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The endless debate about which caliber is best, rages on. Here is why many people concealed carry 9mm parabellum guns.
Let me start by saying that, regardless of what you read elsewhere, all the popular self-defense cartridges are all good, with their own set of benefits. When I say "all" I mean those from .32 magnum up to .44 mag in revolvers, and .380 ACP up to .45 ACP in semi-autos, along with a few outliers.
This article is simply meant to explain why I think 9mm is best for everyday carry. If you have anything to add, please feel free to do so in the comments below the article. Also, keep in mind that this is just my opinion, and that I own several guns in varying calibers.
Round for round, I can afford to shoot more 9X19 ammo than I can just about any other of the bigger self-defense cartridges. Because I can afford to shoot it more, I can practice more. As the saying goes, practice makes progress.
My FNS9-C. That's a link to the review.
There is a direct correlation to your ability to defend yourself and the amount of time you spend with your gun in your hand, drawing from a holster, etc. The more you do it, the better you'll get, as with anything in life.
One of the most important things, in my opinion, is the abundance of any given round of ammunition. I, personally, own several 9mm handguns. I have other calibers, as well, but I have far more guns chambered in the parabellum cartridge, than I do any other.
As a side note, I even have a carbine in 9mm sitting by my desk right now (with a 30 round mag inserted), just in case some nut-job decides to pick my house to break into while I'm typing this up. There has been an uptick in the amount of break ins, as of late, and I aim to not be caught off guard.
What do I mean when I say abundance? Well, without securing my tinfoil hat on too tightly, in a SHTF scenario, 9mm ammo and guns are ideal because of their popularity with police officers, military units and plenty of concealed gun carriers.
While not ideal for hunting, 9mm will suffice in a pinch, and still be used for self and home-defense.
Modern technology has closed the gap between the 9mm Parabellum and .45ACP considerably. While the 9mm Luger will always only be able to open up a hole so big, other things have changed, bettering terminal ballistics.
Does it perform as well as its bigger cousin? Well, in terms of bullet hole size, no, and it never will. But, it performs in other ways, like penetration and the ability to reach (and damage) more organs.
Terminal ballistics and proper cartridge choice are important things to consider. It's never a good idea to just go to the sporting goods store and buy whatever 9mm NATO they have in stock, unless it's just for target practice.
I personally tend to use 124 grain Jacketed Hollow Points (JHP) in my concealed carry gun of choice, as seen in the above video.
This is another way of saying 9mm recoils less, and therefore allows more follow up shots than a similarly sized handgun of a larger caliber does. This isn't a big deal for everyone, me included, but it's a good reason to carry the 9 mil as a defensive weapon for many people.
Of course, it depends on the state you live in, because some states cap the amount of rounds you carry, regardless of what you think. However, it should be noted that if you live in a state where there is no magazine ban, 9mm is a great choice because many of today's guns come with a capacity of 16 or 17 rounds in the mag, with one in the pipe.
I live in North Carolina. And, as such, I don't suffer from a magazine capacity ban. So, if I chose to, I could walk around with a 30 round magazine in my pistol and, while that's not the best idea for carrying a gun, nobody could say anything to me.
My Springfield XD-9, which I no longer carry but still own, comes with 16-round magazines. I have a holster with three built in mag pouches. With those three, a mag in the well, and a round in the chamber, I can carry around 65 rounds of 9mm Luger ammunition with me wherever I go.
Is that a little overkill? Maybe. But, then again, terrorists shooting up Christmas parties and nightclubs is also a bit overkill, and it's an ever growing occurrence these days.
Pardon me if I feel the need to be over prepared, rather than underprepared. I always believe it's better to have more ammo than you need, than need more than you have.
There are the benefits to carrying a 9mm concealed carry gun. Why do you carry 9? Why do you dislike it? What's your personal reason? Let us know in the comments? Then, make sure you like Down Range Daily's Facebook Page.
Thank you for serving this fine country, Geronimo.
I generally don't carry 65 rounds of ammo either, just pointing out that I could if I wanted to. Right now, my carry gun of choice is a .38 revolver.
When I was in the Marines, we were issued an M9 Beretta that shot, you guessed it, 9mm. I guess the point, is that you should carry what you're comfortable with.
Again, thank you for serving us in war, and for your comment. I wish today's generation was more like yours. Semper Fi.
The XD 9 is a good carry gun. I carry mine with 2 spare mags. Like you said better to have and not need than to need and not have. I am a former NJ resident who now enjoy the great freedoms of Pa. GodSpeed!
Welcome to the Land of the Free! I fled NJ, as well, nearly 7 years ago. Best choice I ever made!
Thank you all for your service! While many of my family have served, I personally have not. However, I had the advantage of learning a lot from everyone who did!
I recently changed back to 9mm from 45 acp. My ever aging 'girl hands' find the recoil from the shorter concealed carry/compact barrels more manageable, especially when firing the +p rounds.
Daily carry is Ruger SR9c loaded with 124gr +p Speer Gold Dots or 124gr +p Federal HST. With colder weather and heavier clothing right now, I have incorporated the 147 gr Federal HST along with 135gr Hornady Critical Duty ( an FBI approved barrier penetrating round) in second magazine. All these rounds have GREAT ballistics. and RELIABILITY as self-defense rounds.
Back-up is the lauded .357 mag, 3″ LadySmith 65-6. Awesome! Of course, when bad-guy with soft body armor shows up, Windham AR15 with 62 gr Hornady TAP handily rides in the vehicle.
It sounds like you're ready to rock! Thanks for commenting, and welcome to Down Range Daily.


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'Ugly Bruxy' or Bruxelles 'Re-belle'?
A searing diatribe by a journalist bemoaning the flaws of the 'Capital of Europe' sparked much debate on the state of Brussels today, around both its aesthetic attributes as well as the processes going on beneath its surface. Closer inspection reveals how the tangles and disjointedness of the city's politics are mirrored in its public face, yet some 'Bruxellois' – whether by origin or by choice – argue that the city does not deserve its bad press.
This article is also available in audio as part of the Green Wave podcast.
In spring 2013, Jean Quatremer, a long-standing European correspondent for the French daily Libération, who has lived in Brussels for over twenty years, published on his blog a damning indictment of his adoptive town. He describes a 'dirty' city, engulfed by 'car madness', an 'urban planning mess' of 'cracked pavements', at the mercy of 'outrageous property speculation' over which there is no apparent control in light of the impotence of the political will, weakened by its fragmentation between different interests, jealously guarding their own powers and competing levels of decision-making.
In a few hours, and over several days, this 'Ugly Bruxy' post had triggered fierce debate, and indignant reactions from citizens and politicians alike. Yet it seems the most shocking element of this devastating attack was less the substance of the comments than their tone.
For this criticism, so French in spirit, doesn't stop there. It is often expressed by other nationals living in the European capital, whose Scandinavian, Germanic, or Mediterranean urban cultures clash with the Brussels way of life. Between the pleasures of a rich cultural life and the nightmare of derelict public services, the mood of these citizens, who have made Brussels their home, speaks volumes about the charming and infuriating contradictions of the dual federal capital, that of Belgium and of the European Union.
As with many other cities and capitals, or at least in a more marked way, Brussels demonstrates the interconnection, or rather what has for too long been a disconnection, between city politics and the political city. A scene of struggle but also a societal laboratory, for better or worse, the political character of Brussels the city is re-emerging, amidst the scars of the urban policies which damaged it for so long.
