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A Peace Corps Adventure
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It doesn't take long to get to know the J. Grigsby Crawford of 'The Gringo,' his always entertaining and at times moving memoir of a post-college tour in the Peace Corps. We meet Crawford at the beginning of his journey, a bright young man in his early twenties, fresh from college, ready to test himself against the world, and steadfastly confident in his views. For example, we know early on that Crawford is far from an idealist, someone who joined the Peace Corps believing wholeheartedly in its mission. Four pages in, we find his description of the Corps' application process and why it works as it does: "One thing the Peace Corps does to weed out applicants is complicate the process. They don't make the interview or application particularly tough or selective per se – they just make it a pain in the ass." This assessment sets the rough-and-ready, tell-it-like-it-is tone for the rest of the book. This may be a memoir of the "toughest job he ever loved," as the Peace Corps slogan goes, but it won't be without caustic humor, a welcome note in this tale of best intentions gone, if not wrong, then at least slightly off kilter.
After months of red tape and various mis-starts on the way to his Corps posting, Crawford is sent to Zumbi, a remote Ecuadorian village in the far reaches of the Andes. A comedy of high-minded errors, some of which Crawford finds none too amusing, ensues. There's an aborted kidnapping plot in his first host village, a jungle parasite that attacks his testicles (funnier that it sounds), and the thudding weight of an international bureaucracy that deadens the potential for doing lasting good (of an education program he struggles to get underway, Crawford writes, "So I embarked on a several-month process that I referred to as the twenty-first-century Peace Corps experience: living on my own way out in the jungle yet being bogged down with…paperwork."). The point of the book, beyond Crawford's journey to understanding and acceptance, is that the real world is difficult, it must be endured, and that achievement comes with cost. These are valuable lessons.
Crawford often rebels against the fruitless nature of the work he has been sent to do. He complains of the loneliness of his life, being away from his family, and his isolation from women (he's young). He has a hard time adapting to people he finds mysterious and unwise, he grapples with the dirty conditions – he's no fan of the outhouse – and always there are the never-ending Peace Corps rules to chafe against. Of that same education program, Crawford writes, "it became increasingly obvious that the more Ecuadorians were involved, the harder and more needlessly complicated things became." While this may speak to his experience, it's an appraisal that feels uncharitable. But it's his rugged honesty, the willingness to say things that perhaps he shouldn't, that makes this book complete, and something more than a young man's travelogue in uncomfortable surroundings. It makes it real, and worth reading.
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The Word 'Chucklefucker' Can Chuckle Fuck Itself
Madeleine Davies
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There's this word that's recently become more pervasive in the American lexicon and it's pretty gross and terrible. The word is "chucklefucker" and it refers to people — primarily women — who have sex with comedians. These chucklefuckers supposedly hang around stand-up clubs or bars that host comedy nights just thinking and hoping and wishing and praying that some comic, fresh off of a great set about how a lot of dudes in the audience are wearing plaid tonight, will saddle up next to them at the bar and invite them home, back to their hotel room or maybe into the bar bathroom — the one with no lock that never has toilet paper — to make dirty sweaty love, talk about their feelings and maybe even cry a bit.
To be fair, chucklefucker does not at its core refer solely to women, but, if we look at the demographic of the comedy community, which is a traditionally a very male space, I think it's fair to say that women are the ones primarily being labeled with the epithet, which is kind of bullshit. Sure, while there are definitely people out there who do find themselves hooking up with a lot of comedians for the sake of hooking up with comedians, labeling women who hang around with or date comics as chucklefuckers does no one any favors. If anything, it's just a new way to devalue and diminish the presence of women in comedy.
Consuming comedy has always been a big past time of mine and, since I was a little kid and would stay up late with my parents watching the standup specials of Ellen DeGeneres or Janeane Garofalo, writing and performing comedy has been a major part of my longterm career goals. Luckily for me, by the time I actually began actively pursuing these career goals, many of the barriers that women have faced in the industry were already knocked out of the way for me. A woman had been the head writer at SNL, women were some of the biggest working standups around and a woman, Amy Poehler to be exact, was the cofounder of the Upright Citizen Brigade where I decided to learn to write sketches and perform improv. It's also worth mentioning that my classes were generally made up of at least 50% women.
When it comes to female performers, comedy is not the hostile industry that it once was. Yes, it's still predominantly male and there definitely is sexism, but I think a lot of the boys who make up this notorious boys' club have come around and realized how much they benefit from the presence of a female voice. I have received some really wonderful support from male comedy writers and performers, all with a similar message: "We want you around."
Which is why this "chucklefucker" shit is such a major step back. It's a two pronged offense because it both devalues women's involvement in the community and is cruelly judgmental of someone's sexual choices. While I've had some great experiences performing, I also can't count the number of times that I've watched improv teams where the one lone girl performer is consistently forced into playing a prostitute or a stripper or the boring date who only gets to react to all of the crazy (read: stupid) stuff that her male stage partner is doing.
"Chucklefucker" is also irritating for those of us who like interacting with and hanging around comics simply because comedy is what we are into and like to talk about. There are few things more disappointing than when you congratulate a male performer on a good show and he immediately assumes that you're a comedy groupie who is just trying to hit on him. Dude, you just joked for 10 minutes about the time you farted in your roommate's mouth. I laughed, I appreciated your timing, but it did not make me want to pork you.
Then there are women who do date (or occasionally pork) comedians, but the label "chucklefucker" is still needlessly derogatory. More often than not, you date the people who are a part of your crowd and this goes double for people in comedy because, unlike with a recreational softball league or whatever, people who do standup or improv tend to be a bunch of obsessive weirdos who spend their every waking moment performing or talking about performing. Of course, they date and fuck each other. No one outside the community would be nearly so understanding about all the times you screamed out "Del Close" when you came.
It's like you can't win. Go after wealthy athletes or investment bankers and you're a shallow bitch. Go after neurotic, educated and funny oddballs who spend all of their evenings telling jokes into a microphone or writing sketches about people with dicks for noses and you're not a friend, you're not a fellow creator, not a girlfriend or source of emotional support — no, you walking vagina, are a chucklefucker.
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Q: Unblock Mouse Move I'm writing a program that simulates mouse movements for an application, but this program blocks mouse movement. Is there any way to circumvent this problem?
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SendMessage(hwnd, WM_LBUTTONDOWN, MK_LBUTTON, MAKELPARAM(x, y));
SendMessage(hwnd, WM_LBUTTONUP, MK_LBUTTON, MAKELPARAM(x, y));

There is no movement, but if the application is at the top, it sends a left click to the original position of the mouse.

SetCursorPos(x,y);

The mouse goes to the location I want, but then when I send a click it never accepts it until I manually move my mouse.

SendMessage(hwnd, WM_MOUSEMOVE, 0, MAKELPARAM(x, y));

The mouse does not provide any movement when the application is open, but it does not prevent clicks.

INPUT mouseEvent;
mouseEvent.type = INPUT_MOUSE;
mouseEvent.mi.dx = x;
mouseEvent.mi.dy = y;
mouseEvent.mi.dwExtraInfo = 0;
mouseEvent.mi.mouseData = 0;
mouseEvent.mi.time = 0;
mouseEvent.mi.dwFlags = MOUSEEVENTF_MOVE | MOUSEEVENTF_ABSOLUTE;
SendInput(1, &mouseEvent, sizeof(INPUT));
ZeroMemory(&mouseEvent, sizeof(INPUT));

The mouse does not provide any movement when the application is open, but it does not prevent clicks.

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New York, New York, 12 December, 2017– Today Guardian US announces Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as a new contributor and columnist.
Legendary NBA champion, best-selling author, and recipient of 2016 Medal of Freedom Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will write on sports and social issues in America. His first column on Guardian US launches today: The NBA has surpassed the NFL as the League of America's future.
Abdul-Jabbar will continue to write a number of occasional columns on the politics and culture of American sports in the upcoming months.
John Mulholland, Guardian US acting editor, said: We're delighted to have Kareem Abdul-Jabbar writing for the Guardian and offering his unique insights on sports culture in America. After many decades as one of the world's most formidable sports figures, Kareem has emerged as an immense voice in US journalism. We are thrilled to have him share his thoughts with our readers.
Abdul-Jabbar received the Legend Award for Lifetime Achieve and Contributions to Society, and won the title Columnist of the Year, at the Los Angeles Press Club on December 3rd.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's first column for Guardian US can be read here.


