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Raising a glass to Knutsford May Day
By David | Published on March 11, 2019
Knutsford Beer Festival has chosen the town's Royal May Day Festival as one of its community projects for the year.
"Knutsford Royal May Day is a fantastic local cause," said the Beer Festival's marketing manager, Rachel Bishop. "We know smaller local charities struggle for funding compared with larger charities and we wanted to ensure we chose a local Knutsford charity."
The first Knutsford Beer Festival took place in 2014 in the then-vacant Old Town Hall, which is now The Lost & Found.
This year's event takes place at The Courthouse from Thursday-Saturday, April 11th-13th, with sessions on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings and Saturday afternoon.
Rachel Bishop-Knutsford Beer Festival marketing, Paul Langley-Knutsford Beer Festival entertainment, Sophie Howarth– 2018 Knutsford May Queen, Eliza Bishop- wearing the May Day 'bridesmaid' costume, Ruben Pita-The Courthouse general manager, Mia Gibbons-The Courthouse
The Festival has raised more than £16,000 for various local charities to-date.
In addition to all profits from ticket and beer sales going to good causes, the Courthouse will be contributing £1 for every beverage or food item that it has provided.
"I would like to thank our sponsorship team," said Rachel. "We already have some great companies on board.
We still have some fantastic sponsorship packages available. Any interested businesses should contact the sponsorship team by email at sponsor@knutsfordbeerfestival.org.uk."
Eileen Podmore, Knutsford Royal May Day committee secretary, Eileen Podmore, said: "We are absolutely delighted and immensely grateful that Knutsford Beer Festival has decided to nominate us – a small Knutsford group – as one of its community projects for the year.
It costs in excess of £37,000 each year to put on the May Day and the news that Knutsford Beer Festival is supporting us has been welcomed by the entire committee.
Now in its 155th year, the procession has grown and involves more than 500 of the area's children. It's amazing when you talk to children about May Day just how many say their mother or father wore the exact same costume as them. It makes you realise just how old some of the costumes must be."
Rachel added: "Having lived in Knutsford for many years, or in the case of some of our team, for their whole lives, it is a charity close to our hearts. We hope our donation will fund the new sword dancers' costumes. We know some of the costumes are now quite old and in need of repair. Knutsford Royal May Day is such a significant and historic event in Knutsford and we are proud to support it."

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You're at the supermarket shopping in the fruits and vegetables section. Do you buy organic?
When I was seven years old, we went for a lot of family drives in our white Toyota civic. Occasionally, my dad would swing into the local McDonald's outside WestMall. I'd order chicken nuggets with barbecue sauce, fries and a chocolate milkshake. When we got home, I dumped the nuggets in my pink bowl and we'd sit around the table munching on our meals. When McDonald's left Trinidad in 2003, I was disappointed. Now they're back, and I wish they'd stayed away.
The majority of graduate students in the U.S. live on less than $20,000 a year. In Palo Alto, one of the most expensive places to live in America, things don't get any easier.
I go to Sweetgreen a lot. Like, literally the only gifts I ever ask for are Sweetgreen gift cards, a lot. I used to create my own salad, until I started ordering with the Sweetgreen app and realized how many calories I was consuming—a meager 380!! My beloved twelve dollar salad put me in the mood to snack; and, now I realized why. So, I started adding a few more things—got my salad up to 540 calories—and suddenly, I had a meal, not a snack, a satisfied belly, and maybe I paid one or two dollars more.


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"Disappointed" is a 1989 song by post-punk group Public Image Ltd. It was the first single from 9, their seventh studio album. Lyrically, the song was inspired by John Lydon's experiences with friends within the band throughout its history, who he commented often let him down. Musically, guitarist John McGeoch used an alternate tuning courtesy of Who guitarist Pete Townshend to begin composing the song.

"Disappointed" was a commercial hit for the band, becoming its most successful UK single in three years and becoming an alternative rock radio hit in the US. It has since seen positive critical reception and Lydon has named the song as one of his personal favorites.

Background
"Disappointed" was written by the then-current members of Public Image Ltd (John Lydon, John McGeoch, Allan Dias, Bruce Smith), former member Lu Edmonds, and producer Stephen Hague. Lyrically the song was inspired by Lydon's experience with band turmoil caused by his friends: Disappointed' is what it says, it's just about the many and varied ways people let you down." He specifically cited former bandmates Keith Levene and Jah Wobble, of whom he said, "All they've done is turn around and criticize and moan like selfish, whiny spoiled brats and that's an awful thing to see friends behave that way." He later reflected,

In another interview, Lydon explained, "Friends will let you down, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't have friends. You should enjoy it for the very fact that they are human beings and fallible, that that very fallibility is what you should enjoy about human contact. Otherwise, really what you're asking for is sycophantic robots that merely compliment your ego. And there's no enjoyment in that." Lydon has since called "Disappointed" one of his favorite songs that he has written, commenting, "If I could ever call a song a friend, 'Disappointed' is one of them."

Musically, John McGeoch credited for inspiration an alternate tuning that Who guitarist Pete Townshend had chosen. He recalled, "I was doing some work at Eel Pie Studios five or six years ago and Townshend had left some guitar cases lying around the place. I opened one up and there was an acoustic guitar with a receipt dated 1969 [...] The tuning on the guitar was D-A-D-A-D-E, bottom to top. That's what I used on 'Disappointed'."

Release
"Disappointed" was released as the first single from the band's seventh album 9 in April 1989. In the UK, the single was the band's biggest hit since 1986's "Rise," reaching number 38 on the charts. In the US, the song became the band's most successful track to date, having received frequent play on modern rock radio stations and its video having been played on MTV. The song topped Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart, while also reaching number 26 on the Dance Club Songs chart. It also reached number 94 on the Australian charts.

The song has also appeared on compilation albums such as The Greatest Hits, So Far and Plastic Box.

Critical reception
Since its release, "Disappointed" has seen a positive critical reception. Andy Kellman of AllMusic considered the song a highlight of 9 and called it "catchy." Trouser Press was similarly positive in spite of its mixed view of 9, concluding, "There's no questioning [Lydon's] sincerity in the venomous 'Disappointed.

References

1989 singles
Public Image Ltd songs
Songs written by John Lydon
1989 songs
Virgin Records singles
Song recordings produced by Stephen Hague

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No vocabulário militar, o Dia D (do inglês D-Day) é um termo utilizado frequentemente para denotar o dia em que um ataque ou uma operação do combate devem ser iniciados. É mais conhecido pelos desembarques da Normandia durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial.

A expressão Dia D (D-Day) apareceu pela primeira vez nas ordens de batalha do Exército dos Estados Unidos na Primeira Guerra Mundial.

A utilização de um nome em código para o dia de início de uma operação arriscada, em sua fase de planejamento, leva em consideração que várias medidas devem ser tomadas antes e após o início dos combates e que devem ser organizadas em função da data e hora precisas da operação. Entretanto, tendo-se em vista que vários fatores podem alterar o dia de início de qualquer operação militar, seria impossível e até mesmo inseguro fazer circular vários documentos contendo a data específica. Assim o planejamento é estruturado marcando-se o Dia (D), Hora (H) e minuto (M) do começo da ação e calculando-se da seguinte forma: O dia anterior é dia D - 1, a hora anterior é hora H - 1. O segundo dia de operação é Dia D + 1. E assim por diante.

O Dia D (Operação Netuno) mais famoso da história militar foi 6 de Junho de 1944 - o dia em que a Batalha da Normandia começou - iniciando a libertação do continente Europeu da ocupação Nazista durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Foi a nona operação da Segunda Guerra Mundial com maior número de baixas (Barbarossa - 1.582.000; Stalingrado - 973.000; Cerco de Leningrado - 900.000; Kiev - 657.000; Operação Bagration 1944 - 450.000; Kursk - 325.000; Berlim - 250.000; Campanha Francesa de 1940 - 185.000; Operação Overlord ou Dia D- 132.000)..