Yet at the heart of the controversy, the notorious 'bruxellisation' – the city's increasingly grey concrete face – is no myth. Indeed, it has become the symbol 'par excellence' of what not to do in city planning. The city was wilfully destroyed from the 1950s to the 1970s, with the intention of retaining only administrative functions in Brussels. These post-war decades saw Brussels become directly dependent on federal political power, and decision-makers who, for the most part, lived outside the city. Brussels was then a tremendous source of profit for dodgy developers, and of monumental inspiration for politicians and bureaucrats, enthusiasts for spectacular building projects and flashy opening ceremonies.
A patchwork of old stone and new concrete, blending Belle Époque art déco marvels and the tracery of medieval lanes with the carving out of new roads, Brussels was changed for ever.
This period also witnessed the nascent European Community's institutions establishing themselves in Brussels. The first building to be constructed was the Berlaymont, opened in 1967, and the European district then progressively spread into the spaces freed up by the major arterial roads Loi and Belliard. But there too, the setting up of 'Europe' in Brussels took place amidst enormous chaos, without an overall vision or development plan. Entire historic districts were destroyed, fuelling property speculation, and some resentment from locals feeling neglected by the authorities.
Viaducts, tunnels, and the destruction of historic districts and heritage sites thus represented the heyday of this dark period. But without any overall plan, without thought for quality of life, public spaces, or mobility, the distinctive feature of Brussels lies less in the concrete than in the chaos of its governance. 'Brussels' is not a single entity but a collection of multiple players. The 19 independent communes which make up the city constitute a remarkable model of decentralised governance, close to their local communities. The downside of this localism can, of course, be seen in the power struggles, the organised irresponsibility in situations of conflict between competing municipal majorities and lack of communication between administrations, and policy differences where the obvious solution would be harmonisation.
Symptomatic of the chaos of the governance of Brussels' urban planning, the corrupt practices surrounding the 'European Quarter' and the 1965 scandal of the destruction – right in the city centre – of Victor Horta's art nouveau masterpiece the 'Maison de Peuple', underline the traumas which finally managed to awaken the consciences of the people of Brussels. Local residents burst into the public debate, and began to speak up through neighbourhood and local residents' committees, heritage associations and groups of concerned architects, to demand a different kind of regulation of public spaces. The emergence of the Green Parties Ecolo and Groen (then Agalev), in 1980 and 1982 respectively, is an indication of how voices at the heart of political parties also joined the call to demand more 'power to the people of Brussels'.
A product of this progressive raising of awareness, as well as growing community dissent, the 'regionalisation' of Belgium was underway. In 1989, the Brussels region was given its own government and independent institutions, laying the foundations for a more organised approach to planning. By allowing a regional steering of new planning instruments for protecting its heritage and regional development plans, the 1989 regionalisation shifted the paradigm – at least in part.
The challenge is more one of politics than of planning.
But, then as today, there is more at stake than just the organisation of the built environment, and urban planning. The impoverishment of the city centre, and the exodus of the rich fleeing an unattractive city, make social cohesion a growing challenge. For, unlike other large capitals, Brussels is wealthier in its comfortable leafy suburbs, and poorer in the city centre and in the northern districts, where life is more precarious for local people, many of whose backgrounds lie in the working-class immigration of the growth years. These social inequalities are reflected in the urban fabric, and highlight the disparity in the resources available to different districts to rise to the challenge of managing growing social and cultural diversity between Brussels natives, the commuters who make up more than half the workforce, European immigration, and immigration from outside Europe.
In Brussels, even after regionalisation, the integration of issues of the environment, energy, and sustainability into urban planning is still inadequate and patchy, being fitted round the edge of city policies in a vertical way, rather than being embedded at all levels of city decisionmaking. It is this challenge which the 2004 to 2014 administration – comprising of Green ministers for the first time – wanted to meet, by trying to pursue more holistic policies, introducing ecological and energy issues into the heart of public, economic, and social policy, to bring in lasting transformation for the Brussels region. The fact is that managing transport, energy transition, and public spaces – the main challenges of a 'city for all' – is less about policies for economic redistribution, despite the importance of local social action movements, than about tackling urban segregation.
The originality of the ecologists has been to join the dots between social inequality and environmental problems, rather than standing and watching as the better-off flee the city. It is decent transport which helps to avoid ghettoisation; it is an energy transition which will help tackle both poverty and climate change; it is with green recreation spaces that a better quality of life for all can be provided. In sum, to put in place new policies, alliances between different sectors of activity, consultation with local people, positive information and communication, and real incentives. All of this in a bid to increase residents' pride in their city, and make of them ambassadors to the outside world. And all while protecting existing neighbourhoods, and the architectural heritage that blends art nouveau, art déco, modernism, and innovation.
After forty years of soulless concrete, the region's 'Beacon Buildings' initiative has highlighted integrated eco-design approaches, combining energy efficiency with variety of materials, architectural quality, and replicability. Since 2007, a combined area of more than 500,000 m² has been built or renovated, through hundreds of projects: collective and individual housing, offices, schools, nurseries, etc. Little by little, the face of Brussels is changing, and this method is now being copied as far afield as New York and Vancouver.
From 2010, the 'Passivhaus' standard has been imposed for all new public buildings, and, since 2015, for all new private buildings. This building revolution means conventional heating can be avoided, and ensures substantial gains both for public finances, as well as for fighting climate change. What is more, this new building stimulus is in part meeting the need for social housing by increasing housing stock and tackling the precarious situation of renters, whose energy costs are sometimes higher than their rent.
From 'beacon buildings' to 'sustainable neighbourhoods', every transformation of the city must combine building the future with enhancing the past. Rather than demolishing the old industrial districts and historic heritage sites, the region is choosing to renovate and improve neighbourhoods with 'sustainable neighbourhood contracts'. Distributed across Brussels (four per year), and with a clear timetable (over four years), these programmes involve buildings as much as public spaces. What is more, these 'neighbourhood contracts' enable residents to actively participate in the renovation of their urban environment, through inclusion initiatives and renovation skills training for young people. These contracts also integrate environmental issues such as water management, transport, waste treatment, and preserving biodiversity.
Brussels has not yet healed the wounds of its past unrestrained development. Its greatest challenges are certainly to reduce excessive car use, improve air quality, give more space to pedestrians and cyclists, and preserve and enhance its existing heritage. But it must also dare to take some bold contemporary architectural initiatives, to create sustainable neighbourhoods along the old railway lines, to integrate nature into these districts, and to ensure that population density increases at a human scale. Brussels is also facing an enormous social and economic challenge: the struggle against a growing 'precarity', and very high youth unemployment (over 20 per cent, rising to 40 per cent in some districts), improving qualification levels for young people in Brussels, and bridging the gap that has opened up between certain neighbourhoods in the north and the south of the city.
As a predominantly French-speaking city in Flemish territory, a European capital which has not yet managed to reconcile natives, expatriates, and Eurocrats, Brussels remains torn between regional, municipal, and federal powers. It still suffers from multi-layered governance of badly shared out responsibilities, and sterile competition between the Region and its 19 communes. Greater Paris, Greater London, Metropolitan Lille… on a sheer regional scale, Brussels is facing the same problem as all large European metropolises: that the interdependence between different administrative levels, from neighbourhoods to the greater city, is not reflected in the political and administrative governance of the city. The challenge is more one of politics than of planning.
