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First case of a Forward Assist saving somebody's life?
Discussion in 'General Gun Discussions' started by DustyGmt, Nov 23, 2021.
MedWheeler Member
SouthEastern FL
dUSTYgMT WRITES:
[/QUOTE]Oh, here's an angle on the Rittenhouse shooting I'm not sure has been discussed. I mean it has but maybe not in this specific context, but imagine the scenario playing out exactly as it had with the only change being that Rittenhouse is sitting on his butt like in the video and his gun is still aimed at the ground and Grosskreutz pull his pistol and shoots him in the head. Do you think a case would have even been brought against Mr. Grosskreutz and would a prosecutor be cross examining him with the same tenacity that was brought on KR, provided the case ever made it to a courtroom.
I very much doubt it. Purely speculative I know. I'm just saying, if the kid had been shot down or beaten to death there likely wouldn't have been any fuss whatsoever. Grosskreutz would be hailed a hero for killing the bloodthirsty white supremacist militia leader......[/QUOTE]
I feel you, but you left out all mention of the forward-assist.
MedWheeler, Nov 24, 2021
DustyGmt Member
Green Mountains Vermont
Yeah that must have seemed kind of random. That happens after a pint of switchback.... BTW, what the hell did you do to my quote?
DustyGmt, Nov 24, 2021
troy fairweather Member
Up State New York
If there's nothing on the bolt to push or pull the bolt then a fa is a must.
troy fairweather, Nov 24, 2021
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Riomouse911 Member
I can recall one situation where a deputy tried to silently charge a mini-14. It was during a manhunt for a cop killer who had fired on other responding officers. The deputy arrived in an open area where the jerk was last seen, so the deputy tried to be as quiet as possible. The round wasn't seated, the deputy wasn't aware. When the cop killer was spotted and turned towards the deputy, the deputy pulled the trigger. Click!
The cop killer ran, jumped through a window, shot the homeowner during a hostage stand off then ultimately gave up. That clown is still on death row, the deputy is still upset about the failure to ensure the rifle was operational over two decades later about it.
(Again, this was a mini-14 that has an exterior handle that could have been used to seat the round.)
Charging an AR is easy when sound isn't an issue and you can let it fly. But there are times when charging silently is called for, in cases like these a forward assist is pretty much the only way you can be sure it'll be ready to go. In a home defense situation this type of situation could be a possibility…
The FA certainly isn't mandatory and most will probably never be used. But in a situation like I outlined above having one should be food for thought.
Riomouse911, Nov 24, 2021
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If anyone has the desire, the attached link is the defendant's appeal (denied) with the case facts of the night.
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/ca-supreme-court/1288944.html
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kwguy Member
A forward assist (FA), like full auto (FA) as discussed in another thread (see what I did there?), is simply another tool in the proverbial toolbox. You may never need it, but it's nice to have when you do need it. Like a left handed crescent wrench.
kwguy, Nov 25, 2021
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Nuclear Member
Let's think of handguns for a minute. Do you whack the back of the slide when your gun doesn't feed all the way? No, the drill is to tap the magazine, rack the slide and then try to fire it again. Also, if your bolt action rifle doesn't feed completely, you don't try and force the bolt fully forward, you open the action, and try again. So no good reason for the FA unless the second or two it saves will result in your not getting maimed or dying.
In my opinion, if you are using rifle for home defense, it should be loaded, just like a CCW. If you keep it unloaded for some perceived safety reason, why worry about the sound loading it will make? In the situation outlined above, if the LE agency prohibits carrying the rifle loaded in the vehicle, the first action after exiting should be to load a round. But really, no good reason for an LEO to have an unloaded pistol or rifle.
Nuclear, Nov 25, 2021
Nuclear said: ↑
I understand the point, but in most cases, with this type of rifle, it's not a FTF in the same sense of a FTF in a pistol for example when a cartridge becomes misaligned going up the feed ramp and jams the gun up. It's more of a situation of the cartridge going in straight and because of a dirty gun or not enough forward momentum of the BCG bring the cartridge fully seated into the chamber and just needing that last lil bit of travel to fully seat.
If I found that my BCG was just shy of fully seating, as seemed to be the case in KR's situation, a quick tap on the BCG's FA could make all the difference in being able to get a shot off. If a quick tap didn't solve it I was be shucking that cartridge out as fast as I could. In KR's case it seems he didn't have the extra 2-3 seconds required to tap and rack.
I tell new shooters, as it seems to be their instinct to pull the bolt handle or charging handle back and slowly guide it forward, not to do so, as this will usually cause problems, fail to feed, etc... like with a pump shotgun, rack it with authority or treat it like a slingshot so that rounds will fully seat...
My LCP is a perfect example of a gun that every so often needs a lil tap on the slide to fully seat, if you don't slingshot the slide and coddle it forward or the gun is a lil dirty and you go to pull that trigger and feel no tension, it's out of battery and usually it only needs a tap to get back in action.
But I would agree, if you see your BCG out of battery to the point that you can see brass, your best course of action would be to tap and rack. But if it's only slightly out of battery and only needs to go that extra ½" inch go ahead and hit the FA I would say....
Another failure, one I actually have encountered on the range that would suck to encounter in a gunfight, is the fail to feed & fail to eject. You get a cartridge stopped up in the action and it veers off to the side and you pull your CH back and it doesn't kick out and remains in the action. The Tap and Rack will do nothing to help you in this situation, this is why I have B.A.D levers on all my AR's so I can just sweep my index finger up to the bad lever and get the BCG locked back, drop the magazine and let the offending cartridge fall out, tap, rack, BIB (back in business).
If you guys haven't considered a B.A.D lever in the past, give it some thought. I never paid them any mind until experiencing these kinds of failures and they actually do improve speed on reloads and clearing malfunctions once you get used to having something weird and foreign feeling snaking through your trigger guard....
MistWolf Member
DustyGmt said: ↑
The proper sequence for clearing this malfunction is
1) Rip the magazine out of the well
2) Rack the charging handle to clear the jammed
3) Lock back the BCG
4) Insert magazine (Push/Pull. No tap!)
5) Hit bolt release with thumb and rack a fresh round into the chamber
If you try to lock the BCG back before removing the magazine and fumble, you now have 3 rounds jammed in the action.
Pro Tip: Let gravity do all the work
MistWolf, Nov 26, 2021
jmorris Member
I haven't witnessed one save a life but I have seen one help facilitate a "kaboom".
Generally looks something like this, where a bore obstruction (bullet, either from squib or loaded long and stuck in throat) is overcome by the "assistance".
At :29 in a case is ejected and written off as "bad primer", without checking that the bullet also ejected with it. Then the "operator" chambers/ejects and beats on the forward assist until he gets the BCG forward enough for the hammer to contact the firing pin around 30 seconds later.
Would have taken less time to make sure the bore was free of obstruction though…
jmorris, Nov 26, 2021
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MistWolf said: ↑
Understood, I guess it wasn't clear that when I mentioned pulling the bolt to the rear initially I don't let it fly and jam another round, if after pulling the charging handle back the round doesn't kick out I can just sweep my finger up to the bad lever to lock the bolt back, hit the mag release to drop the magazine and offending cartridge out, re insert mag and hit the B.A.D lever again to release the bolt.... The B.A.D lever just eliminates a couple extra motions and allows you to maintain your firing grip eliminating the need for you to pull the charging handle back with your firing hand while you engage the bolt stop on the other side of the gun with your other hand.
I get where you're coming from. I still maintain that stripping the mag first is very important. Years of experience with self loading firearms has taught me that. Too many times, trying to lock back the slide/bolt/BCG first lead to making the malfunction worse.
In the above sequence, locking back the BCG isn't necessary. You could insert a mag on a closed BCG then rack to load. Trouble with that for me is, thumbing the bolt release because I forgot I didn't lock back the BCG. I need to practice more.
Personally, I'm not a fan of the BAD lever. In some ARs it can cause malfunctions and looks like it could get caught on something and get broken off.
A good friend of mine who's carried arms into harms way uses BAD levers and is a huge fan. I trust his judgement, but still can't warm up to the BAD
Yeah the BAD levers aren't for everybody. I understand why people don't like them and I've been close to taking them off before. There is certainly alot of good utility in knowing how to operate an AR and training with clearing malfunctions using the standard sequence you outlined above.
I guess one of the good things about the BAD lever is you can still train engaging the bolt stop the standard way too and if the lever were to break it wouldn't really impede the standard functions of the AR. I leave them on for now. They do allow for a few more fractions of speed...... but your point is well taken.
d2wing Member
I don't recall much about using it in the Army, but I do use it deer hunting. I climb into my stand with an empty chamber. I slowly and quietly pull back the bolt and slowly let it slide forward. Then I softly smack the FA with my palm to seat the round. I prefer a bolt action though.
d2wing, Nov 26, 2021
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D.B. Cooper Member
Let's think of handguns for a minute. Do you whack the back of the slide when your gun doesn't feed all the way? No, the drill is to tap the magazine, rack the slide and then try to fire it again.
It's the same on the M16. In basic training, they teach SPORTS. Slap (the bottom of the magazine) Pull (the charging handle) Observe (inside the chamber) Release (the charging handle) Tap (the forward assist) Squeeze (the trigger).
Mostly the same as the tap & rack on a handgun.
D.B. Cooper, Nov 27, 2021
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mljdeckard Member
In a part of Utah that resembles Tattooine.
Never once in 30 years (this month) have I ever used the forward assist.
If a cartridge won't seat, why would I want to force it? Why is it not better to charge again and put a good cartridge in? I think that BY FAR the most likely reason the bolt won't close is because of a damaged cartridge.
Now, if KR is saying he observed that the bolt didn't close all the way, I think it is far more likely that it was a new rifle, not broken in, and poorly lubed. In this case, it might have saved his life.
mljdeckard, Nov 27, 2021
Sometimes, when the rifle is hot, nasty, and dirty, and you're 5 mags into it, when you let the bolt fly on a fresh mag, it may not go completely into battery, and tapping the FA is enough to get you operational again with the fresh mag. A rare occurrence to be sure, but nice to have in the circumstance.
Ignition Override Member
The Mid-South.
jmorris: I've seen that before.
I don't recommend LiveLeak to anybody, because of the only other video I've watched. There was no description.
That video has a lady in the caption (no sound) chatting away with a loaded revolver aimed at her head the entire time. No info provided.
Later, after the gunman tries to pull the heavy trigger, he fails and gives up for a while.
He later succeeds in pulling the trigger (--nothing was fake--). If such a channel is anybody's notion of entertainment, go for it.........
Ignition Override, Nov 28, 2021
twarr1 Member
12Bravo20 said: ↑
The forward assist is NOT meant to be hit hard or beat on. If it takes more than a light tap to get the bolt to go forward, you have other issue that needs to be addressed.
It really is common sense. If you're hammering on the forward assist, you don't have standing to say it's a bad device, because you're doing it wrong.
I wouldn't own an AR platform without one.
twarr1, Nov 28, 2021
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DoubleMag Member
mljdeckard said: ↑
Wondered if someone was EVER going to suggest possible lubrication (lack of) failure !
DoubleMag, Nov 28, 2021
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Ks5shooter Contributing Member
Communist state of nj
Better have and not use then to not have and need.That being said use it for its proper intent.
Ks5shooter, Nov 28, 2021
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armydog Member
A couple ways it's used properly. You load a magazine and you want to make sure a round is in the chamber, you pull the bolt back slightly, see brass and let the bolt close, tap the FA twice. You know the brass is a live round cause it was empty.
Another is in the fight, if there is a pause, you use your time in the pause wisely. If you just pull the bolt back and see brass, it doesn't mean that is a live round. If you want to make sure the round chambered is a live round and not an empty that didn't eject, you put your index and middle fingers (my left hand) to the front of the ejection port, pull the charging handle back (my right hand) slowly till the neck puts pressure on your index finger and then feel for the fmj tip with your middle finger, then push the round to the center so it feeds back in and tap the FA a couple times. It may seem a little uncomfortable to do this the first few times, but it will be muscle memory like anything else after a while. If you get a empty that won't come out of the chamber, usually discovered by a double feed, you take out the mag and ride the bolt forward and try to eject it, if that fails, you put that rod together and pop it out and you will need to do this as you're moving in some cases. Always have a hasty cleaning kit on you and always have a rod... bore snakes are great, but in the rare case where you have a case that won't eject cause it is stuck, you need that rod. Sometimes the long blade on your gerber multitool or leatherman will pry it out, but not if it is all the way in the chamber where there is no leverage.
You don't have to do this stuff in between every room or every single time after you've engaged the enemy. Not everyone can do this at the same time all the time in a brief pause.You get the feel for your weapon. If something doesn't feel (literally feel) or sound right, like the bolt closing without the sound or feel of a round, you can check it and tap the FA couple times. If you train a lot, any oddity will jump out at you cause your brain will pick it up.
armydog, Nov 28, 2021
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DoubleMag said: ↑
Not to be that guy but that's what I figured all along. Young, inexperienced kid, got himself a sling, magazine, ammo, RDS. Might have either skipped the lube altogether or didn't apply it liberally enough as is needed in addition to it being a brand new rifle. I'm pretty sure he mentioned it had only been shot a couple times and it was during a nationwide shortage so I'm sure it didn't get a vigorous break in.
My first thought was brand new gun, probably a bone dry bcg. My first AR many years ago was completely underlubed, I shot it quite a bit pretty much dry. I kind of shudder to think of it now. Some old timers would have you believe that only a drop is needed and don't understand that the AR isn't grandpappy's shotgun and needs liberal amount of lube to be happy. (Reliable).
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marksman13 Member
There is no situation I can think of where a forward assist was the best option, including the one mentioned in the OP. If you can't push the bolt forward with your thumb, then snatch the charging handle and get that round out of the chamber. And honestly, in a life or death situation, I'm gonna skip trying to push the bolt forward all together and just get that charging handle ripped back and sling shotted forward.
marksman13, Nov 29, 2021


