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Michigan Valuable Lesson Against Government Economic Efforts
By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Fri Jan 27, 2012 at 09:09:14 AM EST
Tags: Michigan, Privatization, Government, Economic Development, Trains, Lighthouses, Bridges, Mackinac Center (all tags)
Reposted From MTTM ~
Yesterday was Michigan's birthday.
Our state has undergone a great deal of change over the last 175 years, and today can serve well as a history lesson for the country and itself. Especially given the recent discussion with regard to government owned bridges, light rail, and other stimulus & economic development efforts funded with tax dollars, we should certainly note that some things never change.
The Mackinac center in 1998, published a piece that needs to be read again.
Below the fold.
Michigan: Privatization Pioneer
By Dr. Burton W. Folsom | March 1, 1998
During the 1830s and 1840s, the new state of Michigan became part of a national debate on privatization.
Railroads and steamships were transforming the way Americans did business. Many believed that massive government aid--state or federal--was needed to make the U.S. competitive and efficient. A government subsidized steamship company sent ships every other week from New York City to Liverpool, England. Congress also put the building of lighthouses under the Treasury Department and funded them out of general revenue. The subsidized steamships--and all other ships for that matter--could use the newly built lighthouses and it all seemed to be free of charge.
In this flurry of government activity, Michigan eagerly joined the crowd. "Extortion from the public" was the phrase that Stevens T. Mason, the state's first governor, used to describe a privately funded railroad. Under Mason's direction, the state of Michigan sold $5 million in bonds to fund several railroads and canals. When the dust settled, they had lost so much money that the young state almost went bankrupt.
For example, the Michigan Central Railroad, projected to run from Detroit to St. Joseph, was built poorly and with cheap materials. Its trains were overloaded and run twice as fast as recommended. The locomotives, cars, and rails, therefore, were quickly destroyed by the constant bouncing of heavy loads on flimsy track.
The Michigan Southern, which was supposed to go from Monroe to New Buffalo, fared even worse. The bidding and contracting for building the railroad were rigged by political insiders. On one hand, large cost overruns plagued the road; on the other hand, the road was so poorly constructed that it was almost worthless. The road bed was too shaky, the curves too sharp, and the materials too rotten to carry trains or cargo. The Michigan Southern lost money during every year of state operation.
When the government builds a project, the incentives are different from private enterprise. Satisfying political interests is often more important to legislators than building a railroad that is profitable and well constructed. State builders use taxpayers' money, not their own. If the road fails, it's the state, not the builders, with empty pockets. The Michigan story is full of accounts of padded vouchers, illegal bidding, cost overruns, and the stealing of materials by contractors and even by the citizens themselves. Since no one actually owned the railroads, no one felt the responsibility to take care of them.
"Extortion from the public" was the phrase that Stevens T. Mason, the state's first governor, used to describe a privately funded railroad.
Judge Thomas Cooley, Michigan's most famous 19th century lawyer and a president of the American Bar Association, observed this waste firsthand. He wrote about it later and said, "By common consent it came to be considered that the State in entering upon these works had made a serious mistake." The people of Michigan, Cooley reported, became convinced "that the management of railroads was in its nature essentially a private business, and ought to be in the hands of individuals." In 1846, therefore, the state of Michigan abandoned all the canals and sold the Central and Southern, which were only partly completed, to private investors. The new owners had to promise to rebuild most of the lines and complete them to the Chicago area. From this distress sale, the state recovered one-half of its $5 million investment and ended its headaches from being in the railroad business.
Meanwhile, the federal government was learning its lesson, too. The federal steamship subsidy mainly went to Edward Collins, who charged high prices for shipping and lost much of his trade to private shippers, who competed effectively with him even without subsidies. The last straw for Collins was when he crashed half of his fleet--killing hundreds of innocent passengers and destroying millions of taxpayer dollars. After more than a decade of abuse, Congress privatized the steamship business in 1858. "The whole system was wrong," concluded Senator Robert M. T. Hunter of Virginia. "It ought to have been left, like any other trade, to competition."
The federally funded lighthouses, which were supposed to guide the steamships, also produced dim results. The Fresnel lens, invented in 1822, put out a powerful light and was a major advance over earlier lenses. All major countries adopted it quickly, except for the United States. In the U.S., Stephen Pleasanton, the General Superintendent of Lights, refused to adopt the new and improved lens because his good friend Winslow Lewis was the supplier of an inferior style of lenses. Hundreds of shippers petitioned Congress to improve safety and adopt the Fresnel lens, but Pleasanton blocked their paths. Meanwhile, ships and lives were lost each year from poorly lighted beacons on the shore. Only when Pleasanton was finally overruled by Congress in 1852 did the U.S. begin installing Fresnel lenses.
If lighthouses had been a private enterprise, the Fresnel lens would have been quickly adopted. Few owners would have risked losing business to innovative competitors.
By the 1850s, the forces of privatization and free enterprise began winning the battle of ideas in the United States. The state-funded railroads, the federally funded steamships, and the federally owned lighthouses sent clear messages that government aid was a hindrance, not a help, to economic development. The privatization of railroads and steamships cut prices and improved safety. In the atmosphere of relative laissez-faire that followed, not only Michigan but the whole United States moved toward becoming that beacon of freedom that shined brightly and attracted immigrants from all over Europe.
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by grannynanny on Fri Jan 27, 2012 at 09:23:38 AM EST
graft and corruption of taxpayer money was taking place LONG before Detroit made it "fashionable".
I read this article yesterday and I had always thought that the liberal/marxist ideals infiltrated our government during/after WWI. I was surprised that it was already on our shores this early.
I was always been a history buff - mainly US history but know my interest is peaked and I will start researching more of our Michigan history.
Like history? by Corinthian Scales, 01/27/2012 09:35:08 AM EST (none / 0)
Thusly... (none / 0) (#3)
by Corinthian Scales on Fri Jan 27, 2012 at 10:19:08 AM EST
...the advent of the Public Private Partnership.
What do Michigan Legislators and more importantly the public on both sides of the river really know about Public/Private Partnerships. Not much I will bet.
I have ranted on here how taxpayers are ripped off by P3 operators giving some of the reasons why I felt that way. I have also tried to deal with some of the arguments used by P3 sycophants to support the concept. Moreover, I have shown how politicians can become hooked by P3 cocaine.
It is much more serious an issue for us in Canada frankly because many of our Governments believe in the concept even though Auditor General Reports have demonstrated how much extra these P3 projects cost taxpayers. If you recall, the failed bridge project in British Columbia was supposed to be a P3 project but when the Government took it over and handled the financing itself, it saved about a billion taxpayer dollars even though it used the same contractors!
There really has been no debate in Michigan about whether P3′s make sense or not. In fact, the whole concept of P3′s was buried, I think deliberately, in the debate dealing with the new DRIC Bridge. If the DRIC P3 had passed, then just as surely as you are reading this Article, P3 legislation would be introduced for everything. I am sure that you remember how broadly Jenny's Bill was supposed to be in dealing with transportation facilities. It covered just about everything imaginable. All that happened was that it was now going to be a two-step process: DRIC first, everything else later.
The obvious reason as far as I'm concerned is that MDOT is looking to P3 many of the roads in Michigan in order to make what they thought would be huge windfall revenues so that they need not bother dealing with the Legislature any further with respect to budgetary matters. They would have the cash to do whatever they wanted to do received from the P3 operators without legislative oversight. They were seduced by Canada who held out the huge riches that could be made using the examples of Chicago and Indiana.
Do you really understand now why MDOT representative went to Australia to meet with people who are very familiar with P3s.
Rest here.
Lansing had best be reading those 13 transportation bills with a magnifying glass.
Jason, you are so unenlightened. (none / 0) (#4)
by Rougman on Fri Jan 27, 2012 at 10:53:50 AM EST
Sorry Jason. Corporations are evil. Profit is evil. Wealth is evil. Even bolls are weevil.
OCCUPY RIGHT MICHIGAN!
Sorry. by JGillman, 01/27/2012 04:44:19 PM EST (none / 0)
And, let's not forget... by Corinthian Scales, 01/27/2012 05:32:15 PM EST (none / 0)
Government involvement in the marketplace (none / 0) (#5)
by Bruce on Fri Jan 27, 2012 at 11:49:41 AM EST
might be bad, but as President Obama said, even though unemployment is high it would have been much higher if we hadn't thrown trillions of dollars somewhere... just don't ask me to prove it.
+ published a piece that needs to be read again.
+ Dr. Burton W. Folsom
+ Also by JGillman