Jean Quatremer's very harsh words still resonate, emphasising the scale of the challenges ahead. But they do not do justice to the greatest strength of this city which stands apart: the affection it evokes in its inhabitants. Its charm, the parks which make it the greenest city in Europe, its cosmopolitan diversity, its multilingual cultural life. Little by little, Brussels is humming its old charming tune, Bruxelling4 again, and one day, even the naysayers will join in.
1 The label attributed to the thirty years from 1945 to 1975 following the end of the Second World War in France, which witnessed strong economic growth and rising living standards.
2 André Gorz, 'L'idéologie sociale de la bagnole', Le Sauvage 1973.
3 Peter Sloterdijk, Eurotaoismus. Zur Kritik der politischen Kinetik, Edition Suhrkamp 1989.
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Tom Mackell
By montreuxbarandgrill | February 2, 2020
Events > 2020 > March > Tom Mackell
Took place on March 4, 2020 from 7:00 pm
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Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden has an opening postdoctoral position in information theory. Successful candidate will have funding to work and study for three years in Sweden. This position is closed on March 17, 2019.
At the department of Electrical Engineering research and education are performed in the areas of Communication and Antenna systems, Systems and Control, Computer vision, Signal processing and Biomedical engineering, and Electric Power Engineering. Our knowledge is of use everywhere where there is advanced technology with integrated electronics. We work with challenges for a sustainable future in society of today, for example in the growing demands concerning efficient systems for communications and electrifying.
The Internet is powered by optical fiber communications, with the world's data flowing through drawn pieces of glass, each slightly thicker than a human hair. While technological advances have enabled six orders of magnitude increase in throughput over the last half century, we are rapidly approaching the so-called capacity crisis, where throughput will flatten out, but demands increase unabated. This project will study the hypothesis to what extent optical fibers still hold large and untapped potential to achieve unprecedented data rates, both theoretically and practically. The crux is considering the available physical dimensions in a joint manner, as opposed to independent. In this project, we will enter this uncharted territory with two ambitious goals: to characterize the full-dimensional capacity of an optical fiber and to develop a spatial-spectral super-channel demonstrator to show significant throughput gains over current systems. Four PhD students and two postdoctoral researchers are recruited. See the joint announcement for all openings in the project.
You will be part of the Fiber-Optic Communications Research Center (FORCE) at Chalmers, bringing together researchers in communications, photonics, electronics, and networking to solve hard problems in optical communications through a cross-disciplinary approach. The collaboration bridges traditional discipline boundaries and includes the whole chain from components to networks, from analysis to experiments. Collaboration with external partners, both in industry and academia, is also essential.
You will participate in research as outlined above and will be developing information-theoretic methods to estimate and bound the full-dimensional channel capacity. Capacity-achieving input distributions and optimal detectors will be derived. Your work will require collaboration with the experimental parts of the work (as you will process experimental data to generate models and validate theoretic results) as well as the signal-processing parts (as your results will guide the development of transmitter and receiver algorithms). You are expected to publish your results in major journals and conferences.
A PhD degree (or close to completion) in information theory is required. The degree should generally not be older than three years. Mathematical skills in, e.g., optimization and stochastic processes, are essential, as are excellent programming skills. Knowledge in digital communication theory and signal processing is also necessary. You should have an interest in applying your skills to optical systems, and it is considered a strong advantage if you already have such experience. You must have a proven publication record in top-ranked journals and/or conferences. Good communication skills and fluency in English are also essential. Candidates must be creative and have the ability to initiate new research collaborations, work in teams, present their ideas and results to researchers with different backgrounds, and be open for the application of results. Experience in international collaboration, innovation and utilization, and teaching are also meritorious.
Chalmers offers a cultivating and inspiring working environment in the dynamic city ofGothenburg. Read more aboutworking at Chalmersand ourbenefitsfor employees.
The application should be marked with Ref 20190078 and written in English. The application should be uploaded as three pdf files, as follows.
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Q: How to bind arrow keys in C? I am a beginner C coder and I want to know how the make it so the program will do this.
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A: Pure C (and C++ by that matter) doesn't even require your system to have a keyboard, a mouse, or a screen (from the C++ FAQ, at http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq/input-output.html).
I would recommend searching for some sort of GUI (like Qt or GTK) in order to do stuff like that. I believe it is possible for ncurses to bind those sorts of events, if a command-line interface is what you want to do.

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New World Order: 2020 White Sox Player Preview – Nomar Mazara, or the Appeal of Past Potential
By Wes French March 10, 2020 993
Rick Hahn made it a point to call out Right Field as at or near the top of his shopping list for the 2019 off-season. It was well chronicled how historically awful the White Sox were in 2019 at the position, but if you're unaware they were on pace for a worst-in-history 54 wRC+ before a couple big games in September saved them from immortality. So what was the solution as the team looks to turn the page on the down years of the rebuild and march toward the post-season? A post-hype, RHP mashing/LHP flailing Nomar Mazara. Hahn is eager to prove his club can unlock the untapped potential of the former mega-hype prospect from Texas…
.268/.318/.469
6.0 BB% 23.0 K%
19 HR 66 RBI 69 R
.327 wOBA 94 wRC+ 0.5 WAR
-4 DRS
LAST WEEK ON NITRO: Mazara turned in his fourth MLB season in much the same fashion as the three that preceded it – by underwhelming. Nothing if not consistent, Mazara posted another season of mediocre production while crushing RHP to the tune of 13 HR/110 wRC+ in 302 ABs and bowing to the whims of LHP with just 6 HR/55 wRC+ in 127 ABs. Mazara seemingly is what he is at the plate at this point, with 64 of 79 career HR coming off RHP and a career 53 wRC+ against LHP that screams for a platoon. Mazara actually went backward in some ways in 2019 as he turned in the worst K/BB ratio of his career with a career high 23% K rate and 6% BB rate.
Mazara is also mediocre (at best) in the field, turning in a -4 DRS and keeping with a theme of being somewhere between -3 and -6 DRS for his career in RF. Nomar was slowed a bit by left oblique strain that kept him to only 116 games played, the lowest of his four full seasons in the bigs. No real speed to his game, Mazara appears to be a curious choice to end the RF woes all on his own.
TOO SWEET! TOO SWEET! (WHOOP WHOOP): Mazara, still just 25 as of late April, finally taps into the unrealized potential that scouts and industry prospect hounds drooled over as he assaulted the minors en route to Texas in 2016. The former top-25 prospect finally figures out how to crush all pitchers the way he's been able to against RHP (for sizable stretches), allowing him to set a career high in games played and homers as he goes over 150 and 30 for the first time.
"So, sometimes, you need to lean a little more heavily on your scouts, sometimes need a little more heavily on the analytic side. And there's some projection, especially with younger players involved." Hahn is rewarded for acquiring such a young player that just never could seem to put it all together and helping him to realize all that potential. Mazara even turns in a passable RF defensively, aided by Luis Robert covering a nice big chunk of Right Center on a regular basis.
YOU FUCKED UP! YOU FUCKED UP!: Mazara is, in fact, a bit worse than what he appears to be. Every once and a while he drives a mistake deep into the Chicago Summer night, but all too often it is he that is the mistake. LHP remains the bane of his existence, exploiting the holes in his swing so harshly that Mazara finds himself in a platoon with Leury Garcia (or Nicky Delmonico??) by June. The K/BB ratio gets even worse as he devolves to a 25%+ K rate and becomes an expensive LH power pinch hitting option off the bench in August and September as the Sox find more a defensively capable replacement at the trade deadline in their quest to reach the first post-season berth in over a decade.
