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The Murder Of Private King
My father told me he was certain that there were incidents like this during World War II, but that the military covered them up.
The Army Board for Correction of Military Records has changed the death record of African-American WWII Private Albert H. King to list him as having died "in the line of duty." King, a 20-year-old black soldier with the Quartermaster Corps, was in fact murdered on March 23, 1941, by a white member of the military police, Sgt. Robert Lummus, who shot King five times as he walked on the main road at Fort Benning toward his barracks. King had tried to escape a mob of whites intent on beating him on a bus. Sergeant Lummus claimed self-defense and just 13 hours after shooting King, was found not guilty by a military court.
A thorough investigation had taken place, clearly.
King was listed as having died "not in line of duty."
In November, more than 80 years after Private King's death, Army officials corrected the record after a real investigation instigated by Helen Russell, a first cousin to Private King and his last known living relative, In a Nov. 28 letter, the Army notified Ms. Russell that her 2021 petition had been reviewed by the board and that Private King's status would be updated to "reflect this new finding."
Russell's petition alleged that in the early hours of March 24, 1941, the white driver of a segregated, chartered civilian bus objected to Private King and his friends, sitting in the back of the bus, "hollering and laughing and cutting up." The driver told them to be quiet, and asked for help from Sergeant Lummus, who was patrolling the road on a motorcycle. Lummus ordered Private King and his friend Private Lawrence J. Hoover off the bus. Sergeant Lummus hit Private Hoover in the back of the head with a blackjack and King fled, while a dozen of the white soldiers from the bus beat Private Hoover until he was semiconscious.
Sergeant Lummus testified that he had found Private King and ordered him to stop. Sergeant Lummus said the private had begun running toward him and had "kept coming" while the sergeant fired five shots.
Ms. Russell's petition stated that three gunshots struck King on the side of his head and neck, and there was one each in his lower back and his torso. After the initial ruling that that the shooting was justified, a second, independent investigation by a board of officers determined that Private King had died "in the line of duty." But the commanding general of Fort Benning, Maj. Gen. Lloyd Fredendall, ordered the board to "reconsider" its findings, and the decision was reversed. Researchers at the Northeastern University School of Law's Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project explored Private King's story decades later and published their conclusions in The Washington Post, giving Russell the basis for her appeal.
King is one of dozens of active-duty black military personnel who are believed to have been murdered on or near U.S. bases during the World War II. One such victim of racism was Felix Hall, who was lynched at Fort Benning a few weeks before Private King was killed there. In 2021, the Army installed a plaque in Private Hall's memory.
Source: New York Times.
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Steve-O-in-NJ
How would he qualify as a WWII private if he was killed in March of 1941? The war was on, yes, but the US wouldn't get involved until December 8.
Ugh. Great question.
For what it's worth, there were already U.S. forces committed in war zones well before that, e.g. they freed up British divisions in Iceland by taking over its defence under the pretence that Iceland was not at war itself. Per wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_occupation_of_Iceland#United_States_occupation):-
"Britain needed her troops elsewhere and requested that US forces occupy the island. The US agreed on 16 June 1941. The 1st Provisional Marine Brigade of 194 officers and 3,714 men from San Diego under the command of Brigadier-General John Marston sailed from Charleston, South Carolina, on 22 June to assemble as Task Force 19 (TF 19) at Argentia, Newfoundland:[10] TF 19 sailed on 1 July. Britain failed to persuade the Althing to approve an American occupation force, but with TF 19 anchored off Reykjavík that evening Roosevelt gave approval for the invasion. The United States Marine Corps commenced landing on 8 July, and disembarkation was completed on 12 July. On 6 August, the United States Navy established Naval Air Station Keflavik at Reykjavík with the arrival of Patrol Squadron VP-73 PBY Catalinas and VP-74 PBM Mariners. United States Army personnel began arriving in Iceland in August.[10]"
That was after the murder, but then again some convoy work and similar happened even before that. The first U.S. casualty was arguably a diplomat in Norway, killed by bombing even before the Fall of France. But are you suggesting that no U.S. troops have been killed in the line of duty since 1945, the end of the last formal war involving the U.S.A.?
I never said that. I questioned classing him as a WWII soldier when he was killed by a bigoted MP before the US got officially involved in the war. I'm aware of the USS Reuben James, etc.
That may have been what you were thinking, but, with all due respect, that was indeed what you wrote. I went to the trouble of quoting it. I only had that to go on, so I brought out material relevant to that. I may not be telling you anything you didn't already know, but spare a thought for other readers who might be going by what you wrote. At least I might be clearing things up for them.
And, of course, there is still the issue of just how relevant that official status is to the matter. For comparison, consider that Britain introduced conscription in anticipation of war; how would we classify recruits who died during training then? In my view, this victim did indeed die during his service, and whether that was formally during peace or war is not very material to that.
Indeed. My father, Jack Marshall Sr., had enlisted with the British Commandos and was fighting the Germans in Africa before Pearl Harbor.
johnburger2013
Now that it has been declared killed in active duty, does that mean his estate is entitled to past-due benefits from the VA? I don't know the rules, but that would seem to make sense, especially considering that he was murdered by an active sergeant.
jvb
The Times piece says that issue has yet to be resolved. King's cousin says the money isn't an issue; she just wanted the truth to come out.
I nominate Helen Russell as Ethics Hero.
Michael West
Lloyd Fredendall. What a friggin embarrassment. Don't read his wikipedia article about his actions in North Africa if you are easily humiliated on behalf of others.
Some quibbles. I thought I recognized Fredendall's name and sure enough, he was the U.S. commander at Kasserine Pass, one of the U.S. Army's worst defeats in WWII. He was relieved by Eisenhower and replaced as II Corps commander by someone you may have heard of — George Patton.
Fredendall was sent back to the United States, getting a richly undeserved hero's welcome and, since he was not relieved 'for cause', was promoted to Lieutenant General and given command of Second Army, a stateside training command.
However, he was never the commandant of Fort Benning. It may have been under Second Army's purview, I'm not sure, and he certainly was not there when this incident happened in 1941.
The commander at Fort Benning in March, 1941 was also someone you may have heard of before — Omar Bradley, who went on to do other things for the Army.
You don't have any information on dates of the various investigations. Bradley was the commandant until February, 1942 so it is certainly possible he was in charge when the second board determined King died 'in the line of duty'.
If Fredendall was involved, it could not have been prior to April 1943, when he assumed command of Second Army.
A fascinating note on Omar Bradley's promotions. It's complicated, but his official effective date for becoming a Brigadier General in the Regular Army is Sept. 1, 1943. His official effective date for becoming a Colonel in the Regular Army is Oct. 1, 1943.
Things that make you say, hmmmm.
One other thing, and why this ruling makes a difference.
If a serviceman's death is considered 'not in the line of duty', then in essence the military is stating that it occurred due to the "veteran's own willful misconduct".