Devido a isto, as estratégias de certas operações militares posteriores tentaram evitar utilizar o termo. Por exemplo, a invasão de Leyte pelo Gen. MacArthur começava no "A-day" (dia A), e a invasão de Okinawa no "L-Day" (dia L). 1 de Novembro de 1945, a data proposta para a invasão do Japão, deveria ser "X-Day" (dia X). Uma segunda vaga de desembarques em Tóquio seria "Y-Day" (dia Y), a 1 de Março de 1945.

Ver também
 Segunda Guerra Mundial
 Desembarques da Normandia
 Batalha da Normandia
 Operação Overlord
 Ataque a Pearl Harbor

Ligações externas
 Página oficial do Exército dos Estados Unidos sobre o Dia-D

Segunda Guerra Mundial


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What's on? Japanese video art and Castrillo monuments in 360-degree VR
February is National Arts Month!
Digital Dimensions:
Video Art Projections by Naoko Tosa
3/F Cone Room
Digital Dimensions will feature the Genesis video art series of Naoko Tosa, an internationally renowned Japanese media artist and recent Japan Cultural Envoy.
The galleries will be transformed into a scenic environment with video projections of dry ice and Japanese colored inks on water. Tosa is known for her use of cutting edge technology, and she uses high-speed cameras to explore Zen concepts of chance inspired by Rimpa, one of the major historical schools of Japanese painting.
Digital Dimensions: Video Art Projections by Naoko Tosa is presented with the support of The Japan Foundation, Manila and with thanks to the Agency for Cultural Affairs of the Government of Japan.
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Artist's Talk with Naoko Tosa
We invite you to join us for an Artist's Talk with Naoko Tosa, the famed Japanese artist behind the museum's Digital Dimensions exhibition. Tosa will share insights on her creative process, including the technology behind her art and how she bridges it to Japanese traditions.
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AT THE LOBBY
Snapshot Japan
February 9 - 11
10:00 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Pick up Japanese artisanal goods at Snapshot Japan, a three-day pop-up event at the lobby this February 9 to 11 during museum hours (10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m). Stop by and check out our exhibitors, who will be selling apparel, accessories, cosmetics, food, and even premium sake (Japanese rice wine).
This event is made possible by Global Initiative, Inc. with the support of The Japan Foundation, Manila.
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Eduardo Castrillo @ 50:
Moving the Legacy Forward
Until February 28
3/F Samsung Digital Gallery
Be sure to catch the special exhibition Eduardo Castrillo @ 50: Moving the Legacy Forward before it closes at the end of the month.
The exhibition illustrates the master sculptor's legacy of innovation, scale, and creativity through his historical monuments. Visitors can explore Castrillo's work using the 360-degree virtual reality in the Samsung Digital Gallery.
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Art Fair Philippines
February 16 - 19
A popular platform for Philippine modern and contemporary art, Art Fair Philippines 2017 will feature 46 of the county's leading galleries alongside artists from Southeast Asia, Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
The ART FAIR PH/TALKS will include four talks that will be free of charge to all ticketholders. Museum Foundation of the Philippines will carry out again the ART FAIR PH/TOURS. This year will also see the launch of 10 Days of Art, a series of events across Makati and BGC from February 9 to 19.
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Fourth grade is a perfect time for students to have an ePal! Students will be assigned a project to work on with a student from another town, state or country, practice their writing and language skills and work on problem solving skills.
The ePals Global Community site is a safe place for teachers and students to work on projects together with groups around the world. A division of Cricket Media, ePals safely connects millions of students and teachers across 200 countries to reinforce culture, language, and subject-based learning.
This activity will be ongoing with the students working and collaborating together on a project.
Be able to connect with a student from another town, state or country.
Be able to work collaboratively on a project with another student.
Be able to practice language skills if applicable.
Be able to practice writing skills.
ePal: An ePal is an electronic pen pal.
Decide on a collaborative project that your students will work on with a classroom in another town, state, or country.
Check out the official ePal Global Community site.
Do a search to see if anyone is working on a similar project. If there are, connect with them and see if it is a fit.
If no one is doing the project you want your students to work on, you can create a pen pal exchange or experience yourself.
Pen Pal Exchange - This is an opportunity for students to communicate privately with students in one or more other classrooms.
Teacher moderation ensures a safe exchange.
Experience - These are online project spaces, where students and teachers in one or more classrooms can collaborate on projects using Discussion Boards and other messaging tools. It is optional for teachers to moderate all messages among students.
Some of the experiences are: creating biomimicry robots, fighting poverty and developing a plan to help those in need, exchanging favorite recipes, solving real-world problems and creating games to play with each other.
Once you have decided on the project, your students will need to know how to interact with the other group.
Have your students create an introductory video or text introducing themselves and your school.
Explain to your students about writing style and what is appropriate to share with other students. Even though the site is safe itself and can be moderated, students should still be taught what is appropriate to share with others. Personal information should be limited to what is going on in the classroom and the project the students are working on.
View the video on Email Etiquette For Elementary Students.
The teacher will decide on the focus of the project. For example, do you just want your students to practice their writing skills and have an ePal to correspond with? Do you have a project that your students can work collaboratively on with students globally?
The teacher will create an account with the ePals Global Community and connect with another classroom.
The teacher will add students to the exchange.
The teacher will have the students create an introductory video or text to share with the other classroom. It should be a short one-three minute video introducing the class, the area the students live in, things that are popular in the area etc.
The teacher will talk about online and writing etiquette with the students.
The teacher will share the video Email Etiquette For Elementary Students with the students.
Practice writing skills with others by collaborating on a project.
Students can read a book and have a discussion about it with others in the discussion boards.
Students can learn about the art, music, and cultural events in another location.
Students can be assigned a math problem and the students can solve it together.
Students can work on so many different science related activities from measuring the temperatures and precipitation of their area, learning about the animals of that region to doing science experiments together.
Students can learn about historic events that took place and discuss them with each other.
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Will you pray for unity among believers online?
My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you.
Mother Teresa said if we have no peace it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
She understood that changing the world—really changing the world—isn't a solo sport. And so it goes with sharing your faith online.
Getting people to follow you, post on your blog, or give you a few dozen "likes" a day isn't going to bring the world to repentance; nor will upping your Klout score fling wide the gates of heaven. But what if believers worked together online? What if we were firing on all cylinders instead of just a few?
What if our collective Love made people stop in their digital tracks. And stare. At Him.