Mazara is then non-tendered in the Winter and drifts through the majors on short term deals with whichever team's GM convinces himself that his staff can solve this human puzzle. After 'flirting' with the top of the market in Mookie Betts and George Springer, Hahn inks Marcell Ozuna to a four-year, $65M deal a year after he probably could've had him for 5/70 instead of spending prospect capital on the allure of what Mazara could've been.
BAH GAWD, THAT'S MAZARA'S MUSIC!: I tend to think Nomar Mazara is what he is after over 2,000 Major League at bats and he'll become Hahn's most regrettable move of the 2019 Winter. Regrettable might not be the right choice of word, considering the cost of Steele Walker(Texas Ranger) probably has a ceiling for essentially what Mazara is right now. This just feels too much like the type of move you make when you're a year or so out from contention, trying to catch lightening in a bottle and get a few years of cheap-ish quality labor out of a corner OF spot. The problem is that while the Sox may be a year out from REALLY contending, they went ahead and filled basically every other hole they needed to with what amounts to major upgrades, leaving a little more to be desired from the absolute pit that has been Right Field.
This is not Mazara's fault, and maybe he does have something left to show us. I think it's foolish to think he'll give anything more than a .260/.315/.450 line and a wRC+ around 90 overall, and it'd have been a good idea to have a platoon to hit LHP and realize his best usage. Maybe that's the real plan, that this is the way Garcia gets at bats after he's moved off 2B for Madrigal in May or so. Garcia did turn in a 110 wRC+ in 183 ABs against LHP in 2019…so a combined 110 wRC+ between the two would be nearly 40 points higher than 2019 amalgamation of shit that was White Sox Right Fielders.
We'd all happily take that, especially if it's part of a playoff formula.
The System Is Broken…But Maybe Only Locally?
By Sam Fels February 5, 2020 1094 0
Someone always says it better than you. So let me allow The Ringer's Michael Baumann do it for me…
This trade is a disgrace for the Red Sox and for the league. I don't understand why the owner of such a prestigious ball club—a de facto public institution—would charge his baseball operations department with ridding the team of a once-in-a-generation player when he could keep that player and continue to rake in unspendable profits. It's such a mind-bogglingly greedy and self-defeating move that I resent being made to try to understand it.
It's been 100 seasons since the Red Sox sold their best player in such a transparent cash grab. If there's any justice, they'll have another 86 years to regret it.
You can copy and paste this when and if Tom Ricketts gets his way on Kris Bryant. Although with the Dodgers out of the market on Bryant now (you'd hope but the fact that they probably still have the pieces to do that if they wanted is frightening and depressing), the Braves really are the only team with the juice to even contemplate it and they don't even need to. You can fuck right off with the Mets, Nationals, and Phillies. Ain't gonna happen. Also seeing what the return for Betts was–one of the few players clearly better than Bryant–should show everyone just how stupid the idea of trading Bryant is.
Anyway, Baumann is right. The Red Sox have the most expensive ticket in baseball. Which they sell every single one of. Unlike the Cubs, they have a functional network of their own and have for years, with none of the silliness in distribution that the Dodgers have gone through. They are an institution not just in a city, but an entire region of the country. They practically own everything from central Connecticut north. Oh, and FSG just happen to own one of the richest soccer clubs in the world.
(Full disclosure, I profit personally, emotionally, if FSG is indeed sacrificing their baseball success for soccer success, and also when my Red Sox fans friends finally suffer for once. Now that's out of the way…)
They do not suffer for cash. This is not a "can't afford" Mookie Betts. This is a "won't afford."
Most of the offseason, you've seen me rant and rave here about the behavior of the Cubs and the Red Sox. Make no mistake, trading Mookie Betts is a baseball crime, especially when all you get back are a moody and possibly tool-ish young outfielder, and someone who probably projects as a Josh Hader-type reliever at best, and of course FINANCIAL FLEXIBILITY, which is going on every jersey of every child from Quincy to Maine I'm sure (along with the #69, because that's the sense of humor in New England).
Betts is just about the only player on the planet who can claim to inhabit the same atmosphere as Mike Trout. Mookie-types come around once a generation. You don't peddle them simply because you can't be bothered to pay their expense. You should dream of having the opportunity to pay that expense.
You've heard all this before. The system is clearly broken…though….everywhere?
It's easy to point to Boston or the Cubs as proof that something is off when the richest teams are like, "Nah, I'm good." And something is wrong when teams like Pittsburgh or Colorado or Florida or one or two others aren't even trying, given what the industry's profits are.
But would fans in Cincinnati think the system is broken right now? Or Philly (even though they're going to win 82 games again because it's law)? The Mets are just incompetent, not so much evil. Well, evil too but you get my meaning. Anaheim? The Rangers were after everyone too. Maybe those in Milwaukee would? On the Southside?
Certainly no one in LA would, but we're years from their due date. The reason you hire a GM out of Tampa like Andrew Friedman or Chaim Bloom is not only are they exquisitely talented at spotting and producing talent, but they do it for cheap. They had to, and now the Dodgers and Red Sox are hoping they can do it with bigger budgets but without using all of the bigger budgets. Do we know what the Dodgers will do when the bills come due? Cory Seager is two years from free agency, and that's what Gavin Lux is for. Mookie might walk, but who else do they have to pay? Bellinger is still four years from free agency. Buehler isn't even into arbitation yet. Muncy is three years from free agency. And in the meantime, Justin Turner and Kenley Jansen come off the books to the tune of over $40M. The Dodgers may never have to spend serious money on payroll.
The problem, obviously, is that MLB has a luxury tax but no luxury floor. As Joe Sheehan pointed out, on some level it's probably fucking tiresome to FSG, or the Steinbrenners, or the Ricketts family to pay the tax and watch so many teams just pocket the cash. What's the point? Would they feel differently if that cash had to be used on players for those teams? Or if those teams had to pay some penalty for not spending up to some level? Somehow I tend to doubt it.
Still, I'm a Cubs fan and I live here and that's what matters to me most. And the Red Sox are in the similar situation. This isn't about staying solvent. It's just about the degree of profit they want to make. And until they open their books, there's no reason to believe a word any of them say. There's no reason to believe that a $250M or $300M payroll would cause John Henry or Tom Ricketts to make less money for themselves than you or I would see in 11 lifetimes.
But Henry can point to four parades over 15 years. In a city as championship drunk as Boston is, they probably will only sell a handful less tickets. They'll get away with it. And that's probably what's more infuriating about it all.
Burden In My Hand – White Sox Offseason Wishlist: Marcell Ozuna
By Andy Jonathan November 11, 2019 889 0
Here's another player who fits the Sox needs almost too perfectly, so getting my hopes up that they sign him is basically folly. Let's talk about him anyways because it's snowing outside and what else are we gonna do on a Monday morning?
We've gone over ad nauseam about the pathetic output the Sox have gotten out of the RF spot the past few years, but here's one more stat to hammer that point home: In the past 3 seasons, the White Sox are 29th out of 30 for production out of the RF spot in the major leagues.
They've accumulated a whopping 1.3 WAR from RF in those three years, and if Daniel Palka wasn't playing out of his mind in 2018 this number would probably be negative. In comparison, the teams the Sox are chasing in the Central have gotten 6.9 (nice) and 12.0 respectively (Indians and Twins).
Marcell Ozuna, come on down!