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Coral Springs Charter offers Senior Nights. {CSC Athletics}
Author: Matt Rothman
It's been a week for Coral Springs Charter seniors, with three teams having special ceremonies at their games.
The boys' soccer team went 6-11 this year after beating Boyd H. Anderson High School 2-0. They honored Sebastian Cal, Elijah Lenz, Michael Tirado, Santiago Rojas and Christian de Leon.
The women's soccer team did not play, but was still recognized. Their seniors are Rinne Varkala, Ana Mariano and Daniel Mersch. The Panthers have had a dominant season with his 12-3-1 record. They are now on a four-game winning streak, in which he has outdone his opponents 30-0 in his four games.
"This is a special group of young women," said head coach Christine Grassi. "We have seen many of them play their best in high school. Our three seniors have risen to the occasion and demonstrated true leadership on and off the field, We are united for postseason play."
Both teams are looking forward to seeing who they face in the district tournament.
The wrestling team honored both Hunter Perez and Keone Taylor in their match against Marjorie Stoman Douglas on Thursday. Despite losing 57-22, head coach Eric Perez said his two seniors meant the world to him.
"It's amazing how they care about the program and develop new wrestlers into good wrestlers and good people," Perez said. We are very lucky to have them and very sad to see them go."
Both seniors emerged victorious, with 7th grader Peter Mokko scoring the pin facing off against MSD seniors. Preston Lindsay also scored the Panthers' 10–2 victory.
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Southlake also approved a contract for up to $335,000 with engineering firm Kimley-Horn for design and construction services to improve the intersection at FM 1938 and Continental.
Kimley-Horn is charged with surveying the land, gathering data, designing construction plans and overseeing subsequent construction work, according to the agenda packet. The scope of services include designing improvements for street lanes, traffic signals, sidewalk and crosswalk at the intersection and associated storm drain system.
Funding for this is included in the fiscal year 2017-18 capital improvement program budget.
City Council also approved another contract with Kimley-Horn to construct a roundabout at the Peytonville and Continental intersection for up to $212,000.
Funding for this project is included in the fiscal year 2017-18 capital improvement program budget, according to the agenda packet.


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Nezavisne novine: SARAJEVO – The Council of Ministers of BiH established yesterday the proposals of the laws on Fiscal Council of BiH and on Salaries in Institutions of BiH. That was confirmed after the session by Nikola Špirić, the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of BiH.
"We established the drafts of two very important system laws. The Law on Fiscal Council is a condition of the European Union in the process of establishment of a unified economic space in BiH. By Draft Law on Salaries an order is introduced in this area, as well as the principle that for equal work everybody have approximately equal salaries, no matter in which institution they work", Špirić clarified.
Minister of Finances of BiH, Dragan Vrankić, pointed out that the salaries of all the employees of state institutions, including the judges, prosecutors and employees of independent regulatory agencies will be calculated by a unique law.
"The amount of the base of the salary will be set on the basis of amount of an average salary in BiH. We are introducing a principle of a quotient for calculation of salaries, salary grades, but also the variable part of the salary for stimulations and special conditions of work. By that we ensured the possibility for us to introduce an order in this area for the first time since there are institutions of BiH", said Vrankić.
He pointed out that the representatives of independent regulatory agencies, judges and prosecutors complained on this manner of calculation of salaries and asked that they exempt from the law, justifying that by the need for independence. Vrankić, on the other hand, thinks that these institutions will remain completely independent, because the Council of Ministers will not be able to influence the amount of their salaries.
"Agency for Statistics calculates the average salary in BiH, the law established the quotients and a salary grade, and a manager of an institution has a right, considering the conditions of work and specifics of the job, to set the variable part of the salary. I do not see how these solutions make anybody dependent on anybody", said Vrankić.
Salary of the members of the Presidency 5.000 KM
According to yesterday established proposal, the Chairperson of the Council of Ministers will have a salary of 4.700 KM, and the Minister of Finances of around 4.200 KM. The highest salary will be the one of the members of the Presidency of BiH and the President of the Constitutional Court of BiH. Quotient for calculation of their salary is 10, which means that they will receive around 5.000 KM per month. Yesterday established draft law stipulates that Fiscal Council of BiH consists of Chairperson of the Council of Ministers, entity Prime Ministers, and the state and entity ministers of finances. Fiscal Council will be in charge of adoption of global framework financial balance and policies in BiH, adoption of draft short term and mid term macroeconomic policies.
"Simplified, if we had the Fiscal Council of BiH, we would not have so many problems with adoption of the budget", added Vrankić.
Vrankić asked for moratorium on the Law on Return of savings in the RS
Draft Law on Salaries stipulates that quotient for calculation of salaries of police officers in state police agencies is 1.29, but they received special remunerations for night work and for holiday work, as well as for specific conditions of work.
"I think that in this way we became closer to demands of the unions of police officers", said Vrankić. State Minister of Finances also confirmed that he asked from the Constitutional Court of BiH to stop the application of the Law on Return of the Old Foreign Currency Savings in the RS. Vrankić claims that this Law is in contradiction with the complete system of return of the old foreign currency savings and issuing of the state bonds.
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Portland gears up for rat fight
Published:Saturday | June 15, 2019 | 12:21 AMGareth Davis Sr/Gleaner Writer
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From left: Mayor of Port Antonio Paul Thompson, Member of Parliament Ann-Marie Vaz, and Public Health Inspector Samuel Roberts at a special meeting at the Port Antonio bus park yesterday to address the escalating rodent problem in the seaside town.
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The eastern parish of Portland is arming itself to tackle a rat-infestation problem that has taken root especially in the seaside town of Port Antonio, the parish's capital.
"They are just about everywhere. You hear them running up and down in the ceiling and you can hear them squeaking," Public Health Inspector Yizouna Forsythe told community stakeholders in the first of three emergency meetings called to address the issue as the Ministry of Health and Wellness and the Portland Municipal Corporation are teaming up to tackle the issue.
"It is very important that we have these rats under control. Rats are what we call vectors, and vectors are vehicles that can transmit disease," she added.
"When you see rats during the day, you know that there is a very heavy infestation," said Forsythe.
The problem of rodents, which have been plaguing business places in and around the resort town of Port Antonio, has been ongoing for some time, and the public health inspector has urged residents to store their food properly and limit meal sources for the pests.
"So if you eat food that has been contaminated by the urine of the rat, and they have that germ that can cause the leptospirosis disease, then you will come down with it. Proper storage of food and water is important for our safety. Proper disposal of garbage is important. If we eliminate their food source and water source, then we will be on our way to reducing the rat population," she said.
The increase in rats and roaches has also sparked public outcry from operators of restaurants, grocery shops, and supermarkets, who are appealing for urgent action to combat the situation.
Vendors losing
Additionally, some market vendors, including Albert Phillips, who sells sweet potato, mangoes, cabbage, and other produce at the Musgrave Market, are crying over losses as rats continued to nibble on their produce.
East Portland Member of Parliament Ann-Marie Vaz yesterday said that she, too, has suffered as rats invaded her San-San home. She told The Gleaner that it will require all hands on deck to win the fight against the rodents.
"Rats invaded my home and chewed up two of my favourite shoes," said Vaz. "I have been a victim and, therefore, I am in full support of the Ministry of Health initiative to rid Port Antonio and its environs of rats, which pose serious health risks to residents. Along with the Portland Municipal Corporation and the business community, I am backing this initiative. I will be providing, in short order, garbage receptacles so that residents can dispose of their waste properly. "
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Milorad Ruvidić (in Cyrillic Serbian: Милорад Рувидић; Lipolist, Principality of Serbia, 5 April 1863 - Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia, 4 January 1914) was a Serbian architect who lived and worked in the formative period of the Belle Époque that swept the continent and changed the landscape of all major European capitals, including Belgrade.

Biography
Milorad Ruvidić was born on 5 April 1863 in the village of Lipolist in Šabac, Serbia. As the son of Marija and Very Reverend Rajko Ruvidić, he attended the Gymnasium in Belgrade (better known as Realka High School), opting to pursue further studies in technical sciences. Milorad Ruvidić graduated in September 1884 from the Technical Faculty of the Belgrade's Velika škola, with twelve other colleagues who received government scholarships to study abroad. In 1884 he moved to Berlin and received his technical and artistic education in architecture at a Polytechnic Institute, better known as Königlich Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg ("TH Charlottenburg"). In 1893 he returned to Serbia where he entered the Royal Serbian government's Ministry of Public Works, where he was concerned with building construction. Later, he also taught architecture at the Velika škola, his alma mater.

