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The Legacy Of Unlearned Lessons, And The Current Crisis In Iraq
John Tirman: The swiftness of ISIS's advances in Iraq has startled many observers. What Americans have failed to appreciate, however, is how devastated Iraq was by the U.S. war and how that is affecting Iraq now. This image posted on a militant website on Saturday, June 14, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, appears to show militants from the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) leading away captured Iraqi soldiers dressed in plain clothes after taking over a base in Tikrit, Iraq. (AP Photo via militant website)
The advances of the extremist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) deep into the heart of Iraq from its base in Syria is an occasion for introspection in the United States. But the lessons learned in these last few days are weak.
The unfolding debacle has many sparks, and the commentariat has been active in assigning blame. The proximate cause — the civil war in Syria, which gave rise to many radical Islamic insurgents — is one magnetic pole of recrimination. The withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq in 2011 is another. The granddaddy of scorn-worthy U.S. actions is the Iraq War begun by President George W. Bush in 2003.
Two major factors are being overlooked, however. One does stem from the Bush war. The other springs from regional dynamics in which the United States has put itself in the wrong corner.
Two major factors are being overlooked... One stems from the Bush war. The other springs from regional dynamics in which the United States has put itself in the wrong corner.
The swiftness of ISIS's advances (which are likely to be reversed eventually) has startled many observers. The apparent victories in Mosul, Tel Afar, Tikrit and, earlier, in Fallujah, seem nearly unbelievable given the size and technological advantages the Iraqi army has over the extremists. What Americans have failed to appreciate, however, is how devastated Iraq was by the U.S. war and how that is affecting Iraq now.
The death toll of the war, measured by the most advanced scientific methods, was between 500,000 and 700,000 Iraqis. Much of that killing took place in the area ISIS is now sweeping through. It was preceded by 12 years of United States-imposed sanctions that resulted in child mortality in the hundreds of thousands. Four million Iraqis were displaced, either as refugees or within Iraq, during the 2003-2011 war. So Iraq has been hollowed out, its "social capital" drained and its politics fractured by sectarianism fueled by violence and loss.
As a result, security in Iraq is fragile and fragmented. Juan Cole, a leading Middle East scholar, made the acute observation that the small ISIS force could not have succeeded as it has without local cooperation of some significant kind. Arab Sunnis in Iraq feel vulnerable (the central government in Baghdad is dominated by Shiites) and exhausted, alienated from the Shiite-dominated army.
That is why it's important to understand the scale of violence and the causes of mortality in wartime, not only for immediate military tactics and moral considerations, but because a high level of carnage will have deleterious effects for a generation or more. Few in the U.S. government or opinion elite have grasped this cardinal fact.
The second overlooked factor is the broader region's politics. ISIS was borne of the Syrian civil war and funded by the Saudis, Kuwaitis and Qataris, all of them U.S. allies, supposedly, in the Gulf. The reason why these monarchies are trying to bring down Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is because of his alliance with Iran. The monarchies have always feared Iran's revolutionary zeal and its appeal to the Arab street; the Saudis, moreover, have a sizable (and politically repressed) Shiite minority.
This anti-Iran animus, mainly a religious dispute rather than a response to anything Tehran has actually done, has been encouraged by the United States as a wedge against Iran. The Bush administration and Obama's former secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, have frequently invoked the concerns of the Gulf monarchs about Iran as a pivotal reason for the tense suspicion that has animated the U.S.-Iran rivalry. Given their history (they also funded Sunni Arab insurgents during the U.S. war in Iraq), the monarchies could well appreciate a victory by ISIS over Shiite Baghdad, which they also consider to be an adversary.
...Iraq is a place where Iraqis suffered because of America, and still suffer. That's the lesson we need to learn.
American policymakers have few good options after the colossal miscues of the past dozen or more years of war. Arabs do not want Washington meddling in their affairs. Military intervention makes no sense. Cooperating now with Iran, which very much wants to reverse ISIS gains, is possible but will not lead to broader cooperation as long as Tehran also supports Assad, Hamas and other actors that are hostile to U.S.-defined interests. The best that can be done is to hope that Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki survives and moves toward some sort of rapprochement with Arab Sunnis after ISIS is tamed — if it is.
Many commentators blame Maliki first and foremost, and he deserves the criticism. The tragic tale was unfolding long before Maliki came on stage, however. The sheer brutality of the war and its human cost wrote the script for this disaster. America's longtime vendetta against Iran set the stage. It all points to the sad conclusion that the United States continuously missteps in the region, supporting the wrong bad boys, tolerating bad behavior from allies, intervening at the wrong time in the wrong way, piling up casualties and then walking away muttering how little we're appreciated.
Someone tweeted the other day, "Iraq is a place where Americans suffered." More importantly, Iraq is a place where Iraqis suffered because of America, and still suffer. That's the lesson we need to learn.
Here & Now: Former Iraqi Diplomat Weighs In On Crisis In Iraq
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Iraqi Ambassador: 'In Iraq Now, You Have A Thousand Bin Ladens'