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Posted: Oct 29, 2020 / 10:54 AM CDT / Updated: Oct 29, 2020 / 05:50 PM CDT
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(NEXSTAR) — This week on "Big Game Bound," we take a look at three of the biggest matchups in the NFL in Week 8.
The undefeated Pittsburgh Steelers travel to Baltimore for an AFC North showdown with the Ravens. We'll check in with our correspondents Jay Puskar and Damon Turbitt.
The suddenly surging 49ers take on the first-place Seahawks in a key NFC West game. Kate Rooney joins us from San Francisco to discuss how the 49ers are winning with a mash unit for a roster.
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Saturday morning is usually my lie in - its not often that my alarm will get me up at 6am in the morning on a Saturday as well as the work week! However, this weekend was different as I left Wimbledon on a train at 06:21 to get to Trafalgar Square. Why would I get up so early? Because of a bike ride!
The LBC have run a ride to Whitstable now for the last three years. I'd wanted to do the ride last year but missed out. I decided that I wouldn't miss out again.
There were two options for the ride - the first, starting from Trafalgar Square and cycling the whole way or two, meeting up with the London riders at Otford and getting to Otford via the train. I decided that the London start was for me, hence my early start. London to Otford was out 48Km along the 129Km route so we needed to make tracks to get there for 10 when we were meeting the other riders.
I was first to arrive and waited for Mark and Orange Brompton to arrive before we set off on our way.
The route from London wasn't to bad and it wasn't to long before we got out in the countryside. I was testing my Samsung S5 as a navigation aid, along with the Ride With GPS app. I'd recently sold my Garmin 800 GPS as the plan was to use the phone - I'll write a review of that separately. However, in short it worked fairly well.
Once we got into the countryside, we thought we'd be in some trouble as the hill we intended to cycle had a big sign saying the road was closed. Taking a risk, we followed the road and our original planned route. As it turns out, there was no reason the road should be closed and we passed on with no ill effect.
We arrived in Otford and stopped at a nice little tea shop - where upon I realised I'd suffered perhaps from the Londoner's mentality and I'd forgotten to bring any cash! It seems that everywhere it London takes card these days so I tend not to carry any cash, so much so, I actually don't have a change section in my wallet anymore as I use a Flipside Wallet!. Mark kindly lent me some cash so I can have a scone and drink before we moved on and met the rest of the gang, ZoomZoom, Brian and James, at the station.
The weather up until now had been nice and sunny, but there was a decline in the weather for a bit, with a misty, damp air coming down.
In fact, at one point, we stopped to cross a road (and waved at the passing car heading to the wedding with the bride in) and ended up putting our rain jackets on, only to have to take them off at the base of the hill as it had stopped raining! I can't complain as the rest of the weather was reasonable and the mist burnt off the closer we got to the coast. One learning point to take away from this route was that I'd seriously underestimated my layering and I suffered for it along the route. I think I need to look at the purchase of a long sleeve top, like my Vulpine Merino one but one that's a bit lighter weight than that.
A slight change of route took us out on to some trails, rather than road. Initially, this gave us some really good views and we stumbled across a barrow.
However, the trail came up to a gate that led down to a farm and a sign stated that it was private access land. Not wanting to get on the bad side of a farmer, we decided to take a detour. This detour led through a footpath, that ended up quite muddy. Now, a spot of cyclocross or off roading is a good spot of fun in my eyes, even if it's not really suited to the Brompton. I enjoyed the first section immensely, speeding down a field past some horses that watched us go by, amused. The number of gates we had to negotiate made life tough, and then we came across the wooded section - the mud in here was more cloying and sticky and rapidly gummed up my Brompton tyres. Unlike some of the others (ZoomZoom and Orange), I kept my Brompton on the ground - I ended up actually dragging the Brompton at one point where the amount of mud on the rear wheel prevented it from turning!
However, we preserved and got back on the road. Soon we got to the weir over the River Medway and shortly thereafter on to our lunch stop.
Lunch was an excellent little pub that Mark had pre-booked us a table but we ended up sitting outside as the weather wasn't bad.
Moving onwards after lunch, we carried on. I'd hasten to add that the "undulations" that were mentioned were more like hills. In fact, this ride ranks as the third hilliest rides I've recorded on Strava (beaten only by the Tour of the National Forest sportive and the London Bikeathon). We came to Hollingbourne Hill which was a pig of a hill and I'm afraid to say, I didn't make it to the top. On the last steepest section, I ended up having to get off. However, little did I know that I was almost at the top! If I'd known how far off the top I was, I think I'd have managed it but alas, I failed to conquer it. Maybe next time. However, I've got some more climbing practise in July when I ride London to Brighton again.
Brian suffered a mechanical issue (a broken spoke) climbing Hollingbourne Hill. However, no other major disasters befell the group (other than the mud on Orange's and ZoomZoom's bike) which was lucky. Brian successfully made it to the end of the ride without the rest of the spokes causing trouble.
Finally, we made it to Whitstable.
A quick chippy supper was had on the beach (disappointingly, the chips were a bit poor and we didn't have a time for a 99 before heading to the station!) We didn't have to much time before jumping onto the train to get back to London. Myself and James caught the Javelin back to St Pancras, where I was able to cross the road and catch the train to Welwyn from Kings Cross with only a minute to spare! The others joined us for the first stop and then changed at Faversham to get back into Victoria.
The whole ride was really good, though I was pretty tired at the end of it. I've not really done a long ride since January this year when I did the Evans Sportive so this was a long ride to get back into the swing of things.
Overall, I'd like to thank Mark for the excellent trip he'd organised and to the others for coming along. It makes a difference cycling with others!


