission.
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It's summer color ... but gently.
Hi there! Thanks for coming by and saying hi! I haven't been to your blog in a while either, but your pictures are stunning as always :) I am excited to follow you on instagram now, I am much better at keeping up there than on blogs :) I really love the pictures of the tomatoes!
It's funny how we can "bump" into each other online like we would at the supermarket, April. I'm so pleased to see your photography business is going strong, and your family growing. I so admire your portrait taking skills!
Yes, Gail, they are. However, there isn't much more than what you see there. It's a small garden this year, but it's enough to give us a taste of summer.
Yum, fresh tomatoes. Ever since my boyfriend got me tomatoes from his granddads greenhouse, I never buy them in the stores anymore. We're trying to grown our own this year. :) Delicious!
And those blue shades of yarn make me guess you started the Umbre Lovre?


If you have thyroid disease, you may have come across contradictory or confusing information about reverse T3 (rT3), also known as reverse triiodothyronine. The blood test for this thyroid hormone is controversial because, while most research does not point to a reliable way to interpret or treat abnormal results, there has been some interest in determining whether rT3 levels could be of value in understanding thyroid disease or severe medical illnesses.
RT3 is a blood test that not commonly ordered, but if your doctor tested you for it and you are interested in understanding what your results mean, it's worth exploring the debate surrounding it.
There are a number of thyroid hormones. The most commonly measured ones are thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), total thyroxine (T4), free T4, total triiodothyronine (T3), and free T3.
TSH: TSH is released from the pituitary gland in the brain, and it stimulates the thyroid gland to make thyroid hormones.
T4 and T3: The thyroid gland makes and releases T4, as well as some T3. Total T3 and T4 levels include T3 and T4 that is bound to protein as well as T3 and T4 that is not (known as free T3 and T4).
T4 conversion to T3 and rT3: After its release from the thyroid gland, T4 is converted to T3, which is an active thyroid hormone, or to rT3, which is considered an inactive form. The rate and ratio of T4 conversion to either T3 or rT3 depend on the body's metabolic needs.
You can have hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism due to a problem with any step in the process of thyroid hormone stimulation, production, activation, or protein binding. Your doctors look at these tests to determine which step or steps are responsible for your symptoms.
RT3 is a metabolite of T4. Typically, when T4 loses an atom of iodine—a process known as monodeiodination—it becomes (T3), the active thyroid hormone.
The body also converts T4 into rT3, which is 3,3´5´-triiodothyronine, an inactive form of T3 that is incapable of the metabolic activity that is normally carried out by T3.
It is believed that the body produces rT3 in times of severe illness or starvation as a mechanism of preserving energy.
RT3 can be measured by a blood test. A level below 250 pg/ml (10 to 24 ng/dL) is considered normal.
There is some understanding of the relevance of rT3, but it is not clear whether the results would direct any specific treatment plan.
It appears that it can be elevated in times when the body is undergoing a crisis situation. Some evidence also points to a possible reparative effect of rT3 on the body.
In some instances, people who are seriously ill, often in the intensive care unit of a hospital, may have a low or normal TSH with low T3 and possibly a low T4 level as a result of critical illness, even without having thyroid disease.
Nonthyroidal illness, also known as euthyroid-sick syndrome, refers to a reduced level of thyroid function blood tests found in the setting of severe illness in a person without preexisting thyroid dysfunction.
People who are hypothyroid may have a low rT3, while people who are critically ill can have a high rT3. However, these changes do not always occur, so most critical care experts do not rely on rT3 to help distinguish thyroid disease from other causes of major illness.
Furthermore, since thyroid hormone reduction is considered a potentially protective mechanism in nonthyroidal illness, doctors do not generally recommend treatment based on rT3 alone. Instead, a number of well-understood physical signs and laboratory tests are used to guide these decisions.
Some experts suggest that rT3 levels could also be raised by chronic dieting, resulting in difficulties with losing weight as the body preserves excess calories and energy unnecessarily.
This idea has also not been consistently proven, and the treatment is also not clear.
The take-home message is that the precise meaning and significance of rT3 are still being teased out. At the current time, there are no standardized guidelines with respect to interpretation or treatment planning based on rT3 alone. Rest assured, however, that TSH, T4, free T4, T3, and free T3 levels are adequate indicators of your thyroid disease severity and management.
Gomes-Lima C, Burman KD. Reverse T3 or perverse T3? Still puzzling after 40 years. Cleve Clin J Med. 2018 Jun;85(6):450-455. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.85a.17079.