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Billy Bathgate: A Novel
By E. L. Doctorow
Read by Mark Deakins
E. L. Doctorow Random House Audio
To listen to this audiobook is to enter the perilous, thrilling world of Billy Bathgate, the brazen boy who is accepted into the inner circle of the notorious Dutch Schultz gang. Like an urban Tom Sawyer, Billy takes us along on his fateful adventures as he becomes good-luck charm, apprentice, and finally protégé to one of the great murdering gangsters of the Depression-era underworld in New York City. The luminous transformation of fact into fiction that is E. L. Doctorow's trademark comes to triumphant fruition in Billy Bathgate, a peerless coming-of-age tale and one of Doctorow's boldest and most beloved bestsellers. Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following for permission to reprint previously published material: Fred Ahlert Music Corporation and Henderson Music Company: Excerpts from the lyrics to "Bye Bye Blackbird," lyrics by Mort Dixon, music by Ray Henderson. Copyright 1926. Copyright renewed 1953. All rights for the extended term administered by Fred Ahlert Music Corporation for Olde Clover Leaf Music and Henderson Music Company, c/o William Krasilovsky, Feinman and Krasilovsky. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Bourne Co./New York Music Publishers: Excerpt from the lyrics to "Me and My Shadow," words by Billy Rose, music by Al Jolson and Dave Dreyer. Copyright 1927 Borune Co. Copyright renewed, International Copyright secured. All rights reserved. Used by permission. The Songwriters Guild of America and CPP Belwin, Inc.: Excerpt from the lyrics to "The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else," by Gus Kahn and Isham Jones. Copyright 1924. U.S. rights renewed 1980 Gilbert Keyes Music and Bantam Music. Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.: Excerpt from the lyrics to "Limehouse Blues," by Philip Braham and Douglas Furber. Copyright 1922 Warner Bros. Inc. (Renewed). All rights reserved. Used by permission.
A 1990 Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Fiction
Winner of the 1990 PEN/Faulkner Award
Winner of the 1989 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
A 1989 National Book Award Finalist
A New York Times Best Book
"Stunning." —Publishers Weekly
"An engrossing tale that successfully re-creates worlds gone by in loving and meticulous detail." —Library Journal
"A wonderful addition to the ranks of American boy heroes …Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer with more poetry, Holden Caulfield with more zest and spirit…The kind of book you find yourself finishing at three in the morning after promising at midnight that you'll stop at the next page." —New York Times Book Review
"A modern American masterpiece…Doctorow takes up the legacies of Fitzgerald and Cheever and adds to them a savage and erotic splendor of his own." —John le Carré, New York Times bestselling author
"Indelible in its fierce energy, its relentless irony, its rawness." —Philadelphia Inquirer
"Riveting…mesmerizing…unforgettable." —Time
"Enthralling." —Los Angeles Times
Author Bio: E. L. Doctorow
E. L. Doctorow (1931–2015) was known internationally for his works of historical fiction, including Ragtime, World's Fair, and Billy Bathgate. He was honored with the National Book Award, three National Book Critics Circle awards, two PEN/Faulkner awards, the William Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the presidentially conferred National Humanities Medal.

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cdoman1
Introducing Our Next Stage, Cado Response
In April 2020, a time that now seems a world away, we started Cado Security to build the first cloud-native cyber forensics and response platform - Cado Response. We've both spent years responding to breaches in the cloud, and have seen countless examples of how tough it can be. For all the promise of cloud computing, there is still the entirely rational fear that security incidents in the cloud can be a financial, legal and technical minefield.
Seven months later, we are incredibly excited to announce the next stage in our company's growth.
Today we are announcing our seed funding round, led by Ten Eleven Ventures. When we researched possible investors, Ten Eleven were our first choice. No-one else has the same track record of success in the security space. The advice and on the ground help they've given us behind the scenes explains how they have achieved that.
And now we're looking to grow the team to deliver on the incredible demand we have seen for our platform. If software development or product marketing is your thing - please contact us!
For more details, please browse our (new!) site and see the press release below.
James and Chris
Cado Security Raises $1.5 Million in Seed Funding to Fuel World's First Cloud-Native Cyber Forensics and Response Platform
Cybersecurity Specialist Ten Eleven Ventures Leads Round
Link to Company Logo Photo - https://static.wixstatic.com/media/197f18_2a552b2a32df4decb768d76a78dd186d~mv2.png Link to Founders Photo - https://static.wixstatic.com/media/197f18_70fbf6b933544e13bca591d2be0dc8ec~mv2.jpg LONDON, England, 5th November 2020 Cado Security (cadosecurity.com), provider of the world's first cloud-native cyber forensics and response platform Cado Response, today announced the close of a $1.5 million seed round led by Ten Eleven Ventures, the original Silicon Valley-based cybersecurity venture capital firm. Cado Security will use the funding to expand its development team in the United Kingdom. Traditional tools used to investigate cyber-attacks cannot assess potential impacts on cloud or container infrastructure. To accurately determine impact, companies have historically needed extensive time and a substantial budget to spend on third-party resources with cloud expertise. Regulatory requirements now mandate that companies move even quicker and more thoroughly in the aftermath of an incident. Companies are hard-pressed to find a solution that can help them respond quickly, efficiently, and with confidence, especially in the cloud. Founders James Campbell and Christopher Doman started Cado Security after their extensive professional experiences helping security teams worldwide navigate this issue. They found security professionals were frustrated by the inadequacy of traditional tools to address cloud infrastructure, as well as the overall time requirement and cost of investigations. Cado's platform, Cado Response, is an agentless, cloud-native forensics solution that allows security professionals to quickly and comprehensively understand an incident's impact across all environments, including cloud and containers as well as on-premise systems. "Finding the root cause of security incidents in cloud or container environments is incredibly difficult. Traditional tools don't support these new environments, and there is a shortage of people who know both forensics and cloud security," said CEO James Campbell, formerly Director, Cyber Threat Detection and Response at PricewaterhouseCoopers. "Our Cado Response platform completely changes how security professionals can respond to incidents in the cloud." Ten Eleven Ventures General Partner Mark Hatfield, who will join the Cado Security board of directors, added, "The adoption of cloud infrastructure creates many problems for security professionals. We know that forensics in cloud environments is a real pain point. The Cado team has built an elegant and flexible solution that will allow security teams to rapidly respond to incidents in a comprehensive, cross-platform way that will decrease the risks imposed by any one incident, and actually make the company safer going forward. We're really excited to work alongside James and Chris to help bring their technology to companies around the world." Cado Security is currently opening early access to its Cado Response platform to beta customers. Cado also offers a number of free tools on its website to assist security teams. These include Cado Live, a tool to move entire copies of on-premise systems to cloud storage, and Cado Cloud Collector, a tool to copy AWS EC2 instances for forensic analysis. About Cado Security: Cado Security offers the world's first cloud-native forensics and response platform to help organizations respond to security incidents. The Cado Response platform is built on an array of analytics to perform deep forensic analysis of a compromised system. Cado Security was founded in 2020 by CEO James Campbell (previously a Director in PwC's Cyber practice, and the Assistant Director of Operations at the Australian Signals Directorate, Australian Cyber Security Centre) and CTO Christopher Doman (previously the creator of the ThreatCrowd platform). For more information, please visit https://www.cadosecurity.com or follow us on Twitter @cadosecurity. About Ten Eleven Ventures: Ten Eleven Ventures is the original venture capital firm focused solely on investing in digital security. The firm invests globally and at all stages, from seed to growth (the latter via its Joint Investment Alliance with KKR). Since its founding in Silicon Valley in 2015, Ten Eleven Ventures has raised nearly $US 500 million and invested in 26 leading cybersecurity companies including Twistlock, Verodin, Cylance, KnowBe4, Darktrace, and Ping Identity. For more information, please visit www.1011vc.com or follow us on Twitter @1011vc. Media Contacts: Cado Security James Campbell jcampbell@cadosecurity.com Ten Eleven Ventures Megan Dubofsky mdubofsky@1011vc.com
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Gerry "Rocky" Seader and Rocky and the Rollers have been performing with The Crystals for years and last week it was once again their honor to back them on stage. This amazing group of ladies has so much energy and style that fans just can't get enough. The started out in The Villages and Original member Dee Dee Kenniebrew was kind enough to say a few words. Thanks to Imaginif Media for stopping by to capture the moment.