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Marjorie P. Woolard, age 70, died Wednesday, June 9, 1999. Born in Goldsboro, N.C., she had resided in Hampton for the past 37 years, where she was a member of Langley Baptist Church.
Preceded in death by her father, Clarence Blackman, she is survived by her husband of 37 years, Linyear N. Woolard; two sons, Chester "Whitey" Pope, and his wife, Connie, and Timmy Woolard, and his wife, Shirley; mother, Edna Blackman; sisters-in-law, Marjorie Tice and Alice Woolard; aunt, Gladys Blackman; grandchildren, Shanon "Nikki" Woolard, Chuck Sandford, Mandy Sandford, Leonard C. Pope Jr., and his wife, Kathy, and Tere M. Clark, and his wife, Jennifer; and two great-grandchildren, Makensey Clark and Ashtyn Clark.
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Voters sent a message in November by splitting government control between Democrats and Republicans: They want people of different backgrounds to come together and solve our problems. This applies to big-ticket items and to matters that might not find their way onto the front page.
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The curbing of the illegal wildlife trade has made great progress over the years, with bipartisan support from the White House and Congress. President Richard Nixon signed legislation passed by a Democratic Congress that gave us the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. And under a Democratic Congress, President George H.W. Bush's administration and his conservationist secretary of state, James Baker III, worked with African governments to develop an international ban on trading African elephant ivory in 1989 — providing the greatest protection to that species under international law.
This is an issue that we both have endeavored to shine light on, in and out of office. One of us (Clinton) worked with President Barack Obama to draw attention to African elephant poaching in the 2000s — when close to two-thirds of all remaining forest elephants were wiped out to meet the global demand for ivory — and embraced a strategy in 2013 through the Clinton Global Initiative to stop the killing and trafficking of elephants. The other (Kasich) supported legislation as a nine-term member of Congress to address the crisis and engaged President George W. Bush on the potential for losing the world's elephants entirely without an international ban on the importation of ivory.
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The survival of threatened species is a global responsibility, but each of us must do our part. The future of our world's wildlife depends on it.


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UNICEF report estimates that majority of world's poor lack access to safe water
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Around 768 million people still do not have access to safe water according to UNICEF and WHO estimates. Most of these people are poor and live in remote rural areas or urban slums.
UNICEF has revealed that nearly 1,400 children under the age of five die every day from diarrhoeal diseases caused by lack of safe water, adequate sanitation and hygiene.
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When the natural world decided to drop white sugar as the household sweetener, many went looking for healthier alternatives. Honey, agave nectar, and maple syrup are just some of the products now more common than cane sugar...but are they really all that amazing? Science says that some are just not up to par if you're trying to both balance your blood sugar and flavor profile.
We found that the best sweetening alternatives are straight from the source: fruit! No extra chemicals, sugars, preservatives, antibiotics, pesticides, or anything...dates will be your partner-in-crime the next time you head to the kitchen for a treat 🍭
Find out why by reading below 💬
Honey is one of the oldest sweeteners in the game, with beeswax dating back thousands of years. One of the main reasons people love honey is because of its antibacterial properties, being used as a sore-throat soother, face mask agent, and *healthier* sweetener. It has slightly more nutrients than cane sugar but processes very similarly within the human body. If you're in a bind, honey is easily accessible at most grocery stores but make sure you're researching the source and quality.
Moreover, in case you haven't seen Bee Movie (2007), honey isn't all it's cracked up to be. We just did a full article on the impacts of honey here (ADD LINK), and, honestly, it's very disappointing to see how bee populations are dying because of our sweet teeth.
Like honey, maple syrup has a very high glycemic index and still considered an added sugar within a daily diet. There are no other ingredients typically within maple syrup that add to its sweetness, however, the sugar is still absurdly high. Don't get me wrong, maple syrup is delicious on fresh pancakes and is ok to have once in awhile, but you should maybe reconsider adding into your meal prepped muffins.
According to Consumer Report, "If you downed ¼ cup of maple syrup—the amount listed as a serving on the Nutrition Facts Label—you'd get 80 percent of your daily need for riboflavin, about 6 percent of calcium, 11 percent of zinc, and 4 percent of potassium," and honestly, the sugar content is not worth the nutrients. If you're looking to get more vitamins and minerals out of your diet, eating whole foods is your best bet always. Again, like honey, it isn't the worst thing in the world to eat, however, for daily consumption it's better to do some more research.
This sweetener has been around for forever and was probably used by your mom or aunt, since it was largely used by diet culture for decades. Stevia contains less calories, claims to not spike blood sugar, and can be a helpful tool to control weight loss. However, many brands you find at the store are not entirely natural.
Many of them contain "natural flavors" or erythritol to stabilize and sweeten, which can be very irritating and inflammatory to the body. Most don't even use real stevia leaves! The benefits that are associated with stevia are typically personal experiences or trends, despite having no real conclusive evidence.
Coconut has been all the rage the last few years with new products coming out every year—including coconut chips, coconut aminos, coconut wraps, and coconut sugar! This sweetener is made from coconut palm sap and has a very similar color and consistency to brown sugar.
Due to the chemical makeup of coconut, the sugar produced from the palm has a lower glycemic index rating than white sugar. In addition, the less harsh processing allows the nutrients to be somewhat retained, which contain minerals like iron and calcium. However, these benefits are only slightly better than white sugar, so don't be fooled by creative marketing!
Fruit Jam
But...fruit is natural so jam is good, right? Not always! Fruit, yes, is nature's candy, but many jams and jellies add extra sugars and preservatives like cane sugar, fruit juice, and pectin to keep it fresh and sweet. If you are making it homemade, please check the recipe for added honey, raw sugar, or others, because *remember* it's still the same thing!
If you're avoiding added sugars entirely, then mashed fruit is the better option (plus, it saves you a few extra bucks). One of my personal favorites is finely mashing up some strawberries or raspberries as a substitute in my PB 'n' J.
However—compared to maple syrup and honey—fruit jam has approximately half the amount of sugar per 100 grams. If you're just really craving some toast with true jam, Good Good makes a great natural raspberry jam with way less added ingredients 🍓
Blackstrap Molasses
Despite its old history, molasses has some shocking health benefits! Out of the cane sugar-derived bunch, molasses contains the highest levels of antioxidants, minerals, and vitamins. Studies claim it can help diabetes, blood cells, bone health, and acne!
Nevertheless, it is still a massive source of added sugar and carbohydrates just like maple syrup. So, for problems like acne, it could possibly aggravate the situation depending on
your tolerance to sugary foods. Like always, whole foods will provide you with these same nutrients without the immense amounts of sugar.