Why Him?: Mostly because he's young(ish) and hits with pop from a premium position of need for the White Sox. Last season was something of a down year for Ozuna, having a .241/.378/.472 slash line with a 110 wRC+ and 2.6 WAR. He also a +2 DRS for the Cards last season, though he split time in left and right field.
So for a right fielder those aren't the greatest numbers in the world but even with his down season he still hit 29 bombs in a pretty cavernous Busch Stadium. He's also only 2 years removed from a .312/.376/.548 season where he hit 37 dingers and drove in 134. In addition, he also won a gold glove that season to go along with his AS Game appearance and Silver Slugger Award.
Honestly, if he were to split the difference between last season and his 2017 one those stats alone would be enough to merit a very hard look by the Sox front office. A .275/.370/.495 line would mark the best production for the White Sox RF position since Jermaine Dye was gunning runners down from out there.
He's also entering his age 29 season, so it's not like the regression monster will becoming for him anytime soon. Moving from Busch stadium to The Down Arrow should also help his power numbers. With only 330 to the Sox bullpen in left as opposed to the 338 in Busch you would think that's worth another few home runs. In short, the Sox should rectify their mistake of not attempting to trade/fleece the Marlins a few years ago by signing him to a 5 year deal.
Why Not Him?: There's always the question of cost, as Ozuna will likely be the most expensive outfielder available on the market this winter. On top of that, the Cardinals extended him a qualifying offer last week, so any attempt to sign him will cost the Sox a draft pick (though that shouldn't matter in the slightest, but it's Rick Hahn).
He's also not amazing in the outfield, but the Sox are going to have to decide if they'd rather hit the shit out of the ball or have a gold glove caliber outfield because unless you're the Astros you can't have both. A +25 career DRS score and a +4.7 career UZR/150 rating isn't bad, and it's certainly an upgrade over what the Sox had been trotting out there. Having a fully armed and operational Luis Robert patrolling center field would help as well.
Also, his facial hair is very confusing to me. What is going on here?
How Much Is This Free Resort Weekend?: Fangraphs has Ozuna getting a four year deal for at total of around $70 million with an AAV of about $17.5. Assuming the Sox are always swimming upstream in the free agent market due to the ever-present cheapness of their owner I would think a 4 year deal at $19 million per season would be around his asking price.
He's also not represented by Scott Boras, so there's another point in the Sox favor as we all know the long an contentious history between him and Jerry Reinsdorf. The Cardinals are said to be interested in bringing Osuna back, which could potentially create a bidding war for his services though this could just be conjecture dropped by his agency to up his price.
With not much OF help available in the free agency pool in 2021 (other than Mookie Betts, and if you think the Sox will be in on signing him, I've got a wall in Colorado to sell and build for you) and not much in the way of assistance coming from the farm system anytime soon it would seem that Ozuna is the best option for the Sox via the open market. I'm not really interested in Nick Castellanos (even though Wes did a pretty good job of selling him to me) as he's not an OF long term and the Sox have plenty of first baseman. Yasiel Puig could be an option, but I don't think him and Renteria are gonna get along very well. That leaves us with Marcell, and you can do a ton worse if he's your right fielder for the foreseeable future.
Get it done, Rick.
Red Sox Spotlight: Mookie Was There, But Now He's Not
By Sam Fels June 24, 2019 758 0
Mookie Betts accomplished what seemingly was impossible last season. Deservedly winning the MVP over Mike Trout. Because honestly, when Trout's healthy, there shouldn't be a debate. But Betts collected 10.4 fWAR last year, highest of anyone. It's actually the second time Betts has been in Trout-territory, as he was around there in 2016 but Trout took home the award. The past four seasons, Trout and Betts are in their own stratus, as each have collected over 25 fWAR (Trout a pretty unconscious 31), and only two other players even have 20 (Altuve and Lindor).
Unlike Trout though, Mookie hasn't stayed there this season. Betts has seen a 79-point drop in his average, a 50-point drop in his on-base percentage, and a 157-point drop in his slugging. It's one of the reasons the Carmines have hung around .500 and are looking up at the Rays and Yankees after dusting them in the AL East last year. So what's the deal?
Well, honestly, it's nothing that Betts is doing. He's actually walking more this season and striking out a touch less. What he's not getting is any luck. Which we pretty much know isn't infinite, because Betts got all the luck last year.
In 2018, Betts's BABIP (say that five times fast) was .368. That was third-highest of any qualified hitter, behind teammate J.D. Martinez and the NL MVP Christian Yelich. Those are dominant hitters, so to call them lucky is unfair, but BABIPs in the .360s or .370s clearly are an anomaly. Betts made a ton of loud contact to carry a higher-than-average BABIP, as his 44% hard-contact rate would tell you. Still, .368 is absurd.
This year, Betts is carrying a .285 BABIP, second-lowest of his career. Things are not falling in. Yes, his contact numbers are lower. It's a 41% hard-contact rate now. And a 19% line-drive rate instead of a 22%. If you go by Statcast, last yea his average exit velocity was 92.2 MPH, and this year it's 90.4. According to that, he's below what he should be in terms of slugging and weighted on-base with the contact he's making, but not by all that much.
As far as how he's being attacked, there isn't too much difference. He's seeing a scosh (technical term) more fastballs, but not really worth remarking on. Again, it might be a luck thing. Last year, Betts slaughtered sinkers to the tune of a .449 average. This year, it's .267 with a .257 BABIP instead of a .457 one. But he actually is hitting them for line-drives more often. He's also been woeful on cutters this year, hitting .154 on them after .355 last year. It seems like pitchers have made one change, and that's only staying to the outside on them with Betts.
Because of that and more Betts has made a concerted effort to go the other way, but he's never had a lot of power the other way. He's only slugging .354 when going the other way this year, and even last year when he was crushing everything it was only .429.
Which makes for an itchy debate for the Red Sox front office, as Betts only has one year left in arbitration. They gave him $20M this year, and you'd think that'll be $25 or so next year. But is Betts a $25-30M player every year as he was in '18 and '16? Or is he 5-WAR player he was in '15, '17, and this year? He's not worth a Trout contract, but then who is? The market is certainly sliding the Red Sox way on this, of course.
Basically, the lesson here is that you can rent in Trout-land, but it's nearly impossible to own.
Series Preview – Red Sox vs. White Sox: The Champ Is Here…And It's A Mess
By Sam Fels May 2, 2019 874 0
RECORDS: Red Sox 14-17 White Sox 13-15
GAMETIMES: Thursday and Friday at 7:10, Saturday 6:10, Sunday 1:10
TV: WGN Thursday, NBCSN Friday-Sunday
FRUSTRATED WOMEN: Over The Monster
David Price vs. Lucas Giolito
Chris Sale vs. Reynaldo Lopez
Eduardo Rodriguez vs. Manny Banuelos
Rick Porcello vs. TBD (most likely Dylan Covey, or Dylan Arrieta to Fifth Feather)
PROBABLE RED SOX LINEUP
Andrew Benintendi – LF
Mookie Betts – RF
J.D. Martinez – DH
Xander Bogaerts – SS
Rafael Devers – 3B
Michael Chavis – 2B
Mitch Moreland – 1B
Christian Vasquez – C
Jackie Bradley Jr. – CF
PROBABLE WHITE SOX LINEUP
Leury Garcia – LF
Tim Anderson – SS
Jose Abreu – DH
James McCann – C
Yoan Moncada – 3B
Jose Rodon – 2B
Yonder Alonso – 1B
Ryan Cordell – RF
Adam Engel – CF
After digging through the muck of the Tigers and Orioles for a couple weeks, the White Sox get to…dive back into the much that the Red Sox have been for the season's first month.