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import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState;

import com.google.auto.value.AutoValue;
import com.google.common.base.Strings;
import com.google.errorprone.annotations.Immutable;
import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
import java.util.Optional;
import okhttp3.HttpUrl;

/** Immutable HTTP request. */
@Immutable
@AutoValue
@AutoValue.CopyAnnotations
@SuppressWarnings("Immutable")
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  public abstract String url();
  public abstract HttpHeaders headers();
  public abstract Optional<ByteString> requestBody();

  public abstract Builder toBuilder();

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   * Create a new HTTP GET request with the given {@code url}.
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   * @return a {@link Builder} object for configuring {@link HttpRequest}.
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  /**
   * Create a new HTTP GET request with the given {@code uri}.
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   * @return a {@link Builder} object for configuring {@link HttpRequest}.
   */
  public static Builder get(HttpUrl uri) {
    checkNotNull(uri);
    return builder().setMethod(HttpMethod.GET).setUrl(uri);
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  /**
   * Create a new HTTP HEAD request with the given {@code url}.
   *
   * @param url the url of the HEAD request.
   * @return a {@link Builder} object for configuring {@link HttpRequest}.
   */
  public static Builder head(String url) {
    checkArgument(!Strings.isNullOrEmpty(url));
    return builder().setMethod(HttpMethod.HEAD).setUrl(url);
  }

  /**
   * Create a new HTTP HEAD request with the given {@code uri}.
   *
   * @param uri the url of the HEAD request.
   * @return a {@link Builder} object for configuring {@link HttpRequest}.
   */
  public static Builder head(HttpUrl uri) {
    checkNotNull(uri);
    return builder().setMethod(HttpMethod.HEAD).setUrl(uri);
  }

  /**
   * Create a new HTTP POST request with the given {@code url}.
   *
   * @param url the url of the POST request.
   * @return a {@link Builder} object for configuring {@link HttpRequest}.
   */
  public static Builder post(String url) {
    checkArgument(!Strings.isNullOrEmpty(url));
    return builder().setMethod(HttpMethod.POST).setUrl(url);
  }

  /**
   * Create a new HTTP POST request with the given {@code uri}.
   *
   * @param uri the url of the POST request.
   * @return a {@link Builder} object for configuring {@link HttpRequest}.
   */
  public static Builder post(HttpUrl uri) {
    checkNotNull(uri);
    return builder().setMethod(HttpMethod.POST).setUrl(uri);
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  /**
   * Create a new HTTP PUT request with the given {@code url}.
   *
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   * @return a {@link Builder} object for configuring {@link HttpRequest}.
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    checkArgument(!Strings.isNullOrEmpty(url));
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   *
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   * @return a {@link Builder} object for configuring {@link HttpRequest}.
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  public static Builder put(HttpUrl uri) {
    checkNotNull(uri);
    return builder().setMethod(HttpMethod.PUT).setUrl(uri);
  }

  /**
   * Create a new HTTP DELETE request with the given {@code url}.
   *
   * @param url the url of the DELETE request.
   * @return a {@link Builder} object for configuring {@link HttpRequest}.
   */
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    checkArgument(!Strings.isNullOrEmpty(url));
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  }

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   * Create a new HTTP DELETE request with the given {@code uri}.
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   * @return a {@link Builder} object for configuring {@link HttpRequest}.
   */
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    checkNotNull(uri);
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  }

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    public abstract Builder setRequestBody(ByteString requestBody);
    public abstract Builder setRequestBody(Optional<ByteString> requestBody);

    public Builder withEmptyHeaders() {
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      return this;
    }

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      switch (httpRequest.method()) {
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        case PUT:
        case DELETE:
          break;
      }

      return httpRequest;
    }
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}

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IT'S TIME! Functional Integrated Training is pleased to host a sanctioned USA Powerlifting competition in 2018 (sanction: WI-2018-04).
WHEN: Saturday, April 28th. Lifting starts at 9:00am. Weigh-ins are promptly at 7:00am, plan to arrive by 6:45am.
**REGISTRATION will open on Tuesday, January 2nd at 9:00am! This is the first sanctioned competition in Madison for quite some time, so we are anticipating it will fill up FAST. Make sure you follow this event page. The registration form will be posted on the Facebook event page on Tuesday (1/2) at 9:00am!