Works

In collaboration with Jovan Ilkić, he built the building of the officers' mess in Belgrade in 1895, inscribed on the list of cultural treasures of the city of Belgrade. In 1898-1899 Milorad Ruvidić built the house of Dimitrije Krsmanović in Belgrade; due to its architectural importance, this building appears on the list of protected cultural monuments of the Republic of Serbia, and on the list of protected cultural treasures of the City of Belgrade; it now houses the Austrian Embassy in Belgrade.

Milorad Rudivić and Milan Kapetanović collaborated on the plan and design of the Serbian Pavilion in Paris in 1900 for the Exposition Universelle. Serbia's church-like pavilion not only presented a fully-fledged statement of state-sponsored notions of national identity but also functioned as a direct ideological challenge to empires and countries alike that it was more than fit to enter into the comity of nations.

The Smederevo Bank building in Belgrade, built between 1910 and 1912 and characteristic of Art Nouveau and in pure Secession style, is on the list of cultural monuments of great importance of the Republic of Serbia, and on the list of protected cultural treasures of the City of Belgrade.

In 1911, Milorad Ruvidić and Branko Tanazević built the iconostasis of the Church of the Holy Transfiguration (Crkva Preobrazenje) of Pančevo; this church, constructed on plans by Svetozar Ivačković, is also on the list of cultural monuments of exceptional importance in the Republic of Serbia.