Interestingly enough rice syrup is one of the most common sweeteners despite not being very easily found in grocery stores. With that said, it is one of the cheapest additives for companies to buy in bulk and integrate into their products.
Even though it does come from rice, a natural product of the Earth, it comes with some pretty steep sacrifices. This sweetener has a GI ranking of 98 out of 100, essentially stating that it is more likely than not to create some gnarly blood sugar crashes. Rude!
Shots! Shots! Shots! Just playing around...but speaking of shots, did you know agave is the main ingredient in tequila? The agave plant is very versatile and can be used to develop sweeteners, which is what also gives tequila its unique flavor.
Despite being a popular substitute, agave nectar is a mixed bag. Relatively, the nectar is lower on the GI index, making it a suitable sweetener if you're avoiding the sugar crashes of rice syrup or honey. On the other hand, nectar is largely fructose, which is totally acceptable if it is in proportionate amounts. However, agave contains excess amounts, which can be detrimental to your metabolism and insulin levels if eaten long-term.
Monk Fruit
Like Stevia, Monk fruit is a zero-calorie sweetener popularized thanks to its natural sourcing. Multiple studies have found the fruit to contain good amounts of antioxidants, anti-cancerous agents, and benefits for diabetes patients.
Yet, the concern with monk fruit found in stores is the (of course) man-made additives like erythritol and maltodextrin. Even though these sugars do not change the nutrition label all that much, they are still inflammatory to the body. The studies done on monk fruit are also done in much higher concentrations than in-store products. Overall, there need to be some more studies on more commonly found products to truly determine if it's a better alternative!
Date Syrup
Last but not least, date syrup! Dates are a super fruit—oozing with tons of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, anti-cancerous agents, and more. Everything from magnesium, potassium, copper, manganese, and calcium...dates have you covered. Did you know they have 14x more potassium than honey and even more potassium than a banana by weight? That's right! They also have double the amount of magnesium than maple syrup, which definitely helps your morning constitution if you know what I mean 😜Most of its competitors are adding extra unnatural sugars and chemical-based ingredients to their "natural" products, which takes away the purpose doesn't it? Our precious dates are too good to be tampered with, which is why we leave them as they should—all natural!
Thanks to the multi-talented nature of the Medjool date, the syrup does not need any extras to preserve or sweeten—at least Joolies believe in this 😉 With a naturally low glycemic index, great fiber content, and little calories, it's the best sweetener on the market.
Since we're biased, let's be a little more fair. The only "downfall" to date syrup or whole dates is their taste. They are super delicious, however, do not have the same "blank canvas" taste of regular cane sugar. Yet, this is also the same for honey, maple syrup, and fruit jam. Dates have a distinct caramel flavor, but, in all honesty, makes any recipe that calls for sugar that much better ✨
Indulging in your sweet tooth is not a bad thing, in fact, it's good once in awhile! What's important is that you honor your hunger cues, feelings, and overall wellbeing. Remember to ALWAYS check the nutrition label even if the packaging says "no added sugars" or "just fruit." Advertising can be very misleading, so it's better to take the few extra seconds to read the ingredients. If you can't pronounce some of the names, it's probably a big no-no. Sugar is still sugar, no matter where it comes from!
As a good rule-of-thumb, prioritize eating whole foods first; don't rely on man-made products to get your energy for the day. Eating fresh veggies and fruits are the keys to long-term health, no matter what lifestyle you live! 🍉🍆🍑🍌🌽
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This Kotlin on Android development tutorial is based on the previous Kotlin fragment series.
Android Jetpack is included in Android Studio 3.2 or later.
This Kotlin on Android development tutorial describes the step for adding the Navigation Architecture component to an existing Android application.
The Navigation Architecture component is now the recommended method of switching between destinations (fragments).
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Maura wrote about which albums she'd put in a jukebox, and while I hate to appear like I have no ideas of my own, she asked for other lists and I can't resist such self-indulgent High Fidelity-type challenges.
A jukebox is surprisingly tough, as it must at least make an attempt at containing popular tunes, singalong stuff, singles which have more than a passing acquaintance with the charts. Consequently this list is very different from, say, my list of eight Desert Island Discs which I've been carefully honing over the years in preparations for Sue Lawley's phone call. Thankfully there's no sign of her phoning yet, as I can't decide which Nick Drake album will be on my island.
I'm also really very bad at choosing music to play for other people. I've forbidden myself from ever taking tapes to social occasions because my snobbish tastes ensure the songs I've listened to over and over and love dearly mean absolutely nothing to my fellow party-goers. But anyway, this is a purely academic exercise because when I run my own bar where friends and strangers will relax and chat and spawn revolutionary new art and music, it'll have some kind of Shoutcast-type server with thousands of songs from which the aforementioned friends and strangers can make requests using conveniently situated splash-proof terminals. In alphabetical order then…
Air - Moon Safari (1998)
One of my strongest memories of being in London in 1998/9 is this playing everywhere I went. Record shops, bars, clothes shops, friend's houses, blagged new media parties, you name it. And I don't know anyone who doesn't like it. I found it too cheesy at first, then saw the light. And the videos make it cheesier and better.
Elastica - Elastica (1995)
When I used to go out, I used to put this on before I went out. It makes me bounce.
Blur - ?
Isn't there a singles collection? I thought there was. I don't know, I don't have any of their albums, but how much more singalongable do you want?
Macy Gray - On How Life Is (1999)
Because we need more new stuff and this is about the most un-independent album I own and it's really very good. Sitting in a bar in Amsterdam, reading, smoking, hearing this, and I was… content.
You know, I'm bored of this, so you probably dozed off long ago and the chances of you reading about another 21 albums are slim. Look, I'll whack in a handful of early nineties guitar stuff which I couldn't do without (The Sundays, Supergrass, Pulp, Sleeper, etc). Some dancey stuff so I don't get laughed at too much. I don't know, Fungkungfusion and other stuff that's credible but vaguely popular in a not-likely to chart way, and Sunday Best because I lived round the corner from The Tearooms des Artistes for three years and regret only going twice. Some relative oldies like Madness and The Specials so I can pretend I'm ten years old again.
Maybe a punk compilation because I love choosing tracks from something like The Best Punk Album in the World… Ever! when it's found its way onto a pub jukebox, out of some ridiculous idea that this, 23 years on, remains a subversive act. Plus, when John Peel inevitably pays a visit to my happening (and yet still curiously eclectic) bar he should be able to find 'Teenage Kicks'.
A handful of albums I've never owned but have still somehow listened to many times as I assume this means other people will like to have them around. INXS' Kick , for example. Some boogie-woogie piano, some Japanese pop, some Frank Sinatra. I'll ensure there's a compilation of singalong Christmas tunes, you know the ones. But it will be removed from the jukebox between the months of November to January inclusive.
phil@gyford.com