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This library is using [_Crowdin API_](https://support.crowdin.com/api/api-integration-setup/) to perform the following operations againts _travel_management_platform_ translation files:
  - _download_
  - _sync_
  - _update_

## Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

```ruby
gem 'crowdin'
```

And then execute:

    $ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

    $ gem install crowdin

## Usage

### Project initialization
##### Adding folders to the remote project
#
```ruby
bundle exec rake crowdin:translations:add_dirs[locale]
```

##### Adding files to the remote project
#
```ruby
bundle exec rake crowdin:translations:add_files[locale]
```

##### Setting up the remote project with a single command
#
```ruby
bundle exec rake crowdin:translations:setup[locales]
```

> Warning: These commands must be run only once (at the moment of creation). To avoid translation progress losses better use: ` sync ` and ` update_files ` when remote project is already initialized
#
> Warning: `setup` command does the following in background:
- removes __/download__ folder if present
- removes remote folders
- adds remote folders
- adds remote files

### Translations fetching

##### Export translations (_build latest changes on Crowdin_)
#
```ruby
bundle exec rake crowdin:translations:export[locale]
```

##### Download translations
#
```ruby
bundle exec crowdin:translations:download[locale]
```

> Note: Run `export` command each time before `download`
#
> Note: `download` command will fetch the remote files, create a local folder __config/locales/download__ and store the fetched files there. Files can be manually copied to __config/locales/<locale>/...__
#

### Files synchronization

##### Synchronize folders
#
```ruby
bundle exec rake crowdin:translations:sync_dirs[locale]
```

##### Synchronize files
#
```ruby
bundle exec rake crowdin:translations:sync_files[locale]
```

##### Synchronize folders and files with a single command
#
```ruby
bundle exec rake crowdin:translations:sync[locale]
```

### Translation keys update
##### Update all remote files (_keeps translation progress_)
#
```ruby
bundle exec rake crowdin:translations:update_files[locale]
```

##### Update specific remote files
#
```ruby
bundle exec rake crowdin:translations:update_files[locale] -- --files <path to file>
```

> Note: Adds the missing keys to the remote project and keeps the **Crowdin** translation progress
#

> Note: It supports the optional argument `--files-max` which specifies the number of files to be updated per batch. The default and maximum value is __20__. However it happens that __Crowdin API__ fails and file history can be lost. For this purpose `--files-max 1` can be used along to the specified `--files` to be updated.

