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Marxism and the Plight of Women
Posted on March 11, 2016 by The Anonymous Revolutionary
The philosophies of socialism and feminism have made several collaborative efforts throughout history, to the extent that feminism has become accepted generally as a left-of-centre doctrine, despite being embraced by individuals on all sides of the political spectrum. It seems that the plight of women has consistently rested hand-in-hand with the plight of the working class, as both groups have struggled for equality, economic or otherwise. This is why, to mark International Women's Day this year (the occasion that sparked Russia's February Revolution), I thought I'd write about how and where feminism ties into the Marxist movement.
As early as the late 1800s, Friedrich Engels laid down several key arguments as to why the societal oppression of women existed, ultimately arguing that such oppression was rooted not in a woman's biological disadvantages, but the possessive nature of modern economic systems. The significance of such a proposition was not that it simply drew parallels between the struggle of women and that of workers, but that, in identifying the cause of such oppression to be economic, it unites the feminist and socialist struggle against a common enemy.
When communism was first attempted, in the early twentieth century, this theoretical marriage between the two groups can be exemplified by the incredibly progressive policies and ideas of the Soviet government. In Lenin on the Women's Question, German Marxist theorist Clara Zetkin recalls 'Comrade Lenin frequently spoke to me about the women's question. Social equality for women was, of course, a principle needing no discussion for communists.' She proceeds to talk about Lenin's ideas as to how social equality could be achieved, and his intention to 'build a powerful international women's movement, on a clear theoretical basis'. From this, we can see that the feminist motives of VI Lenin and the government he represented were not simply leftist ideals, but were rooted in Marxist ideas and doctrine, which is brought to light by his insistence that a theoretical grounding to this proposed international movement is essential.
Over the following years, in a range of different socialist countries, the issues of equality were highlighted and resolved through multiple means. In the early Soviet Union, the crèche system – a dominant feature of War Communism – helped to relieve women of traditional family duties. The same can be said for the principles behind the Soviet Kolkhozes (collective farms), on which, as Alexander Vucinich writes in Soviet Economic Institutions: The Social Structure of Production Units, Issue 1, granted female worker on the farm 'the full rights as a kolkhoz member', meaning that 'The peasant woman, according to the official theory, has ceased to work for her father or mother', but rather works for a collective benefit.
A Soviet stamp depicting a union between a male and female worker
Of course, the practical reality did not always live up to the hypothetical ideal, but it's examples like these that demonstrate the eagerness of the communist world to advance gender equality, both at home and abroad. True, attitudes of individual communists did vary from person to person, but the trend is clear; from the theoretical ideas of the original Marxist thinkers to the concrete achievements of the socialist world, we can clearly see that the historic ties between feminism and Marxism are not simply coincidental. Rather, the interests of women and workers worldwide have the same interests, and it is the same oppressive system that is thwarting the goals of both.
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6 thoughts on "Marxism and the Plight of Women"
InkPenelope on March 14, 2016 at 11:03 am said:
Great post and, as ever, it sent me googling off to look stuff up. You wrote 'In the early Soviet Union, the crèche system – a dominant feature of War Communism – helped to relieve women of traditional family duties' and so I went off and read all about, amongst other things, the East German state funded creche system… all very impressive, well organised etc and the hours were from 6am until 6pm (whooh .. don't find hours of childcare like that now v easily) so that the women could put in a proper day's work… all good stuff BUT that phrase 'relieved of traditional family duties'. Oooof. So family duties are really a thing to be 'relieved' of?.This is dangerous. I want (and we NEED) to have a future where gender equality is NOT defined and its success measured by the workplace. Home and childcare should NOT be seen as just something you need to escape from. Devoting time to raise your family = the next generation = our planet's future (if you choose to and are economically able to) should NOT be dismissed as inferior. Yes I applaud the ties that unite the Feminism and Marxism movements but wonder as ever where the home/children fit in?
Sarah Aspinall on March 16, 2016 at 7:43 pm said:
I think the key phrase is 'if you choose to'. Feminism is about women being able to pursue the career or role of their choice and on their own merits, without judgment. I suspect that the motivating factor in Communist Russia was not allowing women to choose – it was about efficiency. If one woman could look after multiple children, this potentially freed up other women to join the workforce and I doubt they got to say 'no thankyou'! I also don't remember many women in the Politburo – but I may be wrong; how far did Lenin think equality should go?
Yorkafka on March 17, 2016 at 10:30 am said:
Well now. This is a blog dedicated to 'the themes of Marxism and communism and their significance and their relevance today' (I'm quoting from AR's intro).
The historic association between classical Marxism and Feminism appears to me to be undeniable.
Inessa Armand was the first leader of the post revolutionary Women's Department (and the very fact they had such an organisation is telling). At the First All-Russian Congress of Trade Unions in 1917 she stated "If women's liberation is unthinkable without communism, then communism is unthinkable without women's liberation."
Alexandra Kollontai was a senior figure in the Bolshevik Party. At the same Congress (in 1917 – where dozens of women were given a platform to speak and vote – can you imagine the same occurring anywhere else at that time?) she said: "The class-conscious worker must understand that the value of male labor is dependent on the value of female labor and that, by threatening to replace male labor with cheaper female workers, the capitalist can put pressure on men's wages. Only a lack of understanding could lead one to see this question as purely a "woman's issue."
In 1920 VI Lenin wrote to the Austrian Revolutionary Clara Zetkin: "Could there be any more palpable proof [of the continued oppression of women] than the common sight of a man calmly watching a woman wear herself out with trivial, monotonous, strength- and time-consuming work, such as her housework, and watching her spirit shrinking, her mind growing dull, her heartbeat growing faint, and her will growing slack?…Very few husbands, not even the proletarians, think of how much they could lighten the burdens and worries of their wives, or relieve them entirely, if they lent a hand in this "women's work." But no, that would go against the "privilege and dignity of the husband." He demands that he have rest and comfort…"
In the same year Trotsky wrote "[I]n order to achieve the actual equality of man and woman within the family is an…arduous problem. All our domestic habits must be revolutionized before that can happen. And yet it is quite obvious that unless there is actual equality of husband and wife in the family, in a normal sense as well as in the conditions of life, we cannot speak seriously of their equality in social work or even in politics."
We are talking here of the very architects of Marxism, and it is clear that they saw women's rights and equality as lying at the heart of their movement. While we might argue about the precise formulation of their doctrine etc. it is quite unfair to impose a 21st century sophistication upon these noble attempts. And the mere fact that, for example, later Soviet regimes failed to appoint women to the Politburo is simply to observe that those regimes palpably failed to live up to Marxism's noble ideals (and surely no-one would argue with that).
I am suitably chastened! It did occur to me after I posted my somewhat flippant comment about the Politburo that there were also not many women in the British Government in 1917 – or to be precise none at all! The first female member of the cabinet was Margaret Bondfield in 1929. However there were only four female members of the Politburo in 74 years according to Wikipaedia which does highlight the gap between ideology and practice.
Anwen on March 18, 2016 at 10:11 pm said:
This has been fascinating. I read your post last weekend and recognized I knew nothing of Marxist attitudes to women or feminism. I certainly share the view that there are times when it pays a government of whichever political persuasion to encourage women into the workforce – and this may be done by providing supportive child care arrangements. However, the points raised in this forum suggest a less cynical and more whole-hearted standpoint. Of course the child care must support not only the work force but also the child.
Nicholas on March 19, 2016 at 8:38 am said:
Having studied the women's experience in Mao's China quite extensively there is a frustrating gap between what communist ideology (including Maoism) demands in terms of women's liberation and what it actually takes practical steps to achieve. That said, China (and I imagine the USSR too) did see real progress for women. The problem comes once you consider motivation. As has been discussed above, it is unclear to what extent such policies were motivated by a genuine belief in women's equality and to what extent they were a pragmatic attempt to increase the workforce.
Moreover, in China women's liberation did allow them to enter public life and to work in the fields. However, although an effort was made to collectivise domestic labour, they still ended up disproportionately saddled with domestic chores and tasks along with an expectation of public participation. Thus, women's 'liberation' actually simply imposed more burdens on women. This issue of the 'double burden' is not unique to China (or, I suspect, communism). However, it is true that in failing to address this, China at least fell far short of the standard it set itself.
That said, it's a problem that is yet to be resolved today and one without an easy solution.
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Hoping to Lower Pain at the Pump, White House Says It's Opening Oil Reserves
The Biden administration announced on Tuesday that it will release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in an effort to lower gas prices for Americans ahead of the holiday travel season.
President Joe Biden will authorize the release of 50 million barrels of oil, hoping that the increase in supply will help to lower costs at gas stations across the country.
Costs are due to increased demand following the relaxation of pandemic-related restrictions on travel. Oil and gas supplies, meanwhile, have not caught up to the increases in demand, energy experts have said.
Even though presidents have very little impact on the cost of a gallon of gas, Biden has faced sharp criticism from conservatives on fuel prices, with many Republicans wrongly asserting that his energy policies — including the shutting down of the Keystone XL pipeline project earlier this year — contributed to the rise in gas prices over recent months. Experts largely agree that the closing of the Keystone XL is not responsible for current gas prices.
However, polling indicates most Americans blame Biden for the rise in gasoline and other consumer costs.
The Biden administration claims that opening the nation's strategic oil reserve this week will alleviate those concerns — but experts say that this, too, will have minimal effect.
"American consumers are feeling the impact of elevated gas prices at the pump and in their home heating bills, and American businesses are, too, because oil supply has not kept up with demand as the global economy emerges from the pandemic," the White House said in a statement. "That's why President Biden is using every tool available to him to work to lower prices and address the lack of supply."
But Patrick De Haan from GasBuddy, a tech company that assists consumers in finding gas prices in their area, told The Washington Post that the impact on pricing will be small, if anything at all.
"The bottom line for motorists is this moves the needle — but barely, and maybe not for a very long period of time," De Haan said.
There's also a concern among many that opening the strategic reserves could make other oil-producing countries upset, including nations belonging to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), which could reduce supply in response to the White House's actions.
The move also contradicts Biden's promise to encourage more use of more renewable energy and reduce dependence on nonrenewable sources. But many Democrats, including those who are pushing for a transition away from oil and gas, lauded Biden for his decision on Tuesday.
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-California), who along with other Democratic lawmakers wrote a letter to the White House yesterday urging the opening of the oil reserves to lower prices, said that ultimately a move to renewable sources has to be the primary goal.
"In the long term, we must invest in renewable energy through the Build Back Better Act," Khanna said in a tweet Tuesday morning.
The Department of Energy said that most of the oil that is being released will be made available in the early months of 2022, from January to April. Some deliveries of the oil, however, will happen as soon as December.
Gas prices have climbed in recent months, up to $3.395 per gallon, on average, across the U.S. as a whole. In places like California, the cost of a gallon of gas is up to $4.705 per gallon.
Costs may be coming down slightly due to other factors, however, that are unrelated to the opening of strategic oil reserves. Global demand may soon lessen due to COVID-related lockdowns in some parts of Europe, which may bridge the gap between demand and the supply of oil.
Corporate Democrats Quiet as Military Budget Far Exceeds Cost of Biden's Agenda
Biden's Energy Secretary Struggles To Explain Skyrocketing Oil Prices As White House Taps Strategic Reserves