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Wake up at 6th and Market
As any visitor who takes an antique streetcar through the mid-market district finds out, there's much more to San Francisco than just tourist attractions. Many mayors have tried to revitalize the area with some success, but the stretch is still dominated by vacant buildings, Single Room Occupancies (SROs), strip clubs, and populated by the city's outcasts.
A little after 6am, a young woman in a spaghetti strap tank top is out on her morning run, a skinny transvestite in spandex pants says 'hello,' and a rowdy group who look like they've been up all night has gathered down on the corner of Stevenson Street. The corner of Market and 6th doesn't feel dangerous so much as busy – and almost everyone stops to say 'hello.' A man named Michael wheels over his shopping cart of goods for sale. He's got everything from high heel shoes to a stack of skater magazines from the last decade. Even with his varied collection, he says it's hard to get customers.
"Usually other people don't like shop around when they see street people. They say 'nah,' even if you have something you want," he says.
Soon after, two of the neighborhood regulars nearly bump into us with their shopping cart. The men look like they're in their early fifties, but they're probably much younger. One has a scraggly mane of blonde hair. He goes by David the Lion King. His partner has a costume covered in patches – which is what he calls himself. They say they've known each other for 30 years, and they've spent a lot of that time wandering the streets of San Francisco.
"It's been a long night," David says, taking swig of vodka from the bottle. "It's been a long three nights."
Around 7am, a fight breaks out right in front of Rite Bi. As people erupt in shouts and punches, a small, grizzled man pulls out a big folding knife and starts swiping. The fight unfolds underneath a sign advertising the beautification of 6th and Market Street – a stated goal of former Mayor Gavin Newsom. After a few tense minutes the man with the knife takes off.
Down the street at Sonoma Liquors, the owner, Nick, is busy serving early-morning customers. He's been in the area for 35 years. Speaking about the neighborhood, he says: "It will never change. The mayor himself could change it. He could clean it up. He never come around here."
Back outside a white kid in his late teens stops by the Windsor Hotel to talk with an older African-American man. It's clear they're talking about drugs. A few minutes later the older man comes out of the entryway with something clenched in each fist, and they head up together toward Market Street. They walk past Passion Cafe, a new French restaurant next to the Rite Bi. The "specials" board advertises Beouf Stu Germain with Julienned vegetables. The cafe opens at 8am, just 45 minutes after the knife fight that happened outside its front door. The contradictions continue.
This story originally aired on June 10, 2010. Read more from Sam Harnett's 24 hours on 6th and Market at The Bold Italic.
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element. By far the easy bit.
like to declare these up front really for clarity so it makes more sense for someone when they read the script.
By the way, the if(!isMob) part before declaring the functions was just something to stop the whole menu from doing it's thing on mobile. This was a stipulation from the client on the project I built this for.
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Occupation of Iraq: trouble brewing on the home front
Roberto Sarti
The situation in Iraq and the whole of the Middle East is far from being stabilised. The very fact that there is an army of occupation right in the heart of the region has opened up a completely new scenario. But is not just in the Middle East that the occupation of Iraq is having widespread repercussions. In the USA and the UK, the two countries that are occupying Iraq, the situation is getting worse for their respective governments.
The situation in Iraq and the whole of the Middle East is far from being stabilised. We have repeated this over the last few weeks and recent events simply confirm this.
In Israel/Palestine the so-called "Road map" agreement is facing the first major obstacles with the rift between Arafat and the new Prime Minister Abu Mazen. How far the rift has gone can be deduced from Arafat politely describing Abu Mazen as a traitor of the Palestinian cause! That doesn't bode well for Sharon and Bush who had hoped they had found a reliable stooge among the Palestinians.
In Iran the recent movement of the students has seriously shaken the regime, to the point that the "reformist" President Khatami has declared that he is ready to resign if the people want him to go. (see our recent article)
The old balance of forces that was at least held together precariously has fallen to pieces throughout the region. The very fact that there is an army of occupation right in the heart of the region has opened up a completely new scenario. With the threat of a powerful army just a few miles away from their borders, the relationship between the different countries and their respective ruling classes will never be the same again.
One of the main partners of the US in the region, Turkey, is on a collision course with its old ally. Four months ago the Turkish parliament refused to give the US permission to move troops through its territory to attack Iraq. On July 4, 11 members of Turkey's special forces were arrested by American troops in Kirkuk. The Americans suspected them of being involved in a plot to murder the Kurdish governor of the province of Kirkuk. A Turkish top general said that this marked the biggest crisis ever between the two former friends.
The truth is that Turkey gained nothing from the fall of Saddam, in the same way that they got nothing 12 years ago after the first Gulf War. The interests of the two countries have been diverging in the last period. The Turkish ruling class is in no position to approve any move towards a greater autonomy for the Kurds in Iraq. They see this as a threat to the unity of their own country, where there is a sizeable Kurdish minority. But the US is ignoring the needs of Turkey. The Americans have been working to remove any influence Turkey may have had in the Kurdish part of Iraq. To achieve this they have based themselves on the Kurdish autonomist leaders.
The declining influence of Turkey in the region combined with the deep economic crisis the country is going through will lead at some stage to open clashes between the different wings of the Turkish bourgeoisie.
Mood in USA and UK changing rapidly
It is not just in the Middle East that the occupation of Iraq is having widespread repercussions. In the USA and the UK, the two countries that are occupying Iraq, the situation is getting worse for their respective governments. When we compared events during the Vietnam War with what is happening today in Iraq, what we wanted to underline was precisely the mood that could develop among both the soldiers on the ground and the people back home.
Among the soldiers on the ground in Iraq there is a growing mood of demoralisation and anger. They were told they would be welcomed as heroes. Instead they are prone to ambushes and surprise attacks at any moment and any place. The US soldiers in Iraq are just hanging in there hoping and praying they will be sent home. They realise the people of Iraq do not want them there. This has been confirmed by several reports. In a previous article we already reported on the low morale of the US troops, but now this is becoming more and more common knowledge.
The truth of the matter now is that support for war is actually going down in the US.
A Gallup poll conducted at the end of June found that 42 percent of Americans believed the war in Iraq was going either "badly" or "very badly". Two months earlier, the figure was a mere 13 percent.
Americans also appear more divided over their country's decision to go to war. Another poll released on July 1, found that 56 percent of Americans think the situation in Iraq was "worth going to war over," while 42 percent disagreed. Less than three months ago, in mid April, 73 percent were of the opinion that the war on Iraq was worthwhile.
The war is over but the occupation continues. As time goes by more and more revelations are being published about the blatant lying of Bush and Blair about the so-called weapons of mass destruction. For us, and for most left-wing activists it was clear since the very beginning that the whole operation against Iraq was built on a castle of false information. None of the so-called evidence stood up to serious examination. Throughout the period building up to, and during, the war Bush and Blair kept shifting their arguments. It was clear that they had decided long ago to go to war. The only problem they had was how to justify the war. This was especially the case in Britain where clearly a large majority was against the war.
Lies, lies and more damned lies
We are all aware of the "dodgy dossier", (copied and adapted from a university student's 12 year old thesis!) that Blair used as "evidence" to justify the war. The media is full of all the contradictions, the accusations and counter-accusations on this question. The Blair government has even had the cheek to challenge the BBC on this question, when it is quite clear that they have been lying all along. This is an important question because a lot of people, especially in the US and Britain, were eventually convinced by all the propaganda of the government and the mass media. Now many people rightly feel they have been duped by their own government.
The fact that no Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) have been found yet in Iraq is actually playing a role in shifting sections of the population against both Blair and Bush. We would add that it was precisely because Saddam Hussein had no WMD that the imperialists felt they had the green light to go ahead with their invasion! If there had been any evidence of any nuclear or chemical weapons, the US would have kept well far away from Baghdad. This is what they are now doing in regard to North Korea.
All the recent clashes between Bush and the CIA, the row between Blair and the BBC, reveal that the position of the two governments is becoming very unstable. Even sections of the ruling class are extremely worried about the outcome of the war and the situation that is now developing. They express these preoccupations through the newspapers and TV channels they control.
However, the main danger for Bush is to be found in the increasing difficulties that the US troops are facing on the ground. Furthermore the morale of the troops is clearly collapsing. "We didn't win this war, not at all," said reserve infantryman Eric Holt, on guard outside the Republican Palace in Baghdad. "I don't know what I'm doing here and I don't like what's happening in this city," continued the 28-year-old from New York State. "It ain't right for the folks here. You know, there are a whole lot of our girls getting pregnant just so they can go home quick."
This is just one of the several reports about the worries and the fears of the US troops, published in the Independent on Sunday (July 13, 2003). It continues:
"We're working 14 hours a day guarding and on patrol," a 21-year-old female reservist from Oklahoma said. "I finish and go straight to sleep then wake up an hour before duty, shower and start again. I don't think I can take an extra six months."
The US soldiers are an occupying force in a country where everyone despises them. There is nowhere in Iraq, whether it be town or countryside, desert or mountain, where a US soldier can feel safe. They will not be able to resist this pressure indefinitely.
Yesterday on US television (ABC's ''Good Morning America'' show) soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Division in Iraq were interviewed. We have to remember that these were hailed as the "heroes of Baghdad", being the first ones to enter the city when it fell in April. Even before they spoke it was clear from the look on their faces that they were totally demoralised. Gone was the boldness, and even arrogance, of the early days of the war when they thought it would be a quick sprint to Baghdad and then everyone home. One of them was asked what he would say to Rumsfeld if he could speak to him. His answer was, ''If Donald Rumsfeld were here, I'd ask him for his resignation.'' Another said, ''I would ask him why we are still here. I don't have any clue as to why we are still in Iraq.''
A sergeant at the 2nd Battle Combat Team Headquarters in Fallujah told the same ABC journalist, "I've got my own 'Most Wanted' list," referring to famous pack of cards the U.S. government produced with the faces of the most wanted people from the Saddam Hussein clique. He added, "The aces in my deck are Paul Bremer, Donald Rumsfeld, George Bush and Paul Wolfowitz," the four individuals in the Bush administration responsible for the whole operation in Iraq.
This mood is easy to understand, as now the number of US soldiers killed has equalled that of the 1991 Gulf War, and the perspective is that many more will be killed.
These soldiers expressed themselves freely. They probably believe that being Americans they have all the democratic rights to do so. But the US army central command has a different view and immediately after the interview was transmitted they have made it clear that when a man is wearing the US army uniform he is not free to say things like this. The top brass of the army are clearly worried that if people back home start to see the real picture on the ground in Iraq they will want to "bring back the boys" and put an end to the occupation.
Their families in Texas or West Virginia are beginning to ask the government questions and they are getting no answer. Protests are growing amongst the soldiers' relatives, shocked by the decision of the Pentagon, announced on Monday, that more than 10,000 soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Division would not, as they had been told, be coming home by the end of September. The reason for this is that no one else wants to take the place of the US in Iraq, apart from some minor contingents from Italy, Spain or Poland. India just two days ago said it would not send a promised division that would have added 17,000 troops to the forces on the ground. So the US and the UK are left on their own trying to hold the situation.