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Executive Committee 2018-19
Abhay Phansikar
Section Chair
Suryanarayana Doolla
Section Vice-Chair
Vinit Kotak
Satyanarayana Bheesette
Section Secretary
Dr. Satyanarayana did his B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering from J.N.T.University, Hyderabad and Ph.D. in Physics from IIT Bombay. He is working in the Department of High Energy Physics, TIFR since 1983 – and is currently a Scientific Officer (H). He is also a Visiting Professor at the Applied Science Department of the American College, Madurai. He worked on many major experiments, including a series of underground experiments at Kolar Gold Fields, D-Zero experiment at Fermilab, Chicago and CMS experiment on LHC at CERN, Geneva. Currently, he is fully engaged in building a mega science experiment called ICAL at the proposed India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) near Madurai. He won IEEE Bombay Section's Outstanding Volunteer Award for 2014 and IEEE Head Quarter's MGA Achievement Award for 2016. Dr. Satyanarayana has published 200 research papers and proceedings in national and international journals and conferences, besides scores of invited talks.
Anand Gharpure
Section Joint Secretary
Sanjay Pawar
Section Treasurer
Ashwini Kotrashetti
Section Joint Treasurer
Ms. Ashwini Kotrashetti is a senior faculty at Dept. of Electronics & Telecommunication Engg, Don Bosco Institute of Technology, Mumbai and leads the RF/ Microwave Center of Excellence.
She did her bachelor's in engineering from Karnataka University and masters in Telecommunications from Mumbai University. She has over 20 years of academic experience and is currently pursuing her doctoral studies, in the field of Microwave Antennas.
She is an IEEE Senior Member, holding positions of Jt. Treasurer IEEE Bombay Section, Secretary of MTT-S Chapter IEEE BS and Immediate Past-Chair of Women In Engineering BS. She is grantee of grantee of the prestigious IEEE Humanitarian Activities Committee (HAC) project grant for the year 2017 for the project "Comprehensive Development of Tribal Community of Walvanda". She also is the faculty advisor for IEEE-DBIT MTT-S Chapter and Chair of SIGHT in IEEE-DBIT SB.
Her research interests are RF & Microwave subsystem design and Microwave Biomedical applications. She has experience of working on several real-time industry-sponsored projects and has refereed international publications to her credit.
Anthony Lobo
Immediate Past Section Chair
Aiyappan Pillai
Arunavo Mukerjee
Dipankar Pal
Dnyaneshwar Kamble
M.Tech from IIT Madras. 19 years work experience within Tata Group across domains like Telecom, Automation, Smart City, Business Intelligence, Sustainability and Utilities. Worked in US, Canada and UK Geographies. IEEE Bombay Section Board Member from 2012. Conceptualization of New Business Unit "Ecological Sustainability" for TCS. In 2013, part of Tata group level committee for targeting Global Water Business. Part of CMC MD's office team and drove top 100 strategic accounts. On Department Advisory Board of Thakur, Vidyalankar, Rajiv Gandhi Institute in 2016-17 and 2017-18. Mentoring for Startup's DOBOZ. Executive Board Member of NGOs like "One Life Alliance India" which is working for sustainability and peace; and "Vikas Sahyog Prathisthan" which is working for Rural Development.
Conceptualized and starting India's 1st "Innovation Gallery' @ Nagpur to protect, display and monetization of the inventions from individual innovators, academia and national and international MSME's. Intellectual Property Rights Expert . Associated with Italian, Israel and German embassy for promoting MSME Innovations.
K.V.Kale
Kiran Talele
Mukund Sathe
Mukund Sathe is an Engineering Graduate having a Post Graduate Diploma in Software Technology. He is a PMP certified Project Management professional with 28 years of wide experience ranging from Research, Engineering Industry to IT industry. Having worked on Business Automation, Technology Optimization & Programme executions in esteemed organizations like BARC, Tech Mahindra and CORE Education & Technologies, he is presently heading the Technology Division at e-Stone. He is also a founder member of a technology startup 'THE DEAL APP'.
Saurabh Mehta
Prof. (Dr.) Saurabh N. Mehta has more than 16 years of professional, research, and teaching experience in wireless system development altogether. Currently he is working as the Chief Academic Officer (CAO) and Professor in the department of electronics and telecommunication at Vidyalankar Institute of Technology, Mumbai. Where, he is responsible for integrating academic and industry collaboration, research program, planning, and educational training for the Vidyalankar Institute of Technology. He earned his B.E., M.S., and PhD. degrees in Electronics Engineering from Mumbai University, Mumbai, India, Ajou University, South Korea, and Inha University, South Korea, in 2002, 2005, and 2011, respectively. His research interests are in the area of Wireless Networks, RFID/IoT/IoE Technology, Game Theory, and Educational Technology.
Seema Kawale
Hitesh Mehta
Co-opted
Milind Mushrif
Sanjay Dorle
Dr. S. V. Kulkarni
ex-officeo member, Education Activities Chair
Dr. S. V. Kulkarni is INAE Chair Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. He is a Fellow of IEEE and INAE. He is also Editor of IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery. He worked at Crompton Greaves Limited (1990-2001) and specialized in the design and development of transformers up to 400 kV class. He was a recipient of the Young Engineer Award conferred by INAE in 2000 for his contributions to Electromagnetic Field Computations and High Voltage Insulation Design in transformers. He was also honoured with the Career Award for Young Teachers from All India Council for Technical Education in 2001. He received Best Paper Awards in international conferences on transformers held in 2002 and 2006.
He has authored a book Transformer Engineering: Design, Technology, and Diagnostics, Second Edition, published by CRC Press in September 2012 and he received IIT Bombay Research Dissemination Award 2016 for the book. He has also written a chapter Challenges and Strategies in Transformer Design in the book Transformers: Analysis, Design, and Measurement published by CRC Press in June 2012. He has also adapted an undergraduate text book on electromagnetics for Asia, Principles of Electromagnetics, Oxford University Press, published in October 2015.
His extensive interactions with transformer and power industries are reflected in his numerous consultancy projects for them. He has organized several training programs on transformers and computational electromagnetics for engineers from industries and academia in India. He has given many invited tutorials and talks in international workshops and conferences on transformers. Field Computation Laboratory and Insulation Diagnostics Laboratory in the Electrical Engineering Department at IIT Bombay have been established by him.
He has more than 180 publications to his credit in reputed journals and conferences. He has one US patent on transformer deformation diagnostics. His current areas of research include Analysis and Diagnostics of Power Transformers, Advanced Electromagnetic and Coupled Field Computations, and Distributed Generation and Smart Grids.
Prof Himanshu Bahirat
Chair of PES-IAS Joint Chapter
Himanshu J. Bahirat (S'06) received the B.E. degree from Visvesvaraya Regional College of Engineering, Nagpur, India, in 2002 and M.S.E.E. and Ph.D. degrees from Michigan Technological University, MI in 2009 and 2013 respectively. He was with Schneider Electric Private Ltd. and Larsen and Toubro Ltd. at their design centres in India, working in the area of circuit-breaker design from 2002-2005. His research interests are wind farms, HVDC and DC power systems and transients in power systems. Presently,he is the Chair of PES-IAS Joint Chapter for Mumbai Section.
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Executive Committee for Year 2015