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Lillian Allen's poetry of speech, song, and social justice
In 1984, following a tremendously successful year of touring and performing for large audiences across Canada in support of an album entitled De Dub Poets (1983), Lillian Allen, Clifton Joseph, and Devin Haughton sought membership with The League of Canadian Poets. The League is a Canadian literary organization whose mission it is "to nurture the advancement of poetry in Canada" and to promote "the interests of poets."[1] As Allen recounts in Toronto-based This magazine, their membership applications were denied at a meeting in Regina, Saskatchewan that same year because the League did not recognize them as poets. Instead, they were distinguished as performers. "Are we all supposed to get up and do that?" one League member reportedly quipped.[2] In her poem on the Regina Affair, Allen refers to the League's decision as an effort to maintain the Board's firm grasp on literary power and what it meant to be a poet in Canada at that time.[3]
Angel's Basic School
d'bi.young anitafrika and black queer divinity
In the beginning there was the word. And the word was "she," born from her mother like so many other public prayers. d'bi.young anitafrika, daughter of foundational dub poet and scholar Anita Stewart, stands at a lectern that transforms into a pulpit by the first move of her hands (Mac laptop not nearly withstanding). At the same time that anitafrika offers a critique of the repressed lust in the life of the common homosexually active and actively homophobic preacher, she creates a new congregation.
Reloading the canon
On Lillian Allen and the history of dub
Sarah Dowling
"Let me ask you to consider the ideological agenda in claiming poetry for one section of society." Lillian Allen's provocative performance-talk pierces the business-as-usual of literary communities, literary criticism, and of literariness itself. She reviews the occluded history of dub poetry — a form of performance poetry known for its musicality and its overt politics — and examines its incredible but too-often-unattributed legacies.


Apple Pay is gradually expanding its reach.
Apple Pay is coming to Belgium in November, Belgian newspaper De Tijd reports. It will supposedly be available initially as an exclusive for customers of BNP Paribas Fortis, Belgium's most popular major bank.
The country already has widespread usage of contactless payments, and has been using Android Pay since early 2017.
Belgium is a growing market for Apple. Back in 2015, Apple opened its first Belgian store, located in Brussels. Provided today's report is correct, Belgium would be around the 32nd country in the world to receive Apple's NFC payment system, which first went live in the U.S. on October 20, 2014.
Apple Pay has been less speedy to take off than some would have expected. Tim Cook has previously admitted that, "Mobile payments have taken off slower than I personally would have thought if you asked me sitting here a few years ago." However, it has an extra advantage in Europe, due to the fact that contactless technology is far more established than it is in the States.
According to a report published at the start of this year, Apple Pay currently has an estimated active user base in excess of 127 million people. This number has likely grown over the course of 2018, thanks to both increasing awareness of Apple Pay and the new markets it has opened in.
Belgium has a population of around 11.35 million people, roughly the equivalent to the state of Ohio. It won't, therefore, be a major game changer for Apple Pay's adoption. However, it could certainly help move it one more step in the right direction.