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Denver Has Selected A Construction Company For Planned Improvements On The 16th Street MallThe city of Denver is hoping to start construction at the end of 2021.
16th Street Mall Visitors Trending Closer To Average Despite PandemicVisitors to the 16th Street Mall are down overall but trending closer to average despite the coronavirus pandemic.
Suspect Tony Minor Arrested After Fatal Shooting In AultA 36-year-old man is under arrest after the shooting death of a male in Ault on Wednesday. Suspect Tony Minor was set to appear in Weld County Court on Thursday afternoon.
Cameron Peak Fire: FEMA Disaster Declaration Will Help With Rehabilitation Efforts In Wake Of Colorado's Largest WildfireLarimer County has been partially approved for a Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA] Major Disaster Declaration with the Cameron Peak Fire.
Mountain Lions Captured On Wildlife Camera Near BoulderColorado Parks and Wildlife is reminding everyone to keep their dogs on a leash after some mountain lions were captured on a wildlife camera near Boulder.
Wave Clouds Dominate TodayWatch Meteorologist Ashton Altieri's forecast.
Professional Bull Riders Returns To CBS Sunday, January 24The Unleash The Beast tour brings its second event of the 2021 season to CBS Television Network after a successful opening weekend on CBS Sports Network last week.
Colorado Department Of Labor And Employment Holds 2 Unemployment Virtual Town Halls FridayThe Colorado Department of Labor and Employment on Friday will hold two unemployment virtual town halls "to provide updates and information on Colorado's unemployment insurance program".
'It Could Have Been A Posthumous Award': Denver Police Officer Travis Lloyd Reflects On Honor
By Michael Abeyta April 12, 2019 at 8:50 pm
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DENVER (CBS4)– Denver Police Officer Travis Lloyd is being recognized for his bravery in the line of fire, literally. He will receive the Denver Police Department Medal of Honor.
Travis Lloyd (credit: CBS)
In June of 2018, Lloyd was responding to a robbery at the 7-Eleven on Colfax Avenue and Pennsylvania Street in Denver when the suspect opened fire.
The suspect shot Lloyd. He then made a split second decision no police officer wants to make; to use lethal force.
"He's trying to take my life and he's doing a pretty successful job so far because I've already been shot and I hear bullets going by my head so the decision is multi-faceted. It's saving my own life, protecting everybody else's life and then what happens if it gets to the point that I'm so severely injured that he gets to go away, he goes around the corner, what does he do next?" said Lloyd.
Now Lloyd has recovered and is still with the Denver Police Department, just in a different role. He says he never stopped loving what he does.
"Leaving the department never crossed my mind," said Lloyd. "I'm going to be a cop until I retire regardless of what the title is."
It's that type of bravery and dedication, which he also exhibited on that day in 2018, that has earned him one of DPD's highest honors.
On April 18 he will receive the Denver Police Department Medal of Honor. He says he's grateful and knows the situation could have turned out much differently.
"It could have been a posthumous award. So all things considered, I'm going to walk fine up to the podium to get it and my wife will be there with my kids so it will be nice that I'm able to receive it in person."
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Michael Abeyta is a 4th generation Coloradan and a Multimedia Journalist for CBS4. His stories can be seen on CBS4 News at 5 & 6.More from Michael Abeyta


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How Republicans are trying to strip power from Democratic governors-elect
Republicans are about to lose their grip on power in a number of states, and they're trying their hardest to sour Democrats' election wins.
In Wisconsin, Republican Gov. Scott Walker will have to pass the baton to Democrat Tony Evers come January, but before he does, the state's GOP-controlled legislature has called for an "extraordinary session" to curb Evers's power in office and potentially make it harder for Democrats to get elected in the future.
A similar tale is playing out in Michigan, where Democrats Gretchen Whitmer, Dana Nessel, and Jocelyn Benson handily won the governor, attorney general, and secretary of state races, respectively. Michigan Republicans are trying to make sure the Democratic trifecta has less power to undermine Republicans' legislative accomplishments.
The state governments have proposed a slate of bills that would touch everything from voting access to the judicial system. In Wisconsin, the proposals, some of which are expected to pass Tuesday, could limit Evers's power to change policies around welfare, health care, and economic development, cut down early voting, and even allow the Republican-led legislature to hire their own lawyers to undermine the attorney general. In Michigan, a Republican proposal would guarantee the GOP-controlled legislature the right to intervene in any legal battles involving state laws that the attorney general may be reluctant to defend.
If Republicans are successful, it's a power grab that would seriously undermine the platform on which Evers campaigned, and won.
Two years ago, North Carolina set the precedent for this kind of move, when the Republican-controlled legislature stripped then-incoming Democrat Roy Cooper's power over Cabinet appointments, made the state's judicial system more partisan, and ensured that the state's board of elections would be controlled by Republicans in election years. Cooper has been in legal fights over the changes since.
It's not hard to see something similar happening in Wisconsin and Michigan.
Republican's power grab in Wisconsin, explained
Democratic Gov.-elect Tony Evers has called Republicans' attempts "desperate."
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In the span of four days, Wisconsin's Republican-controlled legislature is trying to overhaul the powers of the governor. Last Friday, Republican state lawmakers unveiled a 141-page package of bills that would give Republicans power over key gubernatorial decisions and weaken the role of the attorney general, as well as proposals to limit voter turnout.
"Wisconsin law, written by the legislature and signed into law by a governor, should not be erased by the potential political maneuvering of the executive branch," Speaker of the Assembly Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said in a joint statement.
They plan to vote on some of these bills on Tuesday, after only one day of hearings.
A quick rundown of what Wisconsin Republicans proposed:
Republicans want to cut down the number of early voting days, limiting it to two weeks. This would likely draw legal challenges; the proposal is very similar to a previous law that the courts struck down in 2016 for "stifling votes for partisan gain."
There's a proposal that would allow the Republican legislature to intervene in legal cases and hire their own lawyers, to effectively replace the Democratic attorney general altogether — the constitutionality of which is up for debate.
They also want to change the date for Wisconsin's 2020 presidential primary from April to March, which Republicans say will separate "nonpartisan" elections from partisan ones, and which liberal advocates say is a play to protect conservative state Supreme Court candidates up for reelection. This idea has already raised the ire of Republican and Democratic election clerks across the state, who say it would be a logistical nightmare to hold three elections.
The changes would give the legislature more power over the boards of certain commissions, like the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), the state's jobs-focused agency, which has come under a lot of scrutiny for giving the Taiwanese company Foxconn Technology Group $3 billion in tax breaks in exchange for their $10 billion factory — an investment that even the state's Legislative Bureau said the state wouldn't bring returns until after 2043. Evers said he wanted to get rid of WEDC altogether, as it has garnered a reputation for falling short of its jobs promise.
The proposals would limit Evers's abilities to change the state's work requirement laws around food stamps and health care, giving the legislature oversight over any federal waivers the state has received. Walker pushed for Medicaid work requirement waivers and waivers to drug test food stamp recipients.
Republicans want to stop Wisconsin's incoming attorney general from withdrawing the state from a federal lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act, instead requiring legislative approval to do so.
Wisconsin Democrats made a splash in 2018, finally unseating Walker and winning statewide races across the border; Democrat Josh Kaul also ousted Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel. They campaigned on removing restrictions around welfare, protecting the Affordable Care Act, and creating jobs. But the legislature will remain in Republican hands, and those lawmakers want to make sure they maintain power, even under Democratic leadership.
"This is just the legislature, after losing the election somewhat surprisingly, deciding they don't they want an attorney general from the opposing party," says Barry Burden, a political scientist from the University of Wisconsin Madison. "That's just nullifying the election results."
Evers, the governor-elect, has called the attempts to curb his power as "desperate" attempts from people who want to "cling to control."
"Republicans have to stop putting politics before people," Evers said in a statement. "Wisconsinites demanded a change on November 6th. I stand with the people of Wisconsin, and we will be taking any steps necessary to prevent power-hungry politicians from overriding the will of the people."
Protesters descended on the state Capitol in Madison Monday in an attempt to lobby state senators who may be more reluctant to sign on to some of these changes.
But unfortunately for the state's Democrats, it all comes down to Republican legislators and Walker. Some of the bills already don't appear to have enough support to pass, but any proposals signed into law will likely result in Evers staring down years of legal action to try to reverse them.
Michigan Republican's push for more power under Democratic control, explained
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder will have a choice: Will he agree to strip the succeeding Democratic administration of powers his team had?
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Wisconsin isn't the only state undergoing the pains of a transition of power. In Michigan, the November midterm elections brought a total rebuke of Michigan's Republicans.
For the first time in nearly three decades, the top three positions in the state's executive branch will be held by Democrats. And in the face of that, Republican state leaders are using the lame-duck session to push forward government changes that would limit Democrats' power in the state.
One bill would ensure the Republican-controlled legislature has the opportunity to defend state laws in court, even if the Democratic administration is reluctant to do so.
For example, Nessel, the attorney general-elect, has said she may not defend the 2015 law that allows faith-based adoption agencies to decline to work with same-sex couples, an issue that remains tied up in the courts.
Another proposal would shift the oversight of the state's campaign finance law away from the secretary of state's office and to a commission that would include an equal number of members from each party, appointed by the governor at the advisement of the state's Republican and Democratic parties.
These proposals have already sparked partisan bickering. As in Wisconsin, Republicans in Michigan argue that these proposals are just about good governance, while Democrats point out that this sudden dedication to checks and balances comes only when the top three positions in the state will be held by Democrats.
"Those legislators pushing this law should be reminded that the people elect their attorneys general and their governors and such a proposal — should it pass — would have a dramatic and disastrous impact on the state of Michigan and its residents for years to come," a spokesperson for Nessel's transition team told the Detroit Free Press.
When good governance becomes a partisan play
Wisconsin Democrats won the popular vote, but that's not reflected in the makeup of the state legislature or congressional delegation.
These laws aren't on the books yet. But it's easy to see how states like Michigan and Wisconsin could become the next North Carolina, where the Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has been suing for powers that generations of governors before him were afforded.
The question is less about good governance than about when good governance becomes the priority. The intentions here are explicit.
This is about "protecting those reforms from an incoming governor who campaigned to wipe them out," writes Matt Kittle of the MacIver Institute, a conservative Wisconsin think tank. "While political motives are clearly in play, the Republican-led majority does have the clear constitutional authority to call such a session and to pass laws that demand more accountability of the executive branch."
This is largely a continuation of a familiar story in Wisconsin, where Republicans have enjoyed full control for the greater part of the past decade — a power they have used to strengthen their hold in the state.
Despite losing the popular vote this year, Republicans still control both chambers of the state legislature and five of its eight congressional seats; it's the product of some aggressive gerrymandering that diverges from the state's reputation as a political battleground. Democrats managed to break through in statewide races this year, but Republicans are adamant about making sure the platform that won in the state doesn't play out.
"We know from history when Republicans do not like results of elections, they seek to change the rules of how everything else processes," said Analiese Eicher with the liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now, which successfully sued the state over voting restrictions in 2015 decision.
Three years later, they're preparing for another fight.
"We're in contact with our attorneys," Eicher said.
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Most of the life-cycle decisions made by retail banks are fully automated. Small business bankers can leverage these learnings to apply automation to their small business portfolios. The ROI gains may be harder to quantify as the volumes are generally lower. However, there are other benefits to automation, such as cost reduction, speed to a decision, process compliance, regulatory compliance, the ability to demonstrate consistency, and show that effective controls and business monitors are in place.
A plan is critical to identify all relevant steps, assign responsibility and create a timeline. It doesn't have to be done on day one. Start with the simple step of using scores and capturing data. The small business decision-making processes are a combination of tasks that are performed sequentially by individuals. By documenting these processes, you begin to understand how requests for banking services arrive, how they are allocated to underwriters and what credit risk factors are critical to the decision. This initial project should not focus on your most important, mission‐critical business process, but rather with the easier components of the process. Your results lend credibility to your decision to automate and provide the basic understanding you need to expand to more complex areas of your business.
Two of my favorite Peter Drucker quotes are very germane here, first "What gets measured gets improved." One of the key benefits of automation is the ability to capture and analyze data over time in support continuous learning and improvement. The second quote is "There is nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency something that should not be done at all." The move to automation must first include evaluation of your decision-making process. Is it consistent, accurate and efficient? What does it cost? What will you save moving forward? Look at what you are doing now before you proceed to automate.
This leads us to the importance of the design process. While your IT group will be responsible for the technical work to implement your automated system, you are responsible for describing the business requirements you want them to automate. The first step in that process is to create a graphical representation of the steps you want to implement. At each point in that process, you will want to provide a complete description of what happens at that step, what data are required and captured, who is involved, and any exceptions. You will need to know what forms will be used and how they are completed. You will also need to articulate all allowable responses, what type of data and acceptable ranges.
Does this step make sense?
Do we need to continue doing this task?
Is there a better way to accomplish the same result?
What are the roles of each staff member in the evaluation of new business?
How are scores and other decision elements being used?
What information do you need to retain?
Would it be easier to have a dashboard type approach where you could pull together reports on an ad hoc basis?
What key document retention process do you need to have in place?
Can you live with good quality digital captures or do you need to retain hard copies?
Can you link captured documents to the electronic records?
Metrics for measuring success are a key result of automation. How will you analyze your results? Who will receive reports and what support for the process will they provide?
Can you bring any and all of the information up on a monitor anytime you want – such as when you are talking with the customer to get what may have changed since you opened the account? This brings up the subject of not stopping at the business initiation activities start thinking about what you want to accomplish across the life cycle – account monitoring – credit line management – collections – annual reviews – marketing & cross-selling.
Finally, remember you will be using this new system to implement your credit strategy (and track its impact) and you need to plan for the ability to easily change that strategy once you have some reliable results. The whole idea of automation is to provide you with the ability to change and not be married to a single approach once you know you can do better.