This is how the problems in Vietnam started. We have always stressed that the war in Vietnam was not lost in the swamps around My Lai (at least not only there), but mainly at home, where it was almost impossible to find anyone who supported the war.
At present a total of 145,000 US troops are deployed in Iraq, but there is a lot of talk about increasing this number. The cost of war and the occupation of Iraq could easily reach $100 billion by next year. The cost of the war so far stands at about $50 billion, which represents a 14 percent increase in military spending budgeted for this year.
At the same time, the federal budget deficit is exploding. This week, officials are expected to admit that it will exceed $400 billion for the fiscal year that ends Sept. 30, the largest in US history.
In 1991 the US provided the troops and weaponry for the first Gulf War but then the Arab states and Western Europe paid the bill. This time potential donor nations are very uneasy about financing a military occupation, unless they can have a say in the allocation of funds. The US are very reluctant to accept this.
The conclusion that the Bush Administration will inevitably draw is that to finance the recent war in Iraq and the subsequent occupation, they will have to declare a war on the living standards of working class families in the USA. The consequences of this are easy to predict. Big battles between the ruling class and the workers in the USA are inevitable in the next period.
If big problems for US capitalism are being prepared on the home front for the coming period, in Iraq the big problems have already arrived. Over the recent period the spate of guerrilla attacks has more and more taken on the form of an organised strategy.
The farce of the National Council
Several groups and movements have claimed responsibility for the attacks, such as "Resistance and Liberation" and other groups more closely related to the Islamic fundamentalists. A more organised resistance movement is a very important development in the struggle of the Iraqi people to oust the invaders, but it has to be built on a correct tactic and programme.
A guerrilla movement without any link to mass action is doomed to fail. Such a movement can only succeed if it is also linked to the working class and poor. Without a class position and, furthermore, with illusions in some kind of a "democratic", or even worse, an "Islamic stage" in the struggle to liberate Iraq from the coalition forces, these movements will dash the hopes of many workers and youth.
In the meantime the US-run Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) have finally decided to give Iraqis some sort of their own "government". Last Sunday a new governing council met for the first time in Baghdad. It is composed of 25 people - Shiites, Sunnis, Kurds, Christians and ethnic Turks - not elected but nominated by the CPA. The council will have the power to appoint ministers and approve the budget. But Paul Bremer, the U.S. administrator of Iraq and a major architect of the council, will exercise the power of veto on every decision.
The British journal, The Economist explained in its latest issue (July 12, 2003) how the CPA chose the members of the Baghdad Municipal council. It quoted a certain P.J Dermer, a member of the CPA's governance department as saying, "Maybe one guy had 50 votes, the other guy had 30, but [we chose] the guy with 30 based on other criteria."
In a "deeply symbolic" first act, - as the western press have put it - the governing council on Sunday declared April 9, the day Baghdad fell to U.S. forces, as a national holiday. At the same time they cancelled July 14, the anniversary of the Republic, as a holiday. There could be no better symbolic act to underline the fact that this new national council is nothing more than a puppet show!
The Iraqi Communist Party (ICP) celebrated the anniversary of the Republic with a public march, the first for 30 years. However, at the same time the leaders of the ICP were preparing once again to capitulate to imperialism. One of the 25 members of the National Council is Hamid Majid Mousa, the Party General Secretary! We can well imagine what role the imperialists have reserved for the ICP in this situation. It is to be a left cover for their own manoeuvres.
The main Kurdish leaders, Talabani and Barzani have also been given a seat on this council. Faced with the mirage of future independence, or at least a greater autonomy, these two leaders want now to collaborate with a ruthless occupation army, that is hated by everybody in Iraq.
The tasks facing Iraqi Communists
These Kurdish leaders and the Communist Party heads will be given the task of sharing the responsibility of be part of a "government" which has no real powers, and which the American will use for their own purposes. They will try to divert attention away from themselves by unloading all the blame for the lack of facilities, infrastructure, etc., onto this National Council, thus discrediting those who will be part of it.
It is a disgrace that so-called "Communists" are prepared to accept such a role. They should stay out and build up their forces as a genuine working class based opposition party and prepare to lead the struggle against the imperialists. Instead they bend under pressure. This reveals what we have always known: these "leaders" have absolutely no confidence in the Iraqi workers. They are always looking for someone else to do the job. Thus they tail-end the bosses at every important turn of events. The ranks of the ICP should organise to stop their leaders from taking them down this blind alley.
We will say it once again: the only way for the Iraqi working masses to achieve real democracy and liberation is by counting only on their own forces, and on the support of their brothers and sisters in the other Middle Eastern countries. No UN Assembly or anti-imperialist bourgeoisie is going to help them. The aim of the imperialists is to divert the masses away from the decisive task, the socialist transformation of Iraq and of the entire Middle East. This must not be allowed to happen. What genuine Communists in Iraq should be doing is explaining the truth to the masses and preparing them for the inevitable social and class struggles that will inevitably unfold.
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To allow work on specifications for Java SE JSRs to take place in the OpenJDK Community, right alongside the work on their reference implementations, in a way that satisfies the transparency requirements of version 2.8 of the Java Community Process (JSR 348).
Why isn't the existing Terms-of-Use document adequate?
The existing document was designed to cover contributions of code rather than specification material, and the latter must be governed by a different kind of license.
Does this change make the JCP subservient to OpenJDK?
No, not at all! The JCP remains the governing body for the Java programming language, the Java virtual machine, and all Java SE APIs. This change merely allows work on Java SE JSRs to be done directly in the OpenJDK Community, in the most convenient and transparent way possible.
How does JSR 348 change the way that JSRs are managed?
The principal changes are that JSR Expert Groups must hold their discussions on a public mailing list, they must use a public issue-tracking mechanism to record and track their progress, and they must publish their working documents for all to see.
Must all JSRs related to Java SE now be hosted in the OpenJDK Community?
No, but going forward all active Oracle-led Java SE JSRs with open-source reference implementations will be hosted here.
Which Java SE JSRs does Oracle currently lead?
So the mailing lists, web content, and issue trackers for the Expert Groups of those JSRs will be moved to OpenJDK?
Yes, as soon as practical.
The Lambda JSR has been active for quite a while. Will the past e-mail traffic of its Expert Group be published here?
The JSR 335 Spec Lead, Brian Goetz, will do that if the EG members agree to it.
I'm a spec lead for a JSR related to Java SE but I don't work for Oracle. May I host my JSR in the OpenJDK Community?
Absolutely! The best way to initiate that is to propose an OpenJDK Project for your JSR's prototype and eventual reference implementation. Detailed guidance on how to host JSR work related to an OpenJDK Project will be available soon.
Will members of Expert Groups of JSRs hosted in the OpenJDK Community be required to sign the Oracle Contributor Agreement (OCA)?
No, but if they want to make material contributions to a JSR then they will need to do so.
How can I tell if I, or someone else, has signed the OCA?
A list of OCA signatories is available here.
I previously signed the old Sun Contributor Agreement (SCA). Do I need to sign the OCA too?
No, all SCA signatories are now considered OCA signatories.
I'm not an EG member but I want to make material contributions to a JSR specification. Do I also need to sign the OCA?
I'm not an EG member, I want to make material contributions to a JSR specification, and I've signed the OCA. Do I also need to sign the JCP's Java Specification Participation Agreement (JSPA)?
No, but if you want to become a member of the JCP then you'll have to sign the JSPA.
Will specifications for Java SE JSRs now be licensed under the GPL?
No, they will continue to be licensed under terms similar to those used for Java SE 7.
Will I still have to agree to that annoying click-through license every time I want to view a draft JSR specification?
No! There will be no click-through agreements for JSR materials hosted in the OpenJDK Community.
What terms will govern the e-mail discussions of JSR Expert Groups?
The content on JSR EG mailing lists, which will now be public, will be licensed for comment and evaluation purposes only.
What does it mean to license materials for "comment and evaluation purposes only"?
You may download and evaluate such materials, you may post comments on the materials back to locations that have the same terms (e.g., JSR EG mailing lists, web pages, issue trackers, and Mercurial repositories), and you may post modified versions of the materials to those locations. You may not use the materials in any other way.
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How can I tell which terms, i.e., comment-and-evaluation or GPL, apply to a particular mailing list, web page, issue, or Mercurial repository?
The terms applicable to a mailing list will be displayed on the list's main page and also sent to all new subscribers. The terms applicable to an OpenJDK web page or issue will be displayed at the bottom of the page. The terms applicable to a Mercurial repository will be available in the LICENSE file at the root of the repository or, if appropriate, in the root of its containing forest.
Can I forward an e-mail message from one list to another when the terms of the lists are incompatible?
Aren't the specification license and the comment-and-evaluation terms on JSR EG mailing lists inconsistent with the goal of having an open development community?
Some people will consider these terms to be less than ideal. Existing contractual obligations, however, require the use of these terms.
Aren't these terms inconsistent with Appendix A of the OpenJDK Bylaws?
No, that section is about licenses for code rather than for specification material.
Does this change mean that the Java SE conformance tests (the JCK) will be released under the GPL or some other open-source license?
No, but the JCK remains available at no charge for OpenJDK-derived implementations under the terms of the OpenJDK Community TCK License Agreement (OCTLA).
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The Prince George's County, Md., NAACP chapter is mulling legal action to halt plans to open two new high schools for the community's growing population of immigrant students and English-language learners.
NAACP chapter leaders have questions about whether the district's plans run counter to Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark 1954 decision that declared that separate public schools for black and white students violated the Constitution, said Bob Ross, president of the Prince George's NAACP.
"We want programs open to all residents," he said. "Once you spell out a specific group of people a school serves, that's where the problem comes in."
Officials in Prince George's, a school system of 125,000 students just outside Washington, plans to open the high schools in fall 2015. The district, along with CASA de Maryland, an immigrant advocacy group and the International Network for Public Schools, a network of high schools that serve ELLs, secured a $3 million grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to help pay for the new schools.
The schools will join 18 others across the country and two similar programs in the Washington region that are part of the Internationals Network for Public Schools and Carnegie's Opportunity by Design initiative. T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria opened an academy in 2012, and Cardozo High School in the District opened one in August.
According to The Washington Post, Prince George's schools chief Kevin Maxwell said he is unaware of any legal dilemmas with any of the other schools.
Tehani Collazo, senior director for schools and community engagement at CASA, said the district's large comprehensive high schools haven't adequately met the needs of English-language learners.
Each of the new schools is slated to open with 100 9th graders and will add 100 students each year until the schools reach their maximum capacity of 400 students.
In Prince George's, almost 30 percent of the district's students are from other countries, and nearly half of those students have limited English proficiency. About 63 percent of the students in the county who receive ELL support services graduate from high school in four years, nine percentage points lower than the county's overall graduation rate.
"We have work to do and we expect these schools to be part of the solution," Collazo said.
One school, to serve recently-arrived immigrant students, will open on the Largo High School campus as a "school within a school." The second school will be a new, neighborhood high school in Langley Park, which is home to a large Central American immigrant community. Prince George's officials have not revealed the site, but could so early next month, Collazo said.
The Washington Post reports that some parents at Largo High School are upset about plans to make the building one of the locations because the district has not adequately addressed concerns about the quality of education for students who already attend the school.