In the following example the specified files will be uploaded `one by one` which adds a bit of reliability but cuts down the performance.
```ruby
bundle exec rake crowdin:translations:update_files[locale] -- --files <path to file> --files-max 1
```

Here no `--files` are specified so it will update all of them `one by one`.
```ruby
bundle exec rake crowdin:translations:update_files[locale] -- --files-max 1
```

### Translations status
```ruby
bundle exec rake crowdin:translations:status[locale]
```

> Note: This command will return the information about translation progress
#

### Example of usage
Ex: *API endpoint*: ` <api_url>/update-file?key=<api_key> ` maps to:
```ruby
Crowdin::Translations::Endpoints::UpdateFileEndpoint
```

> Note: Each endpoint has it's own class.

> Note: Current implementation uses **rake tasks** to invoke **call** method for each of the endpoint's created object.
> Note: Use **endpoint** helper to get an object of a certain endpoint.

Ex: `endpoint(:update_file).call(locale: locale, files: files)` will return the result of:
```ruby
Crowdin::Translations::Endpoints::UpdateFileEndpoint#call(locale: locale, files: files)
```

Here are the endpoints with the signature of **call** method:
```ruby
 - Crowdin::Translations::Endpoints::UpdateFileEndpoint#call(locale:, files:)
 - Crowdin::Translations::Endpoints::AddDirectoryEndpoint#call(locale:)
 - Crowdin::Translations::Endpoints::AddFilesEndpoint#call(locale:)
 - Crowdin::Translations::Endpoints::ChangeDirectoryEndpoint#call
 - Crowdin::Translations::Endpoints::DeleteDirectoryEndpoint#call(locales:)
 - Crowdin::Translations::Endpoints::DownloadEndpoint#call(locale:)
 - Crowdin::Translations::Endpoints::ExportEndpoint#call
 - Crowdin::Translations::Endpoints::InfoEndpoint#call(locale:)
 - Crowdin::Translations::Endpoints::DeleteFileEndpoint#call(file:)
 - Crowdin::Translations::Endpoints::LanguageStatusEndpoint#call(locale:)
 - Crowdin::Translations::Endpoints::PreTranslateEndpoint#call(languages:, files:, method: :tm, engine: :microsoft, approve_translated: false, import_duplicates: true, apply_untranslated_strings_only: false, perfect_match: false)
```

An example of **rake task**:

```ruby
namespace :crowdin do
  namespace :translations do
    task :add_dirs, [:locale] => :environment do |_, args|
      Crowdin::Translations::Logger.info "Adds the folders to Crowdin project...", color: :green
      add_dirs(locale: args[:locale])
    end
  end
end

```

> Note: `Crowdin::Translations::Endpoints::DownloadEndpoint#call(locale:)` **waits for a block** to specify how it should handle the **Crowdin's API** response (**.zip** file).

> Info: Current **TMP rake task** deletes **config/locales/downloads** folder if it exists, creates it again and extracts everything from the **.zip** file.

> Note: For more information check TMP's **lib/tasks/crowdin/translations/** implementation of the **rake tasks**.

#### Starting point. Phase 1
- ##### Initialization
  - 1st option
    ```ruby
    bundle exec rake crowdin:translations:add_dirs[locale]
    ```
    ```ruby
    bundle exec rake crowdin:translations:add_files[locale]
    ```
  - 2nd option
    ```ruby
    bundle exec rake crowdin:translations:setup[locale]
    ```

#### Phase 2
Working with translations is a continuous process. It is a matter of time when some member of the development team will add a new translation file or a new translation key to an existing file, or even both of them at the same time. Hence one needs to synchronize periodically the local files with the remote ones so that the *Crowdin* translator sees the new files/strings and performs the translation process.

```ruby
bundle exec rake crowdin:translations:sync[locale]
```

> Note: The `sync` and `update_files` commands must be used to let the translator keep track of the new translation files and keys.
#
> Note: The `status` command may be used to keep track of translator's progress.
#

#### Phase 3
This is not actually a phase. Whenever is needed one can run the `export` and `download` commands and fetch the translations from __Crowdin__.

### What can be improved?
- Add validation for `add_dirs`, `add_files` and `setup` commands. Skip the execution if remote project had been already initialized
- Move **rake tasks** to a separate `gem`. Ex: **crowdin-cli**
- Implement branching strategy

## Development

After checking out the repo, run `bin/setup` to install dependencies. Then, run `rake spec` to run the tests. You can also run `bin/console` for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run `bundle exec rake install`. To release a new version, update the version number in `version.rb`.

## Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/locomote/crowdin.

## License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the [MIT License](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).