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Panda Express, Whole Foods, Best Buy Top Ipsos Ranking on COVID-19 Safety Measures
Ipsos Mystery Shoppers provide an exclusive guide to companies that are successfully implementing health precautions for employees and customers.
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Stephanie Thayer Director, Marketing and Communications, US Channel Performance
April 22, 2021 — Ipsos, a leading global research firm, today announced the winners of Ipsos' Health and Safety Best Brand Awards based on the results of the latest Consumer Health & Safety Index, an in-store benchmarking study that evaluates how retailers are operating more than a year into the pandemic.
This is the third time Ipsos has conducted its landmark study. In spring 2021, Ipsos surveyed 2,000 Americans to understand which health and safety attributes are most important to consumers in the current COVID-19 retail environment. Ipsos then conducted mystery shops to measure brand compliance on health and safety attributes across more than 25 brands in four key industries.
Ipsos Mystery Shoppers visited nearly 3500 individual locations and assessed each brand's compliance with key Health and Safety measures. These included areas such as social distancing, mask compliance, cleaning, and the availability of hand sanitizer. Top performing brands were awarded Ipsos Health & Safety Awards for their overall performance. Awards were also given by category to highlight the individual nature of the marketplace in which these brands compete.
"The brands receiving Ipsos' Health & Safety Awards are being recognized for their responsiveness, diligence and excellence in creating safe in-store experiences for both customers and employees," said Shohini Banerjee, Senior Vice President, US Channel Performance, Ipsos. "They have each made monumental strides over the past year to adhere to and consistently implement the health & safety policies that build consumer trust - something that will last long after the pandemic subsides."
Among the brands consumers, and therefore Ipsos, recognized for strong performances:
Quick Serve Restaurants Awards:
Panda Express emerged as the strongest performer in the QSR industry, winning the Best in Industry Panda Express's strong performance was due to high marks for social-distancing measures, store cleanliness and employee mask-wearing where they were the top scoring brand within QSR.
Krispy Kreme ranked second in the QSR industry with strong performance across the board, winning the Best in Category award for the presence of sanitizers at various touch points within the store.
McDonald's ranked third in the QSR industry, demonstrating strong performance in all areas. The fast-food giant outperformed competition in ensuring restrooms are safe to use, winning the Best in Category award for restroom cleanliness.
Grocery Awards:
Whole Foods and Food Lion led the grocery industry, with Whole Foods retaining its No. 1 spot from previous Ipsos studies and winning the Best in Industry. Food Lion ranked No. 3 in the grocery industry but emerged as a Best in Category winner for the presence of sanitizers at various points in stores, including at entrances, checkouts and in restrooms.
Big Box Retail Awards:
Best Buy retained its spot as the top performer in the big-box industry, winning the Best in Industry Best Buy also led the big-box cohort across several categories, including social distancing measures, sanitizer offerings and employees wearing masks and gloves.
Target showed improvement in its focus on health & safety, ranking second in the big-box industry and winning the Best in Category award for cleanliness.
Costco has consistently demonstrated strong performance across several waves of the Index and came in at No. 3 in the industry. Costco went on to win the Best in Category award for restrooms and barriers to enforce distancing.
Consumer Banking Awards:
Citibank won the Best in Industry award for financial services, along with winning the Best in Category award in the signage, sanitizers, and wearables (employees wearing masks and gloves) categories.
Wells Fargo and Bank of America tied for No. 2 in the financial services industry, and tied for the Best in Category award for maintaining safety protocols in the exteriors of their locations. In addition, Bank of America won the Best in Category award for implementing distancing protocols.
Chase Bankwon the Best in Category award in the industry for cleanliness, jointly with Citibank. Both banks ensured high-touch surfaces are visibly cleaned by employees on a regular basis.
US Bank won the Best in Category award in the restroom category. In addition, US Bank won the Best in Category award for barriers, jointly with Citibank.
Best Overall Brand Award Winners:
In addition to winning Industry and Category awards, Whole Foods, Best Buy, Target, and Costco emerged as the Best Overall Brand award winners. These brands demonstrated strong performance through the end-to-end customer journey, setting them apart from the rest of the 24 participating brands in the Index.
More than half of all American adults have now received at least one vaccine dose as of April 18, 2021, according to the CDC. As vaccination efforts proceed and more stores reopen, brands must continue to ensure consumers feel safe when shopping at their locations. For more information on Ipsos' Consumer Health & Safety index, contact [email protected].
Ipsos conducted mystery shops to measure brand compliance to these health and safety attributes across 25+ brands in 4 key industries to report on their performance. A random sample of 75-125 locations per brand were audited during this study, while ensuring geographical representation and a margin of error of 5-7%.
While the results presented in the study have a 90% confidence level, observations contrary to the findings reported in the study may be found at individual locations and should be used as an opportunity to further improve the customer experience at these locations.
About the Ipsos Consumer Health & Safety Best Brand Awards
Each brand included in Wave 3 of Ipsos' Consumer Health & Safety Index received scores for their compliance to each of the health and safety policies observed by mystery shoppers. These policies were determined – and weighted – in accordance with Ipsos Bayes Nets (IBN) drivers analysis, which determined the COVID-19 in-store safeguards that drive consumer confidence and increase return visits.
Each brand received an overall score derived from the weighted average of each policy compliance score.
Best Overall Brand Award: Ipsos calculated each brand's overall score as well as the mean and standard deviation for the set of scores across all participating brands. Any brand with an overall score greater than the mean + one standard deviation qualified for the Best Overall Brand Award.
Best in Industry Award: Ipsos calculated each brand's overall score as well as the mean and standard deviation for the set of scores across participating brands in the industry. Any brand with an overall score greater than the mean + one standard deviation qualified for the Best in Industry Award.
Best in Category Award: Within each industry, Ipsos calculated each brand's overall score for 9 categories: Exterior, Interior, Restroom, Signage, Distancing, Cleanliness, Wearables, Barriers and Sanitizer. The brand with the highest overall score in a category within an industry qualified for the Best In Category Award.
For more information on this news release, please contact:
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Chris Phelan is vice president of government and industry affairs for the Canadian Airports Council (CAC).
Previous to this role, Chris was the vice president of aviation security and industry affairs. He oversaw airport security policy and regulations for passengers and cargo, international air policy and other issues affecting airport security and facilitation. In addition to these duties, he also served as committee secretary to the CAC's Small Airports Caucus and the Security Committee.
Prior to joining the CAC in June 2011, Chris worked as a consultant for an Ottawa-based government relations and public affairs firm. There he provided political, strategic and public policy advice to clients on a wide variety issues, including product defense, intellectual property and copyright legislation, electronic product stewardship, and energy transportation and generation.
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The AmérAsia Film Festival is proud to announce the five principal subcategories – Asian Treasures, Animation Spotlight, WeDistribute, Québécois Special and AmerAsia (AA) Shorts – for this third edition of Montreal's premiere festival celebrating the latest Asian and Asian-Canadian cinema, taking place on the first two weekends of March.
The full line-up of blockbuster Asian films that will screen over the course of the festival has been chosen from the best of the continent's creative talent. Oscar-nominated Chinese blockbuster Aftershock, the international premiere of Kyung-soon's Red Maria, funny and moving major festival selection The Day He Arrives by director Hong Sangsoo, the Cannes award-winning Arirang by renowned Korean auteur Kim Ki-duk, Best Newcomer nominee at the 2012 Asian Film Awards I Wish, and Vietnamese director Cuong Ngo's captivating personal portraits in Pearls of the Far East will all feature.
Also included is 24th Tokyo International Film Festival selection Power of Two, a Japan/U.S. co-production about organ donation, and the directorial debut of Academy Award-nominated producer Marc Smolowitz (The Weather Underground), who will be attending the festival.
The festival opens with the Canadian premiere of Korean box office hit Leafie, a Hen into the Wild, based on the best-selling Korean children's novel, and to be distributed across Canada by 108 Media. It will pair alongside Muybridge's Strings, a Japanese-Canadian animation from Academy Award Nominee Koji Yamamura and current 2012 Genie Best Animated Short contender.
Curated by internationally renowned animation writer and researcher Joon Yang Kim, who will guest appear throughout the festival, the Spotlight section showcases seven animated features. These family-oriented films shine a light on recent trends in Asian animation.
Of particular note is adventure film Yona Yona Penguin , the first fully 3D CGI film from famed Japanese anime studio Madhouse, and the story of a lost and lonely, penguin-suited street urchin who saves a mysterious subterranean town, and the North American premiere of Green Days (Korea), a hand-drawn feature animation awarded the jury special prize at the Seoul International Cartoon andAnimation Festival and nominated at Annecy in 2011. AmérAsia is also pleased to host the massively popular, twisted Romeo and Juliet animation story, Roadside Romeo (India), independent Israeli movie Lost in Tel-Aviv, featuring Asian animation, and spotlight viewings of 9 short films by Chinese animation artist Sun Xun.
This category is dedicated to Canadian film companies that distribute significant Asian art house films in Canada.
The category includes Korean film Poetry – the 2010 winner of Best Screenplay at Cannes – from director Lee Chang-Dong and distributor Metropole, and Chinese documentary film I Wish I Knew, byacclaimed director Jia Zhangke and distributed by filmswelike. Also from filmswelike is The Light Thief (about an electrician with far greater effect on the people around him than his job defines) by Kazakhstan director Aktan Arym Kubat. And of special interest to sushi lovers, E1 Entertainment's Jiro Dreams of Sushi, a Japanese doc about a famous sushi chef.
This section focuses on outstanding Asian-Quebeçois filmmaking and the distribution companies that support the work. Of particular significance is the feature-length The Vanishing Spring Light, winner atthe 24th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. Shot in China by debuting director Yu Xun, The Vanishing Spring Light chronicles the candid conversations a Chinese grandmother has with the filmmaker about her health and children, conversations that turn out to have a tragic subtext. Canadian distributors EyeSteelFilm will receive an AmérAsia recognition award for supporting richAsian content.
Also on deck is short film House for Sale, from Montreal-born director Eisha Marjara as well as Our Subject is Hair (which blurs the line between fiction and non-fiction), by Quebec director Vincent Toi.
This unique two-part category focuses on both documentaries and dramas representing the best of Asian or Asian-inspired short films from around the world.
The documentary component will feature a number of riveting works, including The Real M*A*S*H, inspired by the TV series M*A*S*H but filtered through the harsh realities of the Korean War, by Toronto-based director Min Sook Lee.
Coconut is the story of a struggling Indian college student in Pittsburgh who tries to get into the entertainment business. The Sugar Bowl is about the failure of the sugar industry in the Philippines, and mixed doc/drama Canopy Crossings tells the tale of the colourful Maeklong 'railway market' in Thailand.
The drama component leads off with the fun and Vancouver-set Square Dance Story by director Jason Karman, and is followed by Within our Darkness (an experimental film about young love in Korea), Young Ligaw (a young Winnipeg man fantasizes about wooing his love interest by performing anindigenous Philippine courtship dance) and Cheonggyecheon (experimental animation about a once-controversial stream flowing through central Seoul).
Tickets at $10, events at $15, available from all venues on 20 February. AmerAsia will be appearing on La Nuit Blanche (February 25) at La SAT with a show from its K-Pop Phoenix Dance Group.
The AmérAsia Film Festival is organized by Ciné-Asie, a non-profit organization based in Montreal which has worked for more than 16 years in the promotion of Asian and Asian-Canadian culture and cinema. The festival will also feature the Smartphone Film Challenge, a chance for filmmakers to make a 4-minute film entirely on a smartphone, as well as the 4th National Video Portrait Competition. A series of seminars on financing and the Asian diaspora on screen, as well as a K-Pop Dance and Fashion Show, will complete the festival.