Leading independent Aston Martin Specialist, McGurk Performance Cars has opened the doors to its new showroom in Kineton, Warwickshire. Boasting 8,000sq ft of display area the showroom is the perfect setting to display the company's extensive stock of over forty Aston Martins and performance cars.
Family-owned McGurk Performance Cars was founded in 2002 by John McGurk, and has quickly established itself as not only one of the largest independent Aston Martin sales and servicing specialists in the UK, but also among the most highly regarded.
Keen to re-use and re-purpose an existing historic building, during the renovations it was discovered that McGurk's new showroom space was previously used by the British Forces to pack parachutes during the war years.
In the last year, McGurk has sold over 150 Aston Martins and performance cars, specialising in particular in the modern classic era from the DB7 right though to the current production models.
Each McGurk car come with a full 12-month warranty included to give their customers complete peace of mind.
That's possible because McGurk cars is entirely self-funded, owning all the cars in its showroom. McGurk says: "we understand the importance of buying right, taking the time to find the very best cars out there, so we're 100% confident in every sale. Unlike most dealers we own all our stock, each expertly chosen to represent the best used Aston Martin you can buy".
Every car is fully inspected by McGurk's own factory-trained technicians, from its own on-site service department. "It's important we offer a full service for customers, from the initial sale right through to regular maintenance, right through to complete engine rebuilds and full restorations," says McGurk.
The Service Department is the only independent specialist in the UK equipped with the latest factory approved Aston Martin Diagnostic System (AMDS), and has the specialist tools and Aston Martin Tech and offers a collect and deliver service or loan car for customers.
Based just a short drive from Junction 12 off the M40 in Kineton, Warwickshire, McGurk Performance Cars is local to Birmingham, Hagley and Cheltenham as an alternative to the main dealer network.


