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Innovation in Industrial Carbon Capture Conference 2020
If you needed a sign that the cement industry has become serious about carbon capture it was the presence of two organisations offering CO2 transport and storage capacity in northern Europe at last week's Innovation in Industrial Carbon Capture Conference 2020 (IICCC). Both Norway's Northern Lights and the Rotterdam CCUS (Project Porthos) were busy at their stands during the event's exhibition. Meanwhile, Cembureau, the European Cement Association, said that it will work on finding other potential storage sites for CO2 and on identifying existing gas pipelines that could be converted. The industry is planning what to do about CO2 transport and storage.
As with the previous IICCC event in 2018 the heart of the programme was the Low Emissions Intensity Lime And Cement (LEILAC) project. Since then Calix's 60m tall pilot Direct Separation Calciner unit has been built at the HeidelbergCement cement plant in Lixhe and has been tested since mid-2019. Early results look promising, with CO2 separation occurring, calcined material produced and the tube structure and mechanical expansion holding up. Problems with thermocouples failing, blockages and recarbonation at the base of the tube have been encountered but these are being tackled in the de-bottlenecking phase. Testing will continue well into 2020 and plans for the next demonstration project at another cement plant in Europe are already moving ahead. LEILAC 2 will see industry partners Cimpor, Lhoist, Port of Rotterdam and IKN join Calix, HeidelbergCement and other research partners to work together on a larger 0.1Mt/yr CO2 separation pilot scheduled for completion in 2025.
Alongside this HeidelbergCement presented a convincing vision of a carbon neutral future for the cement industry at the IICCC 2020. It may not be what actually happens but the building materials producer has a clear plan across the lifecycle chain of cement. It is researching and testing a variety of methods to capture CO2 process emissions, is looking at supply chains and storage sites for the CO2 and is working on recycling concrete as aggregates and cementations material via recarbonation. In terms of carbon capture technology, an amine-based industrial scale CCS unit looks likely to be built at Norcem's Brevik plant in the early 2020s. HeidelbergCement's other joint-research projects – direct separation and oxyfuel – are further behind, at the pilot and pre-pilot stages respectively. Each technology looks set to offer progressively better and cheaper CO2 capture as they come on line.
Or put another way, cement companies in Europe could build industrial scale amine-based carbon (CC) capture plants now. Yet the game appears to be to wait until the cost of CCS falls through new technology versus the rising emissions trading scheme (ETS) price of CO2. CC is expected to become economically feasible in a decade's time, sometime in the 2030s. At which point there might be an upgrade boom as plants are retrofitted with CC units or new production lines are commissioned. Other ways of reducing the cement industry's CO2 emissions, of course, are being explored by other companies such as further reducing the clinker factor through the use of calcined clays (LC3 and others), solar reactor or electric-powered kilns and more.
The usual problem of how the construction industry can cope with a higher cost of cement was acknowledged at IICCC 2020 but it is largely being worked around. Higher priced cement poses competitive issues for specifiers and construction companies but it is widely expected to result in price rises below 5% for most residential end users. In the short-term government policy such as requiring low carbon cement in state building projects could stimulate the market. The start of this process can be seen already with the use of slag cements in various infrastructure projects.
Hans Bergman, Head Unit ETS Policy Development at the Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG Clima) partly addressed the cost issue by talking about the EU Green Deal. The EU wants to meet its new targets but it also wants to let gross domestic product (GDP) rise whilst greenhouse emissions fall. The EU ETS is its principle vehicle for this but the commission is wary of changes, such as making modifications linked to CCS, in case it undermines the system. Discussions are ongoing as the work on the Green Deal continues.
IICCC was a wider forum beyond just what LEILAC is up to. To this extent the CC projects involve multiple partners, including those from other cement companies like Cemex and Tarmac (CRH) in LEILAC and Dyckerhoff (Buzzi Unicem), Schwenk Zement and Vicat in the oxyfuel project. The decarbonisation fair included representatives from Vicat's FastCarb project and Polimi's Cleanker. Speakers from the European Climate Foundation, Acatech, INEA, TCM, SINTEF and Lhoist were also present.
During one speaker discussion Calix was described as the 'Tesla' of industrial CC by one speaker, who said that, "…there is a genuine competitive opportunity for those bold enough to grasp it." Calix's managing director Phil Hodgson enjoyed the accolade but the point was that leading innovation or setting the agenda offers advantages. In the case of industrial CC for the cement industry, change feels a step closer.
Tabuk Cement appoints Saoud Bin Solaiman Al-Juhni as chairman
Saudi Arabia: Tabuk Cement has appointed Saoud Bin Solaiman Al-Juhni as the chairman of its board of directors. Abdulaziz Bin Abdelrahman Alkhamis has been appointed as the deputy chairman and the cement producer has also announcement the composition of its executive and audit committees.
Hanson appoints Andrew Simpson as packed products director
UK: Hanson has appointed Andrew Simpson as its packed products director, adding operational responsibility to his commercial remit. He is responsible for sales of all of its packed products, including cement, ready-to-use concrete and aggregates, and will now also look after manufacturing at the company's ready-to-use production site in Nuneaton, as well as its construction aggregates packing plants across the country.
Simpson started his career with Hanson in 1997 when he was appointed area sales manager for Castle Cement, part of the HeidelbergCement Group, which bought Hanson in 2007. Since then he has held a number of different sales roles and attained a degree in Business Studies from De Montfort University in Leicester. In 2017 he was honoured with the freedom of the City of London and installed as a Liveryman of The Worshipful Company of Builders Merchants in recognition of his work within the builders' merchants' industry.
Schust appoints Daniel Locke as Director of Business Development – Industrial Minerals
US: Schust, a member of the Scheuch Group, has appointed Daniel Locke as Director of Business Development – Industrial Minerals, where he will support Schust's North American cement producer customers. Locke has nearly five years of sales and technical experience in the industrial minerals and energy industries. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Southern Mississippi.
Schust provides turnkey industrial ventilation systems. It is part of Scheuch Group via Scheuch North America.
Jon K Tabor to retire from Allied Mineral Products
US: Jon K Tabor, the Chairman Emeritus of Allied Mineral Products, is to retire at the end of March 2020. He celebrates 50 years with Allied on 16 February 2020. He will remain on Allied's board of directors following his retirement.
Tabor started a 65-year career in the refractories industry in 1955 when he started working for Norton Company (Saint-Gobain), in Worcester, Massachusetts. He joined Allied as Sales Manager in 1970, when Allied was a small company. Tabor helped transform Allied from a two-man partnership into a multi-national corporation with almost 1000 employees in 25 countries, and manufacturing facilities in eight countries and four US states. His Allied career has included the roles of Sales Manager, Vice President of Sales, President, chief executive officer (CEO), Chairman, and most recently, Chairman Emeritus. Notably, he led the transformation of Allied to an employee owned (ESOP) company in 1986.
Tabor attended the United States Merchant Marine Academy, served in the US Army and Army Reserves; graduated from Alfred University in 1955 and earned an MBA from Northeastern University in 1962.
0.75Mt/yr National Cement plant opens in Nakuru
Kenya: Devki Group subsidiary National Cement has launched its second Kenyan plant in Salgaa in Nakuru county at a cost of US$58.0m. Business Daily News has reported that the 0.75Mt integrated plant will supply cement to Kenya, South Sudan and southern Ethiopia.
Devki Group chairman Narendra Raval said that the completion of a 0.75Mt/yr second line at National Cement's 1.2Mt/yr Kajiado County plant would bring the group's total capacity to 3.5Mt/yr in July 2020, in a speech in which he lobbied the government to ban clinker imports. "We are gearing towards fixing the country's clinker gap and making Kenya a regional market for raw material in cement production," said Raval. The group also produces its Simba brand cement in Uganda.
Yakutcement launches new conveyor
Russia: Yakutcement has commissioned a crushed stone conveyor to circulate crushed stone of a 200 - 400mm fraction for secondary crushing at the 0.4Mt/yr Yakutcement plant in Mokhsogollokh. Yakutcement has said that the installation will save on the costs of a front-end loader and dump truck for conveying crushed stone to and from a temporary warehouse prior to secondary crushing.
Topkinsky Cement plant begins producing new slag cement
Russia: Sibirsky Cement Holding (Sibtsem) subsidiary Topkinsky Cement has announced that it has entered commercial production of a new Mita slag Portland cement with granulated blast furnace slag (GBFS) at its 2.7Mt/yr integrated plant in Topki, for which it received a certification of conformity with 'cement for general construction' standards on 16 January 2020. Nina Poputnikova, Topkinsky Cement laboratory and quality department head, said that it is producing the cement in response to 'construction companies' increased interest in cement for use in reinforced, precast concrete in monolithic structures such as buried and hydraulic structures.'
"In the near future we plan to certify two new cements," said Topkinsky Cement managing director Alexey Ospelnikov. One will be a low-heat general-purpose cement for large-sized concrete structures and the other a sulphate-resistant Portland cement. "Expanding the assortment will help strengthen the company's position in the Russian cement market."
Titan Cement opens Group Digital Centre of Competence
Greece: Titan Cement has opened the Group Digital Centre of Competence, a facility which it says will consolidate its digital and advanced analytics capabilities. Titan says the Centre 'accelerates its digital efforts' set out under its Group Digital Initiative. "This is an essential part of efforts to increase operational efficiency and competitiveness," said the company.
Eurocement and PIK Group extend cooperation agreement
Russia: Eurocement has announced the continuation of its cooperation agreement with construction company PIK Group in 2020. The 30.7Mt/yr-capacity cement producer, Russia's largest, sold 0.2Mt of cement to PIK Group in 2019, bringing the total volume exchanged in the course of their cooperation to 0.8Mt. Eurocement sales vice president Ilya Kosykh said, "We guarantee our customers stable cement performance and uninterrupted deliveries of building materials on time."