THE CITY OF NEW YORK; VINCENT AGOSTINO; MICHAEL DICECCO; and RICKY ALEXANDER, Defendants.
Plaintiff Lashawn Burgess commenced this action for false arrest, denial of the right to a fair trial, and malicious prosecution under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, as well as malicious prosecution and respondeat superior under New York State law against defendants the City of New York, and police officers Vincent Agostino, Michael DiCecco, and Ricky Alexander. (Am. Compl. (Doc. No. 13).) Defendants now move for summary judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56. (Mot. for Summ. J. (Doc. No. 42).) Burgess opposes the motion. (Pl.'s Opp'n (Doc. No. 48).) Because a jury could credit Burgess's version of what occurred on the night that he was arrested, summary judgment does not lie.
Summary judgment is appropriate when the pleadings, depositions, interrogatories, admissions, and affidavits demonstrate that there are no genuine issues of material fact in dispute and that one party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 56; Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 322 (1986). A genuine issue of material fact exists "if the evidence is such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict for the nonmoving party." Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 248 (1986).
In determining whether a genuine issue of material fact exists, the evidence of the nonmovant "is to be believed" and the court must draw all "justifiable" or "reasonable" inferences in favor of the nonmoving party. Id. at 255 (citing Adickes v. S.H. Kress & Co., 398 U.S. 144, 158-59 (1970)); see also Brosseau v. Haugen, 543 U.S. 194, 195 n.2 (2004). Once the moving party has satisfied its burden, "the nonmoving party must come forward with 'specific facts showing there is a genuine issue for trial, '" Matsushita Elec. Indus. Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corp., 475 U.S. 574, 587 (1986) (quoting Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(e)), and "may not rely on conclusory allegations or unsubstantiated speculation, " Scotto v. Almenas, 143 F.3d 105, 114 (2d Cir. 1998) (internal citations omitted). In other words, the nonmovant must offer "concrete evidence from which a reasonable juror could return a verdict in his favor." Anderson, 477 U.S. at 256. Where "the nonmoving party bears the burden of proof at trial, summary judgment is warranted if the nonmovant fails to make a showing sufficient to establish the existence of an element essential to [its] case." Nebraska v. Wyoming, 507 U.S. 584, 590 (1993) (quoting Celotex, 477 U.S. at 322) (internal quotation marks omitted) (alteration in original). Thus, a "defendant moving for summary judgment must prevail if the plaintiff fails to come forward with enough evidence to create a genuine factual issue to be tried with respect to an element essential to its case." Allen v. Cuomo, 100 F.3d 253, 258 (2d Cir. 1996) (citing Anderson, 477 U.S. at 247-48).
To state a claim for false arrest, a plaintiff must show that "(1) the defendant intended to confine the plaintiff, (2) the plaintiff was conscious of the confinement, (3) the plaintiff did not consent to the confinement, and (4) the confinement was not otherwise privileged." Savino v. City of New York, 331 F.3d 63, 75 (2d Cir. 2003). A confinement is "privileged" when the arrest was based on probable cause. Torres v. Jones, 26 N.Y.3d 742, 759 (2016). Therefore, the existence of probable cause is an absolute defense to claims for false arrest. Jenkins v. City of New York, 478 F.3d 76, 84 (2d Cir. 2007).
"An officer has probable cause to arrest when he or she has knowledge or reasonably trustworthy information of facts and circumstances that are sufficient to warrant a person of reasonable caution in the belief that the person to be arrested has committed a crime." Stansbury v. Wertman, 721 F.3d 84, 89 (2d Cir. 2013) (internal citations and alterations omitted). In determining whether an officer had probable cause, courts consider the totality of the circumstances, based on the facts available to the officer at the time of the arrest. Id. Where the question of whether an arresting officer had probable cause is dependent on a factual dispute, the issue should be decided by the jury. Murphy v. Lynn, 118 F.3d 938, 947 (2d Cir. 1997).
Taking the facts in the light most favorable to Burgess, a jury crediting his version of events could find that the officers lacked probable cause for his arrest. First, Burgess's mere proximity to "others independently suspected of criminal activity, does not, without more, give rise to probable cause." Ybarra v. Illinois, 444 U.S. 85, 91 (1979). This is true even when a person is arrested at a location known for drug sales, and when others in near proximity are found to be in possession of drugs. Flores v. City of Mount Vernon, 41 F.Supp.2d 439, 443-44 (S.D.N.Y. 1999) (no probable cause to arrest bartender where owner had been selling cocaine from behind the bar, and patrons were found with cocaine).


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Capitol Park Rakovica is currently the largest retail park in Belgrade and opened in October 2017. At 25,000 sqm and with more than 30 brands, including leading local and international retailers, big children's playroom, as well as cinema operator with six hi-tech halls, this shopping complex provides a unique family shopping and entertainment experience for residents in the southern suburbs of Belgrade.
Capitol Park Rakovica will expand early in 2018 to include a fast-food drive-through restaurant, petrol station, additional sportswear and fashion brands.


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 Diego Zapata de Cárdenas, gobernador de Yucatán  (1636-1643).
 Ignacio de Figueroa y Bermejillo (1892-1953), IIduque de Tovar.
 Agustín de Figueroa (1903-1988), escritor, periodista, dramaturgo y director de cine español.

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In conjunction with the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, KPMG hosts the KPMG Women's Leadership Summit on-site during Championship week. The event brings together top women in business, politics, and sports with the next generation of women leaders to inspire them in their advancement and development. The KPMG Women's Leadership Summit will return during 2019 Championship week and will be held on-site at Hazeltine National Golf Club.
An advisory council comprised of exemplary leaders from across business, sports, and media will help guide the seminal KPMG Women's Leadership Summit, shaping the direction of KPMG's women's leadership platform and developing the next generation of women's leaders.
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Why choose Lopar as an ideal place for summer holidays?
As in every small place on the coast which is highly oriented to tourism, Lopar in the summer lives to the fullest.
Rab is an island of ancient history and rich cultural and natural attractions which you can explore on a daily basis. Again, when you want to relax in a casual Mediterranean environment of Lopar without too much noise and clamor, you can fully relax and "recharge your batteries" for the rest of the year, which flows into its normal operating activities.
Did you know that there are as many as 22 sand beaches in Lopar and the nearby area?
Hardly we can remember a seaside resort with such a richly indented coastline and a multitude of small, picturesque bays. Most of the beaches can be reached by car or by walking through nature, and thanks to easy access and shallow waters are ideal for an all-day family vacation with small children.
There are nearly 50 catering facilities of all categories in Lopar and its surroundings that take daily basis care for the richness and variety of gastronomic offer. Many of them prefer fresh seafood and vegetables grown in own gardens.
We believe that in such a culinary richness, you will also find your favorite place for a tasty bite and homemade drop.
After all-day enjoyment in the sun, the sea, and the sports activities, the best relaxation is a romantic evening walk and visit the amusement parks and terraces just by the sea, where "live" music is playing.
A diverse range of entertainment for all tastes and ages, creative hosts every year complement with the new and more interesting content.
It would be difficult to create a slogan that better describes the biker lifestyle of "Live to Ride", which we fully respect and support.
Every year the island of Rab and Lopar is visited by more and more two-wheels riding fans who appreciate free lifestyle, unity, and friendship. On our island, there is the Moto Club Rab, which traditionally organizes a successful motorcycle bikers meetings in Lopar. With gathering and sharing experiences, a lot of supporting facilities promises a great time. Welcome!
Wedding under the sea? We are not joking, it's nothing new in Lopar, and it is happening in Medova buža, several connected caves with the underwater entrance.
It is just one of the underwater attractions on the island, and underwater explorers are having on disposal four diving centers on the island, one of which is in Lopar. With daily diving excursions to attractive locations, you can opt for a one-week diving course or go exploring underwater with the assistance of experienced diving instructors.
Many prehistoric ruins and early-century fortresses are witnessing about the continuity of life in Lopar, as well as on the whole island.