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PREP FOOTBALL: High school behemoths eye Class 6A hardware
by Sam Lane | December 3, 2022 at 2:09 a.m.
Pulaski Academy quarterback Kel Busby, who is second in the state with 3,782 passing yards, leads the Bruins in the Class 6A state championship game against Greenwood. The Bulldogs won the first matchup between the teams 33-23 on Oct. 28. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Justin Cunningham)
The old sports adage is it's hard to beat a good team twice.
Greenwood Coach Chris Young plans to put a slightly tougher variation of that to the test at 6:30 p.m. today at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock in the Class 6A state championship game when his Bulldogs face the same Pulaski Academy squad it beat a little over a month ago.
"They say it's tough to beat a good team twice. I don't know what the saying is about a great team, [but] I can promise you it's tough to beat a great team twice," Young said.
Greenwood and Pulaski Academy have become the standards for Class 6A and 5A respectively since 2000. The teams have each won 10 state titles over that span to tie for the fourth most in state history.
Games like today's are what programs spend all year working toward. For PA, in particular, that's taken seriously.
"Our goal every time we start working out in January after the Christmas break is to win a state championship," PA Coach Anthony Lucas. "Our kids know that, and it's been the culture. It's so great that we get to do this again." It's hard to call either team an underdog with that level of recent success. But with PA in its first year moving up to 6A, Lucas has maintained that he views Greenwood as the standard of his new classification.
PA lost the first matchup between these two 33-23 on Oct. 28. Lucas said that game at Greenwood felt like the first of a two-part state final between the teams.
"It was kind of like a state championship game when we played them in Greenwood," Lucas said. "And now, getting to play them again, you still have that same feeling. … We all know that Greenwood has been the team to beat in 6A." Both Greenwood quarterback Hunter Houston and PA quarterback Kel Busby, two of the state's top-four passers, were knocked out of that first matchup with injuries. They are both healthy and scheduled to play in today's game.
The offensive prowess of these teams can't be understated. These aren't the mid-2010s offense of either team, but both still come in averaging over 42 points per game.
For PA, Busby is second in the state with 3,782 passing yards. His top target, wide receiver Jaylin McKinney is third in the state with 1,480 receiving yards. Tight end John Mark Charette isn't far behind at fifth overall with1,277. Running back Kenny Jordan is just outside the top 10 with 1,542 rushing yards.
For Greenwood, it all starts with Houston. The senior is fourth in the state with 3,318 passing yards. His top target this season has been breakout sophomore Grant Karnes who has 1,214 receiving yards.LJ Robins (923) and Aiden Keenan (716) round out a dangerous receiving core.
"Their wide receivers are very talented, and we can't let them beat us deep," Lucas said. "They'll literally lull you to sleep. They'll catch a couple of quick [passes], and then they'll go over the top of you. We just gotta play our brand of football. If we keep everything in front of us, I think we'll be fine." If the first meeting between these schools is any indication, today's game could come down to the defenses — and maybe a bit of luck.
"Part of [beating PA] is you need them to make some mistakes," Young said. "They're so fast and athletic at wide receiver, they're gonna get behind you. You need them to drop some balls and miss some throws. You need 'em to do some things to hurt themselves."
GREENWOOD VS. PULASKI ACADEMY
WHAT Class 6A state championship WHEN 6:30 p.m.
WHERE War Memorial Stadium, Little Rock TV Arkansas PBS TICKETS $8, available online at gofan.co/app/school/AAA RECORDS Greenwood 10-2; Pulaski Academy 11-1 COACHES Greenwood: Chris Young; Pulaski Academy: Anthony Lucas
Greenwood (10-2)
DATE OPPONENT RESULT Aug. 26 Stillwater, Okla. L, 41-27 Sept. 2 FS Northside W, 56-53 Sept. 9 Mountain home W, 49-0 Sept. 16 Siloam Springs W, 61-7 Sept. 23 Van Buren W, 63-21 Sept. 30 Greenbrier W, 49-21 Oct. 14 Lake Hamilton W, 24-0 Oct. 21 Russellville W, 42-21 Oct. 28 Pulaski Academy W, 33-23 Nov. 4 LR Christian L, 49-35 Nov. 18 Russellville W, 42-7* Nov. 25 Benton W, 31-24* *Class 6A playoffs COACH Chris Young (33-6 in third season) MASCOT Bulldogs CONFERENCE 6A-West RANKINGS No. 5 Overall, No. 1 Class 6A PLAYERS TO WATCH QB Hunter Houston (Sr., 6-2, 205), WR Grant Karnes (So., 6-0, 180), LB Evan Williams (Sr., 6-2, 215), CB Landon Nelms (Jr. 6-2, 185)
Pulaski Academy (11-1)
DATE OPPONENT RESULT Aug. 26 Joe T. Robinson W, 55-29 Sept. 2 M. Ridgeland Acad. W, 48-40 Sept. 9 Russellville W, 35-17 Sept. 23 LR Christian W, 49-26 Sept. 30 Mountain Home W, 52-14 Oct. 7 Siloam Springs W, 64-17 Oct. 14 Van Buren W, 69-26 Oct. 21 Greenbrier W, 50-14 Oct. 28 Greenwood L, 33-23 Nov. 4 Lake Hamilton W, 41-39 Nov. 18 Mountain Home W, 52-33 Nov. 25 LR Catholic W, 54-42 *Class 6A playoffs COACH Anthony Lucas (24-2 in second season) MASCOT Bruins CONFERENCE 6A-West RANKINGS No. 6 Overall, No. 2 Class 6A PLAYERS TO WATCH WR Jaylin McKinney (Sr., 6-0, 180), OL Allen Thomason (Sr., 6-5, 275), S Patton Whicker (Jr., 6-3, 185), LB Preston Spann (Jr., 6-0, 200)