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In a family way, Spielman leaves Broadfording
Kevin Dunleavy
Many young coaches — and often the most successful — feel the inevitable conflict.
Family vs. coaching.
To do them well, both require a lot of time.
For Brad Spielman, the boys basketball coach at Broadfording Christian Academy and the father of young twins, it became too much.
After three years as head coach and two as an assistant at the school, he has stepped down.
"I just felt like I was missing a lot," Spielman said. "From October to March, I very rarely saw my kids. It was hard for me. I felt the need to step back and spend a little more time with the family, especially during those developmental years, things you just don't want to miss in life."
So next winter, daughter Emma and son Camron will see a lot more of their dad. They were born 20 months ago to the day, on Oct. 20, which also happens to be Brad Spielman's birthday.
"The first year wasn't so bad because they were either eating or sleeping 24/7, so you're not really missing much," Spielman said. "But going into this past year, it was just hard. I wanted to go to basketball, but I wanted to be at home."
Spielman had a 72-33 record with the Lions, guiding them to three straight Mason Dixon Christian Conference titles. He leaves BCA with a 38-game winning streak against MDCC opponents.
"I accomplished a lot more than I expected in three short years," Spielman said. "That kind of helped with the decision too, making me feel like I was able to achieve goals that might have taken me five, six, seven years."
According to sources, a successor has been identified. But multiple attempts to confirm through Broadfording athletic director Jacob Wyand were unsuccessful.
Coaching at Broadfording presented some challenges for Spielman. School rules and gym conflicts prevented him from scheduling practices on Wednesdays, Saturdays or Sundays.
"It's not like Goretti or Saint James where they're probably able to practice seven days a week," Spielman said. "The month of January was like a blur. We played (12 games) and we had one practice the whole month."
In a league of small private schools, BCA has had an unusual niche in boys basketball, regularly fielding teams loaded with international students, including many talented enough to draw interest from colleges. As a result, most league games were non-competitive.
The Lions also play an ambitious non-conference schedule, including teams from much bigger schools. The schedule bears little resemblance to the slates of other teams in the low-key MDCC.
"You're playing one night where you're basically not trying to use some players because that would run up the score," Spielman said. "And then the next night you run into a team like Hedgesville or Williamsport and you don't have any time to prepare."
Spielman, 32, has been involved in basketball at some level since he was in elementary school. And he won't go cold turkey next winter. He'll serve as a volunteer assistant at Greencastle, minutes from his home, coaching when his schedule allows.
"I'll still get a little bit of basketball fix, but still be able to have as much family time as I want without having to be there," Spielman said.
Spielman does have some regrets leaving Broadfording, but is comfortable with his decision.
"I'm gonna miss being a head coach a lot. It's hard knowing you're stepping away from a position like that and not knowing when you might get another head job again," he said. "But it was one of those things where I realized, I'm still young and I have many, many more years left to coach. Taking three or four years to really enjoy these moments, I feel is more important."
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Today marks 23 weeks with this growing Quintuplet bump. These girls are all like little dancers but they STILL won't let me video them making my belly bounce/pop everywhere…grrrrrr!!!
I used to look forward to every two-week appointment because that meant we would get to do ultrasounds and see our sweet little girlies. Well now…it's so difficult to do an ultrasound, I almost dread the hour (lol…not really but it's just different feeling for sure) and we can barely tell what is on the screen, lol. I had to take so many breaks because its way too hard for me to lay flat, almost passed out twice and had to be given cold packs to lay on…no fun! Every time I move position we have to try to re-identify which baby is which…which then means by the time we are done re-identifying who is who, it's about that time for me to take a break and sit up again….haha.
Well now for the important stuff 😉 All our little princesses are all growing and look great. I love getting these results! They are each measuring around 1lb 1-2oz. My blood work came back showing my Kell levels have NOT gone up at all, Praise God!..but they still could go up at any point, so retest in two more weeks.
We are going to try to make it at home till 25 wks and then go into hospital. As uncomfortable I am, I rather be home but I did tell my doctor it is up to him because I want what is best for the girls. He suggested I go back next week for a checkup, see how me and the babies are doing and if all is ok, we will go one more week at home 🙂 (Challenge accepted….I'm gonna make it!!!) Once I am at 25 wks I will more than likely be admitted, if not next week to start steroids. I am totally ok with this too…just want to make it to 25 wks at home and then my goal of at least 30 wks before the munchkins come out. My blood pressure still looks perfect but the babies are going to start growing at an accelerated rate which will be more painful for me which will more than likely affect my blood pressure, etc and so being in the hospital by 25 wks will help monitor everything is going ok for all us.
The baby room is just about done! Just have one wall above the dresser to finish decorating. It sure is getting closer…and becoming more real. I think the more pain I have the more real it becomes. I had a melt down a few days ago….which I have to say, I am way less emotional/hormonal this pregnancy…which you would think I would be an emotional wreck all the time… lol… but it usually hits me maybe once a week / week and half, when I just want to cry about something…but that still is a shocker to me!!
I am so blessed to have had such a great quintuplet pregnancy this far. I don't think I would be this well off if I didn't have all my worries and the unknowns entrusted in my God. It is such a great relief to know that it is all up to Him and I don't need to worry about anything. I just know this is His miracle and His story we are creating and I truly love sharing it with all of you.
Prayer request: Please continue to pray my Kell levels do not rise, that the quints continue to share nutrition and grow equally like they have been. We also have a lot of change coming up soon, like me going into the hospital soon, and this will be a bit of a challenge / transition for our little Blayke. Pray she still feels the same amount of abundant love from both me and Adam when the time comes.
Thanks again to all of you who follow our journey and all the messages you send to us. It truly is humbling to know WE have touched so many lives.