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Monsanto big wig may become US food safety czar
Thread: Monsanto big wig may become US food safety czar
Magda Hassan
Originally Posted by Peter Lemkin
This is a tricky 'hit piece' againt organic foods. First, OF DO have higher vitamin and anti-oxidant levels; Second, they are almost always fresher and tastier; Third, they do not have the burden of toxic chemicals that come with the normal food and add to our burden of diseases and cancer and Lastly, they are GM free. Other than that there is no difference - oh and one more thing - OF support local, small, environmentally-conscious farmers/growers/sellers as opposed to agrobusiness and corporations.
Also it would be interesting to know about the funding and other sources for that research quoted. Due to the changes in agricultural practices the soil quality and trace minerals are also much depleted and most of the nutritional information from pre-war studies are hopelessly out of sync now with the out comes of the new production techniques. You will know more about this Peter.
"I think it would be a good idea." Mahatma Gandhi, when asked what he thought of Western civilization.
The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to change it. Karl Marx.
"Well, he would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies, 1963, replied Ms Rice Davies when the prosecuting counsel pointed out that Lord Astor denied an affair or having even met her.
Peter Presland
Originally Posted by Damien Lloyd
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8174482.stm
Just found this on the BBC, reminded me of this thread
Organic food is no healthier than ordinary food, a large independent review has concluded.
To the extent that there is confusion in public perceptions of the precise meanings of 'Organic' and 'Genetically modified' when applied to food, this sort of study is manna from heaven for the likes of Monsanto - which makes a grizzly old cynic like me just an itsy-bit suspicious that industry funding is probably responsible for it in some measure too.
Using the present definition of 'organic' (ie the growing practices and standards required to gain certification) the difference in nutritional values is debatable and may indeed be marginal. That however is a whole separate issue from the SAFETY of genetically modifying foods.
Arnad Puztai's career was abruptly terminated for demonstrating that tumour and development deformity incidence in rats fed on a diet of GM potatoes (modified to be insect attack resistant - ie producing their own 'insecticide') was vastly greater than those fed none GM. That study has NEVER been rebutted - just obfuscated by people and organisations that the public are conditioned to trust, then quietly swept under the carpet.
Today, Monsanto GM seed supply contracts stipulate that they cannot be used in any scientific experiments whatsoever without the express approval of Monsanto. That is one serious barrier to genuinely disinterested and independent scientific research. In the US the net effect of Monsanto's Congressional approved doctrine of 'substantial equivalence' is that there are no requirents for safety testing of new GM strains at all. Also, their power is such that it is also forbidden by law to label milk (for example) as being GM growth hormone free)
We are already well into a nightmare world of supplier controlled food safety - or rather its opposite - with the EU trying to 'hold the pass' but running out of ammo with no reinforcements in sight.
William Engdahl's latest piece on Global Research is worth reading.
Last edited by Peter Presland; 07-30-2009 at 07:27 AM.
".....there is something far worse than Nazism, and that is the hubris of the Anglo-American fraternities, whose routine is to incite indigenous monsters to war, and steer the pandemonium to further their imperial aims"
Guido Preparata. Preface to 'Conjuring Hitler'
"Never believe anything until it has been officially denied"
Claud Cockburn
Originally Posted by Peter Presland
...Using the present definition of 'organic' (ie the growing practices and standards required to gain certification)....
The lobbyists against what we know as organic farming movement are trying to use the word 'organic' as any in any carbon based life form (a la organic chemistry).
Petition against appointment of Monsanto shill
Here is a petition to stop the appointment of the Monsanto shill to the office of Food Safety.
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o...aign_KEY=27042
GMOs Aren't Safe! Don't Let Obama Put GMO Boosters in Charge of Food Safety!
Genetically modified foods are not safe. The only reason they're in our food supply is because government bureaucrats with ties to industry suppressed or manipulated scientific research and deprived consumers of the information they need to make informed choices about whether or not to eat genetically modified foods.
Now, the Obama Administration is putting two notorious biotech bullies in charge of food safety! Former Monsanto lobbyist Michael Taylor has been appointed as a senior advisor to the Food and Drug Administration Commissioner on food safety. And, rBGH-using dairy farmer and Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff is rumored to be President Obama's choice for Under-Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety. Wolfe spearheaded anti-consumer legislation in Pennsylvania that would have taken away the rights of consumers to know whether their milk and dairy products were contaminated with Monsanto's (now Eli Lilly's) genetically engineered Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH).
Please use the form below to send a message to President Obama, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (oversees FDA) demanding Michael Taylor's resignation, and letting them know that you oppose Dennis Wolff's appointment.
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Canada - No Safety Assessment of GE Corn
Thread has gone a bit off-topic so this is probably best put here too. Press release from CBAN - my emphasis:
Canada Ignores International Food Safety Guidelines
Ottawa, Wednesday July 29, 2009. Today the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN) demanded that the federal government immediately withdraw authorization for �SmartStax,� a genetically engineered (GE), eight-trait corn, until Health Canada undertakes exhaustive and independent tests.
CBAN made the demand after learning that Health Canada has not assessed the human health safety of �SmartStax�. Safety assessment of multi-trait crops is part of the guidelines adopted by the Codex Alimentarius�a United Nations body that develops food-safety guidelines recognized by the World Trade Organization (WTO) and used to settle trade disputes.
�SmartStax,� a multi-herbicide tolerant and multi-insecticide-producing corn developed by Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences, has been authorized by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency but not by Health Canada.
�Health Canada did not conduct or require any testing for this new eight-trait GE corn and did not even officially authorize it for release into the food system,� said Lucy Sharratt, CBAN�s Coordinator. �Health Canada has entirely abdicated its responsibility and just shrugged off the potential health risks of eating eight GE traits in one corn flake.�
�Combining many GE traits together can give rise to unintended effects which could adversely affect health, such as creating new allergies or toxins, or exacerbating existing allergies,� said Dr. Michael Hansen of the Consumers Union in the US, a leading global expert on the potential health risks of GE.
�This GE crop should have gone through a new safety assessment, as recommended by Codex in its �Guidelines for the Conduct of Food Safety Assessment of Foods Derived from Recombinant-DNA Plants� adopted in 2003. Codex standards and guidelines are used to settle trade disputes and the lack of a new safety assessment for this GE corn means that other countries could reject �SmartStax� without running afoul of WTO rules,� said Dr. Hansen.
�Canada is ignoring the Codex guideline to test stacked-trait plants � a guideline our government negotiated. Our standards should be at least as high as Codex, if not higher,� said Sharratt. �This scandal exposes the deepest and most dangerous nonchalance of Health Canada towards the risks of GE foods and the safety of Canadians,�
�Health Canada is protecting the interests of biotechnology corporations rather than the health of Canadians,� said Dr. Shiv Chopra, a former scientific evaluator for Health Canada and whistleblower in Health Canada�s review of Monsanto�s recombinant bovine growth hormone.
�Releasing �SmartStax� without evaluating safety, just a day after the release of the blistering report on the listeriosis crisis, confirms deep structural problems and government mismanagement of GE foods and crops,� said �ric Darier from Greenpeace Canada.
It was potatoes modified to make them 'multi-insecticide producing' that Arpad Pusztai fed to Rats, the results of which when hinted at during an authorised television appearance, cost him his job. Seems to me that Pandora's Box has already been opened and the lid thrown away.
Peter Lemkin
Greenpeace reveals GM contamination trail: from Monsanto's US laboratories to Britain's chicken McNuggets
GM Shipment
'GM-free' claims questioned by new research
A Greenpeace investigation, 'Smuggling GM in through the back door' has revealed a trail of GM contamination which leads from Monsanto's US laboratories to British consumers of McDonald's chicken McNuggets. The investigation also undermines the claims by many supermarkets, producers and fast food chains to be 'GM-free'.
The trail of GM contamination starts when Monsanto's GM soya, grown in the US is transported to the UK via US company Cargill, the world's largest grain carrier. GM contaminated feed is then fed to chickens by Sun Valley, the UK's largest poultry producer, also owned by Cargill. Sun Valley's largest customer is McDonald's.
"A few big players in the food industry are keeping alive a market for GM contaminated food despite widespread consumer rejection," said Greenpeace food campaigner Jim Thomas. " People who have said 'No' to GM food sending ripples across the industry may find themselves unwittingly tucking into an egg or portion of chicken McNuggets contaminated by GMOs."
"What Greenpeace has uncovered is merely one chain of supply. This trail of contamination is repeated time and time again with our pork, fish, eggs and milk," Thomas added.
Soya is the largest US export crop. Thirty million hectares of soya was planted in 1999, mainly in the states of Illinois, Iowa and Ohio. Of this, 57% was a GM variety of soya produced by Monsanto. Monsanto sells the GM soya via seed companies like Cargill. In the US, GM soya is mixed together with conventional soya, either at the harvest or in the grain elevators. Cargill's US soya is shipped from New Orleans in ocean going grain carriers to European ports such as Rotterdam, Hamburg, Barcelona and Liverpool.
At Liverpool, Cargill operates the UK's only soya crushing mill at Gladstone dock. After the material is processed, the oil is sold for human consumption and the remaining GM material is sold to farms and feed mills to provide the staple diet for cows, pigs, chickens and fish. In the UK 60% of all soya used for animal feed is fed to poultry.
The UK's largest poultry producer in the UK is Sun Valley, which has plants in Herefordshire, North Wales and Wolverhampton. Sun Valley is wholly owned by Cargill and through Sun Valley's own branded chicken products, Cargill's control of GM food from seed to supermarket shelf is complete.
Sun Valley is well known for its processed and coated chicken products, such as Sun Valley's Garlic Butter Chicken Kiev, which it claims, is 'The Nations favourite Kiev'. However, Sun Valley's biggest customer is McDonald's, the world's largest and best-known food company, for whom Sun Valley produces chicken McNuggets and sandwich patties. One third of Sun Valley's Balliol plant in Wolverhampton is given over to producing food for McDonald's.
Despite McDonald's claims that they aim to go 'GM-free', when pressed on the issue of GM animal feed, McDonald's is less keen, blaming feed suppliers for the lack of non GM-feed. (1)
"Consumers don't want excuses, they want food free of GM contamination. Other food retailers are already taking action. McDonald's has the same opportunity," said Thomas.
The investigation into animal feed follows on from the launch of a major campaign by Greenpeace to stop GMOs contaminating the food chain and the environment through the 'back door' as animal feed. The 'True Feed campaign' began with a national newspaper advertising campaign featuring chickens fed on GM animal feed.
Greenpeace has also demonstrated internationally against US exports of GM animal feed. Today (Wednesday) in Hamburg, Greenpeace volunteers positioned themselves in the water in front of freighter Unison bringing in corn gluten feed from the US. On Tuesday Greenpeace volunteers blocked a railroad from Veracruz harbour in Mexico to prevent a train loaded with GE maize from leaving the port. During the past week the organisation has also demonstrated in the US and France against GM exports.
"Greenpeace is opposed to the pollution of our food chain and environment by GM crops. GM animal feed is another step along the contamination trail. It's time to stop the planting and export of these crops and insist that the animals that provide our meat and dairy products, are reared on a GM-free diet," said Thomas.
(1) In a letter to Greenpeace 05.11.99, Mike Love, Director of Communications for McDonalds wrote: "There are difficulties of segregation within the animal feed supply chain industry-wide and therefore we currently don't make a specification regarding GM ingredients in animal feed."
Greenpeace press office on: 020 7865 8255
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will." - Frederick Douglass
"Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws. - Mayer Rothschild
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
A Cancerous Conspiracy to Poison Your Faith in Organic Food
Despite its obvious benefits for our health and for the environment, organic food continues to be denigrated by the political and corporate establishment in Britain. The food industry, in alliance with pharmaceutical and big biotechnology companies, has waged a long, often cynical campaign to convince the public that mass-produced, chemically-assisted and intensively-farmed products are just as good as organic foods, despite mounting evidence to the contrary.
What is truly misguided is not the increasing popularity of organic goods, but the Food Standards Agency�s determination to instead promote genetic modification. By Johanna Blythman
The latest assault in this propaganda exercise comes from the Food Standards Agency, the government�s so-called independent watchdog, which has just published a report claiming that there is no nutritional benefit to be gained from eating organic produce.
Those forces bent on promoting GM crops and industrialised production, would have been delighted by the widespread media coverage of the Agency�s report, portraying enthusiasm for organic foods as little more than a fad among neurotic consumers that would pass once the public is given the correct information.
But what is truly misguided is not the increasing popularity of organic goods, but the Food Standards Agency�s determination to halt this trend and instead promote genetic modification.
The new report from the FSA highlights this. For all the publicity it has attracted, the document does not contain any new material.
In fact, it is just an analysis of existing research carried out by other bodies. Moreover, the organisation that conducted this second-hand study, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, is not renowned as a leading centre in this field.
Indeed, there is far more significant work currently being done on organic foods by several other bodies, some of it funded by the European Union, though the FSA has chosen to ignore it.
It is difficult to avoid the conclusion that the FSA has decided to give such loud backing to this report because it can bend the findings to suit its political, pro-GM, anti-organic agenda.
Ever since its creation in 2000, the Food Standards Agency has been biased against organic farming. The first chairman, Sir John Krebs, was supportive of the biotechnology lobby and only too keen to promote GM as the future of farming.
In fact, one early review of the FSA�s work, by the Labour peer Baroness Brenda Dean, warned there was a risk of the Agency losing its �objectivity� and �rigour� in its support for GM crops and its opposition to organic production.
The departure of Sir John Krebs has not brought any change in policy, since the Agency is now largely run by plodding bureaucrats all too keen to follow the correct official corporate line.
Yet even in the context of the latest report from the FSA, the spin does not match the reality. For, contrary to all the hype this week, the Agency�s own published research shows that organic foods are clearly far better for the consumer even just in nutritional terms.
According to the FSA�s findings, organic vegetables contain 53.6 per cent more betacarotene - which helps combat cancer and heart disease - than non-organic ones.
Similarly, organic food has 11.3 per cent more zinc, 38.4 per cent more flavonoids and 12.7 per cent more proteins.
In addition, an in-depth study by Newcastle University, far deeper than the one conducted by the FSA, has shown that organic produce contains 40 per cent more antioxidants than non-organic foods, research the FSA appears to have overlooked.
But the concentration solely on nutrition is to play into the hands of the anti-organic, pro-industrial lobby.
As most of the British public understands, but the FSA fails to acknowledge, the benefits of organic food go far beyond this narrow point.
The fact is that organic production is much better for personal health, food quality, the environment and the welfare of livestock.
Organic farming works in tune with the rhythms of the earth, gently harnessing the changing seasons, the natural cultivation of crops or the rearing of animals for our benefit.
In contrast, the vast biotech, processed food industry is at permanent war with nature, continually trying to manipulate, overwhelm and conquer. Organic farming is all about harmony, non-organic about chemicalised ascendancy.
The most obvious way this difference is manifested is in the use of pesticides on crops, banned from organic farming but eagerly promoted by big industry.
Fifty years ago, agro-chemicals hardly existed in British farming, but today they dominate this sector. But their rise has not been without justifiable concerns about the side-effects.
There is now a wealth of evidence to show that pesticides not only poison the soil and harm wildlife, but also promote cancer and a host of other diseases because of their toxicity.
This is, after all, only common sense. Anything that can kill insects is bound to have an impact when consumed by humans.
It has been shown that ordinary pears are sprayed with pesticides no fewer than 17 to 18 times during one seasonal growing cycle. A third of all the food we eat, and no less than half of all our fruit and vegetables, contains such chemicals.
The Government airily dismisses any worries about the risks, but this kind of complacency is based on old, outdated science.
As the agro-chemical industry tightens its grip, the worse the dangers become. Organic farming, however, offers the opportunity to eat without these dangers. All organic food is free from chemical residues and thus the health threats are much lower.
Even the most die-hard GM enthusiast would have to admit that organic meat, fruit and vegetables taste much better than the mass-produced fare turned out by major suppliers.
Non-organic produce is not just grown with chemicals, it is also filled with additives, colourings, flavourings, salt and water simply so it has an acceptable appearance to the consumer once it reaches the shelves.
Again, this battery of synthetic additives which appears in many processed foods, ready meals and take-aways has a detrimental effect on our health, something that is avoided with organic produce.
Intensive farming also has a brutal impact on the well-being of animals, which in turn undermines both the quality of meat and our own health.
Organic poultry, eggs and bacon not only taste much better, but they have also not been pumped full of growth hormones and antibiotics, like industrialised produce.
Putting pigs and hens in battery cages inside vast hangars is a sure recipe for the spread of disease, akin to locking up a large group of children in an overheated, overcrowded nursery.
In this environment, the only way to combat germs is to dish out the antibiotics, but there are now scientific concerns that the overuse of such chemicals is weakening resistance in animals and also reducing the effectiveness of antibiotics among humans.
Giving animals a decent life through organic, traditional husbandry is better for them - and for us. All the cheerleading for the agro-chemical giants cannot hide the fact that industrialised farming represents a cul-de-sac for mankind.
We cannot go on as we are, pumping chemicals into our livestock and into the earth. The future has to be organic.
If it has any genuine interest in nutrition, the Food Standards Agency would be supporting a shift away from intensification, not pushing for more of it.
The FSA was meant to be an organisation for improving our food. Now it is just getting in the way.
Johanna Blythman is a British investigative food journalist and writer. As of 2006, she has won five Glenfiddich Awards for her writing as well as numerous other awards for her work in general. Her better known books include The Food We Eat, Shopped, How to Avoid GM Food and The Food Our Children Eat.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
Laboratory rats offered GM and non-GM foods, always choose non-GM foods.....and as in the Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy are more intelligent than humans.
GM foods are just 'normal' foods, with some special genetic component.....for example this GM pumpkin - normal?!
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A welcome return of the hugely entertaining trombone virtuoso with ex-Fall guitarist Dave Tucker.
Alan Tomlinson has been active since the '80s in the European improvised music scene – he was a long time member of Barry Guy's London Jazz Composers Orchestra and plays with the London New Wind Ensemble. Recent episodes in his musical odyssey have included playing with a fish and chip van on its round and in a sewer outlet.
Dave Tucker started performing and recording in the mid-'70s recording with Mellatron and in the early '80s recording and touring with The Fall.
He studied Improvisation under Phillip Wachsmann while performing with Andy Sheppard, Johnny Dyani, John Stevens, Dudu Pukwana and Bobby Bradford. In 1992 started performing with Alan Tomlinson Trio and Scatter.
Over the years has performed within groups and solo in North and south America, Europe and Russia.
Bettina Schroeder, who is also a member of the Jerico Orchestra, plays electric Ukulele with various preparations and treatments. James Smith moves between spoken word, guitar and extreme mixing of original material via CD deck and effects. They have performed as a duo regularly at the club Scaledown in London's Fitzrovia, and have also appeared on Resonance FM.