The Daily|Why Didn't Mueller Decide on Obstruction?
From The New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro. This is "The Daily." Today: The special counsel was supposed to make the decision about whether President Trump committed a crime. Why did the attorney general do it instead? It's Tuesday, March 26. Mike Schmidt, it has been 48 hours since the attorney general, Bill Barr, sent his summary of the special counsel's report to congressional leaders. Where are you at in your thinking about all this?
In a certain way, I'm starting to think that the special counsel regulations, the way that this investigation was set up, has failed.
What do you mean failed? Do you mean, because this investigation didn't produce criminal charges against the president?
No, no, no. It's not about that. It's about the perception of politics in criminal decisions. Bob Mueller, the special counsel, operated under certain regulations that were designed to protect him and his investigation but also give the public assurances that investigators who were free of politics pursued the facts. In this case, there's a perception problem.
What do you mean by perception problem?
The special counsel is supposed to go out, look into the issues that are in question — in this case, collusion and obstruction of justice — and no matter how hard the questions they are looking at are, make a determination about whether someone broke the law or not.
Because obviously, Mueller did not feel comfortable making a decision in either direction on obstruction.
Mueller said, you know what, I can't decide. It's up to you.
In the case of the president, Mueller made no conclusion with respect to obstruction.
I would love to learn more about what was happening behind the scenes and why Mueller decided to punt.
Prosecutors get paid to make determinations. That's what we do.
So that meant that the special counsel, the person who had been put there to protect themselves from politics, had no determination.
That's not the job of the prosecutor. The job of the prosecutor is to decide yes or no.
And that left it up to the political appointees, the attorney general and deputy attorney general, people who had been placed there by Donald Trump.
Barr says he and the deputy attorney general, Rod Rosenstein, concluded that that conduct did not reach the threshold of a crime.
So you're saying that because Mueller punted the decision on obstruction of justice to Barr, and it was Barr who then cleared the president of that charge, the special counsel failed because there was no apolitical figure reaching a conclusion on one of the central questions of the investigation.
Correct. Part of the reason the special counsel is there is to give the public the assurance that a investigator who's not politically tied to the person under investigation is doing the work and following the facts. And in this case, that person, Mueller, said, I can't come to a determination on this, and kicked it up to the folks above him who are the political appointees. By not reaching a conclusion, Mueller left the door open for Barr to come in and make a determination that he didn't think there was enough to say the president broke the law. But Barr has another perception problem.
Back in 2018, Bill Barr, who had been the attorney general under George H. W. Bush and was now semi-retired, he, unprompted, wrote a memo that ended up in the hands of the Trump legal team that essentially said there is a very, very high bar for a president to be charged with obstruction of justice. And in that argument, he says that in order to prove obstruction, you also have to prove the underlying crime. In this case, collusion. So to make a case, you have to be able to establish both.
And Barr writes this long before his attorney general. What is meaningful about that memo and that legal logic about obstruction of justice now?
In the letter he sends to Congress this weekend in which he explains the decision on what they did with the president on obstruction, he says that one of the reasons that it's so difficult to make this case is that they can't show that the president was part of collusion.
An underlying crime that would justify a charge of obstruction of justice.
Correct. I actually want to — can I read from it?
So just to translate that for us, what exactly is he saying?
He's saying that unless you can show that the president was trying to obstruct to cover up another crime, then the obstruction is sort of hollow. It doesn't really resonate because there's nothing really to cover up.
So that is a clear echo to the original Barr memo from 2018 written to the Trump administration. And it sounds like what you're saying is that because Barr wrote this memo before he was nominated as attorney general, the White House knew he held this position when it came to obstruction of justice. And the fact that it ended up being that legal interpretation that is used to help clear the president of wrongdoing when it comes to obstruction of justice — that starts to feel quite political.
Here's the problem. Barr may be right. He may have come to the correct conclusion based on the law and the fact. But because Mueller took a pass in this highly weird thing where he didn't want to make a call about whether the president broke the law on obstruction, it ended up in Barr's hands. And he looks like the ultimate and only decision maker. And he, because of politics, has perception issues on this decision.
Well, let's talk about the actual conclusion that Barr reached. What do you make, Mike, of his rationale? Is there a broad legal consensus around Barr's argument here that obstruction of justice depends on an underlying crime?
I think prosecutors would say that they don't want to bring cases against folks who did not obstruct an actual criminal act. Legally, you could make the case, but most prosecutors wouldn't want to because it's not worth their time and energy to go after someone who is trying to cover up something that's not criminal.
But in this case, I would say that there were crimes that the president may have wanted to cover up.
The president has been named essentially as an unindicted co-conspirator in Michael Cohen's payments to women before the election for violating campaign finance.
Prosecutors say the hush money payments Cohen made violate campaign finance laws. President Trump calls them a simple private transaction.
Donald Trump knew about those payments in May, June, July of 2017. So if you're the president and Bob Mueller comes along and you know that you made these payments, you think, well, if this thing really gets out of hand, I could have some problems. So in the summer of 2017 the president's talking about trying to fire Mueller.
Now, according to The New York Times and The Washington Post, the White House is laying the groundwork to try to discredit or undermine Mueller's investigation.
Why was he really talking about that? Was it because of Russia? Was it because it was simply a distraction? Or did he want to ensure that Mueller didn't go too far into his personal finances?
Multiple U.S. officials tell NBC News Mueller is gathering documents involving the financial records and businesses of dealings close to the Trump campaign, something the president says is a red line — a red line, except following the money is what Mueller does.
Putting all information related to inaugural donors, vendors, contractors, bank accounts.
— and his businesses. And Mueller's investigation has led to great embarrassment for the president.
President Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn just hours away from finding out if he'll go to prison for lying to the F.B.I. about his Russia contacts.
Also, breaking tonight, the president's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, found guilty on eight counts.
Roger Stone, longtime Trump associate and adviser, was taken into custody by the F.B.I.
Even though he was cleared on collusion, more than a handful of his advisors and associates have pled guilty to different charges. So was there really nothing to obstruct?
So you're saying that Barr's rationale that there is no obstruction, because there were no crimes to obstruct, doesn't really hold up, because there were crimes, they just weren't the crimes of coordinating with Russia to influence the election?
I'm saying that a day after Barr sent the letter, as we look at it, that's another part of it that doesn't make complete sense yet.
Mike, is that one more way in which, by kicking the decision to Bill Barr, the special counsel put this in the political realm of interpretation by political actors in a political system that might have been better left to an independent figure as the special counsel rules envisioned?
It means that instead of Mueller explaining the determination, Barr is doing it. And that just exposes the decision to the politics that Mueller was there to protect it from. And the head-scratching part of it is, so you went through this whole exercise of creating a special counsel.
To be apolitical. And in the end, the special counsel takes a pass, and it ends up right back in the hands of the political appointees. Well, why did you need a special counsel?
Right. And to that point, I guess the question is, why did Robert Mueller kick this question of obstruction of justice to the attorney general knowing full well everything you just explained, that that would make whatever decision Barr made feel political and in violation of the spirit of having a special counsel? He arguably handed off his central job to a political appointee.
Well, we don't know, and we're trying to find out. But here are two possibilities. Maybe, one, he didn't want to box in Barr. He didn't want to put him in a situation where he may appear to be disagreeing with the investigators. The second is that the legal issues around this are very difficult to unravel because it's caught up in the unique position the president has as the head of the executive branch. And it may just be so hard to untangle them that Mueller kind of threw up his hands and said, this is a highly unusual situation. I'm going to let the Justice Department make the call.
It's interesting. You said that maybe Mueller doesn't want to box in Bill Barr, but it feels like it also puts Barr in a very weird position, because Barr's options are all about degrees of political once Mueller kicks the decision to him. If Barr makes a decision about obstruction, yes, that seems political. But if he sends Mueller's findings along to Congress with an open-ended question of whether or not the president obstructed justice, he leaves it to a Democratically controlled House to answer the question. And honestly, that feels as political, maybe even more political, than the attorney general making the call himself.
In a sense, maybe Barr was damned if he did and damned if he didn't. I don't know.
Do you think that Mueller would have anticipated all of this, that this would put Barr in a political position and would essentially violate the spirit of what the special counsel was all about?
It's one of the mysteries right now. It's one of the questions we're trying to answer. Why is it that Mueller couldn't come to a conclusion? Came to a conclusion on collusion, said it didn't happen. But obstruction — wouldn't exonerate the president.
Mike, it seems like before this report came out over the weekend, the main concern from Congress about Attorney General Bill Barr was whether he would ever release the full Mueller report to Congress, not that he would actually weigh in on whether the president committed crimes, because the idea that Mueller would not reach a conclusion wasn't really conceivable. In retrospect, was that a mistake, that we weren't focused enough on the possibility that Barr might weigh in on something like this and that he had already kind of told us how he would act in this situation?
Like the folks who put the special counsel regulations together 20 years ago, we, just a few weeks ago, couldn't predict the future, and we couldn't come up with the idea that Mueller, who's been there for two years, would, at the end of the day, throw up his hands and say, I can't make a determination on this. I spoke to a former senior Justice Department official today who said he had never seen an example in his entire career of prosecutors saying, we just can't make a call here.
I wonder if the way that this has played out, in such a political manner — Mueller sends a decision to Barr, Barr decides not to pursue obstruction — how much does that influence what comes next, how Congress now conducts its side of this investigation, and how it treats the Mueller report?
Well, if Mueller had said there was no obstruction, and Barr put that out, then the Democrats would really have nothing to work with. But because Mueller didn't make a decision, it now opens the door for the Democrats to say, we really need to take a look at everything that was here. Why was it that Mueller couldn't make a decision? How did Bill Barr assess this? And they actually have something to work with. It gives them an issue to continue to prod on the obstruction of justice. Because if Mueller had cleared the president, the bar, no pun intended, for them to overcome to even investigate it would've been pretty high.
So counterintuitively, because of the way this played out, because of what Mueller did or didn't do, and what Barr did as a political figure in all this, he has given someone like Jerry Nadler, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, a reasonably good reason to keep pushing forward for as much evidence as possible.
Correct. And I think that's what we'll see.
The special counsel, Robert Mueller, was supposed to decide whether President Trump had committed a crime. Why did the attorney general, William Barr, do it instead?
Michael S. Schmidt, who has been covering the special counsel investigation for The New York Times.
Mr. Barr's decision to clear President Trump of criminal obstruction of justice brings the specter of politics back into the case.
President Trump and his allies went on the offensive, vowing to pursue and even punish those responsible for the Russia investigation.
"Why Didn't Mueller Decide on Obstruction?" was produced by Michael Simon Johnson, with help from Clare Toeniskoetter, and edited by Paige Cowett.


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Ilyas ibn Asad (mort en 856) était un dirigeant Samanide d'Herat (819-856). Il était l'un des 4 fils d'Asad.

En 819 Nuh se voit confier la direction de la ville de Samarcande par le gouverneur du Khorassan du Calife Al-Ma'mun, Ghassan ibn 'Abbad, en récompense pour son soutien contre le rebelle Rafi' ibn Laith. Contrairement à ses trois autres frères, Ilyas n'obtient pas la direction d'une ville en Transoxiane. Quand il meurt en 856, le contrôle d'Herat est confié à son fils Ibrahim.

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Clark Gable is considered one of the great movie stars of all time, an American film legend and icon.
He also has a connection to St. Ann's Community.
Betty Ryan, a resident of St. Ann's Home, lived in Hollywood in the 1930s. She was a singer on contract with Warner Brothers and performed with some of the era's most popular big bands, including the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra.
Part of Hollywood's golden age, she was friends with many celebrities including the legendary Mr. Gable.
She met him in an acting troupe when she was just 14.
Despite that error in judgment, she remained friends with Gable throughout her years in Hollywood.
Betty was one of 24 residents of St. Ann's Community recognized at our annual Centenarian Celebration, a salute to those turning 100.
Why do we honor those turning 100? Certainly because it's a milestone not everyone reaches, but also because it allows us to reflect on the amazing lives of these individuals.
They have lived lives we can't even imagine.
Some, like Betty, had careers in show business. Others built our city's buildings, worked in our schools and hospitals, set athletic records, and ran the businesses that made Rochester thrive. More than a few had adventures that would astound us. Each person has stories to tell, and they are fascinating stories—if we take the time to listen.
The next time you pass one of our residents in the hallway, take a moment to consider the life they've led, the roads they've traveled. Show them the respect we can only hope younger generations show us when we are in their shoes. Because one day we will be.


She names McCord and husband Simon an Kempen as her least favorite costars on the show.
Luann de Lesseps recently affirmed her long-held dislike for former Real Housewives of New York star co-Alex McCord, reports Ok! Magazine.
The former castmember was one of the many topics broached by de Lesseps at a sold-out performance of her #CountessandFriends Cabaret Show on March 23. It was a glitzy affair, necessitating three outfit changes by the housewife into separate glittery Jovani gowns.
The event, which was held at The Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, was a showcase for the reality star to play bongos and read 30 years' worth of stories from a custom-made bejeweled diary.
The former Countess' tales ranged from recounting her divorce from Tom D'Agostino to last year's "boat ride from hell" she and fellow RHONY housewives underwent in Cartagena.
"Borgata feels like home to me almost because I did my music video for 'Chic C'est La Vie here," she said in a backstage interview.
"It's such a great room, great ambiance, and the crowd is always fantastic at Borgata," she added.
De Lesseps also held a live Q&A session during the show, during which an audience member asked her to reveal her least favorite housewife.
At McCord's insistence that they were made by Louis Vuitton, de Lessep's replied, "Well, even Louis Vuitton makes mistakes," in a quote from E! Online.
McCord was dropped from the franchise after Season 4, along with Jill Zarin, Cindy Barshop, and Kelly Bensimon.
At the time, she claimed that being out of their Bravo contracts was a blessing in disguise, freeing them up to meet with "every cable network" and even some of the main networks.
According to BravoTV.com, the pair moved their family to Byron Bay, Australia in 2014. McCord received her Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and is currently working as a client advocate for nursing homes.