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Another Pointless MVP for LBJ
By Joshua Ott on May 13, 2012
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So Lebron wins his 3rd MVP and he has yet to win an NBA Championship. Is Lebron really the most valuable player in the NBA? Hell no. He is a stat monster, he is a scoring machine and a physical beast but he is no where near the most valuable player to his team. Maybe I look at it a little different, maybe I think the MVP should go to the player that makes his teammates better and without him the team would be lost.
If you remove Lebron from the Heat they are still a contender, so I ask you, the reader to think about it, does Lebron truly deserve this? Look around the league and really take a look at the guys that do make everybody better and lead their teams. A few popular names come to mind like Durant, CP3 and Kobe. But if you look a little deeper you may just be surprised at who does the most for their team.
Chris Paul took over the Clippers, the laughing stock of Los Angeles and instantly made them a team to be worried about. He is a floor general and can kill you in the weaning seconds of a game. He makes all those around him better while constantly improving his game.
Tony Parker also leads his team; he has a cast of about to be over hill guys and rookies and yet had one of his best seasons and I think due to the East Coast Bias he was not even a glimmer in most people's eyes. His play has rejuvenated the Spurs and he led his team to the best record in the West.
Rajon Rondo is simply a freak of nature, he piled up a few triple doubles, pushed his over the hill gang to into the playoff's and continues to pad his stats all while making sure the "Big 3" of Pierce, Allen and Garnett stay involved in the game.
Kobe Bryant is the heart and soul of the Lakers and he continues to impress me with each passing game. 16 years in the league, 2nd in scoring, he plays monster defense and he will kill you in the clutch. Many say he is a ball hog and a selfish player but he is 2nd on the team in assists. He just passed Magic for most steals as a Laker and without him the Lakers would have not made the playoffs.
I can't say the same for Lebron, I'll agree that he has amazing stats but I don't
Lebron James, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh the proclaimed "Dream Team" during the summer of 2010 has not won anything yet. Maybe they should keep sleeping (photo by Issac Baldizon/NBAE via Getty Images)
feel he makes his team any better than they are now. The Heat with Wade and Bosh still make the playoffs, they still finish with the 2nd or 3rd best record in the east and they don't have to worry about a mental breakdown in the 4th quarter.
I always catch a ton of flack for how express my thoughts on James but I'm not saying anything that my eyes don't "WITNESS" and I'm not the type to kiss up to a player when they have not shown me anything to say without him the Heat would be a horrible team. Yes I think he deserved 1 MVP while in Cleveland but after that I say stop the nonsense.
I will watch and wait for the annual post season collapse of the self proclaimed King as I have every year he has made it to the post season and I will tell all the Lebron Lovers "I TOLD YOU SO" again. Enjoy your individual trophy Lebron, a finals MVP and a championship ring means more than a regular season MVP in my book.
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Rosi's lampshades use beautiful papers which she has sourced from around the world. Visit her website and you can choose both your paper and lampshade size as Rosi makes each shade to order from her home studio. Here she tells us a bit more about how her business has evolved.
Tell us about how you started making lampshades?
I've always loved making things. I studied design at university but after I graduated I got swept up into an office job. I actually spent 10 years working in recruitment and whilst it was interesting, I'd come home and start making things in my spare time. It took me a long time to leave my good, sensible job in order to do something creative. In the end it was having my first child that was the catalyst for making the break. It was time to stop sitting at a desk and time to start getting my fingers inky and messy. My son is 13 now and I haven't looked back.
Did you always know you wanted to make lampshades?
No, I started by making a whole range of different things – everything from dog draft excluders to beautiful, old fashioned Christmas stockings. Once I left my recruitment job, all this pent up creativity came pouring out of me. It was when we moved into our current house 8 years ago and needed lampshades that I had my lightbulb moment (no pun intended!). I've always had a natural eye for pattern and I had quite clear ideas about what I wanted but just couldn't find anything out there that was right. That's when I thought that making lampshades was something I could do. So I did some courses and then people started asking me to make shades for them too and the business just grew from there.
Where do you source your papers from?
My first port of call was a wonderful shop called Shepherds in London that sells paper for bookbinding and runs bookbinding courses. Since then I've built up a range of contacts from Japan to Indonesia. I've recently found some beautiful paper from India that I'll be launching soon.
Do you still make other things in your spare time?
Not really – lampshades are my life! But there are other things I do that fuel my creativity in different ways – things like gardening and cooking.
Museums, galleries….things I've seen over the years and have taken in and stored up. I think that's why there was such an outpouring when I eventually starting making full time.
I work from home in a dedicated studio space just off our downstairs living area. It has two large tables in it and glass doors so I can see what's going on in the house and can keep an eye on the children after school.
Do you enjoy working from home?
There are great advantages in that I can work late or get up early and go straight to the studio before everyone else is up. I can work to a time table that suits me. But that can be a disadvantage too in that I can end up working all the time. I do find it very addictive. I usually work from about 8.30am to 7.00pm.