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No panic from Dalton
Andy Dalton's offensive line is undergoing major changes.
Andy Dalton is the captain on the bridge and while there is plenty of turbulence up there he doesn't see any icebergs despite losing his two best pass protectors on Thursday after a season the Bengals allowed their quarterback to get hit with the seventh most sacks in the league.
"There's no panic on my end," Dalton said Thursday from Dallas. "I feel like we've got a lot of talent. We just have to put it all together."
Dalton got dumped 41 times last season and according to profootballfocus.com the guys that left Thursday gave up just five of them. Right guard Kevin Zeitler took his one sack and got a record $60 million in Cleveland. Pro Bowl left tackle Andrew Whitworth took his four sacks and got signed through age 38 with the Rams.
"We're going to have to figure it out," Dalton said. "Those are big shoes to fill. Whit arguably has been the best tackle in the NFL for a while. Guys are going to have to step up and play because obviously that's a big piece of what we do."
Two veteran tackles in Whitworth and Andre Smith greatly facilitated the rapid rise of the Dalton-Green era in 2011. On paper, the Bengals drafted their successors in 2015 when for the first time in their history they drafted tackles in the first two rounds, Cedric Ogbuehi and Jake Fisher, respectively.
But Ogbuehi was benched after giving up eight sacks in 11 games at right tackle and is now on the left side while Fisher is looking at making just his fourth start at right tackle on Opening Day.
Dalton refutes the notion the departures of Whitworth and Zeitler indicate the Bengals are focused more on development than contending.
"We feel like we've got talent," Dalton said. "It's one of those things it's going to be Ced and it's going to be Fish and there is going be a lot expected from them this year. I'm not going to say it's rebuilding. But we feel like those guys are very talented and we just have to put it all together.
"We've had really good continuity since I've been here playing with the same guys and not every team has that. For us it's going to be a new way of doing things with the new guys. It's just the business of the league. You see it with our guys. They got contracts they deserve. The same goals are in mind. Win as many games as you can, win the Super Bowl. There are just different guys doing it."
With the loss of Whitworth and the potential loss of nose tackle Domata Peko, the locker room is going to undergo a culture shock. They have been the leaders on their respective sides of the ball since they've won three AFC North titles dating back to 2009.
Now only nine players under contract are left from when Dalton-Green arrived in 2011. Only punter Kevin Huber (126), long snapper Clark Harris (120), middle linebacker Rey Maualuga (114), right end Michael Johnson (111), defensive tackle Geno Atkins (105), left end Carlos Dunlap (102), and linebacker Vincent Rey (98) have played in more Bengals games than Dalton (93).
So he knows what that means. But Dalton also feels like he's emerged as a leader. He knows he needs help.
"I feel like I understand our team from a leadership standpoint," Dalton said. "I've got a good grasp of how to handle our guys and how to push different guys. When you lose somebody else like that and a guy that was there before me, it's tough to swallow. More guys are going to have to try and fill that role.
"Whit's been such a great teammate great leader, great person, great friend … More is going to be asked of me, more is going to be asked of other guys. It's just not a playing role, but it's also being a leader of the team. It may not be one guy; it may be multiple guys stepping up in that role."
Dalton, expecting his second child next week, remains steadfastly on the bridge, all about the future that is pretty clear.
"Guys have to play to their potential and just keep improving. That's all we can ask for right now," he said. "In OTAs and training camp those guys are going to get the chance to prove themselves … We've got talent."
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Cootehall's Saidhbh Greene claimed her 11th national title on Friday last in the National Stadium, Dublin.
This was Greene's first entry into the senior ranks previously the 19-year old has won ten National titles at juvenile level and has represented Ireland on the international stage on a number occasions.
She had her arm raised in victory at the National Stadium for the 11th time on Friday night in an Irish final.
In the 60kgs final of the National Senior Championships, Greene comfortably defeated Ciara Dowling of Carrickmacross. Dowling 25, is trained by Frick Mc Mahon, husband and coach of world female champion Christine Mc Mahon.
Greene was in control for the four rounds of the final and took the win on a unanimous decision.
The three judges all scored the bout well in Greene's favor and she took a 40-36, 39-37, 39-37 win.
Greene is coached by her father Dermot and boxes out of Liam Brereton's St Bridget's club in Edenderry having previously turned out for Ballinacarrow in Sligo.As she progresses to the senior ranks Greene has built an impressive team of local expertise to assist her in raising to the top of her weight category. She attends Colm Duignans Strong life gym in Boyle to work on her strength and conditioning and can regularily be seen running the roads with her fitness coach Frank Whitney of Kiltoghert Urban Fit Crew.