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The Jones Diamond, also known as the Punch Jones Diamond, The Grover Jones Diamond, or The Horseshoe Diamond, was a 34.48 carat (6.896 g) alluvial diamond found in Peterstown, West Virginia by members of the Jones family. It remains the largest alluvial diamond ever discovered in North America.

Diamond Characteristics

The bluish-white diamond weighed 34.48 carats (6.896 g), measured 5/8 of an inch (15.8 mm) across and possessed 12 diamond-shaped faces.

History of the diamond

The diamond was discovered by William P. "Punch" Jones and his father, Grover C. Jones, Sr. while pitching horseshoes in April 1928.  Believed to be simply a piece of shiny quartz common to the area, the stone was kept in a wooden cigar box inside a tool shed for fourteen years throughout the Great Depression. In 1942, Punch brought the stone to Roy J. Holden, a geology professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) -- more commonly known as Virginia Tech -- in nearby Blacksburg, Virginia. Holden, shocked at Punch's discovery, authenticated the diamond and the diamond was sent to the Smithsonian Institution where it remained for many years for display and safekeeping.  In February 1964, the Jones family brought the diamond back and placed it in a safe deposit box in the First Valley National Bank in Rich Creek, Virginia.

In 1984, the Joneses auctioned the diamond through Sotheby's auction house in New York to an agent representing a lawyer in an undisclosed east Asian country.

West Virginia State Historical Marker

The text of the historical marker located in Peterstown, West Virginia reads the following, although some of the information is outdated as Mr. and Mrs. Jones are no longer living or in possession of the diamond (see above):

See also
 List of diamonds

Further reading
 Shipley, Robert M. (1944) Gemological Digest: Punch Jones Diamond, pp.  169 (PDF page 13) Gemological Institute of America, USA, Vol. 4, No. 11 (Fall 1944)

Sources
"Virginia Diamonds," Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
Sweet, P.C., 1996, Diamonds in Virginia: Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Virginia Minerals, v. 42, n. 4, p. 33-40.
Charles B. Motley, Gleanings of Monroe County West Virginia History (Radford, Va: Commonwealth Press, Inc., 1973) 122-124.
dWest Virginia Highway Markers Database
"Diamonds," Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

External links
 Excerpt from 1973 article

Individual diamonds
Diamonds originating in the United States
Monroe County, West Virginia
1928 in West Virginia


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Dear Esther Gets Launch Trailer, Still Set For A 14th February Release Date
January 19th 2012 • By Vic
Every now and then, a video game pops up that is so breathtaking, not just in its graphical design or in its execution, but in its most basic idea, that it affects us as people, not just players or customers. Dear Esther is one of those games, and instead of an idea, it has a message. A message conveyed through non-linear interactive story-telling. Long ago, in mid-2009, master level designer Robert Briscoe took it upon himself to create a Dear Esther remake.
Fast forward to early 2011, when this re-imagining had become so beloved, and so impressive in graphics and production value, that it was decided to turn it into an independent Source game. Since then, using the current Source codebase (the Portal 2 engine), Robert and co. have done even more amazing things with Dear Esther. In December, they announced that the game would be released on Valentine's Day 2012. But that doesn't mean they're cutting us off from new media! Not at all, as they have just released an incredible new launch trailer!
Believe it or not, this is the first trailer they've ever released. And it is amazing! Check it out:
This is the official blog post for the trailer's release. Also mentioned was Dear Esther's first review, courtesy of EDGE Magazine. They gave it a mere 8/10, although supposedly, the review was quite positive. And something else rather important that was mentioned was Dear Esther's new, and official Steam Store page, although the game cannot currently be pre-purchased. System specs may or may not be currently up (there are some specs on the main page, but they are actually so lenient and generous that I'm worried they might simply be placeholders… either that or this is the most finely optimized game in a VERY long while), but a different blog post revealed the game's exact pricing:
United States – $9.99
United Kingdom – £6.99
Europe, Zone 1 (Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland) – €7.99
Europe, Zone 2 (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Vatican City) – €6.99
Russian Federation – 249RU
Commonwealth of Independent States – $7.99
The prices cannot currently be seen on the game's Store page, but they are all in place for the game's launch on Valentine's Day. There will be no pre-purchase… which is a shame, but fair enough. I might be saving up for a possible collector's edition anyway, so it makes no difference for me. In addition, Dear Esther has received 4 award nominations at the Independent Games Festival (14th annual edition). The nominations are "Excellence in Visual Art"; "Excellence in Audio"; "Nuovo" and the "Suemas McNally Grand Prize". The awards take place on the 7th of March, so they won't be judging the game before it comes out, which is good. Maybe they'll win too!
Not much else to talk about on the Dear Esther front – apart from a month-old post from Robert Briscoe's Devblog, where he discusses Dear Esther going into beta. It's an interesting read, and it features a unique look at the evolution, then de-evolution, then re-evolution of Dear Esther during its lengthy development. Valentine's Day never felt so far away, did it? Of course, in the mean time, you could play the original Dear Esther. Sure, you might get spoiled a bit, but think of it as playing Black Mesa, having played Half-Life 1. It'll definitely improve your experience.
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Bladerunner162 January 22nd 2012 at 7:52pm
Been looking foward to this! Very excited.
Franzo January 21st 2012 at 4:36pm
Someone knows the difference between "Europe 1" and "Europe 2" , and why the Europe 2's prices are lower than Europe 1's?
Vic January 21st 2012 at 8:44pm
Alexander January 21st 2012 at 10:46am
Looks gorgeous, to say the least!
Bernhardt January 21st 2012 at 3:21am
I have no clue what to expect from this, but i'm very eager to delve into this mod. I'm rarely buying SP games, but this one here seems be worth it for sure. Thanks for posting!
Brownie Points January 20th 2012 at 1:11pm
Sareth-W January 20th 2012 at 10:10am
Now this sounds like a game for me 😀
Cementino January 20th 2012 at 9:00am
Damn, sounds good but according to the Steam page it's only on Windows. I guess I will play the mod.
Vic January 20th 2012 at 1:44pm
There may be a post-release Mac port if the game sells well. Furthermore, the mod itself won't actually work on the Mac either.
Cementino January 23rd 2012 at 8:33am
I saw that on the FAQs. Did not know about the mod not working, though, so thanks!. Sigh.
MinatoHikari January 20th 2012 at 12:47am
I've already played the original game one year ago and I'll tell you, it's amazing!
I'll certainly buy this game.
SlipperyWhenWet January 20th 2012 at 12:40am
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Bulgari Resort Ranfushi
Tara Boucher | August 4, 2022
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Bulgari Hotels is setting up shop in the Maldives.
On Thursday, the high-end hospitality group announced that it would open one of its properties in the island nation by 2025. Dubbed Bulgari Resort Ranfushi (or "little gold island" in Dhivehi, the country's official language), the resort will be built on an isle the Raa Atoll, just 45 minutes from Malé airport by seaplane.
When construction is complete, it will house 54 rooms (including a Bulgari Villa on a separate exclusive island), 33 beach villas (each with its own swimming pool) and 20 overwater villas, all of which will have access to a range of luxe amenities. These include a fitness center, yoga pavilion and private library, as well a Bulgari Bar and Bulgari Spa. The tropical oasis spans 20 hectares, just shy of 50 acres.
Ranfushi will be the group's 13th hotel since its first property in Milan opened in 2004. Since then, it has opened hotels everywhere from Dubai to Paris, all of which espouse the brand's modernist sensibility. To apply similar codes to its forthcoming resort, the company will continue to work with architectural firm ACPV Architects and its founders Antonio Citterio and Patricia Viel, who've designed all of the other properties under the Bulgari umbrella. (The company will open a Miami location in 2025 and a Los Angeles site in 2026.)
The Maldives location will offer four distinct dining options, including Italian cuisine at Il Ristorante – Niko Romito (curated by Michelin three-star chef Niko Romito); Chinese fine-dining in Bao Li Xuan (the twin of Bulgari Hotel Shanghai's Michelin two-star restaurant); Hōseki, a Japanese concept found at Bulgari Resort Dubai; and Italian beach food courtesy of La Spiaggia. After eating, you can browse the Bulgari boutique or La Galleria, a concept store where a luxe selection of curated apparel, accessories and more from top designers will be available.
"We are particularly proud to have secured such an extraordinary location for the new Bulgari Resort Ranfushi, as the Maldives are a key dreamy destination for our clients from all over the world," says Jean-Christophe Babin, Bulgari's CEO, in a statement. "We are convinced that this new gem of hospitality addition will ensure once again the highest levels of quality and innovation to our international customers and we look forward to sharing with them the Bulgari values in hospitality at this new, very exclusive location."
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Lanao del Sur Candidates Vows for Peaceful Elections
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CAMP SANG-AN, Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur – Candidates from the Province of Lanao del Sur, various stakeholders, the COMELEC, DILG, PNP and the AFP signed a pact for a free, honest, credible, orderly and peaceful 2019 national election last Friday, April 26, 2019, at Grandstand, Kampo Ranao, Marawi City.
A total of 128 candidates vying for provincial, city and municipal participated in the Peace Covenant organized by the AFP's 103rd Infantry Brigade in Lanao del Sur.
Provincial COMELEC Officer Attorney Allan C Kadon welcomes the gesture in what he hopes will be a repeat of the highly peaceful Special Baranggay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections in the 96 Baranggays of Marawi City (BSKE) last year.
Dubbed as the "most peaceful election yet," the Marawi Special BSKE concluded with no fatalities.
"The AFP is geared for a free, honest, credible, orderly and peaceful 2019 National Elections. I have committed my term to achieving a successful national election during my assumption as the brigade commander of 103rd Infantry Birgade" notes Col Romeo S Brawner Jr, Commander of the military unit covering the Province of Lanao del Sur.
While security forces have expressed optimism in the outcome of the elections, the military warns spoilers undermining the security of the election.
"We will take into restrictive custody any individual who will be caught buying votes or engaging in violence. This is to ensure integrity and security in our polling areas" Col Brawner adds.
Last year, security forces took into restrictive custody several personalities caught in the act of vote buying and engaging in fistfights at polling areas. All were released as soon as the elections came to a close.
Brigadier General Roberto Ancan, the 1st Infantry Division and Joint Task Force Zampelan (Zamboanga Peninsula and Lanao Provinces) commander, lauded the efforts of the candidates, COMELEC, DILG, PNP and the AFP troops.
"This momentous activity will embody the aspirations of our Meranao brothers and sisters towards a peaceful and prosperous Lanao del Sur." Ancan added.
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Juventus has revealed it is "evaluating several opportunities" in the transfer market amid widespread rumors of an impending deal for Cristiano Ronaldo.
The Serie A champion released a vague statement Friday in response to a flurry of reports linking the club with the 33-year-old Real Madrid star.
Speculation suggesting Juve is on the verge of signing Ronaldo prompted a surge in the club's share price, which has reached its highest point since mid-February.
"After the request from CONSOB related to the news published recently on media outlets, Juventus Football Club S.p.A is keen to remind that during the transfer season the club is evaluating several opportunities and will publish adequate information as prescribed by the law," the statement read.
Earlier this week, Ronaldo's agent Jorge Mendes said the Portugal captain would only end his nine-year stay at Madrid for a "new stage and a new challenge."
He has won a joint-record five Ballons d'Or and scored four goals at the World Cup in Russia, including a hat trick in the 3-3 group-stage draw with Spain.