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True Value owners have been offering variety for 20 years
Posted by The Ely Times | May 16, 2014 | Features, Uncategorized | 0
By Garrett Estrada
Ely Times Staff Writer
There is a little bit of everything inside V&S Variety True Value. The store's owners Ray and Diane Hansen stock the store with a rotating supply of everything from clothes, home supplies and gardening tools to pet food, crafts and paints.
"We're kind of like an old-fashions mercantile," Diane Hansen said.
"The store is never the same," Ray Hansen added.
It has been 20 years since the married couple started the business next door to their current building. They had originally transferred to Ely from California to work for the then current owner of the business, SPROUSE! in 1993. When that business went under, the Hansen's decided to open up their own shop, after having taken a liking to their new home and its residents.
"We fell in love with Ely when we first got here," Diane Hansen said.
She recalled how much support her and her husband received when they bought the much larger building that the store is currently housed in back in 2004.
"It was one of the most amazing experiences," she said. "People would just come up and ask if we needed help moving. Thanks to the help from everyone we were totally moved over in two or three days."
One of those people that helped move the store was former Sheriff of White Pine County Buddy Sampson. The Hansen's hired him and he has been with the store ever since. Diane pointed out that many of her current employees have been with the business since its start two decades ago.
"We are very blessed to have had amazing employees that have been with us from the start," Hansen said. "And without the community here in Ely, we wouldn't have a store, so we really try to listen to what they want and cater the store to their needs."
The lawn and garden section of the store is just one of several that have been expanded in the recent years as a reaction to community feedback, according to Ray Hansen. He said he hopes that by offering the larger variety of goods, they can fill the needs of the community that might otherwise drive people out of town to larger chain stores.
"We try really hard to get people what they need here in town so they shop locally and don't have to drive all the way to Las Vegas or Salt Lake City," Hansen said.
The owner said that he places a lot of special orders for customers for just that reason. V&S even introduced a rewards card for local customers that reward them with discounts over time. Diane said that she sees the store as the place for local "do-it-yourselfers."
For those with a DIY attitude, the Hansen's said that V&S Variety True Value will celebrate Memorial Day weekend with a buy one, get one free sale on paint as well as free quart samples of colors.
Longtime V&S Variety True Value employees Buddy Sampson and Beverly Terhune stand in the fabric department with the store's owner Ray Hansen.
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Former CIA Official Phil Mudd And CNN Legal Analyst Agree Flynn Deal Means Trump Is Toast
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Disgraced former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn must have given Special Counsel Robert Mueller some really good testimony to score a recommendation of no prison time, and that's why former CIA official Phil Mudd believes President Donald Trump is screwed.
The deal came as a surprise considering Flynn's crimes and the heavily redacted memo detailing it makes it clear that Mueller got a lot of information that could put Trump in legal jeopardy.
In exchange for assistance on three investigations related to the Russia probe, including Russian interference in the 2016 Election, Mueller agreed that Flynn should not serve any time in prison, which means Flynn had to have given investigators some seriously damning testimony and evidence that can be proven to be accurate.
During a discussion on CNN Wednesday morning, Mudd, who has experience working with Mueller, pointed out that the "quantity" of information leads him to believe that Mueller is about to drop a major bombshell.
"If you put the quantity of information together, the fact that there's a specific reference to Russia, three ongoing investigations mentioned in that document, I'm going to tell you one thing I'm going to take away," Mudd said. "There's about a size-16 shoe going to drop, and that shoe is not going to be related to lying or to just financial irregularities, which is what we've seen in the past."
CNN legal analyst Laura Coates agreed, and referred to the deal as a "gut punch to the president of the United States," who has been desperately attacking witnesses on Twitter, including former lawyer and "fixer" Michael Cohen while dangling a pardon over the head of Paul Manafort and praising Roger Stone for refusing to cooperate.
"You've got the president of the United States dangling pardons for quite some time," Coates continued. "Now you have the equivalent of a pardon, essentially handed down, to somebody who once called for Hillary Clinton to be locked up, and that's Michael Flynn. It's almost as if Mueller sees this and says, 'I've got a great deal of power as well through prosecutorial discretion.'"
In short, Mueller is signaling to other witnesses that they could also get reduced sentencing recommendations or serve no time at all by working with him instead of holding out for a pardon from Trump that probably won't come, especially if Mueller can recommend charges to state prosecutors. Because state charges cannot be pardoned by the president, as Manafort has discovered.
Coates went on to note that Trump's own Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker had to have been the one to approve this deal, which doesn't bode well for Trump if he thought installing Whitaker would bring about the end of the investigation.
"It may be too late to stop this train," she said, "and Trump may get run over by it."
Clearly, the Mueller train is charging full steam ahead.
Here's the video via YouTube.
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Q: Flash ADC - Why R/2 at the ends of the resistor ladder? Why to use R/2 on the ends of the resistor ladder instead of using just R?

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Why to use R/2 on the ends of the resistor ladder instead of using just R?

Because it is better to have a max. error of \$\pm \frac{1}{2}\$ bit:

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It looks wasteful with just 4 codes, but this trades off 2 half bits in the whole range for a represented range that crosses the origin. See below for a 0V to 10V input range:

The input values below 0V and above 10V may never occur for \$V_{ref}=10V\$, but the average error due to quantization is zero.

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Ain't it funny how you managed to get away?
But who made you the god of all?
Ain't it funny how we make the same mistake again?
Passion? It's not your friend! Passion! It's just a weakness in the end!
Line up toy soldiers, salute to the Queen!
Ain't it funny how I never ever miss a beat?


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When the Time Comes
By Josef Winkler
A TRANSLATION OF Wenn es soweit istBY ADRIAN WEST For two hours after the presents and the evening snack—sitting around the kitchen table, they ate homemade pork sausages with horseradish and mustard, which, to the children's diversion, squirted grease as far as a meter away when stuck with a fork—the mother, father, and children prayed the rosary for the dead, with the mother leading.
Tales/Composites/From Nearby
By Dorothy Albertini
I was standing in line for a ticket, tasting Finnish Christmas cookies. Then just staring into space and the man behind me asked me if they were chocolate. If I liked chocolate.
By Mikael Awake
The day was just beginning its slow collision into night when I stepped outside that morning, the sky still a deep blue, the air fresh and powdery-smelling, suggesting babies. I was feeling newborn myself: new thermos, new tie, new manila folders inside a new leather satchel.
Five Stories
By Debora Kuan
The boy had come to the "greet" room, as it was called, seemingly by himself. He had a gift: a powder-pink stuffed octopus, whose tentacles were not very tentacular at all, but rather short and square—eight pillows that were sewn directly under its plush round head.
By Bianca Stone
Bianca Stone is the author of several poetry chapbooks and an ongoing poetry-comic series from Factory Hollow Press. She is the illustrator of Antigonick, a collaboration with Anne Carson and her first full-length collection of poetry Someone Else's Wedding Vows will be out in 2014 from Tin House/Octopus Books. She lives in Brooklyn.
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Andrea Tsurumi is an illustrator and cartoonist currently pursuing her MFA at the School of Visual Arts. She knows to make a time omelette, you have to break some time eggs. You can check out her latest work at andreatsurumi.com.
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T. Motley is a comic strip illustrator and "cartooniologist."
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In Washington Irving's "Rip Van Winkle," regarding the comparison of the rolling of the balls in the game of nine-pins to "rumbling peals of thunder," why is it impossible to state definitively which comes first, the nine-pins or nature?


Eucharistic Adoration is an ongoing ministry. Scheduling time with Our Lord is equally as important as all the other things we schedule in our busy lives each week. We encourage EVERYONE to come and pray whenever you can, but by committing to a specified time and date, you are ensuring that Eucharistic Adoration continues in our parish. What better time than NOW to begin your hour in the chapel with Our Lord! Please call the church office at 822-2721 or one of the following to make your appointment with Our Lord in the Adoration Chapel. The chapel is open 24 hours a day from 1:00pm Sunday to 3:00pm Saturday.
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Winter Reads
Match the descriptions to their Wintry titles.
1. They open a door and enter a world. The land beyond the wardrobe, the secret country known only to Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy...
The Snow Child
2. Here lives an orphaned ward named Lyra Belacqua, whose carefree life among the scholars at Oxford's Jordan College is shattered by the arrival of two powerful visitors.
The Long Winter
3. Elfrida Phipps, once of London's stage, moved to the English village of Dibton in hopes of making a new life for herself. Gradually she settled into the comfortable familiarity of village life - shopkeepers knowing her tastes, neighbors calling her by name - still she finds herself lonely.
4. This story brings to life the drama and immensity of the Russian Revolution through the story of the gifted physician-poet, Zhivago; the revolutionary, Strelnikov; and Lara, the passionate woman they both love.
5. Terrible events occur at an isolated hotel in the off season, when a small boy with psychic powers struggles to hold his own against the forces of evil that are driving his father insane.
A Child's Christmas in Wales
6. This is the story of a young hero boy on Christmas Eve who boards on a powerful magical train that's headed to the North Pole and Santa Claus's home.
7. Ethan Allen Hawley works as a clerk in a grocery store that his family once owned. With Ethan no longer a member of Long Island's aristocratic class, his wife is restless, and his teenage children are hungry for the tantalizing material comforts he cannot provide. Then one day, in a moment of moral crisis, Ethan decides to take a holiday from his own scrupulous standards.
The Winter of Our Discontent
8. Stoneybridge is a small town on the west coast of Ireland where all the families know one another. When Chicky Starr decides to take an old, decaying mansion set high on the cliffs overlooking the windswept Atlantic Ocean and turn it into a restful place for a holiday by the sea, everyone thinks she is crazy.
A Week in Winter
The Overcoat
9. In picturesque nineteenth-century New England, tomboyish Jo, beautiful Meg, fragile Beth, and romantic Amy come of age while their father is off to war.
Cover of Snow
The Night Circus
10. When caustic Smilla Jaspersen discovers that her neighbor - a neglected six-year-old boy, and possibly her only friend - has died in a tragic accident, a peculiar intuition tells her it was murder.
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Virgin in the Ice