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Google Fiber announced on its blog Thursday that Louisville's service will end on April 15. Google Fiber launched the service in some neighborhoods in Louisville in October 2017.


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Should the Chinese Military be Barred From Acquiring Sensitive American Technology?
China's acquisition of sensitive American technologies through coercion or outright theft is wrong. It also poses a major threat to U.S. security. Keeping sensitive technologies out of the hands of Chinese companies and the Chinese military should be a priority for U.S. policymakers.
Robert's Opinion
This should not even be a question to ask.
Jeff's Opinion
WTF? OF COURSE WE SHOULD NOT RELEASE SENSITIVE MILITARY SECRETS TO OTHER GOVERNMENTS!!!! Please note that this bill, however, is simply a Russian-Republican-Rabble-Rousing Round of BULLSHIT. Who committed this crime recently?? Oh that's right... Lyin Donnie. #IMPEACHTHEMF #MAGA
jimK's Opinion
Yes, no foreign country should be permitted to use coercion, cooperative ventures, academic assignments, access to their markets, creation of academic institutes nor other means to steal intellectual property from the United States. China has been very good at leveraging all of the above in successful efforts to acquire critically useful technologies to support its economic expanse and now, its expanded military capabilities. I fear that they are already international leaders in some areas, Their covert and cyber efforts are very sophisticated. Our preoccupation with military conflicts meant that few folks were watching the developments over the past 40 years, despite warnings particularly from the cyber warfare folks. I am not sure that this legislation will help much other than going on record that we 'noticed' and are watching.
Many technologies are produced by both American and non-American companies, so banning American companies from selling sensitive technologies to Chinese companies and the Chinese government would be ineffective — they'll just get the technology from non-U.S. companies.
SneakyPete's Opinion
👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻 Give Me A Darn Break..... Heck No 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻 China's acquisition of sensitive American technologies through coercion or outright theft is wrong. It also poses a major threat to U.S. security. Keeping sensitive technologies out of the hands of Chinese companies and the Chinese military should be a priority for U.S. policymakers. SneakyPete..... 👎🏻👎🏻🤷🏼♂👎🏻👎🏻. 10.1.19.....
Jeannetta 's Opinion
All they have to do is go to Twitter our corrupt President Donald J Trump will tweet sensitive government secrets for free.
Frank-001's Opinion
Cannot support HR 3532 The question taken without context appears ludicrous. The question when taken together with the background summary provided is too vague and confusing. The bill itself seems to be a muddle. I suggest it be rewritten more clearly as two separate bills First, it is implied that the technology is proprietary and integral to our national interests. Meaning what exactly? Next, we are told other countries have that technology and are willing to sell it to the Chinese. So if other countries have this technology and are willing to sell it, what would be the purpose of this bill? Again, what is the real subject of the bill? Is someone alleging that foreign countries are selling proprietary & sensitive American Technology to the Chinese? Then stopping and preventing the sale should be the focus of the efforts. We need competent Secretaries of Commerce, Defense, Homeland Security, and State, instead of Team Trump Bobbleheads. At this point what role has the CIA been given? If the Chinese are actually in America stealing America's Security Technology, then efforts should be to improve the security of the technology from start to finish. This is not a matter of legislation. Where's American Security? Where's the FBI? As for China or any other foreign country like Russia sanctioning reverse engineering American developed technology that is what trade agreements are for. Best to dump Trump and his corrupt team of morons ASAP and put a team in place that can understand and navigate the intricacies of trade in the 21st Century. Again, We need competent Secretaries of Commerce, Defense, Homeland Security, and State, instead of Team Trump's Corrupt and Incompetent Bobbleheads.
What is House Bill H.R. 3532?
This bill — the China Technology Transfer Control Act of 2019 — would stop the Chinese military's acquisition of sensitive American technology. It would also formally admonish China for its predatory trade policies.
Specifically, this bill would do three things:
Formally admonish China for IP theft and manipulation of lawful transfer and uses of technology in ways directly supporting its military objectives and threatening the U.S.
Place all "core technologies" from China's "Made in China 2025" strategy on the Commerce Dept.'s Export Control List.
Impose sanctions on foreign entities and individuals that violate the Export Control List's export controls by transferring "core technologies" to China.
"Core technologies" that'd be subject to export controls would include robotics, lithium battery manufacturing, advanced construction, semiconductors, quantum computing, and artificial intelligence (AI).
Technology companies; technology companies holding assets or making products with national security applications; technology companies seeking to sell products in China; China; Chinese military; Chinese military's acquisition of sensitive technologies; and predatory Chinese trade policies.
Cost of House Bill H.R. 3532
A CBO cost estimate is unavailable.
In-Depth: Rep. Mark Green (R-TN) introduced this bill to stop the Chinese military's acquisition of sensitive American technology and formally admonish China for its predatory trade practices:
"Why should we continue to let China steal American intellectual property, only for them to turn around and use it to undermine our national security, threaten peaceful neighbors, and oppress their own people? CNN reported China's IP theft has cost U.S. companies 225-600 billion dollars. That is unacceptable."
Original House cosponsor Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) adds that China's aggressive theft of technology from both the U.S. and other foreign militaries threatens the United States' global military advantage:
"China is aggressively stealing technology from the United States and foreign militaries to advance and modernize its military. This legislation will take the first step in stopping the theft of U.S. technology by China, and help secure the U.S. global military advantage. For the safety and security of our country, we must end China's ability to use cyber theft and other methods to advance its military power. Congress must act now to thwart these unfair trade practices."
Senate sponsor Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) adds that it's time to acknowledge China's adversarial practices:
"It's time to acknowledge that China acts more like an adversary than a friend. For too long, China has exploited American innovation to undermine our values and threaten our security. This legislation is an important step toward keeping American technology out of the hands of the Chinese government and its military."
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation President Rob Atkinson says this bill goes too far. He says that it's one thing to object to pay-to-play policies forcing U.S. companies to establish joint ventures with Chinese companies or open their testing labs to the Chinese government, but quite another to compel businesses to obtain special licenses to sell their commercial products in China or ban them from doing so. He asks:
"We export a lot of semiconductors to China, are we really saying we don't want to do that anymore? I think that would be cutting off our nose to spite our face. There's a difference between sharing technology with the Chinese and selling products -- those are two separate things."
Atkinson also points out that placing restrictions on U.S. technologies alone won't keep sensitive technologies out of Chinese hands. Observing that many technology products are also made by foreign competitors, he says, "[I]t's not as if somehow if we did this we would really be limiting the Chinese military's capabilities. They would still get these technologies, they just wouldn't be getting them from our companies."
This legislation has 18 bipartisan House cosponsors, including 15 Republicans and three Democrats. Its Senate companion, sponsored by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), has two Republican Senate cosponsors.
Of Note: Rep. Green's office contends that China has used both IP theft and exploitation of loopholes to advance its military capabilities. Both the Dept. of Defense (DOD) and the intelligence community have warned that Chinese investments in U.S. firms working on facial recognition, 3D printing, virtual reality, and autonomous vehicles could help China build its warfighting capabilities.
The Chinese government has used "pay-to-play" laws to force U.S. companies that want to access the Chinese market to help advance the Chinese surveillance state and military. This is called the "Trade-Technology-for-Market" policy, and it requires American companies to form joint ventures with Chinese state-owned partners and share strategic technology in exchange for access to the Chinese market. Once the Chinese partners have the strategic technology, Sen. Hawley's office observes, it "inevitably finds its way to the Chinese military."
Google's plan to launch a censored version of its search engine in China is a particularly high-profile example of the Chinese government's heavy-handed use of the "Trade-Technology-for-Market." In August 2018, The Intercept reported that an in-development China-specific Google app, codenamed Google Dragonfly, complied with China's censorship laws by restricting access to content deemed "unfavorable" by the Communist Party. This includes blocking information about political opponents, free speech, sex, news, academic studies, the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, "anticommunism," "dissidents," George Orwell's 1984, and George Orwell's Animal Farm. It also filtered out censored Western websites and social media, including Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal.
In late 2018, public pressure and internal dissent caused Google's leadership to move engineers off Dragonfly. However, in March 2019, The Intercept reported that a group of employees had found "ongoing work on a batch of code… associated with the China search engine." Three months later, in a July 2019 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Google's vice president of public policy, Karan Bhatia, said, confirmed the project's termination. However, Bhatia declined to committing that Google wouldn't participate in censorship with the Chinese regime.
There have also been cases of China exploiting loopholes in U.S. law to pay to use technology, such as U.S.-owned satellites, to threaten minorities' rights in China and to threaten its neighbors and the U.S. In April 2019, the Wall Street Journal reported that China was using nine satellites built by Boeing and Maxar Technologies subsidiary SSL and financed through the Carlyle Group to boost its capabilities.
China had circumvented U.S. trade laws preventing U.S. companies from selling satellites directly to China or Chinese companies by using a Hong Kong-based company, Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat), as an intermediary. AsiaSat was jointly owned by Carlyle Group and Chinese state-controlled Citic Group.
After AsiaSat purchased the satellites in question, Citic Group sold some of the AsiaSat satellites' services to Chinese government operators. Those services included propaganda telecommunications and communicating with Chinese soldiers at remote outposts, including in Tibet and Xinjiang (two places where the Chinese military has used a heavy-handed approach to quash dissent against the Communist regime). According to the Wall Street Journal's reporting, bandwidth on the satellites was used to connect Chinese soldiers at South China Sea outposts, to boost propaganda broadcasts, and to help state police fight protestors in Xinjiang.
China has been heavily criticized for using both military and police forces to forcibly relocate the Uigher Muslim ethnic minority in Xinjiang. Some reports claim that as many as one million Uighurs have been subject to forcible relocation into re-education and forced labor camps. However, the Chinese government claims the camps are innocuous, and meant for vocational and educational programs.
Sponsoring Rep. Mark Green (R-TN) Press Release
Sponsoring Rep. Mark Green (R-TN) Dear Colleague Letter
Senate Sponsor Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) Press Release
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China Technology Transfer Control Act of 2019
To control the export to the People's Republic of China of certain technology and intellectual property important to the national interest of the United States, and for other purposes.
The house has not voted
Committee on Foreign Affairs
IntroducedJune 27th, 2019
Rep Mark Green
(R - TN)
Robert's Opinion In Favor
SneakyPete's Opinion Against
Jeff's Opinion In Favor
jimK's Opinion In Favor
Gopin2020's Opinion In Favor
Why aren't they already? #MAGA
Kelly's Opinion In Favor
That's a stupid question. They should never have access to any sensitive data or equipment.
burrkitty's Opinion In Favor
Shouldn't this be obvious? (Also, super pleased to see the broad bipartisan support from the Countable users. All the progressives and conservatives users on the platform that I know that are actually real people agree with this. Questions like this make it easy to tell who the bots are.)
FracturedGhast7's Opinion In Favor
It's sad that we even have to ask this. They shouldn't be gaining ANY access to US military information and intel, especially with the protests going on. That could be highly dangerous to national security and the department of defense.
Terry's Opinion In Favor
Robert 's Opinion In Favor
Yes. Of course.
Ronald's Opinion In Favor
We Must keep Our Secrets. This may save Our Lives.
William's Opinion In Favor
Vote yes. They are our biggest technological threat. Stop the flow to them. Vote yes.
DrCindyBean-ConcernedVoter's Opinion In Favor
This is worth considering. We need to be wary of China.
Jeffrey's Opinion In Favor
Why would they even be allowed? To give them access to sensitive American technology would be opening the door to eventually being able to completely infiltrate our network infrastructure and give them the ability, and others, to completely knock us offline...why would we even consider this???
Dawn 's Opinion In Favor
They are criminals, they should not be trusted or permitted to gain or have any US information, intelligence. Trump 2020
Rick 's Opinion In Favor
Gosh, I must be having some horrible nightmare! Or perhaps I have died and gone to hell! Because the country that I served for nearly 9 years had laws on the books such as treason when people sold our secrets to foreign governments especially those that are not our allies!!! Make NO mistake China is NOT our ally!!! They want to take over our country and have been trying to do so by many different means over the years!!! It is sad that our own government has to propose a bill to support our own sovereignty!!!
Jeannetta 's Opinion Against
Joanne 's Opinion In Favor
Absolutely not! Why is this even being asked?
Justin's Opinion In Favor
This is a major "duh"
NoHedges's Opinion In Favor
Assuming China hasn't already stolen it. Yes, AND SAUDI ARABIA 🎯