The Beantown Nine have pulled this act before. They won the World Series in '13, and then were so bad the following season they ended up punting Jon Lester among others midseason. Apparently the party never stops in Boston when they win…except for the Patriots who aren't allowed to party by Bill Belichek. It actually took the Red Sox two years to round back into form after the last championship, making the playoffs the last three years, and BoSox fans can only hope they'll come around a touch quicker this time.
Maybe they already are. They come to the Southside after sweeping the equally struggling A's at home the past three days. They put up 21 runs over those three games, so the hope would be that the offense is finally clicking into gear. Because really, there's no way this lineup should be struggling to put together innings. And yet here the Carmines sit at 10th in runs in the AL, 9th in OBP, and 10th in wOBA.
Where the blame goes is probably the supporting cast. Mookie Betts and Xander Bogaerts are hitting, and Betts being a perennial MVP candidate you'd figure that. So's J.D. Martinez. But Devers has shown very little power this year, as it's never a good sign when your on-base is higher than your slugging. Second base has been something of a sinkhole, though Michael Chavis is putting in a strong claim at the moment. Benintendi isn't really hitting yet and Moreland has only been ok.
The problems just don't end there. The rotation has been a quasi-zoo. Chris Sale can't decide if he wants to throw not hard enough or too hard to compensate, and has been getting paddled either way to the tune of a 6.30 ERA and a 5.22 FIP. Natha Eovaldi is hurt, because guys throwing max effort 97 MPH fastballs pretty much every pitch aren't all that stable. Who knew? Rick Porcello himself has been gasoline, and one day may end up the weirdest goddamn Cy winner in history. The dude won it and hasn't managed a sub-4.00 ERA since. How did that happen? Only David Price and Eduardo Rodriguez are holding this rotation together.
The pen has been middling, though hasn't really missed being shorn of Craig Kimbrel or Joe Kelly (who sucks anyway). The Red Sox are big proponents of finding just any dude lingering around to fill out the pen. So far, Matt Barnes, Marcus Walden, and Brandon Workman have been excellent out of there, and the only people who recognize them are their mothers and even they're not totally sure. Ryan Braser is the closer here, and he's got six saves, but he allows more contact than most closers, only striking out a touch over seven hitters per nine. Heath Hembree and Tyler Thornburg are where you'd like to break through.
For the pale version of footwear, Lucas Giolito comes off the DL to start the opener, and hoping to be a touch better than his last three starts had him. Reynaldo Lopez looks to keep his momentum going, and everyone else just exhales in not having to watch Ervin Santana again. Weather could play a role again as tonight's forecast is iffy, but the rest of the weekend looks better than it's been. The Red Sox probably think this is their chance to really springboard into the rest of the season. The White Sox are probably just happy to not be super depressed by looking into the other dugout.


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Looking back at advertising in the past 50 years, geopolitical events have had an incredible effect on purchasing decisions and content creation. With gender and racial equality taking center stage in the media and politics, it's inevitable that advertising would follow suit.
This is most apparent in the 21st century with how women's portrayal in advertising has shifted from a subservient and sexual role to one where they're on equal footing with men as, feminism has become more commonplace. Additionally, in a post-9/11 world, American values have taken center stage in commercials and on billboards. In the era of Trump, this is no exception.
People are hungry for content that affirms their morals and beliefs, and brands are expected to take a stand. With racism, sexism, and exclusionary politics at the forefront of the national discourse, many companies have integrated these issues into their advertising strategies. How successful they have been in executing and promoting their perspective has been mixed, giving companies just stepping into the social fray many case studies to learn from.
Here are three value-based commercials that have had mixed reactions from the public.
Starting in 2016, Colin Kaepernick, former quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, spurred a national discussion on racial injustice and police brutality by kneeling during the national anthem. Many important figures commented, including former President Obama, President Trump, and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. Kaepernick even exclaimed when he first kneeled, "If they take football away, my endorsements from me, I know that I stood up for what is right." This is exactly what happened.
Kaepernick opted out of his contract with the 49ers in March 2017 and in September 2018, Nike released its "believe in something" commercial with Kaepernick narrating. Nike has a history of promoting topical issues in its commercials. Its "Just Do It" campaign is 30 years old now and has featured a range of people, from HIV-positive marathoner, Ric Munoz, to Shaquem Griffin, a one-handed NFL linebacker with the Seattle Seahawks. Just as those did, this ad elicited a strong response across the web, including from President Trump.
Nike's new ad campaign with Kaepernick has been valued at $114 million worth of media exposure over the first 48 hours. Yup, seems pretty stupid to me.
The #BurnYourNikes movement took off amongst the right wing, however, the outrage didn't have enough substance to have an impact (especially since you had to have purchased Nike merchandise to burn it). While Nike's stock value dipped briefly following the commercial's release, it quickly recovered, and according to analysis by research firm Edison Trends, sales surged 31% the week the ad was released—likely aided in some part by those who had to purchase Nike gear in order to burn it.
By aligning with Kaepernick, Nike was able to continue its advertising strategy of taking a stand against exclusion and being a forward-thinking company.
In the epic fail column comes the Pepsi commercial that used Kendall Jenner to bring peace with Pepsi. Among many protests and marches that have come to light in recent years for sexism and racism, Pepsi leveraged this activism to make the point that by bringing a Pepsi to a police officer, all would be fine.
The ad was such a miss that Saturday Night Live spoofed it and even to this day if you search Pepsi and Kendall Jenner on Twitter, you'll still find results of people knocking the ad with numerous comments and memes.
Pepsi's brand sentiment took a huge hit, as it seemed the only thing that unified the world was dislike for the commercial itself. From this incident, Pepsi will need to make better advertising choices to retain their customer base, especially in this values-driven culture.
Another backlash occurred after razor company Gillette ran "The Best a Man Can Get," a commercial addressing the #metoo movement and toxic masculinity. This ad only aired one time online as a way to ignite conversations. Consequently, many men boycotted the brand, dumping their razors.
Gillette, which is part of Proctor & Gamble, has gone on record saying they are satisfied with the campaign for brand awareness and sales, especially since subscriptions for their millennial-focused Gillette Shaving Club have grown.
Sticking with a "woke" business strategy, Gillette was able to create an online-only ad that was targeted towards a conversation that would drum up action.
With a contentious atmosphere permeating our digital-first world, advertising must address issues affecting consumers. However, companies will need to make smart decisions on how to properly execute, as a bad ad can quickly become the latest punching bag online and off. It will be interesting to see the future of advertising alongside the political climate and how these messages will affect consumer perception and in turn, market share.


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13 Dec 2017 | Commentary
International Human Rights Bodies, Civil Society Groups Share Concerns on Mexico's Internal Security Law
On November 30, 2017, Mexico's lower house of Congress passed a proposed Internal Security Law (Ley de Seguridad Interior) and sent it to the Senate for a vote. In response to public outcry from civil society, human rights and security experts, and national and international human rights bodies, on December 8, President Enrique Peña Nieto called on the Senate to engage in serious dialogue with opponents of the law and to consider their concerns before voting on the bill. Despite the president's request, the Mexican Congress approved the Internal Security Law on Friday, December 15, and turned it over to President Peña Nieto to sign it into law. On December 22, the Interior Security Law came into effect.