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#MeToo: My Experience With Sexual Harassment
My Experience With Sexual Harassment
By Hannah Cantrell | St. Norbert College
Up until now, I've only ever told this story to my roommate and my boyfriend. However, I decided I wanted to share it with a larger audience because I want anyone and everyone who winds up in a situation like this to pay attention the little red flags sooner than I did, and to understand the importance of taking charge, and getting out of the situation.
For the sake of the story, the subject's alias will be Jayce since I know no one with this name.
It was my freshman year of college, during the beginning of the second semester when I noticed him staring at me in class. From the comments he made, you could tell Jayce was smart, and despite the "I'm a college guy now, I refuse to get a haircut" "look" he was sporting, Jayce was pretty attractive. So, I didn't really mind him looking at me. Not to mention, it just felt nice to receive a little attention.
Not long after that, though, I began to notice that Jayce was giving me a little more than just a little attention. He was staring at me constantly, and even when I'd catch him doing it, he wouldn't stop. I should have been uncomfortable about it, but instead I decided to give him my number when he walked into class one day. Later on when Jayce texted me, I asked him why he always stared at me. He told me that it was because I was really cute, and super smart, and because he was interested in me.
Jayce's response seemed sweet to me, but I was still curious. So, I then asked him why, if he was interested in me, did he ever not come over to talk to me. To that he replied that he thought I had a boyfriend. Now, that creeped me out a little, because if he thought I had a boyfriend, wouldn't he also rationalize that it might be inappropriate to stare at me incessantly? However, despite this and many other questions floating around in my mind, we kept talking, and we agreed to go out on a little date.
Our date took place on either a Friday or Saturday night. We had decided to keep it simple and just go bowling because he had some family coming into town later that night for a visit. While we were bowling, Jayce took every opportunity to make some sort of physical contact with me, whether it was quickly touching my knee or arm, high fiving me, or giving me a hug. It didn't really seem like a red flag to me… but the fact that he was being so touchy combined with the fact that he was late to pick me up, only wanted to stay for about an hour, and the fact that going out for ice cream after meant grabbing a pint from the gas station and eating it alone in his car, made me feel a bit odd.
While we were sitting in his car sharing the pint of ice cream, Jayce explained to me how extensive his stalking of my Facebook profile had been. He also told me that it had taken him three weeks to find my Instagram account because my username had nothing to do with my name. He knew right away that he had creeped me out by the look on my face. Stupid me for always wearing my emotions on my sleeve… but as soon as he realized this, he made quick use of his grade A manipulation skills, saying things like "you can't possibly tell me that you've never stalked anyone" and "curiosity is part of human nature," oh and of course the ole "I'm sorry, it's just that you're so beautiful, and I just wanted to know more about you" line. And because I was naïve, and because I give everyone the benefit of the doubt, every last word he said worked on me like a charm. He knew it too.
After that, he just dropped me off at my dorm, and said that he would text me later. He drove off quickly, and I slowly walked inside feeling unsatisfied, and kind of like he just wasn't that interested in me. Stupid me… I should have just realized that he wasn't worth my time, but I didn't. And that's exactly why when he texted me at 1:00 am saying that he was just chilling, I asked him to come over and watch "Friends" with me.
See, this is where I get really stupid, because FYI, when a college guy gets invited over to "watch 'Friends'" he doesn't think it means you're gonna watch "Friends" even though you really mean that you just want to watch "Friends."… and maybe kiss a little. But watch out, because once you start to kiss a little, he'll think that that means he's got the green light to go where he wants to go… but no, it doesn't.
When I realized my ignorance, and that he was trying to do more with me than just kiss, I quickly put a stop to it. I pushed him away lightly, and moved closer to the other side of the sofa, and told him that I really did just want to watch TV, and that I did enjoy kissing him, but that I did not want to go any further. Jayce simply said ok, and I moved back over next to him, and we continued watching. After a while though, he wanted to kiss me again. I was fine with it because I thought the he had understood what I had said earlier. However, then he started pushing me down onto the couch again, so I pushed him away and stood up. I was feeling upset at this point, and I told him that if he tried that again with me, that I was going to make him leave. He laughed at me, and said ok. I should have taken that as a sign… but of course I didn't.
It wasn't long after that moment that Jayce told me he was going to get going. We both stood up, and with my back to the door, he leaned in to kiss me. It was very soft at first, and then abruptly he pushed me up against the door. Immediately, I pushed back on him, pushing him THE HELL away from me. Then I opened the door and told him to get out.
So, as you can see, I was one of the lucky ones because although he is major creep who still stares at me whenever he sees me to this day, he is mostly just a horny college jerk. As I mentioned before, I have always been the type of person to hope for the best, and give everybody I meet the benefit of the doubt. That's a great quality to have, but don't be like me. Possess that quality in a safe, public setting only until you feel certain you understand their true intentions because odds are, if any of you are as ignorant as I was, you won't get as lucky as I did.
Related: 5 Ways College Students Can Protect Themselves On Campus