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in the campaign, presidential candidates leave out victims of drought
Northern Kenya hasn't seen a drop of rain in three years. In this dusty desert, there are only wild fruits left to eat. Loka Metir feeds her five children these fruits, even though she knows it makes them sick. "It's the only way to survive", this mother explains to AFP. She and her children live in the village of Purapul, in the arid municipality of Marsabit, in the north of the country. Their hut is a two-day walk from the nearest town.
Faced with drought, northern Kenya is on the brink of famine
The Horn of Africa is experiencing its worst drought in 40 years. In the region, at least 18 million people are starving.
In Kenya, four consecutive seasons of low rainfall have created the driest conditions since the early 1980s. Rivers are drying up, grasslands are turning to dust, killing more than 1.5 million head of cattle in the country.
These disasters have immediate impacts. In the country, hunger affects 4 million people. In the northern desert regions, around 950,000 children under five and 134,000 pregnant or breastfeeding women suffer from acute malnutrition.
In the three hardest-hit counties, including Marsabit, conditions are close to famine.
Drought, absent from presidential programs
The next presidential and parliamentary elections are scheduled for August 9 in Kenya. Overshadowed by "cost of living" issues, the drought is barely on the candidates' agenda, according to AFP.
East Africa's main economy is just recovering from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Its fragile recovery is again hampered by drought and the impacts of the war in Ukraine, according to the World Bank.
Nationally, the fate of the far north of Kenya has passed."under the rug", estimates economist Timothy Njagi, contacted by AFP. "As we are in an election year, we would have [pourtant] could imagine that this would be a key topic of discussionregrets the member of the Tegemeo Institute for Agricultural Policy and Development in Nairobi.
In large cities, populations are threatening to boycott the August 9 election. Citizens are demanding a drop in essentials (food, gasoline, etc.)no food, no elections".
Loss of trust in the government
Animal carcasses litter the rocky expanses around Purapul. In this village in the north of the country, families of shepherds try to survive without milk, meat or money to buy food.
Iripiyo Apothya, a breeder in the region, watched her goats lose weight and then die. "Now I eat what the monkeys eat", sighs this 73-year-old lady, showing a handful of berries. She boils them and reduces them to a bitter paste, but worries about their survival: "Even that is running out. What can we do ?"
The village is just as often isolated in these forgotten northern regions. There is no school, no road, no shop, no dispensary. The nearest town, Loiyangalani, is 60 km away.
The two leading presidential candidates, William Ruto and Raila Odinga, came by helicopter to campaign in these drought-stricken regions. They promise infrastructure and development, but their stay was brief in these places where few votes must be won.
A state of national disaster due to drought has been declared since last September. Since then, the government claims to have spent more than 9 billion Kenyan shillings ($76 million). The deputy mayor of Loiyangalani in the northwest of the country guarantees: "We are going through difficult economic times. We are doing everything we can, within government means, to support communities". Both candidates must assume the registration of the incumbent authorities. William Ruto has been vice president for nearly ten years and Raila Odinga is supported by the incumbent president.
"So it's a lose-lose for anyone who touches the subject."says Karuti Kanyinga from the Institute for Development Studies at the University of Nairobi.
According to Claire Nasike, from Greenpeace Africa, the promises of the two candidates to invest in water supply and agriculture remain very vague. "Concrete details on how they will deal with climate crises were not discussed.", she sums up.
A weak international mobilization for their forgotten lands
If the forecasts of an upcoming rainy season are confirmed, this historic drought could continue into 2023. However, the mobilization of the international community remains weak on this issue. Today an appeal for aid funds in Ukraine raises $1.92 billion, nearly 86% of its target, according to the UN. On the other hand, the much smaller drought appeal in Kenya is only filled at 17%.
World Vision is one of the few charities that provide on-site assistance. James Jarso, one such representative declares: "The kind of help we offer is just a drop in the ocean.".
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Description This tool searches the Net for data about a strange protein sequence. It probably won't find much unless someone's gone through the effort of seeding the Net with that data, but it might be worth a shot.
Use You load up the receiver on your comm and run it to see what might be hanging out there.
This item is consumed on use.
The initial use text is followed by different messages, depending on how many defenders you have seeded with information by using the protein hijacker's Protein Code tool.
There doesn't seem to be any more data out there than last time you looked.
Unfortunately, nothing pops up that you don't already know.
It looks like several of the proteins will break down into volatile compounds if exposed to acid. Might be useful.
You've learned a new chemistry recipe: Nitro - Dissolve a lake serpent sample in powerful acid to get some Nitro. Just don't drop it.
You can see some of the reasons your samples break down when exposed to air so quickly. You should be able to preserve them a bit better now.
It doesn't make a lot of sense, but looking at the analysis there isn't any question: despite not being poisonous, the serpents have active venom glands. If you can extract them somehow, they're probably good for something.
There are a few proteins in the serpent's stomachs that should preserve anything they've eaten. If these results are right, they barely break the food down at all. Huh.
There we go, the whole thing is nice and orderly now. For a creature as strange as that one, it's interesting how little is actually going on in its body.
You've mined this vein pretty deep. If there's anything else to learn about these critters it's through hands-on experience and not protein analysis.
You load up the receiver on your comm and run it to see what might be hanging out there.
Huh. You're not sure why you didn't notice it before… past the simple protein signatures, there's a pattern burning its way through.
It's hard to say what it means, but damned if it's not interesting.