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August 10, 2009: Conservative Activist Uses Tea Party Altercation to Attack 'Democrat-Media Complex'
Andrew Breitbart. [Source: Media Bistro (.com)]Conservative activist and blogger Andrew Breitbart uses recent allegations by St. Louis tea party activist Kenneth Gladney to attack the Obama administration, the "liberal" media, and others. Gladney claims to have been "savagely beaten" by "union thugs" during a recent town hall forum in St. Louis (see August 6-8, 2009 and August 8, 2009). Gladney is "under fire" from what Breitbart calls "the Democrat-Media Complex (the natural coalition of the Democratic Party and the mainstream media)"; CNN's Anderson Cooper, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann, and others, Breitbart writes, have "led the charge" in attacking tea party members, who they derisively call "tea baggers," a term Breitbart says tea party members find offensive. The media, along with many Congressional Democrats, are working in collusion to deride and delegitimize the tea parties, Breitbart says. Breitbart turns to the Gladney incident, saying that Gladney was "viciously attacked" by "Service Employees International Union (SEIU) members," one of whom called him a "n_gger," Breitbart alleges. "These union thugs were directed by the White House to go to the protests and 'punch back twice as hard,'" Breitbart continues, "[a]nd they did." Only Fox News is reporting the Gladney story, Breitbart claims, while the "liberal media" resolutely ignores it. He concludes: "With the Democratic Party in control of all branches of government and the Fourth Estate acting as the Democratic Party's protector, the tea party movement is the closest thing America has to checks and balances. If that isn't enough to motivate you, perhaps showing your solidarity with Kenneth Gladney, a fellow patriot, is." [Washington Times, 8/10/2009] Misdemeanor assault charges will be filed against two union members (see Late November, 2009); both will be found innocent of any wrongdoing (see July 12, 2011). The only person injured in the altercation was one of the union members (see Mid-August, 2009), though Gladney falsely claimed to have suffered severe injuries.
Entity Tags: Rachel Maddow, Anderson Cooper, Andrew Breitbart, Fox News, Kenneth Gladney, Keith Olbermann, Service Employees International Union, Obama administration
August 10-11, 2009: Conservative Commentators Accuse Pelosi of Calling Americans Nazis
Progressive media watchdog organization Media Matters documents a number of instances where conservative commentators twist the words of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Steny Hoyer (D-MD) into accusations of "calling Americans Nazis" or accusing citizens of being "un-American." Hoyer and Pelosi wrote an op-ed in USA Today saying that for groups of corporate-sponsored protesters to disrupt and prevent open debate on the topic of health care reform was un-American (see August 10, 2009). Apparently the "Nazi" accusation comes in part from recent allegations by Rush Limbaugh that Pelosi and other Democrats have used Nazi accusations of their own (see August 6, 2009) and have, themselves, adopted Nazi symbology and precepts (see August 6, 2009).
MSNBC's Scarborough - MSNBC host Joe Scarborough, a former Republican congressman, says on his show, "[O]n the left, you've got a speaker calling Americans un-American for going to town hall meetings and accusing them of carrying swastikas in there." Scarborough goes on to say that it is not right to counter right-wing accusations and disruptions "by calling your opponents Nazis."
Fox News Anchor - Fox News anchor Gregg Jarrett says, "First of all, in the beginning, Pelosi sort of suggested that any American citizen who dared voice an objection in a protest is a Nazi, apparently based on one isolated incident." Former George H. W. Bush speechwriter Peggy Noonan wrote that Pelosi called protesters "Nazi-like."
Wall Street Journal Columnist - Wall Street Journal columnist James Taranto echoed Noonan, writing that Pelosi "insinuated that they [protesters] are Nazis," and added that Nazi analogies are "far more common on the left than the right." Limbaugh said flatly that Pelosi "is saying the people who oppose this are Nazis."
Washington Times Op-Eds - The Washington Times says that Pelosi is "misleading" in asserting that protesters were "carrying swastikas." Instead, the Times writes, "Closer examination [of the protest signs being carried at the town hall forums and rallies] revealed that in every case, the symbol was being used as a warning against the arrogance of power of which Mrs. Pelosi has become emblematic." Citizen journalist Andrew Breitbart, in a Washington Times editorial, says that Pelosi "blatantly lied and said that the protesters were wielding 'swastikas and symbols like that.'" The Wall Street Journal called Pelosi "completely clueless" for saying that anyone carried Nazi symbols to protests. Taranto wrote that Pelosi was suffering from "a fevered imagination" in seeing swastikas at protests and rallies. [Media Matters, 8/11/2009]
Fox Hosts - Fox News hosts Gretchen Carlson and Steve Doocy tell their viewers that Hoyer and Pelosi called protesters "un-American." Carlson says, "Some lawmakers are outright canceling the town halls now, and Nancy Pelosi says anyone who speaks out is un-American." Doocy says moments later: "Of course, going back to Nancy Pelosi saying that apparently the opposing view to her view is un-American, that's our text question this hour. Is it un-American to debate health care?" [Media Matters, 8/10/2009]
Protests of Nazi Rhetoric - The Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish organization, has protested the use of Nazi symbols and rhetoric both by anti-health care reform protesters and by conservative commentators (see August 7, 2009).
Entity Tags: Media Matters, Gretchen Carlson, Gregg Jarrett, Andrew Breitbart, Joseph Scarborough, James Taranto, Washington Times, Steve Doocy, Steny Hoyer, Rush Limbaugh, Wall Street Journal, Peggy Noonan, Nancy Pelosi
Timeline Tags: US Health Care, Domestic Propaganda
March 20, 2010: Tea Party, Other Protesters Hurl Racial, Homophobic Slurs at Lawmakers, Spit on Congressman
Democratic lawmaker Emanuel Cleaver, walking through the crowd of tea party protesters around the same time he is spat upon. [Source: EurWeb (.com)]Tea party and other anti-health care protesters in Washington denigrate African-American lawmakers with racial slurs, one African-American congressman is spat upon, and a gay congressman is called an anti-gay slur by another protester.
'Kill the Bill, N_gger!' - John Lewis (D-GA) and Andre Carson (D-IN), both members of the Congressional Black Caucus, after leaving a Democratic caucus meeting with President Obama, encounter a large and angry crowd of tea party and other protesters. According to Carson and a number of staffers accompanying the lawmakers, protesters first scream and chant, "Kill the bill!" referring to the pending health care legislation, then alter the chant to say, "Kill the bill, n_gger!" When Lewis confirms that he supports the bill, protesters shout, "Baby killer!" Police quickly escort Lewis, Carson, and their staffers into the Capitol building. Carson later tells a reporter that he heard the first slur from a single individual: "You see one or two tea party people kind of look at him, and then you hear it again as we're walking. Then we walk across [Independence Avenue], and that's when it starts getting deeper.… You heard it in spurts, in the midst of 'Kill the bill. Kill the bill.' One guy, I remember he just rattled it off several times. Then John looks at me and says, 'You know, this reminds me of a different time.'" Lewis confirms Carson's account of the racial slurs, and adds, "People have been just downright mean." Heath Shuler (D-NC), a white congressman, also confirms that he heard the racial slurs.
Lawmaker Spat Upon - Another African-American congressman, Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), is spat upon by an unidentified protester; police arrest the man, but Cleaver declines to press charges and the man is later released.
Lawmaker Called 'F_ggot' - Protesters in the same rally accost Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA), who is openly gay, inside the Longworth House office building; one, an elderly white man, shouts, "Barney, you f_ggot!" causing many in the group to laugh and a woman to shout, "We don't need that." CNN reporter Dana Bash later says that her producer personally witnessed the homophobic slur towards Frank. When Capitol police threaten to expel the protesters from the Longworth building, according to one reporter, the police are "outnumbered and quickly overwhelmed." After tea party protesters equipped with high-end video cameras arrive to film the encounter, the police relent and allow them to continue protesting inside the building.