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PewDiePie Raises Stunning $153,000 In Latest charity: water Campaign
The world's most-subscribed YouTuber may be pocketing an insane amount of dough, but he's also making uncharted strides in the realm of charity work.
Video gamer Felix Kjellberg (aka PewDiePie to the online video masses) has raised a whopping $153,000 for charity: water, which brings bring clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations. "I will be donating $42,000 and participating in a charity drive sponsored by [mobile game] Best Fiends to raise money for the charity as well," Pewdiepie wrote on his campaign page.
And the YouTube gaming community rallied around Pewds in droves. Markiplier donated $10,001 to the campaign, for instance, while JackSepticEye contributed an additional $10,000. (Are we sensing a healthy competition here?)
We raised 150k! Thanks again to everyone who donated. Special thanks to @Jack_Septic_Eye @markiplier @bestfiends pic.twitter.com/dL3RNaAgjD
— Felix Kjellberg (@pewdiepie) February 19, 2016
Pewdiepie's legions of bros (that's what he calls his fans) also seemed to be touched by the endeavor. "I think what Pewdiepie and all the bros are doing right now is simply incredible," wrote one donor, Georgina Haslam. "Keep up the great work everyone! *brofist*"
This is Kjellberg's second charity: water campaign. His first, in celebration of reaching the 10 million subscriber milestone, raised more than $446,000.
"100% of everything we raise will directly fund water projects," PewDiePie wrote of the latest campaign. "And when those projects are finished, charity: water will send each person who donates proof in pictures and GPS coordinates, so we can see the actual people and communities we all helped out."


The audit is conducted in compliance to Section 13 (1) of Legal Notice No. 31 of 2004 under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 2007 of the laws of Kenya.
A health and safety risk assessment is in compliance to sec.6 (3) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 2007 under Part II - General Duties.
Noise Level Assessments are done as stipulated under Sec. 6(1) that states that the occupier should carry out measurements of noise at least once every period of twelve months in order to determine the prevailing noise.


Known for his 'obsession with light', Lu Songye was born and raised in Hulun Buir, China. He graduated from St Petersburg State University of Film and Television in 2008, having majored in cinematography. Since 2010 he has taught cinematography at China's Hulunbeier University. Tharlo, shot completely in black and white, premiered in Venice's Orizzonte section, and was nominated for the Venice Horizons Award. Tharlo has received wide acclaim including four nominations at the 52nd Golden Horse Awards including Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography for Lyu Songye.


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The Final Push: Canada and the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal
By Arne Ruckert, Ronald Labonté and Ashley Schram
The Trans-Pacific Partnership is nearing the end game of negotiations, creating a market of 800 million people with a combined economic clout of US$28-trillion annually. After the U.S. Congress granted fast-track authority to President Obama, a final agreement among the 12 Pacific-rim countries involved in the trade deal is now within reach. So what's at stake for Canada?
Agricultural market access remains a sticking point for some of the TPP's prospective members. Media coverage of the TPP in Canada has been dominated by Canadian supply management in dairy and poultry, which limits market access in these products for other countries. Canada is under pressure in the press and from some TPP countries to dismantle supply management if it wants to remain part of the final negotiations.
Ultimately, there is no point in signing on to a free trade agreement that represents little economic benefit to the Canadian economy, but has major political and social implications including the potential to hamper Canada's sovereignty and undermine its regulatory autonomy.
Yet Canada has participated in past free trade deals without dismantling supply management, as recently noted by Canada's Minister of International Trade Ed Fast. There are good public policy reasons for why Canada would want to continue with supply management, including guaranteeing a safe and stable stock of dairy and poultry products at an affordable cost. A reasonable compromise for Canada would be maintaining its supply management but making some concessions in terms of increasing market access for other TPP countries in these products.
Other areas of the TPP overlooked in most media discussions have potentially much stronger and more lasting impacts. Foremost are Investor-State–Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provisions, which will grant multinational corporations the right to sue TPP governments over public policy decisions perceived as damaging to their investments and business operations. Canada is already the most-sued developed country in the world because of NAFTA's ISDS process, and the TPP will significantly increase the number of foreign investors eligible to sue. Strong civil society and academic critiques of ISDS have recently led to greater caution about how they are included within new trade treaties. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) now under negotiation between the U.S. and the EU also contains an ISDS chapter, with concerns about its provisions being voiced on both sides of the ocean.
Rather than reject ISDS outright, European parliamentarians in July passed a compromise amendment which calls for replacing the ISDS system "with a new system…subject to democratic principles and scrutiny, where potential cases are treated in a transparent manner by publicly appointed, independent professional judges in public hearings and which includes an appellate mechanism, where…the jurisdiction of courts of the EU and of the member states is respected, and where private interests cannot undermine public policy objectives [our emphasis]." The EU amendment appears to address many of the critics' concerns with ISDS, and the Canadian government should push for the TPP to adopt a similar position. Investor protection would be strengthened, but so would government policy space to pursue new public policy objectives.
The TPP also proposes to extend intellectual property rights (IPRs) with implications for drug costs, whether paid for publicly or privately. This is particularly relevant for Canada, which already has the second-highest drug prices in the world. A recent leak of the TPP's IPR chapter shows that the major outstanding disagreements over IPR relate to 'patent linkage' and expanded protection of biologics. Patent linkage prevents the registration and authorization of generic medicines until after the expiry of patents, considerably delaying generic market entry.
Although Canada already has a patent linkage system in place, the TPP is the first time this system would be written into trade treaty obligations, likely interfering with future cost-saving reforms and weakening the vibrant Canadian generic pharmaceuticals industry which is now responsible for the production of two out of every three prescription drugs in Canada. Recent analysis of the draft intellectual property chapter of the TPP suggests that the U.S. has been advocating for patent linkage to extend to biologics, along with a request for longer periods for data exclusivity. Many TPP member states have been opposed to extended IPRs, which would provide Canadian negotiators with a platform from which to limit any extension of IPRs in pharmaceuticals beyond those already present in the World Trade Organization's TRIPS agreement.
Finally, TPP provisions for regulatory coherence and transparency have received relatively little mention. As with all recent free trade agreements, the TPP is only marginally about trade, and more about harmonizing regulations (financial, health, and safety standards, etc.). The leaked regulatory coherence chapter clearly outlines various expectations, including the obligation generally to encourage the use of regulatory impact assessments (RIAs), as already practiced in the United States. The proposed regulatory model contains numerous pro-market factors that governments should consider when making domestic regulations. The obligations outlined in the regulatory coherence chapter are explicitly linked to states' obligations in the transparency chapter. The transparency chapter (which has not been leaked) is expected to confer rights to affected commercial interests to participate in regulatory processes.
Patrick Leblond, The EU Parliament's Decision to Postpone its Decision on TTIP Will Not Affect CETA
Ronald Labonté, Time for an Open Debate on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
The two chapters together will essentially impose high-level behind-the-border disciplines on governments through market-centric norms; an ideologically-driven commitment to light-touch regulations, whose detrimental effects are best seen in the global financial crisis of 2008; and a structured role for private (and especially corporate) interests to shape domestic regulations and policy-processes. Some TPP countries, especially those with developing country status, have raised concerns about these two chapters; Canada should align with these concerns and support their resolution within any final agreement.
Canada should be courageous enough to stand up to the United States (the main force behind these negotiations) and to form coalitions with TPP member countries that have similar concerns about these remaining TPP issues. Ultimately, there is no point in signing on to a free trade agreement that represents little economic benefit to the Canadian economy, but has major political and social implications including the potential to hamper Canada's sovereignty and undermine its regulatory autonomy.
Arne Ruckert is a Senior Research Associate in the Faculty of Medicine and a part-time Professor in the School of Political Studies. Ronald Labonté is Canada Research Chair in Globalization & Health Equity, and Professor, School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine. Ashley Schram is a PhD candidate in Population Health at the University of Ottawa studying the health impacts of international trade and investment agreements.