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The 1917 East Clare by-election was held on 10 July 1917. It followed the death of the incumbent MP, Willie Redmond of the Irish Parliamentary Party, who was killed in action during the First World War. The seat had been held since its creation in 1885 by constitutional nationalist MPs, and Redmond had been unopposed in every election since 1900. The result was announced on 11 July 1917.

It was won by the Sinn Féin candidate Éamon de Valera who had campaigned in military Irish Volunteers uniform. De Valera had recently been released from imprisonment as a result of his involvement in the 1916 Easter Rising and 'made it crystal clear that he stood by the events of Easter Week' and for an independent Irish Republic. Though he said that another armed insurrection was 'not feasible' at the present time. His election posters said a vote for de Valera was, 'a vote for Ireland a Nation, a vote against Conscription, a vote against partition, a vote for Ireland's language, and for Ireland's ideals and civilisation'.

Patrick Lynch, his opponent was a barrister and Crown prosecutor. His campaign maintained that he was also against conscription, despite the IPP's support for Irish recruitment into British forces in the First World War. His party's energies were also distracted by another by-election Kilkenny.

David McCullough writes, 'There was a lot of violence during the campaign, much of it apparently coming from Lynch's supporters' and 150 British Army soldiers had to be drafted in to help the police maintain order.

Daith O Corrain writes, 'The East Clare by-election was a milestone for Sinn Féin because it secured a striking popular mandate which helped the organisation to continue its rapid growth ahead of the 1918 general election.

References

1917 elections in Ireland
By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in County Clare constituencies
1917 elections in the United Kingdom

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You're Going to Lose That Girl is een lied dat in 1965 werd uitgebracht op het album Help! van de Britse popgroep The Beatles. Het nummer werd door John Lennon en Paul McCartney samen geschreven in Lennons huis in Weybridge.