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The entrance to The Jim Henson Company lot at La Brea and Sunset in Hollywood. The lot was built by Charlie Chaplin in 1918, which explains the statue of Kermit the Frog dressed as the "Little Tramp" over the entrance.
In 1935, Charlie Chaplin – the most famous of the silent clowns – came to the Santa Clarita Valley to shoot the final two scenes of the silent era.
Chaplin was over twenty years into his enormously successful film career at the time, having first arrived in Hollywood from his native England in 1914 to make films for Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios. By the end of that year he had completed 35 films and his character, the Little Tramp, was the world's most recognizable star.
Chaplin, as the Little Tramp, peeking out the door next to the entrance.
He left Keystone the following year and continued to make dozens of Little Tramp shorts for other producers for the next few years. These films were so successful that by the end of the decade he was able to build his own studio on La Brea in Hollywood, and to partner in the creation of United Artists with his friends Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, and D.W. Griffith.
Chaplin was in essence a pantomime artist and feared that if people heard the voice of the Little Tramp that the character's magic would be lost forever. As the star, director, producer, writer, editor, and composer of his films, as well as the studio owner, he was the only man in Hollywood with the power and resources to buck the talkie trend. But he knew that the time had come to evolve. By 1935, he finally admitted to himself that talking pictures, which debuted in 1927, were here to stay, and were not the novelty that he had hoped would eventually wear off with the world's audiences.
Chaplin's footprints and autograph in the steps outside of the "Chaplin door."
He decided to end his silent career with a film called Modern Times. It would be his biggest gamble to date, coming eight years into the talkie era. It would prove to be one of his greatest triumphs, but no one knew that on August 20, 1935, when he came to the SCV to film.
Today marks the 75th anniversary of the filming date for the penultimate scene, which was shot on Sierra Highway near Agua Dulce. Ten days later Chaplin returned to the same lonely road to film what would be the final scene of not only Modern Times, but of the entire silent era. I will write about that on August 30.
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August 20th, 2010 at 8:09 am
Great post! The door with the little tramp character painted on it is just beautiful. I also love that a link to "History for Hire" was automatically generated by your article. I'll bet Jim and Pam Elyea love that too! 🙂
Oops – the link to History for Hire was a link to your blog, not their website! Oh well, for those interested, here is the link to the most amazing movie rental warehouse in L.A., run by two of the nicest people we know:
http://www.historyforhire.com/
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Thanks EJ and Kim for taking me to that spot!
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"Modern Times" Monument – Paid in Full!
After much hard work, our fundraising efforts for the "Modern Times" monument have finally paid off! Thanks to your generosity, we have fully paid off the beautiful black marble marker created by the talented Charles and Maria Sotelo, owners of High Desert Monuments in Hesperia, California. The Sotelos donated 100% of the labor required to create the beautiful black marble monument, and took it on faith that the money to pay for the materials would somehow materialize. Thank you all for your support and contributions to help pay these kind people for their belief in us! We are continuing our fundraising efforts to pay for the stand that will house the marker on Sierra Highway. We will post fundraising events as they come about. Again, thank you all for your support, and Maria and Charlie Sotelo for their patience and passion for film entertainment history!
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/*
 * BP-YahooScraper.h
 * -----------------------------------------------
 * This file holds the definitions for routines responsible for extracting and storing results from yahoo searches.  It
 * only uses libcurl and libxml for making requests/scraping data.  See src/libtest/yahoo/ for usage
 * information.
 *
 */
#ifndef BP_YAHOOSCRAPER_H_
#define BP_YAHOOSCRAPER_H_