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Q: Snakemake: a rule with batched inputs and corresponding outputs I have the following basic structure of the workflow:

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*files are downloaded from a remote server,

*converted locally and then

*analyzed.

One of the analyses is time-consuming, but it scales well if run on multiple input files at a time. The output of this rule is independent of what files are analyzed together as a batch as long as they all share the same set of settings. Upstream and downstream rules operate on individual files, so from the perspective of the workflow, this rule is an outlier. What files are to be run together can told in advance, although ideally if some of the inputs failed to be produced along the way, the rule should be run on a reduced of files.
The following example illustrates the problem:
samples = [ 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f' ]
groups = {
    'A': samples[0:3],
    'B': samples[3:6]
}

rule all:
    input:
        expand("done/{sample}.txt", sample = samples)

rule create:
    output:
        "created/{sample}.txt"
    shell:
        "echo {wildcards.sample} > {output}"

rule analyze:
    input:
        "created/{sample}.txt"
    output:
        "analyzed/{sample}.txt"
    params:
        outdir = "analyzed/"
    shell:
        """
        sleep 1 # or longer
        parallel md5sum {{}} \> {params.outdir}/{{/}} ::: {input}
        """

rule finalize:
    input:
        "analyzed/{sample}.txt"
    output:
        "done/{sample}.txt"
    shell:
        "touch {output}"

The rule analyze is the one to produce multiple output files from multiple inputs according to the assignment in groups. The rules create and finalize operate on individual files upstream and downstream, respectively.
Is there a way to implement such logic? I'd try like to try to avoid splitting the workflow to accommodate this irregularity.
Note: this question is not related to the similar sounding question here.

A: If I understand correctly. rule analyze takes in input files created/a.txt, created/b.txt, created/c.txt for group A and gives in output
analyzed/a.txt, analyzed/b.txt, analyzed/c.txt. The same for group B so rule analyze runs twice, everything else runs 6 times.
If so, I make rule analyze output a dummy file signaling that files in group A (or B, etc.) has been analyzed. Downstream rules will take in input this dummy file and will find the corresponding analyzed/{sample}.txtavailable.
Here's your example:
samples = [ 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f' ]
groups = {
    'A': samples[0:3],
    'B': samples[3:6]
}

# Map samples to groups by inverting dict groups
inv_groups = {}
for x in samples:
    for k in groups:
        if x in groups[k]:
            inv_groups[x] = k

rule all:
    input:
        expand("done/{sample}.txt", sample = samples)

rule create:
    output:
        "created/{sample}.txt"
    shell:
        "echo {wildcards.sample} > {output}"

rule analyze:
    input:
        # Collect input for this group (A, B, etc)
        grp= lambda wc: ["created/%s.txt" % x for x in groups[wc.group]]
    output:
        done = touch('created/{group}.done'),
    shell:
        """
        # Code that actually does the job...
        for x in {input.grp}
        do
            sn=`basename $x .txt`
            touch analyzed/$sn.txt
        done
        """

rule finalize:
    input:
        # Get dummy file for this {sample}.
        # If the dummy exists also the corresponding analyzed/{sample}.txt exists.
        done = lambda wc: 'created/%s.done' % inv_groups[wc.sample],
    output:
        fout= "done/{sample}.txt"
    params:
        fin= "analyzed/{sample}.txt",
    shell:
        "cp {params.fin} {output.fout}"

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Non-recurring manufacturing and selling situation are constantly faced by controllers [and accountants] when analyzing the manufacturing and selling functions which is a strategic matter of choosing alternative quick courses of action. Typical questions include: What to make? How to make it? Where to sell the product or service? What price should be charged? In the short run, the controller [accountant] is typically confronted with the following non-recurring, non-routine types of decisions: acceptance or rejection of a special order, make or buy, add or drop a certain product line, utilization of scarce resources, sell or process further. Through this post, I reveal those insight analyses with some easy case examples. Enjoy!
In each of the above situations, the ultimate decision rests upon cost data analysis. Cost data are important in many decisions, since they are the basis for profit calculations. However, not all costs are of equal importance in decision making, and accountants must identify the costs that are relevant to a decision. Such costs are called "relevant costs".
Which Costs Are Relevant In A Non-recurring Decision?
The relevant costs are the expected future costs which differ between the decision alternatives.
The sunk costs are not relevant to the decision at hand, because they are past, historical costs. The incremental or differential costs are relevant since they are the ones that differ between the alternatives.
Example: In a decision on whether to sell an existing business for a new one, the cost to be paid for the new venture is relevant. However, the initial cost of the old business is not relevant to the decision because it is a sunk cost.
Assume that Lie Dharma Putra Company is planning to expand its productive capacity. The plans consist of purchasing a new machine for $50,000 and disposing of the old machine without receiving anything. The new machine has a five-year life. The old machine has a five-year remaining life and a book value of $12,500. The new machine will reduce variable operating costs from $35,000 per year to $20,000 per year.
When Should A Company Accept Special Orders?
A company often receives a short-term, special order for its products at lower prices than usual. In normal times, the company may refuse such an order since it will not yield a satisfactory profit.
The company has just received an order that calls for 10,000 units @ $1.20, for a total of $12,000. The acceptance of this special order will not affect regular sales. Management is reluctant to accept this order because the $1.20 price is below the $1.50 factory unit cost ($1.50 = $1.00 + $0.50).
Is filling the order advisable?
The answer to this question is yes. The company can add to total profits by accepting this special order even though the price offered is below the unit factory cost. At a price of $1.20, the order will contribute $0.20 (CM per unit = $1.20 – $1.00 = $0.20) toward fixed cost, and profit will increase by $2,000 (10,000 units × $0.20). Using the contribution approach to pricing, the variable cost of $1.00 will be a better guide than the full unit cost of $1.50.
The fixed costs will not increase because of the presence of idle capacity.
The supplier has offered to provide the subassembly at a price of $16 each. Two-thirds of fixed factory overhead, which represents executive salaries, rent, depreciation, and taxes, continue regardless of the decision.
Should the company buy or make the product?
In this example, direct fixed costs are those costs that are identified directly with each of the product lines. Allocated fixed costs are the amount of common fixed costs allocated to the product lines using some base such as space occupied. The amount of common fixed costs typically continues regardless of the decision and thus cannot be saved by dropping the product line to which it is distributed.
From either of the two methods, we see that by dropping meats the store will lose an additional $500. Therefore, the meat product line should be kept.
One of the great dangers in allocating common fixed costs is that such allocations can make a product line look less profitable than it really is. Because of such an allocation, the meat line showed a loss of $1,000. In effect it contributes $500 ($7,000 – $6,500) to the recovery of the store's common fixed costs.
In general, the emphasis on products with higher contribution margin maximizes a firm's total net income, even though total sales may decrease. This is not true, however, where there are constraining factors and scarce resources. The constraining factor is the factor that restricts or limits the production or sale of a given product.
Examples: machine hours, labor hours, or cubic feet of warehouse space.
In the presence of these constraining factors, maximizing total profits depends on getting the highest contribution margin per unit of the factor (rather than the highest contribution margin per unit of product output).
Assume that a company produces products A and B with the following contribution margins per unit.
As is indicated by CM per unit, B is more profitable than A since it contributes more to the company's total profits than A ($4 vs. $2). But assume that the firm has limited capacity of 10,000 labor hours. Further, assume that A requires two labor hours to produce and B requires five labor hours. One way to express this limited capacity is to determine the contribution margin per labor hour.
Since A returns the higher CM per labor hour, it should be produced and B should be dropped.
The presence of only one limited resource is unrealistic. Virtually all firms encounter multiple constraints: restrictions on materials, labor inputs, demand for each product, warehouse space, display space, and so on. The solution of the product mix problem with multiple constraints is considerably more complex and requires a technique known as "linear programming".
Related Topics:Make-Or-Buy DecisionMaking the Best Use of Scarce ResourcesManufacturing and Selling AnalysesNon-recurring Manufacturing AnalysisNon-recurring Manufacturing and Selling AnalysesNon-recurring Selling AnalysesThe Incremental AnalysisTo Add or Drop a Product LineWhat Are Relevant Costs?When Should A Company Accept Special Orders?Which Costs Are Relevant In A Non-recurring Decision?