Rhetoric Similar to '60s Civil Rights Protests - Frank later says of the protesters: "I'm disappointed at a unwillingness to be just civil. [T]he objection to the health care bill has become a proxy for other sentiments.… Obviously there are perfectly reasonable people that are against this, but the people out there today on the whole—many of them were hateful and abusive." Frank puts some of the blame for the incident on tea party organization leaders and Republicans who align themselves with the organizations, and notes that today's incidents are not the first of their kind (see June 30, 2009, July 28, 2009, July 28-29, 2009, August 4, 2009, and August 11, 2009). "I do think the leaders of the movement, and this was true of some of the Republicans last year, that they think they are benefiting from this rancor," he says. "I mean there are a couple who—you know, Michele Bachmann's rhetoric is inflamatory as well as wholly baseless. And I think there are people there, a few that encourage it.… If this was my cause, and I saw this angry group yelling and shouting and being so abusive to people, I would ask them to please stop it. I think they do more harm than good." Frank tells another reporter: "The Republican leadership is making a mistake not doing more to disassociate from this.… It's a mob mentality that doesn't work politically." House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC), an African-American, says: "It was absolutely shocking to me, last Monday, I stayed home to meet on the campus Pomford University where 50 years ago, as of last Monday, March 15th, I led the first demonstrations in South Carolina, the sit-ins… quite frankly I heard some things today that I haven't heard since that day. I heard people saying things today I've not heard since March 15th, 1960, when I was marching to try and get off the back of the bus. This is incredible, shocking to me." [TPM Muckraker, 3/20/2010; MSNBC, 3/20/2010; Mediaite, 3/20/2010; ABC News, 4/13/2010] Anne Caprara, the chief of staff for Betsy Markey (D-CO), says of the protesters: "I've been in politics for 10 years and it was like nothing I'd ever seen. To be amongst that crowd outside and to see some of the people who walked into our office, these people were very unhinged." [KDVR-TV, 3/25/2010] The New York Times later publishes a correction to a follow-up article that notes it is impossible to prove that actual tea party members were the ones hurling the racial and homophobic epithets, nor is it clear that it was a tea party member who spat upon Cleaver. [New York Times, 7/17/2010]
Tea Party Supporters Claim False Accusations - Conservative bloggers quickly accuse Lewis, Carson, Cleaver, and the "liberal media" of lying about the incidents [Media Research Center, 3/20/2010; John Hinderaker, 7/25/2010] , and are joined by Bachmann (R-MN), who will falsely inform an audience, "No witness saw it, it's not on camera, it's not on audio." [ABC News, 4/13/2010]
Videos Surface - A blogger at the liberal Daily Kos posts a video of the protests. [Daily Kos, 3/20/2010] Conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart later posts a video claiming that it proves no such incidents took place; further examination proves that the video was shot over an hour past the time of the incidents. Breitbart will offer a $100,000 contribution to the United Negro College Fund if anyone can prove to his satisfaction that the incidents occurred. After stating flatly that his video proves the incidents "didn't happen," Breitbart later partially retracts his denial, saying, "I'm not saying the video was conclusive proof." Other conservatives will accuse Lewis, Carson, and Cleaver of deliberately walking through the crowd of protesters in order to provoke a reaction. [ABC News, 4/13/2010] Days later, another video surfaces, showing Cleaver walking through a crowd of angry, shouting protesters, then suddenly jerking his head back and wiping his face. [EurWeb, 3/29/2010]
Entity Tags: James Clyburn, Betsy Markey, Congressional Black Caucus, Dana Bash, Barack Obama, Barney Frank, Andrew Breitbart, Anne Caprara, Michele Bachmann, John Lewis, Emanuel Cleaver, Andre Carson
June 28-29, 2010: Conservative Media Outlets Falsely Claim that Solicitor General Called Government Book-Banning 'Fine' in 'Citizens United' Arguments
The Web site of conservative pundit and activist Andrew Breitbart misquotes Solicitor General Elena Kagan to give the appearance that she condones book banning. The story comes from a video produced by Naked Emperor News and promoted by Breitbart TV, featuring edited audio recordings of Kagan's oral arguments before the Supreme Court in the Citizens United decision (see September 9, 2009 and January 21, 2010). [Media Matters, 6/29/2010] Breitbart TV headlines its story: "Kagan's own words: It's fine if the law bans books because government won't really enforce it." [Breitbart TV, 6/28/2010] The story is immediately picked up by the conservative Drudge Report, which uses a nearly identical headline and links to the Breitbart site. [Media Matters, 6/29/2010] The influential conservative blog Gateway Pundit posts the story, again with an almost-identical headline, and includes the comment, "Spoken like a true leftist radical…" [Jim Hoft, 6/28/2010] (Both Breitbart TV and Gateway Pundit will later delete their posts.) Fox Nation, the blog for Fox News, also posts the story with the headline: "Kagan: It's Fine If the Law Bans Books." [Fox Nation, 6/29/2010] However, the video and audio have been edited to have Kagan claiming something she never said. During her argument before the Court, she actually argued that federal law had never banned books and probably could not do so. She never uttered the words, "It's fine if the law bans books." She said that if the government did try to ban books under campaign finance laws, "there would be quite good as-applied challenge" to the law, meaning that if a corporation did publish a book that advocated for or against a candidate during an election season, it would have a strong case against any potential banning by the government. Kagan later said: "[W]hat we're saying is that there has never been an enforcement action for books. Nobody has ever suggested—nobody in Congress, nobody in the administrative apparatus has ever suggested that books pose any kind of corruption problem, so I think that there would be a good as-applied challenge with respect to that." [Media Matters, 6/29/2010] Naked Emperor News, which produced the video, is a small organization run by conservative activist Pam Key and promoted by the Breitbart Web network. [Media Matters, 9/2/2010]
Entity Tags: Pam Key, Fox Nation, Gateway Pundit (.com), Elena Kagan, Andrew Breitbart, Drudge Report, Naked Emperor News, Breitbart TV
September 12, 2010: 9/12 'Tea Party' Rally Draws Smaller Numbers than 2009 Edition
An anti-health care reform sign at the 9/12 rally depicting President Obama as a witch doctor, and combining the Obama 2008 campaign logo with the Soviet hammer and sickle. [Source: CNN]A large number of "tea party" activists and followers gather at the Washington Monument for a march and a rally. The protest rally, organized by the lobbying organization FreedomWorks and a number of national and local tea party organizations, is designed to show the size and efficacy of the "tea party" movement as the November midterm elections approach. Real estate broker Catherine Childers of Florida tells a reporter: "The average American has been asleep at the wheel. We think it's time the silent majority starts speaking up." "Today we are gathering to remind Congress and the president that we are fed up with their big-government policies," says Brendan Steinhauser, a FreedomWorks spokesman. "They have ignored independent voters and have continued to spend our tax dollars in a wasteful and inefficient way. Because the bailouts and the growth of the federal government have continued, we are now more determined then ever to replace those in power with leaders that will put an end to the failed economic policies of the current Congress." The featured speakers include FreedomWorks head Dick Armey, the former Republican House majority leader; Representative Mike Pence (R-IN); and conservative bloggers Andrew Breitbart and Erick Erickson. The rally is associated with the "9/12 Movement" promoted by Fox News host Glenn Beck, but Beck is not at this rally; he held a rally of his own two weeks ago. Whereas Beck's rally deliberately toned down political rhetoric, this rally is determinedly political. Initial estimates show that the number of protesters is far smaller than the number who attended a similar rally a year ago (see September 12, 2009). Reporter Evan McMorris-Santoro, writing for the progressive news blog Talking Points Memo, writes that he sees "[a]bout five" minority members on stage and none in the crowd. [Washington Post, 9/12/2010; TPMDC, 9/12/2010; TPMDC, 9/12/2010] Some of the signs carried by rally participants include comparisons between "Obamacare" and "slavery"; threats to "burn your Koran" and the launch of "Quiet Jihad" against Muslims; references to "Imam Obama"; claims that Obama and Congressional Democrats are "traitors" who should be executed; claims that Obama is a Communist; and one poster that depicts Obama as a number of African-American personages, including rappers, Jesus Christ, and TV's "Steve Urkel." [Tea Party Tracker, 9/12/2010]
Entity Tags: Dick Armey, Brendan Steinhauser, Barack Obama, Andrew Breitbart, Catherine Childers, Erick Erickson, Evan McMorris-Santoro, Mike Pence, Glenn Beck, FreedomWorks
October 30, 2011: Cain Presidential Campaign Allegedly Committed Campaign Finance Fraud, Press Reports Show