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This is a love story, but a knotty one that doesn't seek untying. How much Lorca's commenting (in his early thirties) about love as he sees it around, how much working out his own confusions and sense of contradiction, is unclear. But the same could be said of Strindberg, and what makes this poetic play less popular than the Swede's 'big three' is its use of Surrealism rather than Realism.
Any strange event (a dead cat talks to a dead child, for example) no sooner seems fitted into the scheme of things than it slides away. Though five years pass, these dead remain with us, inexplicable yet haunting. There are deliberate stumblings in the dialogue yet the cumulative force of all this is to give the final, strangest, image a climactic inevitability. A card game that might be an out-take from Un Chien Andalou, it's fixed by 3 players who emerge to take on the Young Man, ending as he reluctantly surrenders his last card, an Ace of Hearts, to be stabbed through and cause his death.
It seems a natural outcome for the unsatisfied desires flowing from his Secretary to the Young Man, and from him to his uninterested Girlfriend, who calmly determines she'll need to return his presents; played in a world of Harlequin and Clown.
The mix of reality and fantasy's caught in Ben Stones' design, which finds room in this small apace for several real objects, and a fireplace positioned in a cloudscape-wall out of Dali. Charlotte Westenra's sympathetic direction matches the rooting realism and the flights of fantasy. It's capably presented by a cast who compensate in willingness for moments of technical roughness.