The University of Oregon held its 49th Annual UO Mother's Day Powwow. Here is the Littlesinger family in five photographs on opening night of the event.
Michelle Littlesinger, from the Yakama tribe, holds her 7-week-old son, Ezrah, in the crowd on the first day of the 49th Annual UO Mother's Day Powwow. Littlesinger considers herself on maternity leave from dancing, but has been helping out by braiding hair.
Myrcene Littlesinger, 4, kisses her brother Ezrah's cheek.
Myrcene glances back with a smile at her parents before she begins her jingle dress dance.
During her jingle dress dance, Myrcene looked toward her parents in the bleachers. Her mother, Michelle, says that this dance sounds like rain on a tin roof. The cones on the jingle dress are often made from Copenhagen tobacco lids, pierced, shaped and sewn onto the dress.


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January 28, 2021 ⌙ Movie Reviews
Indie Documentary Review – Narratives Of Modern Genocide
Earlier this week I read an article that said that both Anne Frank and Martin Luther King Jr would both have turned ninety two in 2021 had they still been alive. Now, ninety two is a respectable age that not many of us are lucky enough to get to but, thanks to modern medicine and lifestyles, it is more and more often reached; my own mother was older than that when she died. So it just shows that the Holocaust and the Civil Rights Movement are relatively recent events.
But while the concept of history repeating itself has become a cliché, things become clichés precisely because they're valid enough to bear endless repetition. As the wondrous Sir Terry Pratchett wrote… "The reason that clichés become clichés is that they are the hammers and screwdrivers in the toolbox of communication." As such you'd think that we, as a society, would have learnt from such things, ruefully shaken our heads, and made sure that they never happen again. Sadly, that is not the case.
History Is A Set Of Lies Agreed Upon
And so we come to Narratives Of Modern Genocide. This is, essentially, the story of two survivors of incidents of genocide; one from the seventies and the other, shamefully, from within the last thirty years. Just as I listen to my seven year old granddaughter talking about the history she has learnt in school and it dawns on me that her history topics are my life events. A recent trip to see a panto with her had a line about "a giant leap for mankind… who said that?" And she shouted out "Neil Armstrong". I asked how she knew that and "history lessons at school" was the simple answer.
I can remember the atrocities taking part in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge led by Pol Pot. It was something happening half a world away, literally, but it was slaughter of such magnitude that it was making headlines at home. I remember going to see The Killing Fields in 1985 and all the media attention that it and the real life characters involved raised. Sichan Siv lived through the worst excesses of the Khmer Rouge, his entire family were slaughtered but he managed to escape through Thailand and on to the USA. Once there he really embodied the American dream by rising up to become a US ambassador to the UN Economic and Social Council and deputy assistant to President George HW Bush!
The Best Prophet Of The Future Is The Past
As advancing years tend to make time compress, so the early nineties seem, to me at least, a lot closer than the nearly thirty years that have, in fact, actually elapsed… hell, I swear the eighties are less than thirty years ago! So Gilbert Tuhabonye's story seems like it happened more recently than it actually did. Gilbert was still a teenager when the civil war in Burundi erupted. Members of the Hutu tribe invaded his high school and rounded up all the Tutsi teachers and children they could find. The majority were hacked to death with machetes and the rest were burned alive. Gilbert managed to survive by hiding from his attackers. The thing is though that he hid beneath the burning corpses of his schoolmates for over nine hours during which he suffered burns over much of his body.
The high spots, if that is what they can be called, of Narratives Of Modern Genocide are the men's first hand telling of their stories. There are occasional pieces of archive footage but these are used sparingly. There probably are actual recordings of the atrocities but they would be unnecessarily intense for widespread screening. Instead very simple animations are used to accompany the relating of the horrors the men saw and, somehow, that makes things much more powerful.
Unfortunately the gripping telling of the tales which give rise to the naming of Narratives Of Modern Genocide are quite a small part. The majority of the film is filled with what seems to be adverts for the United States and the churches therein. While it is good to know that both men not only survived but thrived after their traumatic starts it does make it seem like the genocide is a lesser event than it was. I found myself thinking that it is possible to get through and prosper after such an event rather than thinking that we should be making sure this never happens again.
Movie Grade: C-
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Vlhova rolls off third World Cup win in six days
Petra Vlhova beats U.S. skier Paula Moltzan to win third World Cup race in six days
LECH-ZUERS, Austria -- Petra Vlhova won her third World Cup race in six days Thursday, beating unheralded Paula Moltzan of the United States in a floodlit parallel event.
Coming off two straight slalom wins in Finland last weekend, Vlhova won the first run of the final against Moltzan by 0.21 seconds. The American seemed to have made up the deficit in the deciding run on the faster blue course but crashed four gates short of the finish.
It was the American's first career World Cup podium, coming less than six weeks after she earned her first top-10 at the season-opening giant slalom in Austria.
Vlhova sweeps slalom weekend; Shiffrin fifth
Vlhova extended her lead in the overall standings. The World Cup slalom champion from Slovakia has been on the podium in all four races so far, having finished third in the season-opening giant slalom in October.
Former overall champion Lara Gut-Behrami, who was the fastest in qualification, finished third after beating Sara Hector in the small final.
Mikaela Shiffrin, who returned from her 10-month break from racing with second and fifth-place finishes in Finland last weekend, skipped the event.
The three-time overall champion preferred to train for upcoming super-G races and giant slaloms. Limited in her options by the coronavirus pandemic and a back injury, Shiffrin had trained for only slalom recently.
In the absence of her teammate with 66 World Cup wins, Moltzan came close to her first.
Moltzan grew up in Minnesota and trained on the same slope, Buck Hill, as retired standout Lindsey Vonn a decade earlier. She earned her first World Cup points in 2015 but was later dropped off the team. She went to the University of Vermont in 2017 but rejoined the World Cup in 2018-19 after two years away.
Thursday's event had a knockout format and saw two competitors race side-by-side on identical, shortened giant slalom courses, with run times just over 23 seconds.
All rounds were contested over two legs, with skiers having one run on each course and the shortest aggregate time determining the winner.
To keep the event within a TV-friendly time frame, only 16 starters were allowed. Some of the prerace favorites, including Wendy Holdener, Alice Robinson, Sofia Goggia and Tessa Worley, were eliminated in the qualification runs.
Kristina Riis-Johannessen posted the fastest time in the first qualifying run but failed to finish her second, while Moltzan qualified in fifth.
Michelle Gisin, who was runner-up to Vlhova in the overall standings, opted not to race to focus on training, with two super-G races in St. Moritz in her native Switzerland coming up Dec. 5-6.


When I say - The Color Purple? What comes to mind? Apparently for each person, it is something slightly different. Apparently, we all share a common feeling, an almost explosive burst of adrenelin when we think about the color purple. How strange!


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The five Phase 2 working groups have been given the following terms of reference.
Thank you for taking the time to review these Terms of Reference, applicable for all Certified For Access Working Group members.
The development and design of a voluntary third-party certification model offers a great opportunity for all working group members to influence both business and government, promoting a broad culture shift towards a more accessible Ontario.
The discussion within the working groups – as throughout the entire certification process – will also encourage businesses and organizations to step forward as leaders in accessible customer service.
To that end, the scope of Phase 2 working group discussions will focus on and limit itself to the key topics that have emerged from Phase 1 discussions, as summarized in the Phase 1 report. Further, discussion will adhere to the two objectives listed above, with the goal of developing a voluntary accessibility certification model.
While participants may have concerns related to the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, the work of the Accessibility Directorate of Ontario or the various efforts of the Ontario government in the field of accessibility, discussion on these matters is outside the scope of the Phase 2 working group sessions.
Discussion that strays from the in-scope topics, as summarized in the Phase 1 report, will be restricted by the working group facilitators.
Other opportunities exist to discuss or provide feedback on all aspects of accessibility in Ontario.
Subject to these parameters, your full participation as a working group member is welcome.