In de tweede speelfilm van The Beatles, Help!, is te zien hoe The Beatles You're Going to Lose That Girl spelen. Deze scène werd opgenomen in de Twickenham Film Studio te Londen. In deze studio zouden The Beatles later ook hun laatste speelfilm, Let It Be, opnemen. Voor de scène werd een geluidsstudio nagemaakt die waarschijnlijk moest lijken op de Abbey Road Studios, de plek waar The Beatles hun meeste nummers opnamen. De scène eindigt wanneer de bende die Ringo Starr de hele film achterna zit een gat zaagt in de vloer, waar Ringo daarna met drumstel en al doorheen valt.

You're Going to Lose That Girl was het laatste nummer dat The Beatles opnamen voordat ze naar de Bahama's vertrokken voor de opnamen van de speelfilm Help!. De basis van het nummer werd op 19 februari 1965 in twee takes opgenomen in de Abbey Road Studios. Lennon zong de liedtekst en McCartney en George Harrison zongen de achtergrondharmonieën. Daarna werden middels twee overdubs piano door McCartney en bongo's door Starr aan de opname toegevoegd.

Credits
 John Lennon - zang, akoestische gitaar
 Paul McCartney - achtergrondzang, basgitaar, piano
 George Harrison - achtergrondzang, gitaar
 Ringo Starr - drumstel, bongo's

Nummer van The Beatles
Compositie van Lennon-McCartney


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Welcome to the Army
June 3, 2015 / Katie Archer / Comments Off on Welcome to the Army
There is no place like home for a team. After going 1-2 on three road games, the Portland Timbers came home to Providence Park to host D.C. United for a Wednesday evening game on May 27.
D.C. United was ranked first in the Eastern Conference and the Portland Timbers were ninth in the Western Conference. This was a big game for the Timbers.
With the excitement from the Timbers Army, no time was wasted in getting a Timbers goal. Forward Gastón Fernández delivered a superb cross for forward Maximiliano Urruti to score around the four–minute mark of the game. After the game, Urruti commented that the goal was 50 percent his and 50 percent Fernández.
"Our goal was to come in aggressive and we scored a goal four minutes in and that was the difference in the match," said head coach Caleb Porter, during a post-game press confrence. He thought they probably should've had a couple more goals as the Timbers kept threatening the D.C. defense. Impressive saves by D.C. goalkeeper, Bill Hamid, kept the Timbers to one goal.
One goal was enough for the Timbers to defeat D.C. United. "You can lose energy when you're not getting results and when you do that you're dead in the water," said Porter.
Team captain Will Johnson, who had been out with a broken leg, made is debut, adding a Cinderella element to the game. Being a part of a win was huge and what mattered was the win itself.
"It's not about me, it's about three points for this club. We needed it badly to get going in the right direction quickly," said Johnson. "We spoke about urgency this week and I think that's what you saw at the start of the game."
Across the street from Providence Park, is the Cheerful Bullpen. Bar manager Amy Hart said, "The Timbers Army is really funny. They are super loyal customers and they come out every single game no matter what. Dedicated is the best way to describe them."
Even with the game across the street, Hart has experienced a crazy loud bar during games with only a couple of people watching at the Cheerful Bullpen. A Timbers win only creates a more exciting atmosphere at the bar.
However, the Army was not afraid to show their discontent for the lackluster performance of their team so far this season with a few large banners. One read "Same as it ever was" under a red line. Another stated "Keep calm all we really want are some goals." The last time the Timbers finished above the red line was in 2013 when they were first in the Western Conference.
When asked if this discontent was concerning, Johnson said, "No, it would be concerning if it wasn't there. Nobody in this locker room has ever put their hand up and said where we are right now is good enough." The team knows their fans deserve better.
The Timbers faced a quick turn around as they travled up in elevation to play the Colorado Rapids on Saturday, May 30. In preperation for Saturday's game, coach Porter rotated five of his players during the D.C. game so the team would have fresh legs against the Rapids.
In the 38th minute, Fernández scored his first goal of the season with the assist from Urruti. The Timbers kept their 1-0 lead until the Rapids scored in the 89th minute. With three minutes of stoppage time, the Timbers refused to settle for a tie as defender Jack Jewsbury scored the game winning goal in the third minute. The goal was the latest road goal, during a game, since the Timbers became a MLS team.
The Timbers first game as a MLS team was in Colorado back in 2011 and Saturday was their first win at Colorado as a MLS team. The win also launched the Timbers into sixth place in the Western Conference, boosting them over the red line.
The Timbers next game will be at Providence Park on June, 6 at 7:30 against New England.
Story by: Katie Archer
Photos by: Erin Carey
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