// ------------ Structure Definitions ------------------------

// This structure is the primary yahoo scraping
typedef struct _BP_YAHOOSCRAPE_SESSION {

	// http session to be used when making yahoo requests
	P_BP_HTTP_SESSION http_session;

	// base string to use for making searches (const char *bp_yahoo_default_search in BP-YahooScraper.cc) (strdup'd must be freed)
	char *yahoo_default_search;

	// user provided adv_search string (eg. inurl:php site:gs.com), (strdup'd, must be free'd)
	char *search_query;

	// number of results to return per "search instance" Must be between 10 and 100 (default 100)
	size_t retrieve_results;

	// current start at result number xx (default start is 0, it is incremented by this->retrieve_results
	// each time BP_RetrieveYahooResult() is called.
	size_t start_at_result_number_xx;

	// set to true if the search has exausted all records without hitting captcha screen
	size_t search_completed_successfully;

	// captcha bot detction
	size_t captcha_activated;

	// ------------- Custom Blacklisting -----------------------------0

	// custom blacklist applied at runtime (NULL if not set)
	char ** custom_blacklist;

	// custom blacklist count
	size_t custom_blacklist_count;

	// ------------- Result URL's -------------------------------------

	// urls extracted from the yahoo search (realloced and refilled on search page advance) (calloc/realloc)
	char ** extracted_urls;

	// counter for how many urls are in the url array
	size_t url_count;

	// ------------ Internal Structures for Decode --------------------

	// last full html extraction (destroyed/rebuilt on each call to BP_RetrieveYahooResult())
	P_BP_HTML_FULL_EXTRACTION last_extraction;

	// garbage collector
	P_BP_GARBAGE_COLLECTOR_DATA gc;

} BP_YAHOOSCRAPE_SESSION, *P_BP_YAHOOSCRAPE_SESSION;

// ------------ Function Definitions ------------------------

// Creates a new yahooscrape session out of an existing HTTP_SESSION structure.  Use the functions
// in BP-NetworkWeb.h to create the session before passing it here.
P_BP_YAHOOSCRAPE_SESSION BP_OpenNewYahooSearch(char *search_query, P_BP_HTTP_SESSION http_session);

// Extracts results when called on a valid yahoo scrape session.  Will return session->retrieve_results records per
// call.  Returns ERR_SUCCESS if it retrieved a valid set of results.  Returns ERR_FAILURE when there are no more results to extract.
// Second parameter is time between request (for evasion).
BP_ERROR_T BP_RetrieveYahooResult(P_BP_YAHOOSCRAPE_SESSION session, size_t seconds_between_request);

// Destroys an existing yahoo session
size_t BP_DestroyYahooSession(P_BP_YAHOOSCRAPE_SESSION session);

#endif /* BP_YAHOOSCRAPER_H_ */