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A deep, personal feud between President Trump's health secretary and his Medicare administrator has undermined the administration's health care agenda and disrupted the development of an Obamacare replacement plan, Politico reports.
Citing current and former administration officials, Politico's Rachana Pradhan, Adam Cancryn and Dan Diamond detail an "increasingly bitter" rivalry between Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma, with the two health officials sparring over policy, personnel and public appearances.
More than the usual political backbiting: "Given the organizational relationship between HHS and CMS, some friction between the two offices isn't unusual," Politico reports. "However, officials familiar with the workings of previous administrations described an atmosphere of discord among the top two health appointees unlike anything seen in recent years."
Verma "freelanced" an Obamacare replacement plan: "Verma spent about six months developing a Trump administration alternative to the Affordable Care Act, only to have Azar nix the proposal before it could be presented to Trump this summer, sending the administration back to the drawing board, senior officials told POLITICO. Azar believed Verma's plan would actually strengthen Obamacare, not kill it." An unnamed senior administration official said Verma's plan wasn't acceptable to the White House or HHS and called it "disastrous." White House and CMS officials denied to Politico that Verma was "freelancing" and not coordinating with others in the administration.
The infighting, officials told Politico, results in less time to develop and pursue the administration's health care agenda. "The amount of time spent dealing with things like this, and having to have these fights and have these issues, are time that could've been spent thinking of better drug pricing proposals or other ways to advance parts of the agenda," one official was quoted as saying.
A spokesperson for Azar told Politico that any suggestion of tensions between the two health officials was "absurd."
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This small member of the kingfisher family is found in the U.S. only in southwest and very Texas and a small piece of southeast Arizona. However it's range extends through Mexico and Central America to South America.
The two pics at the top are of the male Green Kingfisher with bright rufous breast while the bottom two pics are of the female that has green chest bands instead. Both have very lare bills relative to their small bodies (length is just under 9 inches0.
These pics while nicely showing features of this owl had a few glitches so I did tweak them post processing in addition to cropping to enlarge them. However these pics are still sharp enough to look very good if you click on them to enlarge further, especially to see it's eyes in the pic below.


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Did you know that the health care industry in the United States is the second largest producer of waste sent to the landfill?
Swedish works to improve our efforts each year by reducing waste and increasing recycling and composting. The Ballard campus had a recycling rate of 59% in 2013, one of the highest recycling rates in the country. The industry average is 36%. This campus composted 132,480 pounds of yard and food waste, and recycled 77,300 pounds of comingled materials. We accomplish this by the combined efforts of employees, patients and guests.
Education: People need to know what and where they can recycle.
Provide Receptacles: We put recycling bags in the patient rooms, blue recycling bins are located in obvious areas, and the surgery department recycles all recyclable materials.
Cooperation: Patients can recycle their items on their food trays and the kitchen will route it appropriately.
Passion: It takes passionate and committed individuals expressing not only enthusiasm, but "walking the talk" as role models and leaders.
How much money is saved at Swedish/Ballard through recycling?
Total recycling in 2013 was 517,063 pounds. Right off the top, we save 4 cents per pound in recycled items, which in 2013 equaled a savings of $20,683. Not calculated in this savings are city, county and state taxes. An additional charge besides the fee per pound of garbage is the Municipal Solid Waste tip fee. A tip fee is the charge for each pull of the compactor box. Currently, we have two pick-ups per month, and each tip fee is $127. Through recycling and composting, we reduce the amount of trash in the compactor box, thus reducing the pulls and the tip fee.
Programs at Swedish include waste reduction, recycling, reprocessing and composting initiatives. These programs are important because the volume and toxicity of health care waste is a growing environmental concern. Recycling saves money, reduces waste, and protects our water supply. We have both an economic and a moral obligation to do all we can with our resources to make the earth a safe place for us and future generations.


The Weinstein Effect has hit Capitol Hill, and the first politician to be accused of sexual misconduct in this charged moment is a Democrat: News radio anchor Leeann Tweeden on Thursday accused Minnesota Senator Al Franken of kissing and groping her without consent during a USO tour in 2006. "You forcibly kissed me without my consent, grabbed my breasts while I was sleeping and had someone take a photo of you doing it, knowing I would see it later and be ashamed," she wrote in a blog post.
This year, Franken emerged as an outside contender for the presidency in 2020. The former Saturday Night Live comedian, elected in 2009, is an effective and studious senator who's earned the respect of his peers—and, lately, the fear of his opponents, as he's been one of the Senate's most ruthless interrogators of Trump nominees and one of his party's most entertaining critics of the president. Now, his job is in serious jeopardy—he's facing an ethics investigation, which he himself called for—and he's out of the 2020 conversation.
Who's next? Because there will be more allegations against Hill politicians, Republicans and Democrats alike. And it's safe to assume that all of the accused will be men. That is one of many reasons—in fact, the least of the reasons—why Democrats should resolve right now to nominate a woman for president in 2020. Bernie, Biden, Brown, Booker—sorry, guys. You're all sitting this one out.
Amid this wave of sexual misconduct allegations across American society, Democrats have been doing a lot of soul-searching about the presidency and legacy of Bill Clinton. Should he have resigned from the presidency once his affair with Monica Lewinsky, a clear abuse of workplace power in a workplace, became known in 1998? Vox' Matt Yglesias believes so. Should liberals have believed Clinton accusers like Juanita Broaddrick, as Michelle Goldberg argued in The New York Times?
The answer to both questions is yes, but there's limited utility in these arguments today. His presidency ended nearly 17 years ago, and his political star has steadily waned ever since. With Hillary Clinton's loss to Trump last year, his last chance to regain any real power within the party evaporated. The party must still reckon with the accusations against Bill Clinton, but they likely don't impinge on the party's future—not in the way that the accusations against Franken do, for instance.
Bill Clinton's misconduct is most relevant in dissecting the 2016 election, and what Democrats should—and shouldn't—deduce from it. Hillary Clinton ran a historic campaign that received more votes than any white man in American history, including her opponent, yet she lost. There were many reasons for her loss, first and foremost the very existence of the undemocratic Electoral College. Sexism was also clearly a factor: She won 54 percent of women, versus just 41 percent of men, the biggest gender gap in more than four decades. Millions of American men simply couldn't bring themselves to vote for a woman.
But many of those men, and indeed many women, couldn't bring themselves to vote for this particular woman—a Clinton. She was hobbled by her husband's behavior in myriad, unfair ways. From the 1990s through today, she has been variously accused of enabling her husband's sexual misconduct, of being too weak to curtail it, and of silencing his accusers. Last year, his misdeeds was weaponized against her. Whenever she criticized Trump's sexism, Republicans would counter with Lewinsky; Trump even tried to seat Broaddrick and three other accusers in his V.I.P. box during a debate.
Republicans are putting on a good show of handwringing over Roy Moore, the Senate candidate from Alabama and accused predator of teenage girls. But nothing they do can change the GOP's record against women's rights and its acceptance—some might say outright embrace—of sexism. They can expel Moore from the party, and Donald Trump, whom they nominated for president after he bragged about committing sexual assault, will still be the most powerful man in America. And that's just fine with most Republican voters.
Democrats can't afford to be so morally lax, since they stand for gender equality.
The Democrats have much better record than Republicans in electing women: 78 of the 104 women in Congress are Democrats, comprising a third of all Democratic representatives and senators combined. This gender between parties has been growing steadily since the early 1990s, and is likely to widen under Trump.
Barack Obama, his "you're likable enough" remark to Hillary Clinton notwithstanding, was as good a man as he was a president. But Trump has shown America the consequences of electing an unabashed sexist. He rolled back the Obamacare contraception mandate for employer-provided health insurance, allowing exemptions for moral or religious reasons; he halted an Obama-era rule that would have required companies to report how much they pay women versus men; Education Secretary Betsy DeVos eliminated Obama-era guidance for how colleges should handle sexual assault complaints, raising the burden of proof for women; and so on.
Trump, like so many other male bosses in America, has also shown a preference for hiring men. As The Guardian reported earlier this year, "80% of nominations for top jobs in the Trump administration have gone to men—putting Donald Trump on track to assemble the most male-dominated federal government in nearly a quarter-century." We know all too well, thanks to the #MeToo stories pouring out every day, that a male-dominated workplace fosters a culture of sexual harassment—and often worse. Good thing there's a simple, proven solution for this scourge: put more women in positions of power.
This echoes a sentiment expressed a few days after the election by Rebecca Traister in New York magazine: "The enormity of the upset came at the end of what had already been a traumatic election for the women and immigrants and people of color to whom Clinton was trying to appeal, and who had spent months being derided, threatened, groped, caricatured, insulted, and humiliated by Donald Trump and his supporters." For the women who are the heart of the Democratic coalition, it's a personal affront to have as president—the embodiment of the nation—a man who who is so openly contemptuous of their humanity. Trump's election ripped wide a wound in America, and only a woman president can heal it.