An unofficial logo for the Cain presidential campaign. [Source: Draft Cain (.org)]Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain (R-GA), who is battling allegations that he sexually harassed two former employees, is further shaken by reports that his campaign may have accepted illegal corporate donations. The apparently-defunct corporation, Prosperity USA, was run by Wisconsin political operatives Mark Block and Linda Hansen, who now serve as Cain's chief of staff and deputy chief of staff, respectively. The corporation, which incorporated itself as a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization under federal tax law, helped get Cain's campaign up and running by paying for tens of thousands of dollars in expenses, including computers, chartered flights, and travel to several states. Such payouts are possible violations of federal tax and campaign law. According to documents obtained by the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Prosperity USA claims it was owed about $40,000 by the Cain campaign for a variety of items in February and March. It is unclear whether the Cain campaign has reimbursed Prosperity USA. Cain began taking donations for his presidential bid on January 1, 2011, but records indicate Prosperity USA may have been spending money on behalf of him well before that date. The records have been verified as authentic by sources close to Prosperity USA. Cain's federal election filings make no mention of monies owed to Prosperity USA, and the figures in the documents do not match payments made by the Cain Campaign. Other payouts include a $100,000 fee to the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), a conservative black organization; Cain spoke at the organization's annual Martin Luther King Jr. dinner in mid-January, an event hosted by controversial conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart. CORE is heavily involved in tea party events. Apparently Cain was not paid for the appearance, inasmuch as his personal financial disclosure forms do not show any honorariums for speeches. [Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, 10/30/2011; USA, 10/31/2011 ]
Apparent Violations of Tax, Campaign Law - Election law experts say the transactions raise many questions about Priorities USA and its connection to the Cain campaign. A Washington, DC, lawyer who advises many Republican candidates and conservative groups on campaign issues, and refuses to be publicly identified, says, "If the records accurately reflect what occurred, this is way out of bounds." She says it is a violation of tax law for Prosperity USA to advance money to the Cain campaign for the items invoiced, and the expenditures also seem to violate federal campaign regulations. "I just don't see how they can justify this," she says. "It's a total mess." Wisconsin campaign attorney Michael Maistelman, a Democrat who has worked for candidates from both parties, agrees, saying, "The number of questionable and possibly illegal transactions conducted on behalf of Herman Cain is staggering." Think Progress legal expert Ian Millhiser writes that "if Prosperity USA effectively donated money to the Cain campaign by fronting money to them and agreeing not to be paid back, that is a violation of federal election law," even if the Cain campaign eventually pays the money back. Block and Hansen have refused to comment on the issue. In 1997, Block, then advising the campaign of former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Jon Wilcox, settled allegations of election-law violations by agreeing to pay a $15,000 fine and to stay out of Wisconsin politics for three years. [Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, 10/30/2011; Think Progress, 10/31/2011] Election lawyer Lawrence H. Norton, who formerly served as a general counsel for the Federal Election Commission (FEC), later says, "If they are supporting his campaign, whether directly or indirectly, they are violating the law." [New York Times, 11/3/2011]
Connections to Koch-Funded Political Organization - In recent years, Block has run the Wisconsin chapter of Americans for Prosperity (AFP—see Late 2004), a nonprofit conservative lobbying and political action group co-founded by the conservative Koch brothers (see 1977-Present, 1979-1980, 1981-2010, 1984 and After, May 6, 2006, April 15, 2009, May 29, 2009, December 6, 2009, November 2009, July 3-4, 2010, August 28, 2010, August 30, 2010, September 24, 2010, January 5, 2011, October 4, 2011, and February 14, 2011). AFP played a key role in organizing the tea party movement. Block met Cain through AFP, and encouraged him to run for president. Block has incorporated a number of offshoot organizations and corporations from AFP, most of which bore the word "prosperity" in their names. AFP officials insist that Block's organizations are legally separate from theirs. Documents show that when Block left AFP at the beginning of 2011, he left behind tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid invoices.
History of Involvement with Cain Campaign - Block's largest group was the now-defunct Wisconsin Prosperity Network (WPN), envisioned as an umbrella organization that would spend over $6 million a year underwriting other conservative political organizations. Hansen was the group's executive director. WPN was also set up as a tax-exempt nonprofit organization. Under the law, neither WPN nor Prosperity USA can have direct political involvement with any candidate or candidate organization. Sources familiar with the situation say the two organizations were closely linked, and raised hundreds of thousands of dollars from Wisconsin conservatives. One supporter, who still advocates for Cain and thusly refuses to have his name publicly disclosed, says he and many others are very upset with the groups for failing to use the money they raised for their intended purposes. The supporter names Hansen as being particularly responsible for the groups' money usage. By February 2011, both groups were deeply in debt, with WPN showing a net loss of $62,000 and Prosperity USA showing net losses of $110,000. Prosperity USA's biggest debt was an almost-$40,000 debit to "FOH," which records show means "Friends of Herman Cain," the name of Cain's presidential operation. The debt includes almost $15,000 for what is called an "Atlanta invoice"; $17,000 for chartered flight service; $5,000 for travel and meetings in Iowa, Las Vegas, Dallas, Houston, and Louisiana; and $3,700 for iPads purchased for the Cain campaign. Other small-ticket items for travel and expenses by Block are listed as "not billed to FOH but due from them." Other expenses include a September 2010 bill for $5,000 for costs incurred by Cain's speech to the conservative Right Nation rally in Chicago, which records show Cain attended at the request of AFP; the Cain campaign later used a segment from that speech in a campaign ad. Prosperity USA also paid for a trip by Block to Washington, DC, to meet with billionaire oil magnate and conservative financier David Koch. Singer Krista Branch, who recorded "I Am America," the unofficial anthem of the tea party movement, was supposed to be paid $3,000 by Prosperity USA; Cain has since adopted the song as his campaign theme. Branch's husband, Michael, is a Cain campaign and fundraising consultant. The records also show $150,000 in loans from individuals who are not identified. Sources say Hansen paid much of that loan money to CORE earlier in the year. Michael Dean, the attorney for both Prosperity USA and WPN, resigned his position with WPN in the summer of 2011, and contacted the IRS about the organization's tax-exempt status. And WPN is a listed litigant in a case pending before the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
'Outside Counsel' Will Review Allegations - The Cain campaign will respond by saying that an "outside" lawyer will review the allegations. "As with any suggestions of this type, we have asked outside counsel to investigate the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's suggestions and may comment, if appropriate, when that review is completed," says campaign spokesman J.D. Gordon. Gordon refuses to identify the "outside counsel," or give a time frame as to when the review will be complete. [Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, 10/30/2011; New York Times, 11/3/2011]
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Augsburská radnice, německy Augsburger Rathaus, je významná architektonická památka v německém městě Augsburg považovaná za jeden z nejdůležitějších projevů architektonické renesance na sever od Alp. Postavena byla v letech 1615–1624 na místě starší gotické budovy, architektem a stavitelem Eliasem Hollem, příslušníkem tradičního místního stavitelského rodu, který má na svém kontě i řadu dalších budov ve městě a byl ve svém návrhu silně ovlivněn pobytem v Toskánsku. Ceněna byla vždy především jím navržená fasáda a vnitřní členění budovy. Dvě osmihranné věže byly do projektu doplněny dodatečně, aby stavba působila monumentálněji. Od roku 1828 nebyla radnice viditelná z hlavního náměstí, neboť ji zakryla budova burzy, tu však srovnalo se zemí britské bombardování za druhé světové války, 25. února 1944, takže od definitivního odklizení zbytků budovy burzy je radnice znovu z náměstí viditelná a je de facto jeho součástí. I sedmipatrová radnice byla bombardováním poškozena, ale na rozdíl od jiných budov byla kompletně zrekonstruována a od roku 1955 zde znovu sídlí vedení města. Před ustavením stálého říšského sněmu v Řezně roku 1663 na augsburské radnici několikrát zasedal Říšský sněm, v proslulém Zlatém sále (Goldener Saal), jehož výtvarnou výzdobu zajistil v 17. století německý malíř Johann Matthias Kager a Vlám Peter Candid. V roce 1690 na radnici Josef I. Habsburský pořádal slavnostní banket k oslavě svého korunování římským králem. Tuto říšskou tradici připomíná říšská orlice na štítě. Zcela na vrcholu stavby je pak kamenná šiška, tradiční symbol Augsburgu.