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The Milwaukee Bucks' Walkout
In Game Five of their series, the Bucks refuse to take the floor to show support for those seeking justice.
Max He, Staff Reporter|August 28, 2020
The Walt Disney World NBA bubble has provided not only a safe space for players to continue the playoffs in good health, but also a platform for players to show their support and solidarity with the recent social-justice movements.
One way players have been showing their support and advocating is through placing phrases such as "Justice Now," "Equality," "Black Lives Matter," and "Say Their Names" on the backs of their jerseys.
In the light of the tragic shooting of Jacob Blake by a Wisconsin police officer as well as the deaths of two protestors at the hands of Kyle Rittenhouse, the Milwaukee Bucks refused to take the floor and play Game Five against the Orlando Magic.
According to NBA Writer Shams Charania, "Bucks players are in [the] locker room attempting to reach the attorney general of Wisconsin, Josh Kaul."
They were led by Bucks player George Hill, who convinced his teammates to take part in this demonstration. The Bucks' walkout led to countless athletes and teams across the nation joining in and displaying their solidarity with those seeking justice for Jacob Blake.
Following the strike, the NBA held discussions with the players union and reached an agreement including plans to convert a few NBA arenas to polling locations in preparation for the upcoming election.
"We're all hurt, we're all tired of just seeing the same thing over and over again.""
— Chris Paul
In a joint statement from the NBA and National Basketball Players Association, NBA commissioner Adam Silver and NBPA Executive Director Michele Roberts stated: "We had a candid, impassioned and productive conversation yesterday between NBA players, coaches, and team governors regarding next steps to further our collective efforts and actions in support of social justice and racial equality."
The agreement included three main commitments: to immediately establish a social justice coalition, continue working with local election officials to establish polling centers at NBA arenas, and promote greater civic engagement through new and updated advertising spots in the playoffs.
NBA figures like Chris Paul and LeBron James have been active in speaking out about the situation, whether it be on Twitter or making official statements.
The Orlando Magic ended up declining the Bucks' forfeit, and Game Five was rescheduled after the agreement was reached. The Bucks went on to win the series 4-1, and are continuing to make a great showing in the playoffs coupled with the powerful legacy and impact they have created through their actions.
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Warwick Racecourse all set for Classic Chase Day
By Craig Gibbons
cgibbons@stratford-herald.com
Published: 15:21, 12 January 2021
| Updated: 15:27, 12 January 2021
IT'S Classic Chase Day at Warwick on Saturday and, although the action is taking place behind closed doors, four races will be shown live on ITV4 for armchair punters to sit back and enjoy, writes David Hucker.
Warwick Racecourse.
The impact of Covid-19 on racing's finances has meant a reduction in prize money for what is the course's biggest meeting of the year, but there is still more than £141,000 up for grabs across the seven-race card, with £50,000 on offer for the feature, the McCoy Contractors Civil Engineering Classic Chase, to be run over a trip of three miles and five furlongs.
The feature race was introduced in its present form in 2004, although a similar race, the Warwick (Brooke Bond Oxo) National Chase, had been staged from 1974 until 2000.
The former race fell victim to frost and snow seven times and was also abandoned through waterlogging in 1975, but the current version has fared much better, having only been lost twice since its inception.
Rosemary Henderson on Fiddlers Pike in 1993 and Bryony Frost, who took the 2018 running on Milansbar, are the only two female jockeys to have won the race and, in 2019, Sam Waley-Cohen became just the fourth amateur to win it after success on Impulsive Star.
The race's profile was boosted when One For Arthur took the 2017 running before landing the Randox Health Grand National at Aintree, although last year's winner Kimberlite Candy was denied the chance to double up when racing was halted for 11 weeks because of Covid-19.
Walk In The Mill finished runner-up in the replacement virtual Grand National, but fell at the sixth when tackling the real Aintree fences on his run in December. Western Climate overcame a mistake at the penultimate fence to win a veterans' chase at the last meeting, but the one that appeals most is Notachance, a winner at Bangor when reappearing after a 301-day break.
There is another valuable prize on offer for the Grade 2 McCoy Contractors Hampton Novices' Chase over three miles, which has attracted nine entries, with If The Cap Fits topping the ratings ahead of Next Destination.
With the Cheltenham Festival now just over two months away, there will also be interest in the Grade 2 Ballymore Leamington Novices' Hurdle, to be run over two miles and five furlongs. Dan Skelton has entered dual hurdles winner Midnight River.
The meeting opens at 12.40pm with the Join Racing TV Now Novices' Handicap Hurdle over two miles, which is followed by the Class 2 Edward Courage Cup Handicap Chase.
The race is run in memory of one of racing's most successful owner/trainers, who sent out a host of winners from his base at Edgcote, near Banbury – notably dual Cheltenham Champion Chase victor Royal Relief and Spanish Steps.
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Senscot Bulletin 27.07.18
July 27, 2018 Larry
I've always enjoyed 'start-ups' – and have contributed (a guess) to around 50 over 50 years; funding came from a variety of sources – but the theme of 'combating poverty' would cover most. An impressive 18-month study by Liverpool University (120,000 calculations) has just revealed that 59 of the 100 most deprived housing estates in the UK – are in Scotland; most are the very places we've targeted over the past 50 years. The truth is we don't know what to do about poverty – no strategy.
The 'new' community work profession I entered in the early 1970s never really found a credible identity; it shouldn't have adopted that unintelligible academic jargon; it shouldn't have located itself in local govt – now an 'easy cut' from shrinking Council budgets. The young Glasgow writer Darren McGarvey makes some painful, but acute, observations about Scotland's 'poverty industry': 'dominated by a left-leaning, liberal middle class who are often surprised by the anger of locals who perceive them as chancers or careerists'.
I don't know how many billions have been spent in my lifetime, on programmes to combat poverty – for so little understanding of the problem. On the other hand, the advances of neuroscience – the influence of early care on infant brain development – offer an obvious way forward. Starting again, I'd want to specialise in how to impart confidence and optimism to wee people – to serve as a template for their lives. I suspect deeply ingrained poverty is not primarily about money – (a typical liberal, middle class observation).
Seeing no prospect of a deal, I think I've given up on Brexit; it looks like we're going over the cliff. I'm no fan of Henry Kissinger, but was struck by something he said in a recent interview about 'the Donald'. "Trump may be one of those figures in history who appears from time to time to mark the end of an era and to force it to give up its old pretences". I hope he's wrong, but if our 'rule-based' world order is to disappear – it's because the grievance from flaunted inequality has allowed the 'disruptors' to take control. In both the UK and USA, the path back to 'the way it was' becomes ever more difficult.
That RBS decided to abandon dozens of Scottish towns shows conclusively that we've lost the banking industry to crude mercenaries. Momentum is building around the idea of 'unbanked' rural towns, simply creating a generic 'community hub' on their High St. – where a banking franchise would operate alongside a range of other essential civic services. This article in CommonSpace says that a company called Contis has agreed in principle to provide the banking franchise element of these hubs – and that fundraising is underway to launch a 12-branch pilot of this concept.
One of Senscot's recurring themes is to champion the value of small, locally owned, community enterprises – where the staff, volunteers, customers and trustees are all local residents: numbered in thousands, these enterprises represent a significant 'sleeping' asset. Public sector commissioners favour big, well known service providers – with multiple branch offices; they don't have local knowledge or relationships – but all the correct protocols are perceived to be 'safe'. This is a case study of Scottish Communities for Health and Wellbeing (SCHW) where 74 community-led partner organisations have formed a consortium – to bring a new level of contract within their reach.
Ursula Le Guin again; this glimpse of a beautiful 580 word excerpt from 'the magic of real human conversation'. I loved it.
"Every act of communication is an act of tremendous courage in which we give ourselves over to two parallel possibilities: the possibility of planting into another mind a seed sprouted in ours and watching it blossom into a breathtaking flower of mutual understanding; and the possibility of being wholly misunderstood, reduced to a withering weed… Yet something impels us to hold these possibilities in both hands and go on surrendering to the beauty and terror of conversation, that ancient and abiding human gift. And the most magical thing, the most sacred thing, is that whichever the outcome, we end up changing one another".
What Works Scotland is a wide-ranging partnership set up to explore how local communities in Scotland use evidence to make decisions to improve public service development and reform. It produced a recent report specifically looking at community anchor organisations and public service reform – illustrating the role of development trusts and community-controlled housing associations as key elements of this sector. As part of Senscot's contribution to the report, we wanted to highlight the role and contribution being made by community enterprises (and SEN members) in this field – notably in health and social care initiatives. This contribution has been and continues to be the focus of our Senscot Briefings – covering areas such as social prescribing; loneliness and social isolation; dementia; and diet and obesity. Following on from this, Senscot was invited to contribute a blog-piece giving some context and background to the work of SEN members in this area – including some developments that will, hopefully, contribute to enhancing this contribution.
Keep up to date with the latest jobs, events and funding opportunities in the social enterprise sector.
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The second SE Reference Sub-Group was held on 27th June at the Charteris Centre in Edinburgh. Around 30 front-line social enterprises and membership-led organisations gathered to reflect on the progress of the SE Action Plan and, specifically, to discuss the future of the Social Growth Fund (up for renewal in April 2019) and the scheduled SE Intermediary Review. The inaugural meeting in March agreed on five recommendations. June's meeting identified another five recommendations to be taken to Govt for further discussion. They include re-introducing a blended grant/loan approach via the Social Growth Fund; establishing a bespoke fund for loans under £20k; addressing the ongoing disconnect between national and local activity; progressing with the SE Intermediary Review; and re-naming the Sub-Group to more accurately reflect its longer-term importance.
P4P welcomes Clare McLaughlin to the team this week – bringing it back up to full capacity. P4P is now in its second year – providing support to social enterprises and third sector organisations to increase access to public procurement and other contracting opportunities. Part of this work includes a series of events hosted or attended by P4P. One for your diary over the next week or so is a joint event between North Ayrshire SEN (NASEN) and North Ayrshire Council. Clare can be contacted at clare@p4p.org.uk
Reminder: If you are in or around Edinburgh this weekend, Edinburgh Social Enterprise (ESE) will be hosting the 2018 'Social in the Gardens' in Princes St Gardens. The event runs over two days – Friday and Saturday – and will be offering live music, a wide selection of food and drink, market stalls, art installations, kids activities and a family ceilidh – not to mention the opportunity to engage with a diverse selection of Edinburgh's social enterprises and social entrepreneurs. See details and programme.
This week's bulletin profiles a new member of the Health SEN that seeks to offers a range of innovative and relevant educational support services with a view to improving the health and well-being of men in Scotland. Menself+ is the brain child of Jim Malcolmson who originally got the idea of improving the health and well-being of men in Scotland hatched while living abroad in Australia. Menself+ is now made up of a team of four building a programme reaching out to all men in Scotland. Menself + will travel all over Scotland and consider any event where men are present!