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Security and a Labour Surge
In the first of a two-parter, Aaron and Michael are joined by Stephen Bush to discuss the restart of election campaigning after the Manchester attack.
Long Read: Under a Blue Moon: Reflections on the Last UK General Election
"You began to sense that something had been let out of the bag." For a brief moment, the 2017 election result seemed to puncture a hole in a nationwide malaise. In a touching memoir, Alex Niven recalls the emotional journey of the last election and how it signalled new possibilities.
The Employability Industry: How Platforms Profit From 'Brand You'
It's time we see our so-called brands for what they are: vital data and profits for social media giants. To cut off this source of data we need a radical policy programme that privileges worker security and wellbeing, writes Phil Jones.
Mosques Are Being Advised to Increase Security and Expect Hate Crime During Ramadan
A profound shift is taking place with new cameras, fences, and guards going up at mosques around the country to protect worshippers in the wake of shootings in Christchurch and at a time of year when hate crime tends to spike. Kieron Monks reports from a security session in London.
British Tabloids Amplified Terrorist Propaganda Following Christchurch Attack, Analysis Finds
Exclusive: Analysis by campaign group estimates the Daily Mail, the Daily Mirror and the Sun may have helped disseminate white supremacist propaganda to more than 1 million people in the aftermath of shootings at two New Zealand mosques.
Stansted 15: Activists Who Stopped Deportation Charter Flight Convicted of Terror-Related Charges
In an exclusive interview with Novara Media, activists who took direct action to prevent 60 people being deported to Nigeria and Ghana speak out about why they stopped the plane and what it was like to spend nine weeks on trial charged with an offence created in the aftermath of the Lockerbie bombing.
Tommy Robinson and His Mates Don't Really Care About Abused Kids or Terrorism
Tommy Robinson doesn't care about preventing child abuse, fighting terrorism or protecting free speech. He only cares about pushing his racist agenda and using the suffering of others to advance his own career, argues Benjamin Walters.
A Century of Suffrage?
On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by Zoe Williams, Ash Sarkar and Eleanor Penny to discuss the centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918, which offered limited suffrage to women, and discuss the changing face of feminism in the past century.
Why Is the Met Trying to Imprison an Ex-Squaddie Who Fought Isis?
Jim Matthews, a 43-year-old ex-soldier who fought Isis in northern Syria alongside the YPG, is being charged by the Met with attending a terrorist training camp. Why are the police nicking ex-squaddies for doing the right thing?