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Q: Plotly: adding a shaded threshold to a bar plot I have a dataset of sales data in a Pandas dataframe df that looks similar to the following:
import pandas as pd

df = pd.DataFrame({'date':['2021-01-04', '2021-01-05', '2021-01-06', '2021-01-07', '2021-01-08', '2021-01-11', '2021-01-12', '2021-01-13', '2021-01-14', '2021-01-15'],
                  'sales':[1500, 2000, 1300, 2700, 1800, 4500, 2600, 2750, 8000, 1300]})

    date          sales
0   2021-01-04    1500
1   2021-01-05    2000
2   2021-01-06    1300
3   2021-01-07    2700
4   2021-01-08    1800
5   2021-01-11    4500
6   2021-01-12    2600
7   2021-01-13    2750
8   2021-01-14    8000
9   2021-01-15    1300

I plot this data, as follows:
import plotly.express as px

fig = px.bar(df, x='date', y='sales')
fig.show()

I would like to be able to add some shaded 'thresholds', similar to the following:

The thresholds are:

*

*Green:  greater than 5,000

*Yellow: greater than 2,200 and less than 5,000

*Red:  less than 2,200

This would be similar to the fill_between method in Matplotlib.
Is this possible in Plotly?
Thanks!

A: The best is to use add_hrect() in this case.
fig.add_hrect(y0=0, y1=2200, line_width=0, fillcolor="red", opacity=0.25)
fig.add_hrect(y0=2200, y1=5000, line_width=0, fillcolor="yellow", opacity=0.25)
fig.add_hrect(y0=5000, y1=10000, line_width=0, fillcolor="green", opacity=0.25)

A: Add this between figure creation and fig.show():
fig.add_shape(type="rect", line_width=0,
    xref="x domain",
    x0=0, x1=1, y0=0, y1=2200,
    fillcolor="Red", opacity=0.25,
)

This will give you the red rectangle, you can add the other ones accordingly by adjusting fillcolor and opacity as well as y0 and y1 to your needs.
Note how x0 and x1 are given in relative coordinates of zero to one to span the complete figure (because xref="x domain") but y0 and y1 use absolute values.
For further reference, see the Plotly docs on Shapes.

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Roma and Hungary's extreme right: the hunt in Gyöngyöspata
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In Hungary, a village of 2, 500 inhabitants outside Budapest embodies tensions between the Roma (gypsy) community and the extreme right. Since March, paramilitary militia have been arriving in Gyöngyöspata to march the town's streets. On top of that, Oszkár Juhász, a member of the extreme right-wing party Jobbik, has been elected as mayor
81 kilometres from Budapest, Gyöngyöspata is hidden in the north of Hungary. Encircled by vineyards and sunflower fields, the hamlet seems peaceful. It is prim and proper, with gardens bordered with roses and the villagers on their bike: you could think that you have been transported into the heart of a tourist brochure. Crossing the threshold of the church the trance is near complete. The alter is sculpted to represent Jesus' family tree. The virgin Mary overlooks the installation and blesses the visitor. A sense of mysticism might come over any religious cynic. However, the spell is broken when the benign granny there to take care of visitors starts talking: 'Because of the five hundred Roma who live here there are less believers than there ought to be.' Because of… A few words and all of the charm disappears. Return to reality.
Persecution by fascist militia, social exclusion
The fascist paramilitary militia Véderő (meaning 'for a better future' in Hungarian) chose this charming village to be the base for their training camp for two weeks in March. They revisited the town several times up until the summer. Their favourite target was the Roma. János Farkas, head of the gypsy community, describes having seen 'men in uniforms and black boots in the neighbourhood marching to the sound of military songs.' The militia's incitement was the result of the suicide of a Hungarian pensioner following several thefts committed by the Roma of the village in January. This re-ignited debates surrounding the 'Roma question'. It is estimated that there are between 450, 000 and one million Roma in the entire country.
While overall unemployment lies at 10.8%, it affects 50% of this community. The lack of integration is obvious. Most Roma were settled under communism. No effective policy was implemented during the country's transition to a market economy, to support their integration with the rest of Hungarian society. In Gyöngyöspata the Roma live at the edge of the village. With dilapidated houses and dirt tracks, the neighbourhood is much less idyllic than the rest of the town. This observation is often mixed with other data, demographic statistics. By 2050 over 20% of the Hungarian population could be of Roma origins. Precarity, exclusion and demographic pressure make this subject as explosive as a Molotov cocktail.
Jobbik mayor at head of village
The extreme right has grasped the 'threat' which these demographics pose. The Roma have taken on the role of scapegoats. Thus, Jobbik – Hungary's main far-right party – is not entirely unconnected to the events in Gyöngyöspata. Indeed Véderő has come out of the Magyar guard, the party's former armed militia. The organisation was disbanded by the courts in 2009 and its partisans regrouped into other extremist movements. Officially there is no legal connection between the party and the militia. However, the head of véderő, Tamás Eszes, is a former member of the Magyar guard. Despite all this, Jobbik denies all implications. Its official website declares: 'Jobbik rejects all accusations that the atrocities against the gypsies have been committed by party members.'
Following all of this, routine municipal elections were organised in the village on 17 July. With 33% of the vote, jobbik's Oszkár Juhász was elected as mayor. Following him, the candidate supported by Fidesz, the conservative ruling party, received 26%. The Véderő candidate only got 10% of the vote. Without knowing the details of how many people participated, particularly as concerns the roma community, it is clear that there is popular support for extremist ideologies. In the end though, 36-year-old Oszkár Juhász is trying to calm the situation. He has promised to create work for all, without ethnic distinctions. He asserts that he is working on 'ridding his community of insecurity and re-establishing civil harmony between all the inhabitants of Gyöngyöspata, while giving everyone who wants to integrate themselves and work the chance to do so.' Today, the militia have left but the town centre's streets are also empty of Roma. Jobbik has promised to make Gyöngyöspata a town of exemplary governance. The story continues.
Images: main (cc) zatamas/ Flickr; in-text Gyöngyöspata © Laurène Daycard; Magyar Gárda (cc) Leigh Phillips/ Flickr ; video: (cc) eurmedia/ Youtube
Translated from Roms et extrême-droite hongroise : la traque