Listed below are recent statements from national and international human rights bodies and civil society organizations expressing concern over the Internal Security Law:
International human rights bodies
In a joint statement, various United Nations experts warned that giving the armed forces a leading role in security matters could weaken the protection of human rights in Mexico:
"The increased role of the armed forces without proper control systems and accountability may create the conditions for the repetition of human rights violations such as those committed since the armed forces were assigned a leading role in the fight against crime…. It is very alarming that such a far-reaching legislative initiative with such a profound potential impact on human rights is being carried out in such a hasty manner and without the proper involvement of victims of human rights violations, civil society organizations, national human rights institutions and international organizations". (Dec. 14, 2017)
The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) urged Mexico not to pass the proposed Internal Security Law:
"Adopting a new legal framework to regulate the operations of the armed forces in internal security is not the answer. The current draft law risks weakening incentives for the civilian authorities to fully assume their law enforcement roles…. The draft law, as approved by the Chamber of Deputies, contains worrying elements, and would allow for civilian authorities to be under the command of the armed forces in some circumstances. The authorization of the engagement of the armed forces in law enforcement is not accompanied by adequate controls and oversight, and the legislation does not contain adequate assurances, in line with international human rights standards, against the unlawful, arbitrary or excessive use of force." (Dec. 5, 2017)
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) expressed concern about the Internal Security Law and the consequences of militarizing public security in Mexico:
"The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) expresses its concern regarding draft legislation on internal security in Mexico, which includes provisions that are contrary to human rights standards…. In its visit to Mexico in 2015, the Commission confirmed with concern the involvement of the armed forces in citizen security activities and increased human rights violations as a result, including cases of extrajudicial executions, torture, and forced disappearances, as well as higher levels of impunity." (Dec. 4, 2017)
Mexican civil society
The Miguel Agustin Pro Juarez Human Rights Center (Centro de Derechos Humanos Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez, Centro Prodh), warned that the Internal Security Law would exacerbate violence in Mexico:
"The evidence demonstrates that the large-scale militarization of public security over the past ten years has been counterproductive, exacerbating violence instead of reducing it. The rushed approval of the Internal Security Law would mean that Congress opts for a false escape from the nation's problems: instead of addressing the root causes of the disease, this law would prolong indefinitely the 'treatment' that has done so much damage without offering a cure." (Apr. 25, 2017)
International human rights organizations
The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) issued a report about widespread impunity for human rights violations committed by soldiers in the context of Mexico's militarized public security strategy:
"[In many cases of human rights violations committed by soldiers], the implicated soldiers were carrying out public security tasks such as vigilance, counterinsurgency, and combating organized crime…. In other cases, like the Tlatlaya massacre, soldiers have used lethal force. Even with this evidence, Mexico could approve a Law on Internal Security that would essentially validate the continuation of military deployment in the streets." (Nov. 7, 2017)
Additional information and analysis from WOLA about the Internal Security Law:
Joint Statement – In response to Internal Security Law, international organizations form new coalition to draw global attention to rampant impunity in Mexico (Dec. 19, 2017)
WOLA Statement – Mexico Congress Approves Law Empowering Military to Act as Police (Dec. 15, 2017)
Commentary – By Strengthening Military's Role in Fighting Crime, Mexico's Proposed Security Law Will Worsen Human Rights Abuses and Harm Transparency (Dec. 14, 2017)
Press Release – New WOLA Study Reveals Failure of Mexico Attorney General's Office to Prosecute Soldiers' Human Rights Violations (Nov. 7, 2017)
Joint Statement – Mexican Congress Should Reject Law that Would Normalize Role of Armed Forces in Public Security Tasks (Nov. 29, 2017)
Commentary – Mexico's Law on Internal Security: Turning a Blind Eye to Military Abuses in Public Security Operations (Feb. 8, 2017)
Amnesty International directed an open letter to President Enrique Peña Nieto, calling on him to veto the Internal Security Law:
"The law contains no mechanisms for the effective supervision or control of the military, and in particular it fails to ensure that they will be subordinated to and under the command of civilian authorities. The law would allow the armed forces to conduct their own public security operations and even to coordinate police forces, representing a dangerous submission of civilian authorities to military command. ." (Dec. 18, 2017)
Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI) presented a report in partnership with five Mexican civil society organizations about crimes against humanity in Mexico, the participation of the armed forces in many of these cases, and the Mexican government's failure to investigate and prosecute cases of military abuse:
"Every government is responsible for the security of its people. Consistent with that responsibility, Mexico's federal government has pursued a legitimate goal: subduing organized crime. But it has done so through a policy that deployed the military and federal police to use overwhelming extrajudicial force against civilian populations perceived to be associated with criminal cartels, without adequate regulations on the use of force, and with almost no accountability for any of the abuses that followed." (June 7, 2016)
Human Rights Watch warned of the deficiencies in the Internal Security Law and called on Mexico to reject it:
"The proposed law does not include measures to strengthen civilian police institutions, nor an exit strategy for ending the use of the armed forces in law enforcement. The law also includes no measures to ensure independent civilian control and oversight of military operations, or to ensure that civilian authorities properly investigate and prosecute military abuses." (Dec. 7, 2017)
WOLA's Maureen Meyer Testifies Before House Subcommittee on Security and Rule of Law in Mexico
16 Jan 20 Video
The "Wall" Before the Wall: Mexico's Crackdown on Migration at its Southern Border
17 Dec 19 Publication
Mexico's Human Rights Landscape During President López Obrador's First Year in Office
26 Nov 19 Commentary


The skewers are grilled for about 6 minutes until the bread gets crisp and toasty like mini crostini, and the fish is bathed in the smoky, sweet fat from the pancetta.
If you have a few more skewers, thread some cherry tomatoes on them and grill those, too. They make a dynamite accompaniment.
Then, tuck into a taste of the great outdoors — without having to journey far at all.
Impressive looking enough for company. — yet so easy to do.
You'll need four 10-inch metal skewers.
Heat a grill to medium (350 to 450 degrees).
Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine oil, rosemary, salt, and pepper. Add halibut and bread. Toss to coat, then set aside 5 minutes.
If the pancetta is rolled, unroll into strips. Skewer one end of a pancetta strip, then alternate fish and bread cubes on the skewer, weaving (and skewering) pancetta between them. Repeat with 3 remaining skewers. Drizzle a little of the oil remaining in the bowl over the skewered bread cubes.
Note: If you can't get pancetta, use very thinly sliced bacon. Prosciutto is too lean and will burn.


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View Full Version : Coming to Brussels from Canada for 3 days!!!
So I'm going to be dropping by Brussels on March 19-21st.
Do you guys know where to go for the nightlife and sarging?
What kind of attractions are available?
Wheres the best place to get cheap accomdations?
There's a lot of activity near the Big Place (famous as the most beautiful in the world ;-) ), you have to visit the Delirium Cafe, it's awesome.
But I'm not in Brussels that w-e, so I can't make you visit.


The night was again far too muggy for cooking, and we still don't have air conditioning in the kitchen area, but I didn't think I would be hanging out near the range for long.
I was wrong. It was far too long.