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From Swansea to the States: an interview with New York's Elizabeth Bevan
posted over 2 years ago By Elizabeth Bevan
Catherine Zeta-Jones. Christian Bale. Taron Egerton. Wales has produced some pretty impressive transatlantic exports over the years. We now have another name to add to the list. After joining Investigo's New York office three years ago, Elizabeth Bevan quickly went about becoming one of the company's top performers. Now Principal Consultant in our Pharma and Life Sciences team and named Investigo Person of the Year at January's company awards, our very own Swansea girl spoke to us about her impressive journey and the current state of her market.
What made you decide to move to New York?
I joined as Investigo were setting up the New York office, so from the offset I was heading out here. I wanted to be a part of something that was being built from the ground up, to be among the first on the ground. I was in the US within three months.
Businesses that are able to adapt to a more virtual platform are the ones coming through. I recruit for clients in the medical communications space that have lots of live events, advertising board meetings, congress meetings with 50-1000 attendees. There are lots of those planned. Businesses who can carry out their work in a virtual environment, providing virtual options for their clients, are able to continue working as normal and are more likely to succeed.
In the main, most are still ticking along nicely. Most are holding, waiting to see what happens. Their perspective's focused more on sales training and e-learning, areas we knew would be most busy during this time, things where you're not required to have face-to-face meetings.
Everyone's trying to adapt and work on new things. Companies are working in new areas where they've never worked before, catering to their clients' needs. We're all having to work in a different way – I placed two temp candidates recently, which I've never done before.
There are a lot more junior to mid-level hires – in-the-weeds and grafting, admin-type roles. A lot of people are still moving forward with hiring but are more hesitant to pull the trigger on bigger roles at the moment. There's a need but they can't justify the cost at this stage. People are planning to move on those key hires when their work does increase.
Companies are looking at hiring on a project or consultancy basis, which they wouldn't have done before. Nobody knows how the next few months will go. A lot of my clients have found a way to work around it for now, but the longer this goes on, we don't know how it will go.
The digital side is at the forefront. Companies that can offer digital solutions to their clients are really coming through more than others.
In my market, client services, people travel two to four times a month. This is really affecting their business, not having that face-to-face interaction. They're doing as much as possible over Microsoft Teams, but collaboration over a screen is different to being able to see clients face-to-face.
People who have the attitude that this is a new normal, accepting it and working with it, are cracking on to make good things happen. They're working their way through, finding new and different ways to work rather than waiting for things to go back to the way they were, as that will be a very long time.
It's tough for us, so it must be tough for our clients. But you can still bring in business in this environment. Some agencies I work with have lost some of their main clients on the pharma side but have generated new ones in organic growth, which is a huge achievement.
Attitude is a big skill right now. Keeping positive, keeping a cool head, finding the best way to work at home. Not accepting that this will damage your business, but finding new ways. Digital and coding skills are also important, working without that support around you.
Do you miss Wales?
I'm from Swansea and I miss it, but it's such a mission when I come home. From New York to London, from London to Swansea. The train journey from London to Swansea seems like it's about 10 hours long. I'll definitely have a second home there one day!
What was it like being named Investigo Person of the Year?
It was an amazing thing to achieve. I worked so hard so it was nice to get the recognition. It was an amazing year to build my business up from scratch. At times I genuinely questioned why I was sitting here in a tiny WeWork with three other people, but it made it all worthwhile. It was such a whirlwind. It's not just about your billings, it's about your attitude and what you bring to the business. There were hundreds in the UK that could have won it and we are such a small team, so it really put us on the market. I hope it will be an inspiration to the rest of the New York office and show what we can achieve.
How is your team doing?
We've got such a solid team now, with people doing amazingly well. Everyone's working so hard and has the same goal and vision. It's a really tough time and we're working our socks off to make basic things happen. It feels like we're working that much harder for little things, but it's worth it because it means so much to the business.
If you're looking for your next opportunity or your next hire in pharma and life sciences, or you want to find out more about what it's like working at Investigo, get in touch now with elizabeth.bevan@investigo-us.com.


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Nancy Milani
Nancy Hayward Milani, 81, passed away November 9, 2019 at The Brandley Hospice House, Summerfield, FL after a brief illness. She was the daughter of the late Charles and Margaret Hayward and was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and was raised there and in York, Maine. Nancy was an honors graduate of York High School. She attended the University of Maine and the University of Nebraska, Omaha, and was a graduate of the University of Michigan Real Estate Institute. She had a successful real estate career for over 30 years in Michigan and Maine. She was a voracious reader and loved music, dancing, films, theater, family genealogy, and long walks. She was an exceptional public speaker and had a passion for politics. Nancy made friends easily, had a wicked sense of humor and was very artistic. She lived her later years in Eastport, Maine and recently relocated to The Villages, Florida. She was devoted to her family and she will be dearly missed by all who loved her. She leaves behind her beloved family: her children, Christopher Milani (Kim) of Plainwell, Michigan, Kimberly Milani Crisp of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Kristen "Cricket" Mullaney (Brian) of Belmont, Massachusetts; her grandchildren, Christopher II and Joshua (Ashley) Milani, Aidan and Samuel Crisp, and Maura, Charles and Quinn Mullaney; her great-grandchildren, Lexus, Kaitlyn, and Easton Milani; and her brothers, Charles "Chilla" Hayward, Jr. (Judy) of Dayton, Maine and Michael Hayward (Margaret) of Falmouth, Maine. She will be lovingly remembered by her extended family of nephews, nieces, and cousins and a large circle of friends, including her boyfriend, Lester Jones of The Villages, Florida. Along with her parents, Nancy was predeceased by her former husband, Donald Milani, and her sister, Patricia Hayward LaGuardia. A Celebration of Nancy's life will be held in the summer of 2020. In lieu of flowers, donations may be directed to The O'Leary Foundation, PO Box 64, Richland, Michigan 49083, O'LearyFoundation.com. Arrangements entrusted to Beyers Funeral Home and Crematory, Lady Lake, FL. Online condolences may be left at www.BeyersFuneralHome.com. For her full obituary, visit www.beyersfuneralhome.com Beyers Funeral Home and Crematory - Leesburg


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Q: vue3 performance warning using ref vue is throwing this message:

Vue received a Component which was made a reactive object. This can
lead to unnecessary performance overhead, and should be avoided by
marking the component with markRaw or using shallowRef instead of
ref.

<template>
      <component v-for="(el, idx) in elements" :key="idx" :data="el" :is="el.component" />
</template>

 setup() {
    const { getters } = useStore()
    const elements = ref([])
    onMounted(() => {
      fetchData().then((response) => {
        elements.value = parseData(response)
      })
    })
    return { parseData }
}

is there a better way to do this?

A: I had the same error. I solved it with markRaw. You can read about it here!
my code :
import { markRaw } from "vue";
import Component from "./components/Component.vue";
data() {
    return {
      Component: markRaw(Component),
}

A: First, you should return { elements } instead of parseData in your setup i think.

I solved this issue by marking the objects as shallowRef :
import { shallowRef,  ref, computed } from 'vue'
import { EditProfileForm, EditLocationForm, EditPasswordForm} from '@/components/profile/forms'

const profile = shallowRef(EditProfileForm)
const location = shallowRef(EditLocationForm)
const password = shallowRef(EditPasswordForm)

const forms = [profile, location, password]

<component v-for="(form, i) in forms" :key="i" :is="form" />

So you should shallowRef your components inside your parseData function. I tried markRaw at start, but it made the component non-reactive. Here it works perfectly.

A: you could manually shallowCopy the result
<component v-for="(el, idx) in elements" :key="idx" :data="el" :is="{...el.component}" />

A: For me, I had defined a map in the data section.
<script>
import TheFoo from '@/TheFoo.vue';

export default {
  name: 'MyComponent',
  data: function () {
    return {
      someMap: {
        key: TheFoo
      }
    };
  }
};
</script>

The data section can be updated reactively, so I got the console errors. Moving the map to a computed fixed it.
<script>
import TheFoo from '@/TheFoo.vue';

export default {
  name: 'MyComponent',
  computed: {
    someMap: function () {
      return {
        key: TheFoo
      };
    }
  }
};
</script>

A: I had this warning while displaying an SVG component; from what I deduced, Vue was showing the warning because it assumes the component is reactive and in some cases the reactive object can be huge causing performance issues.
The markRaw API tells Vue not to bother about reactivity on the component, like so - markRaw(<Your-Component> or regular object)

A: I also meet this problem today,and here is my solution to solve it:

setup() {
  const routineLayoutOption = reactive({
    board: {
      component: () => RoutineBoard,
    },
    table: {
      component: () => RoutineTable,
    },
    flow: {
      component: () => RoutineFlow,
    },
  });
}

I set the component variant as the result of the function.
And in the ,bind it like compoennt()

    <component
        :is="routineLayoutOption[currentLayout].component()"
      ></component>


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Powerlifter tipped for world glory after becoming a special Olympic champion
Published: 10:44 AM August 11, 2009 Updated: 6:14 AM November 4, 2020
By ADAM LAZZARI POWERLIFTER Tom Baty won two gold and two silver medals at the Special Olympics but his trainer believes his best his yet to come. Mr Baty, 25, from Wisbech represented the Eastern Region at the UK Special Olympics in Leicester. He won go
By ADAM LAZZARI
POWERLIFTER Tom Baty won two gold and two silver medals at the Special Olympics but his trainer believes his best his yet to come.
Mr Baty, 25, from Wisbech represented the Eastern Region at the UK Special Olympics in Leicester.
He won gold in the bench press and overall, for his three best efforts in the three disciplines, and silver in the squat and deadlift.
He trains at the Ironworks Gym, Wisbech.
Gym owner Martin Green, a former Eastern Counties champion, said: "Olympic glory is as good as it gets for most sportsmen and women, but Tom has not even touched his potential yet.
"I've been pushing Tom hard over the last six months and seen a massive improvement - he's been smashing his personal bests.
"The World Championships are in Greece in a couple of years and if he keeps working hard he has a great chance of becoming a world champion."
Mr Baty, who has Down's syndrome, competed in the senior 82.5kg class.
He lifted 85kg to win gold in the bench press and his overall gold came for his combined total of 402.5kg, a 27.5kg improvement on his previous personal best.
He lifted more than twice his body weight with 172.5kg to win a silver medal in the deadlift, destroying his previous competition personal best of 155kg, and achieved 145kg to win silver in the squat.
Tom's father and coach Richard Baty said: "Tom always trains hard and this win is not only for himself, but for all of those who have helped and supported him, especially Martin Green and the members of Ironworks Gym.
"We are all really proud of Tom's achievement, which is quite extraordinary by any standards.
"We would like to thank Wisbech Lions, FENDIS and Cambridgeshire Mencap for providing financial assistance to enable Tom to compete in the Special Olympics.