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Would the Left Be Better for Mexico?
Americans should be skeptical of their politicians' hostility to the political changes sweeping Latin America.
Mark Weisbrot
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With the news Thursday that conservative Felipe Calderón was declared the winner in Mexico's presidential election, the leaders of the U.S. foreign-policy establishment no doubt quietly toasted their good fortune. After several years of fretting over a leftward shift in Latin American countries, U.S. business and political leaders were probably thrilled that the status quo had, for now, held in our neighbor to the south.
The results, of course, were still in dispute. As of publication time Friday night, left-of-center candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador was vowing to challenge the win in court, alleging fraud and demanding a recount of the ballots. According to the government's tally, López Obrador, a former Mexico City mayor who presented himself as a champion of the poor, lost the presidency by about half a percentage point in Mexico's closest presidential race ever.
Given Mexico's long history of electoral fraud and the razor-thin margin separating the candidates, López Obrador's demand for a recount will probably resonate with many Mexicans.
But even if Calderón were to win, that is not necessarily good news for most people in Mexico or the United States. While Calderón is expected to be friendly to U.S. businesses, he is unlikely to resolve the economic problems that are keeping nearly half of Mexicans in poverty — and driving their emigration to the United States.
Mexico's most pressing economic problem is to restore economic growth. Like the region as a whole, the country has suffered a profound economic growth failure over the past 25 years. From 2000-2005, Mexico's income per person — the most basic number that economists use to measure economic progress — grew only 2 percent. From 1980 to 2000, it grew just 15 percent. If we compare this to the 1960-1980 period, when income per person grew 99 percent, it is easy to see that this last quarter-century is a failure of disastrous proportions.
Supporters of Mexico's current economic policies point to the North American Free Trade Agreement as a success, but the country's average annual growth since NAFTA was implemented in 1994 — again looking at income per person — has only been about one-third of its pre-1980 growth rate. This is in spite of the fact that foreign direct investment increased from $4.4 billion in 1993 to a peak of $22.7 billion in 2001, and Mexico's exports nearly doubled as a percent of GDP, from 16.8 percent to 29.9 percent, from 1994-2005.
If Mexico had simply continued to grow at its pre-1980 rate, the country would have about the same per-capita income now as Spain. There would not be millions of Mexicans willing to take the risks of illegal immigration to the United States for a wage that would not be much higher than what they could get back home.
Calderón promises to continue the policies of the past, including making the country more attractive to foreign investors. But as we have seen, this by itself does not necessarily lead to growth. A Calderón government would also continue the current monetary policy, which targets a low inflation rate but is too willing to sacrifice growth in order to achieve very low levels of inflation.
And current fiscal policies may be too tight when the Mexican economy slows. The United States, for example, reversed our budget surplus in 2000 and moved hundreds of billions of dollars into deficit in order to stimulate the recovery from our recession of 2001.
López Obrador, by contrast, has recognized the failure of past policies and proposes to have the government play a more active role in stimulating growth and job creation by, for instance, undertaking large transportation projects.
López Obrador has also proposed a stipend for the elderly and universal health care to help the poor. And he has said he will renegotiate parts of NAFTA that have hurt millions of rural Mexicans by flooding Mexico's markets with subsidized U.S. corn and other food crops.
Mexico's long-term economic failure mirrors the same phenomenon in the region.
The past 25 years have been so exceptionally bad in terms of economic growth for Latin America that in order to find anything comparable, one has to go back more than 100 years, and pick a period that includes both World War I and the start of the Great Depression. This is the main reason for the widespread poverty in the region, and for the continuing revolts at the ballot box, and sometimes in the streets.
The past 25 years have also seen the implementation of a number of economic reforms in the region, some of them implemented during the Latin American debt crisis in the 1980s. The reforms included: an indiscriminate opening up to international trade and investment flows; privatization of public enterprises; higher interest rates set by central banks that are less accountable to elected governments; tighter fiscal policies; and the abandonment by governments of overall industrial policies or development strategies.
These reforms are often described as "neoliberalism" in Latin America, or "the Washington consensus," since they were strongly backed by the United States.
Voters in Latin America have increasingly concluded that these reforms have had something to do with the region's unprecedented economic failure. If López Obrador were to win Mexico's election after a recount, he would become the seventh Latin American presidential candidate in the past eight years to challenge the "Washington consensus" on economic policy and win. The others were in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Uruguay and Venezuela.
But Washington's stated fears that these electoral revolts would lead to economic disaster have proved unfounded. Instead, they have produced left and populist governments, most of which are doing quite well.
In Argentina, for example, President Nestor Kirchner was elected in 2003 after the economy had collapsed under a succession of IMF (International Monetary Fund) and Washington-backed programs. He had an unprecedented battle with the International Monetary Fund and foreign creditors and owners, but stuck to a number of economic policies that Washington economists predicted would lead to ruin. For example, the Argentine government rebuffed pressure to pay back most of its $100 billion foreign debt and targeted a stable and competitive exchange rate instead of just inflation.
The economy has grown at about 9 percent annually for more than three years, pulling 8 million people (more than 20 percent of the population) across the poverty line.
In Bolivia, the leftist indigenous leader Evo Morales was elected in December with a strong mandate to improve the condition of the country's poor and mostly indigenous majority. The government has announced an ambitious land reform to redistribute an area the size of Greece to about a quarter of the population.
So far, the economy appears to be holding up. The government raised the royalties it charges foreign oil and gas companies, increasing government revenue from the country's natural gas by about 3.4 percent of GDP — an amount equivalent to most of our federal budget deficit in the United States. On May 1, the government also renationalized the gas industry and is negotiating terms with gas producers that will further increase the government's revenue. So far, no major gas producers have left the country. The government also seems committed to keeping its promises to the poor.
And then there's Venezuela, which gets mostly bad press here. President Hugo Chávez has a running war of words with President Bush — mostly as a result of the Bush administration's support for a military coup that briefly ousted the Venezuelan leader in 2002 and other efforts at "regime change" against this democratically elected government.
Despite bad relations with the United States, Venezuela is tied with Argentina for the fastest-growing economy in the hemisphere. In addition, the majority of the population — mostly poor people who never before shared in the country's oil wealth — has free health care for the first time. They also have subsidized food and greatly increased access to education.
Some think that Venezuela's current economic boom is a result only of high oil prices, but the country had high oil prices in the past and the poor never shared in the windfall. Furthermore, Venezuela's per capita income actually declined in the 1970s despite very high oil prices.
Given those economic realities, Americans should be extremely skeptical of their politicians' and pundits' hostility to the political changes sweeping Latin America. Much of it is based on ideology and a desire to maintain Washington's influence in the region. But most people on both sides of our southern border will be better off as Latin America becomes more politically independent and finds new ways to restore economic growth.
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Fighting the Elements: An Interview with Shane Jones
by Brooks Sterritt
When reading Daniel Fights a Hurricane, the new novel from Shane Jones, one experiences a series of shifts between an environment that is nearly normal, and one that alternates between enchanting and disturbing. The book's seemingly mundane beginning describes Daniel's visit to a therapist for his anxiety over an approaching hurricane he believes will destroy an oil pipeline. Shortly thereafter, the reader encounters a fantastical Village of Underwater Pipes, a door in a grassy field, and a protean Hurricane with occasional human characteristics.That Hurricane is a constant menace, at times potentially unreal, that "places its face into the ocean and blows bubbles," "throws a handful of mashed-together birds past the bedroom window," and is imagined as "howling above, sweeping its hands back and forth against the ocean, claws dragging through the top few inches of water."
I was recently lucky enough to talk with Shane about his work (which has also appeared on this site). While on the surface, Daniel Fights a Hurricane can be read as a story of one man's disintegrating marriage and fear of nature's destructive power, beneath that is another world (or worlds) enriched by dream states, visions, and a beauty that transforms.
Brooks Sterritt: Your first novel, Light Boxes, came out with Publishing Genius Press (an independent) before getting picked up and reissued by Penguin. Did you write Daniel Fights a Hurricane with Penguin in mind, so to speak? Was there any added pressure after the transition to a major publisher?
Shane Jones: Knowing Penguin was going to read the next book (it was in the contract for Light Boxes) added some pressure, yeah. But a lot of that pressure I put on myself – it didn't come from Penguin people. It was a kind of, "You're a piece of shit that just got really lucky with that Spike Jonze deal and you'll never get another book published again, you hack." That's pretty much exactly what I told myself some days. Is that messed up or what? I just didn't want to stop writing, or take like five years to write another book. I started Daniel a few months after Penguin accepted Light Boxes and less than a year later they bought it. I worked faster and harder than I ever had before. Knowing Penguin was going to read it didn't change my style or approach. This book is still weird and fun and I think different than most books being published today by major houses. Which means it's going to sell like 40 copies probably.
BS: What would you say was the genesis of Daniel Fights a Hurricane? Did you draw on your dreams at all while working on the novel?
SJ: The genesis was that I wanted to destroy reality. I never remember my dreams.
BS: In an earlier interview you talked about your stance on portraying characters engaged in evil acts. Has your thinking shifted with Daniel Fights a Hurricane, or do you still avoid having characters do terrible things?
SJ: I think the character Iamso gets kind of evil and terrible toward the end. And there's that scene where the boatmen are butchering the elephant on the beach and people are running through the spray of blood and water. Helena and Greta are pretty wretched, and so are the Hurricane as children. There's some other stuff to that is kind of evil. Man, I guess my thinking has changed. But there's a similar balance in Light Boxes, I think. I just don't have, like, a character who just murders or just rapes and there's nothing else. That would feel real evil to me. There's this group of writers I've been thinking about lately – Richard Brautigan, Jane Bowles, Barbara Comyns, Robert Walser – and I think they all write characters in this really compassionate, charming, but twisted way. They do really surprising things both illuminating and sometimes they go real dark. And I think I'm influenced by these writers. I'm influenced by that weird balance.
BS: I did notice more literal blood in this novel, whereas in Light Boxes it seemed to show up as other substances, like leaves. How do you react to the overt violence in the work of a writer like Brian Evenson (who blurbed Daniel)? His work seems able to function outside of any moral considerations at all.
SJ: Overt violence in literature doesn't bother me, and in many instances, can be really beautiful – I'm thinking of Evenson and people like Cormac McCarthy. The violence is necessary to the story and adds a certain energy/excitement level. Even the book I'm reading right now – David Mitchell's Number 9 Dream – has some pretty intense violence and it's stunning and amazing what he does. And I think writers and artists should all function outside of any moral consideration. I'm not sure it's a place for morals. I understand it can be, sure. But if a writer wants to write about chopping off heads, go for it. I think what I'm more offending at is stuff that is super violent but done poorly. Mainstream movie violence is something I don't personally like. It just feels lame and silly.
BS: Could you tell me a bit about the cover's selection process? Is the illustration of the tall, bearded guy based on you?
SJ: The first thing my Mom said when I showed her the cover was, "I like this. Is that you? Are you Daniel?" A few other people have asked the same thing and it was never discussed between myself and Ken (the cover artist) to draw me. It just turned out that way. The cover depicts a skinny sad-sack with a beard and that fits me pretty well. As far as the process, early on Penguin said they wanted to have this book be the same dimensions as Light Boxes and use the same cover artist and I was all for it. Ken came up with a sketch, I approved, and that was it. I've heard horror stories of authors hating their covers, but this process was really easy. I'm going to say it right here and right now – it was the easiest cover process of all time.
Brooks Sterritt's writing appears or is forthcoming in Denver Quarterly, LIT, The Southeast Review, TRNSFR, The Madison Review, and elsewhere. He edits reviews at HTMLGIANT, and currently lives in Boston.
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Mulatu Teshome Wirtu (amharsky: ሙላቱ ተሾመ; * 1957 Arjo, Etiopské císařství) je etiopský politik a od roku 2013 do 2018 byl také 3. prezident Etiopie.