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You talk about the things you need to do on the road against a good team, and one of them is to come up with some plays on special teams. I don't know if we had any difference-making plays there. The other is you can't turn [the ball] over, and we turned it over twice. I don't think Penn State, to their credit, turned it over at all. You've also got to play good, hard, relentless defense and I thought our guys did that.
We got behind in the count and allowed them to pin their ears back and they did a good job with that. We had a couple penalties that cost us. When you're behind the count against a veteran secondary and a veteran front, you give them a better chance.
In the second half, you seemed to gain some momentum. What happened?
We thought with the way our defense was playing, and the way their punting game had hurt them a couple times and had given us some field position [that we would be in good shape], but we just did not go down and cash in. There are a number of drives that I can recall where we had a first down or two, but then did something to move ourselves backward and had to punt. But I thought our defense did a great job.
How difficult is it to play here in Beaver Stadium?
This is a fun environment to play in. I think our guys were excited to play and enjoyed the great competition. Penn State is a good, tough, hard, clean football team, and the environment is awesome. That's why so many guys pick to play in this league, because not many places in the country have an environment like this. Is it tough? Sure. We also like to think it's tough to play in our environment.
Fourth and eight is a little long to have a very good percentage of making [the first down] and if you don't you didn't even have a chance at any points. Whereas with a field goal, you have a chance at some points if you make it. If you don't of course you're going to be where you were if you didn't make your offensive play. I don't like putting a field goal kicker in a 50-yard situation, because those are hard, but we have a lot of confidence in him. We weren't going to go for it, so it really came down to whether we were going to kick the field goal or punt.
How do you think the Ohio State defense played today?
We had goal-line stands on two plays and we let them score. We didn't tackle well and we didn't stop them from making big plays.
How do you pick up the pieces?
We're not worried about that. It's a tough loss, but any loss is tough. We have too much character on this team and too many guys have been around just to lay down.
How big was that interception by Penn State?
We tried to look at it as it put us in a bad spot, but it was an opportunity for the defense. If we could have had a goal-line stand, that would have been a huge momentum change for us. That's our job to stop them, and we didn't do it tonight.
On what they needed to do in the second half to get in the game.
On what the loss means to him.
How do you think the Ohio State defense played tonight?
We played well in the 2nd half, and we're happy about that. But as a defense we didn't get it done in the 1st half. We missed tackles on all levels – the d-line, linebackers and DBs. I didn't play well, and we should have played a lot better in the first half. I think that's why we got down.
Did you feel like you got a feel for Penn State's offense?
We just started to play better and play Ohio State defense. At the beginning of the game we were playing sloppy and we just weren't talking. If you look at the plays, we were in position every time, but we just weren't making the tackles.
How do you salvage the season?
Salvage is a term I wouldn't use. That sounds like you're picking something off the scrap table. We're a good team. We've lost two tough games to two good teams. We should've won both games. We were in them until the end, but we didn't play well enough as a team to win. It's going to be tough. Every team in the Big Ten has a loss now, except for Penn State I think. So, we've got to go into every game, hoping to play our best and figure out ways to play on the road.
Q: Can you sum up your feelings about this game?
A: I have been trying to be as conservative as I can in evaluating this football team. I keep saying they are getting better and better. That was a heck of a football game tonight. You saw two awfully good defensive football teams.
Q: You been saying all along that you have a good football team and that it is getting better and better, how would you assess them after tonight?
A: I think they beat a good football team tonight. I am not going to get carried away with one win. I have tried to play down the fact that so many people wanted to make this 'the' big football game. We have another one next week. We have to go back to work. I think we are a good football team. I think we can be better and do some things better. We didn't do a couple of things offensively that we would have liked to probably do. It was a heck of a football game and we won it. I thought the crowd was great. I thought the crowd helped tremendously. Overall, I am pleased but I realize that this isn't the end of the road.
Q: In the first half did your team feed off the energy gained from the touchdown by Williams, the interception by Lowry, and the stadium being in pandemonium?
A: I thought we were doing really well offensively until that one series were we got the penalties against us. I thought we played solid. We didn't turn the ball over. I was proud of the kids. They hung in there. The defense in the second half was absolutely superb. They were under a lot of pressure because they make one mistake and we are in a tie ball game. There was an awful lot of speed on that field.
Q: What was the key, with all of its playmakers, to not let Ohio State get a long play?
Q: Could you talk about the play of your defense, specifically how confident you were leaving the game in its hands in the last two or three minutes?
A: I was scared to death the whole time. All it took was one play, with a kid like Ginn in there and Gonzalez and Pittman, who can break away, and we have known about Holmes. And their quarterback is dangerous. You just hope your kids stay in good position and do it.
Q: Can you talk about your special teams, particularly Kevin Kelly, and the work you did during the week to keep Ohio State's return game in check?
A: I thought we did a good job there. Kapinos didn't kick the ball for distance but he did put it up high and give us a chance to cover. We have been working hard on special teams. I think we have the potential to be good in those areas and, if you can tie that in with a good defense, then you have a shot. We have played better teams than most people realize. Northwestern won today and Minnesota beat Michigan. And no one believed me that South Florida was a good football team.
Q: The linebackers were in the spotlight on both sides, can you talk about how your linebackers faired in this game?
A: I think the Ohio State kids are outstanding football players and so are our kids. You can't say if one group is better than the other. They all played really well against great people. They gave so darn many formations. I thought Tom Bradley and his guys did a great job. They lined up properly and nobody panicked. It was a tough game to coach. It is tough for me to say who played better. They played a tough football game and we played a tough football game.
Q: Can you discuss how Michael Robinson managed the game and how he played overall tonight?
A: I thought he played a great football game. He really didn't make any major mistakes. Now he didn't make as many plays as everyone maybe would like to see but he wasn't playing against rinky dinks. Those guys were in great position. A couple of times we threw some hitches and, ordinarily, our kids can make some people miss, but we couldn't make them miss. Those were two great defensive football teams. You guys don't like defense but for a coach, it was a heck of a football game to be involved in.
Q: How did your offensive line play, especially with one new starter at a key position?
A: I think they did all right playing against good people. I think the pass protection was good.
Q: For so long, you were trying to build your team up, do you need to change your mindset now that they have confidence?
A: I don't know. I really like this squad. They are a lot of fun to work with. They really are. I go out and horse around with the guys and have a little fun. And they work, they really work. They are hard workers. So, you go out there and look forward to practice and have a couple of laughs with them. But you kick them in the rear end every once in a while to get them moving a little bit. I think we have the make-up of a good football team. I don't know how good yet.
Q: How much personal satisfaction do you derive from this win, especially how things have been the last couple of years?
A: I never felt that we were far away. I thought we had a good football team last year. We just couldn't make a play here or a play there or we couldn't kick a field goal or do this. We lost a couple of games to good football teams that we had a shot to beat if we had made a couple of plays. I didn't feel we were that much out of it. I knew we had to go out and get a couple of kids that could make plays. We went out and worked hard and were fortunate to get four or five.
Q: How did the freshman respond on the national stage like this tonight?
A: They are unusual kids. They have an awful lot of poise. They are not hot shots. They like to play. They know their place. They have a little deference to the upperclassmen in a nice way. They are just really good kids and, obviously, handled all of the stuff. It is a really good group of freshman. I am not just talking about athletes; I am talking about people. I don't know how they could handle it any better. You wouldn't know they are freshman by watching them play. They don't make a lot of mental mistakes.
Q: What do you think this means to the university and what it was like to have 109,000 people in the stadium?
A: The thing I have always wanted with Penn State football was that I wanted people to feel good not only about the winning but about the way we win. I have always tried to have a lot of hot dogging and allow us to be lousy sports. Some of this will have a lot to do with people being proud of the university and the things that we stand for. The students were absolutely unbelievable. In all the years I have been here, I have never seen more spontaneous enthusiasm and wanting to help.
What did the crowd do you for you tonight?
When you're tired late in the game and the crowd rises up like that, do you feel an energy boost?
It definitely boots everybody, because we want to make things happen for them and for the team. It gives you a rush to see everybody standing up and getting so loud.
Tony, assess the play of their three linebackers. What was it like to line up against them?
I think that they had a good defense, and I think we had a pretty good first half. I think in the second half they came out and made a few adjustments and slowed us down. Overall, I think they had a really good defense.
Can you talk about going for that fourth down play? What it meant for the team and what it meant for the game.
We took a chance, and we got it. It was a game changing play. We went on to score a touchdown on that drive instead of punting it. Since the game came down to the wire, it was a very crucial play.
What is it like when the coaching staff listens to you guys, because I know you guys want to go for it.
That's encouraging when you see that they have faith in you to go for it on fourth down. When you tell them that you want to go for it and they let you, it's a big rush.
How nice was it for the defense to finish off that game for you after how hard you worked?
It was huge, because coming in they talked a lot about their defense. We have been trying to prove to the country that we are a good defense. Just knowing that our offense put three more on the board so we can hold them felt good and holding them to no touchdowns in the second half.
How did you like chasing after Troy Smith all night?
I think it was fun. The guy likes scrambling and we like running trying to get to him. It makes you play harder. Some quarterbacks will sit back there for a long time, and it feels good when you have to chase the quarterback and you get to him knowing you can get to him every time.
Tamba, after being here for four years how does it feel to win a game like this in a big situation? It feels good, and we just got enough confidence going for us right now. We know we are a good team. It feels good to me personally and to our entire team.
Can you talk about the crowd?
That's the reason I came to Penn State, for our fans. They support us every time they're here. They have been here since Sunday, and when we get on the field, we can do nothing less except play all out.
Is that a better set of wide receivers that you guys have had to cover this year?
They came in with a reputation, but our defense is the kind of defense where every player plays all out every time. Not one guy makes the play off, so any guy that we play against is going to seem like an average player.
How did you not let their speed beat you?
When they cam in here, we were not going to let them beat us at all, deep or short, it didn't matter. I don't even know how many yards they got, but they didn't do too much of anything short or long. We went in there the same way; we didn't do anything special. That's what I think people are thinking, that we did something special, because they have #4 [Santonio Holmes] and #7 [Tend Ginn, Jr.]. We just went in there and played our game.
6-0, how does it feel?
It feels great, but it hasn't sunk in yet.
What did you prove to the country tonight?
we love when people doubt us. Number one, our team plays for ourselves and our fans that we have here. We don't play for anyone else. We don't even need national exposure like we have. We will still go as hard.
Can you talk about how when that fumble occurred, and what you felt like?
It felt good. Even though the game wasn't over and people were obviously thinking that the game was over, I was still thinking that we were going to go back out there. I am not satisfied to all the time runs out on the clock. I was back in coverage, and I saw Tamba hit him, but I didn't even know there was a fumble. When I heard there was a fumble and that we recovered it, it was the type of feeling that I will never forget.
How did it feel having the game basically in your hands the last few minutes?
"It felt good. That was the first time in my five years that we were really feeling confident on the sidelines doing everything. Once we got a lead, once we knew we had momentum on offense, there was a lot of comfort over there (on the sidelines). There wasn't a lot of anxiety, people weren't nervous. We were really comfortable that people were going to make plays.
Really, was that the first time in five years you felt that way? You haven't felt that way before?
No, this is the first time in five years that I've really felt comfortable back there. Going out and just doing our scheme. Knowing that the guy next to me is going to do the job he has to do and knowing the guys on offense are really going to do a good job.
There were a lot of great emotions going on. A lot of guys were really excited about the night game. It was our first night game of the year. It was on a national stage. This was our big chance to prove that we belong on a national stage. Everyone took that personally.
Dan, you were all over the field tonight. Can you talk a little bit about your performance and what brought it out. Was it Ohio State?
A game like this and the unbelievable crowd that Penn State has, that gets you going- no matter what. You're ready to go and you want to fly around. I think the whole defense was flying around, flying to the ball. You've got 11 guys on the ball every play. The offense did a real good job, too, so that put points on the board and gave us a real good start, which I think was a little bit of a change from last year, but now both sides are working and it's kind of coming together now.
You and Paul Posluszny seemed to really click out there tonight. Can you talk a little about his performance?
He's a great player. Me and him, I'm always trying to out-do him, he's always trying to out-do me. I think there's a competition there. It's a quite one, we never talk about it, but we push each other and Tim (Shaw's) in there, too, and everybody's pushing each other to be the best. That whole structure right there, that's how you can get to the top.
Is there any feeling like a win like this is why you came here?
Oh, yeah. The funny part was, I went to the Nebraska game, I think it was two or three years ago, when it was a night game here. That was the reason I committed. I came. I said, 'I want to play in front of this crowd, in this atmosphere, in a big game.' This is it, This game was that and everyone's got a sense of accomplishment, but in the back of our minds we're thinking we gotta keep going, there's no time to relax. We're always trying to get better. We're trying to push on and trying to go for the perfect season.
Definitely big, It's definitely a confidence builder. We definitely came in here expecting to win. We wanted to win, so this is just a big step in what we're looking to accomplish with (our goals of) going to a Rose Bowl and winning every game this year. Up next, we've got Michigan, but this is a big win. That's a great Ohio State team, too.
How important is it for you guys to maintain your focus?
It's definitely important. We've got to celebrate this one tonight and Sunday, but Monday we'll get right back into practice and watching film and everything. It's definitely important to stay focused.
Did Ohio State throw anything out that surprised you at all?
They didn't really throw anything at us that we didn't expect. They did more of some things then we were expecting. We just had to adjust.
Your recruiting class wanted to go to a place that you could put your name on. Do you feel like that's what you're doing?
I feel like that's what we're doing right now, but we've still got a lot of work to do. We're six games into the season, and we've got a lot more to go. We're trying to get better every week and we've got a great opponent next week in Michigan.
Can you talk about what it's like to have the defense have the game in their hands? Did you guys want that situation? Did you guys feel calm and comfortable out there?
Yes, I think everybody did because that's where most of our veteran players are is on defense. They have a real confidence and they boost me up when I'm out there, too. They make me feel like I'm just as good as them. They really help get me ready to play.
Some think a lot of highly touted recruits have taken a chance coming here to Penn State. Did you ever view it as taking a chance?
No. No. I never thought about it as taking a chance. Maybe other people have and were second-guessing what I was doing. Penn State, with going where we're going, now I think people are going to see why Derrick (Williams) and I made the choice.