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Biometrics and Machinima, Reanimated:
Jacqueline Goss's "Stranger Comes to Town"
Dale Hudson / NYU Abu Dhabi
February 27, 2012 Dale Hudson NYU Abu Dhabi One comment
1: Night Elf discussing NSEERS in Stranger Comes to Town.
In Jacqueline Goss's Stranger Comes to Town (USA 2007), green Orcs and purple Night Elves appear to discuss their experiences of U.S. customs and immigration policies. The humanoid forms of avatars from the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) World of Warcraft (WoW) perform difference between citizens and non-citizens in the United States, as the video's critical texture emerges within its assemblage different types of animation and anonymous interviews. By appropriating and reworking sound and visual images from machinima shot in WoW and Google Earth's program that allows users to fly over 3D renderings of satellite and aerial photography with a United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) documentary, Goss identifies what might be called the "unseemly" intervals within the purportedly seamless interface of digital technologies.1 Like Alex Rivera's short video Why Cybraceros? (USA 1997), discussed in "Race and Labor, Unplugged: Alex Rivera's Sleep Dealer," Goss's video reanimates an extant documentary that draws upon rational discourses of scientific progress and national exceptionalism to divert attention from corporate capitalism and racialization. If Rivera's video exposes ways that globalization and digitization converge on the bodies of non-citizens along physical borders according to U.S. immigration and labor laws guided by private industrial interests, then Goss's video exposes a similar convergence on non-citizen bodies along the "virtual" borders according to customs and immigration policies that use the purportedly objective technologies of biometrics.
2–4: Three views of a WoW avatar: machinima, rotoscoped, and prepared for biometrics.
Goss reanimates the US-VISIT animated documentary to contest its implied claims that racially/ethnically determined "barred zones" and "national quotas" of U.S. immigration law before 1965 have been replaced by racially/ethnically blind policies. One such policy is the "layer of security that uses biometrics" in US-VISIT. Biometric systems include a variety of means by which the physical bodies and behaviors are rendered as digital information that can be sorted for verification and identification. Promoted for its ability to "protect" privacy and "prevent" identity theft, US-VISIT is an identity-management system that collects biometric data, such as fingerprints and retina scans, to control the mobility of "international visitors" at points of entry to and departure from the United States.2 Goss complicates the scientific efficiency of biometrics by interviewing people on their experiences of US-VISIT. "You can calculate who will stop the line because he or she looks a certain way," comments one of her subjects on variations in wait time. In biometric systems, the term "failure to enroll" (FTE) describes an event that occurs when the biometric program's algorithms cannot capture data, when they cannot scan bodies in ways that produce legible data. FTEs often cause additional layers of security and longer wait times in queues containing bodies that fail to enroll.
5–6: Nationalist title card of US-VISIT video; same title card, rotoscoped by Goss.
Goss allows her subjects to be identified only by their voices, which are mostly "accented" according to normative U.S. standards of spoken English, and by what they reveal about themselves in words. Their visual identities are camouflaged under rotoscoped machinima and critically inserted into the US-VISIT video [images 2–4]. Developed during the 1910s by Max Fleischer, rotoscoping typically involves frame-by-frame tracing over images from live-action filmed sequences, so that movements and expressions appear natural; however, Goss rotoscopes over the "action" in the animated US-VISIT video precisely to denaturalize its assumptions about biometrics. As Tess Takahashi argues, the video can be considered a "speculative documentary" for its use of "animation's formal malleability to emphasize the uncertainty of much of the information we encounter."3 Goss's rotoscoped copies of images disrupt the original video's conceits of clarity and objectivity through simplified graphics and limited colors that promoting legibility for—and of—international visitors [images 5–6]. Black stick figures suggest an ease and orderliness with which visitors are processed. They resemble familiar stick figures on toilet signage in airports.
7–9: Caution: DOT's racially/ethnically unambiguous "illegal aliens" and internet memes of "illegal immigration" and "alien immigration.
If live-action films rely on facial expressions and bodily gestures to convey emotional meaning, then these graphics erase that level of meaning, generating the appearance of a rational and impersonal system. They adapt principles from constructed universal pictorial languages, such as Otto Neurath's Isotype (International System of TYpographic Picture Education), to suggest that all international visitors are treated equally and fairly. The figures resemble ones on Department of Transportation (DOT) road signs, as well as in internet memes that parody DOT caution signs about "illegal aliens" crossing highways by revealing "illegals" as seventeenth-century Christian pilgrims from northern Europe and "aliens" as beings from outer space [images 7–9].
Goss challenges the universalizing strategies of stick figures by replacing them with avatars from WoW whose racial/ethnic, class, and sexual characteristics are exaggerated in caricature. By representing US-VISIT's international visitors (aka "aliens") as humanoid avatars, her video reanimates processes of differentiation that are erased by biometrics yet continue to sort international visitors according to race/ethnicity, sex, religion, class, and nationality. Goss's video asks what biometric information might look like in playback.
10–11: Smooth round-headed silhouette in US-VISIT video and pointy-haired and bearded silhouette in Stranger Comes to Town.
The humanoid silhouettes of Night Elves and Orcs reanimate particularity within the universalizing stylization of human figures [images 10–11]. In one scene, a Night Elf watches as fellow arrivals approach a US-VISIT kiosk [image 12]. His jagged beard and spiky hair distinguish him from the smooth, shaved or bald, heads of the other figures. Paired with the voice of Goss's male Egyptian subject, the characteristic silhouette of a Night Elf visualizes ways that the DHS might tag and sort biometric data to produce results comparable to racial/ethnic, religious, or national profiling. Other scenes include DHS officers identifying WoW humanoids on their computer screens and rotoscoped WoW avatars looking at other WoW avatars on US-VISIT screens [images 13–14]. By making DHS screens visible, Goss exposes invisible layers of mediation within the US-VISIT application of biometrics. Bodies are made legible for security. In another scene, a female voice describes the inspection of her "private parts," perhaps so that her records can be tagged as female, in a procedure not visualized with the male-only stick figures in the US-VISIT video. Like new media in general, data can be tagged, sorted, and recombined according to needs by data aggregators, and algorithms can be programmed to make interpretations automatically.4
12–14: Goss's interpretation of screens within the US-VISIT user interface.
Goss's male Egyptian subject discusses changes to his mobility and sense of identity after the USA Patriot Act of 2001 and National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS, or "Special Registration") of 2002 for male nationals of states categorized as predominantly Arab and/or Muslim by the United States [image 1]. Identity is tied to biological data from scans, which is translated into political categorizations ("risk assessment") and racial/ethnic profiling that are, in turn, internalized. Living in the so-called cosmopolitan diversity of New York City, he thought that being Egyptian was irrelevant until he experienced certain DHS procedures. The information gathered makes him knowable according to anything that is "broadly physical" yet renders him invisible and unknowable in terms of everything else like how his friends and family know him or how he feels about being in the United States. "Am I here because of a girlfriend or to make more money or because I don't like it in Egypt, that, they have no idea about," he explains; "and I don't think that it would to translate them in any way because actually it doesn't translate into a document." Special Registration makes him legible as suspicious. Before when asked whether he was Muslim, he would reply that he was not; now, he says that he was "brought up in a Muslim family" but "is not religious." "That's the kind of difference," he explains. Identity is prescribed and precedes the individual. Self-definition functions according to the anticipated criteria of others; it is ever contingent.
Goss links the animated security world of the US-VISIT video, the satellite-view of the "real world" of Google Earth, and the role-playing world of WoW, explaining her attraction to the MMORPG due to its "game-logic that suggests that species and races of avatars naturally belong to specific geographies."5 WoW relies on an understanding of the isomorphic correspondences of nation and state in modern nation-state that produces certain bodies as belonging "naturally" in certain places, as appearing "normal" there. Players select avatars by race and class according to political allegiance with one of the two warring factions: Alliance or Horde. Goss asked her subjects to select an avatar. Canadians chose to represent themselves as Orcs, a non-native race to Azeroth where most action takes place, aligned with the Horde. Their "naturally brown skin" turned a "sickly green" due to exposure to "fel magic" which caused their "ancestral lands to wither and die."6 Egyptians and Argentineans represented themselves as violet-skinned Night Elves on the Alliance side.
15–17: Tagged and untagged borders rendered on Google Earth.
The video incorporates machinima shot in WoW. A process of recording video of live gameplay within the game engine developed in the 1990s, machinima emerged as a means of sharing tricks and cheats among videogame players. It has also become a mode of narrative filmmaking. Goss's use of the 3D animation rendered by the game engine differs from the original stories, literary adaptations, and amateur music videos (AMVs) that are often shot in SIMS and WoW.7 The machinima sequences in experimental and amateur media, such as She Puppet(USA 2001; dir. Peggy Ahwesh) and Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles (USA 2003–2007; dir. Burnie Burns, Matt Hullum, and Geoff Ramsey), comment upon commercial video games that are designed to "entertain."8 Those in Stranger Comes to Town serve to protect (rather than confirm) the identity of Goss's interview subjects, as well as to reanimate a certain "game logic" within the US-VISIT video on biometrics.
Goss's video opens with a fly-over an undifferentiated blue landscape. A female voice describes going for a "biometric recording for immigration" in "same building, interestingly enough, of the national archives." Towards the end, images from Google Earth focus on digital renderings of militarized zones, such as the Line of Control (LOC) between India and Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir and the Ceasefire Lines between Syria and Israel in the Golan Heights [images 15–16]. These zones are reminders of wars and violent displacements of millions based upon assumptions that political geography can be mapped onto cultural identity, often with race/ethnicity and religion as prime vectors of segregation. Globalization propels migrations over borders that might not be tagged with names [image 17].
1–4, 6, and 10–17: Stranger Comes to Town (2007). Jacqueline Goss. Used
with permission.
5 and 10: US-VISIT. U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
7–9: Images of DOT road sign and internet memes.
I discuss comparable intervals within globalized digital interfaces in "Undesirable Bodies and Desirable Labor: Documenting the Globalization and Digitization of Transnational American Dreams in Indian Call Centers," Cinema Journal 49.1 (fall 2009): 82–102. [↩]
These phrases are taken from U.S. Department of Homeland Security, "US-VISIT What to Expect When Visiting the United States," http://www.dhs.gov/files/programs/editorial_0525.shtm ("last modified and revised", 04 March 2011; accessed, 01 February 2012), where the video may be streamed, and "US-VISIT Biometric Identification Services," http://www.dhs.gov/files/programs/gc_1208531081211.shtm ("last reviewed and modified," 18 March 2011; accessed, 01 February 2012). The video does not mentioned "outsourced" border regulation before departure for the United States. [↩]
Tess Takahashi, "Experiments in Documentary Animation: Anxious Borders, Speculative Media," Animation: An Interdisciplinary Journal 6.3 (November 2011): 235. [↩]
This point is illustrated by Lori Andrews's "Facebook Is Using You," The New York Times (04 February 2012), http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/opinion/sunday/facebook-is-using-you.html, an op-ed piece that went viral on Facebook at the time of writing. She points out that Facebook and Google make huge profits by selling personal information on posts, searches, and the content of email to advertisers. "If I've Googled "diabetes" for a friend or "date rape drugs" for a mystery I'm writing," she explains; "data aggregators assume those searches reflect my own health and proclivities." [↩]
Jacqueline Goss, "Drawing Voices," Animation: An Interdisciplinary Journal 6.3 (November 2011): 247. [↩]
Blizzard Entertainment, "Races of World of Warcraft: Orc," http://us.battle.net/WoW/en/game/race/orc (2012; accessed 01 February 2012). [↩]
A WoW machinima that became a viral video is "Leeroy Jenkins." [↩]
She Puppet was shot partially in the first-person shooter (FPS) game Tomb Raider and questions assumptions gender and media, and Red vs. Blue was shot in the FPS Halo and questions the binary logic of politics and political life in the United States during the invasion and occupation of Iraq in search of "weapons of mass destruction." [↩]
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is very indepth and lot of technicality.
needs lot of previous reading to get the substance of it.