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Via America's Lawyer: Legal journalist Mollye Barrows joins Mike Papantonio to spotlight disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker, who is facing charges for falsely advertising a cure for COVID-19 via a product called Liquid Silver Sol.
Mike Papantonio: Modern society as we know it has quickly devolved into chaos as the coronavirus is triggering office and school closures, major event cancellations and harsh travel restrictions for Americans. But the televangelist, Jim Bakker, has been taking all this and making it into an opportunity. I have Mollye, Mollye Barrows with me to talk about. You actually have interviewed this, this nutcase in the past, right?
Mollye Barrows: Yes. As soon as I saw this story I thought, ah, this is just so fitting because I grew up watching him on TV. I remember the scandals back in the 80s when he was busted for fraud and having an affair with his secretary and it led to accounting allegations that proved to a conviction. And so when he got out of prison for all of that related to his evangelical empire, his televangelical empire, if you will. It also included, you know, six flags over Jesus, some kind of a, an amusement park in Sout h Carolina. But.
Mike Papantonio: How, so he was, they locked him up because.
Mollye Barrows: They locked him up for fraud.
Mike Papantonio: Wire fraud.
Mollye Barrows: Yeah. He was link, give me your money. I'm using it for Jesus and he was using it for hiimself and his perosnal expenses.
Mike Papantonio: So you interviewed him and he probably called you a demon after the interview or something, of course.
Mollye Barrows: Right. So they sent me to go interview him and I interviewed him one day and then the next day I covered him as he was speaking at a local assembly of God church. And I met his new wife, Lori, and as he was up there in the pulpit, he's like, the media is the devil. They're all terrible.
Mike Papantonio: And she's here.
Mollye Barrows: And this one who was here yesterday, and I'm sitting there in the pew going, I love jesus. I don't think I'm the devil.
Mike Papantonio: Okay, okay. So here we go. Now he's up there telling these, these, these people that I don't even, I don't know who these people are. I don't know who the people are that would send him $1,000 for his, for his coronavirus snake oil. But they're doing it, right?
Mollye Barrows: They are and that's exactly what's going on. So his new televangelism business is based in Missouri and that's where he has been on a show, his own show, the Jim Bakker show, simple to remember. And also on his website touting that he has a cure called silver sol. That's one of the names for this where it can cure various strains of the SARS virus, which is what the coronavirus is, within 12 hours. Said, we haven't tested on this particular strain, but we feel good about it and the government even knows that it can kill any pathogen that comes in its path, including HIV. And so the more you look into it, his whole website, his whole ministry, if you will, his angle is geared towards survivalism. It's the end of times and he sells a whole array of products on his website. Which this if off now, by the way.
Mike Papantonio: Yeah. His, his message is apocalyptic. End of times, you got to do something.
Mollye Barrows: Right.
Mike Papantonio: And I have.
Mollye Barrows: So take the vitamins.
Mike Papantonio: I have, I have some vitamins for you. So when the zombies come, you're going to be okay.
Mollye Barrows: Sure, when you're in your basement.
Mike Papantonio: So this is almost so outrageous, it's even hard to carry on a conversation.
Mollye Barrows: It hurts my heart for the people that spend money on this freak, yeah.
Mike Papantonio: But they do. They do. They spend thousands and thousands of dollars. But the government is allowing it to happen, right?
Mollye Barrows: Well the FDA stepped in, finally.
Mike Papantonio: What about the department of justice? I mean.
Mollye Barrows: Well, you know, they declined to pursue charges way back in the day, when it initially came up.
Mike Papantonio: I understand, politically, it was politically motivated. The department of justice, which is simply nowadays an extension of politics. But even back then they didn't want to go after Jim Bakker because he had this huge following of evangelicals. Are they going after him now?
Mollye Barrows: I don't know. The state of Missouri, now as far as the bigger picture of the DOJ, now the state of Missouri is suing him for basically saying you can't be putting these fraudulent products on there and making these false claims.
Mike Papantonio: But what about throwing him in jail again? I mean.
Mollye Barrows: That is a good point. Now this all just started this week. We'll see where it goes, but I think you're right. I think that's something that needs, there needs to be public outcry over this because he's taking advantage of a vulnerable population. Exactly like what he got in trouble for back in the 80s and he's marketing, taking advantage of their fear and their faith to line his pockets. That's what it seems like to me. And I mean, it's what he did before and it's probably what he's going to do again. But the FDA sent him a cease and desist letter as well because there's a public state of emergency.
Mike Papantonio: But, again, why are we going through all these hoops? Why doesn't the department of justice go down there and do what they're supposed to do? Put him, take him away and say the stuff that you're doing violates some basic laws.
Mollye Barrows: And he's doing what he did back then, they're doing the same thing.
Mike Papantonio: And oh, by the way, you've already been in prison for this.
Mollye Barrows: Right. But I, that's interesting because when I was recapping all that back in, you know, the FTC wanted to investigate him or the FCC rather, immediately, almost as soon as he launched his ministry back in 1979. They found that he was basically misusing funds then. He wasn't, he was, you know, asking for donations and then ended up spending it on personal items or to run his other businesses and wasn't using it towards ministry like he promised.
Mike Papantonio: Well, he hasn't been accused of that here.
Mollye Barrows: No, but the DOJ looked into that and declined to press charges. So you're talking, you know, you're going back almost about 40 years and they declined to press charges and if it was political reasons there, maybe there's political reasons now at play because he's doing the same thing. He's like, hey, I worked for me before. Let me just see.
Mike Papantonio: Can we get you to go interview him again?
Mollye Barrows: I would love it.
Mike Papantonio: Mollye Vigodsky, thank you for joining me.
Mollye Barrows: All right, thanks Pap.
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The only true way to experience living here...is to live here!
If you are attracted to the idea of living on Crete because you love the island then we suggest you really do live in the culture for a while; get your bearings, understand that it is very different and that life must be approached in a different way. Then you may be ready to move forward and take the commitment to buy a property and live in Crete, founded on a secure knowledge base.
Or not: and if not, then you have kept your capital intact elsewhere.
Many people nowadays are able to contemplate a move to Crete and to invest money in a property but we know from experience it is essential to understand the real way of life on the island and not be dazzled by the seemingly endless days of pure pleasure on the beach in the summertime.
Before the arrival of the economic benefits of tourism, life was hard and although Crete, as part of Greece, is now a mainstream European country there are many remnants of the old ways, particularly in the winter - when it is no longer necessary for the local people to tolerate the excesses of the tourist trade!
The only way to experience living here - is to live here!
Long Term Rental is our speciality - partly because it's the way we first came to live on Crete more than seventeen years ago and partly because we see that so many people come to the island who want or need a form of "half-way point" - to try out the idea of living before committing all their money!
There are obviously risks in coming to Crete in the sunshine, seeing the �house of your dreams� and then buying the property - all within a two-week holiday � although apparently some do. A distinguished political and economic journalist and writer on Southern Europe once said to us that one should only invest money in Greece that one could afford to lose. We obviously would not go all the way with this statement but we would remind everyone that Northern Europe it is NOT!
So - rather than take the plunge all in one go, you could consider renting out the house you are in now for a few months and with the income, rent a complete home in Crete for the same period. In this way you could "try before you buy" safely and at little or no cost.
It�s just not enough to sit and listen to the gossip of other expatriates � this is Greece and Greek people and their culture are different! Acting hastily - and falling in love with a particular house too quickly - could lead to repenting at leisure, or even becoming �Trapped Abroad" � at the very least it could mean learning to live with, or to tolerate, the location. The usual indicators we follow in our own country as to whether we like an area or not rarely apply in another country and so it's very important to try the area first - get to know some local people and then slowly begin to commit yourself - or not as the case may be.
We are not connected to any Real Estate Agent - indeed such things did not exist on Crete until very recently - but we can introduce you to several good new ones and then advise you and point you in the right direction.
We do strongly suggest that you take your time over your decision. In the last few years Real Estate companies have opened in the bigger cities on Crete but they have not really arisen from the culture of the indigenous population. Cretan people very rarely sell a property in order to buy another one.
The sale is almost always to finance the costs of children�s university education or older relative's medical expenses, so there is no real �housing-market� amongst local people.
As and when land was sold it would be arranged through a trusted local person who acted as an intermediary, supported by a notary-public and a solicitor to ensure correct documentation. Land valuation was usually based on an objective yardstick of agricultural value such as the number of olive trees on the property and the income from the likely yield - but was always heavily influenced by the personalities involved and the urgency of the demand for the cash.
Europe � notably the British.
Many of these new companies specialise in standard-design holiday homes and act as developers as well as agents. Property values are extremely subjective and often seem to be based on comparisons with (say) the Costa Brava than any real connection with Crete. Indeed, as with Spain in the past, what is often being sold is a �place in the sun� and not a home in and part of the culture.
Naturally the maximum profit is extracted from the developer�s transactions at the beginning and since there is as yet no significant resale market accompanied by low real or general property inflation, the opportunity to make a profit over a short period is very limited. Northern Europe it is NOT!
If you decide to buy then please proceed with extreme caution � land disputes are numerous. Greece is one of only two countries in Europe that does not have a national Land Register or Cadastre � the other one is Albania!
An attempt has been made to create one with EU funds but this has ground to a halt and the EU has withdrawn the funding and fined the government � completion is 2015 at the earliest.
As an indication of the potential chaos, according to Athens News recently the pilot assessment of the project brought forth land claims from owners equal to ten times the land mass of Crete!
So to summarise and perhaps with a slight modification to our quote earlier, �you should only invest money in Crete if you do not then need access to it�.
Try before you buy. Live in Crete for a while with no risk.
Our prices are based on monthly inclusive rentals tailored to the period of your stay so please ask us for a specific quotation appropriate to your circumstances. All contracts and payments are made with/to a British company and subject to British law.
We have almost seventeen years experience of living and working in Crete and we are always available to advise and guide wherever we can. It is probable that we can answer all your questions.