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Is Studying Latin a Waste of Time in the 21st Century?
by Christopher Perrin, PhD | Dec 14, 2009 | Articles | 4 comments
Objection: Studying classical subjects like Latin are waste of time in this cultural moment.
The amount of important information we should know and that would be valuable to know has expanded enormously in the last 100 years. Science and technology have advanced remarkably giving us tremendous tools to improve our lives and work. Many jobs require significant technological skill and specialized training. How will Latin help?
We don't deny that students should study science, math and technology. Science and math, are after all, liberal arts. And a technology like the computer (with its associated technologies) is an indispensable tool for studying the liberal arts and thousand other things. Latin is its own particular case. There are many compelling reasons for studying Latin today and we recommend it. However, one can receive a classical education without studying Latin. The liberal arts require the studying of the verbal arts (grammar, logic and rhetoric) but do not require the study of one particular language. Five hundred years ago virtually every subject was taught in Latin and every book published in Latin. Now we teach in English and study other tongues along side. Studying a language along side your mother tongue is necessary to understand grammar with expertise, and Latin is a logical choice for grammatical training for nations that have emerged from the west.
The arts, as arts, don't require Latin. They require language. In the United States, however, we can make a compelling case for why students should study Latin or Greek along with English. Latin is the grandmother to English our mother and greatly enhances our vocabulary and our insight into how English works. Latin gave birth to the most languages of our western heritage (French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian). Latin gives us clear eyes to see and comprehend the literature, art and history of our heritage. The reasons for studying Latin are numerous and compelling and far exceed any real or perceived benefits for "training the mind." Still, we should say it again: one not need study Latin to study grammar, logic and rhetoric. American classical educators will likely push for Latin as one means of enabling the mastery of verbal arts. But they could push for Greek, French, Spanish or Italian. I hope some do. If studying Latin (or another foreign tongue) helps enable a student to become a master of the verbal arts—it is not waste of time. Scientists and technologists with a mastery of the written and spoken word, both logical and eloquent, are virtually unknown. If they won't study Latin, let them study Greek, French, Spanish or Italian—but give them the liberal arts.
We really ought not to think that studying Latin will impede a student's progress to becoming a competent scientist or "knowledge worker." The study of Latin will actually lead people to become scientists and engender a love for science, especially if they study Latin well before college. Latin opens up a vast vocabulary of science (scientia: knowledge), as every creature (creare: to create) and plant has a Latin name and virtually every scientific discipline is steeped in vocabulary derived from Latin. If students learn to enjoy the puzzle-solving inherent in Latin translation, they may find that the puzzle-solving that is the scientific method is a natural and enjoyable extension. Once Dr. Charles Zubrod, one of the founders of chemotherapy, was asked what led him into a life of cancer research. He replied, "The study of Latin and Greek as a child." Could there be link between Latin and chemotherapy?
Vince Perrin on December 15, 2009 at 3:12 am
You get no argument from me, other than when you say "the arts require language." While most theatre and most music frequently require language, the chief ingredients of both require movement, sound and music. Dance and all the visual arts do not require language at all. Of course, writing about these arts does require it,and maybe that's what you meant.
Ed Lang on March 22, 2010 at 4:01 pm
Dr. Perrin,
Could you direct me to the source of the Dr. Zubrod quote?
Chris Perrin on March 30, 2010 at 9:18 am
Charles Zubrod was my wife's grandfather….I asked him this personally about 10 years ago while he was still living.
Anonymous on June 17, 2016 at 1:25 pm
Wouldn't it be more accurate to say that German is the grandmother of English, since English is a Germanic language? One could say perhaps that Latin is an in-law that married into the Germanic family and had a great influence on it.
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Sisak
The Diocese of Sisak (Croatian: Sisačka biskupija; Latin: Dioecesis Sisciensis) is a Latin Church diocese in the Sisak-Moslavina region, Croatia. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Zagreb.
Diocese of Sisak
Dioecesis Sisciensis
Sisačka biskupija
Ecclesiastical province
5,500 km2 (2,100 sq mi)
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2014)
Sui iuris church
Sisak Cathedral
Vlado Košić
Metropolitan Archbishop
Josip Bozanić
Its cathedral is Katedrala Uzvišenja sv. Križa, dedicated to Exaltation of the Holy Cross, in the episcopal see of Sisak, which also has a minor basilica: Bazilika Sv. Kvirina, dedicated to saint and martyr Quirinus of Sescia, the first bishop of the diocese.
2 Statistics
3 Episcopal ordinaries
6 Sources and external links
Established in the 3rd century as Diocese of Siscia (the Roman Sisak). Although Siscia became the capital of the Roman province of Pannonia Savia (the southwestern quarter of Pannonia), it was not raised to Metropolitan status. Its history remains sketchy.
By the 7th century it may already have become extinct, its territory being taken over by the then Diocese of Zagreb, its future Metropolitan (promoted 1852) around the 10th century, the Sisak see being formally suppressed no later than the 11th century.
In May 1999, the diocese was nominally restored as Latin Episcopal titular bishopric of Sisak (Curiate Italian) / Siscia (Latin) / Siscien(sis) (Latin adjective), but would only have a single incumbent, of the higher archiepiscopal rank.
On 5 December 2009 Pope Benedict XVI re-erected the residential Diocese of Sisak, resurrecting the titular title and splitting (back) off its present territory from its metropolitan, the Archdiocese of Zagreb, an unusual instance of a titular diocese of the Catholic Church becoming a residential one again. On the same day the Pope erected the new Diocese of Bjelovar-Križevci, also within the Ecclesiastical province of Zagreb in Croatia.
StatisticsEdit
As of 2014[update], it pastorally served 163,844 Catholics (82.7% of 198,156 total) on 5,500 km2 in 77 parishes with 63 priests (43 diocesan, 20 religious), 102 lay religious (20 brothers, 82 sisters) and 8 seminarians.
Episcopal ordinariesEdit
Bishops of Ancient Siscia / Sisak
Saint martyr Quirinus of Sescia
next centuries incomplete
Marcus (mentioned in 343)
Constantius I (in 381)
Johannes (in 530)
Constantius II (in 532)
Vindemius (before 579 - after 590) [1]
Titular Bishop of Sisak
Titular Archbishop [personal rank]: Nikola Eterović (born Croatia) (1999.05.22 – 2009.11.25) as papal diplomat and Roman Curia official : Apostolic Nuncio (papal ambassador) to Ukraine (1999.05.22 – 2004.02.11), Secretary General of General Synod of Bishops (2004.02.11 – 2013.09.21); 'transferred' (as the title of Sisak was no longer available as titular see) Titular Archbishop of Vinkovci (2009.11.25 – ...) and next Apostolic Nuncio to Germany (2013.09.21 – ...).
Bishops of Sisak (modern diocese)
Vlado Košić (2009.12.05 - ...), previously Titular Bishop of Ruspæ (1998.12.29 – 2009.12.05) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Zagreb (Croatia) (1998.12.29 – 2009.12.05).
List of Catholic dioceses in Croatia
Roman Catholicism in Croatia
Sisak-Moslavina County
^ Other authors assign him to the Istrian diocese of Cissa (now Novalja and a titular bishopric)
Sources and external linksEdit
GCatholic, with Google map & satellite photo - data for all sections
Official site of Roman Catholic Diocese of Sisak (in Croatian)
Catholic Hierarchy
Italian Wikipedia
From the Vatican Press Office[permanent dead link]
Cattolici Romani site (in Italian)
Bolla Antiquam fidem, vatican.va.
Jacques Zeiller, Les origines chrétiennes dans les provinces danubiennes de l'empire romain, Paris 1918, pp. 139–140
Coordinates: 45°29′03″N 16°22′21″E / 45.4843°N 16.3725°E / 45.4843; 16.3725
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Ker je projekt začel je KAM Remake zrasla onkraj naših pričakovanj. Število igralcev na spletu v multiplayer redno vrhov na več kot 120. Tako v juliju in avgustu naša spletna stran www.kamremake.com prenesla približno 2 TB prometa (glej graf na desni), in to je le eden od naših prenosa ogledal, večina prenosov pride na druga ogledala, ki jih navijači. Po drugi strani pa je naša multiplayer glavni strežnik, ki vzdržuje seznam igralnih strežnikov storitev skoraj 2 milijona posameznih zahtevkov na mesec (povprečno 40 na minuto), s približno 20.000 unikatnih IP naslovov (glej statistiko spodaj).