Mládí a politická kariéra
Narodil se v Arjo. Na Pekingské univerzitě vystudoval bakalářské studium filozofie politické ekonomie a doktorát v mezinárodním právu. V roce 1990 vystudoval magisterské studium v oboru práva a diplomacie na Fletcherově škole práva a diplomacie na Tuftsově univerzitě.

V polovině devadesátých let byl náměstkem ministra hospodářského rozvoje a pracoval pod vedením ministra Girmy Birru. V roce 2001 byl jmenován ministrem zemědělství. Byl také předsedou sněmovny federace od roku 2002 do roku 2005. Působil jako velvyslanec Etiopie v Číně, Japonsku, Turecku a Ázerbájdžánu .

Zatímco sloužil jako velvyslanec v Turecku, byl zvolen jako prezident Etiopie na základě jednomyslného hlasování v parlamentu dne 7. října 2013. Ve funkci prezidenta ho 25. října 2018 vystřídala Sahle-Work Zewdeová.

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On 8 July, Mr. Markram, Director and Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, addressed the Security Council on Challenges and Opportunities of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) for International Peace and Security. Remarks: bit.ly/2XDOelr
The @OSCE - UNODA Scholarship Initiative for Peace and Security took place 8 April-10 May 2019. It consisted of online courses and in-person lectures that were held in Vienna. 90 women and 10 men received scholarships through the initiative. Link to video: bit.ly/2NKnewl pic.twitter.com/IleUZboXog
Follow the link below to watch High Representative @INakamitsu's full interview with @nhk_news on artificial intelligence (AI) and impact on weapons technology Full interview=> bit.ly/2xuFw9K pic.twitter.com/ITVVMKsb0O
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