In 2012, when Colorado voters adopted Amendment 64 to the Colorado Constitution making the State the first in the nation to legalize and regulate the recreational use of marijuana, many envisioned a backlash of sorts from drug trafficking operations originating in Mexico and other countries. In fact, one of the most visible "border wars" is being waged by unlikely adversaries.
In December 2014, the States of Nebraska and Oklahoma filed a motion ("Nebraska/Oklahoma Motion") with the United States Supreme Court (yes, the highest court in the land) seeking a judgment that portions of Amendment 64, namely, legalization of the cultivation, sale, possession, and use of marijuana, violates the federal Controlled Substances Act ("CSA"). As a general rule, a state law ostensibly covering the same subject matter as a federal law is preempted by, and thus must take a back seat to, that federal law. The cultivation, sale, possession, and use of marijuana is illegal under the CSA. As Nebraska and Oklahoma's argument goes, the implementation of Amendment 64 flies in the face of the CSA. They contend Amendment 64 a) has increased the flow of marijuana from Colorado into their States, requiring them to expend substantial law enforcement, judicial system, and penal system resources, b) is harmful to the health and welfare of their citizens, c) increases the likelihood that third parties will commit criminal offenses in Nebraska and Oklahoma by bringing marijuana purchased from licensed entities in Colorado into those States, and d) presents a substantial obstacle to Congress' objectives under the CSA. Ironically, Nebraska and Oklahoma have made it clear they do not contend that the CSA requires Colorado to criminalize marijuana, nor do they challenge the provisions of Colorado law allowing the sale and use of marijuana for medical purposes.
Naturally, Colorado opposes the Nebraska/Oklahoma Motion primarily on procedural grounds, essentially arguing that the case does not belong before the United States Supreme Court.
What does the federal government have to say about all of this? In 2013, after Amendment 64 was adopted, U.S. Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole issued a memorandum addressing federal enforcement of the CSA. Cole's memorandum explained that while the U.S. Department of Justice will continue to prosecute serious marijuana-related crimes, it will not prosecute lesser but otherwise illegal marijuana-related activity under the CSA in states such as Colorado that have enacted laws authorizing such activity.
And in a direct response to the Nebraska/Oklahoma Motion, the Solicitor General, the third-highest ranking official in the U.S. Department of Justice and the person appointed to represent the federal government before the Supreme Court, was asked to chime in on the issue. In a Brief filed with the Supreme Court in December of last year, the Solicitor General asked the Court to deny the Nebraska/Oklahoma Motion for some of the same reasons argued by the State of Colorado and because he does not believe the legal concept of preemption applies in this instance.
The Supreme Court has the discretion not to hear the matter or hear the case and rule in the favor of Colorado or Nebraska and Oklahoma. Either way, the ramifications of the Supreme Court's decision will likely have an enormous impact on the marijuana industry in Colorado and throughout the country. A ruling by the Supreme Court is expected as early as January, 2016.
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Marshall POV Cameras Deliver Immersive esports Coverage for Live Streamed Events at Fortress Melbourne's, Alienware Arena
By D. Pagan Communications
Compact and Versatile CV506 Mini HD Camera Provides Exceptional Capabilities with Near-zero Latency and No Player Interference
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, NOVEMBER 16, 2022 – Fortress Melbourne, Australia's premiere games and entertainment venue, sits at almost 30,000 square feet across two levels and is home to The Alienware Arena, the largest permanent esports structure in the Southern Hemisphere. Featuring a 220-seat retractable grandstand and permanent stage with 12 top-of-the-line Alienware PC stations for live LAN events. The Alienware Arena hosts professional and amateur tournaments for a range of games that are streamed online to worldwide audiences. Chris Stewart, Fortress Production & Broadcast Manager, oversees capturing and delivering these engaging livestreams. To give audiences a fully immersive experience along with the player reactions, Stewart relies on the CV506 POV Camera from Marshall Electronics. The cameras were supplied by Marshall's local distributor, Corsair Solutions.
"In esports, you often face limitations around space and positioning that you don't typically encounter with traditional sports," says Stewart. "We have all our players on stage, close together, so it is crucial that the cameras we use can fit within the constraints of the small environment. Additionally, POV cameras are, by their nature, required to be either on top of the desk the player is sitting or right beside it, so any gear we use must not interfere with the players' space. That's where Marshall and the CV506 come in."
At Fortress Melbourne, every week is different in terms of games and tournaments. "Our cameras need to be flexible in how they can be used. As an example, aside from a typical stage setup, we have used our Marshall cameras to facilitate a wider, down-the-line shot of the team – where the audience is given the perspective of the side profile of the team for celebrations and so on. Additionally, we used four Marshall CV506 cameras recently in an F1 22 racing competition; we had four racing rigs to capture the best lap times on a track, and the cameras served as a way for the audience in-venue to see the participants as they raced as well as being fed into our replay system to provide instant replay of players' reactions as they set new times."
In an environment where livestreams are required to display both gameplay and POV cameras side-by-side, it is key that the camera is synchronized to the gameplay as closely as possible. According to Stewart, "Many other possible solutions have limitations such as delay on output, limited number of outputs and so on, but the Marshall cameras not only offer near-zero latency via SDI output but also provide additional outputs, such as an HDMI feed. This workflow provides exceptional capabilities for the live environment while also allowing the cameras to be used in a more casual setting with no additional labor needed for setup."
The CV506 miniature Full-HD camera utilizes a high-performing 2.5-Megapixel sensor to capture crisp HD video streams starting at a wide-angle 85° and up to 1920x1080p resolution at 60fps. A threaded miniature lens mount offers a wide range of prime and varifocal lens options, all which deliver detailed shots while maintaining an ultra-discreet miniature POV perspective. The CV506's straight forward design and ease-of-use make it an affordable option for a wide variety of live broadcast applications including sports coverage, live music, auto racing, production and more. The CV506 offers remote adjustment and match capability, allowing users to adjust color matrix, white balance, black balance, exposure, pedestal and more from a distance using the Marshall RCP, Camera Control Software, and 3rd party controllers including Cyanview CCU, Skaarhoj and others.
Stewart was also able to see the CV506's shine at one of Fortress Melbourne's recent tournaments. "We just had a major esports tournament for the game GS:GO called 'Fortress OCE Masters: A Blast Regional Qualifier,'" says Stewart. "The competition had four teams flying to Melbourne to participate and play on stage. The tournament was broadcast both locally and sent to a global channel where it was redistributed around the world. Our Marshall cameras got a heavy workout for this. Any time our observers switched perspectives on who was watching, so did the POV cameras that were positioned in the corner. This allowed the audience to see the face of the player who they were watching on screen. Once again, the CV506 excelled and was ideal for this application. We love our Marshall cameras."
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Compact and Versatile CV506 Mini HD Camera Provides Exceptional Capabilities with Near-zero Latency and No Player Interference MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, NOVEMBER 16, 2022 – Fortress Melbourne, Australia's premiere games and entertainment venue, sits at almost 30,000 square feet across two levels and is home to The Alienware Arena, the largest permanent esports structure in the Southern Hemisphere. Featuring a 220-seat retractable grandstand and permanent stage with 12 top-of-the-line Alienware PC stations for live LAN events. The Alienware Arena hosts professional and amateur tournaments for a range of games that are streamed online to worldwide audiences. Chris Stewart, Fortress Production & Broadcast Manager, oversees capturing and delivering these engaging livestreams. To give audiences a fully immersive experience along with the player reactions, Stewart relies on the CV506 POV Camera from Marshall Electronics. The cameras were supplied by Marshall's local distributor, Corsair Solutions. "In esports, you often face limitations around space and positioning that you don't typically encounter with traditional sports," says Stewart. "We have all our players on stage, close together, so it is crucial that the cameras we use can fit within the constraints of the small environment. Additionally, POV cameras are, by their nature, required to be either on top of the desk the player is sitting or right beside it, so any gear we use must not interfere with the players' space. That's where Marshall and the CV506 come in." At Fortress Melbourne, every week is different in terms of games and tournaments. "Our cameras need to be flexible in how they can be used. As an example, aside from a typical stage setup, we have used our Marshall cameras to facilitate a wider, down-the-line shot of the team – where the audience is given the perspective of the side profile of the team for celebrations and so on. Additionally, we used four Marshall CV506 cameras recently in an F1 22 racing competition; we had four racing rigs to capture the best lap times on a track, and the cameras served as a way for the audience in-venue to see the participants as they raced as well as being fed into our replay system to provide instant replay of players' reactions as they set new times." In an environment where livestreams are required to display both gameplay and POV cameras side-by-side, it is key that the camera is synchronized to the gameplay as closely as possible. According to Stewart, "Many other possible solutions have limitations such as delay on output, limited number of outputs and so on, but the Marshall cameras not only offer near-zero latency via SDI output but also provide additional outputs, such as an HDMI feed. This workflow provides exceptional capabilities for the live environment while also allowing the cameras to be used in a more casual setting with no additional labor needed for setup." The CV506 miniature Full-HD camera utilizes a high-performing 2.5-Megapixel sensor to capture crisp HD video streams starting at a wide-angle 85° and up to 1920x1080p resolution at 60fps. A threaded miniature lens mount offers a wide range of prime and varifocal lens options, all which deliver detailed shots while maintaining an ultra-discreet miniature POV perspective. The CV506's straight forward design and ease-of-use make it an affordable option for a wide variety of live broadcast applications including sports coverage, live music, auto racing, production and more. The CV506 offers remote adjustment and match capability, allowing users to adjust color matrix, white balance, black balance, exposure, pedestal and more from a distance using the Marshall RCP, Camera Control Software, and 3rd party controllers including Cyanview CCU, Skaarhoj and others. Stewart was also able to see the CV506's shine at one of Fortress Melbourne's recent tournaments. "We just had a major esports tournament for the game GS:GO called 'Fortress OCE Masters: A Blast Regional Qualifier,'" says Stewart. "The competition had four teams flying to Melbourne to participate and play on stage. The tournament was broadcast both locally and sent to a global channel where it was redistributed around the world. Our Marshall cameras got a heavy workout for this. Any time our observers switched perspectives on who was watching, so did the POV cameras that were positioned in the corner. This allowed the audience to see the face of the player who they were watching on screen. Once again, the CV506 excelled and was ideal for this application. We love our Marshall cameras."