Ko smo postavili teh strežnikov nismo predvideli, da bo remake stare igre, kot vitezov in trgovci postala tako priljubljena. Sedanje strežniki, ki jih uporabljamo, so skupne gostitelji namenjeni za gostovanje spletnih strani majhnih in pogosto ne zadoščajo za količino prometa, ki jih prejemamo. V zadnjih nekaj letih smo imeli številna vprašanja z našimi strežniki, ki izhajajo iz izpada zaradi preobremenitve ali težave s ponudnika gostovanja. Drug problem je, da je naš glavni strežnik gostuje v Avstraliji (Lewin je v domači državi), ki je na nasprotni strani sveta v Evropo, kjer je večina naših igralcev živi, kar pomeni, osveževanje seznama strežnikov v igri je zelo počasen za te igralce.
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Ich hätte da eine Idee zu den Multiplayerkonten, wie wäre es denn den "Spendern" ein kleines Visuelles Gadet, zur Verfügung zu stellen.
z.B. ein goldener Rahmen im Forum oder irgendwie in der Spielelobby ein Hinweis darauf das man euch unterstützt hat.
We don't speak German sorry, I read your comment with Google Translate. That's an interesting idea, we'll consider it if we do add multiplayer accounts.
The standalone AI is not finished yet. Making the AI automatically decided where to place troops, how many to make, when to attack the player, etc. is very challenging from a programming perspective (it has to be able to work on any map under many different conditions). Hopefully in the next release the standalone AI will be more functional, but it's not a simple feature to implement and is going to take a while before it's completely finished.
In the campaigns the AIs are given a script so they know where to place troops, and their village is already created at the start, so for now you can play the campaigns or co-operative multiplayer missions which do not require the standalone AI.
I have some suggestions to further improve the website (a high traffic is a good sign for a download website – but a bad sign for an information website). I know you've already greatly improved it from initially 3MB for the index page – which was out of the question – to now 800kB. But there is still some room for improvement.
1) you send out almost 200kB for the RGraph.js's that are not needed unless for the statistics page. If you skip that, you save 20% of your website traffic (not downloads) per month! If you want to keep it, please minify it. That still gives you 10%.
2) do you really need the jquery-ui? I didn't see any spot where it's used. Another 10%.
3) the image which you inserted into your last article – make it jpg, not png. Another 10%.
4) you're already using google analytics. So there is no point in not using the jquery hosted by google. It has caching enabled, so the user saves some extra CPU power. Gives 20% and makes the page smoother.
If you take into account a fair share of people with dynamic IPs, you'll end up with a figure like 800 real users that join the multiplayer lobby per day. That is impressive!
you could also make your homepage open source (on github or so). people could make improvements and you have to care a little bit less about optimization and stuff.
We're using WordPress, so it's not really practical to make it open source. What kind of improvements were you suggesting? People can always email us if they want to update the content on a part of the website.
This is site IS a download site, it is our USA mirror so the high bandwidth is not a bad thing. I would bet that 99% of the 2TB of traffic each month is from downloads not page views (we don't get nearly enough page views to use that much traffic). Also, using lots of bandwidth isn't a problem because we do not have a bandwidth limit at the moment and the server is on a very fast connection. So as long as it's not too much for the user to download (which I don't think it is), why bother optimising it? What benefits will it bring? I think we'd be better to spend that time developing the Remake.
JQuery UI is used for lightbox images I believe.
Pages on this site do load slowly because this server needs to query the master server to display the statistics on the right column. That effectively doubles the load time because our server has to download another page from the master server (which is in a different country) to get these statistics. Once we're moved to the VPS it will be querying the same server so it will be almost instantaneous. This will greatly improve page load times.
it brings an improvement for low bandwith users. There's still a great lot of people out there who only have like 1MBit/s connections. For example, I have 3MBit/s. Or think of all those mobile users with their limited connections. So each 100kB is another second of waiting. So it's very appreciated if you do some optimizing.
The lightbox you're using is the colorbox – it requires jquery, not the ui. I haven't checked all subpages, but the main ones don't need the ui.
Also, the loading time does not come from the masterserver. I've checked that too. You see the wordpress base there, because the provided code starts almost all requests at once. And a 200kB image takes longer to load than the 3kB masterserver query. I've tested it on a 100MBit line in europe. The 200kB image takes 900ms to load, the masterserver response on average 150ms. But that doesn't even matter – the site doesn't wait until it gets the response from the master server. As I remember the code, it places an arbitrary number at the beginning which is then asynchronously updated. The master server therefore does no delay at all. Did you change that?
You're right with the VPS, it will improve the loading time. But not because of the masterserver, but because your current server is way too slow. It takes already more between 1 and 2 second to run the wordpress program. You find it in the difference between the successful contact and the beginning of the content delivery. That's way too much to just blame a initial masterserver query.
But I understand that you only see it as a download site. I didn't know that because I use it as a source for new information and also an overview over the current online play.
For example, it shrinks the RGraph.common.core.js from 98kB down to 30kB. And the RGraph.line from 88kB to 40kB.
I'm not sure our current server has speed issues, we've never really had any problems with it. You probably just find it slow because you're used to local European websites, connecting to America would add a bit of extra time (living in Australia I know these things because a lot of websites are hosted overseas :P). And that extra 400ms or so from waiting for the master server probably makes it seem a lot slower than it really is.
I've tested now over several days on different times. Just the waiting delay is 1100ms from central europe.
The overall time to query the master server is 160ms on average from here, so I guess your 400ms might be correct for the US. Which makes 700 ms of delay that you can't blame the master server query for.
Your host is using nginx, which is known for better performance than apache, so I conclude that it's the hardware that speeds it down.
Now let's stop discussing, this already took longer than it would have taken to apply the fixes. I just wanted to give some ideas for the new server.
I am an SEO expert. I would like you to know that changing servers is very negative for your google rank of http://www.kamremake.com. Keep that in mind. If you can I advise you to keep kamremake.com on the same server forever.
Keeping it on the same server forever is not practical. Also, I very much doubt that moving servers will affect our google rank. All we are doing is changing IP address, the domain and URLs will not change (the only difference google bot will notice next time they crawl the site is that our IP has changed). Everything that I've read on the subject says it should have no impact. Can you please explain why it would affect our rating and give some citations?
Expert, are you serious? Get out script kiddie, you got no idea about SEO!
Lewin's right. This is bull.
will there ever be a Australian dedicated server? to much lag on the other dedicated servers.
Unfortunately there aren't many Australian players (I've had contact with maybe 5 over the years) so if we did have an Australian server it would be hard to find anyone else to play a game with. We could probably organise to join at a specific time and play but that's hard to organise.
I also don't have the ability to host a permanent Australian server at the moment, I can host one occasionally from home but I'm often not here and I'd rather not leave my computer running 24/7.
I've found that playing on American or European servers works ok, your actions are a bit delayed but that's not such a big deal in an RTS game.
We don't plan to remake other games. We remade KaM because we both loved it and were disappointed by the bugs and limitations of the original game (broken multiplayer, no map editor, no support for custom missions, etc.) We don't make money from this project, we just do it for the experience and because we enjoy it. Unless we felt the same way about another game, we'd have no reason to spend 4-5 years of our hobby time remaking it.