The pasta however was quite right, and afterward we were able to treat ourselves to the first cold dessert of the summer.
ten ounces of Afeltra spaghetti chitarra, cooked al dente, mixed with a sauce of several cloves of garlic from Whole Foods, sliced and heated in a pan along with one large dried Itria-Sirissi chili (peperoncino di Sardegna intero) from Buon Italia, where the garlic was followed by half a pound of pieces of boned smoked swordfish steak from P.E.&D.D. Seafood and some savory pangrattato (here, some homemade days-old breadcrumbs toasted with olive oil in which more garlic and some salted and rinsed anchovies from Buon Italia had first been heated for a short while), the mix then tossed together over a low flame while some of the pasta water was added, served in bowls, where it was finished with a sprinkling of mixed fresh herbs from the Greenmarket and some chopped stems of spring onions from John D. Madura Farm.
There was also a genuine dessert last night.
It was a delicious dinner, but I'll never again do something that requires so much time and stove hovering on the kind of warm and sticky night we had yesterday. To properly account for my sanity, when I started out assembling and planning the meal I had a reasonable expectation that the air conditioning in our kitchen areas was going to work.
It didn't, but I only learned that fact about an hour before I had to begin cooking.
I made it through to the end. It was very good, but I'm certain we would both have enjoyed it more had the climate in both the kitchen and the dining area been more reasonable: I read 90º on the thermometer hanging at the edge of the kitchen after I had turned off the flames on the top of the range; there was no air moving (the fan would have inhibited the open gas flame); and it definitely wasn't a dry heat.
I'm a big fan of cabbage, all kinds of cabbage, but the Savoy is super, and this particular one a great beauty.
This was the second time I had prepared this delicious pasta, and once again it was a winner.
It's Bittman's recipe, pretty much to the letter, although reduced to 75% in its proportions, I used a very different pasta from the one he indicates, and once again I finished it with a combination of parsley and lovage.
It was pretty hastily thrown together around noon today, and the ingredients included some which had ben prepared fresh for the meal the night before ( call it 'overstock').
The first course never got anywhere near a stove.
I was very fortunate in the greens I had been able to bring home from Union Square on Friday: They were a perfect, spicy foil to the headiness of the smoky pork.
None of the elements of the second course spent more than a few minutes on the top of the range.
I had constructed the meal around the second course, a beautiful piece of fresh wild salmon that I was determined to cook without using the oven, and the rest of the meal had to go with the same proviso. Fortunately there were no taste sacrifices anywhere along the line.
There were cherries, from Kernan Farms.


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As the host, Chongqing Cummins announced the future development strategy. Chongqing Cummins general manager Zhao Liujun said: "Chongqing Cummins is very concerned about the needs of local customers, is committed to building first-class team to become China's high-powered market with global level of outstanding manufacturers, to create a world-class manufacturing base, Cummins products for customers and The market to provide more competitive products, better service. "
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BBC News - China reaps reward of Zambia copper investmentFeb 19, 2010 . The departure of the western investors from copper mining at the height of the recession saw Chinese investors move into Zambia.china eyes zambian mining rewards,China in Zambia: Jobs or exploitation? - BBC News - BBCChina eyes rewardsZambia probes China mine shooting. At least 11 miners were allegedly shot by two Chinese managers during a protest about poor conditions in October. The long road leading up to the mine in the southern rural district of Sinazongwe is covered in black coal dust, but otherwise there is not a hint that the.
Sep 19, 2011 . Although there have been repeated allegations - and in some cases hard evidence - of poor labour conditions and low salaries in Chinese-run mines and factories, the Zambian government remains happy with its new friend because the investment has driven economic growth to almost unprecedented.
May 15, 2013 . It makes sense: an estimated 80,000-plus Chinese live in Zambia, and 500 Chinese companies operate here. I came to Zambia to investigate a rash of alleged abusive incidents and a killing at Collum Coal Mine, a mine in southern Zambia that was once run by five Chinese brothers and has since been.
Nov 4, 2011 . You'll Be Fired if You Refuse" Labor Abuses in Zambia's Chinese State-owned Copper Mines Map of Zambia. . Reward managers and safety inspectors who correctly identify health and safety hazards, and punish those who work recklessly. Ensure there are sufficient company safety officers, first aid kits,.
Jan 20, 2011 . Late last year, Zhu Qingping walked hesitantly towards the gate of Collum Coal Mine in Maamba, southern Zambia, greeted by the jeers of striking miners. . Michael Sata, leader of the opposition Patriotic Front, claims the Zambian government has turned a blind eye to Chinese breaches of labour law in.
Sep 8, 2017 . Zambia is Africa's second biggest copper producer and Ndola is the capital of the nation's copper-belt region. Chinese investment in Zambia already includes roads, agriculture, mining and energy projects such as a 750MW hydro-power station in the south of the country. "The Lusaka-Ndola dual.
Feb 19, 2010 . The departure of the western investors from copper mining at the height of the recession saw Chinese investors move into Zambia.
China eyes rewardsZambia probes China mine shooting. At least 11 miners were allegedly shot by two Chinese managers during a protest about poor conditions in October. The long road leading up to the mine in the southern rural district of Sinazongwe is covered in black coal dust, but otherwise there is not a hint that the.
China says booming trade with Africa is transforming continent .
Dec 23, 2010 . But the influx of Chinese investors has brought tensions and criticism concerning the control of Africa's resources, worries about unfair business tactics, and complaints that local communities see too little of the economic rewards. In October, two Chinese mine employers in Zambia were charged with.
The Chinese invest all over Africa, but at a Chinese-owned mine in Zambia, their relationship with Africans has reached a breaking point. Chinese-run copper mines in Zambia are hazardous and owners violate the rights of their workers, according to a recent human rights report. When local workers at Collum Coal Mine.
Jun 18, 2011 . Zambia recently became the 26th country to publish the EITI report, disclosing payments from mining companies for the year 2008. .. historic high at $9,000 per tonne, to that of about $11,000 by 2013, elevated in large parts by the demands of emerging nations such as China, the world's largest consumer.
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Oct 6, 2006 . "Economic Development at the Cost of Human Rights: China Nonferrous Metal Industry in Zambia." Human Rights. Brief 17 . 1998, NFC took over the operation of the Chambishi Mine from the Zambian government,4 ... a blind eye when corporations like NFC are accused of labor abuses. The Zambian.
Jun 11, 2014 . BULAWAYO, June 11 (The Source) – Coal mining junior Coal Brick is looking at exploring the Zambian market, drawn by attractive prices and demand from expanding copper smelting companies in the country, the firm's executive chairman said on Wednesday. Coal Brick is one of several new entrants into.
Canadian Mining Eye. Canadian Mining Eye improved in Q4 2017 . Canadian Mining Eye index, gold, copper and LMEX Index over Q4 2017. Gold: gold prices . Zinc prices are anticipated to increase in 2018 on the back of tighter mine supply and improved underlying demand trends in China. However, some are of the.
Moving into the second half of 2017 Canadian mining companies continue to focus on strengthening their balance sheet by reducing debt. . the anticipated slowing economic growth rate in China (accounted for ~50% of world's copper consumption), evidenced in part by the downgrading of China's debt rating by Moody's.
Zambian miners.'9 Zambia's Vice-President Guy Scott said of uthe. Chinese" that "at present, they don't really think they should pay tax, or be guided by labor laws. "20 . foreign copper mining firms in Zambia, CNMC is not, as HRW .. your Pocket: Luansbya Mine Awards Workers 26% Pay Rise," Zambian Eye. Dec. 2,.
nographic study of Chinese and non-Chinese corporations in two industries, copper and construction. In addition to interviews conducted in Zambian mining townships, government and union offices, I have spent a total of six months over the past five years in copper mines owned by multinationals registered in China, India.


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