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Changes to B.C.'s Employment Standards provide basic rights for working people
Vancouver – Changes to B.C.'s outdated Employment Standards Act will provide better protection for workers, especially women, children and youth.
"These changes right some of the wrongs of the previous Liberal government, whose policies opened the door to exploitation and employer abuse," said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President. "The new employment laws will help protect young people from unsafe working conditions and provide time off for victims of domestic abuse."
Until now, workers with a complaint had to go to their employers first, so many serious complaints were never resolved. By eliminating the requirement to use a "self help kit" and increasing the government's capacity to conduct investigations, workers will see a strengthening of their basic rights.
"Lack of enforcement and obstacles to justice have enabled widespread abuse and wage theft," said Joie Warnock, Unifor Western Region Director. "Unifor has lobbied for changes on behalf of our members and we are pleased to see many are being made, although there is still more work to be done."
For more information, please contact Unifor National Communications Representative: Catherine.Pope@unifor.org or (604) 388-4398.


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Mistral Ventures leads $1.4M funding round in Ottawa-based Relogix
Jul 23, 2018 4:24pm EDT
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A glut of under-utilized real estate in office portfolios around the world has brought enormous customers such as Amazon and Starbucks to the door of Kanata-based Internet of Things firm Relogix. Now, these enterprises are joined by Mistral Venture Partners, Ottawa's own venture capital fund, as it leads a $1.4-million investment in the local firm.
Relogix considers this a top-up to its previously-raised $1.4 million seed round roughly a year ago. That round was largely made up of angel investors, with Ottawa's Capital Angel Network getting a slice of the pie. This latest funding has a few CAN members involved, but includes more angels from the Toronto area.
Founded in 2010, Relogix has been on Mistral's radar for a few years, but the startup's traction with large enterprise customers over the past few months opened an immediate window of opportunity for the local fund.
"The momentum they've achieved over the past year or so is what really caught our eye," managing director Code Cubitt tells OBJ.
Opportunity in empty desks
Relogix deploys sensors across the offices of large enterprises and commercial real estate portfolios to collect data on how space is really used in buildings. These cheap, easily deployed devices can say, for instance, whether a desk is sitting empty most of the time or if booked meeting rooms are going unused.
CEO Andrew Millar says that with the rise of the internet and remote working, large office spaces are rarely fully utilized these days – a significant drain on a company's ROI.
"The nature of work has changed," he says.
It's a problem facing companies in the capital, too. L-Spark, the Kanata-based accelerator company, recently announced that it would open up a co-working space with the excess real estate in its offices. As the accelerator expanded its scope from Ottawa-based to national firms, the amount of activity in its physical space declined significantly.
Millar says situations like this are affecting companies globally, presenting a problem for enterprises with large portfolios to manage. With Relogix, he's eyeing an opportunity to deliver valuable data to help companies get the most out of their real estate.
'The phone is ringing'
In the past few months, Relogix has quietly been adding some big name customers: the likes of Amazon, Starbucks and large banks such as Bank of America, Royal Bank and TD Bank.
Usually, Relogix will start with a 100,000-square-foot deployment across a few floors in one of the customer's offices. Once that catches on, though, the door is often opened to the rest of the enterprise's global real estate, which can range between 50-to-100 million square feet of space.
Relogix has channel partners that help to resell the Ottawa firm's tech and then come in with proposed solutions for the under-utilized space. While this helps to extend the 14-person firm's reach, Millar says most of Relogix' sales have been through inbound requests.
Chris Courneya of the Capital Angels Network, left, was an early investor in Relogix, led by CEO Andrew Millar, right.
"The demand is just overwhelming in the industry right now," he says. "The message is getting around extremely fast. The phone's ringing at Relogix and it's Fortune 500 clients."
Cubitt says he heard a "similar story" from the global distributors and large banks on Relogix' customer list when he was reaching out for due diligence.
"In addition to workforce, the desks that house them are the second highest cost to a company," he says.
After these calls, not only was it clear to Mistral that under-utilized space was an industry-wide issue, but that Relogix is currently ahead of the pack. Cubitt says the firm must "continue to innovate" to stay ahead of the market.
Filling seats at Relogix
With market validation and millions of dollars in seed funding secured, Millar says it's time for Relogix to scale. There are five positions currently open at the firm and he expects to raise a series-A round in the next six-to-eight months for further growth.
Millar says he's found plenty of great engineers to work for Relogix in Ottawa, which he notes is full of IoT potential. On the other hand, he says the National Capital Region is lacking when it comes to readily available software talent and Relogix has had to make a few hires from outside the city to find the right candidate.
Attracting prospective employees to Ottawa hasn't been an issue though. He says Relogix is offering candidates "ground floor opportunities" – the chance to build a product in an emerging market rather than doing maintenance on some large enterprise's servers.
"IoT's in its infancy, but we found a sweet spot and we found good fit in the market," he says.
Cubitt agrees, and points to Relogix as part of a growing trend of Ottawa-based firms finding traction in the IoT space.
"It's another great example of an Ottawa company leveraging IoT and the power of the internet to make a really good enterprise solution."
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I cinched my backpack tighter and dug my toes in, the hill was steep and my quads groaned. Sweat trickled between my breasts and I briefly turned my face towards the sun. I 'd hoped for dry conditions and been treated to a deep blue sky.
Just as I reached the summit, my stomach growled. I'd broken camp an hour earlier and decided to hike the first hill before I ate, anticipating gorgeous views. I wasn't disappointed. An inky blue ocean crashed against the rocks below, stunning Devon countryside greeted me as I turned my gaze to the left. Removing my pack, I sat down for breakfast.
In less than 24 hours the way I felt about myself had changed.
I'd come to hike a section of the South West Coast Path alone, and not just hike it, but to camp out for three nights in a tiny tent I'd borrowed from a friend.
This wasn't a physical challenge; it was a mental one. My way of facing a fear that was a result of a close encounter in my childhood, an experience that had left me fearful of being alone at night anywhere other than in big cities with bright lights.
A fear I'd pushed so deep inside me I'd almost forgotten why it existed. Yet it shaped the way I saw myself and thus, had shaped my life. Once I became aware of it, I'd become angry that another person's actions continued to have an impact more than three decades later.
So, I decided to write a new story for myself. The night before I'd pitched my tent in the dark and rather than lying awake petrified, I told myself it was fine to feel afraid, but I was safe on my own.
I discovered I relished the solitude.
Breakfast finished, I stood, hoisted my pack onto my back and headed south.
48 Hours later and I've found a hidden cove. I'm not ready to return to London, not yet. I loved the simplicity of life on the trail and felt myself expand in ways I could never have anticipated. The wind had spooked me on the second night, a reminder that the point isn't to get over fear but to face it. I'd risen in the night, heart in mouth, to check various pegs and strings and experienced the euphoria that comes from doing what you think you absolutely cannot.
So often fear is seen as a negative, yet the more I face my own the more I see it as a positive - not a boundary, but an opening. An opportunity to question everything you believe to be true and then be willing to change your story.
I felt the urge to celebrate, stripped quickly and ran towards the ocean, the smooth rocks slippery beneath my feet; I raised my arms and whooped with delight.
Above me, birds circled and cried out, their approval ringing in my ears.
The South West Coastal Path is England's longest waymarked long-distance footpath and a National Trail. It's 630 miles long and runs from Minehead in Somerset to the shores of Poole Harbour in Dorset.
Esther is an Australian writer, artist and lifestyle coach based in London.


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We are very excited to announce the line up of shows for Season 8 of Heart to Heart with Anna. Season 8 will begin on May 31, 2016. The theme for Season 8 is Care for Adults with Congenital Heart Defects and we have a wide range of Guests who will be speaking on a variety of topics.
We will be featuring encore presentations during the month of May until we begin our new season. We are very thankful for the wonderful Guests who have been part of the show — did you know that we have had 177 Guests on our show? We also love to hear from our Listeners. Please keep the great comments and suggestions coming! Thank you all for supporting "Heart to Heart with Anna"!


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Early Summer News Blotter
First up is this silly little number out of Plate Cove East.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/outdoor-pool-deemed-illegal-despite-government-funding-1.2706185
Money was invested to help restore the river pool back to its pre-Igore state and ever since then Service NL has told them it's illegal to operate it. It's a river pool in a small community so any discussion is just stupid. The safety argument does make sense but use at own risk still applies.
Next up is trails and tribulations.
http://www.vocm.com/newsarticle.asp?mn=2&id=47620&latest=1
It looks like the Prov Gov has suggested a private company should be allowed to use bikes on the ECT without the approval of the actual East Coast Trail Association. What a surprise. I hike the ECT a fair amount and I've seen a few mountain bikers along the way. There are certainly sections where it could work but they then to be the areas that are former access roads or the more open areas. Some sections of trail are difficult on foot and bikers would be carrying their bikes for sure.
And then its the City of St. John's looking for "regional cooperation"
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/dennis-o-keefe-wants-mount-pearl-to-split-costs-of-team-gushue-highway-1.2708295
This isn't the first time we've heard this tune from St. John's. Former Mayor Wells was know for his attitude for the "brow baggers" who worked in the City but resided outside of it's sacred limits. The skinny here is that as the Capital, St, John's benefits from a readily available work force, government offices everywhere, retail establishments in all corners, and they all choose the City as their location to better access the residents of the entire region. Bottom line is that St. John's benefits far more from those who travel to work there then it looses on road maintenance servicing the arterials in and out of the City. Suck it up.
Where is Batman? Or superman?
No links required here as you've all read the news stories of gunshots, bear spray, knife attacks and general havoc in and around the downtown area as of late. Does this indicate a rise in crime or more unsafe streets in our fair capital? Do we nee to flash the Bat symbol into the fog? Maybe not just yet, but we should keep an eye on it. I'm not convinced our streets are really less safe but it is hard to deny the increasing frequency of newsworthy incidents. We are becoming a more affluent region and that extra money brings nice cars, expensive restaurants and organized crime. We haven't been overrun just yet but we need to keep control of the situation before it gets out of hand. The police can only do so much and always deserve our support, but we also need a shift in our approach to justice that reflects our new reality. An approach that streamlines court proceedings for non-violent crimes and minor issues like small claims court, while creating special responsibilities for those tasked with keeping our streets safe from the real and growing threats.
Drive through St. John's, go for a hike and a swim and don't do drugs!


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