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Q: Different results while rounding to nearest thousand using math.Pow I was trying to round a number to the nearest thousand but I usually get a different result when I use math.Pow. Examples:
fmt.Println(math.Pow(10., 3.))
x := math.Pow(10, 3)
y := (((3251 - 1000) / x) * x)
fmt.Println(y)

Output: 1000
Output: 2251

GoPlayGround
When I use 1000 instead math.Pow(10., 3.) I get what I want:
y := (((3251 - 1000) / 1000) * 1000)
fmt.Println(y)

Output: 2000

Go PlayGround
What am I doing wrong? I would appreciate some help.

A: The expression y := ((3251 - 1000) / 1000) * 1000 is a constant expression, i.e. has only constant untyped literal operands, and it's evaluated at compile time. In particular:

If the untyped operands of a binary operation (other than a shift) are of different kinds, the result is of the operand's kind that appears later in this list

The last operands 1000 (of both the division and multiplication) are an untyped int, therefore the result of the division is also an int, and truncated to integer precision as you were expecting:
    // (3251 - 1000) -> int 2251
    // (3251 - 1000) / 1000 -> int 2
    // ((3251 - 1000) / 1000) * 1000 -> int 2000

    y := ((3251 - 1000) / 1000) * 1000
    fmt.Println(reflect.TypeOf(y)) // int

With math.Pow instead the expression is not constant anymore (it's the result of a function call), and now you have a typed float64 variable resulting from the return type of Pow:
    // (3251 - 1000) -> 2251 int
    // (3251 - 1000) / x -> 2.251 float64
    // ((3251 - 1000) / x) * x -> 2251 float64

    y := (((3251 - 1000) / x) * x)
    fmt.Println(reflect.TypeOf(y)) // float64

So in the latter case, the decimal that results from the division is preserved and you get it back after you multiply it again.
Playground: https://play.golang.org/p/v_mX3mnM6tT

To round to the nearest thousand you can use the trick suggested by @icza in this answer:
func Round(x, unit float64) float64 {
    return math.Round(x/unit) * unit
}

func main() {
    x := Round(3251-1000, 1000.)
    fmt.Println(x) // 2000
}

A: Based on the suggestions:
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "math"
)

func main() {
    fmt.Println(math.Pow(10, 3))
    x := math.Pow(10, 3)
    y := (((3251 - 1000) / x) * x)
    fmt.Println(y)
    fmt.Println(Round(y, 1000))
}
func Round(x, unit float64) float64 {
    return math.Round(x/unit) * unit
}

Output:
1000
2251
2000

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