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Q: How to use `Searchkick.multi_search` along with `with_highlights`? undefined method `with_highlights' We're trying to optimize our search requests by making a single bulk search, so we're trying to use Searchkick.multi_search. However, it only returns Searchkick::Query with the results populated in a results attribute, as a regular Array.
Then, now if I try results.with_highlights... it fails with
undefined method `with_highlights' for #<Array:0x000055a82a7440f0>

Or if I try on the search_query.with_highlights it fails with
undefined method `with_highlights' for #<Searchkick::Query:0x00007f47c5d0cde8>

How can I get the highlights when using multi_search?

A: Updated Answer for Searchkick 4.6.1+
Talked to Ankane from Searchkick here https://github.com/ankane/searchkick/pull/1518. He ended up releasing a new version with fixes to this then the original answer here is only valid up to  Searchkick version 4.6.0.
For 4.6.1+ just do:
  groups = Group.search(query, execute: false)
  users = User.search(query, execute: false)

  Searchkick.multi_search([groups, users])

  highlighted_groups_results = groups.with_highlights(...
  ...

Original answer for 4.6.0-
Got it!
After diving into the Searchkick codebase and checking the Searchkick::Query implementation, discovered that the execute method is what I need.
def execute
    @execute ||= begin
                     begin
                       response = execute_search
                       if retry_misspellings?(response)
                         prepare
                         response = execute_search
                       end
                     rescue => e # TODO rescue type
                       handle_error(e)
                     end
                     handle_response(response)
                   end
end

https://github.com/ankane/searchkick/blob/230ec8eb996ae93af4dc7686e02555d995ba1870/lib/searchkick/query.rb#L101
handle_response(response) is exactly what we need for making with_highlights work.
Then my final implementation ended up being something like the following:
groups = Group.search(query, execute: false)
users = User.search(query, execute: false)

Searchkick.multi_search([groups, users])

# execute here won't do any additional requests as it's already cached in an instance variable @execute
highlighted_groups_results = groups.execute.with_highlights(...
...


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Texas Waffle House Employee Who Caught Chair In Fight Speaks Out
Greg Atoms Published: January 3, 2023
Youtube via TYT Sports
The video of a fight at a Waffle House in Austin, Texas spent the last few weeks of 2022 becoming a viral sensation. In fact, it was probably one of the most viral videos of the entire year, and it only started gaining steam in December.
Maybe more surprising is that the video wasn't new. It didn't happen in 2022. The fight shown in the video was actually from 2021. But when it was reposted to social media in December of 2022, it took off. The video caught fire not because its a Waffle House fight, there are tons of those online. The thing that separated this video was the employee who had a chair thrown at her head. She became an online legend because the video clearly shows her catching the chair out of the air, and throwing it off to the side like a hero in a Marvel movie.
Here's the video, there is a lot of NSFW language in it, so be mindful with your speakers...
The employee not only caught the chair, but stood her ground, which is something many online point to as a reason to love her. There's another shot of the video that shows her taunting the attackers after she deflected their chair shot.
Because of her portrayal in this viral video, the internet fell in love. She's got new nicknames, like Waffle House Wendy, The Last Chairbender, and The Waffle House Avenger. Fanart has even started to appear online:
While celebrities have also jumped in on the viral sensation. Including super hero icon Lynda Carter, the original Wonder Woman. Who took a moment to share her support in a tongue-in-cheek way...
But even though the internet loves Waffle House Wendy, the company who she was working for when she was attacked doesn't seem to like her too much. In fact, according to the woman in the video, Waffle House has "blacklisted" her. She's no longer able to work at a Waffle House again.
The former Waffle House employee, known as Halie on her Youtube, posted a video sharing her side of the story. Touching on how the fight started, and what the aftermath was. Here is her side of things:
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Herbert "Herb" E. Howe Jr.
Herbert "Herb" E. Howe Jr., 70, of Lincoln, died Nov. 4. Howe retired in 2007 after working for 38 years at UNL — the first 20 as a professor of psychology; the last 18 as associate to the chancellor and chief of staff in the Office of the Chancellor.
Howe served UNL chancellors Martin Massengale, Graham Spanier, James Moeser and Harvey Perlman. He ranks as the longest-serving associate to the chancellor in university history.
"The university periodically is blessed with a truly 'good citizen,' someone who gets up everyday thinking about what he could do to make the university better without seeking any personal recognition. Herb Howe was such a person," said Chancellor Harvey Perlman. "He should be a central figure when the history of the university is written. He will be sorely missed."
Howe was born Oct. 15, 1942 in Plainfield, N.J. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in psychology, from Allegheny College in 1964. He received a Master of Science degree in 1967 and a doctorate in psychology in 1969, both from Penn State University.
Howe worked as a clinical psychology intern at the Veterans Administration hospital in Lyons, N.J., from August 1968 to September 1969.
Howe began his UNL career in 1969 as an assistant professor with joint appointments in English and psychology. He also served as director of the Psychological Consultation Center in the Department of Psychology (1973-1975) and director of UNL's Clinical Psychology Program (1975-1981).
He advanced to associate professor of psychology in 1974 and was promoted to the rank of professor in 1980.
Howe was chairman of the psychology department from 1981 to 1988. Massengale recommended Howe be appointed interim associate to the chancellor in 1988. He replaced John Peters who became interim dean of Arts and Sciences.
During his tenure as faculty, Howe also served as a psychologist with the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex and the Veterans Administration Hospital in Omaha.
In retirement, Howe was a major supporter and promoter of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, a program of the College of Education and Human Sciences. Under his leadership, the organization experienced significant growth in membership and programming.
With his enormous first-hand knowledge of the history of UNL, Howe was selected to participate in the Oral History series, a collaborative effort between the UNL Emeriti Association, Nebraska Alumni Association and University Libraries. Howe's Oral History interview is available at http://go.unl.edu/howe.
Howe is survived by his wife of 48 years Susan W. Howe; three children, son David Howe, daughter Robin Howe, and daughter and son-in-law Cindy and Brian Johnson; four grandchildren, Jared and Kyle Johnson, and Joshua and Wesley Howe; brother Wesley Howe; and sister Clarice Howe-Johnson.
Memorials are suggested to either Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNL, the Friendship Home or the American Red Cross.