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Mindset was set up in 2014 to focus on young people gaining the best opportunity in football at grass roots level and getting them ready for the next level…pro football at Academy level. Mindset was set up by one of the coaches, after he tore both of his knee ligaments in the space of 3 years playing football in the off season.
"We want to provide the best opportunity for young people to get into academies and not be lost when they arrive, there wasn't anyone around when I was growing up, that gave these opportunities to young people without thinking about themselves whereas at Mindset we just want to provide the platform for young ballers."
Mindset was created to change the way people think, act and carry themselves by setting the mind. At Mindset, the picture is to work with young players on their own key areas of development through social interaction, physical understanding of fitness, build confidence and developing the mind to recognise change and positive choices. Progressing their footballing through working on ball mastery skills, technical ability and tactical awareness to prepare them for the next level which would be at a pro club's youth development centre or academy.
Players that reach these levels through showing hard work, determination and potential, put forward for trials at pro clubs and elite showcase games attended by invited scouts.
Football development sessions run during the week for 6-14 year olds and a session on Saturdays aimed at the 3-5 year olds, taking part in our kids club sessions. Which leads them into the pathway of joining the main football teams, which plays against professional youth academies and play in some tournaments abroad.
From starting off as a 1-2-1 football development, we have grown into developing fitness and mentoring the hard to reach young people from the inner city of London. As well as providing woman's health & fitness classes, Mindset provides a platform for young people to grow, build and create futures, by building partnerships with the likes of Tower Hamlets sports Development and Princes Trust to help shape support our vision.
Mindsets are heavily involved in wider projects that support the growth and development of young people within football, but also outside of football. They provide career advice, mentoring, motivational talks and pathways for those who are seeking employment and training opportunities. Mindset fitness works with Fitness First and The Lounge Gym, where women's fitness classes are delivered and work towards the Tough Mudder race. The organisation has partnerships with local youth clubs such as Poplar Harca's Spotlight and Linc Centre and mental health charity Don't Suffer in Silence.
© 2019 Mindset Development.


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