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Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik invites President of India to inaugurate museum, school at Anand Bhavan in Cuttack on March 17th or 18th
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik paid a courtesy call on the President of India in New Delhi today. During the courtesy meeting, Chief Minister invited the President to visit Odisha and dedicate 'Anand Bhawan Museum and Learning Centre' to the people of Odisha. He mentioned that national and international tourists would get an opportunity to visit the heritage building which is witness to innumerable patriotic acts during the Struggle of Independence.
Anand Bhawan, the ancestral house of the legendary leader Biju Patnaik, has been donated by his children including Chief Minister as a tribute to the people of Odisha for their love and affection. And, the State Government has recently converted it into a Museum and Learning Centre, housing various personal belongings of Biju Patnaik, his childhood photographs, memorabilia, other rare personal articles and books, narrating his role in the freedom struggle of India and Indonesia.
Hon'ble Chief Minister also presented the Book "The TALL MAN Biju Patnaik" to the President of India. The Book authored by Sundar Ganesan is a monumental work on the legendary leader Biju Patnaik who was both a proud Odia and a global citizen. President thanked the Hon'ble Chief Minister for his unique gesture and accepted the invitation to dedicate Anand Bhawan to the people of Odisha very shortly.
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There was no shortage of intriguing storylines going into the 76th Golden Globe Awards — and arguably even more as the winners were announced.
In a night filled with surprise wins and a remarkably fresh list of nominees — particularly on the television side — there were few big winners on the night from any single studio or network, with the possible exception of Netflix, which won multiple awards for projects on both the big screen and small screen.
At the end of the night, Netflix walked away from the Golden Globe Awards with five wins across movie and television projects, the most for any single studio or network. The streaming service benefited from a year in which many perennial television nominees — including Game of Thrones and Master of None — didn't air new seasons, resulting in a list of nominees vying for the top prize that included just one show that had been nominated in a previous Golden Globe Awards ceremony: Amazon's acclaimed comedy series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
On the movie side, the night's top awards went to two films that weren't expected to win their respective categories going into the ceremony: Civil rights drama Green Book in the Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy category and rock biopic Bohemian Rhapsody in the Best Motion Picture – Drama category. The decision to nominate A Star is Born and Bohemian Rhapsody in the drama category (as opposed to the more obvious Musical category) was widely criticized going into the show, and the Freddie Mercury biopic's win was possibly the night's biggest surprise, as Bohemian Rhapsody received mixed reviews from professional critics and was left off many major awards' nominations at this point.
Both winning films also came into the ceremony with plenty of controversy, with Green Book widely criticized for its portrayal of the era and the real-life characters the story is based on, and Bohemian Rhapsody earning criticism for its treatment of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury's sexuality.
Despite the controversy, Green Book ended the night with three wins — the most for any single movie — earning additional awards for supporting actor Mahershala Ali (who used his speech to address the controversy) and screenwriters Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, and Peter Farrelly. This made Universal Pictures the only three-win studio of this year's Golden Globe Awards, offering an indication of just how thin the ceremony's voting body, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, spread the wins around.
The two wins for Netflix on the big-screen side honored Roma, director Alfonso Cuarón's film that draws from his own childhood experiences in Mexico City. Cuarón was named the year's best director and the film also took home the Golden Globe Award in the "Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language" category.
On the television side, both Netflix and FX won three awards to lead the small-screen networks.
The sixth and final season of The Americans on FX took home the award for "Best Television Series – Drama," beating Julia Roberts' critically praised Homecoming on Amazon. In a bit of an upset, Netflix series The Kominsky Method won the Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy category, topping the aforementioned The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
Given that Amazon was expected to win at least one of the top categories — and possibly both — it was a disappointing night for the streaming service, which has previously done well at the Golden Globe Awards. It wasn't a total loss for Amazon, though, as Mrs. Maisel star Rachel Brosnahan took home her second Golden Globe Award in as many years for her performance in the comedy series, and Ben Whishaw won a Golden Globe for his supporting performance in the limited series A Very English Scandal.
Adding to the wins for Netflix was an additional award for The Kominsky Method honoring lead actor Michael Douglas, who noted the changing perception of television among big-screen stars that has been brought about by the rise of streaming media.
Netflix took home another award on the television side when Richard Madden won for his portrayal of a British security officer in the BBC/Netflix coproduction Bodyguard.
Although the night was filled with a wide array of winners, there were some perceived snubs in the ceremony's results, too.
Despite entering the night with five nominations and considerable Academy Award buzz, musical drama A Star is Born ended the night with just one win in the Best Original Song category. And despite earning three nominations, Roberts and Homecoming were blanked at the end of the nigh.


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Gridiron 2015 full of entertainment
Until Saturday, I had never been to a Wichita Gridiron performance.
I had heard plenty about it, having applied for their scholarships in the past. This year, I was awarded the Les Anderson Memorial Scholarship and was invited to attend. Boy, am I glad I did.
From the moment Bill Roy, Mike Iuen and others took to the stage singing a tribute to the late Randy Brown, I was hooked on the show. Brown was a career journalist and longtime emcee of Gridiron. He died last summer after a lengthy illness.
Both acts of the show had plenty of jabs at various events that took place in the news. From a coffee barista demanding to talk to a customer about racial tensions, to Louie the Clown making three separate appearances in skits, this show was full of laughs.
The person who was probably made fun of the most was Gov. Sam Brownback. Adam Knapp, a WSU alumnus and former Wichita Eagle reporter and editor, played Brownback in several skits.
The most notable — and definitely funniest — moment with Brownback involved a skit between him and a young journalist, played by Ben Anderson, son of Les. In it, Ben's character attempts to interview Brownback, who suddenly becomes seductive. In short, Brownback is depicted as a gay character with Christian Grey (from "Fifty Shades of Grey") mannerisms. The skit even came with a song describing the gay Brownback's fetishes. The level of laughter from the audience was easily at its highest point during this skit.
Later, I talked with Knapp, who told me the original skit was a little less censored and included having the young journalist stripped of his clothes by Brownback. I think everyone is a little relieved the show didn't go that far.
While the show was somewhat of a tribute to Brown — it was the first show since he died — Bonnie Bing, one of the show's long-time performers, said they were just as offensive as ever. I probably would not agree with that. Sure, there were moments that seemed offensive, but they were all done with comedic effect that worked every time. Gridiron 2015 was full of laughs and full of things I don't think I will ever unsee (gay Brownback, for instance).
There is no way I won't come back for future Gridiron performances.
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